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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
The Supreme Court of the United States has not abated
by even a jot or a tittle its attitude on Segregation; the de
cision merely allowed a breathing spell, and that is all: We
are just where we were, so far as law is concerned. When I
say “law" I mean the decision of the Supreme Court.
As a matter of law, a limitation of the appellate power of
l;he Supreme Court is of no practical service. There must
be a Supreme Court or we should have a multitude of con
flicting decisions, each district court becoming a law to
itself, thereby having several hundred courts without a
head. Or if each Circuit Court were Supreme we should
have the same confusion. This is a great nation of vast
interstate business and we must be a Nation.
The best approach to the solution of this conflict seems
to me to be a challenge to the Supreme Court. There are
several avenues of approach: let us try to impeach the
Court, as Senator Ellender proposes. That, of course,
would not conclusively and permanently settle the question,
but it would help.
The direct and conclusive course would be to amend
the Constitution, especially the Tenth Amendment so that
the reserved powers of the States will be made specific.
Can that be done? The people adopted the Eighteenth
Amendment and then adopted the Twenty first amendment,
repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. The adoption of
the Eighteenth Amendment was due to an aroused citizen
ship under the spur of the W.C.T.U. and the Anti-Saloon
League of America and, of course, the constant work of
the ministers and the prayers of the mothers. It can be
done £gaiii. I know what can be done.
In a campaign to re-assert and revive and maintain
the Tenth Amendment, the principle is greater than mere
racial matters; it is fundamental to all American law and
to the people as citizens. So urgent is the need for a
clarification of the Constitutional rights of the States and
the scope of the Federal power that some great Foundation
might do a supremely useful service by financing such a
campaign in each of the forty eight States.
Either the States must re-assert their reserved powers
or resign themselves to the condition of provinces, instead
of States.
I am in favor of a direct, frontal challenge instead of
pettifogging, piece-meal measures which offer nothing but
a measure of delay, with the result clearly foreseeable.
The businessmen of our nation are tied hand and foot by
^ the Federal assumption qf power under the inter-State
Commerce provision. Much of this could be corrected by a
clear, definite Constitutional statement that would curb the
Federal effort to control everything because the egg from
the farmer's barnyard found its way into another State.
This idea of a campaign in every state does not mean a
Committee in one place sending out tons of circulars and
hoping by quantitative extravagance to offset the lack, \of
quantitative appeal and individual enlistment.
The preservation of our Nation, as a Nation of Sover
eign States, is pre-eminently the need of the day.
Those who think we have gained anything by the re
cent decision of the Supreme Court are in a paradise of ig
norance. Of course it has been said that “when ignorance
is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise." A little delay, and no more.
Does anyone think that the United States district Judges
will deliberately play with the Supreme Court’s decision?
Isn’t it clearly apparent that district courts will have to en
force that decision? So what? We have won a skirmish,
. no more; the enemy is embattled in full strength and will
attack again, ^very soon.
“If any of Ponce de Leon’s cult are still abroad in the
land, they might try meandering toward Cincinnati. No
fountain of youth awaits them there, but on or about July
1-they will find on the shelves of the city’s supermarkets
something that’s designed to help them live a little longer.
It’s a line of recipe—geriatric foods—described as the
first line of such foods to be marketed. Geriatrics is the
name of the division of medicine concerned with old age
and its diseases. But because the tongue-twisting term is
so little known to the general public, it appears nowhere on
the orange and blue labels of the new canned foods. In
stead, they are called “Senior Foods,’’ or those adapted for
the nation’s senior citizens.
The number of persons in the U. S. over 60 years of
age, which totaled 18.3 million in 1950, is expected to be 23
milhon by 1960.
Says the head of research and quality control: “Our aim
in developing these foods was to come up with a product
that was low in calories, high in proteins and minerals, and
with no added salt."
This formula was tailored to meet the nutritional needs
of the aged. For increased longevity, oldsters’ diets should
include: less starchy foods; more proteins and minerals,
such as calcium, iron and phosphorous, to buttress brittle
bones; and no excess salt, in order to avoid circulatory di-
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OPEN FORUM
An Open Letter To The
Citizens of Newberry:
We, the laboring people, the
people who have to sweat for a
living, are going to answer the
article about our organizations. In
the past we have stood idly by
theway and took these accusa
tions, now we are going to battle
back.
First, let it be undrstood that
we are average American people.
The sons of these organizations
have served and died on the bat
tle fields of the world as Ameri
cans; so being Americans we have
the right of Americans;
These rights include the rights
to worship, speak out and vote as
we please. Now to these small,
evil minded, corrupt politicians of
this city and state who would try
to destroy our labor groups to
feather their own little nests, you
are not weakening us but
strengthening our people.
We who are organized have the
right to organize under the Fed
eral and State laws of this coun
try. The laboring people who
do this are all wet, but when pro
fessional people organize under
different names it is all right. ^
Some of these organizations
such as the Chamber of Commerce
and professional groups don’t call
themselves unions but prefer to
be called associations. Call it
what you may, these groups are
people joined together to seek
one objective, a v better life for
their organization and peoples.
This we the laboring people do
not condemn but condone because
their principles are the same as
ours. We are after the same
things, a betfer more healthful
and prosperous life for our peo
ples; to achieve this objective we
are bound together and no one
individual or group will ever de
stroy us.
Now to the gentleman from the
north who said his main objection
to building his plant here in our
city was the fact that it was high
ly organized; he had better check
the location in Massachusetts
again for we know for a fact that
per square mile, the state of Mas
sachusetts Is highest organized
state in the country and more
power to them. As we said at
the start, we know the people who
are against us and we know our
friends. We won’t forget either.
Endorsed by the following labor
organizations:
E. F. McCutcheon,
Local 324, TWUA, CIO
Gladys Dollar,
Local 675, A.C.W.A.
From the Granite State News,
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire: As
jve grow older we probably be
come more and more cynical and
sour, having seen quite a bit of
water go under the bridge and all
over the dani.
All too often it seems that we,
in this modem day and age, are
confusing speed with progress, or,
to phrase it another way, confus
ing material progress with actual
progress.
If one takes a weekend to visit
aroun<J and drive through northern
New England one notes the sud
den rush of multi-colored, chrome
plate laden cars on the road, two
television set homes, one set for
adults and one for children; kitch
ens are becoming semi-automatic
with the electric ice box, automatic
washer and dryer, power ventila
tion and a stove that turns itself
off and on.
All of these create comforts and
time saving devices are most de
sirable. No one but a fool would
want his wife to go back to wash
ing by hand or drawing water at
the frozen pump and lugging in
wood.
But the danger is in all this ma
terial progress is that we tend to
think of it as true progress and
not merely as material progress.
That is, the danger is in think
ing that the air conditioned home
and the three-toned car is the be-
all and end-all of life and not
merely a great convenience to
make life pleasanter and to en
courage and permit greater effi
ciency.
It is fair to raise the question
then as to what is true progress.
No one has ever satisfactorily an
swered that question. The debate
can go on and on all night long,
just as can the discussion as to
"What is a well educated man?"
or "What constitutes a gentle
man?"
One might say that the youth
who works hard in high school,
graduates from college, serves his
time with the Armed Forces, then
picks up a Masters Degree in edu
cation and goes to teaching is
making true progress. One might
say that the factory owner who
stabilizes employment, improves
working conditions and secures a
firm and sound understanding of
mutual problems with his em
ployees is making true progress
... the banker who . . . encour
ages thrift and home ownership
in his community ... the minister,
teacher, the justice or the police
officer . . . who manages to raise
the moral and cultural level of his
community ... the legislator who
. . . is able to raise the level of
government . . .
And so it goes, a very wide field
for discussion.
i n g t o n
you tell use why the recent Issue of
are selling^at a discount and maturing certificates
off in cash?
notes of 2%
had to be paid
seases, such as hardening of the arteries, hypertension and
weak heart.
The scientific director of the Nutritional Foundation,
Inc., which supports basic research and educational work
in nutrition, observes: “Foods for older people should be
characterized by a little higher content of protein, minerals
and vitamins in proportion to their caloric content. That’s
because these people generally lead quieter lives and require
fewer calories for energy, but continue to need as many pro
teins, vitamins and minerals. Their food also should have
a lower salt (which contains sodium) content, because, as
many people get older, there is a tendency toward increas
ed blood pressure and hence their physicians more often
advise low-sodium diets."
“We expect the introduction of these Senior Foods to be
as important to the medical world as to the food world,”
asserts an authority.
Among the potential offerings are such things as veg
etable loafs, fruit, combinations of custard and other des
serts. The stews are packed in 8V2 ounce cans, each of
which is considered sufficierit to satisfy a person with a
fairly good appetite. Prices haven’t been determined
yet, but indications are that each can will retail in the 25-
cents to 30-cents range.
Packers are convinced that these dishes for the elder
public will grow into a sizable segment of the food industry,
that “with proper development the geriatric foods business
in 10 years could be greater than the baby food business."
Such growth would be explosive indeed. The baby food
business, born in the early 30’s, last year rolled up total
retail sales of about $200 million, excluding cereals. The
National Canners Association estimates that production
last year totaled 160,558,150 dozens of containers, of which
123,067,192 dozens were strained food and 37,490,958 doz
ens were chopped or junior food. Strained food is consum
ed by a baby from the age of three months until an age of
about 10 months; from then until about age 24 months the
baby eats chopped food.
The big reason why the potential market for geriatric
food could exceed demand for baby food is the fact that
each child is a consumer of baby food only about two years
but an oldster could be a consumer of Senior Foods for 15
years or more.
“There’s also the fact that more people are living
longer. In 1920 only 7.9 million persons, or 7.5% of the
population, were over 60 years old, according to U. S. De
partment of Commerce statistics. By 1950 the number had
jumped to 18.3 million and made up 12.2% of the popula
tion. It is forecast that those in the over-60 bracket will
rise by 1960 to 23 million (12.9% of the population and
reach 27.5 million (13.6%) by 1970-
It is thought that the American consumer is now suffi
ciently nutrition-conscious to be ready for the advent of
recipe geriatric foods. “You couldn’t have done this 10
years ago." American diet has been “moving away from
the meat-bread-and-potatoes pattern toward more lighter
A—Financial authorities say the biggest factor was that corporate
holders of maturing certificates wanted cash rather than the new
notes feeling the 2% yield was not an attractive interest rate. Not
all maturing certificates had to be redeemed in cash, only |700
million, out of $3.9 billion of maturing certificates. However thi*
amounts to 18% or the highest rate of attrition in any recent major
Treasury refunding.
Q—Is II tone that lew tariff sader the reciprocal trade act has injured
American industry?
A—It may be true that some few industries may have felt the Impact
of reciprocal tariffs, but since the .Reciprocal Trade Act was passed
in 1984. file nation's gross national product has increased from
$88 hOUons to $188 bfllions and national income has been raised
from $49 bflttooa to $903 bUUons. American industry apparently has
not been injured as a whole.
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A—Yes. Municipalities, and even
the right, but no Individuals.
public utilities may be given
A—-Aaron Burr, a former vice president, was tried for treason, but the
government halted the trial because of insufficient proof.
Q—What style architecture is the U.S. Supreme Court BuUdiug?
A—The Supreme Court Building is supposed to be a copy or patterned
after the temple of Diana at Ephesus, which was considered one
of the seven wonders of the world.
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The public’s interest in nutrition has been kindled by
the educational work done by medical schools, food research
laboratories and professional dieticians. More people are
going to their doctors for nutritional guidance and are
heeding the advice they get.
Health will be one of the greatest hobbies of oldsters.
To the average consumer’s palate, Senior Foods have a flat
taste. That’s because no salt has been added in the process
ing so that the food will be nutritionally suitable for old
sters. The vegetables, of course, still retain the salt which
they acquired from the soil, but the quantities are extreme
ly minute. The amount of salt in regular processed food
varies from about .75% to 1V2% by weight.
However, more. salt can be added to the Senior Foods
when they are served to make them as tasty as the oldster
desires, provided he can tolerate more salt. Most people get
in the habit of using salt and therefore find it difficult ad
justing to a low-salt diet. But the problem of switching
to a low-salt diet can be alleviated if special attention is
given to flavoring derived from ingredients other than
salt."
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^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START UVING" ^
T HE dly before Larry Wiekes. P. O. Box 388. Dublin, Georgia, waa to
sail for sea duty in the Navy he received a letter from his wife s
lawyer saying she wanted a divorce. He felt as though the bottom hact
dropped out from under him For the next two and one-half year# ho
tried to drown his worries in liquor and beer, or anything else that
would make a mun drunk. When he was discharged from the Navy
he left off drinking but he brought his worries home
with him. *
He bought a gasoline service station in Dublin,
Georgia, and for the next four years he tried to
forget his worries by working fifteen or sixteen
hours a day at the station. But it didn’t work.
A few years later as he was walking down the
street he suddenly blacked out and almost fell fiat
on his face. He went to a doctor for a check up, and
found he had very little blood; also he was on the
verge of a nervous breakdown. He did some serious
thinking that afternoon and decided he hkd reached
the end of his rope. Something had to be done.
When he went home that night he closed the door and fell doNtti
on his knees and asked Almighty God to take his life or do what he
would with it He himself wanted only peace of mind.
Then he crawled Into bed and slept like a baby. That knot was gone
from his stomach and he was completely relaxed. His prayer was
heard and answered by the Lord.
He believes that there never has been nor will there ever be any
method discovered that will beat the one he used. . .
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T HERE are literally bread-lines
In the United States today.
To read the newspapers and the
weekly financial and business pub
lications eacji week, no one would
suspect it. No one would suspect
that there are approximately two
million people depending upon dis
tribution of surplus food for their
meals. To read the stock-market
reports and the financial status
and net profits of the large busi
ness concerns, no one. would sus
pect that there are some 5,000,000
Americans with an income of
$1,000 or less, who are subsisting
upon a sub-standard diet. There
are 3,200,000 in the American labor
force who are without jobs. There
are some 3,000,000 more who are
working one, two or three days a
week.
In the mining industry alone,
there are more than 900,000 miners
idle. They have been idle lor
month. They have
their unemployment
tion and are living an
This means that in thd mining in
dustry alone some 40Mi9 to 700,-
000 persons are living or subsist
ing on the doles of file tremendous
stores of surplus foods built up
over the years by the Commodity
Credit Corporation.
Hear this. Congressman James
E. Van Zandt (R-Pa.), speaking
on the floor of file house:
"Think of it Mr. Chairmen, ac
cording to file Pennsylvania De
partment of Property and Sup
plies, in the great industrial State
of Pennsylvania, out of its 10 and
one-third million residents, nearly
10%, or 1,030,983 are living on sur
plus commodities." 1
And what are those surplus com
modities? They are butter, cheese,
dried beans, dry milk and a lim
ited amount of cooking oils. But
no bread. No com meal. These
people do not have the money to
buy bread or com meal. They have-
absolutely no purchasing power.
Multiply these figures by 81,000
unemployed miners in West Vir
ginia; 67,000 in Virginia; 30,000 in
southern Illinois. Other thousands
in Kentucky, / Indiana, and other
coal mining states—23 states In
all.
Congress recently started some
thing about removing the bread*
lines. The House passed a bill
(H.R. 2851) to mandate the De
partment of Agriculture to furnish
from surplus stores of the Com
modity Credit Corporation, suffi
cient supplies of processed wheat
and com to provide all these peo
ple with flour and meal with
to make bread. Somehow, the
gross did not trust the Depa
of Agriculture to deliver this
plus food, for the biU
of
the
Health, Education and
sufficient quantities of Urn
com meal, and directs the :
W department to distrttwty it to
proper local or state a
The bin passed the ha
vote of 843 to 1. The lone
was Representative Fred
(D-Minn.). Although tb
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the mining industry/but there ti
some in steel, some in farm in*
plements and other Industry.
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