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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1965 PAGE THREE? THAT BRUTALITY CRY “Stop police brutality!” Chanted by a teenage Negro girl picketeer, the cry may sound to some like a protest from all the mistreated and downtrodden since time be gan. To anyone who has ever been smartly tongue-lashed b> a traffic officer or made to wait in line for finger-printing, the charge of widespread police brutality may somewhat re semble the truth. Others may feel sure that any big-city riot, such as the one in the Watts area of Los Angeles, has to have real “police brutality” as the kick-off incident. True, a sobriety test was being administered to the drunk driving suspect Marquette Frye by officer Lee Minikus when the lad’s brother and mother, along with their neighbors and soon 200 others, set up a roar of reaction that lasted for five days, took 34 lives, and caused untold property damage. All this on account of police brutality? Well, it has been known to occur, but investigations of the Watts rioting so far have not shown that the area was wrecked and burned and the people brutalized because Negroes were avenging themselves on the cops. Target: Law And Order For the most part, the rash of charges against law en forcement officers appears to be an attempt to widely in timidate law and order. Some malicious persons are more interested in advancing a viewpoint than exploring truth. Not all accusers are Communists, but all the same they stoop to unfounded charges that are just noised about, printed in pamphlets, or placed on placards. How much is just noise for purposes of intimidation? Most of it, according to those who know. J. Edgar Hoover, who declares that the FBI investigates thoroughly all com plaints within its jurisdiction, recognizes the possibility of legitimate complaints. However, in the past three years ending in mid-1965, only eight court convictions involving 14 officers were recorded out of 4,755 allegations investigat ed. This would seem to indicate that a great many charges of brutality lack foundation in fact and appear to arise more for the purpose of inciting the public and intimidating offi cers than for correcting abuses. A Sober View Mr. Hoover, in a recent article prepared for U. S. News & World Report, said that charges of police brutality are not all coming from Communists and their dupes. Too many well-meaning, if ill-informed, citizens are voicing these charges, he said. Responsible complaints, he recognizes, are essential preventives of brutality. But the law-abiding citi zen ought rightly become angry, according to Mr. Hoover, when false cries of brutality are used by some groups as cover for “insidious scheming to gain something they covet but are not willing to acquire the judicious way.” The advocates of local “review boards” usually are found conspicuously among those who use the cry of “brutality” and who are wanting to get control of the police. Mr. Hoover considers these boards no solution, for they would create no more effective machinery than now exists for handling com plaints. Nor is there any place in a democratic societq, he maintains, for a “superfederal agency” that would function without objectivity and impartiality. “Who will be the winner,” he asks, “if the drive to attain civil rights, the laws and their enforcers are destroyed? This, of course, is what our Communist enemies would like to see.” A Great Disservice Mr. Hoover does remind us that international Communism follows the tactic of undermining constituted law enforce ment efforts this way, with the Communists Party, U. S. A. as well as its splinter groups and adherents sparking most of the unrest. Their press keeps busy fabricating distortions and false charges. Their agitators stir bad feeling and hate against officers so as to humiliate or pi-ovoke them in the performance of their tasks. With crime increasing six times faster than population and 57 policemen having been murdered last year in the line of duty, it seems pitifully unpatriotic and thoughtless for any citizen to indulge in unwarranted complaints. We ought to support law enforcement officers by encouraging them, not by turning in a deluge of bitter and ill-founded complaints. Police brutality, according to the F.B.I. chief, is a specter being exploited by selfish-minded, irresponsible persons who are unwilling to see the great disservice they are doing to their country. ONE WAY TO BEAT THE REDS This nation must never forget, nor let the world forget, that it is a free enterprise nation. Under God, and amid freedoms he has granted, the ambitious surge of our hard working people has given our country living standards the rest of the world envies. We are most fortunate that nobody makes us produce, under coercive 5-year plans that never seem to reach goals. One cannot affairm that a nation of slaves could could never feed itself, under the whiplash of some dictator, on a non-profit basis. But it is a matter of record that year after year Soviet Russia’s agricultural economy falls behind. Most free nations are producing; the U. S. turns out sur pluses. And yet, what America should sell mostly is freedom: all kinds of it,, basic and by-product. T|hat’s a commodity we should most export. Most representative is the freedom to produce for people’s needs, to allow the market to determine the plowing and planting, the tooling and the turnover. If the world’s free men are to survive continued assault from despotism and the teeming billions progress toward peace, there must be production of enough food for all. America can show the way. A Crisis Highlighted Impressed by startling predictions of economists that the world’s population will double in the next 25 years, the editors of the Farm Journal have alerted its readers to the crises and the opportunities ahead for American agriculture. Editor Carroll Streeter, in an article in the October issue, de scribes the situation as the most urgent question of our time: how to keep half of the world riot just from being hun gry but from the threat of actual starvation. The urgency, he insists, is OURS both as to action required now and., to designing future farm policy. Locking A bead ...by Dr. G«org« S. B«n*on RESIDENT—NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SMrcy, AtUmm THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA Says he: “These people aren’t going to starve quietly. They’re the same people Communist China has her eye on. With them on her side she boasts that she’ll ‘encircle the capitalist w r orld.’ If w’e don’t get a move on, she might. If large parts of the world are going to be hungry, as now ap pears likely, the desperate chaos that could result could make Vietnam look like a neighborhood argument.” This is plain straight talk that ought to stop every American. A Helping Hand The facts are, the article goes on to show, that the hungry half of the w T orld is one booming in population and also running out of new land to open up. Three billion people now (since the start o fthe human race) and another 3 billion by the year 2000! Asia with 56 per cent of the world’s people, but only 31 percent of the usable land. “One of these days,” writes Mr. Streeter, “we may stop planning to produce less and start thinking about raising more.” Some $2 billion, he notes, is being paid to U. S. farmers yearly to produce less. We are already working out some of our surpluses down to a level of strategic reserves. Mr. Streeter shows. With world wheat production falling behind and three-fourths of our crop going abroad (we’re leading in exports of other commodities, too) and half the world hungry, he says we haven’t a moment to lose. Yes, indeed, there are frightening elements in the prospect that places American agriculture and farm know-how in such a strategic position. But that’s the way it is, and in the dark outlook shines golden oppor tunity. A Better Kind of War The Journal then proposes a “War on Hunger that will meet the problem through American enterprise; by export as well as by lending a helping hand to any who would grow their own food. Continuing to send food for emergency aid ($21 billion worth has gone out in the past 10 years) is a necessity, but the Journal’s opinion is that building agri culture on the spot is the only real solution. While no detailed program is suggested, a tougher hand out policy is thought necessary with children’s nutrition and charitable feeding first. No diversions to military or indus trial uses would be allowed, nor would we dump to upset the other nation’s economy. But, they say, “we could use our food in the war on Communism much more effectively than we're doing. Wars aren’t gentle. Food is a mighty weapon. It’s one we have in abundance and one that the Communists lack and cannot get. Why not use it instead of meekly handing it out ? When a hungry man comes to our door we feed him, but we can let him chop a little wood first.” TRACT 10 NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION More cars are The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. ROUTE NO.: ROAD S-475 TO: Mrs. Marie B. Fant, Address Unknown, and John and Mary Roe repre senting all unknown heirs at law or devicees and all other persons claiming by, through or under Mrs. Marie B. Fant if she be dead and all other persons claiming in terest in the within named prop erty. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. That the South Carolina High way Department requires a right- of-way for a public highway through and across lands in which the above named person, firm or corporation claims title or some interest. Said lands being located in the County and State aforesaid as shown by plans of the State Highway Department for the construction of a section of Road S-475 between S. C. Route 71 and Survey Station 12x17.4 known as File No. 36.381—Project C-381. All that strip of land within 20 feet of the centerline of the survey on the left, between approximate survey stations 6x51 and 8x90 and being bound ed on the north by lands of Elmore F. Suber, on the east by other lands of Mrs. Marie •B. Fant, on the south by lands of Charles Cromer and on the west by road S-475. The above described property will be condemned and a right-of- way established by the State High way Department, and YOU WILL TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, That a public hearing will be held at 1:00 P.M. on the 9th day of December, 1965 at the Court House in the Probate Judge Hearing room, Newberry, to as certain the amount of damages in excess of benefits as a result of using said lands for the proposed highway improvement. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT By J. L. Walker, Right-of-Way Engineer By S. M. S. Columbia, S. C. Date: November 18th, 1965. Nov. 24; Dec.2 found defective Figures compiled by the South Carolina Highway Department at the end of October reveal that an increasing number of vehicles in the state are failing to meet basic mechanical requirements neces sary for safe operation on the highways. A monthly vehicle inspection report showed that of 24,298 ve hicles inspected by the highway patrol during October, 8,140 were defective. This indicates an in crease over the September figure of 254 mechanically defective ve hicles. The most common defect found by patrolmen was faulty lights, for which 5,295 vehicles were re jected. It is against South Carolina law to drive any car or vehicle if it is in such poor condition as to be dangerous to other persons or property. Therefore, all vehicles, at all times, must meet state re quirements as to conditions and equipment. Highway patrol officers inspect motor vehicles believed to be un safe, and which do not have the equipment required by law. When mechanical defects are found, they must be corrected by the owner immediately, and reported back to any patrolman within 72 hours to show that the necessary repairs have been made. WHY YOU SHOULD BUY BUSINESS FORMS i f»*ss form* aystCM. ftvy NCR fopt (N« Carbon Rtqvirad) form. Got doaa, door copios wit now iKwmg po itonoio cor* -HondU NCR Popor copios to yoor boart's content. They won't sniodgo or smear. GeanCnoss and NCR Paper are synonymous. With NCR Paper, yen will save time and effort, too. Original and copies ora picked op as a complete mrit, randy to process. Insertion, extraction and dis posal of carbons are eliminated. NCR Paper provides op to five hcindwritl— NpiMi S #f mot* semplnM? NOMtopm CALU** THE NEWBERRY SUN THE BALANCING ACT What did your children learn in school today? Quite possibly they learned nothing. Instead, they might have spent the day taking ex tensive tests issued by the Federal Office of Education. And they answered questions like these: “In your class last year, how many students were white?” “If you could have anyone you wanted for your close friends, how many would be white?” “If you could be in the school you wanted, how many of the students would you want to be white?” These are just a few of the questions asked in the “Edu cational Opportunities Survey,” which is sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and paid for by you, the taxpayer. According to the National Office of Education, “the survey is being conducted to ascertain in equality of educational opportunity among the six minority groups.” In case you didn’t know, these six groups are Ne gro, Mexican-American, American Indian, Puerto Rican, Or iental, and disadvantaged White. However, the student is asked only to tell how many of his friends, his classmates, his potential friends, and his teachers are White, not Amer ican Indian or disadvantaged White. Although the tests will be given to about five per cent of the nation’s public school students, they will by no means cover a true cross-section. The Office of Education notes that “schools with a high percentage of children from min ority groups have a higher probability of appearing in the sample.” In other words, the Office already knows how many white children were in your classroom last year. If so, why take the survey? Congressman Richard Roudebush, speaking over the Man- ion Forum on November 14, predicted that “The results will be publicized to show that racial imbalance in our Nation’s schools is appalling. This will start anew drive against ‘de facto segregation,’ so-called, which results from our tradi tional neighborhood school system.” The tests seem to be an obvious attempt to establish a direct cause—effect relationship between low achievement of pupils and the fact that their classrooms are predomin ately non-white. And, according to Professor James Coleman, director of the Federal Survey Test project. Federal legisla tion might result to “equalize” education. But what sort of legislation? Control of schools rests law fully with only local school districts. If Washington—lawfully or not—plans to force local dis tricts to “balance” their schools, then the bureaucrats are going to have a hard time explaining to parents why their children, at the behest of Uncle Sam, are being bussed from one end of town to the other. It will be even harder to solve the “balance” problem in places like Washington, St. Louis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Detroit, where non-white students outnumber whites. In Washington, it would be a case of crossing not only city but State boundaries. And when the federal government does that, local control of education will be a thing of the past. NEARLY TWO MILLION PERSONS MISSING; ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL BENEFITS Nearly 2 million persons are being sought in a huge miss ing persons hunt being conducted by the Social Security Administration. . Mis Martha F. Pressly, social security district manager in Greenwood, said these people may be eligible for hospital and medical insurance benefits provided by the Social Security Amendments of 1965. These people 65 or over are now eligible under the new broad program of health insurance known popularly as Med icare. But, they are unknown to the Social Security Admin istration because they have not taken steps to sign up un der the program. The missing persons are divided into two groups. Miss Pressly said. Over 900,000 of those over 65 who have never filed claims for benefits, usually because they are still work ing. Another 800,000 over 65 do not have enough credit for work under social security to get benefits. These missing persons or members of their families are urged to get touch with their social security office without delay to establish benefi* rights so they can receive health insurance and other benefits when the program goes into effect July 1, 1966. As an added convenience for persons who cannot call at their office during the weekday, many social security offices have been opened on special days such as Saturday or dur ing evening hours on specified days. (The Greenwood office remained open from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on October 23 and November 20th.) They will also be open Saturday, December 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the conven ience of those who are unable to come in during the week. NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY ADULTS Albee, Edward—Tiny Alice, a Play. Bois, Helma de—The Incorruptible. Brown, Claude—Manchild in the Promise Land. Catton, Bruce—The Coming Fury. Catton, Bruce, Never Call Retreat. Lofts, Norah—How Far to Bethlehem. Mydans, Shelley—Thomas. O’Connor, Flannery—Everything That Rises Must Converge, Sitwell, Dame Edith—Taken Care Of. Terraine, John The Great War, 1914-1918. Warren, Robert Penn—Who Speaks For The Negro? White, William S.—Home Place (Story of the U. S. House of Representatives. Young, Marguerite—Miss Macintosh, My Darling. YOUNG ADULT Bennett, Jack—Mister Fisherman. Foster, Genevieve—The World of Columbus And Sons. . . CHILDREN ^ ’ ** Picard, Barbara Leonie—Celtic Tales. ‘ T * • - Withers, Carl—I Saw A Rocket Walk A . n. : • ' iUi,, , i.«- a a a a a Dean Manion a a a a a -v. • '■> . ■' THE MANION FORUM ■■...'— ■i 11 i ■ IT'S NO BURDEN FOR SANTA WITH A CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECK FROM Newberry County Bank Small savings each week add up to a sizeable check by the time the Christmas Season approaches. Joining a Christmas Savings Club at Newberry County Bank is the easiest way to have the cash when it’s needed for those many Christmas gifts for friends, acquaintences and, most important, the children. And it’s a relief to know that the bills won’t be piling up after the first of the year. With a Newberry County Bank Savings Club, you decide the amount of cash you will need for Christ mas, and leave the rest to Newberry County Bank. Before Christmas you will receive a check for the amount you have saved. It’s easy to save by mail or in person. Ask one of the friendly people at the friend ly bank how to start your account. Newberry Bonk NEWBERRY, S. C. JOANNA, S. C.