Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1955 Page: 4 of 16
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CLAW AHMBTBOWQ, OQPHT*, W3L, THURSDAY, fifcP. 14, 1161
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1 (TANKS AND THANKS
The co-Editors say, "Thank you"
for the many fine comments on last
week's Claude News. It is good to
find that people are not too busy
to do a little thinking now and then
and it also proves that our local
citizens haven't given up The
Claude News for TV.
* * *
NOT DEAD BUT AWAY
It is becoming increasingly hard
to say, "So long," to people who
have impressed on you some value
of life. Among those who recently
stepped into the shadows are three
who's memory I cherish. They each
would probably be surprised that
their life, troughts and way en-
couraged me.
There are lots of things to cher-
ish about Prank Bailey, his natural
goodness and friendly attitude. I
worked with him for many years
In the Christian Church and his
interest helped sustain my interest.
Prank's quiet? voice had a way of
convincing you that "all things
work for good for those who love."
The gentleness, sincerity and in-
dependance of thought of Mrs. Jes-
sie Hood always impressed me. She
was never afraid to stand for some-
thing and an inborn wisdom seemed
to guide her. I recall most her ap-
preciation for the paper and from
that appreciation we derived en-
couragement. She loved good sing-
ing and inspired a whole, family in
good singing which offered her
children and their friends a source
of entertainment through the de-
pression years that few families en-
joyed.
The lakes and streams will miss
Charley Culver, as will many a
local fisherman who loved to com-
pare notes with him. But I think
I will remember most the way he
said, "Hello" to you. It wasn't a
passing greeting from him, but it
radiated a feeling of "I'm really
happy to see you." When you talked
to Charley for a few minutes he
made you feel that life was a won-
derful thing and what ever was on
The Claude News
ESTABLISHED IN 1890
Co-Editors & Publishers
Wm. J. B. WAGGONER
CECIL O. WAGGONER
Entered as second class mall matter
at the post office at Claude, Texas,
under the Act of March 30, 1879.
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your mind waa Important to htm
too, regardless of which side he
might take.
So it is with them and with many
other old timers that have moved
on west They had their faults, but
their good points were so strong
that the faults fade into nonre-
memberance.
• * *
SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS
A report says, '.'Ways of getting
more school pupils interested in
studying science will be examined
at a Texas Work Conference for
the Advancement of Science Teach-
ing and Science Fairs October 6-8
at the University of Texas."
To be considered are: How may
science be integrated in the lower
grades? How may teachers better
perform more interesting and in-
structive demonstrations? What au-
dio-visual aids are best? How may
colleges produce better science tea-
chers?
Our long drift away from science,
math, Latin and related subjects
may be coming to a close. Why we
drifted away I cannot say, unless
we were looking for a easy way to
educate our youngsters.
This can easily happen in a soc-
iety that has not as yet reached a
definition of the true "aims of ed-
ucation."
One aim has been given "to ad-
just a child to his environment."
If this is accomplished it may
stop the "artistry" of our*fclan. The
arts seem to have their conception
in the deep shadows of life where
the artistan mind is unable to con-
form or adjust to a society.
Or is this true art?
Does a person well adjusted to
life need a "God?" If he is com-
pletely satisfied, does he need ex-
pression or human association?? If
his endeavors are producing an ab-
undance, in material things, is his
life a success?
Perhaps the "aim" has been mis-
placed somewhere along the path!
Man, in this sense, is material.
Truth in material things are "rela-
tive" and changing. So the "aim"
cannot be placed on so baseless a
foundation.
To adjust, to conform, to teach a
philosophy of "statism" is death to
the artistry of life. Without "dis-
satisfaction" nothing is improved!
Without "discontent" nothing is
changed! Without "nonconformists"
new forms would be lost!
Perhaps the "aims" can be found
in the philosophy of life. I do not
mean by this the "religionist's stat-
us quo" with pat answers that lull
the mind into a sleepy satisfaction.
It should be the philosophy that
engenders a search for the answer
of "life's" mystery. It is far easier
to ignore the "ever present" and
gaze longingly into the "past or
future" of non-existance. An editor-
ial in Life Magazine closed with
a thought that pictures the philo-
sophy I speak of. The editorial
deals with our present day litera-
ture. The closing says,
"In every healthy man there is a
wisdom deeper than his conscious
mind, reaching beyond memory to
the primeval rivers, a yea-saying
to the goodness and joy of life. This
is what is most missing from our
hothouse literature—the joy of life
at the heart of creation itself.
Why does a child want to learn?
Is it because the parents show
such an eagerness to teach it or is it
because the child wants to be loved
or is it a combination of both?
A child senses that which helps
it survive. It has an inborn know-
ledge that to "survive or live" is
good. That which helps it live or
survive, it will adore or love. He
will seek to please and obey that
source in hopes of enhancing its
love and adoration. Carried into
adulthood, we all wish to be loved
and adored. Isn't this the one sim-
ple answer given for the creation
of man in the first place? The
loneliness of God caused him to
create a being to love and to be
loved by. Trouble (or sin) begins
when we by-pass or are ignorant
of that love.
Then it would follow that "the
joy of life itself" is learning that
all things were created in an em-
bryo of love.
Now the next problem is to de-
fine "Love"!
* * *
IS REVENGE SWEET?
Stewart Alsop in The York Herald
Tribune on the Arab rebellion re-
cently in North Africa, said:
"It was impossible even for an
outsider to walk through the streets
of ravaged Oued Zem without feel-
ing an instinctive desire for reven-
ge. Tt would be natural for the
French to respond to this instinct,
and it may even be inevitable. But,
alas, revenge begets revenge begets
revenge, in an unending cycle."
Alsop cites an age old truth that
revenge never solves a problem. But
neither does subjection.
If you have ever walked down a
North African street, subjected by
the French, you would wonder why
the Arabs submit themselves to
live in worse than death. They do
not live a "hand to mouth" exis-
tance but a "hand to death" sub-
jection, while the French landown-
ers twiddle their fingers in the
Capital Cities of Europe.
France would not allow the Un-
ited States to pay a decent wage
to the Arab laborers we hired dur-
ing the war. In fact, there was
three wage scales, one for the
Frenchman, one for the Jew and
a very low one for the Arab.
So the Arabs struck out in a blind,
vicious frustrating, retaliation, mur-
dering men, women and even child-
ren of their own kind as well as
the French.
The sleeping giants of Mecca may
again storm the gates of Rome!
'"pHE first session of the 84th
Congress will go down in his-
tory as one of the most construe
tive of record. Despite this fact,
many unsolved problems have
been dumped into the lap of the
second session which convenes
next January in a presidential
election year.
High on the agenda of this sec-
ond session will be an attempt to
recover a $2,000,000 windfall in
profits handed to the cheese manu-
facturers by the Department of
Agriculture which the Controller
General, the General Accounting
Office, and a House Governmental
Operations sub-committee declare
is illegal, unauthorized, improper,
of no benefit to dairy farmers and
an "unmistakable failure to car
ry out the intent of congress."
What the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration did, under the guise of
supporting dairy prices, was to
buy a huge quantity of cheese from
cheese manufacturers paying a
price of 34 cents and a few weeks
later buying the cheese back at
37 cents from the same manufac-
turers, giving them a windfall prof-
it of about $2,000,000.
In the meantime the cheese re-
mained in the hands of the sellers,
they had a right to sell it to a
third party, the Government had
no rights to sell. The Controller
General, Mr. Joseph Campbell
ruled that "the composite net re-
sult of the transaction was that
no actual change was made in
the status of the property, and
the purchase and sale elements
of the transaction constituted in
effect simply an agreement to pay
a difference between the March
government purchasing price and
the April Government selling price
. . . that the transaction was not
premised on bona fide purchases
within the meaning of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949 and conse-
quently that payments thereunder
were unauthorized and improper."
However, neither the Controller
General nor the GAO have author-
ity to force recovery of the money
which belongs to the taxpayers.
This must be done, if at all, by
the Congress.
• • •
Here are some of the more im-
portant unfinished problems which
the next session of congress must
face head-on:
HR 12, which restores 90% sup-
port prices for basic commodities,
replacing the sliding scale system.
Passed by the House and now pend-
ing in the Senate.
S 1628, providing for additional
acreage allowances in natural dis-
aster areas to enable farmers to
recover their losses. Passed Sen-
ate, now pending in the House.
HR 7225, social security improve-
ments extending coverage and low-
ering retirement age for women
and bringing additional disability
benefits. Passed House, now pend-
ing in senate.
S 1048 expanded federal aid to
Highways, five year program, with
$4.5 billion in federal expenditures,
passed Senate, killed in House.
House bill providing 15-year pro-
gram ,and $12.4 billion in federal
aid, failed in House, will be taken
up next session.
HR 6227, to curb influence of
bank holding companies, passud
house, pending in senate.
S 500 Upper Colnrndo River proj-
ect, passed Senate, pending in
House.
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other advertising the publishers do
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itself.'
. ♦ * •
THE QUEST
To pursue these thoughts further
we might ask, "Is learning a repe-
titious thought process or is it an
emotional reaction?"
Some psychologists, from the wis-
dom of their witchery, tell us that
learning does not take place until
an obstacle has been met and over-
come. The question then rises,
"What is the motovatlng power that
makes us want to over come the
obstacle?"
To solve this problem we will be
■olvlnf one of the mysteries lying
OPINION IS NEEDED
The Estelline (N.D.) Journal re-
ports in its editorial columns:
A newspaper, we believe, must
have an opinion.
Though the issue may be a con-
troversial one, though we may hurt
someone's feelings, though you may
not agree with us—we must have an
opinion.
A newspaper is fulfilling only half
of its obligation to its public if it
presents news, but neglects its edi-
torial voice.
Editorial opinions are not for the
mere purpose of influencing the
public to the newspaper's point of
view. They are more frequently a
method of getting the issue into
the public mind, presenting food
for thought, and demanding that
attention be given the issue.
Though the end result may not
coincide with the newspaper's view-
point, it generally coincides with
the wishes of the majority. It does
this because the issue was brought
to the attention of the public, and
definite action was taken.
Though you may not agree with
all or any of the opinions voiced in
these columns, all is not lost.
Your recourse is to write us •
letter and tell ua what you believe
to be fault; in our analysis of the
From the Seville Chronicle, Se-
ville, Ohio: Much has been made
of the effects on the Nation of the
years of dread and hysteria forced
upon it by the awful destructive
power of atomic fission
civilians to go through a civilian
defense gas chamber . . to take
off the mask inside for a first-
hand whiff of tear gas ... to
cautiously sniff mustard, and to
inhale gingerly whatever it was
. buihtj|jr Wlldicvcr 11
Sociologists attribute such wide smelled like new-mown hay
spread phenomena as juvenile de- j The flame throwers seared us
lmquency. and fear of motherhood, mentally even before the army
to the inner worry of people who perfected them in the Pacific. We
fear the end of the woild by the handled early training casualties
m ' with the certain knowledge that
Psychiatrists see the continued
rise of mental ills as a side-effect
man could grow no more crueL
We wince at the scatterbrains
, ««; atauci uiaiui
n a race that fears for its future allowed to control 200 horsepower
if the ultimate result of growing | and tons of destructive steel on
human knowledge is ever un our streets and highways, and a
'a,.6 j , lon6 drive on the same road with
But, do you know anyone who some of them is sheer torture,
s scared? Somehow we doubt if j Hut we aren't really afraid of
W0,liCS ,as much th" atom or hydrogen bomb, and
about the hydrogen bomb as he | wc doubj if it is affecting the daily
does about the foibles of the Cleve- lives or plans of even a small per
land Indians or paying the utility
bills. The bomb is just plain too
big to fit the aveiage man's im-
agination
We let a little personal feeling
influence us in this statement.
We're blessed wi'.h an active im-
agination, and we admit being
concerned about things that seem
to worry most people very little.
And we've been thoroughly
frightened by things we could un-
derstand. Poison gas at the be-
ginning of World War II was a
threat that appalled us; as a young
reporter we were one of the first
cent of our Nation. Think about
it.
• • •
From the Suburban List, Essex
Junction, Vermont: To my mind
too many people live in the past
They will always think about the
good old days and the wonderful
pumpkin pie that mother used to
make. While there may be some
satisfaction In thinking about
things done in the past, yet In
order to. bring about progress
and a better standard of living
the thinking must be for the fu-
ture.
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