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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1954
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Assert Political Rights
Well, the election is over. Guess which election. Senators
and Representatives in Congress, all over this great Nation;
Governors, too. But in South Carolina we have taken our
elections quietly; that is the election of Representatives in
Congress, some State Senators and the entire State House
of Representatives. More than that: we elected a Governor,
a Lieutenant Governor and many other officials of the State;
and of the counties also. So what is all the tumult and the
shouting about?
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In South Caroina we had a very unusual case; and all this
developed from what someone called a concommitance of
circumstances, namely, to wit: the choice of a Democrat to
succeed the late Senator Burnett R. Maybank. So far as I
know, all the candidates were Democrats in good standing,
certainly in good and regular standing as South Carolina
Democrats, according to the rules of the South Caroling
Democratic Convention of 1936.
J'his State was stirred from Charleston to Pickens as never
before or since the brave days of Wade Hampton, B. R.
Tillman and Cole L. Blease. Within the last two decades we
have become soft, but the recent campaign brought out the
fighting qualities of our people.
It has been a tonic to our State, this assertion of individual
right; the citizen is worth more than the Party, or any
Party, although we need political parties. In fact we need
strong, vigorous Democratic and Republican Parties, because
if we split up into splinter parties we shall become as inef
fective as the French are. In South Carolina we have been
ignored by both Parties; our best course would be to build
a strong independent Party within the State, prepared to
cooperate with those who respect and regard us.
History Will Be Repeated
All things pass away, don’t they? We’ve just had an un
usual political campaign throughout the Nation; and even
South Carolina was caught in the vortex. Seldom has a Gen
eral Election been so embittered. However, the sun still
shines ahd the Washington monument is still firm and un
moved, as Calvin Coolidge once observed when some writers
dug up a lot of trash about several figures in our history.
I’m reminded that the world is quite accustomed to tumult,
turmoil, vanity", vexation of spirit, arrogance, greed, tur
bulence and what not.
In days of remote antiquity the rulers of Egypt were
sometimes despoilers, sometimes brutal; the Pharaohs are
familiar to us in sacred history, as well as known by their
pyramids and other monuments.
We’ve read of the Babylonians and we associate their
sway with the Biblical accounts of Daniel, and the lads in
the fiery furnace.
ZThe story of the Assyrians comes to mind and we can
see them in awe-awakening military array when Elisha’s
servant quailed in fright and Jehovah smote them with blind
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Our minds play along with Phillip of Macedon, whose wild
excesses inspired such oratorical denunciations that all
such unmeasured reproach became known as philippic. But
Phillip's greater fame rests on his being the father of Al
exander the Great, before whom the ancient world trembled.
Must we now come to Rome and the Caesars; or shall we
ponder the genius of Napoleon, his empire; his laws; his van
ity, his broad sweep and deep fall ?
Well, the world }ias survived all that; and the world has
recovered from the ambition of the Kaiser. So it may rise
from the ashes, if need be, and prevail against all the social
theorists and half-baked Economists of today. Right and
justice will somehow emerge triumphant. So we Americans
and we South Carolinians may be sure that after “the tumult
and the shouting dies; and the captain’s and the King’s de
part,” the ancient rule of sacrifice and service will still ap
ply and we shall again earn our bread and meat by the sweat
of our brows. . * i ;
The mutability of human fortune, as our fathers said, in
dignified phrase denoting the changeableness of everything;
the change, the.lack of permanence, as declared by the
Master, when he said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but my word shall not pass away.”
The words of the beautiful old hymn will be recalled:
“Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earths joys grow dim, its glories pass away,
Change and decay in all around I see; O,thou who
changest not;
Abide with me.”
$500 Billion Opportunity
Right now America is by far the richest nation in the his
tory of the world. /
Yet, paradoxically, our needs are greater than ever. Be
cause of our amazingly fast growth—and the fact that war
halted most civilian construction—there is a huge backlog
of demand for all types of goods and services. We need
schools and hospitals, more housing, improved streets and
highways, and more of all types of civilian goods.
On top of that, 11,000 babies are being born in America
every day—enough every month to populate the cities of
Charlotte, Greenville, Spartanburg, Gastonia, Anderson, and
Greenwood combined. All of these babies are good customers
for American industry and add materially to the demand for
all types of goods and services. f
Experts calculate that there is a backlog of need for new
schools amounting to $40 billion, for new roads and streets
amounting to $60 billion, for new homes amounting to $100
billion, and for durable equipment and non-residential con
struction of $300 billion. That comes to a whopping ^SOO
billion business opportunity for America in the years ahead.
Never has any American at any time in any place had such
good reasons for optimism and enterprise.
This" long-range look at America’s future is one of the
predominating factors in the growth of new industry in
the South and in other regions of the country which were
previously under-developed. Million-dollar plants are not
built or abandoned because of the way the stock market
looks today. They are built on faith in the future.”
“Peacetiipe atomic energy is on its way at last. Giant nu
clear factories without fire or smoke, as spotless as sur
gical theatres, fed perhaps once every five years with magic
slugs of uranium or plutonium, will supplant many coaleating
behemoths in the greatest power innovation since James
Watt pondered over his teakettle. But the peacetime use of
atomic power will not furnish all the prophecies that have
been made about it.
For one thing, the atom will not bring us ‘cheap potfer’—
a phrase widely interpreted to mean virtually free power.'
Power from the plants now under coiptruction will be con
siderably more expensive than power from present sources.
Some nuclear scientists believe, however, that with the ex
perience gained in the next 10 or, 20 years it will be possible
to make power from the atom at costs at least no higher
than those of today’s electricity. But they don’t expect
miracles.
The reason is simple. The device which heats water to
make steam is only one pqrt of the intricate utility system
which lights our houses and powers our factories. It is the
only part which the nuclear reactor replaces. From that
point on, nothing is changed in principle. The steam must
turn the same turbines, which turn the same dynamos. The
same high-tension lines and expensive transformers will be
used. Dr. John R. Dunning of'Columbia University, one of
the men who made the whole thing possible, believes that
eventually the cost of atomic fuel to the plants will be only
a small fraction of the price now paid for coal. But note that
even if coal cost nothing your electric bill would not be much
lower than it is. In 1952 the average American householder
paid 2.77 cents per kilowatt-hour< Of this the coal-burning
plants spent only .33 cents for fuel. In South Caroina our
electric power is .0254 cents.
The prospect of relatively cheaper power is further damp
ened by a look at the estimated construction bills. The Pitts
burg plant, to be built by the Atomic Energy Commission
and the Duquesne Light Co. (with the AEG picking up most
of the bill), will cost about 52 million dollars, not including
resarch and development costs. A coal-burning plant of the
same size could be built for about nine million dollars. Future
plants will probably cost less but, says former AEG Chair
man Gordon Dean, in Report on the Atom, ‘it seems quite
possible that atomic-power plants will always cost more to
build than coal plants .... because a nuclear reactor is vast
ly more expensive than a coal furnace.'
Why, v then, bother with atomic energy at all? For the
quickest answer let’s look at Britain. Britain has used up
much of her best coal, is importing increasing amounts and,
to meet expanding power needs, is combing dumps of inferior
coal once thrown away as worthless. Britain must use more
power per factory work in order to hold her place in worid
industry. Since the war she has been electrifying 10,000
farms a year and plans to accelerate the pace.
T HE 84th Congress, whatever it’s
political complexion, will again
tackle the controversial problem
of federal aid for the nation’s sick
and ailing, named by it’s opponents
as “socialized medicine,” and
which under the Eisenhower plan
is called medical insurance.
The President has announced that
he will again send his plan to the
Congress for consideration, the
same plan the 83rd Congress re
fused to enact into law.
This brings into focus the tre
mendous advancement which has
been made during the past twenty
years In so-called “fringe benefits”
to the individual American citizen.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce lumps these benefits
under four general headings . . .
Social Security,' Pensions, Insur
ance, Vacations and Sick leave.
Costs of these benefits during 1953
totalled approximately $32 billions,
according to an estimate made by
the United States Chamber of Com
merce. In 1929, for instance, the
costs for the same benefits totalled
only $1.5 billions.
According to the Chamber, esti
mates made after a statistical
study, show that cost to private
industry in employer payments to
talled $25 billion, or an estimated
15% of the $164.5 billion total of
all wages and salaries for the year.
Federal, State and local govern
ment fringe benefits were esti
mated at $7 billion, or 21% of
wages and salaries paid to public
employees.
Largest amount of the employer
costs included vactions, holidays
and* sick leave with pay, which
accounted for 5.9% of wages and
salaries, or a total of $11.8 billion.
About 3.3% of wages and salaries,
or $6.5 billion went for agreed pay
ments under collective bargaining,
such as pensions and insurance.
Under such programs as Social
Security, unemployment compen
sation, workmen’s compensation,
government retirement and other
programs the cost was approxi
mately $5.7 billion, or 2.8% of
wages and salaries. The American
worker has come a long way from
the days of “another day, another
dollar” for 12 or more hours of
work.
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Action of the Federal Trade
Commission in citing 17 insurance
companies dealing largely in hos
pitalization, accident and health in
surance will bring to a head the
widely heard complaints about the
“fine print” clauses in many in
surance policies. In general the
proceedings against the insurance
companies are based on use of
false claims or deceptive advertis
ing relating to extent of coverage
provided and benefits payable un
der accident and health policies
and the deceptive concealment or
non - disclosure of exception and
limitations in the policies.
Misrepresentation is alleged in
most cases on extent of coverages,
when the advertising claims bene
fits will be paid in cases of acci
dent or sickness generally. As a
matter of fact there are many
cases which policies so represented
do not cover . . . such as certain
nervous disorders, dental* opera
tions, venereal disease, pregnancy,
childbirth, miscarriage, hernia, tu
berculosis, heart disease and ap
pendicitis. 7
Q—What are the main divisions of the U. S. Department of Justice?
A—The Immigration and Naturalization Service, The Federal Bureau
of Investigation, The Board of Immigration Appeals, The Office of
Alien Property, The Bureau of Prisons, The Board of Parole, The
Anti-Trust Division, The Tax Division, The Civil Division, The
Lands Division and the Criminal Division. The Attorney General,
who heads the Department, is the chief law enforcement officer of
the United States.
Q—Will the Post Office Department redeem or exchange stamps?
A—No. Except in cases where the stamps were damaged when pur
chased, or if wrong denominations were erroneously purchased.
In such cases, application for redemption or exchange must be
made within two days.
Q—Does the U. S. Government still make treaties with Indian tribes?
A—No. Not since 1871 when the tribes were no longer recognized as
independent nations. Treaties made prior to that data, however
are still recognized.
Q—When was the National Park Service created, and how many arose
are in the Park system?
A—The service was created in 1916. There were 173 acres controlled
by the service as of 1953. However the Park system was established
in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone National Park.
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From the Denver City Press,
Denver City, Texas: The men who
run retail stores are almost always
community builders and all-around
good citizens. The reason for this
can be found in the constructive
business attitude which is an in-,
tegral part of successful retail
management. ,
One of the country’s leading
merchants and head of the great
chain store which bears his name,
\ recently made some remarks which
illustrate this attitude. Cut-throat
competition is out of date and has
been for 50 years, says Mr. Penny.
“If a man does a good job his
competitor needn’t worry him. A
merchant who approaches business
with the idea of serving the public
well has nothing to fear from com
petition, however much of it there
may be. In business as elsewhere,
we are our own pacemakers . . .
“There is no better friend to any
merchant than a fair competitor
. . . who profits most because he
serves best. It is in service that
real competition occurs.
“Always remember that you are
building not just a business but a
' community.”
With this kind of thinking being
voiced by leaders in retailing, it’s
no wonder that local merchants
generally are good people to have
around. And it provides the best
kind of guarantee that the con
sumer is going to get the utmost
in courtesy, service, convenience
and quality at the lowest price.
From the Chickasha Star, Chlck-
asha, Oklahoma: We’re not going
to say a word about “dogs,” but
we sincerely believe the bVisiness
is there for the man who goes after
it. But he’s got to promote, pro
mote, promote to get it. He’s got
to be aggressive. Otherwise he’ll
lose out to his competitors.
In a recent survey, merchants
all over the country were polled as
to their current^ newspaper adver
tising plans. Ninety-nine per cent
are spending as much or more for
space in weekly and daily news
paper advertising as was the case
in lush years.
This is just more proof of the
fact that the buyers’ market is
back, and competition is tough and
intense. The consumer is the king
in a vast retail market.
'fc ^AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING”
Tj'IVE YEARS ago Mrs. Earl t>. Thompson, 2428 Lyndale Avenue, So.,
F Minneapolis, Minnesota, went with her daughter Dorothy to the hos
pital to take home her four-months-old baby. The baby had been seri
ously ill with cerebral meningitis for two months and during that time
they were worried and fearfuL Now, more worried than ever, Mrs.
Thompson wondered how the young parents would accept the tragedy
in their lives, for the baby was being discharged
with the verdict that they could do nothing more
for her and that she would be physically and mental
ly crippled. The nurse wheeled her out in her hospi
tal crib and said, “Mrs. Schell, you may dress your
baby and take her home.” Dorothy lodked down at
the pitiful little figure and breaking the sobs cried,
“This isn’t my baby,” and her mother made a si
lent, fervent prayer that her baby daughter would
not fail her own baby daughter.
In a moment the sobbing ceased, the young moth
er picked up her baby and held her to her heart
She didn’t know it but in that moment her own mother khew
had accepted the inevitable. From then on she not only ac
but she adjusted to it and cooperated with it while her husband
her parents accepted and cooperated with her.
Today, at five and a half years, the little girl is a happy, well ad
justed chil<^ who gets around beautifully in her wheel chair and Mrs,
Thompson says that the entire family has done more real living in the
past five years than in all their lives previously.
Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky and India’s V. K.
UN PALS
Menon show good humor at UN recess, but later
ly attacked rearming of Germany.
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