Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1946 Page: 6 of 8
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J Page 6—REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS, February 7, 1946
Refugio Timely Remarks
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TIDEWATER BATTLE
t - t’Jn fifty^two decisions, the Supreme Court of the United
States has upheld the title of the various states to submerged
or reclaimed lands. The latter category includes half of Bos-
ton, including most of the Back Bay area; Chicago’s famous
Gold Coast and Petroit’s highly developed Grosse Point area.
In 1938 Harold L. Ickes, as Secretary of the Interior, ruled
that California’s,tidelands belonged to the state. Since then,
unfortunately, Mr. Ickes has changed his mind.
Now,.Mr., Ickes wants to impose federal control over the
submerged^©il lands on the Texas and California coasts. He is
trying to obtain a Supreme Court ruling that will give him
this control. Whether he likes it or not, a Dallas lawyer. At-
torney GeneraLTom C. Clark, is having to push this suit It
is being opposed by the Attorney Generals of Texas, Califor-
nia and most of the other states. If Ickes wins the title to all
Texas tidelands and those beneath lake and river beds would
go to the Federal Government, which would collect the min-
eral leaseYfkB imd royalties that now bring in a big income
to the- estate;;; Only one more step would be needed for the
Federal 0’g^rnment to take over the dry public lands of
Texas
The House of Representatives has passed a quit-claim
resolution which would recognize the state’s title to submerg-
ed dands. A similar measure is now before the Senate, and
hearings before the Senate judiciary committee are sched-
uled to open Feb. 5. A victory in Congress would end the liti-
gation before the Supreme Court, but Texans cannot afford to
let up the fight in either place and thus run the risk of being
treated as trespassers on their own land.
Since Texas retained her public lands by treaty and has
had her title confirmed by the Supreme Court, this state is
a stronger position than the others in opposing the Ickes suit.
But, conversely, Texas has more to lose if he should win. This
state has 4,250,000 acres under tidewaters or navigable
streams, with mineral reserves in this land estimated at
$150,000,000. That is too much to lose without a last-ditch
fight.—Dallas Morning News.
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QUESTION OF ECONOMICS
The ,problem of wage scales is seldom a simple equation,
though the ax-grinder would have you think so. It is fair
and! desirable That every worker should receive for an hon-
est day’s work a living wage. There is no disagreement as to
that. But the problem is not so simple as that. When you have
agreed that everybody making cracker boxes should be paid
3100 a week,' you still have not told the manufacturer of
cracker, boxes how he can pay them. Nor have you solved
the economic problem if 40 per cent of the cracker-box work-
ers lose their jobs because they will not pay dues to a union
to which 60 per cent will pay dues.
4}ur disturbed industrial world is now confronted by both
of tihese conditions. The Ford Motor Company has met a
wage demand t/y its workers. It now advises the Reconversion
Director fhalf if is losing $300 on every Ford car sold. You can
sit "down witli a paper and pencil and figure how long the
company can pay the new wage rate and remain in business
unless federal price controls are jacked up high gnough to
permit sales at a profit.
General Mqtors, which has not as yet met the wage de-
mand by its workers, asserts that in addition to disagree-
ment on the |>ay scale asked, it is no longer willing to write
into its labor contract the “checkoff,” the system by which
the company deducts and pays the union dues from the pay
envelope ot the worker. On this device, the union relies for
maintenance of membership. General Motors asserts that
refusal to pay union dues forced it to discharge under the old
contract 1,690 employess who were giving satisfaction. Six-
teen hundred and ninety men and women denied freedom ot
employment and without jobs for refusal to join a union can-
not under any argument constitute settlement of the labor
problem. Their exclusion may meet union conditions. It does
not meet human conditions.
Automobile workers are doubtless willing for car prices
to be raised to provide higher standards of pay. But they do
not want prices raised on butter and eggs and suits and shirts.
Union labor wants freedom of contract for unions but not for
nonunion labor. It is only necessary to restate that the wage
scale problem is far from simple. It does not concern merely
the plant or industry in which it may arise but the whole
economic field of wages and prices, of employed and unem-
ployed.— Daljas Morning News.
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THE ETERNAL EVE
Among the more pleasant aspects of human reconversion
since V-E day has been the change in dress of a great many
women. The more casual tone of wartime grooming has been
succeeded by an astonishing elegance. Slacks are less com-
mon College girls are out of overalls and back into sweater-
skirts and pleated prints of unusual taste. Clashes m color
have given way to sartorial symmetry and harmony—and- the
effAt l^@\|eason has been given for what amounts to a
tatSOSSblSSCSt
may be unfair to the ladies—the suggestion that they are
sprucing up to impress the returning manpower. A more logi-
cal explanation, it seems, is that more and more ladies are
returningPto the home after a noble lnterm m factory and
office American women are versatile. They can fight a war
as greasetmqi%f's. Then overnight, with a few deft touches,
they becqtoe m6re beautiful than ever.
Accompanying this return to femininity has been a revival
in gallantry* More hats are being tipped. The ranks of the
noble who ?gi\le up seats on trolleys to ladies are increasing, if
only sldwly. Here is a challenge, men! As the women become
beautiful, tefjis become more gallant and Chesterfieldian. We
haven’t forgotten how.—Dallas Morning News.
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> All rivers* m Texas flow to the southeast.
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Grapefruit from Weslaco, Texas is exported to Sweden.
WOKING
AHEAD
by GEORGE S. BENSON
President—Warding College
Searcy. Aransas
YOUR HEALTH
NOT A MULE \
Bing Crosby sings a song in {
which occurs the words, “Would | _________________rin n n
You Like to be a Mule?” As you i .wwuvlwwva.
know a mule has neither pride or | Austin.-In a vigorous campaign
ancestry nor hope oi posterity. The I *» aleyate tbe state bea>th leyel by
Texas State Guard is not a mule. It preventing the spread of eommum-
is a linlfin the chain of state mili- !cable .diseafU wblcb “off n
tia forces that have existed in Tex- j transmitted by foods, the State De-
since the year 1836, at which I lMrt™ent of Health is conducting
time the first unit was established
at Washington-on-the Brazos. Mili-
tia units went intact into the war
between the states. In 1898 militia
units went intact into the Spanish-
American war. In 1903 the U. S.
Congress passed the Dick Law,
training schools for food handlers
in many sections of Texas, accord-
ing to Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Officer.
“Food handlers are being taught
the sanitary methods of preparing,
handling, and serving foods for
which formed these militia units j public consumption, Dr. Cox said,
into the National Guard, and gave : “Actual experience has shown that
it federal recognition. j an insanitary eating establishment
The National Guard thus acquir- j is one of the surest sources of
ed a dual status—a state obligation j spreading infection. Public health
and a federal obligation. When | is menaced by the lack of proper
World War I came along, the fed- j sanitation in food handling and our
eral obligation became effective ■ goal is the education of cooks, wait-
and the Texas National Guard wenters, butchers, bakers, fountain men,
to France as the 36th Division. Af- - and all other food handlers to such
ter World War I, the National I a level as will insure the elimina-
Guard was reorganized. Jtion of this health hazard.
When World War II came along, j The training schools consist of
and the federal obligation became * elementary courses in bacteriology,
effective, it again went overseas, j communicable diseases, medical
where it has performed courage- j zoology, foods, disinfection, sterili-
ously and heroically. Thereupon it zation, personal hygiene, and sani-
became necessary to organize a new j tation.
militia for domestic security. And
so in 1941 the Texas Defense Guaid i wHicli
was organized, and in 1943 the
name was changed to Texas State
Guard. Since 1941, units of the
State Guard have been called to
duty scores of times, mostly for ^ ^
accidents and natural disasters, and j
for a few domestic disturbances.
Members of the Texas State
Guard are the same type men, in-
spired by the same motives as their
ancestors: and while units have
been identified by different names,
and immediate objectives have
changed through the years, it is
still the same Texas militia in
spirit. It will be the foundation of
the reorganized Texas National
Guard. With such a tradition, such
a record of accomplishment, and
such a bright prospect for future
service, the Texas State Guard is
not a mule. It is of noble birth!—
State Adjectant . General’s Dept.,
These schools for food handlers
have been well received
wherever held may be booked in
any health unit of the State of Tex-
as upon request from the director
of the local health unit, addressed
to Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health
TASTY TRICK TO PLAY
For the benefit of those who don’t
“go” for carrots, W&stinghouse
home economists come up with this
tasty trick to play on them. Brown
j three slices of chopped bacon and
remove from skillet. Then brown
chopped onion in the bacon fat. Add
carrots and cook for ten minutes.
(If canned, this is all the cooking
carrots will require, but if fresh,
pre-cook to within ten minutes of
“doneness”). Serve in a hot vege-
table dish and garnish with the
chopped bacon.
Recognition
Gratitude has been defined bitter-
ly as a lively anticipation of future
favors. Gratitude is a great deal
more than that, but it’s a fact that
people do much more, also much
better, when they know their efforts
are appreciated. Genuine appreci-
ation goes unexpressed sometimes,
but people who don’t express their
gratitude are sure to miss some de-
sirable future favors.
Unselfish things people do for
their country, for their home com-
munity, family or church, are not
rightly done for praise. In fact,
people who do noble things with
glory as the primary aim quite often
miss the target. Shouts of hurrah
for a hero help other people more
than they help him. The effect is
to inspire everybody to greater pub-
lic service.
The Danville Idea
Danville, 111., cashes in on this
powerful influence. The Commer-
cial-News, a Danville daily news-
paper, keeps the idea alive. Every
Monday morning the paper carries
a story about some citizen who has
performed a noteworthy public serv-
ice. He is designated the “Man of
the Week,” and the article tells why.
It tells what the man did and other
interesting things about him.
Selections are always on a basis
of public service, not personal
achievement. Some ambitious young
underwriter who sells his first mil-
lion-dollar insurance policy is not
necessarily a Man of the Week, al-
though he probably feels pretty suc-
cessful. Danville’s Man of the Week
must have done something big for
Danville and, like as not, received
no commission on it.
A One-Man Program
The weekly selection, the biograph-
ical sketch of some good citizen
every Monday, the repeated remind-
er of what a fine thing it is to be
unselfish and thoughtful, keeps Dan-
ville’s wide awake citizens “on their
toes.” They never let a good man
down. The newspaper learns of
praiseworthy achievements because
somebody always writes to the edi-
tor and tells him.
The articles are written by a mod-
est scribe who signs his name Bob
Poisall; no title after it. Inciden-
tally, Bob picks the Man of the Week
every time. He does it without help
or advice from staff or board. Usu-
ally he selects a man of Danville,
Vermilion County, but there is no
rule. If the town’s benefactor lives
somewhere else he’s not barred.
An Annual Banquet
Every year Mr. Poisall plans and
organizes a dinner with all trim-
mings and invites his 52 selected
men to eat with him. The Man of
the Week Banquet has become quite
an institution in Danville since April,
1940. There are not always just 52
men present. Once in a while Bob
has a hard time deciding which of
two good men to choose and ends
by naming both of them.
The moral to this story is so per-
fectly obvious that I am going to
surprise you and not mention it.
Once I attended Bob’s banquet—a
completely American function. I
met 52 good men and true, most of
whom were still surprised that what
they did should be considered great.
Maybe every town can’t have one
but it’s a constructive project for
any community where there is a
man who has the knack.
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READING & WRITING
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_' f special interest to the returning veteran who is thinking
of going into business on his own, is Harold S. Kahm’s “A Small Busi-
ness of Your Own.” Here he will find much practical advice on how
to make a start in some 98 different kinds of businesses—-including
farming—on a capital investment of from $100 to $2000; how to go
about getting a loan, under the G.I. Bill of Rights, and how to obtain
a loan from the "Smaller War Plants Corporation.”
! This informative guidebook tells how the "Veterans Preference Act”
aids you to get a U. S. Civil Service lifetime job. Another section dis-
cusses plastics, electronics, television, air conditioning and other new
industries which offer the best post-war job chances. Another tells
how to begin and operate a mail-order business, and there is a practical
guide to some 200 spare-time money-making ideas. Finally, the author
lists the important books and trade papers pertaining to each type of
business discussed.
* *
The Book-of-the-Month Club book-dividend for March and April
is George F. Wiilison’s much praised book
about the Pilgrim Fathers, "Saints and
Strangers.”
a $
Meridel Le Sueur in "North Star Coun-
try” tells this story of justice in pioneering
days. A judge, who presided over half of
Wisconsin and a good part of what is now
,, . Michigan, once had two men appear be-
fore him, one as plaintiff and the other as defendant. He listened to
both with rising indignation as they presented their cases, and then
rendered his decision: “You’re both wrong. You bring me one load
of hay, and you'Bring me one load of \^ . -
wood, and now the matter is settled.” £^03*
Another item on early Americana from
James Marshall’s "Santa Fe”: There is a
legend that a Santa Fe conductor in Kan-
sas, in the ’80’s, found a hungry infant
on the train. There was no milk aboard, so
the skipper stopped out on the plains, sent a brakeman to milk a cow
and then started up again.
A
few
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New Texas Oil Map
Is Now Available
Austin.—A new map showing the
oil, gas, and distillate fields of
Texas (as of December, 1945) is
available from the University of
Texas Bureau of Economic Geolo-
gy, Dr. John T. Lonsdale, director,
has announced.
The map is on one sheet, and is
drawn to the scale of 16 miles to
the inch. It supplements a similar
map issued several months ago on
three sheets, and brings oil field
data up to date, Dr. Lonsdale said.
“The price and business situa-
tion has become almost chaotic.”
-Rep. Buffett, Neb., demand-
ing examination of OP A policies.
I
ISCHARGEq HE
<SAW CHANCE FOR
NEW BUSINESS/
TOOK PROBLEM. TO
? Frank Kenna,
Bridgeport, gonn.^
manufacturer... -
WA -J-INDUSTRIAL
BACK/M AGAIN
IGAKBSNEWPROD ~ wife packaged the wheat themselves
C?CTS AND x/OBJ. handling more and more orders.
In A BUILDING RENTED^N^THE*
Pay-as-you-can basis, Haig and his
Books, Cash Prizes
For Texas History
Papers Are Offered
Good current Texas books, and
$345 in prizes are being offered by
the Texas State Historical Associa-
tion for the best papers on Texas
history by any Junior Historian,
Dr. H. Bailey Carroll, acting direc-
tor at the University of Texas, has
announced.
The Rockefeller Foundation is of-
fering $345 in prizes for the papers
and in addition, a part of each
award will be Texas books. The
prize money will be divided as fol-
lows: $100, first prize; $75, second
prize; $50, third prize; $25, fourth
prize; $20, fifth prize; $15, sixth
prize, and $10 each for six honor-
able mention prizes.
In addition, $25 will be given by
the Association for the best paper
on the Texas Gulf Coast area, and
another $25 will be given by the
Texas Folklore Society for the best
paper dealing with observation of
animals or natural objects in Tex-
as.
The contest will close April 1,
1946. Any persoh under 21-who. is
a member of a Junior Historian
chapter, or who has paid a-50 cent
fee to become a member-at-large
is eligible to enter the contest.
IMPORTANT BY-PRODUCTS
When, as and if atomic energy,
as such, will be of particular im-
portance in our daily lives is a
subject for distinguished scientists
to debate — which they certainly
have been doing lately. j ' j
The by-products of the atomic
bomb study are entirely another
story. A. L. Baker, petroleum en-
gineering company executive, said j
recently that “as a result of the
vast development work underlying !
the project (atomic bomb study),
more than 5,000 new products and
procedures affecting all phases of
American life are available to in-
dustry. These now await only gov-
ernment release for commercial ap-
plication.”
The point of this matter is that
scientific research, when it is head-
ed by experts, always results in
great benefits to the American peo-
ple. It is vital to each of us that
scientific research be continued and
expanded by those best able to do
“QUOTES-
OF THE WEEK
“I saw a picket carrying a
blank sign—looking for a spon-
sor!”— Herb Shriner, Hoosier
commentator.
“Let me go. I’m an extinct vol-
cano.”—Virginia-born Lady As-
tor, arriving in U. S., to report-
ers.
“You’ll have sled-runners for
feet.”—Dr. E. C. Elkins, Roches-
ter, Minn., warning bobby-soxers
against wearing moccasins.
“The proposal that profits and
prices should be considered in
wage disputes strikes at the heart
of the competitive enterprise sys-
tem which made our country
great.” — Robert M. Gaylord,
Rockford, III., businessman.
“I slept in it en route. Very
comfortable.” — E. T. Barman,
Bainbridge, Ind., ivho drove to
Florida in a hearse.
NO PROLONGED SOAKING
Comparatively few washables
need soaking and then not for
more than 20 minutes. Extensive
laundering research at the West-
inghouse Home Economics Institute
indicates that prolonged soaking
American industry always has
spent vast sums of research and
the American people have the high- j , , ., ,,
est standard ot living in the world. | °Pens the fibers and permits the
That’s a point for all of us to re- so^ become deeply lodged, thus
member. making it more difficult to remove.
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FOR BETTER MAKE-UP
To see yourself as others will,
Miss Myrtle Fahsbender, director
of Home Lighting for Westing-
house, recommends twin dressing
table lamps, high enough to bring
the shades on a level with each side
of the face. A bathroom mirror
should also he flanked by lights,
one at each side and shielded to
prevent glare. This will provide
adequate illumination for close
shaves and perfect make-up.
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