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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Well, don't you see what the Federal Government is do
ing to us? Don’t think that we of the South are the only
ones should be on guard; the assurances given by the
President and even some guarantees incorporated into the
so-called Civil Rights bill have been quickly disregarded.
The Government may some day reach Out and meddle
with all the agencies it is subsidizing. We would do well to
put our house in order and steer clear of the Government
in our power business, as well as in our farming.
Hear the Saturday Evening Post, the weekly founded
by Benjamin Franklin, and sending out two or three mil
lion copies a week from Philadelphia and going from Dan
to Beer-Sheba, as the Scripture says meaning from A to
Z, you *you.
“Although it is four years since President Eisenhower
described the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as an
example of ‘creeping socialism’, nothing much has been done
to reverse the trend. On the contrary, the danger is that
the trend will get worse.
In 1948 the Eightieth Congress attempted to stem the
tide by passing an act requiring TVA to pay into the
Federal Treasury over a forty-year period the amount
which it had received in appropriations for the part of its
operation devoted to electric-power development. As of 1955,
that sum, which can be described as the ‘Investment’ of
the taxpayers’ money in TVA, amounted to $1,231,387,039.
Some part of this sum has been repaid into the Treasury.
The effect of this provision is to cut down to some extent
the gap between the cost of electric power produced by pri
vate, taxpaying corporations and the cost of public power
developed by publicly supported, nontaxpaying governmen
tal units. Nevertheless, the differential still favors public
power.
Congress has had before it several bills designed to deal
with the TVA situation. Senator Kerr, of Oklahoma, is the
author of one bill which would not only have wiped out the
Government’s billion-dollar equity in TVA but would also
give TVA the right to issue bonds at its own discretion. The
present requirement that Congress must approve such bor
rowings would be eliminated.
Another bill was introduced by Senator Martin, of Penn
sylvania. This bill, while authorizing the issue of TVA
bonds under certain limitations, would continue the require
ment that TVA make annual payments on the profitless bil
lion-dollar investment Congress has made in TVA, plus int
erest on the amount outstanding. The Martin bill did not
get to first base.
Although the Martin bill would not altogether equalize
the position of TVA and that of private power companies,
the bill would make the favoritism shown subsidized elec
tric power less glaring than it now is.
What millions of Americans have scarcely noticed is the
development of TVA from a Federal project to utilize water
power for a variety of purposes into a gigantic power mon
opoly dependent for more' than half its output on steam
'plants and not on water power at all. Just why the tax
payers of the nation should be expected to finance the ex
pansion of steam-produced electric power in competition
with private industry cannot be explained by the purposes
for which TVA was created—namely, development of the
hydro-electric resources of the area. Certainly any ex
pansion of steam-power production should be confined to
the present area served by TVA and remain under congres
sional supervision.
The current indifference to what happens to the tax
payers’ investment in public power plants, in contrast to
the strictness with which private companies are expected
to account for the money they receive‘from the public, is
not the only woe of the private power industry. There is
also the ‘preference clause’ which gives to cooperatives,
municipalities and other public bodies a prior claim to the
power generated by Government-owned dams.
This means, in effect, that the customers of a private
power company, which buys its power from a Government-
owned installation, can be theoretically, and perhaps ac
tually, deprived of their power should a municipality owned
distributing system be set up in a continguous area.
Congress has passed and the President hqs signed a bill
providing for the erection by the Government of four atomic-
reactors, the energy from which would be supplied to public
power systems. While the statute limits such projects to
those specifically named, it does create a precedent for
further invasion of private power by the Government. A
string of little TVA’s, each required to favor municipally
owned distributors, could be the last straw. In view of the
extraordinary technical progress now being made by private
industry in the electric-power field, it is difficult to see
any reason why the Government should invade it."
The Baptist Associations are meeting throughout the
State; and soon the South Carolina State Convention of
Baptists will meet in annual session. Now, then what’s
what ?
'LOOK, LADY!'
Let me quote the Newberry brethren of the Baptist
denomination;
“After hearing the report of the committee the following
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, this nation of ours, the United States of
America, was founded on the principle of freedom of wor
ship by our forefathers who came to this new land because
they were prohibited from going elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, from the beginning of the United States of
America, until May 17, 1954, this nation made far more
progress in industry, education, science, social welfare and
Christianity than any other nation of the world ever dream
ed of; and,
WHEREAS, it is our belief that this progress was largely
due to the fact that each man, woman, and child had the
right of free worship of any faith and with whomsoever he
or she may have desired; and,
WHEREAS, since the United States Supreme Court de
cision of May 17, 1954, which ruled that segregation of the
races in the public schools is unconstitutional and some of
the churches of America, including the Southern Baptist
Convention, have indicated their desire to apply this doc
trine to the church, the church school and other organi
zations ; and
WHEREAS, it is our belief that if this practice is contin
ued it will be the downfall of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion.
Be it resolved, that we are opposed to the use of any
material in Vacation Bible School, Sunday School and Bap
tist Training Union which advocates the mixing of the
races.
Be it further resolved, that we disapprove of the ad
mission of Negroes to the white colleges and seminaries
supported by the Southern Baptist Convention.
Be it further resolved, that we have faith in the com
mon sense of our people and in the final triumph of our right
to worship God according to the command of our conscience.
Let us pray that it is our God’s will that this struggle for
freedom of conscience and liberty of association will be
won. Let us stand steadfast, yield not once inch, not be ter
rified and beaten back by the sinister forces of evil now ram
pant throughout the land. If we will do these things, then
the victory will be ours.
Be it further resolved, that it L, the sense of this
church that if such practices are continued by the Southern
Baptist Convention, it will be for the best interest of the
Baptist Churches of the real Southern States to withdraw
from the so-called Southern Baptist Convention and organ
ize an association of Churches that share the view herein
expressed. It is hoped, hov/ever, that this will not be nec
essary. This church has cooperated with the State Conven
tion and with the Southern Baptist Convention in all of
their activities for the promotion of the Kingdom of God,
and we would like to be able to continue to do that.’’
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smmm Wi
fNSTEAp of reducing surpluses,
* the present program for Agri
culture is not only increasing sur
pluses, but the millions being
paid out in soil bank payments do
not actually add to the farmers'
income. These payments at best
are only a substitute for money
he would have received had he not
retired his acreage from produc
tion. A look at the inventory of
the Commodity Credit Corporation
from 1952 to the end of the fiscal
year 1957. not counting the amount
of crops under loan show these
figures: 1952 inventory amounted
to $1.4 billion; in 1953 $2,338 bil
lion; 1954, $3,368 billion; 1955,
$4,922 billion; 1956. $5,972 billion
and as of June 30, 1957, $5,371 bil
lion. And don't be tooled by the
reduction shown in the inventory
of about $600 million in 1957 under
1956. Thf total value of reserves
set up for losses in 1956 was $2,529
billion, whereas the loss reserve
for fiscal 1957 is set at $2,712 bil
lion. more than $200 million high
er than in 1956. This is due to
severe losses on the foreign bar
ter program set up by Secretary
of Agriculture Benson in which !
the CCC took a solid beating in
accepting counterpart funds or
commodity for stockpiling, in or
der to cut down on surpluses So
the inventory surplus was de
creased by shipping some sur
plus to foreign countries while
tha loans to American farmers
on price supports was reduced
from $2,285 billion in fiscal 1956 to
$1,966 billion in 1967. Thus de
crease in inventory was obtained
at the expense of $200 million
more in losses and $319 million
less loans to American farmers
in fiscal 1957 compared to fiscal
1956. And in the meantime the
inventory from which surpluses
are figured climbed from $1.4 bil
lion in 1952 to $5.9 in 1957, an in
crease of $4.5 billions.
The theory under which the
present farm program is operat
ing, that is, less and less price
supports, is that it will reduce
surpluses; that retirement of acre
age under the soil bank program
under which the government is
paying out from $140 million to
$300 million per year, would also
reduce protection. It doesn't work
out that way. Neither do acreage
allotments.
Acreage allotments — "By re
stricting land available for major
cash crops, more intensive farm
ing has been encouraged through
more fertilizer, insecticides and
supplemental irrigation. The yield
of cotton, for example rose from
273 pounds per harvested acre in
the pre-allotment period 1945-1949
to 408 pounds in 1956.” '
The Soil Bank—"has encouraged
more intensive use of farmland.
In addition the soil bank is making
available rather substantial sums
of cash which can be used to ex
pand production on acreage out
side the bank And the agri
cultural conservation payments
program undoubtedly has contrib
uted to the expansion of our agri
cultural capacity.”
"Government policies have at
tracted excess capital into the
agricultural plant and expanded
dur production capacity beyond
the market needs. The price sup
port program in itself has been
an important stimulus to produc
tion, because the guarantee re
duces risks.”
The AFBF believes the popula
tion Increase will help in the agri
cultural adjustment but that it is
a fallacy to assume such growth
is in itself a solution.
From the Newark, N. Y. Cour-
ier-Gamette: There is at least one
approach to the farm surplus
problem "that makes sense”—and
it is found in the concept of an
expanding animal agriculture.
This, view comes from an officer
of the American Meat Institute.
He points out that in animal ag
riculture we have a built-in for
mula of checks and balances that
doesn't exist in many other fields
of farming. To take a striking
example, animal agriculture has
built into it the principle which
underlies the soil bank. Animals
are converters of hay and grain,
and remarkably efficient ones. If
you have bacon and eggs for
breakfast you have consumed the
equivalent of four pounds of corn.
If you ate the same amount of
com in the form of com-meal
mush, you’d consume two gallons
—an obvious impossibility. Ac
cording to the Institute spokes
man, if 10 per cent of the land
currently used for food and in
dustrial crops was shifted over
onto the large proportion of our
land already used for livestock,
the result would be a balance be
tween agricultural production and
consumption.
This is n long-range concept,
and it cannot be achieved easily.
Yet it looks like the logical next
step in the revolution that has so
greatly changed the science of ag
riculture in a very short space of
time.
• • •
From the Page News and Couri
er, Luray, Virginia: The batter
who gets on first or second base
has a chance to go places. But
if he is to score he also must get
past third.
The same principle holds for
polio vaccination. Here’s the way
it works."
The Salk vaccine sets up pro
tecting antibodies in the blood
stream that prevent the polio
virus from destroying the nerve
cells, thus paralyzing the mus
cles.
One shot of vaccine sets up an
tibodies in some people. Two
shots set up antibodies in people
who did not react to the first shot.
Three shots set up antibodies in
about 90 per cent of the people
and provide maximum immunity—
that is, the most protection for the
longest time.
If you’re one of the more than
70 million people who have had
your first shot, remember this:
three are essential. Like a base
ball batter, you must be "safe on
third” before you can score in the
polio war. And if you’re one ol
the 39 million under 40 years of
age who have had no shots at all,
you’d better got to bat at once.
I know our people are not Socialists at heart, nor by in
tention and understanding. And this sturdy citizenship of
old South Carolina is even farther from Communism.
In spite of all that, we have gone a long way toward a
brand of Socialism that borders on Communism.
Did you know what the Socialists planned back in 1923?
Here it is:
“States under the direction of this Socialist Program,
and finally the Nation, will take over one after the other of
the public utilities, mines, railroads, power plants, communi
cation systems, waterways and forests. All of this may be
done by methods perfectly legal and constitutional.
1923—Here is the program for seizing control of the
Electric Power Industry. 1. Inter-connect the 2,318 muni
cipally-owned electric light and power plants. 2. Tie into the
system the 11 hydro-electric power plants owned and oper
ated by the U. S. Government. 3. Enlarge and expand all
of these units. 4. Develop as rapidly as practical the hydro
electric power of all rivers. 5. Coordinate the work of flood
control, irrigation, navigation, and hydro-electric develop
ment. 6. Coordinate steam driven plants with hydro-electric
plants. 7. Buy out existing systems. 8. Secure the neces
sary capital at low interest rates by use of public credit.
Just 14 years after the Socialists had announced their
plan to ‘take over’ the electric power industry, a solid nuc
leus of government-built hydro-electric projects were being
installed on the major rivers of the U. S.
Under the discriminating preference clauses of the var
ious laws, enacted at the behest of the planners, control of
the power output from these projects is held tightly in the
hands of the public power advocates in the Department of
the Interior. Time and again that Department has demon-
Q—Can yon fir® me any deUOa of sale of surplus Government dried
milk?
A—If you mean the sale of approximately half a billion pounds of
dried skim milk In mid-1954, it was sold by the Department of
Agriculture oo negotiated prices of from 3V& to 4c per pound
to several feed dealers on condition it would be used only for
animal food. It comprised the entire government supply at that
time and the price was approximately one-fifth of rftarket value.
No. There were no competitive bids.
Q»-Has Senator William Frexmire, of Wisconsin, announced the name
of his Administrative Assistant?
A—Yes. He is Mr. Robert O. Lewis, formerly Editor of the Farmers
Union Washington News Letter and a native of Wisconsin.
Q—Can yon give any figures on per capita meat oonsnmptioo in the
world?
A—Not on total amount The International Federation of Agricultural
Producers says Argentianians are heaviest meat eaters, averag
ing 255 pounds per person. Next are New Zealanders at 224 pounds,
Australians at 218 pounds and the United States at 167 pounds
per person.
Q—What share of the United Nations budget does the United States
pay?
A—As of now the USA pays 33.3% of the U. N. budget. It formerly
paid 39.8% from time of organization until 1954. Our member of
the budget committee Is today seeking to reduce USA share to
a flat 30%: Although the USA has only one vote, Russia, with
three votes, pays only 16%.
strated that the government produced power will be sold—
not in the interest .of either the local user or the American
taxpayer—but under conditions that promote the schemes of
those who seek a federally-owned and politically-operated
national transmission System.”
TELL US VOUR
PROBLEm
$T JOHN oiid JANE STRICKLAND
TODAY’S PROBLEM:
Routing Fear
H arold stazer, 168 sumzrjt
Avenue, Wollaston, Massa
chusetts, says he thinks he was
bom through Fe ir. At least, as a
child he heard his mother relate
the various incidents which had
struck fear to her h eart 111 tb*
months before he was bom.
The stories repeated ovdr and
over left him each time a little
more afraid of life than before.
She had been afraid of thunder
storms, afraid of an acckWnd
every time she went out'in • ear,
afraid something had happened to
one of the children if a few min
utes late coming from school,
afraid her husband would lose his
job and they wouldn't have enough
to eat. afraid the neighbor's dogs
would attack her own poodle. De
spite the fact that none of these
catastrophies befell her, she car
ried fear of them right along.
One day in school the teacher
asked Harold. "What are you
afraid of?"
'He didn’t know ha was afraid.
he had thought of himself as "cau
tious.”) #
“When you come to class you
seem afraid! When I give you a
test you seem afraid to answer,
although your work is very good.
When you leave at toe end of the
day, you look around as if in
doubt which road to take.**
Then she took him in hand,
walked home from school with
Mm, atvf finally unearthed the
foundation of his fear—his moth
er's attitude. "Walk into the
room,” she advised, "every morn
ing saying ’everything's all right,
everything's all right'" Next he
was to follow in class with toe
thought *Tm sure I know that**
which he usually did. At home he
was to look ahead and say. "I
have always been safe.”
They selected other fears—all
minor—that had beset him and
conquered them one by one. Be
fore the first term ended, Harold
had gained confidence, was more
aggressive, and above all he says,
"I had learned how to be happy.
That I think is the most valuable
lesson I ever learned. I have never
since been afraid of life ” •
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15 Overhensins
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16 Climbing
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17 Portion
18 Solar disk
19 Inner (anat.)
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blackboard
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22 Wander
24 American
Indian
23 Consumes
27 Form of
inflores
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29 Shaking
33 Number
34 A fairy fort
35 Trap
37 Blockheads
41 Summer
drinks
43 Large
43 Former
Yankee
pitcher
46 Tablelands
48 Lawful
50 Beverage
51 Swordsman's
dummy
stake
63 Yields
possession of
55 To shine
59 Rockflsh
60 Rowing
implement
61 Caudal
appendage
63 Pitted one
inside another
In aeries
67 Rugged crest
of mountain
range
66 Intense
desire
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72 Eating place
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mountain
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Buddhist
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mollusk
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32 Avarice
36 Anxious
38 Tardy
39 Row
40 Nahoor
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44 Possessing
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54 Eastern
girls'
school
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56 Hook monejr
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