Get Acquainted With The
Candidates
P We, the Omaha Giude, your ser
vant for 15 years, have tried zeal
ously to get each Candidate who
kas filed for office in the Primary
Section of April 9, to send you
-through the Omaha Guide his
BERT CARPENTER
Omaha, Nebr., April 4-Bert
(Carpenter, Vice-President, Carpen
iter Paper Company of Omaha, and
dong prominent in Republican party
activities, is candidate for Republi
can National Committeeman in the
primaries, April 9.
Several thousand Republicans
who signed the petition for his can
didacy believe he is best qualified
for the position. A life-long Rep
ublican, he has voted and taken ac
tive part in the party’s affairs in
Nebraska for more than thirty
years. As a member and treasurer
of the Douglas County Central
Committee he was highly success
ful in directing its fund-raising
campaign for the 1936 election. He
also served as Delegate at large in
the last election.
Mr. Carpenter’s supporters also
believe his long, successful business
experience in Nebraska makes him
the outstanding candidate for the
platform. They urge that the Rep
resentative of Nebraska on the Na
tional Committee should be a man
not only strong in his party con
victions, but also of broad exper
ience, able to convincingly present
the views of the party in this State
and section in the party’s national
i council.
Htnougn tne on ice carries no
rty or other financial emolu
Js, Bert Carpenter is willing to
ik because, he says, ’’Nebraska
f been good to me and I deem it
ty and privilege to serve my
■ in forwarding the cause of
;rovernment.” Because he has
sonal motives or ambitions
1 an service to the Party and
his friends believe him to be
al man for the post.
_ government in business and
more business in government is one
of the tene'a of his political creed
for which he will work if elected
National Committeeman.
"We can hive recovery and pros
perity, jobs fcr all, opportunity for
youth, restored normal income and
help for farm >rs without govern
ment control t-f his business,” he
declares. “But ye must first clean
out theorists w ;o, with unlimited
powers and billions of taxpayers’
dollars, have bungled our affairs.
We must return‘to sound business
principals. We nust keep govern
ment the servant, i^ot the master of
the people.” W- i \
_- \ -
Mrs. Edna Hasten Donald
A Worker In Republican
Party Is A Candidate for
National Committee
Woman
Grand Island—Mrs. Edna Basten
Donald of Grand Island, I.rf>ng an
active worker in Republican circles
has announced her candidacy for
RE-ELECT
Joe
Lovely
DEMOCRAT
For
Public
Defender
I
At April 9th Primary
Joe Lovely, with his able as
sistant Mr. O'Brien has suc
cessfully handled to the satis
faction of both plaintiff, de
fendant and the community, a
total sum of 8.281 cases in the
year of 1939. He deserves your
I vote in the primary election,
I April 9th.
I (Political Advertisement)
j biography and his record for
' square dealings to al. On this page
we have compiled the records we
received. If they are all not here
it is not are fault.
$ Republican National Committee
woman to represent Nebraska.
Her decision to seek election, Mrs
Donald said, is the result of widely
expressed sentiment among party
workers that representation from
the west-central section of the
state at this time would strengthen
Republican Party Organization.
Previous National Committee
women have been Lincoln and Om
aha residents. Mrs. M. D. Camer
on of Omaha served two terms.
Lincoln has been represented by
Mrs. Curry Watson. Many leaders
in both cities have indicated they
feel that at this time a western
representative can more easily
weave into the party policy the
true needs of Nebraska, an agric
ultural state.
In announcing her candidacy,
Mrs. Donald pointed out her prev
ious Republican activities, and pro
mised that if elected she would
strive to serve in a manner of mer
it to the entire state.
Mrs. Donald, long active in civic
and political affairs, is at present
vice-chairman of the Republican
organization in her Congressional
district. She has previously been
chairman of her precinct in Grand
Island, member of the Hall County
Republican Finance Committee and
at one time state head of the Young
Republican Women. She has been
active for some time on the state
board of the League of Women
Voters.
Her civic activities include mem
bership on the State board of the
Nebraska Federation of County
Taxpayers Leagues, the American
Legion Auxiliary, Board of Trust
ees of Brownell Hall, Parent-Tea
chers Association and the Episcop
al Church.
A native weDrasnan, Mrs. uon
ald is a member of a pioneer Rep
ublican family, daughter of the late
Dr. and Mrs. C. V. D. Basten of
Kearney, fhe was educated at
Bradford academy in Boston and
Chevy Chase School in Washing
ton. She is the wife of Bruce Don
ald, member of the Donald Comp
ary, Grand Island wholesale firm.
Mrs. Donald believes that if the
Republican Organization of the
State of Nebraska is to receive full
co-operation from the National Or
ganization it is essential that the
Committeewoman should respond
in person to every meeting of the
National Committee. Her candi
dacy is meeting with encouraging
response from party leaders and
workers throughout the State.
GEORGE J. DANIEL. COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, REPUBLICAN
5th DISTRICT
A Few of His Many Good Records
of Services
U. S. Custom House, U. S. Post
Office. Sanish American War,
World War.
More than 20 years plumbing and
heating contractor.
Water and sewer Commissioner
Auburn, Nebraska.
Secretary, Treasurer and mem
ber Board of Directors, United
Plumbing and Heating Supply Co.
(wholesalers) for past three years
and re-elected for the year 1940.
a»-llO ■ W«~ ■■•■»---.“
LEO FRIED
Leo Fried, candidate for the%
Nebraska Supreme Court has been
a resident of Omaha since 1908.
He received his education in Oma
ha grade schools and South High
School, and his university training
at Drake and Nebraska universi
ties. He received his Bachelor of
Law Degree from Creighton Uni
versity College of Law.
Financed school and university
education by selling newspapers
and working in Omaha packing
houses. Engaged in general law
practice since 1930 and has prac
ticed in District Courts and Su
preme Court of the State of Ne
braska and in the District and
Appellate Federal Courts. Member
of the law firm of Fried and
Mars for eight years.
Member of Nebraska and Oma
ha Bar Associations.
Mr. Fried is married and has
a family.
FOR REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION RAILWAY
COMMISSION NEB. STATE
M. A. Larson of Central City in
race for Nebraska Railway Com
mission. Vote for “M. A.” and un
biased, Fair, Judgments.
One of the widest and best
known of Nebraska’s citizens—M.
A. Larson of Central City—Monday
declared his intention to seek the
republican nomination for state
railway commissioner. His friends
feel his unusually large acquain
tance, coupled with his long busi
ness experience and his dynamic
personality, make him an out
standing aspirant.
For 28 years Mr. Larson has
dealt exclusively in real estate
from his office in Central City.
His operations have carried him
UMiCUlfl.
I often into several towns in every
county of Nebraska, and into all
adjoining states. During this more
than a quarter century he has built
up a close personal acquaintance
with all parts of Nebraska, and
gained more than average under
standing of local conditions
throughout its length and breadth.
His calling has further brought him
a broad knowledge of a great
number of business activities. Mr.
Larson has always been recognized
as a confirmed booster for Ne
braska. Though he has traveled in
practically every state in the union,
his loyalty has remained to his
native state, and he has always
returned with redoubled faith in
Nebraska’s productivity. He has
been active among his Realtor as
sociates, serving as state presi
dent of the association in 1924 and
was re-elected in 1925.
As a young man Mr. Larson
started as a farmer in Hamilton
county, later becoming the young
est territory salesman for the
John Deere Company. Happy in
the opportunity to work under
George N. Peek, then manager of
the Omaha branch, Mr. Larson
traveled the state from 1908 to
1910.
As founder, owner and manager
of the Nebraska Realty Auction
company of Central City, Mr. Lar
sno is known over all Nebraska,
and in nearby states. Through fat
and lean years his ability and
energy has constantly expanded
the scope of this concern’s activi
ties. Associated with him as auc
tioneer has been A. W. Thompson
of Lincoln, known from coast to
coast.
“ . . . long business experience
and . . . dynamic personality.”
”... a close personal acquain
tance ... all ... of Nebraska. .”
“ . . . more than average un
derstanding of local conditions. . .”
”... a confirmed booster for
Nebraska.”
“Though '. . . traveled in every
state . . . always returned with
redoubled faith in Nebraska’s pro
ductivity.”
—From Central City Nonpareil,
February, 19, 1940.
MAX FROMKIN IS
CANDIDATE FOR
DISTRICT JUDGE
MAX FROMKIN
Max Fromkin, attorney, is a
candidate for district judge in the
Fourth Judicial district, compris
ing Douglas, Washington and Burt
ctAintie*.
Mr. Fromkin graduate from the
Creighton Law School in 1921, and
immediately upon being admitted
to the bar of the state of Nebras
ka, associated himself in the prac
tice of law with the late Judge
Abraham Sutton. Subsequently he
was associated with the late A. S.
Ritchie, and after that with Judge
Willis G. Sears. He is now asso
ciated with the firm of Morgan,
Sutton & Fromkin. Mr. Fromkin
has been in the active practice of
law in the city of Omaha for more
than 19 years; during all of which
time he has officed in the Insur
ance building. This experience
fully qualifies him for this impor
tant judicial position. He has never
before been a candidate for public
office.
He is active in the American Le
gion and all civic organizations. He
is married, a substantial property
owner and taxpayer, and has one
son, Robert, 16 years of age, now
attending Central High school.
WALTER A. NIELSEN CANDI
DATE
ITT-—-. --
Walter A. Nielsen is a candidate j
for Public Defender on the Repub
lican ticket and already a great
leal of interest has been evidenced
in his campaign. Mr. Nielsen is
one of the most active young attor
neys in Omaha, having for many
years been prominent in civic enter
prises.
Among the organizations with
which he has been associated is the
Exchange Club of Omaha, of which
he is a past President and past Dis
trict Governor. He is also an ac
tive worker in the Reserve Officers
Association of the United States,
and is a First Lieutenant of the Re
serve Corps. He is also a member
of the Omaha Bar Association.
He has been active in legislative
matters of civic importance before
the Legislature and is the author
of a County-City Consolidation Bill
which was presented to the last two
Legislatures; he is also the author
of the School Board Election Am
endment changing the method of j
electing School Board members for
the City of Omaha.
He was a candidate on two School
Board Tickets opposing in increase
in the Tax Levy of the School sys
tem.'* These campaigns aided mat
erially in the work which was done
to collect back taxes instead of in
creasing the present levies.
No matter of public interest or
civic welfare is either too great or
too small to engage Mr. Nielsen’s
attention.
Mr. Nielsen is thirty years of
age, a graduate of Technical High
School and Creighton University s
and possesses Bachelor of Science
and Bachelor of Law Degrees. Re
training, experience and human in
sight, he believes that he is partic
ularly fitted for the position to
which he aspires, and should he be
elected, he pledges himself to a'
v ; ut ii i m*-i «•- - •***» •
greater fulfillment of the job for
which the office of Public Defend
er was created.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
RICHARD H. LARSON
Republican Candidate
Railway Commissioner
1515 A Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
March 31, 1940
Mr. C. C. Galloway, Adv. Mgr.,
Omaha Guide Publishing Co.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Galloway:
There is enclosed my biography:
In addition to the facts contained
in the biographical sketch, I was
born and raised in Omaha. Carr
ied papers and was graduated from
Omaha High School.
Your readers should know that
my name will appear on the ballot
as:
“Richard H. Larson, Lincoln,
Nebraska, Bank Accounting’’
Yours very truly,
Richard H. Larson.
Biographical Sketch of—
RICHARD H. LARSON.
RICHARD H. LARSON, Repub
lican Candidate for Railway Com
missioner, is a native Nebraskan,
having been born in Douglas Coun
ty 44 years ago.
He is a graduate of the Omaha
high school. He is a graduate of
the American Institute of Bank
ing and has attended the Gradu
ate school of Banking at Rutgers
University.
He was employed 10 years in the
United States National Bank of
Omaha. Then, after one year spent
as Assistant to National Bank Ex
aminers, he became State Bank
Examiner in Nebraska, a position
which he held for 7Vi years.
The work that RICHARD H.
LARSON has done has given him
training in accounting, fact-find
ing and investigation, all of which
are so essential in the office of
Railway Commissioner. He has
acquired a state-wide knowledge
of Nebraska communities and their
problems. The citizens of the
state know him.
He is an ex-service man.
His wife is the former Margaret
Randall, daughter of the late Char
les A. Ranrinll. 'Kuo se. as a
member of the Nebraska State
Railway Commission for many
years. Their home is at 1515 “A”
Street, Lincoln.
RICHARD H. LARSON is fair,
unprejudiced and impartial. His
early filing, April 10, 1939, gave
him the opportunity of presenting
himself and his qualifications in
all parts of the state. It gave the
voters ample time to consider his
ability for the office he seeks.
RICHARD H. LARSON is qual
ified by education, training and
experience for the office of Rail
way Commissioner.
JOHN A. GUTTERY
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Primaries April 9, 1940
Voter:- Help Regulate liquor in
Nebraska.
Favors a reduction of property
tax. Opposes any form of direct
sales tax. Favors licensed saloons
with a license fee, to help support
schools and the old age pension
fumlji—
Resident of Nebraska 54 years— ^
John A. Guttery is 59 years old !
»nd has lived in Nebraska since he '
was 5 years old. He received his
?lementary education in Sarpy and
Saunders counties, and then prep
ared himself to be a teacher. Af
ter following that profession for 12
years, he took up his dental educa
tion at Creighton University, grad
uating in 1913. For the past 17
years he has practiced dentistry in
Niobrara and Lynch, where he has
taken an active part in all civic and
political affairs.
Henry R. Meissner, Suoth Oma
ha attorney at 4841 South Twenty
fourth Street, has filed for public
defender on the republican ticket.
Meissner was born on a farm
near Blair, Nebraska and lived
there for a number of years. Af
ter his graduation from the Blair
High school, he was engaged in
the dairying business for two
years. He then came to Omaha and
enrolled in Creighton University’s
College of I^aw. In 1928 he passed
the Nebraska Bar Association and
since that date he has been prac
ticing law.
From 1933 to 1936 he served as
South Side prosecutor and assis
tant Omaha prosecutor, served as
deputy County attorney for three
years and he has had three years
of experience as assistant attor
ney to the Omaha Welfare board
during which time he handled over
2500 welfare cases.
Meissner has been active in poli
tical circles. In 1938 he was elected
secretary of the Douglas County
Republican central committee, a
position he still holds. He was
president of the South Omaha
Young Republican club from 1938
to 1939. He also is serving on the
executive committees of the Doug
las County Young Republican club
He was the co-founder of the
ii<itc caucu uv v»u» vimc.
South Omaha Business and Socia
club, serving as president durinf
1938-39. He is an active membei
in the South Omaha Merchants As
sociation. Eagles, Ryal Arcamum
Highland Park Improvement Club
People’s Forum, West. Side Civi<
Club, Spring Lake Improvemenl
Club, and Business & Social Club.
Meissner is married, thirty-sever
years of age lives at 3640 T Street
A number of leading organization'
in Omaha have endorsed his candi
dacy.
Mr. Meissner wishes to thank
his many friends for their interesi
and support in his candidacy for
this important and responsible of
fice.
EDSON SMITH,
CANDIDATE FOR
DISTRICT JUDGE
STANDS FOR FAIR PLAY
One candidate for District Judge
who is certain to receive a large
vote in the colored precincts of
Omaha, as well as in the rest of
the judicial district, is Edson
Smith, prominent lawyer, who was
for a number of years Assistant
United States Attorney. He is a
son of Robert Smith, Clerk of the
District Court, v4ho has always
been very popular in North Oma
ha. Robert Smith now has a num
ber of colored people employed in
his office.
Edson Smith was born in Oma
ha, attended Lake and Lothrop
grade schools and Central High
School, where he was a captain in
the Cadet Regiment and was a
member of the football squad on
which Ledrue Galloway and Mar
tin Thomas starred. Another friend
of Edson Smith's who attended
high school with him is Art Mc
Caw.
Mr. Smith is making a vigorous
campaign and has had published a
biographical sketch written by
Bruce McCulloch, the Editor of
the Journal Stockman. Among the
endorsements appearing on the
back of the biographical sketch
are those of Reverend F. P. Jones,
T. P. Mahammitt, Pauline Mit
chell and Maggie McGowan, to
gether with the endorsements of
a number of other persons repre
senting leaders of business, labor
and civic organizations. Edson
Smith was graduated* from Har
vard Law School, was admitted
to the bar and sworn in as Assis
tant United States Attorney for
the Tilstrfct of Nebraska in June
of 1929.
In 1934 he resigned his place
with the Department of Justice
and became associated with the
largest law firm in Omaha, during
which association he gained wide
experience in the general practice
of law.
In 1937 Edson Smith formed a
partnership with his father for
the practice of law under the firm
name of Robert and Edson Smith
which continued until 1939, when
Robert Smith again became Clerk
of the District Court. Edson Smith
became associated with Clinton
Brome and Alfred A. Fiedler, and
•ontinues in the general practice of
law with them under the name
of Brome, Smith & Fiedler.
Those who know Edson Smith
well, know that he will show the
*ame willingness to work in his
ronduct of the office of District
Fudge as he has shown working as
i lawyer in private practice. He be
ieves that public office is a pub
ic trust, and that the public ser
vant should be expected to devote
»s much time and energy to his
s.t u'ic man in private
•mployment. As a judge, he would
>e courteous to counsel and to
ithers appearing in court. He
would be attentive, patient and
mpartial. He has what is known
»s a judicial temperament. He has
:he ability to understand and to
rnalyze both sides of an argu
ment. All litignats would dome!
before him on a basis of equality
regardless of their social standing,
race, religion or political connec
tions. He has the courage to ren
ler judgment according to law.
He will be fair to everybody.
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
OF THOMAS E. DEWEY
The career of Thomas E. Dewey
leading Republican candidate for
Presidential nomination, is proof
of America’s unlimited opportuni
ties for those who have the wish to
succeed. One of millions of small
town lads who chafe at their sup
posedly limited field of endeavor,
Tom Dewey, with vision coupled
with ambition, has hurdled obsta
cles which would have dismayed
and halted less fearless spirits and
stands today the leading candidate
of his party for the highest of
fice in the land.
Thomas E. Dewey’s story of
success is a story of a midwest
farm boy who clung to his ideals
and started a wave of public de
cency which has swept the coun
try and toppled hitherto untouch
able “big shots” from their
thrones. Thomas E. Dewey has
shown the country that the pub
lic did not have to put up with
crooked hidden government. His
chief aim is to restore jobs to the
unemployed, by correcting the evils
>f lack of harmony between capi
tal and labor.
“I say to you,” Mr. Dewey stated
at Minneapolis, “that both capital
and labor WANT WORK, that
itc tan t i umitdi ati vtri uoeiueiic
both DETEST IDLENESS. “Sc
I ask you: WHAT keeps the UN
EMPLOYED man out of a job? II
is a duty of national government
to perform its social obligations. 1
believe this administration has sin
cerely attempted to fulfill those
obligations. But that is only half
the job. The OTHER HALF is to
maintain, to ENCOURAGE the
economic system which supports
the government and MAKES per
formance of SOCIAL OBLIGA
TIONS POSSIBLE."
Not far from the rolling Dor
chester hills of Massachusetts a
farmer in 1634 wrestled with his
land. He lifted his eyes occasion
ally to the far horizon—symbol to
him of the freedom he had come
so far to win.
But it is doubtful if in his mind’s
eye that simple’ God-fearing men
saw the limitless sweep of the
horizzons of the America that was
to be; or if he saw over the hori
zon the figure of one of his des
cendants moving steadily toward
the highest office in the greatest
democracy in the world—the presi
dency of the United States.
That farmer was T. Dewey. The
Descendant is Thomas E. Dewey,
born in Owosso, Michigan, of
sturdy folk who followed their
destiny even as they followed the
westward course of America.
Thomas E. Dewey belongs to
all America, for he is a typical
American who has used the op
portunities our country gives her
sons to advance his own career
as a public servant in behalf of
a better America for all. Thus
Dewey, the candidate, was born
to a Republican tradition in the
upstairs over a red brick general
store.
As a boy, Tom Dewey attended
the public grammar and high
schools in his town. He worked in
his father’s newspaper office as
a printer’s devil; clerked and
swept the floors in a drug store;
sold magazines and delivered pa
pers. When he was sixteen he went
to the nearby farms to work dur
ing summer vacution for money
for college. He entered the Uni-,
versity of Michigan in 1919. He
continued to work and earn as he
studied— he was a reporter and
i telegraph editor on the University
Daily.
Meantime, he delighted college
groups and church congregations
with his fine singing voice,—the
voice that won him a coveted scho
larship in New York—in New York
■ where he was ulUmaMy to rise
as a national leader. Dewey studied
both law and voice there and in
the meantime, had met Frances
Hutt, another voice student.
With characteristic seriousness,
the two young people waited un
til the young attorney had advanc
ed sufficiently in his law practice
to enable them to marry. And on
June 16, 1928, which was five
years after they met, the pair
knelt in the chapel of St. Thomas’s
Episcopal Church in New York
City and exchanged vows. Frances
Hutt Dewey then and there gave
up all thought of a career of her
own to further her husband.
That career even then was shap
ing into a life work that had at its
core the ideal of public service.
Two years after his marriage,
Dewey had become chief assistant
United States Attorney, adminis
trative head of the largest prose
cuting office in the Federal gov
ernment, with 60 lawyers working
under him. Then began the specta
cular yet sound attack on crime
that was to make Dewey’s promo
tion inevitable. In a short time,
st.- Me JUMlftbt CTiTletf Stales at
torney in the history of our coun
try, his accomplishments as a
fearless, hard-hitting, invincible
enemy of organized crime, graft
and corruption, were nationally
Known.
In October 1932, Mrs. Dewey
presented her husband with a son,
Thomas Edmund, Jr. John Martin
Dewey was born three years later
in October, 1936.
By that time, Dewey had been
appointed special prosecutor. Then
in 1935, a New York County Grand
Jury sensed that the Tammany
District Attorney was ignoring
evidence of racketeering. They de
cided to investigate and the seeds
of indignation which Dewey noL
sown as a prosecutor by pointing
out through his work the lethergy
and indifference of local law en
forcement agencies, began to bear
friut. The Grand Jury called upon
the Governor to appoint a special
prosecutor and the Jury demanded
Dewey. The Governor said he was
“too unknown” and offered the
post to four other lawyers. They
unanimously told the Governor
that Dewey was the man and he
was finally appointed.
All this time, Dewey, true to
the Republican traditions of his
family, had given his leisure time
to Republican organization work.
He rang doorbells and worked
tirelessly. Then in 1937 he was
drafted to run for District Attor
ney. He campaigned vigorously.
And when the votes were counted
New York County had given Dewey
the largest plurality of anyone on
the Republican ticket.
And now Dewey arrested James
J. Hines, Tammy District Leader
and patronage distributor for the
city; for years one of the “un
touchables.” Dewey indicted
Hines as a protector of the policy
racket.
Meanwhile, the public was giv
en a look at the way Dewey was
running the administrative and
business end of his office. The
thirty-three per cent budget sav
ing he had effected had not im
paired the work of the office. In
stead, new records for Convic
tions, speed and efficiency were
established at the end of the first
six-months period.
Hines went to trial a few
^months after he was indicted.
There was a mistrial. Dewey took
the blow in his stride and began
all over again.
Within two weeks the Republi
can party drafted Dewey as its
candidate for Governor. Again
Dewey campaigned ably and tire
lessly, staying close to state is
sues, showing the errors in ad
ministration, the way the Demo
cratic machine hampered the
work of the state.
Dewey lost the election by on
ly 64,494 votes out of 4,821,631
east. But in defeat he was victor,
for his amazing showing convin
ced Republicans that here was a
leader and a vote-getter.
In addition, national jftolls of
public opinion showed him lead
ing all other Republicans as the
choice of the people for the
party’s Presidential nomination.
And now he was ready for the
retrial of Tammany Leader
Hines. The case began in January
1939. Hines was convicted this
time and subsequently his con
viction was upheld on appeal.
What of the man—the home
man, the family man?
Not one breath of the sordid
aspects of his work has stirred
the quiet graciousness of the
home which Mrs. Dewey had
created and runs so capably for
her husband and their two small
sons. Here, indeed is a haven of
peace where Dewey, the fearless
public servant can be Dewey, the .
man, the husband and father, and
where he gnins new strength and
courage to continue his battle as
a servant of the people for hu
man rights, freedom and justice,
against all the forces of evil and
corruption.
IIM111 mi .! 1111.'' 11 r) Ifilillllt nllllllllVHH IHI. IK 1,111 , n
They say
! '",:.i . ... .....
PRINCE AND PRINCE
Lawyers
Grand Island, Nebraska
W. A. Prince—H. A. Prince
Frank E. Landis April 1, 1940
Mr. John Adams, Jr.,
Care of The Omaha Guide,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Adams:
There has just come to my desk
several copies of the Omaha Guide
in which newspaper I was quite
interested for many reasons, not
particularly concerned with this
letter.
On the front page, however, I
found your advertisement seeking
re-election. You may remember
that I listened to your argument
in the Supreme Court in a case,
which due to the fact that your
clients had come to you long af
ter the milk was spilled, I felt was
a hopeless case. I was impressed
with the fact that you presented
your case as well as, or better than
most of the lawyers whom I had
heard presenting cases before the
Supreme Court. In riains name
that night fron| jrJncoln, I com
mented upon this fact to my wife,
who, as President of the Nebras
ka League of fylibmen Voters, in
supporting sow legislation before
he Legislature, had become ac- ’
juainted with you. She informed
ne that she felt that you were
>ne of the most intelligent mem
jers of the Uni-Cameral, and one
who was making an honest effort
to do what was right for the State
>f Nebraska.
She felt, and I concur absolutely
in her belief, that you were an ab
solute credit to your race, and
that the voters of your district
should keep you in the Legislature
as long as you desired to remain
there. Both she and myself feel
that if racial problems are to be
presented whenever possible and
adjusted amicably whenever they
arise, it will come only because
voters of both races place enough
confidence in men of your type
to place them in public office,
where they can assist in working
out these problems.
For those reasons, I sincerely
hope that the voters if your dis
trict will re-elect you. If they
knew your ability, your honesty
and your fairness, I feel you
should have no opposition what
ever.
I am not and do not expect ever
to be a candidate for public office.
I have no interest in any election
and no axes to grin, except the
one axe that if this republic is
going to last, it will be only be
cause the voters will forget tem
porary expediency and will elect
to office men who are honest, able
and fair.
Very truly yours,
Harold A. Prince.
HOMES FOR SALE
On Easy Terms
Houses For Rent
And Apartments
E. M. DAVIS
2817 No. 24th St. WE. 1166
_______ J . _— , . — - »
