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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner There is a hymn I find in the Episcopal hymnal “God bless our native land; Firm may she ever stand Through storm and night; When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave, Do thou our country save By thy great might. For her our prayers shall rise To God, above the skies; On him we wait; Thou who are ever nigh, guarding with watchful eye, To thee aloud we cry, God save the state!” Yea, verily, God save the State. \ When I was at Washington and Lee I had a class-mate of oratorical moods and style. He delighted in repeating the closing words of a political orator of his native Florida. Said that orator, in perfervid exclamation: “If that be jus tice God save the Commonweath.” I today make that my lament when I take note of what is going on. You have been reading of that young spldier Girard, who* is to be tried by a Japanese court. I do not know the sol dier; and I may not be informed fully, but certain facts stand out clearly. That young man was in service; he was on a military reservation; he shot a woman who was on the reservation. I do not express an opinion on the rightness of the shooting; nor do I presume to say that it should escape thorough investigation and, possibly, severe punishment. What I do wonder about is this: it seems that our Presi dent made a sort of gentlemen’s agreement that Americans might be tried in Japanese Courts. If the soldier had committed a crime in the streets of a city, outside of a military reservation, that might be a horse of another color. < Now as to the so-called Executive Agreement, let’s see about that. The Constitution of the United States says this: “He (the President) shall have power by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate to make treaties, provided two-thirds of 'Private Enterprise' and Venture Capital' Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postuffice 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 We have inherited a great land; those fervent, sturdy men and women of the pioneering days made a wonderful nation. By^ the way, we must not think they merely took what was lying at their feet, riches untold, just for the taking. It is quite possible that Brazil may have greater stores of undeveloped wealth than those which greeted the hardy sons of early days, whose intrepid spirits blazed trails into the unknown regions. The greatest contribution of the first settlers was to build a land of freedom. And we, their sons, have become fat and slothful, rejoicing in plenty and indifferent to ideals of liberty. I have before me a fine letter from Mr. Albert Watson of Columbia. Let me quote the letter; it breathes the spirit of liberty. “The right to a jury trial in any matter which could con ceivably find a citizen deprived of liberty and thrown into prison as a common criminal has always been laid up in my mind and philosophy among the sacred fundamentals of the law and our heritage. Nearly eight hundred years ago, deep in the roots of democracy, the Magna Carta (Article 39) provided that no free man should be deprived of life or liberty (‘nor will we go upon him nor send upon him’) without a trial by his peers. This principle was preserved in the spirit of our Constitution; watered in the blood of patriots; fed in the soil of freedom, and handed down to us as a sacred trust. Have we fertilized the field of demo cracy in vain in the blood of our patriots to now suffer their dessecration at the hands of a monkey-see-monkey-db Con gress? First, in recent years we found the bureaucrats of the Executive branch, and caught them red-handed, monkey ing and tampering with our States’ rights, steathily slip ping them away under bur very noses, amending the Consti tution by regulation and executive order. Theh, the Su preme Court got into the act, amending the Constitution by interpretation, recklessly disregarding precept as well as precedent by the 1954 debacle, and now, the Congress joins the festivities, amending the. Constitution freely by legisla tion. Who will bell the cat; bridle the court; challenge the bureaucrats; stop the Congress? All are fairly drunk in their own gluttenous power, enlarged and bloated beyond recognition to the fearful apprehension and indignation of all true disciples of freedom and liberty. 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There is no authority conferred on the President to make “agreements” unless the matter be sub mitted to the Senate and formalized concurrence into a treaty. Although the Supreme # Court of the United States does not agree with that statement, the difference is not between a small potato like me and the august Court; it is, rather, the failure of the Court to apply the law, as it is plainly set forth in the Constitution. Read Article 2, Section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution. Incidentally, the President is not the Commander in-Chief of the Nation, as some seem to think, but of the Army and Navy (and of, course the Marines and the Air Force). Nor has the President any inherent Sovereign powers; his powers are defined by the Constitution which itself is a document of limited powers. If I must make a case against the usurpation of power by the Executive let me cite further that the President, even as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy is more or less the actual tactical officer of field stategy, more or less, since the Constitution very impressively confers on the Congress the power “to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. See Article 1, Sec tion 8. It may be timely to remind our people that Section 1 of Article 1 of the Constitution says: “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress”. Herein granted; there are no inherent powers; no Sovereign pow- 0 ers; the powers herein granted. It is not for the Executive Department to assume powers not literally (or by necessary implication) conferred; the President is to be governed by the Constitution. So must the Congress and the Courts. It is not the prerogative of the Courts to construe or interpret or apply the Constitution except as the Supreme Law requires. It is worth every sacrifice to restore our government to a Constitutional basis. However noble, patriotic and idealistic a President may be we find in the case oi Ir‘. Eisenhower that a good man may do great harm and m. chief, on the advice of close asso ciates. Some political thinLcr has said that a bad King is good for a Country if he is enough, meaning that his evil or mischievous course wL stir up such opposition as will re sult in wholesome chant '. What about the supp.^ of oil? Last week I quoted an authority on oil and the possible early depletion of our supply unless we draw L cavily on the imports from other countries, particularly the Near East. Let’s consider the questmn a bit further: “The fact is that oil is becoming increasingly difficult to find in this country. The ratio of dry holes to the total number of wells drilled has been rising, and because wells must be drilled deeper, the cost of bringing in new reserves is increasing. Moreover, experience indicates that the prospects for discovering major new fields are not ehcour- aging. The biggest field ever discovered in this country was East Texas in 1930 with about 6 billion barrels. By comparison, one of the largest new oil fields discovered in the United States last year—the Aneth field in southeast Utah—is estimated to have about 100 million barrels. iiiM - Mm ms 1 m y . m&Bi ■0m mm L Zmmm GIANT HAT . . . Largest straw bonnet erer nuu is displayed at Italian fashion show in Mtmloh, Isle of Capri Q—How can Congress curb the constitutional powers of the Supreme Court? A—Congress cannot pass a law taking away any constitutional power of the Supreme Court However the Congress can offer amendments to the Constitution, which of course must be rati fied by two-thirds of the State legislatures before becoming effec tive. Q—Do you have any figures on the number of foreign cars sold in the American market? A—Percentage-wise foreign cars in April this year were sold to approximately 2 per cent of the car buyers of the country. On a basis of 5,500,000 cars sold in 1956 this would be about 110,000 cars, or about the same percentage of the market as American Motors, or 1% more than Studebaker-Packard. Q—Did Cengreas eliminate the cost-sharing features of the Agricul tural Program for 1958? A—No. Congress specifically wrote into the Act that the Department of Agriculture was to make no changes te restrict eligibility requirements or delete cost-sharing practices in the 1968 ACP. Q—My hnsband, a World War II veteran, bought a house with a GI loan. He died afterward from a service-connected condition. As an un-remarried widow would I still be entitled to a GI loan even though my hnsband used his benefit before his death? A—Yes. Q—What is Che cost of printing a $10,000 bin? A—The Bureau of Printing ii Engraving says it is approximately .008 cent, the same as the cost of printing a $1 bill CROSS A Mm - kieoi from other editors From the Canton Independent- Sentinel, Canton. Penna.: Every citizen should ask himself, from time to time, where he is headed gnd exactly what he is doing with his life. We do not pose as one who knows it all, or as a great moralizer who can tell everyone else how to live his life or her life. On the other hand, we are ad mittedly idealistic enough to feel that the human race was put on the earth for some purpose. And, likewise, we believe mat every citizen has an obligation to con tribute something as he travels the road of life. In small towns, large towns and in rural areas, there are many who spend one hundred per cent of their time seeking pleasure, self- indulgence and self-entertainment. Too often, money and a good time are the only goals that amount to much in the lives of many of us. If you can show nothing for your life, If you have dedicated it to nothing in particular, and if you have not sincerely tried to leave just a little mark on your commui^ity, to create just a little good, to help your fellowmen in some small way, then we suspect that the life hereafter will be an empty one. The happiest people we have known, and the richest, are those who have done some thing for their fellowmen, and who have stood for something in their community. We are here for a purpose and we must answer the test and de cide what we will do with our lives. • • • From the Page News and Cour ier, Luray, Virginia: A lot of com plaisant individuals in the U. S. were set on their ears recently when a top Russian official in a TV interview said our grandchil dren would enjoy the blessings of socialism. Instead of the Russians bring ing us state socialism (commu nism) it will come from within our own country, if it comes. We have already accepted the fore runners of the socialist state— government in many lines of busi ness. Elected public officials are seeking to extend its field of ac tivity. They attack our capitalis tic system (private enterprise) and promise the people their God-giv en rights under non-profit govern ment enterprise. A lot of people fall for that baloney and cast an other vote for the promoters of socialism. * - . - ' .: . ' ■ <m > KEEPS TITLE . . . Heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patter son, 22, (above) retained title in first defense against Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson, 25, by TKO in 19tb round after knocking him down in 1st, 2nd and 9th dounds. This an # That Maybe baseball could find the secret to the problem of “stop ping the Yankees'* if the game ! took np a draft system of the type used by professional foot ball. Such a prospect Isn't likely, of coarse, bat baseball leagues would certainly be better balanced if the low-standing chibs could gist first crack at the top talent avail able ... A Colorado boy and a Brooklyn girl won the 1957 juve nile boys' and girls' figures titles of the Amateur Roller-Skating Championships at Oakland, Cali fornia. Winners were Gary Wal lace of Greely and Joy Guarner of New York . . . Rafer Johnson, United States decathlon champion recently visited Yugoslavia where he lectured to Belgrade ' high school athletes and showed films on decathlon training in the United States . . . The 1958 major league . all-star game will be played in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, probably sa July 8. This will be the 25th game in the All-Star se ries which started in 1933 and will. mark the first time that Balti more has played host to the clas sic. Now contrast this situation with that in the Middle East. It is estimated that the Persian Gulf area has about three times as much oil as the rest of* the free world combined. Despite this, however, to further diversify theirsources of crude, American oil companies are pushing the search for new fields into every part of the world. All in all, more than 100 American operators are now involved in explora tion or producing in more than thirty foreign countries. 'This global hunt for new petroleum reserves necessitates a huge expenditure of time, manpower, and—most import antly—money. Not only must the oil be found ahd produc ed, there must be pipelines or tankers to transport it to es tablished markets, and manufacturing facilities to process it. During the past ten years the world petroleum industry has invested more than $42 billion in the United States and almost $20 billion abroad. These total capital expenditures of $62 billion since 1946 are larger, by far, than the invest ment program carried out by any industry other than pub lic utilities. If the worldwide demand for petroleum is to be met, it now appears that the industry will be required to invest another $60 billion—not during the next ten years—but during the next five years, and nearly half of this must F be invested abroad. A N AURA of foreboding hangs over Washington, the Feder al City. The annual influx of visi tors and tourists, particularly the thousands of school children who flock to the city just before the summer vacation, take the sight seeing tours and see the world’s most beautiful city . . . snow white, classic government build ings, historic shrines, wide, clean tree-lined streets, beautiful parks, rank with flowers and blooming shrubs, a kaleidoscope of color. Thousands of convention visitors —for Washington is today one of the leading convention cities—vis it the Halls of Congress, romance over the beautiful embassies and churches of all the denominations of the world—the great Cathedrals and institutions of learning; the museums and aj*t galleries, the maelstrom of people from every nation and clime; hotels are full, streets are full, traffic is terrific . $ . all visitors. - These people don’t see the real Washington, the Citizens who live here, have their homes and fam ilies here, pay ^xes, pay the high est prices, go to and from work here, go to school here; they don’t see the slums, the blighted areas, the areas that are slowly but ir revocably becoming new slums— they don’t hear the muttering*, the open rebellion, the clash of opinions; they don’t see the schools, vandalized, but integrated; they don’t read the reports of health-center clinics that there have been 190 pregnancies among teen-age girls from Sept 1956 to April 1957; that 178 are among negro girls, 12 among white and that 129 of these were in junior high schools, 53 in high schools. and 8, in elementary schools. They don’t see the worried looks of home-owners as thousands choose to sell their homes at bar gain prices and move to the sub urbs; the value of property in these neighborhoods invariably goes down and soon will be reflected in the tax duplicates; they don’t see the harassed City Commis sioners, plagued by losses in tax revenues and at the same time the encroachments of the Feder al government for. more serv ices, building more buildings, tak ing more property from the tax rolls for which there is not ade quate compensation in appropri ations from the Congress. For Washington is a city where civil rights, about which there is such a hullabaloo in the Congress today, are unknown. It is a city of “taxation without representa tion,*' wholly at the mercy of a transient Congress. Taxpayers can’t vote here. With population of the city prop er, in the district of Columbia now crowding the million mark, the metropolitan area including the adjacent communities in Virginia and Maryland over 1,500,000, and still growing. Sincere efforts to eradicate slum areas under the Urban Renewal Federal program are hamstrung by Congress and a multiple of governing bodies over which the Board of Commissioners have no control; Citizens watch other areas dsy-by-day irrevoca bly becoming more slum areas. But all a visitor has to do is drive out 13th street in Washington to see it happening. For Sale signs litter the once fashionable 18th St and it will not be long until the same pattern will show up there. - i El '■m m- mi us vcur PROBLEffl e ANB LET M FAU IT «N TO I BY JOHN ond JANE STRICKLAND TODAY’S PROBLEM: Which Way to Torn. L yman edgerton, 3717 old J Pali Road, Honolulu, T. H;., says he wasn’t really “brought up,’’ he just grew. His parents died when he was two years did and he was sent to»live with rela tives who had so "many children of their own that little attention was paid to him.' In due time he went to school But no one had given thought to his personal ap pearance and the teacher would send him out to wash his face and hands as soon as school as sembled. He didn't mind that; it gave him a chance to stay out of doors a little longer. But there were other evidences that he did not have the care at home that the other children did. He learned, by and by, tc take care of many of the problems himself, but even when he had reached the age of seventeen he still was not a well groomed lad. The girls would have nothing to do with him, wifi: the exception of one kind hearted lass. So he promptly fell love with her. A year or so later, he told her about it She repulsed him. “I wanted to help you," she told him. “but I am not in love with you; there’s somebody else I like better." iTiis hurt his pride terribly. Crushed, he answered that he supposed no girl ever would love him. Then this kindly girl told him she thought that would be the case if ha didfi’t look after him self better. That was a surprise to him, but he knew it must be true. However, he didn't know how to improve himself. His relatives never thought much of one's ap pearance. But it set him to thinking, and to acting. He went to his Sunday School teacher with his problem.' and this teacher gave him just the advice he needed. Also he took an interest in Lyzxlan in other partic ulars. “You’ll never get any where," said he. “unless you make a good impression.” Lyman lis tened, and Lyman reacted to the advice. Now, the teacher became truly interested; took Lyman in hand. Within a couple of years Lyman had so improved that the. teacher recommended him to a college in the United States that had a few scholarships to give away. Lyman was awarded one, and in addition given a job that would enable him to buy the neces sities. yagi i ypiSgH * * iSp® 1 *'■■■■ if. ■k-:i -ri- * ■im f y > , . ...SPiPPiP QUEEN AND CHAMP . . . Queen Elisabeth admires Heveringham Stonehenge, prise British White bull, at royal agricultural show in Norwich. ml i v i mm PROBLEM FEET . . . Army doctor ftn San Francisco enmtnee sise 16 feet of PFC John Amp of Trenton, N. J. John's been wearing sandals because army shoes stop at sise 14. i' m* ; 4 mst