The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1950 Page: 2 of 20
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Washington News Letter
By Congressman Ed Gossett
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.
—The moat important action taken
in the Confrea* this week was the
Senate's defeat of cloture. This
means the Senate refused to cut
off debate, i.e., eliminate filibus-
ter. This in turn means that South-
ern Senators will not permit the
enactment of F.E P.C. during this
session of Congress. To many, fili-
buster seems foolish. However, the
filibuster is often the only way in
which a minority £xn defend itself
against a majority. In thia instance
the filibuster is the only weapon
Southerners have to use against
the immoral, hypocritical drives to
enact the so-called civil rights pro-
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cities of the big states.
The House this week passed a
bill “amending and supplementing
the Federal Aid Road Act—to au-
thorise appropriations for contin-
uing the construction of high-
ways.” It provides $600,000,000 per
year for the next two years. It di-
vides the funds on the same basis
as the 1044 Act. $226,000,000 goes
to Federal aid highway projects
(this means the main highways);
$160,000,000 goes to the Federal
aid secondary highway system
(this means farm-to-market roads)
and $125,000,000 goes to projects
on the Federal aH highway sys-
tem in urban areas to be used for
the purpose of widening streets,
viaducts, etc., in building high-
ways through our cities. I voted
for this bill. On my desk as a pxrt
of the propaganda for the road
bill is an interesting booklet pub-
| lished by the National Highway
Users Conference, Incorporated,
entitled “The Highway Transpor-
tation Story.” In this little book-
let appears the following daU:
We have 350,000 miles of rural
highways,, i.e., primary state high-
ways; 214,000 miles of secondary
and farm-to-market roads; 2,373,-
000 miles of local rural roads;
316.000 miles of city street and
highways; 70,000 miles of roads
within federal reservations. The
United States has 78% of the
world’s cars and 52% of the world's
(trucks. In America there is one
vehicle for every 3.6 persons. In
England, one for every 18 persons,
elsewhere in the world, one for
every 222 persons. We have 35,-
500.000 passenger cars, 8 million
trucks, and 200,000 buses, etc.
Highway transportation accounts
for a business volume of 30 million
dollars annually. Trucks serving
agriculture have increased 60%
since 1941. In 1934 one out of 10
farms had electricity; now 4‘out
of 5 have electricity. Rural car-
riers travel 1,495,000 miles a day.
In the 3 months period, March 16
through June 16, 1949, more than
SOOJMX) students visited Washing-
ton by bus.
From the looks of the buses on
the Capitol grounds at this time,
snore students will probably Visit
Washington this year than last.
L A lady complained to me this
week that she had sponsored two
DP's—a father and his son—into
this’.eountry. Within six months of
her taking these folks, the father
died of cancer and the son had to
be admitted into an insane asylum.
Dotens of similar instances have
been brought to my attention. Still;
we are told that DP’s are carefully
screened.
1 have several letters from home
asking me what my campaign plans
are for this summer. I .have none,
ns yet, and have been too busy to
think of campaigns. I do not in-
tend to leave my post of duty while
Congress is in session. Following
the adjournment of Congress I will
return home immediately and open
Congressional offices in the Fed-
eral Building in Wichita Falls.
Our office here in Washington is
never dosed.
Following adjournment of Con-
gress, I shall visit all parts of our
District. A Congressman should
know the wants, hopes, fears and
aspirations of all of those whom
he seeks to serve. His actions, of
course should always be based on
the old platitudinous democratic
maxim of the gfeatest good for
the greatest number. The greatest
good should of course take into
consideration both spiritual and
material values, not alone for this
generation, but also for succeeding
generations.
My wife has just called to say
that our youngest daughter, Me-
i, has the mumps. '-
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Burning and over-cutting of for-
est land reduces the quantity and
| quality of the range for wildlife.
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The first goal in forest pro tec-
| tion is the prevention of forest
! tires. If fires don’t get started,
I we don't have to fight ’em.
The best tire - - the safest tire
that man can build or money can buy!
£ GOOD-YEAR
Bolts Endanger
Lake Fishermen
How fishermen may reduce the
lightning hasard when caught out
in electrical storms was describ-
bed to the Game, Fish and Oyster
Commission Saturday.
Professor B. N. Gafford, chair-
man of the Electrical Engineering
Department of the University of
Texas urged fishermen to allow
adequate time to reach substantial
shore cover ahead of storms. If
they fail, he suggested that they
try the following:
1. Place a metal fishing pole
vertically, fixing it to the side of
the boat so that the handle ends
sticks into the water and the tip
projects into the air above the,
heads of the occupants.
2. Lie down in the bottom of the
boat, whether or not a makeshift
lightning rod is affixed, so that!
the body is below the edges of the
craft.
Professor Gafford explained that
lightning is caused by electricity
in the clouds being discharged into
the earth or the closest object be-
tween the cloud and the earth
Therefore, fishermen on a river
where the banks extend above the
water might have comparative
safety from the bolt. But anglers
on a large area of water, where
shore lines are distant, would be
endangered.
The University authority said
persons <Jn the Jpnd, caught out-
side in storms, might be safest by
lying down in a low spot. If in a
wooded area, they might well seek
the largest open space between
trees.
Professor Gafford ridiculed the
old fashions^ theories about pro-
tection from lightning, such a*
keeping rooms dark. He laughing-
ly added: “When there’s a storm,
my good wife usually runs around
the house snapping off the lights;
and I follow closely it} her foot-
steps turning them back on."
Mn. H. K. Goff
To Receive Dogroo
Uni varsity of Texas
Mrs. Harry E. Goff of Graham
is a candidate for the Bachelor of
Arts degree in Journalism at the
June 3 Commencement exercises
of the University of Texas. The
list of 614 candidates comprises
nearly one-third of the record 1906-
plus who will be granted degrees
this June by the University.
Mrs. Goff is the daughter of
Mrs. Earl A. Taylor, Bunger road.
Mrs. Taylor plans to be In Austin
and attend the Commencement ex-
ercises.
Grant onto tram UttM acorns
..aw -and charred aOuapa from
the litfle match wa throw.—Wall
/Rtraat Journal.
Dr. IL C. Martin
I OPTOMETRIST
EYE EXAMINATIONS
glasses fitted
Pbena 175 Sit Etai SI.
the risk of self-medication
Thirteen Southern SUtea hava
three-fourths of the forest fires
in the United States.
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Man causes most of the fires
in our southern forests, but man's
relation1 to the forest fire problem
| is not simple.
Dm wxATHia and human ailments am favorite topics of '
everyday conversation. The next-door neighbor is alert to
recommend her favorite remedy for any set of symptoms.
Another friend holds implicit faith in aomathing aha.
You are caught in a cross firs of claims and counterclaims.
Artemus Ward observed that, "The trouble with people
is they know too many things that ain't so." What seem
to bo almost identical symptoms in two patients may result
from entirely different causes.
Your physician baa spent at haat eight arduous years in
the study of health and disease. Ha is. thoroughly familiar
with the techniques of diaposis and treatment. The phar-
macist's specialty k the preparation and dispensing of the
drugs your doctor orders. When HI, first see year doctor.
Then bring your prescription to ns.
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Chryslers come in a wide range of
prices from the sensationally modest
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through the luxurious Now Yorkers
and Saratogas to the glorious Crown
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Come see the most beautiful Chrys-
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The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1950, newspaper, May 25, 1950; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884463/m1/2/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.