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- A PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 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 What shall I discuss? I think I do not exaggerate in saying that a half-dozen topics of interest might be presented, but I have the problem of most writers and speakers: what should I avoid, at learft for a time? IVe discussed Mr. Kennedy so often that I hesitate to discuss the sale of wheat to Russia. So let that pass, as someone said. I am under the impression that Russia is already deeply in our debt, owing us many millions. Am I in error? I think the foreign aid program not only as futile but mischievious and incalculably expensive. General Eisenhower de fends it and still sponsors it, but I dissent from his argument though I respect the General and supported him. I sharply disagree with him on his course as Presi dent in the-Little Rock episode, as well as his labored defense of the Supreme court. My respect and regard for Gen eral Eisenhower do not cover the General with any degree of infal libility. General Eisenhower was born and reared—where? Not in any of the 13 States which won our independence, formed the Union and adopted the Constitution. Moreover he has spent his life in Government service, on Govern ment pay, and has a somewhat theoretical idea of Business and Government. But he is a clean, honorable, well-meaning man. General Eisenhower reminds me somewhat of a genial friend of mine who w r as born in three or four counties, I think. He was born in Edgefield county, later carved to form Aiken, which, in turn, w r as cut to form Barnwell. So General Eisenhower, as I recall, was born, adopted, and reared in several States, not any one of which had in forming the union and adopting the Constitution. But, in pondering the course of our Supreme Court in constitutional interpretation, why should I expect a military man to hold fast to the Constitu tion ? So, as you see? I pass over the wheat deal with Russia, even though I repeat my disapproval of the Foreign Aid. Friends, we Americans are in dulgent and cheerful, as a rule: we joke about our serious prob lems. That’s our way of letting off steam, you know. So common is the spirit of levity that I am not sure, at times, of the truth of what our friends say. For ex ample a good man, sound fellow, said to me in Columbia: Did you know that a small foreign ruler who draws 17 million dollars from us in so-called foreign aid is here now, with 25 wives, enjoying Am erican hospitality? Well, now I can‘’t vouch for the accuracy of that statement though the man who said that is a sober-minded Baptist deacon, respected and wor thy of all trust and confidence. Now we have our State Tax Commission, once like Ceasar’s wife and regarded as a model. The Committee of the House of Rep resentatives has brought out some matters that do not add to our appreciation of the Tax Commiss ion. I know some fine men who serve under the Commission and because of them I will let the re sults of the investigation speak for themselves. Just casually I may say that w'hen liquor or other property is seized and held offi cially there should be some ac counting; that seized stuff is not for distribution among friends. It seems that there is no regulation governing seized liquors., whether by Tax Commission or any other official or officials. I may say that this liquor mat ter is not of the highest import ance; I have heard of other mat ters I should regard as of greater importance, but the other matters Fve heard of have not been pre sented to the Legislative Commiss ion so far as I’ve heard. I assume that the House Comm ittee will invite the public to tes tify if the people alleged to be aggrieved wish to testify. SENATOR STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE Where Are We Headed? ONE OF THE moat frequent questions posed to me in the mail and at speaking engage ments is “Just where are we headed today in America?" IN 1948, I warned that we were being prepared for a social ist dictatorship. Since that time we have witnessed the steady advance of socialism with addi tional federal programs and in creased growth of a vast fed eral bureaucracy, sugar-coated with services for the people at the expense of more tax dollars and a continual erosion of per sonal liberty. WHILE I WAS speaking for States’ Rights and liberty, an other individual was frankly in forming a small group of in tellectual “liberals" in a 1947 article in “Partisan Review" where they should lead America. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., now a presidential adviser and speech writer, put it this way: “Has ndn-commgnist, libertarian so cialism a future? . . . One must answer that there is no inher ent reason why democratic so cialism should not be possible T~. « There seems no inherent obstacle to the gradual advance of socialism in the United States through a series of New Deals . . . Socialism by such means used to seem fantastic to the hard-eyed melodramatists of the Leninist persuasion; but even Stalin is reported to have told Harold Laski recently that it might be possible." HE THEN quoted a British socialist as advising that in order to put socialism across it is necessary to “change any thing except the appearance of things." In describing his demo cratic socialism, Schlesinger went on to say: “Official liber alism was the product of the en- lightment, cross-fertilized with such things as unitarianism, science, bourgeois complacency, and a belief in progress. It dis pensed with the absurd Chris tian myths of sin and damna tion and believed that what shortcomings man might have were to be redeemed, not by Jesus on the cross, but by the benevolent unfolding of history. Tolerence, free inquiry, and technology, operating in the framework of human perfecti bility, would in the end create a heaven on earth, a goal ac counted much more sensible and wholesome than a heaven in heaven." MR. SCHLESINGER stated further: < *The official liberal runs interference for the Com munist with a system of in tellectual evasion and subter fuge that results directly from superficial and optimistic creed with a bitter century." THIS THEN IS democratic socialism, a plan to have the government do for you, and in turn tell you what to do. It is subtle and deceptive because of the abhorrence of the American public for the term “socialism." Rather than attaining socialism through ownership of all means of production and distribution by the government, this concept achieves socialism through reg ulation, control, propaganda and taxation, while leaving the out ward vestiges of ownership in private hands. Unfortunately, this system is equally as effec tive for the destruction of our free enterprise system and lib erty as is outright ownership of property accomplished by na tionalization, and therefore, it is equally socialistic. THIS DOMESTIC POLICY has a direct bearing on the for mulation of our no-win foreign policy of accommodation with the communists. Our foreign pol icy is based on three premises, two of which are patently false. First, is the premise that we are evolving toward the left, to so cialism. There is no question about this. The other two prem ises hold that the communists are evolving in out direction and we can trust them in malting deals with them. I WARNED IN the military muzzling hearings in 1961 and 1962 that our foreign policy was based on the idea of accommo dating rather than besting the communists in the cold war. This seemed incredible to many, but the test ban treaty, the wheat and corn sales, and moves toward disarmament, all give clear evidence as to how far we have ventured into the imple mentation of the noliey of ac commodation. WHAT ARE we risking by the domestic policy of demo cratic or gradual socialism and our no-win foreign policy of ac commodation? We are risking our liberties to the whims of possible domestic dictators and the desires — indeed avowed aims — of the godless commu nist totalitarians to “dethrone God and destroy capitalism." IS THE RISK worthwhile ? My answer is an emphatic NO. Even if our policy planners are correct that the communists are mellowing and can be trusted (both of which they refuse to admit publicly) I am not willing to live under democratic sockd- ism or its more militant coun terpart, communism. In other words, I would rather be dead than red — or even parlor pink. Sincerely, a desperate attempt to square a A foremost citizen of our State recently mentioned a matter that may bring about serious consider ation. As you know,, our churches, colleges and similar institutions do not pay taxes. Of course if a church owns a filling station it would expect to pay taxes. But it is said that if the churches are en gaged in politics and socialogy they may provoke the opposition to advocate the taxing of churches and that might also apply to soc iology in colleges. There are so many half-baked professors of sociology that there ought to be some responsible au thority to check wild theorists. I know all the dangers inherent in that sort of supervision; probably the best plan is to ascertain all the relevant facts before the pro fessor is employed. We might remember that a string of academic degrees does not guarantee sound teaching; many a learned man (academical ly) is profoundly ignorant of the fundamentals of economic develop ment. Let’s get our eyes off the moon and more alert for the high way signs of life. Would it surprise you to read an editorial in The Wail Street Journal, about inequality? I quote it in part: “Anyone who’s ever raised two or more children knows that peo ple are different. Save, perhaps, for twins, no two children, for all the sameness of their environment, are alike in personality, intellig ence, interests, aptitudes or nat ural skills. This commonplace observation is even more apparent to teachers whose classrooms are filled with children from many families. Some pupils are inherently more intel ligent in the ‘bookish’ sense; some more skilled in manual dexterity. Some bom with a natural love for music; others with a tin ear. And anyone who has ever travelled beyond the borders of his native country knows that races, too, differ from one another. In some cases the differences are slight, due mainly to custom or tradition. In other cases they are marked; there are tribes in remote places with few members able to follow thought processes which are simple to the average Euro pean or American first-grader. Nonetheless, Prof. J. B. S. Hal dane, the distinguished British philosopher-scientist, startled the International Congress of Gene tics in Geneva—and made news paper headlines—-when he said right out loud what everybody knows. Professor Haldane said that greater attention needs to be paid to human genetic diversity, and that there is no evidence that eith er individuals or races are equal in their natural endowment. More over, he said some of these in equalities are genetic, or inborn. That is, there are limits to what can be done to equalize man’s abil ities by equalizing their environ mental opportunities, as by educa tion, for example. What makes this heresy is that it runs counter to so many of the official social, political and philo sophical attitudes of the day, ex pressed in everything from our foreign aid program to elemen tary education. There the premise is that all men are created equal not only in their rights as human beings but also in their endow ments; the differences are mainly due to environment. As Professor Haldane put it, ‘Any satisfactory political and eco nomic system must be based on the recognition of human inequal ity'. Perhaps the world would be better by denying what is true.” States passed recently, but we noted little fanfare for the occa sion. It isn't too late, however, to call attention to the passing, and make a suggestion: Why not take a few minutes out and read the Constitution? If you haVen’t read it since school days, you may be amazed what you find. Many people are, because of a general misconcep tion of what the Constitution real ly is. It lists the specific duties, res ponsibilities and powers that have been delegated to government. And i these powers have little in com mon with what today’s politicians solemnly proclaim as their duties. For example: In Article 1, Section 8, you'll find a list of specific areas in which Congress has the power to , legislate. But you’ll find no auth- | ority for Congress giving ‘foreign aid’ money to foreign dictators. Neither will you find authority for government in business or for farm subsidies, lending and insur ance programs, or any of the other ‘welfare state’ items that consume $40 billion yearly. Specific powers are granted for the operation of our national de fense; but not included are such far-fetched ideas as college edu cation subsidies for defense pur poses. The biggest surprise may be that nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the government can do whatever it thinks is for the ‘general welfare’. Those two words are only used in a para graph on taxation, and in the Pre amble (which gives reasons why the Constitution was written). Another surprise is that Con gress is not given the right to regulate ‘interstate commerce’— | but instead ‘to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among | the several states.’ Obviously, this is pretty far removed from setting minimum wages, etc for companies whose products cross state lines. You’ll also find a provision for amending the Constitution—so that if times change, new powers can be granted. This means there is no need for the Supreme Court to bring old rulings and amend ments ‘up to date.’ The Constitution also includes two amendments that clarify the question of ‘limited powers’. They make it certain that any powers or Hghts not mentioned belong to t 1 people and not to the govern- uent. The ninth amendment says: The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be con strued to deny or disparge others retained by the people. The tenth amendment adds: ‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respec tively, or to the people.’ What could be plainer? Yes, there are a great many surprises in the Con stitution. But they are surprises only because we have ignored the document for so long and because we have allowed politicians to in terpret it for us, to their advan tage.” Dean Manion The Clinton Chronicle, as I re call, had a few timely observations on Constitution day. “Constitution day for the United ATTENDS MEET IN COLUMBIA W. A. Mason was among senior officials of the Soil Conservation Service in South Carolina attend ing a three-day series of meetings in Columbia to plan the direction of major effort in 1964 for the SCS. NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held for the City of Newberry, November 12, 1953, for the purpose of elect ing the following officers to serve the City of Newberry for the next two years, respectively: Mayor, Alderman Ward 1, Alderman Ward 2, Alderman Ward 3, Aider- man Ward 4, Alderman Ward 5, and Alderman Ward 6. A county registration certificate is a requirement for voting. The polls will open at 8:00 a.m. and remain open until 6:00 p.m. Voting is city-wide for all offi ces. Ward 1—Marion Baxter, Miss Sudie Dennis and Ed Hazel. Old Police headquarters. Ward 2—E. Coke Dickert, Mrs. Seth Meek and Mrs. Butler Holmes. Voting at Smith Motor Co. Ward 3, No. 1—Vernon Wheel er, Mrs. Cyril Hutchinson and Mrs. Tom Summer. Voting at Boundary Street school. Ward 3, No. 2—Edd Rollins, Clyde Arthur and Hammet Mar tin. Voting at Mollohon park. Ward 4 No. 1—Tom Wicker, Mrs. Ethel Fellers and Mrs. M. K. Wicker. Voting at Old courthouse. Ward 4, No. 2—Mrs. Arthur Wicker, Mrs. Gladys Schumpert, and Mrs. H. Y. Hamm. Voting at Union Hall, Drayton street. Ward 5—Mrs. Fred Jones, Mrs. Lillie J. Goree and Jim Taylor. Voting at Scout cabin, Crosson St. Ward 6—Mrs. E. L. Hart, Mrs. Gordon Clarkson and Mrs. John Walker Schumpert. Voting at the Ford Motor company. Pete Parrott, Manager. Oct.31-Nov.7 THE : MANION FORUM Foreign Aid has long been des cribed as an indispensable weapon in the Cold war. The fact is that the program has been a dismal failure. It has not achieved its goals, and the sacred cow of for eign aid is no longer sacred in the estimation of the average voter. In Argentina, for instance, after $640,000,000 in aid, the country suffers from inflationary chaos and in under direct military domi nation. Brazil, almost two billion dollars later, is on the brink of Com munism. And Cuba, after 52 mil lion dollars in aid, is a Red sate- lite which has stolen over a bil lion dollars of U. S. property. In Indonesia, after 670 million dollars, the country is under an armed pro-Communist dictatorship and her economy is completely wrecked. In India, almost four billion dol lars of U. S. taxpayer’s money has gone into aid, and India stands with Russia and against us on nearly every issue. In Yugoslavia, 2 1-2 billion dol lars in aid has served only to push this country deeper into the Sov iet orbit. The trouble is that the foreign aid program has so many irrespon sible, uncontrolled programs that actually the money is not going to those who need it. Too many times the money is going to meet the personal desires of the political leaders of the recipient countries or in carrying out the unsound schemes of our own people. For instances, the highway in Vietnam, in which the cost went up from the original estimate of 18 million dollars to more than 129 million dollars before it was finished. In Saudi, Arabia, one of the richest countries in the world, we have given some 72 million dol lars in aid during the past few years. Right now, the King of Ar abia is in Vienna with his 90 wives on vacation and it’s costing him $24,000 a day to enjoy the luxury there. Another fact of the foreign aid lending program that is seldom mentioned, is that the money we lend to the foreign government is interest free for the first ten years. At the end of 10 years and during the next 40 years, we have been charging 3-4 of one per cent on money they borrow from the Federal government. Another little mentioned inci dent that might be multiplied is the recent case of a small country that got five million of our money for a project that wasn’t quite ready to go. They took the five million out of our treasury and put it in a New York bank that paid 3 1-2 per cent on savings de posits. For over a year, this country drew $175,000 a year in interests. In Kenya, some of the foreign aid money we have sent them was used to buy some extra wives for government officials. In Lebanon, a stock breeding farm was built with aid money and they built nine stalls for each bull they had. Today, we are furnishing aid to 104 of the 112 countries in the world. We are giving money to every dictatorship on earth, to most of the Socialist countries and to many Communist countries. Many of the so-called “neutral nations” are not actually neutral. There is no sense, reason or logic in the United States giving away the fruits of our labors, gained un der free enterprise, to nations who are neutrally Communist and who show nothing but contempt, ridi cule and disrespect for our assist ance to them. It is time we stopped worrying about how popular we are in the world and start being concerned about how right we are. The moral fibre of a nation is measured by its willingness to stand for what it believes is right. We should be giving the nations of the world leadership they can honor, respect and fight for, if necessary. We must initiate some tough-fisted management over our foreign aid program, and we must use com mon sense in its administration. We have now almost seven billion dollars appropriated for foreign aid that has not been obligated or spent. We could carry out all our commitments and continue what we have been doing for three years without another dollar being ap propriated for foreign aid. If we spent the next 3 years gradually getting out of the for eign mess, without another penny appropriated for it, we would complete the commitments we have made, and the money we would save would help cut our own treas ury deficit. NOTICE FOR BIDS Office of Newberry County Board of Commissioners, New berry, South Carolina, will receive sealed bids by 10:00 o’clock A. M., October 29, 1963, for the follow ing: Two (2) new automobiles to be used by the County Sheriff’s Department. Cars to be traded for two cars now owned by the County. Specifications may be se emed at the Supervisor’s office. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 26-2tc. HARVEST CARNIVAL AT SILVERSTREET The Eighth grade of the Silver- street Elementary school will sponsor a Harvest Carnival Fri day night, November 8, in the Sil- verstreet gymnasium building. Some of the activities ■will be bin- go, fish-pond, exhibit room, calf raffle, door prizes, cake walk, etc. Hot dogs, hamburgers, cakes, pies, soft drinks, and other drinks and eats wdll be served in the school cafeteria. The cafeteria will be open at 6:30 while the Harvest Carnival will begin at 7:30. Come out and enjoy a refreshing evening of fun and fellowship. You will be helping, at the same time, the 8th grade with several worth while projects. 3tc. NO TRESPASSING SIGNS. Big ll”xl4” size. The Sun Office. Ph. 276-5800. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of J. L. Koon, Sr. in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. 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