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THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1961 PAGE TWO 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O F Armfield. Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad- uanre* months. $1.25. SENATOR STROM RMOND Test to be Best THE HIGHEST goal which the free people of the world seek to achieve is a world completely de void of conflict, a world where man lives in freedom and at peace with his fellow man. Realizing this to be a principal aim of ours and also taking cognizance of the naivete and idealism of many of our national leaders, the commu nists began a psychological cam paign soon after World War II to “ban the bomb”—the nuclear bomb—for humanitarian reasons. This even became a campaign is sue in the 1956 elect'on, and the people rejected the “ban the bomb” candidate by a wide mar gin. Despite this, however, Pres ident Eisenhower announced on October 31, 1958, that the United States would unilaterally suspend nuclear testing, hoping that by doing so the communists would be forced to follow suit ard that a test ban agreement could be worked out with them. Approxi mately 35 months later we have come to a realization of the many fallacies behind the reasoning which led to the voluntary test ban. We should have been aware of the fact that the communists honor any agreement more in the breach than in the observance. We once again made the mistake of judging the communists by our own standards, failing to take into consideration their past record of duplicity and deceit. THE UNITED STATES also made the mistake of placing em phasis on test bans and dis- armament generally as the first step toward world peace. Pros pects for dis armament are no better than and no worse than—but, in deed, are identical to—the pros pects for peaceful resolution of the controversies among nations. So long as any nation harbors ambitions of aggrandizement at the expense of other nations, hope is futile for the development of the international good-will which is a prerequisite for cessation of the arms race. THE COMMUNISTS have suc ceeded in frustrating and under mining our every attempt to establish an effective internation- i al inspection and control system. Indeed, the negotiations were foredoomed to failure, because the communists want no part of such a system. Their outrageous demands increased proportion ately with our concessions, mak ing a final solution impossible. ALL THE CREDIBLE evidence advanced by experts the world over can lead only to the conclu sion that the communists have never suspended tests, but have been engaged in conducting se cret nuclear tests in regions where detection is virtually im possible. Indeed reports of the Atomic Energy Commission and former AEC members leave this clear implication. WHEN WE voluntarily discon tinued testing in 1958, we were clearly further advanced in nu clear technology than the com munists. At the present time it is difficult to correctly evaluate our strength as compared with that of the communists, but by no stretch of the imagination can it be assumed that anyone other than the communists has bene fited from our self-imposed test ban. THE PRESIDENT’S decision to resume underground testing in the wake of the communist tests was, to say the least, “steps which reasonable men find prudent.” I warned against banning the bomb tests in 1958 and have repeatedly urged the immediate resumption of testing—at least underground and in outer space where there can surely be no question of the questionable fear of fallout * WHILE WE have been shack ling ourselves, the communists have progressed to such a stage of development that they now have no qualms about forcing us into testing. The free world looks to the United States for protec tion and support in this time of crisis, and a superior stockpile of nuclear weapons is the only sure deterrent to war. It is imperative that we take all possible steps to insure our superiority, even if this means atmospheric tests, in order to preserve individual lib erty on this globe. To fall short in this objective would result, not in prevention of war, but rather in an invitation to war—as have previous appeasement policies throughout the years. Sincerely, I (Not printed at government expense). Snapshots: Along Main Street, U.S.A. Man. U.3.A.— . n«.re js it? Everywhere in these United States. Every town h-is one. It may not be called Main Street. Per haps it’s Broadway, High Street, Canal Street, or what have you. But, it’s the “main drag,” the principal thoroughfare, the busiest street in town. Along Main Street, there’s everything . . . The smell of pop corn in the lobby of a theater, the sound of clicking typewriters through an open window; store fronts that display an endless variety of fur niture, clothes, jewelry, candy, cigars, and on and on. Main Street, U.S.A., wherever it may be, is humanity on the move—cars, trucks busses, buyers and sellers, clerks and office workers, pedestrians, window shoppers, and just plain people-watchers. The street above is Main Street, Akronu Ohio. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS" By C. WILSON HARDER I There, are rumors of a new Federal agency being set up along the Potomac. It would be called the TDFACWMLTC. * * * This new agency would be an adjunct of the one already set up to administer the foreign give-aways. The full name will be “Taxpay ers Dough For Ameri can Citizens Who May Lean Toward C o m m u n- ism.” # * * The pro posed plan is that any Am erican ?iti- c. W. Harder zen can go to TDFACWMLTC section of the foreign give away and simply state that “while I am a great believer in democracy, unless I get $10,000 I may have to become a communist.” In due time, the citizen would get the $10,000, to keep a believer in democracy from turning to communism. * * * This proposal, of course, is not receiving serious considera tion but many think it no more far fetched than the device whereby nations all over the world have separated the American taxpayer from more than $80 billion. * * * As Rep. Richard Roudebush, World War veteran with six battle stars says “Then came communist infiltration of South America. Our answer was $600 million more in aid with the thought expressed ‘Maybe if we pay off, they will go away.’ Sen. Wayne Morse says ‘Much of our trouble in Latin America stems from military aid we gave to many of its ci tors.” * * * And Congressman Richard Poff of Virginia, recently let loose quite a strong blast on (c! National Federation of Independent Business the foreign give aways which are taking via taxes, money from independent business needed to modernize and ex pand to meet in competition. * • * Rep. Poff says that the U.S. has given Communist Tito’s Yugoslavia over $2 billion in cluding such items as $14 mil lion for locomotives, $10 mil lion for a plastics factory, $127 million for other “industrial projects” and, surprise of sur prises, funds to build a nuclqar research reactor. * » * Now in this case, it was known that Tito is a commun ist. But it was felt by buttering him up, he would keep Yugo slavia a little less communist than Moscow. * « « So what support has Tito giv en for more than $2 billion ac cording to Rep Poff. * * * On the Cuban question Tito supported Castro, is trading with him, openly rebuked the U.S. Stand. Tito openly advo cates seating Red China in the UN, when Lumumba was slain on the Congo organized dem onstrations against the west, allows Soviet engineers to op erate the Iron Curtain’s big gest uranium mines, is now permitting Russia to build 10 missile bases in Yugoslavia. ♦ * * And despite this record, even now there is a drive on in Washington to get even more give away billions of dollars for Tito’ to preserve this “friendship.” * * * Thus, the facetious proposal to give money to decent Amer ican citizens to keep them from being friendly with Moscow is not so far-fetched, perhaps after all. If a fellow like Tito can blackmail Washington, why shouldn’t the home folks have the same opportunity? From The CatskiU Mountain Star, Saugerties, N.Y.: It is diffi cult for a newspaper to “let down its hair” and talk shop with its readers. Perhaps this is because the newspapers, to a greater de gree than any other business, feels the obligation to serve the public interest. But sooner or later, occasions arise when it is necessary to do so. Many organizations sponsor af fairs which depend largely on publicity for their success, affairs at which admission charges are made and profits realized. True, most of these are for the public benefit in one way or another. And it frequently never occurs to these sponsors that in asking for free publicity without placing an advertisement, they are not play ing fair with the newspaper. Let us remember that three- fourths of a newspaper’s income is from advertising. If the paper did not have this advertising, it simply could not stay in business. Therefore, when anyone asks for fret; publicity but feels no ob ligation to place an advertise ment, he is doing all he can to limit the paper’s ability to serve its community. The local newspaper is the mir ror of the town. It can reflect the town image only so far as the town gives it the financial sup port to enable it to be strong enough to be a good newspaper. Sometimes we are asked why we do not “run a bigger paper.” There is a simple but elementary answer. It is this: a newspaper can be no better or larger than its advertising income enables it to be. Everyone should understand that “newspaper support of a town” is a two-way street. Both the businessmen and the residents of the town must also support the newspaper with advertising and subscriptions. BY THOMAS COLLINS WHAT PARENTS AT 65 ERE is a guide, not suitable to everybody and certainly aot a model for all circumstances, but one that perhaps will be help ful in smoothing a wrinkle or two from some 60-year-old brows: 1. Couples of retirement age usually have grandchildren of baby sitting age. The grandpar ents are seldom appreciated if they become a babysitter service in order for their married son or daughter to have evenings out. 2. Most retired parents 65 or over cannot bear up well under children 12 years old or younger for more than two hours at any one time. Perhaps the toughest of all hardships older people suf fer is the caring for, or associa tion with, small children who grate on their nerves. Most of them think it is their obligation to put up with this hardship so they do it. 3. Retired parents are obligated not to live in the household of their married children if there is any possible way to avoid it. They are seldom happy themselves when they do this, which is beside the point in this discussion. But their marrie-d children can never live the free, uninhibited private life they need when the old folks are around. 4. Retired parents are obligated to maintain a standard of life that is not embarrassing to their as piring and struggling children— or else stay out of sight. Many younger married couples have had their business and social suc cess impaired by older parents who are too unsophisticated, too badly dressed and too lacking in OWE THEIR CHILDREN manners to fit into the better lives their children are trying to build. 5. Retired parents, it seems to me—and I am frequently criti cized for this view—are not obli gated to give all or any of their money to their married children. There are laws in the various states which require that money left by those who die must go to their children. There is no law which says that money of people who are not yet dead must go to their children. People who reach retirement age have achieved a great tri umph in living so long. If they have lived so long and accumu lated some money too, it is an even greater triumph. This money can buy many pleasures for peo ple who have won the race—such pleasures as travel, buying treas ures or even betting on horse races. I vote for the retired peo ple spending their money in this way. 6. Retired parents have an obli gation to offer their children the benefits of the wisdom they have acquired in 65 years of living if the children want it, and the obli gation to keep their mouths shut and walk away if the children don’t. 7. Retired parents in the main have the obligation to feel no obli gation anywhere except to them selves and to their fellow men in general. Their children were given life and the best upbringing the parents were capable of giving. For a copy of the new Golden Tears booklet by Thomas Collins, send 35 cents in coin (no stamps) to (name of newspaper), Box 1672, Grand Central Station, New York 17, N. Y. AMERICANA Things To See Southern Oregon Water skiing in the shadow of Mt. McLoughlin is a favorite sum mer and fall sport at Lake of the Woods, just northwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Swimmers, sunbathers, fishermen and vacationers seeking restful resort life flock to the scenic Lake of the Woods area each year. The roaring Rogue River, made famous in song and story, helps to bind together one of Oregon’s most scenic recreation areas. This is the huge six-county area of southern Oregon, which con tains not only the trout-famous Rogue, but Crater Lake, the Ore gon Caves, Diamond Lake, the sea-coast resorts ;>f Brookings and Bandon and numerous salmon- fishing ports. Only Klamath county misses being linked by the Rogue, but it is as much a part of southern Ore gon as any of the other counties. In the northern part of Klamath county is nationally-known Crater Lake,, the deep blue gem at the southern end of the Cascade mountain range. Klamath county, too, can lay claim to Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon’s largest inland body of water, and Lake of the Woods, an important forest recreation area. Douglas county’s eastern tip gives the Rogue its start as it winds its way to the Pacific ocean. Near the source of the Rogue is Diamond Lake, apparently des tined to become one of the finest fishing lakes in the United States. Kamloops rainbow trout, which have contributed the largest trout ever caught on boux and line, were planted here a few years ago and already have reached lengths of more than 20 inches. At Coos county’s western end is Bandon, a Pacific ocean resort offering solitude as one of its ma jor attractions. Bandon as well is noted for its fine sandy beaches and fishing but for a “get away from it all” vacation Bandon measures up in any tourist’s book. In the wonderful world of Jack- son county the visitor will find many pleasurable recreation ac tivities, tantalizing side trips and the Oregon Shakespearean Fes tival at Ashland, where plays of the famous English Bard are pre sented each year from August 1 to 31. Jackson county also contains the historic town of Jacksonville, where there are relics and me mentos of gold rush days and early Indian wars. In the north part of the county a variety of fishing will greet the visitor. Salmon, steelhe: d and trout all run in this renowned white-water stream. WORK OF CAT . . . Topsy, no copycat, examines her sketch of a horse and rider. Owner is artist Dr. George Cooper, Hertford, England, who says the cat created the picture by hitting at a crayon on a piece of string. STAR BUILDING . . . The design for the St. Louis, Mo., Plane tarium has been awarded top honors by a national architectural magazine. Building will be completed by the end of this year. snapshots: Away Out West WESTERN SPLENDOR—All that is Las Vegas does not glitter. Despite the fact that the city is famed for the glamour of resort hotels and lavish entertainment. Las Vegas boasts a variety of at tractions that appeal to visitors of all ages. Surrounding the area is desert scenery at its best, as well as romantic trails that appeal to '.ntdoorsmen. The scene above is near Twin Lakes Lodge, one of ->->l dude ranches where horses are available to visitors. Snapshots: The Sea Of Grass Blue skies and white clouds over a “sea of grass," this is the rim of Florida’s vast and sprawling Everglades. Hie view above shows cabbage of sable palm islands. In other sections, the ’Glades are forests of cypress, refuge for huge flights of colorful native birds, an endless variety of wild life, rare wild flowers and home of Florida’s Seminole Indians. Here too is Everglades National Park, some 1,228,488 subtropical acres where wildlife and vegetation is carefully protected. HALF - PAST TEEN M?r MUCH CHAAAG£- BUTI DON'T KNOW HOW >OU'KE G&NG TO EXPLA/N rr. “Maybe you’d care to er.plain this one item under parts . • • ‘One Hairpin, |3.90’. . .’*