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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1960
AND FEATURES: : : THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE: :
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WORLD WE LIVE IN
Presidents
And Dogs
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EDITORIALS
The Tailfin Economy
And How It Works
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND SKIP
From A Picture Made in April 1908
sanitary. Its planes normally are
given 12 baths a year. A giant
B52 bomber requires about 5,000
gallons of water for one bath.
Mitchell said it took four years
for the nation’s economy to adjust
to the last increase. Even now,
tials have not been fully restored.
This referred to an eddying ef-
fect any increase in the minimum
always has. When workers at the
lower rung of the pay ladder get
You may redeposit the money
you withdrew from the retirement
fund. Payment may be made in
a lump sum or in instalments of
not less than $10. You must pay
interest on the money you with-
drew for the period from the time
you quit your government Job un-
til you returned to the government.
• • •
From M.L.K. of Hibbing, Minn.:
"My husband died three months
ago in an auto accident. Our first
baby is due in about two months.
Will I be able to get anything
from Social Security to help sup-
port our baby? My husband work-
ed for a department store as a
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firms paying substandard wage
rates.
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tors before and after him, was
afraid of the power of a tree
press. He once said, "four hostile
newspapers are more to be feared
than a thousand bayonets."
Did you know cows have a sweet
tooth? That's, why they prefer
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11. medicinal — mee DIS Ih nal,
not Med i ci nal, as, for medici-
nal purposes.
12. nee - nay, not nee, as, Mrs.
Smith, nee Brown.
a raise, pay rates tend to increase
all the way up to the top. .
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James Marlow, who regularly
writes this column, is ill.
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any firm, individual or corporation will
From a Missouri reader: "My
husband and I get Social Security
based on his record of work. Our
check is combined. If we should
separate and live apart, will I still
be entitled to get a part of the
check we’re now receiving?”
Yes. The fact that you’re sep-
arated from your husband doesn’t
change your eligibility to Social Se-
curity as his wife. If you separate,
all you have to do is ask the lo-
cal office to start sending your
part of the present combined check
to you at your new address.
F.D.R. AND FALA
From A Picture Made in June 1936
Telephone DUpont 2-2551
Entered as mail matter of the second class at the post office at
Denton, Texas, Jan. 13, 1921, according to Act of Congress, March
3. 1872
Published every evening (except Saturday) and Sunday morning byi
DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Riley Cross, President and Publisher
Roy Appleton, Jr., Vice President and General Manager
Tom Kirkland. Managing Editor
Milton Leazenby, Circulation Director
Ed Walthall. Advertising Director
George Avery, Mechanical Superintendent
By RAY HENRY
From C.B.R. of Norwalk, Conn.:
"If I should decide to go to Spain
for a couple of years after I re-
tire, would it be possible to collect
my Social Security there?”
Yes. A native-born United States
citizen may collect Social Securi-
ty anywhere in the world, except
behind the Iron Curtain. But there
are some limits on naturalized ci-
tizens who leave the country and
remain abroad for any length of
time. If you’re a naturalized Am-
erican, check with the local So-
cial Security office to see what
your rights are.
STRICTLY SPEAKING
By CECIL PRESTON
Record-Chronicle Staff Writer
kept a large pack of hunting dogs. Va
A few of the pack he used to fol- 7
low across the fields of the "Old
Dominion” had highly imagina-
shooting for in the Senate.
Back in 1955, when Congress
raised the minimum from 75 cents
to the $1 mark. President Eisen-
hower wanted it Increased only to
90 cents. But he signed the bill
requiring the $1 level effective
March 1, 1956.
THE ADVANCES
The law, known as the Fair La-
bor Standards Act, pegged the
minimum originally at 25 cents an
hour in 1938. This was advanced
to 30 cents in 1939, 40 in 1945 and
75 cents in 1950.
The idea behind the law is that
setting a floor under wages will
assure workers a minimum in-
come and protect employers from
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THE ARGUMENT always seem to cut right across
political party lines on whether what America needs is
greater public or private spending.
From all accounts, much of the squabbling is about
tailfins — of all things. It seems that automobile tail-
fins are being used as a symbol of the silly things
Americans will buy when the government doesn’t
spend all their money for them.
Those in favor of more public spending are fond of
stressing that the federal government should sponsor
or subsidize art, music and the “finer things.” Whether
a Bach bureau or a new WPA theater project touring
company of “Everyman” would make more Americans
happier than a new car with tailfins is not even de-
batable. Communities that want music and drama have
it, and they can have as much more as they are willing
to pay for. What they aren’t willing to pay for out of
pocket they shouldn’t be made to pay for out of pay-
roll deductions.
But who are the politicians to complain about tail-
fins? We have a tailfinned government. Right now
the U.S. is sketching plans for a new office building
in New York, and the cost is set at 68 million dollars.
That’s much more than privately built New York build-
ings of much larger size are costing. We presume the
difference will be caused by lavish use of marble,
bronze and all the other costly materials that go into
government building—the bureaucratic equivalent of
tailfins.
And the debaters are riding to and fro between
senate and senate office buildings in a pip-squeek sub-
way line on which they managed to spend three mil-
lion dollars, and on which they must spend three mil-
lion dollars more. Unfinned are the subway cars, but
certainly there’s little evidence that a fin-less austerity
has captured our legislators.
Will the next President of the
United States continue the tradi-
tion of putting his "best friend” in
the nation’s most impressive "dog-
house?"
Almost every one of our 14 Pres-
idents has been a dog lover. A
beautiful sad • eyed Weimaraner
named Heidi is the most recent
regular visitor to the White House
with her master President Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
The canine candidates who will
vie for this honor in the coming
election still are as unpredictable
as the Presidential nominees. But
as in all contests there are al-
ways precedents that clue the ex-
perts.
One of these experts, in the dog
world, is C. C. (Tex) Fawcett of
the Purina Dog Care Center, St.
Louis. His research one the sub-
from rival
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MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS
come around $250,000
Early risers; Children of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church
School in Camden, Maine, are the
first in the nation to open their
books each day. Clases start star
books each day. Classes start at
7 a. m.
Our quotable notables; "Those
who love deeply never grow old,"
said playwright Arthur Pinero.
"They may die of old age, but
they die young "
The explanation that failed: As
a boy Thomas A. Edison, the fa-
mous inventor, sat on a nest of
goose eggs to see if he could
hatch them. He sat too hard—and
scrambled them
Definition: Comedian Joe E.
Lewis, who spends most of his In-
come supporting racehorses with
fallen arches, .says, "a banker is
unfair competition
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fee for his dog. It was a tense
moment for new guests as they
considered following their host's
motions—until he passed the sau-
cer to Rob. Prudence Prim was as
discreet and neat as the name im-
plies. She was so well behaved that
the President and Mrs. Cooledge
often let Prudence attend garden
parties where she graciously min-
gled with the guests.
Another of President Coolidge’s
dogs, a Wire Haired Terrier call-
ed Peter Pan, worked his way
from the White House to the dog-
house by trying to replace the Se-
cret Service. Pete’s over-develop-
ed sense of protectiveness caused
him to nip the heels of White
House visitors from ambassadors
to Secret Service agents and as
a result he was exiled to a friend’s
farm in the country.
In contrast. Herbert Hoover’s
German Shepherd Pat probably
saw more of the White House than
any other Presidential dog. Pat
knew something a lot of Wash-
ingtonians have tried to learn-
how to open White House doors.
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get retirement credit for my ear- along the Potomac. Rob Roy had a
n—----i- "— — • j- ti-n" passion for coffee and occasional-
ly at lunch or dinner the Presi-
dent would fill a saucer with cof-
THE ELITE
A reader requested a feature on
the world "elite,” saying that she
was "tired” of hearing “a light
cafe.”
Elite is correctly pronounced ih
leet or ay leet. It comes from
the French "elire," meaning to
choose and the Latin "eligere,"
meaning to elect. It means a choice
or select body.
Other words often mispronounc-
ed are the following:
1. suite — sweet, as a suite of
rooms, a dining room suite.
2 Italics — ih tal ics, not eye
tal ics, as, Notice the words in
italics.
3. athlete — ath leet. not ath
e leet. as. My son is an athlete.
4. precedence — pre CED ens,
not pres e dens, as, This matter
The Raleigh News and Observer
Recently many towns and counties have voted in
large bond issues for public schools. It is well that our
communities realize this is a continuous problem,
that many educational facilities are inadequate to ex-
panding school population almost by the time they are
completed.
However, there is a curious phenomenon in all these
bond elections: The avid proponents of new bond is-
sues talk incessantly about physical facilities. In most
localities, the most fervent proponents are the profes-
sional educators, the P-TA and the various women’s
clubs. A tremendous hue is raised about “better
schools.” The children go home and circulate through
the community with verbal and written petitions that
say: “Vote For Better Schools”. From all the talk,
a stranger would assume the learning process had just
been invented.
In countless public meetings, before the bond elec-
tion, there are passionate speeches, often by local edu-
cators, about the small classrooms, inadequate eating
halls, smelly dressing rooms (this one is standard
everywhere), insufficient recreational facilities, poor-
ly lighted gymnasiums and countless other vexations
relative to athletic fields and school bus problems.
Every facet of public schools is stressed but learning.
No one says anything about the fact that after the new
money is voted in the same children will be reading
the same books and hearing lectures from the same
teachers.
Of course, the physical requirements of public edu-
cation must be supplied. But it would be mighty
wholesome, if just occasionally, some educator men-
tioned the learning process, even in passing. Too many
serious citizens are getting the impression that uphol-
stery comes first and learning second. Fortunately,
this isn’t true. Unfortunately, professionals are doing
little to erase the impression.
From Mrs. P. L. of Fall River.
Mass.: "My husbnd died several
years ago and I have been col-
lecting Social Security from bis
work as a widow. I’m 67. My hus-
band also left me with substantial
insurance. I plan to visit some
relatives in England for a year or
so. Will I be able to receive my
Social Security check there?"
Yes, but you should talk with
your local Social Security office
about the details of collecting So-
cial Security abroad.
From S.M. of Washington, D.
C.: “I worked for the government
from 1939 to 1954. Because of ill-
ness, I had to quit my job and
return to my home in California.
I took out of the Civil Service re-
tirement fund the money I had put
in. Now, I'm again working for
Ject indicates that the odds seem
to favor hunting dogs. Fawcett
points out that the most likely can-
didates for the house on Connecti-
cut Avenue are Setters, Spaniels
and Hounds since they have gone
to the Capitol more often than lap
and toy dogs.
George Washington was the first
Presidential dog fancier, in ad-
dition to his other firsts. Accord-
ing to early records, Gen. Wash-
ington was fond of the hunt and
tender young grass. Some farm-
ers now spray mature grass with
corn syrup to make it more pala-
table to their dairy cattle.
Roman soldiers received as part
of their pay, money to buy their
own salt. From this custom came
the expression "He's worth his
salt."
The word salary itself is derived
from the Latin term for salt.
Iron, too, was precious in an-
cient times. Some 3,500 years ago
iron in some areas had five
times the value of gold and 40
times the value of silver
From D. McL. of Elizabeth, N.
J.: "I’m 73 and still working at a
good wage. I've just found I could
have started collecting Social Se-
curity, regardless of my high wag-
es, when I reached 72. Will it
be possible for me to collect any
back payments?"
Yes. The Social Security law in
cases like yours allows for 12
months of back payments. You
should apply for your payments
immediately so you don’t lose fur-
ther payments. •
• • •
From Mrs. C. N. of Blooming-
ton, Ill.: "How long does it ordi-
narily take for a person to start
getting his Social Security after he
applies?”
About six to eight weeks. A per-
son can apply for payments up
to three months before he retires
and usually the payments will be
received the first month of re-
tirement.
million.
Eisenhower repeatedly has
called for applying the law to
about three million of the exempt
workers—mainly in chain stores
and other retail trade establish-
ments. All but 650,000 of this group
already make the $1 minimum.
The administration would contin-
ue these new workers exempt
from the overtime pay require-
ment.
11 MILLION MORE
Kennedy wants to take in an ex-
tra 11 mi Mion workers—all on a
basis of less than his proposed
new $1.25 minimum. but gradual-
. - reported earher in the year.
? wprkngrupetrs.that level over BRITAIN VOTES
Any change in the In will have ■ ON SOCIALISTS
wide economic effect. Secretary FEB. 23 1950
LONDON, Feb. 23 (AP) -
n. ..m ,anz;on01 wg. ^ir^n quences ot the past five years as
hi said, traditional wage dlfferen- they lined up today to mark their
"6's” for organist re-electing their
In the National Museum at Hel-! socialist government. The choice
sinki, Finland. there is a valuable before the more than 34,000,000 vot-
collection of pottery, bones and ers: re-election of Prime Minister
other relics left behind nearly 2,- Atlee's Laborites, pledged to put
000 years ago by cliff - dwelling still more industries under state
American Indians on Mesa Verde control; or a return to the con-
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Gag of the week: Robert Q. - .
Lewis knows a guy who claims a man who will lend you money
that when his mother-in-law goes if you can prove you don’t need
fishing all she catches are big it."
mouth bass. J Back in 1890 people didn't cry
Animal insurance: For worri- over spilled milk. But it cost only
some pet lovers, the airlines now seyen cents a quart then
provide insurance policies for, If,you visited your doctor few-
dogs being flown overseas. The er than five times .last year,
rate is $2.65 per $100 of coverage yon re healthier than the ayrae•
The beatliksin Greenwich Vil- American. Or else you don t know
. How much will you earn before
Emperor Napoleon, like dicta- you die? Over a lifetime the av-
erage American family has an in-
in t vkorado A Swedish archaev servativerleetwarttmeFremierf
i loght. digging in Colorado in 1891, Winston Churchill, who has pro-
inused to hall nationalization. *
shoe salesman for about eight
years before he died.”
Yes, you’ll be entitled to month-
ly payments for yourself and your
child beginning with the month in
which the child is born. You should
also apply for the lump sum death
payment, unless you've already re-
ceived it.
From C. O. S. of Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.: "Under what condi-
tions can a retired railroad em-
poye lwork and still continue to
receive his monthly annuity?"
You can’t work for pay in the
railroad industry or for any em-
ployer for whom you worked be-
fore retiring and still collect a rail-
road annuity. But, you can work
in any other non-railroad job and
receive the annuity.
• • • •
You may obtain Ray Henry's
new. revised Social Security hand-
book — Security For You — by
writing to him in care of the
Washington office of the Denton
Record-Chronicle, 1300 Connecti-
cutt Ave. NW, Washington 6.
D C. EHt'kWe 35 eetite in coin.
The handbook inludes all the lat-
lest changes.
dent Hoover got a Norwegian Elk-
house named Weejie. Pat used to
give his Scandinavian pal tours
throughout the house from the
President’s office to the scullery.
But while most Presidents have
been dog lovers, few haven't had
the time or inclination to keep a
pet. Some have been highly em-
harassed when well-wishers have
sent them dogs. So once the peo-
ple have selected their President
they should let him select his own
“best friend."
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a case of turnip greens in a
South Carolina country store and
snapped up the whole case.
They were canned, of course, In
Baltimore.
By NORMAN WALKER
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON (AP)—It seems
a fairly sure bet now that Con-
gress will vote an election year
boost in the dollar-an-hour federal
minimum wage.
The main question is how much.
The proposals in Congress range
up to $1.25. That level would
mean a pay raise to over 3% mil-
lion workers.
OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN
The Eisenhower administration
has withdrawn earlier objections
that an increase would be infla-
tionary. Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell said last May an in-
crease would cause widespread
unemployment in low-wage indus-
tries.
Mitchell has just advised Con-
gress, however, that a new study
shows a modest increase is feasi-
ble and could be absorbed with-
out resulting in more unemploy-
ment. Apparently, too, he doesn't
feel an increase would cause price
increases, as he cautioned last
May.
With Democratic leaders of Con-
gress charting action on minimum
wage legislation, the administra-
tion go-ahead means an increase
of some amount is definitely in
the cards.
POLITICS
Behind it all is a bit of politics
The Democrats are under pres-
sure to give some ground to la-
bor unions—still sore at both po-
litical parties for enactment of the
new labor control law last sum-
mer.
It’s likely that Republicans,
sensing the Democrats are about
to launch a political hay-making
venture, decided to get in on the
barn floor.
Mitchell reportedly is getting
ready to recommend a specific
new minimum level—something
under the $1.25 mark that Sen.
John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is
not ve HEM ent, as, a vehement
desire, a fehement remark.
6. column — KOL um, not KOL
yum, as, a spinal column, a col-
umn in a newspaper.
7. docile — DOS il, as, a docile
child.
8. Chimney — CHIM ni, not chim
ley, as, The smoke is going up
the chimney.
9. iron — eye em. not am, as.
I must iron the clothes.
10. rinse — ring, rhymes with ; The law also requires 1% times
“since," not wrench, as, to rinse the regular rate of pay for hours
worked beyond 40 in one week.
The fight in Congress this year
is likely to center as much on
proposals to broaden the scope of
the law as on the amount of min-
imum increase. There are about
44 million wage and salary work-
ers in the country. The wage-hour
law now applies to only about 24
tive names: Sweetlips, Tipler,
Taster and Mopsey,
In the long history of our Presi-
dents' affection for dogs, the dog
most closely associated with the
career of his master was Fala, and
the President was Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The many activities of Fala, a
Scottish Terrier, made front page
nes for several years. He was
rarely separated from the Presi-
dent and often tried to "crash"
formal affairs, incridug (naugura-
tions. Otherwise Fala was an un-
usually well behaved dog But "ike
ordinary dogs, he, too, liked an
oc» esional flignt and caused con-
steroatien amorg White House
prrards by running away to wander
throngh the alleys and streets of
Washington.
Theodore Roosevelt would no
doubt win honors as the greatest
all-around pet lover ever to be
President. in addition to a pack of
dogs, he had everything from Kan-
garoos to lizards around him al-
most constantly. His favorite dog
was Skip, a canine at somewhat
doubtfull antecedents ,
Abraham Lincoln loved dogs so
well that he risked his life to save
a dog marooned by a raging moun-
tain flood. On another occasion he
found an injured dog in the woods
and nursed it back to health. His
love for dogs was immortalised in
the statue of him as "The Hoosier
Youth " by Paul Manship in Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Calvin Coolidge’s Sheepdog, Rob
Roy and his Collie, Prudence Prim,
were nearly as famous as Fala.
They were known as a couple of
off-beat characters in dog society
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"Jacks,", a children s game, for vegetarian, during your life you
nisn.SiA e Hr yo LiL1, will consume 33 hogs, 10 lambs.
The U. S. Air Force is highly : 8 steers and 4 calves. Enough to
stock a small farm.
Pat used to wander about the place j----
at his pleasure and when Presi- l1 -r . c
- 'Yankee Turnip Greens
Were Out of Season
BALTIMORE (AP) - Capt. and
Mrs. Reese Layton scoured the
city and its environs for canned
turnip greens because the fresh
variety was out of season
None could be found. Then, on a
trip through the South, they found
BLUE SUNDAYS
IN FORT WORTH
FEB. 23. 1920
FORT WORTH Feb. 23 - "A
blue Sunday" wlH continue in Fort
Worth, it was announced today by
Sheriff Clark, following the clos-
ing yesterday of drug stores. In-
voking the blue laws followed the
demands of ministers that the au-
thorities close Sunday shows,
which was done yesterday.
LONDON, Feb. 23 — Premiers
Lloyd George and Nitti are believ-
ed to favor the resumption of re-
lations with soviet Russia although
Premier Millerand of France is
not inclined to agree to any Imme-
diate action, according to the
ly Mail It is maintained by the
Chronicle that "All candid minds
must recognize that as no anti-
Bolshevik! organization exists any
longer Soviet Russia is now Rus-
sia.”
18.000 FLU
CASES SHOWN
FEB. 23, 1940
AUSTIN, Reb. 23 (AP) - Re-
cases reported to his office. Dr,
vealing a total of 18,000 influenza
George Cox, state health officer,
said today the disease was ap-
proaching epidemic proportions. In
the first two months of 1939 only
4,400 cases were reported. An en-
couraging factor brightens the pre-
sent situation. Dr. Cox said. March
usually shows a sharp decline in
incidence when many cases are
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