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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1964 SENATOR STRO t THURMOND Reports PEOPLE THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN Sarannah Pollution Reprieved SINCE THE passage of the Federal Water Pollution Contro Act in 1961, the Public Health Sendee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 3iaa been charged with the re- epenaibility for discovering anc abating in navigable rivers and Streams pollution which endan ger* public health or welfare. ONE OF THE primary pollu tion problems in the Southeast exiata in the lower 28 miles of the Savannah River flowing past the industrial area of Chatham County, Georgia, and the city of Savannah and into the Atlantic Oeean near Savannah Beach. Also affected are portions of the eoaaecting tidal waters of the New, Wright, and Cooper rivers fai South Carolina. ALREADY, in this area, ap proximately 11,000 acres of coastal waters have been closed : to shellfishing. These waters once supported commercial American shiul and oyster fisheries. How- over, because of pollution dis charged to the river, these in dustries no longer exist. The tidal waters of the Savannah Jtiver are also used for naviga- tion, commerce, recreational boating, sport fishing, and water contact sports such as swimming and water skiing. THE DEPARTMENT of HEW conducted a field study of this area of the Savannah during August, 1963. After long and careful analysis of the samp- Hugs from the field study, a re port on pollution of this portion of the Savannah was compiled and printed. The report is dated Jane. 1964. AMONG THE conclusions of the Public Health Service is the following: Calculations based on data from dye studies of the U. S Army Corps of Engineers Sa vannah Harbor Hydraulic Model indicate that about 99 per cent of tiie sewage associated bac terial pollution in the main channel, and from 85 to 94 per cent in the Wright River can be attributed to sewage from the tfty of Savannah. In the New River, from 57 to 86 per cent are attributed to the city of Savannah, ard 14 to 43 per cent to the unchlorinated effluent from the Savannah Beach sew age treatment plant.” THE CONCLUSION further states: ‘‘Sewage and industrial waste discharged to the Savannah River from Georgia caused pol lution of the interstate waters in Savannah River Estuary, which endangers the health or welfare of persons in South Carolina, and, therefore, is subject to abate ment under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.” THIS REPORT, scheduled for release on August 21, 1964, is still gathering dust in a Public Health Service warehouse. Its release was postponed, and no new release date has been set. There are indications that it will be released in mid-November. IN THE MEANWHILE, shell fishing and recreational use of a substantia) area of South Caro lina waters is precluded. Until mid-November, or whenever the report is released and action taken by the Public Health Serv ice based on the report, these waters will remain closed. It has not been expected that South Carolinians would protest the delay, for, after all, the report has not been released officially, and South Carolinians are not supposed to know the findings. OF COURSE, the people of Savannah and Savannah Beach are not expected to be upset, either, for a while yet, by the release of a report that would foretell action by the Federal Government causing them to spend huge sums for sewage treatment. WITHHOLDING the informa tion now is only a reprieve to pollution of the Savannah, for in November, or sometime there after, the report must be re eased and abatement proceed ings commenced. Sincerely, £lbCe*ri*^t&juLn/rMnriJl When a citizen of the quality of Thomas P. Stoney of Charles ton endorses Senator Goldwater we have the call from a real Statesman to stand out for the fundamental virtues of American patriotism and to disregard the clap-trap of cheap and insincere political posing. It is the real glory of our State that we have such men as Thomas P. Stoney. Fortunately we have quite a number of citizens who stand up for the heritage be queathed by our fathers and mo thers. When you remember that vir tually every passenger ship changes money for the passen gers; people in hotels “make change,” and there are few, very few, experts in money aboard ships and in hotels, I marvel that counterfeiting isn’t carried on more extensively. I think all U.S. money is printed here, but money for some South American nations was at one time printed in the United States. “A record $7.2 million in coun terfeit currency was seized during the fiscal year which ended June 30, Chief James J. Rowley of the Secret Service reported. The Secret Service uncovered 44 counterfeit plants and arrest ed 737 persons during the year. Of the known bogus currency, agents confiscated $11 out of ev ery $12 before it was passed. The total seized in the preced ing year was only $2.8 million but the comparison was distorted by the seizure of more than $2 mil lion in one case in California in early July 1963. However, the number of cases investigated increased from 10,- 378 to 12,166. The Secret Service attributed the increased counterfeiting ac tivity to: ‘The growth in the crime rate and the fact that the constant pressure on gambling and other illegal activities have driven crim inals from these fields into other illegal enterprises, such as coun terfeiting.’ Improved printing equipment which has enabled individuals to turn out counterfeits more easily and faster. Employees in printing shops who are using equipment after normal working hours to manufacture counterfeit money. \ In the California case, agents arrested nine persons and confis cated almost $2.2 million in coun- teifeit money. Less than $2,000 of the money printed was put into circulation. In another case, the report said, a thief stole for months from church poor boxes until he accu mulated $4,500 to set up a coun terfeiting plant. Agents seized $1.7 million in counterfeit money and 194 plates in his car. In an Ohio case, th" report said, an undercover agent acted as look out while a printer ran off some counterfeit plates. The printer had agreed to sell $250,000 in counter feit bills for $30,000. During the 12-month period the service also investigated 41,236 cases involving more than $4 mil lion in forged Government checks. There were 5,795 cases involving $730,000 in forged U.S. savings bonds. The service said there were con victions in 98 percent of the cases it brought to trial during the year. We hear so much about the campaign to promote the interests of the Colored citizens that I can’t avoid the impression that much of what is said is unfounded. All over South Carolina I have heard a hush-hush report that men in Federal positions of all kinds have issued instructions that Col ored people are to be given posi tions even if without qualifications or capability. That certainly would not be a favor to the Color ed people. No man or woman White or Colored is secure in any position unless fully qualified to hold it and perform the duties required of the position. Politicians are making much ado all the time about something or other. Our Colored farmers seem to prosper and are given full consideration, I think. As to employment and un-em ployment figures I quote some thing from The Wall Street Jour nal: “About one out of every four nonwhite boys in the labor force, and one out of every three non white girls was unemployed in the first half of 1964, the Labor Department reported. ‘The problem of finding jobs is still very serious’, the department said in a report on the employ ment situation. This was true, the department indicated, even though (Continued on next page) Today... enter the Super Rocket Age... at your Olds Dealer's . .. where the actior ’] Introducing the Rocket Action Cars! M O E8 D B=E FOR D DYNAMIC as HOLIDAY COUPE All-new from every view... Great new Olds Dynamic 88! 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We have been paying more than a third of all expenses of the U. N. where we have but one small vote—the same as Cuba, Liberia or Morocco, who pay little or nothing. Our Peace Corps has been sent in all directions all over the world. I submit that this is a pretty good record of contin uing concern by this country for the welfare of people in other countries. But in spite of all of this Am erican money, effort and self-sac rifice, there are well-organized groups of people who maintain that we are not doing enough for people of the outside world. Through their noisy efforts, ev- everybody on earth is being en couraged to assert, as a mater of right, some sort of claim upon the resources of the United States. We are told that if we do not I respond to all the calls and the claims from everybody, our “world image” will suffer. The loudest and most energetic of these groups are those agitat ing for the relaxation of our present immigration restrictions. Under present laws we admit a- bout 300,000 people into the U. S. for permanent residence each year. Bills are now pending in Congress that would increase the number of immigrants and abol ish the existing national quota system. One proposed amendment would admit immigrants on a first- come, first-served basis. Another one would set a quota for each country on the basis of the pro portion of its population to total world population. Without qualifi cation, that would mean that of the one million people this bill proposes to admit each year, more than 300,000 could come from China. Next in population is India, followed by Africa and Russia. In March 1963, President Ken nedy expressed grave apprehen sion about “the tide of manpower flooding our labor market with pools of idle men.” He called at tention to the five million unem ployed, the 14 million working only part-time, and said that two million workers were being dis placed annually by automation. At that time our Federal Govern ment was spending 4 four billion dollars a year for various form* of welfare to alleviate indigence and unemployment throughout the country. In the face of these figures, what prompts the Administration and/or the Immigration Lobby to agitate for the admission of one million unemployed immigrants to this country each year? Under the proposed new r immi gration pattern, 90 per cent of these new inhabitants will be un skilled laborers. We will support these people until they learn our language and find jobs ? Who will pay to teach them American prin ciples of government and econom ics? Where will they find hous ing? With five million Americans currently unemployed, whose job will be taken by these newcomers? The late Senator McCan*an, a co-author of the present immigra tion laws, said: “The solution of the problems of Europe and Asia will not come through a trans planting of these problems en masse to the United States. A solution remains possible only if America is maintained strong and free ... If enemies of this (im migration) legislation succeed in riddling it to pieces, or in am ending it beyond recognition, they will have contributed more to promote this Nation’s downfall than any other group since we achieved our independence as a nation.” Remind your Congress man of this statement. The job you save may be your own. A Tribute To President Tyndon Johnson • « “Our country owes a great debt of gratitude to the late President for his foresight and vision in se lecting as the man to succeed him in office, in the event of such a tragedy, one of the most experi enced and capable leaders I have ever known.” J. Strom Thurmond p. 21*112—Congred&ioncU Record December 11, l?9<f$. South Carolina DEMOCRATIC PARTY A paid political announce nent by S. C. Pawocratte Party, Yaacay A. McUad, OLDS BRINGS YOU TV AT ITS BEST! “McHALTS NAVY" AND “WENDY AND ME"-ABC-TV • CHECH LOCAL LfSlIPc FOB TMO Alt* STAFMM