The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1961 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE WOHTHAM JOOTKM. THUHBPAT. AUOU1T 3. 1361
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ever to pui a tax program.
Coat-Cutting Plan.
By VERN SANFORD.
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN.—Store windows al-
ready are featuring school cloth-
es, and mothers across Texas are
bugeting money for new blue
jeans and calico dresses.
But money with which to open
the schools is not yet in sight.
No one seriously doubts that
new taxes will be voted and new
appropriations made before cur-
rent appropriations run out Aug-
ust 31. r
Gov. Price Danlet has asked
the Legislature to provide $359,-
000,000 in new revenue to get the
state out of the hole and cover
future needs. Even in “good
times,” raising this much money
is a staggering problem. It will
mean passing taxes to which a
good portion of the Legislature—
and possibly the governor—are
bitterly poposed
It could not be done—except
that in a few weeks those blue
jean and calico-clad youngsters
must go to school.
Senate Works on Tax.
Senate’s unenthusiastic atti-
tude toward the House-passed
tax bill may foreshadow another
end-of-the-season deadlock be-
tween the two houses.
Even if all senators heartily
approved the House bill, they
would still have to expand it.
State Comptroller Robert Cal-
vert, whose word is final on rev-
enue forecasts, estimates the
House bill will raise only $254,-1
000,000. This is over $100,000,000
short of anticipated need. At
the time it was passed, House
sponsors thought it would bring
in about $328,000,000.
House measure would raise
money from these sources:
1. A 2 per cent sales tax on
all power-driven objects, con-
struction materials, utility serv-
ices and on other items costing
more than $5. (Bulk of expected
revenue would be from this this
provision.)
2. A minimum levy of one cent
per thousand cubic feet on nat-
ural gas. Holders of dedicated
4. A revision in me corpora-
tion franchise tax formula to get
more taxes, from out-of-state cor-
porations operating in Texas.
5. A one per cent transfer (12,-
000,000) from , the Permanent
School Fund to the Available
School Fund.
6. A bookkeeping change to
transfer to the schools in August
the portion of gasoline tax money
that is slated for school purposes.
Budget in Conference.
House and Senate general ap-
propriations bills, each calling
for spending in the neighborhood
of $2,500,000,000, are in the hands
of a joint conference committee.
House bill calls for $16,000,000
more than the Senate version.
In addition to what it already
had passed, the House instructed
its conference committee to hold
fast on provisions for a 40-hour
week for state employees. Mon-
ey already was in the House bill
to put state hospital employees
on a 40-hour week. To this, the
House added in its committee
instructions, a 40-hour week for
prison system and Department
of Public Safety employees.
House comerees are Reps.
James Cotten of Weatherford,
B. H. Dewey, of Bryan, J. W.
Buchanan of Dumas, Malcolm
McGregor of El Paso and Bill
Hollowell of Grand Saline.
Senate committee members are
Senators Ray Roberts of McKin-
ney, A. M. Aikin, Jr. of Paris,
Crawford Martin of Hillsboro,'
Ward low Lane of Center and
Crrady Hazlewood of Amarillo.
Governor Opens Gates.
Just when legislators thought
they were going into the stretch
on the drive to solve fiscal prob-
lems, the governor opened up the
session to bills on 21 additional
subjects.
Only subjects listed by the
governor may be considered in a
special session.
Daniel opened the door to leg-
islation on unemployment com-
pnesation, law enforcement and
traffic safety, the election code,
reserve contracts would be lia- Sunday closing laws, municipal
ble for paying the difference be
tween present gas production
taxs and this minimum require-
ment.
3. A one-third increase in driv-
ers’ license fees.
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annexation and some 15 other
subjects.
Not included in the list were
three bone -in-th e-rth roa t issues
left over from the regular ses-
sion: small loan regulation,
changes in the auto Insurance
plan and ceding part of Padre
Island to the federal government
for a park.
Some legislators protested that
the avalanche of bills resulting
from the governor’s broadened
call would make it harder than
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In view of the House’s money-
findinf problems, Rep. Charles
Ballman introduced a measure
designed to lop $97,000,000 off the
state’s revenue needs foi the next
two years.
Ballman is chairman of the
House revenue and taxation com-
mittee. He termed his bill an
“economy” measure. But many
of its provisions, which are like-
ly to arouse oppostion, call for
getting more money rather than
spending less.
Among the bill’s provisions:
combine the Game and Fish
Commission and the State Parks
Board; raise tuition for state-
supported colleges; pay county
superintendents from county,
rather than state, funds; finance
the Department of Public Safety
from state highway funds and
put DPS-collected funds into the
general fund.
Insurance Hike Studied.
Lawmakers, though they can-
not legislate on insuraqee in this
session, are giving the new, high-
er auto insurance rates a thor-
ough going over.
Conflict began when the State
Board of Insurance instituted in-
surance premiums based on driv-
ing records in January, 1960.
Many legislators protested effects
of the plan during the regular
session. Then during the sum-
mer the Board ordered an across
thc-board increase in auto insur-
ance rates, averaging about 16
per cent.
Both House and Senate set
up special committees to inves
tigate need for the increase. A
rate expert representing the In-
surance Board told the House
committee that drivers, not the
Board, actually determine rates.
As proof, he said rates dropped
30 per cent during World War II
when drivers knew that if they
wrecked a car, they’d be walking
for the duration.
Speakership Change Rejected.
House voted down a proposal
by Rep. W. T. Dungan of McKin-
ney to elect a speaker “by gen-
tlemen’s agreement” in Novem-
ber, 1962.
Dungan urged that newly-
elected representatives meet two
months before the session’s open-
ing and elect a speaker. This
would give the winner time to
select committees and be ready
for business at the start of the
session.
Objectors said that since this
is not provided in the consti-
tution, the results would not be
binding. More likely, the said,
that the two months interval
would be spent in trying to
change votes and get a different
speaker elected when the House
actually convened.
Long-range goal of the reform
advocates is a constitutional
amendment to allow advance se-
lection of the speaker.
Senate doesn’t have this prob-
lem since the people elect the
Lieutenant Governor to preside
over the Upper House.
Spats of Bills.
Governor Daniel’s broadening
of the legislative call brought
a hopper full of new proposals.
Among them are measures that
would:
1. Require public school chil-
dren to take a standard state test
in the basic subjects once every
three years. (By Rep. Maco Stew-
art of Galveston and Rep. Dick
Slack of Pecos.) Purpose is to
focus more attention on academic
quality.
2. Raise the present $26 a
week maximum unemployment
compensation to $37 a week. (By
Rep. John A Huebner, Sr. of Bay
City.)
3. Allow school districts, on
petition of 5 per cent of the vot-
ers, to hold a referendum on
whether to establish free public
school kindergartens. (By Rep.
Travis Peeler of Corpus Christi.)
4. Require a run-off in special
elections to fill seats in Congress
and the State Legislature. (By
Rep. Howard Green of Fort
Worth.) Such an election is due
this year to fill the post vacated
by the death of State Rep. Mar-
shall O. Bell of San Antonio.
5. Levy fines from $100 to $500
for selling certain types of mer-
chandise on Sunday. (By Reps.
Tommy Shannon and George
Richardson of Fort Worth.)
Short Snorts.
Texas Highway Commission
has authorized expenditure of
$6,000,000 for purchase of right-
of-way needed for construction
of three interstate highways. Af-
fected are Intrestate 10 and In-
terstate 37 in San Antonio and
Interstate 20 in Midland and Ec-
tor Counties.
State Selective nervice Head-
quarters, feeling the first shock
wave from the Berlin crisis, an-
nounced that 3,655 men would
be called up for pre-induction
exams in August. Last March
the number called for exams
was only 1,520. Aim is to increase
the pool of potential draftees.
CENTENNIAL
n
By DAYTON KELLEY
Mary Hardin-Baylor Collage
The story in this space about
the Knights of the Golden Circle
a few weeks ago inspired several
people to write and offer infor-
mation about that little-known
group of Southern sympathizers
who operated in a wide area all
the way from Pennsylvania and
Indian* on the north to the
islands of the West Indies and
Central America on the south.
The Knights were particularly
active in the days just preceding
the secession of the Confederate
states from the Union and dozens
of influential figures of these
states were said to be members
of their organization. Little has
been written about them and
because of that fact, the informa-
tion which came from readers of
this column was particularly wel-
come.
Ham L. R. Wade, a Dallas
attorney with offices in the Kirby
building and a collector of ori-
ginal materials dealing with the
Civil War, graciously offered to
show us his collection of broad-
sides, letters, maps and other
items and told us about a little
book in his collection which
strongly advocates the program
of the Knights without mention-
ing them by name. Written by
M. T. Wheat and entitled
“Wheat’s Philosophy of Slavery,”
Mr. Wade’s book is a second edi-
tion and was printed in 1862 in
Louisvlle, Kentucky.
The remarkable thing about
the book, according to Mr. Wade,
is that he has been unable to
find an entry of it in any auction
sales record, nor is it listed in
the catalogue of books in the
Congressional Library. Neither is
the author mentioned in any en-
cyclopedia or book of biographi-
cal sketches.
Always interested in learning
more about the Knights of the
Golden Circle than that which is
published in standard works, we
hope to take a closer look at Mr.
Wade’s book, as well as his other
items.
Horace Sherman Miller of
Waco says that he, too, has a
book dealing with the Knights
and offers the information that
more material may be found in
the Texas Collection at Baylor
University under the heading
“Aryan Knights Ku Klux Klan.”
Mr. Miller’s book is the hefty
632 page Senate Report No. 41,
part 1, 42nd Congress, 2nd Ses-
sion, dated 19 February 1872.
And O. W. Solvey of College
Station wrote a long letter set-
ting forth some of the activities
of the Knights in Indiana during
the war.
Mr. Silvey’s father-in-law, in
1857, married a Quaker girl who
lived near the southern boundary
of Howard County, Indiana. Soon
after the marriage, the couple
was visiting the bride’s parents
when, during the night, members
of the Knights stoned the house.
The family protected themselves
from the stones that came through
the windows by crawling under
the beds.
The bride’s father had been
active in helping slaves escape
through the “Underground Rail-
road” into Canada and the attack
by the Knights was doubtless
provoked by his actions.
Mr. Silvey grew up near In-
dianapolis and related that he
often heard men and women talk
about the Knights during his
boyhood days. He remembers
that it was said of them that
they drilled on Sunday of each
week and used mullein stalks
for guns. The members in the
northern part of Marion County,
Indiana, used a badge of recog-
nition made by sawing a mid-
section lengthwise from a butter-
nut.
According to Mr. Silvey, the
Knights were most active in In-
diana in 1863 and a group of
them gathered in Indianapolis on
May 20 of that year when a
Democratic meeting was in pro-
gress. They were stopped by
Union artillery mounted near
the railroad north of the city.
The author of the best-selling
“Raintree County” a few years
ago used the Indianapolis meet-
ing of May 20, 1863, in his story
and Mr. Silvey says that although
the site of the story is not given,
one may infer that it was east
of Indianapolis near the village
of Knightstown—a name we pre-
sume was derived from the ac-
tivities of the Knights.
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Mrs. Rufus McDowal of 604
Maryland, Amarillo, Texas,
wants an old upright telephone
with the handle on it for ring-
ing central. Her mother is aged
and wants the old telephone
for her room as a reminder of
olden days. If you have one
of these telephones that you
would part with, please notify
Mrs. McDowal as to price. She
and her mother are former res-
idents of this area.
Mrs. S. E. Kinnison of Houston
visited her sister, Mrs. Pete Wil-
iams Friday. They visited in Dal-
las on Friday and Saturday. Mrs.
Kinnison also viisted her mother,
Mrs. Lera Bone, returning home
Sunday.
69th Troop Carrier Squadron Enters
Period of Summer Camp Training Soon
DALLAS.—With summer camp
training only six days away,
Dallas-Fort Worth area reservists
of the 69th Troop Carrier Squad-
ron know no more than they did
last week concerning the pro-
alert at North Field, S. C., stand-
ing by to fly missions for the
Army forces. The 69th expects
to fly 15 missions during the 11-
day exercise.
Crandall said airmen had been
posed activation of certain “troop i warned not to expect luxury at
lift” squadrons of the Air Force! North Field. The men will be
Reserve. | issued all equipment needed for
The 69th, based .»t Hensley i living under field conditions.
Field near Grand Prairie, has
been mentioned as one unit
which might be called.
Col. William J. Crandall, com-
mander of the 550-man troop car-
rier squadron, told curious re-
servists during week end train-
ing, "We have heard nothing new
on the situation."
Crandall, who last week was
promoted to full colonel, did.
point out that the unit had been
authorized six additional flight
crews for manning the squad-
ron’s C-119 transport planes.
The additional 22 crewmen
will make it possible for the 69th
to have its aircraft in operation
24 hours a day.
Last December the troop lift
unit was declared operationally
“combat ready" with an excep-
tionally high rating by inspectors
of the Tactical Air Command.
Since the beginning of the
year Crandall said the 69th has
sought to maintain its combat
ready posture by flying two alert
missions and one air lift mission,
transporting Marines to the West
Coast.
The summer camp training
beginning next Sunday and run-
ning through Aug. 20 will be
another “readiness” exercise.
While some reservists stay at
the Grand Prairie base doing
support tasks, about 300 will fly
to the Sand Hlils area of North
and South Carolina to take part
in “Operation Swift Strike,” an
Air Force-Army combined op-
eration which will be one of the
largest military maneuvers since
World War II.
During the first four days of
“Swift Strike,” the 69th’s "Fly-
ing Boxcars” will drop paratroop-
ers of the Army’s 82nd and 101st
Airborne Divisions, as well as
supplies and equipment, into sim-
ulated combat areas. Then the
men will begin a round-the-clock
This includes combat helmets,
mess gear, etc. A tent camp will
be set up as quarters for the
reservists.
All the troop carrier missions
will be flown in the broad area
of the Fort Bragg, N. C., military
reservation.
Though no bullets will be fired,
the missions will be as much like
actual war situations as possible.
All troop and equipment drops
by the C-119s will have fighter
support from TAC forces, Cran-
dall said.
Mrs. Jennie Lindley of Shreve-
port, La., is visiting friends. She
will go to Waco to visit relatives
and friends before returning to
her home in Louisiana.
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Hawkins, Jack R. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1961, newspaper, August 3, 1961; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112138/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.