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Tuesday, Septem Iter
21. 19.-, I
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Politics To Tlit‘ Trout
Stumbling from one blunder to another.
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson has,
at last, stopped to catch his breath. Acting
in the past without rhvme or reason, the
man last week chose not to strike the Ameri
can farmer the fatal blow earlier proposed
by him. the greatest of all dictators in the
realm of agriculture.
The pious secretary, it is fairly evident,
went against his religion when he said farm
belt congressmen brought no pressure to
bear on his proposed drastic plan. It is in
deed apparent that the secretary’s action is
pure and simple political expediency.
Mr. Benson would not act where the farm
er's welfare was concerned and he did not
seem a bit interested in the effect of his
drastic plan would have on the over-all
economy, but he bowed to the politicians.
And in thus case politics moved to the front
to save the day for the farmer. It remains
to be seen if the secretarv’s reversal will
save the Republican congressmen.
\en Shi/t tor 7hr t’resith'nl
President Eisenhower has a new ship and
“such a ship’’ it is.
The Chief Executive got the ship just
about the time a new order went out calling
for a tightening of the budget Maybe, the
President needed a new ship but other de
partments must tighten up. including those
t Agencies closer to the actual needs of the
: people.
/ The Republicans talked about former
President Truman's yacht, but they aren't
saying anything about President Eisenhow
- er’s yacht.
.4II Recognized Bui The Producer
i t
Senator Aiken comes forward and points
out that the reason why lower farm prices
j have not been reflected at the retail level.
*, He says, “The housewife buys cut-up poul
t * try, instead of live chickens She buys froz
, . en food, instead of canned food. She buys
; readv-to-bake biscuits, instead of flour."
* ' The senator explains that these extra ser
i S' vices cost money.
What the senator does not point out is
^' that it costs the farmer to produce the food.
The processor gets paid for his services, but
.J*- the farmer. Secretary Ezra Benson maili
fe, tains, must be content with seventy percent
of parity. ,
It seems as if everyone is to be recogniz
ed at the trough except the farmer.
“Maine" Spring Tears Loose
Deaf to the pleat, of fanners and others
interested in “live and let live", and ignor
ing the over-all economy these past twenty
months or more. Secretary of As: iculture
'• C*C%» »...«• •
t-zra halt Benson junipeu ouck qu it v. Ui.
lance when he heard the main party spring
tear lose up in Maine a few days ago
The Maine election result and apparent
'p; t?£.sui-r yy mfi-i&&■ ■'&£ iti tjuitc a
few farm belt districts made Mr. Benson
jump where storm and high water had not
been able to budge him before.
Just Doesn't Smell (,aotl
President Eisenhower asserts that his as
sociation with Bobby Jones had nothing to
do with a contract let to a company in which
Jones was Interested.
The conditions surrounding the contract
smell to high heaven, and since the taxpay
ers got such a rotten deal under the Presi
dent’s action the association of the President
and Jones just doesn’t smell good either.
-#. —,—
Faults are thick where love is thin.—Dan
ish Proverb.
R<‘<ut ll. Mr. Hmr
Worcester (Massy Telegram
If Hep B Carroll Reece (R-Tenn ) chances
to see the latest Quarterly Report >>f the
Carnegie Corporation <>! New York, he's
like! , to explode For right there in black
and/vhite is an article entitled: “Sounding
the Communist Mind.’’ . . . The Reece
Committee Investigating Tax Exempt Foun
dations recently challe ged the “American
ism" oi the Carnegie Corporation.
Bit before Mr Reece again denounces
the Carnegie Corporation he would do well
to read the article. It's a review of the
tindings of Prof. Gabriel Almond, of Prince
ton University, who was given a Carnegie
grant to "study the social situations and at- 1
titudes which contribute to susceptibility to
Comunism and defection away from it.”
Wilh Communism the peril it is, there is
no better protection for democracy than to
know precisely what makes a Red A.nd . . .
how a Communist may be weaned away
from the party.
A significant number of Reds break away
from the party when they come to realize
its "unrelieved power orientation A
French labor organizer was repelled, for in
stance, when he was told "for the good of
tht> party" he was to wreck a union he had
spent a decade building And the American I
minority group member “grows sickeningly j
aware that ‘civil rights’ is (only) a tactical 1
slogan.”
In short, the Carnegie Foundation spent I
$41,500 of its money to publish findings that
Communism is basically a fraud perpetrat
ed on dupes who fall for it.
I linn l)rol
If any one or group ever gol a raw deal,
the American farmer got it at the hands <|i'
Eisenhower, Benson and Company.
Already in the low income group, the
farmer has had his income threatened by
the unholy alliance in Washington.
When the price of steel was advanced $3
a ton, wages were increased, the economy
of others in the nation was raised, and cor
porations were declaring greater net profits,
a group in Washington maintained it was
time to kick the farmer in the face.
Herbert Hoover is charged with engineer
ing the greatest economic setback this coun
try had experienced in many decades. The
engineering done bv Eisenhower, Benson
and Company is right along the satjte line
employed by'Mr. Hoover.
< (ilanciiifi Mon
Absorbing a direct blow from the flexible
Republican farm bill, tin- farmer has also
been subjected to a glancing blow direct
from the President’s pen Mr. Eisenhower
recently raised the tariff on Swiss watches,
and the Swiss have held a "Don’t-Buy
American” week.
It seems that the few million Swiss peo
ple were good tobacco customers, that they
bought heavily of other farm commodities.
Of course the higher tariff will help the
manufacturers and the workers in the watch
industry.
It is just another instance where the
American farmer is being sold short and
out by the Republican administration.
Rugged individualist: One who can eat
chicken with Ins fingers without making
anv excuses. Buffalo News.
60 Second Sermons
By Fred Dodge
TEXT: “Discontent the
first progressive stop of
nation.”—Zeuxis.
Bill, the feed merchant.
rcould generally be counted
on to find a quarrel or make
one. Once he dropped in at
the railroad station and
bought an 89c- ticket, offering to pay with a
:1a1 h'i]. Without a word tin- station
-»cv. *"» *<#
agent shoved the change across the counter.
Twice Bill counted the sizeable stack.
"Wassa matter," the agent finally astefn-.a-t
‘'ls>:'.y.tb; v1: .,
Bill counted it a third time. Finally he
spoke.
“Well.” he grudgingly admitted, “It just
is.”
* * *
The critic is at the foundation of all hu
man progress. Man had to criticize every
invention in the world before he could im
prove it. Criticism is not to be condemned,
for a true critic praises as well as points out
errors
Often confused with a critic is a fault
finder. He sees nothing good in anything.
While the critic weighs one’s worth, the
fault-finder condemns it. The critic wears
the badge of progress. The fault-finder
wears the badge of envy. Which do you
wear?
Same Jamesville C.irl
(.hurch (• roup Officer
Mi« Jo Anne Hayes of James
ville was marie vice president of
Washington Tyrrell Methodist
Sub-district at a meeting of the
organization held last week in
Plymouth *
Representatives of the James
ville church, the newest member
in the organization, corducted the
worship service at the meeting.
Helunis Hume After Stax
Tidily Months Orerneatt
Flank Be: I y. mui ol the IteV.
and Mrs. J W. Berry returned
home last week after a stay of
two and one-half years at Weth
erfield Air Base in England. He
had been in service four years.
Receiving his honorable discharge,
the young man entered the Uni
versity of North Carolina yester
day.
Loral Ctrl* Hold Place*
Two local girls have places in
the 80-member East Carolina Col
lect band, it was announced last
week-end.
Miss Jean Ward Mobley is sec- j
rotary-treasurer, and Miss Pa
tricia Taylor is one of five ma
jorettes for the band.
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
The Church of God in Christ at
Hamilton is observing its anni
versary this week, it was an-1
nounced by the pastor, Elder Ed-;
die Mack Davis.
I.‘l Children IS'ol Enouflh
l it Kee/t II oman Itnsy
Louisville, Ky.— Mrs, Eleanor
Robinson, 88, has thirteen child
ren ton of which are in school—
and, besides taking care of them.,
her husband and her house, she j
is a cook, six days a week, at a'
county restaurant, often on duty;
till almost 11 p m. The oldest j
child is Carl. Jr , 17. The young- j
est is Theodore, 2. |
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
ADDITIONS TO GYMNASIUMS
AT
OAK CITY, BEAR GRASS |
AND JAMKSVILLE
MARTIN COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Sealed proposals will be reeeiv-1
ed by the Board of Education of|
Martin County, Williamston,
North Carolina at the office of the|
S u p e r i ntendent, Williamston,
North Carolina, up to 2:00 P. M.,j
Sept 28. 1954.- and immediately
thereafter publicly opened and
read al the said office for:
a General Construction
b Electrical Work
c Heating Work
d Plumbinu Work
' Complete plans, specifications
and Contract Document will be
open for inspection ir. the office of
: the Architect. Copies may be ob
tained from the Architect by
those qualified and who will mcJte
a bid, upon deposit of Twenty
Five Dollars ($25.00) in cash or
[certified check The full deposit
• will be returned to those submit
! ting a bona fide proposal provid
i ed plans and specifications are re-:
turned to the Architect in good
, condition within five days after- ^
the date set for receiving bids, I
jcost of printing and handling will,
; be retained on all others.
All contractors are hereb.% noti
• tied that thev must have proper .
license under the State laws gov- ,
e-ning their respective trades.
Genera! Corn; .. are nob
fied that “An Act to Regulate the
Practice of General Contracting.-' I
ratified b> the General Assembly
ol North Carolina on March 10,
1925. and as subsequently amend
ed will be observed in receiving
and awarding general contracts.
Plumbing Contractors art noti
fied that Public Laws of 1931,
Chapter 52. as amended by Public
Laws of 1933. Chapter 57 at.it as
subsequently amended will be ob
served in receiving and awarding
plumbing contract.
Eleqtncal Contractors are noti
fied that provisions of Chapter
U7, Public Laws of 1937. ratified
March 23 and as subsequently
amended will be observed in re
ceiving and awarding contracts.
Each proposal shall be accom
panied by a cash deposit or a cer
tified check drawn on some bank
or tract - •>«.patty insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration, m an amount equal to.
not less than five per cent '5'' )
of the Proposal, said deposit to be
retained by the Owner as liqui
dated damages in event of failure
of the successful bidder to exe
cute the contract within ten days
after the award or to give satis
factory surety as required by law.
In lieu of making the cash deposit
as above provided, such bidder
may file a bid bond executed by
a corporate surety licensed under
tne laws of North Carolina to’ex
ecute such bonds, conditioned that
the surety will upon demand
forthwith make payment to the
oblieee upon said bond if the bid
der fails to execute the contract
in accordance with the bid bond
and upon failure to forthwith
make payment the surety shall ;
pay to the obligee an amount
equal to double the amount of
said bid bond.
Performance bond will be re
quired for one hundred per cent
; 100' . ) of the contract price.
Payment will be made on the .
basis of ninety per cent <90) of 1
monthly estimates and final pay
ment made upon completion and
acceptance of the work
No bid may be withdrawn after
the scheduled closing time for the
receipt of bids for a period of 30
days.
The Owner reserves the right
to reject any or all bids and to
waive informalities.
J. C. Manning. Secretary
Board of Education of Martin
County, Williamston. N C
James W Griffith. J1'.. Architect,
Greenville, North Carolina. ^
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