The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1950 Page: 6 of 8
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THE RUSK CHEROKEEaN, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1950
Pickett Reports
From Washington
The Senate Committee on Agri-
culture has made rapid progress
with its nearings on the bill al-
ready passed by the House to eli-
minate some of the inequities in
the 1950 cotton acreage allotment
program. The hearings have been
closed and the Committee is
scheduled to hold an executive
session on Wednesday, February
22, to consider what it will recom-
mend in its bill. Information re-
ceived just before this is written
indicates there are some members
of the Senate Committee who ad-
vocate a provision to give the
growers 60 per cent of the aver-
age acres planted to cotton in the
years 1946, 1947 and 1948, rather
than what the House bill contains;
that is, 70 per cent of the average
planted to cotton in those three
years, or 50 per cent of the high-
est planted in any one of the three
years, whichever is greater. There
is no way to tell at this time
which view will prevail.
During the past week the House
debated a bill to extend financial
assistance to Southern Korea and
the Chinese Nationalist Govern-
ment which is now headquartering
in Formosa. The sum of $60 mil-
lion was involved for Korea. The
issue of continuation of authority
to use funds already approved for
the Chinese Nationalist Govern-
ment was involved in that phase
of the bill. About two weeks ago
the House rejected the Korean
Aid proposition when it voted on
a bill containing that issue alone.
This time the bill was passed by
a substantial majority. In each
instance I voted against the pro-
posal.
Among other major legislation
considered by the House during
the past week ".vas a bill to in-
crease certain postal rates. At the
end of the last fiscal year the Post
i Office Department showed a defi-
i cit of more than a half billion dol-
lars in its operation. It is estimat-
| ed the deficit for the current fiscal
year will be around $400 million.
The bill submitted to the House
is estimated to increase revenues
from the proposed raise in rates
and fees by nearly $132 million.
To the extent revenues would be
increased if the bill becomes law,
there would be a corresponding
reduction in the estimated deficit
for this year.
The bill provided no increase
in rates on first-class letter mail,
except for the drop letter. First-
class letter mail is the only cate-
gory of maiL which presently
brings in enough revenue to meet
the cost of its handling. Under
present law, post and postal cards
may be mailed at the rate of one
cent each; the bill proposes to in-
crease the rate to two cents. At
the present time the Post Office
Department is losing $57 million
annually handling such cards.
With the increased rate in effect
that loss would be reduced to $21
million per year, a saving of $36
million.
The bill provided for increased
rates for second-class matter,
which includes newspapers. How-
ever, the increase does not apply
to weekly newspapers of 5,000 or
less total circulation, or daily
newspapers of 10,000 or less total
circulation, whether to be deliver-
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post sent to the third and eighth
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the present maximum weight of
70 pounds and the present size
limit of combined length and
girth of 100 inches on all parcels
sent to or from a rural delivery
route from any first, second, third
or fourth class post office. It also
provides that the same weight and
size limitations shall apply to
parcels sent to or from the third
and fourth class post offices. The
amendment takes care of those
residing on rural routes anywhere
so as to insure that they can con-
tinue to have the same parcel post
service they have heretofore had.
There are too many provisions
in the bill to discuss them all in
detail in this column. However, it
is thought the ones mentioned
here are those most interesting to
our readers. Should there be any
questions you desire to have an-
swered concerning any provisions
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herein discussed or other provi-
sions of the bill, I shall be glad
to respond to your inquiry.
The bill, of course, must be con-
sidered by the Senate before it can
become a law. At the present time
it is too soon after action by the
House to know what might be
done in the Senate.
Sincerely, your Congressman,
Tom Pickett.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1950, newspaper, February 16, 1950; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326194/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.