The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1956 Page: 10 of 16
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DITORIAL
O'Daniel again?
It may be that the people of Texas are again going to elect
the enigmatic W. Lee O Daniel to the office of governor of Texas.
He is able to keep the people guessing and when we go to
guessing about any person or subject, we guess either in line
with our desires or our fears.
Just at present in Texas matters politically are so contusing
that the average voter will act more from one or the other
than most any other angle We are in danger at present of
voting with our hips as it was said of the late Teddy Roose-
velt when he took action.
O'Daniel is a man able to appear in the minds of the voters
as a man made to order for the times. He was elected that way
each time. He does not have the voice of an opportunist bu
he does have the tact of grabbing the ball at the given time
and making for a home run. And if he gets hold of tha Iball
this time and starts for the goal line, most of the people alway
like to see a touchdown and especially when the runner seems
to have a broken field through which he is making his way.
We all laughed at him before, but he reached the goal I me
each time. And when he was elected Senator he informed the
people as to what the big labor bosses had planned. Many ho
ed at the idea But he was a better prophet than we were
diSCerDoTt get the idea the Press is backing O Daniel. We are
trying to size him up as he really is and what kind of th eat
he offers in these days when we are in need of making a
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such side-steppers will have to go to some other state for
VOteWe are all interested in Texas above all other matters If
Texas is sold down the river any more, most any kind of man can
LTfor Sice m this state and ge, elected. It i. time, to *
men who am asking tor office from the governor s chair on down
to study again the platforms that Hogg, Campbell, yes, and
even a^goodly part of Shivers and try make Texans proud of
the resurgence of the blood of heroes in the veins of men abl
to rise above cheap political claptrap, step out from the ran
3 anonymuckles and ,h,o* a h.,.'. h.«. Into tto
the issues are that of being either a Texan or a cheap politician.
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Denison folk appreciative
Denison is fast being given the chance to show whether
or not we appreciate what is going on in our midst. That ap-
preciation is revealed in the way we express ourselves, whether
in financial support or in general cooperation.
The manner by which the thousands, for instance, turned
out to see the modern equipment at PAFB which is for the defense
of our heritage as Americans, was a case in point. The officials
at Perrin had gone all out to make the occasion an impressive
one. In this they made a most excellent showing. The entire staff
from tops down to the last little thing done to make the setting
what it was is something that deserves yet more of our mani-
festation of appreciation. , .
The cooperation which Denison can give to show what we
think of the men, their families, their common fellowship as
citizens in our midst, not to mention the economic lift which
they bring to this section, is something not to be taken for grant-
ed even by the least of us. And yet, this attitude of reciprocity is
something which must be maintained on the same high level
with which we showed our appreciation when first Perrin Air
Force Base settled among us.
Be assured, the folk at the base are committed to the
good of the territory in which they are located and they, from
both a higher and lower selfishness, will work to keep up that
initial relation which has made for such good unity and common
welfare.
Arise and let’s build
When the Apostle Peter said at the Mount of Transfiguration
Let s Build he felt as all of us do—there comes a time in the
development of a kingdom or a business, when it is time to
say "let's build".
And that word has been spoken as related to the Denison
Day Nursery. The struggling days and years agone have brought
us to the hour when it is time to rise up and build.
Happily we have initiated the movement on a sound basis.
We are going out to sell the community something. We are go-
ing to sell the citizens an investment in the little tots of our
city. Little tots whose mothers are forced to work day by day
to earn enough to care for their offspring. They do not beg,
nor do they ask for charity They need and should have this
Denison Day Nursery where they can take their children to be
cared for at their mother s charge, while the mother is working
for the means of supporting her child.
Surely, this money we spend for erecting a Nursery is an
investment in the future of our citizens. An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure", and in this case we are making it
possible for a mother to earn her prevention money that will
stave off the day when she might become a public charge. A
gift therefore, toward erecting this Nursery is to provide super-
vised play quarters for children while the mother works at an
honest job for the support of her child.
It is humane, it is Texas style, it is Denison's way, it is
Christian. It is not a gift as we think of gifts—it is an investment
far greater than a Liberty Bond.
By—V»m Sanford
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN—Record turn-outs at
this year’s precinct conventions j
produced a surprising by-product'
—a flood of suggestions for elec-
tion law changes.
Coun.y convention resolutions
sent the Secretary of State’s of-
fice reflect interest at the grass-
roots in giving more power to tha
people and less to the pros.
Ector County Democrats charg- j
ed the party has become “of . . .
by. i , and for the politicians." J
They passed a resolution to pro- j
hibit any officeholder, state or |
federal employe from being a na-'
tional convention delegate.
Yoakum and Harrison County I
conventions lecommended prefer-!
ential primaries for presidential!
nominees.
A number or resolutions were
aimed at forcing conservative
Democrats into becoming Repub-
licans. Two counties. Swisher and
Wilson, resolved that voters be
required to register party pre-
ferences when they pay poll
taxes.
Gray County Democrats also
took a dim view of present pro-
cedures. Something is wrong,
they suid, when admitted Re-
publicans are so scarce they can
hold "precinct conventions in a
telephone booth,” yet carry the
state in a general election.
American Guaranty Cleared
Two Austin corporations,
American Guaranty Underwriters
and the Karisch Co., have been
cleared of charges of violating the
state securities act.
In an agreed judgment, the
firms were absolved of any
wrongdoing.
The judgment directed Amer-
ican Guaranty to refrain from re-
selling its own stock. It also was
directed to call in, and require
payment within CO days, loans
made to Aviation Finance Co.
and Metropolitan Finance Co.,
both of San Antonio.
There w’as no allegation of in-
solvency involved,
i Calvin C. Huffman, Austin at-
torney, is president of American
Guaranty. He is a former news-
paper publisher from Eagle Pass.
State May Sue Salesman
Civil recovery suits may yet be
filed against the salesmen of the
Certified Drafts of the defunct
US Trust and Guaranty Co.
At the request of the Insur-
ance Department’s liquidation
division, the attorney general is
iH
preparing a ruling on the legal-
ity of such suits.
Testimony from buyers would
be the basis of charges.
Inturanca Dealline Neara
Some 120 insurance companies
have yet to meet the legal re-
quirements for annual permits to
do business in Texas.
The Insurance Commission liu
indicated that it will take prompt
action toward closing the firms
that fail to make the June 1 dead-
line. The firms include 20 stock
life insurance companies and 100
mutuals of various sorts. Most
are small concerns.
Procedure calls for a show
cause order and a hearing in each
case. This will require some 30 to
00 days.
Defends U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court, a
frequent target of criticism, has
a defender in Austin Attorney
Everett Looney, immediate past
president of the State Bar of Tex-
as.
Looney declared, in a speech
before the Dallas Criminal Bar
Association, that such attacks by
politicians are “heresy without
equal in our history.” He said
“the number one scapegoat of
American politics, the one safe
target of the vilifiers, the rabble-
rousers, the washed and unwashed
mongers of hate, is the federal
judiciary."
Looney accused critics of the
court of creating a “climate of
frenzy” and “hysteria” which
threatens to destroy the American
system of justice. He charged that
political agitators who preach dis-
obedience will reign supreme if
the court is dislodged from its
supremacy as the arbiter of law
and order.
A refund of .$3,060 has been
made by Robert Lee Ritchey of
Harrisburg, Pa., to the Veterans
Land Board. He also promised an
additional $10,000. The two sums
represent commissions made by
him for selling Zavala Co. land
under Texas G1 program. His
father, H. Lee Richey, made the
appraisals on the land.
In forwarding the money, Rich-
ey wrote that “A serious question
has arisen as to the propriety of
my commission on these sales to
the land board,” hence the re-
fund.
Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd
•said, as to the commissions,
“There is no allegation of fraud
involved.”
A 10-ycar “total war” against
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THE DENISON PRESS
“Entered as second class matter May 15, 1947, at the Post Offic*
»t Denison, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879.”
Telephone No. 306
Office of Publication, 205 W. Main
Issued Each Friday
Dedicated to clean and responsive government, to individual and civic
integrity; to individual and civic commercial progress.
LeRoy M. Anderson, Sr.................................... Editor and Publisher
LeRoy M. Anderson, Jr. ......... Plant Superintendent
Carey L. Anderson ............................ Auditor-Buyer
Mary Lou Cox .................................................. Society Editor
Raymond Martin ............... Intertype Operator
Don Marcum ... Apprentice
Linn Pescaia ...................................................................... Apprentice
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CLASS OF 1956— Nancy Crawford, Mary Helen Creswell, Don Cummins, David Dalton, LaMona Daniel, Anne David-
son, Jerrie Lou Davis, Barbara Donahoe, Billy Dophied, Ben Dotson, Ronnie Edwards, Jim Eldredge, Rex Elmore, Billy
Ray Ford, and Bobbie Ford.
tuberculosis is under way in Tex-
as. There are 20,000 active cases
in the state, not including an es-
timated three per cent of the wet-
backs who enter the state illegal-
ly-
Strategy was mapped in Austin
by some 300 health experts and
laymen. They met under auspices
of the Texas Tuberculosis As-
sociation.
Out of discussions came 20 re-
commendations for "killing the
killer.” Included were (1) inten-
sified efforts to find and treat
tuberculars, (2) increased aid
Media Impact Is Significant
Consideration for Advertiser
(From Publishers' Auxiliary)
An advertiser’s first concern
is results, lie looks for a medium
which, in some way or another,
will give him the kind of results
he wants.
The selection of a medium de-
pends on what type of audience he
wants to reach, how many arc in
to [the audience, and what his mes-
nel to work in TB hospitals.
More \ accinations Urged
Widespread inoculation to pre-
vent a major polio epidemic is
being urged by the State Depart-
ment of Health. Polio cases for
1956 already total 257. This is
an increase of 62 over this time
last year. Peak outbreak usually
hits Texas in July and August.
Only one-third of those eligible
for Salk shots have received
them.
What Other
Columnists Say
(From Publishers’ Auxiliary)
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
.'.y the year ..........................................................................
One year in advance ....................................................
Six months in advance .........................................................
(Outside county add 25c each six months)
$2.50
$2.00
$1.00
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, cemenf material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, boating on large scale, lake 1300 miles
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among the world's reservoirs. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has population of 70,000; 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 dag.
Any erroneous statement reflecting upon the character or reputation
of any persons will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention
of the publisher. The Denison Press assumes no responsibility for
error in advertising insertions beyond the price of tile advertisement
OUT OF TOWN ORDERS for classified ads are strictly payable in
advance. _____
ERRORS; The Denison Press will not be responsible for more than
one incorrect insertion. ___
B.OX NUMBERS, Care Denison Press, will be given advertisers de-
siring blind addresses.
CHARGE ACCOUNTS are acceptable from persons having telephone
listed in their own name and upon agreeing to remit when bill is
presented. 10 per cent will be added on unpaid accounts after 30
days from date of first insertion.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
I ASSOC^TLOjN
dependents of TB victims and (3) sage to them is.
more incentive to medical person- For some media, circulation is
their biggest selling point. For
others, it isn't so much how many
people they reach, but who.
Sometimes it’s 'HOW- they
reach them—that is just how-
much influence does a particular
medium have on its audience? Is
the material in that publication,
including advertising, thoughtful-
ly read and considered?
Harold Flint, president of Har-
old E. Flint & Associates, be-
lieves weekly newspapers and
small dailies would do well to
emphasize their impact.
In a speech before the North
Dakota Press assn. (Pub. Aux.,
May 5), Mr. Flint said “1 feel,,
sometimes, that perhaps some
hometown newspapers — both
weekly and daily—spend too
much time selling against other
media . . . selling against the
large metropolitan daily, selling
against local and TV stations—
and do not spend enough time
selling their own product, their
own specific media.”
Mr. Flint's advice was to “Sell
your paper locally, nationally, re-
gionally ... on the basis of the
impact your paper creates . . .
not the number of people or
homes you cover . . . but the very
particular way in which you
reach those people and those
homes.”
We believe Mr. Flint has a
good point, and one which, of
course, community newspapers
do as a rule practice. But some-
times it's a good idea to remind
ourselves. In this day of drive
for more civic circulation, there
may be a tendency to forget some
other important things.
Not that circulation should be
neglected. But an advertiser isn’t
going to advertise in a commu-
nity primarily for that reason.
After all, he can buy national
magazines that go to four million
people.
But the hometown newspaper
has something that the big mag-
azine doesn’t have—a close and
loyal readership, citizens who live
in the same town and share the
same problems and rewards as
the publisher.
As a well known slogan goes,
all business is local, and so are
all newspapers.
REGULAR MEMBER
OflOHAi i
/MEMBER |
1956]
are made out for much more than
the amount of groceries being
bought. This practice forces the
retailer into performing a purely
banking job without any charge
to cover its cost to him.
The Dallas public believes in
fairness in all business dealings.
It sympathizes with this undoubt-
ed plight of its neighborhood
merchants. If a small, reasonable
charge per check is the only way
out, the great majority of cus-
tomers may be counted upon to
accept it without complaint.
NOTE — While the Press has
heard no complaints from any of
our business men, it can easily lie
observed on most any day, par-
ties using local business houses
as they would a bank. They cash
checks by the score, making at
the time no purchase, or they
write checks to pay their accounts,
adding more than they owe for the
convenience of having “some
change.” The Dallas business
men may take the step to curb
the imposition, for it is an im-
position. Whether the idea has
ever occurred to Denison business
men has not been made public,
but certainly the idea is worthy
of considering. If the people have
the matter brought to their at-
tention, those who have been us-
ing local business concerns as
their bank, very likely would
stop the practice.
Charlie Dwelley, in his Con-
crete (Wash.) Herald, had a quip
that should be pretty easily adapt-
ed to your column.
He said that a nickel w’as one
of the most sought after coins,
because if you had one you
couldn’t buy anything at all until
you had another
“Cousin Hednessy,” recogniz-
ed as an advertising friend of all
of us by citing inebriated friends
who wished that, on mornings af-
ter, that darned breakfast food
would’t go “Rip. Roar! Bam!”
Cousin is quoted in the Concordia
(Kan.) Blade.
Bill Miller in the Spearman
(Tex.) Reporter said something
you might like to say but rather
hesitate to put into words your-
self. Let us suggest what you
simply quote what Bill said, to
wit: •
“We would like to educate the
public to learn that we cannot
start on Tuesday or Wednesday
and print a newspaper in one or
two days. Ordinarily, advertisers
feel that if they get their copy
into this office a few hours be-
fore deadline, the newspaper will
not have a bit of trouble printing
the paper.”
Some of the most interesting
items reaching newspapers are
those not published. They are
those which the country corres-
pondent writes as a personal mes-
sage to the editor, down at the
end of the weekly grist of news
items. Jane Christensen of the
Mantilla (la.) Times recently
used part of one such letter in
her “As You Take It.”
“This is all of the new news I
have. Naturally I could complain
about my sore throat, and cold
and stuff like that. It surely
seems hard to get rid of again. I
coughed so hard I got up this
morning at 4. At least I am not
keeping the rest of the family
awake, down here. I believe I
will go to the doctor today.
“Felt pretty good until yester-
day evening. Then my husband
carried a calf up the hill under
one arm and strained some mus-
cles. So with this cold and the two
children also accounted for, we
have a bunch of germs we are
willing to be rid of."
Grasshoppers ears are on the
basal joint of the abdomen.
running the show until the peo-
ple make up their minds they
want the fantastic nonsense in
Washington stopped and send to
Congress men of the caliber of
Harry Byrd.
DALLAS CHECK CASHING
(Dallas News)
Dallas householders who pay
for their groceries with checks
will be watching the outcome
with interest of a vote to be tak-
en by local retailers on May 21.
The food sellers will decide then
whether thejl will make a small
charge for each check cashed for
a customer.
The grocers are faced with a
real and growing problem in the
35 per cent increase in the num-
ber of checks they are called up-
on to cash. This big jump has
conic since Dallas and other Tex-
as banks began closing Saturdays
and banking by mail stepped in.
Irrespective of size, each check
costs the grocer 17'Ac on the aver-
age to handle, according to Rob-
ert E. Day, spokesman for the
area food handlers. Many checks
BYRD SAYS BALANCED
BUDGET PURELY ACCIDENT
(Houston Chronicle)
Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D., Va.),
foremost federal financial expert
in Congress, deplores the fact
that the apparent balanced bud-
get for fiscal 1956 had to come
about through inadvertence. He
said the balanced budget happen-
ed because the spenders under-
estimated revenues.
Millions of Americans, happy
that the budget was balanced
even if by accident, will agree
with Sen. Byrd that it is a sad
commentary on the trend of our
federal government.
Treasury Secretary George
Humphrey now estimates the sur-
plus for fiscal 1956 may be $2,-
060,000,000. But, as Byrd said,
neither the administration nor
Congress can claim credit for it.
Had the spenders known there
was going to be this much money
available, they surely would have
found ways to spend it.
The eminent Virginian has pro-
posed a plan for balancing the
budget and having some left over
to apply to the national debt. The
tragedy is that his proposal prob-
ably will fall victim to the pol-
itically minded politicians. There
aren’t enough Byrds in Congress.
President Eisenhower, who start-
ed his administration on a note
of economy and has himself fallen
victim to the spenders, asked for
appropriations of $66,300,000,-
00(J and expenditures of $65,900,-
000,000 for fiscal 1957. Byrd has
been fighting for a reduction of
$7,800,000,000 in appropriations,
and $3,200,000,000 in expend-
itures, which would leave a sur-
plus of $3,200,000,000.
Byrd said that a careful study
ol' the President’s budget showed
that these reductions can be made
without harming any essential ser-
vice.
He warned that once Congress
makes the appropriations, it loses
control of the rate of expend-
itures. This is a factor which
threatens the solvency of the
country. Our spending has be-
come so great and so complex that
Congress seems to know little ol
the true financial picture of the
nation. The bureaucrats are run-
ning the show,
The bureaucrats will continue
TWO-PARTY STATE
(Dallas Newt)
Sen. Barry Goldwater’s out-
spoken Dallas speech was sound ad-
vice to make Texas a two-party
state. He pointed out that con-
servative Democrats who support
Jeffersonian principles have been
left out in the cold. They have no
voice in the Democratic Party
since its capture by the leftist
faction dominated by the ADA
and the CIO. They find the Re-
publicans doing more for States’
lights than the Democrats under
the present dominance.
In Congress, conservative
Democrats from the South have
been winning on some issues but
only through a coalition with the
Republicans. Members like
Lehman and Douglas and Celler
are further from traditional
Democratic principles than are
most of the-Republicans. The rad-
ical Democrats do not court the
South because they assume it still
is solid for the party. They think
the southern votes will remain in
the bag.
Il a considerable number of
Southern Democrats were to
switch to the Republican Party,
that attitude might be changed.
I he Democratic national organ-
ization would have to make con-
cessions to the South in a bid for
voles. Too, the Republicans, giv-
en a better chance to win, would
pay more attention to Southern
States. With two parties bidding
tor its favor, the South could
could hold a balance of power.
Making Texas a two-party state
likely will be a slow process. But
at least the stage is set for action
toward that end.
National Chairman “Ethic*" 7
(Greenville Herald)
The national chairmen of the
two major political parties Thurs-
day endorsed a code of fair cam-
paign practices.
And then, as might have been
expected, they immediately got
into a hot argument between
themselves. This one was over
whether Vice President Richard
Nixon ever accused former Pres-
ident Truman of “traitorous con-
duct in the 1954 campaign.
The two committee heads had
just signed the code, as national
committee heads had done during
the 1954 Congressional cam-
paigns, at a news conference call-
ed by Charles P. Taft, mayor of
Cincinnati. Taft is chairman of
the Fair Campaign Practices com-
mittee, a private organization.
The story does not say what
happened to the head of the cor-
poration when the argument got
to the boiling stage. News writers
and photographers probably felt
recompensed for their acceptance
of the invitation to the news con-
ference. If something really news-
worthy hadn’t happened they
would have had some explaining
to do to their bosses.
They realized probably there
couldn’t be any code of ethics
agreed upon by the present heads
of the Republican and Democrat-
ic National committees that
would be respected for as much as
24 hours.
U. S. President Johnson was
impeached by the House and ac-
quitted by the Senate.
Texas’ Catherine Stinson was
the first woman to operate a fly-
ing school in the U.S.
More women marry at age 83
and more men at ages 26 and 27.
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