The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 02, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1962 Page: 2 of 14
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S_ROCKDALE JTex.) REPORTCT
EDITORIALS
January 18. 1962
Pay Poll Tax; Be a Voter
Whether you like it or not, if you want
to vote in the elections this year, there is
that little matter of a poll tax. So you
might as well go on and get it over with.
This month is your iast chance
Of course, if you were 60 years old be-
fore January 1 you can just forget the
whole thing, and when an election rolls
around, go vote. It’s on the house.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depend-
ing on how you look at it, everyone in
Texas is not over 60, however, and if
you are not so blessed, go on. shell out,
pay your poll tax. You do want to vote,
don’t you?
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DejHirtnient of Commerce
Sees Good Aluminum ) ear
There’s good news coming out of Wash-
ington this week from the Department
of Commerce in the statement that alumi-
num shipments are expected to increase
this year about 15 per cent over 1961 ship-
ments.
This is not a report from the aluminum
industry itself, but from the aluminum
and magnesium division of the Business
and Defense Services Administration,
United States Department of Commerce.
The report further says that in 1961
domestic shipments increased about 12
per cent but primary production decreas-
ed 6 per cent. For 1962, the report says
“Production is expected to increase but
shipments will be even greater.”
In fact, the report says that the alumi-
num industry is expected to have u
higher production rate in 1962 than the
average for all industries. Greater alumi-
num consumption during the year will be
due to increased activity in using indus-
tries, says the outlook
Here is an excerpt from the report:
“The physical volume of building and
construction is expected to increase mod-
erately in 1962. Automobile production
will be substantially greater, and the
amount of aluminum used per car will
also increase. Production of container,
and packaging products and appliances is
expected to increase. Increased use of
aluminum because of defense program re-
quirements is also expected. Kxports may
increase. Labor contracts expire in the
second half of the year, and some pre-
cautionary inventory buying by consum-
ers may result.”
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
AND MESSENGER
Subscription rules Mr wall In Mtlurn anrl adjoining
Counties 1 year 13 50 Anywlirre rise In Texas or United
State* 1 year M 00 By earner boy home delivery In
Kockdale only, 1 year 55 00.
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or reputation of any penon. firm or corporation, wHich
may appear In the column* of The Reporter will be
yladlv corrected upon being brought to the attention of
It would appear that politics may be
a little quiet as far as Milam county is
concerned. Things are running pretty
smoothly over at the couit house But a
lively race is in prospect v. ith two already
announced for representative of this dis-
trict to the state legislature.
Then there’s the matter of electing a
governor. By all means, you’ll want to be
in on this. There are other important
places to be filled, like for instance the
attorney general’s office
Seriously, have you paid that poll tax'*
II not, there is no time like right now.
You can pay it at the court house in Cam-
eron, or if you don’t want to make the
trip, you can pay your poll tax any time
this month at the office of Gaither Motor
company in Rockdale
Be a voter this year
iulonmtiou u Messing
Or <i Frankenstein?
What is your opinion on automation9
Is it a blessing fir a monster? Will it take
jobs or create them''
Roger Babson, noted economist, in dis-
cussing automation says: "I have said
before and I will say again that there has
never been any indication that more ma-
chinery means fewer workers Look hack
over the industrial history of this country
and you will find that there has been an
unending outflow of more efficient ma-
chines, and yet employment has soared
from one new height to another simul-
ta neously.”
It is pointed out that the sheer volume
of machines to run machines today is al-
most incredible and still employment
keeps reaching higher.
Joblessness today, Babson declares, for
the most par* is due to an exploding
population, a rather impressive group of
people who would rather live on charity
or unemployment insurance than work,
and a reluctance to develop swiftly-paced
programs to re-tram and re-locate win k-
ers displaced bv the advance of tech-
nological improvements.
Babson believes automation has been
so rapid, many people are frightened. But
he also believes “there will he plenty of
jobs but many will be different jobs "
Keep in mind, however, says Babson:
“Human brains must still work out the
entire scheme, and human hands must
build, set up, start, tend, repair and
maintain- and sometimes even stop’ —
these automatic machines.
Ambition arid enthusiasm are essen-
tial tools in the kit ol all successful peo-
ple. *
The part of the human body that peo-
ple talk with is often many sizes too big
for the part that they think with.
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HIGHLIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS
News From Your State Capitol
-By Vern Sanford. Taxas Press Association-
AUST'N Substantial progress
ha* been made b> the Legislators
toward enartmeri* of Gov Price
Daniel’s program
I iwmaker-, -‘x-miiK re election
ttn.v -.pi mg are diligently at work
They want to be borne by the fil-
ing deadline . . February a.
Loan*
Hou-e of Representatives sent
a roach amended loan regultaory
bill to the Senate. Bill would set
up tight supervision over those
1 who lend in amounts less than
V1,500 (exceptions are banks,
i credit unions, savings and loan
1 associations md various kinds of
I cooperative credit groups
Thou- exempt from the regu-
! laturv law would be limited to
10 per cent interest per year AH
{loans over $1,500 would likewise
b< la ,u to 10 pei cent.
! House bill allows a 3 per cent
! per month charge on loans under
$100 . 2 1/2 per cent on the
part of the loon from $100 to
1200 . . 2 per cent on $200 to
$500 . . and 10 per cent on the
pait of the loan between $500 and
$1,500
When interest allowed on a loan
over $20 is le.xs than $4, the lender
can charge $4 in lieu of interest.
Rural Roads
Senate passed the proposal b.v
Sen. Neveille Colson of Nuvasota
*o cut the pending on farm-to
market road construction - im-
provement by $17,500,000 a year.
This amount will be used fot c< n-
xtruction of .econdary and pri-
mary highway;.
A House rural block on the
Agriculture Committee favored a
mailer reduction. They preferr-
ed a ten yeai graduated cut . . .
to reach the goal set by Governor
Daniel, Texas Farm Bureau the
County Judge and Commissioners
Association and the Texas Good
Roads Association.
Tourism
Large crowds turned out for the
Senate and House committee
meeting on these bills: *l> to ap-
propriate $300 000 for advertising
for tourists; ‘2» for expansion of
the juvenile parole system. <3i ami
for repairs to the San Jacinto
Monument
Opposition came largely from
advertising people who felt the
Highway Department isn’t the
proper supervisor of an advertis-
ing program.
Attorney General’s Race Begins
Funner Secretary of State Tom
Reavlev of Austin was the first
candidate for Attorney General to
p i> the $1,000 filing fee at State
Democratic Fv'cutive Committee
) cadipuarter..
Thi i- Reavie.% . Inst state-
wide rate The former Nacog-
doehes Count> Attorney wus ap-
pointed Secretary oi State in
l’J55. He now practices law in
Austin.
Waggoner Carr of Lubbock,
two-term Speaker of the House of
Representatives, already has an-
nounced as t candidate
Although Carr lost the 1960 race
to Will Wilson, he polled a half
million votes.
The Lubbock lawyer says his
platform has no basic plank,
“strengthening our legal frame-
work where needed, and more
vigorous enforcement of those
laws, once •nacted.”
Les Procter of Austin, who re-
signed his office as District At-
torney, is expected to make a
strong bid for the Attorney Gen-
eral’s job.
Procter won prominence as
prosecuting attorney during the
veterans land scandals.
Rep. Tom James of Dallas, the
fourth announced candidate for
Attorney General, is busy with
legislative duties.
"Tourist*” Ready to Travel
Formation of the Texas Tourist
Council became official at a
luncheon here which honored
state representatives. Council
urged appropriation of $300,000
for out-of-state advertising
Tourist Council elected as its
president James Gaines of San
Antonio. Vice-presidents are
Glenn Alexander of Corpus
Christi, Everett Fuigham of Lub-
bock, Ed Leach of Galveston,
Charlie Meeker of Dallas, T. P
Newhall of Greenville, John Ben
Sheppard of Odessa and John
Simpson of Austin. Ed St. John
of Austin was elected secretary.
Speaker James A Turman told
the 500 luncheon guests that the
old joke “it is easier to pick a
tourist than a bale of cotton”
is about to go stale. He said
Texas must I'd the rest of the
nation know what it has to offer.
Texas Called Book Desert
University of Texas Chancellor
Dr Hairy Ransom told members
of the Texas Commission on High-
er Education that the State ol
Texas is laboring under the label
of "the nook desert of the Unit-
ed States.”
Dr Ransom made the statement
A TIRED FARMER IN A SILLY WORLD
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Philosopher
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J. A.
Dear editar:
I'm not saying we need more
bankers in Congress, but if we
had more Congressmen as bunk-
ers, things would certainly ease
up for me and a lew others 1
could name
What I’m talking about is an
item ! read in a newspaper iast
night about a request the Secre-
tary of the Treasury had made to
Congress. He said he would like
lor Congress to increase the na-
tional debt limit by a couple of
billion dollars right away, as the
government will need more money
to operate on.
Asked why, tie said the govern-
rnent’s income is uneven, it
doesn't flow in steadily, and even
H the budget is balanced on a 12-
months basis, there are months
when expenses far exceed income
and the debt limit ought io be
raised
Onlv a few of us financial ex-
perts can understand this matter,
but Congre* s indicated it would
go along with the raise, strictly on
a temporary basis. Actually, the
debt limit is 285 billion dollars, but
Congress each session has raised
it a little, temporarily only, till
the government can work out ol
its financial difficulties, which
takes a little time, and the limit
has now been raised to 298 b. I lion,
with 2 more billion expected to be
added shortly
This is why I say I would like
to see more Congressmen as bank-
ers, l he United States Treasury
and my own financial situation
are exactly alike My income
doesn’t flow in steadily, it has it-
up and downs, and I don’t want
to go further into debt perman-
ently, just temporarily B it it's
hard to find a bunker with Con-
gressional ideas. When one of
them fixes your debt limit, that’s
it until you increase your assets
enough to justify the increase.
Sometimes it’s hard fur me and
impossible for the government to
operate on these terms.
Come to think of it, though, it’s
probably better like it is, with
bankers running banks and Con-
gressmen running Congress. If
you think there is a crisis in Rcr-
iin and Africa, think what kind
thore'rt be in Washington if the
Secretary of the Treasury had to
confront a Congress run like a
bank On the other hand, think
of how much fun I could have
f I could find a bank run like
Congress.
Yours faithfully,
J A.
POLICE—
(Continued from page one*
1 arrest, $21.50; gambling, 1 ar-
rest, $21 50; destruction of public
property, 2 arrests, $38; throwing
litter on public streets. 1 arrest,
$21 50; and indecent exposure, 1
arrpst. $5n 5n
Judge Atkins said there were
no pedestrians injured during l.w
year.
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n upport of a plea from Dr F
L. McConald, President of Lamar
State College of Technology, lor
a more rc'ili.Mic appropriation re-
commendation !<ii lioiara-. m
Texas' 19 stale colleges.
Reappointed to the State Board
of Examiners for Teacher Educa-
tion were; Dr. Glenn Barnett ol
the University ol Texas; Mrs.
Kate Bell of Houston Public
Schools; Dr Arviri N. Don nor of
the University of Houston; Dr
Frank Hubert of Texas A&M; Dr.
Herbert LaGronc of Texa Christ-
ian University; Dr. Emmett D.
Smith of West Texa State Col-
lege,, and Mrs Florence Vaughn
of Tv ler Public Schools.
Tiie Board ala> mupointed a 16-
member J unior Col leg* Study
Commission •«<> Budget Procedure::
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Legislature
Short Snorts
A-.sbtant Attorney General Bo
Frn Shannon of Brownwood .ha
been appointed Chief of the At
tornev Geneial’s Insurance, Bank
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 02, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1962, newspaper, January 18, 1962; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693999/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.