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Letters to Senator Adams
These letters state the position taken
fey Sen. John Adams. regnrUng FHP
(editor).
State ol Nebraska legislative Coun
cil Lincoln, October 17, ltb'U).
Letter to Senator Adams and
his position on F.E.P.
Senator John Adam$, Sr.,
2622 North 24th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska
Lk.au Senator Adams:
In accordance with our tele
phone conversation last Thursday
evening, I wrote to the other
members of the Committee on Un
iuir Employment Practices to ask
if they would authorize my re
leasing a statement to the press
concerning your position with re
spect to tie recommendations sub
mitted by that committee. A ma
jority of the members have re
plied favorably, and I have today ,
released to the Omaha and Lin
coln papers a copy of the en
closed statement, which you may j
use as you wish.
Trusting that, this will releave
you of any embarsssment which
mn have been caused, and with
be.-t wishes, I am
Sin* erely yours,
/»/ Roger V. Shumate
ft/ Roger V. Shumate
Director of Research
POSITION TAKEN BY SENA
TOR JOHN ADAMS, SR., WITH
RESPECT TO THE REPORT OF
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON UNFAIR EM
PLOYMENT PRACTICES
The Legislative Council Com
mittee on Unfair Employment
Practices arrived at its conclu
sions while meeting in executive
session on September 8. 1950. The
minutes of this meeting revealed
that Senator John Adams, Sr.,
participated as follows:
1. He argued throughout the
meeting for a state law forbidding
discrimination against minorities
j in matters ol employment, and
twice moved that the committee
go on record as favoring such a
law.
2. He voted against the adoption
of the committee’s recommenda
tion that cities and villages be
authorized to enact ordinances
forbidding discrimination in em
i ployment. In opposing this recom
mendation, he expressed the be
lief that northing short of a state
Fair Employment Practices Law
would suffice.
Roi;er V. Sluiiru. te
Director of Rei»ehrch
Uegisiatiee Council
State of Nebraska
October 17. 1880
Notes of Interest
The W.S.C.S. of Newman Meth- j
odist church, was host to all Uni- j
versity students in the church
basement recently.
Newman Methodist church, was
host to about fifty children at a
pre-Halloween party Friday eve
ning under the sponsorship of the
W.S.C.S. Mrs. Fawntella Baker
j is president of the W.S.C.A. Mrs.
i C. O. Shepherd and Mrs. Ralph
Johnson were co-chairmen of the
party. The evening was spent
playing games and refreshments
were do-nuts and cider. Rev.
R. G. Nathan is pastor of the
| church.
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• THI MHT00ICAL 0OCIBTT
Among the many historical
markers in the storied Scottsbluff
region of western Nebraska is a
small masonry monument on the
site of one of the most elmusive
fur trading posts in the West—
Fort John. For the uniniated, the
marker is almost as hard to find
as was the original site itself for
the historian. You can see it by
taking Highway 29 south out of
Gering to the toot of Wild Cat
Hills, turning west and following
the road leading to Wild Cat
Ranch. The monument, erected
in 1938 by the American Pioneer
Trails Association and the DAR,
is just west of the road after you
cross the cattle gate.
T. L. Green of Scottsbluff, a
member of the State Historical
Society's executive board and a
leading authority on the history
of the region, did much of the
basic research required to bring
the old fort to light. His reports,
published some time ago in Ne
braska History, are fascinating i
examples of historical detective
work.
Fort John was a child of Fort
Laramie, the West’s most impor
tant fur trading and military cen
ter. The latter, established in
1834 on the Laramie River, not
far from its junction with the
North Platte, was sold to the gov
ernment for use as a military post
in 1849.
After the American Fur Com
pany had disposed of Fort Lara
mie, Major Andrew Drips, one
of its principal agents—though not
the one who negotiated the sale
—spent the winter of 1849-50 in
Robidoux Pass, down the Platte.
In 1850 he moved up into Helvas
Canyon and built a new post,
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which he named “Fort John,” the
official name of the fort on the
Laramie while the fur company
had it.
The new site was well chosen.
As Mr. Green points out, Robi
doux Pass was thronged each year
by thousands of emigrants, and
“this continuous encampment of
great numbers of emigrants within
the pass, with their numerous
| draft stock consuming all pas
turage, must have made a more
retired but still accessible location
greatly to be desired.”
Though the profits from the
establishment do not seem to have
been all the American Fur Com
pany might have desired, it was
the most important trading post
in western Nebraska in the 1850’s.
Father DeSmet, the famed Jesuit
missionary, visited it, and baptized
tjie half-breed children living in
the vicinity. Prince Paul of Wur
temburg, a widely-known Euro
pean tralever, spent several days
at the post
We do not know just when Fort
John was abandoned. It probably
passed out of existence as the
bulk of overland emigra t i o n
shifted from Robideaux to Mitch
ell Pass, thus leaving the Helvas
Canyon site completely out of
the mainstream of western traffic.
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r.RGAL NOTICE OF MEASURE
TO BE VOTED UPON NOVEM
BER 7, 1050
(BALLOT TITLE)
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED BY 1040
LEGISLATURE
For amendment of sections 6
and 7, Article III, of the Consti
tution of Nebraska, providing for
either annual or biennial sessions
of the Legislature, providing re
strictions on business that may be
transacted by the Legislature in
even-numbered years, providing
for election of members of the
Legislature for four-year terms,
and providing for payment of
compensation to members of the
Legislature as may be provided
by law. □
Against amendment of sections
6 and 7, Article III, of the Con
stitution of Nebraska, providing
for either annual or biennial ses
sions of the Legislature, providing
restrictions on business that may
be transacted by the Legislature
in even-numbered years, providing
for election of members of the
Legislature for four-year terms,
and providing for payment of com
pensation to members of the
Legislature as may be provided
by law. □
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTI
TUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NE
BRASKA.
Section 1. That at the gen
eral election Ur November, 1950,
there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State of Nebraska,
for approval, the following amend
ments to sections € and 7, Article
III, of the Constitution of Ne
braska, which are hereby pro
posed by the Legislature.
“Sec, 6. The Legislature shall
consist of not more than fifty
nor less than thirty members. The
sessions of the Legislature shall
be annual or biennial as provided
by law. If the sessions are held
annually, in even-numbered years
the Legislature shall not transact
any business except to provide
appropriations for the expenses of
government and to confirm ap
pointments unless specifically re
quested to do so by message of
the Governor.
Sec. 7. At the general election
held in November, 19 52, there
shall be elected such number of
members of the Legislature as
may be provided by law from
even-numbered districts for a
term of two years, and such num
ber of members of the Legisla
ture as may be provided by law
from odd-numbered districts for
a term of four years. Thereafter
at each general » election, success
ors of members whose terms ex
pire in January following shall
be elected for a term of four
years. Alt terms shall begin
at noon on the first Tues
day In January next ensuing the
i —
general election at which the
member was elected. Each mem
ber Bhall be nominated and elect
ed in a nonpartisan manner and
without any indication on the
ballot that he is affiliated with or
endorsed by any political party or
organization. The aggregate sal
aries of all the members shall be
determined by the Legislating and
payable in such manner and at
such times as shall be provided by
law. In addition to bis salary*
each member shall receive and
be paid an amount equal to hi*
actual expenses in traveling by
the most usual route once to and1
returning from each regular or
special session of the Legisla
ture. Members of the Legislature
shall receive no pay nor per
quisites other than said Balary
and expenses. Employees of the
Legislature shall receive no com
pensation other than their salary
or per diem.”
Sec. 2. That the proposed)
amendments shall be submitted)
to the electors upon a ballot sep
arate from that upon which the
names of candidates appear, after
publication once each week for
four weeks in at least one legab
newspaper in each county where at
newspaper is published immedi
ately preceding the general elec
tion in 195ft. The ballot for tha
submission of the proposed)
amendments shall be as follows: i
"Proposed Constitution**!
Amendments
For amendment of sections ©
and 7, Article III, of the Consti
tution of Nebraska, providing for
either annual or biennial sessions
of the Legislature, providing re
strictions on business that may bo
transacted by the Legislature i»<
even-numbered years, providing
for election of members of the
Legislature for four-year terms,
and providing for payment of
compensation to members of the
Legislature as may be provided
by law. □
Against amendment of section*
6 and 7, Article III. of the Con
stitution of Nebraska, providing
for either annual or biennial ses
sions of the Legislature, providing
restrictions on business that may
be transacted by the Legislature
in even-numbered years, providing
for election of members of the
Legislature for four-year terms,
and providing for payment of com
pensation to members of tha
Legislature as may be provided by
law. n ”
Sec. 3. That the proposed
amendments, if adopted, shat! ba
in force and take effect immedi
ately upon completion of tha
canvass of the votes, at which:
time it shall be the duty of tha
Governor to proclaim the amend
ments adopted as a part of tha
Constitution of Nebraska. 1
Approved May 28, 1949
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK MARSH,
Secretary of State
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