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A challenge to. its Jurisdiction i adequate water supply tor al! ol J-“’- ,0° 1 •—*- - ~ ■ ~ *ifrvri/ m fAliimn 1
{thrown yem^ay in ypper East the people of the watershed.”
‘‘does not alter the Sabine ’ Thfii
Texas
_______ comment was made today
River Authority’s plan to attempt by Jobn W. Simmon#: president of
to develop a complete, stable and1 the authority, concerning yester-
[Public Meeting Called
In Cove City Squabble
• . , i. ■ > 1 •* . —r-
COVE CJJTY (Spl)—A public meeting “lo the people in
^ove City may bft informed of the truth” has been called by
awrence A. Parkhurst for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school.
PSrkhtrrst who is leader of a move to abolish the recent
icorporation of the city, said he “especially invites'Mayor
i'&lmage M. Pike Jr. and the
iwn aldermen.”
Parkhurst added that he
tas facts and figures to prove
that Cove City does not have
[adequate tax valuation to finance
[city improvements. “A lot o fpeo-
[ple down here think the city con*
[fines include the shipyards and
oil wells but that isn’t so. Hie
city improvements. “A lot of peo-
[ with those of the school district,”
he explained. ,
He also asserted that foes of the
abolishment move ware circulat-
ing rumors that Parkhurst was in
the pay of the Cit^ of Orange or
of the J. M. Burkarts of the Lake
Street Water Co. who have been
in controversy with the .council
over a water franchise. “Those are
downright lies,” he emphasized,
“and I’ll prove that at the meet-
ing too."
“The City of Orange doesn't
i even want Cove,’’ he concluded,
“that old bugaboo about Orange
| taking us in may have worked be-
: fore the incorporation election but
\ it’s bunk now. Orange has too
j many of its own problems to want
| to add more.”
Parkhurst gave testimony be-
ifore County Judge Charlie
IGroom* last week which resulted
in the willing of a Jah. 8 election
[ to determine if Cove City will re-
jmain incorporated or the corpor
[ ation be abolished.
P e t i t i o n s asking the election
' cited four reasons, one being the
| lack of sufficient taxable valua-
tion.
[Ousted Agriculture
idol Gets Job
[In Another Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
f Foreign Operations . Administra-
I tion (FOA) said today it has hired
Wolf Ladejinsky, fired as a secur-
ity risk from his poet as agricul-
tural attache in the Tokyo em-
bassy, to do a land reform job in
Viet Nam.
Adminiatrator Harold Stassen
said FOA has reviewed Ladejin-
aky’a file and found him “eligible
for certification for security and
loyalty.” t
He commented that “in this very
difficult matter ofi evaluating per-
sonnel from a security standpoint,
individuals sometimes reach dif-
ferent conclusions even as juthfes
of any court sometimes have dis-
senting opinions.”
The shift to FOA, predicted
earlier, was at least a partial so-
[ I ution for a problem that had
[Tanged the Agriculture and State
[Departments in opposition to each
[other.
Ladejinsky had security clear-
Sance from the State Department
| but his post was shifted to Agri-
culture Department control by an
act of the last Congress and Sec-
retary of Agriculture Benson, on
advice of his security officer, ruled
against retention of Ladejinsky as
an attache.
Business Session
On City Pny Hikes
Planned for Fridoy
Arrangements are being made
today .to have a business meeting
of city commissioners Friday at
1 p.m. to go over the present
budget in minute financial detail
to determine a projected 10 per
cent increase for city firemen and
police.
“The Friday session will be
strictly a planning and business
session among city commissioners
solely’for the purpose of clarifica-
tion on, what finances will per-
mit,” City Manager Ralph R.
Wolf commented today.
The city manager explained he
haa completed a study sufficient
enough to give city councilmen a
picture on wage hikes needed for
some city employes following, a
comparison of similar scales paid
by nearby cities.
“There is no question about
police and firemen being under-
paid on the basil of this study
(See PAY RAISES, Page «)
day’s 392 tp* 1 vote to set up a
water district embracing the Cor-
porate limits of Wills Point. -
Simmons reminded that the. au-
thority already hsd authorized its
attorneys to “take every step
necessary” to prevent construction
of a dam on the Sabine RiVer„bx
a local water district. He said he
will confer immediately with other
officials of the SRA concerning a
brief now bOlhg prepared.
This brief is to be filed with the
State Board of Water Engineers at
a hearing in’ Austin 'on Feb. 20.
It will touch off a legal battle
which eventually may go all the
’way to the Texas Supreme Court.
The newly - voted Van Zandt
County Water Control and Im-
provement District proposes to
build a dam at a point known as
Iron Bridge on the Sabine River.
The SRA also plans a dam there
and questions the ability of a local
water district tp build an adequate
oqe.
The issue is whether a Texas
river authority can take control
over developing a watershed or
whether it must permit local poli-
tical subdivisions to participate
when they want to. j
The outcome of the controversy
is expected to have far-reaching
effect#, not only on future de-
velopment of the Sabine River
watershed but also on Texas’
critical water problem as a whole.
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The Orange Leader
VOLUME III Member Associated Press ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955 10 Pokes NUMBER 4
U.N. Chief Begins
Talks With Chinese
Communist Leaders
TOKYO (AP)—U.N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
reached Peiping on his mission to
free 11 U.S. airmen and later met
Premier Chou En-lal In what the
Red radio described as “a friend-
ly atmosphere.”
Chou did not turn put to meet
Hammarskjold at the airport,
however, as is the case when Com-
munist China gives a distinguish-
ed visitor a rousing reception. Nor
did Peiping radio mention the rea-
son for the U.N. official’s visit.
Hammarskjold and his party
landed in Peiping at 1:55-pjn„
Peiping time, and Chou did not
welcome him until 5:30 p.m,
when he “threw a cocktafTparty.
Chou invited to the party the
diplomatic representatives of the
various Iron Curtain embassies
and those from Finland, Denmark,
Switzerland, Britain, the Nether-
lands, Norway, Pakistan, India
and Burma. Chen Yi, Red China’s
vice premier, also attended.
“The cocktail party proceeded
in a friendly atmosphere,” Peiping
radio said. ?
Chou then was host at a more
intimate dinner at 8 p.m. Peiping
radio mentioned only three as at-
tending, Hammarskjold, Chou and
Chang Han Fu, vice foreign min-
ister. v-
-Story in Column 4
orange, Texas; Wednesday, January 5,1955
Congress Starts Work
With Demos in Control
j Ship Storage Pact
Due for Renewal
v Formal execution of a $12,000
contract between the Keystone
Shipping Co. of Philadelphia and
the Orange Wharf and Dock Com-
mission is expected within the
next few days, Port Director J. T.
Arledge said today,
t It will extend from May •, 1955,
to May 9, 1998, and is a renewal
of a former contract which waff
initiated last year. The leese cov-
ers enough space to moor six ships
at the extreme north end of the
■lip. The rental fee wHl be $1,000
per month and the space used
doesn’t jeopardize the port oper-
> ation in any way, Arledge said.
“The company has berthed three
ships for the highest number at
any one time during the past year.
Most of the ships have been the
large T-2 tankers temporarily out
of commission,” the director
stated.
He a).so reported that the wharf
and dock board would hold a reg-
ular meeting today at noon at lit-
tle Mexico Restaurant. A monthly
report was to be given and a year's
summary of port activity recap-
ped.
Nation's Nuw Maid of Cotton
It Willowy Oklahoma Blonde
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A
willowy Oklahoma honey-blonde,
Da Lois Faulker, is the 1959 Maid
of Cotton. The 20-year-old blue-
eyed last from Sallisaw topped
21 other cottonbelt beauties in the
contest last night
She’ll make a six-month tour df
North America and Europe as
good will ambassador tor the cot-
ton industry*
If
Today's Weather
Orangefield Board
Accepts Gymnasium
ORANGEFIELD (Spl) — The
Orangefield School Board last
night accepted the $187,000 gym-
nasium which has been under con-
struction for 14 months and has
been something of a Jinx to the
builder and the the board.
All sorts of tHings happened
during the building, the contrac-
tor saying be went broke because
he underbid, flooring mis-shipped
and laid in a government housing
development and other material
ahipments mislaid and held up for
one reason or another.
The gym is still not finished but
it will be used for basketball
games, the first scheduled on Jan.
13. The finishing touches will be
made shortly, according to an
agreement reached by board and
contractor last night.
Despite all this, the gym is one
of the most modern and up-to-
date. Official dedication has been
deferred pending completion.
William I. Burt
Named President
Of Goodrich-GuK
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Spl)—Wil-
liam I. Burt, vice president-man-
ufacturing of B. F. Goodrich
Chemical Co., has been elected
president of Goodrich-Gulf Chem-
icals, Inc., a compiny owned half
by the B. F. Goodrich Co. and.
half by Gulf Oil Corp., it was an-
nounced today.
He succeeds William S. Rich-
ardson, president of the B. 7.
Goodrich Co., who was elected
president of Goodrich-Gulf Chem-
icals, Inc. when the jointly-owned
organization was established in
November, 1952. Richardson will
continue to be a member of the
board of directors of Goodrich-
Gulf Chemicals, Inc.
With B. F. Goodrich since 1927,
Burt became vice president-man-
ufacturing of B. F. Goodrich
Chemical Co, a diviison of B. F.
Goodrich Co., in 1945.
Ha was educated at Ohio State
University, graduating with a de-
gree in chemical engineering. He
had been manager of the com-
pany’s chemical plant in Akron,
Ohio, general manager of plants
and superintendent of the Chem-
ical Division before assuming his
position of'vice president - manu-
facturing of B. F. Goodrich
Chemical Co. f
In 1952 Burt was president of
(See GOODRICH-GULF, Page 8)
School Expansion
Under Way at Vidor
VIDOR (Spl) — Groundbreak-
ing ceremonies for the new 21-
clasaroom Vidor School building
south of the present plant were
held today at 1 p.m. preparatory
to construction crews moving in.
Ceremonies were under the di-
rection of Edward Smallwood and
were attended by a number of
city and school officials.
The building will’ house a li-
brary and cafeteria also and will
be connected with the present
buildings bW 575 feet of outside
canopy, 350 feet of it enclosed
corridor to tie in the buildings.
The canopy will cross Orange
avenue, running north and south.
Students may travel in rainy
weather and buses may load and
unload without getting wet.
Cost of the building will be
about $440,960. About $200,000 In
bonds have been sold to finance
the buildings and $325,000 more
will be sold during a board meet-
ing Jan. 11.
A proposed gym. auditor iunj
and band hall building are not in-
cluded in the contract awarded
to Herman Weber Construction
Co. of Beaumont, low bidder.
Mushroom Growth
Intensifies Demand
For Mufiicipality
By MARY ALICE LAKEY
VIDOR (Spl) — Progressive
residents in the Vidor com-
munity are looking for some-
body to carry the ball in a
play for incorporation but so
far nobody seems to want to be
the key man.
Almost everyone is talking in-
corporation, one way or another,
since the town is mushrooming in*
growth so fast and a bank soon
will be in operation.
Lack of water and sewer facili-
ties and adequate housing is hold-
ing Up the growth of Vidor at the
moment, with\ many families
wanting to move into the town,
some from Beaumont, others as-
sociated with the East Texas Pulp
and Paper Mill at Evadale.
Mrs. John L. Thrasher Sr.,
whose husband is an engineer
with the paper mill said hoboing
is a big problem, with at least 10
families of mill personnel wanting
to move in. She said her family
waited for some time for available
quarters.
Pupil Count l'p
It was learned yesterday that
Weingarten’s, the chain grocery
concern, it dickering with a gro-
cery store operator who has three
acres in the downtown district.
Twenty - eight new students
were enrolled after the holidays
by Elementary School Principal
R. B. Kerr and High School Prin-
cipal Orland Strickland enrolled
five.
Kerr’s comment on incorpora-
tion was that, “It’s the next step
if we are to have improvements.
Vidor’s becoming a suburb to a
big city . . . Beaumont.” Most of
the students represented families
moving in from Beaumont, he
said.
Shopping Center Due
With the business district en-
larging, the burden of taxation
no longer would rest on the little
home owners if the town incorp-
orated. Due for construction soon
is a large shopping center near
the TV station, and a housing
(See INCORPORATION, Page 8)
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Geniality Marks Opening
Moments of New Term
WASHINGTON (AIJ)-—Congress, back tinder Democratic
control after two years of Republican rule, convened todav
with the new majority party talking of cooperation with the
Eisenhower administration but set to push probing fingers
into many of its activities., *
Amid the geniality attending the opening of the session.
both parties were mindful
BENNY IN HOSPITAL
HOLLYWOOD (AP)—Comedi-
an Jack Benny is in Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital with a mild
virus gttack. He’ll b* there about
two dayi.
communities would go into op-
tion around the middle of this
Texas Solon Will Try for Law Extending
Educational Benefits for Men in Service
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Teague (D-Tex) said he will in-
troduce today legislation aimed at
meeting some complaints about
President Eisenhower’s order to
cut off wartime veterans’ benefits.
Teague, who will head the
House veterans affairs commit-
tee, said he will put in the House’s
opening day hopper a measure to
allow GIs to continue to accrue
free education benefits, provided
the men were In the service by the
end of this month.
The possibility of losing thou-
sands of dollars in veterans bene-
fits already has spurred young
men to enlist before a Jan. SI
deadline Cuts off their eligibility.
Getting fhto service now will
mean little as to eligibility for GI
Bill education—unless a proposal
such as Teague’s is enacted. But
it will make the men eligible for
such benefits as GI loan guaran-
tees, unemployment compensation,
mustering-out pay, free hospital-
ization and other benefits. These
benefits will not go to men who
go in after Jan. 31.
These same benefits have been
available to almost all veterans
with separations under other than
.start of the Korean War—Julv 27,
1990. The end to eligibility rights
Job. tl will hive no effaet am
hehefits already earned, except
that the announcement also set
certain distant deadlines for vet-’
erans to make use of the benefits
or lose them.
No part of the Eisenhower order
has touched off as many questions
as the section on postservice school
aid. The House committee has
been deluged with mail on this
point.
The presidential rule, as it now
stands, means a stop to accumu-
lation of education and training
rights after Jan. 31 even for men
already in service.
Under present law, a service-
man accumulates 1V4 days of tree
education rights for each day in
service up to two years—or a total
of 3V4 years in school, a benefit
the VA figures is worth $5,000.
Under the Eisenhower order, men
entering the service Feb. 1 would
have nd such right. Those who en-
tered Jan. 19. for instance, could
gather only about, three weeks of
school benefits, those who eny
tered Feb. lot last year onlyJM
jrars’ worth.
Teague said there Is no question
In his mind but that many man
entered service ranks
Poll Tax Campaign
Discussed by Court
An all-out campaign in effort
to insure that an estimated 10,000
to 12,000 Orange County voters
obtain 1955 poll tax receipts were
discussed during a county com-
missioners meeting today.
The matter of establishing the
poll tax stations again this year
was raised by Fred E. Force,
county assessor - collector. Com-
missioners agreed that nearly 11
such stations throughout the coun-
ty <
¥* .
month
The following locations and part-
time employes were tentatively
approved, but may be subject to
change if conflict arises: Bridge
City Post Office, Mrs, Doris Ket-
terman; Carter's Food Store, Or-
angefield, Mrs. Thomas R. Gran-
ger; Walter Anderson Gulf Serv-
ice Station,„ Walter Anderson;
Zack's Tailor Shop, Solomon
Johnson.
ABC Grocery or Turner Hard-
ware,West Orange, Mrs. George
Prejea'n; Gunter's Grocery, Pine-
hurst, Mrs. George Gunter; Wood’s
Supermarket, Vidor, Mrs. Ramola
Gray; subcourthouse, Vidor; and
Mauriceville Poet Office, Nelson
Wilson
Ih all probability a similar poll
tax station will be set up tn the
Little Cypress area at the school
district tax office. However, def-
inite arrangements haven’t been
made.
All of the commissioners stress-
ed the importance of Orange
County voters obtaining current
poll tax receipts despite the fact
1955 is an “off election year.”
In other county business, com-
missioners approved the authori-
zation of a check for $50 made
payable to the Hotel Dieu at
Beaumont for hospitalization and
expenses incurred by M. L. Phil-
lips of Vidor.
_ —tesdsr Photo by M»ry Allot t*k*y
VIDOR’S GERMAN TWIN STUDENTS—Guenta Huss, left, and
Dieter Russ, right, are in a strange new world and a strange school.
The 14-year-old unidentical twins are from Hamburg and both are
in the eighth grade at Vidor School. Steering them through the
mazes of strange faces and a strange language is Elementary
School Principal R. B. Kerr, center. Both students are taking a
full schedule. \ •
Earl Rudder Installed
As Land Board Chief
AUSTIN (AP)—Earl Rudder wa* installed as slate land commis-
sioner today. Gov. ^hivers called him “Sincere, holiest and cour-
ageous.” \
Rudder, 44, a war hero who led an assault prty ashore in the
Normandy invasion, seemed slightly nervous as hg repeated the oath.
Mrs. Rudder and two of their
Building Accepted
By McLewis Board
McLJEWIS (Spl)—The McLewli
School Board last night accepted
the district’s new cafeteria-audi-
torium building from the Orange
Construction Co., the contractor.
The structure is a part of a $24.-
000 expansion and Improvement
program. It is “L" shaped end lo-
cated at the rear of the school
entered service ranks thinking
community effort. Principal F. L.
MVI.m
five children were In the packed
room for the ceremony, i
Shivers, introducing the Brady
rancher and business man who
tackled the tough job of running
the state land office and the vet-
eran’s land program said:
“He is the type of young Texan
we need more of. not only in gov-
ernment but in all walks of life.”
Rudder said he would do his
best to fill the job and live up to
the governor’s words.
The long-time close friend of
Gov. Shivers was appointed land
commissioner yesterday to suc-
ceed Bascom Giles, who resigned
Jan. 1 while investigation of the
100-million-dollar veterans land
program was on.
Rudder, 44, tor* the oath of
office in time to attend a morn-
ing meeting of the lffnd board.
As land commissioner, he be-
comes chairman 6f the School
Land Board and the Veterans
Land Board. Other members pf
both boards are the governor and
Atty. Gen. John Ben. Shepperd.
Appointing Rudder to the $0,000
post, Shivers said:
' For the next two years, with
(See COMMISSIONER, Page 6)
New Parking Order
Affects West Main
A parking ban on the north
side of Main street between 7th
and 15th streets will go into effect
as soon as no parking signs are
installed, Police Chief Raymond
Sanders said today.
At the present time parking Is
permitted on both side# of the
narrow street. Sanders said that
when cars are parked on both
sides it closes down the street to
the point where only ono car can
pass at a time.
"This slows down traffic con-
siderably especially In the after-
noon when employes of the Or-
ange Pulp and Paper Mill leave
wbrk We are putting in the park-
ing ban in an effort to expedite
the traffic flow and relieve con-
gestion In the area in late after-
noon,” the chief commented.
Executive Changes
Made by CWSD
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Soil—
Three executives changes in Con-
solidated Western Steel Division
of United States Steel Cofp., ef-
fective Jan. 1, were announced to-
day by Alden G. Roach, president.
Appointed to new duties are
T. R. Rooney as vice president—
production, Kenneth Lieber as
vice president— engineering, and
J. B. Du Prau a* assistant to the
president. Du Prau also will re-
tain his present title and respon-
sibilities as vice president and as-
sistant to the president of U. S.
Steel’s Columbia - Geneva Steel
Division.
In his new position, Rooney will
be in charge of all production in
Consolidated Western plants. He
has been vice president-produc-
tion, San Francisco district.
A native of Washington, D.C.,
Rooney was graduated from Cath-
olic University in 1919 with • de-
gree ih chemical engineer!
later received master's
both there *nd at Harvard Sch
of Business. He started in the
steel industry in 1927 with the
former Western Pipe and Steel Co.
in South Sait Francisco, where he
became plhnt superintendent in
1928 and plant manager ih 1941,
When Western Pipe and Steel wag
(See EXECUTIVES. Page 6)
Texans Take Over
Four of Top Spots
In 84th Congress
By CLAYTON H1CKERSON
Tho Associated Press
Four Texans took over top spots
in Congress today after the Demo-
cratic Party reorganized both the
Rouse and Senate under the Re-
publican Eisenhower administra-
tion. *
Texas* congressional dean. Sam
Rayburn of Bohham, ascended to
the speakership of the House for
tlie third time, taking over from
Republican Joe Martin of Massa-
chusetts for the second times
The senior senator from Texas,
Lyndon B. Johnson, took over
from Sen. William Knowland, Cal-
ifornia Republican, as Senate ma-
jority leader.
Committee Chairmen
Two other House members from
Texas, Reps. Olin E. Teague of
College Station, and Omar Burle-
son of Anson, went to the top of
committees as chairmen. Teague
became chairman of the important
House Committee on Veterans’
Affairs. Burleson became chair-
man of the House Administration
Committee. *
In addition, Rep. Frank Ikard
of Wichita Falls, became a mem-
ber of the powerful House Ways
and Means Committee which han-
dles tax, tariff and social security
legislation, sure to have a top
place on the legislative agenda of
the Democratic Congress.
First Since Combe
Ikard's position gives the State
of Texas its first representation On
the committee since the late Rep.
J. M. Combs of Beaumont decided
not to run for re-election four
years ago.
Rayburn, beginning h i s 43r<j
ye*r in Congress with this session,
already has been Speaker of the
House longer than any other man.
Years ago he passed the record
set by the late Rep. Joe Cannon.
Often mentioned for higher office,
the 72-year-old^ Rayburn time and
again has said that the Speaker-
ship Was the highest office to
which he has ever an>ir*d. Before
going to Congress in 1912, Ray-
hum as a young man served ih the
Texas Legislature and waa one
time Speaker of the Texas House.
Vidor Tax Collection*
One-Third Complete
VIDOR fSpD—The Vidor Inde-
pendent School District to date
has collected *33,925 84 in current
taxes, about one-third of its $118,-
598.37 tax roll.
Tax Assessor-Collector C. B
Blakeney said about $650 of the
collected amount represents de-
linquent taxes of which the dis-
trict had little. Last year, he ad-
ded, about 90 per cent of the cur-
rent roll was collected.
Reports of 'Pigeon Droppers' in Area
Bring Warning From Police Chief Here
wartime VA benefit. He noted the
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Reports of elusive “pigeon drop-
pets” working in the immediate
lower Sabine area resulted in the
issuance of a. warning to Orange
County residents today by f olice
Chief Raymond Sanders.
"Beware of strange men, either
white or colored, who offer you
all kinds of opportunities to dou-
ble or triple your money through
numerous schemes." Sanders said.
He cited an example yesterday
of what police believe to be the
money changing racket. An aged
Negro man with a $28 social se-
curity check was approached by
a secopd man seeking change for
a $50 bill. Qlibiy volunteering tn
cash the check in exchange' for
the $50, the man disappeared into-
a nearby store and failed to re
turn.
“Be on the lookout fof the drop*-
ped wallet containing anywhere
from $500 to *2,000 found on the
street. The second move is In-
evitably putting up money with a
third person to prove good fait
Both the third person and your
money fail to appear at a pre-
viously appointed meeting place
to split the proceeds of the wal-
tMi'* BoBdaw ra$4s '
A further racket being worked is
followed by a praying session.
In this shakedown, the victim is
asked to close his or her eyes. The
money i# switched and a paper-
stuffed packet substituted for the
original envelope. The victim 4»
usually told to have faith "oh
the money growing” and asked
to open the packet two days later.
"Naturally the con men are some-
where else in Texas or in another
state.” Sanders added.
During the winter months, the
con men. usually traveling in
pairs, drift south and then work
their way back Up north with the
beginning of warmer weather. The
lower Sabine area is apparently
ih the midst of the path of con
men’s “flyaway." the chief ex-
plained.
Anyone being approached by
strange men or women, either
white or colored. On any kind of
get rich scheme or tripling money
by one gimnflck or another is
urged to call the police department
immediately, Sanders said. Under
no conditions should the intended
victim draw money out of a sav-
ings account first, the chief added.
“It's easier to call and be safe
rather than sorry in reporting a
uwlTminT* tnlW QVtb WlVr
it’s almost impossible to do any
that the record of the next
two years will weigh heavilv
with the voters in tha 1956
presidential election.
The Democrats were shaping up
inquiries into the controversial
Dixon-Yates contract, which man v
of them view as a public vs. pri-
vate power fight, and Into the ad-
ministration’s handling of security
risks among government em-
ployees.
Other investigations ere on tap
for later.
President Eisenhower will come
before the legislators tomorrow to
present hie legislative program tn
the customary State of the Union
message. Some parts of it already
have been disclosed informally.
Among them: A new military
manpower program, keyed to
building up e big reedy reserve of
trained young men; postponement
of tax cuta scheduled for spring
under present law on business in-
come, liquor, tobacco, automobiles
and some other items.
Preliminary to the formal eon-
vening of Congress at noon, many
of the members attended a special
ohun-h settee with the President.
* Presbyterian
(See CONGRESS, Page 9)
Extension of Ike's
Power Over Federal
Agencies Requested
WASHINGTON (AP)-Formcr
President Herbert Hoover today
asked Congress to extend for two
years President Eisenhowers
power to merge, abolish and re-
organize federal agencies.
. a, profm» r*POrt. Hoover
said hii second commission on
government reorganization will
begin filing "within the next few
weeks” reports and recommenda-
tions for cutting costs and im-
proving efficiency in the execu-
tive branch.
Hoover said the 12-member
commission unanimously recom-
mend# extension of the Reorgam-
bation Act. Under this authority.
White House plans for streamlin-
ing the government become law8
automatically unless disapproved
by the Senate or House within 60
days after the plans are filed with
Congress. The authority expires
April 1.
Six of the commission’s task
forces aiready have prepared re-
ports, Hoover said, and all 14 will
have completed this spadework in
April.
The commission therefore has
reached "the final stage of its
work,” Hoover said—that of con-
sidering the task force reports and
hammering out its own recom-
mendations. The latter will bo
sent to Congress in perhaps as
many as 17 or 18 instalments be-
fore the end of May.
Corporal Is Slain .
At Widow's Ht>me
WHITE HALL. UL (AP)—A 4$-
year-old Army corporal, visiting
a mother of six children, was fa-
tally shot last night. Officers seiz-
ed the women’s estranged husband
in connect ton with the shooting.
Sheriff Fred Ballard of Greene
County said Cpl. Richard A. Sut-
tles, in the regular Army for 17
years, was shot when he went out-
side the home of Mrs. Rose Sey-
mour, 42, to investigate poises. He
died in a White H*U. hospital 2V*
hours later. ’
Ballard said Mr* Seymour told
him her husband Lawrence, 5*.
who lives next door to her, fired
one shot from e 20-gauge shotgun
when he met Suttles outside. She
said she heard no conversation be-
tween the men—“only a shot.”
the iaaerUoo ©t money u> a Bible thing about it,” he commented,
| ORANGE JUICE |
. TRIUMPH — OJ haa been able
to rack up another victory, With
assistance from a J. C. Penney
Co. clerk, en Orange County rural
resident and Sheriff Chester Holts,
Mae McCarver got back the navy
blue purse and $45 of the $90 she
lost while shopping the other day.
TRAGEDY—Now we need help
again. A yodng friend haa loci a
white gold Gotham wrist watch
wee a prised
present Will the til
call $-4741.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 1955, newspaper, January 5, 1955; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558105/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.