Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, December 20, 1943 Page: 4 of 6
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Monday, Dec. 20,1943
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This Cat Could Sure Ruin the Beys'
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P9fm*e a consumers' lobby that will
to lick the fapn oiganlMtlonlobby on the
issue Is now being made through an outfit that has
itself "T^S, Fighting 40"—a setf-appointed Congressional
for the protection of Ccjpaugieci.
n o^ the g^ojup is Rep. thorny S3- ^anton^ a Pitts-
ler. Other leaders in the movement are Congressmen
field, a Kentucky-born men's clothing manufacturer from
Ji' Vos Angeles county, Calif.; Usher L. Burdick, Willis-
X, farmer and lawyer, Howard Johnstone tycMurray, a
— Ph. D. 'who has been an insurance statistician and
executive in Milwaukee; and Yito Marcantopio, New
lawyer. It is a heterogeneous group. Burdick is a m
Marcantonio. is American Labor Party, the others are
purpose of the group is to organize a bloc in Congress that
if serve as a pressure group to represent the consumers, whose
I small vote?, pretty largely unorganized, is lost in the roar of
[established Washington lobbies.
^ I9BYING FOR CONSUMER
^ The consumer viewpoint is a tough thing to materialize. Last
~ e; this same "40 fighting congressmen" made a preliminary ef-
to bring together a number of private organisations interest-
fin consumer problems. Tliey called a conference in Washington,
ind actually rounded up 396 delegates and 42 congressmen. About
jba& the delegates were representatives of labor unions, but among
]$e-non-labor groups represented were the League of Women Vot-
ers, American Home Economics Association, National Association
of Patents sjfld Teachers, and other outfits of similar stripe.
This'first conference was held right at the time when Congress
was casting repeated votes to ban subsidies. The lobbying effect
of the pressure group was negligible, although Congress did vote
to the President's veto of the subsidy ban and a resolution
was shoved through just before Congress recessed for the summer,
extending the use of subsidies up through the end of this year.
With less than two weeks of congressional working time left
befor? the exteusion expires, the subsidy issue is perhaps the
most important business now before Congress, "the House has
again voted to ban subsidy payments for 1944, and in the past few
Weeks, the parade of witnesses before Senate Agriculture and
Banking committees has been made up of the people who don't
want subsidies, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the
Grange, and dozens of national and regional livestock and dairy in-
dustry pressure groups who openly want price rises and not price
rollbacks.
LABOR BACKS CONFERENCE
In this situation, there isn't much that any consumers' confer-
ence can do. Nevertheless, the Congressional Committee for the
Protection of Consumers sent out its call for another meeting in
Washington on Dec. 9 in a last desperate effort to save something
out of the wreckage.
Backbone of the support for this consumers' conference is, of
course, the organized labor movement. It is the C.I.O.. the A. F. of
L., the Railway Brotherhoods and all their auxiliary consumers'
unions who spark plug the entire effort. For organized labor fig-
ures it has the most to lose in case the subsidy ban should be made
to stick, apd a rise in the cost of living results.
: The'.'subsidy battle in Congress thus narrows down a fight be-
tween the farm organizations against subsidies and the organized
labor movement which favors them. And about all the labor group
can do is hope to muster enough strength to sustain another presi-
dential veto, then put through another emergency or compromise
extension of the administration's subsidy program.
• There are about six million farm families in the United States,
about 10 or 12 million organized labor families, and about 20 or 22
million other families. The representatives of the six million seem
to be calling the turn on this issue because there Ls no real lobby
for the unorganized consumers.
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A Minnesota man, suing for divorce, charged his wife kissed
him only when she wanted money. Ordinarily that would mean
constantly.
A big majority of Army men, in filling out a gripe sheet, said
they w&ited more news from home. Let's all start pushing the
pen more often!
Christmas shopping has led to many a touching family scene
—followed by a touch.
Northern States
Oppose Rate Equality
INDIANAPOLIS — (UP) —
Representatives of 13 northern
states have voiced their opposi-
tion to transfer of freight rate
control from the Interstate Com-
merce commission to congress.
These representatives, who
form the national freight rate
conference, are meeting in In-
dianapolis to map a campaign
against the South's demands for
a uniform rate structure. The
southerners claim that the high-
rates in the south are discrimi-
natory.
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Secret Weapon Main
Reich Talk Topic
ZURICH—(UP) — Travellers
from Germany report that the
main theme of conversation in
.the Reich is Hitler's purported
secret weapon.
One group in Germany is said
to maintain that if Hitler actual-
ly h^is such a weapon, he would
lise it now in reprisal for Allied
raids.
However another faction holds
that powerful Installations arc
being built on the channel coast
to hurl fnisslles into England.
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Nine Airmen Die
HAMILTON FlfcLD, Califor-
nia — (l?P )— Hamilton Field
officers report that an air acci-
dent has taken the lives of
nine airmen who were return-
ing from the Pacific war zone
1 ia leave.
Is of the victims
recovered froth the
aplarte
hillside
ia, in a
_ fcdmb-
oiiies frt>m
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dead ate
their ne*fr
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on Chri
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CHANGES MIND
NEWARK, X. J.—(UP)
—The owner of a swank
night club in East Orange
has come to the conclusion
that patriotism is a costly
venture.
Sever'a! weeks ago Mar-
tin Horn decided the New
Year should be celebrated
with patriotism as well as
merriment. He advertised
that admission to the cafe
would be by war bonds on-
ly.
Each customer was to
plank down S95. in return
for this the fun-seeker
would receive a S100 war
bond, in addition to a
night's pleasure. The dif-
ference in actual cost of
the bond and the $95 admis-
sion—$20—was to cover the
night's entertainment..
But Uncle Sam stepped
into the picture. And now
Horn is a sadder but wiser
man. The man with the
whiskers will also take an
additional $9.50 oiit of each
admission to cover amuse-
ment taxes.
("est. la guerre!
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DAY'S FUXNITURI
(Continued from page 3)
Well as other types.
Soon the government housing
project will ho ready for occup-
ancy in Sweetwater. Small and
neat they will he unfurnished.
Day's furniture has the small
pieces of furniture that will fit
any space and arid beauty to
the interior: Visit Day's before
Christmas.
FOUR HAJWJEp
LONDON — ((UP) — Radio
Moscow says three German sol-
diers And a Russian traitor
found guilty of committing atro-
cities In the Kharkov area were
hanged today in the Kharkov
before more than
Hiding witnesses.
legal Notice
PROPOSED FORM OF
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
TO SWEETWATER, AVENGER
FIELD BUS LINES, INC., A
FIVE YEAR FRANCHISE TO
OPERATE A PASSENGER BUS
LINE OVER STREETS IN THE
CITY OF SWEETWATER AND
TO THE MUNICIPAL AIR-
PORT, WITH THE PROVISO
THAT SAID GRANTEE SHALL,
WHEN NEED ARISES, OPER-
ATE BUS SERVICE TO OTHER
N E A R B Y INDUSTRIAL
PLANTS: DESCRIBING THE
KIND AND CHARACTER OF
EQUIPMENT TO BE USED,
THE TRIP SERVICE TO BE
RENDERED AND THE FARES
TO BE PAID: PROVIDING FOR
COMPENSATION TO T H E
CITY: REQUIRING THAT IN-
DEMNITY INSURANCE BE
CARRIED BY THE GRANTEE:
PROVIDING THAT THE CITY
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
PRESCRIBE THE FORMS OF
BOOK ACCOUNTS TO BE KEPT
AND THE RIGHT TO EXAM-
INE SUCH BOOKS: REQUIR-
ING THAT THE GRANTEE
SHALL OBSERVE ALL THE
TRAFFIC LAWS AND REGU-
LATIONS: PROVIDING THAT
CERTAIN ACTS OR OMMIS-
SIONS OF THE GRANTEE
MAY, AT THE OPTION OF
THE CITY FORFEIT THE
FRANCHISE: THAT UPON
TERMINATION OF THE
FRANCHISE AS WELL AS
ALL PROPERTY OF THE
GRANTEE IN THE STREETS
AND PUBLIC PLACES BE-
COME THE PROPERTY OF
THE CITY: PROVIDING THE
BASIS UPON WHICH THE
CITY MAY TAKE OVER BY
PURCHASE, LEASE OR CON-
DEMNATION. THE PROPER-
TY OF THE GRANTEE: PRO-
VIDING VALUE OF PROPER-
TIES FOR RATE MAKING
PURPOSES: QUOTING PROVI-
SIONS OF SWEETWAT-
ER CHARTER: PROVIDING
THAT THE FRANCHISE
SHALL NOT BE ASSIGNED
WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE
CITY COMMISSION THAT IT
' SHALL TERMINATE IN FIVE
YEARS AND THAT IT IS SUB-
JECT TO THE PRESENT AND
FUTURE PROVISIONS OF
THE CONSTITUTION. LAWS
OF TEXAS AND CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF SWEETWATER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF SWEETWATER:
WHEREAS, by reason of the
war in which the United States
Government is engaged, it has
become desirable that an econo-
mical, scheduled means of pas-
senger transportation lie pro-
vided and maintained within the
| City of Sweetwater, Texas, and
| between the City of Sweetwater
! and the Sweetwater Municipal
i Airport, being the Avenger Field,
[to the west of the said City; and
i WHEREAS, it has become
| necessary and essential that bus
j service be had and furnished
I over certain streets and between
certain points in the City of
Sweetwater; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose
of rendering the above mention-
ed service in the City of Sweet-
water and between the points
indicated, Sweetwater, Avenger
Field Bus Lines, Inc. has peti-
tioned the City of Sweetwater,
Texas, for franchise to run and
operate a passenger bus line for
hire; with further right, insofar
as it may be sanctioned by the
lessee thereof, to load and un-
load passengers on the grounds
of said Municipal Airport.
Section 1. NOW THEREFORE,
subject to the conditions, limit-
ations and restrictions above
land hereinafter recited, the said
Sweetwater, Avenger Field Bus
Line, Inc., is hereby granted the
,rlght, for a period of five years
from date of final passage of
this ordinance, to operate and
run passenger busses, for hire,
pver and upon the streets of the
City of Sweetwater, Texas. With
the further right, insofar as It
may be sanctioned by the lessee
thereof, to load and unload pas-
sengers on the grounds of said
Municipal Airport.
Section 2. This franchise is
conditioned that, should there
arise during its life, or any re-
newal thereof, need that passen-
ger bus service be had and ren-
dered to nearby industrial,
plants, then and in such event
the grantee, Sweetwater, Aven-
ger Field Bus Lines, Inc., shall
and will, upon reasonable'terms
and conditions to be agreed up-
on with the commission of
Sweetwater, Texas, perform and
render such service.
Section 3. By bus, as used in
this franchise, is meant a motor
driven vehicle of such size and
capacity as to comfortably ac-
commodate and carry not less
than twenty passengers, with
t he seats arranged in rows, each
.seat to accommodate two pas-
sengers, with a center aisle be-
tween the seats.
Section 1. All busses shall be
of modern construction and ap-
pearance,*and they shall, in body,
equipment and mechanically, be
kept in such condition as at all
times to speedily, comfortably
and- safely transport and carry
passengers. They shall, at all
reasonable times, be subject to
inspection and examination by
such persons as the City Com-
mission or City Manager may
name for that purpose.
Section 5. The busses shall lie
operated upon a fixed schedule
totaling overall per day not It
than ten trips each way between
said airport and the City "f
Sweetwater. Such schedule shall
be formulated by the grantees I
and presenetd for approval k> j
the City Commission as soon as j
this ordinance goes into effect i
When approved of by the Cit\
Commission such schedule shall j
be conformed to by the, grantee !
Until and unless it is changed \
under and by authority of the
City Manager. Provided that, as 1
the need may arise, the number :
of overall trips each way shall |
be increased to completely met j
such increased need.'
Section fi. No one way fare be-
tween any point in Sweetwater
and the Municipal Airport shall j
be more than fifteen cents. No
one way fare within the City |
"limits shall be more than ten j
cents.
Section 7. Transportation of |
passengers and operations as re
quired by this franchise shall j
commence within thirty day j
from fjnal passage of this ordi j
nance.
Section 8. The grantee shall,!
when this ordinance takes ef-!
feet, pay to the City of Sweet
water the sum of Five ($5.00)
Dollars, and shall thereafter pay
to the said City a fixed charge
of Five ($5.00) per annum on
the first day of January of each
year that this franchise shall be
in force. They shall further pay
quarterly to said City two pet-
cent of the gross income derived
from the operation of said bit-
line.
Section f>. Grantees shall at
all times keep each bus used or
operated hereunder, insured in
a company or companies author-
ized to do business in the State
of Texas, indemnifying said
grantees in the sum of Twenty-
five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dol-
lars for injury or death to one
person or Fifty Thousand ($50,-
000.00) Dollas for Injury or death
to more than one person, as the
result of any one accident or
collision, and providing for Five
Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars
property damage in any one ac-
cident or collision through and
;bv reason of the operation of
such bus or busses. Such policy
or policies or certificate or certif-
icates of insurance must be sub-
mitted to and approved by the
City Manager of the City of
Sweetwater; and must thereafter
be filed and left with the City
Secretary of said City, and when
and if any such policies or cer-
tificates are cancelled as to any
one or more busses, grantees
shall not operate or permit such
bus or busses to be operated un-
til additional policies or certifi-
cates of liability insurance are
■filed in the above amounts and
in the manner stated. Provided,
however, that the failure to pro-
cure insurance or the cancella-
tion of any policy or certificate
of insurance by the insurer shall
.not excuse the grantee for fail-
ujee to maintain thg proper trip
■schedule for said busses, as here-
in HnjulrSl, nor excuse any oth-
er breach, of this franchise.
Section 10. The City of Sweet-
water shall have the light, at all
reasonable hours, to inspect and
examine or cause to be Inspected
or examined, all, books or ao<
counts of the operation of said
busses; and the grantees shall
at all times keep accurate and
complete books of, accounts of
the operation of busses under
this franchise. Subject to the
right of> the city to prescribe the
methods and forms of such books
of accounts.
Section 11- The granteqs shall
a{V
tionS and ordlriances now or
traffic regula-
comply with,
is and ore
hereafter in force in the City
of Sweetwater.
Section 12. Any infraction here-
of by the grantees, or their ag-
ent, servant or employee, or any
failure to commence operation
or to render efficient service, or
any failure to operate said bus-
ses in accordance with the fixed
schedule or any failure to keep
and maintain the busses as here-
inbefore stippulated or failure to
carry insurance herein required,
or any other material infraction
hereof, shall automatically, at
the declared, option of the Com-
mission of Sweetwater, forfeit
.this grant, if persisted in after
ten days written notice, sent to
the grantee by registered mail
at Sweetwater, Texas by the City
Manager.
Section 13. Upon the termina-
tion of this franchise, for any
cause, the grant and franchise,
as we'll as the property, if any, of
the grantee in the streets, ave-
nues and other public places of
and in the City of Sweetwater.
shall thereupon without other
or future compensation to the
grantee, be and become the
property of the City of Sweetwa-
ter. And the said grantees shall'cess of its original construction
never be entitled to any pay- cost, plus the cost of additions
ment or valuation „
any value derived from the
chlse or the fact that It is
may be a going concern duly
Installed and operated.
Section 14. The City of Sweet-
water reserves the right, at in-
tervals of one year, from
date of, the final passage of.
ordinance, to terminate tl
franchise granted
through purchase or lease and,
operation of the property of the
grantee used in or conveniently
used for carrying on operations
The price
which shall be paid by the City
under this grant. The
id bv
for such property of the grantee
and the terms of payment, in,
the event of purchase or lease
by the City, shall be determined,
and fixed by a board of three
appraisers, one to be appointed
by the City, one by the grantee,
and the third to be selected by
such other appraisers. The price
to be paid by the City for the
property that may be acquired
by it from the gmntee, by pur-
chase, condemnation or other-
wise, shall exclude all intangible
values and all value of such
grant or any extension or renew-
al thereof; and the rental price,
if any, to be paid by the City
shall exclude all such values.
Section 15. Nothing in this or-
dinance shall prevent the City
of Sweetwater from acquiring
the property of the grantees by
condemnation proceedings or
by any other method provided
by law, which such methods of
acquisition shall be in addition
to the power of purchose or
lease reserved in this grant.
Section 16. For all rate making
purposes, whether before the
commission of the City of Sweet-
water or in the courts of the
country, the valuation of the
utility to he operated under this
grant shall be the physical val-
ue of such utility at the time of
inquiry, and in no case in ex
in d:
abie.deprq&lft
n —Si
franchise
or other
is held to
not
vali
rts hereof, but all
parts shall remain in
year . folL -
this ordhta
terete grail
,-iwed,
ur,ther force or effect.
Section. IP. In anv; i
section, paragraph
clause, phrase, wpffj
part of this orilir"--
be invalid, si
maihlng
such valii
full force and effect.
Section 20. This ordinance 1?
passed subject to the
provisions of thet Const]
the State laws and the
provisions of thq. City, of, I
water and.alj future amendment
thereof.
Section 21. This franchise shall
not take effect until It Is accept-
ed in writing by the grantees. .
Passed, read, voted upon and
approved at a regular meeting
of the Commission of, the Cits
of Sweetwater this the 13th day
of Dec., 10-13. ?
Passed, read, voted upon and
approved at a regular meeting
of the Commission of the City
of Sweetwater this the.:...day
of 1043.
Passed, read voted upon and
approved at a. regular meetini
of the Commission of th§ Clt
of Sweetwater on this..'., dav
ot ............... 1043.
ATTEST:
Mayor City of Sweetwater.
City Secretary.
APPROVED AS TO
BEFORE PASSAGE:
FORMS
City Attorney.'
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RAY KIRBY
JOHN TATOM
WAYNE JOHNSON
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JIMMY OSTEEN
T. H. CRYER
RAYMOND ROGERS
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