The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1952 Page: 2 of 12
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Let's Hove Some Compoigning
Right here among us aspirants for city,
county and school positions are sniffing the air
and either trying to make up their mind as to
whether they will run, or have already announc-
ed their intentions and are starting their cam-
paigns.
Our advice to them is: Get The Votes.
And a good way for the "outs to get the
votes is to find out what the specific problems
of the office sought are, the duties and the op-
portunities for service. "Outs" should form defi-
nite opinions about the problems, duties, etc.,
and take a stand one way or another.
This stand should be partly positive, and
partly negative. Candidates should speak out
against the things they think are wrong, and
explain new measures favored.
Our observation is that positive campaigns
often are more successful than negative cam-
paigns (Republicans in Congress and elsewhere
apparently don't think so). It's hard to win on
the shortcomings of your opponent—instead the
candidate needs to espouse a definite course of
constructive, progressive action to win popular
support.
"Ins" can run equally-interesting campaign.
They can speak of the office from knowledge
gained in the administration (sometimes mis-
administration. alas) of its duties. Theirs Is the
opportunity to discuss frankly the problems
they have faced, the reasons for the decisions
reached and the plans for coping with future
problems. After all the offices belong to the peo-
ple, and they have a right to know how their
government is being run.
We hope then few, or even none of the can-
didates, will run the passive-type campaign
which predominated here two years ago. Let's
have no more of this "My opponents are good
fellows, and I have nothing against them or
their actions, but if you want to make a change
I'm your man."
The county will benefit in direct proportion
to the stature of the men and/or women elected,
and campaigns based on facts are the best way
to get the best men and or women in office.
Good But Misguided Effort
We must add our voice to the growing
chorus of howls about the new motor vehicle In-
spection law, which has just now come home to
roost.
In the first place, we believe that few of our
accidents in this area, and virtually none of the
fatal ones, can be laid to the door of cars or
trucks which are not In good operating condition.
The blame can be put on drinking drivers, ex-
cessive speed or just plain carelessness, or any
combination of the three.
To our way of thinking most operators of
old cars, or cars which don't have top-notch
brakes, tight steering gear or poor lights, know
the limitations of their machines, and drive with
greater caution - and more important—not so
fast.
Rather it is the relaxed, confident driver of
the new or nearly-new car who bowls down the
highway at 75 or 85 who will be needing the
wrecker, ambulance and perhaps an undertaker
and a couple of life insurance policies.
Under the terms of the law some older cars
may be sentenced to the Junk heap, as the cost
of putting them in shape to pass the test will be
far more than they are worth. Some of the old
cars In this category still have lots of service
left, and might be the only transportation their
owners could afford.
So. we conclude that the first effort of Texas'
lawmakers to make streets and highways safer is
a swinging strike.
Another, the driver responsibility law, may
yet be a called strike, for a multitude of reasons.
One course which promises to be a "hit",
however, is the cumulative count of offenses for
which individual motorists are stopped for, and
warned because of, by highway patrolmen. When
a motorist gets a certain number of speeding or
other warnings, he will be called on the carpet
and perhaps lose his license.
Another good course might be for the law,
the courts and the general public to stiffen statu-
tory fines, sentences given and public indignation
agaiasi drunk and wreck less drivers.
Vehicular satety will not improve to any
great extent until the general motoring public
is interested enough to slow down, employ bet-
ter driving manners and stay away from the
wheel when drinking intoxicants.
Traffic safety, life moral law, is hard to legis-
late.
Anyway, the vehicle inspection and driver
responsibility laws are well-intended, and should
do some good. How much good they will do re-
mains to be seen.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952
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Why Inflation Runs Rampant
UNIONS DEVELOP PLAGUE SPOTS
By Maurice R. Franks
(Editor's NotP: Maurice R. Franks is president of the
National Labor-Managem entFoundation and Editor of its
official publication, PARTNERS.)
In a previous article I point-
ed out the economic factors that
gave rise to union organization;
how workers were forced to
band together to obtain decent
working and living conditions.
Because of the leadership of
such men as .Samuel Gompers—
and John L. Lewis, if you please
—unionism is here and here to
stay. To the spirit of the one and
to the rugged figure of the other
I offer an open-handed salute—
and believe that all true-blooded
Americans should do like wise—
for theirs has been a genuine
economic service to the nation.
To deny the wholesome eco-
nomic contribution, of John L.
Lewis, say, is to appear as ri-
diculous as a penny waiting for
change—the more so if compari-
son is made between conditions
as they existed in the minefields
when he took hold and con-
ditions as they exist today.
The coal miner of today owns
his own home, drives his own
automobile and enjoys an all-
around decent standard of living.
He sees the sun both rise and
set. for his working hours have
been brought within the stand-
ard for all industry. He has
found the time and freedom to
entertain and educate himself
and family. He has gained the
opportunity to become a good
citizen and. economically, is
making his full contribution to
our American way of life.
A similar advance has been
scored for the workers in the
steel industry, the automotive
industry, and many others. The
status of human dignity has
been secured for the American
workingman in general thanks
to the growth of unionism. Let
no real American, therefore, say
only evil things about our un-
ions and the great leaders who
brought them Into being!
I believe in unions—In organ-
ization dedicated to upHfting the
workingman — in unions which
are in their essence, humanitar-
ian and which, above all, are
democratically ruled by their
memberships. I believe in unions
whfch are at once economic in in-
tention, sincere in operation and
responsible in character. I be-
lieve in unions which, in short,
are Ail-American.
But there is a line over which,
in my book, no union or union
leader can legitimately step. And
that is where my personal gripe
begins.
When I see ex-bootleggers and
characters of an equally unsa-
vory cast attaching themselves to
so worthy a cause as unionism
and making of it no more than
a lush ground for racketeering,
my stomach turns within me.
And when I see Socialists and
Communists squeezing into the
labor movement and inoculating
it with the bacteria of radical-
ism, my blood boils and I put
up my dukes to fight. What riles
me most of all is to see organ-
izations of labor degenerating
into legions of cold cynics, willing
to contribute their numerical
strength to the unsavory racke-
teers and downright poisonous
radicals who lead them.
For in all this I can see but
death to the cause which thus
far has done so iriuch to elevate
the workingman from conditions
of bondage and give him a place
in the sun.
How can we expect to have a
good union with bad leaders and
indifferent memberships? How
can our labor movement stay
American and thus acceptable
to all the people, when ever
more and more it is being run
by un-American, even anti-Amer-
ican, characters? How can or-
ganized labor be of further serv-
ice to its own constituents and
to the nation when Socialists,
Communists and Fascists—
known or otherwise for what
they are—are permitted to run
the show and pervert the cause.
In my next article I will at-
tempt to point out what unions
must do in order to avoid de-
stroying themselves and undo-
ing the great good they have
done.
This year, the American people
will feel the full weight of the
tax bill passed during the last
session of Congress. The new
and higher levies applied to in-
dividual Incomes only for the
last two months of 1951. In 1952
of course, they will be in effect
for the entire twelvemonth. It
is probable that the President
will ask that taxes, both indivi-
dual and corporate, be increas-
ed once more—though it is high-
ly unlikely that the present Con-
gress will go along with that,
save in the event of a major
war.
The burden of taxation has in-
creased at a very swift rate in
this country. According to a new
booklet on the tax problem is-
sued by the Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States, the
cost of government required
only 7 per cent of the national
income in 1890. When World
War I broke out, the figure was
still about the same. By 1940,
it had jumped to 22 per cent.
And now government is taking
something like one-third of the
income of the people.
As the Chamber's booklet says,
"For a long time the 'ability to
pay' theory has dominated tax
discussions. Theory has merit,
but unfortunately people have
been led to believe that all gov-
eanhient expenditures can be
paid for by taxes on the 'rich'
. . . The popular case for welfare
state expenditures is that they
will redistribute income from
rich to poor. This would indeed
be a simple solution to the
world's social and economic ills,
if only it were true. But even if
steely progressive taxes had no
undesirable economic effects,
this would be impossible. There
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simply are not enough rich peo-
ple!"
It is clear, whether we like it
or not, that any additional tax
increases must fall primarily up-
on people of very modest means
—for the reason that they have
most of the money. According
to Secretary Snyder, almost 75
per cent of all personal income
available for additional tax-
ation is actually in the lowest
income bracket — under $2,000.
By contrast in the over $50,000
bracket, the income available for
additional taxation amounts to
less than one third of one per
cent of the total.
Fast as individual income tax
rates have risen, corporation
rates have risen even faster.
The corporation rate was held to
a ceiling of 42 per cent in World
War II. Now it is 52 per cent.
Very steep excess profits taxes
come on top of this. The total
corporation tax runs as high as
70 per cent. There is not much
room for further boosts here if
an incentive-economy is to be
maintained in this country, and
enterprise is to be encouraged
to progress.
This illustrates, in capsule
form, the tremendous magniti-
tude of the tax problem. The
heart of that problem was de- %
scribed in these words by Sen- ^
ator George: "There have been
frequent discussions of what the
total tax 'take' may be without
doing injury to our economy.
There is no fixed limit; the limit -
is to be found only when the
tax 'take' destroys the incentive
of the people and when it leads
to every conceivable effort to
evade and to wasteful practices
by the taxpayers themselves."
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Well, nice peal®, at this time of
year, and trying to deduct what
to do next, is not too difficult,
If we will tune-out the rattle and
clatter talk—relax—be ourselves.
Our nation in a 150 year^ has
frown into quite some punkins.
With more ice boxes, telephones,
automobiles, ye Olde Beauty
Shoppes, darkened night spots,
and killings on our highways,
than enjoyed by any other na-
tion, we are feeling our oats.
And to waltz out and examine
an old tried and true saying,
"chestiness goeth before a fall,"
It Is time, almost, to call the am-
bulance.
Nobody likes a wise guy, a
have made many friends, world-
braggart With out blggity, free
spending type government, we
wide—fair weather type, that
Is—but to the very ones that we
imagine we are impressing with
our superior and lavish grand-
news, we are garden varietny
suckers.
We know as well as we know
2 and 2 that Washington, and
Franklin, and Jefferson knew
what they were talking about.
They said we should mind our
own business—their bethod was
as simple as that—It worked.
Look at us now—our tail over
the dash board— an income tax
gent around every corner—still
acting half pixilated—and In
deix up to our collar button.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA
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Steakley, Melvin. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1952, newspaper, January 17, 1952; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412469/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.