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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1956 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 What’s it all about? One might ask that question; and he might continue to wonder, even after hearing what’s what. We’ve had Club Meetings within the Democratic Party; and we’ve had County Conventions, composed of delegates chosen by the Clubs; then we have a State Convention of Democrats, composed of delegates from the County Conven* tions; soon we’ll have a National Convention, composed of delegates from the State Conventions. In South Carolina we have no widely organized Repub lican Party, but other States have that organization and the Republicans will have a National Convention, too. In South Carolina the people are Democrats by birth, rearing, tradition, practice and stern necessity, at least for many years. Many South Carolina Democrats voted for General Eisenhower in 1952 and, still, are and were Demo crats. Although Mr. Roosevelt was strong in South Carolina our State Convention about 1936 (as I recall) changed the rule so that a voter might vote Democratic for. State offi cials and Republican for National officials. Of course one’s certificate of Registration js neither Democratic nor Re publican ; that certificate has nothing to do with Political Parties; that is his right to vote in the General Election, regardless of Party. What’s before us ? The South is vitally interested in one great issue, although many issues are of supreme import ance. If you examine the issues that confront and confuse the voters you will find that all the issues may be boiled down to this: all spring from usurpation of authority, whether by the President, the Congress or the Courts. Beginning with Mr. Roosevelt, we have had the Presi dency overshadowing the others; Mr. Roosevelt appointed judges because they were of his way of thinking; frankly, he regarded the Court as a part of his team and expected the justices to play ball with him; and he called all the turns and moves. Mr. Roosevelt was a sagacious, rather wily, politician who seemed to swell wfith importance and to regard himself as a sort of benevolent despot, one who knew what was good for everybody, provided Mr. Roosevelt administered the medicine, and of his own prescribing. Mr. Roosevelt, adroitly encouraged and aided by his love ly and charming wife, began a course which has caused greater upheaval in the South than that of all other Repub licans combined since the days of Reconstruction. So suave and beguiling was Mr. Roosevelt that the South swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker, and joined in the general glorification and beautification of the President. Yea, verily. • Mr. Truman followed Mr. Roosevelt. Although without either the genius or charm of Mr. Roosevelt little Harry strutted about with a swankiness that still possesses him. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Truman adopted a sort of Com munistic scheme of taxation. They decided that the Nation al Government must drain all the wealth from individuals and great and small business &o that the National Govern ment could dictate everything from Washington. In passing, one must admit that Roosevelt was a wizard; even most Democrats of South Carolina ate out of his hand and re joiced with him in all his works. Now we have President Eisenhower; he has done some good, I’ll admit, but he has grievously offended the South and has betrayed us, as we see the picture. It is a wonder that our leaders seem to be entirely ignor ant of some plain teachings of the experience of humanity. Let’s distill’some of history’s teachings: You can’t mix races or nationalities^by law. God who made all Nations also set the bounds of their habitations. Moreover, God, who makes no mistakes, branded us with different, distinct col oration, obviously for a separation as His wisdom indicated. The Republican Party originally promoted race confusion, but not integration; Mr. Roosevelt promoted anything and everything that might swell the vote. Now comes Mr. Eisen hower, with no special roots in the soil, having moved all his life from pillar to post as a army officer, and he, swal lowing a lot of political advice, forgets his pledges and goes overboard, even beyond Mr. Roosevelt. We have the Supreme Court, diving headlong into racial matters, blithely ignorant of all the law, as established, or, else, supremely presumptuous in arrogant conceit and it makes law. Not only in racial matters has the Court assumed dicta torial pov/ers; in every section of the nation are issues be clouded and befuddled by the Court. Singularly enough, we can’t blame Messrs. Roosevelt, Tru man and Eisenhower for all the mischief that has been done; the Congress has supported virtually all that we ob ject to. With the Court, that is different. Regardless of logical precedent, decisions by their illustrious predecessors, these justices pass over all accepted law and declare a law of their SATURDAY IN SUBURBIA own. I might point out that the Supreme Court, even in the worst Republican regime, had some judges who knew the law. Well, w r here are we? A new presidential race is just ahead of us: for the Re publicans, Mr. Eisenhower; for the Democrats, Mr. Steven son, Mr. Kefauver, Mr. Harriman—or who? How do they “measure up”? as we say. Perhaps we know what to expect from Mr. Eisenhower, and we are sorely displeased with him. We took Ike to our hearts and while he was there he gnaw ed at our vitals and left us acheing and bleeding and very enfeebled. I don’t know whether we can bear up under it any further. But what have we? Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Ke fauver, Mr. Harriman? Are they different from Mr. Eisen hower ? Not at all; they seem to out-Herod Herod. There is no sweet-smelling savor being wafted from that Balm in Gilead; Nay, Nay. Mr. Kefauver, a Southern man wants to go all along the route mapped by Mr. Eisenhower and the court—and then some. And he a Southerner! Where does the political logic of all this lead us? I ask you. The British could not force their law on the Irish, so they gave it up after many years. In ancient Rome the overmastering political leaders tried to win the people by circuses, food, and other alluring bland ishments, but after so long a time all that failed. Our poli- ticans won’t heed that. From the Lincoln Times, Lin coln ton, North Carolinm: The man wrote “Let me live in my house by the side of the road. And be friend to man,” probably re sided miles from the nearest high way. At least, it’s reasonable to believe he never had to rake up the lunch papers and bottles and cans and candy wrappers and partly-eaten sandwiches from his front yard, and pick the used match books, punctured balloons, empty cigarette packages and as sorted cellophane out of his hedge. And if he had owned vacant prop erty “by the side of the road.” especially if a it had a few trees on it, the accumulation of picnic brash, newspapers, old tires, even a junked car or two would defi nitely have deprived us of his touching poem. But Keep America Beautiful. Inc., a non-profit corporation or ganized two years ago te restore this poetic faith in our fellow man —and to clean up our highways and byways, our beaches, picnic grounds and sylvan dells, and keep them clean—is swinging into action on a wide front. Associated with KAB in a nation wide drive against litterbugs are 36 n influential, energetic national organizations, including the 4-H Clubs, National Grange. The American Legion, Boys' Clubs of America, the Boy Scouts. . the Campfire Girls, and the National Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up Bu reau, National Council of State Garden Clubs, etc. And cooperating with KAB in newly inspired drives against lit terbugs are the enforcement agencies of the various states where anti-litter laws, calling for stiff fines recently have received scant or inadequate attention. As of now. state, county and eity police, justices and judges are pretty well agreed that motorists will Keep America Beautiful— else! It is popular supposition that nice people (like you) are not litterbugs. and that people who strew trash in their wake are definitely not nice. But the sad fact is that all of us are litterbugs— to a greater or lesser extent. As for how to NOT be a Iftterbug, here are KAB’s rules: Dispose of your trash in a proper recept acle—wherever you are. (If there isn’t any, keep the trash until you find one). Urge your commu nity to provide plenty of such receptacles—conveniently located. Carry a litterbag in your car. En courage local anti-litter programs. Set a good example to the young sters—yours and others. And do not. as the poet says, “ . . sit in the scorner’s seat. Or hurl the cynic's ban"—or any thing else out of your car window. Dr. B. M. Edwards, Chairman of the Board of The South Carolina National Bank, says, in part, in a very inter- * esting statement: “PRICES PAID AND RECEIVED BY FARMERS is a __ VKKTICAL LADD! rather distressing story. In 1950 prices received were on a percentage figure of around 3l5%. They began dropping in that year and with slight fluctuations upward have con tinued on the downward trend until at this time they are back to about 220%, a drop of 95%. Meanwhile, prices paid by farmers, including taxes, wages, etc., at the beginning of 1950 were about 250%. They have continued to rise, with very little downward fluctuation, and aVe now 280%. Based on these figures I should say that the farmer is in that very disastrous situation that ‘tongue and buckle will not meet.’ Cash farm income is of course much reduced and the agricultural situation doesn’t look good and something is going to have to be done to strengthen it. It has been said many times in ages past that ‘Agriculture is the back bone of the country.* I still have that feeding, and I know we can’t live without Agriculture. We would have nothing to eat or wear, and it is an industry that must be protected in every possible way. In conclusion, with respect to conditions locally in South Carolina, the banks are still in excellent financial condition. Loans in general with relation to deposits are low—in fact, the ratio in South Carolina is about as low as any state in the Union. There are ample funds available for any legi timate business or financing in our state, and I am sure the banks will properly respond to requests for legitimate credit assistance. All in all, I think we have the right to look forward to a very good year for the balance of 1956 regardless of wheth er or not Mr. Ike runs. His decision may have some effect and if he decides he can’t run again, we may have some temporary set-backs, but I don’t think they will last long. « .raw However, let me say that I am no prophefand am not pre dicting ; I am only sending you these facts and figures with the thought that they might be of some interest to you. Along with them I send my sincere regards and best wishes, also our thanks for everything that each of you has done to help make our institution successful.” FLAN CIVIL DEFENSE ... Gen. Maxwell Taylor, U. S. army ehlef- of-ataff, confers with Rep. Chet Holifield, (D) Calif., at House hearing on civil defense. 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America is today the handiwork of men who took great chances and carved the greatest empire the world bas known. America, under God, has been the land of oppor tunity. Now and then we find some man of books whose opportunity grew out of the toils, strains and struggles of strong, venturesome and hardy men; and the man of cloist ered aloofness who never built even a dog kennel tells the world that all the pioneers were wrong. What colossal ef frontery and mischievous zeal! Q—1 zpplled to Veterans Administration for dissbillty compensation by letter. VA seat me back a form to fill out. Is there m time limit em mailing this form back to VA? A—The form should be mailed to VA within a year from the date it waa sent to you, in order for VA to consider your original letter as the effective date of your application. Q-—Can yon give the origin of the phrase “Rom, Romanism and Re bellion." A—A delegation of New York clergymen visited James B. Blaine at his headquarters in the Bla in e-Cleveland campaign of 1884. Their spokes man told Blaine the party were Republicans and did not propose te identify themselves with the party of rum. Romanism and rebellion. The remark created considerable agitation among Catholics and was exploited by the Cleveland forces. As s result Blaine lost New York state by 524 votes. Had he carried the state it would have elected him President. fl ITeee the Wf-slsllia ef Lobbying Act prohibit lobbying? A—No. In no ease does the Act curtail the right to act as a lobbyist Ik ' merely requires disclosure eg sponsorship, the pay received sad tbs source og funds, and registration eg the lobbyist Q—How do lobbyists oeafsrm te the Lobbying Act? ' A—Such indivkhisls must if they solicit or accept funds for lobbying purposes, keep accounts, present receipts end statements to the clerk of the House end register with the clerk end secretary eg the Senate. Q Peee tbs Act prohibit a lobbyist from conferring with n member ef Ceagreos la support ef or Is opposition to pending registratlen with out registration? A—No. The law does not require registration except in instances In which money is collected or received for efforts and influence used in behalf of or for bills., A S THE 1955 Agricultural Act shapes up it appears that the two outstanding features are the proposed soil bank and a return to the 90 per cent of parity ratio of farm price supports. The soil bank proposal contains two features: An acreage reserve program and a Conservation Re serve Program. The acreage reserve program is basically an indirect method of paying farmers hot to plant part of the acreage allotted to them for wheat, cotton, corn and rice. Farm ers would agree not to plant up to 30% of the allotted acreage for these crops. If the farmer elects to receive payment “in kind” for non production he could do so by buy ing government crops held in re serve as surplus at the market price. If he elects to receive cash, he would do so at a figure fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture. This plan seeks to put some 15 mil lion acres of these basic crops into the acreage reserve program. At an estimated cost of $20 per acre the outlay would bo around $300 million a year or about $1.2 billion for a four-year program. This plan la supposed to allow the government to rid itself of the present surplus. The Conservation Reserve pro gram proposes a permanent or semi-permanent retirement of cul tivated lands into forage, trees and water storage pursuant to a contract between the government and the farmer. Estimates made to keep supply and demand in bal ance over the next ten years run as high as 27 million presently cul tivated acres withdrawn for this purpose. President Eisenhower’s program calls for this withdrawal the first year. Agricultural experts say this is impossible and that withdrawal would have to be on a piece meal basis over a period of years. Cost of this proposal also runs high. Estimates as high as $30 an acre for planting and preparation costs, totalling up to more than $800 million to merely % establish the conservation reserve. In addi tion to these direct costs there are the questions of rentals to be paid farmers for not growing crops ranging from $20 to $30 per acre, which would involve a sum of about $6 to $9 billions over a 19- year period. Rentals over this peri od would add up to something like $200 to $300 per acre for the land, a good deal of which likely would not be worth that on the market Conservationists seem to be in favor of this program, as a meth od of establishing a new timber supply, to establish needed water areas, and new wildlife refugees, also tor recreational areas for fish ing and hunting. Non-farm sources, however, only see another multi-billion dollar program for the farmer, which may or may not meet the farm problem, and certainly will provide no immediate relief, which the farmer is asking now. It may be that the final bill will carry only a part of the soil bank program as proposed by the ad ministration. There are many members of Congress and within the so-called farm bloc, however who are relying on the 90 per cent of parity provision to provide for an immediate relief to boost farm prices, and a scrapping of the present flexible program. The American Farm Bureau Federa tion, however is pumping hard against the 90% of parity return and for the soil bank. 1. Perorate means (a) 4e puncture; (b) to sum up; (c) te rotate. 2. Salubrious means (a) wholesome; (b) full of acid; (c) cur ative. 3. America's second atomic submarine is the (a) Nautilus; (b) Forrestal; (c) Sea wolf. ANSWERS -Jtejteas # ‘•vaiaieqM •da meg *1 This an' That Unless he breaks a leg, or bis mighty arms, big Ted Kluszewsk! should this year break nearly all of the all-time Cincinnati Redleg records. Ted already has 90 more home runs than his nearest com petitor, Ernie Lombardi, and has a slugging average of .511 as com pared to Lombardi's all time mark of .469. Big Kin needs only to ap pear in 97 games this season to top the mark of Frank McCormick for total number of games played. Ted has appeared in 1,132 tor the Redlegs. In the other depart ment, he is fourth in runs scored, sixth in at-bats, fourth in bite. Quite a guy . . . National League umpire Babe Pine 111 hasn't missed an arbiting assignment since he started with the league in 1935— some 3,200 games ago . . . Hank Greenberg is the sixth ex-Detroit Tiger baseballer to be named to the Hall of Fame . . . Twenty-four National League pitchers walked more batters than they struck out in 1955. wm. CALLED A PRO ... Wes Kansas mile runner, a barred by AAU for excea pense accounts, still a under court injunction as corps representative.