The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1956 Page: 2 of 16
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THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, VM
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Election Year
Every election year at about this time "Get
Out the Vote" campaigns swing Into high gear
throughout the country. It's a rare citizen In-
deed who doesn't read and hear that voting Is
■both a privilege and a duty, Incumbent upon
us all.
This year a nation-wide campaign to per-
suade people to vote is under way---and it goes
a long step farther. The American Heritage
Foundation-, aided by some 130 cooperating or-
ganizations representing groups as varied as busi-
ness executives, union members, actors, law-
yers and many others has come up with this
slogan: "Vote—But Don't Vote In the Dark!"
William Hard, writing in The Readers Di-
gest, tells the story under the striking title:
"Inform Yourselves!" Anyone can mark an X
on a ballot or pull the handle of a voting ma-
chine. But It takes some extra effort to vote In-
telligently, with full knowwledge of just what
the competing candidates stand for.
There Is no doubt that Intensive campaigns
such as the American Heritage Foundation Is
conducting do bring out the vote. The Founda-
tion waged its first national campaign in 1952,
and 68 percent of eligible voters made their
choices known, as against 51 per cent in 1948.
In 1954 the Foundation was busy with other mat-
ters and did not conduct a campaign—and the
percentage dropped to 52 per cent.
Mr. Hard observes that compulsory voting
laws are sometimes urged for this country. In
countries where failure to vote brings a fine—
Belgium and Australia—the turnout customar-
ily runs around 95 per cent. But It is obvious
that forcing a man to vote does not and cannot
make him an informed or thoughtful voter. Also,
as Mr. Hard writes, "Legislation,to compel the
exercise of liberty Is a denial of liberty.
Moreover, Europe teaches us that compul-
sion is not necessary. In recent elections in a
lengthy list of non-compulsion countries the turn-
out ranged from 77 percent in Britlan to an
amazing 96 per cent In Austria. As General
Gruenther, head of NATO, wrote the Founda-
tion: "Although I never cease to be proud of be-
ing an American, I have been Impressed during
my five years in Europe by the high percentage
of Europeans who go to the polls to vote. Their
record is better than ours In this all-Important
matter of individual participation n government."
From now until election day you will bo
bombarded with appeals to vote -wen loudspeak-
ers at scores of ballparks will broadcast the
message.
Finally, Mr. Hard observes that our respon-
sibility as a great world leader demands "that
we must read, we must listen, we must study,
we must think—and then say at the polls what
kind of courntry and what kind of world we
want."
Danger
Dr. Robert Wilson, chairman of the Board
of Standard Oil of Indiana, was the commence-
ment speaker at Hastings College graduation
ceremonies. His young listeners heard some wise
and Important words.
' He made it clear that he does not share the
belief, "too common among businessmen today,
that our colleges and universitiels are hotbeds
of communism and socialism." But he did ex-
press concern that "our students are too much
inclined to take for granted the wonderful ad-
vantages they enjoy," and that "so few seem to
emerge with real enthusiasm for the American
way of life and Its amazing achievements." This
is "especially disturbing at a time when the Com-
munists seem to have found a way to distort
the truth and propagandize whole generations of
their youth into apparently enthusiastic support
for dictatorships which enslave the individual,
glorify brute force, decry individualism and
existence of a Supreme being.
Then he came to the heart of the matter:
"We must do more at all levels of education
to better understand what we have, how we got
It and what we must do to preserve It. And we
must make sure that our schools build ideals
as they build knowledge. There Is nothing more
dangerous in the world today than high Intelli-
gence coupled with low Ideals."
This coupling has brought on a series of
the most destructive wars in history. It has
led to the enslavement of entire peoples. It has
made, in much of the world, a grim Jest of the
"dignity of man" concept on which Christian
civilization and indivdual freedom alike rest.
Dr. Wilson's warning could not be more timely.
Nation's Owners
The New York Stock Exchange has beepi con-
ducting a new census of Shareholders, and pre-
liminary findings are now available. Some of
these findings are of wide public interest.
For one thing, It is indicated that Mrs. Amer-
ica is becoming an increasingly important fac-
tor in the share ownership picture. At the be-
ginning of this year, women represented nearly
52 per cent of the American stockholder family,
as against 49,8 per cent in earl> 1952 when an
exhaustive survey was made by Brooklings In-
stitution. A profile of the average woman stock-
holder shows that she is most frequently a house-
wife. She admits to having celebrated her 48th
birthday. Her family Income averages a mod-
erate $6,000 a year and she owns shares in about
four different companies.
Another development is a gratifying In-
crease in the total number of people who own
chares in corporations—and thus are partners
in the expanding American economy. The 1952
survey put the number at 6.5 million,
it was estimated at 7.5 million,
that It Is larger than that by sev-
eral hundreds of thousands. And the great ma-
jority of these millions of shareownlng capital-
ists are in the middle and lower income ranges.
The point of all this was well expressed by
the Exchange's president: "The owners of the
world's richest nation men, women and chil-
dren-are products of every section of the coun-
try, every occupation and every walk of life."
Can't Clip TV
Dorothy Kilgallen, the columnist and tele-
vision star, recently had something pleasant to
say about newspapers as reading matter.
"You can read on a train crossing the desert
or on a plane at 17,000 feet above the Atlantic—
no static, no fading, no blips," says Miss Kil-
gallen. "You can read in a bathtub or while
hanging onto a pole in a crowded bus. You can
read as much or as little as you want, as fast
or as slowly as you want,
"And if you read something you like, you
can tear It out and save it to read again some
day. I enjoy radio and television, and am gain-
fully employed by both, but I must admit they
have their drawbacks. Did you ever try to
clip a television program and paste It In your
scrapbook?"
Here's why the newspaper holds Its domi-
nant place In the homes and hearts of Amer-
icans. And here is why -to touch on the world
of commerce from which all of draw our liv-
ings—the newspaper remains an unsurpassed
means of advertising goods and services.
Dollars Vs. Minutes
This country's gross national product—the
money value of all goods and services produced
—has passed the $400 billion a year mark, almost
double the 1945 figure.
However, as the Portland Oregonlan points
out, reaching this "magic" level "is not as sen-
sational as the announcement some months back
that man finally had broken the four-minute
mile." The reason is that a minute Is a constant
measure—it doesn't stretch or shrink from time
to time. The dollar is something else again.
Today's dollar will buy a little less than 70
per cent of what the 1945 dollar would buy.
Therefore, a $400 billion gross national product,
adjusted to 1945 prices, comes to only about $300
billion. That Is what inflation has done.
Little Things Count
The tsetse fly is a small th^ng—a pest that
would hardly be worth a swat if it weren't for
the fact that It carries, and passes to man the
dread sleeping sickness. But because of this
mankind has devoted masses of money and man-
power to seeking ways to control the fly and to
cure the disease.
Small things often have a habit of causing
major concern to the human race. This is par-
ticularly true in our auto-centric modern Amer-
ica. The seemingly smallest violations of the
rules of the road are the causes of most of our
highway misfortunes and tragedies.
Ninety percent of all highway accidents are
caused by such "little" temptations as exceeding
the posted speed limit, driving too fast for road
and weather conditions, passing without caution,
following the car ahead too closely and falling
to yield the right-of-way.
Control of these little villians of the high-
way is the aim of the nationwide "Slow Down
and Live" campaign conducted by the National
Conference of State Safety Coordinators from
Memorial Day through Labor Day and endorsed
by Governors of all states and the Territory of
Puerto Rico and by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia.
These five all-too-common violations are all
associated with speed and' "in-a-hurry" driving.
"Slow Down and Live" aim at curbing them
through increased enforcement efforts on the
part of state and local traffic law enforcement
agencies and through an appeal to the public
for increased voluntary compliance with traffic
laws and common sense.
It Is good to know that there is a massive
well planned program that will help discover
and remove chronic violators from the road. And
it is good to know that this program is also
timed at the rest of the driving public. We can
stand to be reminded that those actions of chron-
ic violators that all of us so much fear are no
less to be feared because they are committed by
an "occoslonal" violator or by a careless motorist.
"Slow Down and Live," says the Texas Saf-
ety Association, offers every motorist two
choices: to,the thoughtful a chance for self-reg-
ulation; to the heedless, the threat of official ac-
tion. To all of us, it offers the promise of hap-
pier motoring and a safer, longer life.
This summer, when we answer the call of the
open road, let's remember to "Slow Down and
Live."
Writing on Wall
Long ago, the law was clamped down to
prevent corporations from making contributions
to political campaigns. The unions are not
burdened with such restrictions.
Representative Walter Judd has canvassed
his constituents In Minneapolis, asking If they
favored legislation imposing the same restric-
tions on union political contributions as now
apply to corporatons. The replies were yes, 79
per cent; No. 8 per cent: No Opinion, 13 per cent.
Many union members probably object to
being assessed to support candidates whom In-
dividually they may oppose for the same reason
they would object to being assessed by the firm
for which they work to support Its candidate.
There is signiflcent handwriting on the wall
in this response.
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Problem of Money
Plagues Children
From the time a youngster
hears the first coin click into
his piggy bank he begins to have
money trouble.
Miss Charlene R. Potts, assis-
tant Home Demonstration
Agent, says the problem * may
only be a penny-size one at first,
but by the time the youth reaches
his fifteenth or sixteenth birth-,
day, dollars have become one of!
his biggest problems.
No matter how much money
youngsters have, it always seems
too little, she said. They would
like to have more, either in the
form of bigger allowances or
from a part-time job. They feel
the need to meet the spending
competition of fellow students
and have some left over to save.
Money management has to be
learned as does reading, writing
and arithmetic, said Miss Potts.
If your child begs and teases
for nickels, dimes and quarters,
you likely need to change your
money management with him.
Many of the questions parents
and youngsters ask about those
problems are answered in the
4-H leaflet "Where Do You Get
Your Money," by Mrs. Eula J.
Newman, home management
specialist, and C. H. Bates, farm
management specialist.
A copy may be obtained from
the county home extension
agent's office. A family confer-
ence may help the youngster
improve his plan for spending.
Seed Strainer — A discarded
flour sifter (the kind with a
handle on the side) works fine
for straining juice from seeds
when you make berry jam.
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Seminole, Texas.
LEWIS A. REDDELL PUBLISHER
BARNEY THOMPSON EDITOR
MISS GLENNA MAYFIELD SOCIETY EDITOR
BILL SANDEL GENERAL MANAGER
Any erroneous reflection upon the character of any person or
firm appearing in these columns will be gladly and promptly cor-
rected upon being brought to the attention of the management.
NO COMMENT
By James W. Donthat
Washington — Some Republi-
cans in both Congress and the
Administration seem to believe
that they can win votes by a
"soft" attitude toward the Taft-
Hartley Act—bu^ many others
vigorously condemn this aban-
donment of principle.
The appeasement movement
is a far cry from the stand taken
by the late Senator Taft, co-au-
thor of the law. He campaigned
for equality between employers
and employees—and contended
the Taft-Hartley Act protected
both the rank-and-file union
members and the public. He
won a great victory in his con-
test for re-election to the Senate
in 1950—when the Taft-Hartley
Act was the principal issue.
Congressional experts in lab-
or legislation who are not sub-
servient to union "bosses" insist
the Taft-Hartley Act not only
should be continued but also
should be strengthened. They
maintain it has been weakened
toy inteipretations of the Nation-
al Labor Relations Board and
the courts—and strengthening
amendents are greatly needed.
THE PRESIDENT'S RECOM-
MENATIONS— President Eisen-
hower has recommended some
changes in the Taft-Hartley Act
Some of them command wide in-
dustry support, while others are
opposed by industry.
The President, in 1954, called
for legislation to protect the
states in their right to pass lab-
or law affecting health and safe-
ty—laws jeopardized by Supreme
Court decisions holdling that the
federal government had occu-
pied the field.
A secret ballot on the question
or a strike—another Adminis-
tration' recommendation — was
vigorously assailed by labor
union spokesmen.
Extension of the right of free
speech—a right impaired by in-
terpretation of the-law—also was
urged.
MITCHELL'S PLATFORM—Sec-
retary of Labor Mitchell, how-
ever,. is one of those who have
gone beyond the White House
program—and he has been ac-
cused of seeking to appease lab-
or union "bosses."
Among other [things, he has
advocated repeal of the 17 state
right-to-work laws—'but failed
to win White House support.
The "Mitchell platform" is re-
ported to be, in effect, a frank
appeal for labor union votes, in
spite of the record showing that
appeasement has repeatedly fail-
ed.
THE CONGRESSIONAL
E LECTION—Labor legislation
in the past has not been exclus-
ively a partisan matter in Con-
gress. The Taft-Hartley law
was passed over a presidential
veto, with amajority of the De-
mocrats supporting the Legislat-
ion. Many amendment proposals
failed in a Republican Congress-
and the recently Democratic-
controlled session ignored the
issue.
Friends of the Taft-Hartley
Act say that sound labor legis-
lation can be maintained only in
a courageous Congress, regard-
less of party control. And Secre-
tary of Labor Mitchell says the
Administration — if returned to
office — will renew the 1954, 1955
and 1956 Taft-Hartley law re-
commendations of the President.
The AiFL-CIO political organi-
zations have already opened
their campaign to win control of
Congress. The first step is dis-
tribution of the AFL-CIO analy-
sis of the record of the 84th
Congress — a record condemned
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To ask wisdom of God, is the
beginning of wisdom.
Advertisement
"An electric light bulb is
the only thing that can go out
every night without looking
dissipated!"
as inadequate.
The labor union political lead-
ers say they want a "liberal"
Congress — meaning one which
will accept their program. De-
viation to any extent is barred.
From where I sit...it/ Joe Marsh
Turned Out To Be
a Good Break
We had a water main break last'
Thursday. Happened early in the
morning—about two a.m.-and the
first thing most of us knew about
it was when we tried to turn on
the faucets and nothing came out
but a hissing noise.
Nobody was inconvenienced
much though. Repair crew went
right to work—and things were
iixed up in jig time.
Incidentally, the water com-
pany got a flood of payments on
overdue bills that day. Lots of
"forgetful" folks must have fig-
ured they were being warned!
From where I sit, sometimes our
obligations slip our minds. Like
the responsibility we all have to
our communities ... to see that
our neighbors enjoy the right to
decide for themselves how to
work, how to vote, whether or not
to enjoy a bottle of beer. Any
time we "forget" we owe this
right to others, we take a chance
on stopping the flow of tolerance
that makes this country such a
grand place for us to live in.
Copyright, 1956, United States Brewers Foundation
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