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Small Business Thrives Despite The Giants In this age of corporate giants, when it frequently appears that industry, agriculture, and service businesses have merged under a comparatively few roofs, it is reassuring to note fhe small business community in the United States is prospering. Conglomerates are more noticeable because of their size, but small businesses are everywhere. It is the dream many Americans to someday own their own small business, an enterprise for which they will be totally or at least principally responsible. Many are making that dream come true. According to Robert C.

Moot, administrator of the Small Business Administration, "one out of every 24 Americans over 21 years of age owns his own small business. Every tenth family owns and operates its own small business." BECAUSE SMALL BUSINESS ventures cover the spectrum of goods and services, statistics to gauge their impact on the economy are hard to come by. Moot estimates are that about 40 per cent of the nation's goods and services are contributed by small businesses. About half the 75.8 million employed persons are on the payrolls of small enterprises. Not an insignificant part of the continued boom in small businesses is due to the Small Business Administration and the low cost aid it offers to entrepreneurs.

In its 15-year history the SBA has loaned more than $5 billion to small businesses and provided management assistance where needed. In disaster relief alone, the SBA has provided $616 million to 69,000 applicants who suffered losses in 600 disasters. In a related effort, the SBA promoted small business investment companies, organizations of private groups of investors sometimes receiving financial support from the SBA which provide loans at low cost to businesses, mainly those which have been unable to obtain more conventional financing. Not only are small businesses still the backbone of the American enterprise" system, they show no signs of the demise once predicted in the age of the large corporation. Red Strategy, Timing Proving Uncanny Hanoi's famous fight-and-talk strategy is proceeding with uncanny success.

The propaganda bluster from tlie Communist side in Paris escalates predictably. On tlie battlefield in South Vietnam, allied casualties mount in record fashion; 975 Americans died in military action in. the first two weeks of U.S.-North Vietnamese conversations in Paris. All the while, Washington tries to wring whatever propaganda benefits it can from Hanoi's performance, hoping international public opinion soon will sicken of the patent Red attempts to stall, and stall, and stall some more. Maybe it will work, but at the moment world opinion seems IJtde importance to the North Vietnamese.

They have a timetable, and they are sticking to it. Months ago, before the Tet offensive, word of the Communist strategy was passed along to the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in the field, preparing them for what was to come. As pieced together by allied intelligence, the stratgey called for a major winter-spring offensive, and, come spring, an agreement to open some kind of negotiation. There would be haggling over the site of talks, but that would be resolved in a few weeks. Then the talks would limp along with no sign of progress for several more weeks.

All the while, fighting would continue at a furious clip, with a settlement coming in late 19G8 a settlement establishing a coalition government, with Red participation in South Vietnam. Just how closely Hanoi will adhere to schedule from here on out is questionable. The Norlh Vietnamese may be quite wrong in their estimate of tho kind ot settlement the United States would be willing to impose on South Vietnam. 1C so, (he talks could drag on much longer than the Communists now plan, or they could break up. Either way, there's little cause for optimism, Hanoi's is working.

r--'l'he National Observer Our Nation Is Tops Despite Troubles By EiHILE J. HODEI, Just what all prompted the statement from Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmlllim we do not know, but his address to his fellow Britons about the United States and its origins and problems was one of Hie most understanding, kind, and helpful that has boon made abroad in many years to our knowledge. Assassinations or attempted assassinations are not really at all unusual. Murders by sudden or secret attack take place and arc attempted with considerable regularity daily and oftcncr in this nation alone. It is the murder of prominent men --leaders and officials--which gain such wide note and which shock people almost speechless.

Most of the murders here and abroad are not considered shocking. Scorned women and jealous spouses of both sexes, inebriates of both the sexes, the mentally disturbed, and -of Inte those in mental disarray from the abuse of drugs are frequently involved in some sort of assassination. --0-Recently a motion picture producer and so-called pop artist was flic victim of an attempted assassination in his own office. This made news, of course, but there was little expression of shock as a result of it. The shock comes when leaders who are considered among those at or near the top are brutally struck down.

--O-For Britain's prime minister to appeal to the people of his nation to show understanding and sympathy for their American cousins simply is unique. It shows that the doughty British who have handed down: much of their world responsibility to us some how need to be prompted to understand us as much as possible. Macmillan referred to us thusly, "They are our people, who went out from this island, all refugees, all persecuted. "The Catholics to Maryland, the dissenters to New England, because at home they couldn't hold their faith and live their lives. "More and more people came, but many of them refugees too from all over Europe.

Now they are even from Asia." The British leader was described as having had his voice break and tears flowing down his cheeks as he spoke. -0-It has not been often that anyone else in the world has shed tears for the American people and nation. He continued, "America is this vast continent, this huge population which hasn't yet, as it were, settled down it has problems. It is a frontier line still. "So let us be fair about America.

They've got this enormous problem of population, this great wealth, this great technique. But it is a world of its own. It is Europe and part of Asia now, planted in the New World. "We should show not only sympathy, sorrow, but determination to understand, to help, to work with them." Great Tribute As we said, this is quite a tribute and appeal. To us it is thoroughly refreshing after all the shouted invective against America from the Kremlin, the other Communist capitals, the Nassers and Castros and such, and more particularly from "le grand Charles," General de Gaulle.

Though we predicted it and somewhat deplored the fact that the United States would come to De Gaulle's rescue in his crisis in France, we are rather proud, really, that our nation with all its troubles and detractors would still turn the other cheek to aid the French people as a nation--even though an irascible old man heads the Gauls. --0-The British can also be proud of their great heritage and their present leader's understanding and warmth. Here's hoping it will ever be thus with America--that we will be strong enough in the risht to always try to do what is right in world affairs! And top of the morning! MY ANSWER by I have been a faithful wife and good mother for 25 years. I taught my children reverence for God, and am known as a good neighbor. But, in my youth 1 committed immorality with at least 10 men.

I even hart a baby born out of wedlock. My husband and children are ignorant of all this, and lately I have brooded over my past sins, until I think at times I will go out of my inlnd. Help me, please! N.A. have scores of letters like yours in my mail. First of all, don't think for a minute that you are very much different than the average person.

This kind of early behavior is very common. You sec, tlie Bible teaches that we are all sinners by nature, and we arc. "We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God." Any minister or psychiatrist could tell you the mosl sordid laics of people, who commuted cxaclly Ihc same sins as you, in their youth. What has happened is this: you saw the error of your ways and in your own strength tried to make a new way of life. And humanly, you have done a creditable job, and to be commended.

But these guilt feelings have built up in your life, ami will continue lo build up, until you accept the forgiving grace of Jesus Christ. Bobby Was Sensitive And Considerate, Ruthless And Tough WASHINGTON-A lot of people will remember a lot of tilings about the late Robert P. Kennedy. Civil I Us leaders will remember a con- fcronce during the Birmingham demonstrations en one of the attorney general's daughters quietly climbed up in his lap. He kept on talking and listening.

Members of the Justice Department will remember their old boss as being the most informal attorney general under whom they had ever served. Usually he wore a blue shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, necktie pulled down, A big dog sprawled beside Ids desk almost like bear rug. Ho was sensitive, considerate of people who were right, tough on people who wore wrong, frequently late for appointments, loved to sneak mf early for a game of touch toot- bail. when the steel executives entered President Kennedy's office. "Don't worry about Bobby," said JFK.

"I won't let him bilo yon," ROGER RI.OlHiH, head of U. S. Steel, and other steel executives will remember Bobby and a session they had with the late President Kennedy when they announced a hike in steel prices. Attorney General Kennedy had retaliated by calling a grand jury to probe violations of the antitrust act. And ho was present, though in the background, RALPH B.

KEBSEY, who operates a newsstand near St. Matthews Cathedral, will remember how a young man thumbed through The New York Times one Sunday morning as worshippers were departing from mass. The young man needed a haircut and one sock was up over the cuff of his trouser as if he had dressed in a hurry. He kept thumbing through the Times as if lie wanted to glean all the news that was fit to print without paying for it. "Young man," said Kersey, "that nespaper cosls 35 cents.

1( you want to read it, you can buy It, but don't muss it up." The young man turned, meekly put down The Now York- Times, paid for Washington paper anil walked away. It was the attorney general of the United States, a man who had challenged labor racketeers and talked tough to the governor of A a a a "I felt sorry that 1 had scolded him," Kersey said. "lie Inok- cd so browbeaten ami dejected --just as if I had spanked him. He went over to the a shop on tlie corner and ordered himself a cup of coffee. I was sorry I had talked that way.

lie looked so hurt." 'It's A Sympathy Note From The Yesterday And Today-Turkey Spur Sign Said Wrong On Tunnel By SHIRLEY DONNELLY Herman Monk, the merchant of Prince, writes to fill me in on some interesting history of that community. According to the Monk man, "the same year William (Bub) Prince came to Prince he sold Quinnimont for enough to pay him out of debt." Prince was a Confederate soldier. He died in 1D22. His sons, James and Frank, kept the Prince store going, sans liquor, until 1935. a of an oddity that this i ependently owned store has had only opera- 98 years.

Prince had it 65 years. W. L. Keliam operated it 9 years; while the present owner, Herman Monk, has had it for the past 24 years. While there prevails the myth that the rather respectable fortune possessed by the Princes was founded on the sale of strong drink, the buying of coal acreage and the leasing of it to coal companies accounted for the majority of their ready money.

The elder Prince was a trader par excellence. on the C. 0." According to the Indiana scholar he has now 49 texts of this ballad, with about 10 more tape recordings of the song. This rather celebrated ballad was born in West Virginia. In that ballad the main figure is George Alley, (July 10, 18605:40 a.m., Oct.

23, 1890). It has a rich Summers county flavor with a Hinton base. Alley was a native of Richmond, Va. He was driving Train No. 4-the Fast Flying Vestibule was pulled over the line by Engine No.

134. This noted wreck which cost the engineer his life occurred three miles cast of Hinton and was caused by a landslide that covered the track. Lewis Witbrenv was the regular fireman but had been laying off a short time. On the day of the wreck he had returned to his job. Another man on the engine that fatal day was Robert Foster, who had been working in Withrow's place.

Foster's regular run was out of Clifton Forge and he was "dead heading" riding in the engine room when not working --back to Clifton'Forge. WHEN THE TRAIN plowed into the landslide east of Hinton, Foster jumped from the cab window on the left side, the side opposite the river. Withrow left the engine by the gangway on the same side. When the crash occurred the engine turned over on the opposite side from which Withrow and Foster had leaped. Withrow was badly injured.

George Alley was a six-fooler but weighed only about 170 pounds. He lived at Clifton Forge. STORIES OF the wreck snowballed. It is thought that a Negro engine wiper in the round-house at Hinton composed the first version. It found it's way into the hills and hollows of Jackson County.

As a mere child I used to hear my father sing it and that wasn't yesterday either! There we heard it sung as "George Alley was his name, with his bright and golden hair." Alley was killed in the wreck. Investors' Forum--- ON PAGE 514 IN the Pctcrs- Cardcn history of Fayette County, is a full page (Bub) Prince and a Famous Riding Horse." It is a picture Prince on a saddled ox with a sturdy rope halter in his hand. Prince is shown as a bearded-mustachioed man of rather huge proportions. James Prince, son of Bub Prince, was the only man of the Prince family I ever knew. Once he came to Upson Downs to visit and to see my museum.

After looking the place over he asked where he paid for what he saw. When he was told that here evcrthing is free and that he was not expected to contribute anything, James Prince added that "My hobby is paying," I always thought he alluded to the loss he took when he bought heavily of some bonds that were issued by Alderson Baptist Junior College back there about 1920 and on which the educational venture defaulted. HERMAN MONK points out that "Turkey Spur, a part of Grandvicw Park, is on the mountainside directly across from my store. The Conservation Department has erected rather ornate and costly sign describing the scene and the river. In mentioning the Stretcher Neck tunnel they slate that 'Prior to 1932 the railroad followed the meandering of the "That, of course, is incorrect.

The railroad had a tunnel ready in the first years of the 1870's for the first train. At the cast end of the tunnel the railroad docs have it marked with the a and date of 1MO-1932, That was the year they finished the double track. That accounts for the i a on the sign at Turkey Spur." RONAM) S. LANK of Columbus, Inri. has written to request lime for an interview concerning the folksong, "Tlia Wreck A Light In The Clearing By HARRV C.

FItANCE The U. S. government has the means at hand to defend the integrity of the dollar. America is the most powerful and richest country in the world. If these forces were well managed, the dollar should he strong and not weak.

A light a a the Wilbur ills, SL the able man House Ways and a ns" Committee, is hopeful that very soon grcssional authorities will approve substantial tax increases after budget expenditures have been reduced, High taxes arc belter than a deteriorating dollar. Anyhow, such a prosperous country as the United States should be able to set its financial house in order. It is shameful to have Europe distrust the quality of our currency. And if, through a combination of circumstances such as a balancing of the federal budget and favorable peace negotia lions in Paris, money should ease, a score of U. S.

Treasury bonds could advance strongly in price. The question of whether Adam Clayton Powell should bu retried for income-lax evasion was about to he decided and if Hobby 'bcentnc attorney general, any decision ho made, whether right or wrong, would be interpreted as I have never published Bobby's letter, but he wrote beautiful reply agreeing with the problems but saying he thought he could meet them jusl the THERE ARE EIGHT different Treasuries due from August, 1068, to February, 1970, that are selling to yield around 6 per cent. Investors reluctant to invest idle money during the present turbulennce may well buy some ol these obligations. And if the war conditions improve and a balanced budget is achieved, a long, long list U. S.

Treasury bonds will improve in price. Long-term obligations are probably selling on the bottom. Bonds due in 1980 can bo bought for 83 cents on the dollar. Those due in 1995 can lie bought for 74 cents on the dollar. I PERSONALLY remember many things about Kennedy, especially a talk I had with him about Russia, lie had started out being very anti-Russian, then came to believe that the hope for peace in the world lay in better understanding between the two most powerful nations, the USA and the USSR.

When I was it! the Soviet Union during the Berlin crisis of 19G1 interviewing Khrushchev, he suggested inviting Joseph P. Kennedy, father of the Kennedy boys, to Russia in order to improve American-Russian relations. I countered with the suggestion that he invite Bobby, who bad more influence with his brother, the President. The Russians did invite Bobby and he was anxious to go, but the State Department vetoed the trip. It was Bobby who later persuaded his brother to appoint Averell liarriman, who had served as ambassador in Moscow, as special envoy for tlie negotiation of the Test Ban Treaty.

Harriman put this across, and the treaty became a milestone for better understanding between tlie two nations. THE PEACE negotiations In Paris could suddenly change the fiscal picture in Washington. The Vietnamese war is costing America thousands of lives of young citizens, many of whom would have been our future leaders. The war Is also costing America billions and billions of dollars, and, because domestic nonesscntial costs arc not being cut and taxes arc not being raised, federal deficit'; still prevail. This entire situation has alarmed millions of investors who need an income from their idle dollars.

And with intense rales high and security prices low, there is an iihun- drtiiee short-term bonds (lint can be bought to yield 6 pnr cent to maturity. THE TELEVISION networks will also remember Kennedy, lie knew more a most men bow much the networks were influencing crime, how much money they were rolling up at the expense of poor programming, lie had picked one o( tho most forthright chairmen of tho Federal Communications Commission, Bill Henry of Memphis, to head the FCC and try to curl) the networks. Another man who will remember Bobby is Chester Bowles, now ambassador to India. Bowles was under secretary of state during the Bay ot Pigs fiasco and had not known in advance that the landing in Cuba was to be made. He was against it, and a critical remark made over his dinner table leaked through a student, who was visiting his son, to Time magazine.

Bobby was furious. Thumping the under secretary of slate on the chest, he exclaimed, "Bowles, you're no damn good." Sometimes Bobby could be that way. I ALSO REMEMBER a letter in longhand Bobby wrote me shortly after his brother was elected President and when he was considering faking the job of attorney general. I had suggested privately that the Justice Department had become the most political agency in government with the power lo Six or prosecute income taxes, the power to retain or sell alien property, the power to appoint judges and U. S.

attorneys. AND SCHOOL officials of the. South will remember Bobby for both his foreefulncss and diplomacy in putting across integration in the cities of Atlanta, Dallas, and Little Rock. As attorney general, Kennedy moved to head off trouble in advance and in mosl cases succeeded in doing so. Gov.

John Patterson of Alabama will remember him, however, for his strident reprimand, delivered by telephone, that Alabama must integrate. In this case Bobby did not succeed. Close friends will remember Bobby for his sense of humor. When he gave that party for Averell Harriman on his 75tli birthday, he wore Avercll's fedora and a lopcoat reaching lo his ankles. His wit equalled Vice President Humphrey's, whom lie introduced.

Andrew Tully-Marijuana Dangerous, Causes Actual Damage Editor's Note: Andrew Tully is on a fact-finding holiday in Europe. During his absence, his column is being written by distinguished government and political leaders. By HENIIY L. GIORDANO Associate Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs WASHINGTON Today the news media are full of the upheaval of students demonstrating their dissatisfaction with the "Establishment," They have been often told of the faults of our society, and as a consequence many young people have come to doubt everything their elders may say. Unfortunately, the abuse of marijuana and oilier drugs has also become a "cause celebrc" with some campus radicals.

Moreover, this has been actively encouraged by a few irresponsible adults who ought to know better. Young people are particularly vulnerable to this sort of incitement. Youth is a time of turbulence. The alleged lack of communication and understanding created by the generation gap only complicates the problem. But, we must be willing to admit that we do not have all the answers.

MARIJUANA PROVIDES an excellent example of misinformation. Many students will assert that marijuana does not cause physical damage. On the contrary, studies in countries where marijuana use is rampant suggest a types physical damage. Students will argue that marijuana smoking is no more a cause of heroin addiction than drinking milk, yet the facts show that the relation of marijuana and heroin addiction is as convincing as the arguments that cigarette smoking produces lung cancer. They will claim that marijuana abuse does not result in crime, but will ignore the fact that drug induced psychosis can and does result in violence.

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, and moral deterioration go hand-in- hand. Conditions in cities IT IS THEREFORE not surprising that drug abuse has risen so sharply. Indeed, it is a testament to the good sense of the vast majority of students that such a small percentage has been affected thus far. The problem that faces us now is how to stop the spread of drug abuse. First, the false propaganda must he rectified.

Drugs are often billed to the young as a passport to Nirvana, a means of enhancing aesthetic and social experience. We must put drugs in their proper perspective, to show them as both vital and dangerous instruments to be used only under the physician's guidance. aci'oss America naturally influence tlie of many investors, causing them to leave idle money in banks. To all persons, Ibis column suggests the purchase of short-term U. S.

Treasury bonds. When they mature, the owners may have their money, and pos- isbly then the light in the clearing will be even brighter. is a dark world. ONE MIGHT ASK why, then, lias society been disbelieved? I think the answer may not be as profound as expected. In the past, society dealt In oversimplification, in appeals to guide morality under the threat of authority.

Now that we have concentrated on teaching our young people to think, we must develop informative programs which are suitably geared to their ago group. The government alone cannot do the job. Every parent and every teacher must assume his or her share of responsibility. Beyond this, every citizen has the right to expect conscientious law enforcement. WE INTEND TO continue anil accelerate if necessary our policy of apprehending those who would traffic in dangerous drugs, with the firm conviction that we can cause the supply of drugs to be greatly reduced.

Such investigations may occasionally bring us to the campus, but fortunately we will find only a handful of the nation's college students are actually involved in the drug traffic. In the final analysis, I am confident that good common sense and judgment will prevail and American youth will rise to the occasion. THE FORUKI Thousands of investors are so fearful that they want to sell good sotcks. Don't do so. the small society by Brickman JUST A.