The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 12, 1962, Image 2
PACE TWO
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. JULY 12, 1962
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
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papora of thoir atvtt that luld tut
intort'stIn^' atal itupnt'laiit stuty.
It'a t» tax .story =*-ainl, tltuH, of
in to to,st to us all.
Pa»t your those uotupnnles paid
euromunity taxes of $8,177,530.
That tttnitoy wont tu pay fur
Mphunlx, mad., and all the uthor
things and servioos that local ifoV’
eminent must provide in modern
eivlUantion.
Then they ]mid another $ti,817,*
(141 in other taxen, i»f which the
federal income tax was the bitffljeat
beneficiary. The tax bite was 19
cents out of every dollar the com
panies collected from their custom
ers. The advertisements make this
moderate and irrefutable state
ment: “The companies are not in
accord with the manner in which
some of this large amount of mo
ney is bein gspent. The federal
government is using tax money
to build needless electric facilities
in direct competition with tax-
paying electric utilities. It then
sells the power to preferred cus
tomers at prices which do not re
flect taxes, because it pays little
if any . .
How big, the nation over, is this
particular tax matter? Answer:
Last year the total taxes paid by
the investor-owned electric utility
companies—which helped to fin
ance every governmental activity’,
including, ironically, the extension
of socialized power plants that
eliminate or prevent the building
of taxpaying private plants —
amounted to $2,450,000,000.
If the Internal Revenue Service
and Congress really want to plug
tax loopholes, they should bring
tax-dodging federal commercial
enterprises under current tax
laws.”
Mrs. Doris Armfield Sanders,
gracious and capable daughter of
my warmly cherished friend, O. F.
Armfield of Newberry, sends me a
commentary by Jesse Helms which
I submit herewith:
“The truth of the matter is that
tuku :i good, htiid look of tho KKA
:uul how ii i.m how functioning,
ih initially, it wn-* sot up to take
electricity to itnal areas where it
wn. economically eufoaslblo for
private power companies to go. In
lnet, when the KKA Act originally
was being drafted, its sponsors
emphatically declared on the floor
of the Congress that the purpose
was only to extend electric power
to unserved areas, and that it was
not to provide government-subsi
dised competition for private pow
er companies,
Congressman Cooley apparently
has become concerned about this,
particularly in the light of the
fact that the Kennedy Administra
tion has asked the Congress to
provide $345 million for REA
loans next fiscal year. This Is $190
million more than was budget for
the current year, or for any year
since 1951.
The day Is approaching, if in
deed it is not already’ here, to ex
amine the special tax privileges
of REA systems throughout the
country. The REA cooperatives,
according to government reports,
had a net income of $90 million
last year. Private electric power
companies earning that amount
would pay to the federal govern
ment somewhere between $25 mil
lion and $45 million in taxes. So,
the broad segment of taxpayers,
most of whom obtain their electric
power from private companies,
likely will find Congressman Coo
ley’s suggestion quite reasonable.
As he said in his controversial re
port, which raised the ire of the
REA leaders, Congress is charg
ed with the I’esponsibility’ of as
suring that the public funds are
handled in accordance with ori
ginal intent of the Rural Electri
fication Act.”
I attended the great occasion of
the dedication of a splendid Elec
tric plant at Canadys, in Colleton
County’, near Walterboro.
In addition to the great plant
itself, there were several very ap
pealing features, such as the mag
nificent tribute to Joseph Costello
by President S. C. McMeekin.
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\\ o’vo hom'd much of President
ki tinodyN plan to provide medical
and hospital care for the aged;
I am in agreement with our doc
tor,'* of medicine in opposing it.
Raymond Moley ,n very thought
ful commentator ha* expressed
hi* dUsent, which l quote:
"Pnole Sam is already deep In
the business of health and medi
cal care. Twenty Federal depart
ments, agencies, and commissions
have medical - health budgets,
amounting to more thau $4.4 bil
lion annually. The amounts spent
by three alone—-Health, Education
and Welfare; Defense, and the
Veterans Administration—total $3
billion. Beyond this, a very large
amount is provided for payments
to the disabled.
Much of this activity is sound
and desirable. But somewhere
there must be a limit if any part
of the problem of health and medi
cal care is to be left to individual
and cooperative administration and
decision-making. In short, how
rich a mixture of government in
tervention can safely be Introduc
ed in this area of welfare?
The KingAnderson bill for the
aged would cost from $1 billion to
$3 billion at the outset, and much
more as the years pass.
The basic question is not wheth
er this sum can be safely taken
from American incomes, but
whether the quality of care will
be adequate under the plan pro
posed. Is government equipped to
assume this new and immense
responsibility? Undeniably, as the
size of a government operation in
creases, efficiency’ declines.
While the proponents of the
King-Anderson bill attempt to
brush aside the medical profes
sion as a selfish special interest,
the elderly who would be eligible
under such legislation must re
member that their interests are di
rectly involved in those of the hos
pitals and the staff doctors.
It is estimated that 50,000 doc
tors are directly employed in the
hospitals — pathologists, radiolo
gists, Psychiatrists, anethetists,
interns, and residents. There is
also a limited number of nurses,
technicians, and other trained hos
pital personnel. Since the bill by
its very terms would place a
large measure of control over the
hospitals in the hands of the Sec
retary of Health, Education, and
Welfare and his bureaucrats, all
those who work or practice in the
hospitals would be affected.
In 1950 I had the opportunity to
talk with Aneurin Bevan, who w r as
then the British Minister of
Health and a dedicated socialist.
I asked him how he proposed to
control the medical profession. He J
replied: ‘We have got the hos- J
pitals, and that means we will con- 1
trol the doctors. They’ can’t prac
tice without places to practice.’
There is already a shortage of
doctors, nurses, and hospital fa
cilities in the United States. It is
true that a large proportion of po
tential eligdbles are physically’ not
in need of care. Others have ade
quate private means or insurance.
And still others can now get medi
cal care through philanthropic
agencies. But once the gates are
opened by the proposed scheme,
millions will decide to save their
money, drop their insurance, and
take advantage of the opportunity
A host who are not in real physi
cal need will crowd the admitting
rooms.
The hospitals will feel the great
est strain because, under the bill,
a patient cannot have nursing-
home care unless he enters a hos
pital first. And so many will leave
the nursing homes where they now
reside and only after a spell in the
hospital be returned to the nurs
ing home.
The burden on the hospitals and
those who- serve them will be ov
erwhelming. The dangers now ap
parent wherever hospitals are ov
ercrowded will be vastly magni-
field. Large numbers of nurses and
orderlies and others will have to
be recruited, with less and less at
tention to their qualifications. Un
der- these conditions the situation
will become chaotic. For new hos
pitals cannot be built overnight,
nor competent personnel trained.
There would inevitably be dimin
ishing attention to really’ serious
cases. And the dangers resulting
from inefficency would multiply.
As has been the case in Britain,
those who require the most care
would be victims of overcrowding
of facilities by those with minor
ailments.
This stark fact should be faced
by elderly people and their rela
tives and children who are being
so vigorously rallied by the Presi
dent and by other proponents of
the King-Anderson bill. For they
would suffer most from this care-
5"NA7CS i
STROM-THURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
On PiovidinK Medicare
ONE OF THE major pieces of
legislation currently erasing
much debate on Capitol Hill is
the proposal to provide medical
care for the aged under the So
cial Security Program. Similar
legislation was considered bv
the Congress in 1990, hut it was
rejected in favor of another ap
proach. The Congress approved
the Kerr-Mills Act, which pro
vided for matching funds to the
States to establish or improve
existing medical care programs
on the basis of need by partici
pating individuals.
I FAVOR providing medical
care for our senior cltlxena who
cannot provide this care for
themselves. This is one of the
first obligations of any civilised
society. Primarily the obligation
of medical care falla on the af
fected individuals, who should
make every effort to provide for
their future medical and other
needs. However, this cannot al
ways he accomplished for any
number of reasons, no matter
how prudent an individual may
be. In such cases, the obligation
then falla on the Individual's
fnmll;. then the community, and
finally the State Government,
THERE IS no authority id
the U. S. Constitution for the
Federal Government to operate
a medicare program. If there is
to he such participation by the
Government, then the Constitu
tion should be appropriately
amended to provide such author
ity. Many States, including South
Carolina, have provided for some
form of medicare program for
their elderly citizens needing
such assistance. Perhaps these
programs should be Improved,
but whatever improvements are
deslrad should be demanded at
the State level rather than the
national level of government.
IN ADDITION to my objec
tion rgr.inYt having the Federal
Government enter a field for
which it has no' constitutional
nuth -vity, I also opoosed to
the -res :r;t nice!bare proposal
for other reasons. First, it is
comrub-ry. All persons under
Social Security, regardless of
their r'c ’ in:I : nation,
woul’ be te participate.
SECOND, it is an entering
wedge for aocialised medicine
and would encourage more gov
ernment paternalism and control
in the Uvea of individual c’tlzen*.
F.itgland’a aocinlixed medical pro
gram got its start through the
failure of more modest pro-
grams. That country's program
has proved to he far from suc
cessful, and it has had serious
repercussions on the British
economy. In addition, the qual
ity of medical care in Britain has
deteriorated in comparison wllh
ours.
THIRD, there is Already con
siderable doubt as to the Actu
arial soundness of our present
Social Security Program, into
which many millions of Ameri
can employees and employers
have poured billions of dollars
in reliance on future benefits.
The July 2, 1992 issue of V. S.
.Veics <t> World Report carries an
excellent article on this subject.
The article makes the point that
with $22 billion now on hand in
the Social Security Trust Fund,
plus expected revenues of $282
billion from persons now covered
by Social Security, the govern
ment will still fall shy hy $320
billion of meeting the $624 bil
lion now promised to persona
covered by the Old Age and Sur
vivors Insurance feature of the
Social Security Program. This
gap will have to be met by fu
ture generations of workers and
employers, according to the ar
ticle or—as some of the welfare
state planners hopefully expect
—the tab will be picked up by
the public.
MY FINAL objection to the
pending measure Is the proced
ure being utilized to get It
through the Congress. The Con
stitution requires that all legis
lation affecting revenue origi
nate in the House. The lead
ership has decided, however, to
bypass the House Ways and
Means Committee and the Sen
ate Finance Committee and to
tack the legislation onto a pend
ing welfare bill in the Senate.
This is bad procedure, the same
type proeeiure used every time
a so-called civil rights bill has
been approved by the Congress
in recent years.
Sincerely,
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lessly conceived and politically
promoted scheme.”
If we would leave to the next
generation a free country we
should withdraw from all Federal
Commitments except those inti
mately, directly and necessarily a
part of strictly governmental
functions.
Hospital Births
Mr. and Mrs. David Beam Sum
mer of 8 Player St. announce the
birth of a nine pound, three ounce
daughter, Eleanor Lucille, on June
26 at Newberry Hospital. The
mother is the former Kathleen
Elizabeth Mims.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ibra Der
rick of Route 2, Newberry an
nounce the birth of a seven pound,
12 ounce daughter, Liza Inez, on
June 29 at Newberry Hospital.
Mrs. Derrick is the former Katie
Mae Storey.
Mr. and Mrs. John Clifford
Bobb of Route 3, Prosperity an
nounce the birth of a six pound,
nine ounce daughter, Bonnie
Lynne, on June 30 at Newberry
Hospital. Mrs. Bobb is the former
Carolyn Eloise Lindler.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Foster Far
ley- of 2006 Henry Ave. announce
the birth of a six pound, 13 ounce
son, Marc Steven, on June 30 at
New’berry Hospital. Mrs. Farley
is the former Ethel Mifong.
Recent Marriages
James R. Farmer of Newberry
and Barbara Yarborough of Whit
mire were married on June 30th
at Whitmire by Rev. K. W. Bed-
enbaugh.
Ronald J. McGuirt and Christine
Crapp of Route 2, Kinards, were
married by Rev. Marion E. Ringer
on Route 1, Kinards on June 30th.
Adelbert E. Delo, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., and Brunell Stone of
Pomaria, were married on July 1st
by Rev. Clarence L. Richardson
at Newberry.
Forrest Stafford, Rt. 1, Newber
ry and Dorothy Ivey of Lockhart,
were married at Newberry on
July 6th by Probate Judge E. Max-
cy Stone.
Permits To Build
July 6: Eugene Norris, re-roof
dwelling, 2430 Main St., $300.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Nell Stoudemire and baby
girl ,Chapin
Mrs. Mary Kelley, Joanna
Jake West, Leesville
Edgar Hiller, Newberry
James Morris, Newberry
Mrs. W. E. Rauch, Chapin
Mrs. Ruth Smith, Batesburg
Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry
Mrs. Willette Anderson and baby
boy, Batesburg
Jami May Adams
REV. ROBERT II. HARPER
MARCH
*pHE present month is named
* after the Roman «od of war
and is of much interest to astron
omers and others. Mars was the
jirim god of mythology who was
the instigator and supporter of
wars throughout the known world
and ns such was associated with
much of the grief and woe that
cursed mankind. And it may be
recalled the history-minded
that Julius Caesar met his fate
by assassination on the Ides of
March.
But at the present, the month
is associated with nothing worse
titan the winds that we expect to
be blowing all the time. I do not
know whether it was in March
JUST A THOUGHT:
Every one of us, by our dally
actions, our deeds and mis
deeds, affects In some way the
small part of the world that we
live in. If we could all strive
to improve our little portion
of the world, the total results
would be amazing.
that Benjamin Franklin flew bis
famous kite or not, but it is a
month beloved by small boys who
like to fly kites.
. As for ourselves, we can pass
over the tragedies of the ancient
world and give our attention to
the present terrible conditions
throughout the earth. It is safe
to assume that there never wac
a time of greater unrest in the
world. •
It is surely a time for the test
ing of faith by the believer. Let
us devoutly pray that the Al
mighty God shall find a place of
welcome where the mighty of
earth gather to determine the des
tination of mankind.
By THOMAS COLLINS
OUTOOINO PERSONALITIES
WIN PRIINDS IN NEW TOWN
'T'HE year Is ending, and across
* the country many people are
packing or planning for retire
ment—to a nice little city in tho
sunshine.
That's what Charles Brown did
in 1957—he retired to a nice little
city of just under 20,000 popula
tion. In the four years since, he
hat learned a few leaaona. Any
body planning to retire can profit
from listening to him:
"I would retire to a amall sun
shine city again, If I had to do it
over,” he lays. "Not only from
New Hampshire, Minnesota or
Oregon, but from anywhere that
has a winter. Why should any
body stay lost In a big city, or
have to buy fuel on a pension in
order to keep warmT Why should
anybody past 65 have to hole up
for two months or five months of
the year and miss the association
with nature that adds to much to
the later years of UfeT ...
"But in retiring to a nice little
city there are a couple of hard-
boiled facts a pensioner should
know. The first la that you don't
blow in as the president of U.S.
Steel. You're another nice man
named Clarence. The Mayor
doesn’t call on you- Nobody does,
as a rule...”
The second thing a person
should know is that he has no
credit and no references in this
new town. "Maybe you had them
back home,” aays Mr. Brown,
"but you finally realise that you
had a job back home. Now you
have a pension. The new town will
presume you are honest, but it
will be something of a shock to
you to be asked to give some evi
dence of it... ”
Once these two psychological
hurdles are handled, says Mr.
Brown, there are some positive
steps to take:
"Tho newcomer, of course,
should have rented—not bought—
his living quarters when he first
arrived in town. In four years I
haven't seen anybody who was
satisfied for long with any real
estate they bought too quickly. If
the person la able to buy, having
sold hia former home, he should
contact a good local bank, put
part of his money In a checking
account and the rest In a savings
account tor the time being. This
will help establish his credit.
"Then he should rent a safety
deposit box in the hank, even If
he doesn't have securities to put
In It. It will help hia status, and
won't cost much.”
Mr. Brown says that once the
newcomer has settled hia money
matter*, he should open a charge
account at one of the better stores
in town, find a doctor who will
make house calls, decide on a
dentist, become chummy with at
least one good druggist, subscribe
to the local paper, call on the
Chamber of Commerce to see If
he can find the names of anybody
else from his home city who has
retired here, affiliate with a
church, and start telling all the
neighbors what a wonderful little
city this is.
^ Pjf * copjr of |)i« new Qol4*n Yenra
booklet by Thomas Collins. osn4 SS
rents In eNn (no stamps) to Dept.
NWN8. Box 1674. Grand Central S&
tlon. New York 17. N. Y.
Evidence of Progress
News item from local newspaper
July 1st, 1942
Newberry Federal Declares Regular
Dividend of $19,000
July 1,1962—
Newberry Federal Declares Regular Dividend
Payable To 7,900 Investors Amounting To
$292,000
J. F. CLARKSON
M. O. SUMMER
ssas OOLLBOM 0TBBBT, KBWBEHBY, ». C.
Directors
G. K. DOMINICK
. J. K. WILLINGHAM
E. B. PURCELL
W. a HUFFMAN
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