3 Prairieland Talk . . .
Will Tongues Hang Out Again?
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN—The carrier who delivers mail at '
my address put on his hip boots and primed up
the shotgun last week and headed for the lakes
of Holt and Rock counties. There were four nim
rods in his party and they succeeded in knocking
down 25 ducks. Pheasant season
had not yet begun while they
were out that way but they saw
plenty of them and some grouse.
Many of the smaller sandhills
lakes, he reports, have turned to
weed patches owing to prolong
ed dry weather, which is really
not a new thing on prairieland.
After being in the wet for
several years until you are about
web-footed, it is a pleasure to
move about on dry earth. In the
1890’s, in the early part of the Romaine
20th century, and again in the 5*un<w«:
. 1930’s dry conditions and hot winds prevailed.
Now after a period of worry over floods may
be the 1950’s hides will crack open and tongues
will hang out for want of rain.
* * *
John L. Lewis and his coal miners may be
on the way out. Robot mining machines appear
on the horizon. . . This from the pastor of a large
city church: The patron saint of the Irish is St.
Patrick, of the English St. George. The patron
saint of Americans is St. Vitus. The American
people are so tense and keyed up that it is impos
sible even to put them to sleep with a sermon. . .
Speeds up to 50-miles-per-second are being toyed
with by scientists in laboratories in efforts to
discover the effect of such rushing through space
if it can be put to practical use. . . That indispens
able personage we have known as the housewife
should now be spoken of as a domestic engineer.
And the kitchen functionary as the dishpan ex
pert. . . A fellow who seems to have gone to the
trouble of counting the babies says the world’s
population increases by 100 million every four
years, and about half of the people of the world
are hungry, sick or poorly housed. . . A bullet en
tered the large artery near the heart of a 16-year
old Ohio lad and found its way to his knee. The
young fellow was none the worse after the bullet
was extracted.
* * *
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Political campaigns can dish up the partisan
hogwash, but this is about the limit when the
president of the United States takes the stump
to insult American citizens. Mr. Truman has
shown no outstanding ability as a statesman
but in the realm of billingate he has few equals.
* * *
For 150 years the Du Pont organization, start
ing on Brandywine creek, Delaware, has been op
erating until today there are 24 branch plants
employing 87,000 workers. . . At one time in his
campaign tour Wilkie caught a ripe tomato in the
eye. General Ike met with boos in a New Jersey
town. If you would shun the insults from poor
fools that know no better, don’t run for presi
dent. . . . Farmers in the wheat growing sections
of southeast Nebraska who planted deep have
thrifty looking fields of winter wheat and with a
modicum of snow during the winter they will feel
assured of a crop next season notwithstanding
this prolonged autumn dry spell.
* * *
It was a blustery day in late autumn. I had
a lot of land and no money. That was the fix a
good many prairieland patriots were in a half
century ago. I was figuring just how to get some
things that were needed or I thought they were
needed, with just about empty pockets, f was |
crossing the street in the little town when some- '
thing sticking up out of the sand attracted my at
tention. At first look I thought it to be the stamp
off a cigar box. But I fished it out to discover I
had a 10-dollar bill in my fist. Ten dollars would
buy something more than a loaf of bread in those
days.
Call him not old whose visionary brain
Holds o’er the past its undivided reign.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll
Who hears eternal summer in his soul.
If yet the minstrel’s song, the poet’s lay,
Spring with her birds or children with their play,
Or maiden’s smile or heavenly dream of art
Stir the life-drops creeping ’round his heart—
Turn to the record where his years are told,
Count the gray hairs—they can not make him old.
Maybe so. But can florid prose or honeyed
rhyme bring back youth’s magnificent insolence,
youth’s haughty swagger, youth’s boundless ener
gy and limitless opportunities for contributing to
a world’s needs? Can it bring again lustre to
brown eyes, smooth skin and abandoned restless
ness, worthy ambition and high resolve? No. Only
the somber strains of regret and where the fires
of youth glowed the ashes that cover the embers
of memory. But age has its compensations—seren
ity of mind, the rush and push and struggles of
life no longer calling and the days and months
and remaining years when the patriot with the
hoary-head takes things easy. Retired—the goal
of all.
* * *
Would you have a child your adoring
friend? Slip that child a bit of something sweet
to eat.
• * *
Nature, carrying on the work of fertilizing
the soil, denudes the trees and bushes of frost
tinted foliage and scatters it across lawns and
fields. City householders will have none of this.
Leaves are raked into bundles and burned. For a
few weeks the picture lingers high in treetops of
the gold of dying leaf against the background of
the deep blue above. And today autumn winds
whisper among the tree branches and scatter the
green robes of yesterday into the air like falling
sn6w, now brown and dead to return to dust cf
the earth to enrich the new life that will spring
again from that dust. And so the frosts of time
straighten us for the grave to return to dust
that out of that dust enriched immortal life will
be born to dwell above this vale of tears.
* * *
Government loans on this year’s com crop
have been taken out by Nebraska growers in a
few instances, it has been stated. The amount
available for the borrower is $1.50 to $1.53 per
bushel, a little more than local elevators pay, so
maybe a loan means a sale. It was in 1944 that
Harry Ressel, chairman of the Holt county AAA
committee, said in a letter to The Frontier that
there were 31,008 bushels of corn under govern
ment seal in the county, the loan rate at that
time being 88 cents a bushel.
* * *
Before Governor Peierson took off for de
bates with some of the democratic bigwigs on
political questions and speeches on a tour that
took him to New York City I had a visit with
him. Something was said that gave the govern
or an idea for a speech. Now then, if we fellows
out on praiireland can tell the wise men of the
east where to head in, maybe there should be a
few more of us sent down to Washington for a
cleanup.
* * *
Three blocks up the street the Lions club
strung a banner the width of the street in a mis
sionary gesture in behalf of the election to get
the sovereign citizens to vote, but before night
the banner trailed on the pavement in response
to a gust of wind. Trust that was not significant
of failure on the part of the efforts of the Lions.
* * *
Grandpa sat it out in quiet contentment while
the famliy spent the weekend “down on the
farm.” And that acounts for the roast chicken we
are having on the dinner table these days.
Editorial . . .
Return of GOP Right Direction
Not too long ago, when disinterested people
relaxed in their efforts to remain free, and failed
collectively to forestall the theft of the govern
ment from the hands of the people, a lid was put
cn the ballot box, and history recorded a chapter
of pages written in red.
The guys named Joe, Adolf and Benito mov^d
in belligerently and tailored Europe with a suit
of slavery. The suit was uncomfortable. It would
n’t fit us, either.
Americans live in a great country. Courage
already has established and maintained all the
basic freedoms of man in America. Free enter
prise has fashioned the most magnificent repub
lic history has ever recorded. The inheritance of
Americans is a rich bequeathal of privileges,
rights, resources and liberty. An American that is
an American does what he can to promote and
preserve that inheritance. One of the most effec
tive means to do this is to vote. An American that
is an American votes!
The editorial policy of this paper is pregnant
with republicanism. We see in Robert B. Crosby
a man qualified for governor and further see in
him the answer to any possiblity that a projected
demise of U.S. Sen. Hugh Butler might result in
a democratic senator.
On the national scene, we endorse uwignt u.
Eisenhower for president as the one to keep faith
with the free enterprise of man, the decentraliza
tion of power in government and the determined
effort to bring Americans home from Korea.
General Eisenhower was not our favorite in
the Chicago republican convention. However, in
the interval he has “consolidated his positions
and forces,” if you please, and on November 4 a
vote for Mr. Eisenhower becomes a vote against a
group that is slowly yet inexorably leading us
down the road to socialism.
Although the presence of a military man in
this nation’s highest office offers problems, they
are outweighed both by the candidate’s capabili
ties and the drastic consequence of his oppo
nent’s magnetic tendencies toward an over-bal
anced central government. Gov. Adlai Steven
son’s background and current campaign are too
closely allied with the new deal and fair deal for
anyone t^ minimize these tendencies.
Columnist George E. Sokolsky recently
offered the following six valid reasons why he
has decided to back Eisenhower in the election.
We believe his reasons are worth repealing in
brief:
1. It is clear that Eisenhower, if elected,
can find a cooperative majority in congress, while
Stevenson will not have a supporting majority
of his own party in congress. Should Stevenson
be elected, the wasteful struggle between the
president and congress will be continued.
- 2. Eisenhower has given every evidence
respecting the rights of the people of each state:
S^venson has indicated a preference for an over
powering central government.
3. The election of Eisenhower will preserve
the two-party system; the election of Stevenson
will destroy the tradition of two parties and will
lead to a multi-party condition.
4. A new look at the domestic economic
problem is essential and the republicans have the
advantage, as a party, of not having a vested in
terest in errors already made.
5. Eisenhower has made his position clear
as an anti-communist. Stevenson’s anti-commun
ist speech “sounded to me like a defense of Amer
ican communists and an attack on those who op
pose them.”
6. Eisenhower may fumble on economic
problems but his intention to reduce government
spending provides hope for a lowering of taxes.
Stevenson refuses to meet this problem.
Republicanism still means free enterprise,
and free enterprise still spells the survival of Am
rica. The return to republicanism is the right di
rection to survival.
The voting booths open on November 4 will
be the place to take steps in the right direction.
We Don’t Care How—But Do
(Guest editorial by Bill Lee, Dakota County
Star, South Sioux City)
It’s shocking when a deliberate campaign,
requiring money and manpower, is necessary to
induce Americans to preserve their liberties.
But apparently that’s the point to where we
have degenerated today.
Records indicate last year only 50 percent of
America’s total voting population took the time
and effort to enter the polls election day.
That’s a clear cut indication that half of us
don’t give a damn why, when, how or where we
are going.
There are times when, after studying voting
records, you will reach the conclusion only half
of us are worth saving.
Particularly when you consider that we have
sacrificed sons, daughters and fathers in wars to
preserve our right to indicate our pleasure, or
displeasure, with government.
We, personally, would be ashamed to admit
we held these sacrifices in so little regard.
We wonder at times if the non-voting seg
ment of our population has any feeling at all.
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When You and I Were . . .
Ed Redmond Will
Portray ‘Crockett’
Actors Will Present
Dickens Story
50 Years Ago
The new building owned by
Mrs. Cress is expected to be
ready on Tuesday with a new
lines of groceries, candies and
notions. . . J. V. Owens will lead
the discussion on “Bailey’s Prin
ciples of Agriculture” at the
Reading Circle 1. . . The pillow
sale will be held at Pfund’s
store. . . Ed Redmond will por
tray “Davy Crockett” at the op
era house Friday night. . . A good
heavy spring wagon to trade for
a fresh cow, inquire of M. M.
Sullivan. . . John Hubby reports
that the outlook for a republican
success was never brighter.
25 Years Ago
A dance was enjoyed by
friends and neighbors at the A.
Boshart new bam last Saturday
evening. . . Mrs. R. M. Sauers is
entertaining 16 girl friends in
honor of Miss Loree Sauers at a
goblin party. . . Clyde King, pro
prietor of the Galena Lumber
company, whose safe was robbed
some time ago, thinks the robber
a very kind hearted man as he
returned the strong box which
he carried away at the time of
the robbery. The box was found
in the yard in a conspicuous
place. . . Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Har
rington celebrated their wedding
anniversary Wednesday evening.
. . Robert Morrison expects to
open a grocery store in the new
Saunto building about November
1 . . Miss Ruth Osenbaugh enter
tained the girls of the third grade
and their instructor, Miss Doro
thy Hall, at a Hallowe’en party.
. . . Charles B. Scott, who died at
his home in O’Neill, was the old
est court reporter in point of con
tinuous service. . . At a nuptial
mass at 7 o’clock Monday, Octo
ber 24, occurred the marriage of
Miss Loretta Rose Sullivan and
John Hynes. . . The members of
the O’Neill fire department were
guests of the Hanford Produce
company at a 7 o’clock dinner at
the Western hotel Tuesday eve
ning.
10 Years Ago
Pvt. Jack Grady graduated
from aviation mechanics school
at Shepard Field, Tex. . . The
Holt county war price and ration -
ing board urges all car owners
to obtain from their gasoline
dealer an application blank for
basic gasoline rationing. . . Lt.
Mike Harty arrived from Ft.
Benning, Ga., to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harty. . . Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Rouse enfer
tained relatives and friends in
honor of Pvt. Lawrence Rouse,
home on furlough. . . Fifty-one
choice Angus heifers set a new
top on the Chicago market. The
price paid was $16.50, the highest
since September of 1937. . . The
dance at Atkinson last Wednes
day night sponsored by the Hair
Dressers’ association, Unit Six,
netted $106, which will go to the
USO. . . Archie Bright, who is
attending Wayne State Teachers
college, is spending the weekend
here with his parents.
One Year Ago
Rev. Robert W. Olson launches
work on new Gothic edifice for
the Christ Lutheran parishoners.
. . . Mrs. Dale Curran, appearing
as “Mammy Yokum,” won first
prize in the masquerade party
Tuesday evening sponsored by
the American Legion. . . Sgt. Ed
gar J. Boyle arrived Tuesday
from Korea. . . St. Mary’s Card
inals defeated the Sacred Heart
Knights, 12-6. . . A group of
eighth graders from St. Mary’s
academy gathered Monday eve
ning at the home of Miss Marga
ret Helen McElvain for a Hallo
we’en party.
WALTER R.
RAECKE
DEMOCRAT FOR
GOVERNOR
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Will give sound,
faithful and im
partial “On the
Job” Service
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1 State Capitol News . . .
State Uemo Chairman Forecasts
Capture of One Congressional Seat
LINCOLN—The Nebraska po
litical campaign headed lor the
, wire this week with both major
I parties claiming victory in sight.
State Democratic Chairman Wil
i liam Meier of Minden said he ex
pected the Cornhusker state
would end up in the demo
column and that the party would
be able to elect its gubernatorial
candidate, Walter R. Raecke. In
addition, Meier thought, the dec
ocrats might be able to come up
with a congressman, although he
didn’t specify which one.
State GOP Chairman David T.
Martin of Kearney took an op
posite view. He said he was less
concerned with sweeping that
state which he regarded a cinch
than with piling up a better per
centage vote for republicans than
in the neighborhood of Iowa and
Kansas, with whom Nebraska has
a contest.
* * *
Governor —
Jousting for the governorship
are two men remarkably alike in
their training: both are lawyers,
both former legislators and both
former speakers of the legisla
ture.
The republican is Robert B.
Crosby of North Platte. He’s 41
and a World War II navy veteran.
A former lieutenant-governor, he
has termed the office a political
dead end and thinks it ought to
be abolished. He has campaigned
pretty much on the idea of a
shakeup in the organization of
state government.
The democrat is Walter R.
Raecke. He’s 57 and a World
War II army veteran. He ran for
the same office two years ago and
lost to Gov. Val Peterson by 45,
000 votes. He has pegged his
campaign on “on-the-job” govern
ment with an indirect slap of
Governor Peterson’s traveling. He
is for an overhauling of the elec
tion laws and against a broad
ened tax base.
* * *
Senator, Long Term —
Republican is the incumbent,
Sen. Hugh Butler, who is seek
ing a third six-year term He is
74 and was formerly in the flour
milling and grain business. He
has voted pretty consistently
against tax and appropriations in
creases but voted aginst a cut in
funds for the bureau of reclama
tion.
Democrat is Stanley D. Long,
a Grand Island druggist. He is 65
and was a member of the Univer
sity of Nebraska board of regents
for 24 years. An unsuccessful
candidate for congress in 1946, he
is urging a halt to deficit spend
ing and a major reorganization
of federal government.
Petition candidate is Dwight
Dell, a Beatrice farmer. He is 39
and has been active in the Chris
LEGAL NOTICE
OF MEASURES
TO BE VOTED UPON
NOVEMBER 4, 1S52.
BALLOT TITLES
AND TEXTS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL
, AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED BV THE
1951 LEGISLATURE.
Proposals Will Appear
On the Ballot
Xn the Following Order
Proposed Constitutional
Amendment
"For amendment to Article III, sec
tion 19, of the Constitution of Nebras
ka, to authorize the Legislature to
provide that, where there are public
officers elected or appointed to a court,
board, or commission, having more
than one member and the terms of
office of one or more members com
mence and end at different times, the
compensation of all member* of such
court, board, or commission may be
increased or diminished with the be
ginning of the full term of any mem
ber thereof," 300 □
“Against amendment to Article m,
Section 19, of the Constitution of Ne
braska, to authorize the Legislature to
provide that, where there are public
officers elected or appointed to a court,
board, or commission, having more
than one member and the terms of
office of one or more members com
mence and end at different times, the
compensation of all members of such
court, board, or commission may be
Increased or diminished with the be
§ inning of the full term of any mem
er thereof.” 301 □
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people oi the State
of Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general elec
tion in November 1952, there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State
of Nebraska for approval the following
amendment to Article III, section 19,
of the Constitution of Nebraska, which
Is hereby propbsed by the Legislature:
“Sec. 19. The Legislature shall never
grant any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or servant after
the services have been rendered nor
to any contractor after the contract
has been entered into, nor shall the
compensation of any public officer, in
cluding any officer whose compensa
tion is fixed by the Legislature, be
increased or diminished during his
term of office except that, when there
are officers elected or appointed to
a court, board, or commission having
more than one member and the terms
of one or more members commence
and end at different times, the com
pensation of all members of such court,
board, or commission may be in
creased or diminished at the beginning
of the full term of any member
thereof."
Proposed Constitutional
Amendment
•Tor amendment to Article VIII,
section 1, of the Constitution of Ne
braska, to authorize the Legislature to
provide a different method of taxing
motor vehicles and providing for the
distribution to the state, counties,
townships, cities, villages, and school
districts of such counties of their
proper shares of such tax," 302 Q
"Against amendment to Article vIII,
section 1, of the Constitution of Ne
braska, to authorize the Legislature to
provide a different method of taxing
motor vehicles and providing for the
distribution to the state, counties,
townships, cities, villages, and school
districts of such counties of their
proper shares of such tax.” 303 □
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people ol the State
el Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general elec
tion in November, 1952, there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State
of Nebraska for approval the follow
ing amendment to Article VIII, section
1 of the Constitution of Nebraska,
which is hereby proposed by the
Legislature:
"Sec. 1. The necessary revenue of
the state and its governmental sub
divisions shall be raised by taxation in
such manner as the Legislature may
direct. Taxes shall be levied by valua
tion uniformly and proportionately
upon all tangible property, and fran
chises. except that the Legislature may
provide for a different method of
taxing motor vehicles: Provided, that
such tax proceeds from motor vehicles
taxed in each county shall be allocated
to the state, counties, townships, vil
lages and school districts of such
rounty in the same proportion that the
jpvv of each bears to the total levy
of said county on personal tangible
property. Taxes uniform as to class
mav be levied by valuation upon all
tgher property. Taxes, other than
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tian rural overseas program. Run
ning on an antimilitary platform,
he favors immediate repeal of the
l draft and is against UMT.
* * *
Senator, Short Term —
Democrat is William Ritchie,
66-year-old Omaha lawyer. An
unsuccessful candidate for gov
ernor in 1932 ard for senator in
1944, he is bitterly anti-Truman.
He favors a return to the gold
standard and thinks the federal
government has too many em
ployees.
Republican is Dwight Griswold,
the former governor who’s now a
a banker at Gering. A former
legislator, he was director of in
ternal affairs for the allied mili
tary government in Germany and
later chief of the Greek foreign
aid mission. He is for reducing
taxes and trying to settle the con
flict with Russia without war.
* * *
Lieutenant-Governor —
Republican is Lt.-Gov. Charles
Warner, 77, a Waverly farmer
seeking third term. He served
13 terms in the legislature
Democrat is A. Clifford Ander
son, a 46-year-old Lincoln realtor,
now after his first public office,
although he has been a delegate
to the last two democratic na
tional conventions.
* * *
Secretary of State —
Democrat is Harry Swanson, 62,
an Omaha salesman who was sec
retary of state from 1933-’41. He
unsuccesfully sought his party’s
nomination as governor two years
ago.
Republican is Frank Marsh, 29,
a Lincoln garage door contractor
who is the son of the late secre
tary of state who had the same
name. He has no previous po
litical experience.
* * *
Attorney- General —
Republican is the incumbent, <
Clarence S. Beck, 54. He was ap
pointed to succeed James H. An
derson who resigned and won a
term of his own in 1950. He has
a good record of maintaining the
gambling crackdown launched by
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TRUCKS
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i EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
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property taxes, m^y be authorized by
law. Existing revenue laws shall con
tinue in effect until changed by the
Legislature.”
Proposed Constitutional
Amendment
“For amendment of Article III, sec
tion 7, of the Constitution of Nebraska,
providing for the salary of each mem
ber of the Legislature in the sum of
one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
per annum," 304 □
"Against amendment of Article III,
section 7, of the Constitution of Ne
braska, providing for the salary of
each member of the Legislature in the
sum of one thousand two hundred fifty
dollars per annum.” 305 □
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of the State
oi Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general elec
tion in November, 1952, there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State
of Nebraska, for approval, the follow
ing amendment to Article III, section
7, of the Constitution of Nebraska,
which is hereby proposed by the Legis
lature.
" Sec. 7. Members of the Legislature
shall be elected for a term of two
years beginning at noon on the first
Tuesday in January in the year next
ensuing the general election at which
they were elected. Each member shall
be nominated and elected in a non
partisan manner and without any in
dication on the ballot that he is affili
ated with or endorsed by any political
party or organization. Each member
shall receive and be paid the sum of
one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
per annum, payable in such manner
and at such times as may be provided
by law. In addition to his salary, each
member shall receive and be paid an
amount equal to his actual expenses
in traveling by the most usual route
once to and returning from each regu
lar or special session of the Legisla
ture. Members of the Legislature shall
receive no pay nor perquisites other
than said salary and expenses. Em
ployees of the Legislature shall receive
no compensation other than their
salary or per diem."
Proposed Constitutional
Amendments
"For amendments to establish a
State Department of Education; to
provide for a State Board of Educa
tion and the election and term of office
of the members thereof; to provide
for a Commissioner of Education, and
the appointment thereof, and how his
salary shall be fixed; to provide that
all provisions in the Constitution of
Nebraska and laws of the state relating
to Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion shall insofar as applicable apply
to and mean the State Department of
Education, State Board of Education,
or the Commissioner of Education, as
the case may be; and to amend Article
IV, section 1, Article VII, sections 1
and 13, and Article XVII, section 3,
of the Constitution of Nebraska,”
"Against amendments
a State Department of Education; to
provide for a State Board of Educa
tion and the election and term of
office of the members thereof; to pro
vide for a Commissioner of Education,
and the appointment thereof, and how
his salary shall be fixed; to provide
that all provisions in the Constitution
of Nebraska and laws of the state re
lating to Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall insofar as applicable
apply to and mean the State Depart
ment of Education, State Board of
Education, or the Commissioner of
Education, as the case may be; and
to amend Article IV, section 1, Article
VII, sections 1 and 13, and Article
XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of
Nebraska.” 307 □
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENTS
Be it enacted by the people ol the State
ot Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general elec
tion in November, 1952, there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State
of Nebraska for approval the amend
ments to the Constitution of Nebraska
which are set forth in section 2 of this
act, and which are hereby proposed
by the Legislature.
Sec. 2. The amendments proposed
are as follows:
(1) To add four new sections, to
appear in Article VH of the Constitu
tion of Nebraska, as sections 14, 15,
16, and 17, and to read as follows;
"Sec. 14. There is hereby established
a State Department of Education which
shall be comprised of a State Board of
Education and a Commissioner of
Education. The State Department of
Education shall have general super
vision and administration of the school
system of the state and of such other
activities as the Legislature may i
direct.”
"Sec. 15. The State Board of Edu- I
Anderson late in 1949.
Democrat is Michael McLaugh
lin, 46, a Lincoln attorney. This
is the seventh straight time he
has bid for the office. He was
special assistant attorney general
20 years ago.
* * *
State Treasurer —
Democrat is J. R. Farris of Lin
coln, an unsuccessful candidate
for tate auditor in 1950. He is
77 and was state purchasing
agent for 12 years when the dem
ocrats held sway in the capitol.
Republican is the incumbent,
Frank Heintze, 57, of Omaha. He
was deputy state treasurer for
eight years before becoming
treasurer.
* • *
Stale Auditor—
Republican in the incumbent,
Ray C. Johnson who has held the
office since 1939. Fifty-nine years
old, he was a bank official before
becoming state auditor.
Democrat is Gus Beschorner, 71,
year-old Lincoln accountant. He
retired two years ago after 16
years service with the internal
revenue bureau in Lincoln.
* * •
Railway Commissioner —
Democrat is J. C. Reynolds, a
Lincoln attorney who has unsuc
cessfully sought the office on two
previous occasions. He also ran
without success for district judge.
Republican is the incumbent,
Joseph J. Brown, 56. He is a
former clerk of the commision
and was appointed to fill the va
cancy created by a resignation.
Try Frontier want advs!
W. F. FINLEY, M.D.
O'NEILL
First National Bank Bldg.
OFFICE PHONE: 28
4
Numerous Visitors
at Taylor Home —
Mrs. Jack Taylor, who was
seriously ill recently, received nu
merous visitors including:
Mr. and Mrs. Don Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Taylor and fam
ily and Miss Lucy Shald, all of
Ainsworth, on Wednesday, Octo
ber 15.
Mrs. Wesley Taylor and Miss
Shald spent Thursday and Friday
night, October 16 and 17.
Mrs. Harry Hollenbeck and
family came and stayed until
Sunday evening, October 19. Bob
by Taylor took her home Monday,
October 20.
Kenneth Taylor was there all
last week.
_ (Political Advertising)(Political Advertising)
KENNETH WARING
Petition Candidate for
COUNTY SUPERVISOR
SECOND DISTRICT
I WAS APPOINTED in March to fill an
unexpired term on the Holt County
Board of Supervisors. I am a (petition candi
date for election on the November 4th bal
lot. It will be impossible for me to contact
all the voters in the Second district person
ally, but I want you to know I would sin
cerely appreciate your support at the polls.
cation shall be composed of six mem
bers, who shall be elected from si
districts as provided by the Legis
lature. Their term of office shall b
for six years each, except as here
inafter provided. Their duties am
powers shall be prescribed by th
Legislature, and they shall receive m
compensation, but shall be reimburse!
their actual expense incurred in th
performance of their duties. The mem
bers of the State Board of Educatioi
shall not be actively engaged in th1
educational profession and they sha]
be elected on a nonpartisan ballot. L
the general election of 1954, six mem
bers shall be elected to the board, on
from each of the six districts; tw
members shall be elected for tw<
years, two for four years, and two fo
six years. In .each general electioi
thereafter two members shall b
elected for six year terms from dis
tricts as prescribed by the Legis
lature."
"Sec. 16. The State Board of Edu
cation shall appoint and fix the com
pensation of the Commissioner of Edu
cation, who shall be the Executiv<
Officer of the State Board of Educa
tion and the administrative head o
the State Department of Education
and who shall have such powers an<
duties as the Legislature may direct
The board shall appoint all employee;
of the State Department of Educatior
on the recommendation of the Com
missioner of Education.”
“Sec. 17. All provisions in the Con
stitution of Nebraska and laws of th«
state relating to the Superintendent oi
Public Instruction shall, insofar as
such provisions are applicable, applj
to and mean the State Department oi
Education, the State Board of Educa
tion, or the Commissioner of Educa
tion as the case may be."
(2) To amend Article IV, section 2,
to read as follows:
"Sec. 1. The executive officers of
the state shall be the Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor of Public Accounts, Treas
urer. Attorney General, and the heads
of such other executive departments
as set forth herein or as may be estab
lished by law. The Legislature may
provide for the placing of the above
named officers as heads over such de
{jartments of government as it may by
aw establish. The Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, Attorney General, Sec
retary of State, Auditor of Public
Accounts, and the Treasurer shall be
chosen at the general election held in
November, 1954, and in each even
numbered vear thereafter, and their
term of office shall be two years and
until their successors shall be elected
and qualified. The records, books, and
papers of all executive officers shall
De Kept at tne seat of government, and
such officers, excepting the Lieuten
ant Governor, shall reside there during
their respective terms of office. Offi
cer* in the executive department of
the state shall perform such duties as
may be provided by law. The heads of
all executive departments established
by law, other than those to be elected
as provided herein, shall be appointed
by the Governor, with the consent of
a majority of all members elected to
the Legislature, but officers so ap
pointed may be removed by the Gov
ernor. Subject to the provisions of
this Constitution, the heads of the
various executive or civil departments
shall have power to appoint and re
move all subordinate employees In
their respective departments.”
(3) To amend Article VII, section 1,
to read as follows:
"Sec. 1. The Governor, Secretary of
State, Treasurer, Attorney General,
and Commissioner of Education shall,
under the direction of the Legislature,
constitute a board of commissioners
for the sale, leasing, and general man
agement of all lands and funds set
apart for educational purposes, and
for the investment of school funds in
such manner as may be prescribed
by law.”
(4) To amend Article VII, section
13, to read as follows:
"Sec. 13. The general government of
the state normal schools as now exist
ing, and such other normal schools as
may be established by law. shall be
vested, under the direction of the Leg
islature, in a board of seven members
to be styled Board of Education of
State Normal Schools, six of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the
Legislature, two each for a term of
two, four, and six years, and two each
biennium thereafter for a term of six
years, and the Commissioner of Edu
cation shall be a member ex officio,
rhe duties and powers of the board
shall be prescribed by law. and the
members thereof shall receive no com
pensation for the performance of their
iuties, but may be reimbursed their
ictual expenses incurred therein.”
(5) To amend Article XVII, section
i. to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Until otherwise provided
jy law the salary of tha Lieutenant
Governor shall be twice tne salary of
i member of the Legislature."
Proposed Constitutional
c Amendment
; "For amendment to Article XVI, sec
- tion 2, of the Constitution of Nebraska,
I to provide for determination by the
J Legislature of the number of members
- required to compose a constitutional
j convention, and to authorize the Leg
, islature to define the boundaries of
; election districts and to prescribe the
manner in which members of a con
‘ stitutional convention are elected,”
1 "Against amendment to AriicleScvi,
I section 2, of the Constitution of Ne
> braska, to provide for determination
! by the Legislature of the number of
members required to compose a con
: stitutional convention, and to author
ize the Legislature to define the boun
* daries of election districts and to pre
scribe the manner in which members
of a constitutional convention are
■ elected." 309 q
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT
1 J/ Snm?'t0d ^ thm POOP1" oi tha Stata
■ of Nebraska,
■ .. Section 1. That at the general elec
, tion in November 1952, there shall bs
[ submitted to the electors of the State
of Nebraska for approval the follow
i lng amendment to Article XVI, sec
tion 2, of the Constitution of Nebraska,
which is hereby proposed by the Leg
islature:
"Sec. 2. When three-fifths of the
members elected to the Legislature
deem it necessary to call a convention
to revise, am md. or change this con
stitution, they shall recommend to
the electors to vote at the next elec
tion of members of the Legislature,
for or against a convention, and If a
majority of the electors voting on the
proposition, vote for a convention, the
Legislature .shall, at its next session
provide by law for calling the same;
Provided, the votes cast in favor of
calling a convention shall not be less
than thirty-five per cent of the total
votes cast at such election. The con
vention shall consist of not more than
one hundred members, the exact num
ber to be determined by the Legisla
ture, and to be nominated and elected
rr°m districts in the manner to be
prescribed by the Legislature. Such
membe-s shall meet within three
months after their election, for the
purpose aforesaid. No amendment or
change of this constitution, agreed
uP°n by such convention, shall take
effect until the same has been sub
mitted to the electors of the state, and
adopted by a majority of those voting
for or against the same.”
Proposed Constitutional
Amendment
•Tor amendment to Article XVI, sec
tion 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska,
. to provide for publication of notice of
^“mission of constitutional amend
ments by publication in newspapers
once each week for three consecutive
weeks," 310 r-.
“^galnft amendment to Article XVI.
section 1, of the Constitution of Ne
braska. to provide for publication of
“^mission of constitutional amend
ments by publication in newspaper*
«*ch week for three consecuUv*
weeka- _ 311 □
TEXT proposed CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT
Ba ** •nm?t*d b7 tha people o1 the State
of Nebraska,
■ Section 1. At the general election
1952. there shall be sub
mitted to the electors of the State of
. ®br!?ka ?°f approval the following
«7\£*f1,£en\1V\frticle XVI- section T,
of the Constitution of Nebraska, which
P«>Po»ed by the Legislature:
!• The Legislature may pro
pose amendments to this Constitution,
tf, -he fame be agreed to by three
nfths of the members elected to the
i wture’ 8uch Proposed amendments
be entered on the journal, with
“ !v7eaa ,arld n*ya» and published once
each week for three consecutive weeks,
in at least one newspaper in each
^ty where a newspaper is pub
"j¥L*d* lmmediately preceding the next
election of members of the Legislature.
a?c!?0? 831(1 amendments shall
tcl the Sectors for ap
or ruction upon a ballot sep
arate from that upon which the name*
S£?dldat*8 aPP«ar. If a majorit*
electors voting on any such
amendment adopt the same, it shall
*i,a Parl °f this Constitution, pro
vided the votes cast in favor of such
amendment shall not be less than
^ty-five per cent of the total vote*
cast at such election. When two or
more amendments are submitted at
^me Section, they shall be so sub
mitted as to enable the electors to
vote on each amendment separately "
Respectfully Submitted
JAMES S. PITTENGER
Secretary of Slat*
(PubUshed Four Times, During th*
Weeks of October 6. 13. 20. 27 >
