The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1949 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1949
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The following editorial is reprinted
from the Portland. Oregon, Journal:
“If you think TV A and the pro-
posed CVA bill are far-reaching, con-
sider this:
•'William Warne, assistant secre-
tary of interior, recently outlined in
part plans for an Alaska Develop-
ment corporation bill that has every-
thing the doctrinaires of regionalism
have been advocating—and then some.
“This government corporation, with
$1 billion of funds, would
have the ^athdrity to engage in any
kir.J of business—power, shipping,
roalroading. mining, banking, lumber-
I ing. printing, manufacturing and com-
munications. It could operate any
kind of retail business or service, in-
cluding hotels, restaurants, theatres,
dairies, housing, commissaries, laun-
dries and what have you.
“Run by a three to five-man board
appointed by the president, this gov-
ernment corporation could do almost
anything it chooses to do with the
water, land, forest, power and min-
ing resources cf the territory of Alas-
ka. It would have a stranglehold on
Alaskan economy and could, if it
chose to do so, elbow private enter-
prise out of the picture.
“Like TVA and the proposed CVA
and MVA bills, it could ignore civil
■service and do all construction work
on a force account basis, thus elimi-
nating private contractors. And it
would be specifically exempted from
all Federal, territorial and munici-
pal taxes..
“This, then is a master plan for
Alaska, one th„t would nationalize
Alaskan commerce and industry. It
represents a philosophy widely ac-
cepted in Britain and heard more
and more frequently in these United
States, whic hholds in i‘6 effect that
personal initiative and private en-
terprise are no longer effective and
that p?ly an all-wise authoritarian
type government corporation super-
imposed upon a basins, states and
territories can do the governmental
and developmental job.
“We believe this philosophy is
wholly unaocpetable, whether it is
exemplified in an Alaska Develop-
thority,”
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings that affect the dinner
paite, dividend checks and tax bills of
everv individual; national and inter-
national problems inseparable from
local welfare.
“The government,” says U. S. News
& World Report, “has become the
biggest source on income in the coun-
try. In a single year to end next
June 30, the Treasury will spend an
estimated $46,000,000,000 in cold
cash. This means that $1 out of every
$6 spent in the United States will be
spent by the government” The mag-
azine then gees on into considerable
detail as to how all this money is to
be divided.
The biggest item ip the budget—
$17,300.000,000—is accounted for by
benefits and subsidies of many di-
verse kinds. Nearly half of that
amount—$8.300,000,000—will go to
veterans and is one of the payments
we are making because of past wars.
Then farmers will come in for some-
thing over $2,000,000,000 in direct
payments and government crop loans
and price supports. Large sums will
be paid to the old. the blind, and the
unemployed. Finally, $5,600,000,000
will be paid out to foreign govern-
ments and for foreign-aid purchasing.
Item number twe—$10,200,000,000
—will go for salaries. It will go to
3,700.000.000 people, the number of
civilians now on the federal pay roll.
____r_____ ... ___ _________ ___As the U. S. News points out, this
ment corporation or in a valley au-|does not include those who work in-
directly for government, such &s the
men and women employed in plants
producing materials for federal agen-
cies.
Third is a $10,000,000,000 item for
goods. This includes sn enormous
number of items, running all the way
from airplanes snd tanks to paper
and ink.
Interest on the public debt will re-
quire the sum of $4,100,000,000. That
will be a cash payment, and does
not include the interest accruing on
war bonds and savings bonds.
Services, such as printing, rent and
u ility bills, will cost the taxpayers
$2,400,000,000. And something like
$2,000,000,000 will be used for loans
and investments.
The above items cover the major
expenses of the government. Perhaps
the most striking fact is the great
increase in the numbe rof individ-
uals who now live off the Federal
Treasury. To quote U. S. News again,
“Ten years ago, when the New Deal
was pouring out billions for direct
and work relief, fewer than 20,000,-
000 persons were getting checks from
publi cagencies. In the period that
has followed, the make-work pro-
grams of government have disap-
peared. Prosperity has taken over.
Personal incomes trebled. Yet - • . •
persons living on public dollars, in
whc-le or in part, jumped 29 percent"
The implications of this can be ar-
gued indefinitely. But it indicates the
reasons for the uneasiness of those
who wonder how much more govern-
ment the country can stand.
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OPEN 7:00 A. M. to 1:00 A. M.
THANKSGIVING DINNER
Pineapple Juice
TURKEY AND DRESSING
Creamed English Peas Whole Grain Corn
Snowflake Potatoes Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Pumpkin Pie Hot Rolls Drink
Dinner 11 a. m. on
Only $1.00 plate
Clown's Cafe
Unless management and labor find
a way to settle their differences with
cut damage to public welfare they
may lose their freedom to do any-
bargaining at all. said William D.
Mason of the Sun Oil Company in
an address before a group of veteran
oil workers. Pointing to the exper-
ience of the labor movement in Eu-
rope, where the freedom cf workers,
like that of everyone else, has been
largely dstroyed. h then called upon
both sides to join in a common ef-
fort to halt the encroachment of gov-
ernment authority into industrial af-
fairsj
The oil industry, which grew from
exactly nothing to its present size
and importance in less than a cen-
tury, is an excellent example of how
enterprise, free of political and beu-
cratic domination, gets things done.
The owners, the managers, and the
workers have been free men. They
naturally had disputes, but they set-
tled them among themselves. Many
of the top men in the industry to-
day began as riggers, drillers, com-
mon laborers, refinery hands, and so
on. Free enterprise always holds out
opportunity to those with talent and
energy and ambition. The old saying
that “here’s always room at the top"
was never more valid than it is now.
But if we run to government to
solve every disagreement, indepen-
dence for either labor or manage-
ment cant’ exist for long. When gov-
ernment makes the decisions, it also
exerts the controls. Labor would be
among the first to find itself hope-
lessly fettered.
Mr. Mason also said that increased
appreciation cf such • common objec-
tives as full employment, higher liv-
ing standards, increased productivity
and fair profits will help labor and
management along the road to indus-
trial peace. The worker and the em-
ployer are in the same boat, and if
the ship sinks both will go with it
ORGANIZED COOPERATION
Anyone who watches a freight
train go by is impressed by the num-
ber of different railroads represented
by the box cars and gondolas and the
rest of the rolling stock. In all likeli-
hood he’ll see * cars which are the
property cf railroads whose own
tracks end cne to three thousand
miles away.
This is an example of the organiz-
ed cooperation that has brought the.
roalroad industry to its high level of
efficiency. Suppose, for instance, that
each of the more than 600 different
railreads which serve this country
wouldn’t permit its cars to leave its
tracks. The time and the money that
would then be required to load and
unload commodities moving across
the nation would be incredible. Mass
transportation, as we know it, would-
n’t exist.
What tbe railroads do is work to-
gether so that freight and passengers
may move freely from one line to
another as part of a unified national
‘rar.spor ation service. And this co-
operation do«s not stop within the'
industry. For nearly a quarter of a
century, cooperation between rail-!
roads and their shipper cusomers has:
also been on an organized basis.
Thirteen shippers advisory boards are
in operation in this country. They ex-
ist so that railroaders and shippers
con get together to produce the mest
efficient and economical transporta-
tion service.
This i« one example of how a great
industry dealt with the complex prob-
lems connected with meeting the ba-
sic transportation needs of a huge
country. The goal never varies. It is
tc give all who want it the best ser-
vice possible, at the lowest cost.
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Thursday overnight guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Waddell
last week vjere Mr. and Mns. Sam
Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hubbard and little daughter, Judy
Kaye, all of Abilene.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wingo spent
Sunday and Monday in Dailas where
Dick goes at regular intervale for
physical check-ups.
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