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As the year drew to a close, Ameri
cans watched with dismay as raids
were made on the nation’s gold supply
by gold speculators in Europe, includ
ing the French Republic which was
once a staunch friend of the United
States. Attempts are being made to
undermine the value of the dollar and,
thereby, to jeopardize the entire U. S.
economy.
This is a grave danger which re
quires across-the-board effort by the
federal government. On the foreign
front, the nation needs to stop the
flow of gold to France. U. S. Sen. Vance
Hartke (D-Ind) has proposed a legisla
tive ban on further shipments of gold
to the French until they resume pay
ments on their World War I debt to the
United States. This debt exceeds $6
billion. It is high time that the John
son administration publicly remind
the French that they owe this sum to
the American people. Os course, it is
only a part of the much vaster sum
that the United States has devoted to
the protection or assistance of France
in this century.
Halting the gold flow by law is only
one part of the remedial effort that
must be undertaken promptly to pro
tect the dollar. Action at home also is
needed. What sort of action is required
has been succinctly stated by Prof.
James C. Dolley of the Department of
Finance at the University of Texas.
Prof. Ddlley has stated that the U. S.
should take these steps: “(1) Balance
the federal budget by cutting non-de
fense spending; (2) balance our inter
national payments by eliminating all
foreign economic aid; and (3) take
steps to stop the wage-price spiral.”
Unfortunately, the Johnson admini
stration apparently is unwilling to
take steps of this sort. Instead of cut
ting non-defense spending, the admin
istration continues to press for new or
expanded Great Society programs. The
administration bitterly resisted reduc
tions in the foreign aid program this
year.
Mr. Johnson also is unwilling to in
cur the enmity of the union bosses by
suggesting that wages as well as prices
should be restrained. Settlements in
the automobile industry, imposed by
the union monopoly, virtually guaran
tee an additional round of inflation in
that key industrial sector. When a
manufacturer wants to go up on his
They Lead the Way
A 23 per cent decrease in the overall
number of accidents involving cars of
the Georgia Department of Public
Safety has been recorded for the first
11 months of 1967.
This reduction in the number of
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JAMES D. ESPY Managing Editor
DAVID T. ESPY JR General Manager
WINSTON E. ESPY . . Publisher
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WOODROW W ESPY News Editor
By Thurman Sensing
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
Time for Austerity
prices, he faces heavy administration
pressure. But the union bosses are not
reprimanded by the White House when
they upset the wage structure in the
country. That’s the political pattern
of the Great Society.
Holding the line on public spending
of a non-defense character and re
straining inflation constitute truly
vital tasks for this nation in the year
ahead. Americans have before them
the horrible example of Great Britain.
The British are in deep trouble because
they have spent more than they
earned and because wages were al
lowed to shoot up to the point where
British goods priced themselves out of
markets.
Not all the blame should be heaped
on the White House, to be sure. If the
U. S. is to return to fiscal responsibil
ity, there must be a concern for fiscal
responsibility at the grassroots and in
the state legislative assemblies.
Observers of the state legislative
scene note that inflation also is hit
ting hard at state governments. Costs
of public education and other pro
grams are soaring. In addition, state
governments are under heavy pres
sure this winter to provide pay raises
for public employes that state reve
nues often do not cover. In short, the
states are being urged to engage in
fiscal irresponsibility, to spend more
than they have or to dip into reserve
funds created for a rainy day. As this
is an election year, the state legislators
are especially vulnerable to the pres
sure for pay hikes.
It is essential, therefore, that there
be a national mobilization (and a mo
bilization within each state) of re
sponsible public opinion in behalf of
curbs on spending. Thoughtful citizens
will have to organize to let national
and state legislators know that period
of austerity is needed if the country is
to weather the period of rough eco
nomic weather ahead.
Though the United States is rich in
material and human resources, it can
not ignore the laws of economics or
engage in giveaways when revenues
are down or confidence in the na
tion’s money has dipped somewhat.
Only by the practice of frugality will
the United States come through the
year ahead with its strength unim
paired.
traffic accidents of vehicles used by
the State Patrol, the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation and other departmen
tal cars is good news to all concerned.
After all, they are expected to set the
pattern for safe driving practices.
Safe Driving in 1968
Chattooga County recorded nine
traffic fatalities in 1967.
This is a rather high percentage in
a county of less than 20,000 people and
could be reduced to a bare minimum if
A Thin Dime
One of the first things a youngster
should be taught today is how to use
the telephone. Even before learning to
read and write, each child should
know how to reach the operator. As
case histories of the National Public
Safety Council’s publication “Public
Safety” show, even a four-year-old
saved her mother’s life because she
knew how to reach the telephone op
erator.
Every child of three or older can be
taught to speak his name and address
clearly and should know how to make
an emergency telephone call. The sim
ple act of dialing “O” might save his
Pot Or Kettle?
It is reported that a group of Geor
gians — the “diehards” of the write-in
campaign on behalf of former Gov. El
lis Arnall — will challenge the Na
tional Democratic Convention seating
of any delegation headed by Gov. Les
ter Maddox.
Statements attributed to a leader
of the group urging “responsible Dem
ocrats” to join in their effort and seek
ing advice as to qualifications and re
quirements for a Georgia delegation
which will be true (sic) to the plat-
Crime in Our Streets
Two events last week many hun
dreds of miles apart may be the begin
ning of a concerted drive to solve the
most pressing problem facing our na
tion today: crime in our streets.
In Texas, President Johnson, after
several years of “inactivity” in deal
ing with this disgraceful situation, in
formed congressional leaders that he
considers the “growing menace of
crime in our streets” the most urgent
business faced by Congress when it
returns in mid-January.
The statement was prompted by the
President’s action in signing a crime
control bill for the nation’s capital. At
that time, he declared that “no more
serious domestic problem faces Amer
ica.”
This is a conclusion that Mr. John
son should have made long ago, when
the first indication of an alarming
increase in crimes of violence became
apparent.
The President, himself, has been
made a target of those who would
continue this lawlessness. A newslet
ter, distributed by a militant, left-wing
Other Editors Say:
(Athens Banner-Herald)
A bill to establish a code of ethics for
legislators, state officials, and other
state employes should be given full
consideration by the General Assembly
in January.
Such a code is not likely to serve as
a panacea for conflicts of interest,
questionable gifts, and other such
problems, but it certainly could be a
step in the right direction.
It could do much to foster the fav
orable moral climate that is necessary
to building a tradition of good govern
ment.
Sen. Stanley Smith of Perry, chair
man of the Senate Committee on Econ
omy, Reorganization and Efficiency
in Government, is working on such a
proposal now.
Sen. Paul Broun of Athens has pro
posed a bill to make it unlawful for
legislators or other state elective or ap
pointive officials to accept compensa
tion or gifts for services rendered con
stituents.
Sens. James Westberry of Fulton,
M. McKinley Conway of DeKalb, and
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motorists would only heed the rules of
safe driving.
Let’s all resolve to eliminate fatal
traffic accidents in our county in 1968.
It CAN be done.
life or make it possible to save yours.
Every child old enough to be away
from home should be checked out on
the use of a pay phone. He should be
taught to lift the receiver off the hook,
drop the coin in the slot that matches
it in size, listen for the dial tone, and
then dial “O” and wait for the voice of
the operator, who will always be able
to get the needed help.
We all should take similar precau
tions and insist that each child has at
least one dime in change — reserved
for that all-important telephone call.
Remember that dime ... in a real
emergency, it could save a life!
form and principles of the party . . .
have a rather hollow sound.
The “democratic” way of political
procedure in Georgia is for all loyal
party members to support the nom
inees of the state convention. “Write
in” campaigns (for other candidates)
are contrary to all rules of party loy
alty.
Certain persons have muddied the
waters of our state’s politics far too
long. Why can’t they accept the rules
of good sportsmanship?
group, has advocated attacks on Mr.
Johnson’s automobile as a protest of
the war in Vietnam.
Mr. Johnson is partly to blame for
the atmosphere which created this era
of lawless activity. Had he exercised
his duty to ALL American citizens at
the first sign of trouble, today’s hate
groups would not dare suggest activ
ities of this kind.
In the city of the Orange Bowl, Mi
ami’s chief of police has announced a
“get tough” policy in neighborhoods
terrorized by outbreaks of violent
crimes. If some of the other crime-rid
den cities across the nation had men
of courage like Miami’s top police of
ficial, hoodlums, rioters, looters and
all the other ne’er-do-wells would soon
see the handwriting on the wall.
The American people are fed up
with lawlessness. They want to be able
to again walk the streets in safety, be
free from personal indignities and to
see our country once again a nation of
law-abiding citizens.
We sincerely hope these two events
are steps in this direction.
Oliver Bateman of Bibb proposed a
code of honesty during the 1967 ses
sion of the General Assembly.
Many others have been talking
about the need, especially since an
other senator reportedly received a
large sum of money from a prison in
mate he helped get a parole.
We believe that an ethics code would
be extremely helpful to legislators and
other state employes as well.
Everyone in public office has a right
to know what is expected of him. He
needs some definition of what might
be considered an acceptable action in
helping of a friend and what might be
deemed an objectional action.
A number of other states have such
codes, and Smith's committee has
looked at several, including those of
Minnesota and California.
For their own interest and for the
good of the state, members of the Gen
eral Assembly should pass a workable
code of ethics at the 1968 session.
We applaud efforts by Sens. Smith,
Broun, and others to obtain that de
sirable goal.
This lops Them All . . .
Os all the proposals to come out of negotiations
over the consolida ion of the Trion schools with the
county system, the suggestion that the Chattooga
County system be abolished is the most absurd yet
proposed.
Why SHOULD the county school system be abol
ished?
Frankly, we can think of no valid reason for this
action. But, on the other hand, several good reasons
come readily to mind why it SHOULD NOT be dis
solved.
In order to give serious consideration to the
changing of an established institution — whether it
be a retail store, a manufacturing plant, a profes
sional establishment — or a school system — that
entity must either be completely outdated, heavily
losing money or inefficiently administered.
None of these categories correctly apply to our
county school setup.
We have one of the most modern high school
complexes already in existence. With th? addition of
the twelve, new classrooms and a vocational educa
tional program in the near future, our educational
plant will be second to none in the immediate vicinity.
Additionally, our present school board is in good
financial condition. In 1966, for the first time in
more than thirty years, the county school system
was not forced to borrow money to finish out the
school year.
In its administrative capabilities, our school sys
tem is probably in better shape than at any time in
its history. The above stated facts attest to this con
clusion.
No, people just don’t go about changing a “good
thing.” It would be absolutely absurd to do so. We
hope that the members of the Chattooga County
Board of Education also consider it in this light.
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More Than Ever . . .
Despite repeated warnings that smoking may be
hazardous to health, we Americans smoked more
cigarettes in 1967 than ever before.
U. S. Department of Agriculture figures show
that U. S. smokers, including overseas military
forces, used an estimated 552 BILLION cigarettes
during the year — an average of 138 packs for every
man, woman and child in the country.
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Fertilizer Sales Soar? . . .
We imagine the sale of fertilizer will reach astro
nomical proportions with this announcement out of
England:
A 73-year-old amateur gardener has found away
to grow more tomatoes . . . and hair!
The gardener accidentally rubbed his hands on
his bald head after using a new fertilizer on his to
mato plants. Then his hair began to grow, first cov
ering a bald patch in the middle. Now it’s starting to
get real thick, he says. He read about the fertilizer in
the paper, but changed the mixture around a bit to
suit his own plants.
The formula? Fowl manure, fine sand and pot
ash.
The gardener says he now plans to add a bit of
lavender to the mixture to give a more pleasant
“scent” to it.
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DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS J
The flrat child of Engllah parents born in America, Virginia
Dare, August 18, 1587. Thousand Islands International bridge
between the U. 8. and Canada was opened. August 18, 1938.
The Allies staged a Commando raid on Dieppe, France,
August 19, 1942.
Appleton Edison Light Company, Appleton, Wisconsin, first
commercial lighting plant in the United States, began operations,
August 20, 1882.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates began, August 21, 1858.
The Red Cross was established In Geneva, August 22, 1864.
The first U. 8. seaplane was patented by Curtiss, August
23, 1911.
Territorial government was granted to Alaska, Ar -ust 24,
1912.
WHO READS IT ?
Newspaper Advertising
What sort of person reads newspaper advertis
ing? Surveys made by various organizations over a
period of many years have been analyzed by the De
partment of Journalism of the University of Missis
sippi. Their findings, presented in the North Dakota
Publisher, show that:
• He is likely to be more intelligent and literate
than people who respond to other types of advertis
ing.
• He is likely to have more money to spend than
other people.
• She is over 80 per cent of the women who go
grocery shopping.
• If she is older, she gives advice on foods, elec
trical appliances, sewing and parties.
• He is nearly every man considering the pur
chase of an automobile, tractor or truck.
• He is a boy looking for a puppy; or someone
with a litter of mongrels needing a home.
• If she is a teen-ager, she sets the pace in se
lecting skirts, slacks and sneakers.
• He is a lawyer looking for a typist; or a typist
looking for a job.
• He is a builder looking for a loan; or a banker
looking for an investment.
• The newspaper reader is someone looking for
a house to rent; or someone trying to rent a house.
• He or she is the whole local community with
unsatisfied needs of many kinds.—Reprint.
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