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THE TUtIA, (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970
Vke c©®n»ffiO®aS®iB
, By H. M. BAGGARIY
(Continued from page 1)
. . .an<^ all other manufacturers were falling in
line. . .and steel companies and other suppliers of
raw materials likewise promised no price in -
creases, we'd think surely the millennium had ar-
rived!
The only difference between this dream situa-
tion and a wage and price freeze is the initiation.
In one instance, the decisions were made vol-
untarily; in the other, the decisions were made in-
voluntarily.
But the results would lie the same.
IEEE ARE SOME things mankind will never
do voluntarily. . and agreeing to be satis-
fied with a good thing is one of them.
Man has an inborn desire to want not only his
share. . .but just a little of the other fellow's
share. And so long as there is nothing to deter hint,
he’s going to get it!
Never in a million years is labor going to be
content with what it has so long as it is in a portion
to ask for more. . .and get it.
Labor isn’t even interested in getting a little
more of the good life by being a little more pro-
ductive. . .so long as it can get more by doing
the same. , or perhaps less. . .so long as the
economy is willing and able to meet its demands.
And management is no different. During t h e
Kennedy administration General Motors netted a
billion dollars, after taxes, in just one quarter of
a year. . yet. , if it had to pay a little more for
steel or if it granted a wage boost, it insisted
on passing on the extra expense, plus a little bit
more, to the car buyer here in Tulia. It wasn't
; bout to be content with holding profits at a level
. . .so long as it could hike the price of cars
. . and the public was willing and able to buy
them. When steel went up $7 a ton, the price of
cars advanced at the rate of $77 a ton for the steel
they contained.
MOTH BUSINESS EXECUTIVES and labor of-
O ficials know that this system can result onlv
in runaway inflation. They both know that their
appetite for more of this world’s goods is insati -
able. Nobody is going to ABSORB anything that
might result in holding profits to a level, much
less reduce them.
Just this week Bethleham Steel has announced
a price increase. It knows that this will trigger a
new round of price hikes. . and it will find itself
right back where it started. But it’s going to Iook
out for Bethlehem Steel! The public be damned!!
It’s not going to be left holding the bag
And neither is anyone else. . voluntarily.
If it would be good for the country for every-
body to ‘ hold the line,” then it is immaterial whe-
ther or not the action is voluntary or involuntary.
We won’t buy the old excuse that "rights are
being violated.”
We don’t wait for people to volunteer to ob -
serve speed laws, to build buildings in accordance
with zoning regulations, to attend school, to keep
animals out of the city limits, to abide by pure
food lawi.
Prairie Cattle . . .
(Continued from page 1)
controlled and the back-up well is
on gas, the water storage capac-
ity is 44,000 gallons.
The lot is situated on 274 acres
ruction, crying hysterically, "Why doesn't somebody an(j has jts own contained
DO something!” lake, a good slope and run-off
We like to applaud when Uncle Sam starts throw- SySll.m
inf Ins weight around, sending the Marines rattling Manager of Prairie Cattle Com-
his sabas' But we are just as quick to crucify some pany is jrrank smith, who is well
scapegoat when it doesn t turn out as \icto tou y experienced. Smith was assistant
».uh intu*inutr manager of the nearby Tulia Feed-
lot over four years (under Robert
USDA Food Programs Add $75.4
Million To Texas Economy
a-, we had tnticipatod.
j^jUMAN BEINGS HAVE many undesirable traits,
one of the most obnoxious being their tend-
ency to shift blame from themselves, to alibi, to re-
fuse to accept responsibility, and in come cases, to
refuse to accept reality.
Americans in particular have perhaps inherit
AHen) before coming to Prairie
Cattle Company.
Officers of the corporation own-
ing the feedlot are Dwane Love,
president: U. T. (Dick) O’Daniel,
Judo Tourney
Al Silverlon
The Silverton Judo Club will hold
a judo tournament in Silverton High
r
THE WAt IS EXTENDED to Cambodia and
in the months to come we find Cambodia has
'become another Vietnam, we will be able to pin-
point the beginning of this war — not last Thursday
Hight but the day wp our first adviser into Cam*
bodia.
The beginning of the Vietnam war can be pin-
pointed on the day we first sent advisers to Viet-
nam back during the 1950s.
We became involved back in the 1950s due to
the anti • Communist psychology of the time, the
fear that if we weren’t challenging Communism
everywhere in the world we were in fact soft on
Communism,” a fatal disease for politicians.
Since then, we have had time to think things
over, to view the situation in perspective.
We should be more responsible, more cogni-
zant of our capabilities than we were 15 years ago.
Maybe Nixon did what he had to do. . maybe
we go along with him But if we do, let’s not start
bellyaching like stuck pigs when casualty figures
begin to roll in. when they run out of Negroes and
Mexicans and start calling more of OCR boys, when
the situation gets even more hopeless and we get
the impulse to start slugging aimlessly in every di-
ed the idea that they are invincible, indomitable, vice president; and T. C. Measles,
impregnable, whether it be on the battlefield, in secretary; Jewel Avcnt and L. Dean
scientific achievement, beauty, athletics. . .you Butler are directors. All are long-
narm, j,i time Tulia area residents and all
We hooted at the idea that Russia could achieve ar® familiar with the cattle as
in scientific advancement. We cried foul if we ever we‘* as ,he grain business,
lost a contest in the Olympics. If an American The feedlot is located nine miles
wasn't named Miss Universe, we insisted the con- west of Tulia on Highway 86. 5
test had been rigged. miles south on FM 1424 and 2 miles
Our philosophy has always been, “Whatever an- west on FM 928. The firm has
other country can do, we can do better.” storage facilities for 1*4 million
bushels of grain in the city of
SPHERE HAS NEVER BEEN any basic reason Tulia and other storage totaling
I why we should lie superior on the battlefield, a million bushels.
True, we have been ble>sed with abundant natural
resources. We have had lots of things going for
us. But. after all, we have never especially been
a warlike nation. We have not taught our children
that the highest goal in life is to give themselves
to the military establishment.
Of course we don't want to lose. But take the
Vietnamese war, for example. We are fighting
thousands of miles away irom home. We are c u ,
fighting on the enemy’s territory and on his terms. wh<K3 .„ g>^inasujrn 0,1 Saturday,
We are not adapted to the type of warfare the ' }s an °Pea ,au,na-
enemy employs. The enemy considers war a way m<n or )0t^ Jun,ors and seniors,
of life. Trophies will be awarded first.
He is prepared to fight for the next 100 years if second and third place finishers in
necessary. The army is a choice occupation. A man junior and senior divisions. The
had better be in the army with a cup of rice and a iu,uor contest will begin promptly
mat on which to rest his bones occasionally than a^ 1® a.m. and the senior contest
starving to death in some slum. a* 1 P m-
But more significant, there are political ob - Weigh - ins will precede each
stades. The enemy has the vast reservoir of China contest.
and Russia within spitting distance. These majof Additional information may be ob-
powers have told Uncle Sam how far they are pre- tained from Jim Alexander or Bob-
pared to go before actively entering the war. by Stephens at 806 - 823-4291 in
Russia has told us she will not tolerate mm mg Hai Silverton.
phong Harbor. Unarmed nuclear installations which----
if armed could blow half the Seventh Fleet out of and the “legitimate.” I do not have
the Pacific can be armed in days. And we have the facts know which varjety
teen warned that such action will be taken if and Bentsen deals with but 1 could
when we invade North Vietnam. guess. The cost of medical care is
Maybe Russia and Cliina are lying. . but soaring so rapidly that the legi -
who wants to risk triggering World War III when timate. responsible insurance com-
the stakes are not our survival but the survival of panies see the hand-writing on the
a political regime of questionable morality half wall. People soon will not be able
way around the world? to pay premiums that will provide
m gainst THIS BACKGROUND we have over - ai^e(lua^e payments, and some way
A GAINST THIS backoround, we nave over mus, ^ {oun(J ,0 curl) risj|){? medi_
confident, arrogant Americans who assert that cai costs. Obviously, the only ans-
“all we have to do to win is to turn loose our men wer is medical care insurance for
in Vietnam” ALL under Social Security. This
It's nice to live a in a little dream world in would knock the insurance business
which we envision ourselves as invincible, where into a cocked hat — but it would
we can blame our situation in Vietnam on some- take care of the people,
one who supposedly is ‘deliberately keeping us “Heaven delivers on earth the
from winning.” Hour that cannot be thwarted,
Who is the world had more to gain from victory Neither advanced, at the price of
had it been so easy. . .as Lyndon Johnson or a world or a soul, and its Prophet
the
too
$75,462,000.
That's the amount of “new in-
come” estimated for Texas during
the 1969-70 fiscal year, as a result
of f o o d programs administered
jointly by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, the State Depart-
ment of Public Welfare and the
Texas Education Agency.
In March. 404,924 low - income
persons in Texas — 3.6 percent of
the state’s population — received
food assistance through either the
Food Stamp or the Commodity Dis-
tribution program.
Of the March toal, 298,321 per-
sons in 150 counties received do-
nated foods and 106.603 in 10 coun-
ties participated in the Food Stamp
Program.
“Both of these programs con-
tribute substantially to the state’s
economy,” points out John .). Slau-
ghter, Southwest regional director
of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Ser-
vice, Dallas, Texas.
The Food Stamp Program con-
tributes directly to the amount of
money in circulation in the slate,
as bonus” coupons are provided
by the federal government.
An estimated $12,866,00(1 in “new
money” will be brought into the
state this fiscal year through the
Food Stamp Program alone. This
figure is based on present partici-
pation, the increased rate of bonus
coupons provided after Feb. 1,
and plans for at least one county
to start the Food Stamp Program
before July 1.
From July through March, a to-
tal of $11,323,400 in food coupons
was issued. Participating families
received $7,115,000 of these coupons
without cost. Based on new rates
of issuance and increased partici-
pation, it is projected that total
value of food coupons issued this
fiscal year will exceed $19 million.
USDA has apportioned $19,790,700
to the Texas Education Agency for
child nutrition in Texas for use
this fiscal year. Of this amount,
88.710.200 was paid to public school
districts from July through March.
In addition, $1,802,380 ha^ been
apportioned f o r use by private
schools. These funds help support
school lunch and breakfast pro -
grams, special milk programs, spe-
cial food service programs for
children, and administrative costs.
From July, 1969, through March,
1970, needy families, schools, child
care centers and institutions re -
ceived 130,431.600 pounds of a wide
variety of donated foods. Projected
figures indicate the value of these
foods for the entire 1970 fiscal
year — 174,000,000 pounds — will
exceed $40 million.
In addition, from July, 1969.
through March, 1970, USDA reim-
bursed the State Department of
Public Welfare to the extent of $1
200 for certifying non-public as-
sistance families as eligible to use
the food coupons. With more fam-
ilies using the program now, tne
amount of reimbursement to the
state is estimated at $175,000 for
the fiscal year.
An additional $840,100 has been
allocated to Texas for expanding
and improving the commodity dis-
tribution program within the state
These funds will be used by the
state to help start a food program
without a program. _
Finck: reporter, Dudley McClurg;
parade marshal, Jackie Gilleland.
It was decided that everyone
would wear matching uniforms foe
parades consisting of white shirt,
blue levis, green vest, green sad-
dle blankets, and black tie.
Kenny Bennet announced several
play-days coming up this weekend.
The club will meet every two
weeks the rest of the summer
months.
COTTON TALKS
LUBBOCK — Work toward ready-
ing a farm bill for House consider-
ation, although greatly slowed by
the absence of House Agriculture
Committee Chairman Bob Poage
of Waco, has not stopped.
Poage left W ashington April 25 on
an official business trip to Austra-
lia and India after many weeks of
trying to get a farm bill reported
from his committee before that
date. The Committee is now slated
to reconvene almost immediately
upon Poage’s return May 11 in
hopes of reporting a bill with a
few days.
How quickly the Committee* can
act, however, will depend greatly
on what the Cotton Subcommittee
does in the meantime. Programs
for wheat and feed grains, though
far from being satisfactory to all
concerned, are now said to lie rea-
dy for a vote in the full Commit-
tee. But a cotton program is yet
to be forthcoming from the Cotton
Subcommittee, chaired by Repre -
sciHative Thomas \bernethy (D -
Miss ). A number of projaosals and
counter proposals have passed l>e-
tween Abernethy’s Committee and
USDA officials, but full agreement
has not been reached.
Consequently there continues a
round of conferences between Sub-
committee members, USDA offic-
ials and industry representatives.
These are likely to go on until
May 7 when Hie Cotton Subcom-
mittee is scheduled to hold one
last meeting before Poage reaeti-
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vales the full Committee.
Both Poage and Aliernethy are
of the opinion that a farm bill
cannot be passed in the House
without substantial support from
Ihe \dminis!ration. So, if interim
negotiations and the May 7 meet-
ing produce agreement between th
Subeommiitee and USDA, the full
Committee might have a bill ready
for the House by the end of May
or early in June. Otherwise any
thought of a time table for farm
legislation this year would be wild
speculation.
O'Daniel Heads
Horse Club
The 4 - H Horse club met at
the arena Friday night The fol-
lowing officers were elected.
President, Dale O’Daniel: vice
president. Bill Pearson; secretary,
Denise Davis; Treasurer, \ 1 e x
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M. D.
Richard Nixon?
What would have been a sweeter trophy for
LBJ?
Victory would be the answer to all of Nixon’s
political ambitions!
He’d pay tiny price for such a prize.
'O DECADES AGO these* same people were Alpine, Texas
demanding that we "unleash Chiang Kai - •
shek" and let him conquer Red China!
A little later they wanted us to "unleash Mac- *^“0# LuffOr
Arthur." _ We want to express our appreeia-
It must be* a comfortable feeling when one can (j0n for the fine coverage you gave
blame all his unattained goals on some imaginerv the Laubach Literacy workshop av-
"leash" that someone is using to hold him back! Pr the radio news and in the Tulia
Come to think of it. we all ARE on a leash Herald.
. . human limiiation, human frailties, ignorance, .
eree*d hate arroeanee Among the 36 persons enrolled
gr , ’ g _ were two from Lubbock, three from
Quitaque and five from Hereford
election ballot. Because pseudo • Barry Goldwater. Richard Nixon, Five different churc^faiths"were
tW/rOi Democrats, Republicans, Ameri - Allan Shivers, Edwin Walker, and represented in the 26 local people
The so - called “Democratic" tan partyites, and other rton-Dem- !'l''’ii^r Wni L3,,inK this c,>urso- So feel we
primary is over and the results ocrats were allowed to vote in the l- , ’ h * ppo s p a v'pr-v successful workshop
\ urlmrough. and do appreciate your fine help.
A coalition of farmers, laborers, Sincerely,
»"S CAR,. HALE
are in. A third - rate political Democratic” primary, Senat o r
hack and John Carnally lackey, Ralph Yarborough was defeated
iJoyd Bentsen, will be the "Demo- or so it would appear.
cratic” candidate for United States Yarborough may still have a Yaiistrough' toThe'United States First BaP’'st Church
Senator on the November general (.hance A weU organized write -in 8 d MateS Tulia, Texas
campaign could turn apparent de - sincere!v
feat into victory. There is the
jtossibility that Yarborough may GARRY KELLY
appear on the ballot as an Inde- 2218 24th St.
pendent candidate, using the device Lubbock, Texas
Yarborough...
(Continued from page 1)
One writer who covered the Yar- .
Imroueh campaign's fading weeks that worked so well for John I.ind-
s«fd the Senator rallied crowds say in New York. Barring this, die
with the fervor of an evangelist
The converts waited a day too
to go to Sunday School.
Yarborough's retirement from
the Senate means the loss to Tex-
as of the chairmanship of t h e
committee which handles 80 per
Dear Editor
Senator can be written in In 1956,
W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel failed
to gain the Democratic nomination Not until 1 read your Editorial
lor Governor and resorted to a did I realize how important our
write in campaign in the general Postal Service is to our Democ-
election. His effort was poorly or- r a c y and to Public Education,
ganized, but still produced over Please do me a favor: a letter I
rjmt nf «H which are design- 100.006 votes. It remains to be write would be lost in the pile, but
tA to imnrove the lots of the seen what a well organized cam- from you to Ralph would reach
people- membership on the power- paign can produce. him - please abstract your Editor-
ftoaBDroorialioiu committee on Senator Yarborough received ov- ial and let him frank it to every
ohirhirntT Mime Texas Senators cr 700.000 votes in the primary. Postal employee in the United
hev# sat in the history of the Bush. Moms, and Bentsen recem*d States. For the first time these
state* and 13 years of seniority a combined total of less than 950,- nnjn and women would realize the
in thi triRfr* 0M votes If the Yarborough vote significance of their job, which
H| YQtg count almost com- remains intact and if the Bush- otherwise has an atmosphere of
ntete the Mowing tallies were re- Morris Bentsen vote is fairly well drudgery.
umixv bv the Texas Elec- divided between Bu>h and Bent I am proud that our three coun-
sen in November, Yarborough can tics — almost an island in this
win. desert of conservatism — voted
The fat cats are going to have a for Ralph! Several of us worked
difficult choice to make as Bentsen a* i* 1 believe this defeat luppen-
and Bush shuffle their feet and **d during a "trough” of conserva-
LttoCMV OBBirai: David Brown, “yassuh” in an effort to please tism. Nixon Is bouyed up in a
Cnirfurd Martin. 961,061 reactionaries in the oil, insurance, purchase of time — doing what
* — iarinnrr Bob Arm- utilities, war, and medical indus- will soon be manifest the wrong
hf7|- jerrv Sadler 428 - tries. Both Bush and Bentsen will thing — and there will be a reac-
ViQiams, 194,224 ’ ’ be going all out to defend I nited tion against reaction and a swing
Commissioner Connie States aggression in Cambodia, to bark toward liberal power. It is a
Beit Ramsey, 1 - Rive unqualified endor>erru*nt to the horrible set - back, but there will
war in Vietnam, to appeal to rac- be another day "Being on the
Cami Place 3: Matt i*4 ignoramuses, and to siphon off right side packs a powerful wal-
Jatoto Denton, 569,- the votes of fundamentalist zeal- >nP "
pyjjtos M487. ots who believe that prayer in Not one percent of those who
Triiman Rob- classrooms is a viable issue Ad- voted for Bentsen knew why he
Stoitli S3R 306 mittedly. people who fall into one made the race to defeat Yarbo -
or more of the above categories rough. The reasons are many, of
|im towfr m . constitute a majority in Texas, course, but the central issue as
■to 11 Ml ’ ’ Bto with both Bush and Bentsen far as Bentsen was concerned was
Kjtl: (Erecting their appeals to people the rising cost of delivery of medi-
who have voted for John Connally, cal service. There are two kinds of
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P&fOCEAJ’lC:
|f. g. Senator: Lloyd Bentsen,
90,411; Ralph Yarborough, 714,-
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