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sm ?sS& m PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954 nn INDEPENDENCE DAY, THEN AND NOW 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class n.atter December 6. 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. On 17r6, WE FOUGHT AGAINST DESToTlSTM TO GtAJtf FREEDOM /A ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Is This Republican Economy? Wasting money; throwing away the taxpayers’ money. Are we blind to what is going on? When Roosevelt began coddling certain groups we were too blind to see ahead; we see now. When Roosevelt began pouring out billions of dol lars on pipe dreams we still had a sort of myopia that made our range of vision short; and all that continued under Tru man ; and today it flourishes under Eisenhower. What is the secret? The secret is that most of us have our price and we are for sale. You think I am wrong? Well if we could coax a few millions for our community where would we stand? Like Horatius at the bridge—fighting alone ? Our men in office are in office because of votes. Votes are their life-blood, politically, so they are ready to en dorse or espouse or promote drains on the National treasury if the spending of Government money will win votes. You have heard me talk about the Federal pork barrel: well let me quote The State, Columbia’s mprning daily: “I commented in this column on the Upper Colorado stor age, power and irrigation project recommended by the Administration and destined, if passed, to cost the nation’s taxpayers billions of dollars. Since then, plenty has been happening which has had little attention because of the nation’s, absorption in Cohn, Schine, Adams and others. “After a hard fight in the House Interior and Insular Af fairs Committee, the bill was approved by the narrow vote of 13-12. “This vote should remind us of several things that may be well to remember this year. First, that Republicans (when their sectional interests are involved, are no more for econo my than was Truman at his most reckless period. “Finally, it should be noted in all fairness that this vast project may be saddled on the taxpayers of the country by a Republican Administration and a Republican Congress elected on a platform in which candidates were solemnly pledged to economy. “The economic aspects of the project as spelled out in the Committee’s minority report are staggering. In the first place, the subsidy to irrigation is enormous. It involves a gift from the taxpayers of this and the next generation of ‘over $2,500 an acre or $370,000 for each of the 2,700 farms to be benefitted.’ I may add that I have seen and examined the data from which these amazing figures were calculated, and I know they are correct. “The minority also shows from the terms of the bill that the bill puts the government further into the busi ness -of electric power, because for many years the dams to be built would not be needed for water shortage. They would be solely for the generation of pow r er, remote in most cases from a suitable market. The bill, according to the minority report, would grant authority to the Secretary of the Interior to build transmission lines ‘all over the country so long as they connected with a Federal project now or hereafter to be built'.” I have quoted Raymond Moley, once the chief intellectual of the Roosevelt first term. Now let me quote Ray Tucker in the same issue of The State: “A rural lobby long identified with the Democratic Party has just demonstrated why it is almost impossible for Presi dent Eisenhower to keep his promises to save money for the taxpayers. It is an extraordinary laboratory example of ‘gimmie’ tactics at Washington. (/ “The organization is known as the National Rural Electri fication Cooperative Association and it is headed by former Representative Clyde T. Ellis of Arkansas. It presumes to protect the interests of rural electric consumers, individuals and co-operatives, in the annual appropriation battles. It has become a formidable bpdy on a nationwide scale. “Ttye lobby’s activity^ which involved REA’s 1955 budget, was exposed and denounced by Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont, a firm believer in REA and one of the farmers’ best friends on Capitol Hill. A patient and quiet man, his at tack on the Ellis tactics found general agreement among his colleagues. v "Yr* ,/S: y'- ' A #• i|i|» h\-\ i 'i e- K.'.W.W S. ■ -\ \ 9^ TiMlVr nm mjii On 1Q54 WE'RE FKSirr- ISCj A6A1WSTT 121’ COMMUWISTM TO PRESERVE FREEDOM ‘Imperative that you wire your Senators immediately to support amendment to increase REA funds by $35,000,000 and that you contact managers (REA Co-op officials) and others in your state to also wrie your Senators.’ “Although an REA enthusiast, Aiken denounced Ellis’ figures and statement as ‘erroneous and inaccurate,’ Ellis failed to point out, he said, that REA had unexpended bal ances of $500,000,000 or more than enough to finance cur rent and prospective loan applications. He intimated that Ellis’ motive was to, aid the three Democrats—Gillette, | Douglas, Humphrey—in states which the Republicans hope to recapture next November. “Senator Edward J. Thye of Minnesota, another REA sup porter, backed Aiken. “ ‘Nothing could be more damaging,’ said Thye, ‘than to attempt to confuse and mislead the farmers into believing that the REA program is being jeopardized, I wish to com mend the Senator from Vermont for placing these facts in the Record.’ “Aiken also denounced propaganda designed to create the impression that the Administration is crippling REA, as Ellis frequently charges. He notes that REA funds in Ike’s first year exceeded Truman’s final appropriations by almost $25,000,000. He also argues that applications are being handled more promptly.” If the President of the United States could veto an item in the appropriation bill, without killing the whole bill, he might save the Nation from much wanton pilfering. I again remind you that South Carolina gave to its Governor the authority to veto any item or items in an appropriation bill. Our South Carolina constitutionalists had that much wis- J dom in 1895!! ■ I Much that has been done since has somewhat the appear ance of excrescences like warts, moles and such things. T HE government isn’t saying so, but Congressional sources be lieve that the so-called “new look’’ Eisenhower military budget will allow stepped-up “defense” spend ing in the form of war materials for our free world allies to use in fighting Communist aggression. Informed sources say the plan is to send the materials of war to the places where it is needed most, such as Indochina, and to get our allies to do all they can. Much of the billion dollars for “military construction” requested by the President is expected to be spent in this manner. Just how much will be spent in supplying the sinews of war to our free world allies is a matter of guesswork. When the Eisenhower military budget cleared the House and went to the Senate Appropria tions Committee, the rumors on Capitol Hill indicated that a big increase would be necessary. • What about our national debt? The size of it depends upon the balance between federal income and outgo, and when the debt comes too close to the legal ceil ing, the Government must cut down on spending or borrowing, else raise the debt limit. The debt’s been poking at the ceiling for a long time and Con gress, after balking on President Eisenhower’s last-minute appeal for a ceiling hike at the close of the 1953 session found itself faced with an urgent problem in 1954. Tax re ductions brought about a revenue loss. Actually, the national debt fluc tuates from day to day. On March 31 that part of the debt subject to the legal $275 billion ceiling stood at $269.8 billion. On April 30, it totaled $270.6 billion, by May 20 had risen to $272.6 billion, only $2.4 short of the legal stop sign. After the Senate Finance Com mittee voted in 1953 to shelve the President’s request for a $15 billion ceiling boost, Eisenhower again re newed his request for a debt limit increase in his Jan. 7, 1953 State of the Union message and in his Jan. 21 Budget Message, when he said, “it is not prudent to operate the huge business of the United States Government in such a strajt jacket as the present debt limit.” Making allowances for revenue losses from the Jan. I drop in in dividual income taxes, expiration of the excess-profits tax, and his new tax proposals, President Ei senhower estimated that 1 in fiscal 1955 federal receipts would total $62.7 billion, while federal outlay would amount to $65.6 billion. This, he estimated, would result in a deficit of $2.9 billion, and a public debt of $273 billion at the close of fiscal 1955. These estimates were made before Congress passed a bill reducing excise taxes with addi tional losses in revenue of $1 bil lion. This would raise the estimated deficit to almost $4 billion and place the national debt approxi mate] / $1 billion below the legal limit. Hoy.’ can you take care of such a situation? By raising the debt limit, or cutting down on spending and borrowing. “The REA appropriations bill,reached the Senate with a $35,000,000 cut that had the approval of the full Com mittee on Agriculture and Appropriations, after careful scrutiny. But the reduction was restored in a jifffy through an amendment offered by Senators Guy Gillette of Iowa, Paul H. Douglas of Illinois and Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota. Democrats all, they are up for re-electipn next fall. “Aiken blamed Ellis for the restoration of the unnecessary funds on the ground that the lobbyist had ‘misrepresented’ REA’s financial position in telegrams to subscribers, mem bers and officials of his organization. A few days before the floor vote, Ellis sent out a typical lobbyistic alarm, to wit: Confidence In The Future Well, it is stimulating to read that' America is forg ing ahead. Says a great Company in an advertisement: “Anyone who spreads fears that we may be facing another major depression ignores completely how much America has changed since the 1930’s. Industrial research and development have broadened the base of our entire economy and even more important, have laid the groundwork for a steadily increasing expansion in the years to come. Here are just two examples of what has happened. The first electric refrigerator with a sealed-in mechanism was introduced in 1926, and its production in that year re quired only a few hundred people. Today, refrigerators and frdfezers make up a billion-dollar business, which employs more than 100,000 men and women in manufacturing, plus additional thousands in retailing and distribution. The freezer itself has made possible another whole new in dustry, frozen foods. In 1939, most of us knew electronics only as tubes in our radio, and the entire industry sold 230 million dollars’ worth of equipment. Electronics is now a 414-billion-dollar business, and some experts predict it will grow to 20 bil lions in 1960’s. Just one producer, now has electronic-equip ment factories in 13 different parts of the country and has stepped up its payroll in this field to 27,000 in just 15 years. This trend of expansion is not slowing down. It’s rapidly accelerating. Many exciting new industries are predictable, as we learn 1 how to make full use of atomic energy. Another important new field will be electronic machinery that will make work easier, production swifter. Our scientists are experimenting with metal crystals .50 times stronger than any metals we now know. New and better home appliances are on the way. More uses for the gas turbine are coming out of jet-engine experiments. Our belief in a long-term period of industrial growth is not wishful speculation. It’s being backed by the greatest build ing program America has ever seen. Last year, the nation’s industries spent 28 billion, 400 million dollars, for new plant and equipment; this year, they will spend only slight ly less. Our own investment since 1946 has already reached more than a billion dollars. In 1954, a record 175 million dollars will be invested in a new plant facilities by us, 24% more than last year. This is the kind of confidence we have in the country’s future.” From the Seville Chronicle, Se ville, Ohio: Weekends we’re privi leged to have a grandstand seat for the automobile test track that is East Main Street, Seville, during the first warm weather each spring. Music lovers of Stan Kenton per suasion would be delighted to hear the effect achieved by a fenderless jallopy with a brainless driver when it spins 180 degrees at the Liberty Street intersection. The trick is seldom demonstrated be- > fore midnight; persumably the acoustics are better during the late hours. Most of the participants come here from neighboring towns to test their cut-outs and other acces sories. It’s nice to have a reputa tion for hospitality . . . maybe we ought to extend it to the point of free board and room for a few days! • • • From the Canton Independent- Sentinel, Canton, Pennsylvania: The three menaces on the highway today, according to some authori ties, are drunken driving, uncon trolled thumbing, and indiscrimi nate spooning. To put it briefly, Hie, hike. hug. From the South Pasadena Re view, South Pasadena, California: Politically speaking, California is a crazy mixed up place. The voters are predominatly Democratic but vote predominatly in the Repub lican column in State contests and very often in national tests. We have two Republican senators, a Republican governor and the State Legislature has a Republican ma jority as has our congressional delegation. To further' confuse the picture we have a report on Cali fornia registrations which shows that the GOP has made a bigger gain than the Democrats since 1952, but the Demos are noYy doing better than their opponents To put it another way, the Republican registrations in California since 1952 have climbed 158,856 and the Democrats 115,157.* But since the first of the year the .score is 98.493 new GOP registrations and 175.561 Democratic. (The reasoni for this latter figure for the Democrats ex ceeding their net registration in crease since 1952 is explained by the fact that they lost ground dur ing 1953.) After reading this article we’re sure it will be all very clear to you. Then you can explairf it to us. • * • From the Audubon County Jour nal, Exira, Iowa: Advice of all kinds is heaped upon the 1954 grad uates, just the same as former graduates received in previous years. True—most of it goes in one ear and out the other but, basically, youth will find their oldsters trying to give them the benefit of personal experience, often the result of many years of hard work. But it takes about 20 years before they realize it. 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I 2. 3 2T r? 56 8 •6 9 \ " 21 ST 28 50 52. sr • i 55 IT 12 No Surplus Problem Wr. lit*. * v " ■ W- DamCariigh ^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ W HEN RUTH M. KENNEDY, 45 Ntew Lawn Avenue; Arlington, New Jersey, graduated from high school, she had her heart set on go ing to college, but because of an eye condition; the" doctor advised against it — and almost broke her heart. She had been preparing for four years and the letdown was too much. She had not the qualLlca- tions for going right out into the business world so her parents sug gested a secretarial school for a year. This was the 'last thing she had wanted to do. But to please her parents, she graduated — and made a flop of it. She gof to the point where she was builc^ng up resent ment toward everyone. She would cry if anyone dared make a remark to her, but she would tell no one what troubled her. By the time she got a job the change was too much for her. There were no signs of nerves in the beginning, but she had pains in her stomach, refused to eat, and finally was sick in bed. She lost over forty pounds and the doctor finally said she must go to CARNEGIE a hospital for intravenous feeding. The intravenous feedings did give her a little strength, but they didn’t help her otherwise. The doctor finally brought in a psychiatrist who recommended shock treatments. These helped a lot, but it wasn’t until she realized that nothing would cure her completely except her change of mqntal attitude that she began to help herself. With God’s help, eleven months later she was back on her f^et; but not until she had caused a terrible heartache for all concerned. Today when things don't go just right she talks it over with God in prayer, and she doesn’t wait until she gets to church to kneel. At last, she declares, she has learned how to live. \ f RESsmun A vm V / Q.—What Is the seating capacity in each chamber ef Congress? A.—The House erf Representatives, with 435 Members, has 448 seats on the “floor.” Each seat is tan leather - covered and has leather- padded arm rests. On the Senate “floor” there are 96 arm-rest chairs and 96 mahogany desks, one for each Senator. In both cham bers, there are special seats set aside for the presiding officer, and for clerks, reporters of debate and others. Visitors to Senate ses sions may choose from among 621 seats in the gallery. The House has 616 gallery seats for visitors. Q.—Can a member of the armed services write to his Congressman stating his views on legislation? A.—Section 4a of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (Pub lic Law 51 of the 82nd Congress) reads: “No member of the Armed Forces shall be restricted or prevented from communicating di rectly or indirectly with any Member or Members of Congress con cerning any subject unless such communication is in violation of law, ... or the security and safety of the United States.” Q.—What is the difference between an appropriation and an authorisa tion? A.-f-An authorization grants permission to establish or continue a cer tain program, puts a ceiling on monies that can be appropriated to finance it and specifies the general aim of the new program. \ Congress also makes contract authorizations, permitting the*govern ment to make financial commitments by letting contracts for goods and services. An appropriation is a grant to actually spend the money authorized, often is less than the amount authorized. (Corrlgat ISM, c«af rcaslMUfcl Qa»rt«rijr) Check the correct word: v . • 1. (Alfred Perlman) (Robert Young) is the new president of the New # York Central. 2. Sir Winston Churchill recently received the Order of the (Bath) (Garter). ^ 3. The nationwide air raid drill showed we (are) (are not) fully prepared for attack. 4. (Heroin) (Heroine) is a habit-forming drug. 5. Our sun (is) (is not) a true star* 6. Metal objects (do) (do not) weaken over the years.’ "" 7. If it’s 6 A.M. in Chicago, it’s (5) (7) A.M. in New York. 8. Washington is known as the (Mountain) (Evergreen) state. 9. The (home) (factory) is the more dangerous locale. 10. ^Nearly one-half of all legal liquor made in the U. S. is distilled in (Kentucky) (Vir ginia). # , Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each Correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, superior, and 90-100, very superior. Decoded IntelUgrain * qCspntuaX—01 'W»H—6 uaaaSjaAj—g FTV L L oq—9 •si—« -tijQJtaH—t WV—8 1 • ■4 3 m v 4 1