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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Shall we continue our present
course of beating around the
bush? There is no more vexing
or vexatious problem confronting
us than the many problems ar-
rising from the so-called Four
teenth Amendment to the Cons
titution of the United States.
I am disappointed that the
General Assembly of South Car
olina does not take some step
that will challenge the Supreme
Court on its reliance on the so-
called Fourteenth Amendment.
Is the so-called Fourteenth Am
endment a valid part of the Cons
titution ? Surely no more pressing
question calls for a clear precise
declaration.
Was the so-called Fourteenth
the constitutional requisites for
the adoption of an amendmen'
were not observed there is no
such amendment. If the so-called
amendment is a sort of half-baked
^-misunderstood and unlawfully
inserted as part of the Constitu
tion no act 6r decision of any
Court can make it valid. What
could be more urgent than a clar
ification of this, with a state
ment of unbiased historians giv
ing us incontestable facts?
We should invite a committee of
historians of national reputation
to make the necessary investiga
tion.
If our General Assembly can’t
postpone some of our parochial
concerns for the necessary adop
tion of a suitable resolution why
should not our senators and repre
sentatives in Congress suggest an
investigation ?
A resolution could be very sim
ple, even so simple as this, for
example:
Whereas, it appears from com
petent authorities that the so-call
ed Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
was never legally or validly ap-
opted or proclaimed; and
Whereas, many questions and
problems have arisen from court
decisions based on provisions of
the said alleged Fourteenth Am
endment; and
Whereas the great fundamental
law of the land should not be open
-to challenge as to its validity be
cause of confusion at the time it
was under consideration, be it re
solved
That the General Assembly of
South Carolina hereby provides
for a Committee of five eminent
National historians, to be chosen
by Raymond Moley and to serve
under his chairmanship, said Com
mittee to prepare for national cir
culation a factual statement as to
the validity of the adoption of the
so-called Fourteenth Amendment.
The sum of one thousand dol
lars is authorized for the expense
of the proposed Committee; and
one thousand dollars for the cir
culation of the findings of the said
proposed Committee, said distribu
tion being made by the Chairman
of the Judiciary Committees of
the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives.
That is quite clear and explicit.
Why do we wait? Or why do we
fail to take a course of action so
obviously appropriate ?
understand I am constantly ap
palled by the problems I do not
understand. But we live on small,
fragmentary knowledge at best,
don’t w’e ? Let’s see what w T e know.
That nourishing breakfast or big
dinner you had—w’hat do you
know about the processes of di
gestion? You know I’m thinking
of pathology or metabolism. Even
if we know 7 those words as old ac
quaintances how 7 do we explain the
transformation of ham and eggs to
nourish the brain so that we en
joy the sermon, or the leading edi
torial or the community secrets as
divulged by a neighbor? Or, by
what miracle of energy do w r e sud
denly walk off to avoid the man
we don’t w T ant to see ?
Being somew 7 hat of an agricul
turist, though I don’t farm on
Tradd Street of our grand old sea
port City. I once twitted a farmer
friend w 7 ho complained of certain
obscurities in the Scriptures, as
he said; so I asked him to explain
how a little black seed rotted in
the ground and then became a
green vine and later a melon with
green outer skin, white inner rind,
red meat—and more seed.
Our failure to explain the wa
termelon does not deter us from
enjoying the luscious fruit, does
it?
I am no theologian, but I can
call attention to the profound
truth embodied in the transforma
tion of the seed we call rotting; it
is only nature’s method of releas
ing energy.
There w 7 e have an occurrence be
yond us. No chemist can analyze
that seed and put his finger on
the vital energy it contains. As you
will recall, the Great Teacher ex
plained the New 7 Life by. the
transformation of the seed of
wheat.
We don’t like the word ‘‘die”; it
would be so much less repulsive if
we thought of a recreation, for
we do not really die; the eternal
spark, the vital energy; the quick
ening spirit, leave the body and
move with unquenchable vigor in
a new experience.
What do you understand ? In
other words, what do you know?
Frequently someone says “J
don’t understand President Ken
nedy.” Do you understand him ?
He seems to think that w 7 e can
throw away some billions and get
good results.
We need not wander along the
path of history and cite the exper
ience of the Romans with free
eorn—and all that. Study the re-
cnlts of the Roosevelt experiment;
how far had he succeeded w 7 hen the
Second World War came to his
rescue.
Then someone complains of the
Congress. You do not understand
Congress? Well, that is a bit less
confusing. Just remember that we
have certain distinct groups of
citizens, each group composed of
several million voters. If you fully
grasp that you will know what
makes the Congress “tick.”
Now for those who do not under
stand our South Carolina General
Assembly, just recall the attitude
of Congress, but on a reduced
scale.
It would be a fair question to
ask What would you do?
There are able men in Congress
and there are able men in the
General Assembly, but the Gen
eral Assembly and the Congress
are governed by majorities; how
much weight can a man have in a
large group?
Thinking in terms of what we
What shall the experts do next?
In jest I have said I would get a
blacksmith to make a new back
for me. A mere bit of loose talk
in an idle moment. But is the idea
beyond the reach of the imagina
tion which gives the “airy nothing
a local habitation and a name?”
The great surgeons, I’m told, can
transplant tissues and organs; and
Boston surgeons replace kidneys.
Ponder this:
“To all outw r ard appearances,
there is nothing unusual about 22-
year-old Harold Rosencrans. A
blond, 170-pounder, he works these
days as a pipefitter for a Bay
City, Mich, shipbuilder.
To doctors, however, Harold is
far from ordinary. He is the bene-
fic-iary of one of medicine’s few
successful kidney transplants. Two
years ago a severe infection dis
abled Harold’s own kidneys, caus
ing a dangerous acumulation of
poisonous wastes in his blood. To
save his life, physicians transplant
ed into Harold one of the two
healthy kidneys of his identical
twin, Howard. Now each twin
leads a normal life with his single
kidney.”
Transplant successes such as
Harold’s hint at some of the po
tential benefits of a major re
search program now under way
in the nation’s medical laborator
ies. With growing optimism, med
ical scientists report they are
gradually beginning to unravel the
secrets of how to transplant tis
sues from one person to another,
not only between twins but even
tually, they hope, between unre
lated persons.
If this could be done, they ex
plain, it. would open a spectacular
new field of medicine and surgery
in which critically diseased or in
jured organs, glands or other tis
sues might be excised and replac
ed with healthy substitutes. The
substitutes might be donated by a
relative in cases involving ‘paired’
organs such as lungs or kidneys,
and in other instances they might
be willed by dying persons. Since
some tissues may be preserved for
long periods, researchers suggest
hospitals might someday maintain
banks of stored human spare
parts, much as they now main
tain blood banks.”
“The key to wide use of trans
planting techniques in humans now
lies in overcoming one of nature’s
most baffling phenomena. Except
in transplants between identical
twin', the transplanted tissue will
survive only a short wn ie unde
Your Federal
Income Tax
Q. I have owned a tract of
timber for several years. Dur
ing the latter part of 1960 I cut
most of the timber and sold it
in the form of pulpwood in Jan
uary 1961. How and when should
I my gain be reported?
A. Ordinarily, the cutting of
1 timber results in no gain or loss
and your gain would not be re
ported until 1961. However, in
your 1960 return you ma yelect to
treat the cutting of the timber as
a sale, thus reporting your gain
as income for 1960. Your gain in
such a case is the difference be
tween the fair market value of the
standing timber at the beginning
of 1960 and your cost basis of the
timber. This market value then
becomes the cost basis for comput
ing your ordinary gain or loss on
the sale of the pulpwood in 1961.
In the event that you elect this
method, the gain in 1960 should be
reported on Schedule D as a long
term gain.
Q. In 1960 I transferred stocks
and bonds to my minor son as
an educational fund. I continue
to administer the property and
collect the income for my son.
Since I still maintain custody of
the stocks and bonds, must I re
port the income on my return?
A. No. Since you made an abso
lute gift of the securities to your
son, the income is considered his
even though you assume the re
sponsibility of managing the prop
erty. However, if the value of the
securities transferred exceeded $3,-
000, it is possible that you might
be liable for gift tax.
^Q. My wife and I are both un
der 65. I receive armed forces
retirement income of approxi
mately $2,100 and have no other
income from any source. My wife
has earned income of $4,500. Am
I entitled to the retirement in
come credit, and if so, do I have
to file a separate return?
A. You are entitled to a retire
ment income credit of $240. Re
tirement income credit is comput
ed separately for a husband and
wife. The retirement income of
one spouse is not required to be
reduced by the earned income of
the other spouse. It is not neces
sary to file a separate return to
claim the retirement income cred
it.
Q. I planted pine seedlings on
several acres of land during
1960. Soil bank payments were
received which only partially
offset the cost of planting the
seedlings. How should this be
shown on my income tax return?
A. The soil bank payments must
be reported on Schedule F as farm
income. The entire cost of planting
the seedlings is a capital expendi
ture and may not be deducted as
an expense on your return.
Q. My husband and I filed a
joint return for the year 1960
showing tax due of $120. We are
now separated. Since I earned
only $300, am I liable in any way
for payment of the tax due?
A. Yes. Both you and your hus
band are jointly and severally lia
ble for the tax which is due on
your joint return.
Parkman Dies
In Saluda
James Claude Parkman, 77,
died at his home in Saluda after
two years of detlining health.
A lifelong resident of the Good
Hope section of Saluda county,
he was a farmer and retired lum
berman. He^ was a deacon emer
itus of Good Hope Baptist church
where he also had served as the
church clerk, church treasurer and
tea :her of the men’s bible class.
Survivors include a son, J. A.
Par unan of Newberry.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Good Hope Friday by Rev.
E. J. Welburn and Rev Sam Avery
and burial was in the church cem
etery.
normal conditions. In a skin graft,
for instance, the new 7 patch of skin
will live for 10 to 12 days on a pa
tient, even to the point that it
hooks up to the patient’s blood cir
culation. After that, however, the
graft’s blood supply is myster
iously cut off, blood clots form,
vessels rupture and the graft
withers and dies.”
In the delightful little town of
my habitation they tell, with all
the abandon found in a small town
where the neighbors frequently
know more about your business
than you yourself know, that a
young lady not accustomed to
gushing, or even to any degree of
comradely exuberance, that she
was given a transfusion of the
blood of a gentleman of a family
distinguished for courtesy, chiv
alry, even notable social graces,
and that the young lady became as
notably inclined to adopt the in-
graciating charm of the debonair
gentleman.
Well, I ask you, why not? I
would pose a question: Can any
bit of surgery, whether by removal
transplating, or other legerde
main, make a free and ea=y Son rf
Erin into a thriftv Sen?
> this weeks.
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MY AUDKfY LAN!
ms.
1496
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
LATE BATTLE
J ANUARY reminds us of a bat
tle that was fought after a
treaty of peace had been signed.
Every student of American his
tory knows that Andrew Jackson
defeated the British at New Or
leans after the signing of a treaty
of peace because tidings of the
event, brought to the United
States in slow-sailing ships did not
reach this country before the
battle.
JUST A THOUGHT:
There is nothing wrong in
having a will to win, in being
proud of a just victory; but
this must be counterbalanced
with the ability to accept de
feat in a gracious maimer and
the courage to try again.
The marvels of communication
would make such a thing impossi
ble now. All the world is united by
words that go out on wires winged
with electric flame and through
unwired space. Indeed it is possi
ble now to learn of things in Eu
rope, because of time zones, be
fore they happen.
It is impossible for any man not
to have peace in his heart if he
hears the blessed story of Jesus
and h*s love. Consider, you read
er, that it is impossible for you
to miss the blessed tidings of
peace, the sound of which has gone
out across the world, if you be
lieve in the name of the Lord
Jesus and give your life to him.
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Wirt Jennings
Died Saturday
At Hospital
Wirt Holman Jennings Sr., 54, of
709 O’Neal St., master mechanic
at Newberry Mills, Inc., died Sat
urday night at the Newberry
County Memorial Hospital. He
had been critically ill since Tues
day.
Mr. Jennings w r as born and
reared in Burkeville, Va., a son of
the late Henry Edmond Jennings
and Mary Elizabeth Holman Jen
nings. He moved to Newberry in
1921 and was employed by the
Oakland branch of Kendall Mills
for more than 21 years. For the
past 13 years he had been master
mechanic at Newberry Mills Inc.
Mr. Jennings was a member of the
Newberry Lions Club, a member of
the Board of Recreation of the
City of Newberry, and O’Neal
Street Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Suber Jennings; three
sons, Wirt H. Jennings Jr., of
West Columbia, Jack Jennings of
Newberry, and Bryant Jennings
of Charleston; one daughter, Mrs.
J. W. Buchanan Jr., of North
Augusta; three brothers, William
Holni£" ! Jennings of Richmond,
Va., Henry E. Jennings of Amelia,
Va., Dr. Thornton S. Jennings of
Martinsburg, W. Va.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Alice Wicker of Alaska,
Mrs. John Glazbrook of Richmond,
Va., and Mrs. Henry Hulbush, of
Honolulu, Hawaii, and seven
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the
McSwain Funeral Home by the
Rev. Paul Petty and the Rev.
Thurmond H. Vickery. Interment
was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Ralph
Blackwell, John Frazier, Everette
Darby, Dennis Newton, Barney
Yates and Maxcy Stone.
Honorary pallbearers were Dave
Hayes, L. A. Harrison, Ralph
Connelly, Frank Werts, Frank
Cook, Leroy Minick, Charlie Hend
rix, Men’s Bible Class of O’Neal
Street Methodist Church, members
of Lions Club, Dick Shealy, Dr.
J. A. Underwood, Dr. B. M. Mont
gomery, Robert C. Underwood,
Buck Muse, Gaiy Lister, Henry
Kibler, Johnny Werts, Edward
Bouknight, Bunch Fulmer, Marvin
Sanders and Grover Shealy.
Scholarships To
Be Awarded
Again This Year
The second annual award of two
very desirable scholarships has
been announced. Through the Ki-
wanis Club,’s Special Committee
on Scholarship, the chairman, the
Rev, Kenneth B. Wilson, has re
ported that forms have bee sent
to high school principals and will
be available to residents of New
berry County who are -in the top
quarter of their graduating class.
Acting on behalf of the Kendall
Company, the committee said that
the Kendall Scholarship is in the
amount of seven hundred dollars,
payable to the college. Because of
a sense of accomplishment in the
work of last year’s winner and
with increasing pride in the con
tribution of Newberry College to
our community and her citizens,
the Kiwanis Club has increased
their annual scholarship to five
hundred dollars.
The winners of both scholarships
are to be selected on the basis of
scholarship and academic accom
plishment, life purpo personali
ty, and need. Applicants are care
fully screened through the com
plete information which they
must submit. Final decisions are
made through personal interviews
with those rating highest on aca
demic standards. Application forms
for Kiwanis and Kendall scholar
ships can be obtained through the
offices of the Newberry, Mid-
Carolina and Whitmire high
schools.
Since May 1 is the deadline for
completing rpplications, interested
students should make immediate
arrangements to take the College
Entrance Exams in order to quali
fy. Registrar James C. Abrams of
Newberry College is in charge of
this phase of the awards, complet
ed applications should be submit
ted to Mr. Abrams or Dean Park
of the college.
Participants In
College May Day
Are Listed
Plans are nearing completion
for the May Day exercises to be
held at Newberry College on Ap
ril 29.
Eileen Hill of Lake View will
be the Queen and Margaret True
of Oradell, New Jersey will be
"Maid of Honor. r <
The following girls have been
selected as attendants: Ann Can
non of Newberry; Teddie Jean
Day of Aiken; Phyllis Dufford of
Charleston Heights; Barbara Mor
gan of Orangeburg; Diane Patter-
sofn of Charleston; Elma Jean
Piester of Newberry; Kathleen
Rhodes of Estill; Patricia Rhodes'
of Jacksonville, Fla.; Catherine P.
Salley of Newberry; and Claudia
Setzler of Newberry.
Garland Girls are: Elizabeth
Cullum of Leesville; Phyllis Dick-
erf of Newberry; Peggy Jo Drig
gers of Lexington; Mertie Dyson
of West Columbia; Mary Jane
Fellers of Newberry; Anne Fow
ler of Greenwood; Myra Gunter
of Wagner; Patricia Harris of
Abbeville; Barbara Hawkins of
Prosperity; Elizabeth B. Long of
Silverstreet; Bonnie Roof of West
Columbia; Delores Shealy of New
berry; Rebecca Shealy of Po-
maria; Suzanne Snyder of West
Columbia; Julia Stevens of Salu
da; Roberta M. Stender of At
lanta, Ga.; Virginia Williams of
Batesburg; Ann Williams of
Brunson; Nancy Wilson of Gran-
iteville; and S. Elizabeth - Wimber
ly of St. George.
Maypole Dancers are: Carolus
Derrick of Leesville; Sybil Brow
der of Wesft Columbia; Carlisle
Counts of Pomaria; Freida Frick
of Lexington; Charlene Golden of
Newberry; Linda Googe of Fair-
far.; Kay Hook of West Columbia?:
Lynn Hendrix of North; J ear*
Nichols of Pelion; Ann Shannon of
Whitmire; Virginia Peery of St-
Petersburg, Fla.; Julia Ridge of
York; Martha Jo Shell of Peak?
and Nancy Scurry of Greenwood.
SENATOR
STROM
i
RMOND
S. C. Pays Through The Nose
DURING THE ECONOMIC
slump which we have been exper
iencing, many unemployed per
sons have exhausted their unem
ployment benefits and are still
unemployed. In some States, the
funds are not available with which
to grant emergency extensions of
such benefits. Under the circum
stances, there is a responsibility
on the National Government to
provide the funds for this pur
pose. On this, I know of no dis
senters.
THERE ARE MANY methods
by which such a goal may be ac-
com plished,
and the Senate
was recently
faced with a
choice of dia
metrically op
posed methods.
This important
issue was lost
in the news re
ports, for the
most part, to
that “a bill” was
“news”
the
passed.
ONE APPROACH was embod
ied in the bill as passed by the
House, and another in an amend
ment offered by Senator Harry
F. Byrd and adopted by his Sen
ate Finance Committee. Under
both the House bill and the Byrd
amendment, about $1 billion would
have been made available to the
States for financing the extended
benefits. Both would also have
imposed a tax by the National
Government on employers to re
pay the funds advanced. Under
both, the amount a State could
draw from the special fund would
be equal to the cost of extending
benefits for a maximum of 13
weeks at whatever rate of com
pensation the particular State
law now provides.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, the
maximum weekly benefit is $26;
in New York, $50; in Alaska, $70;
in Michigan, $55. Obviously, it
will take almost double the
amount of money to extend bene
fits to an equal number of unem
ployed in New York as in South
Carolina. For Alaska, it will take
almost 3 times as much. Thus
the disbursement of the fund to
various States is not on a basis
of need, nor equal treatment, al
though the tax is levied equally
across the country.
UNDER THE HOUSE bill,
there was no relationship of the
tax paid in a State and the amount
of funds it used. Thus 9 States
would profit, and 41 States would
lose. Among the 9 States which
would profit are 5 of the wealthi
est: N. Y., Pa., N. J., Mich., and
Ohio, all of which are within the
top 15 States in per capita in
come. New York, with an un
employment compensation fund of
$1 billion, would profit over $50
million. Michigan would profit
$46.4 million. The poorer States
would contribute to unemploy
ment funds of these 9 States.
Mississippi, lowest in per capita
income, would lose $3.5 million;
South Carolina, next lowest,
would lose $1.8 million. In New
York, 17.3% of the unemployed
have exhausted their benefits; in
S. C., 35.5%.
THE BYRD AMENDMENT
would have provided that the
taxes collected in any particular
State would eventually be re
turned to the unemployment fund
in that State and be available to
pay benefits to unemployed work
ers in that State. Over a period
of years, those .9 States spending
more than they contribute in taxes
would have to make up the differ
ence with State unemployment
taxes on their employers. Nothing
could be fairer, for the 41 States
contributing and losing under the
House bill are for the most part
the poorer ones, which pay low
compensation rates. The taxes
collected in those States are need
ed there so that regular benefits
may be continued during high
unemployment and possibly in
creased when the emergency is
over.
THE BYRD AMENDMENT
lost by two votes; and so did the
workers in 41 States, including
those in South Carolina, who lost
to the tune of $1.8 million. Thus
by cutting through the surface
instead of merely scratching it,
we can see that this was the real
issue, not passage of “a bill.”
Sincerely,
C'jV'rnmcnt expense)
WSCS CIRCLES TO
MEET MONDAY
WSCS Circles of Central Meth
odist Church will meet Monday^
April 3 with the following host*
€SS6SZ ~ v * *"
No. 1,’ Mrs. Paul Whitaker; 210$
Main SL, 4 pjm.’ Mia, IBrniMt-
Longshore, hosteSb. \ u.
No. 8, Mrs: J. E. Wiseman Sr. r
Hotel Wiseman, 10:30 ajn. >
No. 4 (Julia White) Mffe. Paul/
Shull and Mrs. Ethlyn Tlgueria,
Route 2, 7:30 p.m.
No. 5, Church jSocial Hall, Mrs-
James Henry Davis and Mrs-
Charles Baber Jr., hostesses, 10:80-
a.m.
No. 6, Mrs. William Hentz, Cut-
Off Road, 4 p.m.
Circle No. 2 will meet Tuesday r
April 4 at 4 p.m. with Mrs. Har
vey B. Kirkland, 1218 Glenn St.
Permits To Build
March 22—Myrtle Bates, re-
roof dwelling, 1308 Harris St.
March 24—A. S. Langford, one-
four room wood frame dwelling on
Player St., $1500.
March 27—James R. McCarty?
add one room and general repair*’
to dwelling, 1424 Ebenezer Rd.
March 27—Harry Weber, one six
room brick veneer dwelling on
Pope St., $21,000.
March 37—M. E. Shealy, gener
al repairs to dwelling, 822 Glenn
St., $2,000.
m
B. L. Pevis of Joanna and Julin
Peskops of Clinton, were married
by Rev. Howard J. Hanley at Jo
anna on March 10.
•••
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Clara Fitts and baby girl,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Rachel Fulmer, Batesburg.
Clinton Shealy, Prosperity.
Mrs. Fanny Whitten, Newberry.
Mrs. Bessie Smith, Newberry.
Mrs. Violet Marier, Newberry.
Carl Epting, Prosperity.
Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry.
O. C. Wicker, Newberry.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Epting, Cha
pin.
heart beat of
main street
SATURDAY—12:50 P. M.
Rep. D. .P.' Folk, Rep. Steve C. Griffith, Sen. Jessie
Frank Hawkins . . a >4
with Jimmie Coggins, Moderator
►
LEGISLATIVE REPORT — “Happenings in House
and Senate ,,
—ON—
1240 Kc.
Much has been written, un
doubtedly much more will con
tinue to be written, on the suc
cessful conclusion of the case
of the anti trust division of the
U. S. Justice Dept, against the
nation’s major manufacturers
of heavy electricsd equipment.
For rigging prices on approx
imately $2
billion worth
of sales,
practically
all to govern
mental units
supported by
taxes, fines
against the
corporations
and the cor-j
porate offi
cers involved c. W. Harder
totalled almost $2 million, while
several of the corporate officers
were handed out jail sentences.
* * *
There are reports that some
labor leaders are gleeful over
the discomfiture of the big
bosses. If true, this is unfor
tunate. There are also “sob
sisters” who are weeping tears
in print over the jailing of
these officials who are “really
very nice men.” This is un
fortunate. Both of these atti
tudes fail to recognize the prin
ciple involved here.
* * *
Bather, instead, the success
ful conclusion of this case
should be observed as a mile
stone in American march back
to road of free enterprise.
* * *
It is a strong indicator that
the demand which has been
growing the past few years at
the grass roots level for en
forcement of the anti-trust laws
to preserve free enterprise is
bearing fruit. The work of
independent businessmen, con
cerned over the shrinking of
f'-?c enterprise, which rer i7 rrd
c> XatruLul ""aeration of - : :
in the formation of the House
and Senate Small Business
Committees, has focused at
tention on what has too long
been a national disgrace.
* * *
On the other hand, this case
should not be taken aa a blan
ket indictment of big business.
The nationwide membership of
the National Federation of In
dependent Business has always,
maintained there is nothing
wrong with bigness just be
cause of pore bigness. The evil
comes in when big business
forgets morality to use the
power for evil inherent in big
ness to destroy freedom in the
market place.
* * *
It is indeed, interesting, to
note that some of the cor
porations immediately issued
“there’s nobody here but us
chickens, boss” type of state
ments, disclaiming all knowl
edge of what the convicted ex
ecutives had been up to.
* * *
The sentencing judge, J. Cul
len Ganey, of the U. S. District
Court commented, “One would
be naive, indeed, to believe that
such vast conspiracies involv
ing so much money and equip
ment, were not known to those
in charge.’*
• » *
No corporation can violate
the laws. The laws can only be
broken when executives with
sufficient authority take ac
tions which move the corpora
tion into law-breaking.
« * *
Thus, a corporation executive
may be guilty of hit and ran
driving while driving a car
owned by the corporation. Of
course, the corporation is liable
for any resulting damages to
person or property, but this
fact does not relieve the execu
tive of his. personal guilt for
operating corporation property
in vldaL^n cT law.
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