Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 118, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1935 Page: 3 of 4
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IrJMiL is alreadyo*4£ L
OF THE /AoST BRlLt-lAAlT
f lELDEftS IM TOE GAME—
//e" /tAy eeAMOTnefiz^
aaa. CHAS€~’~
amendment, the
not give pensions
the amendment
MONDAY, AUG. 12, 1938.
ANSW1M TO TM8T OUMTIONI
*What’s news,
and Charles staked his all on am- hta'firrt big league campaign, he la
Ikibiniia vminrrcfora «ls*&az4«v akontinra a* uofAriin'a at4ia_
funds
dollars every year.
Cl tl 41
that if
text-
Tax-
v >1!.
amount some bureau
e of Coins in Mexico
from under
I
One of these amendments,
I
of this situation
call the danger
the newspapers
Smiles in Chicago Court
be
some plan to fin-
undertake to start
reau
yob
it would cost
a pension of
these people;
multipdy this
see what it
to pay this
you do th’s,
who are in
you t nsa
legu'nure
to all for
authorizes
on
Set
letter a
I have
This,
every
amendments
one which
ballot—the
Constitution as
sec the Consti-
to
to
"Now
oroperly
■ayment
vears of
upport
not able
the
go
the
and the
make ;
time be
to study
problem'
tax <
<ci -
has
for
you
tax
will have a sales tax in Texas;
only will you havfc this, but
will probably have an income
in addition .
is
had
thf
“old
other
is certainty. "'line for the tax-
4. Maryland *
$. Americus' Vespn<>u«
6. Etta Moten.
7. Statutes which regulat, the right
to pursue and take or kill certain
kinds of wild animal'
8. The ohm.
9. Department of Commerce.
10. Twin sons *of Leda, and bro-
thers of Helen and Clyaemnetra.
the
the
It the form in
pensions to people 65
who had no means of
whose families were,
supt>ort them, in this
AVe lave an ad valorem tac rate
of 77c now; (But expect a reduction
«.f 15c, making it, 62c); taarc «T
high , that -property is al a is: being
cvttiiacalcd. The Lord ml; know*
v. hat our- tax rates wouLI be if we
sh'uW undertake to spe.'l anything
Lkc fc. ty million doliat-t a year for
in this state.
the
will
taxpayers
year. I f
We hear a great deal of di^vn™.
sion in Texas about the necessity
s
for cutting down ad valorem, taxes,
but one thing is certain: if we adopt
this old age pension amendment we
won t cut them down, but we shall
probably double them There has
been a great deal of argument before
the people and before the Legislature
about levying the sales tax. There
is ont thing you can count on: if
y'ou vote this old age pension
amendment, and the legislature ap
propriates what it cam appropriate,
you
not
1. Cattle.
2. Captain Van Straaten.
3. The same body will weigh
L^Z'Putes.--< —
work out
But to
pension system where every
session of the l-gislattire could add
thousands and possibly hundreds
of thousands to the pension roll
would result in putting the payment
of pensions on a basis of politics
rather than on a basis ot need An
advocate of an equitable system of
old age pensions should be just as
much opposed to thia as the op-
tha t no
been s'ub-
D. M.
Geo. B. Latham
Texas Taxpayer*
nounced triday
oaign w:1l be
"'rW’izs'tion in-
if- this amendment had beer
drjwn s<^ ria* to limit the
of
against the amendment liecause. they pohents of the
feel that it too indefinite to write in
to the Constitution.
THE great spurt of the Chi-
cago Cubs was, of course, the
most -sensational exploit of
recent weeks on the dianfond, and
Chicago writers hold that the
Bruins have taken a new lease on
life due to the injection of young
blood, with such kids as 19-year-old
Phil Cavarretta, little Augie Galan.
Stanley Hack. Frank Demaree and
Jimmy O’Dea. <
At the close of last season, Cholly
Grimm promised a real houseclean-
. ing, and the banjo-strumming boss
of the Cubs kept his word. Jaded
veterans were traded or benched,
dl.iu
'itrtii'.h
the scholastic age, who are attend-
■ng religious * and denominational
Of eoiirx", thee** —an- oh
to "tailing' at v “of the
money and”
school* Meir
you start paying
used in thc>?
enclosing with this
an interview which
to the press for publica-
hope every man who gets
“There is only one of the amynd-
menfs ffi“1»e voted ‘On —that is the
repeal aniyndment—where the peo-
ple will' have adequate time to se-
cure all the facts. Of course, we
have been discussing the question of
prohibition since 1887, and the peo-
ple will go. to the polls on August
24 and vote for or against this just
as they have in* the past; and the
results probably will he close. Bw
the remainder of these amendment
all present new questions
average voter-who has to
living is not going to hav(.
tween now and August 24
out all of the complicated
involved, and he will likely, in the
■ease of other amendments,- scratch
•hem all. The fact is that the pre-
hibition question is a matter of such
far-reaching importance
Jjt
other matter should have
mitted at the time.
great fault about the amendment is
the “joker” that was evidently slip-
ped in. process’ of passage. As
the Constitution now stands, you
cannot take the school fund and ap-
portion it around over the state on
a political basis. When the money
is collected for the public schools
it has to be apportioned to the var-
ious counties according to the num-
ber of children each county has to
educate. But if you adopt this
amendment, this Is all changed: it
would write into the Constitution
that thc available school fund will
he apportioned to all the counties
“as may be provided by daw.”
of bourse, would mean that at
session of the legislature they could
set up some new method of "pork-
barreling’’ the school fund out to the
various counties, and they .could
change the method every tiny the
legislature met. Tht. schools would
not know from one year to the
next on what basis they are going
to get money. Every county in
Texas would have a school lobby at
Austin to fight for the portion of
the school fund. The result would
probably be waste of much of the-
money and increased expense to
the taxpaver.
It
payers of Texas to wake up and aid
in prevehting this legislation which
is going to ''place Wch a terrific
burden on the taxpayers of -this
state. Every tax committee hi
Texas ought to call local meetings
and discuss this amendment. Ife we
si» quietly by and let. this amend-
ment be adopted, it wijl be too late.-
We shall have a tax burden saddled
us that we shall probably never
out
A >40,000,000.03 a Year
“One of the most dangerous
the group of
mitted i«
first ■ on
pension.
">endmcnt is drawn the
• nuld, if it saw fit, pay
*n every man and woman
white or black—who
’izen of the state
paying. it to
'people
for the
black—who had attained
65 years, had managed
of the penitentiary and.
inmate ,of a state insti-
ll you will refer to tne Unit-
Census for 1930, you will
there are 232,459 persons
of age in Texas. Now if
multiply this number by
15,"you will get what
every month to pay
$15. a month to alt
and then if you will
result by 12, you will
will co»t the
pension every
a-d eliminate the aged
fundamental
n the Constitiit or. ol the com-
•r-parntinn of church anr
But there are aome good
aii'uiiinls on every <id • of the ques-
ti.-ut, i'un the pcoplpe of the slate
amend men’
except fair
a joker was
iiii.'ii i amendment
been pr •»• rly drawn
a|>p- >‘v tl ot the peo-
suhmiitcd, it presents M
I refer
seeks to
, e-nincnt to
textbooks to children with-
state institutions, you will fin’d that
.ths; total cost, to the State of Texas
.wudd l.e njpxt tba$ for»y Million
Other Amendments Are Discussed
By State Taxpayers Association
Boy Prodigy of the Diamond
-----------------By BURNLEY-----------------
During a lull In the proceedings in a Chicago court where a warrant
was returned against him, charging him with the emasculation opera,
tion murder of Dr. Walter J. Bauer. Cleveland osteopathic
Mandeville Zenge chats and amiles with hie father and brother.
Zenge stolidly denied any part in the murder which took place
shortly after Dr Bauer’s marriage U LouUe Schaffer, former sweet-
whole pension plan,
Iwcauv nothing would be gained
by setting" up a pen-don syttem
which w’mld bankrupt the state and
lead *to taxes which would .confis-
cate property.
"There
w h l h, if it
i’..i;ht have
pie, but as
<>l " daouerous- situ i ’i’
■ • -tl - -tmendment wHcil
state
nvsl.t have . given th'-
far > ilde c(1n*i<lerati »1
ti e ■. t that apparently
already showing a veteran’s artis-
try in his work at the initial J>ag.
Graceful and certain op ground
balls, a crackerjack receiver of
throws, and possessor of a whiplash
wing, the young Coast Italian is a
truly marvelous fielder. ’
...At the plate he has more than
lived up to expectations, and his ‘
hitting, already good, will almost
certainly improve as he gains ex-
perience. Chicago fans are already
nailing him as a future Hal Chase,
and they may not be far wrong, at
that.
Cepyrlfht. 1131. Kln« Feature* fyndleaU. Um. i
While not • new pwk-m. tm* thonsgr
M. xk. today .s be.ng not a rd more and moreby lour*j£ *
Cult U get change, they report. Two reason. h.« be.^ad
for this ends in a land boasting namerou'
hoarding, the other, the recent efforts of the ******
to edpe with the increased vahn of silnrr by odimg m c jj
coins and replacing them With coin, having lew
l»80, and again this year, the country had a ‘
age
and
to
► a'e ther, might be come merit io
t, and the state might have been
-ble to
-nee it.
Burden,
of
to be sub-
will appear
old age
which thia
legislature
a pension I
in Texas-
been a ri-
five year*.
h; d managed to stay out of the pen
itentiary and was not now in a
state institution. Now, if the vot
<-rs adopt this amendment and if the
,egi»b-'*iKC shmil I grant a pensrt-
♦o all who would be eligible under
'he provisions of this amendment
•he cost would be more than forty
nillion dollar* a year to the tax-
payers of this state. This i* twice
*s mtic’i money a* the legislature
•'ppropri?,ed for the operat oti of the
•ate gov—nment durinq the current
wear. It is easy to see what this
void’d do to the average taxpayer
!n the st te.
am
copy of
released
tion.
this letter will immediately get busy
and
to the attention ot the taxpayers in
his community, to
and to other civic organizations. The
time is short and the people ought
know the burden that is about
voted on their backs.
Yours very truly,
D. M JONES, Pres.
GFO B LATHAM. Sec.
STATE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIA-
TION OF TEXAS
bitious youngsters.
It proved to be a wis{ move, for
.the Windy City outfit is now a fight-
ing ball club with plenty of fire and
aggressiveness, while the veteran
Cub combinations of the past couple
of years always seemed to fold up
under fire. ____...
Young Master Cavarretta, the
19-year-old first sacker holding
down Grimm’s old post, is the cur-
rent “baby” of the big leagues, be-
ing the youngest player now per-
forming under the big tent.
A tall, willowy kid, he is a nat-
ural ball player, and though thia is
we are wilting to ad mH that it might | nwnt seeks to accmapliah will prob-
have a great deal of merit. The ably vote along with the anemiea
The following important letter has
been sent out by the State
payers Association of Texas:
After careful study of the
age pension amendment" and
- amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Texas, to be voted upon
at the election August 24, 1935, we
give you information below .which
will interest you and the taxpayers
of your county and state—
Mr. Taxpayer;
If there was ever a time when
taxpayers of this state should
to the polls en masse, it is at
coming election on August 24. On
that date, the state will vote on a
whole list of constitutional amend-
ments.
which will be the first one on the
ballot, is described as an “Old Age
Pension Amendment”. It ought to
be referred to as a "Political Pen-
slipped into the amendment in the
pn. of passage, the result of
wkn'h i* that if this am-.‘uitin»ii’ la
u’..ipti d it will coin'.k'. v change
the wh it *vjten> of dlltrihvtb-.j pub-
lic school
“If. you
it is now,
tution' provides that all of the avail-
able school fund shall be apportion-
ed to the counties son. a basis of
the number of children in those
counties who are eligible to go to
school. I n other words, the fore-
fathers did not intend that the pub-
lic school fund Should become a
political football. Now if you will
.rrad this amendment, you will find
that if it is adopted, in the future,
each session of the legislature will
.determine by law how this public
school fund shall be apportioned. In
other words, the county will no long-
er share *n 'he school fund in pro-
portion to the school children that
it has to educate; but rather in pro-
portion to the
in Austin or some political group
may determine '"If this amendment
' is adopted, no school district in any
(Continued on Page 4)
old agCj^pensions.
Some folk* say th it if
tl..’s
w< uld
whom ____ ___________
payment of pensions. If this be true,
then why vote the amendment? Why
not just authorize the legislature, in
a constitutional amendment, to pay
pensions to' the needy who are old? |
It matters not whether you are for
the idea of old age pensions or
against it, one thing is certain: this
amendment ought to be voted down
—because if you adopt it and the
legislature starts out to granting a
lot of political pensions, no.t only
will it bankrupt the state, but you
will discredit the whole idea of help-
ing old folks who are in actual need.
There is one amendment to’ be
voted on, and that the repeal amend-
ment, which has been discussed from
one end of this state to the other
evef1 since 1887. Everybody knows
how they stand on prohibition, and
I think are ready to go to thg polls
on the 24th of August and vote their
convictions, either for or against,
as they see the question. But if
i there is any merit in any of the
j other amendments that are going
Ito be voted >t. I’have been unable
to see it. Certainly two of them
are dangerou* t.> the taxpayer* of
this ‘• a'c. One >.\ :he o^’ ?gc ptn
‘sion amendment, whieh has just been
<!i* .~u. sed, and ano:a»r me is an
amendment which w m’d authorize
tb»- state to furnish free textboolft
to cbil-f’en in the e’tq r-u* and de-
j nomsnational r.h»<4*
This amendment will, of cow«,
I cost the taxpayers a great deal of
money, hut if the only question is
• a matter of furnishing books to
school children in religious Schools.
Ton-*. President, through
Secretary of the
Association, an-
tbar an tetive cam-
put on through the
rnn-e than 200 coun-
ava:nat the Old Ag*-
Amendment. In diseus*-
•n-r t*-* amendments, Mr. Latham
■tited:
“An-^’h-r ffewwl of amendments
wqi g-eef »h«- Texas taxtrtvers when
ro fo the po’1« on Aujust 24th
Taken as a whole, this bunch of
amendments I* probably the worst
~vrr suhmiP'd to ft»e voters of
•his state Even in cases where the
ab’ect of the amendment is meri-
torious. it I* *6 drawn that friend*
of the purpose which the amend-
■;ioh Amendment.'*
As this amendment is written, if
the<people should adopt it, they
would give the legislature of Texas
the power io pay a pension Of $15
a month to every citizen of Texas
—white or
, the age of
to stay out
was not an
tution.
ed States
see that
65 years
you wilt
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Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 118, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1935, newspaper, August 12, 1935; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1174607/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.