THURSDAY, JANUARY 6,1949 THE BATTALLION
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College Building Amendment
Opponents Lose Court Battle
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 6 <A>)_Op-
ponents of the 60 million dollar
college building amendment today
lost what may be the final round
in the court attack on the plan.
The Supreme Court dismissed
two applications for writs of error
brought by opponents of the plan.
It said it had no' jurisdiction to
consider the appeals.
Opponents had lost in trial and
civil appeals courts.
The effect of the ruling was that
the case constituted an election
contest in which the third court
of civil appeals had final juris
diction.
The court wrote no opinion in
the case. It noted only that it
was without jurisdiction.
The court had before it applica
tions for writs of error in two
cases in which opponents of the
building amandment plan sought
to reverse lower court holdings
favorable to the amendment.
The amendment was designed to
give 14 colleges and the Universi
ty of Texas and Texas A. and M.
College $60,000,000 for a long-
range building program.
The amendment was'attacked in
court by Clarence W. Whiteside,
Spencer A. Wells, and Homer Max-
ey of Lubbock and H. E. Speer of
Dallas. A suit against Attorney
General Price Daniel sought to
prevent his approval of bonds au-
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thorized by the amendment. An
other suit against Secretary of
State Paul H. Brown claimed adop
tion of the amendment was invalid
because of improper notice of the
election at which it was adopted.
The Supreme Court’s action
apparently clears the way for
the colleges to proceed with the
building plan. On Nov. 24 the
Third Court of Civil Appeals
refused to certify two questions
to the Supreme Court for re
view.
This left opponents of the plan
with two alternatives:
They had 15 days in which to
bring mandamus proceedings to
compel the Civil Appeals tribunal
to certify the questions.
They could seek a review through
an application for a writ of error
to the Supreme Court.
Opponents of the amendment
did not bring the mandamus ac
tion, and the Supreme Court’s
ruling today was a flat no to
their second choice.
On Dec. 16 the state had asked
the Supreme Court to take speedy
action on the appeal, noting that
the building program authorized
by it was being delayed, and that
the purchasing power of money
appropriated was shrinking be
cause of rising building costs.
Submission of the amendment
was voted by the 50th Legislature
after a bitter fight. The fight went
on in court after the amendment
was adopted.
The Court of Civil Appeals re
jected arguments that the amend
ment should be invalidated be
cause notice of the election at
which it was adopted was not pub
lished in six counties. Also turned
down were charges that there were
irregularities in notices published
in other counties, and that more
than one matter was dealt with in
the amendment submitted to the
voters.
The opposition to the amend
ment further claimed the ballot
did not fully describe the scope
and character of the amendment.
Designed to give the state’s col
leges and universities a financial
plan for a long range building
program, the amendment provides
for levying of a 5-cent property
tax on the $100 valuation. This
MAX REITER, conductor of
the San Antonio Symphony Or
chestra, will appear here with
the Orchestra next Monday
night.
First Batt
Editor Dies
In Orange
E. L. Bruce, 72, first editor
of The Battalion, died yester
day in an Orange Hospital.
A prominent Orange attorney,
who has held several public offices,
Bruce suffered a heart attack sev
eral days ago. He served several
times in the Texas Legislature as
Orange County attorney and as
special judge in the First and 128th
Judicial Districts.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Evelyn Graham Bruce; a son, for
mer Orange County Attorney Gra
ham Bruce; two daughters, Mrs.
S. I. McReynolds of Houston and
Mrs. Tom Roger, Orange; two sis
ters, Mrs. H. C. House of Pasade
na, California, and Mrs. Helen Par
rott of Seattle, Washington.
Funeral services were scheduled
for 3 p.m. today at the family res
idence in Orange. Burial will be
in the Evergreen Cemetery of
Orange.
revenue would be used to finance
$45,000,000 worth of buildings for
14 state-supported colleges over
a 30-year period. Also authorized
was the issuance of $15,000,000 in
building bonds by the University
of _ Texas and Texas A&M to be
paid off with income from the per
manent school fund.
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CLOChlERS
College and Bryan
Truman Delivers State of Union Addresi
To 81st Congress in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 <#> —
These, briefly, are President Tru
man’s major recommendations to
Congress yesterday in his state of
the union messages, in the order
in which he listed them:
Inflation
Enlarge the government’s control
over bank credit and continue its
power over consumer credit, ex
ports and transportation alloca
tions. Extend and strengthen rent
control. Grant authority to (a)
regulate commodity speculation,
(b) allocate scarce key materials,
and (c) control wages and certain
prices, if necessary. Authorize a
study of critical shortages—like
steel—with permission for the gov
ernment to construct production
facilities itself if industry can’t do
what’s needed.
Raise $4,000,000,000 additional
revenue for the government, main
ly by taxing corporations, but also
by boosting estate and gift taxes;
give consideration to increasing in
come taxes for the middle and up
per pay brackets.
Labor
Repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and
re-enact the old Wagner Act—but
with bans against jurisdictional
strikes and unjustifiable seconda
ry boycotts and some provision for
avoiding strikes in vital indus
tries. Strengthen the labor depart
ment. Boost the minimum wage to
75 cents an hour (it is now 40
cents).
Business
Strengthen anti-trust laws by
“closing those loopholes that per
mit monopolistic mergers and con
solidations.” (At another point,
Mr. Truman suggested that busi
ness should seek “always to in
crease its output, lower it prices,
and avoid the vices of monopoly
and restriction.”)
Farm
Use price supports to keep farm
ers at a fair economic level. Re
store government crop storage and
expand both foreign and domestic
farm markets. Extend rural electri
fication and other farm health and
security programs.
Resources
Push power, irrigation, flood
control and navigation projects 6n
the rivers. Pass St. Lawrence sea
way legislation. Extend soil, for
est and mineral development and
conservation. Keep tideland oil for
the Federal government. Continue
public power projects.
Health and Security
Extend the coverage and raise
the benefits of social security. Set
up a system of prepaid medical
insurance. Give Federal financial
aid to state education systems.
Place Federal administration of
these projects under a full cabi
net officer.
Housing
Raise present public housing
goals to 1,000,000 low-rent units
over the next seven years. Induce
builders to cut costs and erect more
low-priced housing.
Civil Rights
Pass the same civil rights pi
posals requested of the 80th C<
gress. (They included anti-lym
and anti-poll tax legislation and
fair employment practice law.)
Foreign
Restore the full effectiveness
the reciprocal trade agreemei
act whittled down by Congress h
year. “Open our doors to displac
persons without unfair discrir
nation.”
Military
Maintain armed forces “suf
cient to deter aggression.” Pe
universal training legislation.
RAILROADS AND UNIONS
HOLD JOINT DISCUSSION
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 —(dP)—Offi
cials of the nation’s railroads and
representatives of 16 non-operat
ing unions met Wednesday to dis
cuss a presidential fact-finding
board report recommending - a raise
in pay and a shorter work week.
Eight of the 12 teams in the
Basketball Association of America
will compete in the post-season
play-off to determine the circuit
championship.
The A&M Senior Livestock
Judging Team recently entered
the Chicago International Live
stock Exposition in Chicago
where they placed eleventh.
Members of the team from left
to right are W. E. Steel, Lucien
Kruse, James Stroope and Ralph
Wheat in the first row.
In the second row from left
to right they are W. M. Warren,
Coach; Dr. J. C. Miller; Fred
Wilkinson; and Ralph Meriwea-
ther. Dr. Miller is head of the
Animal Husbandry Department.
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S. C. Hoyle Joins
Judicature Societ
S. C. Hoyle, Jr., of A&M’s Bi
ness and Accounting Departm
has accepted membership in
American Judicature Society.
The Society, which has its he.
quarters at the University
Michigan, is a national organi
tion of lawyers and judges. Mt
bership is by invitation only.
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