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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, February 22, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
State Capital Roundup
Texas’ March Draft Quota Nearly 2,000
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“Remember your suggestion of writing three girls for
dates to th’ fish ball so I’d be sure to have a date . . . ?”
G. Wo Represents
Present Ideals
A great man was born on this day 236 years ago. His
picture is with nearly everyone everyday of the year, and
the story of his accomplishments reads as much like myth
ology as it does history.
Like many of his contemporaries he has become a
legend with streets, buildings and monuments named in his
honor.
He is of course, our first President, George Washington.
Washington remains a symbol of courage, honesty,
common sense, loyalty and the word “freedom.”
His countrymen in the winter of 1776 weren’t even
“Americans.” They were just “Colonials.”
A weary, frozen, scared, starving band of ordinary
people on their way to an extraordinary achievement—The
United States of America.
General Washington knew the pain, cold, dwindling food
and incredible scarcity would test any man.
But in the end they won over every obstacle in their
way to self-determination.
Maybe you think you’re just an ordinary person who
can do little individually to help freedom, but you too can
maintain the liberty which Washington molded.
Vote. Read. Listen. Learn. Tell. Encourage. But
don’t ignore freedom.
Ordinary people can produce extraordinary results—
it’s how America happened.
On this day of celebration for Washington’s birthday
this country is being severly tested. It’s difficult to accept
a lesser role in the circle of nations, yet every country is
becoming stronger and less dependentt on the Western
world’s biggest power.
With the Washington-like courage which we hope all
Americans would maintain, we affirm our support in this
nation, its people and government, and hope that justice
and imagination will guide our representatives in both the
civilian and military segments of our society.
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN.—State attention con
tinues to center on the embattled
Texas Liquor Control Board.
Speaker Ben Barnes appointed
a special subcommittee from the
House State Affairs Committee
to study possible changes in the
election laws. Rep. Dick Cory of
Victoria, committee chairman,
also heads the subcommittee.
Other members are Reps. James
Slider of Naples, Bill Clayton of
Springlake, Cletus Davis of Hous
ton and Roy Garwood of San
Antonio.
Cory stressed that the commit
tee will not investigate Board
operations. It will look into the
cumbersome liquor laws which
have not been modernized since
they were first adopted in 1935.
Chairman Cory says the panel
will be ready with its recommen
dations (which conceivably could
include legislation of liquor-by-
the-drink sales) “whenever Gov
ernor Connally calls a special
session of the Legislature.”
LCB itself has drafted a set
of recommendations which in
clude the provision that no pri
vate clubs, veterans or fraternal
organization can serve liquor over
the bar in dry areas without
local-option election approval.
A veteran lawman, O. N.
(Newt) Humphreys Jr., was
chosen by the Board to take the
vacant job as assistant to Ad
ministrator Coke Stevenson Jr.
Humphreys, 43, is a native of
Brenham. His father was chief of
police there. The new LCB assis
tant chief has been with the Texas
Department of Public Safety
since 1948 and for 11 years has
been head of its intelligence
division.
His selection led to speculation
that the LCB might in a few
months move Humphreys up to
administrator. But Stevenson said
that he has no intention of re
signing while the agency is under
fire.
In a unique way, the LCB situ
ation got involved in the gover
nor’s race. Lieut. Gov. Preston
Smith was critical of the decision
Dallas, one of Smith’s opponents
by Barnes to name a special com
mittee. Then Eugene Locke of
in the Governor’s race, said the
liquor laws obviously need re
vision and that Smith should have
provided leadership toward that
end.
Gov. John Connally’s declara
tion that state legislators have
been involved in “influence peddl
ing” efforts with Stevenson, and
his refusal to grant special treat
ment kept his salary down, led
to some checking.
A study of the appropriations
laws for the past 10 years shows
that Stevenson’s salary was gen-
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DRAFT QUOTA UP SHARPLY
Texas draft boards next month
must furnish the largest monthly
quota of young men for" military
service in nearly two years.
Col. Morris S. Schwartz, state
Selective Service director, said
the local boards have been called
on to provide 1,948 men—most
since the 2,012-man quota of No
vember, 1966. Low point in the
interim was 674 men last Febru
ary.
This year’s monthly requests
have been 1,165 men in February
and 1,659 in January.
National call for March induc
tion is 39,000 men. All are for
the Army.
SPECIAL SESSION TALKS
With all of the 1968 candidates
now on the line and campaigns
still in low gear, favorite capitol
speculation is the date of the
upcoming special legislative ses
sion.
Governor Connally must call
one in order to pass a 1969 budget
and a new tax bill. This has to be
done before September 1, start
of the next fiscal year. Other
wise, there will be no money for
continuation of state services.
Big question is when ?
It has been widely assumed
that Connally will wait until
around June 3 when the primary
elections will be over.
Since the governor said that
he may ask legislators to consider
liquor-by-the- drink legalization
and conflict-of-interests curbs,
speculation on the session’s date
has flared anew. It is felt that
he may have an earlier date in
mind, like maybe March 4. Senate
Secretary Charles Schnabel “pre
dicted” this starting time in a
Valentine Day letter to senators.
Later he said he wrote with
“tongue in cheek” and wasn’t
really serious.
Arguments run something like
this:
• FOR JUNE—Legislators won’t
vote for a big tax bill with elec
tions staring them in the face,
and will resent having campaigns
interrupted. Early session would
put friends as well as foes on
the spot and might result in
defeat of some. Lawmakers are
reluctant to vote for tax measures
until the last minute, anyway;
and along about July and August,
they can’t put it off any longer.
• FOR MARCH — After their
election lame duck legislators
would be rebellious toward any
tax program or other controver
sial measures submitted by the
governor. More time might be
needed to pass a major tax bill
than would be allowed by a June
session. New Democratic nominee
for governor will be known by
June, and the legislators may be
inclined to look to him for leader
ship and ignore Connally’s pro
posals.
Only man really in position
to know is John Connally. He
says he hasn’t made up his mind
— and might not for several
weeks. But adds: “Any date is
a possibility.”
COURTS SPEAK
Texas Supreme Court has held
that: Cities should not license
door-to-door insurance salesmen
(in a case originating in Hills
boro.); City of Beaumont and its
music commission are not re
sponsible for injuries to a woman
who fell while attempting to re
turn to her seat at a concert in
the city auditorium; Henderson
County district court must con
sider a land vacancy claim; A
jury trial must be held in an
Amarillo man’s suit against a
railroad after the driver of a car
in which he was a passenger
crashed while trying to avoid
hitting a train.
High court also agreed toll
arguments on March 27 in a j
Antonio case involving a fatln
right to prevent a divorced i
from legally changing the m
of their child.
Court of Criminal Appealj
firmed the death penalty asse;
19-year-old Johnny Rudy Ei
quez for murder of a
nurse—one of five persons he>
accused of slaying within
hours April 25, 1966. Trail
death extended from Cor
Christi, through Beeville andi
Wilson County.
FISHING AGREEMENT
Texas and Louisiana fishem
soon will be able to fish in In
dary waters of the two sti
with license or exemption
either.
Parks and Wildlife Commit
signed such an agreement»
Louisiana officials. It takes
feet in 30 days and applies
Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, To
Bend Reservoir and Caddo Li
PWC Chairman Will Odom
this reciprocal arrangement
maxed two years of work,
expressed hope that Texas
work out similar pacts with
kansas and Oklahoma.
Odom said that no twos
reciprocal hunting licenses
be adopted.
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