The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1956 Page: 2 of 20
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Gaines County Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
TOOK SEMINOLE SENTINEL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8ft, 1#M
Editorial Comment
New Leisure
In one of his campaign speeches, Richard
Nixon forecast that the four-day work week is
on the horizon. He added, in effect, that the way
to assure this is to continue the Republican Party
in power.
In one of his campaign speeches, Adlai Stev-
enson advocated what amounts to a guaranteed
lifetime wage for all workers, continuing on in-
to retirement. He added, In effect, that the way
to achieve this is to return the Democratic Party
to power.
The Portland Oregonian said of these ideas:
"'We have no doubt that Americans will continue
to add to the material variety, wealth and secur-
ity of their lives. They will surely some day reach
and surpass the goals set by Mr. Nixon and Mr.
Stevenson. There is a healthy and .growing aware-
ness, however, that such material progress is not
without Its troubles, that the exploitation of phy-
sical and emotional pleasures puts a strain on the
intellectual, moral and spiritual values, that
there Is a high price on Utopia. It is a simple
fact that a considerable number of retired per-
sons—a recent survey says a majority-—wish
they had not chosen or had not been required to
retire." In other words, we will need a full mea-
sure of wisdom if the enormous amount of leis-
ure time the candidates envisage is to be put to
constructive use—and Is to contribute to human
happiness and achievement.
There is one more point that should be stress-
ed. Both Mr. Nixon and Mr. Stevenson, to their
credit, have said that the promised gains should
be brought about within the framework of our
free enterprise system. Yet a great many of us
think of such gains in terms of legislative acts
of government—things which will be imposed by
law. If that turns out to be the case, we will be
trading freedom and independence and self-re-
spect for sheer materialism. There could be no
worse bargain.
For Politics???
The Detroit Times has something of the first
importance to say about the development of
peacetime uses of atomic energy—and about the
efforts to turn this development into an ironclad
government monopoly.
"If the government keeps a strangle hold on
atomic energy," says the Times, "it will keep,
also, a strangle hold on economic development.
More than any other single commodity, short of
sheer military power, control of power supplies
means control of the whole economy.
"Our government, both in its wisest and
most honest leaders, and in its most sincere and
humane businessmen, has in the last two ye^rs
made real and great strides toward promoting
'atoms for peace." But if the attempt succeeds to
drive private brains and energy out of the atomic
energy field, It will be the end of 'atoms for
peace,' and a victory for 'atoms for politics.'
"Atomic power, utterly ruled by politicians,
will be the greatest political tool of our age."
The independent utility companies, naturally,
are most directly interested in making possible
the production of power from the atom on a
commercial scale. In pursuit of that end, they
are offering full cooperation to the Atomic Ener-
gy Commission and the other interested govern-
ment agencies. It is unthinkable that these offers
should be rejected, that the vast resources and
kndw-how of the industry be lost to atomic pro-
gress, and that this enormous new energy source
become a political football.
Research is Key
Half a century ago a boy of 15, aided by his
brother, built a tractor. To the amazement of
almost everyone, it actually worked.
Now he is chief engineer of research with
one of the leading farm equipment manufactur-
ers. Recently he was given a gold medal by an
engineering society for developments for which
he was responsible. He has said: "The farmers
of the world will require labor-saving tools of
even greater efficiency, safety, simplicity, com-
fort, and adaptability to rapidly changing meth-
ods of agriculture."
That requirement dominates the thinking
and the work of the entire farm equipment in-
dustry. Good as a machine may be, to the engin-
eers it is never quite good enough. They are
always looking for ways to make it better. That
means a heavy emphasis on research.
When this particular engineer first entered
the employ of a farm machinery company, in
1927, there were about half a dozen employees
In the engineering and research department. To-
day there are more than 200. That change is
typical of the equipment industry as a whole.
Research makes machines safer. It leads to
machines that will last longer, and do more work
at less cost and with less human effort It is
at the heart of the continuing agricultural rev-
olution.
THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL
Oldest Established Business In Gaines County
Subscription Bates:
$2.50 in Gaines County; $8.50 outside County
Published every Thursday at The Sentinel Build-
ing, 100 South Main, under the Act of March 3,
1879.
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Seminole,
Texas, Post Office, Seminole, Texas.
Lewis A. Beddell Publisher
Barney Thompson Editor
Mrs. P. A. Morgan Women's News Editor
n HmmUI General Manager
Any erroneous reflection upon the character of
any person or firm appearing in these columns
t*IB be gladly and promptly corrected upon be-
ing brought to the attention of the management.
U «!? U, j '
No Santy Claus!
The News-Herald, of Cuba City, Wisconsin,
has printed a timely letter from a reader, Eliza-
beth Lippltt, Here it Is: "Santa Claus is comin'
to town,' his sled drawn by a Republican ele-
phant and a Democratic donkey, with presents
for everyone.
"Uncle Sam has millions for farmers who
don't plant, millions for workers who don't work,
millions for everyone's retirement, and billions
for the upkeep of tired foreigners. All this and a
debt of $278 billion, too ... .
"Won't some kind soul tell Americans the
awful truth—'thefe just ain't no Santy Claus!" "
To Chicago
On a ranch near a small Florida town, writes
Cal Brumley in The Wall Street Journal, "... a
greedy Angus steer munches all day, turning
about 25 pounds of grain, six pounds of hay and
20 gallons of water into about three pounds of
fat and flesh. This fall the black steer, appro-
priately named 'Scrappy,' will wear his coat of
fat like a suit of armor to Chicago. There Scrappy
will be a novelty, the first Florida steer judged
good enough to compete in the International
Livestock Exposition, a showplace for the na-
tion's beef cattle and the World Series of fat
steer competition."
This, as Mr. Brumley points out, Is symoblic
of the Southern cattle industry. For years the
South has been the fastest growing cow country
in the nation—its cattle numbers jumped over
110 per cent from 1949 to 1956, more than doubled
the national Increase. However, there is a prob-
lem—Southern cattle are often of pooer quality
than the Western stock and so have brought sub-
stantially lower prices. But now, to quote Mr.
Brumley again, "Southern cattlemen .... are
hastening to catch up with high standards West-
ern cattlemen have set during the past 100 years."
Chicago-bound Scrappy is a prime example.
There Is another significance to the story.
All over the country, livestock raisers have long
been known as people of independence and Initia-
tive. They've experienced many ups and downs,
and they've been used to taking their own chanc-
es and solving their own problems. They have
never, for instance, looked for government hand-
outs even when times were very bad. The South-
ern producers are demonstrating the same kind
of attitude.
Restrictions
DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS... Officers of The
Salvation Army dedicate their lives to the service of others. This
sense of dedication is strongly felt by the young people who plan to
spend their lives in this field of social work. Motivated by deeply-felt
Christianity, they still cannot ».nter full-time Salvation Army work
until they have completed training in various aspects of social and
religious work in colleges maintained by The Salvation Army through-
out the world. The men and women of The Salvation Army work in all
neighborhoods fulfilling their vows to "care for the poor, feed the
hungry, clothe the naked, befriend those who have no friends, and
love the unlovable".
"Progress In Oregon" a news letter which
Is Vublished by the Oregon Development Cpm-
' mission, recently ran a little article on bepf pro-
duction in the state. Beef is Oregon's leading
agricultural commodity in point of cash receipts
to producers—these totaled $57 million in a late
year. One Oregon county, Malheur, is believed
to rank first in the nation so far as range cattle
numbers are concerned.
In the course of the article some significant
statements occur: "With new grass frontiers no
longer available, one may wonder at the recent
trend of increased beef cattle production in Ore-
gon and nationally. Part of the answer is that
beef is one of the few agricultural commodities
that, is not restricted in production by govern-
ment regulations .... Anyone—farmer, lawyer,
doctor or laborer—can go into the cattle business
and produce as much beef as he desires ....
Cattle ranchers do not wish to restrict produc-
tion. They believe that although people are now
consuming beef at a near record level, they can
and will eat more of it."
What this news letter is saying, in other
words, is that the Oregon beef producers believe
in free enterprise—a system under which they
can follow their own judgment and take their
own chances without having to follow a rule-
book written by bureaucrats. And that—as re-
solutions passed by leading associations of live-
stock men amply demonstrate—is true of pro-
ducers throughout the country. More power to
them.
Small Grown Big
Thurman Sensing "of the Southern States In-
dustrial Council writes: "Big business is small
business grown big through the willingness of
millions of small investors to risk the money
they have earned and saved in buying shares in
the business In the hope they will get a dividend
therefor. According to a recent report there are
almost 9 million individual shareholders of stock
in publicy owned corporations. Also, there are at
least 100 million lndividlals who own life Insur-
ance policies and 30 million indivduals who have
savings accounts—all of whom have a direct In-
terest in the success of American business."
The best government policy for small busi-
ness is that which Is friendly to all business—
and which keeps the door open for any business
to grow and prosper. .
Room Aplenty
According to the last census, almost 9,000,000
people earn their living, in whole or In part, from
employment In retailing. This makes retail trade
one of the biggest of all businesses.
At the same time, most retail stores con-
stitute small business ventures. The Census Bur-
eau also tells us that, of the approximately 1,-
720,000 individual retail stores, about 1,500,000 of
them do an annual business of less than $100,000.
Retailing is an enterprise In which there is
room aplenty for stores of every size and kind
—from the biggest chain system to the little fam-
ily operation.
The Important Word li "United"
(Text of President Elsenhower's radio-TV broadcast for united
community campaigns, Sept. 30).
My Fellow Citizens: I would like to talk to you for a few min-
utes about the United Community Campaigns which are starting
right now in cites and towns from coast to coast.
They will be known by different names—the United Fund, the
United Crusade, the united Community Chest, and others. But
whatever the name, tha Important word is tha<c word "United." For
in' every city it means that
many good and useful voluntary
health and welfare agencies have
teamed nip to ask you just once
a year for funds, instead of go-
ing out on separate and compet-
ing campaigns.
You know these agencies
well; they care for children, heal
the sick in body and mind, bring
hope to the handicapped, minist-
er to the aged, guide boys and
girls away from delinquency in-
to paths of fine American citi-
zenship.
In many cities great nation-
al causes, such as the Red
Cross, the USO, Heart, Cancer,
and Cripped Children, are included In these local drives. This kind
of unity makes a great deal of sense, for man is a united human be-
ing. He is built all in one piece—a body, a mind, and a spirit. And
Vou can't' separate the elements and still have a whole human be-
ing.
With skill and compassion these agencies unite to serve all the
needs of all the people. The word "Community" lies at the very
heart of our American sofl^t^. Therp is no such tiling as a strong,
healthy nation without strong, heafthy communities. And the com-
munity is strong and healthy only when its citizens care enough
and share enough to make it that way.
In a political campaign people in the ccmmunltyy divide up in-
to sides and they cast their votes on issues. But in the United
Community Campaigns there is only one big issue, and that is:
Are we interested in our fellow man?
For us Americans, whatever our politics, racial background or
religious faith, there is only one answer, and it is an answer that
expresses a genuine and heartfelt concern for our fellow man.
So I am sure that when the volunteer worker knocks at your
door and heart and asks you to sign a pledge for the United Com-
munity Compalgns, you will join me with a three-word answer:
"Yes I will."
O'Daniel Says "Just Good Business"
To Keep Eisenhower In White House
W. Lee O'Daniel, seeking the
governorship of Texas as a
write-in candidate, has declar-
ed it is "strictly a matter of
good business judgment" for
the state's voters to keep
President Eisenhower in the
White House.
Emphasizing the fact that
Eisenhower has returned Tex-
as' tidelands, 0"Daniel stated
that while the federal govern-
ment can give the tidelands to
the state, a Stevenson admin-
istration could also, through
legislation, "take them away
from Texas."
In a statement in Dallas, he
said it is "strictly a matter of
good business judgement for
the people of Texas to keep a
man in the president's chair
who is friendly to Texas' own-
ership of the tidelands than to
put a man like Stevenson . . .
who is against Texas owner-
ship of the tidelands."
Since the Eisenhower-back-
ed tidelands bill became law in
1953, the state has received
approximately $60,000,000 for
its permanent school fund.
O'Daniel predicted that becau-
se of this issue, Texas would
again vote for Eisenhower.
The American Way . . .
UNPACKING THE
SUPREME COURT
By John T. Flynn
(Editor's note: John T. Flynn
is a noted author, lecturer and
radio commentator.)
One thing grows more obvious
than any other fact about what
we call the American system. It
is that some means must be
found to deal with grave disor-
ders which affect it. One is the
income tax. The other is the
Supreme Court as at present
manned. There is, of cotfrse, one
great obstacle and that is the
Supreme Court itself. It is now
nearly 20 years since President
Franklin D. Roosevelt began the
packing of the Court because the
existing judges had held most
of the curious measures adopt-
ed by his New Deal congress to
be unconstitutional. The present
Court was appointed by Roose-
velt and his successors to en-
sure the validation of any other
unconstitutional measures that
might be passed.
In the last 20 years this Court
has performed an incredible op-
eration on our whole constitu-
tional system. It is possible that
at some future time a Congress
once again in tune with the
American system may launch a
repeal of the Income Tax Amend-
ment or at least limit severely
the grab of the government's
hand in our pockets. But the
Supreme Court problem is far
more difficult. The judges are
appointed for life. There are
nine of them. And it would take
a long time to rid the Court of
that many judges. There is no
hope in the possible retirement
of some of these judges. Others
of the same type would be nam-
ed. The first appointment to the
Court by President Eisenhower
—perhaps the worst of the lot—
offers us little hope of change.
States Denied Rights
Throughout history the curse
of civilized man has been BIG
GOVERNMENT. Our forefathers
aimed a historic blow at Big
Government when in the Con-
stitution they split the engine of
government into a number of in-
dependent parts—the Executive,
the Legislative and the Judicial.
But that was not all. The feder-
al government was endowed with
very limited powers. Ttie greater
part of the powers of govern-
Afld I Quote
Then there's the one about
the two fleas who had been to
the theatre. Leaving, one said
to the other, "Well, shall we
walk—or take a dog?"
* * «
"A woman makes up her
mind and her face several
times a day, and is seldom
satisfied with the results of
either."—Glenn Bunnell.
* * *
"We have no fight with
labor as such. Nor do we quar-
rel with the right of workers
voluntarily to organize into
unions and bargain for high-
er pay and better working
conditions."— NAM President
Cola G. Parker.
* * *
"There are still some old-
fashioned mothers who love to
tuck their children In bed, but
many of them can't stay a-
wake until the kids come
home!"—Galen Drake.
« * •
"For anything worth having,
one must pay the price; and
the price is always work, pat-
ience, love, self-sacrifice — no
paper currency, no promises to
pay, but the gold of real ser-
vice."—John Burroughs.
Thanks, Folks
Thanks to the people of Seminole and area for
the enthusiastic reception given the new 1957 Chevrolets
during our showing last Friday and Saturday. Your at-
tendance and complimentary remarks about the new
Chevrolet were greatly appreciated by all of us. Please
call on us at any time, day or night, for your transporta-
tion needs.
Thanks, again;
McAdoo Chevrolet Co.
V" , ' ■
. ,
vfe**'. i "«• * ' •* ■ ■ ' ' ■■ '/ rat TOS?'-?
ment was left with the states.
Power was nowhere centered and
consolidated in one place where
it could not be restrained.
This great institution has been
gravely altered, first by endow-
ing the federal government with
the unlimited power to tax and
borrow; second, through the
assumption by Congress and the
Court of the power to legislate
on matters once severely limited
to the states. Public education in
this country was for 165 years
regarded as a function of the
states. Recently the Supreme
Court held that the states were
without power to provide separ-
ate schools for different groups.
The case in question involved the
right of the states to provide
separate schools for white and
Negro children. There is not a
word in the Constitution which
deprives a sovereign American
state of the power to operate its
public school system on any
theory it approves. This right
had not been contested for 165
years. But the justices appointed
in the packing operation have
denied that right to the states. If
the Court can do that, it can as-
sume almost any other power.
Tearing At Constitution
This is not all. An American
state is a sovereign republic.
Pennsylvania adopted a law pun-
ishing sedition against'its sov-
ereign authority. A communist
in Pennsylvania was convicted of
plotting the violent overthrow of
that state government.' The Su-
preme Court overturned that de-
cision, holding the states were
powerless to defend their own
sovereign powers.
The President promulgated an
order extending the federal loy-
alty program to all government
employees. But the Court held it
could be applied only to persons
in highly sensitive positions.
The Taft-Hartley Act requires
a labor union to furnish an affi-
davit attesting its freedom from
subversive elements. If it fails
to do so it cannot engage in pick-
eting. The Court held that it can.
New York City requires the
dismissal of teachers in its
schools who hide behind the
Fifth Amendment when asked a-
bout their communist affiliations.
The Court ruled the city had no
right to do this.
Is there any remedy for this
condition? Only one has been
suggested. That is a constitution-
al amendment which will end the
tenure of all the members of the
existing Court and will declar^.
that all decisions of that Court
between 1937 and the date of the
proposed amendment be declared
without any authority as prece-
dents in the decision of future
cases.
The Court as packed by Roose-
velt, Truman and Eisenhower has
almost succeeded in tearing up
the Constitution. The remedy
proposed would be wholly in ac-
cordance with that Constitution.
THE SEMINOLE STATE BANK
Presents
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TEXAS
'V £ -
LONGHORN CAVERNS
The Lorighorn Cavern is located near Burnet. It is one of the
most outstanding examples of Mother Nature's handiwork in Texas.
It was here that Confederate gunpowder was made during the War
Between the States;*it was here that Sam Bass, legendary Texas out-
law, sought frequent refuge and was reputed to have hidden a'vast
bandit treasure. The Longhorn Cavern is the third largest cave in
the world. Over eight miles of the Cavern have been explored with-
out an end beiftg reached.
LANDSCAPING SPECIAL
Friday and Saturday
SHADE TREES
4-5 ft. Mimosa ----- 2 for $2.99
4-5 ft. Flowering Willow 2 for $2.99
6-8 ft. Chinese Elm 2 for $2.99
5 ft. Weeping Willow 2 for $2.99
4-5 ft. Catalpa - 2 for $2.99
SHRUBS
Euonymous Japonica $1.49
Nandina $1.49
Photenia $1.49
Jasmine $1.49
Wax Ligustrum $1.49
English Ivy $1.49
Honey Suckle $1.49
Pyracantha $2.49
BULBS
Tulip 12 for 79c
Daffodils 12 for $1.29
MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW — TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THESE LOW PRICES.
- SEMINOLE NURSERY -
GARDEN CENTER
PHONE 4484
GIFT SHOP
WEST ON HOBBS HY.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Thompson, Barney. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1956, newspaper, October 25, 1956; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth416181/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.