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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Unsegregated Segregation
Can we maintain a sort of unsegregated Segregation?
The Constitution itself denies to the Federal Courts any
jurisdiction in such matters as State-supported schools. I
cited the Constitution, both as to the powers of the Federal
Courts; and as to the denial of certain powers to the States.
Furthermore, as I pointed out, the ninth and tenth amend
ments expressly and specifically exclude the National Gov
ernment from the exercise of powers not granted to it, nor
yet denied to the States. All that contention I heartily re
peat now. Our difficulty is that we have allowed the Court
to aggrandize itself at the expense of the States.
I think it might be desirable to have a curb on the power
of the Federal judiciary. Perhaps the Supreme Court of the
United States might be required to invite the Supreme Court
of any State or States to sit with equal vote in any case
challenging the Constitutionality of a State law. The Con
gress has the authority to require this. Section 2 of Article
2 of the Constitution of the United States, in prescribing
nett R. Maybank and know that he loves South Carolina
with all his heart. I know that the Senator did not intend to
scare off new industries by an inaccurate statement, though
I fear his statement might have that effect—and that would
be far from his purpose.
Boiled down to essentials, I think our friend saw money
flowing from the Treasury to Western States and he was
anxious to get some for his beloved State. However, in a
second statement, Senator Maybank expressed his admira
tion for what had been done—and what is being done by
The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., which serves
Charleston, Richland, Colleton, Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort,
Calhoun, Lexington, Hampton, Allendale and thirteen or
fourteen other Counties.
the powers of the Federal Courts later refers to “In all the
other cases before mentioned, and says “and under such
regulations as the Congress shall make."
The death of a few Supreme Court justices might of itself
change all the decision, but that would still leave too much
to the mere whim of a few men. Our Country should not
be arbitrarily governed by the Supreme Court even if it be
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Private Schools A Solution
If the Court’s decision be applied, as seems inevitable, to
compel all colors, races and conditions to be admitted to the
same tax-supported schools and colleges, is there a way out?
There is. In some countries where no non-segregation is
known by law they still have segregation in fact. Such
countries have public schools under direct Government Sup
port, control and operation; but private schools and colleges
abound. Even the so-called National Universities are self-
governing or autonomous. The Government prescribes
courses of study; and the Government appoints all ex
aminers.
Teachers do not conduct the examinations; all examina-;
tions are conducted by a Committee of three sent to each
school or college. For example, Catholics, Anglicans, and
others maintain schools and colleges at their own expense,
but the students are examined by Government examiners in
order to give the work official value. Then, again, hundreds
of private schools, are given subsidies by the Government,
provided they conform to the minimum requirements of the
Government.
The actual conduct of the schools is entirely private, each
school determining its own enrollment, employing its own
teachers and being visited and inspected by Government
inspectors.
Bringing this home to us: in each County we might have a
Board of Education which might lease to educational or
ganizations such buildings as we have, but on terms which
are equal, considering size and value of the property. The
State might prescribe the qualifications of the teachers,
establish standards for the schools, and fix a grant per pupil
and, perhaps, a bonus based on some other feature, provid
ing that all are eligible if they meet the conditions.
Of course every private school might have to operate un-.
der a license in order to assure conformity with standard
requirements.
Are we prosperous? If so, how prosperous, to use the
language of the street. Even so, one may ask “how” prosper
ous; also to what degree are we prosperous? If we’ve settled
that, let us proceed; week after week The Wall Street Journal
has an item “Trade Indicators,” and gives the figures for the
output of electricity throughout the nation. Let me quote
the latest:
“County-wide electric output of the utility industry was
8,380,000,000 kilowatt-hours in the week ended May 15, the
Edison Electric Institute reported.
That was less than any week this year except for the
two weeks ended April 17 and April 24. It was 5.3% over
the output in the corresponding week of last year, as com
pared with a gain of 6.9% recorded for the previous week.
Slippage in the week’s rate of gain over last year was gen
eral throughout the country, except for the Southeast. In
that area, w^hich includes almost all the territory east of the
Mississippi and South of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, last
week’s output was 19.8% over the 1953 level, as compared
with a 19.2% gain the previous week.
Electric Power Plentiful In S. C.
Have we a shortage of electric power in South Carolina?
I have a warm regard for our United States Senator Bur-
The reply of President S. C. McMeekin of the power Co.
is interesting as well as informative so I quote his state
ment as it was published in the daily papers:
“We were amazed to see the statement attributed to Sen.
Maybank by a special correspondent in the press of May
20th in which it is stated that the Carolinas and Georgia are
starving for electricity for industrial purposes.
It is evident that Sen. Maybank has been grossly misin
formed as both the Carolinas and Georgia have an abun
dant supply of power—in fact a surplus of power. It is a
well established fact that there has been no power short
age in the service areas of the private utilities.
Our Company, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., has al
ways met its power demands including supplying all of the
power for the construction of the vast H-Bomb plant on
the Savannah River. It is now supplying a large quantity of
power for the operation of this project. In addition, it is de
livering large quantities of power to neighboring companies
in North Carolina and Georgia, an still has an adequate re
serve capacity which stands as an invitation to new industry.
Another indiction of the abundance of power in South
Carolina is the fact that Santee-Cooper’s new steam plant
has been standing idle for months.
Apparently the Senator has not been informed of the fact
that our company alone, which operates in only a third of
the State, has spent more than $65,000,000 in expanding
its power facilities during the past five years, and that our
total investment in power facilities at the beginning of this
year was in excess of $136,000,000. During this time the
capacity of Plant Hagood at Charleston was increased from
25,000 kilowatts to 100,000 kilowatts, and the first two units
(150,000 kilowatts) were installed at Urquhart Steam Sta
tion, our huge new plant on the Savannah River. When the
third unit (100,000 kilowatts) now under construction, is
placed on the line some time next year, this one unit alone
will have the capability of producing more firm power than
the combined firm output of the Clark Hill Development and
the proposed Hartwell Development. We have publicly an
nounced that our construction program for the next three
years is approximately $62,000,000.
South Carolina has an abundance of low-cost dependable
power and we join with many others in welcomming new
industries to our State.”
The State Planning Board has been publishing large ad
vertisements all last year and this year telling the world
that South Carolina has abundant electric power. Has the
Planning Board mistated the condition, or is our Senator in
error ? >
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slse of rack by measuring length and width of yonr tool ben.
T HE then nine-month old Small
Business Administration, under
fire from some Senators as too
conservative in its loan policy, at
the end of April had made dis
bursements on 37 small business
loans.
SBA, established by Congress
last July in terminating the Small
Defense Plants Administration and
the Reconstruction Finance Corpo
ration, has stepped up the pace
of its loan approvals. A total of
261 business loans had been ap
proved by May, the ligure not in
cluding disaster loans, which SBA
also handles.
The total of 261 loans approved
was $15,777,000, and Wendell
Barnes, SBA Administrator told the
Senate Select Committee on Small
Business that loan applications are
now being received at the rate of
400 a month.
Chairman Edward J. Thye, (R
Minn.) told Barnes the SBA should
adopt a more “liberal” lending
attitude. Other Senators also ques
tioned SBA policies, but Sen. Barry
Goldwater (R Ariz.) ir^jeated that
he believed SBA wa^ carrying out
the intent of the act by which
Congress created it.
The act empowered the agency
to:
Make loans, from a revolving
fund authorized to run as high as
$150 million, to small businesses
unable to obtain credit from pri
vate sources, within an upper limit
of $150,000 for any loans. Loans
n ay be either direct, with the SBA
supplying all the funds, or partici
pation loans in which private
sources and SBA noth share. SBA's
part being limited to 90 per cent.
Help small concerns get govern
ment contracts, and take up to $100
million in prime contracts from
defense procurement agencies for
parceling out among small sup
pliers.
Make disaster loans up to a total
of $25 million.
Congress’ SBA appropriation for
fiscal 1954 was $55 million.
Chairman Thye said that under
the first administrator, William D.
Mitchell, SBA failed to “get air
borne.” When Mitchell resigned on
Oct. 20. no loans had been ap
proved. In part, observers say. the
slow start may have been due to
administrative delays coincident
with the establishment of a new
agency, but two other factors may
have been:
Caution on the part of the new
Administration lest the so-called
RFC scandals be repeated, and
Reservations, among some top
Eisenhower Administration leaders
and supporters, as to the suitability
of the lending business as a gov
ernment function.
Barnes, former general counsel
of SBA, became head of the agency
in November. On Nov. 13 the first
two loans were approved, and on
Nov 16 a new loan policy was an
nounced, that “any small business
enterprise with a good management
record and able to give reasonable
assurance of repayment is eligible
to apply to SBA for a business
loan.”
From the Audubon County Jour
nal, Extra, Iowa: Ask any grade
school teacher and she will definitely
agree that one never knows what
is going on in a small kiddie’s
head, but sooner or later it comes
out.
School days are filled with poign
ant memories, for both pupils and
teachers. There is no doubt that
teachers are aware of many deep
dark family secrets whispered to
them in confidence which would
make the parents have bad dreams.
(If they knew.)
• • •
From the Sonth Pasadena Re
view, South Pasadena, California:
“Oh. today’s kids are just demons.
They drive us nuts.” Many adults
voice this sentiment. The point is,
because a few children, or even a
gdod number'Of them, scribble on
walls or cock a snook at adults,
are elders justified in labelling
them as demons 7
Children are children all over the
world; at all times in history Many
a times they are indeed exasperat
ing, because they do a lot of un
adult things — things to which
adults are allergic
We have to reckon with the follies
and foibles of children. But we can
not blame them for the very good
reason that once we ourselves were
children, and did similar things
We cannot blame them, because
they are the bearers of the heri
tage we inherited and enriched.
Demons do not carry on the rich
heritage of a society.
If there is a streak of the demon
in children, there is in them a
richer vein of the angelic, too. To
try to bring out this fine quality
and thus make them better than we
oursqlves are is our duty. Only
then can we expect them to be
better carriers of the heritage, and
in the course of generations man
kind to be nearer the dream world
which all children always live in.
» * *
From the Aztec Independent—
Review, Aztec, Colorado—Speaking
about money, the kids won’t swal
low a nickle these days as it’s not
worth the trouble.
• * •
From the Bassett and Henry
County Journal, Bassett, Virginia:
With the woods and the papers full
of economists and other types of
wiseacres pontificating about the
business outlook, the man on the
street is apt to become confused.
After pondering as best we might
any number of long and scholarly
treatises on business, its present
and future, we gave hearty wel
come to a prediction that came
from a most successful sales man
ager
“Boys, the way 1 figure it,
there’ll still be plenty of apples
this year but you’re gonna have
to knock “em.”
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Dau Carnegie
AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ^
E DDIE ABEL. 1840 Lincoln, Denver. Colorado, was going home from
work one afternoon when he was approached by a young man whom
he knew only by sight. But slight acquaintance did not deter the young
man from asking for a small loan. When Eddie questioned him he
learned the chap had just lost his job, was broke, and had no place
to stay Consequently, he took him home and made arrangements
whereby the new friend went to work the next day—
and continued to live with Eddie! Supposed to pay
I his share of the rent, which was twenty-five dollars,
( on the 10th of the month which would be in about a
week. When the time came for the rent to be paid,
the young man packed what little he had and left.
1 taking with him also ten dollars which belonged to
Eddie and which he had left carelessly on the
dresser. Through the shop foreman it was learned
plans had been made by him to go to a certain
mine in the mountains
Eddie figured that it could not possibly cost him
more than three cents, so he wrote a letter praising his recent guest
for the honest man that he had thought he was, and that he wanted
him to be sure to understand that he — Eddie — wasn’t in the Jeast
fearful of regaining his ten dollars He explained in detail that hd could
understand how an upright, honest individual might be forced to borrow
ten dollars without the consent of the owner, and added that he was
once forced to do the same thing He ended with an explanation of his
own financial condition, and said that he had no doubt as to whether
or not he would be paid back: all he wanted to know was when, so that
he might voice his obligations to his creditors in accordance.
Do you know what happened? It worked Eddie Abel got his money
back.
Q—News stories sometimes say that “tax hilts always saigtiMtto tm Ct»
House of Representatives.“ Why Is this the case?
A — A provision of the U. S. Constitution states: •‘All bills for raising
revenues shall originate to the House of Representatives.** (Artida
L Section 7) The provision adds, "but the Senate may propose or
concur with amendments, as on others bills.** The principle In
volved. and which had been established to England, is that the
national purse strings should be held by a body directly responsible
to the people Originally. Members oi the Senate were chosen by
the state legislatures rather than by direct vote of the people.
Q—I’ve heard the phrase ‘‘supreme law oi the land." What la that?
^ The supreme law of the land** is the Constitution, Laws made ‘Tn
pursuance of*’ the Constitution, and treaties made nr»d»r proper
authority Judges throughout the U. S. are bound by them, irrespeo
live of anything in state constitutions or laws to the contrary.^
Q—Have many U. S. Presidents been froja states west of the Mississipni
River?
A Orily three Have been. Herbert G. Hoover was born in Iowa mr * M
elected to the Presidency from California. Harry S. Truman la a
native Missourian Dwight D Eisenhower was born in Texas, ■r»4
lived in Kansas before entering the Army. All of tile other 30 U. S.
Presidents were born east of the MississippL Three states have
been birthplaces of more Presidents than the entire area west o<
the Mississippi has produced Eight Presidents were natives of
Virginia, seven were born in Ohio, and four in New York —
of them before their areas became states.
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THE SHORT TRIP
By F. L Rowley
M!
R. OELIE JENSON was a cau-i "Bank robbers!" sputtered Giles.
L tious man. He peered Into the I “Up and at 'em!’’ cried Bill as
future—with safety glasses. Some I he wiped some of Giles' coffee
said he was eccentric—others em- from the back of his neck
ployed terms even more unkind. It wa3 a merry chase. Some of
Ollie built a boat in his attic—just Hillcrest’s finest joined in the fun.
in case a flash flood might hit the mischievous lads up front
area. There isn’t a river to over- were go^ runners. Giles found
flow, or a lake to rise, within himself wondering where they were
twenty miles of Hillcrest: yet Ollie headed.
1113 boat _. .. n "They’re making for the brush,"
That was years ago. Since then Bm EvJms
Ollie’s boat has been removed to I ^ rT ... ,
the barn to make way tor the G Hj s 8™ med H ' dl ?"
room, built Into the attic. It wa. 10“ The thieves could lose
in the barn untU about a week ago. themselves m no time now-dark
Ollie wa. returning home one « « T"^ hlde
evening from one of hi. rare train ><x>‘ *° r * tu ™ ,OT “ U “ r _ „
rides. He has just left the Hill- “I’ve got my flashlight, sheriff. ^
crest Station when he heard voices I said Bill. It s right here
—young voices. Stepping off the "Wait!” Giles cautioned. “Lefa
road to investigate he came upon a follow them by sound for awhile,
half-dozen urchins tussling noisily This brush is dry We’ll hear them
to Stump's Swamp. Now Stump’s easily—unless they stop."
Swamp is a wee body of water I The self-appointed posse of dti-
hardly bigger than a tennis court. zenr y dropped back Chasing band
it is muddy and shallow. Its re- down the open road was one
moval has been in campaign thing; creeping up on them to the
speeches ever since the Civil War. Kmfh was quite another. Giles
"How would you young’uns like an d his deputy proceeded cau-
to have a ship to sail in tills tiously.
boundless sea?" asked Ollie smil- .^h at > s ^ noise?" asked Bfll
tog at the mud spattered catching Giles* sleeve. It sounds
You can surmise the answer. I wat -_ M
Willing young hands assisted Ollie *.. .... .. m „ nt
to dragging the boat from its Playing ^ ^ ighX
strange moorings to the barn, set-1
ting it up on wheels, and trundling h* 1 * ar ^ t
the cumbersome craft to Stump’s I they’ll never forget. The
• Swamp. Once afloat she sailed ^o bank robbers wer« in Olbe
proudly, although noisily, across Jenson’s old boat The man who
a stretch of water scarcely three stood to the bow waved his fist
times her length. defiantly at Giles. The other rowed
The townsfolk looked upon Ollie I furiously. He didn t realize it but
with more respect He had done tb* 9^°^ bad already nudged the
them a real service; no more I opposite bank.
muddy overalls or water-Jbaked Giles’ hearty laughter brought
shoes were observed on the streets out the curious group of people
of Hillcrest that bad fallen back. With joyous
Then came the bank robbery. shouts they surrounded the would-
The night was black. Sheriff be sailors. The two men scowled at
Giles and his deputy Bill Evans their captors.
were drinking coffee in Art’s place. “Short trip, wasn’t It boys?"
Giles’ eyes snapped wide open I grinned the sheriff. ’^Thanks to
when he saw two scalliwags streak Ollie Jenson and his boat we’ve
around a corner of the Hillcrest recovered both the loot and the
Bank. * | thieves. Yes sir—*a short trip."
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