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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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
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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.”
