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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1962
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE THREE
ACROSS
the DESK
IDEAS
FROM
OTHER
EDITORS
From The Italy News-Herald,
Italy, Texas: Indications are that
considerable pressure will be
brought to bear on members of
congress at this current session
to surrender that body's authority
to the president on a number of
matters. Included in some of the
things that will be requested is
authority to raise and lower tax
rates at will and to regulate im
port duties. Both of these matters
are specifically assigned to con
gress by the constitution.
Under no circumstances should
congress give in to such demands.
These matters are too vital to be
left to the whims of one individ
ual or to the advice that may
be given him by underlings who
are in no way responsible to the
general public.
Most of the problems—foreign
and domestic—with which we are
faced today; most of the restric
tions and regulations; most of the
social welfarism with which we
are plagued, are due to surrender
or usurpation of congressional re
sponsibility. Congress has either
given the executive outright au
thority over matters supposed to
come under its jurisdiction, or it
has enacted “Mother Hubbard"
legislation and permitted appoin
tive bureaus and boards to fill in
the details. In far too many in
stances these details have gone
far astray from original intent
Continued abrogation of cor -
gressional authority can lead to
but one thing—a dictatorship. W f
are near enough that now without
making it official. Urge your con
gressman to stand firm against
all such requests this year
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TRANSFERS
OF REALTY
Newberry No. 1
Albert F. Busby and Claris H.
Busby to James F: Cummings,
one lot and one building on Cren
shaw St., $5.00 and other valuable
considerations.
The Kendall Company to J. N.
Beck, one lot on River St., $150.
Albert W. Weigle, et al to
Blaine E. Eader and M. Shirley
Eader, one lot and one building on
Dominick Ave., $5.00 and other
valuable considerations.
Maude B. Owens to Herschel A.
Kemper and Mary S. Kemper, one
lot, $10.00 and other valuable con
siderations.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
William I. Click to H. L. Small
wood and Pearl M. Smallwood,
120 acres, $10.00 and other val
uable considerations.
W. H. Nichols to Jerry A. Nich
ols, one lot, $5.00 love and affec
tion.
Lome Campbell Mac Beth and
Gudura MacBeth to Thomas N.
Parks and Ethel W. Parks, 8.25
acres and one building, $10.00 and
other valuable considerations.
Prosperity No. 7
David Frank Wise to Dottie
Louise Cannon, one lot, $5.00 love
and affection.
David Frank Wise to Mildred
Davenport, one lot, $5.00 love and
affection.
Mrs. Agnes H. Koon to Allen
F. Harmon, one lot, $5.00 and oth
er valuable considerations.
William E. Wessinger and Ruth
E. Wessinger to Prosperity Lum
ber Company, 6.24 acres, $936.00.
Prosperity Lumber Company to
C. N, & L. Railroad, 2.76 acres,
$936.00.
Dennis M. Bedenbaugh to Bobby
Gene Moss and Donald B. Fowler,
one acre, $5.00 and other valuable
considerations.
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AMERICANA
Collego Notebook
Amherst College
Since its beginning in 18n, Amherst College has been an Inde
pendent liberal arts college. Although its founders dedicated the
College to “the education of indigent young men of piety and talents
for the Christian ministry.** Amherst never associated formally
with any church or sect.
by men like Noeh
Webster and .Samual Fowler Dick
inson, grandfather of the poet
Emily, Amherst received its ini
tial support from dtisens of tha
town hum which it • takes its
name. It hes a long history of as
sociation with the surrounding
Massachusetts community; and
with such poets and writers as
Emily Dickinson, Helen Hunt
Jackson, David Grayson, and
Robert Frost. Bat the College is
also associated with universal
traditions of scholarship and
learning. Its faculty holds degrees
from institutions of higher learn
ing all over the world and its
students come from all parts of
the United States and many for
eign countries. Among Amherst’s
graduates are a former president
of the United States (Calvin Cool-
idge-), a chief justice of the su
preme court, cabinet officers,
ambassadors, teachers, scientists,
poets, and many less distinguished
citizens who have contributed to
their communities and professions
in significant ways.
Amherst now has an enrollment
of 1,000 but plana to grow to 1JD0
in the next tow years. The Col*
lege also oxpocts to sunstguct a
now music building, a
tories, s now Ubrmry and
major firlltttes
however, to
to “maintain Us ssnse of com
munity.**
Dm College's fa sally, drawn
from many apacialtftM and repre
senting a diversity of backgrounds
and interests, is engaged In two
primary activitiat: first, the edu
cation of undergraduates and, sec
ond, research and writing. Am
herst’s classes run from Urge
lectures of two hundred or more
to small groups of less than five
students. About 80 per cent of the
classes and sections have 25 stu
dents or less. Faculty members
are easily accessible to , under
graduates. Most of them, how
ever, are not engaged in feeding
data to the student, but in demon
strating methods, in asking ques
tions, in preparing him to educate
himself not only in college but
also during the many years there
after.
SENATOR jt
STROM%HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
It’s Time to Adjourn
THE MONTH of July is al
most gone, and under the Legis
lative Reorganization Act of
1946, the Congress should be
adjourned by July 31. However,
each y<.ar since this act was
passea the Congress has ignored’
this adjournment date, this be
ing rationalized on the basis
that Mr. Truman’s proclamation
declaring a national emergency
has never been withdrawn. In
recent years the date of ad
journment has run as late as
September. This year prospects
are strong that the Congress
may still be here until Septem
ber.
JUDGING by the Administra
tion’s legislative record to date,
very few of its “New Frontier”
items will be passed by the Con-
gress between now and adjourn
ment, even if we are held here
until Christmas. Administration
lobbyists have overplayed their
hand with the Congress in try
ing to force action on their
“New Frontier” ideas, which
venture too high into outer
space for grassroots America.
In fact, grassroots America has
been making ite influence felt
in the halls of Congress against
most of these proposals which
would lead our country in the
direction of socialism, centrali
zation of power, spendthrift
government and international
ism. My mail from South Car
olina and from all over the
country has reflected a strong
tide of opinion against such
proposals.
ACCORDING to The World
and The New York Times, the
President has won favorable ac
tion on only 20 of 285 legisla
tive requests thus far this ses
sion. This gives him a low score
of seven percent.
MAJOR legislative proposals
which have been killed outright j
or which h*>ld little chance of
congressional approval are the
restrictive farm bill, establish
ment of a Department of Urban
Affairs, federal medicare for the
aged which would jeopardize the
Social Security trust fund, the
provision for withholding taxes j
on dividends and interest, a curb ;
on voting literacy tests, special ;
presidential power to spend $2 :
billion for public works pro- |
grams at his discretion, presi >
dentia* authority to raise or :
lower taxes at his will, increas- •
ed presidential control over the
Federal Reserve Board, more
power for the Attorney Gen
eral in anti-trust cases, and the
plan to provide public power
from the Hanford atomic plant.
THERE ARE other key Ad
ministration bills tied up in
committees with big question
marks hanging over their fate.
They are the Senate-passed UN
bond issue and poll tax ban, the
House-passed tax revision bill,
and the Senate and House-pass
ed bill providing aid to higher
education. Still awaiting action
in the Senate with a better
chance of passing in some form
are the trade bill, the postal rate
increase legislation and increas
ed government employee pay.
RESTRICTIONS placed on
the foreign aid spending au
thority of the President by both
the Senate and House have been
removed by use of a number of
political devices. For one thing.
House members were given an
opportunity to vote for an
amendment stating their oppo
sition to providing aid to com
munist countries, but granting
the President uthority to waive
this provision at his discretion.
The Washington Post, long an
advocate of aid to communist
countries, pointed out after this
House action that the restric
tive language means nothing ex
cept that it gives House mem
bers desiring to do so the op
portunity to say they voted
against aid to communist coun
tries. Following House approv
al, a conference committee com
posed of Senators and Congress
men oriented toward the Ad
ministration’s position agreed to
drop all restrictive amendments
except one.
NOW THAT the appropria
tions logjam has been broken
and the Administration has
gotten most of the major legis
lation the Congress is going to
pass in the 87th Congress, the
Congress should move toward
adjournment at the earliest pos
sible date, no later than August
15. With the present quality of
legislative proposals the country
would be better off if the legis
lative mill were active no longer
than July 31 each year, and all
necessary legislation could eas
ily be handled by that date or
earlier.
Sincerely.
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"SMALL BUSINESS”
By C. WILSON HARDER
Millions once laughed as Fib
ber McGee's catchall closet
door opened to spill the helter-
skelter mess hidden inside.
* * *
While causing no mirth, to
day’s Fibber McGee closet is
becoming the Social Security
system; the catchall for vote
seeking politicos.
* * *
This is a
reason 77% of
the nation’s
businessmen,
voting
through the
National Fed
eration of In-
dependent
Business, dis
approved ad
ditional So- C. W. Harder
cial Security taxes for aged
hospital care.
* • *
By 1969, if no further frills
are added, the combined SS
rate paid by employers and
employees will be 9$4%. Rep.
Herlong has introduced a res
olution for a constitutional
amendment to freeze the maxi
mum permissable tax at 10%.
• * e
While this measure is prob
ably better than no limit at all.
there is a question if the limit
should not even be lower.
* * *
SS tax Increases poses an
economic paradox apparently
obvious to all but to the so
cialistic element of lunacy
along the Potomac.
* * e
Every time the employer half
of SS taxes are raised, labor
cost increases. This increases
his costs and prices at a time
when inflation at home, non
competitive pricing abroad,
are pointed out as grave na
tional problems.
♦ * *
Yet, a strong case can be
made for SS benefits for em-
ployees. Millions of employees,
either unable or unwilling to
make provisions for their fu
ture, are thus kept from being
eventual burdens on society.
In addition, that part of their
earnings paid in SS taxes is
not being spent now on goods,
increasing inflationary pres
sures. Thus, employee contri
butions are anti-inflationary,
while employer taxation in
creases inflation.
* * *
It also seems obvious lhat
a poll of employees would And
majority heartily in favor of
Social Security. They would
say it is good for them, a point
of view which is logical.
* * *
Thus, why is it not logical
for employees to pay entire
amount for their future secur
ity payments. After all, em
ployers are not expected to pay
half their fire insurance, auto
insurance, other life insurance.
* * *
In fact, if the employees of
the nation were permitted to
vote in a nationwide referen
dum, on the subject, there
could be interesting results,
especially if it were made plain
and clear vhat from that
point on, the full Social Secur
ity tax would be paid by the
employee. It is quite possible
that the employees of the na
tion would vote an even higher
tax on themselves to finance
larger benefits
• • •
But continual Increases In SS
taxes on employers Is merely
increasing inflation, eroding
through higher prices the bene
fits that employees expeot to
receive. Actually, if politi
cians were honest employees
would uundoubtedly realise
that instead of Peter being rob
bed to pay Paul, Paul is Being
hijacked, too.
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