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I’a^* 2 -Thu: Xawberry Sun, Newberry, S. C Thursday, March 23, 1967 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED I N It must Ik* that I am out of j..'! i • v<>u1y in error. The v. >in<i to h running off ' t r ack. Sow then: this huh- foray V,*- ? nam It i-n’t a war, wo ** ’old Ju.'t off hand 1 wonder .a’ irak'\' a war; or w h e n .• war a war? Dot •s i t de r.b on the number of men c r _ * d a bait It ; *»r ; s. ; r ’ re- no,, • ,,f -n. n k.llod i ri 1 oat tie :o ’*!!' the -t'-rv ? (ir. n.-r- 'karar it is t he n urn her of h . a - of ii<.liar.' .-pi nt. \ - I ! --a'i th*- papers w<- have a. • < any [tent about thirty 1 t: on tioiiar.', ho-t about • v. • v*. nundreh planes ; a t„ )U t six thou- t!.* 1 f;r le, 'trap ping mon! ! \v 11 havo we accomplis :hed ? 1 d () m *t a.'k what we have • r y a. r . * •< : bocause America al- ay s P-- tV' an enormous price f- r < Oil r littl- military •■x- (’ ! , i* - ; 11 n - Wha ,t have we i i ’ t ‘ t , n. pli sh'-d ° What do we *. -I'* •o aceom j- lish? Wh\ * a re ‘»• - n Y u-tnam ? F <■(■ ni' that We ju.'t sl i pped j and h o v o! k ed million S of d "i 1: i r for some reason, but w ha r re a'mn ? y' n< •f we ha\o i* a great fleet < i f h p- of w; ar over there <1 nd ; i b< - U t t i 1! o e hundred ami V* •r ; d thousan d plant*' w h y i ^ mo' 1 * w e bring this f rac; i.' 11 > an ‘-nd? dr w by not bring abo it a digniff d and d • T mite eori*-i ,-ion? Why •> 1 a-4. again. W 0 Y A -a o read th i* |>ap or.' it a .. • • t so* in ' ! h at we a r * en- gaged in a va-t ' k i run r- h and , r r i. * - * are f • g r ;t i rig w.I :h <*ne and ’:od bo’n.re 1 i the r kaok , \ : • ... f ng ’■* urn \\ Wr.a’" I ■ K you f You \ , \\ ' * i rri,* ! f.o sr.a. v. o *. a \ * ar. ir or* a - •* i 1 rnay dr.r.k a.« t r.**y frat*rr.;t.e.' Why f ■ aternit.e-"! I had the honor to attend thrt - universities; the over- wh* !rr..n^ majority d.U not drank What has happpened? Tn*- shook to me ;s the headline in The State— “Coker relaxes liquor rules.” I was once a trustee of Cok er and I am amazed. Can you imagine the fine school foster ed by Major Coker, J. J. Law- ton and A. L. M. Wiggins re laxing liquor rules? 1 quote the State: “Drinking regulations at Coker have been liberalized Revision of the drinking rule.-, as announced by Coker President Fenton Keyes in clude.-. the admonition: . . . .any Coker student who elects to drink is expected to conduct her.'.elf either on or off campus ;n a manner appropriate to the high ,'tandards of Coker. She (the Coker student; will r--rnember that alcohol affects judgment, inhibitions and effi cient muscular control, read the new regulations. They continue: while drink ing in a public place, she will do so in a reserved, dignified manner. She will not drink in public nor will she stand at a bar Rub- 4 adds, where drinking is concerned, a student who fails to use discrimination as to behavior, appropriate cir cumstances and places, or who otherwise endangers the repu tation of the college, shall he subject to probation, suspens ion and expulsion. Formerly, Coker students w*-re not permitted to drink while on campus or away from the college during an absence that did not extend overnight, or on the day of their teturn to college. Dunking i s .'till forbidden in any college owned building mi at any ( ollege-sponsored function. pre ident Key*-- emphasized that th,- new regulations are de.'igned as a workable, reas onable drinking code, but do not ugge t that < oker in any way appnae.s of tie- con-ump- *lofl of alcoholic beverages. I n i ee fartoi influenced t he w, r ioti. Key. ,, -aid. They were aware of tie role that alcoholic ’ • verage play in America to day. pu"ib|e ptoblerns arming from drinking, and the re e,j for tho-e <'ok* r .student' who d J . h t * * d*-veh .[I .1 -.-M e of ; *■ * rail rpop .hihty in e..n r ,• ' * mj, th ai'-uhoj. II*- added that th* r .i*-- w*r* Ar. : with r.o language but to ry I.*t Te nr. y.s or. cry for me, too. I was never a memPer in a convent; I know men; have known and appreciated men in se'-a-ral countries; I’ve never known a man of discretion who advocated this so-called liberalization of social drink ing for young men and women. Let’s take a moment to find something to rejoice our spirits; “Here’s a tax fact with many implications: the Investor Owned electric utility compan ies pay more taxes in support of local, state and Federal government than any other American industry. Tax liabilities are the investor- owned company’s largest single item of expense. More than 22 cents of every custom er dollar paid for electric service goes into company taxes. Another point of interest - it’s the Federal government that gets the largest chunk of the tax dollars. And what a chunk that is! According to the most recent figures released from thi- Edison Electric Institute taxes to he paid in between 19G4 and 1974 will amount to about 40 billion dollars. This figure is based on the trend in increasing use of electricity and at the present rate of taxa tion. 40 billion dollars in ten year period . . . small wonder that the investor owned electric utility companies pay morf* taxes in support of local, state and Federal governments than any other Ameriear industry. Small wonder, too that i he South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is th<* largest tax contributor ir many of thecountries in which it operates. “Thf-re aren’t too many places where you can leave a car parked day after day - and not find occasionally an unex plained little dent. If this is a botheration of yours - the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company suggest that you loave your car safely at home when you go to work and take a city bus! You’ll find travel ing by bus is cheaper, too . . . you’ll save on gas, oil, parkings fees and damaged fenders Take it easy - ride the bus - it’.- vour best ride to town!” SENATOR STRO URMOND Reports PEOPLE ‘DE-STALJNIZATION” IN THE U.S. U.S. officials have dissuaded Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana, from her desire to seek asylum in the United States. Svetlana Stalin says that she is afraid she will be killed if she returns to the Soviet Union. By totali tarian edict—the policy of “de- Stalinization” — everything as sociated with Stalin’s history is to be downgraded or destroyed. And even though Svetlana Stalin prefers to be known as Madame Allilueva, her mother's name, her life is in danger sim ply because she is Stalin’s daughter. The defection of Svetlana Stalin, therefore, was a rare opportunity for the U.S. to ex plain the nature of totalitarian rule to the world. Svetlana Stalin’s account of her experi ences in the Communist empire consolidated by her father would strike a blow for the de struction of Communist rule. LONG-TERM EFFECT Moreover, if Svetlana Stalin had found friendly asylum in the United States, the effects would have been of long-term importance. Other high-ranking defectors would have been en couraged to break away from the Red hierarchy, casting dis credit upon totalitarian rule. Such encouragement would have been of extreme tactica importance in Red China, for example, where unrest and Party purges no doubt are in citing many to consider escape. It now appears that the U.S has an official policy of discour aging defectors, for fear of em- harassing Communism. We have, in effect, told such es capees from tyranny to go back where they belong. From the Office of GOVERNOR ROBERT E. McNAIR More Mileage in Mental Health Getting more mileage out of the tax dollar i.-- a constant challeng.- a.^ we seek to fill the needs of our people with lim- ■ ted financial resources. With in the w.-ek, progress was made m this respect as the General A-.'embly took action to tight- >-n up our effots m mental retarda t.on p rog ra ms. We are hopeful that legisla tion w:ll soon be forthcoming which w.li create a central board for Whitten Village, the Habilitation Center at Sum- merville, Pmeland, and the Diagnostic and Evaluation Clinic at Charleston. By put- ting these mst.tutions under "one umbrella,” we will be able to apply our resources on the basis of a total plan rath* r than a piecemeal arrangement It. addition, the new board w.il provide a logical clearing house for proposals to establish new facilities in the State. The old cliche of "digging one hole to fill up another on**" is particularly applicable in government—the public’s busi ness. Investing in the Future One fact that becomes in creasingly clear to ail of us in State Government is that the needs of the future are, in fad the problems of the present We are beginning to translat* that observation into action b> ?alhng on the best fiscal am management minds available. Public needs continue to multiply as our population in creases, and changing socio economic problems require new approaches and solutions. With well-based projections, we can go far in development of long- -ange programs designed to meet the needs of the future. T<* aid us in this planning, we expect to call on both leg islator.' and laymen of varied talents and experience. If we can “build a better mousetrap” we fully intend to do it. I he Wheels of Government After almost three month.- of legislat.ve activity, the peo ple are beginning to evaluate the work of the 19b7 General Assembly. To be sure, some im portant .ssues are still unre solved; but many constructive and progressive pieces of leg islation have been enacted. If the pace of progress con tinues at the rate we have witnessed thus far, the 1967 General Assembly may go or record as the most productive one in recent vears. INCOME TAX RETURNS Prepared Federal & State $3 up J . D . HALL 2162 Mc( RAW ST. (Across from Jim Dandy Film Service) Such a policy is in accord Aith the long-term rtrategy of he Johnson Administration and ts predecessor to refuse to seek /ictory over Communism. The U.S. State Department experts keep saying that the Soviet Union is mellowing. Yet that thesis is put in doubt when even Stalin’s daughter, who is not involved in politics, has to flee for her life from the “mellow” Soviet Union. Our refusal to give her asylum on the shores of Liberty stems not so much from the embarrassment which the Soviet Union may suffer, but from the embarrassment our State Department policy olanners would suffer from her presence. The facts are that de-Stalin- ization in the Soviet Union is not a sign of mellowing. De- Stalinization is an example of totalitarian thought control. An official order to denounce Stalin is as much an act of tyranny as the order to praise Stalin, and proof of the monolithic nature of Communism. We know that the policy of de-Stalinization was first issued by Khrushchev at a secret ses sion of the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956. Yet only months later, the same Khru- schev was himself directing Stalinist tactics against the Hungarian Freedom Fighters in Budapest. As a result, de-Stalin ization was postponed until the more settted climate of 1960. A DELIBERATE DECEPTION De-Stalinization, therefore, was a deliberate deception to make both the captive Soviet peoples and the world at large think that the cruel nature of Communism had changed. Ac tually, it meant that the tiny elite which rules the U.S.S.R , through the Communist Party, had thoroughly consolidated its power. The purges and mass murders that characterized the Stalin regime were no longer necessary to hold opponents in check. Yet it is evident that there is nothing in the Soviet system today, either in theory or prac tice, which would prevent an In stantaneous return to terror and brutality, if the Communist bosses thought there might be a challenge to their power. When Svetlana Stalin still fears for her life at the hands of her father’s one-time henchmen, then it is impossible to con clude that the evil of Commun ism has undergone a change. By turning Svetlana Stalin away from the United States or fear of embarrassing the enemy, the U.S. State Depart ment has fallen into a strange pattern. The Soviets wanted to de-Stalinize the U.S.S.R. in or der to put a deceptive image of change before their people. U S. officials by the same token have de-Stalinized the United States—by driving Miss Stalin away—for fear the false image of Communism will he shat tered in front of the American people TAX RETURNS PREPARED T. L. BROOKS Public Accountant Wise St. Extn. — Opp. REA Hours: 1-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS RETURNS Phone 276-5520