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WAGE TWO
COOPER REVIEW COOPER, TEXAS
FRIDAY, JAN. 1C, 1947.
COOPER REVIEW
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WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
— CONGRESSMAN — TEXAS’ — :
KICKING HIM AROUND!
By COLLIE*
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American industries are
faced with unexpected heavy
penalties and in some cases
ruin if the decision of New
Deal Supreme Court judges
on portal-to-portal pay since
enactment of the Wages and
Sour Law in 1938. Suits for
claims amounting to three and
a half billion dollars have
already been filed by employ-
ees during this period for
time spent in getting to and
from their jobs and it is esti-
mated the total will amount
to twenty billion dollars. It
is certain that the employers
and their employees neither
understood that this time was
to be paid for and it is doubt-
ful if the framers of the law
and the Congress intended
that it apply to time incident
to getting to and from the
job. But if the Supreme
Court holds that this princi-
ple applies in all cases, as it
has in one on which the de-
cision was rendered, there is
no means for employers to
secure relief. Congress clear-
ly has no power to pass legis-
lation now to abrogate liabil-
ity that has been sustained
under a valid law.
The New Congress
Congress must meet at least
once each year. It meets Jan. 3,
unless a different date is provided
by law. Jan. 3 of eacr year, as
this year, a new Congress meets,
composed of 32 new members, or
re-electcu members out of 90 in
l o Senate and 435 new or re-
! ‘eted members of the House of
’"pvesentatives. Last Friday,
Jan. 3, at noon, both Houses as-
sembled. The House for the first
time in 16 years was composed of
a majority of Republicans. The
Republicans, of course, elected
their own officers and employees
of the House and are starting off
with an entirely new organization.
Neither the Democrats nor the
Republican.Party has a monopoly
on intelligence, honesty or ability;
there are able and sincere men
in both parties. It will be very
much against the interest of the
country for the Democrats.mem-
bers to oppese everything that is
sponsored by the Republicans and
to devote their time and efforts in
carping criticisms; we should all
work in the interest of the wel-
fare of the nation., regardless of
political sponsorship. After our
country has gone through two
world wars and one devastating
depression in the last thirty years
at such great loss of life, limb
and money, leaving us witfi a
Federal National debt of $260-
billion, facing a most important
reconversion period, it is time for
partisan politics to be shelved at
least until the big job is done.
The Hon. Joe Martin of Mass-
achusetts, the son of a blacksmith
and a very able, sincere man with
excellent habits, was elected
Speaker of the House; the Hon.
Charles Halleck, who served on
the Committee on Small Business,
of which I was chairman, for sev-
eral years, was elected majority
leader—another very able and
fine man; the Hon. Sam Rayburn
of Bonham, one of the nation’s
finest and best, was drafted for
minority leader, after he had
first declined to accept the place.
Mr. Rayburn has served as Ma-
jority Leader and Speaker of the
House for the last ten years and
the Democrats are fortunate in
having him as our Leader in the
House while we are in the minor-
ity.
acted by the reason of a bill’s
coiibideiaiion i,i n committee; in
other words, the important stage
of a bill is committee considera-
tion where witnesses are heard
and interrogated, the bill com-
mended and criticized, and every
word and paragraph carefully con-
sidered before It is sent to the
House of Representatives for con-
sideration, debate and action on
the House floor. For the last 16
years, the Democrats have held a
majority on each House committee
and the chairman of each such
committee was a Democrat; but
in this the new 80th Congress,
this tremendous advantage will be
held by Republicans.
Terminal Leave Payment In Ca»h
Several months ago, I filed with
the Clerk f the House a bill pro-
posing the payment in cash im-
mediately of the terminal leave
bonds now held by veterans of
World War II. If the Democrats
had carried the House, this bill
would have been H. R. 1; but the
new Republican organization want-
ed H. R. 1 for the bill proposing
tax reduction, and gave my bill
another number. The bill will be
pushed vigorously. Every veter-
an, who wants cash in preference
to his bond, should be allowed to
obtain it.
President Truman’s mess-
age to the 80th Congress on
the state of the union was
■well received by most Repub-
licans and Democrats alike
and the public generally.
President Truman has had a
difficult job and the country
sympathizes with him though
disapproving of many of his
policies. Succeeding Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who was elect-
ed on New Deal policies, Mr.
Truman felt his duty to carry
out those principles and seem-
ed to never realize that the
■county was fed up with it un-
til the landslide in November
when a Republican Congress
was elected. Now he appears
to be willing to bow to the
mandate of the people and
turn from radical to more
conservative policies. Though
he has been unable to lead
with policies of his own, he
is exhibiting a fine spirit.
Committee* Important
Most of the legislation is en-
aries. This in one profession
that has received very little
raise in salaries while the
cost of living has increased
enormously. It is to the
credit of Texas teachers that
they have bourn their lot with
little protest and no strikes,
but the people of this great
state have no moral right to
expect members of this great
profession to continue to work
at such rediculously poo** sal-
aries. In fact if their salaries
are not raised many of our
best teachers will be forced
out of their profession.
Farm Parity
About five years ago, Congress
enacted a law guaranteeing the
farmers a floor under their prices
for two years after the next first
day of January after the declara-
tion of peace. This was made
effective by the Commodity Credit
Corporation, with government
money, making loans available on
such products equal to 90 per cent
of parity (92 1-2 for cotton).
This gives the farmer some secur-
ity and encouraged the farmers
to go in for big reduction dur-
ing the war. President Truman,
one day before January 1, 1947,
proclaimed an end to hostilities of
World War II, which means that
the farmers will enjoy this bene-
fit for the years 1947 and 1948
only. If the proclamation had
been delayed one day, the farm
ers would have had another year
under this law. However, the
President doubtless considered
that a permanent farm program
should be adopted during the 80th
Congress and, therefore forced
the issue.
PUT OR PIT
By Ruth Taylor
Put or Pit—which do you do?
The other day I was typing, in
a hurry as usual, and when I read
over what I had written, there it
was—‘pit’ instead of ‘put’.
Uufortunately that is what im-
patient people are too often do-
ing. They pit their energies
against suspected opposition, wast-
ing precious time and strength,
rather than put their energies to
work to achieve their desired ends.
They strive so hard in fighting
Senator Bilbo has in effect
been denied his seat in the
United States Senate, though
no doubt fairly elected by the
voters of Mississippi. He is
one of the most unlovable
characters ever to sit in the
Senate and reflected no credit
on his state. He is a rabble
rouser and used the Negro
issue to achieve his election
and the Republican Senators
used the same issue to oust
him. Proof of his acceptance
of gifts from people whom he
has aided in securing war con-
tracts was a subterfuge as
the practice of accepting gifts
is not too common among men
in Congress. The Republicans
are hopeful of gaining support
of the Negro vote by their ac-
tion, but the country will not
suffer by their action.
This session of the legisla-
ture should lose no time in
providing more funds for pay-
ing school teachers better sal-
In Years Gone By
A Review Of The Past In
Cooper And Delta County.......
ten years ago
Eight indictments were returned by grand jurors in Judge
Charles D. Berry’s District Court. All civil cases have been disposed
of while the grand jury was meeting.
Bank deposits at the end of the year increased by quarter of
a million according to reports issued this week. Total deposits were
slightly mt>re than $800,000.
A solid sheet of ice covered Cooper over the weekend and the
city was in darkness for two days as a slow falling rain accom-
panied by sub-freezing temperatures knocked out power lines and
froze pipes in homes.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Oscar McCrary, a young railroad shopman, was shot and robbed
of $18 and his watch as he stopped to fix a tiii near Klondike.
Two men stopped and offered to help him then pulled a pistol and
shot him when he refused to give them the keys to his car.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wilson lost three children during last week
from diptheria.
Total cotton ginning in Delta county for 1926 as reported by
the Census Bureau was 16,296 bales as compared with 33,183 in 1925
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. M. E. Shelby suffered a stroke while shopping Tuesday
morning and is in a serious condition at her home.
Logan Ward, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ward, died in
a Paris hospital following a long illness.
A beautiful snow that covered the ground to the depth of eight
inches fell Monday morning. This is the heaviest snow that has been
recorded in 45 years.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The long delayed dynamos for the electric light plant arrived
Tuesday and Cooper has lights for the first time since November
when :he plant burned.
W. R. Allen was elected president of the Enloe State Bank at
a directors’ meeting Tuesday.
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off attacks, both real and imagin-
ary, that they never drive ahead.
I do not mean that we should
follow the line of least resistance,
that we should compromise or ac-
cept as perfect, half-measures. No
indeed! Compromises usually leave
both sides discontented and please
no one. We should struggle hard
to establish the things in which
we believe, but we should do it
positively by working, rather than
negatively by fighting.
We should put all our efforts
into constructive work, into labor
which will build up upon a firm
basis and we should not spend our
strength by pitting it against
forces that are often created out
of our own minds or by our own
prejudices. Half the troubles we
dread never happen. Half the
opposition we deplore exists only
in our own thinking.
“Put” is constructive—it is mo-
tion forward. “Pit” is negative—
it is placing against. “Put” is
productive—it is action ahead.
“Pit” is static—it is only opposi-
tion. What we need is a lot more
putting forth and a lot less pit-
ting against.
Put it together—and put it
across!
Put the facts, not the fancies,
together, fitting them in logically
and harmoniously, not just letting
them jut out into thin air. Put
your energies to constructive use,
workirr with your fellow laborers
in the vineyard, Don’t pit your
strength in senseless competition,
hoping to beat some one else, try-
ing to get things for your own
group and not for all the people.
Put in together and put it
across. Don’t waste time arguing
but see through whatever you
start to do. Argument is good
when the plans are under con-
sideration and we have yet to de-
termine what we shall do—but
when the plans are laid, we should
not pit ourselves against the will
of the majority. We should work
together to put it across.
Put or pit—which do you do?
NOTICE
I will be out of my office from
Monday, Jan. 13, through Wednes-
day, 15 attending the Mid-Winter
Clinic in Dallas.
DR. C. S. ELLINGTON *2
Calcium is often a limiting
factor in plant and animal growth
in East Texas counties.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moore and
sons and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rorie
of Sulphur Springs visited Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Rorie Sunday.
Be Quick To Treat
Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis may develop If
Four cough, chest cold, or acute bron-
cnltls is not treated and you cannot
afford to take a chance with any medi-
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
Boothe and heal raw, tender. Inflamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Creomulsion blends beech wood
creosote byspecial processwith other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
Bell you a bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like tho
way It quickly allays the cough, per-
mitting rest and sleep, or you are toi
have your money back. (Adv.)
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