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COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREEDIN
Do you know our fabulous
country? I have crossed to
California by car and made re
cordings in Hollywood, the
home of the movies. Texas
I’ve visited many times and 1
like the vast panorama of that
vast area.
Of coursr- most of us have
been to New York and Virgin
ia, but there we find hustle and
bustle along 1 with quiet, peace
and serenity.
Let’s turn from politics and
taxation and war. No war. Let
our minds rejoice in the tran
quil calm and majesty of New
York (rurally) and Virginia.
I like to treat interesting sub
jects, quite apart from the pol
itical confusion and misdirection
of both our nation and State.
The nation has a debt of so
many billions—375 or what
ever; and we are operating at
a loss for the year of at least
ten billion!
Out State deliberately dis
regarded the State Constitu
tion that directs a Senator for
each county.
I must assume that someone
—at least one—knows that re
quirement. I fear that the
whole proceeding is subject to
a court review, although our
State in the sovereign dignity
and autonomy does not have
to consult the Federal Court—
as I see it. The Federal Consti
tution-Amendments and H)
cover that.
Hut, let’s dwell on something
interesting and uplifting. Here
goes:
Someone m Washington,
speaking for the Administra
tion, regrets, laments and op
poses tat least it seems) the
mercase m the price of steel.
Hut what about a deficit of
ti .. billions for last year while
we ml! along at the same pace
ace in size and scale, the
massive four-story structure
contains 70 rooms, each still
equipped with its original fur
niture.
The majority of Newport’s
incredible lush estates proved
far too expensive for even the
wealthiest families to maintain
in today’s economy. Most have
been sold to tax-free schools
and religious institutions.”
“ From
early J.
urr.es town
to
the new
Dulles
Airport,
old
Virginia
doesn’t
hesitate
to
snap her
fingers
at Presidents
just as m
:he once
did at ki
ngs.
As an ea
rly Briti
sh visitor
put
it; ’Truly these Virginians
worship themselves. I believe
if one were introduced to the
queen, he would feel it no
honor.’
Virgina’s green acres still
offer the visitor a wealth of
things to do and see. Hund
reds of creeks and rivers fringe
her Chesapeake shoreline. A
mountain chain of epic gran
deur forms her boundaries with
West Virginia and Kentucky.
Beautiful? Yes. But charac
ter is Virginia’s first claim to
fame. For 3(10 years such per
sonalities have formed a mos
aic of achievemtnt unsurpassed
in America. In a recent natio
nal poll, Virginia was chosen
the ‘most historic state’ by a
majority of the respondents.
Loyalty to principle: this is
what Virginians value above
all. This is why Robert E. Lee
stands highest in the pantheon
of his native state. Lee gave
up all but honor to accept the
Southern leadership and to
stick by what he regarded as
a first principle: the loyalty
of a man to his own people.
Stonewall Jackson and Jeb
Stuart are loved for the same
reason. So are the great gen
eration of Virginians who led
the colonies in 1775 in defence
of powerful Britain Washing
ton, Jefferson, Henry, Madison,
(ieorge Mason and many others.
They took a big chance, too.
First things first. Let’s
make our beachhead at James
town, where the first perman
ent settlers of Aim nca stepped
ashore m InOT. To many his-
Kiwanis Club Ladies Night was held Thursday night at the Community Hall with
Dick Britt, manager of thelocal Southern Bell office as guest speaker. Among those
til the head table were, from left, Mrs. Clarence Wallace and Mr. Wallace who is
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Bobby Underwood and Mr. Underwood, president; Mr.
Britt; Mrs. Ralph Watkins and Mr. Watkins program chairman. (Photo by Nichols)
wielded cuch power.
Mount Vernon is a must and
Alexandria is rich in old houses
and churches.
No tour of Virginia would
be complete without a visit to
the highlands. For Virginia’s
first 200 years, the Scotch-Irish
mountaineers and the lowland
Virginians disliked each other,
but peace has reigned since the
angriest highlanders broke aw
ay in 1863 and formed West
Virginia.
A trait that made Virginia
famous. It is the sturdy inde
pendence of the educated An
glo-Saxon freeholder, conscious
of his rights, jealous of his
liberties. He is the American
counterpart of the English
yeoman, whom Churchill called
the ‘custodian’ of Britain’s
greatness. You can convince
him by reason, said Sir Wins
ton, but you can never coerce
him by force.”
THE
M ANION
FORUM
By MARILYN MANION
Some weeks ago, the New
York Times stated the fact
that American Negroes enjoy
the highest standard of living,
fur non-white persons, in the
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aborate, well-const riicted hutm >
■ filling them with fine tur
niture from the Orient, -ouve
nirs of the lucrative China
trade. More than 350 original
18th century -structures, tin-
greatest concentration of colo
nial buildings in America, still
stand at Newport. In the old
est section of town, known as
‘The Point’ dozens have been
carefully restored, some for
public display, many as private
residences. ”
For *1 a year the Countess
leased them thebuilding end
grounds of the Breakers, the
fabulous $11 million mansion
built by Vanderbilt in 1895,
when Newport was hitting its
stride as the exclusive U. S.
summer resort.
Now almost 90,000 visitors a
year pay $1.75 each to view
the most elaborate summer
home ever built in America.
Done in the style of the Italian
Renaissance, and truly a pul-
From jour W illiam, burg ba.-w
you should im aiulei 12 miles to
Yoi ktown evt-r the Colonial
Parkwav Then'
11 e r
old
Ann-
rican
man a
ugton
m
li\ mg
forces
un-
on the
DeG
rasse
fled.
lion's
hold
It :s
onies.
The
" WO! Id
irked
with
plertie
, and
you
’’ downt
t he
guns
gro." i
can almost hear
booming.
And at Norfolk, Virginia'.-
biggest city, is Ceneral Doug
las MacArthur’s tomb and tlu
F. S. Navy’s Atlantic fleet
base.
If you concentrate, you can
imagine yourself right back in
the Richmond of 1801, when
Jefferson was president, Rich
mond’s John Marshall was F.
S. Chief Justice, and Jeffer
son’s disciple, James Monroe,
was governor.
Never since has Virginia
pan- thoir lot with their for
eign hivthren. Tiny prefer to
mutch their state with the eon-
d tnui of the Ameriean white
mi since his standard of
is higher than theirs,
whole, tliev are dissatis-
mcern for the
bout the worse lot of Negroes
elsewhere. In many of the new
Blaek African nations, for in
stance, disease, malnutrition,
illiteracy, and utter squalor are
tho order of the day. I he indi
vidual Afriean who lives un-
dor such appalling conditions
presents an interesting com
parison to an American Negro
earning $3600 per year or
more. (Over 17 per cent of
those arrested for rioting in
Watts in 1965 earned as mueh
as or more than thm amount.)
But professional civil righters
are not interested in such com
parisons. Their point is equal
ity, not prosperity. If the black
Africans are poor and unletter
ed, they are at least equal to
all of their neighbors who are
also poor and unlettered.
This popular frame of mind
transcends racial matters in
America. Equally concerned
with the “unfair distribution of
wealth” are the poverty cult-
ists. If a family has enough
to eat, be clothed, sheltered
and educated, it can neverthe
less be labeled as “poor” by
these cultists. Even if said fam
ily has a television set, a car,
and a telephone, it is still list
ed in the category of the under
privileged—simply because oth
er families have two cars, two
television sets, and three tele
phones. Poverty is, under these
terms, a relative thing. If oth
er people make more money
than you do, you are poorer
than they. In simpler terms,
this sort of thing was known
as “keeping up with the Jone
ses.” Now it has become a
matter of “equal rights.”
It is difficult to predict
where the line will be drawn.
Will it be necessary in the fu
ture to possess a modern, split-
level home complete with dish
washer and garbage disposal,
and a garage containing two
latemodel automobiles, in order
to be classified above the pov
erty level ? As prosperity ex
pands, more people obtain
more material things. Perfectly
ordinary individuals today en
joy luxuries that only the priv
ileged few could obtain a gen
eration ago. Are those who
have the necessities of life, but
not these luxuries, to be lump
ed in the “poverty” class?
If poverty is a comparative
thing, nobody will be satisfied
until everybody has as much as
everybody else. Such a condi
tion cannot evolve while the
standard of living is rising, for
there will always be a “some
body” who has more, no mat
ter how high one manages to
climb on the ladder of success.
There is only one sure way
to cure “relative poverty”: the
destruction of wealth.
Perhaps our spiraling taxa
tion will accomplish just that.
Misery loves company.
“FOR THE PEOPLE”
“State responsibility” was a
recurring theme at the South
ern Governors’ Conference held
at Asheville, N. C., September
10-13. Time and time again,
Governors and other conference
participants hit at the need
for strengthening the role of
the State, particularly in the
area of it relationship to Wash
ington.
No Governor likes to see his
State become dependent upon
the Federal Government for
guidance and direction. The
trend that direction for a
time was alarming, but tue
tide has been stemmed and ev-
en the Federal Government is
happy with the change.
In this day of complexity and
diversity at all levels of our
society, Washington must play
a role in the activity of states.
But that role should be one of
friend and companion, not
enemy and jealous benefactor.
The Federal Government was
created by the people, for the
people, anil it has a responsib
ility to serve these people, re
gardless of boundary lines.
However, each state knows best
its own needs and the assist
ance from Washington should
be tailored accordingly. With
all the computers and other
technical assistance available to
the Federal Government, it
cannot determine a local need
in South Carolina nearly as
well as those representatives
in Columbia, each thoroughly
familiar with his own area,
who come together to enact and
support programs for the peo
ple.
Washington must exert some
influence, but that influence
should be controlled through
the channeling of its programs
through each State capital. The
Southern Governors’ Confer
ence lent support to this view
point, and the actions in Ashe
ville did not go unnoticed in
Washington. The more progress
in this area of Federal-State
cooperation, the more adequate
ly government - at all levels
- will serve..