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Circulation w- SORE. Editor and Publisher FRED PETTIJOHN, Executive Editor FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960 i 9t f-T-7 Editorial, Page Eight I WAX Ott (V-2! will vtoo cm 1 ME ttE yZzL our ed our Classified Department Dial JA 3-5425 AH Other Departments Dial JA 2-3711 S20 SI First Ft. Lauderdale MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pres Is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all the local new pnnteo in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches-All rights of publication special dispatcnes are also reserved. NEWS Hollywood Bureau, SOS 21st Dial Hollywood WA -1548. NEWS West Hollywood Bureau.

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52 SE Fourth Dial CR 8 2676. NEWS-SENT i NEL Palm Beach Bureau. 301 Dixie Hwy. TE 3-W33. By OliVILLE REVELLE NOT TOO LONG ago a small Texas town, Hilshire Village, because of its low tax rate ran out of funds that were badly needed to take care of drainage and street repairs.

Mayor Robert Lowry called his town council together to see if there wasn't something they could do to get the work done. As usual, there were present those who suggested the village fathers turn to the federal government for a handout. To this plea, Mayor Lowry and the majority of the council turned a deaf ear. They would do the job themselves, with their own money and their own muscles. It long before the i council came across an old By WESLEY STOUT DO YOU Know That: The Jupiter Light swayed 17 inches in the 192S hurricane, squeezing mortar from between the stones? Sheriff Turner during Prohibition held "teasing parties: pouring seized liquor into the courthouse yard? In 1931 hot ashes from his pipe set the high-proof liquor ablaze, and deputy Hobbs Campbell had to run for an extinguisher? Hollywood, conveyed the Hollywood Hills Hotel to Sandy Beaver for $10 in 1331 on condition that it be used as a mili- mm tary school for at least five years? Countywide Sunday School 1 picnics used to bring 1.200 to 'j 1,500 kids.

Catholics included, to Las Olas Beach? At the 1931 picnic the 150-foot race for ministers and Sunday xf School supers was won by the Rev. Dieffenwierth of M. E. 1 Our YOURS STOUT South? (Whatever became of Sunday School picnics?) Texas law that was still in the statutes. One that stated when a man couldn't shoulder his part of the tax burden he was expected to work it out.

They dusted off this old law, brought it up to dale with an REVELLE Ism Tries. ii. All Is Not Gold That Glitters WHEN THE Vreelands came here they did not bother to vote for the first 20 years. Both were Republicans, so what was the use? The FEC closed the Dania depot for the summer in 1931, reopened it after 10 days when the town screamed murder? Capt. C.

J. Rose. 94 and Miami's oldest in 1937, had gone to country school before the Ciril War to Henry Flagler in Sandusky County, Flagler boarding at the Rose home? WHEN THE Jacksonville gator farm went out of business in 1937, it shipped its 6,000 alligators (many small) by boat to the Daytona Municipal Zoo? Ross Allen was hired to tie up the big ones. The SL Pete Times in the boom agitated to change the town's name, because "St. Petersburg suggests snow and frost?" "Movies By Radio Within a Year" was a Miami headline of 1924? Col.

E. H. Green, son of Hetty and a Miami Beach winter colonist. had transmitted movie film 60 feet in his South Dartmouth, laboratory. A 1759 HURRICANE drove the Gulfstream back into the Gulf, then released a tidal wave? The tallest trees on Key Largo were covered.

The schooner Latbury, anchoring supposedly in Hawk Channel, found itself in the middle of Elliott's Key. Tampa Negroes in 1926 petitioned the city for segregation against the Whites, who had overrun the Negro quarters, buying property and forcing rents up on what they did not buy? A mob of Marine fliers took over downtown Miami in December, 1918, in reprisal for the city having asked the commandant to restrict lib-erty after midnight? The city's action followed a mass meeting at the First Baptist Church. Many roughed up, including a Confederate veteran, R. B. McLendon, Dade tax collector.

Major F. F. Evans, commanding, wrote a public apology in which he. said: "I wish to state that there are very few old Marines in the aviation section, and the spirit of bolshevism shown is entirely foreign to the Marine Corps." MIAMI'S Tamiami airport, used by no scheduled nights, is the third busiest in America, topped only by Chicago's Midway and Miami's International? THE FEC intended to extend its Okeechobee branch to Lemon City in 1922, and US 27 was built later over the surveyed route? FEC quarters boats were moored in New River here while the survey was run. The ICC had approved the extension, which would have given the FEC a double track between New Smyrna and Lliami three years before the main line was By PAUL HARVEY WE ARE a "needy nation" now.

I dread this undertaking. I am going to try to explain "the gold standard." Now, if you will come out from behind that yawn I will make this as painless as possible. It might even get exciting if you'll pay attention. Until 1934, your paper dollar was worth solid gold. President FDR took us off "the gold standard" and instituted a policy of "managed currency." Americans could not own gold any more.

But foreigners doing business with the United States were promised that they could get gold. for their American money any time they wanted. Gold was kept buried in bulk at Fort Knox and else- where to back up this pronv I. ise. Recently, however, foreigners have begun losing faith in their American currency HARVEY an nave '3een emaniinS gold instead.

If all foreigners should cash in their American currency for gold, we would be bankrupt! WE HAVE GIVEN them so many "dollars" through foreign aid that they could now lower the boom on us and clean out Fort Knox overnight! Also, foreigners now have enough "dollar holdings" to take over control of many American industries in which they have invested. (They bought control of our industries with our money.) Up to now, American paper money has been "good money" all over the world, because of the buried gold supply which backs it up. Recently, howrever, foreigners began to lose confidence in the Yankee dollar and began cash ing theirs in. We had to dig up and fork out some of our buried gold. Then there were whispers that the United States, in order to hang onto this gold reserve, would "revalue currency," that we would make gold "worth more" than the fixed price of $35 an ounce.

EFFECT, of course, what we would be doing is making the dollar w-orth less. Maybe the Russians started the rumor. There was panic in London and Hong Kong. If America intended to "boost the price of gold," everybody wanted gold. Promptly the price was bid up to $40 and more.

On Wall Street, investors rushed to buy "gold stocks." If gold is to be worth more than dollars, then let's "spend dollars and buy gold!" Jitters concerning our intentions have persisted despite denials from Washington. These are the mathematics of the situation: Our present gold reserve, at $35 an ounce, is worth about $19 billion. THAT IS NOT nearly enough to cover all our obligations overseas if every foreigner should decide to cash in. If our Treasury suddenly announces that gold is now $105 an ounce, ours would instantly be worth about $57 billion. Then we would have more than enough to redeem all foreign claims.

American gold mines would be reopened. (It's not profitable to mine gold at present prices). Foreign goods sold in the United States would instantly cost three times as much, in American dollars. But the value of our insurance policies, our savings, our bonds, would be virtually wiped out. Until wiser economists than I figure out a way to protect us from the disasters of either inflation or deflation, we should cease sending any more American dollar aid overseas to "needy nations." We are, ourselves, insolvent.

ordinance that made it mandatory the male citizens of the town were to devote five days a year to the town to take care of the streets. 3IEN BETWEEN 21 and 43 were told they could work the five days or put a $1 in the town treasury for every day they did not work on the streets. Mayor LowTy was the first to step forward and pay his $5. He was followed by most of the town's male citizens digging down and coming up with the $5. It wasn't long before the town council had more than enough money to get the work done.

And from now on, every male citizen of Hilshire Village, Texas, between the ages of 21 and 45, has the choice of donating five days a year of manual labor or $5. Right now, while money's plentiful over that way the male citizenry will swell the town treasury each year, but there will come a day when money won't be so plentiful and many of the men will find time to work out their share of this unique tax load. THIS YEAR is no different than any other. The Christmas card that traveled the most miles from the Jerry Eckert family (also Jeanie and Lisa) from far off Djakarta, Indonesia! Inside it wished your Reviewer's family A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year in every Far Eastern tongue. Any of Jerry's friends who would like to send him a card can do so by addressing it to: P.

T. StanVac Indonesia, Kotok Pos 2048, Djakarta, Indonesia. THERE'S ONLY one of its kind among Christ-mas cards "The Pyles Prattle," now in its 18th year. This brain child of Bess and Floyd Pyles is long awaited each year by its many "subscribers." And this year, the surprise of surprises. It is a two colored (Christmasy) job, and all eight' pages are filled with headlines of the past year, plus many photos, and Floyd reminisces about such landmarks that have been torn down these past 12 months as the Sunset Theater (recently known as the State on Andrews Wheeler Doric Temple, and the Floranada Club.

As usual, "The Pyles Prattle" will run away with all honors among Christmas cards because of its originality. REMEMBER that law in Texas. In recent weeks folks have dropfed by this desk to complain about the trash scattered about in front of the Public Library. They seem to think the trash comes from folks not visiting the library but just passersby. They -wonder if the Litterbug Law couldn't be applied here.

It's not car riders tossing trash away but pedestrians wrho are the culprits in this instance. Maybe if they had to clean it up a couple of times they'd remember to look for a trash receptacle the next time. EIRTH DATES Dec. 10 Milo Sherman Mrs. Henry (Martha) Yanker Dr.

Mark Butler Dorothy Lamour Ray Williams Willie Wells Mrs. J. W. (Polly) Dickey Barbara Nichols Gale A. Pearson Dr.

Rudolph Heath Lily Kirby Donald Walls Sr. Shirley Huskisson Aima Jean Ernst Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) Gordon Jack Lay John Nortman. When Government Says It Can't Cut Taxes That's Pure And Simple Hokum LTHOUGH a great majority of economists agree that a substantial tax cut is one of the best and most effective ways to bring a nation out of a business slump, the taxpayers of this nation are wasting their time in day-dreaming if they are hoping such a remedy is going to be applied to help bring an end to the current business recession which is fast spreading throughout the country. From all sides today evidence is piling up that we are in a recession period that may well get a lot worse before any improvement trend gets started.

Unemployment is on the rise; corporation profits are on the dwindling side; distressed areas are on the increase; mortgage foreclosures are climbing; business failures are reaching a higher peak, and a dozen other sound business indices all point in the direction of a sliding economy. Under these circumstances one would think that the Congress and government officials would be giving serious thought to the possibility of a tax cut as an anti-recession remedy. Such, however, doesn't seem to be the case at all. Instead of considering a tax reduction, all that our Congressmen and government officials seem interested in today is closing tax loopholes and hiking taxes so that the federal government can take more money away from the people to finance greater federal government spending as an anti-recession move. yE HAVE already been informed 'from several sources that the incoming Kennedy administration isn't going to recommend any reduction in taxes.

On the contrary, it will reportedly make a determined push right from the beginning for enactment of programs which will doom any chances of a tax reduction for years to come and which will inevitably lead to even higher taxes than we now have. Government officials invariably tend to follow the theory that the government can spend the peoples' money better than the people can spend it themselves. This happens to be an utterly false theory, yet it is one of the basic reasons that once taxes are levied they become almost impossible to be cut or removed. A perfect illustration of that lies in the fact that the taxpayers of this nation are still paying emergency taxes levied to finance the Korean War. When those taxes were levied they carried an automatic termination date but each year when the termination date supposedly rolls around Congress promptly renews them for another year.

The last time the taxpayers got any break out of Washington was in the early years of the first Eisenhower administration when the President and his congressional supporters followed through with a campaign promise and came up with a substantial tax cut. This had a decidedly stimulating effect on the nation's economy, and was partly responsible for the general prosperity that marked the Eisenhower first term. HIS second term, however, Mr. Eisenhower was not able to prevent a Democratic-controlled Congress from launching a spending boom to offset a business recession which cropped up in 1958. By the time this federal government spending program was put into effect, however, the recession had already spent itself with the result we are still paying today for programs which weren't needed and which cost the taxpayers a big chunk of money which they could have better used for their own needs.

Now we are in the midst of another recession period and once again the advocates of big spending are demanding more and bigger government spending programs to put the economy on a firmer keel. Far better and far quicker results could be achieved by reducing government expenditures and slashing taxes in order to permit the people to retain and to spend more of their own money, but that sensible and needed remedy isn't going to be applied because Congress and government leaders don't feel the government can afford the loss of income a tax cut would entail. Past history shows, however, that the federal government seldom loses any revenue from a tax cut as the overall economy generally improves by virtue of a tax cut to such an extent that the government derives more revenue from the lower rales than they would have gained from the higher rates. In recent years many outstanding tax authorities have come to the conclusion that present tax rates are too high and need to be adjusted downward if we are to stimulate our economic growth and give our people a decent incentive to make our free enterprise system work as effectively as it should. But always we hear the same old argument against a tax cut advanced.

The government needs all the revenue it can get and, therefore, it cannot afford any tax cuts. This is hokum pure and simple. This government of ours could easily afford a substantial tax cut if it would just call a halt to some of its unnecessary spending on things that the slates and the people could do for themselves cheaper and better if they were permitted to keep enough of their own money to do it. But that's not the way of big, centralized government. It wants to do everything for everybody no matter what the cost, and so long as this attitude prevails the only thing the taxpayers can expect is higher rather than lower taxes.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Newt welcomes contributions from readers on all subjects. All letters must bear the writers' signatures and addresses. However, upon request, names will be withheld from publication. They should not exceed 350 words. In the interest of good taste and protection against libel, The News reserves the right to edit all tetter.

Name Missunj: Editor, The News: My husband and I would like to thank you for your excellent and comprehensive editorial appearing in the Dec. 2 edition of your paper. In our case here in Pompano Beach, my name was missing in the Binder Book although my husband and I both registered on the same day, at the same time with the same clerk. My husband was registered as a Democrat, while I was listed as a Republican. The clerk remarked to one of her associates that "this has happened eight or ten times already this morning" Could it be that this election was "cut and dried" long before the polls opened on Nov.

WONDERING fv, mures Junior Theatre Editor, The News: Fort Lauderdale Junior Theatre members want to thank the editor and staff writers of the Fort Lauderdale News for the many kind words they wrote about our group, and the sincere interest displayed. We realize that many people in the audience for "Brigadoon," came because of the fine publicity bestowed upon us by the Fort Lauderdale News. We hope that Junior Theatre will always live up to the standard of performances that have merited your approvaL JANIE HARRIS Publicity Director Ft. Lauderdale Junior Theatre Uay Garbage Victim Editor The Newt: As I sat down to read my paper, the first thing I read was garbage firm says "No raise, no garbage pick up." I say "good." That is the best news I have read in some time. Now, if the County Commission is on its toes, it can endear itself to the residents of the county for a long time.

All it has to do is let the company go and put the garbage collection back where it was two years ago, when collector and residents -were happy, and I suppose even then the County Commission, although it did not realize how much until it let the contract to the present firm and received one great big headache in return for what it thought was a good deal. By this time, you must know I am one who had a complaint and got nowhere with it. Well, you are right. How would you like to hear a garbage pail pulled over a metal fence at 6:30 on Saturday morning? I didn't like it either, so I spoke to the boy about it and he said if he could not pull the pail over the fence, he would not pick up the garbage at all. So, I called the company twice about it.

"No luck," the pail still went over the fence. I called the Sheriff's Dept. about it disturbing the peace. They agreed at that time it was. I suppose they contacted them about it I don't know.

The same day I paid my garbage bill to a collector and laid my complaint in his lap. I received a lot of help from him he could do nothing, about it but advised me to move my garbage pail, which I did, to a more inconvenient place in my yard, not only for the boy that collects, but for my wife, too. For that I get a tin ear every now and then, but what can I do? I am. a victim of the garbage company and there is nothing I can do about it if I want my garbage picked up. HERBERT F.

BOND People Know Editor, The News: Once upon a time, in the late months of 1850, a vigorous, intelligent and rich young man declared he would like to be president of a great country. He appeared before great throngs of the people in the pleading of votes for his ideas while downgrading nearly everything about the country. Ha promised all people all things though Fy James Kdler may have to fall back on the treasury of the same country to keep his promises. His own family may not have enough money to complete his announced programs. He proclaimed with great gusto and persuasion his right to the office regardless of his own religious beliefs and that anyone who withheld a vote from him because of his religion would be a bigot.

He therefore decried false witness. He wras then professing Christian inheritance. While the accusation of bigotry ill begets one of his religious training it also contains inferences of dishonesty. The young man met with conclaves of clerics and proclaimed his inherent honesty of desires and intentions. Some years ago another man said he would rather be right than president.

He didn't say hat he wanted to be right about any more than the young 1960 man said he wanted to be honest about. If honesty in all things was his proclamation, he should now declare dishonesty or skulduggery in certain voting areas would be an anathema to him and that he too would rather be of honest selection than be president. The young man won international acclaim for his great effort in pointing out a courageous man of the past. Did the young man realize that all courage is born of honesty honesty of action, honesty of ideals, honesty of intentions and presentations? Has he learned the lesson of courage? Has he even minutely recognized the completely dishonest voting records in certain big city precincts where even his own religion is predominant, where voting records have now been stolen from their vaults? The people know well that if his heart and conscience measure up to his professions of the past several months he would be among those precincts right now to demand that an honest vote and count would be recorded no matter who became president. Without such a stand he will go to the White House with a blot and stain upon himself and family.

Mr. Kennedy, right now is the time to establish your profile. History will honor you more and much longer if it turns out to be the kind the good people of this country expect of their president ANDREW E. MILLER A BANDIT shoved this note' through the window of a young bank teller: "I am a sick man with only 6 months to live. Give me all your money or I'll shoot you in the heart." The clerk handed over $780 but managed to get the license number of the robber's car.

He relayed it to the police and the thief was captured in a few minutes. The 22-year-old teller, who had his "whole life to live," was stricken with a heart attack and died just 13 days after the bank incident. None of us has a lease on life. Whether the time almighty God has allotted to us is brief or long, it is only a flash between two eternities. How well we would spend our remaining days, months or years if we clearly viewed them as so many opportunities to prove our love for God and for our fellow man.

"It is appointed unto men to die once and after this comes the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27) Keep me ever aware, Holy Spirit, that life is but a springboard to eternity. FUNNY MONEY By VERNE TUCKER hear the Commissariat Inflated Russian money. It seems to me I smell a rat A smell that isn't funny. Instead of voicing empty threats And brandishing their ivhammy Vll bet they'll try to pay their debts With porous rubles, Sammy! A i.