The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 243, Ed. 1 Monday, October 14, 1963 Page: 4 of 12
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1 gain has been steady this
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word again be-
had pronounced it
it did say "discom-
approved omnibus civil rights bill gets to the Sen-
ate by, say mid-November.
During preparations for the March on Washing-
ton its leaders announced that in event of a fili-
buster, march participants would be asked to re-
turn to Washington "in waves of 2,000."
These "little marches" would not confine them-
selves to the Washington monument or the Lincoln
Memorial Picketing of both the White House and
Capital might be Expected
An indication of what's ahead is found in a
statement by Wilkins that the proposals made by
President Kennedy in February are now obsolete.
"The injunctive power (of the federal govern-
ment! must be extended to cover all civil rights
violations," says Wilkins
"Bath Fair Employment Practices and the
broadened injunctive power were pledged ia the
1960 Democratic platform, yet the administration
stands in the way of inclusion of these provisions
in the civil rights bill.
"There are of course other features of the
(House) bill that need strengthening," adds Wilkins.
"The defense of voting rights could be made easier
The laggard school desegregation program could be
speeded up. There should be mandatory withhold-
ing of funds from all federally assisted programs
that practice discrimination.”
Thia ia the big change—increased demands by
Negro leaders — that has taken place in the first
month since the march.
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Profits Continue
On High Road
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The Orange LEADER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1963
EDITORIAL PAGE
Medusa Portland Cement and
Hudson Vitamin Products.
1)
Our monkey ancestors did
their chattering in trees, not in
department store aisles
A thief caught in Illinois had
seven women's watches Where
he is now, what difference does
it make what time it is?
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An adult ia a person who has
stopped growing a both ends
and started growing in the mid-
dle
We sincerely hope that nobody who is in-
terested in the improvement of Orange
County’s public school program has any
great expectations about the idea of an
equalization tax for education.
This idea is currently being investigated
in connection with the countywide study
of prospects for consolidation But it is com-
pletely impractical for the very reason dis-
cussed in the editorial above.
A school equalization tex, if voted by the
people with authorization through a special
act of the legislature, would be assessed and
collected by the county government on its
valuations.
while. As a result, they have had a very tight
budget situation each year.
In 1961, it began to appear for the third
time that the basis for assessments would
have to go up. This was avoided with a
special act of the legislature allowing the
county government to refinance the debts
of its road and bridge precincts.
Meantime, increases in taxable values
due to economic development have pushed
the county’s annual tax revenues from prop-
erty levies to a point where the budget
stays balanced, there is no deficit financing,
and services of the county government are
being increased.
We are now at the point where there
need be no further worry about an increase
in the basis for county tax assesments—if
we refrain from forcing the commissioners
to set up a drainage program. They simply
cannot finance major expenditures for drain-
age on the present 15 per cent of actual
values.
The Nov. 9 drainage tax rate election gives
us an opportunity to keep this program off
the backs of the commissioners and make it
possible for them to continue, as they w6uld'
like to do, the present very favorable tax
structure of the county government.
But if the tax rate is voted down pressure
on the commissioners for a county-operated
drainage plan is going to mount to the point
where they will have no choice except to
set it up. And if they do the cost of the pro-
gram will be materially increased because
of the hike in state property taxes accom-
panying any increase in the basis for county
assessments.
Moment of Meditation
Beware lest you say in your heart, My power and
the might of my hand have gotten me the wealth.--
Deut. 8:17
Too Fast!
Life is overwhelming today. There's at least
one conservative old gentleman who is still hold-
ing out against the zone number and along comes
the ZIP.
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profane insults at our
in the day's mail and I had taken them home
the thought that the approximately 50,000
printed thereon would be of vame to my 1
study at the subject of women
The cover letter was signed by Esther
executive vice chairman of the comm
said, among things, that “the value of any
ipaniea continued on the
high road in the third
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W. INTO FAKYANV ?
Now and-than I take home with me for read-
ing at night some of the pieces at paper which on
the average day bring about a haif-million words
to the top of my desk.
As do all good wives whose husbands come in
from work toting a brief case, Mama always
browses through my portfolio The excuse for this
given by all women who engage in it is that they
are Just interested in what their husbands are tax-
ing their brains with ia the count of earning the
daily bread
The real reason la that they are in need of a
good fight to work off steam generated by the
labor involved with turning gaa valves and flip-
ping electrical switches all day
A stray bobby pin or Hpstick-smeared handker-
chief la a porttolio le great far ringing the
opening bell on a knock down drag-out family
brawl. Not so good, however, at a typed note
reading. "I yea can get that old battleax to let
you eat at the house 11 meet you at the anal
place at 7:20."
None at these things were la my brief case when
Mama went through it a few nights ago. But she
did run across something else that touched off a
discussion during which she divested herself of a
fine bead of steam.
It was a stack of papers attached to a cover
letter headed "TbePresident’s Commission on the
Status of Women." These documents had
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Can County Keep Low
A figure that came out of the Orange
County Courthouse last week is tremendously
significant to the Nov. 9 election on an op-
erating tax rate for the Orange County Drain-
age District. ,
It can mean the end once and for all of a
five-year fight to keep the county govern-
ment’s basis for property tax assessments
at 15 per cent of actual values. That in turn
means keeping the amount paid by our
property owners in state ad valorem taxes
each year to the lowest figure possible.
At the time this battle began, assessed
valuations of the county government totaled
just over $52.3 million compared to the al-
most $818 million announced by the tax
assessor-collector a few days ago.
The problem involved with keeping the
basis for assessment at 15 per cent became
critical when the time arrived for the open-
ing of Orange Memorial Hospital.
For a while it appeared that the county
government might have to run the hospital.
If it had worked out that way, there would
have been a stiff increase in the percentage
of actual values used for assessments.
Major taxpayers of the county came to
the rescue by donating $105,000 to finance a
non-profit corporation to open and operate
the hospital. ---_
Two years later, the threat of an in-
crease in valuations arose once more. The
then county judge notified the big taxpayers
in a letter that a hike in the basis for as-
sessments was necessary
This resulted in a bitter controversy dur-
ing which members of commissioners court
decided to forego an increase at least for a
For Senior Citizens
Senior citizens seeking a new place in the sun
may be interested in the fact that among 4,000
posts available in the Peace Corps in 45 countries
are hundreds which might well be filled by quali-
fied persons who have recently retired or are
contemplating retirement
These openings are being created by Peace
Corpsmen who are completing their two - year
tours of duty and by requests for expansion at
projects, or for new programs.
Says Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps director:
“We want as many senior volunteers as we can
get for overseas assignment became of the ex-
pertness. patience and wisdom only experience
and time can give.” *
Basic requirements a bona fide skill in some
trade or profession, ability to pass a satisfactory
physical examination and successful completion of
an orientation period.
The modest compensation and expenses do not
conflict with pension. Social Security or dual com-
pensation laws, the Peace Corps says.
Post offices have Peace Corps questionnaires
available. Since it takes time to process applica-
tions, now ia the time, during “Senior Citizens
Month," to look into the matter.
Trailing
Stevens, F
Do yoe want to really relax?
Do voo want to get your mind off business
and household worrles and forget for a moment
the headaches that confront the nation and the
world?
Then tear yourself away from work and chores
for a few hours—make yourself find the time-
and drive into the country, the woods. the fieds
or the mountains.
Get out of the car and walk. Revel in the
beauty of the autumn colors—the greatest show
on earth.
Look at—really look at—the trees and flowers
and birds. Let nature’s magic apply its therapy.
It’s a wonderful investment is a happier, more
peaceful winter.
ter returns ran on average 12
per cent ahead of the January-
February-March results, and 16
per cent better than the second
quarter of 1962. The first quar-
ter itself had been 4 per cent
higher than the like 1962 period.
Food industries and retail
store chains are particularly
prominent among the early re-
porters. Increased profits are re-
The customary rate is 5 cents on the $100
of valuation. At the 1963 tax roll figure of
$81 8 million announced last week, that rate
would yield, after delinquencies and fees of
the tax assessor-collector, around $36,800
annually, or about $2 for each school-age
child in the county.
It would take at least a 50-cent rate to
meet the needs of our children.
Anyone who believes a majority of the
taxpaying voters in this county will approve
a levy that big for the purpose of perpetu-
ating the present multidistrict school system
is being more than a little unrealistic.'
ye-" He THE yvax OP coumEss
ANGC BALLOONING SPIDERS,
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GOLDWATER
we drop the whole
ince to look up the word
the office on account of I
ported by Grand Union. Bea-
trice Foods. Nedick’s Stores,
Consolidated Foods, Stoufer and
Pueblo Supermarkets Trailing
year-ago results in the Great At-
lantic A Pacific Tea Co.
In the retail field, Gimbel
Brothers, J. C. Penney, Associa-
ted Dry Goods. May Department
Stores and Allied Stores are
among the gainers this year. On
the other aide at the picture,
Marshall Field made slightl
less than a year ago.
Scattered through other Indus-
tries are increased profit re-
ports by Plough, Hooker Chem-
ical. Diamond National, Texaa
Industries. C a r r i o r, Divco-
Wayne. American Enka, West
Virginia Pulp & Paper, U. 8
Plywood, Eagle - Picher and
Mueller Brass. Northrop, Hew-
lett-Packard and J. I Case
NEW YORK (API—Things a
columnist might never know if
he didn’t open his mail:
About 40 per cent of American
homes now have at least one
dog. So Rover seems to be hold-
ing his own despite the increase
in apartment buildings which
ban canine pets.
A government study found
that there are two million U.S.
widows over 62. Less than half
of all women over 25 in this
country are high school gradu-
ates And that more than 50 per
cent between the ages of 45 and
M have paid jobs
Many fish, but especially
goldfish, turn gray with age —
just like people.
Can you name the commodity
that we spend the most money
to import? It's coffee.
Don’t worry too much about
insomnia cutting down your ef-
ficiency. A British scientist says
that some people work even bet-
ter after a "sleepless" night
than if they had spent eight
hour snoring
Nothing upsets a wife more
surely than seeing a roach in
her kitchen. But, on the other
hand, most roaches—if they had
Some office seekers don't
even get a good run for their
money.
their choice—wouldn’t be caught
dead in a kitchen. A majority
of the 3,500 varieties of this iny
sect prefer to dwell outdoors.
Our quotable notables: "Years
wrinkle the skin, but to give up
enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." '
—Samuel Ullman.
Barnyard bulletin: Prof Lud-
wig Krawarik of Austria reports
that cows have sufficienteo-
tions to burst into tears ut
we never knew one to cry over
spilled milk.
History lesson. Six U.S: presi-
dents married widows — Wash-
ington. Jefferson, Madison, Mil-
lard Fillmore, Benjamin Harri-
son and Woodrow Wilson — but
only two married divorcees
They were Andrew Jackson and
Warren G. Harding.
Quips from our contempora-
ries: “A duck is a bird that
looks as if it had been riding a
horse all day.” “A smile is
something that adds to your
face value.” "If you think you’re
lonely and neglected, just think
of Whistler's father.” — The
Farmers’ Almanac.
It was Oscar Wilde who ob-
served, "When the gods wish to
punish us, they answer our
prayers.”
WASHINGTON (NEA)-As leaders of the Aug.
28 March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom
meet in the capital again to assess what has hap-
pened in the intervening month and to plan their
future course of action, they are confronted by a
confused civil rights situation in Congress.
The draft at a bill te carry oat President Ken-
nedy's civil rights reform recommendations for
this year is being readied for action by the foil
House Judiciary Committee under Chairman
Emanuel Caller. D-N.Y. He was also chairman
of the subcommittee which wrote the bill.
It is obviously not going to satisfy all demands
of the march organizers, meeting in Wahington as
members of the Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights
This is a 14year-old biracial lobby of 60 relig-
ious, labor, fraternal and civil liberties groups
working for stronger legislation
It recently opened a Washington headquarters
under its secretary Arnold Aronson for the duration
of the Congressional battle. Its general chairman
is Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP
and one of the march organizers.
If the leadership conference decides that the
House civil rights bill is as good as can be ob-
tained this year, there may be no cause tor imme-
diate action.
If the leaders decide the bill is too weak, there
will be a fight.
If even a mild reform bill gets hung up in
House Rules Committee, there will be protest and
further demonstrations
The general assumption la that if a good bill
ia cleared by the Rules Committee, It will pass
the House. though not without considerable
oratorical fireworks.
In the meantime, the Senate had been scheduled
to take up as a test case on civil rights prospects
for the year an amendment to an unrelated private
claims bill It was sponsored by Senators Mike
Mansfield, D-Mont , and Everett M. Dirksen, R-III.
Their rider would make the U.S. Civil Rights
Commission a permanent government agency and
enlarge its powers.
The Civil Rights Commission's final report is
ready for issuance and the agency is scheduled to
wind up its affairs by Nov. 30 unless it is given a
new lease on life.
President Kennedy has recommended a four-
year extension, and this has been approved by a
Senate civil rights subcommittee
The attempt to make the commission a per-
manent agency and enlarge its functions brought
on such prompt southern opposition that the spon-
sors withdrew their amendment, claiming it had
been introduced as a mistake. In its place they
offered a simple one-year extension.
This may prevent an immediate filibuster, but
one is almost sure to develop when the House-
e
quarter And the outlook for the
majority seems even brighter
for the final months of the year
First reports show many in-
dustrial leaders well ahead of
year-ago earnings. Some are set-
ting record highs in earnings
after taxes Only a small minors
ty trail 1962 results.
Much of the current gain is
due to increased sales and out
put. But for industry as a whole
there has been a welcome widen-
ing of the profit margin—a high-
er net return on each sales
dollar—after several years of a
tightening trend
And some of the reported
after-tax profits would be even
larger if the new additional
depreciation deductions for tax
purposes were figured in, as in
previous years The companies
have more cash to spend but
lower book earnings to report
Some bellwethers of industry
already have reported on opera-
tions for the three months end-
ing September 30 And in most
instances the gain over last year
is marked Ahead are such
giants as American Telephone &
Telegraph, General Electric, In-
ternational Business Machines.
Radio Corporation of America,
Firestone and Safeway Stores
Since many industries and
companies normally make their
best returns in the fourth quar-
ter. confidence is high for a rec-
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and decency.
It thee "students" haven't learned thia in their
studigs, then they had better shave off their beatnik
beards, scrub themselves inside and out. put on
le clean clothes and go to a different school.
mission’s work is measurable by the amount at
consideration and discussion it generates."
Well. It generated quite a bit when Mama
came across the report there in our living room.
She sounded the opening bell by observing that
Jaka Fitzgerald can't be aa bad as some people
say he is if he has gone to all the trouble of
appointing a commisslon to look into the status
of women.
I said maybe it was Jackie's idea and the Presi-
dent had gone along with it to avoid a family
argument Mama retorted that this couldn't be
the case because the report was handed to John
Fitzgerald at a time when Jackie had her foot in
Congressman Robert Taft of Ohio is urging the
government to lower the boom on eager beavers
who are enthusiastically promoting additional trips
to Cuba by United States "students’’ who yearn to
revel firsthand in the glories of the Castro culture.
The congressman is making sense.
These freeloading junkets by American youngsters
to soak up Castro hatred at their country go a
little beyond good, clean fun They come uncoi
fortably close to being field trips in rebellion
What kind of a misguided kid la it who,
fully latches on to a free ride offered by/6ne of
the loudest enemies America haa? /
How much more disloyal to your wn country
can you get than to woo unsubtle bpinwar ing by
such a boot—and then come back to sneer at
American democracy as a pop imitation of the
real thing as practiced by Castro in Cuba?
And how can you be much more contemptuous
had no Idea
It it meant
She ignon
my recommendation and read the
next
school
which went. Long before their high
"3, skilled and imaginative counseling
“urage girls to raise their aspirations be-
‘tereotypes of 'women's interests' and guide
to satisfying choices."
Like maybe marrying a millionaire, I sug-
gested Then while Mama waa trying to think of
a proper retort I added that it waa sure enlighten-
ing to learn that the reason so few women makry
millionaires is because we are desperately abort
on counselors. Especially counselors with skill and
imagination.
Mama said that if I didn’t keep my "tater trap
shut she would just sit there and read to herself.
So I fell silent until she got down to the place
where the report called on all American commu-
nities to “provide modern homemakers with con-
temporary adaptations of some of the supportive
services available to their grandmothers whose
relatives lived nearby, as well as other services
essential to alleviate tensions and complexities
generated in crowded urban areas.”
Thea l said well, if that’s all we need to do
the President hasn’t got any big problem with
the status of women. All be haa to do la write
the mayors around the country and tell them to
get busy with the contemporary adaptations of
their grand mat supportive services.
This led to a heated controversy over the ques-
tion of whether or not a girdle is a contemporary
adaptation of a whalebone corset But I'll spare
the readers the details of that because I've got
to stop and call up Mayor Thomen to find out
how our city stands with respect to its supportive
services for women I may want to write an edi-
torial urging him to get on with the job of
adapting them.
can
yond
the road again, traipsing around over Europe
I ducked that one, and tried to end the dis-
cussion by saying I had no idea what waa in the
report because I hadn’t read it yet Mama began
shuffling through the papers and said she would
read some of them to me because I looked real
tired and my glasses needed cleaning besides
On the very first page under the cover
she read me this comment by the status prt,
Competent counseling, important to both „
women in reaching decisions among var
widening choices, is particularly i
whose life patterns are apt
discontinuities." .
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and
ing and
to women
include
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