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m i THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1965 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION B—PAGE FTV* ! THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN The case of Representative Albert Watson is a very in teresting one. Mr. Watson was a candidate for Congress in the Democratic primary and was nominated by the Demo crats but in the presidential campaign Mr. Watson supported the Republican candidate. Much ado has been made over this. Some years ago Adam Clayton Powell of New York, a Democrat, supported President Eisewhower and he was never disciplined for that. On the contrary, he became, and is, Chairman of House Committee on Education. The case of Mr. Watson appears to be about the same as Adam Clay ton Powell, but the Democrats in the House have disciplined Mr. Watson by denying him those rights of seniority which should run with his number of years of service. There is an interesting phase of this case of Mr. Watson. His district voted heavily for the Republican candidate for presidency. Mr. Watson, as a candidate was seeking election as a representative in Congress, a national office. He used the machinery of the Democratic party of South Carolina more or less for convenience, but the question that occurs to me is this: as a matter of principle is a Congressman pri marily obligated to the Democratic party of his State or to the electors generally? Since the overwhelming vote of the people of Mr. Watson’s district was for the Republican candidate, Goldwater, is Mr. Watson more obligated to go along with his people or the Democratic machinery of the State? I am making the observation only because it is a very interesting case. Mr. Watson supported the presidential candidate who won the majority vote in Mr. Watson’s dis trict. Which, then, was the higher obligation on Mr. Wat son—to run with the Democratic machinery or to support the choice of the people of his district and of his state ? Just as a casual observation, the question arises whether his first obligation was to the Democratic party or to the people of his district. of a billion, and beside him the Kennedys with four hundred million appear to be people of very modest means. But I’ve just run across something that makes even the Rockefeller billion like small potatoes. The Ford Foundation, built on the genius of Henry Ford, had assets last year of nearly 3 billion dollars. I give a short statement of that great foun dation. At one time Henry Ford was in trouble with the banks and some of them put the squeeze on Henry. But the squeeze didn’t work for Ford called all his dealers together and sold enough cars to get in the clear. Today,- quite apart from the Ford factory, the Ford foundation is a big stockholder in some of the biggest banks in New York as well as in other cities. I’ve just read of the holdings of Ford in the American Express company, The Bank of America, First National Bank of Chicago, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and a score of other concerns. So Henry Ford, the machinist, who seemed to be without ambition or prospects when he was thirty five years old, has left the greatest fortune credited to any American. “All buildings, old and new, generally have their upper floor windows cleaned monthly, their ground floor windows weekly and doors and entrances daily. But the new style buildings have about threee times as much glass surface to be cleaned per story as the older ones. In addition, the alum inum sections of their exteriors need to be cleaned far more often than masonry facades. Otherwise, says the head of a window washing company, they ‘look terrible, all dirty and pitted’. On many big new buildings the window cleaner’s job is never done. It takes eight men a month to clean the seven acres of glass on the 60-story Chase Manhattan bank, a crystal pillar amidst the granite canyons of Wall Street. By the end of the month, when the last grime has been wiped from the last of the 8,800windows, it’s time to start again. The window cleaning bill for such a building runs about $6000 a month. SENATOR 1 STROA# HURMOND Reports PEOPLE Everyone who reads the newspapers has read of the great plans of the power companies for greater development of our State. A mammoth project of seven hundred million dollars for developments in the Piedmont of South Carolina are in addition to two other plans for the development of coastal and centra 1 Carolina. Not only had Duke planned great things but the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. and the Carolina Light and Power Co. are also preparing vast plans for development. Let us get in on the ground floor and enjoy prosperity with other states. U • ‘Jay Gould got plenty of money.” As a boy I heard that sung around and today we may remember Jay Gould and his fortune. As a matter of fact I had a suite in the Fine Building that Miss Helen Miller Gould gave to New York University. Since the days of Jay Gould we’ve had many men of mil lions—the Vanderbilts, the Morgans and scores of others. We have been looking upon John D. Rockefeller as the man Everybody is interested in Atomic energy. Here is what they have to say about it. “Atomic energy, uncontested villian of the last two dec ades, may be trading in its mustache and cape for a suit of shining armor, according to recent press resports. There appears to be mounting evidence th some of the long-hoped-for peacetime applications of atomic power may be nearing practicality. Nuclear-powered electric power plants ar e planned or under construction in the United States, Japan, Great Brit ain, Western Europe—even in the so-called “backward’ na tions such as India. D-salted sea water may soon become an actuality to aug ment the world’s dangerously diminishing fresh water sup ply, thanks to the high heat possible with nuclear energy. Experimental costs have already dropped from $4.00 per thousand gallons 12 years ago to about a dollar today; when the cost reaches 60c, desalinization will be economically feas ible for many critically water-hort areas. One study indi- ible a billion gallon-a-day plant could be producing water in Southern California for only about 30c per thousand gallons in another decade or so. The split-personality atom is already at peacetime work on and under the sea—as power for shipping, in weather sta tions and navigational aids; there’s even one operational atomic-powered lighthouse. And in the long-range, space-race, nuclear energy looks like the winning power, hands down. Light in weight, and readily adaptable to electric propulsion, the atom appears to be man’s most promising propellant to the outer reaches.” Are You Listening? If you travel around the United States you may find many things strike your attention. Do you know that the wash ing of windows may be a great business. Well, in New York City the Chase Bank employs eight men a month to clean, their windows. . By EARL WILSON Some time ago a man allowed himself to be hypnotized and then put to bed in the showroom window of a downtown furniture store. There he slept for an entire weekend. This was done as a publicity stunt for a mattress firm and the man never was aware of how many people there were to ob serve him in his sleep. He became the laughing stock of the entire community for some of his antics during this time of public sleeping. America could very well be compared with the “sleeping beauty” of our story. Some of the greatest minds that we have in our nation today are being hypnotized. Many of our politicians, our school administrators, and church men are being held in the hypnotic spell of thinking that it doesn’t really matter how we treat God. By their words and their actions they are leading this nation of ours into the very pit of destruction. v The Bible tells the story of a man who went by the field of the lazy and sleepy man and it was all grown over with thorns and the stone walls were broken down. When fruit is surrounded by thorns it will not be very delicious, but when the wall of protection is broken down the enemy will come in and rob the fruit from the owner. The writer of this story goes on to say that he looked upon this sight and learned a lesson. “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth; and thy want as an armed man.” Prov erbs 24:30-34. The Bible says, “Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.” Are you listening? The Right to Work ONE OF THE most funda mental freedoms guaranteed to every American is the right to work for a living without being coerced to join a labor union. This right is protected by the 1st. 5th, and 9th Amendments to the U S. Constitution Even t'-'e 14th Amendment, which w-as never legally ratified but is cited today as the basis for most lib eral expansions of the Constitu- t : on. nrovides for this protec tion. However, this is one inter pretation of the 14th Amend ment which seems to escape Cmse who desire compulsory ,,nanism EVEN THE Universal Peclar- *t ; "n of Human RigMs. adopted hv the U.N General Assembly ip recognises the right to work But again, although lib eral® recognise the IT.N declara tions the law of our land, thev fail to perceive the clear of this IT.N. document stat 5 ne that "Everyone has the rieM to work . .** SUCH IS THE hypocrisy of those union boesea who seek the easiest course to arbitrary con trol of all employeea. IN 1947, the Congress official ly recognized the right to work and the importance of Tohm- tary unionism over compulsory unionism. With the help of then- Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Sen ator Robert Taft wrote into law Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hart- ley Act. This section gave to States the decision to approve or disapprove laws guaranteeing the right to work. SINCE THAT TIME, 19 states, including South Carolina, have approved right to work laws. These States have not only pro tected the basic freedom of em ployees to elect or decline to join a union, but they nave also improved their industrial de velopment, wages, and general progress. Department of Labor reports from 1953-1963 show that jobs in right to work States increased by 23.2% as compared to 9.9% in non-right to work States; per capita personal in come increased by 43.0% in right to work States aa com pared to 34.7% in non-right to work States; and capital expend itures in right to work States increased by 38.3% as compared to 11.6% in non-right to work States. THE SAME Lyndon B. John son. who supported Section 14 (b) in 1947 but who is now Presidenl and obligated to the union bosses, is asking Congress to repeal Section 14(b). The President seeks to give the false impression that right to work laws cause labor-management difficulties an l are anti-union IN SOUTH CAROLINA we ! have had virtually no problems caused by our right to work law In fact, the law has stimu lated progress and has brought stability * FORMER GOVERNOR Ernest F Rollings of South Carolina has attributed our State's “un- ' usual success in industrial de velopment” to “our strong Right to Work Law.” Every Sout v » Carolina Governor in recer *; years has taken the same po sition. CERTAINLY every person should be permitteo to Join a union if he wishes to do so. I j would oppose any law denying anyone this right. Likewise, I would oppose any law compel ling a pei’son to join a union. Just because 35% of the Amer ican public do not belong to churches bat receive some ben efits from the work of churches, there can be no justification for forcing these people to join the church. THE FOUNDER of the American Federation of Labor, the late Samuel Gompers, gave the beet case for right to work laws in his 1925 autobiography when he stated: *1 held and hold that if a union expels • member and he is deprived of his livelihood, in theory or in fact, in so far as he and his dependents are concerned, K is capita] punishment . . . There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons unex plainable to ue does not join n union of labor. This is hie right no matter how morally wrong he may be. It is hie legal right and no one can or dare question hie exercise of that legal right.* Sincerely, WA n Congratulations to Our EGG INDUSTRY! "For a real Treat and added Appeal-use Newberry County Eggs with Every Meal” Use of Newberry County produced eggs not only provides treat and ap peal —but provides a source of income to spark the prosperity of our com munity. USE MORE NEWBERRY COUNTY EGGS! Egg production in Newberry Comity increased 700% in the 10-year period between 1954 and 1963 — due to the foresight, initiative and hard work of our Newberry County Poultry and Egg Producers and Distributors. They de serve our support! ••r; mm Collier Neel is one of producers supplying Southern Breakfast Eggs, Inc. He is shown in one of his lay ing houses gathering some of 4,500 eggs daily. COU NTY NEWBERRY V.,- JESSE FRANK HAWKINS, Senator D. P. FOLK, Representative Mi