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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1956 ^.‘1 L':- mrr t... •. ■ ?<;iv p-.V-V tm 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. 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 By SPECTATOR When we call on Congress or the Federal Executive de partments of our National government we say to them and to the world, by necessary implication, that they are clothed with the necessary authority to act as we petition. By every reason the National Government assumes that if it may act in local matters on our petition it is equally empowered to act in local matters on its own initiative; and whether we approve such a course or not. We have called and petitioned so often, and our Sen ators and Representatives likewise have sought Federal help for us that we have virtually estopped ourselves from challenging the Federal Government even for meddling. My attention to this has been called by the following story in The News and Courier recently: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been requested to examine fragments of the ancient Indian canoe found on Kiawah Island in an effort to determine whether an explosion caused the craft to disintegrate. County Police asked the FBI to conduct the tests to satis fy persons interested in the historical find, Marion J. Schwartz, director, said last night. Fragments are being sent to the FBI for the tests, said Schwartz. When the dugout was found damaged a few days after its discovery, many persons advanced the theory it was blown up by an explosive. However, Lt. Rudolph W. Knight and Detective L. M. Louthian, who checked the canoe area, discounted such theories. The canoe was located near a tidal creek. ‘We found nothing to back up a belief an explosive was used,’ said Knight. ‘We feel the tide did it.’ Police will be happy to have the opinion of the FBI in the matter, Schwartz said. He pointed out they have equip ment that can determine if an explosive was involved. ‘We could be wrong, and if we are right, the persons giving their time and effort to salvage the canoe should have the satisfaction of knowing the loss was not due to vandalism,’ said the director. Removal of the remaining portion of the canoe is anticipated about the middle of the week, E. Milby Burton, Museum director, stated.” I do not mean to exaggerate the significance of this, but, as a matter of law, let’s look at t. This is a matter of interest locally; it is a matter for Charleston County. Not even the State need be called on. Now if the FBI - a Fed eral agency, is invited to participate, what shall my Charle ston brethern say if the same FBI should, of its own initia tive, investigate some other purely local matter? We can’t sat our cake and have it too, can we ? Here weare,in many instances, crying aloud for the Gov ernment to act in our affairs, while at the same time de nouncing the assumption of local powers by the sprawling Federal bureaucracy, not forgetting the Federal Supreme Court which nowadays may intervene in any matter, how ever local, even if basing its authority on the magic pro perties of syrup of squills and C. C. pills. Is there anything, any plan that is relatively stable? As men asked a few years ago, is there anything which once is put out or ordained or agreed upon “‘will stay put?” I was brought up in the legal tradition of South Carolina and Virginia. As a matter of fact, that was the tradition of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania also, as well as most of the thirteen States which formed our. Republic. Don’t you remember the Hartford Convention of 1814? The New England states romped all over the national government and did as much vociferating as any Southern State did in 1860 and 1861.There was this difference: the Southern States did not back down. Since the formative days of this Nation the dominant idea 4 and principle was a clear recognition of the full sovereignty of the States, except so far as the States themselves had expressly and explicitly conferred a small portion of their sovereignty on the National Government. These b^ days of strange doings. I was taught that a Baptist church is a completely independent, self-governing body. A Baptist church of fifty members is as independent as The Citadel Square Baptist Church of Charleston or the Charles Street Baptist church of Beaufort or The First Bap tist Church of Columbia. And that complete independence was beyond any challenge. A Baptist church may associate with and coooperate with other Baptist churches, or it may stand aloof and proceed absolutely alone. There is no higher authority to rebuke it or compel it to cooperate. That is part and parcel of a Baptist church. Now comes somebody in the Southern Baptist Convention and dreams a dream like the Washington bureaucrats; he seems to think that a Baptist church owes its existence to the Convention! Well, well! “O times O customs,”! as Cicero said, as I recall. You remember Cicero when he thundered against Cataline? O tempora, O mores! Yea, verily. Now, even if they steal all our States rights and local selfgovernment, shall we let them put our Baptist churches under ecclesiastical bureaucrats? Nothing seems to stand, eh? When I walked through an- ALWAYS REMEMBER A L16HT*6A$OLINJM foot”help^ for . SAFE . DRIVING/ ncrtcr AND WJU L0V3P (MS? .pcmiMTHB k rsi* HOIIMV/ kW • .4 / in /> =2= other cemetery recently, that of the old Charles Street Bap tist church of Beaufort, I almost wondered that many of those sturdy and faithful departed didn’t come forth in indignant protest at the rumors from Kansas City. What would they say, the long departed saints of Salk- ehatchie church now, or formerly in Barnwell County? And think of the spirits which must hover about the old High Hills Church of Sumter County—wfhat a thunderous pro test they would have made under Richard Furman. Well, well!! Raymond Moley, remembered as one of the original Brain Trust of Mr. Roosevelt, is a scholar, a thinker, and a man who grapples with facts with comprehension of the mean ing and application of the facts. I quote from Mr. Moley in Newsweek: “The decision of the Supreme Court cutting back the Nebraska ‘right to work’ law is the most recent of a series of rulings which have denied to the states much of their traditional power and authority. The most notable of these was the school segregation decision in 1954. Many |lawyers have since called attention to the signif icant and ominous fact that Chief Justice Warren cited as his major ‘authority’ certain writings of sociologists and psychologists. One of the most notable criticisms of the use of ‘evidence’ of that sort appears in the April number of the American Bar Association Journal under the names of Eugene Cook, attorney general of Georgia, and William I. Potter of Kansas City. The insubstantial and unscientific character of most mod ern sociological and psychological writings has recently been revealed in a powerful book, ‘Fads and Foibles in Modern Sociology,’ by a distinguished student of sociology, Pitirim A. Sorokin. Lawyers disturbed by the Warren opinion might well examine this book. The naive reliance of the Court upon sociological and psy chological writings is a logical outcome of a delusion which swept a number of major law schools in the 1920’s. Many law teachers, who should be the most rational of men, swal lowed—hook, line, and sinker—a body of information which a famous sociologist, more frank than others, called ‘any thing that’s interesting’. The Grand Design was to create a new ‘sociological jurisprudence’. Among the early victims of this infection were Professors Douglas and Frankfurter, (now on the Supreme Bench). Prior to the 1954 decision, in a case involving the Uni versity of Texas, the Court rejected the doctrine of ‘sepa rate but equal facilities’ on the basis of intangible factors ‘incapable of objective measurement.’ It remained for the Warren opinion to cite sociological ‘authority’ for those in tangibles. The Chief Justice stated that ‘we cannot turn the clock back’ to the Plessy vs. Ferguson case of 1896. But to over turn the law established at time it was obviously necessary to find new facts or to throw new and significant light upon old facts. The only obvious new facts were the great prog ress pf the Negro 1 the South and a distinct improvement in race relations urder state control of education. The Court rejected these ar ^ turned to the intangibles of what are called psychosocia- Lata. The new ‘authc: "v’ which the Chief Justice cited specifi cally consists of e‘ ht books and articles not offered in evi dence in the lowe 1 ' r aurts. Moreover, the Court could scarce ly have cited thes^ had it looked into the qualifications of some of the auth' s. One was a social scientist employed by the agency wMch was acting for the plaintiff. Another who was cited ‘g nerally’ was a Swedish socialist, Gunnar Mrydal. Myrdal’s book on the Negro question says that the Constitution of the United States is ‘impractical and un suited to modern conditions’. Thus Myrdal would not, to use a Warrenphrase, ‘turn the clock back’ to the Constitu tion. The real Constitution therefore becomes not only ‘what the judges say it is’ but what Myrdal says it is. brain budi 1. Meretricious means (a) trivial; (b) measured; (c) gaudy. *. Dissident means (a) harmful; (b) varying:; (c) ailing:. 3. Refulgent means (a) distasteful; (b) luminous; (c) wasted. ANSWERS *•>•«! CBani t •S*|S««A *« *4»a«o *i ideas from other editors From the Cedar Rapids Tribune, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The number of stills being captured and the number of moonshiners being caught, is evidence of the volume of tax evasions in progress con cerning alcoholic beverages. The other day we came upon an incident which was slightly dif ferent from the usual run of boot legging cases. It seems that two investigators of the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit were driving merrily along the highway near Louisville, Ky. They spotted a man who had a fiat tire and who- faced a job of changing it alone. The two Federal officers pulled over to the side of the road and offered him help. That help was appreciated, it seems, and soon the tire was affixed to the wheel. However, the driver of the car who had ex perienced the fiat tire was in somewhat of a quandary. He did not want to put his flat tire into the trunk of the car. Therefore, he opened the door and threw it into the back seat. The Federal officers were a lit tle interested in this maneuver and decided to take a look in the trunk, where they found seven teen gallons of moonshine. The moral of this story is not that moonshiners should keep good tires on their cars. Nor is it that moonshiners should leave enough space in their trunks for their spare tire. The moral is that one should not engage in hauling moonshine, but, if he does, it would be wise to use an automo bile with good tires. * • » * From the Independent, Fuquay Springs, N. C.: The family doctor will still be around for a while, as many families will be glad to know. The lure of medical spe cialization, of big hospitals and city research facilities have capti vated some of the young doctors, but not all The University of Minnesota medical school reports that of all the graduates of the period 1930 to 1954 still in active practice, 54 per cent are in general prac tice. The figure for the whole country is 46 per cent The trend in the number of Minnecttta graduates entering general practice at the start is higher now than 25 years ago. Physicians with specialties are extremely useful. They know more in their complicated fields and thus can provide expert knowl edge and skills. But for the fam ily with the average run of ail ments—particularly if they live in a small town or rural area which can’t support the specialists—the good old family doctor, modern version, fills the need. Q—Can yon tell me if the war veteran population is growing or receding? A—According to the Veterans Administration veterans of all wars in civil life at the end of April 1956 totaled 22,291,000 as compared to 21,695,000 a year ago. However World War H veterans are diminishing. There were 32,000 less veterans of world war II on April 30, 1956 than the same date in 1955, and there were 85,000 less veterans of World War I in the same period. Q—When did Congress provide that a new star be added to the flag upon admission of a new state? A—This was an act of Congress of April 4, 1818. Q—What was the main difference between the government under the old Articles of Confederation, and that established by the Consti tution. A—Under the articles of Confederation, the government was called a union of States or a Confederation, with each state considering itself supreme in many ways. Under the Constitution, the Govern ment becomes a union of people elevated above sectional or state interests, all united into a nation with a common aim and destiny. Q—Is there a statue of Christopher Columbus In Washington? A—Yes, it is a large fountain statue on a plaza adjacent to the Union railroad station looking toward the Capitol Building. Q—Where does the words ‘The United States of America** first appear officially? A—In the articles of Confederation. Article 1 reads: ’The Stile of this Confederacy shall be The United States of America’ **. 'T'HE REA and the TVA both won close and unexpected victories in Congress recently, the first in several years for these two organizations which provide cheaper power to farmers and to both farmers and business in the Tennessee valley area. Over the determined battle of private utility lobbyists, the Sen ate passed a bill which gives the State of New York right to harness the waterpower of Niagara Falls for electric power, and gives coops and municipally owned utilities first chance to buy this electric power. Over in the House a conference committee voted to up-hold House action, which would give TVA authority to invest its profits in new generating capacity to meet increased demands from REA coops and other business firms in the Tennessee Valley system. The conference committee vote broke a month-long deadlock, when Sen ator Young, North Dakota, switched to the TVO side, off-set ting a vote against TVA by Senator Ellender, of Louisiana. For several years the fight has been going on in and out of the Congress for the right to control the tremendous power potential of the Niagara Falls. During pre vious Congresses, the House voted to give it .away to five large elec trie companies. Other less direct attempts have been made to turn the , project over to New York State, but under conditions fav orable to mbnopoly control by pri vate utilities. The “Public Prefer ence Clause” was offered by Senator Lehman, New York, with his colleague, Senator Ives, New York, opposing the section giving first chance to coops and munici pally owned electric plants. - On the key issue, Senator Lyn don Johnson, Majority leader in the Senate made the vote a party issue and he rallied 48' votes against killing the bill, with Sena- t tors Byrd and Robertson, of Vir ginia, and Holland, of Florida, voting on the Republican side, and Senators Aiken, Vermont; Smith, Maine; Case, New Jersey; Langer, North Dakota and Kuchel, California, crossing over to the Democratic side. Something like 175,000 farmer-members of REA Coops live within transmission distance of Niagara Falls, many beyond the borders of New York State. The National Council of Far mer Cooperatives has urged the Department of Agriculture to in crease the appropriation for the Farmer Cooperative Service to an amount sufficient "to bring the Service on a par with the in creases which have been consist ently made in recent years in other research agencies of the Depart ment.” Homer L. Brinkley, executive vice-president of NCFC, told Sec retary Benson the present farm cost-price squeeze is the great central fact in our modern econo my as it affects agriculture. “Our need is real and growing,” he said. “We can see no reason why this service should be con sidered in any different light than any other of the services in a sim ilar field of work. All research and service is designed to serve the needs of farmers. Cooperatives are merely a conduit through which this particular Service can and should serve the broad needs of farmers in the marketing and purchasing fields.” The assumption by the Court that these psychosocial writings constitute firm and lasting facts determined by scientific methods is nonsense. Much of sociology and psy chology consists of miscellaneous and sometimes useful in formation. But as Raymond Poincare, a notable mathema tician and statesman, commented: ‘An accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house’. It is of such extraordinary stuff that this Court chooses to fashion the law of the land.” DaleCarnegie ^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING’' ^ T WELVE years ago while in the Navy Howard H. Green, P. O. Box 456, Union Springs, Alabama, was stricken with what the Naval doctors diagnosed as a perforated stomach ulcer and recom mended immediate surgery. When they slit his stomach open they found that the ulcer had not perforated, but had formed a sack in the tube leading from the stomach to the smaU intestine, and they thought it best to leave it as it was and treat him with medicines and special diet. After several weeks they gave him a medical discharge and sent him home. For nine years he stayed on a strict diet and took all the latest medicines without any improve ment. Three years ago he went to a hospital where they removed seventy-five per cent of his stomach. Before they let him come home they told him that he would be forced to take a good bit of rest and take it easy for at least two years, but that he would be able to eat anything he wanted. This care has cre- CARNEGIE ated such improvement in his condition that he believes if he had followed it the preceding nine years he probably would not have had to have the operation, but he gives even greater credit for his improvement to books and articles he has read on how to conquer worry. He believes that had he concentrated on this subject twelve years ago he could have saved him self untold hours of misery, not to count several hundred dollars in money, for he says he has found out that it was not. what he was eating, but what was eating him that caused his trouble. PALS AGAIN . . . YngesUy Pres. Tlte (toft) to weloemed In Mos cow by Soviet Pres. Klementi Voroshilov and Communist party chief Nikita Khrushchev. 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When Swelkert de cided not to ^rive the racer, Flah erty took over the John Zink Spe cial and won his first “560** In five attempts. Swelkert can now join Eddie Arcaro in the “wrong choice** circle. In 1942, Arcaro was given his choice of Devil Diver and Shut Out for the famed Kentucky Derby. Arcaro picked Devil Diver—Shirt Out won the race ... Major league players who have more than 3,666 hits to their credit Include Ty Cobb, 4,191, Cap Anson, 6,524, Trls Speaker, 3,515, Homs Wagner, 3,430, Eddie Collins, 2,612, Nap i La Jo i«, 3,251, and P»nl Wsner. ;3,152 . . . The Australian Athletic Union recently ruled Olympic Champion Shi held amateur .picture of the sprh (peered on cigarette _ accepted no money for having tpiotare on th