San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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THE THREAT BEHIND FREE MAIL
As far back as anyone can remember the post office
•department has shown an operating loss at the end of
each year. And, on several occasions, this ever-present
deficit has been projected by some congressmen as argu-
ment in favor of increasing postal rates. Such a move
again threatens.
Through heightened efficiency and economy of opera-
tion, the department in the last 10 years has trimmed its
annual deficit from 112 million dollars to only 14 millions.
However, there is still a deficit and as long as it exists it is
a potential .lqver with which some'legislators may try to
raise postal rates.
This deficit is due entirely to the free mail carried for
the many government departments and agencies. The
volume of this mail has multiplied five-fold in the last ten
years. Last year the postal department estimated that if
this free mail had been paid for, it would have brought 72
million dollars into its coffers, wiping out the 14 million
dollar defeit and leaving a 58 million dollar profit. Thus
it is clear that the way to turn the department’s loss into
gain and eliminate this threat to rates is to revoke the free
mailing privileges and require the agencies to pay postage
on all mail they send out.
Business mail users and private individuals as well
would suffer fapmf an increase of rates at this time. A
means to avert this postal rate menace and combat any
moves in that direction is passage of the Burch Bill (H.R.
2001) which provides that all government departments
and bureaus be required to pay postage on all mail they
send out. Active support of this bill would be in the inter-
ests of all mail users, the post office department, and
sound governmental accounting. .
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By 1
County Home
Agent, Extension Serivce
QUR brothers, husbands, sons,
and sweethearts are fighting
and giving' their lives to win for
us a democracy. America is striv-
ing to work out a democratic way
of life. In this work each individual
must have a part and each family
must have , a larger part. The way
In which each individual does hts
Rhare and the completeness with
which each family meets the chal-
lenge will determine the fate of
America. If the family follows the
democratic way the community wiill
be democratic, the state will be
democratic, and the nation will be
democratic.
The Home Demonstration Clubs
of San Patricio County have de-
voted their time in July to the
study of family Being In the home.
Mrs. John Merrill, of the Rades
H. D. Club, Mrs. .Oscar Mayfield,
of Sodville, and Mrs. Jim Ford of
Taft, were program chairmen of
their respective H. D. clubs’ pro-
grams. “It Is in the home that
children have their first guidance
In play activities, and It is of great
Importance that parents recognize
the interests of different age per-
iods," they told their clubs.
The first 3 years of a child’s life
are given to rolling, kicking, and
similar body activities and there is
constant movement every waking
hour. Play equipment and toys for
this period consist of bright stones,
sticks, and spools. It is the age too
of Mother Goose Rhymes.
From 4 to 6 Is the imitative
period when the child's Imagina-
tion is active and he imitates ev-
erything from a bird to the fire
department. Indoor play equipment
for this age includes bean-bags,
picture books, and scissors, and
paste. Singing games are lots of
fun and the child begins to enjoy
pets and playfellows.
From 7 to 10 is the “Big. Injun’*
age of self assertion when interest
awakens in competition and the
child begins to play games accord-
ing to form and rules with other
children. At this age the child is
anxious to develop skill In making
things. Collections and pets are of
keen Interest.
The period of 11 to 15 is the age
of loyalty and hero worship—the
gang age. It Is (.he time of awk-
wardness, laziness, and self-
consciousness for boys and girls.
During this time the Interest in
team games and cooperation de-
velops.
Too few families know and prac-
tice the essentials to good physical
health. Still fewer know and prac-
tice the essentials to good mental
health. Those who do experience
a satisfaction and a feeling of well-
being that makes It much for them
to live a full, useful life.
Young people in many American
homos have faith and confidence
In their parents because the par-
ents have helped them to find these
qualities within theniselves.
Homes are fine places in which
to experiment and learn new
things. Each person has a chance
to express Individual Interests and
ideas.
Parents take time to enjoy the
experience of everyday living with
their children. They know that a
good book or magazine can be
bought for the price of a cold drink.
Youth and ago enjoy and appreciate
each other. These families are good
neighbors.
The American way of life must
be the democratic way of life.
Is your family a good neighbor?
Arc you living a good family life?
Think it over.
PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENTAL
ECONOMY
★ ★
PROCLAMATION
By The
Governor of the State
of Texas
★
No. X»2i>
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE
PRESENTS SHALL COME:
WHEREAS, the conservation of
In the first half of this year, American shipyards built! <l'wit ,”,ul<’s lil<0 tho 'cnnsrtva-
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
KLEBERG RAPS RED TAPE, Ph.D.
THEORISTS IN GOVERNMENT
nearly as much tonnage as the entire nation had when we
entered the war. Furthermore, these shipyards construct-
ed more tonnage '(luring that six months period than they j
built during all of last year.
At the outbreak of war in December, 1941, America
had 1150 passenger liners, freighters, colliers and tankers,
a total of 10,500,000 deadweight tons. Approximately 750
ships of 8,000,000 deadweight tons were built in 1942.
Our shipyards, now delivering at the rate of five vessels
every day, will turn out almost 2,000 ships of 20,000,000
deadweight tons this year. A similar total is planned for
1944..
Those figures are a glorious tribute to American ingen-
uity, skill and industry. But they tell only half the story.
What becomes of those ships now being launched at an
average rate of more than five each day?
In the maiir, they are government propeitfr built by
government order and turned over to the United .States
government for employment in prosecution of the war.
The government places a few under foreign flags; it
awards others, to the Army and Navy where tfrey serve as
auxiliaries.
The bulk of that tremendous tonnage, however, is allo-
cated to private steamship companies who through the
years have qualified themselves to operate any place in
the world. These companies have turned over their entire
staffs to the highly technical job of transporting the bulky
machinery needed for successful prosecution of mechan-
ized warfare.
They have expanded their facilities beyond any meas-
ure known in peacetime days. They have surrendered
their major executives, in many instances, to government j
service. Let they carry on without a hitch, loading the
ships, meeting up with invasion fleets on split-second tim-
ing and bring back cargoes of vital materials.
It is patent, that'we were woefully short of ocean-going
vessels when war broke out, just as we were short of ship--
building facilities. It is fortunate, however, that we had
throughout the country the nucleus of good steamship
management organizations which became so invaluable
when the national emergency arose. Without them chaos
would have resulted in the operation of our wartime mer-
chant marine. We trust that when peace comes steamship
management will be permitted to keep alive the staffs it
has so carefully trained, for the sake of our national
economy and for use in defense of our country.
tlon of all other* materials these
days, is of vital importance to
everyone; and
WIIKKKAS. millions of those
empty deposit bottles are known
to be in homes, tfannp*s. business
plaees and industrial plants: and
\V HP: UK AS. the rot urn of these
idle l)ottb*s which can bo sterilized
for civilian ro-iise would permit
the irlass industry to use even
more of its facilities for the manu-
faoture of glass'containers’ for food
and other items reeptirod by the
Armpd Forres-at. home and abroad:
xuw. Tm*:UP:PT>;RK, I. Coke
St« V' lison, Governor ofthe State of
Texas, do hereby request that ev-
er.- person cooperate in this
DEPOSIT BOTTLE
CONSERVATION
PROGRAM
vvhieh opens, August first, and ask
that they search, tlviv hnm°s,; tpir-
il; •< '.'b-iplaces and industrial
p’.'Hi‘- an.d pinmpth return these
' niHoiMe, s j.i the places from which
!hey' were nl»tallied.
I V \V IT X ICS S \vi 11C I IKoF I have
Iii’i oiiiil i si.ri:...| mv name officially
uni Caused the Seal of State to bo
affixed hereto at Austin, this the
lath flay of July. A. it. 194:!.
Cf >KK It. KTKVKNSON.
Governor of Texas.
(The State of Texas
Seal)
ItY THE GOVERNOR:
Sidney ICatham, Secretary of State.
KINGSVILLE. •*— Pointing out that American soldiers
are fighting with all the courage of their forefathers on
all the battlefronts of the world, Cong. R. M. Kleberg,
speaking before a joint meeting of the Kingsville Lions
and Rotary Club pleaded for the same courageous spirit
of old-time Americanism on the home frtfnt.
the highest, standard of living for
He criticized the red tape that
“is retarding the war effort more
than barbed wire on the battle-
front." and urged that Ph.D.’s be
required 'to .test their learning in
the field of experience, before they
are permitted to foist unnecessary
and un-American n Atyictions on
the people, especially jHMtoe field
of production.
These theorists, he declared,
make advisory demands later
backed up by pressure groups.
They force plans not made or
approved by the people through
their electejl representatives and
the impact of this great bureau-
cratic machine has created a
confusion that retards the war
program and unnecessarily op-
presses the people, Kleberg- held.
The O.PA. OUT. OFA and the
Treasury Department have issued
restrictives by the ream, bushel
and carload." all so confusing as
to lie inimical to the \var effort,
Kleberg declared.
Jefferson was quoted as stating
“a single good government is a
blessing to the earth." The gov-
ernment referredto was founded
am the constitution as a govern-
ment of law, the Congressman said,
and for that reason it endured more
than 150 years, enabling the United
States to become the richest and
most powerful nation on earth with
Ourjkenchan tJffarlne
GEMS of THOUGHT
lay*"—The IceTrade ((Hi
• ; Frederick Tudor, 20-year-old mete
'-'rtsycantile qenius.in 1805 sent a cargo
* of ice from Sauqus. Mass., to Hav-
ana. By time of arrival hi $ cate
Sgo h ad turned to water/ -
all its people.
That such a government is
bleating • is. attested by the manner
in which other nations look to us
with confidence for aid and leader-
ship. but under the confusion ex-
isting today in Washington, the
citizens of this country are losing
confidence in their own govern-
ment. he asserted.
This confidence can be restored
Only by return to a government of
laws, not of men. Kleberg pleaded.
Confidence in our own government
is our most vital need and it can
return only with the elimination
of the present bureaucratic con-
fusion. .
‘'The voice, of, the. people must,
be, heard in the. halls of state," he
said-
Citing the voluntary regula-
tion and adequate production of
World War I, Kleberg asked:
“Have we Americans changed;
have we lost our patriotism? I
think not. The breed has not
deteriorated, but the people re-
sent taking ordres from these
prima donnas who cannot stand
honest criticism.”
The extent to which some of
those in power at Washington be-
lieve that the American \vay of
life and American private enter-
prise have broken down was re-
vealed by Kleberg when he stated
that a bill to enable the federal
government to buy all products of
the farm, mines, field and factory
and to distribute all these products
to civilians and .the Army and Navy
would he introduced when Con-
gress returned from its present
recess. y..
This measure, Kleberg declared,
he would oppose with all the powy-
ers of his command.
The speaker was introduced b-'
Gub L. Kowalski.
IDEAS
-A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and
blessedness Of life. —Jean Ingelow
Great ideas come when the world needs them.—They
>und the world’s ignorance and press for admission.
-Austin Phelps
Events are only the shells of ideas; and often it is the
nejit thought of ages that is crystallized in a moment by
s stroke of a pen or the point of a bayonet.
-E. H. Chapin
be changing glow and full effulgence of God’s infinite
images, mark the periods of progress.
—Mary Baker Eddy
go booming through the world louder than can-
Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have
id more victories than horsemen ot chariots.
KM?.?- - —W. if. Paxton
£is a lesson which allj^toj^teaches wise men to. put
Undaunted .Tudor blank-
eted his ice with white pine
sawdust.thereafter sold ice
regularly to British West Indian,
planters, and to New Or lean s,
Charleston and Savannah.
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MORE! MORE1 . . .
The war was over. Hitler’s death
had finished it. And the corporal
who had helped to lay the body
well and truly underground was
describing the scene.
"The Germans put the coffin
down twenty-five times," he said.
“Twenty-five times,” echoed his
listeners. “Whatever for?”
"Encores,” said the corporal.
By 1833 .Tudor was sell-
ing New England ice to
British merchants iru
Calcutta/ Ice revived
dwindling India-Am-
(^erican trade.
American steamship com-
panies have replaced the old
Ice Trad&with fleets of mod-
em refrigerated shiprnow
carrying perishable goods to ■
all our lighting fronts.
The IceTrade flourished
for seventy years. Up to
Che invention of ice Ma-
chinery in 1875,New
England ice was sold
in every sizeable trop-
ical and subtropical city.
JUST THE THING...
A customer walked Into the pet
shop.
"I like parrots,” he informed the
shopkeeper, “but I >vant one that
can keep its mouth shut when told.”
“Here’s one" that speaks French,”
the proprietor said. “Tell him to
keep quiet and he shuts up like
clam.” 1
The customer hesitated.
“Is that the most intelligent par-
sot foil havet” he asked.
The proprietor looked around.
Finally he pointed to another bird-
“If you’re looking for a really
^intelligent parrot,” he -confided,
“that’s the one you want. Would
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas.—(Editor’s Note: The problems of govern-
mental economy and equitable taxation will challenge American states-
manship In the years that lie ahead—years In which the tax burdens
inevitably will be heavy because of the war which we unitedly wish to
finance to final and complete victory. But' for that very reason, Ray
Decman, executive vice president of the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce, pointed out, post-war economies should be planned now lest
another period of unbridled spending emperil our peacetime recovery
and thwart continuance of the policy of free enterprise upon which we
built national greatness. Knowledge of the fiscal situation is needed to
light the way to future economic sanity. The South Texas Chamber has
prepared a series of weekly articles, of which this is the first, concernftig
the tax crisis on the basis of facts and figures assembled by an authority
on such matters).
“The power to tax is the power to destroy.”
In winning the war we could, conceivably, lose the
peace, if we allow the obliteration of those basic principles
of democracy—investment for profit, free enterprise, the
right to work and earn to the limit of ability. We will lose
the peace if we allow the selfish desires of a minority
group to regiment our thinking, our production, usurp
those inalienable rights of liberty and justice for which
our forefathers gladly gave their last full measure of de-
votion that we, the scions of their fortitude, might enjoy
the fruits of an ajbundant freedom.
Unbridled government spending during the past ten
years has pyramided the greatest deficit our country ha3
ever known. Taxes are becoming unbearable. Every loyal
citizen is willing—eager—to bear his just share of the
cost of victory. But the cost of victory, unquestionably,
could be too great, if bureaucratic governmental functions
continue to absorb the huge portion of the national income
necessary to carry on the policies of an avaricious minority
intent upon personal aggrandizement.
It is to be hoped devoutly that the majority of thinking
Americans will realize, before the “zero” hour, that “the
power to tax is the power to destroy.”
Indications point to a national debt at the end <of an-
other fiscal year of approximately $210,000,000,000. As a
conservative figure, Texas’ share of this unbelievable debt
would approximate $8,000,000,000. Consider that sum
as compared to the state general fund deficit amounting to
approximately $20,000,000—which heretofore has been
considered heavy—and we begin to grasp the real signi-
ficance of Texas’ share of the cost-of the war.
The entire economy of Texas must be adjusted and re-
adjusted in the coming years in order that we may meet
the severe tax payrhents. It behooves us in the future to
consider taxes in the light of Uie over-all picture, that is,
city, county, state and Federalaax payments, in determin-
ing the amount to be paid by tne individuals, partnerships
and corporations. The over-all figure will remain deftress-
ingly high for years to come. .
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