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Editorials-
Bouquets For Three
Jobs Well Handled
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KEEP ON
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WLCAMf
A littk over three yatrt ago tabu*
latora at th# School Admimatration
Building began to compile total votea
la a School Trustee election.
The namee of all candidate* in that
election have long since been forgotten,
for there have been two auch elections
auwe.
The name* of the three successful
candidates that night have not been
forgotten. And they should not be for»
gotten. Each of th* three has made a
fme contribution to the school system.
And now all three, believing their
obligation to th* community in an offi-
cial capacity as a school trustee has
been paid, will not be candidates in
the forthcoming May election.
Their aervice* should not be ended
without handing out a bouquet or two
in their direction.
They are J. Robert Barnes. Dr Joe
Horeciy and J. Bryan Stratton.
Barnes Is a former schoolteacher at
Cedar Bayou. He has made enviable
advancement at the Baytown riant of
Humble Oil and Refining Co In nut third
and final year on the board he has
served ably as chairman.
Barnes’ every* day Job has to do with
construction, planning and building.
The school system got plenty of mileage
out of Trustee Barnes, especially in
these capacities. There were constant
problems of expansion that Barnes
played a vital part in solving. He was
not a specialist trustee, however. He
didn't measure school system success
by dollar marks or by bricks He is as
strong as they come on strong curricu-
lum.
Dr. Horeczy brought his scientific
training to the board five years ago.
He preceded Barnes as chairman for
two years snd declined another year.
Report From Austin --
*’l think the Job should be passed
around," he said.
The Sun always appreciated that in
Dr. Joe The Sun thinks there should
be s different president of the board
each year. If there is any honor involved
in the post, every trustee deserves some
of it. They all work hard enough with
self-satisfaction their only reward.
Dr. Joe wants strong science in the
public schools, and will fight for it And
don’t think he ever dodged an issue.
Bui Dr Joe knows everybody can t be
a scientist (editor’s note: heaven for-
bid I. Dr. Joe wanted lhe best science
training, and his work in that line has
gained him statewide recognition. How-
ever. he has always realized there had
to be real balance in a public school
education program at the secondary
level.
Stratton, a business man with definite
ideas about any assignment he under-
takes. believed in attacking every prob-
lem hradon He never faced a problem
he felt too tough to resolve. He always
gave others the right to their own
opinions. He wasn't afraid to move.
He thought more of the opportunities
of tomorrow than of the failings of yes-
terday He recently resigned because of
a personal conflict.
These three trustees brought three
different points of view to the school
trustee role. All made fine contribu-
tions.
It is hoped that at the end of their
successors tenure that as complimen-
tary appraisal can be made of their
contribution to the community.
The Sun understands in * each in-
stance why each, decided he couldn't
sene any longer. But even so. it won’t
be the same without the "Three Mus-
keteers’ of n»36*l'J59 vintage.
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Test Your Knowledge
Compromise Tax Bill?
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AUSTIN. Tex. — <S|>»— A possible shaft of light
h is pierced the murky tunnels of legislative tax
study In the form of an "in-between" type money
raising bill.
An omnibus lax measure Introduced bv Heps.
K L. Strickland of San Antonio and Wesley
Robert. of Lame*. would tax a rafl of Ihmgs
nm previously Mt, but avoid the label "general
sales tax." It Is regarded a* a possible com|iro-
Itnse between Gov. Prite Daniel s tax program
Snd Rep. Frctes Seellgson s general sales tax.
neither of which has attracted widespread sup-
port
•trickland and Roberts estimate their pro-
posal would raise from $200,000 fitjjto $300,000,000.
an impressive sum sven In the face of current
bug* needs.
New tax sourres It would tap include sales of
real estate, bonds, debentures, corporate stocks,
transportation of persons and commodities, occu-
pancy of a retaH establishment, hotel and motel
tuc. and trading stamps, it would Increase the
natural gas production tax and raise sales taxes
on telephone and telegraph companies.
"Strings" attached to the bill are that after the
State deficit is paid off, the money raised could
be ussd to provide school teachers'a $600 a year
Mss, add US,000,000 to higher educaUon pro-
grams and $2.150000 to the hospital program.
NOjTORRV — In terms of decisions, the tax
prognm has made no dramatic forward strides.
Rep. Seeffngson of San Antonio, introduced his
1.$ per cent general sales tax measure. It would
Mse an estimated $07,000,000 annually earmarked
lor the school foundation program. Informal sur-
vey* indicate a majority of lawmakers pledged
Opposition to a general sales tax In their cam-
paigns last summer.
Despite urging from Gov. Daniel, the House
Tux Committee showed itself in no hurry to get
out the bill that would raise corporation fran-
enlsetaxes. Committee declined, on a 15-2 vote,
;?,T*P°rt from the subcommittee which
holds the bill.
Part of the governor's plan was to get this bill
Wwed in time to take effect Mav 1 so the
JJJ* <SU# *r°m )f C0Ulfl help" offsel tms
Committee also agreed to allow more time to
KCte*1*to oppose a prop°s(’d trad-
FIRST HURDLE CLEARED - Texas public
school teachers won the first round in their cam-
paign for an $aoo a year pny raise.
Senate committee voted favorably on the
$107,800,000 publlo school Improvement program
recommended by the Hale-Aiken Committee.
Teachers' raises would account for the bulk of
the cost, about $50,000,000. Other items would in-
clude lengthening the school year to 180 days,
Increasing transportation allowances, programs
for the academically gifted and for non-English
speaking children, driver educaUon, etc.
.Some 3.000 teachers, plus many citizens from
other walks of life, came to the Capitol in be-
half of the bill.
WARM ISSUE — Another crowd-getter was the
Senate hearing on the bill to reduce maximum
working hours of firemen and policemen.
With feelings running high, the committee
voted to send the bill (o subcommittee for a
week's study. Same bill was voted out favorably
by the House Committee.
Texas Municipal League is strongly opposed
to the measure which they sav is about as pal-
atable as having the federal government set
wages and hours for Texas Highway Patrolmen.
League's counter-measure would abolish state
regulation of city firemen and policemen.
NO PEACE ON THE TRINITY - State Board of
Water Engineers Is caught in the middle of a
king-sized struggle over Trinity River water.
Houston asked the board for a permit to con-
struct a dam at Livingston and impound some
1,750,000 acre feet of water.
Trinity River Authority was joined by Dallas,
Fort Worth and other Upper Trinity towns in
howls of protest over Houston's "water-grab-
bing." TRA filed a petition asking that Hous-
ton's application be dismissed and also filed an
application for the same permit Houston is
seeking.
A hearing on Houston's application had been
set for April 6, but the North Texans are asking
for delay. Indications are that such a set-to
between Texas' major cities probably cannot
be settled for some time.
The An-wer, Quirk.
t. What is another r.air.e for
the Hellespont?
2. What two rulers said that
'a king should die standing —
anil did so?
3. In geometry, what is a loz-
enge"
) Who wrote the Principles of
Political Economy and Taxa-
tion’
6. Do trees die o( old age"
It s Been Said
Security is mortals' chtfest
enemy—Shakespeare.
Watch Your latnguage
PREDICATE—(PRED-l-kate)
—to preach, affirm or proclaim;
fo found or base upon: to imply.
Origin: I^atin — pracdlcarc, to
proclaim.
II Happened Today
Circa 3M> Birth of St. Patrick.
1776 -British troops withdrew
from Boston under Gen. William
Howe in Revolution.
Ilappv Birthday
To Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerfipld; Bobby Jones,
former golf star; Pete Reiser of
baseball fame, and Hank Sauer
of the San Francisco Giants.
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sponsorship of Lebanon Who is
he"
•Names at bottom of columnl.
Your Future
Domestic happiness is augured.
Be careful r.ot to antagonize
your employer. Today's child will
probably have some special
talent.
flow'd You Make Out?
1. The Dardanelles.
KNOW YOUR BRIDGE
Today’s Bible Verse
F°R BVERY one that asketh receiv-
•th; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be
opened. Matthew 7:8,
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HIGHER TUITION ASKED — Commission on
Higher Education is recommending the Legisla-
ture adopt a new system of automatic tuition in-
creases for state-supported colleges.
By the Commission’s formula, tuition would be
in proportion to the college’s spending. If legis-
lative appropriations to the college went up, so
would tuition.
It was estimated the formula would raise
present tuition for in-state students from $100 a
year to about $125 to $137.50.
Many students protested that the hike would
be an undue hardship on the 65 per cent who
earn part or all their college expenses.
DON’T STOP NOW — Gov, Daniel’s Statewide
Water Committee is asking the Legislature to
restore proposed cuts in the Water Board budget.
Gov. Daniel told a meeting of the statewide
1 water group that water development in Texas
needs all the $1,700,000 asked by the water board,
legislative Budget Board recommended only
4900,000.
Daniel said he felt more water planning had
been accomplished in the past two years than
ever before in the state’s history. To cut back
now, he said, would amount to "complete sur-
render” to federal control.
HANDS OFF LADIES’ BILL - Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson nimbly side-stepped efforts to get him
to rule on the proposed eqiVal rights for women
amendment. Senators had dodged the issue by
asking for an attorney general’s opinion on how,
the amendment would affect existing legislation
concerning women. Wilson said the question was
too general and' that he didn’t feel he should
tell the Legislature what it should do.
Dice were invented more than 2,000 years be-
fore playing cards came into popular use, accord-
ing to an archeologist. Compared to craps that
would seem to make poker just a kid’s game'
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A noted poet says he would like to be a states-
man but positively does not Want to run for
office. We understand perfectlv-there’s a little
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Folks of Fanm—
Guess The Name
1- This good-looking bachelor
of 45 Is one of the kingpins in
the Middle East today. Last
July, after 25 years of planning,
he overthrew the constitutional
monarchy of his country, Iraq.
Son of a middle-class landowner,
he was born In Baghdad, where
he attended military college.
After fighting in the war against
Israel In 1548 he took an offi-
cers’ course in England.
He claims that the violence of
revolution was the only way to
end the ‘corruption" of the ’gov-
erning classes.” As premier, he
has been in the center of a con-
flict between Communists and
pro-Nasser nationalists in his
country. A quiet man, he is a
devout Moslem. Who is he?
2—Another Middle East king-
pin, this man is also a handsome,
mustachioed, soft-spoken bache-
lor of strict religious observ-
ances. From Tripoli, he is a law-
yer by training (at Cairo univer-
sity) and favors merger of his
country, Lebanon, with Egypt’s
Nasser.
This is the second time he has
been premier; in his politically
unstable country, a flood put him
in office the first time and an
earthquake put him out. Like
the man above, this 36-year-old
has been a revolutionary leader;
he was saved from a French
military tribunal’s death sen-
tence in 1943 only by the British
Did You Know?
Submarines have been con-
structed that were propelled by
oars, hand - operated screws,
clockwork, springs, steam,
stored gases and electric motors.
The Russian alphabet has
more letters than does the Eng-
lish alphabet.
Men have ridden horseback
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Opening lead—king of spadca.
When declarer is faced with an
Immediate danger, he must cither
meet it directly, or, at the very
least, attempt to minimize It if
the danger cannot be completely
averted.
West led the king of spades
against the four heart contract.
South won with the ace and re-
turned a spade, Intending to ruff
his third spade in dummy. East
had played the live and then the
three on the spade leads, thus
showing . doubleton by means of
the high-low.
So when West took the queen
of spades and continued with the
ten, South realized that if he
ruffed low in dummy East might
By B. Jay Beck*r
be tn position to overruff. Smc.
declarer could not very well af-
ford to trump with the acc, he
decided to niff with the ten, hop-
ing that West had been dealt the
jack.
But Eaat had the jack and
overruffed. and South later had
to lose a diamond and a club trick
and go down one.
The misfortune that * befell
South waa partly «f his own do-
ing. He missed . comparatively
simple play which would have
offered . far greater chance of
success. Instead of trumping the
third spade lead in dummy, he
ahould have made Weat . present
of the trick by discarding . dia-
mond from dummy.
Declarer should alze up the
situation this way: He can count
one spade winner, five hearts (as-
suming the suit breaks reason-
ably), two diamonds and a club.
This brings him to nine tricks.
The tenth trick can come from
ruffing a card in dummy. He
need not necessarily ruff a spade
to produce trick number ten. He
can accomplish his purpose by
ruffing a diamond In dummy In-
stead, after he disposes of one of
dummy's diamonds.
By conceding a spade trick, he
merely substitutes a spade loser
for the diamond trick he would
lose even if the ten of hearts won
the third trick.
The diamond discard has the
great advantage of not staking
the contract entirely on the loca-
tion of the jack of hearts.
Capital Merry-Go-/?Oi/n</-
Pearson Looks
Behind News
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By JACK AMIFHSON
iKUintN'M NOTE-While
Drew I'rtiwn |t awl *1 Waatr
Ini l»n am a H*erla4 Mal|ni»r.l
hit eahuiM It Mm wnilee by
It aaturlair. Jack Aadrrtoa.l
Washington i'8p>-.»nr#-
U») of Defenta Nell McKlroy,
the »o*p lyi-ooo. had his mouth
washed out the «her day wiih
some of his own produrl
Hr wo* summoned to Ihe
While lloutr by President Ki»-
enhowr* to explain * prrss .on-
ferrnc* comment that Marat,
couldn't launch a aurpritr at-
lack in Ihis day of eleeitonie
espionage
Thi* is whal our rhlcls be.
lieve and whal I believehe
told the prrsa.
When Ike read ihl< he flew
out of his chair spluttering ex-
pletives Hut it was Mi Elroy
whose mouth was anttaeptidled
m-xt morning at the White
House He was accompanied by
Utn, Nathan Twining. Chair-
man of the Joint tltlefs whom
McKlroy had quoted.
The President «trrnlv remind-
ed them that an American dele-
gation had spent the past few
months arguing in Geneva that
a surprise attack is possible.
This is the whole basis of the
t‘S demand for International
Inspection of nuclear facilities
Ike made it clear he dldn t
want hu military chief* contra-
dicting hit muh-ar negotiators.
McKlroy meekly promised to
guard his tongue more carefully
until he goes back to manufact-
uring detergents lor Proctor and
Gamble in June
Note -• The President has
taken more active command of
foreign and military policy since
Secretary of State Dulles' hos-
pitalization. Formerly Ike at-
tended top level meetings more
to be briefed than to make
policy. Now he dominates the
discussion of foreign affair This
lias ma le him more touchy than
usual over what appear* In the
press In the middle ol a Na-
tional Security t"outlet! debate
whether to slop rotating troopa
borne from Germany during the
Berlin crisis, for example, he
l< 1,a'd out of his ,-hair slammed
both fist* on the table and
shouted: I don't want any pub-
licity on this"'
THE APPOINTMENT of Ogden
Reid, former publisher of the
New- York Herald Tribune, as
Ambassador to Israel has been
described In a confidential Sen-
ate memo as a "lulu'' put over
on the State Department by the
Republican National Committee.
The memo wn* written by
Curl Marry, chief counsel of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, to Chairman William
Fulbrlght of Arkansas.
In response, Fulbrlght has
called for a crackdown on the
practice of handing out am-
bassadorships as political plums.
He wrote to the Stato Depart-
ment demanding a complete re-
port on the qualifications of
future ambassadors and the rea-
sons for selecting them His let-
ter pointedly mentioned Reid.
Marry's memo, dated Feb. 5.
was never meant for publica-
tion. However, this column has
obtained a copy.
"List night." he wrote. "I sent
you a letter from the State De-
partment informing (the com-
mitted that the department ex-
pects soon to send the name of
Ogden Retd, former pubUiher
of th* Herald Tribune, to bo
U 8. Ambaraadur to laraol.
Thu undoubtedly 11 the indi-
vidual whom one Stole Depart-
mmt officer recvmly referred to
•1 a lulu’ put over on the da-
partment by the National Com-
mute*."
Note Reid has poll Ural ambi-
tion* In New York whose large
Jewt^t population could be in-
fluenced by hi* appointment to
I»rnrl.
CONGRESSMAN Albert
Thomna of Trxa*. who ha* a
reputation In Cong re** lor
championing the little people,
got into a scuffle Ihe other day
championing a counter girl The
loM-r by a knockdown waa
William Broekwell, manager of
the Home rotaurant who i»
now nursing an Injurrd back
Although both adveraarle* are
tall and trim, they prew-nt a
strange contrast Thomas ha*
the lean, leatherly look of a
cowhand from hit native Texas.
Broekwell is a dignified well-
bred gentleman with Ihe bearing
of a butler
The encounter took place in
Broekwell* privote office where
Thomas came seeking a job for
Ihe counter girl Itroekwell re-
plied coldly that his employee*
aren't subject to political patron-
age and that he couldn't operate
Ihe House restaurant eeonomt-
rally if he ‘ had to hire th#
friend* of all 4.15 Congressmen.
Thomar. a power In the
House. Isn’t accustomed to tak-
ing no for an answer. The re-
sulting disagreement ended In a
shoving match during which
Broekwell was floored his dig-
nity and his back injured The
latter was treated at a nearby
hospital
T!m- incident was reported to
Hotiv Speaker Sam Rayburn
who promptly hushed it up.
Meanwhile the two sparring
partners arc friends again
Mr Broekwell is a fine man."
the Congressman assured this
column
F S The counter girl dldn t
git the job
PRESIDENT Eisenhower told
GOI’ Congressional leaders the
other day th.it he will not only
veto Democratic appropriation
lulls if they spend too much hut
will come l0 Capitol Hill in per-
son to deliver Ihe first veto
message . . . Meanwhile, Ike has
asked for $<i,7HO.OOO.On<) extra
money before Ihe fiscal year
runs out on June 30. This whop-
ping deficiency appropriation
will further upset this year's
budget which most people have
forgotten but which Is already
badly out of balance. But it will
keep sacrosanct next year's bud-
get which Ike has talked so
much about . . . Democrats
suspect that the extra $8,700,-
OOti.iXXi. If voted now. would
actually be spent during the
next fiscal year so the upcom-
ing, sacrosanct budget could
continue to appear balanced . .
Missouri's bulb-nosed Congress-
man Clarence ('antlon. grizzled
old Chairman of the House Ap-
propriations Committee, has put
all the penny-pinchers on a
speeial subcommittee to examine
Ike's requests for extra money.
Result: Most of It won't be ap-
proved . . . Cannon's strategy
Is to force Ike to ask for the
money again next year, thus un-
balancing his own budgrt.
Special UP! Feature --
Foreign News
Commentary.
By Pllll. NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
ROME, Italy (UPI) - A solid
defensive wall bars Soviet expan-
sion in the Mediterranean. As
late as a month ago, the same
could not be said.
Two developments were deci-
sive.
One was settlement of the Cy-
prus dispute which had turned
Greece and Turkey against each
other, thus threatening NATO's
East Mediterranean defense line.
The other was formation of a
strong Italian government under
Premier Antonjo Segni.
Unlike the two governments
which preceded him, Segni rules
with a solid majority expected to
keep him in power as long as any
politician here ran foresee. As
measured in United States terms,
that may not be long. But he
should have at least a year.
Meanwhile, the present Berlin
crisis, with its deadline of May
27 — or June 27 or July 27, or
whatever Nikita Khrushchev fi-
nally makes it — will have be-
come history.
There is solid support here for
a firm stand against Khrush-
chev's attempt to drive the West-
ern Allies from Berlin, although
it is a source of injury to Italian
pride that Italy is not consulted
more ofton on major decisions.
Italians point out that their
280,000-man army is the largest
currently in Western Europe. The
French army is larger, but most
of it is in North Africa.
They have consented to estab-
lishment of U.S. missile bases
here.
Strategically, Italy holds the
defensive flank on the Adriatic.
Without Italv. Russian subma-
would have a dear run Into the
Mediterranean.
These factors, Italians believe,
entitle them to a high place in
Allied councils. *
Italy also is a strong and en-
thusiastic member of the Euro-
pean common market.
After World War II, she re-
ceived some three and a half bil-
lion dollars in U.S. aid. But she
has received none since Febru-
ary, 1957.
Her financial position is strong,
wun nunureos ot minions 01 dol-
lars in reserve. Her currency also
is strong and suffered not the
slightest tremble when the com-
mon market nations, along with
Britain, declared their currencies
convertible.
Which is not to say that Italy
does not have her internal prob-
lems.
She is a peosperouS nation, but
the south of Italy still is poor.
Some sections Of it, miserably so.
Taxes here are higher than in
the United States and fall heavi-
est on the low /income groups.
Most taxes here are collected on
purchases. Income taxes cither
are not collected at all or are
slow.
There also are peculiar quirks
in the tax laws. For instance, the
Italian air force pays the govern-
SKr.t w cents in tax *n every dol-
lar it spends for gasoline.
Another disturbing factor is the
still strong Communist Party. In
case of trouble with Russia, Com-
munist unions might paralyze
communications, including rail-
roads, telephone and telegraphs.
Los Angeles, Calif., claims it
is now the second largest city in
the United States, squeezing by
Chicago by an estimated 55
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