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/ Page Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE gineers and bureau of reelamatio*; and a revision of federal personnel policies. The oil industry is planning all- out opposition to the administration proposal to “seal up some tax loop- Thursday, March 22, 1951 West Clinton Woman's Club Meats The Woman’s club held its regu- As Washington Sees It... THE NATIONAL SCENE i holes” in the present tax laws. As Special To The Chronicle. ^ nQW> ^ oi j companies are per- lar meeting at the community Washington, March 20.—With on- m jtted a depletion allowance for tax! building Tuesday evening, ly about 150 of the 300 recommen-! purposes of 27 1-2 per cent under The president, Mrs. J. V. Lowe, dations of the original commission ^e theory that if a driller gets a called' the club to order. Mrs. on organization of the executive ^ry hole he loses all he put into it. Claud Trammell gave the devotion branch T>f the government, common- j administration proposes to slash after which Mrs. J. E. Land led ly known as the Hoover comm is-' ^g depletion allowance to 15 per in prayer. sion. enacted into law, legislation cent j Dr Baldwin, assisted by Mrs. j Appearing before tax committees Gary, of the Laurens County Health 1 this week one representative of the department was the guest speaker. defense, legislation all are was introduced in the house recent ly to create another Hoover commis sion to ' kee P down unwarranted | said ^the nation needed'A picture was shown, “Going increases in staftfs under the pious; reserV g of 5,000,000 barrels of oil Home,” which showed the import- umbrella of national defense. and ^ ^ tax revenue for sale^ce of chest x-rays, one a year of the oil would greatly s outweigh f° r the safety of each individual tax gains resulting in slash of the j from spreading tuberculosis, depletion allowance. He said tooj Plans were! made for Children’s that if the allowance was cut, the' night to held at Academy street price of oil must go up. The two! school April 17. The teachers will statements don’t jibe. This obser-: have charge of this program, ver remarked that if the oil com-1 A salad course was served by the panies did not explore for new oil 1 hostesses, Mrs. J. V. Lowe, Mrs. they wouldn’t have anything to sell, 1 Nene Workman. Mrs. Joe Terry and but if they go out and find some-; Mrs. Clinton West. thing to sell, they’ve got to be paid ijtojfe—Alma Spillers. “Grandmother’s Polka,” by Helen i Cramm—Pat Dav.enport and Don- naree Cauble. “From All This World,” by Lew Coby—Buddy Yarbrough. “Ducks On the Pond,” by Ber nice Frost—Ruth Trammell. “The Camel Train,” by William Baines—Mrs. Chris Davenport and Mrs. J. E. Land. After the program refreshments were served by Loraine Patterson, Martha Joan Reeder and Genell Carley. Mrs. Chris Davenport, reporter. Sponsors of the Republicans. The citizens committee for the Hoover report, a continuing commit tee formed to lobby for enactment of all the recommendations for the Hoover commission, says that $2 bil lion has been saved annually through adoption of the 150 meas ures passed by the 81st congress. The committee maintaiqs that if the other 150 recommendations were Q f the 0 il enacted the saving would be anoth er $5 billion. The break between the Truman Music Club Holds Meet On Monday evening at 7 o’clock . . .. , , , . the monthly meeting of the Shu- adnunistration and heads of labor,. .. v . , , * , ,, In accomplishing half the com- organizat ions over the poUcy i ^mmuni^rhouse The dub was mission program the congress did j Charles £. WHson, boss of the mobi- ’ orde r bv the oresident it in two ways: about a half through j nation effort, is chief subject of yarbroueh' h P d *’ approval of 26 reorganization plans [ political discussion here. There are submitted by President Truman and ■ two schools of thought—one is that the other half through enactment of t he President has definitely decided 21 pieces of legislation of its own.! not to be a candidate in 1952 and ^ r , lll ^ T . T The most important, according to. t h a t he will back Wilson and let the SJg Afte^a brief bus£ the committee, include the military | chips fa n wh ere they may. Anoth- £2 sTs^on the program wa turn- umftcation act; the reorganization er is that he is waiting until flar- pd^vmr to MiS J^du^Fr^ni oro act of 1949, streamlining 17 major, ing tempers of i ab * leaders c00 i ed over t0 ^ Jackie Franks * P r °- lipencies; creation of the general ort and eventually he will recognize Labor’s demands, which would mean that Wilson is on the skids. Buddy Yarbrough A motion was made apd carried ( to name the club Shubert’s Music club after the great musician, Franz 1 Shubert, who was the topic of the services administration, combining four agencies to handle federal pur chasing, storage, inventory control, j records, management and building operations; reorganization of the la bor department and the moderniza tion of the federal budgeting and accounting system. Expected to be enacted this year! "Maids, cooks, and other house is the measure, recommended by i hold workers whose job now en- the President, to reorganize the re- them t° Old Age and Surviv- construction finance corporation; i ors Insurance protection, will need Household Workers Need Account Cord approved by house committee giving the President authority to transfer authority and functions of one agency to another to eliminate dup- gram chairman. The life of Chopin was the study of the evening under the direction of Miss Donuaree Cauble. The following program was rend ered: A paper on Chopin by Miss Cau ble. “Time Flies, by W. P. Mero. “Chopin’s Minuet Waltz”—Lo raine Patterson. “The Maiden’s Wish, by Chopin— Genell Carley. “On Tiptoe, by Walter Rolfe— Catherine Dunaway. “At Pierrott’s Door,” by Felton -Buddy Yarbrough and Mrs. J. E. a measure passed by the senate and' account number cards, according to Martha Pressly, manager of the Greenwood Social Security Office. Covered by the new law are do- Land. i mestics who work in one home on j "Dorothy, by Seymore Smith Ixation and overlapping of effort at least 24 days and earn as much ■ J a ( ^ k *® Franks. and to meet the needs of the mobi- as $50 in a calendar quarter. A Ram at Night, by Louise Dit- lization program maid, for example, who works two Jcnhane^—Ann Middleton and Mar- Within the next few days 20 pro- da y a week for ° ne «n? lo ye r . ** ^Memories g of Soring” bv Bert posals of the citizens committee will covered if her cash pay is as much ^ ntbony p at Davenport. t* introduced in the house and sen- JS W0 per calendar quarter. i “Kitten Kapers,” by Charlotte ate to implement those not yet en- "Applications for Social Security Beissert Marlene DeYoung. acted These include elimination of Cards, or for dpulicates of lost cards • Bells at Twilight,” by Walter politics in naming of postmasters; may be obtained at our office, in complete overhaul of the agricultu- the Post Office building or at any ral department; reorganization of Post Office,” Miss Pressly stated veterans administration; unification of all federal hospital and medical facilities to insure utilization of scarce medical personnel; merger of Those who have not done so should apply for cards at once. 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