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Thursday, Jan. 11, 1951
THE BOERNE STAR
OUR WASHINGTON
NEWSLETTER
By Congressman O. C. Fisher
In a completely renovated
chamber, the House of Repre-
sentatives met last week to be-
gin a grim new session, beset
with rumblings of war and om-
inous developments around the
world.
The 81st Congress had con-
cluded an historic session late
the evening before. For the
first time in history the Con-
gress met and worked all day on
New Year’s Day, disposing of
bills that had then become ready
for the final touches before the
session’s end.
The 1950 session voted a $40
billion, plus, preparedness bud-
get. Immediately following the
intervention, by the President’s
order, in Korea, the Congress
last summer passed a mobiliza-
tion law giving authority for
wage and price freezes and con-
trols and proceeded with an un-
precedented peacetime order for
a powerful army, navy and air
force, with additional guns,
planes and equipment. A tax
bill was passed to help pay the
added cost. Even before the
Korean action, a $15 billion de-
fense budget had been voted.
Ironically, these efforts to
make America strong were con-
demned alike by the Commun-
ists in their annual convention
in Madison Square Garden and
b y certain disgruntled die-
hards who could see no good in
the Congressional temper that
passed laws to mobilize Amer-
ica’s resources to meet the on-
slaught of communost aggres-
sion and possibly thereby stay
the hand of Soviet imperialism.
* * *
The party-line complexion of
the new Congress is consider-
ably changed from the.cut-go-
ing one. The House now has
234 Democrats, 199 Republi-
cans, I Democrat-Liberal, and
one Independent. Thus, the ma-
jority control has dropped in the
House from 92 in the last ses-
sion to 35 at present. In the
Senate the Democratic major-
ity dropped from 12 to 2.
Incidentally, the 82nd Con-
gress has 9 women members
with 10 in the preceding Con-
gress. All walks of life are rep-
resented, including preachers,
teachers, labor leaders, business-
men, farmers, newspaper pub-
lishers, lawyers, writers, sold-
iers, Marines, Navy men, den-
tists and physicians. The young-
est member is 27-year-old Pat-
rick J. Hillings, Democrat, Cali-
fornia, and the oldest in vener-
able Robert Doughton of North
Carolina, now 87, chairman of
the Ways and Means Commit-
tee.
Our reverses in Korea have
added to the widespread de-
mands for the removal by the
President of Secretary of State
Dean Atcheson, and for a re-
vamped foreign policy. Cer-
tainly, it seems to me, no man
should be Secretary of State or
hold any other high policy-mak-
ing post in our government who
does> not have the confidence of
most of the American people.
There is no panacea, for the
colution of world problems
where communist aggression,
dictated from Moscow, is break-
ing out or threatening at many
spots "hlong the borders of Com-
munist-dominated countries. It
does seem that we cannot afford
to commit outselves to a foot-
solider war inside China where
more than 350 million people live
and where the Kremlin-controll-
ed government has no concern
about the lives of its soldiers.
But we can use our own me-
thods and *choose our own (not
the enemy’s) straegy if we are
to fight fire with fire in the
Far East. Chiang Kai-shek has
under his control in Formost a
half million Nationalist soldiers.
We can supply him with guns,
bombs, planes and equipment
and encourage and thereby as-
sist the Nationilosts to bomb
and terrorize Communost fac-
tories, transportation, and sup-
ply lines inside China.
And we can encourage the
mobilization of a huge Japanese
army, whose existence alone
would have a sobering effect in
the Orient. Moreover, we can
proceed with any practical me-
thod of making use of the large
pool of Germans in the western
zones, for joint service with the
Eisenhower,directed internation-
al army now in the making. This
can be done without yielding
such control that could result in
the resurgence of German mili-
tarism.
And, in the meantime, we
must proceed to mobilize ouh
manpower and resources in a
preparedness program at home
that can make our potential ene-
mies stop, look and listen before
risking a war against a strong,
united and powerful America.
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Among recent visitors have
been Wendell Mayes, Jack
Broad, R. W. Hedges, of Brown-
wood and J. Edward Johnson of
Dallas—all here to present the
advantages of Brownwood and
its environs for the re-activa-
tion of Camp Bowie. It appears
that some additional training
facilities must be provided to
meet the stepped-up mobiliza-
tion program, and the national
interest requires that the most
adaptable, feasible and advanta-
geous sites be chosen. Camp
Bowie was one of the Nation’s
largest training grounds during
the last war.
CASCATiE CAVERNS
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January 13th
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EVERYBODY WELCOME
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For Flowers—-Weidner’s Florist
Col. Walter Kreinheder left
last week on a three weeks trip
to Dallas and New Orleans.
Mrs; Ola Haden has returned
from a visit with friends, and
relatives in Houston.
INAUGURATION
CEREMONIES
Austin, Jan. 8.,, — A simple
“swearing-in ceremony” here
Jan. 16 will start Gov. Allan
Shivers on his first full term
in the state’s highest office.
The Governor will take the
oath of office at noon that day
on the front steps of the state
capitol. It will be administered
to both Shivers and Ben Ram-
sey, Lieutenant-governor elect,
by J. E. Hickman, chief justice
of the state supreme court.
Both Shivers and Ramsey will
make brief inaugural addresses.
The only state function to be
held in connection with the in-
auguration is a reception at 7 p.
m. in the capitol rotunda, where
the public will have a chance to
meet Shivers, Ramsey and other
state officials.
No inauguration invitations
are being sent out, as a result of
the Governor’s request for a
simple ceremony.
Because of the international
situation. Governor Shivers ask-
ed the Citizens’ Inaugural Com-
mittee to abandon plans for the
usual elaborate festivities nor-
mally scheduled for a Governor’s
iuaguration.
“In view of the president’s
proclamation of a national emer-
gency,” Governor Shivers told
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able that the inauguration be
limited to a simple oath-taking
ceremony. I know that all of
you will join with me in the
thought that we should devote
all of our energy to the solution
of the grave problems we now
face.”
The inaugural committee had
made detailed plans for a long
parade, a reception, six balls and
other pageantry in connection
with the inauguration. About
20,000 engraved invitations were
to have been sent out.
Thus, for the second time,
Shivers will take the governor’s
oath of office without fanfare.
On July 16, 1949, he was sworn
in as successor to the late Gov.
Beauford Jester. That ceremony
took place on the Shivers farm
near Woodville.
“The seriousness of our situa-
tion,” the Governor told the in-
augural committee, “is empha-
sized by the president’s action.
As we concentrate upon essen-
tial elements of an all-out mob-
ilization effort, an elaborate in-
auguration would be out of
place.”
Just because you have an in-
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fooled into thinking you are fi-
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MAKE SURE you have ade-
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ALTAR SOCIETY
St. Peter’s Altar Society had
their first meeting of 1951 Mon-
day January 8th., at the parish
hall. The officers for the com-
ing year are as follows: Mrs. Ida
Seeger, President; Mrs. Hugo
Stueve, Vice-President; Mrs.
Mary S. Dugosh, Secy-Treas.;
Mrs. Arno Harz, Parliamentar-
ian ; Miss Clara Lamm, Reporter.
The ladies are planning a Cake
Sale on February 3rd. at the
Boerne Motor Co. Mrs. Fred
Reissig was chosen to be chair-
man of the sale.
New members are welcome.
About 30 friends from Boerne
and San Antonio met at the
country home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Mellif near San Antonio
last Friday to help Mr. Tom
Roberts celebrate his birthday.
Answer to last week
STEAM IS NOT VISIBLE!
What we see is steam that has
been condensed in the air into
tiny globules of water again.
Steam in itself is invisible. 1.—
“Popular Fallacies”—A. S. E.
Ackermann. Third Edition. 2.—
“Popular Questions Answered”
—Geo. W. Stimpson.
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Boerne, Texas
Gordon “Red” Gray and Ed-
gar Rust passed their physical
for the U. S. Navy in Houston
on Monday and are now enroute
to San Diego, Calif_ for their
boot training. John Canty also
has joined the Navy and we un-
derstand is also on his way to
California.
We received a post card from
Mrs. R. P. Saner who is at
Tombstone, Ariz. He says it is
cold and dry in Tombstone.
The Comal County 4-H and
FFA Livestock "Show will be
held Jan. 27, at the Fair
Grounds, New Baunfels, Texas.
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1951, newspaper, January 11, 1951; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852169/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.