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Page Two THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 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 vance :Six Months $1.25. THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN So now the courts are challeng ed. I read recently in The News and Courier of Charleston that the State Board of Election Can vassers tells the South Carolina Supreme Court that the Court has no jurisdiction in the Allendale Senatorial contest. Perhaps it has escaped you but there were sharp challenges in the Beaufort race for Sheriff and for the Senatorship from Allen dale county. The Beaufort contest has been settled, so far as appears on the surface, but Allendale is aflame. There is an idea that the Courts may inquire into any public mat ter, if the complaint has before the court by someone who alleges that there has been a denial of justice. The State Board of Can vassers evidently thinks that full and exclusive jurisdiction rests with it in determining the case from Allendale. “The answer of the State Board of Election Canvassers to a call from the State Supreme Court is that the court lacks jurisdiction in a contested election dispute in Allendale county.” The court is to hear, January 14, a case in which Senator Ed Myrick and former Rep. A. P. (Dick) Williams are contesting for the county’s senate place. The Court ordered the state Board to show cause why the Board’s rul ing, that Williams won a special general election, shouldn’t be re voked.” “The Board filed its answer— that the Court lacks jurisdiction —Monday.” I have no knowleage of the conditions in Allendale and will rely on “Stonewall” O’Connor, an Allendale editor, to bring me up- | to-date. It is an interesting point of law; | but if the Supreme Court decides that it has jurisdiction—then ! what ? 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The National Gov ernment hasn’t been paying as we’ve been going, however, in 28 of the last 34 years (including the current fiscal year). The balanced budget is a goal which many profess to support in polit ical campaigns. Howe/er, after the elections, this idea is junked for the old theme of “spend and spend and elect and elect.” In fact, both national parties write a plank in their platforms about balanced budgets, but neither do much toward delivering what the public opinion polls have always indicated the people want with overwhelming enthusiasm — a balanced budget. NOW THE COUNTRY is be ing told that pay-as-you-go is outmoded and that the way to economic prosperity — at least temporarily—is through the new idea of owe-as-you-go. In other words, planned deficits are good for the economy, regardless of whatever they may mean for future generations. FOR THE COMING fiscal year we’re being given a whop ping-big, planned deficit of $11.9 billion in a budget of $98.8 bil lion, or $122.5 billion on a cash disbursal basis (including Social Security, etc.). This proposed deficit is minimal. It is based on rosy hopes—the same rosy hopes which turned a projected $500 million surplus for the current fiscal year into a deficit of $8.8 billion. ALONG WITH THIS large planned deficit and this highest spending figure in history, there is a bonus for the Ymerican public—a tax cut. The tax cur may be mostly illusory to many particularly when deduction pro visions are lopped off or pared down and it is found that this loss to the taxpayer won’t cover the gain expected from the low er tax rates. For many this will be similar to a pay raise which the military once got, only to find that the small increase in basic pay, which is subject to taxation, and the reduction in quarters allowances ended up costing instead of helping their pocketbooks. THERE IS NO law of eco nomics which says a man’s debts do not have to be faced up to someday. The deficit for the coming year will be $15-20 bil lion at a minimum, raising the national debt to $320 billion or more. I HAVE BEEN advocating more realistic tax rates for some time, but it would be the height of fiscal folly to reduce taxes by $13.5 billion, or the net figure of $10 billion if the “reforms” are enacted, without a corresponding or nearly corresponding reduc tion in government expenditures. This may mean closing some government agencies or post poning some proposed programs. This can be done on the ncn- defense side of the budget with out the necessity of impairing our defense and space programs, which affect our survival as a nation. It is true that defense and space expenditures for the next fiscal year will be up over last year, but so will non-defense spending. However, taking the long view of defense versus non defense spending since World War II, we find that defense out lays have gone down $25 billion, while non-defense items have in creased by $26 billion. THE COUNTRY would be the winner rather than the loser in reducing government bureauc racy and power while maintain- I ing a supremacy of military- power and forging ahead in the race for control of space in the cold war. Sincerely. jSXrCoYTL^ ‘Z£'R4JUX/VYC© r TLe£ > "To be of no church is dangerous, Samuel Johnson The responsibility of attending church is your own. No one can benefit from attending but you. How do you benefit? Looking at the question without con sideration of spiritual necessity and salvation of soul, there are a number of tangible reasons. For instance, your participation in church activities completes your stand ing in the community in the eyes of fellow citizens. They respect your effort to strengthen the moral and spiritual foundation of the community and your nation. Once you begin to attend the church of your choice regularly, there can be no doubt that spiritual growth will fol low, as naturally as day follows night. and decides to act as the judge of the admissibility of X or Y or a Senator. So what? If the Senate should decide to seat X what could to Court do about that? The Court may over rule the State Board of Canvass ers but it can’t overrule the Sen ate. I know, of course, that our State Constitution provides in Section 15 or Article 1 “All Courts shall be public, and every person shall have speedy remedy therein for wrongs sustained.” On the strength of that it would appear that the court was within its jur isdiction in inquiring into allega tions of wrong-doing .which de nied justice to someone. Just between us, as friendly critics, you must not think I am so innocent that I am not fully aw are of the frequent disregard of the Constitution, but let that pass, for the moment. Out State Constitution covers quite a bit of ground and natur ally includes the following “Each House (House and Senate) shall judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own mem bers”. Now, now!! ! The Senate may judge of the “Election Returns” of a candidate. Election returns! Now r , then, where does the State Board of Canvass ers come in and where will the Court find jurisdiction ? That is Section eleven of Article 3. Now, then! Another interesting point is the unchallenged sovereignty of a Sen ator over his county. The Constitu tion is very plain, very clear, that State legislators may not exercise executive function. It so happens that most appointments in a coun ty are signed by the Governor. A purely (or impurely) perfunctory act, a mere clerkly acquiescence in the Sovereign wish of the Sena tor. So citizens are employed or dismissed as the Senator wishes. And we read about that in the papers. There is only one little thing wrong: the Constitution sternly forbids that very thing. But— so what? We have many excellent mem bers of our General Assembly; our Courts are clean; our Executive officers are usually capable and accommodating. I think fairness requires that I pay my respects to the men who try to serve the State. Many of the members, Judges and Executives I know and cherish as friends of the years are admirable gentlemen. We have made the Governor a mere puppet, less than an errand boy, though the Constitution clearly clothes him with great power, not mere dignity. Read Sections 1, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 (State Constitution.) tute of Technology were told that phosphates added to foods or toothpaste may arrest tooth de cay. Experiments with animals had given some researchers evid ence that phosphorus, a basic ele ment of phosphate, could be as effective as fluoride in warding off cavities and that a combina tion of the two chemicals might be able to reduce them by as much as 87 per cent. In Sweden, school lunches enriched with phosphates already have improved the oral hygiene of children. This application is just one of an expanding list of uses for phos phate and its chemical elements and derivatives. True, fertilizer is still the biggest outlet,, but these versatile materials are en joying greater usage in such fields as soaps, and detergents,’ animal feed, foods and beverages, water conditioning and metal cleaning. Phosphate rock is a broad term applied to natural deposits of minerals which have been appre ciable phosphorus content. These deposits are mined by the open- pit method and by underground shafts. While phosphate rock is found in many countries, the larg er known deposits—those of eco nomic importance are located pri marily in North America, Europe and Africa. The various derivatives of phos phate, as noted, are used in num erous applications. White phos phorus, for example, is employed as a metal additive to produce special alloys; red phosphorus is vital in the match industry. The striking surface of safety match packages consists principally of red phosphours mixed with pow dered glass and glue. However, the most elemental phosphorus goes into phosphoric acid *or the manufacture of a variety of pro ducts, most of which find their end use in either agriculture or animal husbandry’.’ Read your BIBLE daily and GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY Dean Manion • • THE MANION FORUM A Cuban veteran of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion said recently: “We were promised the support of the armed forces of the United States. Over you will be air cover, we were told, and back of you the ‘ navy and land forces of the United States. You cannot fail. We did not fail; we were betray ed.” This sentiment explains why a larger number of the ransomed Bay of Pigs prisoners refused to show up when the President ad dressed the group in Miami in December. An example of the type of men who make up the group who refused to attend the Miami gathering in December is a young lawyer who was practicing i n Havana when Castro came to pow er in 1959. He recognized Castro for what he is and was, a full- fledged Communist. He said so any time and any place where such statements seemed proper. Because of this anti-Castro feel ing, this young lawyer was arrest ed by Castro and sent into exile. He came to the United States as an exiled Cuban, and immediately went into preparations to return to Cuba and to free his homeland from the Communist hold. He served on the S. S. Houston which was sunk by the Communist at the Bay of Pigs. The Communists were furnished modern weapons and jet planes for use by Castro in Cuba. The in vaders had only obsolete weapons, and the aviation that was to de fend freedom by furnishing air cover for the freedom fighters, was made up of a few old B-26 bombers. The Soviet Union gave full sup- In and about Charleston we used to hear a lot about phosphate Rock and phosphates for commer cial fertilizers. “Scientists attending a recent meeting at Massachusetts Insti- Our government spends money with reckless abandon, doesn’t it? Really, we average citizens know very little about Government ex travagance, but here is a sample: “Nobody has talked about the staggering cost of military action and maneuvering regarded as nec essary to meet the challenging crisis in Cuba. This is as it should be. No monetary value can be placed on the price of freedom, nor on a course of action if it can mean a reasonable assurance of sustain ing freedoom without the devas tation of all-out conflict. But what about the cost of in dividual freedom ? -While the United States is spend ing untold millions of dollars for an apparent truce on the Cuban- Soviet threat,’ we also have spent $3 million conquering the Univer sity of Mississippi. That is the reported figure for costs of fed eral operations there last month in the enrollment of the lone ne gro student. Under some circumstances, it would be as impossible to put a price on the rights of the indi vidual in this nation as it would be to draw a line on the cost of Freedom, but the Mississippi in cident can’t be viewed in the cir cumstances where price is im material. There, the individual deliberately picked the circum stances, and the Federal govern ment forced the issue under high handed and even irregular pro cedure. Further,, there are ques tionable practices carried out in the course of providing protection and transportation for the lone student on and off campus that would seem to go beyond the re quirements of citizenship rights for the average citizen. Had not the Kennedys forced the situation at the time they did, and in the manner in which they did, chances are that the enroll ment could have been effected at later date in a far more peaceable manner for all concerned—and far less costly. Those millions of dollars going down the drain for the occupation of the Mississippi campus could have gone a long way toward pay ment of the staggering bill which we will face for present attempts to maintain peace in the Carri- bean.” port to Castro in the United Na tions, while the Western world turned its back on the patriots who were fighting for freedom at the Bay of Pigs. At the beginning of the invasion the Communists in Cuba believed that the invaders were only the vanguard of a powerful invasion army, with full air support, and they were more interested then in protecting their own position and men than in driving the invaders back. Soon it became apparent that there was no air cover and no army and navy backing the invad ers, and the Communist forces regained their confidence and at tacked in an uninterrupted ava lanche. The invaders resisted the onslaught but communications failed and the ships that carried the equipment for them were forc ed to retreat or had been sunk. Ammunition was running out. After fighting valiantly for many hours without supplies and with the men completely exhaust ed, the invaders were forced to retreat. Many days of hunger, thirst and desperation followed while they waded through mud and water. Wounded fell unattend ed because there was no medicine. Some men found boats and took to sea only to die because of lack of water and food and from expos ure to the sun. The ones that remained were captured and endured a long per iod of imprisonment where they learned the hard way what the real meaning of Communist inhu manity stands for. Almost two years after enduring this tragic disappointment and de feat, the survivors of the Cuban invasion and the rest of the Cu bans who long for the day Cuba is again free from the Commun ists, hold the same devotion to democratic ideals. There is little BY 'Ih&QLi'UmM, From Elvena M. Berry, Plain- well, Michigan: I remember we used to trudge to school a mile or more, with a bitter cold wind or frozen rain in our faces, a round, shiny tin dinner pail in a wooly mittened hand, with a frozen lunch. In the other hand we carried a book or new tablet. The tasseled stocking cap was warm, so was the knitted red scarf, tied in the back. We had wool-knit long un derwear, wool dress and coat, thick knee-length buttoned leg gings, pinned to our wool stock ings and underwear, then two or three “artics” as foot gear. None had escaped ruddy cheeks by the time we reached school, where a big, red-hot wood stove awaited us. We slowly peeled off our snowy gear and took our seats as the teacher rang the hand-bell. At night, we put the garb on again and as the wind changed, we faced the bitter cold once more. After the walk home, we pumped water to fill the stove reservoir and carried wood to the wood box. By this time we were ready for mother’s fresh-baked bread, hot potatoes and giavy, fried smoked pork and pumpkin pie. With a short playtime, to bed we went, on the old straw tick— and sleep always came quickly. BY MARY STONE North and South vulnerable. North deals. NORTH ♦ J7 VAJ864 4 A10 4Q10S3 WEST EAST 4KQ1092 4 A 8 6 4 3 4 7 3 410 5 3 4Q53 44 4 A 8 2 *Kjf74 SOUTH 45 4KQ9 4 K J98762 ♦ 96 The Bidding: North East South West Pass Pass 14 1 ♦ 2 4 4 4 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Ace of diamonds. After op°uing lead, North re turned ace u. hearts and then a small heart which South wins with the king. South returns another heart which is trumped in the closed hand. West leads two rounds of trumps, follows with a small dub. North plays low and trick goes to jack on the board. A small club is led to the ace in the dosed hand, diamond trumps in ti e dummy and king of clubs is led from the board. The last club is trumped in the dosed hand and the last diamond ruffeu on the board to make the contract. COMMENT: The play of the hand was routine, but I disagreed with the bidding. Since North failed to open, South should have opened with three diamonds. resentment against the United States, but many of these brave Cubans are wondering if we are willing to back the ideals we profess and for which we have fought several wars. This young Cubm lawyer and others who are looking forward to a free Cuba, feel that it is a problem which they must solve. They are of the opinion that if the two great powers should di rectly intervene in Cuba, the re sult might be a nuclear war which would destroy the world. They feel, however, that if the Cuban refugees are willing to stake their lives to free Cuba, the rest of the free world should fur nish the necessary armaments, equipment and facilities for the job. If the Soviet Union trusts the Cuban Communists enough to give them modem military equipment, the Free World must likewise have confidence enough in the non- Communist Cubans to provide the best weapons- and equipment we have. When will we officially declare that Communism is intolerable and that all of our policies hence forth will be predicated upon that primary self-evident truth? The official declaration will follow your firm personal resolution to bring it about.