The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1947 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY JANUARY 31ST, 1947
The Texas Mohair Weekly and The Rocksprings Record
THE TEXAS MOHAIR WEEKLY
AND THE ROCKSPRINGS RECORD
INDORSED BY—American Angora Goat Breeders’ Association and Texas
Angora Goat Raisers’ Association
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1927, at the post office at
Rocksprings, Texas, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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POLITICAL FREEDOM AT
STAKE
As Congress begins work on labor
legislation, it is clear that a primary
duty must be the elimination of two
of the worst existing abuses—the forc-
ing of a man to pay tribute to a un-
ion before he can work, whether he
desires the union’s services or not; and
the power of unions to levy a tax on
their members for political and legisla-
tive purposes.
The case of C. B. DeMille versus
the American Federation of Radio
Artists, which is now making its way
through the courts, exemplifies both
these abuses.
The facts of the case are that Mr.
DeMille was engaged in presenting a
national radio program. Subsequent to
the commencement of this program,
A FRA had organized a closed shop
in .the profession, and Mr. DeMille
joined the union because otherwise he
would not have been permitted to
work on the air. In 1944, the Board
of Directors of AFRA assessed each
member one dollar to finance a cam-
paign in opposition to an anti-closed-
shop proposition on the California
ballot. Mr. DeMille favored the pro-
position and refused to pay the assess-
ment. AFRA then expelled him, thus
making it impossible for him to con-
tinue his radio work.
Mr. DeMille went to court. The
Superior Court of Los Angeles Coun-
ty and .subsequently the District Court
of Appeals of California, held in fa-
vor»of AFRA.
If higher courts agree with the low-
er courts in their interpretation of
the question of law involved, Con-
gress must provide redress. What
would happen to an industry if its
management levied an assessment on
the wages of workers to finance a poli-
tical campaign for or against some
measure? That is precisely what AFRA
has done. And what would happen to
an industry if a worker who refused
to pay the assessment was discharged
and blacklisted in his trade? Again,
that is what AFRA has done. Here
is dictatorship destroying political
freedom. *
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THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE
I been workin’ my slide rule again—
figures are gettin’ too big if you just
depend on a pencil or addin’ machine.
Take a figure like 37 billion which
Uncle Harry says he needs if the Bu-
reau Boys are to live in the style to
which they been accustomed. That is
no slouch—37 billion—but he gloss-
ed it over, saying we have large re-
sponsibilities and must keep pullin’ in
our belt. He didn’t say “style”—that
is my idea—but “style” is the right
word.
And now, that 37,000,000,000 buck
budget—there is only one item where
my slip-stick shows no hope of reduc-
tion—it is the 5 billion for interest.
You don’t duck interest. And that
one item is $35.71 for each man, wo-
Adccrtiscmcnt
From where I sit... ly Joe Marsh
Sam Hackney Reports
on the U.S.A.
Sam Hackney and the missus
just returned from a trailer trip
around the country. They’re tired,
and glad to be home, but mighty
impressed with what they saw.
As Sam reports—every section
has something different; a differ-
entway of talking; different tastes
in food and drink; different laws
and customs. But bigger than all
these differences is the American
spirit of tolerance that lets us live
together in united peace.
“Of course,” says Sam, “you run
into intolerance from time to
Copyright, 1947, United States Brewers Foundation
time. Individuals who criticize an-
other’s right to speak his mind;
enjoy a glass of beer; or work at
any trade he chooses. But those are
the exceptions—and we’re even
tolerant of them!”
From where I sit, more of us
ought to make a trip like the
Hackneys — to realize firsthand
how America is bigger than its
many differences... how tolerance
of those differences is the very
thing that makes us strong.
ffoe
man and off-spring—and each veai,
and years to come. But there is 32 bil-
lion left' to be cut down to horse sense
size. But if folks don’t get mad about
it and haul out their pencil and tell
their man there in Congress, nothing
much will happen—and pullin’ in our
b^lt, instead of being temporary, will
become chronic and permanent, and
even more painful than the March 15th
that is, now staring us in the face.
And make your writing snappy—and
no manana stuff.
Yours with the low-down,
JO SERRA.
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SHIPMENTS OF LIVESTOCK
AUSTIN, Tex.—Livestock ship-
ments in Texas took a dowmward turn
in December, falling off 19 per cent
from November, according to figures
released by The University of Texas
Bureau of Business Research. Decem-
ber shipments exceeded shipments in
December 1945 by 5 per cent, however.
Total shipments of hogs reflected
the only increase and were 74 per cent
greater than in November. But ship-
ments of cattle fell 20 per cent after
the heavy run following removal of
OPA regulations. Shipments of calves
tumbled 30 per cent, the sheep ship-
ments were down 20 per cent for the
month.
Compared with December 1945 only
shipments of cattle and sheep were
down. Almost 2 per cent fewer cattle
were shipped and there was an 8 per
cent decline in shipments of sheep.
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College students home for a few
days between semesters the past two
weeks, were Carson Gilmer, Audna
Neeley, Texas Tech, Lubbock; Betty
Rmth Franks, Hockaday School, Dal-
las; and Billie Owens and Hayden
Jones, University of Texas, Austin.
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