The Mangum Star (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1961 Page: 14 of 14
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THE MANGUM (Ohla.) STAR
Thursday March 2 1051
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iMwrpfWtent xpremd Urtundar or thoi f rha writer and to I
ntminly F this rifp r th Oklahoma Pres Auoeotion.
V BEN BLACKSTOCK Doubtful but possible.
Slaybe before the uproar over the r- as one of the VMmKtT senaor
Chid state school quiets down some- remarked this week If Patrick Hen-
Ne will put their finger on the real ry thought taxation without repre-
Several legislators believ e at ion was bad ho ought to see
my know what caused the present . ... . .. M
delations" but are not anrious to ho " f. W1h roprescnta"nnv
ame live source of the noise. lnf;tMn appears so much an
Wr . 4 T . mci'ntcd cour of aetWHi for Okla-
S t IZT ? CnpfoyCef f humans that the house hill drafting
En.d school along union lines (ll1HrlnKnt has llffwd 0 write
some hills knocking segregation
t . . laws off the books. Sieaker J I.
ft union for state employees assort . .. ...
. . F ' McCaily has advis'd that house bill
d wal-contents and a few genuine .. J r
: . . . . !i writers are working on 15 bills aim
tPhtms have joined to make the pie- w irasi a nK.nli()n wf ra(.ia
wnt clamor over the school s op- tjin race from slatlllcs
Wratum. Sorne .rrcgu ants are al- an( R tolUltllll)n Vn.f)arinil
most certain to exist there Vet it
Will take a little more TV and sev-
eral more headlines before the
moke may clear and the flame be
seen. Legislators with strong union
Jibor groups at home are not ea- Jan . Th( M;lorltv whig
fr to finger the source though .
several such representatives private-
ly admit they can see through the
fiaradc of witnesses to what they
reel is the true issue union orga-
nization of the hospital
TV house will test sentiment this
Week and next on how its members
eel toward the state's two-year-old
lrom Oklahoma's little dixjo" told
an audience in Oklahoma City that
integration had been easy for Okla-
homa liecnuse enplo bine did not
pel mil it to become a political
football. Several candidates for dif-
ferent oil ices have run oil a pro-
.segregation platform but none have
gntton more Ilian a trickle of votes.
merit system and central purchas- ij-he stalr legislature has not made
big acts. The senate struck a blow an issll(. ot integration. Organized
t the merit system by attaching a groll()s ;n the state have carefully
cider to a labor commissioner bill.
ignored the subject even to turning
The rifler would prohibit any part (own mtlests from both sides that
f the funds for that department be. 10 (ni)horn be discussed at their
big transferred for the support of mtctjnS. Meanwhile the people
the merit system. The merit pro- jiav0 a.(s wth restraint and dc-
ram 'similar to federal civil set- monst rated a strong resect for
Meet has no money directly appro- yMth law and judicial interpretation
Jfriatod for its operation except as 0f t1()s( aws j.n)Ul) may cfaim
Iransferred by each department co- any particular c r 1 1 1 Legislative re-Vm-d.
Some jiowerful senators have sp(Mls0 t() these bills will lc watch-
Mt the pinch the new merit Taw has cost.y bv the nation
put on political influence in state
ftnployee hiring and firing. Many Jnf(pnNlw Cuaa.c
iK these opponents feel an outright HHOnrPIISy '3UggCi$
repeal of the merit act would not Rug For Air Center
he possible. So the tactic is to nib-
ble the merit act to death by cutting WASHINGTON1. D.C. Sometim-
ff funds needed for its administra- es its the simple things that can
lion. count the most in air safety. Sen-
It has begun to look as if enough ator Mike Monronev said in avia-
law isc members will come to the linn hearings this week.
Id of the merit act to thwart any While admitting that three-dimen-Important
change in its present co- sional radar and automic landing
Vera go. It should be remembered devices are glamorous and should
Oiat house members have tradition- be encouraged in their development
Uv done without great influence in Senator Monronev pointed out that
(Rate jobs and in fact deiend upon air traffic controllers have said that
personal friendships among state Ihc addition of a large sized rug in
mplovecs to get this or that done the noisy and congested New York
tor their const itutents. State employ- ar traffic contn.r center the busiest
tpcs are almost solid in tVir favor in the world did more to promote
tor tV merit act or something to air safety than some of the more
give us some security from the po- technical tools of their trade
litical axe-swingers." While it has "This mg. which greatly reduced
t to jell the house support foi the noise level of the hundreds ol
the merit act is gaining. men walking the radars and radios.
Central purchasing is not as strong talking over the din of computing
among house members questioned machines and automatic iefetyXs.
t this time. Yet it has several ac- bas added greatly Jo the efficiency
Vive defenders who arc busily lin-
ing up support.
. Taxes like sin has few friends
ho are willing to lie identified op
vmly as supporters. Alxnil inn people
have written the governor at his
Invitation expressing themselves on
tnore taxes. Overwhelming opMsi-
linii was expressed by those resend-
ing. Several senators say they have
run into a torrent of objection to
Miy tnx increases among the folks
Sack home. All of which ma lie for
naught once the monev pie is she-
ed. Besides rising costs for every-
thing. praclicariy every oera!ion ol
stale government wants more dol-
lars during the next two years.
11 all depends whether the ieople
will stand for less schools less new
road construction. kSs for mental
health services etc. May lie the tax
savers can oulshout those favoring
increased sending and more tax-
es. At least until appropriations are
voted and the legislature adjourns.
of the operation of this key avia-
tion control station" Monronev said.
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Langdon, Ben. The Mangum Star (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1961, newspaper, March 2, 1961; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2417597/m1/14/: accessed December 13, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.