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2- —Breekenridge American—FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1961
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EDITORIAL PACE
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WASHINGTON COLUMN *
All's Not Necessarily Serene
In Mexican-U.S. Friendship
BY PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON—(NEA)—Glowing accounts of United States-
Mexican friendship brought back to Washington by congres-
sional delegates to the first Inter-Parliamentary Conference of
the two countries in Guadalajara do not jibe with other reports
and signs that good neighborly relations are growing worse.
This hands-across-the-border meeting of legislators had the
blessing of Mexico's President Adolfo Lopez Mateos, an old
friend of Vice President Lyndon Johnson.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana was chair-
man of the l .S delegation of 11 senators and 11 representatives
—and their wives. They were flown down in two Military Air
Transport Service planes. The Mexican turned on the fiesta
hospitality and charm as only they can do. And they won over
the Americanos del Norte eompletemente.
UNDER THE SURFACE, THE STORY IS DIFFERENT. A
latent hut mounting anti-U.S. feeling is reported.
United States citizens who have been living in Mexico, retired
«>r working, have been feeling the pressure. They have been
: ubjected to more official red tape restrictions and annoyances.
Some of the noisier tourists haven't helped the lot of the
i iore permanent foreign residents. But the general atmosphere
i that even the ' good'' Americans aren't as welcome as they
i sed to be and a lot of thein have returned to the States.
The tourist business itself still thrives. Mexico nets a million
<i«Jlars a day—the t<ross is over 10 times that.
The Mexicans know that their economic future is tied to the
United States in this way and others, but they resent it. Mexico
1 tees to show that it is a sovereign state. Mexicans frequently
i''fuse to support U.S. foreign policy moves, just to show that
trcey are independent and not apron-strung.
A SHOWDOWN ON THIS MAY COME early in March when
a "Latin-American Conference for National Sovereignty, Eco-
nomic Emancipation and Peace'' is convened in Mexico City.
The program emphasis is on liberation of Latin America
from colonial dependence on the United States. The Cuban
situation is one of the principal topics to be discussed.
r.en Lazaro Cardenas, Mexican president from 1934 to 1940
and founder of the dominant Partido Revolucionario Institu-
tional <PRI>, will preside over the conference. He is still
regarded as one of Mexico's most influential leaders. He has
been highly critical of Lopez Mateos and his administration for
i-aving too moderate a program. .
1/jpez Mateos has not commented on the coming Latin-
American peace conference. But his administration has given
the United States plenty of cause for concern by refusing to
purge known Communists from the Mexican foreign office.
The Lopez Mateos administration has tiied to satisfy both
rightist and leftist oressures.
MEMBERS of Mexican congress have not been so neutral
or objective. Many of them have expressed complete solidarity
with the Cuban people under the Castro revolution. Some have
Indicated they will take part in the peace conference.
This is an entirely different bill of goods from that reported
by the American congressional delegation.
Like This One Better'
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The $35 Billion Nest Egg
Ford Ouke in Publishers Viaw
The American consumer is being
bombarded from all sides with the
idea that his country is in the mid-
si the worsening recession, lie
hears much less about the 64-mil-
lion persons who are gainfully em-
ployed than he hears about the
5-million who are not
Certainly the plight of 5-million
fellow Americans is important to
all ot us. and we are anxuous that
they return to a productive status
as soon as pussible. and that they
not lack life's necessities in the
interim.
But the quickest, surest way we
can all help our unemployed citi-
zens return to work is by effective
marketing to the 64-million who
are employed, and by tapping their
unspent personal earnings of $35-
billion.
Consumers' income and savings
represent a record amount of buy-
ing power, and we seem to lose
sight tfi the great potential it sug-
gests for expediting the resump-
tion of economic growth in this
country.
Emphasizing only what's wrong,
or weak, in the economy will serve
to encourage further conservation
in the monetary planning of the
average household. Consumers just
won't buy products with those bil-
lions of discretionary dollars they
have, if the future looks bleak.
Sure, businessmen and some eco-
nomists are looking ior improve-
ment in thp second quarter of the
^ year. But with the second quartcr
i only a month awav. businessmen
believe their predictions. Within
theri companies, and among their
employees <who are the consumers
and the economy's basic force for
growth), the word is, "We're on an
economv kick."' Needed purchases
of plant equipment and supplies
are being canceled, or at least
postponed, until sales pictures im-
prove. And even marketing effort,
indispensable in improving any
company's sales picture, is being
curtailed
From such attitudes, the consu-
mer-employee can only conclude
that he might be wiser to go on an
economy kick, too.
Moreover, as a result of reduc-
tions in marketing effort, his ma-
gazines and newspapers are thin-
ner. He sees more outdoor bill-
boards with public-service posters,
mostly suggesting give rather
than buy. He's not being asked to;
spend nearly as much as vherr
times are good.
If the promise cit the soaring '60s.
is to be realized as soon as possi-
ble, we must start now lo concen-
trate with confidence on getting
the 93 per cent of our labor force
that has money to spend it on our
products. Nothing will help the1
other seven per cent of our work«
ers more.
Get Set For The Best In Television
Have your TV attached to the Community Cable. NO HOOKUP
CHARGE Service $C 00 per month. Five channels plus two Mutit
channels.
Breekenridge TV Distributing Co*
Phane HI 8-2SQ8 at Swing Christian Hardware
Oil Industry Hardest Hit
Boon Or Burden?
/ By BRUCE BIOSSAT
\\!« Americans are loading our-
selves with .such an ever-increas-
ins mountain of i>ersonal debt that
the question must be whether we
i ;i!i ever get out from under. Some
specialist* in consumer iinancc
are saying they don't think so.
In World War II, with install-
ment buying under government
limit, the total of all consumer ere-
«iit sanK to S1 4 billion at one point.
From that lou. it has generally
."urged upward to a present ,'ian-
t.istk $56 billion. Its biggest single
ii-a|>. $7 billion, came in 1955 re-
membered as an extremely pros-
,ieious year.
Ilu^ burden, of course, takes no
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account of home mortgage debt.
Leaving out farms, the mortgage
total on family r^operties in late
1960 had reached $139 billion. In
1945, the last big war year, it was
only $18.6 billion.
it isn't enough to say that all
this is perfectly natural because t
the population has shot up 30 to i
40 million since the war. Nor can
! it be shrugged off by declaring
; that the dollar has been losing va-
| lue throughout this span.
' The lact is that when figured in
constant dollar terms, consumer
j spending has had an annual aver-
age increase o'i 3.5 per cent since
1947. In that same period the an-
nual average population gain has
been 1.7 per cent. {
We're piling up the credit load
especially heavilv for automo-
biles. At the end of 1960 the install-
ment burden in this field totaled
*18 billion, four times the sum of
all consumer rredit in the depth
of war. In the decade oi the 1950s,
according to Federal Reserve
Hoard ligures. we borrowed $135
billion altogether for the purchase
of new and used cars.
As the burden mounts we buyers
try to stretch it out. The average
car loan now runs more than 30
months, and many go 36. But be-
fore that,j deadline is reached,
your 'car may need costly major
repairs and your dealer is suggest-
The Dallas Morning News
Declared Gov. Price Daniel in
criticism ot Texas oil and gas in-
dustry spokesmen for opposing his
program ot higher taxes on them:
"It is still the biggest and richest
industry in Texas. Its leaders
should demonstrate business states-
manship and cooperation, which
are essential fop the good o'i the
state and the industry.'"
The governor specifically was
critical of General Counsel W. H.
Abington and Executive Viee-Pre-
sident Charles Simons of the Texas
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Asso-
ciation who opposed Daniel's plan
to increase the production tax rate
on natural gas from 7 to 10 per
cent of market value.
The governor's criticism is whol-
ly unjustiiied. Texas oil and gas
producers now have a state tax
bill of more than $210,00C,000 a
year. Just how far does the gov-
ernor want to ride this good tax
hcrse?
The industrys contribution to the
cost o'i Texas government is twice
as much as all other Texas busi-
ness and industry combined. In
addition, it pays $151,000,000 in lo-
cal taxes.
This total tax take of $361,000,000
is equal to one fourth of the indus-
try's payroll in Texas. It is equal
to half the cost of all wells to be
drilled ht Texas this year.
The argument that the gas in-
crease tax will be shouldered by
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ing a new one.
Television sets, washing machin-
es and other appliances may serve
a little longer, but repair and re-
placement inevitably becomes fac-
tors.
Even the partially unemployed
don't escape. Though the.v try to
reduce their installment burdens,
figures show that in the end they
still lay out about the same pro-
portion of their aggregate income
— 8 per cent — on credit buying,
as do the fully employed.
Some Detroit oificials think o'i
car buyers as permanently in hock.
The supporting evidence seems
fairly substantial.
Every individual consumer, and
every specialist concerned ' with
the health of the economy, should
perhaps be at least faintly troubled
at the growing mountain.
We have borrowed our way into
a very nice standard of living.
Let's hope we're not borrowing a
real economic cave-in at some dis-
tant date.
those out of Texas, because of our
interstate shipments, is not accur-
ate. More than half the gas produc-
ed in Texas is used or consumed
within the state.
An etVort has been made to pic-
ture tbe gas industry as separate
from petroleum. It is hard to se-
parate the two. Nearly a fourth of
Texas' gas comes from the same
well bore that produces crude oil.
It is neither fair nor economical-
ly wise to subject Texas' most val-
uable mineral resources to increas-
ing tax burdens. It is good politics
to soak the "richest industry" but
it isn't good ior the state.
The proposed tax comes at a
time when the industry is burden-
ed with other handicaps, including
outside competition. Seven years
ago Texas produced 42 per cent
ot United States oil, 19'/2 per cent
of the world's oil; today respective
Vigures are only 36 and 12Ms. From
not be treated lightly by those who
I want Texas to grow and properly
to utilize, in its economy, its great-
est resource.
Today In History
the
303
Today is Frida, March 3rd.
62nd day of 1961. There are
days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On this day in 1820, congress
passed Henry Clay's Missouri com-
promise bill. The Legislation per-
mitted slavery in the state.
On this date —
In 1791. the district of Columbia
was established.
In 1849, the territorial govern-
ment o'i Minnesota was establish-
ed. but slavery was prohibited un-
der the northwest ordinance.
In 1873, Congress passed an act
increasing the salary of the Pre-
sident oi the United States "
..6U.C, «,e duu r,u„. 01 ,he Vn'i-„ **iales from
1959 to 1960 some 3.000 fewer wells I '<? &>0.000.
wptp ririllpH in th* ripr>tvnc III 15M1, I he Star-Span
were drilled in Texas; the decrease
in four years has' been 6,000.
In the last four years jobs in the
industry's fields and plants have
dropped 23.000. The total is now
the lowest since 1951. Seven years
ago producers could run their wells
194 days a year; last year it was
only 104.
These unmistakable trends can-
BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN
It takes a lot longer to grow
old if you go at it in the right
way,
• • •
Don't put your money in a
sock. Put a sock in your
money by buying Govern-.
ment Bonds.
• • •
Spangled Ban-
ner" was made the official nation-
al anthem of the United States.
In 1950, Reverend Dr. Osmond
Brown became the first Negro rec-
tor in the history of the Protestant
church in the U. S. to be appoint-
ed an honorary canon.
Ten years ago, FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover told Congress that
Communists in the U. S. had gone
underground to a greater extent
than ever but that their over-all
objective was still very clear.
Five years ago. New York Gov-
ernor Averell Harriman signed a
bill authorizing New York City to
turn over Grant's tomb to the fe-
deral government.
One year ago. at least 63 persons
were killed when lire swept a che-
mical plant in Pusan, Korea.
Thought ior today:
A taxpayer is a person who has
the government on his payroll.
KSTB—K. C
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Friday
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KFDX-TV—Channel 3
6:02—Warren and the Weather
6:0ft—Southwest Tonight
6:15—Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30—Happv
7:00—One Happy Family
'7:30—Westinghouse Playhouse
8:00—Telephone Hour
9:00—Michael Shayne
10:00—News Highlights
10:05—Weather
10:10—Southwest Report
10:30—Comment
10:45—Jack Paar Show
12:00—Nightcap News
KRLD-TV. Channel A
6:00—News
6:10—Weather
6:15—News
6:30—Rawhide
7:30—Route 66
8:30—The Jackie Gleason Show
9:00—Twilight Zone
9:30—Eyewitness to History
10:00—10 P. M. Report
10:20—People—Places
10:30—Movietime
11:30—The Invisible Man
12:20—Sign OH
6:00—News And Weatke*
6:15—Huntley-Brinkley
6:30—Happy
7:00—One Happy Family
7:30—Westinghouse Playhouse
8:00—Telephone Hour
9:00—Michael Shayne
10:00—Texas News
10:15—Weather Tele/act*
10:25—Southwest News
10:30—World of Snorts
10:35—Jack Paar Show
12:00—News
13:10—The Late Show
12:45—Sign Off
KRBC-TV, ChaaasI •
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6:10—Weather
6:15—News
6:30—Happy
7:00—One Happy Family
7:3#—'Westinghouse Playhouse
8:00—Telephone Hour
9:00—Michael Shayne
10:00—Newa
10:1(1—Weather
10:25— Inauguration Rail
11:30—Sum Off
Saturday
KFDX-TV—Channel 3
7:00—Today On The Farm
7:30—Bugs Buyy & His Friends
6:00—Cartoon Party
8:15—Through The Porthole
8:30—Cartoon Party
9:00—Shari Lewis Show
9:30—King Leonardo
10:00—Fury
10:30—The Lone Range
11:00—Junior Action
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12:00—Matinee Theatre
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3:00—Bowling Stars
4:00—Captain Gallant
4:30—Saturday Prom
5:00—Championship Bowling
6:00 Award Theatre
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7:30—Tl-.e Tall Man
8:00—The Deputy
8:30—The Nation's Future
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10:00—News
10:45—Producers Showcase
12:00—Sign Off
The average husband prefers
a wife who is a gqod mixer,-in
the kitchen mainly*
A lot of new hands are
going to toind up in the dish'
pan. New Yea.r brides. '
CARNIVAL
by DICK TURNER
BRFCKENRIDGE AMERICAN
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