The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1940 Page: 10 of 12
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Mineola, Texas, Thursday, December 12,1940
Editorial Page
Give them a eorrpot House ef
rnons; rive them a venal H«ua« •(
Lords; give them a trrannieal Prince:
give them a trucking eanrt, and give
me an unfettered press and I will defr
*11 of them to encroach one inch «pon
the liberties of England.—Richaii B.
Sheridan, English Statesman.
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Texas Women and
Traffic Safety
Woman suffrage has encouraged and
produced much worthwhile legislation and
governmental reform, and in most state
legislative circles has given rise to a pow-
erful lobby.
Members of the Forty-Seventh Legisla-
ture in Texas will be confronted with legis-
lation backed by 209,000 Texas women
when the Texas Safety Association's five-
point program comes up for consideration.
This meritorious program will have the
lobby support of vivacious Mrs. Joseph
Perkins of Eastland, past president of the
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. And
united with the Federation will be the
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers.
"With 209,000 Texas women talking for
the safety program, who is going to oppose
us?" Mrs. Perkins asked newsmen.
The political power of such a group
will, no doubt, be taken into consideration
by some legislators, but the worthiness of
the program itself should be given credit
for its-approval by the majority rather than
the power of the lobby behind it.
As drafted by safety experts the five-
point program presents the following ob-
jectives:
(1) Strengthen the driver's license law.
(2) Provide adequate highway patrol-
men.
(3) Revise the present speed laws.
(4) Revise the drunken driver law to
insure certainty of punishment.
(5) Set up a uniform accident report-
ing system.
The proposed drivers license law will
provide for rigid examination of applicants
and authority to revoke or suspend for
good cause. Licensees will be required to
pay 50 cents a year so that tax money will
not be required to finance the driver's
license division.
An increase in the number of patrol-
men is needed for greater "visible control."
The Public Safety Commission says an addi-
tional 200 patrolmen are needed, and any
extensive trip over Texas highways will
bear out this statement.
Few if any drivers pay any attention
to the present 45-mile-an-hour speed limit.
The act would allow 60 miles an hour on
open highways in the daytime, 50 at night,
and 30 in business and residential districts
except for especially restricted zones. This
change will lessen congestion, facilitate the
flow of traffic, and bring about a stricter
enforcement of speed laws.
Revision of the drunken driving law
would make the offense a misdemeanor in-
stead of a felony, probably bringing more
convictions and eventually reducing the
danger. At present it is difficult to secure
a conviction because most people are reluct-
ant to brand an otherwise good citizen a
felcn.
A uniform accident reporting system will
provide necessary data on accidents, giving
safety experts material on which to work
for the removal of the cause.
Adoption of this program will put an-
other feather in the cap of woman suf-
frage.
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With all our heart we should sing "God
Bless America," but it is still important to
remember that God helps those who help
themselves.—Pittsburg Gazette.
The Case for and Against
The Unicameral Legislature
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second
of a series of editorials discussing the
good and bad points of a one-house
Legislature.)
When the first state constitutions were
formulated during and at the close of the
Revolutionary War, the framers were agreed
that the legislatures should hold the domin-
ant place in the government. Their ex-
periences with the colonial governors had
given them a genuine distrust in the power
of the executive. And the judiciary, like
the executive, was relegated to a subordin-
ate position.
The two-chambered parliament in Eng-
land and the bicameral assemblies of the
colonies had an appreciable influence when
the time came to set up the legislative
departments of government. And another
important element which threw weight in
favor of the bicameral system was the
social structure of the day. As John P.
Senning points out in his "The One House
Legislature," the men of privilege and wealth
who had guided the destinies of the colonies
throughout the War of indpendence dis-
trusted the political ideas and tendencies
of the masses.
While it was evident that the common-
alty should have a share in the state gov-
ernment it was also important that industry
be allowed to get a foothold and some pro-
tection of property was necessary for the
aristocracy. Thus one house became a
representative of the masses while an upper
body was set up in the control of the
aristocracy as a check against the other.
The argument for the two house legis-
lature has been epitomized into a few far-
reaching phrases:
(1) That one house serves as a check
upon the other, bringing about more care-
ful deliberation, and preventing hasty and
ill-considered legislation. Later discussions
of the practical results of this argument
will reveal very little check between the
two houses in Texas. The check is worked
for a political advantage as much as any-
thing else and it produces unwieldiness,
delay, and the consideration of unworthy
legislation.
(2) That each bouse will remedy the
derects in legislation passed by the other.
The opposite effect is not an impossibility.
(3) That it is more difficult to cor-
rupt two houses than one. This, theoreti-
cally, may be true, but there have been
found broad exceptions to such a theory.
(4) That the two-house system affords
a means of granting representation to dif-
ferent classes and interests. It has been
pointed out that in Texas nearly every
voter becomes personally acquainted with
his representative while the senator is not
so thoroughly known. This point is largely
txaggerated. A state senator may become
widely acquainted among his constituents
within a very short while and as he is per-
petuated in office the contact becomes even
more personal.
(5) That there is less inclination to ac-
cumulate governmental power into its own
hands. Subsequent discussions will cite
improved efficiency, better quality of legis-
lation, and a more direct responsibility of
members to the people under the one-house
system as against any accumulation of
power.
wit? Mteola Monitor
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AIN'T IT the truth! A California publisher hit the nail on the
head with this bit of verse:
"A constant drop of water
Wears away the hardest stone;
The constant gnawing Fido
Masticates the toughest bone;
The constant wooing lover
Carries off the blushing maid;
And the constant advertiser
Is the one who gets the trade."
THE WILLS POINT Chronicle's columnist, Bill Campbell, says
a Terrell grid fan made this comment on Coach Hooks' Wills
Point High School football team. "Why, I hear your (Wills
Point) coach goes into the country and spots a boy plowing in
the field during the summer. He goes to the boy and asks where
his father is, and if the boy simply points out, he lets him come
to Terrell. But if he points with the plow, he's playing football
at Wills Point that fall." Wills Point had one of the heftiest
teams in the district this fall.
FOR PETE'S sake department: Since the city officices were
moved to the new city hall the daily average of water
customers inquiring at the Monitor Office as to where to
pay water bills has been no less than half a dozen. We
thought Mineolans kept up with things in the old home-
town better than that.
REPORTS FROM neighboring towns are that the season is ripe
for bad check swindlers. Watch out for unidentified persons with
apparently authentic checks from big oil companies.
ONE OF the most impressive talks yet delivered to the
recently organized Mineola Rotary Club was made Tues-
day by the Rev. Fred Few, Longview Methodist minister.
Mr. Few took the subject of "Neighborliness" and put it
over in an excellent fashion. "Your neighbor," he said,
"is the fellow who needs your help."
HERE'S HOW former Secretary of State Ed Clark explains his
joining the army. (Explanation via State Observer). Says Clark:
"Well, ever since I was a little boy I've said that every man
should have him at least one good war. My grandpappy fit the
war between the states, and my uncle fit in the Cuba war, and
when a man's got a good war under your belt, you've got some-
thing to tell lies about in your old age. What'd a man be without
anything to lie about when he got old?" Well said.
HIGH-MINDED: The Mineola Junior Chamber of Com-
merce is talking up the organization of a Jaycee Flying
Club. The organization plans to sign up a group of
twenty-five young men who would like to learn flying
and buy a cub plane for their use. The Lufkin Jaycees
have a flying club which has begun to pay dividends.
ODDS AND ENDS—We need a snow to help along the Christmas
spirit which has been lagging this season. . . . Ernie Pritchard
bought a ticket to his own dance, the Jaycee Dance for which
his orchestra will play Saturday night, Dec. 21. . . . Dick Pendle-
ton, another of Mineola's contributions to Uncle Sam's recruited
forces, has been made chauffeur for Maj. Robert Coleman, . . .
Wood County's judge-elect, W. T. Black, is rumored about to
embark on the sea of matrimony. The nuptials, we hear, are set
for some time in January after he takes office. . . . The Monitor
Will have a new man in the newshound department after Jan-
uary first. . . . Class One-A seems likely to take several Min-
eolans of the married rank. Among some of the lower order
numbers is the name of Elmer "Yardbird" Fulcher. . . . Jesse
Jones says Britain is a good risk. At least it's a risk.
... DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY!
LOOKING BACK
in the files of the Monitor
NOVEMBER 27, 1930
The Thanksgiving Day foot-
ball game between Mineola and
Winnsboro was called off. The
Winnsboro school heads refus-
ed to select game officials
which were acceptable to the
Mnieola coaches and the game
was called off. The Jackets,
fresh from a 61-0 vctory over
Troup, were heavy favorites.
The Minela Chamber of
Commerce issued a protest
against the establishing of a
truck line from Wills Point to
Gladewater via Mineola by the
Southwestern Transportation
Company.
Highway 37 was undergoing
extensive improvements.
The Rev. D. H. Bonner, for-
mer groceryman, preached at
theFirst Baptist Church.
Attending the annual ban-
quet of the American Legion
post at Longview were Dr. and
\\s
Mrs. R. H. Coleman, Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. Parrish, Dr. and
Mrs E. P. Bunn, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. McClendon, Mrs. Ed Til-
ley, Homer Hughes, Carl Nes-
bitt, Vernon Lindley, N. Z. u
Taylor, and George E. Cowan. j
Dr. A. M. Shelton of Estelline,
former resident of Wood Coun-
ty, returned and opened an of-
fice in Mineola.
The Luckett Cochran Post of
the American Legion had sev-
enty-nine members ten years
ago, according to a story in
the Monitor.
Sue Kilgore, six-ye|ir-old
daughter of M. and Campbell
Kilgore of Quitman, was fatal-
ly injured when struck by a
passing automobile.
Mrs. Nobie S. Burkett, widow
of Jim Burkett, died at the
home of her brother-in-law, E.
M. Burkett. w
John Puckett, 90, died at his
home near Gilmer.
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EDITORIAL SIDELIGHTS
Here's a safety slogan that's
going the rounds of the press:
"A woman should hold on to
her youth. But not when he's
driving."—Pittsburg Gazette.
Unfortunately for II Duce,
those Greeks don't come bear-
ing gifts.—Dallas News.
If Argentina acts coy to get
$100,000,000, that isn't black-
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PROSECUTION VS.
PUBLICITY
The President is right. His
rebuke to Martin Dies, chair-
man of the much-publicized
Congressional committee to in-
vestigate un-American activities
was overdue. His warning that
headlined announcements of
agencies as the Federal Bureau
careful detective work by such
agencies as th eFederal Bureau
of Investigation should facili-
tate the obtaining of "evidence
admissible in court" and the
effective prosecution of men
or women wjio try to overthrow
the Government or to impede
defense measures by criminal
acts.
In the past the Dies com-
mittee has done some unex-
ceedingly un-American and un-
fair things by irresponsible
publicity. It has been tolerat-
ed because its publicity has
also served the useful purpose
of keeping citizens alert to
Communist and Fascist activi-
ties. Probably it has built pub-
lic opinion which frightened off
some of the fellow-travelers.
Possibly it has obtained some
information which would not
mail. The technical phrase for
it i$ "playing a sucker."—Rob-
ert Quillen.
Another reason why Santa
Claus is such a success is be-
cause he's the best advertised
old gentleman in the world.—
Pittsburg Gazette.
Greek soldiers advance bare-
foot, while the Italians flee
empty-handed.—Dallas News.
No two people are alike and
both of them glad of it.—The
Washington Post.
There's very little chance of
anybody making a fool out of
you without your help.—Mag-
nolia News-Banner.
A Denver thief stole $20 from
a juke box. If caught why not
make him listen to the 400
records that had been played?
—Longview Journal.
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have come to light through
more responsible methods of
investigation. But if the record
be searched tor convictions
under existing laws or for legis-
lation dealing with subversive
movements very little can be
traced to the Dies commit-
tee. #
Today its methods have be-
come not only unfair but harm-
ful in so far as they interfere
with the FBI or other law
officers seeking to convict the
hardened enemies of America
who are engaged in spying, y ,
subversion or sabotage. In ad- ^
dition to irresponsible and un-
fair charges, the Dies hullaba-
loo may also do harm by caus-
ing Americans to think that
publicity is a real substitute
for prosecution.—The Christian
Science Monitor.
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