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. M _ . “Mark Your t is Not Only g|” Your Privilege,. IT IS YOUR _.T."k. V DUTY TO VOTE HEW TO THE LINE\ l\xw m ^ v" . -— — -- ■- ^^■—^r—^^————————— Pag* 2_, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, April 1, 1933 Douglas County Voters’ League Endorses Seven Candidates A: ,i meeting of the Douglas County Voters League, held Friday Evening, March 10, at 2418-20 Grant St., with more than 200 members present and S. E. Klaver, presi dent. presiding, the members attending accepted the re coin . : n , n of the executive board and indorsd the fol lowing candidates: BOYN.TOWL HARRY TRUSTIN W. W. CARMICHAEL RICHARD W. JEPSEN JOHN HOPKINS BLAINE YOUNG ARTHUR A. WESTERGARD Tr.e Douglas County Voters League an independent, non-partisan organization, was formed in 1924 for the purpose of giving independent voters correct information about candidates for public office that would guide them in the choice of their public officials. The founders of the league realize that many voters have no means of ascertaining who among the many can didate- for public office will best serve them if elected. They therefore, believed they could serve a useful purpose by scrutinizing carefully, records of citizens seeking pub lic office and recommending and indorsing men who have proven themselves capable, honest, and efficient, and who will serve the people ably and faithfully. Great care has been taken in making these indorse ments ;.rul during the years the league has been in exist ence, n< • one of the candidates indorsed by it has proven to he any: I ing but a competent, loyal public servant. Mem bers and officers of the Douglas County Voters League have ho }*t*rsonal interest, neither the candidates or the officers. The organization does not accept funds from any candidate that is endorsed by them. They are actuated solely by desire to help the voters choose honest, upright and capable public officials. The officers of the organization are: S. E. Klaver, at torney. President; C. C. Galloway, editor of the Omaha Guide. Vice-President; Alfonso J. Bell, Secretary. DOUGLAS COUNTY VOTERS LEAGUE By S. E. Klaver, President THE PROGRAM ROY N. TOWL HARRY TRUSTIN W. W. CARMICHAEL RICHARD W. JEPSEN JOHN HOPKINS BLAINE YOUNG ARTHUR A. WESTERGARD The above men will do everything in their power to carry out the following program: 1 To give the people of our city an efficient, econom ical government to the end that taxes may be re duced, wherein consistent with the demands of the citizens for service. 2 To immediately and completely divorce the police and lire departments from politics, and to give the commissioners and members of those departments an opportunity to do their full duty without out side interference. 3 To increase Omaha’s pay roll by cooperating in every way with the commercial and civic organiza tions of the city in the bringing of industries to Omaha, in the advancement of the city and in the encouragement of Omaha institutions. 4 To employ only citizens of Omaha on city work. 5 To conduct the affairs of the city as though it were a business institution instead of a political ma chine. 6 To stand squarely against any and every encroach ment upon the right of the people by any corpora tion or private individual. 7 To do everything in their power to balance the budget. 8 They will not bind the city to a natural gas con tract without a vote of the people. D0UGLAS COUNTY VOTERS LEAGUE By S. E. Klaver, Presidnet. J To the Voters of the City of Omaha We the undersigned citizens of Omaha having made a careful and extensive investigation of the candidates who have filed for city commissioner find that the follow ing candidates deserve the utmost consideration and sup port of every voter of Omaha. ROY N. TOWL HARRY TRUSTIN W. W. CARMICHAEL RICHARD W. JEPSEN JOHN HOPKINS BLAJNE YOUNG ARTHUR A. WESTERGARD We believe that Omaha needs a business administra tion and it is our opinion that the above men have the abil ity, integrity, and experience to give us that kind of an administration. W« are confident that the above men will work har moniously together, and not spend their time interferring with each others department but will give the commis sioner in charge of his respective department full and corn authority. to administer his department for the best in terests of the City of Omaha. We the undersigned citizens of Omaha unqualifiedly endorse and recommend the above candidates for your earnest consideration. C. C. Galloway, 2502 N. 24th St., Working man. Sam E. Klaver, 2221 Spencer St., Attorney. Rae Lee Jones, 2122 N. 26th St. Paul Barnett, 939 N. 26th St., Printer. Harry E. Knight, 3819 N. 19th St., Linotype Operator Jess C. Dodds, 1110 N. 17th St., Pressman B. V. Galloway, 2502 N. 24th St., Editor. Dave Slobodinsky, 1407 N. 24th St. Robert Swanson Blanch Smith Bernice Smernoff A. J. Bell H. H. Jenkins Bell Goldberg Gertrude Goldstein S. Roitestein John Allen George W. Hibbler, 2415 N. 22nd St., George Ray, 811 N. 46th St., Contractor, Leon Ray, 2504 Lake St., Edward Whitley, 801 N. 35th St., Richard Smith, 8II14 N. 35th St., George McCalley, 46th and Burt Sts., W. V. Johnston, 616 N. 46th St., S. D. Johnson, 616 N. 46th St., O. M. Black, 2522 N. 71st St., Voner & Houston, 2114 N. 24th St., Viola Wright, 2515 N. 22nd St., John Gardner, 2622 Maple St., Mrs. Williamson, 2508 Burdette St., Rueben Taylor, 2515 Wirt St., Ed. Patton, 16th and Dorcas Sts., Azarene Wright, 2916 Grant St., Dorothy Allen, 2716 Hamilton St., Josephine Goodlet, 2716 Caldwell St., Julia Horton, 2802 N. 30th St., Mrs. Randall, 2886 Maple St., Mrs. Hattie Becks, 9131/* N. 25th St., Bill Peebles, 2906 N. 25th St. Hopkins, Metcalfe Praised at Rally Speaker! Say Both Candidates Should Be Re-Elected. Polka Commissioner Hopkins and Mayor Metcalfe were praised by Robert Smith, clerk of the district court, in addressing a crowd of more ♦k.t, eight hundred which filled the ballroom at Hotel Rome Wednesday eight. Smith mentioned particularly Metcalfe’s prompt investigation of charges affecting Hopkins, recently made before the city council, and which he said personal investigation had proven false. “I know that tremendous influence was used to obtain a biased report from the mayor against Hopkins, and Mayor Metcalfe deserves the commen dation of the people of Omaha for his action,” he said. Clinton Brome, chairman of the Hopkins committee, presided. A. V. Shotwell complimented the polcie department for its work in re ducing crime in Omaha. a . . “I am for John Hopkins because he travels right straight down the road,” said Shotwell. “Commissioner Hopkins should be elected for his work in developing the safety patrol, if for no other reason,” said Mrs. Blanche McKelvey. J. Francis McDermott and Henry Monsky bi^o praised the work of Hopkins in running the police depart ment. “Commissioner Hopkins has integ rity, ability and intelligence,” said McDermott. “He has been in charge, during his career as city commissioner of the finance department, street de partment, fire department and acting mayor, and now has the police depart ment. During all of this time, he has never been accused of a dishonest act.” Monsky said Omaha is fortunate in having a man of Hopkins’ caliber in charge of police. “He is fearless and fair. He should be re-elected because of his excellent record,” said Monsky. Hopkins lauded the work of Chief Pszanowski and the other members of the force, and thanked them fer co operation. He also lauded Mayor Met calfe for his fearless stand in exposing as falsehoods, recent charges made i before the city council. I_ ROBERT SMITH Clerk of District Court Selects Five Candidates for City Commissioner All Candidates On Douglas County Voters’ League Slate (Radio Address over W. 0. W., March 28.) I appreciate the privilege of speaking to you tonight about the City Primary, which will be held just one week from today. Out of the large number of candidates which will appear on the ballot, fourteen will be nominated; and one month thereafter, we will select seven from this number, to serve as City Commissioners for the next three years. We, as citizens of Omaha, should go to the polls on next Tuesday and cast our votes, uninfluenced by any consideration other than a patriotic and unselfish desire to serve our citv. I have lived in Omaha for fifty-three years. I have seen this City grow from a thriving town of thirty thous and inhabitants until it has become the Queen City of the West, the metropolis of Nebraska. During the past fifty years, many public problems have arisen to test the leadership and character of our citizens—problems of sanitation, education, fire protec tion, police administration, etc. Invention, discovery and changing circumstances will not permit of absolute, permanent solution of these problems. However, wTe may boast that we have met and solved most of them as well as any City in the country. We have attained a fairly permanent and reasonably sat isfactory settlement of all of them but one, and that one is the problem of police administration. Our failure here I attribute to two causes—outside sinister political in fluence and lack of continuity of policy and administra tion. During the past three years we have seen the head of the Police Department change three times, so that the policemen, when he went to bed at night, was never sure who would be his boss in the morning. Nothing could be more demoralizing to any organization. The wonder is that our Police Department functions at all, when we con sider the policy of change and confusion adopted with reference to it by a majority of the City Commission. And now we may inquire, “What is fundamentally wrong?” I suggest that it is the lack of harmony and co operation in the City Commission itself, which is reflected in the ranks of those who serve the City, under the Com mission. We should elect City Commissioners who have learned by practical experience how to cooperate; who have the wisdom to determine what should be done to meet public (Continued on page Seven) A LEADER Congressman DePriest Congressman DePriest said, “A hungry man cannot make a success ful leader.” He further said, “Any man who takes money from a candi date before election is not looked on with favor after election. He will not be able to do himself or anyone else any good.” Mayor Says Unable To Verify Charges Gives ‘No Serious Consideration’ to Complaint of Threat Mayor Metcalfe stated Wednesday that he has been unable in a private investigation to verify a charge made by Arthur C. Storz before the council Tuesday that Inspector Danbaum de manded five hundred dollars from cer tain persons and received $20 bills. The mayor also said that after con fidential inquiry into Store’s charge that a man was threatened with arrest if he did not support a certain candi date, he did not believe it fair to give the matter serious consideration. The man would not permit his name to be used. The mayor announces that if anyone will bring him concrete evidence of any payment of graft or police inter ference he will use the power of his office to prosecute the guilty persons. Mayor’s Statement. Mayor Metcalfe’s statement in full follows: “Keferring to the charges made in the city council March 28, by Arthur G. Store, that Inspector of Police Ben Danbaum demanded five hundred dollars from certain persons, and re ceived one hundred dollars in five $20 bills: “Mr. Store gave me in confidence the names of these men and I inter viewed both of them, promising to keep their names in strict confidence. They both declared that there was no truth whatever in the charge, and they added that they have never paid Mr. Danbaum or any other police of ficer a cent. in the complaint that a man was threatened with arrest if he did not support a certani candidate for office, this man made statements to me under pledge of secrecy. In the absence of permission to use this man’s name I do not believe it would be fair to give serious consideration to his charges. It is easy to make accusations against public officials, and it is very common to have these accusations made against police officers. Some times such accusations grow out of persona] grudges or are made for po litical advantage. It is very difficult to obtain evidence to support such charges. While doing justice to pub lic interests, we must not do injustice to public officials, but if there is any man or woman in Omaha who can bring me concrete and usable evidence of any payment of graft or any police interference, I will use all the power of the mayor’s office for the protec tion of the informant and the prose cution of guilty persons.” Talks with Baldrige. The mayor conferred Tuesday after noon with Mr. Storz and Malcolm Baldrige, the latter chairman of the Voters’ Economy council. It was one of the Baldrige workers who made the complaint of police threats. He was present in the mayor’s office. The World-Herald City Editor concedes to the fact that...... = ■ ■ .“The Douglas County Voters* League Has Four Winners.”