Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1941 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1941
REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS
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Henry Ford and President Roosevelt
Symbolize Two Schools of Thought
By Malcolm W. Bingay, in. Detroit Free Press
Henry Ford is the enigma of his
age. When “history’s last pages
are written” they will no doubt of government they are
record him as the unique non-
formist. He is the Great Con-
tradiction, the sore thumb of those
who want life catalogued. He does
not fit' into any filing system.
In a corporate age of business
Henry Ford remains an individual.
All his board of directors are
in his vest pocket. He can make
moves on the vast chess-board of
his industrial empire with the ease
of an itinerant peddler. From his
very beginnings when he fought
the Selden patent group—and won
—he has belonged to no organiza-
tions. He sits in no meetings with
his competitors. He agrees to no
price range. He is a lone wolf in
a world of combine.
The soundest argument good
men in the union movement have
is that employers band together
in organizations and, therefore, it
is just and proper that the work-
ers also unite. But. here again is
the contradiction. Ford doesn’t.
To rival manufacturers he is as
much an off ox as he is to the
unions.
Now he is being roundly de-
nounced by the C. I. O. because of
his fight against letting that
organization represent his em-
ployes. Nothing they say about
him, however, is one-half so bitter
as the financial and industrial
leaders said about him in 1914
when he announced that he was
going to pay a minimum of five
dollars a day.
They called him a Communist
and an anarchist and a madman
out to-destroy the capitalistic eys-
tem. But the workers of the world
hailed him as a demi-god. Now it
is the union leaders who are de-
nouncing him and the capitalistic
bunch who are proclaiming him.
It does not seem to matter to him
which side is throwing the brick-
bats; he goes his own inscrutable
way.
It was the same when he re-
fused to sign the NRA code. Other
manufacturers denounced him and
General Hugh S. Johnson frothed
at the mouth in calling him names.
To the Gin’ral, then, Ford’s de-
fiance cf Roosevelt was a sacri-
lege for which Ford should have
been drawn and quartered. Now
the Gin’ral is visiting his talents
for invective upon the very sarqe
Roosevelt.
As between Roosevelt and Ford
this is the same natural antipathy
as the age-old enmity between
cats and dogs. They symbolize
two schools of thought. Ford is
the apotheosis of rugged individ-
ualism. Roosevelt is the exalted
high priest of collectivism. In
economics and in the philosophy
Arctic and Antarctic poles.
So it is as natural as rain that
these two men should clash in the
present situation in which we find
ourselves. And it is equally nat-
ural that the C. I. O. leaders
should take advantage of it. They
charge that Ford is violating the
federal labor laws.' Ford charges
that he has never violated any
law that has been sustained by
the courts.
The battle now going on, then,
is for an interpretation of the law.
Ford insists that that is what
courts are for: the clarification
of fundamental principles. He in-
sists that neither the labor board
nor the defense commission has
any right to make laws, that such
a function remains in the hands
of congress.
The Roosevelt administration
holds that no manufacturer shall
be given defense contracts who
does not accept the administra-
tion’s decrees regarding labor,
“wherever such provisions are ap-
plicable.”
So when it comes to turning out
4,000 plane engines that are des-
perately needed, and at a cost of
$122,323,000, Ford gets the con-
tract because of the “unique abil-
ity” of his organization to do the
job. But when it comes to 11*781
trucks, his bid is rejected because
he refuses to conform to “the
provisions of Procurement Cir-
cular No. 43” insisted upon by Sid-
ney Hillman.
Mr. Ford counters with a bland
proposal that he will make all the
war materials demanded without
a cent of profit “if the other man-
ufacturers will do the same,”
knowing very well that no other
manufacturer can agree to this
because all the others have stock-
holders to face at the end of the
year. v
The conflict between the Roose-
velt doctrine and the Ford idea
runs far deeper than the present
controversy. It is a struggle be-
tween two warring philosophies
that will be raging in America
long after the war in Europe is
a matter of history. —
It is the battle beween individ-
ualism and collectivism, not really
between two individuals. What-
ever the outcome, it will eventual-
ly shape the destiny of America.
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Radio Announcer: “The three
minutes silence on your radio, la-
dies and gentlemen, was not due
to technical breakdown, but was
sent to you by courtesy of Noise-
less Typewriters.”
Instruments Filed
With County Clerk
Deeds.
Louise Hasten to J. F. Hough-
ton, all of section “D” and 10 acres
off of the south side of section “C”
of the Johnson & Pugh subdivision
of the T. D. Wood Bonnie View
ranch.
Lee Ramirez et ux. to Maximo
Hinojoso, lots 15 and 16 in block
2 in Monterey addition to the town
of Woodsboro.
August Rathkamp et al. to Ed-
ward Rathkamp, up on the parti-
tioning and dividing of estates of
M. and Johanna Rathkamp, de-
ceased (among other properties)
three certain notes secured by a
lien covering 200 acres in Refugio
Coimty.
M. B. Arnold to C. I. Massey,
lot 15 in block 22 in the town of
Austwell.
B. McDonnell to Ruth Hoelzel,
town lot 4 .and the west half of lot
5 in block 32 in the town of
Woodsboro.
W. J. Stark et al. to E. J. Land-
graf, 108.13 acres out of the John
Rainey survey, and 9.58 acres out
of the John Rainey survey.
Eleanor Homburg et al. to C. B.
Gautier, lot 17 in block 32, in the
town proper of the town of Re-
fugio.
Mission Heights Realty Co. to
Mabyl Walker Warren, all of lot
11 in block 5, in Mission Heights
addition to the town of Refugio.
acre tract out of the northeast
comer of farm lot 5.
Ce-Beth Oil Co. to Seatex Oil
Co. Inc., oil and gas lease executed
by John N. Mitchell et al. to Wil-
liam F. Morgan, covering three
tracts of land, the first being de-
scribed therein as 127.63 acres and
referred to as “A” lease; the sec-
ond being described as 100 acres
and the third as 100 acres and re-
ferred to as “B” lease, said three
tracts being parts of the four-
league grant executed by John N.
Mitchell et al. to William F. Mor-
gan, covering 150 acres out of the
four-league grant to the town of
Refugio, subject to certain oil pay-
ment and overriding royalty of
one-eihgth of seven-eights of all
oil, gas and other minerals pro-
duced and saved from 10 acres
around the Mitchell-Laura “C” Oil
Co. Inc. wells Nos. B-3 and B-ll.
Edward Rathkamp io x,rrs. Ruth
Hoelzel et al., three certain prom-
issory notes secured by a vendor’s
lien on 200 acres in Refugio Coun-
ty, a part of section 46 of John-
son & Pugh subdivision of Bonnie
View ranch and being the south-
east quarter and the south 40
acres of the northeast quarter of
said section 46.
Probate Court.
Emily Anna Mena, aplication
for birth certificate.
Louise May Mena, application
for birth certificate.
County Court.
Harvey Brightman, application
for retailer’s beer license.
--*--
Judge: “The jury having ac-
quitted you on the charge of big-
amy, you are free to leave the
court and go home.”
Prisoner: “Thank you, Your
Honor, but I want to be on the
safe side—which home?”
Kleberg Announces
Examination for
Coast Guard Posts
An opportunity tor young men
of the 14th congressional dis-
trict who are interested in a ca-
reer with the United States coast
guard will be given May 14 and 15
when the annual competitive ex-
amination for appointments to ca-
detships in the guard will be held,
according to announcement made
in Washington by Congressman
Richard M. Kleberg.
The examination is open to all
physically qualified boys through-
out the United States, between the
ages of 17 and 22 years, who have
the required moral qualifications
and educational preparation. The
Coast Guard Academy is located
at New London, Conn., and suc-
cessful completion of four years of
cadetship lead3 to a bachelor of
science degree, a commission and
a career in the coast guard. Al-
though the course is mainly pro-
fessional, sufficient time is given
to purely cultural subjects.
The course is designed to fit the
young man for a commission in
the United States coast guard,
whose function is to enforce all
federel laws on navigable and-
territorial waters of the United
States and to promote safety and
security to vessels that use our*
waters for legitimate commerce
and pleasure; to have its person-
nel, units and stations prepared
for active war time duty and to
organize yachts and small craft,
and train their crews for duty in
case of national emergency.
Young men who are interested
in taking the competitive exami-
nation may secure full information
by writing Congressman Kleberg,
House of Representatives, Wash-
ington, D. C.
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new ridel
Oil and Gas Lease.
John Buckley et ux. to C. E.
Starrett, covering certain five-acre
tract out of the northeast comer
of farm lot 14; also five-acre tract
out of said farm lot 14 around
what is known as well No. 1 there-
on, and five acres out of the north-
east comer of farm lat 5.
Assignments.
C. E. Starrett to W. H. Schafer
Co., all household and other rights,
title and interest of assignor by
virtue of certain oil and gas lease
in and upon five-acre tract out of
the northeast comer of farm lot
14, also five-acre tract out of said
farm lot 14 around what is known
as well No. 1 thereon, and five-
acre tract out of the northeast
comer of farm lot 5.
' C. E. Starrett to Morgan &
Starrett Inc., all right, title and
interest of asignor by virtue of
certain oil and gas lease, subject
to the asignment to W. H. Schafer
Co., five-acre tract out of the
northeast corner of farm lot 14,
and also five-acre tract out of said
farm lot 14 around what is known
as well No. 1 thereon, and five-
NEW COMFORT was the keynote as
we made plans for this year’s Ford.
Get in, through the new wide doors!
Stretch out, in room to spare! Seating
width has been increased as much as
7 inches. Knee-room and inside length
are greatest in the low-price field.
Then take the road and try its ride!
A soft, steady, gliding new Ford ride
that takes good road or bad in a sat-
isfying new kind of stride. And notice
the quietness of this big Ford!
There’s news at your Ford Dealer’s
that’s too good to miss! News in com-
fort. News in value. And news in a
“deal” that you’ll find easy to take!
SHELTON-BAILEY MOi
TELEPHONE 12
REFUGIO, TEXAS
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