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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955 ;‘,W li- iStin 1218 Collect Street NEWBERRY. S C PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance, six months, $1.25. WEEK END BATTLE-WHICH WINS? COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Business isn’t all peaches and cream, is it? Some of our biggest corporations’skid on very thin ic^, at times, we read of the general prosperity and it makes us over oo some who fall by the wayside. Haven’t you seen people who were in great need; peo ple who were very, very poor,.although prosperity seemed to abound, and money to flow, like the swift current of a , mountain torrent? In every community are “d w°me who have no part in the general prosperity. And it is equ ly true of business: some fall by the way; and some others limp along, just as indviduals do. It is informative to read of those Who, at least for the moment, are not basking in the light of success, although it sobers us in considering all that is going oh. “It is perfectly true that under the sensible policies pre vailing in Washington of late, corporate enterprise, large and small alike, has tended to flourish. Nonetheless, it is also a striking fact that, despite today’s sunny economic weather, several old, established firms, in such varying lines as kitchen equipment, drugs, and cosmetics, carpets and home appliances, have run into heavy seas. In Particu lar, the Westinghouse Electric Corp., one of the nation leading industrial concerns, is having its troubles. T plight of Westinghouse and other big firms PO«ts a mora too often overlooked by both parties; the capitalist system, ■ to remain dynamic, must involve loss as well as profit In such a system, moreover, nobody is—or should be—immune to the hazards of competition. The Westinghouse story illustrates just how sudden anc devastating such hazards can be. The company, as is wel known, ranks second only to mighty General Electric as £ manufacturer of electrical apparatus. Last year its 50 ode major plants, which employ nearly 120,000 people, produced more than $1.6 billion worth of goods, including a vast ar ray of home appliances, radio and television sets, turbines, motors and generators. Technically as well as financially, the firm has shown itself no slouch either. For its 1955 ap pliance lines, it perfected such marvels as a room air clean er, designed to aid hay fever sufferers, and a refrigerator which defrosts at the touch of a botton. In a more exacting scientific sphere, Westinghouse built the atomic reactor for the U. S. S. Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered subma rine, and started work on a similar device for propelling surface craft. Around the turn of the year, in short, the company’s prestige and prospects had never seemed bright er. Since then, howlever, a striking change for the worse has occurred in its affairs. During the winter, competition in heavy electrical equipment, both at home and abroad, increased to the point where profit margins were squeezed badly. In some cases, Westinghouse, like other producers, booked buiness on which it will lose money. Finally, the company, for months, has been embroiled in a series of la bor disputes; these cut into sales and earnings, particularly in the third quarter, and, a fortnight ago, erupted into , a walkout which has closed down the bulk of its facilities. Just what went wrong at Westinghouse, seemingly over night, must be left to some future business historians to explain. In any case, the fact , remains that, in less than twelve months’ time, and during an era of widespread pros perity, this blue chip of industry has lost considerable ground. Nor is Westinghouse unique in this respect. In 1953-54 the Chrysler Corp., one of the Big Three auto makers, ex perienced a similar setback. Other large -firms, including General Motors and U. S. Steel, have been given their lump on other occasions. The truth is* as documented by a re cent study of the Brookings Institution, that in the rough- and-tumble of business competition in this country, only the best and most efficient survive. In 1909, -one hundred firms dominated American industry. Just four decades la ter, only one out of three was still on top and nobody can predict what the standing of the clubs will be in future. Competitive enterprise, then, when permitted to function as it should, tends inevitably—and quite irrespective of size—to separate the sheep from the goats. But while few are" apt to be shed over any large firm which falls victim to this process of natural selection, others apparently enjoy a more privileged status. Thus Congress is always trying to do something for small businessmen, whether they be drug gists, auto dealers or gas station operators. Similarly, the lawmakers insist on ubsidizing the farmer, while labor, for its part, wants all the benefits of automation without suffering the slightest inconvenience. The general interest in served best only if everyone takes his chances in the market-place.” NO —! t Said 1 WOULD WOT LET VOU HAVE TWE CAft ToWlfrWT ! LAST TIME VOU HAD IT YOU DEUTED -WE RtGWT FRONT BeYDCR, ON Tie T^DNK UD WHM 60LF SOBS | I DOnY CARE IF YOU DID DATE YOUR SOPHOMORE BUOWD FOR THE FOOT 0ALL PEP RALLY,AND twose oUlfcR Dizzy couples f TuiS“nME vou’ll wave* To WALK ! ! Have you ever driven to Asheville from the coastal re gions or the central part of South Carolina? I recently had occasion to drive to Ashville, then to Knoxville, then about fifty miles beyond to Harriman, Tennessee. And thereby^ hangs a tale as Shakespeare says. ! I set out from Columbia at two-thirty of a mild afternoon and stopped in Ashville for the night. It had turned a wee bit cold; and one felt the chill of the evening. I had gone by Spartanburg, thinking to refresh my recollections of the turns and twists of the road. I still feel as though I were shaped like a corkscrew, for around and around and around we went, then up and then down qnd sometimes around and up and then around and down; and then, like a hash, all this suddenly thrown together. I was reminded of heing shipped to Europe, in all the grandeur of a fine, big, stateroom, yea, verily, that in truth Two big brass bedsteads (for one man), ceiling lights, reading lights, fine rugs, private, swanky bath. I had fallen heir to all that plushy concern because someone else had not come. But, after a few miles, or knots, all the luxury was one with Nineveh and Tyre, as the ship dived and rollfed, then did both at one time, Yaa, verily. c Crossing the ocean on a small ship one should eat lead, for obvious reasons. I took a fresh start about six-forty-five the next morning headed for Knoxville. Before you can hope to see Knoxville you must go thjough Marshall, North Carolina. I remem bered Marshall: years ago, as I started a combination climb and twist, my engine went dead. It was raining, too. I let the car ease down, backing and turning till the engine started. I was young then. From Marshall, for many miles, you turn and twist, you as well as the car. In fact one becomes almost a contor- < tionist, turning, twisting, writhing, meeting himself coming and going. Arriving in Harriman and being a glutton for punish ment, I started back in fifty minutes. The scenery was plupercetly entrancing, nature being in gorgeous array and providing a feast of consummate artist ry.* Stopping for gasoline at a typical mountain shop I asked a venerable graybeard how a man with two drinks could maneuver that trip with the requisite dexterity and agility. Although I am strictly a fresh water fiend the old mountaineer scrutinized me suspiciously for a moment and replied “I seen sorrie try wit with more’n that.” Returning by Greenville I avoided in some degree the acrobatic antics necessary to negotiate the Spartanburg route. That second night I slept—that I did beyond all per- adventure—I slept on the South Carolina side of Hender sonville, North Carolina; and in a clean little place by the side of the road a lady served us coffee and toast. What a joy to come back to South Carolina! Says Tom Anderson in Farm and Ranch (Southern Agri culturist) ; “I have known admitted thieves, kidnappers and murders. Admitted embezzlers, atheists, wife-beaters and dog-poisoners. But I’ve never known a person who, ad mitted to being a Socialist! And yet Socialism is a bigger menace to America than Communism. Millions of Ameri cans are preaching, practicing and voting for Socialism. But they call it something else. Norman Thomas ran for Presi dent on the Socialist ticket six times. In 1928 he got 267,420 votes. In 1948, he got just a little over half that many. Because Socialism had lost its appeal? Because Norman Thomas was a poor nominee ? No. Because the New and Fair Deal took over most of his platform. And because/Ameri cans just won’t vote for Socialism—if it’s called Socialism. Have you read the books your children are studying in high school or college? The Socialists have wormed their way into the schoolroom, too. In an alarming number of cases, the teacher is a Socialist, knowingly or unknowingly. And the textbooks contain sue hthings as this: ‘Religion should discard supernaturalism’ (belief in God), ‘a socialistic econ- ic system is better than a competitive one/ ‘the profit mo- T WICE in modem times a Presi dent of the United States has been stricken while in office and for some time has been physically J unable to carry out the duties of his office. There is considerable discussion in Washington that this next session of the 84th Congress may see some legislation setting out by law under what exact con ditions a president may deem to be unable to discharge the pow ers and duties of his office. For weeks President Woodrow Wilson was critically ill during the last days of his second term, and yet he never relinquished his au thority. While President Eisen hower is well on the road to re covery. it may be many weeks before he is physically able to even be in his office at the White House, or carry out his duties as he did prior td his illness. -Hie constitution provides that all executive power shall be vest ed in a president Further that the President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. There is no question but that the President can delegate some au thority to underlings, while he is physically able to revoke that au thority. But there are many laws which require the President’s per sonal attention. He must per sonally sign all laws, treaties, and many other documents. There is little question but that he has au thority to delegate power to oth ers in signing secondary docu ments, which either by law or tra dition he has signed in the past. The constitution. Article 12. reads: “In case of removal of he President from office, or his leath, resignation or inability to lischarge the powers and duties of the said office, the samp v devolve upon the vice president, and the Congress may by law, pro vide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice Pres ident, declaring what officer shgU then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability is removed or a president shall be elected." The trouble is, that the Con gress has never passed a law, nor has the Supreme Court ruled on what constitutes “inability to dis charge the powers and duties of the said office.” There is no question but that the Congress, in its wisdom can ease up some of the tremendous volume of personal duties which devolte upon the President One would be to the field of private relief bills which now must be signed by the president. Hundreds are passed each session. President Eisenhower, through out his lifetime, has been accus tomed to delegate authority, that is to give orders and have them carried out by men whom he trusted. He has adopted that plan since he became president but the multitudinous - pile-up of paper work, of seeing visitors, of private correspondence, of receiving visit ing VIPs, and of social duties, con tinues to press t 'ion his time and his strength. For the conc.itution provides, that he “shall” receive ambas sadors and public ministers; that he “shall” commission all the of ficers of the United States; that he “shall” be the commander-in- chief of the Army and Navy; that he “shall” have the power to make treaties, by and with' the advise of the senate. Q—Will 1 lose my Korean G1 training if 1 Interrupt tt ta go back into service? A—No. Veteran Administration has recently Issued a ruling that H GI training is interrupted for the reason the veteran goes back into the armed services, he will be permitted to resume his course after discharge, even though the starting cut-off date has passed, so long as he does so within a reasonable period of time after his discharge. Q—Does business receive benefits from government as do Agriculture and Labor in certain instances? A—Last June the House Committee on Agriculture issued a six page report called. “Government Subsidy Historical Review.” The re- > port indicated that American Business since 1949 has received aids, special services and benefits from the federal government totalling $5,873,000,000. These do not include benefits from federal expendi tures. such as those to stimulate Housing construction, nor tax advantages siich as rapid amortization or depreciation allowances. Q—What are the chief differences between the American Democratic form of government and Democratic ^governments in other coma- tries? A—In comparison with England, for example. ,wfficn is considered a constitutional monarchy with a Democratic government, the Par liament and the prime minister have all the powers, won In the past from the kings. Parliament to turn, delegates certain rights and powers to the people. In the U.S.A., the people have all the rights and powers and delegate them to their elected representa tives. In U.S.A., the government is a government tgr law. while in England it is more a government by people For instance elec tions are held here on a fixed date governed by law In England elections are held at the whim of the ruling party in parliament, or by the parliament itself—there is no fixed date by law •>;V ’SSw LA%: otss “ I 1 • ^ ideal from other ediiors T ^ AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND ST ART LIVING' B ERTHA EDMUNDS. Clifford. Oregon, says that during World War I she had had to leave school to go to work on the farm. When she finally went back to school ona of her cousin* made those school days miserable by constantly telling bar and others that she was too old to go to school, adding that she was only trying to gat out of work. She finally won her mother to her way of thinking, and again loft school. Then for thirteen years she clerked In a general store, which she loathed. She spent her spare time studying. Than for thirteen more years she pared for her parents and managed a three-a ere farm, which was not profitable. Shortly after her mother's death, she was left without funds. Past middle-age. she eras barred from many a lucrative position. Where would she go? < What could she do to earn a living? She had no one to confide in and she worried. * Suddenly she realized she was thinking negative ly, so aha counted her blessings. Instead of being resentful against her. cousin, she thanked God for her blessings. By by all resentment disappeared from her thinking, and she began to believe with Epictetus, the Slave, that “Life Is a feast, to which God has Invited us. God does not like guests who find fault with the fare, but them who know how to thank Him for the feast." Her conditions now are much the same—but she is not. From the Seville Chronicle, Se ville, Ohio: Are you a newcomer to the community? A lot of people are. Do you find that people here aren't quite as friendly as you had hoped they might be. that you still feel a stranger after months to the community? If you do. don't blame it entire ly on the town. Part of it may be you. How many times have you attended church or Sunday school since movtog here? Will you at tend PTA meeting (s) . . if you have children to school? Do you still drive back “home”—meaning the community to which you used to live—at every leisure moment when your next door neighbor may be waiting to get acquainted with you? Where do you shop? Local storekeepers do an amazing CARNBGIB job of information exchange tor regular customeril We ask noweotnars the above questions to remind them that making friends is not a one way job in a small community. We of necessity live dose to one anoth er's private lives here. We have no professional greeters, and ws tend not to annoy people who don't appw to want to talk to us. a lot of those "old residents” you want to meet probably moved out hare from Cleveland, Akron or other spots not long ago them selves. and they probably think you are an unfriendly old resi dent Because the trend to subur ban living has caused a tremen dous influx, and a complete change, of faces, to towns like Seville since v the end of World War II So try again before you label a town unfriendly. And spteed up your reflexes a little; the editor of this paper will grin at about anything he meets if it win grin back at him. And ask questions: AU Sevillians love to be consid ered experts on most anything! Your new neighbors tffe just .as nice as you are—sure we are! From the Dearborn Independent, Dearborn, Mich: , Suppose were ip a roomful of people were asked to split up into of producers, consumers, or vestors. Into which groups you go? You could become a tor a psychologist, with s $ray personality split, if you ously tried to decide, we're Mlj producers of goods services; we're an consumers, aU who have money Jn a sa account, pension fund « Slice policy ire investors. to our economic system, producer, the consumer, and investor are hot three separate dividuals, with conflicting The roles are interdependent Hie three parts of our economic system prosper together. mm Jm •* This on' That Mr .quad ta 11 pUr- Celtics of the N*- 1 2 — 4 5 * •. ' .Ti* u 17 . ' . •%#? 21 V *1 riU " >£ 24 ONE-WAY GATE . • . back once they leave the AGE PASSES .,. George Welsh, Navy's great quarterback, is also one of the finest passers In the nation. In five games he com pleted 53 of 86 tosses for 790 yards i touchdowns. athletic director who died heart attack recently, was, Wisconsin's greatest all athletics ... Native Dancer's total winnings were $785,249. The horse won 21 races, lost only one, tog second to Dark Star In the 1952 Kentucky Derby . . . The New Jer sey State Fish and Game Division raised 95,009 pheasants to supple ment natural production and also released 15,999 bobwhite quail . . • Pete Perini, picked up by the Cleveland Browns as a fullback and linebacker, was with the Chi cago Bears last season before be ing released. Perini played for Ohio State ... Tickets to the Army- Navy game were sold out in late October, the earliest sellout since 1950. Officials estimated that other 30,099 or more could have been sold had they been available. tive is evil’, ‘a welfare-state government is desirable’. For instance, a sociology textbook being used in high school entitled ‘The American Way of Life’ says our form of gov ernment ‘is a combination of a lottery and a famine’ which will not be ‘true democracy’ until security and plenty ‘are given to the masses’. The Socialists seem to want to replace ‘the faith of our fathers’ with educational crusades to elimi nate poverty, ill-health, war, racial segregation and crime. To them religion is nothing more than social work, 'pie So cialist Party of America is a sort of prep school of tKe Com munist party. Thousands of ’ American Communists got their start in the Socialist Party (and vice versa). Social ism and Communism have the same initial goals: Seizure— by ballots or bullets as the case may be—of key industries and services. As David Lilienthai, TVA’s former boss said: ‘Those who control energy control people.’ Electric power uually comes first. Then steel, medicine, banks, fuel, food, . ACROSS I Pointed weapon 9 To pierce 10 Place of trade 14 World War I battleground 10 Wan 16 Wall molding 17 SUkworma 18 Anger 19 Declare 20 An enzyme 21 Unadulterated 23 English counties 24 Temporary cessation 26 European 27 Form of ••to be” 28 Trembled, aa with cold 32 Frighten 35 A young hog 36 Feminine name 3T Dislike In tensely . 38 Liquid food 39 Agitate 40 Goddess of Infatuation 41 Stupefies 42 Dish 43 Beasts 45 Period of time 40 Afternoon parties 47 Instigates 51 Coupled 1 2 Analyze gram matically k 8 Amcrici Indiana 4 Collection of facts 0 To breatbs 6 Church steeple 7 Biblical weed 8 Beverage 9 To exist 10 Purpose 11 Culture medium 12 Nerve I network 13 Golf mounds 19 Remove facial hair 22 American Indian 23 Cuts length wise 25 To peel transportation. The government can do it all ‘cheaper’, they teach. But by bit the planners take more and more control and takes. The taxpayers do the paying and the politicians do the spending- Whether we call it Communism, Welfarism, or Socialism, it leads to the same thing: ruinism.”