Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1940 Page: 4 of 6
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For CONGRESS, 17th DISTRICT
OTIS (Oat) MILLER
of Jones County
Otis Miller, of Jones County,
has authorized the STAR to
publish his announcement
•. candidate for Congress, 17th
District, subject to th<5 action
of the ‘men and women voters
/i the- Democratic primary.
July 27th.
Mr. Miller was born in Floyd
county; 47 years of age; mar-
m*d; one child; reared in Gray-
son and Jones counties; lived
ds Jones county last 33 years;
graduate of Stamford College
ujitl the University of Texas
with A.13., UL.B, and M.J., de-
grees; taught school in Bay-
ior University 2 years; County
Attorney and County Judge of
Jones county 0 years; District
Attorney of Taylor, Jones ami
Fisher counties last 6 years;
now -serving ' third term as
District Attorney ; several yeai a
newspaper, experience on El
l’aso Herald, Austin Statesman
and other state papers; form-
er Managing Editor of the Al-
calde, University of Texas
Alumni Magazine; former
I resident of the County Judges
and Commissioners’ Associa-
tion of Texas; organized and
carried on State-wide cam-
paign that resulted in passage
• f the Road Bond Assumption
law shifting road bond taxes
from stores, homes and farm-
ers to gasoline tax.
Mr. Miller’s statement fol-
ia ws:
STATE’S RIGHTS
t. I am in favor of the pres-
ervation of stale’s rights. The
practice of bartering away oui
state’s rights for Federal
money grants yiust he stopped.
The freedom and happiness of
a people in a democracy are
host secured .and safe-garded
by the retention of all the
rights possible in the hands of
the government nearest to the
fives of- the people. .The fur-
ther away from the people the
rights of the people go, the less
sacred they are regarded.
2. I am opposed to the crea-
tion and maintenance of con-
ditions more favorable to one
section of our nation than to
another. Our - freight rates,
tariffs, and Federal trade reg-
ulations must be overhauled to
qive every section of our nation
equal opportunity for industri-
al development.
3.1 am opposed to the further
extension of Federal control
over the lives and business of
•the American people except
where further Federal police
or government regulation is
absolutely necessary to protect
• he public from evils with
.vliich our slate and loeal gov-
ernments cannot cope.
4. I am in favor of “nipping
/.p'thc bud” tlje insjduous prac-
tice of one state erecting “bus-
iness barriers” against a sister
stale, such as Wisconsin, Min-
nesota and the dairying states
of the. MiddlewCst.have sought
10 erect against the Southern
states marketing vegetable oil
compounds, particularly cotton
011 fats and shortenings, in
competition with butter. Un-
less our states tear down the
harriers already erected and
keep open the channels of trade
between the states, we run the
risk of destroying the common
union that is the very bulwark
and strength of the nation.
FARM PROGRAM
5. Since the chief interests of
the 12 counties composing tna
17th congressional district are
mainly oil, livestock ana cotton,
1 am in favor of doing all that
can possibly be done to further
the interests of the oil business
the cattle, sheep and goat bus-
iness, and the farming business
asking no special favors that
would prove detrimental to
other sections of the nation en-
gaged in a like business, but
leaving no stone unturned to
secure every legitimate advant-
age for the oil man, the live-
stock man and the farmer of
this congressional district.
0. Specifically, I favor over-
hauling the farm program to
prevent what is now taking
place under the present farm
program, namely, driving off
the farms trou9ands of tenant
farmers. This is bad business
tor the- merchant, as it cuts
down the number of customers
in his trade territory. It swells
the relief rolls- and adds to the
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GRAND THEATRE
MINERAL WELLS
Friday-Saturday, July 12-13
PRISCILLA LANE IN
_“Brother Orchid_
Sat. Nite 11:30, Sunday-'Moqday, July 13-14-15
** JOAN CRAWPORD IN
“Susan and God”
Tuesday, July 16
KENT TAYLOR IN
“Girl in 313”
- Wednesday-Thursday, July 17-18
EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN ‘ *»
’ “Magic Bullet”
burden of taxation, already too
grievous to bear.
I favor revising the methods
of cotton allotments so as to
prevent the discrimination that
now exists against West Texas
counties where fertilizer can-
not be used to increase produc-
tion on reduced acreages.
Since maize, hegari and other
sorghum grains are better so:l
builders than either cane or
sudan, I favor abolition of the
requirement to plant either
cade or Sudan on soil conser-
ing acreage.
If'wc can get the U. S. Su-
preme Court to declare the pro-
cessing tax constitutional, I am
in favor of re-enacting the pro-
cessing tax bill and paying
the farmers a parity price foe
all their products, allowjng
them to plant their farm in
whatever crops they please,
this would eliminate the dan-
ger we run under controlled
production of shortage from
poor crops in time of war if
we are forced to go to wqr.
I am in favor of allowing the
farmers of West Texas counties
to plant all their land not plant-
ed to cotton in feed, since. \Ve
cannot take the government
checks to buy fertilizer and
produce more feed on restrict-
ed acreage, as is the case
where rainfall is plentiful.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
7. I am in favor of a safe and
sane old age pension poliev.
However, I am not in favor of
building up,in the minds of
our old people a false hope of
securing any more than a just,
equitable and adequate old age
pension. I will at all times
work untiringly for paying to
them regularly ana promptly
an adequate old age pension.
When'the rest of our people
are preparing to shoulder addi-
tional heavy tax burdens to
make our army, navy and air
force strong enough to guaran-
tee our national safely, I know
that our old people would not
ask more than an adequate oi l
age pension.
8. I am opposed to our
country sending men to fighi
Europe’s wars, but I favor
sending England and her al-
lies every material aid possi
ble in the greatest amounots
and at the earliest moment pos-
smle so long as it is consistent
with the usages of internation-
al law.
However, I am not in Tavor
of sacrificing our national
honor in order to avoid war.
Both my Grandfathers and my
father ahead of me fought to
preserve this nation of ours.
I served in the World War.
and I am not too,old but what
1 could go again if my country
called me. I believe we can
stay out of war, and I am in
favor of such a policy, provid-
ed we can do so without losing
our self respect and our nation-
al honor.
I am in favor of building up
on this western hemisprere a
sisterhood of nations that can
make the rights of democracy
enviolale in the face of old-
world dictatorship.
9. It is my firm conviction
that what this country needs
more than anything else is n
good case of religion and a job
to work at. if I am elected to
congress, I shall seek to foster
the kind of government that
makes honest men and women
of our people—not the kind of
government that teaches its
citizenship to seek to get some-
thing for nothing.
LOOSE SPENDING
10. I am opposed to the vis
cioua doctrine now in vogue
in our country that as long as
the government is running a
gravy train every town and
community should sidetrack as
many cars of gravy as it->possi-
ble can. This false theory of
spending will bankrupt any
nation. A nation is nothing
more than an aggregation of
individuals. An aggregation of
individuals cannot violate the
economic laws any moro than ,
a single individual can without
paying the penalty.
I am in favor of the Federal
government maintaining every
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service that is feasible and that
pays real dividends, such as the.
CCG camps, soil and water con-
servation facilities, the farm
program, yard stipks to meas-
ure public service utilities by,
and all such dividend paying
services. However, I am strict-
ly opposed to pouring money
into swimming pools, golf
courses, and such like folder-
ols. Not many people play
golf as compared to the tax-
payers soaked for su^h govern-
ment luxuries, and a swimming
pool is used about three morrtha
out of-the year.
I am in favor of tak-ng suen
fynds, if they are to be spent
anyhow, and putting them in'.o
the funds r,ow being used to
buy farms for jobless people-
loans, if you please, that will
be paid back.
AMERICAN LOYALTY
11. I have always held to the,
view that I owed my govern-
ment my loyalty,, my allegiance,
and my best effort. I have,
never held to the view that my
government owed me anything
but police protection and the
preservation of my rights and
liberties.
- I am opposed to asking too
much of the government anJ
giving too little ip return.
I am opposed to the govern-
ment doing for its citizenship
what its citizenship can and
should do for itself. However,
I am in favor of the govern-
ment affording the citizen an
opportunity to do for himself.
Too much paternalism from
the government, like too much
credit from the bank, is not a
good thing.
I do not believe a nation, any
more than an individual, can
spend itself into prosperity.
I am not opposed to the Fed
oral government doing what it
should rightfully do, but I am
unalterably and eternally op-
posed to the government pok-
ing its nose into the very life
and everyday business of the
people. Tfhis should be left to
the local and state govern-
ments. Let the Federal govern-
ment stay within its sphere and
scope of authority.
Good statesmanship would
demand that any spending we
might be able to do over and
beyond the new preparedness
program should go for new mil
itary highways, improved air
landing fields, interior water-
ways, flood control and similiur
lasting benefits.
FOREIGN POLICY
12. I favor a foreign policy
in which the Congress, the
President, the State Depart-
ment and the People all have
a part. In past years, the peo-
ple have seldom, if ever, been
taken into the confidence ol
Congress, the President, or the
State Department when ques-
tions of foreign policy have
been under consideration.
Consequently, there hav*r
been times in our national his-
tory when the people were not
prepared to follow the Con-
- gr^ss, the President and the
State Depatfnent because At
this lack of unity and under-
standing of our foreign policy.
I fav.or an immediate and
nationwide campaign to sell
the American people on the
idea of a Western HemisphVrc
politically and economically
united for permanent peace and
trade. Unless we do this AT
ONCE it may be too late. Ger-
many and Italy already have
a dangerous foothold'.in South
America because of their sev-
eral million Nationals living
there. We must in deed and in
truth become neighbors to our
sister South American peoples.
Americans should • travel in ‘
South America and encourage
South American travel in tho
United States. We must build
highways acoss the- Western
Hemisphere to make travel j’
and communication easy. We
must become as it were one
people-politically and econom-
ically.. Our oceans may pro-,
tect its from European in-
vasion, but they" cannot stop
the. economic invasion that mi
bound to come with peace in
Europe. We must stop that
by welding the Americas of
the Western World into a po-
litical and economic unity
that will withstand any assault
‘from the dictator nations of •
Europe. - ‘
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Dunbar, Mary Whatley. Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1940, newspaper, July 12, 1940; Palo Pinto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170789/m1/4/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.