The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1959 Page: 2 of 12
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“THE NEWSPAPER WITH A PURPOSE — SINCE 1880”
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
at 127 W. Travis St., L« Grange, Texas
by Central Texas Press, Inc.
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m LA GRANGE JOURNAL THURSDAY, AUG. 28, 1959
EDITORIALS
Religion Is Strength in Life
When this nation was hi the pangs of birth, it proclaimed its
faith in God and has continued that faith ever since. Under it, we
have prospered and grown strong and, fittingly, throughout the
years there have been reaffirmations of this faith, as witnessed by
adoption of the motto, “In God We Trust,” and inclusion of the
words “Under God” in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
In the republic’s early years, barely more than a tenth of its
citizens had a religious affiliation, whereas today 60 per cent are
church members. Statistics also show that half the adult popula-
tion attends worship services regularly. Thus, it is clear we have
come a long way in less than two centuries.
We are reminded by the nationwide Religion In American Life
observance that there remains room for even more spiritual growth.
If we are to retain what God has bestowed on us in years past and
add to our prosperity and strength, we must take to heart the Re-
ligion In American Llfe call to "Find the strength for your life—
worship together this week.”
It is Just as important to remember today, as our ancestors re-
membered in past generations, that “where the spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty." Liberty is the nation’s cornerstone. When it
goes, all else worthwhile goes. To keep it, and the things that flow
from it, we must remain close to God.
CULP KR
Pricing Ourselves Out of Jobs
What happens when wage increases outrun productivity in-
creases—and taxes eat away more and more of industry’s dol-
lars?
On« of t)M resilt* is described by the manager of the purchas-
ing department of afcariing oil atfenpanjr. • i, ^ v'
He says: *Walg into nearly ahy store with the Idea of buying
something.
'‘You'll see products from abroad right alongside our Ameri-
can-made ones. Nails, woolen and cotton fabrics, dlnnerware, sew-
ing machines, cameras, bicycles, cars and watches are some of
them. And practically in every case, the imports cost less.
“Foreign manufacturers compete sharply now with our own
industries. And they do so without two handicaps every American
business faces today.
“One: Wage hikes not based on increased productivity. These
result in continually rising prices for U. S. consumers and ever-
mounting production costs for our manufacturers.
“Two: Growing taxes. Each year taxes take more of industry’s
dollars. This, too, is reflected in higher prices to the consumer.”
He puts the inevitable moral in these words: “It makes you
wonder. If we price ourselves out of world markets, what’s next?
Tf we don’t stay competitive, isn’t that the same as pricing you and
me and all of us right out of our jobs?”
Foreign trade is all to the good. The world needs more of it.
But what isn’t good is • situation where American producers,
through circumstances beyond their control, find it harder and
harder to compete, to the imperilment of American jobs and oppor-
tunities. . \
Paragraphs of Facts and Opinions
“It’s an I for an I when two egotists get together.”
—Chewelah, Wash., Independent.
The sign on the back of his
car read, “Out of date, but out
of debt.” Any earnest effort to
effect economy in government is
seen by some to be “out of date”
but in my opinion, if we don’t
effect sortie drastic economy and
quick, we will “never get out of
debt." If the present trend con-
tinues, I reluctantly predict that
fci January of 1961 when the Le-
gislature convenes in Regular
Session, they will be called on
again to raise in the neighbor-
hood of some $300 million dol-
lars in new taxes over and above
the $180 million raised this time.
In view of the terrific struggle
this year, where is an additional
$300 million tax dollars to come
from?
New taxes will be required at
the next Session for continued
financing of some or all of the
following:
(1) Temporary taxes in the
tax bill (franchise tax); (2) The
severance benficiary tax on na-
tural gas in the present tax bill
Immediately be contested in the
courts as to its constitutionality
and, as 1 have heard more than
one member of the Legislature
say in debate on this measure,
there was nothing that could be
done to make it constitutional—
that’s why the gas boys gave in.
A severability amendment to the
severance tax provides that if
said severance beneficiary tax is
unconstitutional as to gas used in
the State. I REGRET TO SAY
that it is doubtful that a single
dime will ever be collected from
the severance beneficiary tax on
natural gas under the terms of
the new tax bill. If this type of
tax falls in the courts, as many
anticipate, revenue will have to
be voted to supplant it. Remem-
ber that a little over two years
ago, the State was called upon
to refund some $30 million dol-
lars to gas companies when the
gas gathering tax was declared
unconstitutional, (3) Support for
three new four-year state col-
leges, (4) Support of new medi-
cal school In San Antonio, (5)
Hale-Aiken school program, (6)
Highway maintenance — money
to rebuild highways either ina-
dequately built or tom up with
excessive loads and use, (7) bud-
get Increases asked for by most
‘state departments, and (8) nor-
| mal increases because of popula-
tion growth and inflation.
Here’s what I feel must be
done:
First, we must revamp our
whole fiscal set-up in three ma-
i]or areas:
I (1) Special funds inside and
, outside the State Treasury, a-
I mounting to millions upon mil-
| lions of dollars, many of which
I funds have been built up over a
period of year as a cushion a-
| gainst an economy-minded Le-
gislature, as set out in Associat-
ed Press release of July 28,
should be consolidated or trans-
ferred for use. (Note to Editor:
See attached Associated Press
news release).
(2) Submission of lean, busi-
ness-like budgets by all depart-
ments of state government, cut-
ting out all the fun, fat, and
foldcrol.
(3) Collection of taxes now on
Wafer Ts an important wore! in Texas. But unlike the weaSi rr
about which little can be done, the Rural Electric Cooperatives of
Texas have done a lot about our water. In times of drouth, pumos
powered with co-op electricity have tapped the subterranean taL.o
to bring water to parched fields.
Electric cooperative have provided running water, making the
washing machine and indoor plumbing as familiar in rural areas
as in the cities.
Cooperative people are active too in water conservation pro-
grams for they know the value of an abuedant water supply. But
ntost important they know the blessings that electricity has brought.
Every drop of water that flows through the pump is a reminder of
the new way of fife the rural community enjoys as a result of rw. J
electrification.
Fayette Electric Cooperative, Inc.
CEDAR CREEK PHILOSOPHER GLAD
TO SEE THAT HE AND EISENHOWER
SEE EYE TO EYE ON NIKITA TRIP
Editor’s note: The Cedar
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Ce-
dar Creek thinks he has dis-
covered a similarity in his
and the President’s thinking,
hit letter this week indicates.
Dear editar:
I gueas I’m just as human as
the next man and I don’t mind
admitting It makes me feel good
to see the President of the Unit-
ed States backing me up In one
of my viewpoints.
Some thinker in Washington,
probably the one who sent that
refrigerator that scoots around
the kitchen floor at the touch of
a push-button to the American
exhibit in Russia, pretending it’d
be representative of America,
came out with the idea that Pre-
sident Eisenhower ought to end
the steel strike before Premier
Khrushchev gets here for his vi-
sit. Said we wanted everything
functioning smoothly when the
Russian big shot gets here.
President Eisenhower scoffed
at the idea, saying what would
it hurt if Khrushchev saw a
strike? Why pretend to some-
thing we’re not? Besides it
might do the dictator good to see
American workers can strike if
they want to, it’s something Rus-
sian workers can’t do.
This is exactly what I’ve been
saying for years, though not a-
bout visitors from foreign coun-
tries. I’ve been saying it about
visits from around here.
Why should I cut the weeds in
my front yard just because some
in-law who has managed for the
downpayment on a new car is
coming out Sunday to sponge a
free meal off of me?
Me and President Eisenhower
see eye to eYe on this thing, that
is, I’m not saying his farm at
Gettysburg has weeds in the
front yard, he may have more
time for chopping weeds than I
have, but we both agree that
we’ve got nothing to hide In this
country. If my front yard suits
me from Monday through Satin-
day, why spruce it up for visitors
coming Sunday? If a man’s kids
aren’t already pretty well be-
haved, combing their hair’s not
going to fool anybody.
Let ole Khrushchev come on
over and see us like we are. I
! don’t know why he’s coming
1 some experts figure he has a
deep, dark, sinister motive in
coming, and maybe he has, but
on the other hand, he may be
just coming for the trip. A man
can get bored with enslaving
small countries and sending your
fellow-countrymen to Siberia. If
I lived in Russia, I’d like to get
out sb often as I could .too.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
too late to the fact that only an
inadequate part of Miami Beach
has been saved for public use. It
reported: “Along the 1% miles
of Miami Beach oceanfront, all
but two miles is taken up by ho-
tels and their private cabana
clubs, swimming pools and over-
hanging additions.
One of the big questions about
our Padre Island Seashore pro-
ject is not whether we should
protect this area—the longest
stretch of natural beach left in
the nation today—but whether
certain private developers are
going to be able to keep the park
limited to a small slice out of the
middle of the 118-mile long is-
land.
Statistics show that people will
use the beaches if they have
enough elbow room to be com-
fortable. An all-time high of
348,335 visitors last year enjoy-
ed the only National Seashore
Area we have In the nation at
this time, Cape Hatteraa, the 80
mile long Seashore on the outer
banks of North Carolina.
It is my hope that public hear-
ings can be held on the Padre Is-
land Seashore Area proposal In
Texas later this year. The find-
ings and decisions of this Coastal
Development Committee si-
milar civic-minded and public
spirited groups and individuals
would be invaluable in suoh
hearings.
I want to work with this Cago-
mittee and any group or anyone
else who U interested in improv-
ing Texas. One of the ways to
make the Gulf Coast a better
place in which to live, I believe,
would be the establishment of a
Padre Island National Seashore
Area—in the size and scope and
tradition of Texas.
the books. The Comptroller has
made $4,300,000 available to the
current tax bill labeled as “bet-
ter tax collection.” The Senate
Investigating Committee estim-
ated from testimony that the fi-
gure could be $20 to $25 mil-
lion. (Note to Editor: See at-
tached fact sheet on tax bill).
The real tax battle is still in
the dressing room stage, so to
speak. The trek to the ring and
the real tax battle is still to be
fought. I have been unable to
bring myself to voting any new
taxes on you, the people, until,
we, in fact, square off and meet
our real fiscal problem face to
face. From what I can hear, the
people have had enough. In my
opinion, we must all realize that
it is better to be able to pay for
our state programs than to try to
be too pretty an^ go broke.
You can count on Culp!
CULP KRUEGER
,Senator
YARBOROUGH’S
☆REPORT*
j Interest in Texas’ efforts to es-
tablish a National Seashore Area
| on Padre Island continues to
1 mount.
: Recently a Coastal Develop-
I ment Committee, composed of
officials from five Gulf Coast
• counties, was appointed to study
the proposed Padre Island t’ark
project and other improvements
of state coastal areas.
The need to preserve the big-
gest part of Padre Island for pub-
lic use was driven home last
week in a Houston Chronicle re-
port on the situation in Florida.
The story told how unhappy Flo-
irida residents have awakened
Vaccinations for
Foreign Travel
• Work After 60
• Leukemia
Q. Where cm I obtain infor-
mation on vaccination require-
ment» for foreign travel?
A. From your doctor or by writ-
ing for Public Health Service
Publication No. 348 (30£ per
copy). Direct your request to the
Supt. of Documents, U. S. Gov.
Printing Office, Washington,
D. C.
Q. Does working after 60 short-
en life?
A. There seems to be no scientific
study on which to base an an-
swer. Meaningful information of
this sort would be hard to ob-
tain. For one thing, people do
not retire “at random. Life ex-
pectancy of all people who no
longer work after 60 is no doubt
shorter than those who continue
to work, simply because many of
the former have retired due to
poor health.
Q. I understand that doctors
note have m way of treating
leukemia by giving injections
of bone narrow. Is such treat-
ment effective?
A. The treatment referred to has
been used in animal experiments
but only a few humans have been
so treated. Large doses of total
body irradiation are first given
to “kill off’ the cancer cells.
Bone marrow cells are then
given to help the body recover
from the irradiation. Authorities
say that this method of treatment
can hardly be touted as generally
useful at this time. Such investi-
gations provide basic knowledge
and may be tried experimentally
in certain patients but the cure
for leukemia will probably lie
along different lines.
A prescription Is your personal
property and k Is your right to
have it filled at a pharmacy of your
own choosing. When yon bring it
to us, yon receive the finest and
fastest service—and the fairest
price.
Answers do not necessarily reflect
the opinion of ail doctors. The diag-
nosis and treatment of disease Is the
function of the patient's personal
physician.
jDu&ib PhaAmaca
PRESCRI PTIONS
PHONE 405 • 103 NORTH MAIN • LA GRANGE.YEXAS
LOOK WHATAGAS IS DOING NOW
V
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INVESTING $83,000,000
in Better GAS Service!
This is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of oil in the United States
... and it marks another great year of expansion for United Gas. New
wells are being drilled... new pipelines built... new customers served.
Capital expenditures plannee! for 1959 alone will aggregate some
$83,000,000 — so that we can continue to provide the finest gas service
for our customers. This investment in plant and property means more
business for suppliers and contractors, more payrolls, and more payments
to land owners and others in many sections of the Gulf South. It also
contributes to the growth of the economy of the entire Gulf South.
Coax.
UNITED OAS COfiPOfiAYlON • UNITID OAS MM [ IN t COMPANY • UNION MODUCINO COMPANY
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