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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Can the Federal Government step in and take over our
public school system, as says Senator Pat McCarran, a Demo
crat from Nevada? Let me quote the account published in
The Observer, a wide-awake paper of Greenville, with a large
number of readers throughout the State:
McCarran made his remarks on the Senate floor in speak
ing for passage of the controversial amendment which would
limit the treaty making powers of the President.
“McCarran cited articles 55 and 56 of the United Nations
treaty as giving Congress unlimited power to enact legis
lation in many fields, one being education.”
He said: “If the Supreme Court should decide against the
pending segregation case against the rights of the States to
maintain separate but equal facilities, and the State of South
Carolina or Georgia'or any other state should thereafter de
cide to abandon its public school system. Congress could
pass a law under which the federal government could step
in and take over and administer the school system on a non-
segregated basis.”
“Article 55 provides for equal rights and self determi
nation and article 56 provides a pledge for each member
nation to take necessary action to enforce article 55.
“McCarran also cited article 30 which provides for ‘edu
cation without distinction as to race, nationality, sex, langu
age, crt«d, or social condition.”
Don't you see what the world-minded dreamers have en
snared us with, we simple, trusting souls? Don’t you see
why the Bricker or the George Amendment to the Constitu
tion should be supported by all citizens of the United States?
I think it would be wise to withdraw from the United
Nations, as now constituted.
I don’t know how the United Nations could enfore this
provision against us, but our own Courts might enforce it,
at the behest of the United Nations.
Why should we take chances? Why not re-affirm our
allegiance to the Constitution—and to it, only?
I am not an alarmist; nor do I conjure spooks from
shadows, or make attacks on straw men or mere figments
of the imagination. I think we may well be alarmed when we
hear speeches like the one I am about to quote:
“Be it further resolved, That we . . . here today pledge
each other to be loyal to these principles . . . and that we
will keep our minds, centered on the one supreme task, which
is the peaceful overthrow of the capitalist or profit system,
and the establishment of the cooperative commonwealth.”
“The above quotation from an address by Austin T. Flett
to the Houston, Texas, Rotary Club, July 9, 1953, is part of a
resolution adopted by a well-known organization working to
destroy our profit system—capitalism. The resolution al
so states that for 32 years this organization has proposed
the abolishment of the profit system and worked on a pro
gram of organization, education, and legislation to ac
complish this objective. Mr. Flett told his Rotary audience
that the organization to which he referred spent $1,000,000
from 1942-51 inclusive, to educate the youth, public and leg
islators of this country to destroy the profit system. This
information is timely since a well-attended conference was
held in Denver only last December, at which plans were
made to carry out a program pointing to the nationalization
of one of our major industries. It should be obvious to
every thoughtful person that our American system of allow
ing a profit to those who save money to buy tools and put
them into productive use to serve mankind is the very heart
of our American enterprise system. This is capitalism. It
gives the individual the right to own property and use it for
personal or public service. It is an important human right.
If this profit service system is destroyed* our private enter
prise service system is destroyed. We then have govern
ment ownership of the means of production and distribution.
This results in a political-machine-controlled dictatorship
over the economy and lives of the people. This is what lead
ing authorities call socialism-communism. With such a
small per cent of the people of the world living under a
free government, it seems important that more study be
devoted to this subject.”
We who have inherited this country from our fathers
may fall down, as a cynic said of the. beatitude, “Blessed are
the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The meek may
inherit, he said, but never possess it.” I
America seems to abound in people with economic and
spiritual myopia. What do they want? They are crusading
for what you have, because they lack either the diligence or
the sound judgment to thrive under the competitive system
which made this nation so pre-eminently great. If they
can’t win in open competition they hope to prosper through
confiscation. If all the goods in the world could be piled in
one heap the acquisitive spirit of capable people would soon
be reinvested with power. But the malcontents hope to re
joice under a form of government which will forcibly rob
one to fatten another.
An unusual advertisement is that of McGraw-Hill. This
SPRING SONG
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Company publishes books on business: it is a world-wide
source of business information. The Ad, in part, follows:
“To be ready with enough power—on time—the electric
power companies have expanded their production fourfold
since 1933. This has required an investment of over $17 bil
lion in new facilities. To raise the funds for this invest
ment they have enlisted the participation of about 3 mil
lion direct stockholders. Through life insurance companies,
banks and similar institutions, about 90 million Americans
—more than half of the nation’s total population—have be
come investors in electric power companies. By thus relying
on private investment for their expansion, the power comp
anies have provided their plant and operating equipment
without burden on the taxpayer.
In addition, the investor-owned companies have paid about
$12 billion in taxes to various governments—national, state
and local—over the past twenty years. Unlike government-
owned and operated systems, they have received no pub
lic subsidies.
Many Americans do not appreciate the job that the power
companies have done over the past two decades. That is due,
in part, to the public memory of financial abuses by some
utility holding companies during the 1920’s. This memory ob
scures a clear and unprejudiced view of the progress since
those days. And some of the all-out advocates of reliance on
government rather than on regulated private enterprise for
the development of our power resources do their bst to keep
this memory of the past alive in the present.
Some special cases of electric power development may in
volve problems for which the investor-owned companies are
unable to provide full solutions. This may be true, for ex
ample, of some large multiple-purpose projects that com
bine electric power generation with related developments
such as the improvment of navigation, flood cdntrol and the
irrigation of arid lands. Some of the economic and admin
istrative problems imposed by such projects are not well
adapted to effective handling by private enterprise. Flood
control and the improvement of navigation, for example,
usually involve the provision of much costly service over
and above the cost of producing power.
Our study of the record of the investor-owned and op
erated companies over the past twenty years reveals that
these enterprises are manned by people who, through life
time experience, are peculiarly conversant with the needs of
the communities they serve. They have given the consumer
notably good service, while conforming to standards set and
enforced by public regulatory commissions. They have won
the confidence of the investing public. By their nature and
their experience they are competent to handle any sound
program.”
Our Country is a great producing nation; and hand-in-
hand with vast production we are great consumers.
We are glad when production and consumption are equal
ly high. I like to read of industrial progress because it
means good payrolls, more comforts for our people.
So I find it pleasant to tell what is being done.
As you know, power is the life-blood of industry; it is the
great servant of us all.
I see in the stupendous development of electric energy the
unfolding of great plans, the realization of splendid dreams;
and the smile of prosperity on our nation, our ( own people.
America, meaning the United States, has one great fail
ure indelibly stamped upon her government. Our country is
governed by three departments of equal rank—in theory at
least: these three are the Legislative (The Congress); the
Judicial (the Courts); and the Executive (the Presidents).
Over all is the Constitution. Congress passes laws which
clearly violate the spirit of the Constitution; the Executive
enters into agreements with other nations, without the con
sent of the Senate; and touching on matters really beyond
the province of the President and the Senate. The whole
Congress, likewise, violates the Constitution. But it is the
Courts I would discuss. I quote Editor Waring of the News
& Courier:
“Governor Byrnes said he would not concede an adverse
ruling by the Supreme Court in the Clarendon case. But
nobody knows what the Court will do.”
Isn’t it a parody on the freedom of Americans when no
body can foretell what a court will do ? In this great nation
of probably twenty thousand, or more lawyers, real and so-
called, no one can be sure of the decision to be handed down.
Quite likely there are ten thousand lawyers whose experience
and learning far transcend the experience and learning of
our Federal Supreme Court, but the Court, the Court, and
only the Court, can decide; and it may decide 5 to 4.
We are a nation under law, but what law?
T HERE was mixed Washington
reaction to President Eisenhow
er’s “second-stand” on the Stev-
ens-McCarthy issue.
It was clear all along to most
observers that the President, from
the beginning adroitly hesitant
about wading into the melee with
a strong cudgel of authority, was
still putting himself on the record
in a commendable and dignified
way.
Many believed that it was the
Senator’s hope that the President
would allow himself to become
hopelessly embroiled in the con
troversy. Had this happened, re
gardless of the final outcome of
the Stevens-McCarthy issue, Eisen
hower’s prestige would have suf
fered by mere association with
the game of “hysteria” and “name
calling.”
By calling the controversy by its
right name—a thing bom “of a
multiplicity of fears” and vouching
support of Stevens (even though,
he admitted, it might be proved
that Stevens was mistaken or mis
informed on some points) the Pres
ident chose what most veteran
politicians believe to be the best
:oad for the welfare of the Repub-
ican Party.
Mr. Eisenhower’s actions sal
vaged some dignity for the Repub-
Jcan Party, which will need all
the dignity it can get when the
American people next go to the
polls.
• Here are some Capital Quotes
worthy of mention:
Sen. Edward Martin (R. Pa.)
in a Philadelphia speech: “We are
gradually eliminating from the
Government all office - holders
tinged with Communism or other
forms of disloyalty."
Rep. George H. Bender (R. Ohio)
said in a newsletter: “The Immi
gration Service has just informed
Congress that as many as ‘100
present and past members of the
Communist Party’ have been en
tering the United States daily from
Mexico, with a similar situation
prevailing along the Canadian bor
der as well.”
Rep. Omar Burleson (D. Tex.)
put some humor in one of his
newsletters: “Because of the many
investigations being conducted by
committees of Congress, a story
is going around Washington about
two rabbits running at breakneck
speed across a field. Suddenly one
stopped and asked the other why
they were running so fast. ‘Haven’t
you heard,’ said the other, ‘that
one of the committees is looking
for a goat?’ So they started running
again. Finally the rabbit who had
first stopped came to a screeching
halt and said, ‘But we’re not
goats.’ The other one replied.
‘That’s true, but can you prove
it?’ ”
• The spotlight on our national
housing situation in Washington
debate pointed up to these news
reports:
The year 1954 may be one of
the best business years on record
for the construction industry.
Early figures showed January and
February were the highest in his
tory . a construction boom.
Eight million families still live
in houses “unfit for human habita
tion.” Four million families live
in houses that have deteriorated
to near-slum condition and do not
meet health and safety standards.
Of more than 40 million nonfarm
homes. 20 per cent are classed
as sub-standard because of struc
tural condition or lack of basic
sanitary facilities.
From the Clinton County Repub
lican-News, St. Johns, Michigan:
What the Republicans need most
to win next November are not big
ger and more bitter charges
against the Democrats, but a sound
legislative program. President
Eisenhower has prepared such a
program. ' He cannot put it over
by himself. Neither can the party
do it alone. The help of the opposi
tion party is needed. While the
Democrats should certainly not
put party interests before public
welfare by refusing to support the
President’s program in retaliation
for Republican attacks, neither
should the Republicans put party
interests first by creating greater
disunity in the hope of getting
more votes.
What this country needs is not
more political savagery, but more
political responsibility—from both
sides of the fence.
• • •
From the CatskiD Mountain Star,
Saugertles, New York: We hope
those people who have been com
plaining about congestion on our
highways have no less reason to
keep right on complaining. In these
times; when our economic experts
are telling us there will—or will
not—be a “recession.” we should
bear in mind that the day there
are no freighters on the roads,
there will be mighty few passenger
cars.
• • •
From the Eufala Tribune, Eufala,
Alabama: While we may be head
ing into rough times, it is well to
remember that economists have
been forecasting a recession every
year for the last three years now.
having been wrong twice, and
may not have the answer this time
+ # •
From the Aztec Independent-Re
view, Aztec, New Mexico: Looking
over the human race for many
years we have often changed our
mind but have always held to the
theory that people do not change.
However, that theory we change
after another look over those spots
on earth called humans They
certainly have changed. Now the
human being can stand long trips,
shows, dances, parties, visiting
by the hour, games, sports, etc.,
and keep continually on the go for
twenty hours a day and never com
plain of being tired. But. put one
to work at an easy job and in one
hour he is completely exhausted
From the Italy News-Herald,
Italy, Texas: Funny how a fellow
never has any peace of mind, when
the wife is giving him a piece ol
hers
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^ AUTHOR OF ‘‘HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ^
R OBERT S. BARRETT, 2651 W. Lake Road, Erie, Pennsylvania.
had been in bed with a rheumatic heart for about a year and
his mind was filled with troubles. Troubles, they say, are like babies
—the more you nurse them, the bigger they get. And he really nurse
them? He was so low that he became obsessed with the idea that
he was a burden on his mother and father. He could see his mother
shortening her own life as she walked up and down
the stairs waiting on him hand and foot.
Everything looked black. On many a night be
fore falling asleep, he would say to himself, “Robert,
why don’t you die—get it over with.” And on several
occasions he contemplated suicide.
Then one day he heard a talk on the radio by
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale of New York City. The
gist of it was “Your life is what your thoughts
make it. If you force yourself to be cheerful, you’ll
automatically be cheerfuL” He figured he had noth
ing to lose—so he tried it. It revolutionized his life.
Instead of thinking of himself all the time, he did his best to
cheer up his mother. He laughed and joked with her. And this gave
him an entirely new outlook on life. Four years later he got out of
bed. He declares that he now is probably one of the most cheerful
guys in the world. Every day is a beautiful day to him—rain or shine.
And there isn’t a day goes by that he does not thank God for giving
him a chance to make use of cheerfulness.
CARNEGIE
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Q—What are the largest committees in Congress — that is, the sites
with the most members?
A—The Appropriations Committees of both houses have the most mem
bers assigned to them. The Senate group has 23 members, and
at present includes 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. The House
Committee has 50 Representatives, divided 30-20 in favor of the
GOP. Total committee membership is determined by the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946, but party ratios on committees are
subject to informal agreement am wig leaders, then ratified bj
vote of the chamber.
Q—Does the Senate regularly revise its rules?
A—There has been no general revision of Senate rules in this century
and only four in U. S. history, according to a Jan. 18 statement
of Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D., N. M.), who is co-sponsoring a
resolution that would make it easier to invoke cloture (limit de
bate.) Anderson said general revisions were made in 1806, 1820, 1868
and 1884. The Constitution gives each house of Congress the right
to formulate its own rules.
Q—I notice that many Members of the House have introduced bills
providing for a memorial to Christopher Columbus, and that each
Member offered his own bill. Why couldn’t they have introduced
just one multi-sponsored measure, as Senators do?
A—The interpretation placed on the Rules of the House of Representa
tives prevents multi - sponsored bills in that chamber. A special
House committee unanimously recommended in 1909 that the some
times-used practice should not be allowed, and the House adopted
its recommendation, according to an annotation, clause 4, rule XXQ.
By March 9 of this year, 77 Representatives had introduced meas
ures for a Columbus memorial.
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Check the correct word?
1. A feather stitch (is) (is not) a stroke used
in rowing.
2. Ceramics is the art of (basket weaving)
(making objects from clay).
3. The subtrahend (is) (is not) the number to
be substracted from another.
4. A peplum is a type of (plant) (apparel).
5. The lacrimal gland secretes (tears) (mu
cous).
6. Veridity is a quality of (vegetables) (metals).
7. The capital of Syria is (Aleppo) (Damascus).
8. The (ruby) (pearl) is the birthstone of July.
9. The present war in Indo-China began in
(1946) (1951).
10. There are (9) (11) men on a regulation foot
ball team.
Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for
each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor, 30-60,
average; 70-80,* superior; 90-100, very superior.
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