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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
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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.
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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. C., on Saturday the
23rd day of November, 1963, at
10 o’clock in the forenoon, and
will immediately thereafter ask
for my discharge as Executrix of
said estate.
Mrs. Betty Agnes Koon,
Executrix.
Oct. 23, 1963 27-4tc
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