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-\m 0rj£ &M . m . ^35; PAGE TWO >Utt 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner m 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: 82.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Let us not authorize the President to use armed forces in the Middle East, or anywhere else. A dispatch of the Associated Press, quoting The New York Times, says: ‘‘President Eisenhower is reported considering asking Congress for authority to use United States armed forces ‘as he deems necessary to maintain peace in the Middle East’. Quoting ‘a reliable source/ the dispatch from Washing ton said congressional leaders would be asked to give their views on ‘the possibility of getting congressional sanction for the President to use the armed services . . in accord ance with his best judgment in the event of any aggression in the Middle East.’ The Times article by James Reston said the conference would be held at the White House next Tuesday. Secretary of State Dulles was expected to be on hand. Dulles and the President met at the White House yester day and discussed the Middle Eastern situation. But, said the newspaper account, ‘nothing was said about any deci sion’ to ask Congress for authority to use force if neces sary in the Middle East. ‘Officials here/ the dispatch continued, ‘have become increasingly disturbed about the possibility that trouble in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Jordan may lead to further Sov iet penetration of that part of the world. ‘This fear has grown since the weakening of British in fluence in the Middle East as a result of the British-French- Israeli invasion of Egypt. ‘Consequently, administration officials have been dis cussing what action can be taken by the United States to make it clear that it does not intend to stand aside and watch a chaotic situation develop there to the benefit of the Soviet Union’.” We have spilled so much blood, maimed so many men, made so many widows and orphans, spent so many billions trying to re-make the world that we should refuse the President’s request and sternly forbid any such presiden tial maneuvers as led us intc Korea; and use our strength and means to build America and give relief to Americans. Mr. Roosevelt assumed vast powers both at home and abroad. During his time and since the Government has made agreements and had understandings with foreign government without the consent of Congress and usually without the usual negotiation and solemn sanction of a treaty, as the Constitution provides. President Eisenhower is an excellent man and a true patriot, but he and his advisers are too prone to rush into agreements with foreign nations. Let the Congress re-assert its powers and restrain both the Executive and Judicial branches from further usurpa tions. And then let the Congress itself confine itself to the scope prescribed by the Supreme Law of the Land. Frequently I have commented on the splendid spirit per vading the fine textile community of Joanna. Now hear of The Joanna Foundation. This very notable organization is a development of the broad vsion and munificence of the late William H. Reg- nery, as generously interpreted and promoted by Mr. Wal ter Regnery, the able son of Mr. W. H. Regnery and the understanding and sympathetic head of the great Joanna textile operation. “General Rules Governing the Awarding of Scholarships: 1. Joanna Foundation hereby establishes two four-year scholarships, to be awarded to deserving young men and women who qualify under the Joanna Foundation Scholar ship Program rules. 2. Scholarships are to be in the total amount of $2,000.00 awarded $500.00 from year to year, for four years, if the student’s progress toward completion of degree require ments meets the standards established by his college or university. 3. To be eligible for scholarship awards, candidate must be the son or daughter of an active employee of Joanna Cotton Mills Company, Joanna Realty Company, or the Jo anna Foundation, or of a retired employee of one of these concerns. However, if the employee terminates employment after a scholarship award has been made, this will not be cause for loss of scholarship. 4. The student’s field of study is unrestricted, but the student must choose a college, university, or junior college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools. 5. Of the total scholarship awarded to each student, 25 percent, will be considered as an educational loan, subject to the standard terms of Joanna Foundation loans. 6. Final selection of scholarship winners will be made by * a group of educators who shall have no connection with Jo anna Cotton Mills Company or the Joanna Foundation. 7. In evaluating the candidates, the Selection Board will consider prior school records, extra-curricular activities, College Board Examination scores, personal interviews with A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY CA k.dwhtd.i TEAT I mEaw'm the omcsp; jm HSIEOTTM 0 IX) SOKMMLTf ,!f pMfirosOT: cs flLtyW*- the candidates, and references obtained by the Education Committee of the Joanna Foundation. 8. Scholarship winners must remain students in good standing, both academically and morally, according to the standards of their college or university, to be eligible for continued scholarship aid. Student’s progress will be re viewed each year by the Education Committee of the Jo anna Foundation. General Rules Governing Educational Loans: 1. The Joanna Foundation will make educational loans between the ranges of $50.00 and $300.00 per year to quali fied students. 2. To be eligible, student must be in good standing in an accredited college, university, or junior college, or show proof of acceptance to one of these. 3. Loans shall become due 6 months after completion of student’s college course, or after abandonment of such course, or upon demand. 4. Loans are to bear 2 percent simple interest. 5. Loans may be repaid in part, or' s in full, at any time, thereby reducing the interest in proportion. 6. Under the terms of the agreement, the Joanna Founda tion reesrves the right to refuse further loans if the stu dent, in the estimation of the Foundation, has failed to dem onstrate himself properly qualified, scholastically or mor ally, to receive further educational aid.” What of the lowly brick? And the brick bat? What is a brick bat?'A piece of brick, an off shoot of a brick, you might say. You would not call a man a brick and call his son a brickbat, however. Well the humble brick is looking up and all about, too. “At the 16-acre research center in Geneva, HI., built and operated by the brick industry, engineers recently took the wraps off a giant new packaging machine. Guided by a maze of photoelectric cells, which flash orders to an intri cate array of hydraulic lifting devices, the fantastic appa ratus is geared to assemble and pack up to 100,000 bricks a day. Bricks today have a variety of uses. The biggest chunk of production, 40 percent or so, goes into private homes. Another 23 percent is used in public, schools. Factories, of fice buildings, hospitals, churches and social and recreation al buildings account for another 20 percent; the remain ing 17 percent finds its way into sewers, highways, bridges and public ultlities. In all, new construction in 1956, ac cording to the Department of Commerce, will total $44 bil lion, up barely 3 percent from the 1955 mark. Homebuild ing, the industry’s biggest single market, will show an es timated 9 percent decline, but while construction on the whole has n t expanded greatly, brick has been capturing a greater share of the market. Thus this year its use in homes actually Las risen 15 percent over last year. More over, the use of 1 rick in • jhool, hospital and industrial con struction is running 7 ■ ; cent ahead. the brick makers offer a strik- *ast. For a long time the industry stick-in-the-mud’ business. High- , carers, owing to the prohibitive duct very far, were confined in s. Forced to compete intensively were able to grow to any appre- arick-m&king, firmly established icients, lagged at least ten years ndustry in production methods, .he industry was confronted by a j,t. New construction techniques a them emerged new building ma- ihe trend in home-bulding during en toward ranch style houses and gs designed for out-of-door living, rge window spaces, thereby reducing th# amount of brick masonry used. Again, commercial architecture has taken to borrowing mass production tech- The bright prospects ing contrast to their dr was an ultraconservah ly decentralized, ma cost of shipping the 1 ' the main to local m in these limited arec ciable size. Morec 1 since the time of t - behind the rest of l After World War serious competitive were developed, and trials. To illustrate, the past decade ha other types of dwe. Such homes feature brain bi \ 1. A reticule to (») nerve network; (b) small bag; (c) forti fication. 2. Rhinology to a study of (a) the rhinoceros; (b) the nose; (c) tree roots. 3. Sawon or Saljen Is s city of (») North Korea; (b) Sooth Korea; (c) Japan. T HE foreign policy of the United States, and the principles which underlie that policy wifi be among the most important questions to be considered dur ing this session of the 85th Con gress. The question of U.S. Foreign Policy as some Senators pose it: “Will U.S. Foreign Policy follow principles of Right and Justice, or will our policy continue to be a shifting policy of temporizing and expediency in an effort to keep an* uneasy peace which is no peace at all?” President Eisenhower has made it known that he seeks stand-by power to use United States armed iorces in the Middle-East if he dt jms it necessary. He asked for the same power in the Far East in connection with the Formosa- Red China crisis during the last session of Congress, and was giv en a blank check. At the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee dur ing this session of the Congress will be 90-year-old Senator Theo dore Francis Green, of Rhode Island, a 20-year veteran in the Senate. Despite his age. Senator Green apparently remains vigor ous and he is the ranking Demo crat on this important Senate Committee and can have the job of Chairman if he so desires. Senator Green also has had in ternational experience as a repre sentative of the United States at the United Nations. The veteran Walter F. George, of Georgia, who The House of Representatives, through its Foreign Affairs Com mittee, and that Committee’s chairman, outspoken James P. Richards, of South Carolina, has, and still seeks more influence in our Foreign Affairs problems. Congressman Richards has been one of those who questions the wisdom of some facets of our foreign policy in the past. At least two new faces will be seen on the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee this session. A successor to Senator George as a member, and a successor to the late Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky will be named. Sena tor Alexander Wiley, of Wiscon sin, remains as Ranking Repub lican member, and former chair man of the Committee. Other Re publicans on the Committee in clude Senators Smith, New Jersey; Hickenlooper, lo^a; Danger, North Dakota; Knowland, Califor nia; Aiken, Vermont, and Cape- hart, Indiana. Democrat holdovers include: Fulbright, Arkansas; Sparkman, Alabama; Humphrey, Minnesota; Mansfield, Montana and Morse, Oregon. From The Dove Creek Dove Creek, Colorado: Lieuten ant General Leslie R. Groves, who headed the war-time Man hattan Project that produced the A-bomb and who has been inti mately associated with atomic development ever since, recently had something important and authoritative to say about the atoms for peace program. He reviewed what is being done 1 in this and other countries to pro duce electric power with atomic foal. He said that the Atomic Energy Commission is maintain ing our leadership. Ihen he ad vised that we “. . . keep a sharp eye on those domestic politicians who bend their efforts toward keeping private industry out of the atoinic field.” He said also that maximum pro gress will come from encouraging private enterprise to do as much of the development job as possi ble, and added: “. . . Certainly a big government construction program such as was proposed in the last Congress . . . would in evitably put atomic development in the middle of the age-old pub lic-private power fight. This . . . would be a backward move which might well lead to disaster.” It can be added that some of i those who are urging the govern ment program have long been assocOted with the campaign to put government ever deeper into the power business, on a tax- free, tax-subsidized monopolistic basis, regardless of whether the power is to be produced by water, atomic energy, oil, or coal. Gen eral Groves was dead right when he said that if they succeed in their' current effort, disaster can be expected. • • • , . From The Independent, Fuquay Springs, North Carolina: Not long ago a newspaper symposium pre sented views of readers on Eng lish words—the ugliest, the sad dest, and so forth. This leads us to the observation that within the English language is a word to sup ply every purpose, no matter how fine may be the shade of mean ing to be expressed. The problem is to have the word available for use when needed. Most people must explore the recesses of their memories for a while before coming up with the word they want. It eludes others entirely, and they must settle for a weak substitute. They are among the people, probably the great majority, who never are able to get words together satisfactorily to make known their thoughts and ideas. i n g t o n Q—Can yon give me the total amount of Consumer Credit debt? A—The total passed the $40 billion mark at the end of October and is still rising on both short and intermediate-term credit. Pay ments are slower but as of now are considered to be satisfactory. Q—Can you give me the difference in the proposed Benson and Hum phrey programs on corn acreage allotments for 1957? A—As we understand it, assuming an average com yield of 50 bushels an acre. Senator Humphrey would allocate 49 million acre's to com to produce 2,450 million bushels at a support price of $1.36 per bushel for a gross income of $333 millions. Secretary Benson would allocate 51 million acres, to produce 2,450 million bushels at $1.31 per bushel to produce $334 million gross income. But under Senator Humphrey’s plan farmers in the commercial com area would have 2 million acres left over for producing alter nate crops or putting in the Conservation Reserve after realizing a gross income from corn of only $1 million less than under the Benson program. However the Benson program had it been adopted, would have given the Secretary permanent power to cut farm price supports as low as he wished after 1957. Q—What to the official title of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? A—It is “Chief Justice of the United States”. The first seven chief justices were referred to as “Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.” However starting with Chief Justice Fuller, followed by White, Taft, Hughes, Stone, Vinson and Warren, the present title was adopted. Q—Is there any government power to overrule a decision of the Supreme Court? A—Theoretically, No, except that decisions may be set aside by amendments to the constitution. However, the Congress, has made ineffective certain decisions of the Supreme Court by changing the laws after a decision has been made. A case in point is the ruling on the Tidelands Oil cases. ANSWERS •cajon «ob°S ‘f aqx 't •*«q UB®** 'I niques, involving the use of prefabricated walls of metal and enamel. * Faced with mouting competition, the brick industry in recent years has taken a long hard look at its position. And it has taken steps to reinforce it. For one thing, several companies have diversified into other clay products. Des pite these forays into other fields, most of the brick manu facturers are still primarily in the business of making brick.” PUZZLE No ACROSS 1 South Ameri can serpent 6 Carpenter’s tool <pl.) 10 Mineral springs Girl's ni 14 Girl’s name 15 Entreaty IS Coin 17 Wheel track 18 Schools 20 Ox of the Celebes SI Bacteriolo gist's wire 23 Kiver Island 24 Chicken 26 The gods 27 Ache 29 Meadow 30 Spread for drying 31 Cause to remember 34 Clergyman In charge 38 Silkworm 37 Station 39 Velocity 42 Baseball team 44 ChaUenges 46 Biblical weed 47 To fish 40 Libyan sea port 51 Noise 52 Liquid meas ure (pi.) 54 Gets up 56 Years old 58 Land measure 00 Go at certain gait ■ Syt nickel 61 Unit of electrical resistance 62 Before 63 Point of land running Into water 67 Book palm 63 Enter with hostile Intentions 72 High card 73 Man's name 74 Display light 75 Negatively charged 77 particle Let It stand 78 Female aheep 70 (pi.) Not orse god- dresses of fate 12 Positive pole 13 Sedate 19 Made a . predatory Incursion 22 Slender flnlal 25 Consumes 28 A connective 29 More tardy 30 Walks on 31 Rockfish 32 Ireland 33 Intermix 34 Small open ings in skin 35 To choose 38 Spanish priest 40 Great Lake 41 Lairs 43 Man’s name 45 Trapped 48 Greenland settlement UU ft JSt&lS 53 55 Pronoun 56 Puts up poker staks 57 Fairy tale 50 ?55Jflx? r j of the schanal* tuple tligious ige ■nber _ JT 68 Fish eggs 70 Recent 71 Bring forth 70 Word of negation m 1 An airplane 2 Color 3 Cereal grain ncini iruuL ticnr: MOVIE COLONY FIRE . . . Officer aids victims of Malibu, Cat, brush fire which burned 22,000 acres with damage of $50,000,000. QUEEN’S GRANDMA . . . Queen Elizabeth gazes at glass-en closed statuette of her great grandmother Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert, in Kensington Palace. PIRATE AIDE . . . George Sta ler, 63, St. Louis Brown’s great hitting first baseman (1915-1928), assumes unique post of special advisor to Pittsburgh manager Bobby Bragan to improve team’s hitting. Staler hit .407 in 1920, .420 in 1922. This an’ That According to one unofficial count, a total of 22 coUege basketball tournaments were played during the New Year holidays . . . Ted Petoskey of Columbia, S.C. has been signed as a scout for the New York Yankees. Petoskey was a star end at the University of Michigan, has been at the Uni versity of South Carolina for 17 years, serving in such posts as basketball, baseball and end coach at the school. He will scout Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and East Tennessee . • - Aldo “Buff” DonelM, head football coach at Boston University for ten years, will succeed Lon Little at Columbia . • • Hampton Pool, former head coach of the Los Angeles Rams has signed a two- year contract as coach of the ito Argonauts of the Big Football Union... Don Dryo- 29-year-old right-handed pH- r, was named the Brooklyn Dodger’s outstanding rookie of 19S8 by the Brooklyn Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Van Nnys, Cali fornia youngster finished with a 5-5 record.