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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
7
The Senate labor subcommittee debates a 1.25 dollar minimum wage and a horizontal expansion to include small papers, retail, banks, and more. Kennedy leads the push amid warnings of unemployment, higher taxes, shortages, and reduced competition, with critics claiming the plan would throttle free enterprise.
Leonard E. Read argues that governments inflate the money supply when direct taxes hit a political limit. He calls inflation an opiate tax and cites pressure-group demands, bureaucrats, and union thinking as drivers of higher government spending and monetary expansion.
Washington-Not that we don't have an opinion about where the Yankees will finish in the American League, or where the August summit conference will be held, because we do. But it's high time that we Americans insist that our elected Representatives in Congress pay attention to important matters even if we escape reality by getting excited about Casey Stengel's frowns and Able the space monkey. The most vital legislation of the session was the $39 billion defense appropriation bill debated in the House last Tuesday with only 80 of 436 members present. George H. Mahon warned of vulnerability from Soviet ICBMs and 450 submarines, arguing the bill carried $255 million more than the Administration proposed for antisubmarine warfare. He stressed submarines and bombers as threats to the United States and Manhattan. The debate drew away many members who avoid psychiatry, as reality in a nuclear world becomes harsher. The column then pivots to Yankees and a potential summit at Gleneagles with Khrushchev.
The article discusses visiting Americans in the Soviet Union noting U S education spending surpasses all. It warns the heavy load on capable students at top colleges as they pursue extra courses, longer study times, and advanced degrees, risking burnout and limited outreach.
The essay argues that truth about U.S. entry into World War II was obscured by Roosevelt supporters. It cites Wedemeyer’s claims that Roosevelt manipulated Congress and used open and covert acts to push Britain toward war. The author condemns secrecy, cites Hoover and Morgenthau, and asserts betrayal and the spread of Communism as outcomes of the administration’s actions.
A brief note on Sir Joshua Reynolds and Velasquez as tranquil, contented geniuses who forged lasting impact in art, challenging the stereotype that creativity requires turbulence. Jack Moffitt offers reflection.
An office cat asks about seat prices. The clerk explains front seats cost one dollar, back seats fifty cents, and programs a quarter. The cat requests a seat on a program.
In a jail cell a man claims he has long cheated himself at solitaire while another observer watches. The kibitzer accuses him of cheating and the prisoner reveals the ruse by himself, claiming years of self deception in the game.
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