State Capitol News—
Solon Breaks Up Meeting of Unicameral’s
Government Committee with Walkout
By MELVIN PAUL
Statehouse Correspondent
The Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln—The week started out
quietly enough in the legislature
The labor committee, by a 6-3
vote, killed Sen. George Syras’s
bill to close the Milford trade
9chool. Dr. Frank D. Ryder, state
health director, said he was
thinking of taking a VA job amid
reports of legislative pressure for
his resignation. Sen. Arthur Car
mody failed to get enough votes
on the floor to raise his partisan
legislature bill. And the law
makers wrestled with the peren
nial problem of school land
leases.
It was just a routine legisla
tive week—until Friday after
noon, when most of the senators
had their cars pointed home
ward.
Then, as a crowded hearing
room sat shocked, Sen. W. J.
(“Lefty”) Williams, not the most
predictable legislator, broke up
a meeting of the government
committee which was consider
ing two of William’s bills, both
dealing with the reorganization
of the state administrative de
partment.
Gov. Val Peterson had ignit
ed the outburst when, answer
ing a quastion asked by Sen.
Sam K aver, he admitted that
he was "not too enthusiastic"
about the Williams bills. The
governor questioned the value
of the research that it was in
adequate and ha urged the
committee to make a much
more careful study of adminis
trative departments before ap
proving the bills.
The measure—LB 315 and 316
—are the result of a report by the
legislative council committee on
reorganization of state govern
ment, of which Williams was a
member. They propose, among
other things, setting up a depart
ment of taxation and finance
which would, for instance, col
lect the cigaret and gasoline taxes
now handled by the department
of agriculture.
The governor said the legis
lative council committee talked
with Agriculture Director Rufus
Howard only 15 minutes before
[arriving at Us conclusions.
Instead of a legislative com
j mittee making such a study, the
1 governor suggested, the job might
I better be done by a “little Hoov
j er commission” as proposed in
the 1949 legislature by Sen. Tom
! Davies, of Lincoln. At any rate,
| he said, the task should be hand
led by "qualified personel” and
I not senators who “are not train
ed and are not able to spend
their full time at the job.”
That’s what got William’s goat.
He jumped to his feet and mov
ed that the bills be killed.
Bitterly he said, “When we’ve
done everything possible and
then to have the governor of this
state stand before this commit
tee and say that members of the
legislature are not trained and
not qualified ...”
W'hen Chairman Karl Vogel
ruled him out of order, Williams
asked to be excused then stomp
ed across the statchouse rotun
da, through the senate chamber
and into the cloakroom where he
jammed on his hat and left the
building, a bitter man, indeed.
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Reject $50,000
Investigation—
Earlier the same day, "Lefty"
had done better. He was named
chairman of a seven-man com
mittee to study the operation of
the state assistance department
to see if something could be done
about red tape which Williams
said was doubling the cost of the
aid program m soon counties.
“Lefty’s" colleagues had reject
ed a proposal by Sen. Charles
Tvrdik, of Omaha, that $50,000
be appropriated to hire a private
management consultant firm to
make the study.
Tvrdik’s argument was much
like that to be made in the af
ternoon by the governor. Legis
lators aren’t experts in assistance
matters, he said. Why not haw
some real, professional efficien
cy experts handle the job.
And another thing, "Where on
God’s green earth would a legis
latiw committee find the time?”
he demanded.
But the senators liked better
the proposal of Speaker Ed Hoyt,
of McCook, who suggested that
the legislative council reference
bureau, a research agency, be
called upon to help.
The vote was 25-11 and as soon,
as it was announced, Lt.-Gov.
Charles Warner pulled a scrap
of paper from his pocket and
named Williams as the commit
tee chairman with these mem
bers:
John Beaver, of Beemer; Rob
ert McfNutt, of Lincoln; Dwight
Burney, of Hartington; Sam
Klaver, of Omaha; Otto Prohs,
of Gering and C. E. Metzger, of
Cedar Creek.
Williams said the group’s first
meeting would be this Saturday
with public hearings set for fol
lowing Saturdays until the probe
is finished.
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LB 1 Is Having
Rough Going—
The first bill to be introduced
this session — not surprisingly
labeled LB 1—is having some
pretty rough going. Sen. Arthur
Carmody, of Trenton, is sponsor
! of the measure which would set
up under the department of ag
riculture a division of wheat util
ization. It would be financed
by a levy on each bushel of
wheat grown in the state. This
levy, 5 mills at first, was later
cut to 2 and the bill was amend
ed to make make participation
voluntary instead of compulsory.
Sen. William Hern, of Chad*
ron, a chairman of the agricul
ture committee which kept
the bill bottled up for a couple
of weeks after its hearing, is
one of its staunchest foes. So
is Sen. Chris Metsger. of Ced
ar Creek. They badgered Car
mody with questions as the
bill came up for its first floor
test.
But Carmody managed to get
27 votes to have the bill advan
ced against only eight dissents.
This week, as it came up for
second reading, the enemies were
plotting more amendments.
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No More Fireworks
On Independence Day—
No big blowout this Fourth of
July. That was assured when
Sen. Sam Klaver’s hotly-contest
ed fireworks ban bill cleared
final reading with 38-4 vote and
its emergency clause still intact.
That’s the clause which makes
a bill law as soon as it’s signed
by the governor.
There had been reports of an
attempt to knock off the emer
gency clause—making the bill ef
fective somewhere around the
middle of August—so that there
could be one last glorious pyro
technical binge this Independence
day.
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'Tired of frying
To Save World
Defeat is something you have
to learn to live with in the
legislature, as any veteran who
has seen his pet bill voted down
can tell you.
This week, Senator Earl J. Lee,
of Fremont, knew defeat and he
was a little weary of it. For the
third straight session, the legis
lature has refused to place the
calling of a constitutional con
vention on the ballot. This has
been one of Senators Lee’s fond
est hopes.
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When he was told the govern
ment committee by an 8-1 vote
had killed this year’s bill and
was asked whether he’d try to
resurrect it on the floor, he sigh
ed and said, "No, I’m tired of
trying to save the world. Let
somebody else do it for awhile.”
9 Enlistments
Are Reported
Sgt. James R. Lyons, of the ar
my and air force recruiting sta
tion at O’Neill, has announced
j the following enlistments from
the area:
For regular army: Sidney J.
Frahm, of Page; Charles L. Berg
strom, of Ewing; John L. Bohn,
of Inman; Clement J. Cerney, of
Naper; Carl B. Schrad, of Ewing;
Thomas K. Ressell, of O’Neill;
Edward A. Hynes, of O’Neill.
These men went to Ft. Leonard
Wood, Mo., for further process
ing, training and assignment.
Air force enlistees include:
Julian F. Thorell, of Bristow, and
Clyde K. McCormick, of Valen
tine.
The last two men were sent to
Lackland air force base, San An
tonio, Tex.
Garry Wilson Is
Named President—
The Lucky Clover 4-H club
met at Pat Osbom’e Wednesday,
March 7, at 8 p.m., to organize
their club for 1951.
New officers for the club are:
Garry Wilson, president; Alvin
Leudtke, vice - president; Betty
Osborne, secretary and treasurer;
Lorell Pickering, news reporter;
Lila Hull, leader; Pat Osborne, as
sistant leader.
The next meeting will be at
at Albert Carson’s on April 6 at
8 p.m., unless other arrange
ments are made.
After the meeting a lunch was
served. Boys and birls in Holt
county are welcome to join. —
Lorell Pickering, news reporter.
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Frod Finger, Odebolt-.15 776 51.75
Harry Dammam & Sons, George-15 521 34 7
Herman Anderson, Des Moines- 6 348 43.5
Joe Rubner, Eariville. 8 440 55
John Otting, Bernard-10 282 28.2
Arnold Kokemuller, Maquoketa- 9 461 51.2
Claud Harrah, Eagle Grow- 9 393 43.7
Emmett Krogh, Exira- 8 248 31
Ellsworth Cizek, Traer. 7 309 441
Jack Houston, Mt. Pleasant-20 656 32 8
D. F. Elliott, Oxford -.11 429 5 39
Gordon Shipment, Shell Rock-10 270 27 •
Wallace Squiers, Chelsea-10 396 39.6
E. G. Wllcoxson, Lamoni- 9 378 42
Leo Koenigsfeld, Ionia-21 1369 64.7
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Rodney Busch, Ellsworth-19 788.j 41.5
Martla Vust, Ellsworth. 6 308.5 49 8
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Gordon Johnson, Brunswick- 7 343 49
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Gordon Watts, Edgar- 11 456 415
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