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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Who does the work of the world? We know how much
depends on the man in over-alls, but do we always know the
work done by the man in the office? How about the man
at the top, the over-all chief?
The daily papers last week carried an item of news which
I wish to quote:
“The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. was one of
nine utility companies which submitted proposals for the
construction of the first nuclear power plant for the Atomic
Energy Commission, it was revealed here tonight.
The Electric and Gas Co. proposal was among the top
three under consideration by the AEC, which finally ac
cepted the one offered by the Duquesne Light Co. of Pitts
burgh, Pa.
S. C. McMeekin, president of SCE&G, issued the follow
ing statement regarding the companys attempt to secure
a South Carolina location for this plant.
‘Since the selection of the South Carolina Electric and
Gas Co’s service area for the location of the H-bomb Ma
terials Plant now known as the S?vannah River Project
of the Atomic Energy Commission, the company has been
in close contact with the commission. All of the construc
tion power was furnished by SCE&G and the company
is presently supplying a substantial portion of the operat
ing power requirements of this project under a long-term
contract.
The company has been extremely interested in. keeping
abreast of the development of power through the utilization
of atomic energy. Therefore, when the opportunity arose to
submit a proposal for the construction of the first nuclear
power plant, the company participated in the bidding in an
effort to secure its location in South Carolina. Eight other
utility companies competed.’
‘Gov. Byrnes took an active interest in this project and
worked closely witfi members of the AEC in connection
with the company’s efforts regarding a South Carolina lo
cation, recognizing the important contribution such a pro
ject would make to the industrial development of the state.
The selection of SCE&G’s bid as one of the three for final
consideration by AEC is indicative of the interest of the
commission in a South Carolina location. This was further
evidenced by a recent visit made to the South Carolina
Electric and Gas Co’s properties by a committee from the
commission for a survey in connection with the company’s
proposal.”
Do you know Mr. McMeekin? He is typical of the lead
ers in great industrial enterprises. By that I mean that he
is always alert; * always planning; always building. His
record of achievement is notable; not only has he had con
structive imagination; he has built great plants of his own
Company but he has made it possible for other vast pro
jects to have all the power needed.
I am not writing a history: at the moment I cite the
newspaper story I quoted. Behind that Mr. McMeekin had
studiedjj thought, collected data, outlined a broad and co
operative plan, his comprehensive grasp including all the
factors of a project whose magnitude far transcends the
scope of what most of us can imagine.
Mr. McMeekin may not approve this as he shrinks ffom
publicity, but beyond that engaging smile he is a prodigious
worker, with Thomas Carlyle’s definition of genius—“the
infinite capacity for taking pains.”
I went to Joanna. What do you know about Joanna ? It is a
great textile plant and now the town also is called Joanna.
Years ago I passed Joanna, then called Goldville, going
from Columbia to Clinton to see Wilson Harris of The Clin
ton Chronicle, or the late William P. Jacobs; or, perchance,
I was “headed” for Greenville, to speak over W.F.B.C.
I was told that Joanna belonged to two ladies. Little did
I expect to find friendship and comradeship there. Soon I
met William A. Morehead and Joanna became a place of
interest to me, just as Greenwood means James C. Self to
me. v
Through Mr. Moorhead I met Mr. William H. Regnery;
and that ripened into an inspiring relationship for me. So
I went recently to Joanna to pay my homage in grateful re
membrance of the late Mr. Regnery.
I rejoice in telling of what our greatest native son has
done. That is Mr. James C. Self; and here is a son of
Illinois, originally from Michigan and Iowa, but crowning
his great career by rich service to South Carolina.
In paying my respects to Mr. W. H. Regnery I do not over
look his talented son, Walter, who today carries on the
fine traditions of the enterprise; nor do I forget the able
sop of old Edgefield who plays so large a part in the Comp
any. That is J. B. Hart. I love Edgefield and associate it
with Dr. Charles E. Burts, than whom our State never
had a finer son or a greater patriot. I remember many
others, of those spacious days, but I shall tell of them later.
What did Mr. Regnery do? History, according to some
body, is a record of the achievements of great men.
DULLES AND THE DRAGON
I’ve been told that Mr. Regnery could read the Bible in
Latin; I know that he had read and interpreted history
masterfully. But those acquirement are not now under dis
cussion: I’m telling of him as a great industrialist.
Mr. Regnery was the first Southern textile man to give
vacations with pay; he provided a splendid village—as
others do in our State; he gave an insurance policy to each
worker; he gave a bonus from the earnings, the latest bonus
being nearly a quarter of a million dollars; he gave the
Company store to a Foundation which he created. That
Foundation is exclusively directed and controlled by di
rectors chosen by the employees.
Mr. Regnery recognized the dignity of each worker as a
comrade working with him in a great constructive service.
I am very proud of our industrialists and I do not forget
the other textile leaders. I here pay tribute to a great man,
a great benefactor, a great leader, a great industrialist, a
great friend, one whom I cherish and who was a blessing to
thounsands of our people.
“The farm surplus problem is of national concern since
agriculture is a vital link in our economy. Our farms and
forest land provide about two thirds of the raw materials
that enter into our manufacturing and processing industries
and practically all of the food for domestic consumption.
Agricultural products constitute around 30 percent of our
total exports and 45 percent of our imports.
Furthermore, in time of war, American agriculture be
comes the granary of the free world.
The farm problem is not an over-night development but
its roots are deep-seated. Some of the difficulties are in
herent. Once the seeds are planted, the output to a large ex
tent is at the mercy of the weather.
The farmer cannot curtail production or shut down his
plant, as does a manufacturer, when market conditions are
unfavorable.
Agricultural production has shown a tremendous increase.
Since the pre-war period 1935-39, the physical output of
farms has increased about 40 percent in the face of a reduc
tion of 17 percent in man hours required on the farm. This
spectacular achievement is accounted for primarily by uti
lization of power and machinery, expanded use of com
mercial fertilizer, hybrid seeds, and insecticides. Since 1920,
the number of horses and mules on the farm has decreased
by 75 percent, and this has released 66 million acres form
erly required for growing feed.
While farm output has shown a remarkable expansion,
consumption of most agricultural products is relatively ine
lastic. The change in diet, due to new theories of health and
fashion, as well as lowered caloric requirements, due to the
extensive replacement of heavy manual labor by machinery,
has over the years lowered the consumption of staple food
products. Per capita consumption of meat, for instance, was
144 pounds in 1952, as compared with 147 pounds in 1923
and 158 pounds in 1907.
As a consequence of excess production over demand,
agriculture hag, with the exception of wars and early post
war periods, been plagued with chronic surpluses since the
early 1920’s. In an effort to correct this maladjustment,
the Government has tried one experiment after another
along the lines of price fixing, limitation of acreage, subsi
dies, and the like, but these measures have merely aggravat
ed the situation, and up to the time of World War II, huge
surpluses were piling up in cotton, wheat, corn, and other
products. World War II provided temporary relief. Vast
supplies of food and other farm materials were demanded
by our military services. In addition, several billion dollars
of agricultural products were shipped to our allies. For
the year ended June 30, 1946, for instance, we sent to foreign
countries 40 percent of our wheat, 35 percent of our rice,
20 percent of our cheese, and 6 percent of our meat. In the
domestic market, food consumption which is ordinarily
fairly steady from year to year, showed sharp gains dur
ing the war period, attributed to heavy per capita consump
tion by the military forces. Furthermore, it is probable that
civilian consumer expenditures for food were abnormally
high in view of the unavailability of many types of durable
goods. With the return to more normal conditions, agri
culture again faces the trying surplus problem.
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Dale Carnegie
^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^
N INE years ago Sally Dixon of Whittle Springs Hotel, Knoxville,
Tennessee, found that her marriage of fifteen years was to end in
divorce. She thought her world had ended and she would never get over
it. Very soon afterwards a series of misfortunes befell her. Within a
period of about three years her apartment burned while she was at work,
she was in the hospital twice with serious illnesses, and her son was in
the hospital with pneumonia.
She had contracted the habit of worrying over all
these things and small things took on huge propor
tions. She did a lot of praying, more praying than she
had ever done in her entire life. She was terribly
frightened and she prayed that she would be able to
stand the next thing that happened to her. She lived
each day wondering what tomorrow would bring. Too,
she was afraid she was going to have a nervous
breakdown.
She says she completely forgot how to laugh or
even smile. She couldn’t remember when she had
laughed out loud. But she does remember the first time that she felt like
laughing. Instead of laughing, however, she went into hysterics and cried.
After that she decided to “fix” a smile on her face each morning and
wear it all day. One who has ever done this knows that by night her face
was aching from the effort. But finally it became a habit and she didn’t
have to try because by now she felt happy again.
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Rip Kirby *•'' By Alex Raymond
THAT'S RI&HT, MR. KIRBV, THE WAV TO BEAT
CANCER IS THROUGH RESEARCH ANP PUBLIC
EDUCATION. AND THEY BOTH TAKE MONEY.
NOW IF EACH ONE OF YOUR READERS
A/fANY Washington observers
have recently expressed tbe
idea that the best thing about the
McCarthy-Army dispute was the
fact that it for so long kept the
minds of many Americans from
dwelling too much upon the Indo-
China situation.
The early-April debate in Con
gress on the crisis in Indo-China
would have received wide nation
wide play had it alone been the
big news story of the moment.
In this debate, the pattern of
Congressional thought was so clear
ly outlined as to hint at what ac
tion Congress might prefer when
the situation reached the “show
down” stage. When the United
States was urging its allies to back
the “warning” to the Chinese
Reds, Senate floor leader Senator
William F. Knowland of California
asked that these allies be ready
to contribute their share of mili
tary strength if the free world had
to fight to guard Southeast Asia.
Senator Henry M. Jackson, Dem
ocrat of Washington, with apparent
approval of some of his coljeagues,
called for the president to step forth
with concrete statements as to
what he would require in the way
of backing for a Indo-China policy,
declaring the Democrats would be
found willing to help.
Senator Stuart Symington, Demo
crat of Missouri, voiced the opinion
that the United States appeared
to be approaching a great military
test in Asia and at the same time
was reducing the military estab
lishment.
Senator John Stennis, Democrat
of Mississippi, an early critic of
what he called a move toward
United States involvement, an
nounced that he nevertheless was
prepared to see Congress go to
war if necessary, always pro
vided that the United States did not
go it alone.
A significant fact was that the
entire hour and one-half discussion
brought out only a single outright
expression of opposition in any
and all circumstances to the
intervention of United States troops
in Indo-China. This came from
Senator Dirksen, who announced
opposition to any such course,
contending that our troops were
not at all needed there.
Had Indo-China policy shared
the spotlight alone, with no divert
ing of attention to the McCarthy-
Army situation, Congress might
have been forced to push action on
a definite course to be followed.
Ensuing developments are indica
tive of the fact that the United
States has apparently resolved it
self to the fact that it must fight
aggression in critical areas with
“bluff,” material aid to allies, and
if need be, ground forces, although
the latter course is always the
last resort.
And, it seems, our leaders are
playing this dangerous game with
cards held close to the chest—so
John Q. Public will not be afflicted
with needless cases of “war wor
ries.”
Fx*om the Duncannon Record,
Duncannon, Pennsylvania: How
easily we can hide our heads in
the sands of time is reflected in
the recent tragic ignoring of the
beleagured Indochinese. Slowly
the enemy tightened a noose of
Korean proportion while more and
more of the legislative and admin
istrative time was taken up with
solving the McCarthy dilemma.
Pathetically enough all the Com
munist hunters were caught in a
web of distraction manufactured
by the Great Red Hunter himself,
while in another part of the world
hordes of Communists were over
running our outposts. It was then
—and remains—much easier to cast
opinions on what should be a com-
paritively minor publicized part of
the danger. Part of this is because
it is easier to associate our na
tional welfare with what happens
within our boundaries; part is sus
picion of our chosen allies, but
most of it is the inr ''tive knowl
edge that the more ."portant de
cisions can be postponed if only
we can find a minor but more ir
ritable area in which to cast our
moments of passionate feeling.
And, too, the vague hope that may
be if we don’t face Indochina and
the H Bomb, they will slowly fade
away.
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From the Empire News, Empire,
California: The atomic scientists
had selected the widest deserted
region in the world—the Pacific
Ocean—for the test, and yet they
were not able to assure the safety
of the human beings nor of food for
human consumption.
It would be useless to say that
it is time to stop atomic experi
mentation now. Scholars will never
agree that any field of knowledge
has been studied enough, least of
all the fascinating new field of
nuclear physics. Experimenta
tion will continue forever, and
would continue 'n,a small scale,
even if every government in the
whole world got sick of the whole
deal and illegalized every proton
the atom possesses.
If there is no way to investigate
the atom without exposing . . .
seamen to radiation, the least that
science can do for people who
may become guinea pigs without
their consent is to warn them in
advance. In other words, every
thing that the scientists know will
happen or suspect might happen,
should be explained thoroughly to
everybody within the range of the
experiment.
Instead of being hush hush, top
secret, mustn’t touch it, and don’t
tell it, atomic science should be
come a part of the general knowl
edge of every man, woman, and
youth in Japan, in the United
States, and in every counti*y where
radiation effects may be felt.
Q—How many Presidents of the U.8. served In Congress?
A—Twenty-two of the 33 Presidents, from Washington to Eisenhower,
served in Congress, under the Constitution or the Articles of Con
federation. The eleven who never served In Congress were Taylor,
Grant, Arthur. Cleveland. Theodore Roosevelt. Taft, Wilson, Cool-
idge. Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Eisenhower. Three of th«
22 Congress Members who became Presidents served only in the
Continental Congress. After adoption of the Constitution, five Presi
dents-to-be served in the U. S. Senate. Seven served In the House.
Seven other Chief Executives served in both th House and Senate.
Q—Can Congress “fire” a member of the Cabinet?
A—Congress cannot summarily expel a member of the Cabinet. It can, of
course, adopt a resolution asking the President to dismiss the mem
ber. And Cabinet officers, like other civil officers of the United States,
can be impeached. Impeachment proceedings usually take some time
and would require particularly strong feeling against the official,
including a charge of some crime or malfeasance in office. Of the II
unpeachment trials in U.S. history, one concerned a President, An
drew Johnson, and one a Cabinet official. William W. Belknap, Secre
tary of War under President Grant, was acquitted of a bribery’charge
when a question as to jurisdiction was raised.
Q—Does the voting power of tbe Speaker of the House differ from
of the Vice President, in the Senate?
A—Yes. The Vice President may vo*e only in case of an equal divisions
in the Senate. The Speaker may vote at any time, although he cus
tomarily does not. The Speaker may also record a “casting” vote
when the division is equal, or when the yeas and nays differ by only
one. The Speaker, therefore, may cause a tie vote, which would
mean rejection of the measure under consideration.
(Copyright 1954. Congressional Qnarterlyl
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INTELEIGRAM
‘ Check the correct word.
1. Sclaff is a term used in (golf) (skiing).
2. (Alexander Hamilton) (John Adams) waa
the first U. S. vice president
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the (31st) (32nd)
U. S. President
4. Arizona was included in the (Gadsden)
(Louisiana) Purchase.
5. (Borers) (party goers) get punch drunk.
6. A truffle (is) (is not) a table delicacy.
7. The 75th wedding anniversary is called the
(sapphire^ (diamond).
8. The Dionne quintuplets were born in (1929)
(1934).
9. They were born in (America) (Canada).
10. The Egyptian pyramids (were) (were not)
used as tombs.
Check your answers, scoring yourself. 10 points for
each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-80, aver
age; 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior.
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