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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963 1218 College Street, Newberry, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr. y Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina. '• * * V— SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per y^ar’, in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. . 1 v THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN On the national scene the prac tise has all the earmarks of a fraud. Shipments of surplus com modities, costing the Government millions and millions, are being paid for in foreign cui'rency and deposited in foreign banks to the credit of our Government. It is money of the nation. By some hook or crook Con- gi’essmen travelling abroad may dray on these funds. No appropria tion, no warrant. The Constitution of the U. S. in Article 1 says that money may be drawn from the Treas ury only by appropriations by Congress and warrants drawn on the Treasury. How can the Treasurer of the United States condone this fraud? Such practices! Here we have occasionally a Congress man going abroad to see what becomes of the billions of dol lars we throw away every year, just ladling out your tax money to any country, or people, willy- nilly. We on this side squeezed by exorbitant taxes to promote nnd sustain any and every fan ciful notion of some group some where that confuses a brain storm with thinking, while bil lions are thrown about, as we meddle in any and every remote country, as well as rich coun tries now having more gold than we have. I wonder what has be come of the common horse-sense —why not let the moon alone and the foreigners and attend to our vital interests here at home? Just to refresh your memory and to inform the Congress let us quote the Constitution, Article 1, section 9, paragraph 7: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropria tions made by law; and a regular statement and account of the re ceipts and expenditures of all pub lic money shall be published from time to time.” Now then: Did you ever read about our balances in foreign countries? Do you know of any lawful right this nation has to maintain such funds in foreign countries ? The nice distinctions of proprie ty and honor are being cast aside; the old doctrine of “gimme” now rules. Nobody raises the question! Not even the Comptroller of the U. S. or the Treasurer of the U. S. How can our national account ing office “keep books” in this infantile manner? I wonder.! Of all the fanciful, fantastic and fabulous foolishness of our National Government Foreign Aid is the most astonishing, ridiculous and indefensible. We are dabbling in affairs all over the world, even running to the moon and stars, overlooking the merely mundane matters of our own people and their children and children’s child- drgn. * We must learn that eminence *in thfe military art does not pre suppose incalculable genius in finance. Nor does mere political popularity insure soundness of administrative ability. Now how’s this: “President Kennedy, in agree ing with the Poet Milton in his foreign aid message to Congress last month that: ‘Peace hath her victories. No less renowned than war, added: ‘And no peacetime victory in history has been as far-reaching in its impact, nor served the cause of freedom so well as the victories scored in the last 17 years by this nations mutual defense and assistance programs.’ Well, let’s see—and before Congress votes that bargain- basement figure of only $4.5 billion. The survey that follows, compiled by Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers, national chairman of the Citizens Foreign Aid Commit tee (to Aid American taxpay ers), forms another message that every Congressman and Senator should read. We quote: ‘Western Europe has prosper ed with the Marshall Plan aid. But after 17 years and $41 bil lion in U. S. aid. Western Eu rope meets only a fraction of its defense obligations; except for commercial loans, its aid to less developed countries is negligi- Me. ‘Argentina ($640 million aid) under direct military domina tion, suffers from inflation chaos. ‘Brazil ($1.9 billion aid) is on the brink of Communism. ‘Cuba ($62 million aid) once enjoyed immense sugar subsidy, has stolen $1 billion in United States private investments; her red satellite status is now guar anteed. -‘Haiti ($100 million aid) writhes under a murderous tyr anny. ‘Indonesia ($670 million aid), her economy wrecked, is an arm ed dictatorship bent on con quest. ‘India ($3..9fcilIion aid) probably faces Red Chinese attack. Tran ($1.3 billion aid) is a mon archy without a parliament. ‘Laos ($460 million aid) may soon fall to Communists. ‘Poland ($522 million aid) is a Communist states with, all freedom gone. South Korea ($5.4 billion- aid) is ruled by its third military junta. ‘South Vietnam ($2.4 billion aid) ruled by a puppet director, prop ped up by the U. S., is racked by a Red guerrila war. ‘Turkey $3.8 billion aid) is poli tically unstable and is economi cally weaker than before aid be gan. ‘Venezuela ($274 , million aid) despite prodigious oil wealth, is a major target of the Russo-Cuban fifth column. ‘Yugoslavia (2.4 billion aid) is Communist with all freedom gone.’ ... General Fellers notes that these items add up tb $65 billion and that the glowing reports to Congress and the dismal facts were never in sharper contrast. National self-respect, fully as much as budget balancing, de mands healthy cuts in foreign aid. (Aiken Standard and Review). Says a dispatch from New York: “Socialist power rises in Britain, Germany, Italy, and even Spain. We have poured billions of dollars there. Why? Why don’t we stick to our knit ting over here? Frankly I think it would be a good idea to send fifty per cent of the great mas terminds of Washington to the moon and let them run the pol itics of the moon. Dean Manion THE MANION FORUM Says my friend, Samuel E. Wei- mer in his radio script for The South Carolina Electric and Gas I company: “Average residential customers in South Carolina used more electricity in 1962—37 per cent above the national average and the customers paid 13 per cent less than the average price thru- out the nation.” I read a statement attributed to a fellow lawyer in which he is quoted as saying that the Rich land delegation to the General As sembly is the County Administra tive body of the County. I think that is true of Richland and most other counties, but it is squarely contrary to the Constitution of South Carolina. In the first place there is no such body as a County Delega tion. There are some members of the House and a Senator, but the Constitution does not recognize such a body as a County Legisla tive Delegation. On the contrary, the Constitution, plainly, clearly, unequivocably and indisputably says: “In the government of this State the legislative, executive and judicial powers shall be forever separate and distinct from each other and no person or persons exercising the function of one of I said departments shall assume or discharge the duties of any other.” By way of emphasis I quote another section of that discredited Constitution: “The provisions of the Constitution shall be taken, deemed and construed to be man datory and prohibitory and not merely directory.” • ••••••••• ••••••• Over the past several years, we have read a great deal about the “Fifth Amendment” to the United States Constitution. When a Con gressional committee calls a wit ness suspected of subversive ac tivities, it gets little or no infor mation because the witness invar- ibly “takes the Fifth.” As a result of publicity given to the Fifth Amendment, you will be interested to read that Amendment in its Presidents and the Federal Sup reme Court, invoke the Constitu tion and respect it, sometimes, and treat it with marked scorn and in difference on other occasions. Congressmen draw on Govern ment money abroad in total viola tion of the Constitution. Likewise the Supreme Court is a sociologi cal body of perfervent racial bias and the President and Attorney- General are not restricted or re strained by old-time notions of respect for the Constitution. They would improve on it or disregard ii as they wish. So, too, we have a State body which can spend money without an appropriation, being known as the Budget Committee or Comm ission, but with disregard for the State Constitution which provides for appropriations and the lawful process of allocating State funds. I know all this is a bit deep and irritating in hot weather, but the custom referred to it in full op eration even in the freezing cold of winter. Separate and distinct? Forever separate and distinct, mark you; so clear, so easily understood, so devoid of any obscurities that a How many legislators have ever legal mind might contrive that we read the Constitution ? So you see. Our State Legisla tors, as well as Congressmen, ordinary folk cannot understand how even a legislative fog could | becloud the issue. entirety. It states: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other wise infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases ar ising in the land or naval forces or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or pub lic danger; nor shall any per son be subject for the same of fense to be twice put in jeop ardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” When you read it all, you qoiikly see that the Fifth Amendment, like the entire Bill of Rights, was drawn to protect not just those who are accused or suspected of a crime, but to protect all persons and their liberty, and their prop erty, and their personal privacy from arbitrary excesses of govern mental power. In so many words, therefore, the Fifth ^Amendment is a positive affirmation of the right to liberty, the right to priv acy, and the right to acquire and own property. Now it so happens that many of the people who, in reient years, invoked the protection of the Fifth Amendment before Congressional Committees are, or have at one time been Communists. But Com munism is an official and categor ical denial of everything that the Fifth Amendment affirms. There is no right of personal privacy or personal liberty under Commun ism. The primary objective of the Communist is the abolition of pri vate property. The first act of every Communist government is to confiscate all private property, without any compensation what soever to its owners. Under Communism, the invoca tion of any portion of the Fifth Amendment would be rank trea son, subjecting the witness to immediate liquidation. What the Communist witness invokes, therefore, when he pleads the Fifth Amendment, is not w the Fifth Amendment at all, but namely 14 words of it which en ables him to escape self-incrimi nation of the charge of conspir ing to destroy everything else that the Fifth Amendment es tablishes. The surprising thing is not the constant reliance on the protection of the Fifth Amendment by the Communist witnesses. The surpris ing thing is the noticeable consist ency in the arguments of those “liberal” intellectuals who charia- ably forgave the silence of Fifth Amendment witnesses. These apo logists lend the aothority of a Con gressional committee to “expose” anybody or anything that the ex- posee himself continues to regard as a mere “political belief.” They contend that all Communist in vestigations should be left to the FBI. They overlook the fact that the FBI can neither expose nor prosecute anybody for anything. It can merely investigate and pass on its information to officials who have the power to take action. People who wish to remain sil ent on the subject of Communism have a right to plead the Fifth Amendment, but they have no Constitutional right to remain in the service of the American gov ernment, or to teach our choldren or to command the respect of their fellow citizens. Governments of the States and of the United States have a right and a duty to deny public employment to per sons whose loyalty to the Cons titution is brought into question by the persons themselves. This was well said by Oliver Wendell Holmes when he was a Justice bf the Massachusetts Supreme court: “There is nothing in the Cons titution or the statute to prevent the city government from attach ing obedience to this rule as a condition, to the office of police man. The petitioner may have a Constitutional right to talk poli tics, but he has no Constitutional right to be a policeman.” In its entirety, the Fifth Amend ment describes a large part of our philosophy of freedom. For that reason we should all be for the Fifth Amendment, just as we should all be against the Com munist conspiracy. Recent Marriages Stuart D. Hall of Gaffney and Anita D. Law of Columbia were married on May 28 by Probate Judge Frank H. Ward. Johnnie Leland Bolt and Ethel Elizabeth Fuller of Laurens were married at Laurens on May 26 by Rev. Grange S. Coatran. Mickey Alen Beheler and Janice I^laine EJlis of Charlotte, N. C. were married by Rev. Vernon B. West at Whitmire May 25. Barney B. Grant of Columbia and Lillie L. Rikard of Newberry were married at Newberry May 26 by Rev. Hubert A. Dunlap. James Alonzo Sanders and Mary Linda Mills of Newberry were married on May 28 at Newberry by Rev. John A. Sanders. Joel Nichols Jr. of Rock Hill and Janice Williams of Whitmire were married by Rev. K. W. Ben- enbaugh at Whitmire June 2. Timothy Dennis Harelson and Flora Mae Kennedy were married June 4 by Probate Judge Frank H. Ward. . James Donny Sligh, Route two, Newberry and Patsy Ann Myers of Route two, Prosperity, were married June 5 at Prosperity by Rev. Harry Weber. Richard Lewis Trema of Mem phis, Tenn and Marilyn Yvonne Foster of Columbia were married by Probate Judge Frank H. Ward Reginald W. Stanley of New berry and Mildred Katherine Lindler of Newberry College were married June 5 at Leesville by Rev. T. Boyd Hamm. Geore Davis Swygert of Chapin and Marilyn Mae Bopp of Clem- son were married June 8 at Clem- son by Rev. E. D. Stockman. NOTICE Prospective candidates for May or and Aldermen in the six City wards in the City of Newberry may file for the position with the undersigned Secretary by Noon July 1, 1963. Fee. with opposition, Mayor $100; Aldermen, $50, with out opposition the fee doubles. PETE PARROTT, Secy. City Democratic Executive Comm. 315 Caldwell St. 13-3tc largest termite control organisation $5000 GUARANTEE Termite Damage MfloaaQy by omt 1800 Newberry Lumber Co., Inc. Anthorized Representative For TRKMINIX SERVICE 913 CLINE ST. TELEPHONE 56 The “PRICE IS RIGHT” on Kingsberry Homes at WELLS HEIGHTS Subdivision Watch “The Price Is Right” to find out how you can win the Kingsberry “STRATFORD.” FRIDAY - 9:30 P.M. ON WIS-TV Tune in Friday night for “The Price Is Right” and you’ll get all the details on the Sweepstakes. It’s easy to enter. You’ll need the exact price of the Kingsberry “Stratford.” Get it at the model home in Wells Heights Subdivision. But enter soon—you may win this gorgeous home! THE wVNDMERE—If you want a house that grows with your family, take a look at the Kingsberry Wyndpagrer-^B oxciting new tri-level design. An alternate unfinished lower level plan gives you the space you need, but not until you need it. Finished, the lower level provides that extra fourth bed room, ttot^Ba If bath and a 23' long recreation room. Your choice of a single or double garage. A GENERAL ELECTRIC DREAM KITCHEN CAN BE YOURS IN A KINGSBERRY HOME. MODERN, EFFICIENT, LABOR- SAVING G-E OVENS, DISH WASHERS AND DISP0SALLS MAKE HOMEMAKING PURE PLEASURE. J Aij-y VISIT WELLS HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION a **'"■ iv &*"' * .* V' > ^ Drive out today. You'll be pleased with the freshness of design, with the convenience of location to grafr^afafotf high schools and to Newberry College. All city facilities including paved streets. Congenial neighbors complete the feeling of being welcomed. Follow the map below to k^e/Zs Heights Subdivision, and inspect the homes in this beautiful development. * ji** fP*" •• or artcn, (frovid* n.tvr.1 for W WtctiOT-dinini »rt. K> houtt entry me.n* lets cleanup on nlny days ~L" theped kitchen saves steps, iiini'iinniiiiiifr' GUes sHdtai doors r '*e .ttrac- Ion* recmet.on rean. eccom. |ll T ‘l| "Sonus'’ space m **'.*« garden tools, workbench. ton* sofa Planned design features 3 distinct living levels with a minimum Of steps between MTOCN-OMMOl *r-«r§ m- Ample storage rtoset for v^pee out to "bump" furniture, saves Sliding closet dooft do not open convenient emt to outdoor*. drsn't oart'O* and informal space Available with single I (shown) or double garage. Easy Opersting overhead garage door Double windows provide nehral lighting of living room. m w I 17' long porch shelters front entry, enhances house design FLOOR FLAM (MTCRNCOMTt Large guest coat closet next entry. Bedrooms are *1 „„ bedrooms have decorative louvered sliding doors to venti late closets and provide com- access to space. s Specious linen closet located next to mein bath. =e BEDROOM 4 af-e'sn'-." _ BATH rj-.e-,-. Ha If-bath Is handy to recreation voa, fourth bedroom and o«X- door play area Central furnace p.widcs i economical heat in*. Windows ventilate and ligh entire lower level. Fourth bedroom mekes ideal study, nursery or hobby mop. set apart or* separate level for maximum privacy and quiet. Main bath easily serves a* bedroom* BUILDERS Incoiporated NEWBERRY OFFICE 1216 College Street Mrs. Louise Ambers, Sales Mgr. Tel. 276-5779 v, • kingsberry fa COLUMBIA OFFICE NATIONAL BUILDERS, Inc. 1316 Washington St. Tel. AL 2-9945