Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 144, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 21 July 1948 — Page 2
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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY. July 21. 1948.
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Mr. Truman's In There Slugging Well, for a while it looked as though the Democrats were going to flub away what little chance they had to win this year's general election. Between the antics of the so-called Dixiecrats and the general lethargy of proceedings around Philadelphia, it seemed for a time as though there just wouldn't be any campaign this Fall. , AH of a sudden the Democrats began acting like themselves scrappers to the end.
It started when Alben Barkley delivered his keynote address. The ordinarily gentle Kentuckian got his ire up and laid it on the GOP. He woke up the drowsy delegates and got them to whooping as though it were 1940 again. i Even the battle over the civil rights plank in the platform helped. Sure it made the Dixiecrats sore. The worst of them are still talking about taking a walk. ' The convention got its biggest lift, however, when President Truman, announced that he would call Congress back into special session commencing July 26, It's doubtful whether this piece of strategy will succeed to the extent of defeating the Republicans in November. But it gives President Truman a fighting chance and it may bring about the defeat of some weaseling Republican members of Congress.
The GOP is squarely up against it. The President in effect has said, "Put up or shut up." . Let's see some of the things this special session will have to take up: . First, maybe, is housing. The 80th Congress miserably yielded to pressure from the real estate lobbies and scuttled the program of the GOP Policy Chairman, Sen. Robert A. Taft. President Truman's going to give the Republicans a chance to show that they really do intend to do something about housing and aren't scared of the lobbies. Then there's inflation. That's one the GOP has ducked completely. Now we'll see whether Republican solicitude for the consuming public is just words or whether it means anything. And federal aid to education. And extension of social security benefits and perhaps public medical insurance. Is the GOP going to come through on these welfare matters this election year with the second of November getting closer every day ? How about civil rights? The GOP platform has a lot to say on that subject. Will the Republicans in House and Senate act or go before the electorate with a record of breaking their own pledges? i -Oh, it's going to. be a lovely Summer in Washington this year. The national capital gets hotter than the well-known hinges in August and September. What with the internal heat that's going to be generated, it's doubtful if the air conditioning system on Capitol Hill will be able to hold out. Off hand we can't recall any time in history when Joe Public was as apt to get a break as he is this year. Campaign ' platforms fade into the land df dreams so often as soon as the votes are counted. But this time the platforms are going to be put to the test BEFORE the votes are cast.
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Editor, At a. recent meeting of the Association a motion was made, seconded and carried that the Sullian County Taxpayers Association go on record as to any appropriation ask for by any governing body in the
townships or county until all the facts, figures and the necess
ity for such expenditures are made available to any interested taxpayer or taxpayers or his or their agent, upon request, i This , does not mean that this 'Association is against every1 thing, but since it is their money that those elected and appointed officers are spending they feel like they should know what their money is being spent for. The taxpayers want to be .fair and will be fair with our .elected and appointed officers if they will likewise consult the I taxpayers on these things. Real Estate and Personal Property taxes have hit a high this year. The taxpayers of Indiana will pay an all-rtime high of $171,840,860 this year. The previous all-time high was in 1930 when they paid $150,470,853 and at that time the public revolted, demanded economy in government and brought about a reduction amounting to millions
of dollars. In addition to this all-time high for real estate and personal property you have paid approx. $65,000,000 in gross
, income tax, $16,000,000 in alcoholic beverage taxes, 18,000,- ! 00 in cigaret taxes, $34,000,000
gasoline taxes, $14,000,000 for
our registration fees, and $3,-
000,000 for intangible taxes.
Thus Indiana taxes real estate,
personal property and those taxes from sbecial sources listed above, which .were intended to relieve taxes .on real estate and personal property for 1948 add up to $316,820,660, which has boosted the cost of government to totals nobody would have believed possible a few years ago. Think about this for a few minutes, on top of an all-time high on real estate and personal property you are paying the gross income, alcoholic beverage, cigarette and intang
ible tax we have had the gasoline and registration fees for a long time which amounts to $97,000,000 in taxes from special sources. This situation reminds one of a child who plays with building blocks. He learns that he can put one atop another and then he tries ' three. Eventually he can build higher and higher,
but finally the structure begins to topple and all of it comes down with a crash. We can achieve simular results in government if we continually dis
regard the consequences .cr unlimited spending. Now is the one time in the year for the taxpayers to protect their own interests. Budgets are being made and public hearings . will be held at which any - taxpayer may question the proposed expenditures. When the time comes to pay taxes it will be too late to protest them. What we want to urge upon all the tax-
) payers is that they act now,
I while they still have an opp.or- ! tunity to do something about iit HOW ABOUT IT TAXPAY
ERS, ARE YOU GOING TO GET BEHIND YOUR ASSOCIATION IN THIS FIGHT OR ARE YOU GOING TO SET BACK AND DO NOTHING NOW AND THEN GET MAD
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CUSHMAN REUNION The 16th annual reunion of the Cushman family was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Burton in Graysville on July 4th. A delicious covered dish dinner was served on long tables in the yard to 94 relatives and friends. ' During the business meeting
it was voted to retain the old officers for ithe coming year. They are: Grace Whitlock, president; Frances Burton, secretary-treasurer; and Mildred Shields, historian. I An invitation to hold the next reunion at the home of Prof, and Mrs. George Tilford in Merom was accepted. ' Two members were sadly missed this year, Misses Ella and Josie Eno. Those present were Mr. and Mrs, . Ralph . .Stratton, Tulsa Okla.'; Delacy Kuhn, Millersburg, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maddox and children, Denver, Colo.; Harold Chapperis, New Urbana, La.; Mr. andMrs. Harry Cookes, Mr. and Mrs. George Whitmore and children, Mrs. Hattie Cushman, all of Indianapolis; John Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. Han7 Cushman of Terre Haute; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Browning, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Browning and son and Mrs. Lena Browning, Palestine. 111.; Mr. and - Mrs. Wayne Eurke and children, Robinson! 111.; Mrs. Theresa Newlin, Hutsonville, 111.; Mrs. Agnes Phillips and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dodds and Pauline Medsker, Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. George . Tilford and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Gault Pleasant, Merom; Mrs. Jessie Harrison and Mrs. Grace Whitlock, Fairbanks; Mrs. Lois Bodkin and
daughter, Warsaw, Ind.; Miss Mildred Shields, Frankfort, Ind.; Mrs. Avarilla Bosstick, Mrs. Pearl Burton, Mrs. Anna Burton, Miss Glenn Eno, Mrs. Enid Monk and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Nowlin and Fon, Mr. and Mrs. David Cushman, i Harold Eno, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Medsker and children, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Durham, Herbert Eno, Tom Medsker, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howard, Mrs Johanna Medsker, Mrs. Anna I Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Phillirs and children, Guy Enc, Mr. and Mrs. John Kirton land children, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Medsker, and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Burton.
attend the conference at Goshen High School Aug. 3-5. Conference officials said the group would move to North Newton, Kans.. after the meetings here for ten more sessions until Aug. 10.
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