The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 246, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1957 Page: 4 of 16
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Editor's Desk
By J. CULLEN BROWNING
A K-lach-thiek book that came
our way by courtesy of Rep. Louia
Dugas ia going to be pne of the
principal weapons in what ft ex-
pect to be a ye* rs-long crusade.
We contend—and Dugas agrees—
that the sUte government has en-
tirely too much money in some of
its »1 pockets. We further contend
that tome of the Cash should be
redistributed for the purpose of:
(1) abolishing the state’s ad va-
lorem tax levies, and (1) prevent-
ing a tax increase at the state
level.
The thick book mentioned is “An
Inventory of Special Fund* Within
the State Treasury,” a report to
the 55th Legislature by the Texas
Legislative Council,
v.. It provides a comprehensive peek
into the public pockets at Austin,
and since it’s your money you
might like to know whet is in some
of them.
First of the funds discussed it
the available school account The
inventory says regarding the dis-
position of fund balance: “A
lative (in theory, all mone;
be apportioned to achoolt, !
mechanical process of allocation
usually results in a year-end bal-
ance.)”
Balance in this fund at the end
ey ia to
but the
of the fiscal year on^Aug. 31 was
$5,110,082.61—* ti'dy chunk of your
tax money that isn't being used to
help educate your children because
of “the mechanical process of al-
location."
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Another interesting account is
the Confederate pension fund. This
money comes from ad valorem
taxes collected by county govern-
ments for the state.
According to the Inventory, "All
money other than the amount
needed td pay Confederate pen-
sions is transferred to the state
building fund.”
Aug. 31 balance: $1,072,918.69.
Know any state agencies that need
a million-doliat building? The
money is waiting.
A brand new small college could
be provided by the state govern-
ment with the balance carried
forward from month to month in
the available university fund. Aug.
31 balance: $4,832,221.22.
The permanent school and per-
manent university funds are sup-
posed to be invested and earning
Interest. But the $3,024,839.82 bal-
ance in the former and $1,740,851.61
balance in the latter on Aug. 31
wasn’t making the schools or col-
leges any money.
The motor fuel tax enforcement
fund gets one per cent of the
gasoline tax revenue for the pur*
‘ seeing to it that the law
this tax ia obeyed. The
ia supposed to be
le funds to
How Corrupt Is the Legislature?
Members of the Texas Legislature “•
„ are petting stirred up over what they describe as
“loose talk” about alleged corruption within their ranks.
The Senate Investigating Committee yesterday open-
ed a drive to put a stop to such talk; or at least to f nd
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vears about corruption m the Legislature with verM>
tie evidence offered to back it up. One former'mender
was found guilty a few days ago of accepting a bribe
but this is the only case within memory that reached
the stage of an indictment. /
This is not to suggest that there is no corruption in the
Legislature. Probably there is some; the extent of it de-.
pending on how the term is defined. But those who talk
loudly and loosely about such corruption ought to keep
quiet about it until they can point a finger at individual
lawmakers, and document their charges.
Taken by and large, members of the Legislature are
as honest as the rest of us and it is not fair to the law-
makers to include each and every one of them in a
blanket indictment charging corruption,
i Moreover, the big majority of honest members are
iust as anxious as the rest of us to ferret out any evil
doers and bring them to justice. The Cox case was evi-
dence of that. » ~ ]
But you can’t convict a member of the Legislature for
a crime any more than you can convict anyone else for
a crime without evidence that will stand up in court.
Gene Fondren, counsel for the Senate Investigating - of ge
Committee, put it this way in announcing that subpoenas levying thl
had been issued for the appearance before that group of balance, if any,
persons who had talked about corruption in the Legis- transferred to the
MAtUTC!
“We want to stop any of this loose talk about the Leg-
islature. If people have anything to say about the Leg-
islature we’d like to have them tell it to ui and not go
spreading it around.
“At the same time we want to be very careful not to
do anyone any harm by just calling him to talk with us.
Some of the people we may talk with haven't done any-
thing wrong at all. They just have some information we
would like to have."
Which seems to be a reasonable approach. Our legis-
lative system being what it is, a suspicion of corruption
is very easy to com? by. And incidents such as the Cox
case have a tendency to make all the lawmakers sus-
'pect. 1 " ' - f.
Still, there is nothing to indicate that more than a
handful of them can be justly suspected of wrongdoing.
Nor is there any reason for persons having evidence of
corruption in the Legislature to keep it being used in the
courts, where it should go.
Every Right To Bust a Button,
Some editorial button-busting that took place in the
Sabine River Works News this week can be repeated
here and applied to the county as a whole.
Said the News, speaking to Du Pont’s 2,000 workers,
“You may have already heard it, and we hope you have,
but for the record, here's a wrapup of our record-break-
ing United Fund Ampaign at SRW.
“Employes have contributed a total of $32,183.88 which
is an average of $17 per contributor. Of the total em-
ployes, 98 per cent gave to the United Fund.”
The rest of us did not match the superb record for giv-
ing set at SRW, where almost exactly one-fourth the to-
tal raised in the county for the UF was subscribed. -
But we can do a little button busting for the fact that not S
we did ourselves quite proud in raising the other three- - incidental. The case of too much
cadi is common among taxing
agencies these days, and until
there are more hassles about it
It's going to remain the case.
Tba World Today:
Syrians Intensify
Resistance Move
Training Program
By ANGELO NA?ALE
DAMASCUS, Syria lit—A group
of men, riflee in hand, dived to
the ground nt a given signal,
sprawled on their stomachs and
began tiring in a partially com-
pleted football stadium.
This was the scene today at
one training center for Syria'*
Popular Resistance organization—
a movement composed of tens of
thousands of civilians in the Arab
nation's "irregular army.”
The organization has moved in-
to high gear since tension in-
creased over Turkish troop con-
centrations on tin Syrian border.
Some 400 civilian volunteer!
turned up for the football-field tir-
ing practice not far from the heart
of Damascus. Many were young-
sters who looked as if they ‘
just entered their teens. S
wore the PR uniform — olive
green coveralls — but moat were
in street clothes.
They fired at 28 targets, with
whatever weapons were available,
mostly old French -rifles.
The scene was typical of what
is happening throughout Syria. In
Damascus, Aleppo, Homs aruf La-
takia — all key cities — members,
of the resistance organization are
receiving battle instruction for the
“sacred self-protection” of Syria.
They are being trained for
street fighting. Weapons are being
distributed in various cities. The
army chief of staff, Maj. Gen, Afif
Bizry, has called on the volun-
teers to wage relentless guerrilla
warfare in the eveat of an
invasion.
The popular resistance organiza-
tion is headed by Bizry’s brother
Col. Salah Bizry.
One of the Damascus group, 15-
year-old Fatht Atack, said he
joined the movement to “defend
the Arab homeland which extends
from the Atlantic to the Arab
(Persian) Gulf.”
Does he believe the Turks will
attack Syria? “Yes,” said Fathi.
Why? “Because they are massing
troops on our border."
Reports from Aleppo said the
local governor, at a ceremony
yesterday, gave the aignal to the
public resistance organization to
start digging trenches around the
city and in northern areas
to the Turkish border.
dote
which
the motor fuel tax ia allocated by
law.
But again “Mechanical process-
es” seem to keep a lot or cash
tied up. The Aug. 31 balance in
this fund was $1,148,633.13.
There are several special funds
In which big sums of money are
being piled up and not being used
for any purpose for the simple
reason that the Legislature failed
to make any provisions for dis-
posing of accumulated balances.
Biggest of these is the operators
and chauffeura license account,
which receives the income from
the fees paid for driver*’ licenses.
The balance in that fund at the
end of the fiscal year was $3,830,-
430.29. Using that money for traf-
fic law enforcement would save the
lives of a lot of Texans.
The stale government also is
keeping a lot pf the cash Uncle
Sam collected from you tied up in
continuing balances.
Federal public welfare adminis-
tration is an example. It carried
« cash balance of $2,869,641.88 over
the last fiscal year into this one.
Federal children assistance carried
over $1,198,946.33.
The sum and substance of all
this is the simple fact that a whale
of a lot of the $283,673,893J3 net
cash balance of the state govern-
ment of Texas at the end of the
last fiscal year on Aug. 31 was
unnecessary.
The surplus could have been
used either to provide additional
atate services or to cut taxes.
And a8$ resemblance between
that statement and a recent edi-
How Can I?
By ANNE ASHLEY
Q, Row can I store white gar-
ments so that they will not turn
yeliow?
A. Wrap them in blue tissue pap-
er. Or, take an old sheet, dip it
into strong laundry bluing water,
and when dry wrap the garments
in this.
Q. How can 1 make apple and
banana salad? v
A. Cut two quarts of apples
Into small slices; then slice three
or four large bananas. Sprinkle
with one-fourth cup of lemon Juice,
and mix with cream mayonnaise
dressing. Serve on crisp lettuce
leaves.
Q. How can I. keep frying pans
bright and clean?
A. By rubbing them with a crust
of hard bread. Then wash in hot
water and washing soda.
fourths and in putting the campaign way over its goal.
And a special word is due the employes of the county's
smaller industries and business firms. They picked up a
much bigger share of the UF tab this year than ever
before.
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connections,
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least two
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must function properly if the m
tile’s flight is to be successful.
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came
scores of volunteers who participated.
SUN:
the U.S. Treasury paid
>cial Securi-
st fund invested in federal bonds ... In short,
yotrve paid social security once when yo\i pay your tax
—-and you pay more on it every time the government
pays interest on those bonds!”
SUMMIT, MISS.,
$600 million as interest on the $23 billion Social
ty Crust
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THE
James B. Quigley _
J. Cullen Browning
Joe Parsley
ORANGE LEADER
-Publisher
-Editor
Mr*. Mary Alice Lakey ,
Bob Axelson .
Mrs. James Dees ......
L. R. (Bob) McHugh _
E. F. Krietsch_
S. R. Davis
Managing Editor
Crea News Editor
-City Editor
-Women's News Editor
—--Sports Editor
—Advertising Director
-Circulation Manager
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Better English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this sen-
tence? "It was a temporary ar-
rangement at best."
2. What is the correct pronun-
ciation of “cigarette”?
3. Which one of these words la
misspelled? Benefactor, benignity,
bereavement, benificial.
4. What does the word "vehe-
mence” meant?
5. What is a word beginning
with off that means "meddle-
some"?
Answers
1. Say, “at THE best.”
2. Accent‘is on LAST syllable,
not the first, so often heard.
3. Beneficial.
4. State of Wing very ardent,
eager, violent. (Accent first syl-
lable). “He spoke with vehe-
mence."
5. Officious.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 246, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1957, newspaper, October 23, 1957; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558560/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.