TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1935
THE NEBRASKAN
THREE
Senator Norris' 'Share4he-Wealth9
Talk Recalled by President's Plan
Nebraska's Senator George W.
Norris advocated an inheritance
tax "share the wealth" program
when he spoke at the University
of Nebraska charter day celebra
tion, more than four months before
president Roosevelts' message to
congress last week. Senator Norris
favored progressive inheritance
taxes levied by the federal gov
ernment as a benefit to society.
"Today, there is but little doubt
in the minds of thinking people
that the redistribution of wealth is
a necessity, if we wish to preserve
our civilization," said the Senator
in his Nebraska address. "I do not
claim that our troubles are all due
to this cause. I do claim, however,
that if we are to secure a perma
nent remedy for our difficulties as
a people, it is an absolute neces
sity that one of the things which
a complete recovery must have in
view is the redistribution of
wealth."
Gives Money to All People.
"This does not mean we should
take the property of A and give it
to B," Senator Norris continued.
"It only means the taking of the
money from the estates of the
very wealthy, where it can per
form no real service for human
ity, and the giving of it, in the
form of taxes, to all the people,
from whom it was originally
taken, and under whose laws it
was accumulated."
Progressive taxation, with the
excess on estates over ten million
dollars taxed at ninety percent,
was advocated by the Nebraska
senator. He said in his address that
such a tax could bring no possible
injury to any beneficiary or indi
vidual, and that such a levy would
relieve society of some of the in
jury and dangers of wealth ac
cumulation. One-Third People In Want.
"We have the wealthiest coun
try in the world, and yet one-third
of our people are in beggary and
want," said the Nebraskan in his
charter day address. "We have
millions of starving who must be
fed. Whether we like it or not, we
must raise billions in taxes. Are,
we, in this dire predicament, so
foolish as to think that the money
can be raised by taxing the beg
gar?" Senator Norris told his univer
fnty audience that while millions
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of "our people" were starving, and
millions of children were suffer
ing during 1933, twenty-six more
millionaires were created in the
United States. At the same time,
he pointed out, small incomes de
clined to the lowest level in eight
een years."
Ends Dramatically.
As he closed his long oration,
the senator spoke in dramatic lan
guage. "It will do no good to heap
abuse upon the heads of those who
have the courage to tell the truth.
The cry of socialism, anarchy,
communism, heaped upon the
heads of those who are moved by
the love they have for their fellow
men to raise the danger signal will
not stay the disaster which must
follow, unless heed is taken of na
ture s warning sign.
"Anarchy cannot survive in a
land of contented people," said
Senator Norris. "Communism is
the result of oppression and in
justice. Governments are destroyed
and civilizations are overthrown,
when the accumulation of wealth
in a few hands has brought star
vation and misery into the land.
DR. SENNING TELLS HOW
REDISTRICTING STATE
FOR LEGISLATURE AC
COMPLISHED
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division."
He found that a prime consider'
ation in the forming of districts
was to secure a favorable balance
of votes between the urban and
rural districts. For example, in
Dodge county, Fremont would
dominate the rural population. By
including Washington county in
this district, however, the rural
voters were given an opportunity
and a fair chance of electing a
representative.
In the plan accepted for a for
ty-three member house no gerry
mandering is possible with county
lines serving as boundaries. By
dividing the state into this number
of districts, the western portion
has the most favorable ratio of
representation with the eastern
and more populous secuon oi Ne
braska. State Divided in Two.
By drawing an arbitrary line,
Kaarwi tr lare-e extent on popula
tion figures of- yast years, the
state was divided into an eastern
well peopled area and the west
into a much larger but more
nnarsoiv sottlfd reeion. Under
this plan devised by Dr. Senning
the east has thirteen more repre
sentatives than the west, and this
point lay most of the contention
between the memDers ana groups
of the legislature.
An interesting fact was dis
covered by Dr. Senning in the as
onmhiinfr of the material covering
th ratios between eastern and
.-jtfm rirrpspntation. In the fif
ty house legislature the eastern
section would nave me auvauwRc
of the west to the extent of eight
een members. As this was a de
cided advantage for the eastern
urban area, the west vigorously
objected.
As the number of members of
fWrpnspd. the surplus
representatives from the east fell
off until a hypothetical assembly
ir.frviir members was
reached, when peculiarly enough
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the advantage of the east in num
ber of representatives' again be
gan to rise, Senning showed by
means of a large map and ratio
table.
.43 Member House Chosen.
"When the legislators from the
western part of the state discov
ered their advantage in a forty
three house body," Dr. Senning re
called with a smile, "they began to
fight for a house this size, al
though previously the house had
wanted a larger number and the
senate had hoped for an even
smaller group. The bill, Senning
added, was finally settled in a
compromise committees, and in the
future forty-three men will make
the laws for the state.
Several cardinal points were
taken into consideration in laying
out the districts. An equal distri
bution of population per district
was perhaps the most important
guide. A fair distribution of votes
between urban and rural sections
of the district was also important
for the security of voters in agri
cultural or sparsely settled sec
tions. Too, no county was to be
divided unless it could warrant
more than one representative by
its population.
In pointing out the fact that
only Dodge and Lancaster coun
ties will have one or more repre
sentatives, Senning recalled the
old bicameral plan under which
several counties of the state were
entitled to representatives and
were made districts in themselves.
Under the suggested fifty house
assembly, he continued, the coun
ties of Gage, Dodge, Madison,
Adams, Custer, Lincoln, and
Scottsbluff would have received a
representative.
"It may seem strange," said
Dr. Senning, "that the largest dis
trict, including Sarpy, Cass, Otoe,
Nemaha, Johnson, Pawnee, and
Richardson county, was not divided
or allotted a larger representa
tion. This district, however, is
surrounded by trie populous coun
ties of Douglas, Lancaster, and
Gage which should not be en
larged by the spending of any
other county. Under these circum
stances, this area in the south
east corner of the state was left
with a population of 389,245, now
the largest district in Nebraska.
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Wednesday morning session on
"Experiments in the Learning of
Apes" and will conduct a round
table conference of psychologists
and graduate students in educa
tional psychology.
First Address by Dr. Hopkins.
Dr. L. Thomas Hopkins, profes
sor of education and curriculum
expert at Columbia university, will
give the first address of the ses
sion Tuesday morning on "Educa
tional Adequacy." He will present
the last word in curriculum build
ing for both elementary and edu
cational schools. He will speak
again at the afternoon session on
"Planning a Social Studies Pro
gram." Dr. Howard E. Wilson, professor
of education at the graduate school
of education at Harvard univer
sity, will address the conclave on
the subject, "The New Material
Needed in the Social Studies Cur
riculum." Prof. James Ambrose Moyer, di
rector of the division of university
extension at Boston and an author
ity in the field of adult education,
will speak on "Adult Education"
or "The Enrichment of Adult
Life." Thursday morning "The
Public Schools and Social Secur
ity" will be the subject of an ad
dress by Dr. Willis A. Sutton, su
perintendent of schools at Atlanta,
Ga.
Dr. Norma V. Scheidemann, for
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Prominent Nebraskans Speak.
Prominent Nebraska educators
who will appear on the program
are Charles W. Taylor, state su
perintendent of public instruction;
Dr. F. E. Henzlik, dean of the uni
verity teachers college; Mr. E. L.
Novotny, superintendent of schools
at Beatrice; Dr. D. A. Worcester,
professor of educational psychol
ogy at the university; Charles A.
Bowers, secretary of the Nebraska
State Teachers Association; H. L.
Cushing, deputy state superintend
ent of public instruction; Dr. C. A
Fulmer, state director of vocation
al education; and M. C. Lefler, su
perintendent of the Lincoln
schools.
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sue of the Nebraskan.
Professor Rosenlof stated that
open discussions will be encour
aged in each session and that
members of the student body are
invited to attend.
Dinner Open to Public.
A dinner will De given Wednes
day night at 6:30 at the Chamber
of Commerce, under the auspices
of Pi Lambda Theta and Phi Delta
Kappa, honorary educational or
ganizations. Dr. Willis A. Sutton
will be the speaker and will
talk on "New Responsibilities in
Public Education." Dr. and Mrs.
Koehler will be honored guests at
the affair, which is open to the
public. Tickets, priced at 75 cents,
may be purchased in the offices of
Director Moritz and Dean F. E,
Henzlik at teachers college.
The conference will close Thurs
day afternoon with a general dis
cussion at 4 o'clock.
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Rosenlof, chairman; Herbert I
Cushing, W. H. S. Morton, Charles
A. Bowers, and Miss Clara O. Wilson.
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