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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1959
The devil gets the foremost
There is an old aphorism which has been misquoted many
times. It runs like this: "Every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost." The last word is wrong—it should be "fore-
most." He's the fellow that pushes himself out so far he is
left to be all alone finally.
This aphorism comes to the fore in our mind as we reflect
on the fact that Denison is to have another on-the-air source
of music, news, pictures, and, of course the most essential thing
to keep it on the air is advertising.
Somebody has to buy air space to keep the new station,
which announces their local station will be located at a point
south of Denison and east of highway 75. The call number is
to be KXII-TV. The station will have connections with national
advertising sources and program.
The management announces a warm welcome extended
them by the advertising public and others of Denison. That's
good. If there be any way to arouse the advertising dollar in
a community to the point where it can support the four news-
papers in this area, along with the four on-the-air sources of
advertising, it would be the best thing that could be done for
the community. Great advertisers are great business builders.
When advertising dollars are buried on the supposition that
such a merchant is saving money, building a business and a
town, he is so wrong.
The only problem for the advertising man as we see it is
to be able to conjoin the warm heart with the cold shoulder and
there will be the answer as to why men don't anvertise any
more than they do.
So far as The Press is concerned, we want truth in adver-
tising. Anything else is damaging to the whole business of try-
ing to build a community and1 a business by the advertising
media. No one in this day may hardly over-advertise and go
broke. The Press is still in business after 32 years and thanks
local merchants for making it possible. We are not ready to
become a disappearing institution. We'll be around.
A call to sobriety
When the Scripture makes reference to "walking soberly''
it does not necessarily refer to inebriety. A staggering person
on any day is most disgusting. And if it be at Christmas season,
it is doubly so, it would seem.
When one's brain is affected by having any form of a stim-
ulant to bring its effect on the nervous system, that person's
thinking is awry and his brain is paralyzed—that is the phago-
sytes, or white blood corpuscles are rendered relatively helpless,
unreliable, and men become as fools.
It is good to note that some good men with honest inten-
tions are set to make a more or less spectacle of themselves in
this commendable effort toward doing something for the victim
of strong drink through the Alcohol Anonymous club. Many a
man is sorely ashamed of his plight and would seek some way
out but hardly knows exactly the how. The club during its life-
time dating back several years in America, has done a world
of good and its place in the life of some of our citizens over the
country has been beyond measure.
To stop the habit of strong drink before it reaches the stage
of dope being demanded to arouse the needed excitement of the
nervous system, is quite as needful as is the ending of the habit
of strong drink use in itself.
A man is not necessarily a gentleman just because he pre-
fers blondes.—The Hart County News, Munfordville, Ky.
Banks don't give away money, grocers their food; neither
can a newspaper give away their paper.
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DENISON and GRAYSON COUNTY
Grayson county, accredited by Texas Almanac 1955
of having the "most diversified economy of any Texas
county, with income from crops, livestock, manufacturing
and trade, oil, tourists and recreation seekers."
Blackland soils and terrain in the southeast, grand
prairies characteristics in the southwest, gray lands on
divide in central section; sandy lands and hilly topo-
graphy in north part along Red River. Drains to Red
River on north. Trinity on south. Post oak, walnut, hickory,
pecan, elm, bois d arc. Oil, brick clay, cement material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, boating on large scale, lake 1300 milas
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among tF e world's reservoirs. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has a population of 79,500; 53.4 per cent urban;
90.9 per cent Anglo-Americans; 8.7 per cent negro; .04
per cent Latin American. Annual rainfall 37.55 Inches,-
temperature averages Jan. 43 deg., July 84 deg., mean
annually 65 cleg.
A nationwide poll of the na-
tion's independent businessmen
by the National Federation of
Independent Business reveals
that almost 60% are in favor of
H.R. 1207, sponsored by Rep.
Bailey (W. Va.), which would
nation.
• *
This bill Is
a move t o-
ward solving
one of the
most critical
national prob-
Icms of the
times.
* * *
Over the
past 20 years, c. W. Harder
pressured by State Dept. U. S.
system of protective tariffs has
been steadily undermined, with
result nation has suffered se-
vere economic dislocations.
* *
The maximum effects of these
dislocations has not yet been
felt except in certain distress
areas. There seems little doubt
that the artificial economic bol-
stering of heavy defense spend-
ing, plus world wide boondog-
gling has disguised full seri-
ousness of situation.
* * *
The fields of textiles, china-
ware, and others, have long
been hard hit. Now it develops
that the domestic activity of
small American hardware firms
has been severely curtailed.
* * *
In order to survive as busi-
ness entities at all, many of the
best known and respected small
American hardware firms have
now become Importers rather
than manufacturers.
♦ *
It is quite amazing what can
be accomplished by cheap la-
bor. The retail prices in many
Imported hardware items arc
as much as 50% less than U. S.
manufacturing costs.
♦ * *
While the American maimfac-
© National Federation of Itvlment?. ;.t Ku<lr-«ii
turer It under the pressure of
high wage scales, union feather
bedding contracts, welfare state
taxes, and Income taxes, a
large part of which are dissi-
pated in all manners of foreign
give away schemes, the foreign
maker is unhampered.
* *
In England, one of the more
enlightened nations insofar as
the workingman is concerned,
the scale for a machinist is 55
cents per hour.
♦ *
For a long time those who
were wrecking the U. S. tariffs
pooh poohed the threat of re-
ducing tariffs on the basis that
other nations did not have the
technical know how to compete.
♦ *
Yet, ever since Russians fired
first sputnik there has been a
curious silcnce from those boys
who were always shouting U. S.
had a corner on all the brains
in the world.
♦ * ♦
As a matter of fact, through
the foreign give away pro-
grams, the American taxpay-
ers have not only paid for tech-
nical advisors, but also for
mass production machinery that
enables many nations to op-
erate with American efficiency.
* ♦
There Is a grave and grim
lesson in economics contained
in this situation.
♦ *
In fact, there seems to be
only three possible solutions.
One is for foreign nations to
raise their wages and standard
of living to equal the American.
This does not seem possible in
the foreseeable future. Another
is wholesale slashes In Amer-
ican wages and standard of
living. This also does not seem
to be In the immediate offing.
The only other alternative is to
protect the American market
wull suitable tariff structures
anil reverse the trend that soft-
headed Internationalist do good-
crs have foisted in this country.
SifTATE CAPITAL
Hiqhliqh-bs
Sideliqhts
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Economic
Highlights
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There are som fine museums in
the United States. One of the
best is the Museum of Natural
History along the lakefront in Chi-
ciga. Every Sunday this museum
is visited by thousands of people
from all parts of the country. One
ol the first things that becomes
apparent to the visitor is that our
present western civilization, while
remarkable, is not unique. There
have been other civilizations and
great ones which in some respects
may have reached higher attain-
ments than have been reached in
the present era. All previous civ-
ilixations have one thing in com-
mon—they reached a peak and
declined. Why? Historians know
the answer. In many cases, de-
cline followed some failure of
character in the people themselves.
The United States has been rid-
ing the crest of 20th century
western civilization. For genera-
tion after generatioin, our achieve-
ments in science and living stand-
ards have soared. Every crisis
has been followed by greater suc-
cess because of the indomitable
will and ambition of millions of
citizens. Then, came the day of
Sputnik. A chill went through our
comfortable land. Some people be-
gan to realize that civilizations do
not automatically continue.
As the nation now stands be-
tween a temporary halt in a par-
alyzing steel strike and a threat
of an even more paralyzing rail
strike, it is time to take stock.
The late John Foster Dulles left
some advice which should serve
as a basis for a lot of thinking. In
part, Mr. Dulles said, "Interna-
tional communism emphasizes
science and scientific applications.
It seeks to dominate the world
ith a military establishment so
powerful that its will will not be
hallenged. It strives for superior-
itj in all material ways, includ-
ing economic productivity. It
makes intensive efforts in the new
fields of nuclear energy, and in
the exploration of outer space.
"Thus, the challenge of change
that confronts us offers not a
choice between freedom and a
world jn which great power, strong
discipline and a materialistic creed
AUSTIN.—As the year draws
to an end, it appears Texas' big-
political question of the moment
will not be answered until next
year.
That is the question of wheth-
er the legislature will be called
into special session to raise teach-
er salaries.
Gov. Price Daniel has said that
if he does call a session, it will
not begin until after Feb. 1, fit4
ing deadline for the primaries.
Next few weeks are to be spent
in study and conferences with
legislative leaders on possible
methods of financing.
Governor Daniel said that in an-
swer to his poll a majority of
lawmakers (77 House members
and 20 senators) had written him
they favored teacher raises. Many
of these, however, attached "ifs"
and "buts" that left considerably
less than a majority in favor of
plunging right into the task in a
special session.
Fifty-four representatives did
not send answers to the governor,
and it is generally assumed they
do not favor a session.
Besides teacher pay, the gov-
ernor said a special session would
also be asked to raise money to
pay for medical aid for people on
the state welfare rolls.
He will not call a session, said
the governor, unless he feels rea-
sonably sure its tasks can be ac-
complished in the 30 days. Hut
he isn't giving it up, he added, as
long as it seems possible "with
some hard work to get it over."
Too little time?
Among those with doubts about
the probable success of a special
session is House Speaker Wag-
goner Carr.
In his answer to the governor's
poll, Carr said he felt education
was too important a suhjeet "to
be legislated upon under the ex-
treme pessures of a . . . 30-day
limitation."
Carr also called on the governor
to spell out well in advance of
any session the tax proposals he
would submit so legislators would
have time to talk them over with
their constituents.
Governor Daniel shot back that
he would submit, for one, the
abandoned property bill which
would allow the state to take over
unclaimed funds held by banks,
insurance companies and other
firms. This hill was repeatedly
voted down in the House earlier
this year.
No yen for be.nch
Though his political future is
not settled, Governor Daniel has
definitely ruled out the possibil-
ity that he might become a state
or federal judge.
There had been some specula-
tion that Daniel, who already has
held a raft of high offices, might
succeed retiring Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Jock E. Hick-
man or the late Jimmy Allred as
a federal judge.
Daniel said he had great re-
spect for the judiciary, but wheth-
er as public official or private
citizen, he wouldn't want to he
sidelined from the fight for
"progress, good government and
lair taxation."
He would not say that he would
i.ot run for governor or lieuten-
ant governor.
"Bottle clubs" under fire
For years Texas law against
selling liquor by the drink has
been no hindrance to the thou-
sands who belong to "bottle
clubs."
Serving of mixed drinks to
members and guests of private
clubs was assumed to be the same
as serving liquor in the home.
Hut the thing has gotten out of
hand, says Liquor Control Board
Chairman Coke Stevenson, Jr.
He said there are many clubs
selling mixed drinks that are not
private, non-profit clubs but are
operated like business concerns to
make money.
Stevenson and Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson have announced a state-
wide drive to close up the illegal
clubs. Proposed new lnws also
are being drafted to define clear-
ly what sort of club is legal.
Present law neither bans nor
recognizes "bottle clubs."
Private bars got started in the
swank country clubs, then sprang
up over the state in business and
professional clubs. Individuals
NAT IQNAL E D I T O R l_A L
PRES_S s| assocutio*
7959
then started their own social
clubs. It is the latter—the public
"clubs"—which are charged with
violating the law.
Adoption caie closed
State Supreme Court has made
final its ruling in a case that some
say may cause uncertainties in the
legal procedure for adoption of
babies of unwed mothers.
It upheld the decision of a lower
court in returning to its natural
mother a child she had previously
agreed to have adopted.
State Department of Public
Welfare had requested a re-hear-
ing in the case. Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson, representing the depart-
ment, said the ruling might result
in more "black marketnig" of ba-
bies.
State relief drop*
As more people become eligible
for social security, the number of
Texans seeking state old age is
decreasing.
State Department of Public
Welfare reported the number of
old age pensioners dropped by
1,426 in the past fiscal year.
Number of Texans receiving aid
through the welfare department
was 224,113, only about two-
thirds of the 368,418 getting so-
cial security checks.
Total monthly welfare pay-
ments for the state were some
$11,685,333, compared with $20,-
622,190 a month in social secur-
ity.
Crime rate risei
Texas' fast-growing cities seem
to be surging ahead in crime fast-
er than in almost "any other area.
Houston had in the first nine
months of the year 89 murders,
same number as Los Angeles,
four times as large a city.
Figures released by the Feder-
al Bureau of Investigation showed
these murder figures for Texas'
ten top cities: Houston, 89; Dal-
las, 67; Fort Worth, 40; San An-
tonio, 37; El Paso, 15; Beaumont,
11; Lubbock, 10; Austin, 6; Cor-
pus Christi, 5; Waco, 4.
Short snorts
Nineteen candidates will cam-
paign through the holiday season
in hopes of winning places in the
legislature Jan. 9. Four posts
were vacated by resignations.
Special elections usually attract
many candidates, since the high
man wins without a runoff . . .
U. S. ept. of Agriculture has esti-
mated the 1959 Texas cotton crop
at 4,500,000 bales. This is lower
than previous estimates, but bet-
ter than the 4,308,000 bales gin-
ned in the state last year. Aver-
age yield per acre will be about
337 pounds . . . One-eighth, or
six of the 48 persons executed
for crimes in the U. S. last year,
were executed in Texas. Califor-
nia, Georgia and Ohio also had
six executions each. So far this
year TexaB has hod only three ex-
ecutlolna.
the
dom . , .
"In a struggle where freedom
ia the issue, government cannot
carry all of the responsibility.
Governments of the free can do
much, and we do not shirk our
task. But the best exponents of
fieedom are free people. Our
pride iB not in what government
does, but jn what government
does not do."
There are some who now think
that government should assume
the initiative in settling major
strikes. Is this not a failure on
the part of our people? In dis-
cussing strikes and powers of la-
"bor union leaders, the Saturday
Evening Post says editorially, "the
principal difficulty is seldom men-
tioned. It is the effective denial
of the right of individual workers
to work or not to work. As long
as this right is surrendered to
union leaders with power to pun-
ish those who prefer to make their
own decisions, the progress of our
economy will remain at the mer-
cy of a few men who have been
legally endowed with more power
over their fellows than even a
government ought to enjoy in
time of peace."
Some of the weakening effect
of the ignoring of basic princi-
ples has been showing up for
months. At a time when we are
in a life and death economic
struggle with Soviet Russia we
find the United States deliberate-
ly pricing itself out of the market
lor a long list of goods. The April
27th issue of U. S. News & World
Report cites specific incidents
where U. S. industry no longer
competes in world markets—barb-
ed wire, bicycles, sewing ma-
chines, nails, steel flatware, type-
writers, jeweled watches, cameras,
tires, woolen fabrics and cotton
cloth, to name but a few. And
everyone js aware of what is hap-
pening in automobiles. Concludes
U. S. News, "The U. S. producers
trying to meet this competition
have two alternatives if they want
to stay in business; turn to more
automation, using fewer people or
shift production overseas." A
leading American economist ob-
served recently that "we shall
have to get rid of the notion—■
deeply ingrained ... in many . . .
of our economists, but even much
more in businessmen and in the
man on the street—that our rate
of growth is naturally the most
rapid in the wold. That notion
. now has no basis in reality."
The above are straws in the
wind. In terms of world history
they become significant only if
we, as a nation, remain blind to
their implications ... if we re-
main too smug.
COOL HEATER CABINETS
Cabinets on modern LP-Gas
space heaters a re so cool to the
touch that you can place plants,
vases, or other decorative objects
right on the top.
of a million delta* a day, It
hard for the average American
realise there ia auch a thing ea
starvation elaewhore in the world.
A recent United Nationa sur-
vey disclosed that there are a bil-
lion people who live from the cra-
dle to the grave without adequate
food. And there are 100,000,000
babies in the world who go to
bed hungry each night.
These "hunger spots" today in-
clude China, North Africa and
Asia. It is no coincidence that
these are our trouble spots today.
Nor is it a coincident that
countries that accept Communism,
or Fascism, or leaders of the cal-
iber of Nasser, Hjtler, Mussolini,
or Tojo, are heavily populated
countries.
Why pour millions of dollars
into the hands of foreign officials,
who manage to take credit for
accomplishments this money brings
about, when we have food piled a
mile high and miles long and gf -
iug to waste. And at a terrific
cost to taxpayers in storage ex-
penses.
Is it any wonder that mothers
in other countries hat is when we
store or waste food that would
feed their children? Is it any
wonder we are misunderstood by
people of other countries?
We don't understand us some
times ourself.—Panola Watchman
ED. NOTE—We heard our pas-
tors saying this same thing, fig-
ures and all, back in 1914. and
yet?
Other Eds Thoughts
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PRESIDENT'S STRONG WORDS
P.es'dent Eisenhower has al-
ready warned steel workers, and
by the same token, other unions
whose failure to negotiate serious-
ly affect the general public, tnat
strong measures will be taken if
negotiations aren't successful be-
fore the 80-day period ends.
Even a president doesn't use
such strong language unless he
knows he is supported by the ma
jority of the people. More par-
ticularly, he doesn't use it unless
he has some basis, on the eve of
a presidential election year. Even
though not a candidate, he must
as his party's leader, consider
carefully his words and actions so
his party will not suffer. You
can bet your bottom dollar his
strong words aren't bluff nor
without solid support from the
public.
Labor has received deserved
gains in recent years purely and
simply because the people have
willed it, not because of any pol-
itician, party or labor leaders
Labor stands a darn good chance
of losing its hard won gains be-
cause of obstinacy, greed and a
warped idea of who put them
where they are today.
By no stretch of the imagina-
tion is labor in the driver's seat.
An aroused public can unseat la-
bor much quicker than the same
public aided them in making their
gains. The public is still in the
majority.
The president's strong words
prove his mail and surveys taken
throughout the nation are conclu-
sive in indicating the people are
getting fed up to the gills with
labor disputes and the unreason-
ableness practiced.
It is about time labor and man-
agement got together, because
once legislation is imposed, both
will be the loser. The American
people basically would prefer that
free and unrestrained collective
bargaining would prevail. That
is the American way. But anoth-
er American way is to take action
when any group gets too big for
its britches and starts kicking the
public around.
Things are rapidly reaching
that point.—Panola Watchman.
HUNGER IN THE WORLD
While the striped pants diplo-
mats engage in lofty talk about
world problems and we pour bil-
lions into space missiles, defense
weapons, in foreign aid and mili-
tary installations, the primary is-
sue is still overlooked.
Hunger is still the major prob-
lem of the world.
The principal cause of war is
hunger. The greatest need in the
world today is food. This fact
seems to escape the reason of our
government officials. And for that
matter, with seven billion dollars There's a lot of dirt that de-
worth of food in storage at a cost tergents can't touch.
JOHNSON CORRECT
ON THE RUSSIANS
Sen. Lyndon Johnson, speaking
-c doctors in Dallas, said: "The
Communists have not suddenly be
come jolly good neighbors. They
remain what they have always
been, our chief adversaries in the
contest for world leadership."
He is so correct; better, he is
iri a position as Senator majority
leader to be briefed in confidence
by the State department and
White House with respect to the
Russian problem.
We cannot be fooled by the
"personal" and jovial diplomacy
of Mr. Khrushchev. As top Com-
munist of the world and premier
of the Soviet Union, his objective
is the same as that of the stoical,
less-personable Stalin: to make
communism the world's dominant
religion and political system.
Techniques and strategies may
change, as a Stalin is succeeded
by a Malenkov and a Malenkov
by a Khrushchev. But the basic
aims of the Bolshevik revolution
remain: Russia must conquer; it
cannot tolerate a competing sys-
tem.
There is no real evidence this
attitude has softened, even though
the top dog wags his tail jovially
nnd barks less ominously than his
Kremlin predecessors. — Dallas
News.
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