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PAGE FOUR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, SoutU Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. Looking A bead \ ...by Dr. G«org« S. Btnion ^ PRESIDENT—NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM $Mrcy, ArkanMS $100 BILLION CAMPAIGN FUND A n incumbent president who has $100 billions to spend, the U. S. News and World Report dryly observed prior to the election, has a lot going for him. A vote against such a president, it says, would be like taking a shot at San ta Claus. Santa actually never had that amount of inflated cash to dispense, but the jolly old soul should run for U. S. president if he really believes in giving something to every one. Not even the taxpayer who foots the bill is overlooked, for after all he got his tax cut. The easy rationale of all this is that money talks, and it is hard to beat that kind of sell in the vote-getting business. Have we taken our wealth so much for granted that we have become callous about the wide public misuse of it? We en joy a roaring prosperity, but has it made us unthinking ma terialists so engrossed in living it up that we care nothing of protecting the future for our children? No Observable Limits Are we so indiscriminate with our wealth that we rush about trying to eradicate poverty both abroad and at home, overlooking the ruinous, effects of dependency on govern ment that people develop? Senator Strom Thurmond has re marked that what the Administration ought to do is see what can be done for its own “government poverty.’ Instead, it cuts taxes by $11.5 billion, increases spending by $5 bil lion over last year, and continues to pay $11.1 billion in int erest on the $313 billion national debt, all of which we owe to ourselves. It would help, therefore, to have a national leadership in the White House whose ideas are not limited to turning off the lights in the executive mansion. Although the Admini stration’s chief economist, Walter Heller, describes present economic policy as one of moderation, the facts indicate that it is “extremist” in the extreme. In an orgy of spending, the government urges new programs as if to see what dizzy heights the economy can reach. Even when the national pump needs no priming, the federal government continues to plan annual deficits one after another. Spending, A Way of Life It requires many hundreds of pages just to list the agen cies and programs that are embarked on elaborate plane to put borrowed dollars into circulation. Once the voter ue- comes either a recipient of federal money or dependent for a pay check on others who are getting government funds, a very strong case is established for maintaining the status quo. Lopping off federal agencies is almost impossible once they are established. What the anti-poverty program will be called when everyone becomes wealthy has not been reveal ed. But you can count on one school of politics to favor its continuance. That is the school which believes in encouraging the theory that government can keep on passing out the bene fits in order to perpetuate the ruling clique. The formula for power, the New Deal found out in the 1930’s, is to spend and elect in ever increasing cycles. The immorality of this is obvious to anyone not blinded by the myth of inexhaustible federal resources. Whether we can keep our republic of the people and their willingness to put an end to perpetual de ficit spending. Super Pork-barrel Perhaps th emost rampant project at present is the Area Redevelopment Administration, which is by no means limited to depressed areas and easily classifies as super pork-barrel. The agency has been pouring out money indiscriminately, mostly providing unfair competition for existing business rather than new jobs and new businesses. If ARA serves to prove the weakness of socialism, it will have accomplished something. As long as we allow the government to borrow billions from the people, and then give it away in some form of boondoggle, as long as we expect fiscal emergencies to be out-talked by a White House magician, just that long shall we face eventual loss of confidence and the possibility of bankruptcy. The gravity of this continuous crisis was sug gested by Senator Harry Byrd, the leading exponent of fis cal sanity in Congress, when he estimated that it would take 600,000 years to pay off our national debt even if we should start paying $1 per minute! New deep tone colors add ex citing possibilities to the highly- popular method of antiquing furniture with paint. They are ap plied by the uncomplicated 1-2-3 paint, glaze, wipe method. Each of the deep tones, as well as soft tints, comes in a complete kit of antiquing materials. Provincial Color Glaze antiquing works on old furniture as well as unfinished pieces. No removal of varnish, stain or paint is neces- sary. Furniture is painted with a special paint undercoat, then a coat of Provincial Color Glaze is brushed on. In the third step, the glaze is wiped to create the shaded, grainy look of a painted antique. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA • ••••• Hr * X Dean Manion • : the USa i : MANION j : FORUM j •••••••••••••••••••• During the recent political campaign we heard the term “Fabian Socialists” used occasionally. Who are the Fabians referred to in these political speeches and writings ? The Fabians in England were Socialists who were organiz ed to spread the Socialistic doctrines throughout the world. As early as 1905, the American equivalent of the British Fa bian Socialist Society was organized In New York City, and was called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. The objective of this group was to educate a generation to a commitment to Socialism. They recognized the fact that every generation is a new people and that college students represent the best of the new generation. The first chapter of the new organization was established at Harvard University by Walter Lippmann when he was a student there. While the first objective of the group was to mold the thinking of college students, they soon moved into the fields of journalism, radio and television. In 1921, the organization changed its name to the League for Industrial Democracy. Although the average American has probably never heard of this organization, it is interest ing to note that some years back, in a study of the most in fluential organizations in the country in terms of influence upon government or governmental policies, 106 organizations were listed among them was the League for Industrial De mocracy. The Fabians here and in Europe have been more effec tive than have the Communists in converting people to their philosophy. They have been more interested in instilling their philosophy in the coming generation than they have been in converting people to Socialism. They are more adapt able than Communists and they have consistently worked through the parliamentary process rather than employing the rhetoric of revolution. They have worked from within to permeate or infiltrate other organizations and then to give shape and direction to these organizations by subtle and modest means. We do not inherit the instinct for collectivism or statism, and we do not inherit the instinct for freedom. We must educate the coming generations in freedom just as the Fa bians have educated a generation in Socialism. Just as the advocates of Socialism have infiltrated both major political parties, the advocates of freedom should be come more vocal and more militant In their programs of edu cation so that the young people of today will have at least the same amount of information on constitutional govern ment and the principles upon which this country was found ed as they have about Socialism and Communism. The danger apparent in the American version of the Brit ish Fabians is that the views advocated by these men are in herently contradictory to the views of most Americans, and their views are being taught to the generation that will gov ern this country in a very few years, by professors in some of our leading colleges and universities. Men whose financial j success is due to our free enterprise system in this nation, are paying high costs of education to have their children taught that the American system is all wrong and that So cialism is the system under which our government should be operated. BDIDEN BPPHTII1TY In the “gold rush days" a prospector might go from rags to riches overnight. This just doesn’t happen in these modern times. Very few of us are likely to strike it rich in our own back yard. Our best bet • for future prosperity lies in our abil ities as wage earners and our talents for effectively managing income to provide the things we need and want. We happen to think the best prospects for satisfac tion, whether one sells, swaps or trades, are in store for those who do business in their own “back yard”—here in the local community. If you haven't done so In the past, shop local stores first, whenever you have need. You'll be glad you did. Trade at Heme THE HANDY FAMILY BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM PAP MADE A CROQUET-RAIL • LETTER HOLDER • B>A5E IS MADE FROM I* STOCK. JISSAWEP INTO CIRCLE. CARVE CON CAVE AREAS AS IN DIAGRAM , TO HOLP 3" CROQUET BALLS BEWARE THE ADVICE YOU GET FROM OTHER RETIRED PEOPLE uryETIRED PEOPLE should -LL not go to other retired peo ple for their advice,” says Mr. Hugh W. Bromley, a newly re tired retail man who tried it. “They shouldn’t even place too much faith in what other retired people voluntarily tell them. It’s frequently the most unreliable in formation you can get . . .” “About a year before I got my pension I started talking to re tired friends, trying to get a line on what to expect,” he says. “I don’t think one of them told me the truth. If the friend was living in a certain area of Florida, I was assured it was the perfect place to retire to and that I should move in. The same from two friends in California. The same from one friend here in Missouri . . . .” Mr. Bromley believes people who move to new towns when they retire have to protest that the towns are perfect. “They’re stuck with them, for one thing,” he explains, “because they usu ally can’t afford to move back. But more importantly they’ve got to save face they can’t let people think they made a mistake;” He would ask these friends how they were getting by on their pensions. He knew roughly what some of them were getting and thought he could use their an swers to size up his own prospects. Always the friends said they were getting by fine. How did they find relationships with the chil dren after they retired? Always fine. How did they fill up the long hours of the day? Oh, that was no problem . . . there was al ways more to do than they had time for. “These friends weren’t misrep resenting things because of any evil intent,” Mr. Bromley insists. “They were just saving face. Somehow people think they have to when they are retired. Some of my friends actually were do ing fine on their money, and with the towns where they moved. But the point is that whether they were or not they would always say they were. You just can’t be lieve them ... I know.” With that off his chest, Mr. Bromley wanted to talk about his “Bromley Wardrobe” for retired men. It consists of three parts: work clothes; 100-hours-a-year clothes; and living clothes. The work clothes are two pairs of denim slacks, two heavy no iron shirts, and two pairs of darned socks. He keeps them on a nail by the washer in the base ment, and every Monday throws one set in the washer. “My 100-hours-a-year clothes are my two business suits, white shirts and ties. And 100 hours a year is all they’re needed in the average retired man’s life . . . for church, parties, and every thing. This means 50 hours per year per suit, and they’ll last me 10 years if my wife can make some minor style changes from time to time.” Mr. Bromley’s living clothes are his most important. They in clude three pairs of slacks — one light, one dark, one medium; three pairs of shorts in the same colors; six sports shirts — three with buttons and three slipovers, all in solid colors ranging from white to black. “This gives you enough variety not to become monotonous,” he says. Jimm GOLDEN TEARS 3«-pa*e booklet now ready. Send 504 in coin (no ataaipa). to Dept. CSPS, Box 1C72, Grand Central Station. New Terk N. Y. v WIFE PENS. A LOVE LETTER TO HER RETIRED HUSBAND The Hon. Retired Man Living Room Chair At Home, U.S.A. Dearly Beloved: You may regard this as a re tirement love letter from your wife. And I’d like to wad it up and throw it at you! It might knock you out of that soft chair you’ve been sitting in these eight months ... or at least get you off the rear, left-hand corner of the cushion. Why don’t you sit on the rear right-hand comer for a while? Maybe it’d get the cushion back in shape. Of course you could sit in the middle of the chair, like people do. But I guess I’d have to put the TV set smack in front of you to get that. But the chair is not the reason for this letter. A good man is worth a lop-sided chair, and you’re a good man. I am writing instead to ask you if you will please let me make one little decision again sometime . . . like when I can go to the bathroom, or get a drink of water. In the eight months you’ve been home I haven’t been allowed to make any decisions on household matters that I made all the deci sions on for nearly 40 years. How come? I made a lot of them better than you are doing. You had to go out and berate the garbage men because they left a mess on the ground. They’ve been doing that for the 12 years they’ve been on the job,, and I’ve cleaned up the mess. But those two men have fixed my vacuum cleaner, investigated strange noises in the basement for me, gotten the cat out of a tree, moved my flower pots for me— they’ve almost been family re tainers. And did you know that you took me last week to the home of a woman I haven’t spoken to in four years, because I despise her? But the phone rings, you answer it, her husband asks us over, and you say “Sure!” Big Shot again. And I didn’t let Mary go be cause we couldn’t afford her on your pension. Mary has been my maid and confidante for nine years. But you find a cobweb, and one day she doesn’t show up, and you decide somebody had better take command of this shiftless employee. You did, all right. And ruined the whole relationship. A lot of pretty good people think the Devil has come home to live with me. Including the girl at the check-out counter at the su- permart. She doesn’t overcharge. She hasn’t cheated me in four years. Why did you have to accuse her? I know, Beloved, that you don’t mean to be this way. But the trouble is YOU ARE! You keep insisting that I sit down with you after breakfast to watch TV and read the papers. I can, but this is the time I always pick up your clothes and replenish bathroom supplies. I’ll be glad to sit down with you. But next time I hope you won’t yell like a mani ac when you’re in the bathroom and find the paper gone. I understand a man needs some thing to boss when he no longer has an office to boss . . . and if he’s been an important man then everybody else is an idiot. But I’m getting tired. Until you can get this juvenile complex out of your system will you please start going down to the zoo every morning and telling the animals what to do? Devotedly, Your wife JVew GOLDEN YEARS 36-pasre booklet now ready. Send 50f in coin (no stamps), to Dept. CSPS. Box 1672, Grand Central Station, New York 17, N. Y. MULTUM DATER. Solidly built die-plate dater. One operation and your papers are marked with all essential information. THE NEWBERRY SUN 1 CROSSWORD PUZZLE LAST WEEKS >?SWER 13. Com munists 15- Slight taste 19. God dess of dawn 20. Dregs 22. Rrief re mark 26. 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