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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1957
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
Let’s try to think out or think through this TV A and
public power.
Public Power, or power produced with tax-money, doesn’t
help me. If the Government will finance and build factories
for the making of shoes and clothing I might shout with
joy, too, even if my neighbors had to pay the bill. That is
the essence of the public power. So let the Government sell
me shoes for $5 that cost my neighbor $15; let me have
clothing for $25 that cost my neighbor $50. Let the Gov
ernment take taxes from my neighbor to cover the differ
ence and let me go Scotfree.
Very appealing, don’t you think?
That’s the way the Pubilc Power works. Why not shoes
and clothing? Why only Electric Power? Why not oil and
gas and gasoline?
We used to hear a lot about “Equality before the law.”
Well, where is it? .
We have followed a course of special favors to favored
groups. Is that democratic? Is it fair? Think it over.
“When the legality of TVA was at issue, those represent
ing TVA in the courts, including the United States Sup
reme Court, took the position that TVA had no legal aut
hority to generate electricity by steam. In the fiscal year
ending with June 1956, approximately 80 percent of the
power generated by TVA plants was generated by steam
plants.
There is a great deal of discussion as to whether TVA pays
interest on the funds invested in its power program. In the
early days of TVA it issued $65,000,000 in bonds on which
interest was paid.
These bonds have now been paid off. How r ever, as of June
1956 there was invested in TVA power production facilities,
completed under construction, the sum of $1,219,000,000,
which funds were supplied from the United States Treas
ury. On these funds TVA pays no interest. These payments
are scheduled on a 40 year retirement basis and presently
TVA is ahead of schedule in making repayments. In the
fiscal year ending June 1956 TVA paid into the general fund
of the Federal Treasury $45,000,000. This would amount to
3.7percent on the funds invested in its power program. How
ever, these funds are used to reduce TVA’s debt without
paying any interest.
The TVA repayment to the Federal Treasury should be
applied to the payment of the cost to the Federal Govern
ment of suppling these funds to TVA (interest) and then
if any money is left over that money applied to the reduct
ion or retirement of the advances made to TVA from the
Federal Treasury. The Federal Government and no other
borrower can treat interest payment as retirement. The
Comptroller General of the United State in his audit for
1955, and as in previous audits, strongly recommends that
repayments by TVA bq first applied to payment of the
cost of providing money for TVA and any balance left
over then applied to retirement of the amounts advanced.
The point can be simply illustrated in this way. If an in
dividual borrows $100 from a bank and at the end of a year
pays the ,bank $6.00 in interest the bank will not reduce
the borrower’^ debt to $94.00.
A great deal is said about payments in lieu of taxes made
by TVA, TVA does pay 5 percent of its gross revenue (from
sales other than to other federal agencies) as payments
in lieu of taxes. The electric utility industry pays over
23 percent of its gross revenue in taxes. In the fiscal year
ending June 1956 TVA paid $4,148,000 in lieu of taxes. In
the year 1956 the Duke Power Company paid $31,233,000
in taxes, or over 7.5 times the payment made by TVA. In
the fiscal year ending June 1956 TVA sold 22 billion KWH
of electricity to customers other than federal agencies. In
the year 1956 Duke Power Company sold 10.4 billion KWH
of electricity, or less than one-half of TVA sales. In other
words, with less than one-half TVA. sales Duke paid over
seven times the taxes paid by TVA.”
THINK IT OVER
Labor Day
SHOULD ASAM KEMDJD US THAT
WORK
IS THE HGOTTITO AIM OF MAM !
THAT HE SHOULD, HOT ONLY
BE ■WHAINff TO LABOR, BUT THAT
HE SHOULD USE EVERY EFFORT
^ TO SO DEVELOP HIS ABILITY
AS TO ACHIEVE HIS BEST FOR.
HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY AND
FOR HIS COUNTRY i
Our noble Government—President, Congress and Court—
seems to go to any ridiculous extreme to carry favor with
half-savage people or unprogressive people, or near-Commun-
ists, all over the world, but stupidly offends, traduces and
afflicts one fourth of its own people. And they the most
genuine Americans in all America!!!
Would you call New York City American? Hardly; well
Chicago is more nearly American by blood, but miles ajvay
in spirit.
The hope for the new America must be the far West,
unless the Japanese and Chinese take it over.
The most peaceful part of America today, is the South;
and South Carolina the quietist of all.
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President Eisenhower is a man of attractive qualities,
but he runs off the track when he intimates he may call
a special session of Congress if Congress refuses to vote
all the billions that' our State Department bureaucrats
wish to throw away in their folly of paving the way with
gold. A special session might be justified in some grave
emergency, but giving away billions of taxpayers money
is not a grave emergency. Rather it is a praiseworthy
course and deserving a general applause. Or is it?
The Congress is the body charged with theauthority and
responsibility of the Nation’s purse.
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The President should not crack down on the Congress;
he may veto any bill that he does not approve, but he has
no right to coerce the Congress. If the President wishes
to show himself a strong man, a President resolute and
resourceful, as well as a man imbued with sound princip
les of Economics let him veto all this public power business.
What can be more unsound Economically, more ridiculous
financially, than using billions of dollars of tax-money *to
build enormous plants and then forgive those petted babies
their taxes and e\en interest, while at the very same time
the Government collects heavy taxs from plants built and
operated by its own citizens with their own money?
On the one hand the Government pours out hundreds of
millions of tax dolla s to build plants in competition with
plants built by citiz. regulated by National and State
Governments, even a > rates, and paying 23 percent of
their income in taxes. id even then the Government sets
one group of citizens ve the others by giving them
preferential rights ana ial favors otherwise?
Let us assume a cona -Le case: If the Government spon
sors a project it may co . :> hundred million dollars—money
poured out from the moi c; /aid in by taxpayers. The Govern
ment will receive noth . If private capital builds the
same plant it will cost ably not more than 75,000,000
and will pay in taxes pr Lably several million dollars a
year; and it will operate ira.ier State supervision and sell
at rates approved by the Se.’ ate.
It is Socialism pure and j i nple, or, perhaps, impure and
not simple, but, rather, e mplicated.
I have never been favorably impressed by our attitude
toward Russia and Soviet polices. Let us be strong, invin
cibly strong and we need not fear Russia. Russia fears our
strength and that is whac deters the bloody butchers of
Moscow.
We are neither wise nor dignified in running around
handing out money. We appear to the world as a lot of
people with nothing but money.
What have we gained?
I quote with approval:
“One does not ordinarily expect Presidents to talk of
extraordinary sessions of Congress except to meet grave
situations. And what is it that has provoked President
Eisenhower into hinting at a special session this fall?
The provocation is Congress’ action on the Mutual Security
Polite, diplomatic language does not always express the
idea pungency and power, but I can say elegantly, perhaps,
that our Government in increasing the rate of postage so Program. The President asked for an authorization to
as to produce five hundred million dollars, while throwing i spend another $3.9 billion for aid to other countries. The
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away three billion (billions, mark you) all over the world
is acting with a degree of wisdom that borders on colossal
assininity. It is exceedingly difficult to understand the utter
stupidity or political tomfoolery of the Congress and the
Executive. I really marvel at our tame acquiescence.
This blundering policy of throwing American tax-money
around makes the proverbial drunken sailor seem a model
of thrift and sobriety.
If our Senator Olin Johnston had never done anything
else but oppose this unmeasured prodigality he would de
serve well of the Nation.
Speaking of Senators, both Senators Johnston and Thur
mond have been energetically and resourcefully active in
combatting bills for arbitrary misgovernment, such as the
so-called Rights Bill.
Congress authorized $3.4 billion and it may appropriate
less. This difference caused the President to call an im
promptu press conference and warn that he may have to
call Congress back.
Mr. Eisenhower offered ‘the really prayerful hope’ that
$3.4 billion would be enough, ‘but there is no disguising
the fact that the effjects of the $500 million cut will be
serious.’ Reductions in foreign aid, he said, may put the
interests of the United States ‘in real jeopardy.’ Then he
would have no recourse but a special session.
Now this is grave talk indeed Tt is the kind of talk that
would certainly be appropriate if an irresponsible Con
gress had left the Government without funds for our
armed forces; in view of the President’s opinion about
foreign aid, it might have been expected from him if Con-
Q—Can yon tell me the total amount of oatstanding consumer credit
debt?
A—The total amount, including installment and non-installment credit
outstanding at the end of May, 1957, was $41,707,000,000, an increase
y of $2,788,000,000 over May, 1956.
Q--Is there a state In the Union where there are no private power or
electric corporations?
A—Yes, Nebraska. There are no private electric utilities in Nebraska.
All electric utilities, known as Consumers Public Powar Districts,
are divisions of the State Government, operating under a State
law, but owned by the consumers. The consumers elect a board of
directors, and the board is authorized by law to fix rates. The
Districts are financed by revenue bonds sold on the open private
bond market. Bonds are widely held by banks, insurance companies,
individuals, trust funds and other investors. The Districts are free
of federal regulation and no federal money is invested in them.
Q-—What reeommcndathwia did the President’s Commission on In
creased Industrial Uses of Agricultural Products make?
A -The Commission’s recommendations which have been included in a
bill introduced in the House and Senate simultaneously, (5.2306 and
H.R.8186) suggested: 1—that participation by private and public
institutions in an effective research network be increased; 2—
greatly expanded basic research on use of farm products; 3— In
creased use of grants, fellowships and scholarships to increase na
tion’s supply of scientists; 4—Place more emphasis on government-
industry sharing of research costs; 5—Expand research and de
velopment of new crops; 6—Make wider use of commercial-scale
trials of new products, and 7—Offer economic incentives to growers
and processors to bridge the gap between research and established
uses of crops. The Commission urged an increase in appropriatior.
of money for industrial research in the Department of Agriculture.
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BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND'
TODAY’S PROBLEM:
Self-Discipline
ARRIS MILTON, 1810 West
Livingston Street, Allentown,
Pa., was the fifth child in his
family and eight years younger
than his next older brother. Being
the baby of the family, he thought
himself abused when his older
brothers and sisters ‘‘bossed him
around,” and when he was not
allowed the privileges of the older
ones.
His father was the type of fath
er who buried himself in his
career and gave little time te any
of his children. Only his mother
could be counted upon to stand
by, and truly she gave him double
measure. He learned early to ‘‘tell
it to mama” which habit he car
ried through his school and col
lege years and even into his mar
ried life. He didn’t make friends
readily nor did he keep long those
he did make. He loaned too much
• on his mother to develop self-
confidence, and her attitude cf
protection robbed him of any
chance for self-discipline.
After marriage his lack of self-
discipline continued as a Bug
bear, and it was not long before
his wife realized that his mother
came first and that she followed
second . . . way down the line.
Finally after several months of
anything but a happy married life,
with her husband running to his
mother to solve their problems,
she told him if he felt more
married to his mother than to her
that he should go back to his
mother’s home. In a huff, he did
Just that. His wife got a job to
support herself, and was all set
to give up the home they had es
tablished together when she was
to become a mother.
By this time her mother-in-law
had found that she was no longer
making her son happy in his old
home and when she heard the
news that her son was to become
a father she had the good sense to
place responsibility upon him for
the first time in his life. That
done, Harris went back to his
wife, finding her most happy to
have him back.
The new responsibility made
Harris feel at last that he was a
man; his wife now locked to him,
and the biggest problem that had
ever come to him was on its way
to being solved.
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6 A lance
11 To cut off
14 Hindu queen
15 Theater
passageway
16 Collection
facts
17 Symbol for
gold
18 Plan ol
town site
20 Woodland
deity
21 Occupied a
seat
22 Vessel’s
curved
planking
24 Agitate
26 Kind of wine
28 To walk
30 Man’s name
32 To lift
35 God of war
37 Vigor
39 Obstacle
40 Billiard
shot
42 Spanish
title
44 Ship’s boat
45 While
46 Femhle
relative
48 Profit
50 Earth
goddess
51 Doctrine
53 Ralls
55 Vegetable
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57 Peruse
59 Prohibit
80 Dodecanese
Island
61 Animai
63 Heap
65 Let fall
68 Duck
70 Metal
72 Feminine
name
73 Beverage
75 Encountered
77 Southwest
wind
79 Land
measure
80 Weight of
India
81 Aches
83 Accomplish
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85 Dance step
86 Cleave
87 Indian tent
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3 Preposition
4 Corded cloth
5 Elongated
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6 Rich fabric
7 Exclamation
of greeting
8 Snake
9 Move to
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10 Singing
voice
11 Enduring
12 South
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lightly
19 The sweet-
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Egypt
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strip
43 To get up
47 Blow on
head
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58 River of
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gress had suddenly abolished the whole program.
•But thiS is not what happened. Three billion dollars, and
more, is no small sum. And Mr. Eisenhower is not merely
arguing that more would be better. He is saying that even
a few millions less can be a life-and-death-matter for our
national interests, a question of such great urgency that
it may not wait between August and January.
It is almost impossible to find this credible.”
From The Independent, Fuquay
Springs, N. C.: It Is a well known
dictum that one man’s right to
swing his fists ends where his
neighbor’s nose begins. That is al
ways the limiting factor on our
individual liberties. These Liber
ties precious as they are. should
never be regarded as license to
act exactly as we please no mat
ter whom it hurts.
The idea of curbing our fist
swinging before we whack a neigh
bor has many applications. Some
of them are especially pertinent
during the summer months, when
open windows and backyard
chairs put us much closer to our
neighbors than we are In the win
ter.
Consider Jones. He has a high
fidelity phonograph, and he likes
his Beethoven loud. On one side
of Jones lives Brown, who hates
classical music but enjoys the
late.movies—at full decibel
strength. Nearby lives Plunkett,
whose idea cf a pleasant summer
evening is to have several friends
in for beer and loud chatter. And
just beyond Plunkett there’s Bol
ling, who likes to sit quietly on his
back porch reading philosophy.
Jones.’ Beethoven at full volume
is going to exasperate Brown. And
when the late, late inanity begins
to bellow forth from Brown’s TV
set, Jones will doubtless lie in bed
clenching his fists and hoping that
that Brown TV will blow a tube.
Both Jones and Brown may build
up a towering rage against Plun
kett If his guests insist upon wise
cracking at the top of their voices
long past midnight. And as for
poor Bolling, he will need all the
philosophy he can muster, just to
keep his temper
Whether it is high fidelity Bee
thoven or low fidelity Hollywood,
the old dictum remains valid: One
man’s right to swing his fists ends
where his neighbor’s nose begins.
From The Herington Advertiser-
Times, Herington, Kansas: You
can’t plant oil. Only nature can do
that and it takes her millions of
years.
11117 simply means that when sa
oil well finally runs dry, as they all
do. it must be replaced with a new
well, if this country’s known re
serves are to be kept at the levels
necessary to the national security
and economic welfare. And re
placement is a mighty expensive
proposition. Since 1948, the cost
of exploration has tripled—while,
incidentally, crude oil prices have
risen less than 20 per cent. To
make matters riskier, of every
nine wildcat wells drilled, eight
turn out te be dry and worthless.
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F ROM a humanitarian stand
point there can be no such
thing as a clean atomic or hydro
gen bomb in the megaton class.
The only logical reason for pro
ducing a bomb without the so-
called “fall-out,” would be to pre
vent killing a few more civilians
in a war-time bombing.
But the only logical excuse for
dropping a bomb of any descrip
tion, clean or dirty, would be for
mass destruction iff a heavy in
dustrial area to knock-out enemy
potential for making war. For'this
you need a megaton bomb. And
in any heavy industrial areq there
is always heavy industrial civil
ian population, within a radius of
of ten or fifteen miles. A bomb of
the ■ size contemplated for such
bombing would kill, maim or
harm every living person, pre
sumably within such a radius,
clean or dirty. A half dozen such
bombs dropped over New York
City or Paris or Rome, or Mos
cow or Berlin would kill hundreds
of thousands of civilians.. This is
mass bombing.
We do not need this size bombs
for pin-point bombing, for instance
to knock out o gun factory or a
ship-building yard or a tank fac
tory. And no matter how some
folks might talk, you simply can
not build an atomic bomb or a
hydrogen bomb that does not have
plenty of deadly nuclear radiation
in it when it explodes. You would
not need a metagon bomb to sink
a ship at sea.
What you do need in a nuclear war,
if you want to be humanitarian
about a war, is to concentrate on
smaller tactical nuclear war heads
and bombs and have such a stock
pile, that will allow the free use
of them, without depending on a
few huge bombs running into the
tons and tons of TNT equivalent.
Congressman Carl T. Durham,
North Carolina, chairman of ths
Joint Committee on Atomic Ener
gy was highly critical of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the Department of Defense tor the
lack of small weapons, or tactical
atomic bombs and war heads.
He said it appeared to him the
Department of Defense was gear
ing its weapons program to the
amount of plutonium for bomb
manufacture on the present
amount of plutonium production
from nuclear reactors which had
been operating 14 years. He be
lieved the Cbmmission needs more
plutonium reactors and to date
the Commission has made no
move to build more relying on the
production at Savannah River and
Hanford. So his new bill orders
the Commission to build a new
plutonium reactor at Hanford,
Washington and provides the funds
for its construction.
“I am disturbed over the lack
of a realistic program for small
weapons or any consideration of
the necessity for ultimately es
tablishing a stockpile of plutonium
for weapons or peacetime 'pur
poses. Any such activity would re
quire substantial increases in pro
ductive capacity,” the^ Congress
man said.
The joint committee on a strict
party vote castigated the Com
mission also for what they termed
a “bankrupt policy” on civilian
uses of Atomic Energy and or
dered the Commission to change
its policies and program particu
larly toward Rural Cooperatives,
as a policy of “subterfuge and
farce,” in that after two years
of negotiation not even one con
tract has yet been signed with a
rural electrical cooperative for a
nuclear power reactor. There are
five applications.
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