The Chelsea Reporter (Chelsea, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1969 Page: 2 of 8
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PRESIDENT — NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Mrcy Arkansas
LETS WAGE WAR
ON INFLATION!
Here in brief are the eight
major conclusions of our
Freedom Forum XXX — a
gathering of 200 citizen lea-
ders from 20 states from as
far away as California and
Florida:
1 Inflation now is eating
away at the purchasing pow-
er of everybody’s income at
the rate of from 4 to 5 per-
cent — Dr Paul W McCrac-
ken Chairman of President
Nixon’s Council of Economic
Advisers came to our Forum
from the White House to
make this report and to out-
line measures being taken
by Mr Nixon’s Administra-
tion to control and ultimately
halt inflation
2 The continuation of in-
flation at its present rate is a
grave threat to the economic
welfare of all citizens and to
the very security of our na-
tion — all ten of our Forum
Speakers echoed this vital
fact
3 There is no instant cure
for inflation it cannot be
brought under control over-
night — Dr McCracken Chair-
man Wilbur D Mills of the
House Committee on Ways
and Means Dr Walter D
Fackler Dean of the Gradu-
ate School of Business Uni-
versity of Chicago and Dr
Heinz Pentzlin Deputy Edi-tor-in-Chief
of West Ger-
many’s big daily newspaper
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The 32nd aession of the Okla-
homa legislature is closing down
this week Weary lawmakers set
a new record of the shortest
session in 20 years
8ome will say they did nothing
f significance but that’s unfair
and incorrect More particularly
the public didn't want anything
done The publie did not clamor
for any drastic changes in the
Bourse of the ship of state
Gov Dewey Bartlett did not
so the Democrat majorities
in the house and senate refused
to chart a new course Besides
the Democrats did not have
enough votes to override many
vetoes
The main veto override was to
give Democrat State Treasurer
Leo Winters power to invest
state funds where he chooses
without interference from Gov
Bartlett That was three months
ago It set the tempo in a sense
Since then Democrat legislators
have had misgivings whether
Winters will get enough revenue
from investments aa Bartlett
says he can Last week they
had a closed meeting with Win-
ters to warn him they expected
him to deliver more income from
the investment of state funds
than Bartlett has promised the
public
It took a combination of Re-
publicans and Democrats to pass
the new consumer credit code
There was barely a vote to
spare If several votes hadn't
shifted last week to approve It
going into effect immediately
we would be faced with a state-
wide vote on the complicated
controversial so-called “model”
act
Labor didn't have the muscle
to beat It They tried Some of
the people organised labor sent
to the capitol offended more
than they influenced
Perhaps the new credit code
will be appreciated by the public
as a great piece of lawmaking
The 85 Interest maximum on
the first $8(10 of a loan almost
gagged house members It was
scaled down to a top of 80 -and
the house deserves credit
for that
They forced Gov Bartlett to
come off his Industrial tours
and finally take a stand on the
Mm&
Forum keynote address The
nature of the “gradualism” of
any inflation control needs to
be clearly understood by the
American people
Must Work Together
4 Congress and the Nixon
Administration are working
together on measures to slow
down inflation — Dr Mc-
Cracken and Chairman Mills
explained the measures (and
in subsequent columns we
will report on them)
5 The President already
has initiated fiscal and mone-
tary policies that in six to
nine months will begin it is
believed by fiscal and mone-
tary experts to slow down
the inflation that has built
up its momentum through the
past several years
6 The international Com-
munist conspiracy to destroy
the American system and
take over our nation has
been a force in creating in-
flation and continues to be
effective in pressuring for
additional deficit spending on
non-productive Federal pro-
grams — this fact was clear-
ly explored for the Forum by
two of America’s foremost
experts on Communism Rep
John M Ashbrook ranking
Republican on the House In-
ternal Security Committee
and Dr Robert Morris for-
mer General Counsel of the
Senate Internal Security
Sub-committee
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credit code He favored letting
big retail chains open loan shops
but the house forced him to
take this out of the bill and
still stay hitched to the measure
Maybe with the new provl
slons small town banka will lend
money Most are owned by those
who are willing only to make
blue-ribbon loans and not pay
any interest on savings
Gov Bartlett made some wise
vetoes this session In doing so
he gained respect from several
Democrat legislators Yet thero
is an undercurrent of criticism
of the governor He was gone a
lot and did not readily or clearly
make his position known on key
legislation He created a split in
the Republican party when he
fired Highway Commissioners
Garber and Gragg A joint
committee investigated for two
months then cleared them both
of any wrongdoing If he wanted
to oust them from his admin-
istration he could have dono it
in a more ethical manner
Division within the Republi-
can party will be evident when
it meets in Tulsa May 10th to
pick a new state chairman They
hope to find aa able and articu-
late a spokesman as they had in
Bud Stewart who now has a
plush federal job Tho GO Pa
appear to have threo choices:
A Camp-Garber-Gragg candi-
date in Clarence Warner tho
Bartlett Bellmon candidate
Goodwin Broaddus and a non-
schism candidate in Sen Jack
Short
Democrats arc pleased with
their new state chairman J C
Kennedy He’s been pecking
away at Republicans and Gov
Bartlett Legislators Ilka having
hit help on publicizing the is-
sues Kennedy has the Job of
uniting Democrats and helping
the party regain Its voice on
state issues
Next week I will try to sum-
marize the value of this legis-
lature In the following weeks
your newspaper will carry six
articles by Otis SullivanL He li
the most able political writer In
Oklahoma His articles will in-
elude "Can tho Democrats Cap-
ture Control Again?” “Can
Bartlett be Re-elected T" “Who
Really Controls the State?" and
clmllnr Intriguing subjects
THE CHELSEA REPORTER
Thursday May 1 1969
Understanding Necessary
7 The American people
must understand the danger
of our present inflation psy-
chology and join actively
even militantly in support
of the measures and the bat-
tle being mounted to cope
with it
8 The American people
must make their voices heard
in the White House and in
Congress — on their alarm
over inflation Unless they
do the forces who wish to
destroy the American system
may succeed in stampeding
our leaders into a return to
inflationary policies
A Resolution For You
Here is the resolution
which was drafted by the
conferees themselves and
adopted unanimously at’ the
closing session of the Forum:
“Whereas the lectures and
information provided to con-
ferees from twenty states at
Freedom Forum XXX clearly
shows that the major cause
of inflation is government
deficit spending which re-
sults in the production of
new money which added to
the present supply pushes
prices higher and higher —
thus sapping everybody’s
purchasing power
“And Whereas this infla-
tion has caused the loss of
purchasing power of several
hundred billion dollars which
has created hardships on
many retired people and pre-
vented small businesses from
buying needed equipment
that would have provided
more jobs for unskilled labor
as well as skilled and
“Whereas reliable reports
indicate that there has been
much waste in spending pro-
grams in previous Adminis-
trations therefore
“Be it resolved that we re-
quest Rep John M Ashbrook
U S Congress to present to
the President of the United
States our unanimous de-
sire for careful investigation
of the present spending pro-
grams a drastic cut in Fe-
deral spending and the appli-
cation of thrift in every acti-
vity of government Further-
more we respectfully petition
Congress to examine with
caution any new spending
programs and we request
Rep Ashbrook to place this
resolution in the Congres-
sional Record and the files of
the House Ways and Means
Committee as one reflecting
sentiment of the citizenry
throughout America"
If you feel in accord with
this resolution you may wish
to send it to your Congress-
man Visit In City
Mr and Mrs Carl Schlos-
ser of Tulsa Mrs William R
Evans of Lawton Mrs Clif-
ton Cash of Oklahoma City
and Dalton L Stewart of
Chanute Kansas spent Sun-
day in Chelsea their former
home Stewart and the ladies
are the son and daughters of
the late Mr and Mrs Dalton
L Stewart sr
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The “premium” on the old-
age insurance policy adminis-
tered by the Federal govern-
ment Social Security went up
again this year to the conster-
nation of most working people
and employers
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Social Security administra-
tors don’t use the term “pre-
mium” (but rather tax or con
tribntion) yet they persist in
using the term “insurance” and
“Insured” yironghout their lit-
erature There are many rea-
sons why insurance is not an
appropriate word to use for
Social Security suffice it to
point to the constantly chang-
ing benefits and costs
As mentioned the Social Se
curity tax was increased this
January It went up 40 cents
per $100 of income levied on
both employer and employee
to a new combined rate of
$960 per $100 This was the
fourth raise in as many years
although two of these affected
only above-aveiage incomes
Social Security old-age and
survivors “Insurance” rlus med-
icare new ensts up to $74880 a
year for each employee
a
Employee i (and employers)
did not have lima to adjust to
the new tax b:te bd'o e outgo-
ing President Lyndon Johnson
urged Congivss to increase
bene 'its and tax contributions
again next Ju: aao Following
the dictate ‘a centuate the
positive” ha dvcit at length on
the benefits recommending a
13 per cent across-the-board
increase more for the lowest
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Editor
Chelsea Reporter
Calvin Coolidge Said “It is
the duty of a citizen not only
to observe the law but to let
it be known that he is oppos-
ed to its violation” An over-
whelming majority of present-day
Americans obey the
law but far too few indicate
that they are seriously con-
cerned with its violation
We are living in a day
when defiance of authority is
becoming the norm Violent
crime and thuggery are tak-
ing their daily toll in injur-
ies and loss of life Fear and
apprehension prevail in the
streets of most major cities
Law enforcement is the citi-
zen’s only buffer between
personal safety and the cri-
minal jungle Often as we
know this is not enough
In recent years tremend-
ous strides have been made
in the upgrading of law en-
forcement National State
and local programs costing
millions of dollars exist to
equip prepare and train en-
forcement officers and to
modernize police facilities
But for this marked progress
our alarming crime problem
would be even greater How-
ever the finest most effec-
tive law enforcement attain-
able will not bring about
crime control without ade-
quate public support Our
fight against crime can be
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paid and altogether proposing
to add $16 billion In new ben-
efits Unfortunately every time
Congress sits down to raise
benefits it must also Increase
taxes Reserves are too low No
private Inanrance company
would be permitted to operate
with inch alim assets
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It is somewhat amazing that
Congress la repeatedly sold on
raising Social Security bene-
fits— though they are still mod-
est — and able to soft-peddle
tax Increases although a grow-
ing number of young people
are becoming disillusioned
At present there are roughly
three persona paying Into the
fund for every one receiving
benefits And yet to finance a
13 per cent benefit hike for one
beneficiary Congress Is asked
to boost the tax on three wage-
earners by 833 per cent or a
total of 25 per cent plus taxing
additional higher income As
lopsided as this appears the
same thing has been going on
year after year
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A study by the National Fed-
eration of Independent Busi-
ness shows that today’s young
person and his boss will con-
tribute m to $31294 in 40
years under tha present law
not counting Medicare taxes
Yet the maximum benefit he
end his wife can receive will be
$323 monthly fccp’nning in the
year 20C3
Can two people live on that
now much less 40 years from
now?
no stronger than the courage
and commitment of our citi-
zens Commenting on the nation-
al crime problem in a recent
major address Attorney Gen-
eral Mitchell warned- “Fear
of crime — by the house wife
and the school child by the
merchant and the laborer —
fear is forcing us a free
people to alter our pattern
of life especially after sun-
down The evidence is
conclusive Crime is crush-
ing us” To support local and
Federal law enforcement the
Attorney General suggested
high-quality anticrime pro-
grams adequately planned
staffed and funded which
would involve professional
organizations voluntary gro-
ups foundations businesses
labor organizations and in-
dividuals The issues are clear Al-
most daily we witness the
progressive revolutionary
steps of anarchy — coercion
intimidation violence and
unlawful takeover We must
establish a united resistance
against the criminal forces
destroying the structure of
our society or we face chaos
If we are to live as civiliz-
ed men and women then we
must make the law a para-
mount issue in our daily lives
In short we must live by the
spirit as well as the letter of
the law We must oppose
crime with all the means at
our command
Our cherished principles of
freedom liberty and justice
cannot flourish where fear is
dominant
It has been stated that only
gods and beasts can live out-
side of civil society Since we
are neither I say let us ac-
cept the premise without
testing it
John Edgar Hoover Direc-
tor Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Editor
Chelsea Reporter
Sorry to be slow in send-
ing our subscription in We
look forward to reading the
home news It seems like
there aren’t many people
that we know still there It
has been 23 years since we
left Chelsea but it still seems
like home Thanks for the re-
minder Mr and Mrs R H Evans
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Health Notes—
LIVING WITH STRESS
- We live in a world of stress
It is possible that we have
so exaggerated the stresses
that we have created ' a new
stress namely the fear of
stress
It is true that we are
threatened with possible nu-
clear warfare and that we
are pressured on all sides to
earn more to meet increased
demands in our social econo-
mic or personal- lives The
worship of status has created
severe tensions and the ef-
fort not only to keep up with
the Joneses but to surpass
them
It Is significant that the
greatest incidence of heart
disease from stress in indus-
try seems to be neither among
senior executives nor the or-
dinary workers but among
the young junior executives
who struggle fiercely to out-
do their fellow workers
The world has never' been
without stresses Primitive
man had to combat the ele-
ments and wild beasts Medi-
eval man has his crusades
his tournaments his fears of
disease pestilence and witch-
craft and his eternal wars
Since man has never been
without stress it is conceiv-
able that he never will be’
The question then arises how
can one best deal with stress
successfully
It becomes important in
establishing a pattern for liv-
ing to confine troubles and
difficulties to their proper
place in the scheme of things
The following are some basic
pieces of advice from the Ok-
lahoma State Medical Associ-
ation that will help one mini-
mize frustrations and diffi-
culties or at least prevent
them from gaining the upper
hand:
— Learn to understand and
accept yourself as you are
Recognize not only your ca-
pacities and your strengths
but also your weaknesses
— Set realistic goals and
ambitions for your life those
which offer you both a chal-
lenge and a reasonable chance
of success
— Measure your success by
your whole life not merely
by the negative or positive
aspects of small areas of in-
terest or brief spans of time
— Don’t try to push people
around and don’t let anybody
push you around don’t try
to progress by pushing others
down
— Credit other people with
the same good motives that
you possess and keep the
chip off your shoulder
— Remember the corrosive
power of hates keep your
self free from resentments
and “slow burns”
—If you cannot love your
neighbor at least try to like
and understand him
— Be as cheerful as you
can under the circumstances
—When you are annoyed
with someone have it out in
a frank and friendly manner
— Remember that you are
neither alone in trouble nor
even alone in your own par-
ticular brand of trouble
— Give the other fellow the
benefit of the doubt as you
would like him to give you
— Keep as constructively
busy as you can
— Allow plenty of time for
fun and recreation
—Laugh often especially
when you really want to cry
—Be ready to help those
who need help more than
you do
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There is no simple and easy
recipe for achieving good
mental health There just
isn’t any magic formula - for
successful living For help
strength and encouragement
the individual should rely
upon his friends and relatives
clergyman and physician and
from special counselors in
mental health Still there is
no one who can look life in
the eye for you except you
yourself
Tulsa Rodeo
Opens May 6
For Six-Days Run
The 31st Annual Johnnie
Lee Wills Tulsa Stampede
opens a six days run Tues-
day night at Tulsa’s Indoor
Fair Pavilior
Larry Maharr of Brook
Oregon the All-Around
World’s Champion Cowboy
will head the list of cowboys
and cowgirl contestants to
compete for the $8750 prize
money posted by producers
Johnnie Lee Wills and O W
Mayo plus entry fees which
are added in seven contest
events: Bareback Bronc Rid-
ing Saddle Bronc Riding
Bull Riding Steer Wrestling
Calf Roping Cutting Horse
Contest and the All Cowgirl
Barrel Race
The Tulsa Stampede is ap-
proved by the Rodeo Cow-
boys Association the “Major
League” of rodeo Senator
Clem McSpadden will be the
announcer
Rodeo the only sport to
originate from an industry
that of the cattle industry
has grown to be one of Ameri-
ca's leading Sports In 1968
there were 521 rodeos ap-
proved by the Rodeo Cow-
boys Association with a to-
tal purse with entry fees
added in the amount of
$3685629 Records reveal
that Oklahoma cowboys have
won more World’s Champion
titles than any other state
in the sport of rodeo
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