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AN UNFOUNDED CHARGE
The charge of faithlessness is
laid at the door of .Senator Burke
of Nebraska, and other senators
and representatives, because, as
candidates, they supported the new
deal in the campaigns of 1932 and
1934, yet now refuse to accept the
policies and implications of “the
second new deal."
It is a serious charge, and de
serves careful consideration.
We think a convincing answer
was made to it in Chicago the other
day by General Hugh Johnson, who
was himself one of the most ardent
and powerful of the early new
dealers. He said:
“I was present at the birth of j
the new deal in 1932. I knew it as
well as any. But thruout the whole |
discussion I never heard of an at
tempt to change the organization
* of the courts to make them sub
servient to the executive.
•
“I never heard of any plan to
reorganize the government — not
for economy, but to centralize all j
power and planning in the execu
tive,
“I never heard of any proposal |
to remove power from the states
and put them—not in a federal
government, but in a federal gov-1
emor; nor to use taxing power—
not to support the government but j
to redistribute the wealth of the1
country.
“I never heard of any suggestion
to appropriate the revenues of the
United States in a lump sum for
the executive to distribute among
certain classes of people at his own
discretion.
“I never heard of a proposal to ’
take from congress the power to j
regulate the value of money and j
give it to the executive.
“Nobody mentioned in my hear-1
ing a proposal to cut the United ;
States into seven economic pro- j
vinces for development purposes ]
and to put the control of that de
velopment in the executive depart
ment instead of the states or con
gress.'’
This by no means exhausts the
list. There is the power over peace
or war, the power of the purse, the
power to send prices and stocks up
or down, the unlimited discretion
over billions of appropriations, the
power to shift appropriations from
one purpose to another—all tend
ing to “a complete remaking of the
government of the United States."
t —Omhha World-Herald.
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’City Council Proceedings
O’Neill, Nebraska,
^ Aug. 3, 1937.
* Council met in regular session.
'Present: Mayor Kersenbrock and
^Councilmen Coyne, Lindberg, Baz
lelman. There being only three
Councilmen present the meeting
The Age of
"Less"
»
This is a topsy-turvy world,
•what with fireless cookers, wire
less telegrams, horseless car
'riages, seedless grapes and
spineless cactus.
There is more oi "less" every
.day. Today it is smokeless
'powder; tomorrow it may be
headless cabbage or costless
''merchandise.
And speaking of merchandise
jj. . . remember that the goods
tyou buy from advertisements in
othis newspaper actually cost
illess for the same high quality.
•That's one reason why people
read our ads so carefully, why
'they do their family shopping
4hrough the family newspaper.
j|Also. that's why this isn't an
||adless paper! Adiloria|by
K
was adjourned to Wednesday even
ing, August 4, 1937, at 8 p. m,
C. W. PORTER,
City Clerk.
O'Neill, Nebraska,
August 4, 1937.
Council met as per adjournment
and to the following call:
To the members of the City
Council of O’Neill, Nebraska:
You and each of you are here
by notified that a meeting of the
City Council of the City of
O Neill, will be had at the Coun
cil chambers of said City within
said city on the fourth day of
August," 1937, at 8 o’clock p. m.,
the object and purpose of which
meeting w>ll be as follows:
To do and perform and take up
all matters that should and could
be transacted at a regular meet
ing, and to do, perform and take
care and pass all matters that
could or should come of at a reg
ular meeting, and to pass Ordin
ance No. 176-A and Ordinance
No. 177-A.
Signed:
JOHN KERSENBROCK,
Mayor.
Received a copy of this notice
this 4th day of August, 1937.
Signed: H. L. Lindberg, Nor
bert Uhl, H. E. Coyne, Francis
Bazelman, Levi Yantzie, J. P.
Protivinsky, Councilmen.
Present: Mayor Kersenbrock,
Councilmen Lindberg, Uhl, Coyne,
Bazelman.
Minutes of the previous meetings
were read and approved.
City Treasurer’s statement for
the month of July read and ap
proved.
Upon motion the following bills
were allowed:
On the General Fund:
Nebraska Culvert Co. $ 60.08
Interstate Power Co. 205.63
New Deal Oil Co. 4.69
James Davidson 21.89
Seth Noble - 9.17
Eureka Fire Hose Div. 240.69
E. M. Harris 36.75
Wm. Lewis 75.00
A. R. Strong 10.00
C. W. Porter . 15.00
Elmer Hagensick 10.00
O’Neill Fire Dept. 53.00
Ed Gunn 6.60
Frank Howard 23.00
O’Neill Plumbing Co. 17.00
Galena Lumber Co. 42.75
Western Supply Co. 15.14
Chester Calkins 90.00
Roy Penland - 60.00
G. E. Miles . 4.00
Emmet A. Harmon 25.00
On Water Fund:
Jesse Scofield 90.00
J. E. Dailey 4.20
Interstate Mach &
Supply Co. 50.00
Mattie Soukup 23.95
N. W. Bell Tele Co. 6.25
James Kelley 15.00
Ralph Scofield 22.10
C. W. Porter 10.00
Andy Morton 11.00
C. W. Porter 1.98
Union Trans. Co. 13.78
Bazelman Oil Co. 1.74
The Texas Co. 24.40
Ray Eidenmiller 9.25
Ordinance No. 176-A was intro
duced by Councilman Lindberg and
read. Motion by Councilman Baz
elman, seconded by Council Lind
berg, that the rule that this Ordin
ance be read on three different
days be suspended. Roll was called
on the above motion and the vote
thereron was as follows: Aye—
Lindberg, Uhl, Coyne and Bazel
man; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 176-A was read
by title the first time. Motion by
Councilman Lindberg, seconded
by Councilman Coyne, that Ordin
ance No. 176-A be passed on its
first reading. Roll was called on
the above motion and the vote
thereon was as follows: Aye—
Lindberg, Uhl, Coyne and Bazel
man; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 176-A vas by title
read a second time. Motion by
Bazelman, seconded by Council
man Uhl, that Ordinance No. 176-A
be passed on its second reading.
Roll was called on the above mo
tion and the vote thereon was as
follows: Aye—Lindberg, Uhl,
Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 176-A was then
read at large. Motion by Council
man Uhl, seconded by Councilman
Coyne, that Ordinance No. 17f>-A
be passed on its third reading.
Roll was called on the above mo
tion and the vote thereon was as
follows: Aye—Lindberg, Coyne,
Uhl, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Motion by Councilman Bazelman,
seconded by Councilman Lindberg,
that Ordinance No. 17b-A be
passed and adopted. Roll was
called on the above motion and the
vote thereon was as follows: Aye—
Lindberg, Uhl, Coyne, Bazelman;
Nay—none.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Councilman Coyne and
read:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the Mayor ami City
Council of O’Neill, Nebraska, did
by Ordinance No. 162-A, create
and establish Paving District No.
3 and ordered certain improve
ments made therein in accord
ance with said Ordinance, and
Whereas, the 23rd day of No
vember, A. D., 1936, 8:00 o’clock
p. m., the Mayor and City Coun
cil of O’Neill, Nebraska, did by
Resolution duly pass, levy and
assess special assessments for
improvements and construction
of paving, curb and guttering
within Paving District No. 3
withift the City of O’Neill, Ne
braska, and caused same to be
certified to the City Treasurer of
O’Neill, Nebraska, and
Whereas, the City Treasurer
has heretofore certified back to
the City Clerk the amount of
taxes paid and unpaid, collected
and uncollected, for improve
ments in Paving District No. 3.
Therefore, be is resolved, by the
Mayor and City Council of
O’Neill, Nebraska, that the City
Clerk of O’Neill, Nebraska, be,
and he hereby is, directed to cer
tify to the County Clerk of Holt
county, Nebraska, the amount of
unpaid taxes for improvements
made in accordance with Ordin
ance No. Ifi2-A, Paving District
No. 3, showing therein the tracts,
parcels of ground and the unpaid
assessements thereon, same to be
entered by the County Clerk of
Holt county, Nebraska, in the
proper tax records of Holt
county, Nebraska, as provided
for by the laws of the state of
Nebraska.
Motion by Councilman Lindberg,
seconded by Councilman Bazelman,
that the above resolution be adopt
ed. Roll was called on the above
resolution and the vote thereon was
as follows: Aye—Lindberg, Uhl,
Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 177-A was intro
duced by Councilman Uhl, and
lead. Motion by Councilman Coyne,
seconded by Councilman Uhl, that
the rule that this Ordinance be
read on three different days be
suspended. Roll was called on the
above motion and the vote thereon
was as follws: Aye—Lindberg,
Uhl, Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 177-A was read
by title the first time. Motion by
Councilman Uhl, seconded by Coun
cilman Coyne, that Ordinance No.
177-A be passed on its first read
ing. Roll was called on the above
motion and the vote thereon was
as follows: Aye—Lindberg, Uhl,
Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 177-A was by title
read a second time. Motion by
Councilman Bazelman, seconded by
Councilman Coyne, that Ordinance
No. 177-A be passed on its second
reading. Roll was called on the
above motion and the vote thereon
was as follows: Aye—Lindberg,
Uhl, Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Ordinance No. 177-A was then
read at large. Motion by •Council
man Lindberg, seconded by Coun
cilman Uhl, that Ordinance No.
177-A be passed on its third read
ing. Roll was called on the above
motion and the vote thereon was
as follows: Aye—Lindberg, Uhl,
Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Motion by Councilman Uhl, sec
oneded by Councilman Coyne, that
Ordinance No. 177-A be passed and
adopted. Roll was called on the
above motion and the vote thereon
was as follows. Aye—Lindberg,
Uhl, Coyne, Bazelman; Nay—none.
Bids on a car load of distillate,
were opened and after comparison
and discussion motion was made by
Councilman Uhl, seconded by Coun
cilman Bazelman, that the City
accept the bid of Arbuthnot & Reka
for a 10,000 gal. car delivered in
the city bulk tanks at a price of
.066 cents per gallon.
potion carried.
Upon motion the Council ad
journed subject to the call of the
Mayor.
C. W. PORTER,
City Clerk.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
The legislative council, created
as an interim advisor to the uni
cameral, has failed to take the in
itiative in the matter of planning
and advising.
At the preliminary session the
division between liberal and con
servative cropped out. It was im
possible to agree on a director.
Clerk Hugo Srb was selected as
temporary director. The council
liated a number of angles of the
taxation problem for discussion
and discussed some, problems of
state government. All the angles
have been emphasized before; all
the problems have been wrangled
over for years in almost the same
language.
So the taxpayers are just out a
trifling sum for expenses. In the
shop worn language of the bicam
eral days, the council reports pro
gress and asks leave to sit again.
The news of the New York May
oralty election produced a notice
able effect on conservative repub
licans in Nebraska. The close affilia
tion of Senators Copeland and
Burke has been a matter of com
ment. So the election returns were
closely scanned by some astute
republican statesmen. There is
now a tendency, declare GOP
wheelhorses, to let the democrats
light their own battles.
Senator Burke’s organizers, and
he has a formidable machine, were
somewhat dismayed by the vote
getting ability of the pro-New
Dealers in New York City. With
the anti-Roosevelt men bogged
down in conservative Gotham and
with Tammany in the clutches of
Jim Farley there is little hope of
successful rebellion along the At
lantic seaboard, Burkeites admit.
r#he forces of the President’s
supporters may be divided. Editor
James E. Lawrence and Legislator
John N. Norton are popular at the
White House; both are friends of
Senator Norris; both have stood
for New Deal principles, Lawrence
in the editorials columns and on
the lecture platform, Norton on the
stump and in the councils of the
party at Washington.
Governor Cochran has support of
the entire New Deal program. He
is on friendlly terms with the ad
ministration. However, he is not
favored among the followers of
Norris. During the last two months
Terry Carpenter has betrayed signs
of a Cochran alignment. In poli
tical circles the story has been cir
culating that Cochran and Mayor
Butler are at least political allies.
When Mace R. Brown, at the
anniversary celebration of the Oma
ha Central Labor union, proclaimed
Governor Cochran as labor’s choice
for a third term for governor, he
either opened a campaign or spilled
the beans.
The governor was at the banquet
board as was Governor Phil La
follette of Wisconsin. The latter
advocated the entire reconstruc
tion of both the major parties. In
the transformation, he asserted the
people would gain a genuine liber
al party and a .true blue conserva
tive organization.
“Then,” he declared, “Conserva
tives will not run as liberal and
then turn conservatives as soon as
the election is over.”
Democrats admit that the situa
tion is puzzling. Many of Cochran’s
friends are against a third term
campaign for governor. Then, too,
Former Governor Bryan is rft work.
He will naturally, his friends claim,
make inroads into Cochran’s sup
port. The exemption of homesteads
from taxation will be the Bryan
slogan along with the reduction of
taxes and an increase in old age
pensions.
In the meantime a new and dis
tinctly popular name ha,» been
added to the republican list of gub
ernatorial possibilities, Earl ,M.
Cline, former regent, legionnaire,
and Lincoln attorney, has been sug
gested as the republican nominee.
The fact that Mr. Cline’s candidacy
was first intimated in the Lincoln
Star may have some significance.
It may be that the friends of the
state university are inclined to take
an interest* in the fracas of 1938.
Cochran opposed the mill levy dur
ing the last legislative session.
“A virtual war is going on be
tween indigent persons and county
officials,” declared Earl Carpenter
of Guide Rock, a member of the
unicameral legislature representing
Nuckolls, Webster and Franklin
counties, who reecntly visited the
state capitol, accompanied by Emil
Brodecky of Howells, another legis
lator. Neither of these men advo
cated a special session of the legis
lature, but Carpenter urged that
the gasoline tax money held in
litigation for two years be used for
relief work. Brodecky advised WPA
work and RA loans for farmers
hard hit by drouth,
The board of regents of the Uni
versity of Nebraska! has announced
the appointment «f 28 new faculty
members. Amoijg tljiem are Dr. C.
G. Lowe, professor and chairman
of the department of the classics,
a post which he held from 1927 to
1931. For the last six years Dr.
Lowe has been director of the Gen
nadius library of the American
School of Classical Studies at Ath
ens, Greece. Dr. Earnest G. Witte
is the new director of the graduate
school of social work and professor
of social economy. Lloyd J. Marti
becomes a lecturer in Nebraska
practice, college of law, and Clem
i entine Newman is, the new social
director of Carrie Belle Raymond
hall.
The federal district court has
taken under advisement the suit,
heard all day Saturday, of the
American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers asking in
junction against enforcement of
the Nebrasaka State law regulating
collection of royalties within the
state on copyrighted music. With
in tend days the attorneys must
file briefs. Federal Judges Munger
and Donohoe and Circuit Judge
A. K. Gardner sat on the case, and
the society was represented by the
following attorneys: Herman Fink
lestine and Louis Froelich of New
York and Loius T. TePoel of Oma
ha. Assistant Attorney General
Barlow Nye and William J. Hotz
as special counsel represented the
state.
A statement filed by Douglas
County Attorney Tom English in
the test case filed in the Supreme
court by Harry A. Turkey of Oma
ha declares that tfie delinquent tax
law passed by the unicameral leg
islature is “incomplete, ambiguous,
indefinite, uncertain, and imposs
ible of enforcement.” The high
court is asked to rule on the validity
of the law.
The automobile brake testing
equipment on display at the state
fair has temporarily been installed
hack of the Lincoln police station,
where it is being used by the police,
and in giving demonstrations for
the benefit of car dealers and op
erators.
Edward I. Boisseree of Spalding
joined the mtor carrier examiner
staff of the state railway commis
sion last week. B. L. Knudsen,
director of motor transportation
has announced that trucker's hear
ings will be held in the county seat
towns of the following counties
during the week of Oct. 4: Burt,
Cuming, Banner, Dodge, Garfield,
Kimball, Loup, Morrill, Scottsbluff,
Sherman, Stanton, and Washington.
Secretary Perry Reed of the
state fair board says the state fair
at least broke even, and may have
something to start work with next
year. Paid admissions totaled 77,
489, which is 6,623 less than last
year—probably due to the infantile
paralysis epidemic.
M. F. Kracher, state chief pro
bation officer, says that the new
state law, LB 267, provides the first
adequate check-up that has ever
been obtainable on paroled Nebras
kans in other states and on out-of
state paroles in Nebraska. Viola
tors of parole, too, can be returned
more swiftly and at less cost. Ac
credited officers of a sending state
■may always enter a receiving state
and apprehend or retake any person
on probation or parole.
THE MILLS OF THE GODS
Sometimes the mills of the gods
grind slowly, as the old saying puts
it, and there may be an example in
a resolution which Senator Rush
Holt, of West Virginia, says that
he is preparing to introduce into
our upper house national legislative
body. Senator Holt is one of those
“recalcitrant” statesmen who voted
against the administration’s court
packing plan. It is said that cer
tain leaders in the New Deal are
out to “get” him when the oppor
tunity afforded. Senator Holt,
however, is not one of those lamb
like persons who sits down and
awaits slaughter. He believes that
the best sort of an offense is an
attack.
Therefore, the West Virginia
statesman plans to introduce a reso
lution declaring it to be the judg
ment of the Senate that no presi
dent ought to have a third term.
There doesn’t seem to be anything
surprising in this. Some of Mr.
Roosevelt’s friends have declared
that they know he doesn’t want a
third term. But there are many
politicacl experts who believe that
whether he wants it or not—and
maybe he does— the president will
have to seek election again because
there is no other leader popular
enough with the masses to carry
on some of the now several unpop
ular phases of the New Deal.
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that President Roosevelt has select
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successor. But there are many
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ig and may force a declaration from
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The resolution may be embarras
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For nine years ago a resolution was
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President Coolidge might seek an
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Of coure, some of the senators
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term idea as dangerous and unwise,
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Ashurst, Senator Thomas of Ok
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That is why the anti-third term
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mitted to come to a vote. Probably
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