Clippings from George S. Benson

tlnued freln page one) would only serve as a d", but as aeveral in the ence pointed out, . the tion in California has compensate for the lowered property taxes. Asked if the state could indeed raise other taxes to compensate, Capps verified that possibility. ten out of hand with other es being increased to ean y is dead. ntinued fro m page one) sing the 14 million– m be r . American eration o f Labor and gress of Industrial Or– izations as his base, ny became one of the t effective lobbyists in . gress, the self-appointed • iser to eight presidents P a key broker in eao mocratic Party politics. 11S ith the merger of the L and CIO in December , he ruled as the un- llenged spokesman for t'\,t,j~tRJnl)UJ. American labor vement. had grown too com placent and conservative be cause of its success. Union mem– bership failed to grow during the Meany era beca use of a lack of AFlrCIO in terest in organizing the unorganized, particularly minorities and women, the critics charged.· · Although Meany's authority over the AFL-CIO did not diminish as he ad– vanced in age. some labor leaders grumbled in recent years that be was losing influence with the White House, Congress and the public. e presided over the labor vement during a period of ative labor .peace and un– For a decade, he spurned suggestions that he retire. From his wheelchair, a gaunt and pale Meany bade a bor tearful farewell to the AFL– ~t CIO at its biennial con- edented prosperity for anized labor. ritics within the ever, complain , ~ -- cusiii. Prominent Searcy woman Mrs. R. L. Dacu prominent native Searci and librarian of Sear• Public Library for mai years, passed away Tbl sday night, J~nuary 10, i her home 706 North Sprue after a long illness. The former Hele Garrison, she was th daughter of the late Mr. an Mrs. 0. M. Garrison, for more than half a cent of Garris hand, the mee~g ·camec1 me to I also attended a FLAG meet- want to determine for ~yself the ing at Jonesboro. Here, the text- quali~y of ~ and the impact of books that our children are ex- pro~rams being offered in oar posed to were s hown, along with public acbo olf. It educated me. as some of the hu manistic and im- ------ to some ar eas of concern of which moral ideas an d pictures that fl I was una w,re. little grade-sch ool children are I I Further more, I felt that many asked to deal w ith at their young parents wo uld be equally as con- age. Since I atten ded the meeting, cerned wit h the impact that cer- I can speak with authority. tain books and programs have. M rs. Carroll Carr. Textbooks that have humanism·as Bono. their basi s are c learly written with the presupposition that there is DO personal, infinite God. ~ grams such as value classification undermine and threaten moral standards which have been in– stilled by home and church. Such things are not In line witb wbat .o.qam -911 .....,... Ill &IOJICI 1D01t of • feel t11e sboald 1 •• ad n·n be offeriD& to• iaNINII. . 'lflod na -iu ' ae . I be-