The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1954 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Friday, Aug. 20, 1954, Mathis, Tex.
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EDITORIALS
..Thinking men and women the state over have concerned
themselves with the governor’s race that is of such vital im-
portance to the people of Texas. From the outstanding news-
papers of the state these salient comments on paramount issues
have been clipped.
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Analysis of Finances
..“An analysis of state finances by Congressional Quarterly shows
Texas in one of the best financial conditions of any state in
the nation. The analysis, for the fiscal year of 1953, revealed
that the 48 states in 1953 collected more revenue, made larger
expenditures and increased their holdings, but wound up further in
debt than at. the end of the previous year. In the columns of
financial statistics published by Congressional Quarterly, Texas
stands out as a model of financial stability.
...Although Texas is by law on a cash basis for its general opera-
tions — it must keep its expenditures within current income — its
excellent financial condition is a tribute to the wise leadership
the state has had. Gov. Allan Shivers and legislature have wisely
supervised the stat.e finances, so that we have had considerable
progress without a bit increase in taxes. That is the mark of
statesmanship. Texas should continue to have the able leadership of
Gov. Shivers for another two years.” — Houston Chronicle......
Tidelands And The Governor's Race
..“The tidelands issue, say supporters of Ralph Yarborough for
governor, is a phony. Mr. Yarborough himself implies as much when
he asserts in effect that everybody in Texas, including himself,
has always believed that the offshore lands within its historic
boundaries should belong to the state.
..“Yet it was Governor Shivers who helped in 1952 to line the
state up with the presidential candidate who favored restoration to
the Texas school children of the valuable properties that had been
taken away from them. It will be recalled that the offshore lands,
which had belonged undisputedly to Texas for more than 100 years
and which were dedicated to public education, no longer were in
the state’s possession. The U. S. Supreme Court had decided that
Texas had no valid claim to them. Congress had passed a bill to
Undo this ruling of the Supreme Court,, but President Truman had
Vetoed it” — Ft. Worth Star - Telegram.
AUSTIN, Tex. — Charges and
countercharges flew fast as the
race for governor rounded the
turn for the final lap.,*
Judge Ralph W. Yarborough,
quick to accuse Allan Shivers of
misdeeds, found fault with state
printing contracts awarded to the
Times Publishing Company of Mis-
sion because Shivers had been- a
stockholder in the company in
1946.
From Attorney General John
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by Lt/tidm *&■ J&ftKA OV*
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FARM LEGISLATION: By a nar-
row margin the Senate voted down
the farm price support bill re-
ported by the Agriculture Com-
and instead passed the ’ Ben Shepperd came the report
. support bill favored by (that “I have investigated the whole
the Administration. _ j transaction and there is nothing
The committee bill, which I wrong with it.” The contracts,
favored, would have maintained shepperd said, amounted to only
price supports on basic crops at about one per cent of the state’s
90 per cent of parity. The Ad- printing business and it went to
ministration proposal, which I vot-, the Mission firm on the basis of
ed against, sets these supports on jow
a sliding scale of between 82; Another Yarborough charge was
1-2 per cent and 90 per cent of that Shivers had withdrawn the
pai?ty' „ , . , . j Rangers from politic ally-hot Duval
To my way of thinking, the le- County.
gislation simply means that when j This statement, said Ranger Cap-
the farmer does not need help,. tain Alfred Y. Allee, was “utterly
Wld ,^e Suaranteed 90 per cent [ untrue.” Captain Allee testified
of a fair price. When the farmer;-
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Teachers' Pay Raise
,. “Astonishingly, The News has found Texas teachers who think
that the pay raise enacted in 1953 had to wait on the special
session in 1954 because Gov. Allan Shivers vetoed it,. What happened^
of course, was that the Legislature passed the bill and the Comp-
troller found no funds available. The Governor had no bill to veto.
.“Instead, he had a problem to solve. And he did solve it. He called
together a committee t,o work out ways and means. They came up
with both ways and means. They came up with both the bill and the
necessary appropriation to cover it. The Legislature was called into
special session to provide both, and did....
“You would think that every Texas teacher would know. that. Yet
a great many teachers are unaware either that Shivers did not and
could not block the pay raise or that his determined action got it
for them in the only way constitutionally possible.” — Dallas
Morning News...,-
Those Who Know Yarborough Best
Prefer Shivers Three To One
..“On July 24, when these people who know both men best went to
the polls, what was their verdict?..
“Travis County — where Yarborough has lived nearly 20 years,
where Shivers has lived and worked as Governor for 5 years—voted
heavily in favor of Shivers..
“In Yarborough’s home precinct, where he has lived for most of
his years in Austin, Yarborough’s neighbors and friends, the Texans
who know him best, gave Allan Shivers an overwhelming 3 to 1
majority.!
.“In El Paso, where Yarborougjh lived for years, where he
practiced law and, where he actively campaigned, Shivers received
nearly 60 percent of the vote.
.. ‘On the other hand, Shivers carried his own home box at Wood-
ville — where he was raised and where his family home is located—
by the overwhelming margin of 33 to 3. In the Rio. Grand Valle,
where the Governor practiced law and where most of his business
operations have taken place, Shivers was the first primary choice
by -more than 2 to 1. .Shivers also carried the city of Port Arthur,
the city where he lived while serving in the Senate, by a decisive
margin.
“Among those whcr know Yarborough best, it's Shivers 3 to 1”.
does need help, his income will • , , , , , . „ .
be lowered to 82 1-2 per cent of! £r food produced in ^1S country,
a fair price. i cents goes for processing, mar-
DANGEROUS THEORY: There is 1 and transP°rtation charges,
a basic assumption behind this! The fari^r receives 4. cents, ap-
“flexible” price support, theory ! Pr°ximat(dy 30 cents of wmch goes
with which I cannot agree. It is 't(?.buy tractors, trucks,.plows, gas- lcavc uu
the assumption that there are and °ther ^supplies required (for shivers,
economic problems which can be j ^or tbe modern iarrner-
solved by lowering the income of ^ other words, the farmer and
one segment of our population, j family have about 14 cents out
This seems to me a fallacious, of each consumer dollar for dc-
theory. I do not believe that low- j mestieally produced food for their
er income for Texas farmers will < cost and investment,
promote prosperity for residents ! The farmer’s share of the con-
of Texas cities any more than I j sumer dollar has dropped in re-
believe that a low income for in-. cent years and months with the
dustrial workers promotes farm decline in farm prices. Retail food
prosperity. j prices have remaiined a< about
I believe firmly that prosperous1 the peak levels of 1952.
farmers mean prosperous factory , WORK TO DO: As this is written,
wookers just as prosperous work- i a number of important pie :es of
ers mean prosperous farmers. I legislation are awaiting ac.ion by
believe also that prosperity ini the Senate before adjournament
that, the Rangers are still in Du-
val County.
And Colonel Homer Garrison,
director of the Texas Department
of Public Safety, asserted that no
.request had been made to pull
the law officials out of George
Parr’s domain.
Yarborough’s political promises,
came in for attack. When he pledg-
ed himself, if elected, to support
a Galveston County project — a
$5 million bridge across San Luis
Pass — a statement came from
John S. Redditt of Lufkin.
Redditt, former chairman of the
stat.e highway commission, former
state senator, and former presi-
dent of the Texas Good Roads
Association, said:
“In all my experience the Texas
Highway Department has-operated
without this kind of political in-
terference from the governor, the
Legislature, or any other source.
This policy has given Texas the
nation’s finest roads per. dollar
expended.”
Yarborough Campaign
Promised to build 40 new dams
in South Texas.
Otherwise, in his campaign
speeches, Yarborough:
Charged that a “vast army of
state employees” had been forced
to leave their jobs and campaign
Proposed the creation of a new sent Communist-dominated unions
Texas water board and advocated
the investment by the state of
$400 million in water conservation
projects.
Charged that Shivers spent $2
million in his first primary cam-
paign. /
Shivers Campaign
In his campaign appearances,
Shivers:
Rapped Yarborough for benig
“the only man I know of in Texas
who has cast, doubt on Texas’
tidelands claim to the 10 1-2 mile
limit.”
Charged that Yarborough misled
Negro voters in the first primary
by announcing that he was for
segregation and then later stating
his opposition to the U. S. Su-
preme Court's segregation decis-
ion.
Told Port Arthur listeners in a
public rally that people who repre-
and opposed the present state law
outlawing the Communist, Party
are supporting Yarborough. ^
Received praise from B. A. Stu-
flebeme, Grand Prairie member
of the State Prision Board, fori
cooperating to make the syster
“one of the best.”
Big Vote Anticipated
Absentee balloting reports from
over the *state indicate a good
possibility of the - August 28th
Democratic run-off primary bring-
ing a heavier turn-out than did the
first primary, according to various -
county clerks.
In Austin, Travis County ab-,?-
sentee ballots were coming in at ,
a rate approximately five times -
that of the July primary, accord-
ing to County Clerk Emilie Lim-
berg.
A Short Ballot %
See CAPITOL Page 5
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FOR THE BEST OF FOOD
TRY US!
Grande Burger___________'___35c
Chicken - in- the Basket
With Biscuits - Honey_____$1.00
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the fields and in the factories
promotes the prosperity of busi-
ness.
BLOW AT UNITY: It is unfortu-
nate that the campaign waged by
the Department of Agriculture on
behalf of its farm program has
been of such a nature .as t,o di-
vide the American people. It has
turned — or sought to turn — city
folks against, country folks.
Farmers have been pictured as
I am anxious to get home t,;
Texas, of course, but 1 believe
any bill affecting the lives of.
American people should receive
just as careful eonsiderar.u.n dur
ing the closing days of a session
of Congress as at any other time.
My aim is to do the best job
I can of lepresenting the people
of Texas in the Senate. I do not
feel that a good job can be done
too hastily. The last,-minute rush
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bloated plutocrats, driving into the must not be allowed to result in
city in their gold-plated Cadillacs J sloppy and ill-considered ,egis!a
to pink the pockets of the con-
sumer. In the minds of many,
the farmer has become a profiteer
a man who sells and sells at
fantastic,,exorbitant prices.
That is a result of the work
of- the high-powered press agents
iq. selling the theory of “flexible”
farm price supports.
NOT A TRUE PICTURE: We know
in Texas that is not a true picture.
We know that our farmeis have
been hard hit by drouth — by
insect depredations — by falling
prices. Everywhere you go in Tex-
as, you find farmers deeply un-
easy about the future — many of
them convinced that the Agricul-
ture Department has become their
enemy instead of their friend.
The uncertainty with which they
regard the future is certainly un-
derstandable.
SUMMING UP: It is my con-
sidered opinion, based on what I
consider convincing evidence, that
flexible price supports will not
solve the problem of farm sur-
pluses —• will not mean lower
consumer prices — will not mean
prosperity.
FOOD DOLLAR: When the Amer-
ican housewife spends a dollar
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Congress on March 3. 1879.
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