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J. B. “Dij!
wheb:
A&M College
and the he nor
through ej em;
action during
and
WHEBEA
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solution wa« i»3ued or and prestige bestowed ypon it through
wmer Studen) Asso- this high degree of accomplishment;
its executive secretary, NOW; THEREFORE, The Association
ey. 'X ■ of Former Students of the A&M College
ef student body of the of Texas, through the action of the Coun-
s distinguished itself cil, resolves that commendation of the
ikditiop of the (Jollege first order be given to the student body
jind lofty conduct and on its unparalleled achievement in becom-
$(hool year 1948-1949; ing the official recipient of the Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Award for
Jifij group of young men 194^. (end quote)
,i v ,«fstanding ^tudent body If there is any group a student of A&M
west Conference from covets praise from, it is from the kggie
sportsmanship and exes. Frofm them, who represent the things
ed the Southwest Con- we would like to be, commedation is doubly
!tip Award for 1949; appreciated.
We would like to see another letter
'^ student body of the saying tljie same thing at this same time
as has had great hon- in 1950.
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A&M College < f Texjs has had great hon- in 1950.
Wild ifrjie r Stay Away'From My Door
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There’| mapy
welcome the <iri
valley aut^iori
than before f
would veiitur
that-manylcltyUili
ly see the {mb
projects, ihin
now?
ITnlnuiessId wa
-by tormetfs hhm
people’s bedding
—a*ta» be |ost||
controlled watii'
did milllmiM ofidi
exas farmer who will spillways, generators could turn some of
n of a federal river the passing mechanical energy into elec-
exas—a lot more now trie energy for the benefit of man. Rivers
ds lasit week. And we that once ran clear after heavy rains, now
jl{ttle further to claim run blacj< or deep red. The color comes
e that didn p t previoust from; farmlands and soil leaving the farms
as 1
ti nee of river flood control
duntngo w
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portion b
one fami y
from my doorf
Rivter floot
rect much
: heavy rai|b?.
across rivers
^ of Texas forever, or until that part of
iti’g not such a bad idea the CJulf of Mexico rises up and another
civilization tills the soil that once belonged
^H|{er—vfftter n|uide thick to Tfxasj- i
imd c^uttored up with The floods must be harnessed. If Texas
J4 household belongings is willing to pay for It, then let the legisla*
nd unfriendly. This un« tore taktj steps toward that end. If Texas’
rating through Ft. Worth lawmakeirs won't do It, let the federal goy-
fs danjiage, and all the omnUnt jhelp us.
u^txal lpy liiHUraftce. ‘ Damij
Hi 1 * swollen out of pro* and glood
dek’s rains more than
"River stay away
Damij need to be built,soil conservation
and flood control need to be practiced. If
Texas is | unable to help herself, then let’s
have no qualms about asking Washington
for, help*
"0l systems would cor- A wild river has no conscience; a’wild
1 harnessed water after river is no respector of life or property,
^hile dams are placed 1 Somebody tame these wild rivers of Tex-
jvater spilts over their as, we are not running a circus.
Blimey, (Jov’nor, It’s the Blinking Yanks Again . . .
Yanks art back/’ said a London
;rk to; her customer, “The Yanks
ienty byjan enemy power would be taken
by this (jountry as just cause for war in
renstked a Liverpool fishmon- defense <pf Britain. Prior to World War II
irone
Th^ Yanks are back/
ur 5 farmer as he Watched
irhead.
!/uU this expression has
s of Britishers w'ho remem-
t|ie war years. For some
Yanjts ilmjeapil Ibnd, boisterous, drunketw
immoral OI|’srjSt|unibling in pubs to drink
and;curse thefwariv beer. For others the
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$in|e last
beeq oi| the lii;
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giant ojr the
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technology’—«
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tnry ojeupgt
tion* td fur
wuiiiwgrd,
Hullt Dil
fe.uk thit nii ( Vf
hailed by both countries as guardians of
M servicemep meant the victory^-a victory that the United Nations
e st^The United States, her sought to win, a victory,so elusive and
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must watch one another with suspicion
least the prize of all become the captive
of one.
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Ipeople, her production and precious that even the United Nations
ijid firm with Britian and
jtn! hat ions in their reso-
etorndilution to exert mili-
|n ol Germany and opposi- Yanks in Britain are poised to wrest
tv eft Russian expansion our share of that victory from the hungry
• j Russian liear should he become restless
ainF America apparently] and set out to feed upon western Euro-
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he's weak on curves.;/sal in ebatemplatlon.
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Letters To The Editor
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OTHER 81DE OF SITUATION
KdltorH, The Hsttalioni
You h«ve recently used The Bat*
tulion ns n menus of questioning
Ihe vnlue of those people of the
8tote of Texns who nre engaged in
the business of pmltieihg, refining,
nnd mnrketlng our oil nud gns re>
MRUtves. Since you hnve eontrl*
hutril mme opinion limn fuel, It
might lie interesting to thone who
read your edltorinl* to *o« sump
of the faetr. / I f ! .
Your Rrst editorial objected to
the efforts of the Governor to re
tain the title lands. We find that
$7,750,000 had been paid into the
Public School fund up to July 1,
1948, in the form of lease bonus
money fdr off-shore leases anti
further that the State expects
$66,417,500 from the same source
during the next ten year period.
We also find that the state expects
$875,000,000 in the form of royal
ty payments as the off Shote oil
is produced.
It is evident that you wish to
forfeit this money to the Federal
Government so that you may dig
deeper yourself. Perhaps you
think that North Dakota’s illus
trous senator had our children
in mind when he suggested that
Federal Aid to our schools be
cut because we don’t willingly
give his state a share of what he
thinks is already rightfully
theirs.
We also object to your manner
of presentation of yoUr editorial
on Mr. Suman, who, by the waj - ,
had a son graduate from here last
year. Mr. Suman, through his ef
forts since he has been associated
With the oil 'business, has been re
sponsible for doubling the amount
of oil that may be obtained frorti
an oil peservoir. If you will take
half of'some of these tax and
income figures you can see fott'
yourself how much John Suman
is worth to the State of Texai.
ij, was the contention of ope ojf
John Suman’s audience at - this
"Great Issues" meeting that , thp
lax being paid by the oil industry
is out of line with the value off
their properties. During the fisc*(l
year of 1947 the people who makle
their living producing, reflfdiub
and marketing oil or gua paid
$5,903,485 as Ad Valorem Taxes
while the rest of the tax pavetis
paid $10,008,472, The people of tin*
oil Industry must, therefore, own
about one third of the properly,
taxea. Those tax payers of the
oil industry own one-third of
the business and property and
,yet they pay 55.2 per cent of
the huftinesM and property taxes.
This was Mr. Human's answer tit
the meiriher'e argument. It is every
thing . hut misleading—it. is the
biggest understatement uf I he year
if you wish to eoiislder the total
tax and income figures. The fol
lowing facts will substantiate the
value of our oil and gas reserves
and the people who exploit them:
For the flseal year of
Sources of Millions of
Texas Income Dollars
Petroleum and
Products 2.4
Grop* \ 1.1
Livestock and
Products
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Adriance, Fugett
Inspect Project
i * J CA! camp on PossumJItiipil
Dr. Guy W. Adriance, head of north of Mineral UeltL
the Horticulture Department, and would consist of car ig fbrj
K. H. Fugett, of the Agricultural horsey guide for lk - J
Economics Department, returned counting duties. £
recently from an inspection trip dollars per month jjHjt]
through East Texas of a project in board furiiished fret!
progress on the shipping and car- Camp opens Junji
rying quality of peaches. months. All inter#
i should leave their u
Adriance and ' Fugett* working; Placement Office. 1 1
jointly under the Research and tjerview’ w iij be take
Marketing Act, conferred ..with temoon beginning
peach growers and shippers* and;
with A&P Company officials who « |> j i Jj)j|||(| | I
are also participating in the pro- J. WO LjCOII
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One aspect of the project mvolv- i
es the effects of shipping peaches; The Leon Countji
in two different stages at maturity] Mil be inactive dd
"green mature" and "firm ripe, j tner term due to
These two stages represent only of members that W
three days difference in maturity, i according to J. L.
‘. j Of tile club.
Another aspect involves a com- Only two rnembtf
parison of the carrying ipudlty or tend the summer
peaches shipped in onetimlf and ntudents are O. 1 D.
one bushel tub baskets to that of; tory major from Ids
peaches shipped In tme-half atid WonUx, agrieulturall
one bushel boxes, ton fivim Mui<.iu*«. I
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25.6
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pie of the oil
he peo*
paid ai
Hoaeror, we find that the j
Industry
total of $71,819,899 lit the form
of business and; pro|*rty takes
while the real of the tax payers
paid only 155.757,748 in the
form of business ami property
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Total 4.3 ’ >'] 100.0
The; oil and gas operators paid
45 per cent of the general fund
revenues) in 1947.
At least 52 per cent of the states
contribution tp the cost for old
age assistance was paid by the ojl
and gas operators. \
One-thirti of the state’s bill for
public education was borne by the
Petroleum Industry. ’
The Petroleum Industry paid
43 per cent of the cost of higher
education (colleges and univer
sities) and Of the 3,014 college
faculty members who are paid
out of tax funds, the salaries of
1,356 or 45 out of every 100,
were paid by oil and gas opera
tors.
These represent but a few of
the items to which the oil and gas
operators contribute heavily.
The latest figures published by
Commerce desiring House, Inc,,
nationally recognized tax analysts,
show this picture for 1946.
Taxpayers ip 27 states paid $902
million in general sales and use
taxes. (A survey this year by Tax
Foundation, Inc. showed the sales
tax "take" for the nation was $1.2
billion or 40 per cent of the total
collection of all state tnxes in
1947). Texans pay no sajex taxes.
In 34 states the taxpayers paid
a total of $834 million in aUto inf
come taxes, Texans pay no stat<i
Incoms tax.
Natural resource taxes paid In
Texas the same roar were $$..1
milMoits greuter than the total
in natural resource tlXM paid
by'all the other states combined,
Texas oil nnd gas operators paid
92,2 per rent of the halpral re
source taxes In Texas In 1949,
The Mtate Comptroller had the
following to say In the apring of
1P48: ", , , the proanernux condi
tion of Texas' fiscal an airs and the
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optimlatlc outlook are ptitnailly a kel roads. It Is anti dr
result of the prosperity of the-oil 114,8 millions of if lli
and allied businesses." refunded to the hed/n
W. J. Murray, Jr„ chalrmun* —ihe farmers-—si
Railroad Commission of Texas] | nnlMlons remained
said: "The public is beginning to the farmer, unlnte
realize that oil is Texas' gHatest ihg his own roads,
money crop; that based upon, wcIL the persons markWllr
head value, it brings in moral gas.
monby than all ouX^agricultural A large part <j:
and livestock products, combined; sold out of state
* and ! that it furnishes piore that! contracts j of 10 to
half'of the state’s tax revenue."; j tipn. The'price of
General Ernest- O. Thorntmopj is specified in thes
long-time member of the Railroad natural gas. conce
Commission said: "The economy to absorb the tax b
and continued prosperity—the wed) er into their own] p
being—of the entire State of Texas cannot do so. In rac
is tied in absolutely and inescap^ need of higher pi|o
ably with the production of oil and lower price*/
gas.” ' I \ Dr. E. DeGolye#j
Now let us see what kind of j<)lj gist-Scientist and $
the oil and gas producers of Texkiji ing/ atithoritative j,
have done. The United States has the! natural gas inj|
produced about two thirds of all cpnltly, "I submit,
of the oil used in the world to date> and as, a Texan, tl
yet the United States has only 12 national advantagi
per cent of the world’s land prea stiate’s interest to 1
that is geologically favorable for cea paid for natur
the occurrence of petroleum. not be conserved
of petroleum.
Now get this—the land area
of Texas is only 8.6 per cent of
the land area of the United
States and yet during 1947, i
Texas produced 44 per cent of
the oil produced in the United
States, 44 per cent of the natural
gas, and yet we have remaining
’ 54.8 per cent of the oil reserves
and 54 per cent of the natural
gas reserves.
Wo have also inquired about
what the oil interesta are lobbying
for in Austin. We find that they
are after a unitization bill which
will permit them to operate o«ch
oil nnd gas field as a unit. l\ is
estlinntea that such’ cohrorvai^ln
will yield an additional monetary
return to Texax of I’M, hillionx ^
dollars, It appeared In (he newi>
papers that the governor was not
going tii sign this hill for a wliilt
lie hopes that a group of our t|ltjl
xens who are in the business
('Ml
ireesured into paying
of nuildm
worth less than tl
sarvation." '
'Si Harold G.
James H„
Thomas A/
Richard S.
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have not verifh
given by these
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Frank Slmmen. Andy Matula,
Swinney, Trmri* Brock, Ban
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SXIFFIE BOARDS
marketing natnrnl gas ckn he high
d irtlo paying a lax
me imrpuSe of nuiiding fainidiii*
market roads fur another group pf
our cltlxens, the farmers,
We find that in 1947 the HtaM
of Texas collected $89.8 millions
In gasoline tax to he used lor
state highways and farni-to-miir^
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