The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 11, 1962, Image 2

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r PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1218 ColJeye Street NEWBERRY. S. C PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O t\ Armfield. Jr.. Owner Second-Class postage paid at Ne 1 ''fry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 ner year m aa- .sjx months. $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Bv SPECTATOR Prompt Action Forestalls Trouble One thing I learned in Peru: sometimes you must act, act promptly and vigorously, before opposition develops. When the matter is a thing dune, unhecho, as the Spaniards say, the would-be opposition is confronted with a thing done, no longer a theory or mere speculation. We could so easily have headed off all this trouble with Cuba, which now is complicated with Russia. Shilly-shally ing has cost America the respect of the world and millions of dollars already, with the prospect of spending billions more, in war and the pensions for fifty years. *1 had the presumption to suggest plans two years ago; and I now presume to suggest that we forthwith send a pow erful fleet to cruise around Cuba as a demonstration of might and purpose. We are handling world affairs with lillyrtirigers and we are losing the respect and confidence of our own people, as well as of the world. If we can’t deal with Cuba what does Russia think of us? Powell Jaunts Need Investigation Many phases of that jaunt of Adam Clayton Powell de serves study by the citizens of our Republic, but one will strike us as worth special study, perhaps some Grand Jury might study it, if the Congress itself and the Comptroller General of the United States do not act. I may not have all the details, but, as I read it, we sell millions of dollars to other nations and they pay in their own money. So there are millions of dollars due the Gov ernment of our country but the foreign countries can’t send their money to us and apparently, can’t buy our money in SENATOR STRO t HURMOND Reports PEOPLE Final Report for 1962 THE DRIVE TO FILL in the blueprint for socialism in Amer ica was blunted this year by a balky Congress, which was made that way largely because of an aroused electorate. Grassroots America made its will felt in the halls of Congress this year in more ways and on more issues than in any year since I have been in the Senate. . Many legis lative items which did not square •with the Constitution, which would concentrate more power in Washington, and which would increase the budget deficit did not get through the Congress. Or, if they did get through, they limped through after being winged by restricting amend ments. DURING THIS SESSION the President requested more money and more power than ever be fore in the history of this coun try. Senator Harry Byrd has documented power requests totaling more than 200 in num ber. Here are some of the pow er requests the President didn't get fulfilled: (1) power to raise or lower taxes at his will; (2) power to create a Department of Urban Affairs and Housing; (3) power to outlaw literacy tests as a pre-requisite for vot ing; (4) power to bring the Fed eral Reserve Board Chairman more under his control by changing his term of serriee from 14 to 4 years; (5) power to withhold taxes an divi lends and interest; (6) power to Ush a health and (7) power to withhold union dues from the pay of drUsn government employees. HERE ARE SOME OF the power requests which got winged but approved in some form: (1) power to spend addi tional funds for public works projects; (2) power to reorgan ize some agencies to gain great er control over their operations; (3) power to increase controls over agriculture; and (4) power to purchase bonds to support United Nations operations. THE MAJOR POWER victory the President gained was pas sage of the Trade Expansion Bill in substantially the form requested. This bill gives the President the greatest delega tion of power ever provided any President in regulating foreign commerce and trade, an area specifically granted to the Con- gress under the Constitution. WHILE THE CONGRESS balked on some legislative re quests, it gave the President full support—and in sons cases more than he requested—in ap proving the following legisla tion: (1) increased funds for 3 stronger defense force and more space explorations; (2) author ity to call-up 150,000 Reservists if needed; (3) a resolution ex pressing Congressional concern over the commnnist arms build up in Cuba; (4) a communica tions satellite system to be operated by private enterprise with appropriate government regulations; (5) tightening of food and drug laws; (6) a tax- exempt retirement plan for self- employed persons; and (7) in creased postal rates and a w ge boost for government employees. INCREASED PUBLIC CON CERN over the cold war has also had its effects on Capitol Hill. Strong public support was primarily responsible for the in vestigation into censorship of military anti-communist state ments and cold war education programs. The investigation be gan in January and was con cluded in June after receiving statements from more than 100 persons and after compiling more than 8 million words of testimony. THE DEMAND FOB GOPIEft of the heovinfep and the sub committee report, which wifl spon be completed, has been tremendous. Everyone may not be aide to obtafai a copy. How-' the report i* j extra oomea of the be mfiSbte at the Office for, a MS. Prtntfeg epet The ing will be edrtenetve and many questions about our col war policies. BECAUSE OF THIS Im- creased public interest in the cold w*r, the Congress this year put a few restrictions on aid to communist countries and also eliminated fromi the trade bill a provision giving special treat ment to Communist Poland and Yugoslavia. THE GREATEST LESSON to be learned from this session is the importance of public concern and interest in national affairs. Lincoln’s old truism that “with public ' sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can suc ceed” proved its mettle in the 2nd Session of the 87th Con gress, even against the power and patronage of a determined and politically-astute Adminis tration. Sincerely, (Hoi print*d at gov*rrm4nt tmp*n*») exchange. It appears that our Government holds these vast sums in the Em bassies in other countries. So, j now, what happens: Any Con-1 gressman travelling abroad can i ask for and receive sums of that ; ; foreign money. As to the case of this Congress-1 m..n Powell: The Constitution < Section *i. Article 1 > “The Sena tors and Representatives shall re- | . e:ve a compensation for their services, to he ascertained by Law. end paid out of the Treasury of c tie United States. Atm part of Section 9 of Article 1 “Xu money shall be drawn from the 1reasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by Law; and a regular statement and ac count of the receipts and expendi tures of all public money shall be published from time to time.” W ell now! How much have we to our credit in pounds, Francs, Guilders, Pesos. Soles, Krones, Liras, Escudos, Cruzeiros, Rupees, Dinars and others? And what Act of Appropriation has the Congress made in this case. In fact', by what authority of law could the Congress authorize or condone such grabbing of the Nation’s money under any guise which honorable men recognize? The tax payer was born to be flim-flammed, cajoled, and duped. I quote something which is naus eating and which should be pre sented to a Grand Jury. In two very reputable dailies I find the story which I quote in part. No cheap, yellow journal cai i ies the story, but The Sumter Item and The Aiken Standard and Review, both papers which I greatly respect and esteem. By special permission of Mr. Drew Pearson I quote his ‘story” which should shock all citizens: “Adam Clayton Powell, the deb onair congressman from Harlem, has been sending post cards home from one of the most unique junkets m congressional history. With Congress stewing over vi tally important legislation, Powell has gone off to the night clubs of Paris, the theaters of London, the film festival of Venice, and the delights of a cruise through the Gieek islands, largely at govern ment expense. He has taken with him two lady members of his staff, Mrs. Tamara J. all, a young blonde divorcee, and Miss Corrine Huff, reception ist, in Powell’s office, a dark-com plexioned former runner-up in the Miss Universe contest. Officially, they will study equal opportunity for women ... •Powell then sailed on the Queen Mary August 8 with his two sec retaries—at t he taxpayers’ ex pense. Just before he sailed, he asked the State Department to arrange a plush sight-seeing tour of Eu rope, and the State Department accordingly sent the following cable to its embassies in London, Paris, Rome, Athens and Venice: ‘Congressman Adam C. Powell, Chairman Committee Education and Labor accompanied by Mrs. Tamara J. Wall and Miss Corrine Huff staff members traveling western Europe accordance follow ing itinerary: ‘August 8 sailing Queen Mary arriving Southampton 8-13; Paris 8-16; Venice 8-20; Rome 8-23; Athens 8-27; Delphi 8-30; sailing Leonardo da Yinci 8-15 from Gil- braltar. Arrival time and flights forwarded when firm. ‘Provisions handbook congress ional travel apply. Codel and party authorized use local currencies 19FT561 funds. Meet assist ap point control officers’. This means that ‘Codel’, the cable abbreviatipn for Powell’s ‘congressional delegation’ could get counterpart funds in each city without having to account for them. Counterpart funds are iocal currency which American embas sies have on hand usually in pay ment for surplus farm products, and th j State Department’s cable meant that Powell and his two secretaries could dip into these funds for shopping, night-club bing, tips to doormen, etc. ‘Request one single and one double with bath as follows’, con tinued the State Department cable. ‘London — Cumberland Marble Arch Hotel; Paris Hotel San Re gis; Venice Royal Denieli; Rome (1) Excelsior (2) Flora (3) Vic toria whichever has special em bassy rates; Athens beachhouse at Astir Hotel; Delphi new gov ernment hotel name unknown. Con firm soonest. ‘London,’ continued the State Department cable ‘request three tickets 8-14, 15 best shows play ing, except Broadway plays’ (Pow ell has seen the shows on Broad way in New York, so didn’t want to repeat those which have moved to London). ‘Paris—Codel (congressional de- ★★★★★★★★★★★■A WATCH FOR OUR . GRAND • OPENING Lominick’s Drug Store k★★★★★★★★★★★ legation) desires use U. S. army car and chauffeur. Reserve three for first show and dinner best table Lido 8-16.’ The Lido is the Paris night club famous for its undraped girlies, and the head of the Abyssinian Baptist Church had the American embassy, busy with common mar ket and NATO problems, make sure he had the best table at the first show in order to study equal opportunities for women. ‘Venice—if the film festival go ing on request three tickets 8-20 or 21. Codel also requests use con sulate's motorboat (for the Grand Canal of Venice). ‘Athens — arrange use rental car trip to Delphi payable 19FT 561 funds 8-30 (this again meant the use of counterpart funds for a sight-seeing trip.’ ‘Delphi—Codel inquiries wheth er boat trip about 6 days around islands possibility. Possible visit Rhodes.’ The Greek i slands ob viously are a fascinating labora tory in which to study equal op portunities for women. ‘Southamp ton—Codel requests be met at Queen Mary Cherbourg with $100 U. S. equvalent in local currencies for each member party.’ This meant that the busy U. S. embas- FIGURE OF STRENGTH.. . Russian sculptor Leonid Rabins works on his massive statue of a boxer, which is to be exhibited in Moscow. sy in Paris had to send a man to Cherbourg, requiring a day round trip, just so the congressman from Harlem and his two secretaries would have $300 worth of French francs to spend immediately after they got off the boat.” A WASHINGTON LETTER From OLIN D. JOHNSTON SOUTH CAROLINA’S SENIOR SENATOR ORIGINAL SIN THE TRAGIC MESS in Mis sissippi will go down in history as one of the blackest days in our history, paralleling only the original sin when the Con stitution was broken in 1957 by President Eisenhower with Federal bayonets in Little Rock. I condemned Eisenhow er’s militaristic brutality and ignorance of the Constitution in Little Rock then, and I con demn just as vigorously the ac tion of President Kennedy in Mississippi now. * * * THE WEEKEND before troops were called out in Mississippi I called Attor ney General Kennedy to warn that Federal troop in tervention or any display of armed might in Mississippi would inevitably lead to bloodshed. I personally be lieve in the doctrine of inter position imposed by Gover nor Barnett and stated that the President had no consti tutional right to intervene in the matter aa he did. The peace was not broken nntil after the troops had moved. The question of interposition had not been settled in the case, and the use of armed troops in my opinion caused the rioting, bloodshed and deaths that have resulted. UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN A STATEMENT to the Senate, I had placed into the Record a current editorial from U. S. News & World Report by David Lawrence entitled “Illegality Breeds Illegality.” Agree!r~ with the article, I pointed out the 14th Amend ment is not really valid because its adoption was forced at the point of bayonets during the occupation of the South. The 10th Amendment to the Con stitution, which delegated pow ers to the states not expressly given to the Federal Govern ment in the Constitution, su persedes by far the 14th Amendment. * * * THE FIRST unconstitu tional use of troops since the Reconstruction era came when Eisenhower used them at Little Rock less than two months after the United States Senate, including Sen ator Kennedy, had voted 90-0 for my amendment to re peal the only existing con stitutional means by which a President could use troops to enforce a judicial process. This illegality bred the ille gal use of troops by Presi dent Kennedy yesterday. FOREIGN Ai9 THE SUICIDAL POLICY of foreign aid is leading America down the “Primrose Path” of appeasement which resulted in first the “surrender” in Korea and then the “sell-out” in Cuba. The Congress would be stupid not to halt aid to Communist Yugoslavia and Poland and to countries engaged in shipping war material and Red soldiers to Cuba. JAPAN, WHICH HAS abundantly henefitted from our foreign aid and lopsided trade agreements, is now re paying America by selling Red China 50 percent of its ammonium chloride fertilizer production. Starvation in Red China is the main thing that haa kept it from spread ing its aggression beyond Korea, VietNam, Tibet and India. Japan, in providing her with fertilizer to over come that handicap is help ing to create a Red menace. * * * I DO NOT CARE who is in the White House. It is time for the Congress to tie the hands of our President and see to it that American taxpayers do not provide the tools and money to help our enemies. If we cannot cut off aid from People who are cutting our throats, then we ought to junl the whole program. * * * THE STATE DEPART MENT is responsible for the “namby pamby” philosophy of appeasement which en dorses foreign aid and which helped Castro to power in Cuba. This kind of distorted, misguided government policy that existed under Eisenhow er led to our woes in Cuba. Even though President Ken nedy inherited the mess, his actions on the Cuban prob lem have done nothing to improve the situation. TAX NOTICE The Tax Books will be open for the collection of 1962 taxes on and after October 1, 1962. The following is General Levy for all except special purposes: Ordinary 7% Mills Bonds, Notes and Interest 7 Mills Hospital 1 Mill School: Ordinary 35% Mills Bonds & Interest 7 Mills The following are the authorized Special Levies for the various tax districts of the County, together with the general levy: County School Total District No. Tax Levy Tax Levy Levy Mills Mills Mills 1. Newberry 15% 42% 58 2. Silverstreet 15% 42% 58 3. Bush River 15% 42% 58 4. Whitmire 15% 42% 58 5. Pomaria 15% 42% 58 6. Little Mountain . 15% 42% 58 7. Prosperity 15% 42% 58 There will be a discount of one (1%) per cent allowed on taxes paid on or before October 31, 1962. On and after January 1, 1963, the penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in which the property is located. J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer of Newberry County WHEN \SX GIRL. OLD ENOUGH TO GO ON DATES? When Is Girl Old Enough To Dote Freely? £ THE WEEK’S LETTER: “I have just read the column en titled ‘Thirteen-Year-Old Wants to Date.’ Well, I don’t think a thir teen year old should not date a guy who drives a car, but when one becomes a teenager, there are more activities at school. At our school, when one gets into Junior High, there is the Junior High Dance. Usually a girl goes with a boy. Her parents usually take her to the dance and after the dance they pick her up. some times taking the boy home. I be lieve that is the beginning of dat ing. I seldom read the letters in the paper, but this one I did be cause my mother and I were hav ing an argument on the subject of dating. I am older than thirteen. I was fifteen on Feb. 2. 1962. Mother says I am not old enough to go out on dates. Well, if thirteen is too young, which I agree, when is a girl old enough to go out on dates? I think at fifteen a girl should be allowed to go with a guy sixteen or seventeen. Mother always says that there is quite a bit of difference in two or three years, but when a girl of twenty marries a guy of twenty-five she says it’s different when you are older. “WHY?” OUR REPLY: Your mother is as right as rain—as right as right can be. You are too young to go with a boy of seventeen. You are too young to date a boy who drives a car—or, to be more factual, you are too young to have dates to go “riding” or to drive-in movies or the like. Do you really have to be told why two or three years makes less difference “when you are older?” What were your interests three years ago? How much do you think you have learned in the past three years? Are you inter ested in dating boys who are twelve or thirteen as well as boys who are seventeen? If you have a teenage problem ’ on want to discuss, or an observation to make, address your letter to FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS, NATION AL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERV ICE. FRANKFORT. KY. Ruick's New Riviera Sports Loupe It. The superb performance and maneuver ability of a sports car are combined with styl ing elegance and craftsmanship in Buick’s new Riviera coupe. The Riviera is powered by a 401-cubic inch engine combined with Buick’s super smooth Turbine Drive trans mission. 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