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,,.by Dr. G«org« S. Banson
PRESIDENT-NATIONAL
EDUCATION rROGRAM
Stuff, Arktnsu
""®PK TOEAOLOGY OF
M0M8RAL AID
In his protest against the
iKmsh-off Republicans gave to
-arguments against federal aid to
education at their 1960 national
convention, Ernest Wilkin-
son,president of Brigham Young
University. has well outlined the
traditional thinking on4his issue.
This kind of thought has been a
-significant element in basic
Americanism. He points out that
«U pirlor presidents of the nation
-fceUeyed that a program ofgen-
eral ^defral aid to schools was
sot dimflfar function of the fed-
eral government.
|to|^fiiStii>son cites Presidents
Jefferson, Wilson, and Eisen-
Jwwer as amohg those "prior"
presidents, who believed firmly
13hat federal aid is opposed to
constitutional principles. None
of these presidents was opposed
4good schools. All three of
them, in fact served as respon-
se professional leaders in the
f&ld of education. These men,
as did roost past presidents of the
nation, provided vigorous op-
position to the idea of federal
aid to education.
Not a Federal Matter
Jefferson is shown as believ-
ing that the federal government
e?ijld not enter this'- siffea 'of
activity without a constitutional
amendment. He did not think,
either as President of the United
States or founder of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, that the federal
government should be responsi-
ble for the education of its citi-
zens. A Jefferson opinion of
1866 is quoted to the effect that
«nr" amendment to the Constitu-
tion by "consent of the states"
"would be necessary before any
public money oculd be applied
ior such a purpose.
'Mr. Wilkinson cites Woodrow
Wilson's book, Congressional
^Government, published in 1900
willle Wilson was still a profess-
or of government at Princeton:
■"Certain it is that there is more
fiaan one state which, though
J&wmdantly able to pay for an
educational system of the great-
est efficiency, fails to do so, and
-^Btt&ents itself with imperfect
ry make-shift because
there are immense surpluses
every year in the national treas-
ury which, rumor and unauth-
orized promises say may be dis-
tributed amongst the states in
aid of education.
Local Responsibility
"If the Federal government
were more careful to keep apart
from every strictly local scheme
of improvement, this culpable
and demoralizing policy could
scarcely live. States would
cease to wish, because they
would cease to hope, to be stip-
endiaries of the Union, and
would address themsel ves and to
the federal system."
While president of Columbia
University, Dwight D. Eisen-
hower wrote in 1949: "In my
own mind I am perfectly clear
as to basic principle and have
more than once made public
Statements to the Effect that I
definitely oppose every unneces-
sary intervention of (he Federal
Authority and :the Federal fl^ea-
s'ury in what should be Ideal'
business and local responsibility.
I would flatly oppose any grant
by the Federal Government to
all States in the Union for ed-
ucational purposes. Such policy
would create an ambition—
almost a requirement—to spend
money freely under the impulse
of competition with other locali-
ties in the country. It would
completely decry and defeat the
watchful economy that comes
about through local supervision
over local expenditures of local
revenues."
Push Toward Socialism
Himself the president of a
great university, Mr. Wilkinson
thus forcefully emphasizes the
ideology of American statesman
on this issue. Certainly it can be
said that at no time in our na-
tion's history has education had
all the money it needed. Every
college president is faced with
the problem of paying the bills
for his educational program,
whether the institution is public
or private. There is no school
superintendent who will deny
the importance of the dollar in
"buying" a worthwhile program
of education for his community.
Yet, there are right ways to
accomplish these goals. There
are principles to be observed,
if we desire .to keep this re-
public on a sound basis. Federal
aid takes centralized bur-
eaucracy iQfii a field where it
cannot function well — into a n
area reserved individually to the
/states by the Constitution—and
leads to loss or to abdication of
ASPERMONT INCLUDED IN
NEW MOBIL TRAVEL GUIDE
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., May
22 (Spl.)—Facts on Aspermont
included in the Mobil
Travel Guide for South Central
>.nd Southwestern States, the
first American guidebook to re-
port in detail on local-level
sightseeing attractions and to
rate independently hotels, mo-
tels and restaurants.
The seciion on Aspermont
was prepared by researchers
who blanketed Texas, selecting
outstanding tourist attractions
and personally judging facilities
for quality and value.
Hickman's Motel and Res-
taurant on U. S. Highway 83 and
330, was selected for a detailed
report in the Mobile Travel
Guide and was rated according
to a special star system.
The Guide to the South Cen-
tral and Southwestern States
describes hundreds of villages,
towns and cities. A national
board of travel authorities ex-
amined more than 2,550 selected
motels, hotels, restaurants and
resorts, rating each on a star
system.
Food and travel experts an-
swer such questions as: "Is this
restaurant worth a detour? How
much will it cost? What's the
best inexpensive hotel we can
find before it gets dark? Will
they put up our dog? Is there
a laundry? Do they have a
baby sitter service?"
Edited for both the local family
on a one-day or week-end
sight-seeing expedition and the
visitor from afar, the South
Central and Southwestern
States edition of the Guide de-
scribes prominent tourist at-
tractions and facilities in Ari-
zona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kan-
sas, Louisiana, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
It provides the traveler with
a handbook as reliable, object-
ive and detailed as the famous
Guide Michelin. a world-re-
spected catalogue of France's
tourist delights.
Reports cover fishing and
hunting, parks and forests,
camping and boating, state his-^
tor, speed limits, and annual
events—all full of interesting
and useful details.
The Guide is published in
three other regional editions:
California-Nevada, Northeastern
local responsibility, to waste of
tax money, and to more socializ-
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HERBERT C. PETRY JR.
COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
AUSTIN, Tex., — The Texas
Senate has confirmed Governor
Price Daniel's reappointment of
Herbert C. Petry Jr. as chair-
man of the Texas Highway
Commission.
Petry, Carrizo Springs a t-
torney, became the first man
ever to receive two consecutive
six-year appointments to the
highway policy-making group.
He was appointed a member of
the Highway Commission by
Governor Allan Shivers in March
1955. In March 1959 he was
named chairman by Governor
Daniel, and received reappoint-
ment to that position March 7,
1961 .
During the six years Petry has
served on the Highway Commis-
sion, the Texas H;ghway System
has undergone the greatest per-
iod of srowth and development
in its history. More than 9,000
miles have been added since
1955. The System now has a
total of 61,988 miles, as contrast-
ed with 52,777 miles in 1955.
The major portion of mileage
expansion has been in the Farm-
to-Market Road System. FM
roads now total 33,768 miles, an
addition of 7,296 miles in the
past six years.
Some 6,748 bridges (or 149
miles of them) have been built,
rebuilt, or widened on the Texas
Highway System during this
period. Included in the farm-to-
market construction for these
years are 2,659 bridges. Major
bridges and causeways completed
or undertaken during Petry's
first term of office are: Pecos
River Bridge, Iron Bridge Reser-
voir Bridge, Corpus Christi Har-
bor Bridge, Aransas Pass Cause-
way, Lavaca Bay Causeway, and
the Galveston Bay Causeway.
A Texas first in Petry's first
term is the four-level inter-
change in Fort - Worth. This
major highway landmark was
opened to traffic in 1958.
In 1956 the Federal Aid High-
way Act concerning the Inter-
state Highway System was pass-
ed. The vast 3,033-mile Texas
portion of the National System
of Interstate and Defense High-
ways saw its initial contracts let
shortly after passage of the new
Act. Since the Act went into
effect, 879 miles of the Interstate
System have been completed in
Texas, and 274 miles are under
construction. Texas has consis-
tently led every other state in
both miles completed and miles
under construction.
A total of 1,991 miles of mul-
tilane-divided highway has been
added to the Texas Highway
System during the past six years,
increasing from 812 miles in
1955, to 2,803 miles now com-
pleted or under construction.
The building of multilane-
divided highways has been large-
ly necessitated by the increase
in vehicles using Texas high-
ways. A volume jump of
million in motor vehicle reg
tration occurred" from 1955 to
1960. Motor vehicle registry
tions increased from 3.8 millifl
in 1955 to 4.9 million vehicle
Texas today—or a 23 per cent
rise in vehicle population. These
motor vehicle owners now drive
100 million miles per day in
Texas. •
During tne past six years,
4,094 contracts have been ex-
ecuted on the total Texas High-
way System. The total contract
value amounts to $1.3 billion.
The Department has received
$369,603,202 from motor vehicle
registration fees and $666,035,913
from the tax on gasoline during
this time—a total of $i,03S,639,-
115. The balance of available
revenues come from federal aid
and from appropriations of' $15 "
million a year from the General
Fund which is dedicated by law
for construction of farm-to-mar-
ket roads.
Petry was born in Carrier
Springs, Dimmit County. H""'
tended the public schools of l
rizo Springs, Trinity Univer-
and graduated from the Uni .
sity. of Texas with an LLB
gree. He is a practicing
torney at Carrizo Springs,
is the senior member of his
firm.
Fetry is a steward in
Methodist Church, past presid
of the Dimmit County Bar Av* ...
sociation, chairman of the Board
of the Union .State Bank, ,and
vice president of the Concho f
Valley Council,-Boy Scouts of
America.
He is past president of Lions
International, Border District
Bar Association, South Texas
Chamber of Commerce, and has "
served on the Governor's traffic
safety and economy commis-
sions.
Some 400 to 500 fairs, expo-
sitions and festivals are held
annually in Texas.
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AUSTIN, Tex., I
Legislature goes into
stretch of the regula
with the possibility o
55.00
^Individual lawmake
>nated between hope
pair about the prospe
tipg all-around agreer
tax plan by May 29t]
expressed fear of hon
criticism if matters
lowed to drag through
mer as happened in 11
In the final, chips-d<
it looked like a Gov
Legislature battle. A
of both houses has
record for tax plai
have a fairly genera!
cent sales tax as t!
revenue source. G
Daniel says, in effec'
doesn't want to be ha
with but he isn't aboi
down now on his 25-
sales tax stand.
Senators reworked
major tax bills sent
the House—the two
sales tax and the i
"lophole bill"—into a
tion package. In tin
was a two per cent sa
items of 25 cents a
{with exemptions on ft
etc.), an increase in t
gas production tax fi
per cent to eight per
a hike in the corpor
chise tax. They also
the driver's license
$2.00 to $3.00,
Senate sponsors estl
it would raise $327,
the next two years.
Sen. A. M. Aikin, Ji
made an effort to get
to substitute a bill f
the governor that w
new general sales
items costing $10.00 or
also would have levi
ive taxes oh motor '
appliances, building
stock sales, restaurai
etc.
The Senate turned
governor's substitute,
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1961, newspaper, June 1, 1961; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127637/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.