The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1950 Page: 3 of 24
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THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
Published Every Thursday by W. J. HARGRAVES, Publisher
£. G. (Tip) KILBY, Editor MRS. G. C. FITZ, Society Editor
Entered May 22. 1941, as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Mercedes,
?«xrs. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Any erroneous reflection upon the standing, reputation or character ot any
be gladly corrected if brought to our attention.
person
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WASHINGTON—Too often pub-
lic officials talk economy — but
they don’t vote economy.
Just like the House did on the
Postmaster General’s order rescind-
ing mail deliveries in cities to one
per day and other readjustments of
postal activities. He ordered mail
deliveries cut on July 1, 1950. He
showed it would save a debt-loaded
nation about 70 million a year. His
was one of the rare cases where
a department head had the courage
to stand up against political pres-
sure to demand efficiency and to
promte economy. His move fol-
lowed much talking on the part of
the Congress about saving money.
A bill was introduced in Congress
to throw out the PM’s order. After
talking economy, the majority of
the members of the House voted
for the bill, against the postmas-
ter general’s economy order.
No Service Impaired
The PM said he didn’t consider
his service curtailment "order of
| April 17 took any essential service
P from postal patrons. He further ex-
plained that an average of 85 per-
cent of all mail is—and always has
been — delivered on the first trip
to residential areas.
As far as business districts are
concerned, there’s been no reduction
I , on delivery there other than the
elimination of one trip on Saturdays.
To keep the record straight, it must
be remembered that the postal ser-
ves the business districts three times
a day, and, in addition to this ser-
vice, serves the residential areas
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once a day. Prior to curtailment,
residential areas were served twice
a day. So residential areas now
are on the same basis as the rural
areas. There, residents have always
had only one delivery a day.
There were those who said we
had to have two mail deliveries a
day because of the present emer-
gency. Yet, during World War II
75 per cent of the residents had
only one delivery a day at one period
or another because of the shortage
of man power—and we didn’t hear a
word of complaint or criticism.
70 Millions Save d
The PM has assured us he could
save 70 millions' on this move and
not curtail any essential service.
Yet, he said, within 48 hours after
the order was published in the Pos-
tal Bulletin, a campaign was started
by the national officer of one postal
group to defeat the economy pro-
gram. Here’s the quotation from his
letter.
“The dissemination of these mis-
representations through bulletins
and on the radios, was evidently
believing that their postal service
calculated to mislead the public into
would be seriously impaired. It was
urged that the public make com-
plaints to members of Congress . . .
“As a result of this, resolutions
were introduced in the House to
require the Postmaster to revoke
this order and to restore the. .postal
service to its status prior to the
issuance of this order. Most or all
of these resolutions were introduced
before the service changes had been
made in the larger postoffices
throughout the country.”
Taxpayers’ Review
This Congressman feels in a time
like this, when this country is fac-
ed with a most serious internation-
al crisis, it is necessary that we
mobilize our man power, resources
and wealth to bring a speedy con-
clusion to the war in Korea. That
this necessittates additional econo-
my and efficiency in the executive
branch of the government. The post
office department was operated at
a deficit of over 550 million dollars
for the fiscal year of 1949. Your
Congressman feels we should do all
we can to grant relief to the tax-
payers, called upon to make up
from general taxation the differ-
ence between the revenue and the
expenses of the post office depart-
ment. Because of the Postmaster
General’s order cutting residential
mail delivery, to one per day, for
the first time in modern history
the post office department contem-
plates reducing the number of m-
ployees on its rolls. Your Congress-
man believes the Postmaster Gen-
eral’s order is a sound one, a fair
order, an order for economy and a
break for the taxpayer. Your Con-
gressman is fully aware he will be
attacked by the national officers
of a postal group oh his vote for
economy and efficiency in the de-
partment. But this will not be the
first time lobbies have attacked your
your Congressman for his votes and
he doesn’t expect it to be the last.
Visitors
Visitors in the office last week
included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Villarreal,
Miss Yolanda G. Roel, and Miss
Frances Pena, all of Laredo, Mr. and
Mrs. I. R. Stahl and daughter, Bob-
bie, all of Weslaco. Adios.
Miss Loretta Temple, A. and I.
College, Kingsville, was in Mercedes
Monday, for the wedding of Miss
Mary Caldeira and John Riley Wade.
Miss Temple will return to Merce-
des next week where she will be a
member of the Merceds School fac-
ulty for the ensuing year.
Two To One
Although Defense Sec-
retary Johnson was successful in
reducing civilian employment in the
Military Establishment from 897,-
807 employees in May 1949 to 754,-
339 on May 31, 1950, there still re-
every two uniformed men in the
services. Both the Byrd Committtee
and the Hoover Commission have
criticised this ratio as too high.
AnunciamoS
LA APERTURA
DE LA TIENDA
WINNIE LEE
9:00 A.M. - MANANA VIERNES ~ 9:00 A.M.
Esquina de Texas y Cuarta, frente al Banco "Hidalgo"
Con un completo surtido de mercancias para damas
que comprende ropa, calzado, sombreros, ets.; en los ulti-
mos y mas modernos estilos.
Al iniciar nuestra era comercial, saludamos a los
residentes de Mercedes y su comunidad, y al mismo
tiempo solicitamos su patrocinio, que sabremos apreciar
debidamente. '
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Recuerde el lugar: Edificio en la Esquina de Texas & 3rd
LA TIENDA
WINNIE LEE
MERCEDES TEXAS
LAFF OF THE WEEK
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"\ Need Cheering Up—Wheel the Other Guy In Again." ■*
Internationally Known
Bible Chart Teacher
At La Feria This Week
LA FERIA — The Rev. T. Stev-
ens, pastor of Faith Tabernacle Pen-
tecost Church in La Feria, announces
that Rev. R. M. Hungerford of Long
Beach, Cal., will be speaking each
evening this week at 7:45 on Pro-
phetic messages.
Rev. Hungerford is considered one
of the greatest Bible chart teachers
in the world today. He has been in
the ministry for 32 years and has
delivered his phophetic messages
from the Book of Revelations to
millions in America. He is assisted
in this Valley wide revival campaign
by L. Smith of Akron, O.
There will be special music and
songs along with the prophetic mes-
sage. The pastor invites the public
to hear this widely known evangel-
ist.
LETTERS TD THE EDITOR
The Immanuel Walter League ot
the Lutheran Church in Mercedes
wishes to thank you for giving the
Lutheran Church a full page adver-
tisement in your “Enterprise,* * We
are very rgateful.
Sincerely,
The Immanuel Walther League
Howard Roman was in San Anto-
nio two days this week on Min-
neapolis Moline business.
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This New Ladies Ready-To-Wear Store Will
Add Greatly To The Shopping Desirability of
This Community.
MERCEDES IS GROWING - IT IS A GOOD
PLACE TO SHOP AND A GOOD PUCE TO
DO BUSINESS.
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Kilby, E. G. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1950, newspaper, August 24, 1950; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987277/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.