The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 5, 1961 Page: 2 of 12
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Pyqp £ — TSt#yK«; — Yah, Texas, Wednesday, July 5, W
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EDITORIALS .. and .. FEATURES
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from home and someone asks you:
' '"Where is Taft?”
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One of the best ways to resolve the
w.
of federal aid to education would
•ffiTjLat to forget the whole thing and let
«hsrtes and local school districts face up to
ffWKr own problems. Anything that we, as
taxpayers, pay for at a local level we ap-
fiwiriatr more and do a better job of ad-
ministrating than projects that are handed
down from the federal level.
However, the forces behind federal aid
to education will undoubtedly win out in
the end so that it appears that the ques-
- tlon «f aid to which schools will be the
tantamount question.
To us this problem is real simple. Any
federal money should go to public schools
Wi?h not a penny to privaie schools: If a
parent wishes to send their children to a
I* General retail sales tax on all
jMwdtases over 25 cents V
2* Unshed sabs or excise taxes which
1 exclude food, medicine, rent,
farm supplies and low cost
clothing Yes — No--
3. State income tax Yes — No----
Assuming that , additional taxes are needed
%ok one or More of Ate billowing, which would
you favor?
T. Gas pipeline companies Yes—- No-------
1 laoraiiaed tax on oil
production
3. Jficreased tax on gas
production Yes
4, Hated tax on beer, whiskey, and
ilther alcoholic beverages Yes------No-------
5. Interstate corporations Yes--------- No-----------
AlSoft' drinks Yes--------No----------
t. Corporate income tax Yes----------- No-------
For many years Texas has had an "escheat
taw" psoviding that unclaimed and abandoned
funds belong to the state when no owners or
hairs exist. Do you believe enforcement pro-
cadwres should be enaited by the Legislatore
so that such money can be returned to the law-
ful owners or heirs, or be turned over to the
-state if none exist? Yes---------No
Mall to:
CITIZENS FOR FAIR TAXATION
Box 2021, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas
TUM AMERICAN WAY
where Corpus Chrisfi is located?"
The answer is usually affirmative, so,
get in your punch Stne: "Weil, Corpus
Christi is just 20 miles south of TAFT."
private school that is their business but
they have no right to expert the general
public to pay the cost in any form or
fashion.
If the door to the federal treasure
houses are once opened to private schools
every church in the country will decide
to get their share of the federal loot in
order to better indoctrinate their children
in the tenets of their religious beliefs. The
foundation of our unexcelled public school
system was laid hundreds of years ago by
churches but they soon realized that a bet-
ter school system could be maintained and
supported through public channels rather
than through the church. We don't want
to turn our backs o- this founding ex-
tin? nation.
Beginning o the "Ferguson
era" wu* in 1914 when tier hus-
band, Jim Ferguaon, war, elect-
ed governor, a* the champion of
the Texas tenant farmer He
was re-elected in 1916 but im-
peached in 1917.
In 1924 Mrs. Ferguson ran for
governor, with the announced
purpose of clearing her hus-
bands name. She was elected
in 1924, defeated for re-election
in 1926. but won another term
in 1932.
VVrtb her to the last was the
nickname she disliked "Ma
Her husband (who died in 19441
avic known “Pn or "T’orin*
er Jim.”
RATE INCREASE EXPLAIN-
j l> ._ Texans who are irked
at the prospect of an auto in-
surance rate increase should
take note that they've had a
years reprieve since the in-
crease was indicated, says the
Insurance Board chairman.
Ciaim costs indicated that a
rate increase was justified last
year, says Chairman Tom Fer-
guson-, but the Board postponed
making it because the safe driv-
ing plan bad just gone into ef-
fect.
In that 12-month interval. said
Ferguson, drivers actually have
paid $20,OMl,000 less in insurance
premiums than cost figures
show Ihay should have. As a
consequence, he said, compan-
ies absorbed n $20 1)0(1,IMHI defi-
cit
LAST ROUND legislators
waxed both heated and hopeful
In the lo«t roup ’ of public hear-
perience.
Public Opinion Poll On
Taxes
* Iflfith Texas needing new taxes for improve-
ments in public education, teacher salaries, aid
t# aged, and other essential programs, which of
fff» following broad-based taxes would you
8,TAT E CAPITAL
Hiqhliqhts
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AUSTIN Within a few
weeks the tourists and School
children who Hock to Austin will
he able to get a lesson in Testis
history by visiting the most
beautiful of all the new build
mgs on the state cnpitul grounds
It is the State Library and
Archives Building, now nearing
completion on a site directly
east of the Capitol.
For many years history
minded Texans decried the fact
that the priceless early docu-
ments of the state had no real
home. Finally these do- uments
were moved from a mouldy
basement to a Juonset hut.
There many feared for their
safety-
Now, the new edifice provides
the states historic documents
with a magmfirant home. In ad-
dition there are quarters for
the State Library and the Gene-
ral Land Ofliee-
More interesting to the visitor
will be the way in which Texas
history is dramatized in the
architectural decor of the build-
ing. On each side of the entrance
are six large flag|>oles. From
them will fiy the flags of the
nations which have ruled Texas
— France. Spa if?. Mexico, the
Republic of Texas, the Confed-
erate States of America and Hie
United States.
Embedded in the stone of the
front are blight colored mo-
saic shields. These also repre-
sent the same six nations.
Smaller bronze emblems deco-
rate the heavy metal doors at
the front. Across the back ot the
structure, even larger shields
bearing the six nations seals
in colored ceramics, are mount-
ed oil the face of the budding.
Pink granite, the "official
stone for state buildings, is used
for the entire exterior. Carved
in the granite across the left
front are these words:
"The People of Texas do now
constitute a free, sovereign and
independent republic and
we fearlessly and confidently
commit the issue to the deci-
sion of the Supreme Arbiter of
the destinies of nations. (Texas
Declaration of Independence.
1836)
On the right, front side is carv-
ed: "All political (Kiwer is in-
herent in the people and aJi free
governments are founded on
their authority and instituted
for their benefit. (First Consti-
tution of Texas, 1845.1
Although the building has four
floors, there are seven "stack
floors" where the budding is di-
vided for storage of books and
documents.
One end of the main floor
will be devoted to the library.
There you will find a charge
desk and a large reading room.
Another large room wiil house
the archives. In it there will be
a large work room where re-
searchers may look at old pap-
ers
Pawn - to - Dusk
Land Office, to be on the
third floors, will have n sei»er-
ate enframe at the south end
of the building. (Building faces
west-)
ings before the committee ap-
pointed by Governor Daniel to
study all tax plans and suggest
a compromise
Committee, mostly made up
of board chairmen of state agen-
cies is to select ideas or merge
them into a recommendation to
be offered at its final meeting
July 6 and 7 Special session to
enact a tax plan begins July
10
Re(i Reed yuilliam ot Lub-
bock said he ielt the people
shook I see clearly what their
choices are a sales lax, in-
come tax or sharp reduction in
slate services.
Hens. Charles N Wilson of
Trinity and Maco Stewart ut
Galveston suggested a plan that
would combine a 2 per cent
general sales tax. with exemp-
tions. and a 6 per cent corjjora-
tiun tax
Sen. Grady Ha/lewood of Am-
arillo apparently favored a sales
tax. He told the committee he
thought the governor had been
asleep. Rip Van Winkle fashion,
since !939 when Governor Dan-
iel, then a House meintiei was
one ot the "Immortal 56" who
blocked a sales tax. Haziewood
pointed out that the stale has
had a population explosion and
an 80(1 j/er cent increase in cost
of government since then.
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The head of the house may
be a lug gun at the office, but
at home he’s just a pop gun.
Hr,»«d caused more fbart 1,Q00,(**0 cat uaHio* j$
First floor lobby. like the Cap-
ii.oi rotunda, will be a Texas
showcase In its terrazo floor
is the familiar wreath and
star emblem of Texas- Main
walls arc polished granite and
upper wall is sandstone. Above
the center ol the area is a huge,
spectacular oval light fixture of
red, white and blue colored
glass in a sunburst design with
i border of 50 stars.
Museum eases, recessed .and
ighted, are built into Hie wails
iround the lobby. Opposite the
lobby entrance is a large bronze
screen with 15 blocks on which
are wrought designs that pre-
sent a panorama of Texas de-
velopment There is an Indian
with tomahawk, branding irons,
dueling pistols, the first Capitol
(a small frame house), an early
locomotive, and a windmill on
the prairie. Last block shows a
gushing oil well.
Building ot the State Library
and Archives Building was au-
thorized by the legislature in
1957 with an appropriation of
$2,500,000. Project lias been car-
ried through by the State Build-
ing Commission for which E.E.
McAdams is chairman and Gov.
Price Daniel and Ajty. Gen. Will
Wilson are membei*s.
Admiral H R. Nieman is di-
rector of the Building Commis-
sion,
State Archives Building is the
fourth of tlie new edifices
erected since the building pro-
gram began in 1957. It is neith-
er the largest nor the most ex-
pensive, but because of the his-
torical designs, it is attracting
pie most attention. Those who
have had an advance peek be-
lieve that it will, as intended, be
-i lining residence for the heri-
tage of Texas 125 years-
TOLEDO BEND DAM STUD-
IED Texas Water Develop-
ment Board has given tentative
approval to a $15,000,000 state
loan for the building of a $60,-
000,00 Toledo Bond Darn on the
Sabine River.
The dam will create the larg-
est man-made lake in the soutli
and supply water and power for
residents ot both Southeast Tex-
as and Louisiana.
One of the first obstacles to be
faced is obtaining a iiermit
from tin- State Board of Water
Engineers. In this, the Sabine
River Authority is opposed by
the owners of timbcrland which
would lie flooded by the reser-
voir.
Louisiana will tie a partner
in the project, if it materializes.
Louisiana voters already have
approved a $15,000,000 loan to
meet its share of (lie cost.
END OK AN ERA One of
the most colorful and controver-
sial names in 20th century Tex-
as politics passed Irom the
scene with the death of Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson.
Though she preferred house-
keeping and flower raising, Mrs.
Ferguson was tlie first fund on-
ly) woman governor of Texas.
Also one of the only two weinen
governors ever to be elected in
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P253E3H
Compiled From Published duel Unpublished Works
Written By
Mrs. Frankie Guthrie, Deceased
WE WONDER WHAT NEXT
We consider conditions in our
little burg just about as lacking
in luxuries as is possible, but it
seems that something may stdl
be whittled off. I'm talking
about the prcintsed closing of the
depot. Tlie Railroad Commission
had a representative ir Reev die
fast Tuesday, Slioppers, and
those interested in keeping an
agent here, were invited to tun t
with him and present their side
of the question. We had repre-
sentatives there, also a [>eti-
tior, advancing a lot of reasons
good reasons why we wanted
that depot door left ojien-
We don't knew just how it will
end The thing is to be derided
after the first of die year. Those
present were not radiantly op-
timistic about ti>e out- ome A
local rancher said there should
have been more shippers (ire-
sent. We can see it that way
now. We know just what we
should have done. We should
have held a mass meeting Ev-
ery fellow should have learned
Ids speech, and the entire citi-
zenship have ridden over, all
decked out in riding regalia,
and with even a few rows along,
and have fairly taken that corn-
misrloner's breath away with
our quite obvious need of ship-
ping facilities. I just happened
to think, however, as an aiter-
thoughl, that had we been ac-
customed to such concerted ac-
tion. we'd have been building a
bigger depot, rather than i los-
ing the one we have
Aiso with nothing better to
think about. 1 keep re< ailing the
half glamourous background
against wliii h Ben lair came m
to being with the advent of the
advent of the railroad, perhaps
fifty years ago. Had the survey
curved a mile soutli and touched
the little frontier outpost, then
serving the ranchers and farm-
ers with Hie necessities ->! |j)e.
nobody would have had to rack
his brain about Berelair's pro-
blems . Tusslevilie would have
been the name painted on the
hoard nailed to the side of the
depot, Tttssleville Hie name
heading all your love letters and
even this correspondence that
tells of your house parties, your
church appointment and hunt-
ing trips. Tussleville would have
gone on your birth certifna:e
and been written into your
obituary.
Tusslev ille sounds tough and
maybe it was. Maybe it would
have been husky enough to
handle the depot question Who
knows?
Another name, and one with
a western flavor, almost kept
Berelair out of Hie limelight.
For when the railway missed
Tusslev die, leading citizens
went into a huddle and before
the chief objector there's al-
ways one - could say scat,
they found themselves with a
brand-new town. The now long
departed Jack Wilson, uncle of
Hen. was the lucky man furnish-
ing the land to make the lots
for the boom that was seen to
he on. Major Temple, civd en-
gineer for the new railway, the
surveyor on tlie job. There is an
elaborate layout of streets. 1
think i live on Broadway. Then
came that second huddle, weigh-
ing the selection of a name lor
this metropolis, to he Nobody
seems to know just wbv K -
Points go! the majority -ote It
did however. !>u‘ before it wo -
into history the objc- tor. who
had been left out long enough
got Ins say When he gut through
Hie others must have felt prey
cheap. Me oct tils firtgei square-
ly on the weak place in that
pertinent name for a town. May
iie Hie board had already been
painted, ready for nailing up
If so lie put his finger on the
"o' ill points and showed tin'
committee how when a few
storms and 1-ns had tiieir wav
ihe passengers iding by m the
railway . -wa he> might easily
mistake il for Kne I’lrP-
I think Major Temple (oust
have been of trie pout emuker
class 1 expect t-jo. that while
ihe making ol - new 'own tal-
lowing so closely -a: 'he mak.ng
ol a railroad had been bringing
primitive natures to the fore-
fro).-!, the Major was gctbtv,.'
homesick. Instead ->i the n.cs-
quite and cat tus ot Southwest
Texas, he began to see m Ian v
his tree shadisl. cultivated Vir-
ginia home When the beaten
committee turned to him. he
hart a flash ot inspiration "Call
it Bei elan," he shilled, "altei
my country home."
And Berelair was horn before
the objector could think up a
good reason why not
And its just too had to have
to report her going backward,
rather than making all the an-kv
plunges her founders hoped (or,
WHEN THERE IS A KNOCK
AT THE DOOR
A knock at the door is likely
to bring you a surprising new
line of thought. It came three
limes at my door, today. Each
time a aroused my interest The
first petitioner was a piano tun
er. Now, I had no piano to tune,
bm I do have sympathy. He was
seeking the - hanee to earn la-el-
steak and, maybe, chocolate
cake, for a family al home !
stepped out for ten minutes of
conversation. From the high
cost of house rent, we drifted
to religion and some religious
leaders we both knew. 1 fell
1 letter, I hope he did.
My next visitor was an office
seeker. Now, I always feel at a
disadvantage before a politician
I hate io refuse a favor, and I
don’t feel honest while prom-
ising t < * vote t * -1 - each contender.
I believe that there are lour con-
testants out for county judge
I know and like them all but
- an only vote for one The vis-
itor however, did not solicit mv
vote He did better. He told me
what a fine column I wrote and
asked that I remind tlie voters
that lie and nearly all the other
candidate* were earning out tor
a great las! chance s(>eochmak-
ing program at the schis.lhou.se
next Tuesday night. Of course
they were making a paid an-
nounet.-inei.-l in the county palt-
er, bul he had heard so many
readers say ihat they read mv
News first, that tie would be
sure Ihe news gol across. Now,
I don't have any idea as to the
kind ot judge the v isitor means
to make hut I think he was
mighty smart right there. He
got me all swelled up with mv
own im|H>rt.anee unit gamble-1
■ in the chance of my being hon-
es! enough »•> reciprocate So.
we oe going :•» heal these of-
I c seekers tell what great men
Hew arc nev Tuesday We will,
iikelv have something to sell.
They 1 have to tuiv an:! we'll
all be happy but 1 warned
M: E' - '• . o-i ilia: the Jong
wanted «!*•--•«-. woiiij get the
gO'h'..
And then there came .another
knock another v isjtor. A neigh-
boi Hcs tunc, asking the ere
oj.ei alio!: o! all my readers in it
tnemhei smp dr.ve lor a newly
’.nmcried library
i rn n»f '-.mg to make a
soec- h dc-at looks though I
wonder w-fsat rcih-y of us woaid
do on - mg su-amer days, tong
whiter evenings, without a -le-
te. ■ vc yarn -i Have! story a
ere.-: '.ot. to help us over ImiJ
jii.ii cs -cre -. moments. I have
o read "Sabo! On Horseback
wn n ;s a life .f J.u k London.
fzBtdoi - "C:iii of the Wild”
ta tinted me years ago. As n
voting girl, ! read ,t aloud to
my sister and little brothers, 1
«an 'a- them vet. grouped
thou' spellbound by that ntar-
velotis tate ope 'rintrim; over
'he h.n k of n:v - hair', one strok-
iha -i cat. S-.a..<• ucrfuips at eas-e
on the firen all quiet listeners.
I read many books io that
group. Books, they pertiaps.
waniid not have read, sepal ateiy,
1 loved to read. They loved to
i-icu Bony, nodding in his
rocker was happiest of ail. no
doubt, recongniz.ini; Hie bond of
reading, i have a worn, old sei
of t m ie Ili-mii, 1 read those
rales over and ov.-r to my own
children, ho ru: iirxt to master
rlie dialect ! think they wilt al-
ways be tenderer to "creatures"
because of the humor, the ten-
derness and the justice of the
siiinti< ins
You tray he able to do little,
in a woridlv wav, for your child-
ren, but reading is a sure way
ol training their taste for die
best
And i v ■'. f wasn’t going to
make a speech!
LOOK OUT UPON TREES
Nothing (letter these torrid
days, to eliminate grouches and
k<a>p the spirit sweet. Hum to
take advantage of the free of-
ferings of Ha* great ojien spaces.
Happy mortal il your mansion
or your shack faces out toward
the way the soutli wind comes
from, and it your eyes, when
you lift them Irom long hard
ta-ks, rest upon trees big,
green, native trees, rearing and
i : itppiig against the wind, like
an--bored islands in a sea of
dizzy, iie.it waives. These trees
may not, and need not be
yours the wind is not go
ahead and enjoy both ft may
he that Hie owner of the trees
is sn k or burdened with care,
ami would he made tmppy by
your delight. L-ok at the birds,
they have no deeds *o their
homes, high in Hu* branches of
the tallest trees, yet they pos-
stLl.v get nunc fun mit of them
than any ot ns. lie we rich or
poor
mi. stoji crying out against tlie
weather, remembering that we
must he burnt by lieut, but hud
their are always compensations,
if we learn to cooperate with
ii dure I’ll take a tree and a
good smith breeze What will
you have?
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