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THK TUL1A (S w I • k o r Ceooty) NitAID
Vi *
,By H. M. BASSARLY
Lyndon all the support possible. Then wait until either
Le pulls out ol Viet Nam when lie can be branded an
appeaser, or until he escalates, when he can be ac-
cused ol dragging the United States into another
Democratic war.
The GOP hopes to gain 50 seats in the House with
this strategy.
Ol course, il he merely maintained the status quo,
lie could be accused ol waging a "no win" war.
VHIS IS NO TIME to debate the issue of our being
I in Viet Nam. The time for debate was about 12
years ago when we were badgered by the rightwing
to "stop Communism everywhere in the world." An
Australian preacher by the name of Fred Schwarz,
American renegade preachers such as Carl Mclntire
and Billy James Hargis, Army General Edwin Walk-
er, Actor Ronald Reagan, to mention only a few, were
touring the country, staging "indignation convent -
. ions", showing scare films indicating graphically die
millions of people who had been enclosed behind the
Iron Curtain since World War II.
^^UK LEADERS were accused of being "soft on
Communism" because they didn’t use war to
"wipe out Communism." In fact, their patriotism was
questioned because they didn’t do so. The inference
was that they WANTED Communism to take over,
that they were even conniving to turn our own coun-
try over to the Commies.
This always happens whenever people are con-
fronted w.tn a highly emotional issue. It’s easy to fan
the Iircs ol public indignation by giving the masses
something on which to vent their feelings.
When parents have sons fighting and dying on
foreign sou. it is no problem to Und a whipping boy to
shou.der responsibility for tJicir grief and anxiety. A
President "who started the war so he would be re-
elected" or a political party "that got us into war"
make perfect whipping boys.
Following Wond War 11. no public official could
have been elected who did not promise "to bring our
boys home immediately ”
Eisenhower was elected on a promise “to go to
Koica ’ Those demanding that Communism be stopped
“anywhere in the world" suddenly chickened out after
their sons and husbands got a taste of Korean winters.
JR DECADE AGO when “the boys” were at home,
the draft was not much of a reality, every-
body was prosperous, it was easy for rabblerousers
to find a following by blaming our leaders for the
spread of Communism in Asia and Africa.
it was popular and high-sounding to demand that
"we" put Russia in her place.
-Against tins background, it is easy to see why
President Eisenhower made the decision to go to the
aid of South Viet Nam. No one criticized him, every-
body applauded. . .because no one had taken the
time to "count the cost” of this commitment.
We are not blaming Eisenhower. It is safe to say
that any other President under the circumstances
would have followed the same course.
When the masses have been sold a proposition,
when mob psychology prevails, when reason is thrown
out the window, when the people become hellbent
on demanding “a change" such as they wanted in
1952, there just isn’t much a person can do.
pEOI’l-K do NOT COUNT the cost when they de-
maud that we “send the Marines,” tliat we
* drop the bomb" on tills country or that, that we
issue an Ultimatum
, Evciyoody, even Wes Izzard, applauded when we
’-f decided to become involved in Korea. "At long last
we may have come to the end of Uiat long, long road
to appeasement," he said when at long last he finally
\ found something commendable about Harry Truman.
I Even today, many would applaud if a news bulle-
tin announced that we had dropped the bomb on
Hanoi, Peking or Moscow. Then tomorrow, when they
receive word that their Johnny has been killed, they
want the hide of that "warmongering President" who
“murdered Johnny'.’’
VPHE FACT IS, on this 17th day of March, 1966,
I whether or not we have a right to be in Viet
Nam is about as debatable as whether or not a wom-
an eight months pregnant wants to become a mother.
Tiie only thing that matters is, we ARE there. The
only decision to make now is, shall we luck tail and
run, shall we declare all-out war on the Communist
world involving millions of fighting men as well as
our own civilian imputation, none of which would be
spared from nuclear war, or shall we merely live up
to the commitment we made — not to conduct an ag-
gressive war in Asia, not to seek unconditional sur-
render of North Viet Nam, not to dictate how the
Asians shall live, but merely to guarantee a very
small neighbor its freedom to determine its own way
of life — even if, in a fair election, the majority pre-
fers Communism.
If a 300 pound bully attempts to use force to make
a 100 pound man do something against his will, who
could criticize a third party for stepping between the
two. not striking die bully, not even taking sides in
the matter, merely telling the bully to leave the little
man alone. . .using only enough force to make sure
that the bully does as he is ordered?
That is our role in Viet Nam
^Nbll ULTIMATE GOAL in Viet Nam should be a
free election in which the people, preferably
both tlic North and South, would be given an oppor-
tunity not ten years from now but THIS year to de-
cidd with ballots what kind of government they' want.
The United Nations should then be used not 1o in-
fluence either side but to guarantee that the will of the
majority prevails, that there will be no overthrow
of government or regime by force, that ballots, not
bullets, become die only weapon
JHKItE is NO DOUBT diat the masses of Vietna-
I mese, from bodi North and South, want only to
live, to work, to raise their families in an atmosphere
where die order of the day is a full stomach, a com-
fortable place to live, the simple comforts of life.
That is why Uncle Sam is spending money not
only to wage war against aggression but against pov-
erty. disease, hunger, nakedness, all Uiose things
which breed war.
How can one look tit the pictures of Vietnamese
men, women, and children, their faces babied in
tears, their looks of anguish, and not be touched?
It can lie assumed that die masses of die Viet
Cong hate suffering and bloodshed just as much as
their brothers in the South. The only time suffering
becomes tolerable is when the final outcome pro-
mises^ something belter Uian they have had in the
past. 'Die only thing dial gave even die Americans the
will to fight in World Wars 1 and n was that time to
come when ■men, they thought, no longer would re-
sort to war to settle differences, that time when dic-
’ tours would be overthrown and t)>erc would be no
more ruthless police states.
■J KM EMBER BACK DUKLVC World War II when we
1% all hated "the Germans” and "die Japs"? We
didn’t hate just Hider and To.io, we wanted the entire
population wiped out! They were all yellc/w-belticd
sons of parents who had not been married. . .every
last one of them.
Then, just as soon as the war was over, we found
that die masses of Germans and Japanese weren’t
monsters after all. We found tint we even liked them.
A member of the Dutch royal family even married
one of Hitler’s youth corps last week. We sat in Radio
City Music Hall last summer and saw a beautiful
handmade cyclorama accepted as a gift from Japan.
Americans were visibly moved as the orchestra play-
ed a number from “Madame Butterfly” as the pure
silk cyclorama was lowered.
Tlie Japanese donors called it a gift from the
people of Japan to the people of the United States.
Is it possible that we might also find that we
would feel the same way about Russian, Red Chi-
nese and other Communists if they were freed from
their oppressors and we all were free just to be
"ourselves?”
Dear Editor
Probably "Random Thoughts of A
New Church Member":
I see you at the church,
But you have never greeted me.
You chat with so many others;
Which is as it should be.
I sit among the new members,
Yet I’m a lonely man;
It would give me much pleasure
If you would offer your hand.
I was glad to be admitted
To this church brotherhood
Which gives a labor of love
And, in turn, getting much good.
Why can’t you just nod or wave
Or, at least, meet me half-way?
You have no idea how much
It would brighten my day.
How about introducing yourself
The next time around?
Who knows? I might be as true
As all the others you've found.
Phurrh Chuckles by CARTWRIGHT
Dear Editor
DARK AKE CONVINCED THAT the masses of the
JfW Viet Cong are not particularly interested in
the SOURCE of this better life. They arc fighting (1) CR1M GOODLET
because they have no choice other than to obey those Box 562
leaders who have them in bondage or (2) because Groom, Texas
thev believe Communism is the source of that better «
life.
Our job is (1) to free them (at least the South)
from their invaders so they can make their own de-
cisions and (2) to convince the North that govern - It is generally understood that a
ment based on freedom of choice and not Communism Court Judge is, and must be abso-
is able to give them this better life lutcly fair and impartial, and NEVER
A XU TH,S ,S prcciscly whal Sc™*™ Robert Ken- spite'aftaerhis' nob^an^’loft^pu”-
nedy and President Johnson advocate. suit of justice and the law; and the
There are still those holdover fogies from another higher the court the higher the aim
era who demand that to the victor go the spoils, that of the Judge.
"unconditional surrender” is the goal of any war, However, we will leave it up to the
that we need to humthnte and make to suffer the con- people of the State of Texas as jur-
rmr\t»nn Ihof ti>r> nr <vH In mnl/A thnrM rvut nnW . . . •
COTTON T««S
cumn Mtien
"I tMnk kit spirit would likt to attend church
tvary single Sunday; kut it samatimas hat traukla
moving IN pound* a# flab!"
.and ors jn un-tryable case of the
quered, that we nc'xi to make them pay.
pay. .and pay. .for tliir sins. State of Texas vs the Federal Court
There are those who demand that we bomb Ha- judges who hide out like bears in a
noi. that we declare war on Red China, that we drop cave, or bull-dogs under a bed, while
"low yield atomic bombs” on the Viet Cong They do the State of Texas and its citizens
not consider tiiat such methods of warfare stiffen re- took the time and trouble, and went
s.stance, increase their hatred for the enemy, and to the expense of making the regular
finally, if they aie brought to their knees by force, and lawful drive lo get ALE eligible
humiliate. Their smoiacrmg hate will build up steam citizens — regardless of creed or „ „
until they have a chance to retaliate, perhaps 20 color to pay their poll taxes by mid- other day A "grandfather~was ~chas- al families from this community went
years later. That has been the history of almost all night. January 31. 1986. jng balloons across a pasture that 10 Austin f°r 1116 games and were
A war is fouSht lo scck rcvcng° f°r 11,(2 Prc' There was no Federal Law against Iwd gotten away tram his litle grand- ^crc Saturday night lor the finals.
cedui0 one. it, despite the Civil Rights drives; daughter. Tears were running down O'10 .n,an reported that H was too
VHK MUST EFFECTIVE WEAPON we have against and the pressures from 'Washington, her checks; her balloons liad gotten “9iU^al AdllrTsl;J™1
T Communism in Southeast Asia is not our atom- Everything wa5 quiet and still as awayl Bu miracle of miracles - the bad. ™ Mure. Those *ho went
ic weapons. . .it is a
Vigo Park
Varieties
By MBS. BOLAND MOORE
An interesting thing occurred the
the Tulia girls won state. Spearman
is hi the AA class and they won state
too for the first time. This was the
second time for Coach Leroy Roberts,
the first time being in 1940 when he
took his team of girls from the Way-
side community to Greenville for the
AAU where they won first. Then to
Waco for the Interscliolasti eLeague
where they won state. Mrs. John Cul-
well was one of the 1910 girls. Sever-
l,ure"1 -'\~a .‘3 ‘‘Ul uul a graveyard’ at midnight all the long grandfather caught the ballooons bo tllis community are: Mr. and
- a community in VteUiam given * *.oeks of 1 and^'eaf- tore they burst. Needless to say the Mrs Howard Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
electricity with al) its impact upon primitive living ( \ EVERY dcfble citizen to child’s tears had turned to smiles. G°yd BuI()ck and Jerry Mr. andMrs.
conditions, it is human dignity which results when y|-,<7a a^Th‘fh;au"t>^1 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Littlcield Chester Foster, ^Foster and Bo
jieople are freed from tlictr bondage to dictators and lalion jlad been compiolcd and the a,xl children have moved into the pogta, and Mr and Mrs. Curbs
arc allowed to determne the kind of society they thousands of pencils hardlv had time Itousc where the Eugene Mote family ,‘?nc T0^-
want, it is a spirit of brotherhood based on love and ( (.po| bad bears came did live. Ihe Motes have moved to Cuhvell flcw down witli Mr. and Mrs.
not seltishness, where we share with them our abund- Tulia w- K- Hulscy- We °f die Vigo Park
vrvr .. iu>t .... ....... out of hibernation and tore the whole luluu ,.„mmim!h. a>-„ a-mnv wi™ „ r
anee, our technology NOT as a bribe but as an act
play house down and decreed that Visitors Sunday in
,, i iiio»r■ ia community arc happy wlicn our
me uitieticio scboo| s|lows well and wins any kind
of honors and at this time we arc
what"we^can ^ ^ ^ ** WSE w cj£ ho^ie Tere ^ and Mrs. Johnny
“ ’ tion without paying ANY polltax. Nix and children. Kcnneh and John- esr>ociany proud of our basketball
^ O MUCH OF OUK alleged “foreign aid" has been They did not make provision, as ny did some calf roping in the after- gjrjs_
^ prompted by insincere and selfish motives. We we understand it, to prevent the large 110Dn- Tliosc attending the 42 party at the
Piffii ipsi i§§§f
it is domestic aid to American business which gels ?nd,no 1;cs,ne i0(n t0 tl,em *om Gandy of Spearman. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Littlefield,
about 80c of every foreign aid dollar.) bankrupting state and local govern- Mr. and Mrs. Dick Murphy return- Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves of Tulia,
It has been said that the surest wav to make •nd. munl(:lpahllcs by ln; «1 last Tuesday from San Diego, Cal- and Robert’s sister, Mrs. Duane Le-
an cneintf is to eite a man •’charity” Give a tveaUhv 1d,sc"",,.naItela.ntl u""Mf v? '"g °J 'to™* "’here they had been for two mons of Lubbock. Mrs. Lemon** visit-
R end a Cnris^mas cut an hfta overcome widi eood mdefb,V’dncss lh,at couId b,'cak wccks visitinS tboir daughter and ed heP brother and parents, Friday
u.end a uinstmas gitl and he is outcome \um good q,0 state of lexas and every person family, Mrs. Loyd Witte. and Saturday
thoughts because we "remembered him." But give jn
a proud but penniless man charity because "he is in own * vine' aVi'd fig^trcc^'NVhei^'noiie Ui<f Northwest March birthdays that arc known —
need" and he will hate you. not because he does- d-rad (hi.lio do) moiosd or maCa ! ni„ ™ Dean Toothman, the 1st; Leroy Rob-
'raid'' kn”,ns 'tal “*»•li,om ■ talon “ViSmS
me itanlSXow ,l„„ in » sense we nrc »”* * pay * Jgf ll» — to<* h™ L He»S
„"S uur Th3 Wtai *nl happened Iheir own jobs Mr. and Mrs. And, Davis and dad- s|C%nMcta''d‘1vbCu« im? f n°5
y draw a relief check. No money to be to Amarillo Sunday. They visited ogq,. Mrs Wayne Preston the 23rd-
BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH Vietnam say they want had A great percent of those people Mrs. Davis’s mother, Mr. and Mrs. and ’ Ann Preston, the 24th. Happy
r ,*|M1 tl#l 1 I _ :1. |U..I t -. .. ^t. J DaI, ^Allten#WAi,eAMiU. n Mni t. a ,1 ntnl Alt * * * *
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re-unitiealion. The Geneva AgreemeM speeds “‘S *Ss. ,.d. ^ Birthday... .each >
iofr *uch nattomude elections would be conducted in ics an[1 gentlomcn of the Jury: I Andy Davis received word Motxiay jovivod a birthday sueocr in the home
19o6. South Vietnamese leaders were never satisfied cilarg0 that all the evidence in this night that his mother was seriously . cr urnthcr Mr and Mrs Rav-
that really free balloting would result tn the northern ca£c wouici indicate that these Fed- ill again and was being taken to the n,nnfi rhkum nf Tuiin
zone, and the agreement was never kept. Much of the Gral Judee, did before the hieh and hospital in Clinton. Oklahoma. Lit
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson en-
of her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
' m niond C
eral Judges did before the high and hospital in Clinton, Oklahoma. T->mmv Turner took his trrandwir-
honorable robe of their calling; and The Home Demonstration club met o)rl^ .in.i pnn d-i.-. t_ pu„n.
in did feloniously, knowing and mail- Thursday afternoon in the home of elmHAtt te tiicit ttv.iV cen ana
present bitterness s.ems from this fauure.
Our official policy, stated in 1951, was that "in did feloniously, knowing and mail- Thursday aiiernoon m me nome ui njn~ Sunday to visit their son and
case of nations now divided against their will, we eiously bide their time: that they Mrs. Leo Gardner with 13 ladies pro- fand[v Charlie Baker Their daugh-
shall continue to seek unity through free elections, knew long months previously that sent. Mrs. Andy Davis gave an in- ter-in-la\v Annie had been in the
supervised by the -United Nations to insure that they they were going to sit back quietly; teresting talk on the heart. She show- i,nenitai with nnnimnnia hut was
are conducted fairly." then when the returns were all in ed pictures of the different ways the home and ihev all seempd to ho cot
a-.lv.'.vwp , ■ , ,, „ they would pounce on the entire heart works and can be helped when c°ralonvr fine
E.NAIOK KENNEDY S IKOIONAE to include the gta(0 of taking advantage soemthing goes wrong with it. She 1 ,.Siic._ ' , .
Viet Cong in peace discussions is completely of tlicse troublous times, to kill the explained that the heart is a pump ,-n , f1 nun£.r _wen.1 lo An~'
foreign to our traditional policy in waging war — lawful efforts of their labors. You ami sometimes needs repairs. Mrs. £!Uo a’anc’ay jMaa
demanding "unconditional surrender” and huiniliat- can well imagine, Ladies and gentle- Roland Moore led a discussion on the IZ uZ
ion for tnc vanquished. But it is also completely real- men of the Jury, how many long problem of cancer and how this pa*'..l:'° n K,,, La =
istic in this world of nuclear weapons which have and hearty laughs they must have drcacied disease can be helped. The JT;
blown die word "victor” from our dictionaries. had among themselves, long before meeting was adjourned and the 4-H ™,r
No reconciliation can ever be worth the time and was laid away t0 rcsl — ,at d,c “i1'? d 1^°'^/^°Tr°The Motlrodist people of Wayside
effort expended in affecting it if both sides aren’t ac- dastardly trick they were going to l*>cir leader, Mrs. Vtckt Littlefield flnd v- ^ 4(h Quarter-
cepting it of their own tree will. One can stick a gun Play on die State of lexas and the helped diem with their table arrange- . conforerK.c Sunday at the Vigo
in somebody’s back and demand that he sign. . .or taxpayers thereof, after the returns ments and the county agent Miss mcc(jn„ was j,otd immediately after
he can sign because he has no other alternative. . . ''’orc a!l ln- They have made the Leila Petty judged their work and ^ mornjng worsl>ip service with
but he is only doing so to await the day when he can ^ll^a^ifonJ onU^'x^rfd^Tex- K2rc^roTlaWcs ,he district su^'totendont. Dr. J. E.
reap vengeance on his captors. ?s h treateiLtmibu^i PaMy Stepans had an after s^i Shcwbert, presiding Lunchih, ser-
|AfK HAVE MADE many mistakes as a nation in child by a ruthless, arrogant and snack, Cindy Aker and Denise Davis a „ ‘ ,oaa a
J^f the past due to the fact that our vantage point P^wer mad parent, by these I cderal had a table with their favorite foods, , ,0
in- alwavc been from that nf the vietnr Wn wanted Jl,dgcs who "toil not, neither do they Dcnettc Davis and Melinda Bills, De- • , ,
tea - eD Sh T' - A,!e ! ? ! spin" but live off the fat of our nise Culwell and Colecn Culwcll, Lois Mr.andMrs.ArthurRayandLar-
mhhm-t nnd'nnwd ntfieiJu- i i l nl !, taxes. The blood-stained heroes of titc Arnold and Beth Preston. Denise Da- O' to Amarillo Thursday night
military and naval officials to the gallows. A)amo haye diud jn vai() vis is the reporter for the 4-H girls, to visit Mrs. Ray’s mother, Mrs. D.
We arc not defending these men, niany of whom j , d ( , k There were 29 people ( 17 ladies and Hydcn. Mrs. Ray stayed with her
were brutes. But, after all ,n a military organ.za- Ju) ,Xtions Ivta- dLr You may 12 children) present. mother and returned to Tulia Sunday
tion. such men arc responsible to their superiors . . J j hem^to the ground a can and Shirley Tuttle played with the team mom! g by bus. Saturday night her
and are subject to the death penalty for not obeying baa UpSta their of Tulia basketball girls who went ftcr, Mr and M«. Hilton Copen-
“ ri eh icons wrath and battle lone as 10 Austin and won the State in the dolthcr, took her and her mother to
But we established a precedent. If (lie tables are g remains in their AAA class. This was the first time the E! Rancho for supper which they
ever turned, our own top officials could be tried and ’ H o thev go^ down in in 75 years of basketball playing that all enjoyed.
sentenced to death in the same manner. ffia n dt Sicd in hcroS Ti---j-- ~ , - Sunday night t h e Rays helped
U'c Sec this same trend on the domestic level. aQ . ? d’h J been enriched th?,SC |K?,opl<;, “J" wa,k ap ut0 th9 move their son, Dale and wife, Mae,
P°Ils and kdl toe votes of those of south of Silvcrton to the Joe O’Neal
There are those who have been demanding laws which g'a,''ci^|ir,.)..ul. . ,. . .
s-ppHSHs m ^inrr:
Luther King, demonstra ions of various kinds. arbitrary use of power is that the ?f nd i Gina, Mark, and AngeUa of Lockne;
Such legislation would be very popular w. tit those „ ,x y s ^ q[ discrinlina. « a^"d™t,^11^ visited a few days this week with
seeking it at (his time. . .but tomorrow titc tables ..minnri|v „m„ns" he usulPtlon and abuse of power that . ( Mr and Mrs Arthur
may be turned. 'Hie same legislation may be used . ” T '* " " , G ttwt towarted the lawful minded of the "°r p‘ tnls- Mr’ and M s’ Artfwr
tomorrow to curb the freedom of those res|>onsible qualified voters ol the State of Texas. y. . .
for it. wc,c ,as,' ab, 10 pay he monstrous And( ,ast bul not lcast r can as. Mrs. Bill Malone is still staying
The Viet Con" Ins -ilrc-idv seized imon n word we f11111 ^ -(J- 1 swear lo you that I surc yol| wjdl confidence tliat a Gal- ,n toe home of her brother, Mr. Den
ilie Vicl Cong has ulicady seized upon a_\\oid we |,avc SCen many men in my liome ,u jfoU would q,al lhorc arc Renfro. He is not well and needs
nrl Hivmtn *. * . . ______ a.._ ___HI. i_!_ J a _ I__t_ ___
coined.
‘war criminal"
to try same of their prisoners of S. ‘V"* *”* ^ ^ a *arge toe^shUe someotie with him and^to ^.p"Sre
. .as "war criminals." ]oW thaTaTS?' tax' receipt would State“thtafaU of’di^c Mr. °a^Tlrs.. Atibrj) ;Worthy and
1 *|K HAVE POINTED OUT several times how leg- ,cost 0ft.c.n dl?r„,c-n.1 )vas. known to w)k) arc financially unable to pay son. of Fritch visited the Roy E. Dod-
isiaiion iH-rmiltiiv' or reauiriiw Bible reidine unpald ‘?l,d ,bcl.r |anllllcs wore a (ax as ANY minority gi-oup; sons Saturday afternoon. ,
TV i. lalion pcinntt n0 ot icxtuiim0 Bible leading hungry at home. A targe percent whidl WQuld dcslroy thcir oaiy legal A mcc letter ,was received from
m the public schools, demanded by some, could back- of these people would consider it an or cthical cxcusc for tliat Federal Mrs. Will Farnklin or Canyon (for-
fire al some future time. The advocates of this legis- insult to ask a poor man like him Court decjs;0'n mcrly of Wayside) saying .how much
lalion envision a Protestant - dominated school with a to dig into his pocket for $1.75 to r res, my casc she enjoys reading the news from
Protestant teacher, probably active in some Protest- exercise his prerogative as a citizen ’ vigo Park. She wrote the Wayside
ant Sunday school, conducting an abbreviated Sunday and vote. M. G SOOTER • . . news for a number of year* before
School class in the public school classroom. Now, thanks to tlicse eminent gen- 240*1 Spruce St. moving lo Canyo , and-did a good
Bul what if the Catholics became the dominating dl,n)Cn 0[ q)c flowing black robes, Amarillo, Texas - job too. So many people have said
church and a Catholic teacher read from a Douay ver-_____—-------------
sion of the Bible. . .or . .even worse (!) if the Carl Mclnlire's children' What if a teacher limited port speaking with tongues, snake-handling', a parti-
teacher used the RSV version in a class attended by Iter scripture selections to those which seem to sup* cuiar form of baptism, and the like?
LUBBOCK — The U. S. Depart -
ment of Agriculture has approved
16 of the 23 Texas High Plains coun-
ties for accepting producer certifi-
cation ot planted cotton acreage in
1966.
They are Bailey, Castro, Cro6by,
Dawson, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Garza,
Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn,
Parmer, Swisher, Terry and Yoak-
um. In Deaf Smith Caiunty the ap-
proval applies only (o cotton, but in
all the others it applies as well to
wheat and feed grain acreage. ASCS
personnel will measure acreage in
the other seven counties as in the
past.
This is a part of a pilot project
in which USDA is trying to reduce
ASCS operating costs by letting far-
mers measure their own acreage and
then certify to the accuracy of their
measurement at the ASCS office. Pro-
bably about one - fourth of tlte self-
measured farms will be clicked lat-
er.
Donald A. Johnson, Executive Vice
President of Plains Cotton Growers,
Inc., doesn’t think very many far-
mers will do their own measuring
because of the stiff penalties imposed
in the event of error, even within
the allowable tolerance.
A farmer will be found not in full
compliance if he winds up with an
excess acreage of cotton, a deficiency
of diverted acres or acreage in ex-
cess of his allotment on another farm
But unless the county ASCS com-
mittee determines tliat a scheme to
defeat the objectives of the program
is involved, producers will be allowed
a certain tolerance without losing
all payments and other program ben-
efits. Planted or diverted acreage
may deviate from that the farmer
has certified to by no more than
the larger of two acres or five per-
cent of the farm allotment, but not
more than 15 acres in any casc.
If the farmer’s measurement error
falls within this tolerance, he will
still be penalized in the form of re-
duced payments. If five error exceeds
this range, the producer will lose all
program benefits ■ and be required
to return any payment already made
to him with six percent interest. And
after certification of acreage, he will
not be permitted to ploy up the ov-
erage in order to gel back in com-
pliance.
Within the established tolerance,
the penalty is “only” twice the loan
rate (21c) times the projected yield
(or the farm times the acreage by
which t it c farm fails to fully comply.
Therefore a farmer with 200 acre
allotment could overplant up to 10
acres without losing all program ben-
efits. But ho would be subject to a
prc - acre penalty ot 42c per pound
times his projected yield on each of
the 10 extra acres. With a 500 pound
projected yekil the penalty would
come to $210 per acre or a total ot
$2100.
Johnson feels that with such a
severe penalty farmers will not be
able to afford the chance of error.
And by having tiie ASCS office either
prc - measure cotton land or measure
it soon after planting, the danger of
having payments reduced can be a-
voided. Otherwise, a producer would
Dear Editor
Each member of Epsilon Sigma
Alpha Sorority would like to publicly
thank the merchants of Tulia for
making our style show such a suc-
cess.
•Each year the merchants help and
cooperation has been wonderful. As
you know the proceeds this year go
entirely to t h e Tulia High School
band. We would like to thank those
merchants who did not have models,
but did provide door prizes, making
our program even more successful.
Our thanks goes to the First Na-
tional Bank for providing our tickets
and programs and to our Editor,
•who, year after year, has provided
music for the style show. Wc realize
this takes many hours from your
busy schedule, and while this may
seem like a thankless job, you have
our warmest and sincere thanks.
Members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha
how much they miss reading the Way-
side news. Mrs. Franklin mentioned
a wonderful trip she took by jet
plane last summer to Ohio, Mass.,
and Maine. Said that was a fine,
quick way to travel. She visited her
son, Glen and family who live in
Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Roland Moore
started to school at Wayside with
Mrs. Franklin’s daughter, Fan ni c
•Mae. Mrs. R. L. Grigsby (now of
Canyon) was toe teacher.
SQUARE DANCE NOTES
Another fine crowd attended the
regular meeting of the Vigo Park
Square Dance Club on Saturday night
March 12. Approximately seventeen
couples were present to practice two
squares learned previously and re-
ceive instructions on two new se-
lections.
A short business meeting was con-
ducted with Jack Thompson presid-
ing. Mrs. Jack Tlwmpson, secretary-
treasurer, read tlx* minutes o fthe
previous meeting, gave a financial re-
port, and related a short history in
regard to how the 'club was formed.
A brief discussion was held on names
for the club, but no conclusion was
reached. Carroll Wright was appoint-
ed reporter, and the meeting was
adjourned.
The current meeting time is 7:30
p.m. on Saturdays. Meetings are held
in the Vigo Park Community Build-
ing. If you don’t care to dance, come
and visit. <
Rogers Dinner
Is Tonight
An informal appreciation dinner
honoring Senator Andy Rogers will
be licld Thursday evening at 7:30
p.m. in die Ezra Jones Memorial
Cafeteria. Tickets arc $5 each and
can be purchased from Emery El-
kins, Judge Jack Driskill, Nelson Bor-
diardt, the First National Bank, D. S.
Burelsmith, David Burgess, or by
calling WY5-3329.
In Austin, Senator Rogers is known
as “Mr. Agriculture”, and at the pre-
sent time Rogers is chairman ot the
senate committee on agriculture and
livestock. He is also vice-chairman of
the Constitutional Amendments Com-
mittee and is a member of each ot
tlto following logisltativc committees:
Educaion (In 1961 he was chairman
when teachers received the $802 per
year raise across the board), Fi -
nance, Game & Fish, Military & Vet-
erans Affairs, Nominations, Public
Health, State Affairs, Transportation,
and Water & Conservation. He is the
senate author of the Mackenzie Wat-
er Act atxl was co - author of law
declaring underground water to be
private property.
Senator Rogers has authored, spon-
sored, atxi ixtssed more legislation
related to agriculture titan any liv-
ing member of the state legislature
according to friends.
Blood pressure normal . . .
your bill will be fifty dollars
. . , reflexes normal . .
almost bo forced to plant well below
his alloted acreage, just to be sure
he wasn’t overplanting.
ASCS will charge a fee for either
pre - plant or post - plant measur-
ing. Pre - measurement cost to the
farmer, according to Lubbock Coun-
ty ASCS Office Manager Walter
Wells, will be $10 per farm, plus $5
per plot measured, plus 5 cents per
acre, and the farmer will also be re-
quired to pay 9 cents per mile for
whatever mileage is involved.
Even so, farmers will recognize
tliat a $40 or $50 measuring expense
is insignificant in comparison to the
consequences of an error made in
self - measurement. And because of
tliis fact, the farmer certification of
acreage plan is not apt to reduce
the cost of ASCS operations at all,
but will merely shift a part of tlx:
cost to the farmer. Some believe this
to have been the intent of the whole
thing from the beginning.
The fee for measuring acreage af-
ter planting has not teen set, but
Wells says it will be only about half
as much as the prc - measuring, fee.
So some farmers who do not plan
to put down fertilizer or herbicides
before planting may prefer to do
their own pre - measuring and call on
the ASCS to verify tlx? acreage with
a post - plant measurement.
Wells says the pace of farmers
signing up for the 1966 farm program
has slowed considerably this week.
In fact, ho has asked tliat PCG ad-
vise farmers who have already made
up their minds on program alterna-
tives to sign up now instead of wait-
ing until the last few days before the
end of the sign - up period April 1. If
they don’t he said, some farmers will
be waiting in line at the last minute.
Co-Op Membership —
(Continued from page 1)
invocation will be Rev. James Alli-
son, Vigo Park Baptist church. More
than $1,000 door prizes will be given
away during the meeting. Eligibil-
ity for particiaption in election and
door prizes is limited to members
or proxy. Any member who is un-
able to attend the annual meeting
may assign proxy to another mem-
ber. No person may vote as proxy
for more than one member; if wife
votes, proxy must be signed by hus-
band.
TMI TUUA HOtALD
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by The Tulia Herald, Inc. at 114
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Swisher Ceunty, Texas. Entered
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