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Ttz* 1 flY flr** TTTv- V PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1966 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. THE “SPECTATOR'S” COLUMN SENATOR ^ STRO i Ithurmond Report! PEOPLE THE MOST MISMANAGED PART—PART II DOLLAR - WISE, the Job Corps is the largest o f the “war on poverty” programs ad ministered by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Although the Job Corps has received the preponderance of the “scandal” headlines in the press, it has no monopoly on mismanagement, which per vades the entire “war”. THE BUREAUCRATIC irre sponsibility which prevails under the OEO is illustrated by the salary scales paid. In OEO, there is one supergrade (high pay level) official for every 18 ordinary employees. By comparison, the ratio in the Department of Agriculture is one in 500, and in the Depart ment of Defense, the ratio is one supergrade for every 1,000 ordinary employees. Poverty officials draw fantastic salaries. Forty-four OEO officials in Washington draw almost $1 million annually. The Deputy Director draws $28,500 and three other assistants get $27,- 000 each. Of 40 others, 9 get $24,000, 11 get $21,445 and 20 get $18,935. THE HIGH SALARIES are not confined to Washington OEO workers, however. In one area, a “poverty grant” of 582,150 was received. Of this, $56,723 was budgeted for sala ries, leaving only $25,427 for operations. When complaints were made because the payroll of the Community Renewal Team of Greater Hartford (Conn.) was running more than $600,000, almost half the money received from the Washing ton, the program’s boss re taliated that he was doing quite well because the national figures showed that about 70 percent of the total poverty program represented salaries. SINCE MOST OF OEO’s programs were untried In prac tice. It was to be expected that the best talent available would be sought to work with the programs. OEO’s salary scales cannot be justified on this basis, however. In one OEO project, employees’ salaries averaged 57 percent higher than those received by the em ployees prior to going with the OEO. For instance, a welding instructor making $8,200 was hired for $9,780. A physical education instructor making $4,600 was hired at $9,480. LOCAL SCHOOL systems have suffered from OEO pirat ing of teachers. A math teacher making $4,730 was hired away by OEO at a salary of $10,080 \\ Camp Gary, Texas, 154 of the camp’s total staff of 208 were hired away from schools, often at double their previous salaries. Even though the OEO recognizes education as one of the most effective tools for combating poverty, apparently no consideration was given by OEO to the poverty-creating effect of disrupting established educational systems. EVEN THE free-spending policies of OEO have not brought administrative ability or good judgment to the poverty war, however. For ex ample, the OEO awarded a grant of $82,875 to the swank community of Beverly Hills. California. The City declined to accept the grant, because it could find only six families and eight children who “could pos sibly be classified as needy.” IRRESPONSIBLE adminis tration by OEO takes many forms. In Philadelphia, it took the form of failure to screen the group leaders hired to work with youngsters under the Neighborhood Youth Corps, for of the first 16 hired, 13 had arrest records w’hich included larceny, assault and battery, and morals charges Involving minors. In Omaha, Nebraska, it took the form of failure to screen the beneficiaries, for of the 153 youths enrolled to be helped by the Neighborhood Youth Corps, only 10 were eli gible, that Is, were from fami lies with incomes below $4,000 annually. IT HAS EVEN BEEN re ported that in Ft. Lauderdale. Florida, the “war on poverty” 'urnished tuxedos to 16 high school boys for their senior prom at a cost of $290. PROBABLY TftE MOST ridiculous instance is that of an OEO “Head Start” official who chartered a twin-engine airplane for a 200 mile flight to address a graduating class of Head Start pupils—aH be tween the ages of 5 and 6. SHORN OF ITS garish and deceptive political trappings, the war on poverty is revealed to the taxpayer as an irrespon sible waste, and to the victim of poverty as a cruel hoax For all the money spent, about all that has been produced is a series of program catch-words, such as “VISTA" and “Head Start” Congress should take a cue and impose some catch word programs of its own—like “Head Knocking” and “New Start”. Senator Morris is entirely right in his exposition if the Federal Constitution. It is a matter of elementary law that no treaty can vitiate the Cons titution. In an earlier day when law yers knew something of o ur Constitution history and, of course, the great document it self no lawyer would have spo ken so ignorantly as to declare that we are lawfully at war because of a treaty obligation. Only Congress can lawfully declare war and no treaty can supersede the Constitution which is reasonably clear as to the pow’er of Congress and of the President. The argument of some of our officials is an amazing confess ion of ignorance. There seems to be mystifica tion as to our war in Viet Nam. Congress seems about as unin formed as most of us. We read at times such state ments as this: We are in Viet Nam because of a treaty. W r hat treaty ? If we would get to the milk in the cocoanut let us recall that only Congress may declare war. Also Congress has the author ity to govern the armed forces. President Eisenhower started this and sent a small force, more of an exploratory force than a fighting unit. He had no such authority, but since his time both President Kennedy anl President Johnson have em barked on a course that is war, regardless of any fanciful rea sons they may have had. Boiled down to fundamentals, we are spending human lives, billions of money—and all for what ? We very urgently need to put things to order in Washing ton. “One of these days somebody with a computer and lots of time to work at it is going to calculate what these Great So ciety programs really cost the country in dubious expenditures and dead-head personnel. You can’t get members of Congress to put their names to tales, but Senators and Representa tives will tell how the President opens a conversation when he wants to buy their votes. ‘How much do you want that project in your State?’ LBJ will say. Or: Let’s talk about that appointment you want me to make for you’. If the legislator will change his mind about a vote, or agree to absent himself rather than vote against an LBJ position, the money is spent or the ap pointment is made. Three Sen ators are known to have re ceived such rev/ards in pay ment for their support of the rent supplement bill which re cently passed the Senate by a single .vote. JRent supplement actually cost the country a good deal more than the $12 million appropriation. There is really no way of knowing how many boondoggles are launched, how many second-rate judges, com missioners, inspectors and the like get embedded in the fed eral system as a price foi the President’s success of Capitol Hill. Now comes the matter of Defense Secretary McNamara. He is in deep in the doghouse with the Armed Services com mittees of both houses. The adjective that most frequently attaches to the Secretary’s name is ‘arrogant’. It doesn’t mean he is rude or sarcastic, and even if he were, it wouldn’t account for the trouble he is in with Senator Stennis, (D. Miss.) and Representative He bert (D. La.) The real com- plaint against McNamara is that he is untruthful,. In one ; press release that related to I the unreadiness of four divis- 1 ions which McNamara had pro- ■ nounced combat?fit, Stennis in | effect called the Secretary a I liar in cold print. The White House is in a tizzy light now because Stennis had launched a worldwide check-up on the preparedness of the arm ed forces to meet their commit ments. If the probe shows what is expected—namely, that the services are spread too thin— there may be what amounts to a vote of ‘no confidence’ in Mc- Xama ra. The President will do almost anything to prevent this hap pening in an election year. Men like Stennis and Hebert are above any sort of influence, but this can’t be said of every member, and who knows what price McNamara? Next, and less well-known, is the matter of Agriculture Sec retary Freeman. Senator Geo. McGovern (D., S.D.), along with about 20 co-sponsors, has offered Senate Current Resolu tion 88. It is a rebuke to Free man for neglecting the farmers and for allowing them to be blamed for high food prices. McGoverns resolution declares rit the sense of Congress that ‘No action be taken by any ag ency of government for the purpose of preventing the price of an agriculture commodity . . . from rising to parity.’ Here, again, is something that LBJ would like to block, for the resolution is a criticism of Administration policy and it 1 hands the Republicans an issue in the farm states. How many expensive favors the President will dispense to bring his troops into line is more than anybody can guess. In truth LBJ’s methods of bribing the legislators are be ginning to irk a number of high-minded Democrats, who like to think that Congress should render its decisions on the merit system. Complaints have been lodged with Senate leader Mansfield in particular about the incessant White House pressure—but nobody ex pects the President to mend his ways as he is winning the close votes at a cost which nobody really knows.” Defense Secretary McNamara seems to be losing the confi dence of many leaders. He prob ably is a brilliant man, with a record of accomplishment with the Ford Company. As is true of many strong men he seems to rush in where angels fear to tread. Much that is now held ag ainst Mr. McNamara is a long established habit of ours to practice the most prodigal waste. It was true following the First World War and the Second World War. Our habit of throwing money all over the earth; and our lav ish mismanagement here at home are just outcroppings of several decades. What we need is a real house-cleaning, throw ing overboard not money and weapons but the rank and file YOUR OWN... Prepare For the Future The money you save every pay day at The State Build ing and Loan Association is all yours and gets bigger all the time! You deserve part of that pay check, so come in and save for what you want. You’ll be glad you did! STATE Building and Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street Newberry, S. C. Dial 276-5660 DIRECTORS: Ralph B. Baker J. Dave Caldwell Pinckney N. Abrams Louis C. Floyd Thomas £L Pope R. Aubrey Barley of our officialdom. We need a spiritual rebirth; we are runn ing wild. I have always regarded the destruction of our coast defens es as reckless folly, but no one seems to raise thequestion. Charleston has no coast de fense today; in time of peril it would depend upon the navy. Now we have a naval force capable of defending all our Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts? To illustrate: undoubtedly in time of need mines would be placed in all important ports. But an enemy attacking with a dozen ships might send in one to engage the mines and then follow with a great fleet. Whenever unpractical theor ists take charge we are victims of fantastic! dreaming. Mr. McNamara is cocksure, but the whole nation is under the hazard of a dreamer who may be in error. Mr. McNama ra is not to blame for any de fenseless ports. All that foolish and hazardous plan was adopt ed when Mr. McNamara was still a lad in knee pants. “The State Highway Patrol, backed up by new legislation recently enacted by the Gen eral Assembly, has begun a program of strict enforcement against speed violations on the highways of South Carolina. The state now has an abso lute maximum speed law, re placing the prima facie law for maximum speed limits which has been in effect since 1949. The new law was enact ed by the General Assembly for the purpose of combatting the state’s high traffic accident death toll, in which speed law violations are a major contri buting factor. Officials warned motorists that the new law L already in effect and enforcement by the Highway Patrol and all state and local agencies has started. It eliminates the prima facie concept for speeds below posted limits, but drivers may still be arrested for driving too fast for conditions at speeds below the posted maximum limits in cases where adverse road, weather or traffic conditions exist. Un der the new law, any speeds in excess of the posted limits is a clear-cut violation. Maximum absolute limits set by the new law are 65 or 70 miles per hour on Interstate system highways and other freeways, as indicat ed by posted signs; 60 miles per hour on some other pri mary system routes which are posted for that speed, and 55 miles per hour on other high ways which are posted for that speed or unposted. The maxi mum limit in all urban areas is 30 miles per hour, or as posted. Where daytime speed limits are posted for 60, 65 or 70 miles per hour, nightime maximum speeds are five miles per hour lower than daytime limits. Speeds of house trailer units are limited to a maximum of 45 miles per hour.” SPRAYING PROGRAM . * . (Continued from page 1) housekeeping will prevent a build-up of roaches. The de partment suggests taking away the food supply by keeping gar bage cans tightly covered and storing food in tight contain ers; washing dishes promptly; cleaning up pantries, storage rooms and closets. Insecticides applied correctly under kitchen cabinets, along baseboards and other areas that cockroaches frequent will com plete the job of ridding a home of the cockroaches. The spraying schedule is as follows • Whitmire: June 15, 16, 17; July 1, 6, 7; August 1, 2, and 3. Prosperity: June 20; July 8, 20; August 4, 17; September 1, 2. Little Mountain: June 20; Ju ly 8; August 4. Pomaria June 20; July 8, August 4. Peak: June 20; July 8; Aug ust 4. Newberry: June 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 30; July 11 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19; August 5, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, 15. Mr and Mrs. Stewart Taylor have moved to 1817 Harper St. in Apartment B, to make their home. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Amick, Miss Darlene, New berry Attaway, George H., Newber ry Avery, Master Kenneth, New berry •Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Marie, Newberry Bowers, Mrs. Alice D., New berry Brown, Hubert, Newberry Bynum, Miss Annie, Newber- ry Carter, Miss Jane, Kinards Collier, Mrs. Joyce Ann, Whitmire Dawkins, Hiram, Whitmire Dominick, Arthur E., New berry Dominick, Mrs. 5 ’Genia, Chappells Dowd, Mrs. Jeanette, Clin ton Fellers, Mrs. Margaret, New berry Garmany, Master George H., Newberry Gaulden, Mrs. Mamie, New berry Gary, Columbus, Newberry Gibson, Luther, Saluda Goodwin, Mrs. Mary, New berry Goree Nathan, Newberry Hall, Bobby West, Kinards Harmon, Mrs. Grace S., New berry Harrison, Mrs. Mary N, New berry Hawkins, Jesse Frank, New berry Hazel, Mrs. Annie Mays, Sa luda Hendrix, Baby Boy, Newber ry Herndon, Loy C., Newberry Hiller, Johnnie, Newberry Hornsby, Mrs. Mamie, New berry Hyler, James, Newberry Johnson, Robert, Newberry Kneece, Mrs. Mildred J., Newberry Long, Mrs. Brenda and baby girl, Newberry Me Albany, Mrs. Josie P., Newberry McCullough, Mrs. Martha, Newberry Martin, Mrs. Fay, Newberry Moates, Mrs. Mary B., Joan na Morgan, Thomas R., Joanna Pugh, Mrs. Malinda C., Pros perity Rodelsperger, George W., Newberry Sanders, Joseph, Newberry Sanders, Mrs. Thelma, Silver- street Schenck, Mrs. Carolyn E., Newberry Shealy, Mrs. Gladys E., New berry Simpkins, George, Silverstreet Sink, Jimmy L., Prosperity Smith, Miss Alfreida, Kinards Smith, Mrs. Bessie, Newberry Smith, Mrs. Mattie, Newberry Suber, Mrs. Sofiner S., Po maria Taylor Ira, Newberry Newberry Turner, Mrs. Carrie Belle, Newberry Vaughan, Mrs. Beatrice, Whit mire Whitmire, Reeder C., Clinton Williams, Mrs. Hattie, Pros perity Waldrop, Mrs. Dixie, New berry Wilson, Mrs. Carrie, New berry Wil son, Mrs. Ida, Newberry Wilson, Miloan, Gray Court Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sand erson are now residing at 1531 1-2 Caldwell street. »AX.i§ near Men's Brush and Comb Sets $1 to $6 /• . r . 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