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THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebraska—Republicans,
gathered at the Founder’s Day
celebration, listened to Senator H.
Styles Bridges and dreamed of vic
tory in 1940. It became apparent
during the ceremonies that the
campaign for places on the GOP
ticket in the spring of 1940 is now
actually under way.
The names of Hugh Brown of
Kearney, Kenneth Wheery of Paw
nee City and Dwight Griswold of
Gordon were mentioned as possible
candidates for governor. Charley
Warner, standard bearer in the last
campaign, figured as a posibility
for either the governorship or the
senator ship.
Former Governor A. J. Weaver
of Falls City, H. G. Keeney of Cow
les, and Supreme Justice Robert G.
Simmons of Lincoln figured as re
publican senatorial candidates.
“An evenly balanced ticket made
up of new faces,” said Eddie Ryan
of Grand Island, "will just about
bring victory in 1940.”
Activity in the democratic ranks
was also apparent. National Com
mitteeman J. C. Quigley, it is
stated, may enter the contest for
the democratic gubernatorial nomi
nation. G. W. O’Malley, former
speaker of the house and now in
ternal revenue collector, is talked
of for both governor and senator.
J. N. Norton of Polk, is expected
to be candidate for governor or
renator. Senator Burke has
already announced his desire to suc
ceed himself and the World-Iler
ald has served notice on Governor
Cochran to "lay off” the senator
ship in 1940.
It is expected that both Congress
man Coffee and Congressman Mc
Laughlin will be candidates for re
election. Ex-Congressman Luckey,
who is spending the winter in
Washington, is expected to try for
-the democratic nomination in the
First district in 1940.
“Take it or leave it," was the
summary made by the special
legislative committee after listen
ing to three social security work
ers from Washington, The of
ficials were Peter Kasius, Wash
ington associate director of the pub
lic assistance bureau, and Helen
Dart and Louis Schneider of the
Minneapolis regional office. They
insisted that the Nebraska legisla
ture must place allocations on a
basis of permanent need rather
than of population.
Senators Edwin Schultz of El
gin, L. B. Murphy of Scottsbluff
and J. B. Rossiter of Walthill were
the members of the special commit
tee. The federal workers had been
invited to Lincoln to express their
views.
From the county board mem
bers, who came to Lincoln to dis
cuss relief problems, there are
many expressions of approval of
the policy of Dwight Felton, WPA
administrator, in his handling of
assistance matters. Mr. Felton,
they declare, has a sympathetic at
titude toward outlying communi
ties *het have been scourged by
drouth and the consequent inability
of the people to make prompt pay
ment of taxes. These situations
he has reflected to the Chicago and
Washington offices of WPA.
tor several months Mr. Felton
has been operating almost 2,000
above the load quota authorized by
WPA. Nearly all the excess is
outstate. Last week peremptory
orders came to cut down the load.
Administrator Felton insisted that
at least 1,803 of the persons em
ployed by WPA must be retained
because of local conditions. Pros
pects seemed favorable that the
WPA officials would grant his re
quest.
“This is your university, and
we’ll do our best to run it the way
you wish.” With these words,
Chancellor C. S. Boucher neatly
placed the responsibility for the
progress or retrogression of the
University of Nebraska squarely
upon the legislature. The chan
teilor and members of the board of
regents presented argument* to
the appropriations committee for
the budget request-of $3,377,103,
and the following three choices
were outlined: (1) The budget re
quest is necessary if the slow but
steady loss of relative and actual
standing of the university is to be
checked. (2) An appropriation of
$3,017,440, the same as for the last
biennium, would make possible op
eration on the present basis with
only such acceleration of loss of
standing as may be occasioned by
the lorecasted ineiease in enroll
ment without additional funds to
meet the added instructional bud
get. less than that ol 1937-39. This
would mean a grave situation, and
the university officials indicated
that they would in such case favor
limiting enrollment to the number
of students for whom reyurces are
available. *
Without a single opposing vote
the legislature passed and sent to
the governor on Monday a bill
which outlaws walkathons and sim
ilar endurance competitions, de
claring them to be public nuisances.
Provisions for violation includes a
fine of from $190 to $500, and jail
sentence from ten days to six
months, cr both. The bill was in
troduced by Senator: Richard John
son.
Governor Coclnan last Monday
signed his eleventh bill LB 52 which
will exempt from taxation wine
sold for non-beverage use.
The State of Nebraska is justi
fied in insisting that commercial
feed stuffs be registered and taxes
on it be paid, according to a recent
opinion given by Attorney General
Walter R. Johnson in response to a
query from R. B. Willard, state
chemist. It was explained that
considerable study had been given
to the constitutional questions in
volved, "because this law was
passed for the benefit of the farm
ers and livestock raisers of this
state,' and the benefits contem
plated by the act can only be real
"A wolf bill in sheep’s clothing,”
was the euphonious term applied
by a minority of the legislative gov
ernment committee to Dr. A. L.
Millers bill for consolidation of
the legislative council and the
clerk's office and abolishment of
the legislative reference bureau.
The bill was approved by a major
ity of the committee last week.
Senators Doyle, Hastings, Schultz
and Sorrell signed the minority re
port, which declared that: “Here
after the lobby and the special in
terests will write bills, as well as
try either to kill them or to project
them after they are written.”
A coalition between the hydros,
the rural electrification districts
and the Nebraska League of Mun
icipalities has been indicated by
recent debates in the legislature.
An effort to bring the bill to tax
public power districts out of the
public works committee failed dis
mally last Thursday. Several leg
islators predict that few changes
will be made in Senate File 310,
the basic enabling act that author
izes public power districts.
ized by universal application of the
registration and inspection fea
ures.”
Lively boosting for a $50,000 ap
propriation for Nebraska publicity
was heard by the legislative ap
propriations committee last tveek.
Among those appearing for the
measure was Grove Porter, presi
dent of the Nebraska apple grow
ers, who graphically pictured a
string of billboards advertising
Nebraska fruit. Thousands of
booklets advertising the state were
advocated by Secretary Ryan of
the Grand Island Chamber of Coih
merce. Advertising for the Ne
braska potato was the theme of
Walter White, Lincoln newspaper
executive, and Nebraska exhibits at
World’s fairs were urged by Amos
Thomas. Advertising campaigns
used by other states were shown.
Duck hunters are going to be
happy over a bill approved by the
One of the causes of
failure is that people
will not turn from
envy of the successful
to emulation.
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legislature’s agriculture committee
last Wednesday and recommended
it for passage. It would close the
Platte to hunters from Lincoln
county east to the Missouri river.
Ten rods on each side of the Platte
would be designated as a bird re
fuge, but fishing would be per
mitted.
A storage cellar for scientific
supplies with one mile of shelf
space for chemical supplies and
equipment will be completed by the
middle of May, according to recent
announcement by L. F. Seaton, op
erating superintendent. The cel
lar, which was designed by O. A.
Ellis, university construction en
gineer, is located entirely under
ground and just west of the Avery
laboratory. Its roof is designed to
furnish additional parking space
between the chemistry building and
the football practice field. Al
ready have been completed, a burg
lar and fireproof vault and two
constant temperature rooms, in
which valuable chemicals and
equipment fluids that deteriorate
easily are to be kept.
The right to land from which the
Missouri river has receeded lies
with the river-bank proprietor, ac-(
cording to a recent decision of the
Nebraska Supreme Court, which
affirms a decision of the Dakota
county district court.
Albert Molenaar of the state ag
ricultural college stated recently
that Nebraska soil from Ogallala
east is drier than for several years,
but that irrigation now will give
roots a better chance for normal
development. He urged all Ne
braska farmers who live east of the
panhandle area and who have ac
cess to irrigation water to put
water on their land as early as
possible this spring.
Governor Cochran signed the tax
leniency bill, LB 14, last week. It
provides for one year of grace, so
that Nebraskans who owe taxes due
before March 19, 1937, will be re
lieved of interest if they pay these
taxes by December 31st next.
A letter from home, The Frontiei
H. B. Hubbard came up from Lin
coln Tuesday to look after his busi
ness interests in this city and
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county.
Billy Butler, of Ewing, one of the
old time settlers in the eastern part
of the county, was a .visitor in
O’Neill the fore part of the week.
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