The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1963 Page: 2 of 12
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Four Amendments To Be Voted Upon November
Qualifwd Texas voters (A 1964 poll tax
is one requirement) will go to the polls
Saturday, November 9, to voice their ap-
proval or disapproval on four amendments
to the Texas constitution. Briefly the four
amendments are-
1. Eliminate requirement of poll tax
payment in order to vote.
2. Eliminate residence requirements
and allowing more expenditure from state
funds for needy aged, blind, children and
disabled persons.
3. Retirement funds in political subdi-
visions within Jefferson County.
4. More bonds for the veteran's land
fund, increasing the interest rate, and ex-
tending the life of the program.
The present requirement of a poll tax
in Texas dates back to 1902. It was pro-
posed by reform elements in the Demo-
cratic Party and by the Prohibitionists. It
was charged that illiterate and uninform-
ed voters were being controlled by in-
fluence men representing the "big in-
terests” and the "liquor interests.”
Big drums are being beaten all over the
state urging the repeal of the poll tax as
an "undemocratic measure that deprives
the masses of the right to express them-
selves.” No one wants to deprive a truly
interested citizen in the right to vote, but
if the poll tax offers a means of controll-
ing block votes and other mass election
abuses we still favor its retention
True, we have before the state legis-
latures of the nation now an amendment
prohibiting a poll tax requirement in
federal elections and proponents of repeal
say that utter confusion will prevail if
Texas does not repeal its poll tax law and
the necessary two-thirds of the states
ratify the federal amendment. There have
been other elections where two ballots
were voted at the same time and we
can't see where utter confusion would pre-
vaj| if federal officers were placed on one
ballot poll, tax free, and state officers on
another ballot with the poll tax require-
ment.
Political leaders that appeal to the
masses with their give-away programs re-
cognize that to be effective they have to
be able to herd their voters together at
the last possible moment and truck them
to the polls with the proper instructions.
If they have to organize a poll 'ax cam-
paign months before a heated campaign
they stand to lose half of their warm
bodies "
We cannot see where the payment of
a poll tax wll stand in the way of a citizen
the affairs of
ice require-
seems to yj
who is truly interested
government
The elimination of reside
merits m old age, blind, etc.
to be lowering the bars to an influx of
people who would come to Texas to bene-
fit solely from aid programs. As to the
added authorization for spending, figures
show that the ovet all rolls are not grow-
ing and additional funds are not needed
for that purpose. Recipients of old age as-
sistance in Texas average $58 15, which is
95.8 per cent of the national average
While amendment No 3 deals only
with Jefferson County its implications
could affect the remainder of the state
adversely.
The extension of the salf supporting
veteran land program merits a favorable
voie
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of a finance sub-committee He
also apfxtinted Mi Duff and Bur-
nett to the Commission's sub-
committee on public relations,
along with John Ben Sheppenl
of Odessa
Commission ramrods i h c
Slate's program of advertising
for new industry lo boos! the
Texas economy
Oil Output Cut Texas Rail-
road Commission ordered oil
production for November set al
file lowest point since Jnnuury
Figure established was 27 5 per
STAR
r - j;iw .*i* constitutional I»'it
otso censured th« owner for an
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and three
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un uailiun* has an Hiw
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Texas attended a
SIM ie < >1 1 ' ’f 1-
, w>i tuni ’ ike in li.reign poliiv
the Ijtw
ferrm e
in Lui ....
i- •! ,, ft)' SejH-
"i oi our state f«m
Seine of the purpo-<■- of the
tentlwr
Then o,'i
,;in;d mission.
Irt-udu.t- oe -itleable as n-
Texas Egg Law ;trc to em-ottr-
;c.,c the prtMlu. tion iirt.l m.uilten-
re<pJilted by < * »\
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ernnr do It n
inijun*' fptn
I*'!'- fft. four members of the
lev ' m-'i'-n to Euiqr,
ntT e of a rood quality eggs, to
luture p
1 Vi Qtif flf
thi* l.VnVlItW'n
■ re m the pro.of prepay
keep inedible e.;i - oil the mail;-
.loll,i) ;
Nfiiltty iiw
j ket between
■i t. Governor Cantu
i oilain
Austin -Schooi people have in- cil- on alcoholism,
qtlirrd whether passage of the Texas Is Aviation Minded
constitutional amendment on Texas provides more airpntis qU€Mum0l|
November 9, removing the poll for civilian aircraft than any
tax as a requirement for voting, other slate. A recent survey
will cut down on Staje aid lo shows that Tex-s has <>21 rivil-
s'jhools. Tiie answer Lx. "no" Ian and Joint-use alritorts. Cah-
JDr. D. Richard BowlP rif Aus- forma, which follows second.
UR, farmer president of the Tex- has 505.
€. fafa
False Avdvertising
Have you ever taken an egg
from a carton marked "All-
Good Eggs" nr "Ever-Fresh
and I lien had that egg ooze
enl of potential In brief that’s (jrefj|y a< ross the bottom of your r,iM'
2.808,1X3 barrels daily as com- skillet?
pared with 2.879.206 for October Th;il |m, quiditv egg might
Oilmen got into a fuss at the have |)(,en fresh three or four !'•*<k un,i* 1 ' tomp.tny name
weeks ago hut the carton may which implied h
stain vigilant e t<* make*
tin* housewife* gets wl)
pays for in egg>.
When this law went into effort
some six years ago. a number of
♦•l ;,nil to make certain all egn.'s
me labeled j-i*»jm*i 1> as fo glade
she and
A
a result the Teve
irisidyi ahl> better
t'V.'Z is
pjodlK 1
. were tried to go! around
the misleading advertising A
few individuals attempted lo
.htW'.
W State Teachers Association,
says repeal of the jx>ll tax will
not harm public schools finan-
cing since the levy provides
only three-tenths of one pci
cent of State aid to local schools
He noted further that the
Amendment does not ett!1 tor
cancellation of the poll tax. it
merely removes it as <i reqUTh-
slatewiile hearing
Alt iri C 1U>pe of San Antonio
self-appointed emis-
saries lo Washington who want
to bundle up our problems and
drop thrm in the lap of the
federal bureaucracy "
Stanley Wood of the Texas
Landowners and Oil and Gas
Producers Association said Hope
was talking about hint. Retorted
ment for voting. He added tha'
the iaw is written so that if a
However. California leads in
the number of aircraft 12.073
- white Texas' civilian aircraft
total is 7,325
Aviation is the subject of a lot
of talk among state agencies
Texas Industrial Commission
added a licensed pilot to ils
, ominunity coordinator staff.
Two flight safety supervisors
with the Texas Aeronautics companies were given until Oc-
John G. (Jranga
ed credit insurance rules after
have led you lo believe it was
laid just yesterday. And it is just
this sort of advertising on egg
cartons that the Texas Egg Law
is desinged to prevent.
One section <>l the law states
that no descriptive terms im-
plying freshness or high quality
can be used on a carton unless
hness such as
Top Quality L g t'oiup.iny <>i
"Fancy Egg Company One
firm packed in cartons tabled
"A Good I. j-. Company' ami
sued the Texas Department of
Agriculture in an attempt to •>.
tain the name, declaring the
Texas Egg Law uncnnstilu-
n<>u than a lew year- ago and
eiirrenl pra < - make them a
huv lot the housewil, 1 tie
I iw requires tha' all G
labeled ac urdtng to ibeir qual-
ity so that tin Imvei i an mal.e
an inform ed - elect am Some v -
olatinn- slill occur from bin
lo time bul the Texas egg to-
day rank ■ high oil the national
av erage
Texa
qilK'kiy
more vv
poultry
< Iric-f,
Heultur.
pat rn;
cent ol
! I C
To
aim
y H. West
Is Delegate
To Convcntien
fin i
quant
“day
I«
ip h
Common Market
Wood; "Washington isn't inter-
ested in taking over. They are quality eggs or
concerned with deterioration of u>,t, descriptive
our domestic reserves. They
want us lo get out own liou-.e qy,,. Department of Agri-
in order. ci 11- insfM'etuvs maintain con-
the eggs actually are of A or
AA grade Cartons containing B
lower: cannot
terms which
might mislead the housewife.
Insurance Rulings Insurance
Commission John G. Grange «*•**• *" submit reeommend-
ttchool district lacks anything and Laddie J Roark are eon
toward its minimum program, ducting flight safety courses this < "> '"1 aggom . . an it
“it will be automatically made month in Graham and Bre. ken- f" ,,pin,<m h‘‘;" ‘nK on lf‘
up from the Minimum Found*- nrtge SI.i.OOO.tXKI-a-yea, industry
Health Insurance
For Senior
Citizens Available
8.1).A. and Texas inspect-
or- iomit<’i 1 out that the . mil
pany name was misleading ind
primed in such a way that an
“A" Quality '' . was llupiu
even though all grades were
pa- ked The a* trial -a quality
was printed in much -mallei
1v|s- m an in-.-mspiiitoos -pa
The < oil) • not only
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a.-st presidcmof
F.irtu Bureau Ik*
represent tbit aw
tion Fund."
“School people who feel that
the poll tax should lie removed
as a. qualification for voting
should have no hesitation about
voting for Amendment No. 1 an
November 9." Dr. Bowies said
Alcoholism Rate high Ed li-
st ate Legislative Council is State
making a study of the [tosslbiltiy announced businessmen will pay
II Lewi- Reitz, president ol
hoard of Insurance also ■>«' Texas 65 Health Insut ance
Assi ii i;i1 it in. reports that appli-
ed a slate agency aircraft pool
Parks Pull Visitors Texas'
•16 parks drew 7.200.0IX) visitors
during the 1962-63 fiscal year
That's an all-time high accord-
ing lo J Weldon Watson, ex-
catisg the public on alcoholism ecutive director ol the Parks
and trying to give aid to alette
holies is a very difficult fob.
But it is one to which the -i\-
member Texas Commission on
Alcoholism and its director. Ma-
con W. Freeman, are devoted
Jf is estimated that there are
close to 6,000,000 alcoholics in
the U.S. with some 300,000 of
these in Texas.
Freeman says the alcoholic
and Wildlife Department.
Of 2,21X1,000 autos checked.
112.952 were fiuin i,ut-of-.state
Mt Kenzio Park near Lubbock
attracted Hit most visitors with
1.800,000. closely followed hy
Gair-er at Uvalde with more
than 1.000.000 and Huntsville
with 614.335
Garner Park was first in
campers with 172,683. Huntsville
frit's to hide himself His family had 93.310 and Inks Lake 38,811.
and friends try to shield him Parks with more than 25.000
Together they succeed so well -atiq-er- inclu-led Lake Brown
that most people thinjc he's bur- wood. Palo Dun, Canyon, Pos-
ied fin skid raw. « sum Kingdom and Tyler
"About three per
skid row. But more
cent are your .neigh!
(mt are on Study Colleges Commission
Iran 90 per on Higher Education jwints to
(brs,” said the need for top physical faci!-
KfWHUUI. "They h;»ve good ities sound tiniicigrati'iale pro-
jobs. But they arc disturbed and grams and weeding out of
thwr families are dtsturhed.” course duptications at new Artg-
Ife said that for evt-ry loti 00tl elu • San Angelot and Pan Am-
Alcoholics who are rehahilit a- mean t Edinburg - Stale rol-
led, another 250,009 . get sick
Ministers, doctor.-, nurses, so-
cial workers. Alcoholics Annoy -
naous and just plain-interested
citizens are working jt.tsi that
much harder to combat the dis-
ease. He said on estimated 50
to 75 per cent of "identified 1
alcoholics can he cured
Texas Commission on Alcohol-
iwn works for education and re-
liubiiiiation through coo|ieration
with other state agencies, and
with some 30 community coun-
“ Then arc thru i/hul he
emt»e theft he tfitici.- so /<<
brimgeth them into their ih-
sired haven
Psalm 107 : !ii
Oh iiiHiik Thee. Lord, for the
quid pim-e.
The restful pool vviili
mirrored face
Frsttgefi with trees whose
arms resell hiifh
l» iw-wctlirtMUt towartl the sky .
Where the (July sound that
atttv lie it-w-l
Is flic pi itiwl *il stinif of i»
bird’
lege-.
Commission approvml gradu-
ate programs at TTte University
of Texas Graduate School of Bin
medical Sciences at Houston,
Bul it declined to take any ac-
tion on it second request for two
new doctorate programs at Tex-
as A AM
Dr Joaquin Gonzales Cigir-
roa. It.. Lambi pliysician. was
sworn in as a Commission mem-
ber. He succeetls Jack Wood-
ward Of San Angelo
Meanwhile, the Guvmior's
Committee on Education Be-
yond the High School, which is
studying college needs, received
a set-back. Its executive direct-
or, Dr. A. B. Mill-tin. resigned
due to iil health
I n Martin has been on leave
of absence from his job as presi-
dent of Amarillo Junior College
Chairman H B Zaehry ■: San
Antonio said plans for replacing
Marlin are incomplete. Mean-
while he will remain a> a mem-
ber of the Committee.
Plan Industrial Program
Texa- Industrial Commission set
the stag*1 for an expanded pm-
Highlights .v Sidelights cord'd .
gram after taking on ihree new
members
Claud' Brown ! McCauley.
Leslie iturned of Austin, and
J B M< Duff of Cnx-kett at-
teftded the r first - c ■ ion
Ray Horton of Houston ac-
cepted aj»i*>mtment by Gover-
m»r Connally to a new -erni
Chairman K. B Germany of
lower rates for workmen's com-
pensation insurance coverage
Rale for manufacturing workers
will be 3.7 Ic.-.:-: for the con-
tracting industry 0.5 per coni
less, for the oil industry - I |«*:
coni less; and for all others 2.1
per cent less
Estes Trial Set Court of
Criminal Appeal.- bus set
October HI a hearing on the ap-
I>cnt of Billie S<>l Estes from
an eight year prison semence
Last Novemlier 7, a Tyler
jury convicted Estes, formerly
of Pecos, on a swindling charge
in connection with liquid fertil-
izer tank deals. Estes later re-
ceived a 15-year federal sen-
tence for mail baud in the lank
mortgages
Study Book Protests Stale
Textbook Committee leeummen-
cled 116 txioks for public school
use after studying written and
oral protests against five on eco-
nomics and three on world gem
graphy
"What we want are books
that tell the students we want
small government not big gov-
ernment lor -ound economics,"
said one witness. Roger K Har-
lan of Dallas
Qiairmati John W. Mi Far-
laod. Houston, said some of the
objections indicaled a lack of
understanding of the maturity
and thinking level of present-
day high -schtKi' seniors.
rc|X)rts
cation- for the over-tin lienlth
insurance are now arriving in
the ,\s-<»nation's Dallas oftice at
the rapid clip of nearly .5.50 |«-1
<lay During the first two weeks
of the enrollment period they
processed almost 6.000 applica-
tion- The miba1 enrollment
end- October 21 and they do not
l()l ex|tet t an additional enrollment
jicriod to tie -cheduksl for sev-
eral months
During Oi tolar any resided!
of Tex i- who is 65 years of
age and over may purchase bas-
ic health and major medical in-
suranci under Texas 65 regard-
less of |iast oi pro-ent health
status. H is available from any
insurance agent licensed to -ell
health in-uranee in the ..tote
Fifty-six insurance companies
doing business in Texas have
agreed to undent rite the bene-
fits of Texas 65 in accordance
with special legislation passed
by the :5St!, Texas Lege i.atup-
ariti signed by Governor John
Connally
Texas is the fourth slate to
offer a 65 plan New York Con-
net tic’ll a ii d Mas.sai tniscli-
have had similar plans in op-
eration loi a year a louver and
are now providing protection for
over I8u 0WJ senior citizen-
Guards Needed
At State Prisons
Iri it's final vote the eommil-
fee recommended only two
books which had drawn protests
Studying Departments Gov-
ernor Connally is paying a ser-
ies of vt-il- to State departments
and agencies, studying their
problems first hand.
Purpose is to establish better
lints of communications be-
tween the divisions and his oi-
fn c
Say- ttie Govettloi
to articulate wftat
lores arc
"We newl
our proit-
Drought Worries Major
Texas reservoirs were less than
hen-thirds full last month, com-
pared with 79 jjer cent in Set*-
tember oi 1962. the Te-. ts 'vVat-
er Commission retsTts
"The drought t- not like that
ui the 195b - ti.iv.evei says
State Agriculture Cotnmi--sk»nei
John White. "Normas rams in
the fall and wt,ul»:-i and ni-xt
year would make ltd- yeat s
'lefieit irteidenfa’," White fee 1-
"Bui ft it's dry attain next year
Texas eoutd be in anode-,■ nut Jot
vVii.L Cf.'RTi.-v Dallas ftiuumi Brown vimkmm drought,' he warns.
Hl<ntSvH!6 Pur lo ’ho t f ilh ij!
slum iiue ol guards tluTHH'nut
the Texas i iesKU-tment ot (V«r-
reelions, I.)r. J. »h-
reetor. has issuer! an appeal for
the employment oi al least l'*■>
workers in Hus ratcgor> Me
stilled that guards are needed
at all 13 units of the state's
penal system in order to main-
tain the department's set unfy
strength.
Applications are being aeeep;-
od from men age- 18-55, in g«w>d
health, w!>o have a high
ini u< a lion lietter and who ■ a?
stand tigid 3n\’e»iig*ttion
Base pay for custodial otfiueis
range fr»irn SiHa to %'M‘J a month
While on duty, offuei ai e
furnished uniforms, meal-*, and
housing
In addition to Hje Im^v pa.
alt prison e?ti|»!o>ees tritiiP on
dm fiNleral -sen i?d security and
the state's retirement
plan 1 he prison sysiem mam-
tains also an employ<*M>perated
credit uiiaan
,-vppm anr are asked to wi*d.e
ot eonft&'1 I- W r>j4a>r»gh,
Tj ■■lining Of fleer Texas Drpnrt
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the f>:
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uhe<id of lU.il demand for
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