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Editorials
Go Back to the Polls
Next Tuesday, Chattooga County
voters will-or should return to the
polls to nominate a candidate to repre
sent the Summerville area on the Chat
tooga County Board of Education.
Because of our primarily one-party
county, the person so nominated will
face little—if any-opposition in the
November general election, and will be
selected for a four-year term on the
school board.
Since this is the only local race that
will appear on the ballot, there is the
possibility that few persons will take the
time to cast their ballots in the Aug. 29
primary runoff.
Certainly the education of our
young people is one of the most impor
tant functions of our society. It is for
that reason most imperative that local
voters turn out again in large numbers to
fill this important post.
The Back-to-School Trek
Today and tomorrow, more than
4,500 students in the Chattooga and
Trion school systems will begin another
academic year.
One of the great traditions in the
United States is that of the public
schools schools which have come a long
way during the last decade.
Public schools in small towns and
rural areas have long brought together
rich and poor on an equal basis, and they
now bring all races together on this same
Fact Or Fallacy?
Sen. George McGovern’s proposals
for redistribution of the nation’s income
has encouraged many to feel he would
soak the rich, so to speak, and raise the
income of the poor.
His proposals might do this, to a
degree, but it has been recently pointed
out by several economists that such an
approach would not really be a redis
tribution of wealth.
A redistribution of wealth can only
come about if intangible property is
periodically taxed. If it is true, as
claimed, that one per cent of the popula
tion owns over half of the corporate
stock of the nation, then redistributing
income would not at least for many,
Bicycle Cops
An upsurge in popularity has envel
oped the bicycle in recent years, and
now that renewed interest centers on
policemen.
In several cities, it has been found
that law officers can drastically reduce
crime using bikes.
In Baltimore’s high crime area (of
narrow streets), the inauguration of
regular patrols on bicycles had an imme
diate. major effect; the crime rate
dropped substantially. Bicycles allow a
Other Editors Say:
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(The LaGrange Daily News)
Most Americans including a large
majority of union members themselves
feel that strikes and labor disputes have
seriously hurt the country.
This was the major finding of a
recent survey by Opinion Research Corp
of Princeton, N.J The survey cutting
across population subgroups (age, race,
region, education, etc.) was one of a
continuing series of inquiries into public
thinking on unions and labor legislation
sponsored by the Labor Law Study
Committee.
In this latest survey, a key question
was: “In your opinion, have recent
strikes and labor trouble seriously hurt
the country as a whole, or haven't they
had that much effect?"
Os the general public, 68 per cent
said that strikes have hurt, 20 per cent
believed that they have not and 1 2 per
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WINSTON E. ESPY PrbH-t—
DAVID T. ESPY. JR ^-■im’ Manager
JAMES D. ESPY Managing Editor
WILLIAM T. ESPY Advertising Manager
WOODBOW W. ESPY Nawa Editor
Education today costs more than it
ever has in the history of our county.
Thousands and thousands of dollars are
added each year to the budget needed to
run the county schools. That is why we
must not sink into a state of lethargy;
why we must all add our voices by
voting to the choice of who will help to
make the decisions involving our com
munity’s many school children.
We would not presume to tell you
for whom to vote on Aug. 29. But we do
urge you to give deep thought to the
matter at hand, and then vote for the
candidate of your choice.
We strongly urge you to return to
the polls next Tuesday. The future of
Chattooga County’s young people is in
your hands. Help to guide their future
by voting in the runoff election.
May we in our collective wisdom
nominate the best candidate.
basis.
Young people today have unprece
dented opportunities to obtain the edu
cation that is a “must” in present-day
society. The potential for an education is
unlimited dependent only on the ambi
tions of the individual.
We hope these young people will
take every advantage of the opportuni
ties that are now open to them many of
whom will be the leaders of the future.
many years, have much effect on the
distribution of wealth.
Thus, those who would like to see a
redistribution of income should keep in
mind that this would not redistribute the
nation’s wealth for many decades. It is
quite possible, in fact, that any redis
tribution of income will hit the middle
class harder, relatively, than the wealthy.
A very small tax on intangible
property, it is estimated, would yield
many billions, and this method might
redistribute the nation’s wealth. This
method is obviously unacceptable to
most Americans, and there is little
chance for any redistribution of the
nation’s wealth in the near future.
silent approach and can get into many
places cars cannot.
On some of the six-speed bikes being
used, officers can achieve 45 to 50 miles
an hour downhill, and 35 to 30 m.p.h.
on level streets. Thus their mobility and
the officer’s patrol range are greatly in
creased. In addition, bicycles cut costs of
law enforcement.
Therefore, more and more towns
and cities seem likely to utilize them in
police work.
cent had no opinion. Among union
members, 61 per cent felt that strikes
have hurt.
The Labor Law Study Committee
notes that at each interval since this
question was first asked in 1967, there
have been increases in the proportion of
people who feel that strikes are harmful.
The 68 per cent figure represents a 4 per
cent increase since 1970
This does not necessarily indicate a
growing “anti-union” bias in America.
On the contrary, it could mean that
unionism has proved itself and has won
its biggest fight and that in a time of
inflation coupled with high unemploy
ment. and especially in the face of rising
foreign competition, more and more
people are coming to believe that there
must be a better way to solve labor
disputes and achieve economic gains
than through strikes
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TWAT'S the way it looks!'
I HERMAN
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fete Reports from the United States Senate
AN AMENDMENT was recently in
troduced in the Senate that called for
the expiration of the draft at the end of
this calendar year.
Only a year ago extensive discussion
centered around the concept of an all
volunteer army. At that time, the Senate
approved a two-year extension of the
Selective Service Act after an uncei tain
five months without a military draft.
The question boils down to this: the
need to provide for our national secur
ity. It would be hazardous indeed to
attempt to survive and win a war of any
dimension, or to even maintain a ready
national defense, without the dratt.
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Melvin
R. Laird said recently that “we are mak
ing the change and we are going to make
the transition” to a volunteer army. The
President has announced that no more
drafteeswill be sent to Vietnam.
The fact is that the number of
draftees has fallen from 299,000 in
1968, to 50,000 in 1972. Raises in mili
tary pay, improved living and working
conditions, and other incentives have
been provided by the Congress in an
attempt to further decrease the number
of draftees. There is a waiting list of
colleges and universities which want the
ROTC program on their campuses.
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The proponents of an all-volunteer
1 army dismiss the need for careful and
deliberate transition and want to end the
draft immediately. One aspect of the
proposal that I don’t like is that an
all-volunteer army would mean that if
you have enough money you would not
have to serve. There are other important
considerations.
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WE ALL READ and hear these days
constant criticisms made of our country.
America, as a nation, still stands for
great things. I do not believe that an
army of mercenaries would be an impres
sive addition to this list.
Our public officials are held ac
countable to the people of this country
for what they do. Differing points of
view are openly and freely expressed.
That is not the case in most parts of the
world.
We can do away with war only by
increasing understanding between
nations. Until that time, we must have a
trained and ready fighting force. That
force should be a cross section of the
nation it is sworn to defend. A truly
great nation strives not only to expand
its opportunities and share them equally,
but also to realize its obligations and
distribute them equally.
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IOMMENT
3A WjEl By Woodrow E»py
WATCH THAT MAN!
One of the brightest members of Georgia s congres
sional delegation is coming up fast in the eyes of people
in this section of our state.
That man Fletcher Thompson is saying a lot of
things concerned Georgians want to hear. And one thing
to his credit: they believe what he is saying.
Thompson’s political career began in 1964, when he
defeated the incumbent state senator from Georgia’s
34th senatorial district.
In 1966, Thompson, a conservative Republican,
won election to the U. S. Congress over Archie Lindsey.
Charles Weltner, the incumbent Democratic congress
man, withdrew from the race prior to election day, and
Fletcher Thompson became the first Republican con
gressman from Georgia’s fifth district since 1873.
In his 1968 reelection campaign, Thompson de
feated Weltner by more than 16,000 votes. His margin
increased to more than 20,000 votes in 1970, when he
defeated SCLC leader Andrew Young.
On March 17, 1972, Thompson announced his
candidacy for the U. S. Senate seat held by David
Gambrell, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term
of the late Richard B. Russell.
Since few Georgians will buy George McGovern’s
brand of politics, President Nixon will, no doubt, carry
Georgia by a large majority.
Once Georgia Democrats have crossed over the line
to vote for Richard Nixon, many of them will again
cross over to vote for Fletcher Thompson. At least, that
is what we are hearing more and more in this area.
If elected, Thompson would become the first Re
publican senator from Georgia since Reconstruction
days. And this articulate young candidate just might be
the one to pull off that feat.
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STONE-THROWING MIGHT BACKFIRE
How many times is heard the cry: “Those teen-agers
drive too fast.” Well, there is some justification for this.
Some teen-agers frequently do drive too fast. But there
is also a reverse side of the coin: so do a lot of other
people.
This point was illustrated in a news report out of
Venice, Fla. It seems that some of the town’s older
citizens became so alarmed about youthful speeders that
they complained to the local police, who set up a radar
check at various hours of the day.
Os the 35 tickets for speeding, five went to teen
agers. The other 30 offenders ranged in age up to 74,
with an average of 41.3.
Not much is heard in Venice these days about
teen-age speeders.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
In reply to an examination question about the end
of World War I, a little girl wrote: “The Armistice was
signed on Nov. 11, 1918, and since that time we have
had two minutes of peace every year.”
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THE OLD TIMER SAYS:
“It takes a smart woman to decide if a man is too
old to be considered eligible, or too eligible to be
considered old.”
PERSONAL
Viewpoint
BY JACK NIX
State Superintendent
of Schools
Georgia Superintendent of
Schools Jack P. Nix challenged
young adults to help make
public education more bene
ficial to each Georgian in an
address to the Georgia South
ern College graduating class at
Statesboro.
Nix agreed with critics of
education who say that some
teaching techniques are good
while others have been proven
ineffective.
“There are almost as many
philosophies of teaching and
learning in Georgia as there are
schools, (but) we cannot con
demn the whole system, espe
cially at a time when some of
the experimentation, some of
the innovations show real
promise of exciting results.
Rather than putting everything
down, we should be encourag
ing more creative approaches
to learning. The critics assume
they are the only people who
have accurate perceptions
about public education today.
I can assure you that edu
cators. too, are keenly aware of
the shortcomings of the
system. We are working to
improve it rather than tear it
down and start over.”
He proclaimed himself a
strong believer in the United
States public education system
saying, “We have set ourselves
a goal of quality education for
the masses for every indi-
vidual according to his abilities
and interests.”
Nix noted that people are
constantly confronted with
change, but that it is only
through education they can
acquire the ability to cope with
it . . . that education can give a
person self-respect and self
confidence in his career field.
Nix closed his remarks by
suggesting that after 16 years
or more in school, today’s
college graduates should be
able to offer recommendations
for improvements in public
education.
“You can change the system
by working within the system.
Certainly there is nothing to be
gained by ignoring the progress
that has been made during the
past two hundred years and
starting over,” he said.
Richard Nixon, President:
“We have achieved a sub
stantial success in our battle
against the inflation we in
herited in 1969."
Louis C. Wyman, Congress
man (R-NH), on physical
exams for congressmen:
“Those who don’t want
their condition known have an
easy solution-don’t be a candi
date for public office.”
Sargent Shriver, Democratic
Vice Presidential nominee:
“I'm very happy and I’m
very proud to be on the ticket
with George McGovern.”
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