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PAGE 4 EDITORIALS AND FEATURES THE DKVTOiV RECOBft-CHROmCLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1965 All America Seems More Friendly -WHEN YO VWRE WITH ARE PROVED FRtENS. THE WORLD TtitiAV Thordiighbred Horses hem And Racing Them Gaining Popularity $11 Nation AP Nnw foJkrsrasg dory is rt- prmie3 OirongJi tbe courtesy of ths WiS SreS Jcajnd.) Ky, Tbor- TM-. IU ff ASHLKGTOX (AP) Pres- bass 1 raising, ooce a is as loess between tbsm and sautjlEst year drew a record iiySv tbare is frieodSaess. Wbea iVedoesdiy fu5S for tbe over io fas TRme Hoose lo eelp the expanding. Tie Tborougb- tes views oa Vkteaa, it ri lave seemed beca Join F.

Kaonsdy haJ I Editorials i Yesteryear Bob Civic Leader Death has removed one of Denton's finest citizens --Robert M. (Bob) Barns. Bui it canoot remove the legacy civic enterprise he left, anq Beaton IB tie belter for it, There wasn't much in the way of citizenship that Mr. Bsrns didn't do. He was engaged in so many enterprises for the community's general good that it seemed a wonder he hid time conduct his banking affairs.

The story of R. Barns Is ot the heart-warming sort that is threaded through American life--the story of a boy who rose, 'through his own efforts, to become a pillar of the financial world in his home state and a citizen of great achievement for the common good. He was a native of Denton County and here he worked out his future. From bookkeeper he rose to president of the Denton County National Bank and at the time of his death, he was still associated with (he bank, as honorary.board chairman. He was'in his sixtieth year of association with the bank--truly a remarkable record.

He went through timers good and bad--for example, he remembered vividly the dark days of the Depression, in 1933, when the nation's banks were shut down. There were many failures, and panic struck in many areas, particularly in the East. During the "Bankers' Holiday," banks were reorganized. Some of them suffered rushes by depositors, when they reopened their doors. But the Denton County National Bank had no such trouble, and it was because of the stature and integrity of men like Bob Barns, The bank survived and thrived.

Denton County is lucky that Bob Barns, came its way, and (he memory of his civic spirit will inspire those community leaders who have followed him. Give The Fair A CJiance After paying $360,000 plus an undisclosed amount for "expenses for the services of one public relations firm, it must be admitted that Ihe New York World's Fair received about the poorest public relations of any modern enterprise in (his country. Before (he Fair bad started last year, rumors were washing across the iand that New York hotel managers had boosted prices. Columnists, TV and radio broadcasters and even news services parlayed the story. A subsequent factual survey by (he city showing that there was absolutely no (ruth tq'lhe story tfame too late to undo a groat deal of damage.

Now the fair is in financial trouble. Because of it, (he Fair is again receiving bad publicity. There is a great deal of "Mold-you-so" comment. Let's stop the nonsense. The New York World's Fair, to run again this season, is unquestionably the finest fair of its kind ever assembled.

American industrialists have spenT hundreds of millions on breathtaking exhibits. So have many American cities and stales. So have dozens of foreign countries. It presents an unduplicatable spectacle (o the fairgoer, and at twice (he price of admission, it would be a rare bargain. Enough said.

5dte rich, wifii Jasl year's total belling reaching a record bil- Ijos; stales often (ai such betting and oa tbe average collect per cenl A the belting rf fneod- horse' redng EuJe or anSn fens to tracks around tbe price of ibwoagh- barssflesSi is soaring. former Al last Pres-borse faffs tag Keenlaad jwoi. Texas and Indiana DOW ire cwsderiag penults for racing, Ohio aoS Calif oraja legisjalures studying bills to allow night racfeg aid Michigan has raised the number racing days at its two tracts to IBS this year from 1U ia 19M. To meet demands created by here, for exam-hiis spectacular growth, horse daa EXnlgU D. ESseabinrerjple, SI yesr-oH caMs broogitt (breeders also have been rapid- the Racing Association, dose tbe sssse sari ol flaag.

J1 rrarms! has a sbori memory. Ttere WES a golf be- rsreaa Presdenis D. Sooseveli sod Herbert Hoover. Throogb 11 yesrs rf Rocse- veit'i presfexj' Ht7Ver visiied the Horae aad vzs, never ashi lo. Idnded in mi fig.

ores was a yearBng -sriuci cojn- tbe firs! time in KeenlEnd's tog history lhat a singSe transaction topped Such high prices are bringing heaKny sates sai profits for most breeding farms, a happy fevetopmeal for an industry which in tbe past ooasWered times "ibex good if it reached says coits is running at 15.W9 a 40 per cenl increase since 1857. Altogether there oow are some race horses in (raining'ia'tbe U. S. with an fh ur es show Kentucky Is ranM osinB Is dominance 01 U-JtStS Utfc-JJ CUVUgU VJ I ne meet tbe needs of stable osiers slth umbering but per REGISTRATION FEE BILL DOESN'T FEB. II, in5 Tne Dale-IXjanetl Bill failed pass the slala House Repr resenlativej.

Tne tall would have lowered the automobile registration fees. Also ia the stale legislature, Sensle lead errs were not in favor (he Fer-i guson amnesty bill, which would! grant former Governor James! Ferguson an "amnesty from his 1317 impeachment. i i J.N DENTON: A banquet bon- joring seniors al the College of Industrial Arts was held in the college's gymnasium. Point High School won the county basketball championship with a 23-18 win over Denton High School befure the largest crowd lo ever see a high school cage game In Denton-- more than 1,000. Dans, a Texas- bom pianist, and Caroline Thomas, one of the promising young violinists in America, presented a program al the Teachers College auditorium.

of the First Baptist Church choir attended a presentation ol Messiah" at the Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. SCOTS WIPE OUT SIEGFRIED HUB FEB. 19, 1945 Scoilish infantry and tanks wiped out two-thirds of (lie sfra- VutMa a csojJe of months aft- breat-rven psini. er socceedksg Rois-reli in 1945, more than $1 Presdexi a ssted ia visf hira to discoss the world's food problems arid 2je two men became friends. But fiea tie gsp appeared agsin whsa Eisenhower became president, sooceedrng Trnman in 1S5S.

Tbs keg coolness be- toreea these two men ended only when EisenhOTer visiled Tru- inaa at his library in 1951. It was the firsl time either hsd called on the other since Eisenhower's irjSBgnratioa eight years before. The presidential race between Roosevelt and Hoover in 1932, rushing to cash in on the fal DENTON RECORD.CHRONICLE Aril Codi 117 eyinfng txcepl mornlnj by DENTOM fUBHSHINO COMPANf 314 EMI Hickory ADDRESS lox Denlon, Texii 76203 OTHfR OfFICESr Pr.eit Room, Austin. tP. 116 S.

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iegic Siegfried Line hub ol Goch in a surprise attack. American Superfort bombers struck Tokyo for the eighth lime in four months, damaging indus- Irial yards and railyards. Rumors reached Allied officials lhat Argentina plans to declare war Germany, IN' DENTON: The annual war fund dinner of the Denton Coun ty Red Cross was held in Marquis Hall. to the patrons' fund for support of the El Youth'Club reached $8,472.50. Teachers Col lege High School Lions closed i 1915 basketball sea son with a 34-3r win over Sang er.

The Lions ended with a 13- record. Ariel Club met In the home of Mrs, W. H. Hollowwa. HOUSE PROBE PRESSURES SOLON FEB.

19, US Stale house probers were lol lhat one senator who bough land for himself was one three legislators who brough expedite purchases under the veterans land pro- A banquet lion oring (he. 1.2 fanners who were gram. IN DENTON chosen during Farmer of the Monlh 1954 was held in th Starlight Room of Ihe Southern Hotel. County Ex-Sfu denls of the University of Texas met in (ho Municipal Auditor! urn. Texas State's fool ball Eagles slarled spring train ing.

Jones and Tom my King were crowned king am queen of. Denton High School a the Coronation DaII.Members the royal court were Max Inc Glenda Patrick Gayle Unvillc, Teddy Druce Billy Cogdell, Bobby Joe Jud kins, James Cogdell and Dur wood Gulnii president of the Texas Slale Col lege for honored a a luncheon.in Houston sponsor ed by the Houston TSCW Alum nae Association. wasn't pleasant ind.until World War Hoover had been a constant critic of his successor. He blamed Roosevelt for lack if cooperation just before Roo- eTell look the oath of office in 933! Hoover bad invited Roose- ell lo the TOle House to discuss national and international problems, particularly the iepression panic. After Truman look over arid discussed world food needs with he senl (he former resident around Ihe world to nake a food survey for him.

lien he appointed Hoover to lead a commission on government reorganization. During this time Hoover said some critical things about Tru man's foreign policy for instance, sending troops (o Europe and Truman called him an isolationist. But the two men remained friends. Then came the 1952 presided campaign when Truman backed Adlai B. Stevenson against Eisenhower.

The latter, even though Truman had shown lim great honor, criticized the Truman administration so severely that Truman chargec lhat Eisenhower was waging "one of the lowest gutter campaigns I have ever seen." Eisenhower, in his book. "Crujade in Europe," recaliec that when he met Truman ir Europe In 1945 the latter offeree to help him gel the presidency, Truman denied this, said he had warned Eisenhower agains Ihe job. Three years ago Eisenhower in a television interview said "I did invite him (Truman) to Ihe While House bul he already hac some circumstances that pre vented his coming." Eisenhower, made use ol Hoover's talents. For instance in setting up another commis sion on government reorgarilza lion with Hoover heading it. Truman had opposed Kenne dy's nomination in 1960 am stuck some him Bul, once Kennedy got it, Tru man backed him.

The two men remained friends thereafter. In 1961, when this country ran inlo disaster with the Bay Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles Kennedy visiled Hoover In New York to explain it and sent Vice Presidenl Lyndon B. Johnson tc Missouri lo explain it lo Tru man. And Kennedy consulted wit! Eisenhower, Truman and Hoov er during the Cuban missile cri sis in 1962. Truman, reportedly was broughl inlo a National Se curity Council meeting when Ih Kennedy administration decidec lo resume nuclear testing 1 1961, after the Russians did.

Kennedy consulted with El senhower In places as far apar as Gettysburg and California, 'For a president lo consul with a former president from the opposite ppllllcal parly may be wise and helpful lo the coun try. also has political value In discouraging, perhaps, some criticism from the opposition. mH- year," Combs II, one of Keafacty's largest breeders. He capjaBy calculates the market vshie of Ihe S) stal- Soas oa Ms Spendthrift Farm more (ton fS million al to- ay's lofty prices. Their worth as climbed at least 23 per cea! a the past 10 years, he adds.

This prosperity directly reeds a rapid postwar expan- lon ia the sport of horse rac- ng. Not only is attendance posing new highs, almost yearly, irt every facet of tbe business to be setting records. From 19M to 195', for instance, number of races each year in the U. S. grew by 85 per ent to 45,922.

During that same ime, the total value of racing so prices keep soaring. bred on cr ccnl The rice is allracling new Wood ear race urses more than doubled (o 107,770,659. No end (o the racing surge is i sight, either, mainly because growing number of slates have iscovered racing's reveme- raising vaiue and are relaxing estricUons on the sport. Twenty-seven states now per mil parimutuel belting tracks stales seeking (o attract new in- number of newborn dustries, Jn wme injuncw, jtafes have patsed legislation offering incenljveJ io Ihorougn- bred breeders to wl up opera- lions within their borders. Illinois, Florida and California, for instance restrict faces lo horses bred In their stales.

In addition, II an Illinois-! bred horse wins any race in Illinois, Ihe (rack mMst pay Inc breeder a bonus equivalent lo 10 per cent of Ihe winner's share of Ihe purse. Such intjucemenls, along with the general growth of racing, are leading to wider geographical distribution of the breeding industry. Kentucky's percentage of newborn colls has fallen from 29 per cenl to' 22 per cent since 1957, with much of this loss going lo Illinois and Florida. Some oul-of-state breeders say 46.0M tbe nation's 2.KO breeding arms. But the giwmg s.

hasn't been supply of enough to rapidly losing Us dominance Ihe breeding industry. Bul Kentucky horsemen are quick to counter with anolher set of slaUsllcs: Kentucky-bred horses A conical shape so that the horse won't Injure ifs knee bumping Inlo It- Another problem for new breeders, perhaps encouraging horse farms outside Kentucky, Is skyrocketing land prices in he IJItiegrass area. "I bought and four years ago for an acre, and loday I could sell I for says Mr. H'I estimated that Mr. Combs' Spendthrift Farm Is worth more than $10 million at current real eslafe prices.

Bul, says breeder A. B. Hancock, "there's no temptation (o sell, because horse values are going up as fast as Ihe land." But if in Lexington are facing a land squeeze loday, ihcre was no such problem when the industry got started here in 1795. "The pioneers found (his geril- rolling area wilh an underlying limestone deposil good for raising all kinds of livestock, particularly horses." says J. B.

Faulconer, an official Kcenland Association, of lhc atlcn 3 a the breeding busJccss, "or some the rewards have been quick and substantial. John R. Gaines, 36-year-old Lexington borse breeder, is a case in paint Entering the thoroughbred industry in April 1562 with the purchase of a yearling colt for $31,000, he netted a 53,000 profit only 14 weeks later when he sold it for Kentucky's dominance is likely to'cGhUnue for some time, if for rio olher reason than Ihe ready availability of capital for syndicating horses--lhat is, selj- ing shares in horse lo various breeders. "There's a willingness among Kentucky horsemen lo take risks," says one breeder. Adds Mr.

Gaines: "I could have syndicated Gun Bow to 150 peo- ed sever i pie here. Everyone wanted in." Sradicalion agreements, how- brood haven't always proved mares. Tie lavesUnent has been fitable- jMr Combs reca recovered already, with exan i "the first bringing in some 5350,000. horse ever svnt ljcated was Such successes have carried Beau Pcre in ror 5100,000. Mr.

Gaines ir.to racing's big- He died jmmedialely-never time. Last summer, only a little had a c(iance lo breed to a more, than two years after he started his own thoroughbred business, be headed a syndicate which shelled out $1 million for Gun Bow, one of the country's top race horses and winner of nearly $500,000 in prize money last year. The large profits being made by Kentucky breeders are drawing the keen interests of other mare." While generally lhc death of a horse is covered insurance, breeders slill lake substantial risks as to injuries. have a man out every evening shooting gophers," says Mr. Gaines.

"The horse can step in a gopher hole and break ils leg." Mr. Gaines also designed his own water troughs, molded in a Washington The Railroads And Nationalization of (he which represents Bluegrass-area breeds. He notes thai Ihe selllers began to concentrate on the breeding am! racing of horses "when some of them started having ar- gumenis about. Ihe prowess of their stallions. They used to race on main street, until Ihe city fathers threw them off-- jlhen they switched Ic neighbor- riood streets." The term "thoroughbred" dales back lo around 1700 when British racing officials arbitrarily decided this breed would apply lo any horse whose anccs- Iry could be (raced back Ihree Arabian slallions broughl to England in Ihe I7lh Century: The Godolphin Arabian, a gift from Ihe Emperor of Morocco lo the King of France and later shipped lo Kngland; Ihe Darley Arabian, purchased in Syria; and the Byerly Turk, which was as booty from a besieged Turkish nobleman.

The thoroughbred is distinguished particularly by his high- spiriledness, grace, and elegance of form. Physically he can be identified by his soft skin and his prominent veins. Thoroughbred racing and breeding came to the Colonies when Gov. Samuel Ogle of Maryland began to classify his horses by their English pedigree. He staged the first thoroughbred race in this country in 1745 on a track built on his Annapolis estate.

By RALPH de TOLEDANO Many years ago, a prominent labor leader said to me, "The trouble with socialism is that it deals in squeezed lemons." By that he meant that socialization --or its cousin, nationalization--is the remedy for sick or dying industries. Even then, il merely offers artificial respiration, rather than new life. Now comes the National Railway Labor Conference to propose that America's railroads be nationalized. Behind this plot is the annoyance of the railroad brotherhoods which have fought against progress in management and lost. Had (hey won the batlle, the railroads in time would have really been a squeezed lemon.

They are now showing that given slightly sympathetic treatment they can set their house in order and contribute to the American economy as they did in (he past. Those who cry for nationalization forget that, at one time, the federal government did experiment in control and operation of the railroads. During World War (he government took over the roads--and ran them at a deficit of almost $2 million per day even though it raised fares and rates. During World War II, the roads remained in private hands--and were so profitable that they contributed more than $3 million a day in federal (axes. As the Association of American Hailroads points out, "The difference lo the public between government and private operation in the two wars was S5 million a day--nearly $2 billion a year." The call for nationalization, however, involves factors other than profitable operation.

If the government were to take over the railroads, it would have to pay for (hem. What (his would mean to the taxpayer is no mystery. Under New York's reform Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, the city took over the subways--then operating at a 5- cen( fare--and has been paying through the nose ever since. Fares are now 15 and service gels worse al! the time. The price paid by the city was, in reality, jusl a first installment.

What wouid'H cost federal government to pay a fair price for the nation's railroads? It Is estimated that replacement Value comes close (o $50 billion. Unless the government could make an overwhelming argument in favor of nationalization, il is hard, to believe that Congress would authorize the purchase. The Congress, faced with a choice, would be required to say thai it was paying the equivalent of 50 per cent of'the national budget for the privilege of taking over the headaches, losses, and responsibilities of management. The government would inherit a Pandora's box of problems with (he railroads. Al present, the major issue dividing management and lahor is featherbedding.

The unions, like it or not, insist on manning the railroads as if they were still operating in 1914. Faster (rains, new methods of shipping, new techniques--all these are ignored. The unions still insist that handicraft work rules apply to a production-line era. If the government was in control, the moderately successful efforts to modernize procedures would stop. After all, a voter might be hurt.

So deficits would skyrocket and service would decline--all for the dubious virtues of government-owned railroads. This process can ho measured by (he French experience. The railroads in.France run at a 20 per cenl deficit--with the French equivalent of thee and me making up (he difference. In the United States, the railroads--saddled though they aro by outmoded work paying 5 per cent of their take into the federal treasury. This means a 25 per cent gain lo those who must support (he federal establishment--again, thee and me.

It can he pointed put that nationalized railroads benefit no one. Benito Mussolini, whose facist-style socialism governed economic policy in Italy, boasted that he made "the railroads run on time." This was a good propaganda line-but it happened to be untrue. Italy's railroads were inefficient despite the fear of reprisal and Mussolini's great corrective, castor oil. Looking ahead, it can also.be asked if (he taxpayer is willing to shell out --in addition (o S50 billion'for purchase--the 51.4 billion annually being poured by the railroads into modernization. I doubt it.

I know Congress doubts il. I suspect the White House knows it. But the best argument of all against nationalization is simply this: Should th'e government take over the railroads -because unions aren't gelling as much as they want in their collective bargaining? You answer 1965.) HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) Things a columnist might never know if he didn't open his mail: Three out of four shoplilters are women. Pocket picking, wwever, slill is a crime in which Ihe masculine touch prevails. Businessmen might write 'ewer memos if they knew that each carbon copy costs their firm about 51.25.

No mailer how oflen your child asks you lo buy a sperm whale for a pel, don't do it. A full-grown whale of this kind can eat up lo six tons of fish and squid in a day. Insurance in the average U.S. family totals $16,500, most of il on the husband. Bui six out of 10 wives arc now insured, and about half the nation's children.

This is the "Year of Hie Snake" in the Chinese calendar, and among (he ilcms available In shoppers in Chinatown here arc bargains in tigcrbone powder, shark fins, and dried seahorses. One of every three dollars the American motorist pays for gasoline is eaten up by federal, slalo and local (axes. Quotable notables: "Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time lo form" Andrew Mnurois. Household hint: To keep candy and cnkc from growing stale, simply put them in reach of gucsls on diets. AllhougH Smith is Ihe most common family name in America, no Smiths have ever been elected lo the U.S.

vice presidency. On lhc olher hand, Ihree Johnsons became vecps, and Iwo of them Andrew and Lyndon Bnincs succeeded lo Ihe White House. The third, Richard Menlor Johnson, was vice president under Martin.Van Buren. "chauffeur" comes from a French term for fireman or stoker, since early day nulos were driven by steam. Look tor-rain when you hear tree toads sing.

If you soap a ral hole, ral won't come out ot il. Make a wish In lhc light of a new moon, and II will come true. The bust day for marrying Is Wednesday, worst Is Saturday..