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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
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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.
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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. IT ' ' ' ’
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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.
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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.