The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 15, 1955, Image 2
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1955
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.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
SPECTATOR
The function of management interests me very much, as
you may have observed. Of course management must sup
ervise, but a much higher engagement is to foresee the
trends and to provide for all contingencies. Here is a fine
statement of management’s part in the intense competi
tion of the day. If wages go up, shall prices go up? That
would be easy; but when wages advance in one place let
4is say A; and they probably advanced in concerns which
supply A. So A will pay higher prices for his raw products
and higher wages at home. But A wishes to hold his cus
tomers, even to increase his volume; what shall he do?
“Owners of southern textile mills who have been fretting
over slim profit margins will be redoubling their efforts this
week to seek out new methods and machines to increase
worker productivity.
Beginning today, thousands of southern workers employ
ed by Burlington Industries and Dan River Mills, among
others, will be earning an average of five cents more an
hour. Burlington announced 11 days ago it was voluntarily
raising its wages, and most other major producers followed
suit; the action was considered as anticipating the minimum
wage increase from 75 cents to $1 which becomes law in
March.
Although the Dixie producer’s past efforts to boost work
er productivity have been more successful than those of his
highly-unionized New England competitor, he’s now faced
with increased labor costs that will take another bite out of
profits.
i n g t o n
Q—Can jon tell me briefly what the Farm Credit Act of 1955 does?
A—Briefly the act encourages and facilitates borrower participation in
management of Banks for Cooperatives and provides for eventual
retirement of remaining government capital in the banks. Hie Sen
ate amended the bill, and the House accepted the amendment, which
prohibits payment of patronage refunds from the existing surplus
of about 981 million.
Q—Can yen give me the total amount of rapid tax write-offs granted
to industry since they were established In the revenue act of 195t?
A—As of July 27th the total of accelerated tax amortization granted
since the act was passed in 1950 amounted to $30,899 billions for
20,040 new or expanded facilities. Of this total however, which
represents the face of the certificates of necessity granted, only,
about 00%, or $18,541 blDtons Is eligible for rapid depreciation over
tile shortened five-year period. Prior to the 1900 Ant; period permit
ted for depreciation for tax purposes varied op to 29 years.
Q—Can you teO me the difference between Atomic fasten
perell Manufacturing Co. and Luther Manufacturing Co.
couldn’t increase the number of machines per worker even
though according to management spokesmen, technological
improvements made it possible for the employee to work
them without added physical effort. If the union disapprov
ed the increase, the contract required the matter be sub
mitted to arbitration—which often resulted in delays up to
a year.
The settlement provided for relaxation of the work-load
clauses to allow the companies to try out additional ma
chines for a four-week period before submitting the issue
to arbitration in the event the union objected. Company offi
cials are optimistic this relaxation will result in greater pro
ductivity, thus increasing their competitive position with
non-union mills in the South.
The union explained its position this way: “We figure
when an employer says he has a proper work load, then de
cides it isn’t proper and wants to increase it, that it’s up
to him to prove on his own time (without a trial period)
that an increase is proper. We’ve always been anxious as an
organization for the textile industry to modernize itself.
We were hollering about it before this great technological
evolution took place.” '
A—-According to tho Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic fasten la a
Joining together of the atomic nuclei, the reverse of atomic fission,
which splits the atom. Many scientists now believe atomic fasten
- win produce more power than atomic fission, however in fusion
there is no by-products, such as waste energy used for many pur-
poses, nor radioisotopes, used in hundreds of industrial agricultural
and medical
Is a Jnahei ae referred to hi
tungjeasmsn or a legislative committee traveling at public ex
panse and charged with no worthwhile or constructive service to the
government are sometimes referred to as “junkets.**
Can yon ten me hew toe term **blee** originated In gevunmtent er
polities?
A—The word “bioc" is a French word mesning a group of parsona or
parties. It was first used in the U. S. Senate in 1921 to designate
a group concerned with farm relief.
T HE first session of the 84th
Congress will go down in his
tory as one of the most construc
tive of record. Despite this fact,
many unsolved problems have
been dumped into the lap of the
second session which convenes
next January in a presidential
election year.
High on the agenda of this sec
ond session will be an attempt to
recover a- $2,000,000 windfall in
profits handed to the cheese manu
facturers by the Department of
Agriculture which the Controller
General, the General Accounting
Office, and a House Governmental
Operations sub-committee declare
is illegal, unauthorized, improper,
of no benefit to dairy farmers and
an failure to car
ry out the intent of congress.**
. , ^ 0 ,, ,, - . - ,1 Management does not merely wave a wand, like a magi-
Attention in both North and South therefore, is focused cian . gomebody has to arrange for a lot of mone y for new
upon textile technology and equipment. What technological machinery costs a lot of money ^ bri another
ma ln™7'v* nw point: You observe that no business enterprise distributes
illustrated at the non-umon Altoona, Pa., pi , y c a]I jts profits . it cons t an t] y invests money, using a part of
fabric producer. The President notes the firm has raised the undistributed profit3 for impi . ovements<
wages nearly 50 per cent—from $1.08 to $1.54 an hour—
since 1950. r—
Over the same period, however, the workers increased Your neighbor ^ ^ apending too much; cur 1s it like the
their productivity more than 300 per cent with the help of old story of Mr A who thought ^ 3 was ‘.drinking him .
new machinery and improved work methods. In 1950, the seJf to death? „ y<)u ^ ^ heard of thig; ^ A
weaving rate was 20,000 picks per man per hour (this refers „ Poor old B is him8el£ ^ e time ,
to the number of threads put across the cloth under pro- sa i oon jj© comes in.”
duction each hour). By 1955, the rate had been increased Let it be the neighbor> for the 3ake of 30othing our feel _
to 70,000 Picks- ings. Listen to this: Mr. X has a salary of $300 a month.
How was this done? Over the five-year period every loom He works in ^ about ten blocks from his job . ma bud _
in the plant was replaced with new machines that made it get is like thi3 . Income ?300 a moBth; expenditure^: pay-
possible to increase the work load from 24 to 65 looms per ment on car | 90 a montb . opera tj 0 n and upkeep of car $30
weaver. Automatic atmosphere control was introduced- a month; monthly payments on various machines for house-
important in weaving, since humidity can affect t e ma- keep j ng> was hers, freezers, air conditioners, etc. $50
chines. The plant went from a 5 1-2-day week to a 7-day
week, employment was reduced from 300 to 220 workers
and incentive pay was inaugurated for non-piece work em
ployees (about 60 per cent of the total) over and above
their regular salaries.
our friend must swallow his pride and “make ends meet.”
If one’s friends are free-spenders he would do well to
associate with others, unless he has the strength of char
acter to be frank about his condition. We usually don’t
deceive anybody by make-believe; whereas we do bring
worry and heartaches to ourselves and others by dodging j
creditors all the time.
month; rent $75 a month; heat and light $30 (average);
groceries $80—total $355.
If he buys any clothing he must pay cash; every time he
pays.cash he leaves someone unpaid. What is the trouble?
Despite increased wages, increased productivity resulted , world owe him a Hying? Is he entitled to main-
in a slight decrease in the company’s weaving costs per yard. , . • a . m s n ^ W1 y-n y • Or must he live within
For example, the weaving cost of the basic 180 by 60 acetate - . n J e * or in crease is earning capacity ? Obviously
taffeta was cut 0.2 cents per yard. This proves that ‘wages
and costs, although closely related, are not the same thing.
The all-important element of productivity lies between the
two.’
The fact that Burlington Industries’ wage-hike announce
ment set off a buying spree in cotton cloth, notably by mail
order and chain store firms, well into the first quarter of
next year, makes efforts to increase productivity more nec
essary in the south.
Although there’s unanimity among mill men that cotton
cloth prices are going higher, increased production costs of
goods already sold at current prices must of necessity chip
away at profits. Dan River Mills, a big cotton cloth maker,
figures the wage boost will increase its total annual payroll
by about $1 million.
“We have no choice but to increase our selling prices,
says another major cotton cloth producer. “However, the
increased production costs of orders already received at fix
ed prices will simply have to be absorbed. Of course, we’re
trying to reduce these costs as much as possible through in
creased worker productivity.”
New England cotton and synthetic textile mills spent
more than $185 million for plant modernization since World
War II, according to the Northern Textile Association.
Some manufacturers’ spokesmen complain, however, that
about 50 New England firms, employing some 50,000 cotton
and rayon workers, have contracts with the C.I.O. Textile
Workers Union, with work-load clauses that prevent them
from realizing the full benefits of technological improve
ments. This, they say, explains the migration of textile
firms to the South. Since 1948, around 200 mills, employing
about 100,000 workers, have closed down in New England.
Prior; to settlement of the three-month New England
textile strike last month, Berkshire-Hathaway, Inc., Pep-
From the Seville Chronicle, Se
ville, Ohio: Much has been made
of the effects on the Nation of the
years of dread and hysteria forced
upon it by the awful destructive
power of atomic fission.
Sociologists attribute such wide
spread phenomena as juvenile de
linquency, ahd fear of motherhood,
to the inner worry of people who
fear the end of the world by the
bomb.
Psychiatrists see the continued
rise of mental ills as a side-effect
on a race that fears for its future
if the ultimate result of growing
human knowledge is ever un
leashed.
But, do you know anyone who
is scared? Somehow we doubt if
the average man worries as much
about the hydrogen bomb as he
does about the foibles of the Cleve
land Indians or paying the utility
bills. The bomb is just plain too
big to fit the average man's im
agination.
We let a little personal feeling
influence us fa this statement
We’re blessed with an active im
agination, and we admit being
concerned about things that seem
to worry most people very little.
And we’ve been thoroughly
frightened by things we could un
derstand. Poison gas at the be
ginning of World War II was a
threat that appalled us; as a young (
reporter we were one of the first!
civilians to go through a civilian
defense gas chamber ... to take
off the mask inside for a first
hand whiff of tear gas . . to
cautiously sniff mustard, and to
inhale gingerly whatever it was
smelled like new-mown hay.
The flame throwers seared ps
mentally even before the army
perfected them in the Pacific. We
handled early training casualties
with the certain knowledge that
man could grow no more cruel
We wince at the scatterbrains
allowed to control 200 horsepower
and tons of destructive steel on
our streets and highways, and a
long drive on the same road with
some of them is sheer torture.
But we aren’t really afraid of
the atom or hydrogen bomb, and
we doubt if it is affecting the daily-
lives or plans of even a small per
cent of our Nation. Think about
it. \ .'01
• • •
From the Suburban list, Essex
Junction, Vermont: To my mind
too many people live in the past.
They will always think about the
goqd old days and the wonderful
pumpkin pie that mother used to
make. While there may be some
satisfaction fa thinking about
things done in the past, yet in
order to bring about progress
and a better standard of living
the thinking must be for the fu
ture.
. . . that the transaction was not
premised on bona fide purchases'
Within the meaning of the Agri-
culturfd Act of 1949 and conse
quently that payments thereunder ,
were unauthorized and improper.** j
However, neither the Controller ;
General nor the GAO have author
ity to force recovery of the money
which belongs to the taxpayers.
This must be done, if at all, by
the Congress.
• • •
Here are some of the more Im
portant unfinished problems whi<
the next session of congress
face head-on:
HR 12, which restores 90%
port prices for basic cor
replacing the sliding scale syi
Passed by the House and now pend
ing fa the Senate. ^
S 1829, providing for a
acreage allowances in natural .
aster areas to enable farmers
recover their losses. Passed S
ate, now pending in the House.
security
ments extending coverage
_ ( age for'
apd bringing
fag in senate. *
§ IMS "
program.
federal
Senate, killed fa
[House bill providing 15-year
gram and $12.4 billion in fe
aid, failed in House, will be '
'up next session.
HR 8227, to curb influence of
ank holding companies, passed
•use, pending in senate.
500 Upper Colorado River proj-
*T*HE ve^ _ f
I Lancaster, Ohio, had a paper
furiously that he was forgetting to leave — —
er said he was leaving fa She wouldn't accept his
wasn’t on her doorstep. : B '_
The boy was worried about it and asked Charlie to go
“Mrs. B,“ be said when She opened the door, *T
understand you haven’t been getting your paper
regularly.**
Wowl She blew hot end cold end made some
lIj .. ; ;_■*»* Jr- • - ■-» ■ — - - - - • - - - -
broth-
m
tically calling Urn e Her. . r v '
When she had it all off her cheat; Charlie said. |
-It’s sure aggravating whan you don't get your
paper. Perhape yon are toe one ithe can be the
biggest hefa to my brother, who wants to take the
best cere of his customers. Some of your neighbors CARNEGIE
seem to have the same problem every so often. ,
Would you do my brother a big favor?**
Surprised that Charlie wasn’t appearing to defend his brother, she>
asked what the favor Was.
“Someone apparently has been stealing papers. Would you keep
your eyes open for him and let us know if you see anything suspicious?** <
He never heard a complaint from her again, and from then on she
treated that delivery boy as nicely as anyone could wish.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Three of us were engaged in earnest, fruitless talk re
cently, just passing the time of day, or “chewing the rag”,
as used to be said. A handsome, captivating young fellow
asked me this question: “Is it a sin to do anything that does
not injure soifteone?” He continued: “If a man be unable to
support his family does he commit sin by padding his ex
pense account, if working' for a mammoth concern which
will not miss the money?”
One of the three, a bright man of philosophical prepos
sessions, approached the question with Kant’s “Categorical
Imperative. This Categorical Imperative” was suggested by
that speculative intellect which floats in' the mazes of meta
physical abstractions. However, an ordinary brain like
mine accepts as conclusive the Divine Law.
Doesn’t the Law clearly cover the ground? The Law
thinks of wrongs as of two classes: Malum Phohibitum and
Malum in Se. Now Malum Prohibitum is something wrong
only because it is prohibited, such as parking overtime, but
not involving something against the Moral Law; Malum in
Se is something wrong in itself, by its own nature. The
Commandment to Moses on Sinai says Thou Shalt not Steal,
regardless of amount or circumstances. Stealing does not
necessarily involve force.
All this may seem a mere truism, but the fact of the
question by an intelligent man who was seeking truth
makes it a matter of fundamental concern.
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1. CanUbile means (a) rioptn*; (b) fracefal; (e)
Z. Dihedral means (a) shrunken; (b) bavin* two
expanded. j
S. Mai de mer is French fer (a) bad man; (b)
(e) rainfall.
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time
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way
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weapon
14 To rave
15 Existed
16 Gem
17 Portico
18 Child’s
marble
19 Flannel
20 Camped out
22 Extend
24 Fundamental
mass of life
tendencies
25 Pacific
Island
screw pine
26 Place of
learning
30 Ethiopian
title
33 Dreadful
37 Bird
38 Occurrence
40 To free of
41 Musical
composition
42 Taut
4S Man’s nick
name
44 FootUks port
45 Ordeal
40 Bolivian
iTiri<».r> tribe
47 Danish weight
(PL)
66
68
69
70
71
72
73
Birds
— Paid notice
54 Faroe Islands’
windstorm
55 Apportioned
61 Kind of fabric
65 Danish
measure
To rub out
Prong of fork
Withered
Male fore
bears
Man’s name
Is in process
of decision
. _ Move furtively
74 Small de
pression
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2 Estimate
3 After awhile
4 Depots
5 Joyful
6 Outfit
7 Race track
8 Man’s nick
name
9 Paradise
10 Darted
11 Brilliant
colored fish
12 Narrow road
13 Large dog
21 Negro of
Nigeria
23 U. S. soldier
26 Incline
27 Contends
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former Temple players, „
members of the Temple URtverstty
football staff .
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[ Gbarley Hsmea
probably fight to
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tickets at Rock-
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30 Fall to follow
suit In cards
(var.)
31 A handle
32 Greek
gravestone
34 Angry
35 Fasten
securely
38 Paradises
98 Feminine
Pessle No. 808
81 Gazelle ,
53 Perform
86 Heavy file
08 Opposed to
aweather
67 GuU-Uke bird
00 Headland
0S Ireland
00 Challenge
81 Writing table
to Russian hemp
62 Siberian
43 Conducted
48 Showered
64 Bird’s home
67 Body i
mm
whts> daily
Ingham Paste.
fourth largest fiafly double return
1 ito then htetorr of raring te New
9$ the tune of
Joe “Scoot
er** Scndero of
Redskins almost had an operation
t which would have kept him out
.{•f action for some time—but he
‘ wus saved by a cough. Scndero
wao being prepared for surgery
—" - -when be coughed. Doctors said
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Honm&n holds Davie Dnn nrnm *—■ ..
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Hepman bride Davis Cup wen by _____
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Rooew* 11 , ta 5 rtraight matches operation unnecessary . . -
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lean defeat in 29 yean.