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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Annfield, 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 No one can do much harm as a good man “gone wrong.” "We cherish the man and make excuses for him; then, again, his virtues compel our admiration even when only the mem ory remains. And we are hesitant about denouncing attitudes and proposals for fear that there may be—even must be— some virtue, for so good a man could not be mischievously erratic or grievously misguided. Even so. And so it is with me in running afoul of President Eisenhower’s grandoise, 'but fallacious concepts of a wholesome program for the Na tional Government, within the frame work of the Constitu tion of the United States and the powers delegated by it to the Central Government. Most of us find “Ike” an appealing personality though we marvel at his urging the Nation to become a complacent paternalism. Say, what’s wrong with our Nation? Our Number One error was in embracing many ideas of the Communists. Un der Mr. Roosevelt we swallowed “hook, line and sinker”, pro posals energetically advocated by Communists for a genera tion before Mr. Roosevelt gave them respectability in a per iod of grave national crisis. One matter is enough, but I wish to approach it by a sort of flank attack and convince you before you can prepare to meet the attack. Let us see: When you buy 10 tons of coal, or five hundred gallons of oil for heating your home is it priced according to your income? Does your dealer charge one man 15 cents a gallon and another 20 cents and another 30 cents and an- .other 50 cents? Does your grocer charge one man 8 cents a pound for sugar, another 10 cents, and up to 50 cents a pound for sugar? When one man pays 3 cents on a dollar as Sales Tax, does another man pay 4, still another 6, and up to 25 cents on the dollar? Does one man buy life insurance for $25 a thousand, while his neighbor of the same age and physical condition pays $75 a thousand for the same protection? But the Graduated Income Tax rises and rises until at the top it takes 91 per cent of one’s income. If one citizen pays 15 percent should . another pay 91 percent. Isn’t it the very essence of equality that all pay th same percentage? The graduated income tax is a scheme of the Socialists and Communists to confiscate wealth. We need men of wealth, even apart from any considera tion of fairness. Man of wealth invest their surplus and the investment creates jobs.' Even here in South Carolina, a State not heavily industrialized, you can see how this works. Right now, so far as we depend on our farms, which com munity is “better off”, the community with industries, or the community wholly dependent on agriculture? How does an industry come into being? Surely not by spontaneous generation, as seems to be true of weeds, briars and wild vines; but because men and women have invested thir savings or surplus. Most of our giant corporations have hundreds of thousands of stockholders, some owning just a thousand dollars in stock, yet the thousands, taken as a body, Own millions of dollars in the stock. No great Company in the United States belongs to one man; some Companies have three hundred thousand stock holders. Even your next-door-neighbor may own a few shares of a mamnloth enterprise. You will find much of interest in the report of The Fis cal Survey Commission of South Carolina, which, under the able chairmanship of A. L. M. Wiggins, made an ex haustive. study of the financial problems of the State. I quote an observation by the Commission on “Population Shifts” within our j3tate: “Population shifts within South Carolina create many problems. From 1920 to 1950, Negro population in the State decreased 4.9 percent, while white population increased 58 percent, ixteen counties‘had a net decreas in population in the past 30 years, while during that same period thirty coun ties increased in population. Apparently, there has been a very little migration of white people to other states, while the Negro population has been migrating away from the State in substantial numbers. / Some counties are developing areas of concentrated popu lation and industrial growth. Counties of Anderson, Char leston, Greenville, Richland and Spartanburg had in 1950, 33.9 percent of the total population of the State, and in 1954 collected 52.2 percent of all property taxes collected by the counties. From 1920 to 1950, these five counties had an in crease in population of 61 percent, as compared with an in crease of 26 percent for the State as a whole during the same period. In contrast to these highly populated areas, w’e find that many counties remain largely rural in nature. Greenville County, the most heavily industrialized county and possess ed of tile greatest population, had a greater population in 1950 than; the combined population of the ten counties bf IN HONORED MEMORY McCormick, Jasper, Allendale, Calhoun, Saluda, Edgefield, Barnwell, Bamberg, Hampton and Fairfield. The accelerated rate by which some of the counties are becoming industrial ized is shown by a comparison with 1920 when Greenville County had only 44.8 percent of the combined population of these ten counties. The extent to which the State has develop concentrated areas of population is shown by the fact that the five larg est counties had a combined population in 1950 greater than the total population of twenty-eight other counties. These twenty-eight counties include the ten above mentioned plus Abbeville, Dorchester, Lee, Beaufort, Colleton, Berkeley, Dillon, Union, Georgetown, Marlboro, Newberry, Claren don, Kershaw, Chester, Marion, Cherokee, Chesterfield and Lancaster Counties. Tax revenues and the general economy of many of the less popluated counties could be improved tremendously if new industries could be brought to them. The State Development Board, the Governor and other state officials, no doubt, are fully aware of the opportunities and needs for industrial development in the counties that are primary rural. They should continue to bend every effort to help such develop ment.” “Even as Jordan’s pro-west King Hussein struggles to save his nation from leftist extremists, this ancient, often- conquered land to the north of Syria, gives ample evidence of what happens in a Mideast nation* that draws too close to Moscow. Syria is no Soviet satellite, nor even a formal ally. But it is the most pro-Communist of all the Middle East states; Red influences reach deep and wide, into the government, the army and economic life. It’s conceivable that Syria even tually could become as much a Russian satellite as Czech oslovakia or Rumania. Most important now, though, is Syria’s potential as a trouble maker in neighboring Jordan, where the youthful Hussein holds only the shakiest control. Yesterday, Jordan got a new cabinet regarded as favorable to the West—and martial law, proclaimed in an effort to control street mobs. The howling, milling mobs can’t govern, but in the Middle East they can prevent effective government. Should King Hussein lose his grip, the Mideast line-up might change drastically. At the moment, Iraq is firmly pro- Westf Egypt, fervently backed by Syria, leans toward Rus sia. Both sides are wooing Jordan. Syrian government offi cials stoutly insist they are not interfering in Jordans nip and tuck struggle. That may be so, but plenty of Westerners in the Mideast are fearful of anti-Hussein intrique originat ing from Damascus. The hard fact is that this strategic land—crossed by two keypipelines partly or wholly owned hy American oil con cerns—is firmly uncomfortably close to the Communist camp. And the Syrian story is one that could be repeated in Jordan or other Mideast lands if pro-Communist politicians dominate or immobilize governments. Russia has tried to influence or dominate Mideast nations since the time of the Czars, but only in the past two or three years have the efforts borne fruit. The beginning of Rus sia’s strong foothold in Syria can be dated—September, 1955 —when the Soviets completed their first major arms deal with Egypt. U. S. foreign policy observers say this agree ment showed the Syrians that they could count on Russia for backing against the West and against Israel. • . 1 ' ; The Syrians, furthermore, have a reservoir of suspicion about dealing with the West. France held a mandate over the present-day Syria after World War T and at one point bombarded Damascus in putting down a revolt. Anti-French feeling ran especially strong in the lafe 1930’s and then a- tion was occupied by British and Free French forces during the most of WV>rld War H. Syria achieved independence in 1944, but not all foreign troops were pulled out until mid r 1946. The Soviets have gained influence throughout the Middle East by supporting nationalist leaders and parties against Western colonial powers and against Israel. Once arms deals or trade agreements were made, the Reds^ tried to increase their influence over governments and economies. The Rus sians probably have little direct voice in the Syrian govern ment but as a U. S. diplomat explains: ‘The important fact is that in foreign affairs the Syrian government policies parallel those of the Soviet Union, no matter how it is in fluenced.’ The Soviets pump close to $1 million annually into propa ganda outlets alone.” From th© Ncwark-Conrter-Ga- xette, Newark, N. Y.x A foothill town lived in fear of destruction. Every summer, when the moun tain snows melted, flash floods inundated the town. Bridges col lapsed; houses were swept away; people drowned. The townspeople got together to end this threat They raised money and hired experts to construct a scheme of protection. This con sisted of a series of dams and r»Hgnnplg to trap the flood waters upstream and divert them around the town. Three floodgates con trolled the system. By turns the townspeople were to watch and work the floodgates. For a time they did. Then, one after another, they found excuses. Their jobs were pressing; they didn’t have time; they put U off or forget about it. The gates re mained unguarded. One night a flash flood swept down die mountainside and wiped out the town. The U. S. polio story in not un like the story of this town. For years we lived under the shadow of polio paralysis. We spent time and money to find a preventive. Now that we have it—the Salk vaccine—we neglect to use it. Only one polio—susceptible person in ten is properly vaccinated. The polio season is upon us and we xemble in fear of epidemics. If we are to escape them, over 50 million Americans must be vac cinated. It takes three proper ly spaced Salk shots to set up maximum immunity. If you are under 40, don’t wait till disaster strikes. Vaccinate at the earliest opportunity. • • • From the South Pasadena Re view, Sonth Pasadena, Calif: If a stranger struck up an acquain tance with you on the street and offered to share a sizeable sum of money he said he had just found, wouldn’t you be more than a lit tle wary there was a catch to it? What’s more, suppose the stranger said that before he hand ed over the money you must give him an equal amount temporari ly, just to show “good faith”. Would you give him the money if you had it? You’re probably saying: Nobody would be stupid enough to do that! Well, brother, they do, and they do it every day x>f the year. This obvious bunco trick has prob ably been the most successful of all bunco tricks since crooks first started to work the public. Q. Can yon tell me the measurements of the Lincoln Statue in the Lincoln Memorial? A The statue of Lincoln in the Memorial is that of the civil war president seated in a chair 12% feet high, over the back of which a flag has been draped. 28 large blocks of Georgia white marble compose the statue, which is 19 feet high from head to foot. Q. Can you ten me to which law the “white slave act" refers? A. The term “White Slave Act" is some times applied to the Mann Act passed by Congress in 1910. At the time of passage the words “white slavery" were used by social agencies to describe women held in condition of compulsory prostitution which led to the pas sage of the act. Q. Can yon tell me how the Smithsonian Institution acquired its name? A It was named after its founder, James Smithson, an Englishman, who bequeathed his fortune in 1826 to the United States to found in Washington an institution for the “increase and diffusion of knowl edge among men." It now occupies several buildings in Washing ton and in 1956 Congress authorized $34 million for a new Smith sonian Museum of History and Technology. The Smithsonian now has many branches including: The National Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the Freer Gallery of Art, The International Exchange Service, The Bureau of American Ethnology, The National Zoological Park, the Astro- physical Observatory, The Division of Radiation and Organisms, the National Air Museum and the Canal Zone Biological Area. It also maintains « 900,000 volume library. Q. Can you ten me if Andorra is a free sovereign state? A Yes, it is a republic and has enjoyed undisturbed sovereignty since 1278. It lies in a valley in the Pyrenees mountains; its area is 191 square miles, and population a little over 5,000. The language is Catalan, sheep raising the principle industry and it is governed by a Council General of 24 elected members. It became a Republic in 1806 under a constitution granted by Napoleon. TELL US VOUR PR0BLE1T! AMD UT W rAH IV OMO MLP OIMM M MLVW6 TMMt. 8T JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND THE NEIGHBORS* CHILDREN X/fRS. GEORGE CALVERT once ■*■^1 moved to a new home in the outskirts of Denver, Colorado. It was a new development and the gardens and lawns were a de light to the eye. Hers should be no exception! BUT— When she installed a rustic sum merhouse, she had not counted cm a dozeuapr so children in the neigh borhood, mostly on the alert and active side. Day after day, as she watched the tiny blades of grass come through the soil, she had to “shoo away** those children. She first explained to them politely that she couldn’t allow them to trample her grounds or sit in the summer house where on the outside ten drils were doing their best to get a start. They were all nice chil dren, apparently being brought up well, except, in Mrs. Calvert’s eyes, from the point of view of a near neighbor. Ages two to six would seem to have poor memo ries. So she repeated her admoni tions many times. For maybe twenty-four hours her yard would be unoccupied by the youthful horde. And then—I One day, noting a decided path to the summerhouae across what should have been green lawn, her nerves gave way, and ao did she— to an outburst of temper. The chil dren became frightened and ran. The next day when they saw her on the street, they again looked frightened—and ran. An ogre in the community! She didn’t want to start her life in a new neighbor hood with that reputation! That afternoon she walked into their midst and invited them to go to the village for an ice cream cone, followed by lollypops. She told them that when the grass and flowers had grown in her garden, she was going to have a party for them. Well! What a change in those youngsters; they competed for her hand on the way home, and since that day when they want to sit in her summerhouse they ask permission. But best of all, when her own baby was old enough to be among them, they were kind to him, not always the case among older children when younger ones come among them. RED EXPERT MOVES . . . Senate foreign relations oommitteo chairman Theo. Green (R. I.) confers with Chas. E. Bohlen who is being shifted from ambassador to Rossis to Philippines. THURSDAY MAY 16, 1957 T HE Bureau of the Budget is an important adjunct of the Ex ecutive Department of the Govern ment today. As originally set up the Bureau was intended by the Congress to assist the legislative Department keep track of the ex penditures of the various depart ments by holding them in line un der the law setting up the budget system. As it works out, however, how the budget bureau operates large ly depends upon who is running the department, and as it is being op erated today, there is reasons to suspect that the various depart ments are being shown how much they Can spend, under the appro priations of Congress, rather than how much they can save the tax payers. A case in point is the Atomic Energy Commission. This impor tant agency has spent some $15 billion dollars of the taxpayers money in development of atomic weapons and is now at the head of the civilian and peaceful devel opment of atomic energy for in dustry, medicine and agriculture. The chairman of the Commission, Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, is to say the least a man of strong con victions, many call him arbitrary. He wears two hats, in that he is at once the chairman of a regulative and licensing agency of the gov ernment. and at the same time official advisor to the President on Atomic* Energy. Since the weap ons divisions of this agency is un der direct command of the Presi dent and the Department of De fense, it cannot operate in the tra ditional manner as an independent agency of the government engaged Civilian licensing and regulation, such as the Federal Communica tions Commission. Chairman Clarence Cannon, bf the House Appropriations Com mittee, says that in almost every expenditure it has made in the civilian applications of atomic energy the Commission has vio lated the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the intent of Congress. Speaking on this point Chairman Cannon said: “The Commission’s method of defeating the statutory direction has been to arbitrarily divide the various atomic electric power pro grams into two fiscal categories." With the approval of the budget bureau, the Commission sets up part of its electric power programs as “operating expense" which un der the Act does not have to be specifically authorized by die Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. The rest of the same project it sets up|| under plant acquisition and con struction, which must be author ised by the Committee. “The result has been," Chair man Cannon said, “that for fiscal years 1956, 1957 and 1958 the amount appropriated and request ed for the civilian power reactor program totals $236.8 million, of which only $40 million was author ized under authorizing legislation reported out by the joint commit tee and approved by the Congress. Thus it is readily seen that less than 20% of this program was authorized and more than 80% of this indivisible program was not specifically authorized.” Cannon pointed out that although the atomic energy act contains a specific “no subsidy clause", on the construction of one reactor alone, the Commission in bonus prices for plutonium, waivers of fuel costs and other services had contracted with the private com pany to pay the company ca«’ subsidies of $58,050,000 nv v m CROSSWORD PUZZLE TT ~ 15- J : ‘ j UM iflil 74 aAiM diaiaiai ACROSS 1 Lies in the warmth « Edible Deeds 10 Unusual 14 A plexus erf blood ves sels (pi.) 18 Rant gS&oofe, hero myth 15 Eskers 18 Recompensed 90 Large tub 21 Stratagem 23 Provisions 25 Danish weight (pi.) 27 Radical 28 Blackbird 29 Chicken 31 Growled 35 Allude 38 To aid 40 Indonesian of Mindanao 41 Pseudonym 42 The turmeric 43 Surgical thread 45 Atmosphere 46 Swpetsop 47 Feminine name 48 Moistens 51 Heavy East Indian wood 52 In music: high 53 Bird 55 Thick flat piece 59 High-pitched «2 Float 84 Form of •to be" 68 Of an age AdSTTperiod of time 68 Those against 70 Form* * 71 Rep 72 Wet 73 Fondles 74 Observes 78 Sheets of Me. 447 water <pU 22 Tardy S English boys* school M Native of Denmark 88 Electric house 88 Skills 88 Stinging Insect DOWN l An izing letter 1 PhUlpfrfne dwarf negrltoes S Condition 4 Relatives 5 European river 6 Kind of writing isssr title ^9 Domestic 11 Larmf*dog 12 Predatory incursion 13 JtnJahes 22 Large vase 94 Feminine name 26 Ostrich-like bird 30 Bitter vetch 31 Bodv of don 44 Unit of aRjg horns 50 Cloth measurs 51 Sprite 53 To apeak 54 Maries mad# ' on skin by whip 68 Language of old Romans 87 To get up 58 Outstrips 59 To walk 60 At this place 61 Remainder s? “Skt □ U ii ki ■ mi; L. i: k. ■ U L L. L LIlSFOlLIIlGkJGlC-l LL U □ □ n ■ £! U Li D U ■ L. L L 11 □HUH LI UJUUkjLLtil: JM'J LiULllJ (MJIliHL! ana uouuu uuLitju aUlJLl LIUMHki RUrct juaaa huuhg gliiu jLjjtiiifj arjuu lior* ■MMatlUO LJRLUJHMM aauuuuGci ururiul aaninmuntDiHKinit ujuu|nnnarlDr.T5r 19JIU IU (JUREJ | RUL'L. , Answer to: Ne. 448 This an' That Louisville, Kentucky has set ©«t to make “hay" of the famous Ken tucky Derby by building a week- long festival around the horse race. Added atiractions of this year’s Derby Included a nationally-tele- vised boxing match, a highly suc cessful Kentucky Derby Open Golf Tournament and a big parade. Bill Coram and others responsible for the Derby, white backing Louis ville’s bigger ambitions, would prefer not to have too many events so close to Derby pout time. Hun dreds of sports writers from over the world come to Louisville to witness the race and write about it and they’d like to keep it that way .. The fourth time was the charm for Sugar Ray Robinson. When the great fighter kayoted Gene Fullmer to regain the middle weight title he earned enough money to pay off his back debt to Uncle Sam and at the same time set himself np for the biggest pay day of his career. A match against Carmen BasQio will put plenty of chips In the coffers for both fight ers. TOPS AGAIN . . . Sugar Robinson, 37, won boxing championship go for fourth time, out in fifth round Fullmer who took title last January. iall mi: