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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1947
McGregor mirror. McGregor, texas
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Dear Friends: Last year I
had the opportunity to visit a
number of our outposts in the
Pacific. I was greatly impres-
sed by the duplication of facili-
ties. On many islands we found
army airfield adjoining- navy
airfields. We found fliat the
army and navy often competed
with each other in the purchase
(^.supplies. Doubtless this sin-
practice added billions of
dollars to the cost of the war.
Where there was only a limited
supply of a given article, we got
no large supply, but we did
pay much more where both ser-
Recently I have received a
number of communications asking
me to cut the budget by billions
of dollars. Most of these letters
have come from people who have
asked me to vote for mairf ex-
penditures in which they are in-
terested. I have asked them
which they really wanted—a re-
duction of expenditures of a con-
tinuation of their own projects.
So far my only answer has been
from them to say that I was op-
posed to economy in government.
I submit that it is perfectly pro-
per for our people to ask for bud-
get cuts, and I stand ready, as I
FARM PLANNING
BOOKLET' PUBLISHED
FAGE 3
College Station.— “Farm and
Home Planning,7’ a booklet of-
fering rural families au outline
by which they can write down
and carry out plans during 1947,
has been published by the Texas
A. and M. College Extension Ser-
vice.
The booket, Extension » MS-776,
can be obtained by writing to the
Texas A. and M. College Exten-
sion service, ^College Station, Tex-
as or by c/alling at the.local coun-
ty agricultural agent’s office.
Farm and home management
specialists of the extension ser-
vice who complied the material
in the booklet say that it is sim-
ple means of putting down on
paper the family’s ideas of what
they want to do on the farm and
and in the home. Such plans
should be written down, the
specialists say, so the family will
have a guide in carrying out
ideas. A farm and home plan can
help the family provide for such
tilings as a farm or ranch free
of debt; a comfortable house and
farm buildings supplied with la-
bor saving equipment; comfort
and security in old age,- ade-
quate food for family- improv-
ed soil fertility and a high pro-
duction level.
Spaces are provided in the
booklet for setting down ideas to
be carried out in the future/and
jobs done as plans are complet-
ed. Instructions are given and
scaled pages provided for mak-
ing maps helpful in rearranging
the layout of the farm and farm-
stead.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
1 nemployment insurance
claimed dropped, from a post-
Y peak of 2, 000,000 a week
last March to about 1,000,000 at
the end of 1946, according to the
Federal Security Administration.
Meanwhile, the number of jobs
covered by stafe unemployment
insurance, laws increased from
27,500,000 in January, 1946, to
about 30,000,000 in December.
vices bid than we would have ^iave ^le past to help get any
paid had there been only mne justifiable cut, but I think it is
purchaser. j.eqffally proper for the peoples’
From the standpoint of com- representatives to ask them to
mand in zones of actual combat Point out. where they want the
we recognized the advantages of
unification. Gen. MaeArthur
commanded naval forc-ds in the
Southwest Pacific, and Adm.
Nimitz commanded army forces
as well as his own naval force in
the Western Pacific. All agreed
that unity of command was es-
sential in actual combat.
I believe that this same unity
of command would be helpful at
all times and that, it could save
billions with no less of efficiency.
I have therefore, supported a
real merger of the armed forces.
I do not think that the partial
merger ordered by the President
cuts made. .
Also speaking of whose money
is involved, there has been a
great deal of interest on Capitol
hill "oyer the shortage in the ac-
counts of the Sergeant-at-arms.
Among his other duties the
Sergeant-at arms pays the mem-
bers through arrangement where-
by the government deposits the
members’ salary with the S
geant-a't arms. The members
then check against this account
just as*if it were a bank account.
As no other deposits are accept-
ed and no loans are made, ea
member should be able to draw
goes to the heart of the matter. I checks exactly for the amount
If we are to get the savings of his salary. Until he has done
which we should make we must! so, lie has not received his sal-
do more than simply create a' ary. Some members with out-
new super-duper Secretary. We side incomes have been able to
must actually combine the buy-j accumulate rather substantial
ing and the manufacturing ac-
tivities of the two services.
I think that such reforms are
balances. Unfortunately, my bal-
has never been so large.
Recently an audit disclosed a
the proper method of reducing: shortage of $125,000 in the ac
government expense, arid I can' counts of the SergeaAt-at arms,
not understand why those Texas '■ His office or bank was closed
organizations who are properly
insisting on a reduction of gov-
ernment spending hesitate to
come out and .say where they
want to cut. I think that this
a good place to cut expenses, and
I am willing to say so. I don’t
think that it is good for the coun-
try for us to cut the appropria-
tions of soil conservation or R.
E. A. and I am willing to say so.
for about three weeks. It open-
ed yesterday under an arrange-
ment whereby each of us is-able
to draw 75 per cent of our un-
paid salaries. Apparently Mem-
bers of Congess are going to.suf-
fer a considerable loss as a res-
ult of dishonesty in that office
which has evidently been going
on for more than 20 years. It is,
of course, a rather expensive loss
I have often voted to cut gov- to the members, but I trust that
eminent expenses—even when it will result in more , regular
I voted absolutely alone. I have audits in the future. With best
never hesitated to vote against wishes, I am your friend,
expenditures and increases that
I thought were unwarranted. I
have been willing to call my
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January 30th and 31st *
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AND TUESDAY
February 2nd, 3rd and 4th
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Barbaba Stanwyck, Van Heflin
Lizabeth Scott
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RED BACK IN INSIGNIA
The color red, which was re-
moved from Army-Navy insignia
duriiig the war, has! rejoined
white and blue in tjjje insignia of
the armed services ■ The old red-
circle on white star design, which
was used to decorate certain
equipment as airplanes and
trucks^, was discontinued when
experience showed gunners were
prone to mistake it for Jap
“meatball” markings in the heat
of battle.
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The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1947, newspaper, January 31, 1947; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889906/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.