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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954 v mim #un 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. DEP1HS OF DESPAIR COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Hand-Me-Down Policy Politics is sometimes so subtle that we ordinary people can't fathom the depths or mysteries or contradictions fre quently involved in political decisions, or decisions by politi cians. My appreciation of Mr. Eisenhower is very great; he is, I think, honest, earnest, patriotic, high-minded, but occas- sionally he finds a refuge in a reason that sounds well and has merit, but is invoked only for one occasion and never thought of for others. Let us consider the veto of an increase in pay for Federal employees. I quote the Associated Press report, as carried by our daily papers. “A five per cent pay increase for a million and a half fed eral workers, voted by Congress during the waning hours, was killed by President Eisenhower. The President said, in a statement, that he is disapproving the pay hike because the measure fails to provide revenue to meet the wage boosts and because it ‘ignores' what he termed ‘inequities’ in pay rates. He held out hope to the civilian federal workers that they may get a wage increase next year, saying he would re new his recommendations to the new Congress. He also said that ‘certain imperative needs’ of members of the armed forces must be met. The armed forces, the President de clared, lack adequate medical care for dependents and rea sonable survivorship benefits for their families. The President said he announced his disapproval of the bill ‘in order that federal workers may not have to under go a period of uncertainty as to my action.' The chief executive said signature of the bill would have added $112,000,000 to the cost of operating ^the Post Office Department, which he., reported already is operating at a deficit of 400 million dollars. He said it would Yfov'e a$ded more than 200 million dollars to civil service pay. About half a million postal workers and a million civil service workers and congressional employes would have received, the pay boosts under the bill.” You will take-note that the President objected to the Act of Congress on two grounds : one that this Act would bring about, or continue, inequalities of pay in the Federal service; the other objection was because Congress failed, or refused, to impose a tax which would bring in sufficient revenue to cover the raise in pay. How much would the additional pay amount to? $112,000,000—one hundred and twelve million dollars for the postal employees. In theory both objections are excellent and prove that the President is a watchdog of the Treasury. And that is as should be: he should hold the Congress to the sane and safe principles of budgeting the spending of our Govern ment funds, the taxes paid by our millions of people. Good, excellent, admirable, exemplary, but brought out to the light for this special occasion, though ignored on most others. He was courageous, I admit. As an inquiring citizen I wonder just what or which tax was specially imposed for the Saint Lawrence project; what tax is earmarked for the billions thrown away all over the world? Although the President vetoes this item of $112,- 000,000 because ic has no special tax underlying it and sup porting it, he wrought mightily—as I recall, to have an item of $290,000,000 included in the billions of give-away money. As the postal employees were included in the increases authorized by Congress, but vetoed, I think we must admit that no Federal service receives a larger return for the out lay than the postal service; and, so far as I have observed, no other service receives so little plush, or milk and honey. In fact, the Government seems to have a policy of hand-me- down pants toward the postal service, as the trousers of the older brother being given to the la<J next to him. Of course no lad in this up-and-doing age would accept the older broth er's discarded raiment. That is just an illustration that will remind my older friends of their grandfather’s time—long, long ago. That remark of hand-me-downs was suggested by some thing I saw recently in the yard of the Columbia postoffice. I am proud of a warm friendship with many members of the Columbia postoffice, .from the handsome Chief, Post master Goza, all down the line. As I was mailing Spectator through the back door, I saw a car, a glistering car, resplendent in all its glittering ele gance.. I think it was matked, “Government; official use only.” I wondered how Postmaster Goza had persuaded Uncle Sam to send a new car. In a few minutes a bright, alert young gentleman appeared, beaming with pleasure. Upon observing my scrutiny of the plush and velvet, the young man said “Fine car, eh? It belonged to and when that was discontinued or curtailed it was sent to us.” Don’t you see? Hand-me-downs, just the same. Our Govern ment has cars galore all over Europe, Asia, Africa, South America; and covering this country like the locusts and lice tK* l« STXnow WCW K1D£>»! ‘kjoukKn ov***. That Fciowafterwoorj] Ante School naWEwtme * Little Redskims'wwe TO PCACTlCE FOR TWE FIBVT S/STUfccur GAME TWEIR. tth/AL ^ North Side Giant? awj> Johnny,with new Football and helmet AND WOTfcLEVlSlON IN HIS HOME. WAS THE ONLY Kid to Snow op ! " W2 & in Egypt in Moses’ time; and it can find money for a Ger man Embassy and thousands of buildings in Europe, but not a dollar for a little modest postoffice in Manning. In Manning we still use a converted store, though the Government bought a ot there a generation pgo. Since then our Government has given more than fifty billion dollars abroad, but can’t build even a modest postoffice in Manning, nor yet can it afford that $112,000,000 to the Federal work ers. Of course I can understand that a modest postoffice in Manning should not be provided until Congress levies a special tax, but I still wonder why the $112,000,000 for the employees could not be approved, even by lopping off that little bit from the gigantic waste of our foreign entangle ments. When the Congress meets again I hope some resourceful member will put in the budget an item of $112,112,000, so that the pay raise and the postoffice for little Manning may be beyond any veto. One thing stands out, which both the Federal employees and little Manning suffer from, that is political slumber ing; if they had “politicked” a little more, the necessary moiiey would have been found. I don’t like to say that, but the record proves it, don’t you think ? No Obligation To France jt| So we are ready to arm the Germans ? Shades of the vet erans of two great wars! All the oratory of two generations echoes of ambition, outrages—and all that. Still it is a condi tion, a state of affairs of today, that confronts us; and Ire have to face and solve the problems of today in the light \>f today. France is unstable; she may cherish the comradeship witji us and the British against the Germans, but she shows leanings, wavering, toward Communism. Italy is very de cidedly weak, wavering, doubtful. We may feel a warm sym pathy for the French, but we owe France nothing now. All the billions of dollars and gallons of young blood repaid France a thousand times for her help during our Revolu tion ; and we were helping France to save herself, to redeem herself, when the Germans held full possession. Today Western Germany borders on Russian territory and needs us. Germany doesn't fear France, but fears Russia and the encircling Satellites of Soviet imperialism, France, on the other hand, fears a resurgent, vigorous, resourceful Germany. If each nation must consider first its own interest, our interest is with Germany, since Germany must be the bul wark against Russian aggrandizement. So our interest coin cides with the interest of Germany. Our British brethren are thinking first of their own in terest, England being just twenty miles away from France. Point Of Law DROBABLY the most important ^ measure to come out of this congress, once it cleans all the hurdles, is the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. It is the first major re vision of the original McMahon Act of 1946. Its objectives are three - fold. First—to open up the entire field, except weapons, of atomic energy to private enterprise for peacetime purposes; (2) to protect the tax payers’ investment of some $12 billions of dollars which the gov- emmen: has put into research and know-how, and (3) to continue to safeguard the national security and safety by building up a stock pile of essential by-products from source materials. A study of two years of hearings by the Joint Comittee on Atomic Energy indicate the committee and the Atomic Energy Commis sion. both have been put under tremendous pressure to turn this vast new field over to private in dustry with few safeguards. And as a matter of fact, the armor of the committee was punctured here and there by the tremendous lobby pressure, on' several important points—on the question of patent rights which would build up a monopoly by the few huge indus tries which have been working with the AEC, and which presum ably would be the first to apply for licenses under the act ... on the question of power generated from government operated pilot or research plants. Business did not like the patent provisions which threw a protective screen around patent rights for a period of five to ten years, forcing firms to share patents with newcomers in the field for an adequate royalty fee. Neither did business like the power provisions which sought to main tain the half-century of govern ment public power precedents by giving preference to states, mu nicipalities and farmer coopera tives. The fight over these issues brought on a 13-day filibuster, and when the conference committee weakened and failed to maintain the senate amendments, the Sen ate voted to send the hill back to a new conference committee after some of the most dramatic parlia mentary maneuvering yet tried at this session of the Congress. Senator Walter George, the vet eran member of the Senate in point of service, asserted his vote on this bill the most important in his long years of service. What to expect from private en terprise irrthis new field is difficult . to determine. The cost is heavy, the risks great, and the rules laid down in the law and by the com mission will be complex. But it / is a lush new industrial frontier to create power, to aid agriculture, to propel ships, trucks, tractors, locomotives, for medicinal research and treatment, for preservation of foods without refrigeration. There were early predictions that if the Administration farm bill failed to clear congress this year, it would go into effect. It will be remembered that in 1949, the 80th congress passed a flexible price support law. That act neyer saw the light of day, since before it became effective, the Congress passed an amendment calling for two more years of 90% rigid parity. But this old 1949 act remained on the books, as the Aiken-Anderson- Hope Act and if no farm bill was passed, or if the President vetoed a bill that was passed, the old Aiken act would become law. Thus the administration had the farm bloc over a barrel on the flexible- rigid price support issue which re sulted in a compromise of 82ft to 90% of parity instead of 75 to 90%. i n g i o n -.5 Q—Whmt nations are tnctnded in the “Colombo” nations which nro togay frequently in the news? N « A—The “Colombo” nations Include those southeast Aslan nations re cently given independence including India. Pakistan. Burma, and Ceylon. 4)—Is the .pietnre of any other man except presidents of the United States used mi any U. S. Currency? And will yen name all presi dents used mi bills? A—Yes. The picture of Salmon P. Chase. Secretary at Treasury under Lincoln, is used on $10,000 bills, and Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury under Washington, la used on ten dollar bills, while Benjamin Franklin 2s used on one hundred dollar bills. On one dollar bills—Washington; two dollar bills—Jefferson; five dollar—Lincoln; twenty dollar—Jackson; fifty dollar—Grant; five hundred dollar—McKinley; one thousand dollar—Cleveland; five thousand dollar—Madison, and one hundred thousand dollar—Wil son. Q—How many signors wore there to the Declaration of Indepeadenee? A—There were fifty-six signers. These Included 15 lawyers: 1 brewer; 8 farmers; 18 judges; 2 physicians; 3 soldiers; 8 merchants; 1 manufacturer: 1 college president and 1 printer-publisher. Q—Do parity pries supports keep retail food hills high? A—The House Agricultural committee conducted a recent survey on this subject and declared while farm prices are reported down 20 points from the peak reach on the official Index In 1951. you pay today about as much* as you did then for your groceries. (OosrrtsSt ISM. T—awfMl Q*»rt«rlyl DaleCarnegi ^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVIN A 1 FTER leaving college, P. W. Treleaven, 3212 Milan Street, From the South Pasadena Re view, South Pasadena, California: A leader in the world of retailing is reported to have said that retail business as a whole may be some what less this year than last—but that he expected bis own store to show a substantia] advance This may or may not happen in his case. But it is an example of a confident and aggressive attitude that is prevalent throughout retail business. The public interest in such an at titude is clear. The only way any retailer can do more business in these highly competitive times is to offer lower»prices, or better qualities, or more attractive serv ice. or some other inducement— and to advertise these attractions and deliver them as promised. Going further, retailers have faith in this country. They aren’t scared by recession talk. They, like other businesses and industries, are spending huge sums on im provement and modernization. • • • From the Dove Creek Press, Dove Creek, Colorade: It’s no mys tery why people keep en patroniz ing certain stores. They trade with them because they believe they get lower prices, or better service, or more attractive selections, or some other appealing inducement. What may not be so well known is why people stop patronizing cer tain stores and take their business elsewhere. Kentucky Grocers News recently touched on this. It said that a re cent survey showed that of all cus tomers lost by stores, one per cent died, three per cent"moved away, five per cent changed because of friendship, 14 per cent had griev ances, and nine per cent were not accounted for This leaves 68 per tent. And this big majority took their frade elsewhere because of indifference on the part of the store. In other words, they' had been made to feel that their pa tronage was not needed. > Nowadays merchants of ail kinds and sizes, independents and chains, are concentrating on improving their contacts with customers. The fact that we are in a strong buyers' market has made that inevitable. A rude or inefficient or bored sales person can drive squads of po tential customers away, and for keeps. So successful retail stores are seeing to it that customers are warmly and courteously greeted and made to feel wanted. This is good for the stores. It is good for the buying public too. Orleans, Louisiana, made a vow that he would become rich he set out to do just that. He left New Orleans because it was a slow uninteresting place went to New York where he thought fortunes could be made in a His first -speculations were modest; he had beginner’s luck; he Plunging more heavily at every turn he won and won and won. His winnings afforded him all the pleasures he ■ could desire. Travel, night clubs, high priced cars, an apartment in New York, home on Long Island, a boat on the Hudson River. The more he got the more he wanted — he was living in a mental whirl. October 1929 came and with it the collapse of the stock market end the speculator’s dream. What followed was a nightmare for Peter Treleaven. A complete reversal of plenty, hounding of creditors, despair, remorse, mofe or less of a black void, coupled with great effort to find an answer. By and by thc< answer came. A voice said, “Petei; become try and help others In this world of trials and tribulations; stop ing and forget the easy road to riches.** Surprisingly enough he began to live and he enjoyed life far than he ever had. Above all he found his fortune in his wife, declares, is worth far more to him than ill the gold in the world. ’ he considers himself a very rich man. = . t CARN1 n. HR 8 ift* IP* » I « '5==-** -V -v> ^ . kTO* . , . “me and labor The clash between the Highway Department and Judge Baker, growing out of a case in Conway, is very interest ing. At the outset let me say that Judge Baker showed great courage in bringing the Highway officials before his court; he knows that the term of a Circuit Judge is just four years; and he knows the politics of South Carolina. Looking at this, as the Judge did, showed striking and unusual zeal. But one may ponder seriously the merits of this order,’declaring the Chief Highway Commissioner and Capt. Hutto to be in con tempt of Court. If a corporal or sergeant from Fort Jackson had made the arrest and under army regulations must surrender the prisoner’s gun to his Captain; then let us assume that one of our Judges had been approached for a writ of Habeas Corpus. Would the soldier have obeyed the Judge’s order to retain possession of the gun, or would he have surrendered /t to his Captain, according to regulations? The State patrol men are a more or less militarized body and under strict discipline. It appears that the patrolmen are required to surrender captured weapons. Suppose it had been a captured car or truck ? The point is interesting and raises the question whether a Judge may set aside a regulation of the Highway patrol except on a point of law. INTEL i*./ Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phones 719 & 76—Night 513-R Check the correct word; ' 1. Chinese Nationalists (do) (do not) occupy islands other* than Formosa. 2. The first two World Series games will be played in an (American) (National) League park. 3. Army engineers estimate that the St. Law rence Seaway will be open for navigation in (1959) (1969). 4. Researchers now find that fluoridated water . (may) (may not) reduce tooth decay in adults. 5. The proposed Far East security pact would be known as (ASTO) (SEATO). 6. Some police departments (do) (do.not) use radar to catch speeders. 7. Communist Viet Minh forces (have) (have not) released some of their French prisoners. 8. Terrorist gang in the headlines recently was the (Pachuco) (Pen.uchi). 9. (Minnesota) (Missouri) is the “Gopher State.” , 10. The autumnal (Equinox) (Solstice) marks the beginning of falL Count 10 for each correct answer. A score' of 0-20 is poor; 20-40, fair; 40-60, average; 60-80 superior, and 80-100, very . 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