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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 196? THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN r- Some days ago I met an old friend of the quill in the post office in Columbia: Harold C. Booker Jr., editor of the latest paper—The State Reporter. Har old is a newspaper man of ripe experience and deserves success in this new venture. “Dieting has taken on the pro portions of a popular indoor sport. Everyone’s doing it, or at least most of America’s estimated 50 million overweight citizens have tackled one of the quickie diets that have come and gone since the discovery of the bath- room scale. The sad part is that most of these self-imposed diets of the ‘lettuce lunch and celery supper* variety are usually worth less. Let’s face it—overweight is the result of an imbalance between food intake and energy output, a natural by-product of today’s tempting food and labor saving devices. It’s easy to put on weight but seemingly impossible to get rid of it. It’s easy, too, to fall under the spell of the currently popular miracle diet that is so full of promises and so empty when it comes to results.” It seems to be true that some moderate “eaters” accumulate fat and weight, while some heavy trenchermen seem to carry heavy meals without increase in weight. Still it must be true that if we stop eating we shall lose weight. Do we want to reduce; or like the man who said ‘“If I can’t eat what I want what the use to live”? Well now! of Cuba and then set up a gov ernment for Cuba and gave it all to the Cubans. We don’t want Cuba ourselves but we should push Russia out. Cuba is only 90 miles from us—too near for us to enjoy predatory neighbors. American policy has been to keep other nations from this side of the Atlantic (and Pacific, too) but we are meddling in Europe, Asia and Africa. We should stick to our knitting on this side and deal with Cuba vigorously and effectively. Let us remember that Cuba owes her independence to the U. S. We drove the Spaniards out What about all the hubdub a- bout Barnwell? I quote the News Courier, Charleston: “Since politics is a kind of bloodless warfare, feuds between politicians are more nearly the rule than the exception. In South Carolina’s legislature, intra-delegation battles are com mon and usually bitter. They are also unfortunate in that the best interests of the county concerned almost always are adversely af fected. Any serious clash in Barnwell’s delegation, would, however, dam age not only that county. It could split the 1964 General Assembly squarely down the middle and wreak havoc that would be felt throughout the State. Barnwell’s is no ordinary dele gation. Its senator runs the State Senate. Its representative is un challenged boss of the House >f Representatives. Between them, Senator Edgar Brown and Rep. Solomon Blatt have for 30 years managed to steer South Carolina on a sound and conservative course. Governors cameand went. Leg islators served their terms and departed. Only the Barnwell team endured, stronger, more entrench ed with the passing years. Sen. Brown has been president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of its Finance commit tee since 1942. But his upper chamber service began much ear lier, in 1929. Before that he was five years in the House and its speaker in the 1925-1926 era. As much as anyone, the senator is Mr. Democratic Party in South Carolina. His membership on the State Democratic Executive Com mittee dates all the way back to 1914 and twice he w T as its chair man. As a member of the national executive committee, his influence has been felt in top Democratic councils. Probably Sen. Brown has ach ieved every political honor he ever wanted, except a seat in the U. S. Senate. He tried for it—three times—'but always the prize elud ed him. Rep Blatt has confined his ef forts to the South Carolina scene. He came to the House in 1933, was elected its speaker pro tempore two years later and took over the gavel in 1937. A bitter dispute with then-Gov. Strom Thurmond moved Mr. Blatt not to offer for the speaker’s post in 1947. He came back to head- the House in 1951 and has never relinquished the speaker’s chair. This, in brief summary, is the record of the Barnwell delegation, which some call the ’Barnwell Ring. You can get an argument from almost anyone on the ‘ring’ des ignation. Some swear it never existed. Some say it is broken. A few think the ‘ring’ is still a powerful force in South Carolina’s government. Perhaps it’s a question of sem antics. Certainly there is not, and never was, a ‘ring’ in the Tamany Hall sense. Efforts have been made to depict the pair as a Siamese-twin Boss Tweed. This was patently absurd if not out right ludicrous. A more realistic view of the Barnwell Ring is the picture of a loosely-knit coalition of lower- state counties and interests, form ed as a counterweight to the growing political power of the in dustrial upper state and the big- city delegations. The small two-and three-man lower state delegations gravitated to the Barnwell leaders as natur ally as iron filings to a magnet. Agrarian, traditionally conserva tive, the coalition was natural and even imperative to achieve com mon political objectives. It was coincidental that this confederation found both its Sen ate and House leaders in Barnwell. But there coincidence ends. No one follows for long a wavering, ineffective leader. Neither Sen. Brown nor Rep. Blatt suffered from either defect. But a team must pull together, not waste its strength on a tug- of-war. That is why alarm spread throughout the State when trou ble arose between the Barnwell leaders at the 1963 session. It explains the anxiety as the 1964 session approaches. Under the Barnwell leaders the State has enjoyed remarkably clean, effective government. South Carolinians hope this can continue for many more years. If the peacemakers are right, it will.’ I know well and appreciate Mr. Brown and Mr. Blatt. Throughout 32 years I have enjoyed occasional association with both gentlemen in Barnwell and in Columbia. They are a great team. I have jocularly remarked that nobody “starts anything in Barnwell county with out first talking it over with Mr. Brown or Mr B.latt; and those gentlemen have been accomplish ed and effective workers for Barnwell. And their influence reaches throughout the State. I quote a clear statement on our trend toward a presidential des potism. Some time ago I remarked that in my ten years service in Peru the President, by decree, could exercise great powers. Apparently President Kennedy has been reading the wrong Con stitution, as Congsessman Alger tells us in “The State.” “Chairman Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.) ‘ruthlessly railroaded’ the administration’s compromise civil rights bill through the House Ju diciary Committee Tuesday after barring discussion or explanation, a Texas member charged yester day. Rep. John Dowdy (D., Tex.) quoted Celler as telling the com mittee he would not permit mem bers to offer amendments, make motions, or discuss the bill be cause ‘I’ve got orders to get this Cheerful 'Princess’ An Inspiration To All Courageous Farm Girl Is Folio Victim The Lynn Boyette family enjoying an evening with their daughter Marilyn, in their air-con ditioned family room. Marilyn is watching one of her favorite TV programs while her mother does needlework and her dad reads the evening newspaper. To the Kiowa Indian tribe of Oklahoma, 24-year old Marilyn Boyette of Rutherford, Tenn., will always be “Princess Pah- Mah,” which translated means •“Princess Laughing Eyes.” They gave her this name in 1955 at tribal ceremonies staged especially for her in an Oklahoma •City hospital where she was re covering after becoming seri ously ill during a vacation trip to the Southwest with her par ents, farmer Lynn Boyette, and his attrpgfciiMBife, Janie. ictim of both and spinal polio in 1948 when only nine years old. After the attack she spent nearly nine •months at Warm Springs, Ga. In 1955 Marilyn’s doctor per- mitted her to accompany her par- i an automobile trip that New Mexico, the three had on It was to take them to as a vacation 1 planned on for a long time. During this trip a combination of rarified air and fatigue caused an almost fatal setback for Mar ilyn. “It was a close race to get her to the hospital in Oklahoma City and into a respirator after she blacked out,” her mother re calls. “Another minute or two and it would have been too late.” Marilyn knew that her activi ties in the future would neces sarily be sharply curtailed, but she continued to radiate sincere cheerfulness. Hospital personnel struck by her courage, “smoke signaled” the Kiowas about this exceptional teenager. The In dians came to meet Marilyn, and decided then and there to induct this little pale face from Tennes see into their tribe as “Princess Pah-Mah,” a title no one who has ever met Marilyn will dispute. Since her return home from Marilyn Boyette and her pet mow the lawn at their he - ' which would provide err: -, tor in case of power \ '■ the garden tractor. ‘Doc” watch her mother rfosd. The generator ’ ? Marilyn’s respira- ' "... c at the rear of Oklahoma in 1955, Marilyn has spent at least 20 hours each day in the respirator the National Polio Foundation installed in her home. With the memory of that race to the Oklahoma City hospital never dimming, the Boyettes wor ried about what might happen if the operation of Marilyn’s iron lung were affected, for instance, through power interruption. “We weren’t too concerned &bout a momentary power inter ruption,” Mrs. Boyette said. “But what would happen if the inter ruption lasted beyond Marilyn’s ability to breath without the aid of the respirator? It certainly would have meant a very fast trip to a Nashville or Memphis hospital. The margin of safety would be just too close for com fort.” The solution to their problem came quite unexpectedly one day while Marilyn’s father was visit ing the Lake County Implement Co., Inc., the Allis-Chalmers dealer at Tiptonville, Tenn. “I saw some sales literature telling about the Allis-Chalmers B-l suburban tractor and its var ious attachments, including a 115 volt generator,” Lynn Boyette said. “This unit with its gener ator struck me as the practical stand-by power source for Mari lyn’s iron lung. “Cleland Johnston, the dealer’s salesman, demonstrated the trac tor and it seemed like a real handy tool to take care of a lot of chores. We use it now to cut the lawn, and to plow, cultivate, and till the 1% acre truck gar den on our Barton farm.” Boyette owns the 154-acre Bar ton farm north of Rutherford, and eight miles further north he owns another farm of 720 acres, 370 of which are 'under cultiva tion. Both farms are in cotton, soybeans, and corn. In addition, he rents a third farm of 108 acres, in soybeans and cotton. i Tne truck farm is Janie Boy ette’s project. With Lynn’s as sistance she raises corn, beans, okra, potatoes, peas, and many other vegetables which she either cans or freezes. Many of the Boyette friends also enjoy the fruits of her labor. Up to now the tractor hasn’t been called into active duty as a stand-by power unit, but it is always in readiness. As her mother points out “Mar ilyn loves a challenge and doesn’t give up until she has completed whatever she’s started out to ac complish.” Completing both ele mentary and high school, the lat ter as co-validictorian illustrates this trait, especially when one considers that most of Marilyn’s education was attained through “home bound” teaching. Marilyn has many and varied interests to keep her occupied and give her what one of her former teachers describes as “a most pleasant outlook on life.” When in her iron lung, she reads, enjoys TV, her hi-fi or radio, and visits from her many friends. She’s an avid baseball fan and jokingly explains “when I watch the game on TV through my mirror mounted to the iron lung, the batter always runs to third base rather than first. But, one soon gets used to viewing things in reverse, and so I don’t mind this one bit." Writing letters, typing, talk ing on the telephone, doing needlepoint, are what Marilyn terms “my ontside interests.” Her mother adds, “serving as ‘strawboss’ to assist Lynn and myself plan, arrange and main tain our flower beds and shrub bery is another one of her favor ite pastimes when she’s out of the respirator.” When she goes to church, Sun day school, out for dinner or to Lynn Boyette connects ex tension cord to his suburban, tractor’s generator attach ment which qan provide the power necessary to operate his daughter Marilyn’s iron long, in the event of power Interruption. visit friends, Marilyn uses a portable wheelchair which easily fits into the family car. Her own physical limitations haven’t dulled Marilyn’s concern for the problems of others. A point in case is the young man who withdrew “into a shell” after a diving accident left him com pletely helpless. After several visits with him, Marilyn was able to convince the boy that he really had a lot to live for. Now he at tends church and Sunday school, visits with old friends, enjoys meeting new ones, and in general, r appreciates his family and lj£e*‘ And Marilyn ... she continues to face, and successfullyjjneet, each new challenge wit^ra twin kle in her eyes and a/sniule that again and again prdve just how correct the Kiowa Indian tribe’s judgment and decision was when they crowned her “Princess Pah- Mah” back in ’55. bill approved by noon’. Celler did not say who gave the ‘orders’ he w r as carrying out, Dow dy said. But the 75-year old New Yorker came to the meeting direct from a White House conference with President Kennedy and At torney General Robert Kennedy. Also present at that meeting was house speaker John W. Mc Cormick, but Celler has been known not to take orders from McCormack. Dowdy said it was the first time in his 13 years in Congress that he had ever heard of a com mittee approving a bill ‘on which there had been no discussion, no hearings, no explanation, no no thing’ before the vote. The Texan, telling newsmen a- bout what went on in the execu tive session ordered by Celler for ‘consideration’ of the rights bill, said that as the committee con vened, each member was handed a Justice Department mimeograph of the compromise bill. Celler then ordered general counsel William R. Foley to read the text of the bill as drafted in the Justice department. ‘He (Foley) read it so fast that his words were all jumbled togeth er’, Dowdy said, ‘and I am quite certain that no one would have had any idea what he was saying except that we had these mimeo graphs. That one reading was the full extent of the explanation of what we had before us.’ Dowdy predicted it would take the committee staff a ‘week or ten days’ to write a report on the bill and added that Celler had promised ‘generous’ time for the minority to prepare a dissenting report. Judging by “the chairman’s at titude this morning, I guess gen erous means we will have maybe a day to prepare the minority re port,’ Dowdy said. ‘But maybe he hasn’t gotten his orders on this yet from whomever gave him his orders today.” The march toward one-man con trol of our Nation is seen not on ly in Congressmen Alger’s letter, but also in the report of Congress man Dowdy’s story of the arbi trary and drastic course of Con gressman Celler in pushing the so called Rights bill through his committee. BY MARY STONE No one vulnerable. 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Fufmer, foreman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. E L. Fulmer, Route 1, Prosperity, is serving a- board the Attack transport USS Montrose which recently complet ed two weeks amphibious exer cises. Dean Manion THE MANION FORUM Many of you who read thic col umn also listen to the Manion Forum over one of the more than 300 radio and TV stations broad casting the program each week. Now, one station after another is finding it impossible to continue this program because of new and confusing directives from the Federal Communications Commis sion. If these stations are correct in their interpretation of this new approach by the FCC, then our country is facing a dangerous blackout on the freedom of speech. Radio and TV stations operate under a special license granted by the FCC. This official permission for the exclusive use of the des ignated air channel puts certain basic responsibilities upon the licensee. Its programs must be decent and decorus. It must not give scandal, distort facts, nor permit its facilities to be used for the defamation of any person, group or institution. Within these moral and legal limitations, the station is expected to speak out for good and against evil and to provide a fair and reasonable for um at reasonable terms for the discussion of public questions. In this context today, a free radio is just as essential to the public good of our free society as a free press. From the inception of radio broadcasting in this coun try, the execution of this respon sibility has been left to the judg ment of the individual licensee, with the understanding that its conduct will be subject to review by the FCC at the end of each 3- year period. This principle of conscientious self-government was recognized by the Commission in its official report in June of 1949. This be came known as the “fairness doc trine.” It stated in part: “It should be recognized that there can be no all-embracing for mula which licenses can hope to apply to insure the fair and balanced presentation of public issues. Different issues will inevi tably require different techniques of presentation and production. The licensee will in each instance be called upon to exercise his best judgment and good sense in determining what subjects should be considered, the particular for mat of the program to be devoted to each subject, the different shades of opinion to be presented and the spokesmen for each point of view.” The broadcasting industry has operated under this formula for its station-by-station local self- government for 14 years. The al ternative to this self-government is uniform Federal control of all radio and television programing. Such complete Federal control is precisely what the July 26 Pub lic Notice of the FCC is calculated to bring about. This new interpre tation of the fairness doctrine says this: “‘When a controversial program involves a personal attack upon an individual or organization, the licensee must transmit the text of the broadcast to the person or group attacked wherever located, either prior to or at the time of the broadcast with a specific of fer of his station’s facilities for an adequate response.” There is more, but consider this for a moment: Literally interpre ted, this language means that if a speaker attacks Khrushchev and Castro, the station must get the exact language of the attack to both of these characters wherever they are located, prior to or at the time of the broadcast—with an of fer of free time for each reply. In a later notice, the FCC said the Station cannot reject an opposing viewpoint and “thus leave the public uninformed” because they cannot get anybody to pay for or sponsor their rebuttal. The July 1963 notice of the FCC goes on to say: “‘When a licensee permits the use of his facilities for the pre sentation of views regarding an issue of current importance such as racial segregation, integration or any other issue of public im portance, he MUST offer spokes men for other responsible groups within the community similar op portunities for the expression of the contrasting viewpoints of their respective groups. In par ticular, the views of the leaders of the Negro and other community groups as to the issue of racial segregation, integration or dis crimination . . . must obviously be considered and reflected.” How many free replies are con templated by the above directive? The broadcasting companies would like to know. Meanwhile, they "will be inclined to avoid all discussion of these or “any other issues of public importance.” What the FCC has done by its July 26 Public Notice is to require every broadcaster who wishes to be fair, either to expose himself to unbearable sanctions by the Commission or to cease expressing or broadcasting views on contro versial subjects. Teacher Exams Deadline for filing applications to take the National Teacher Ex amination, required of all public school teachers in the state, comes at 1 P. M. Saturday, January 25, the director of examinations has announced. All applications must be sub mitted, along with cash or postal money order for the correct a- mount in fees, by mail or in per son to 937 Main street in Colum bia. No application wall be con sidered if received after the deadline. The examinations wrill be given at test centers throughout the State on February 15. Fee for the common examination is $9 but that is refunded if the first-time applicant teaches in the South Carolina schools in 1963-64 or 19- 64-65. Fees for the optional (sub ject matter) examinations are not refundable. In formation about the examina tions or application blanks can be secured from schools, colleges throughout the State or the di rector’s office in Columbia. Centers for the examinations for whites includes Newberry. 01 *11*6 Week A *T came over to show yon my new Cockney Spaniard.’ Ojf Weekfy ‘He’s at that awkward age—old enough to be my father, but enough to want to be my husband.”