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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1966 grfutliSltgwt 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Ar/nfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, Soutd Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. SPECTATOR The ladies have long since exercised authority over us men, usually by a sweet persuasiveness that is cap tivating. It is now known that women are heavy stock holders in American corporat ions, they being recipients of large checks for dividends. All men have known that the ladies have an art of winning their way, whether by beauty, sweetness, logic or tears. Our new Clarendon Senator- designate is fully up to the mark of gracious appeal. Now the other Senator: I regret to dwell on my life in South America, but since I do not regale my friends with stories about mountain lions, bears and savage men I may tell you of gracious people. This Senator was the lovely Senora Santolalla who had been elected a Senator in the National Congress - the only woman ever to sit in the Peruvian Congress - and she in the Senate. More recently she came to New York as the outstanding woman of sixteen nations South of the United States. She and her husband were in my employment. I quote Congressman Mendel Rivers, as appears in the new sy Allendale County Citizen of my cherished old comrade of the quill, Tom O’Connor: “We should become as hardboiled in our relationship with French President Charles de Gaulle as he has shown himself to be toward America. Now that he is forcing American forces to get out of France, perhaps we should be come a little impatient also, and ask him to pay back monies borrowed to help fin ance World Wars I and II. I think this step would be appropriate inasmuch as he shrugs off indifferently any part of the cost of removing our troops; troops I might add who have been there since World War II to protect France against a possible Russian threat. France owes us World War I debts of 4.1 billion dollars in original loans, plus 3.1 billion dollars interest. To off set this tremendous debt there has been only scant repayment of some 500 million dollars, paid mostly in the early 20’s. Thus she owes us a total of bill of about 6.7 billion dollars, of which 4.8 billion is way past due. France blatantly insists that the reason she never repaid the w r ar debts is because Germany did not pay her. France is no longer im poverished. She has told us, in blunt, forceful words, that she no longer needs us - our troops, or our help, and that she wants to go it alone - independent of any military entanglements. If she is in such sound financial condition, it seems only logical to me to expect — and demand — that she begin repayment of her just and due financial obligations to Amer ica.” I endorse that one hundred SENATOR STRO JjMURMOND Reports PEOPLE FOOT IN THE DOOR A MEANINGFUL pattern has been established by the last decade of so-called “civil rights” enactments by the Congress An almost invariable tactic of pro ponents of “civil rights” provis ions has been to propose a more harsh measure than most thought possible to pass, and then to “compromise” the provisions In each ease, however, the “compro- ' <Z€>" *■» oted establishes a new i for oower. which once estabhshed. can be expanded to tho hq~s s est extremes in subse- qbills. T w, E SO - CALLED “Civil Right« Act of igSfV* prooosed to the Congress by the Presi dent. appears to follow this p**«o<**^g pattern. THE SECTION OF the pro posed Civil Rights Act of 1966 ■which has aroused the most widespread opposition, both In the Congress and among the public, la the so-called “Fair Housing” title. This opposition Is more widespread geographic ally across the reaches of the country than has been the case with any previous civil rights proposal. AS PROPOSED BY the Pres ident, and defended in testi mony by the Attorney General, the so-called ‘Tair Housing” provision would limit the right of any individual to choose, without answering to anyone, to whom and for what reason he shall rent or sell real prop erty which he owns. The orig inal proposal was comprehen sive. with no exceptions. FOLLOWING THE pattern of earlier so-called “civil rights” measures in Congress, a “com promise” has emerged. The Ju diciary Committee in the House of Representatives has reported the bill to the House with the recommendation that certain amendments be adopted. The proposed amendments are de signed to blunt the opposition to the bill without in any way blunting the extent to which the power of the National Gov ernment is expanded. ESSENTIALLY, the House Judiciary amendments would make four exceptions to the in itial proposal to limit the right of individual persons to rent and sell real estate to whom they pleased. First, undeveloped or vacant property would be exempted. Second. Individuals who engaged in no more than (Hot wrwemrta or ortmtma two sale or rental transactions in a year would be exempted, except, if the sale or rental is handled by a real estate agent or broker, in which case the real estate agent or broker would be covered by the pro visions Third, an owner of dwellings of four or less units, who lived in one of the units, would be exempted. Fourth, transactions by religious and fraternal organizations would be exemoted UNDER THESE proposed amendments, the greatest num ber of people who would feel the immediate Impact of the harsh Federal power would be exempted. The Constitutional barrier to the exercise of such power by the National Govern ment would be breached, how ever. even by the bill as amend ed. and the precedent wonld still be set. Once the rationaliza tion for the 1 power grab was established, the extension of the power to the comprehensive limits originally proposed would merely involve the degree of ap plication of the power. THE RIGHT TO HOLD and enjoy property is a personal right which attaches to each and every individual in this country, regardless of race, color or creed, under the Con stitution, laws and traditions of our free society. Property, itself, has no rights. There is no contest between what could be termed "property rights” on the one hand, versus “personal rights” on the other . The so- called ‘Tair Housing” proposal would give the Federal Govern ment the power to nullify “per sonal rights.” specifically .the persona] and individual right to hold, use, enjoy, and dispose of property. AMERICANS SHOULD NOT be deceived by the Amendments proposed by the House Judici ary Committee by way of “com promise.” The only “compro mise” Involved Is the “compro mise” of Individual liberty of every present and future citi zen of our Republic by the enormous Federal grab embod ied In the bin with or without the amendments. SURELY THE American pub lic. and their representatives in the Congress, win not again be “taken In” by this shop-worn “foot in the door” tactic. ‘ per cent or more. Not only have we given to France billions of dollars, but thous ands of splendid young men who died saving France. I am not sure of this, but I was told in France that we ! paid rent for land occupied by our men who went over there to save France!! If France now breaks with us then let us give thanks. Even if no English blood i flows in your veins you prob ably drink tea. Do you know about it? “The world’s most popular drink is not coffee or milk or soda pop. It’s tea - a beverage accidentally discovered about 2700 BC when some stray leaves blew into a pot of boil ing water. Chinese Emperor Shen Nung proclaimed, T like it!’ and tea was soon the nat ional drink of Cathay. For 4500 years, until 1841, grows where China, Tibet, | India and Burma meet on the ! Tropic of Cancer. Now all tea is cultivated from 15 to 25 foot trees that are pruned to bushes 4 feet high. Tea plants are grown from seed which produce usable and brewable leaves in from three to five years. The best and most expensive teas comes from the highlands at altitudes of up to 6000 feet. ,The tea is better because it grows more slowly. After picking, tea leaves are spread to wither and to soften. Then the leaves are rolled to free the flavor juices. After rolling, the leaves are broken up, spread to ferment, and finally fired or dried to stop fermentation. Fully fermented leaves make black tea. Part ially fermented leaves produce green or brown tea. An expert tea taster can identify up to 1600 of the 3000 known varieties in the world. Tea bags were invented in 1904, the same year that Richard Blechynden invented iced tea . Now, 10 of the 30 billion cups of tea drunk by Americans each year is iced. Americans use about 2-3 of a pound of tea per person per year. The English use ten pounds per person per year! That figures to six cups a day for every English man, woman and child.” I know that tea is the re viving, re-sustitating, re-in vigorating beverage of Eng land, and even the hardy Scots partake of it. It was said that during the First World War the British soldiers ceased fire about four o’clock in order to drink tea. Friends, just as I don’t know* when I try to speak French, whether I speak anything like the French of the French, or the French as strangled and mangled by my fellow Ameri cans. In fact I don’t know yet. At any rate, up to now, I have not heard any one say that tea won the war! My cherished friends of Scotland may imbibe tea now and then, but always with a feeling of lamentation over partaking of a beverage so widely associat ed with the English, even for getting the Chinese. Just a bit of economics. Everybody studies Economics, eh? Well, how often does a so-called intellectual know TRADE WITH THE REDS— AIDING THE ENEMY Communism is no longer the monolithic, world-wide con spiracy that it was once crack- ep up to be. What we regard as “Communist” governments are really a collection of indepen dent, western-oriented nations who really want to be friends with us. / Do these words sound famil iar? They should. You read such theories daily in the news papers and magazines all over America. “Communism is mel lowing” is the current political belief that seems to be sweep ing the country. It is a bit hard to uphold the “mellowing” theory when our boys are being killed daily in Viet Nam, but the apologists manage to rationalize that, too. Viet Nam, they say, is far removed from Soviet Commun ism. As for the Eastern Eu ropean satellite countries, we ought to stop treating them as enemies, and start building bridges of friendship and trade. We are now trading with these nations, and various and sundry Administration officials are calling for increased trade. that, if we get down to brass tacks, Economics is a subject frequently mentioned but, ap parently, resolutely ignored. Now, here we are: A factory is making articles for sale, or a merchant dealing across his counter, considers all the ele ments of expense that enter into the selling price. Taxes, rents, repairs, interest on money, losses in bad accounts, inevitable wastage, clerk hire, and other help, licenses, spoil age, change of popular habit or custom or taste and various other items related to all the various governments, National, State, County, Town, etc. Wages, wages! Of course. The business is built on wages and salaries. If the wages are regulated by legislators, the merchant will wonder how he is to thrive, or whether he can con tinue in business. When the various items which determine the sale price are increased can the merch ant or contractor automatically increase his price or charge so as to earn a profit ? Does anyone care about that ? Whenever I see a “Filling” Station, or a Store, or other business, closed I think of the man who tried, whose family depended on his business, who paid taxes and supported his church. Do we think of him? I read in the Wall Street Journal this healine: “The Good Old Days; Products of Yesteryear still post big Sales.” Well, now, how is the mar ket for cheese and crackers; or can those cherished bits for the hungry man still be found? Still, a dime no longer has icompelling force. The handful of soda crack ers and the bit of cheese have fallen in dignity and popular esteem, what? When one objects to such ideas he is squelched with the re mark that he doesn’t want to help the poor, underprivileged people of Eastern Europe. What happens to the goods we send to Eastern Europe? Do they go to the individual millions of people who are in need of material help? The answer is “no.” The govern ments of these Communist countries do not want con sumer items to help their peo ple, they are asking for equip ment and machinery to increase the power of the governments over the people. Are the Eastern European satellites “completely remov ed” from the Viet Nam con flict? Again, the answer is “no.” Our forces in Viet Nam have uncovered reams of Viet Cong equipment that originat ed in Poland and Czechoslova kia. And it is an obvious fact that the Soviet Union is di rectly aiding the Viet Cong. Even Communist Cuba fits in this vicious circle of aid to the Viet Cong. A few weeks ago, Dr. Miguel Olba Benito, formerly of Cuba, revealed a story that shocked all who read it. It described 166 exe cutions that took place on May 27 of this year in Havana. Ol- ha said: “They executed prisoners in La Cabana from about six o’clock, in the morning until sundown on May 27. Seven pints of blood, on the average, were extracted from the pris oners first. The blood is being sold to Communist Viet Nam at $50 a pint.” Communist Cuba could not exist were it not for the sup port of the “mellowing” Sov iet Union. It is difficult to understand the thinking of those who in sist on classifying the Com munists. What goes to any Eastern European satellite na tion goes into the “common market” run by the Soviets. From there it may go to Cuba or North Viet Nam. And if anybody is tempted to think that satellite Communism is “mellowing,” they should read the testimony of Rev. Richard Wurmbrand, who spent four teen years under torture in Rumanian Communist prisons. His interviews are available from Manion Forum. THE COURAGE OF THEIR CONVICTIONS For most of us, pilitics is a far-removed subject that is fascinating to think and argue about. The war in Viet Nam —trade with Communist Na tions, or increased Federal spending tq*e subjects that are fun to talk about. But once the spirited discussion is over, the average American will turn to more practcal things—such as how to get rid of crab- grass, whether or not to give Junior automobile privileges, or how much to spend on a va cation this year. Not one person in a thous and would consider giving up his job because his employer disagreed with his politics. The normal reaction to such thought would be astonishment; “Pol itics aren’t important enough to interfere with the rest of my life!” Recently, however, two men did just that—resigned their jobs for “political” reasons. Both of them were employed by IBM. They learned that IBM was making plans to sell com puters and other scientific and production control equipment to Communist nations in East ern Europe. Nord Davis Jr., of Willsey- ville, New York, had this to say about his resignation: “Consider that 300,000' \Am erican boys are fighting and dying for the alleged purpose of stopping Communism, and that we have already counted 25,000 American dead, wound ed and missing in Viet Nam. By what logic does IBM rat ionalize their policy of trade with the Communists? “Perhaps the answer is IBM desire for profit. If that is the motive, then IBM should explain that to our boys in Viet Nam, and the people in those Iron Curtain countries that are to receive this mer chandise. “Finally, perhaps IBM man agement feels that Polish, Bulgarian, Czechoslovakian or East German Communists are really not as bad as other types of Communists. Yet I doubt that young Peter Fletch er would .agree, when he lay dying, unassisted for three hours, in a pool of his own blood, after an unsuccessful at tempt to scale the Berlin Wall TAe Active Life Ihe art of ■ SKY WING WAS STARTEP BY EUROPEAN PARACHUTE FACTORY WORKERS IN THE W30'S. THE SPORT WAS BROUGHT HERE BY FRENCH-BORN JACQUES ISTEl, WHO founded the first sky wing school in orange, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1957. Today, more than 100.000 ARE Ml JOIN 7HK FAST-GROWING SPORT. BUIE JEANS, COMBAT BOOTS. AND CRASH HELMETS ARE WORN FOR PROTECTION WHEN THEY LEAP INTO THE *WILD BLUE.* all tea grew wild and was har vested from an evergreen that in pursuit of freedom.” The other man to resign with Davis from IBM was Harvey Morehouse of Candor, New York. Here is his state ment: “I have relatives living in the slavery of Communist Po land, and while their sufferings may be many thousands of miles from New York, it con cerns me no less. The cries of pain from the victims of Com munist oppression are heard across the world. Their anguish ed cries, from the days of Budapest to the present, are a reminder to those who will list- ten. Others may choose not to listen, so they must salve their consciences. But the plight of these suffering people demands of MY conscience that I do ev erything in my power to help them. It is not easy to help them by positive means but I refuse to contribute any effort to give their masters better means to keep them in slavery, and I consider the policy of IBM, of selling to the Com munists, to be precisely that.” How many men would be as brave as Morehouse and Dav is? Not very many, we suspect. But the courageous step taken by both of them should give food for thought to all of us. MAN WANTED— for 1500- family Rawleigh business. Permanent if you are a hust ler. Write Rawleigh, Depart ment SCG-361-123, Richmond, Va. ll-4tp WANTED: Distributor to sell the following soft drinks in Newberry and Saluda Coun ties: Seven-Up, Tru Ade, Dr. Pepper, Brownie Chocolate and Dixi-Cola. Contact The Seven- Up Bottling Co., P. O. Box 228, West Columbia, S. C. Phone 794-4361. ll-3tp RUPTURE-EASER TJAJw. lULteOtf. (A FIpw Iran Prod"*) 12AMui Wflb* or Uft sid. $495 Double |6.99 _ _ _ No Fitting fuqulrad A strong form-fitting wuhoblo support for reducible inguinal hernia. 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