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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, December 23, 1965 SEC. A—PAGE 15
GOVERNMENT
MANAGEMENT FOR U. S.
That outspoken Congress
man from Louisiana, Rep. Otto
Passman, gave his view of pro
vision for the Great Society by
the recently adjourned Cong
ress: “Never in the history of
America has it been proposed
to take away so much from so
many to do so little for so
few.” We suppose that he was
referring to the collections in
taxes that eventually will be
required to make possible such
wide scattering of federal
funds, less the political rake-
offs on the way to Washington
and back. But the same might
be said of personal freedom, for
the more government action the
less initiative and responsibility
wdll be expected from individ
uals.
Our latter day socialists are
looking about to find every ex
cuse for more government. One
of these, a professor on one of
the University of California
campuses, has written that
“20th century American society
has undergone a basic shift in
values from an individualistic,
antigovernment value pattern to
one that might be called social
ly (some would say socialistic-
ally) oriented.” Harvey Wheel
er, of the Fund for the Repub
lic, an organization that pur
ports to preserve democracy
through socialization, has pro
posed a planned economy thru
“dethronement of the market
system’” and radical changes
that would enthrone politics.
Ignoring the Failures
Wheeler and others apparent
ly assume that popular approv
al of the Johnson programs
(plus arm-twisting) has com
pletely tranquilized the Cong
ress and the whole nation into
receptivity for the complete
welfare state and expansion of
government at all levels. With
socialist failures building up an
impressive record both here and
abroad, these neo-Fabians have
the gall to keep on urging gov
ernment to take all the alterna
tives and assume all the burd
ens from the people. Yet, in
plain sight are our costly sub
sidy flops in agriculture, our
failures in urban renewal, our
government regulated chaos in
the transportation industry.
When a government takes up
all the responsibilities, then
skims off the tax required, the
edge is taken off private, vol-
untaiy effort. Very little ini
tiative may be expected.
Benevolent Despotism
Nobody questions that Amer
ican socialism will take a bene
volent route, but the resultant
regimentation nonetheless
closely resembles despotism.
Some liberals were anxious to
make repeal of the right-to-
work laws benevolent, but none
could apply the same measure
to the resultant loss of free
doms. The tangled mass of la
bor laws was meant, doubtless,
to be benevolent, but some of
the most chaotic conditions
exist in industry - management
relations because of this kind of
extension of government.
The free enterprise system,
which more than any other fac
tor is responsible for the fabu
lous living standards enjoyed by
the American people, can be
literally strangled by govern
ment control. We are approach
ing the point where impartial
ity in government labor rulings
is almost non-existent, and
where business concerns no
longer have the right to make
decisions and actually manage
their own businesses. Not only
does there need to be right-to-
work privileges for employees
who do not wish to join unions,
the owners and operators of
business and industry need
freedom to manage their prop
erty as they see fit.
Professional
law violators
be sought
The “professional law viola
tor” will be one of the chief
targets of the state highway
patrolmen using unmarked ve
hicles during the Christmas
season, Highway Department
officials indicated today.
“There are a number of dri
vers on our roads who intend
to break the law every time
they get into a car,” Col. P. F.
Thompson of the patrol declar
ed. “They always check their
rear view mirrors for patrol
cars and when they spot one,
they slow down and drive very
carefully. We intend to use the
unmarked car as a weapon a-
gainst those fellows.”
The officer indicated that a
sizable fleet of unmarked cars
will be in use during the holi
days, particularly in “trouble
areas” where many cases of
speeding have occurred. Also to
be given a close watch are the
areas where taverns and beer
halls are operating. Patrolmen
have orders to apprehend any
driver who is found operating
a motor vehicle under the in
fluence of intoxicants or whose
ability to control his vehicle is
impaired.
The unmarked patrol cars
went into service April 26, 1965
and their usefulness has been
demonstrated many times since
then. “I feel that the unmarked
car has been a key factor in
holding South Carolina’s fatal
ities below the level of 1964 for
most of the year,” the colonel
pointed out. “I just hope we
can finish out the year without
going over the 1964 mark.”
The total soared to 870 per
sons killed on South Carolina’s
roads during 1964, highest in
the state’s history. As mid-
December approached, the total
for 1965 was running 24 below
the figures for the same date
for 1964. Highway Department
personnel are hoping that the
hazardous holiday period will
not shoot the total up.
Marriages...
Kenneth Royal Griffin, Jr.
of Pomaria and Ada Annie Pat
rick of Newberry were married
on December 11 at Newberry
by Probate Judge Frank H.
Ward.
Joseph R. Fulmer of Pros
perity and Joyce Oswald, New
berry, were married by Rev.
Roy A. Davis at Prosperity on
December 17.
Freedom to Manage
The one-sided approach of
government in this area is indi
cated by the fact that while fed
eral anti-trust laws protect the
public against conspiracy to fix
prices, the unions are free to
attempt to fix wages (on which
prices arc based) for whole in
dustries. With industry trying
to operate under a host of han
dicaps, then comes the federal
government with contracts and
subsidies, another lever to
bring government participation
in the matter of management.
The whole ^American econom-
is system is undergirded by a
principle: that of freedom of
enterprise. This includes free
dom to manage one’s private
property, one’s borrowed or in
vested funds, and one’s business
decisions according to private
judgement^. The success of the
free enterprise system is bal
anced very delicately on such
matters as business acumen,
competitive spirit, creative ab
ility, iniative in planning, and
incentives for profit. These fac
tors are constructive and essen
tial to the whole society. To
destroy enterprise by taking
away the management function
will bring the end of the Am
erican dream.
Deadline given
for insurance
under Medicare
Working against a deadline
only 4 months away, the Soc
ial Security Administration is
opening every possible channel
to sign up those who are now
65 and older who want the pro
tection of the voluntary insur
ance part of the medicare pro
gram.
Those who wait until after
March 31, 1966,, may have the
basic hospital insurance, but
will have to wait 2 years for
another chance to sign up for
the supplementary medical in
surance. They will have to pay
higher premiums for late en
rollment. The supplemental
medical insurance covers doc
tor bills and a wide variety of
other medical expenses.
The Social Security Admin
istration has worked out ways
of getting medical insurance
enrollment cai*ds and informa
tion about the total medicare
program into the hands of 90
percent of the 19 million eli
gible older people, Miss Pressly
reported. To reach the other
4 per cent, many of them very
elderly people who are house
bound or living in remote areas,
the agency is undertaking an
intensive nation-wide informa
tion program, backed up by a
number of special projects.
The Medicare program pro-
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