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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29, 1975
League supports article 6
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Delegates to the
Texas Municipal League conference
voted Tuesday to support only one
proposition on the proposed new
state constitution and took strong
stands against federal aid to distres
sed cities and against forced busing.
With 155 cities represented and
voting, the league rejected a resolu
tion favoring the new constitution
and substituted instead a motion for
formal support of proposition
number six of the proposed state
governing document.
The league’s resolution commit
tee had earlier passed a statement
favoring the new constitution, but
the issue slipped through the com
mittee by only one vote. Officials
had predicted a strong floor fight.
But when Dallas Mayor Wes
Wise offered a compromise resolu
tion, the delegates snapped it up.
Proposition number six deals
with municipalities and would allow
cities to create special districts
within their borders without the
approval of the state legislature.
Wise told the delegates that other
issues in the constitution were
“statewide issues” and not related to
cities.
“I urge you to unify around one
proposition we can support,” he
said.
The resolution passed quickly on
a show of hands.
The biggest floor fight came over
the stiff wording of a resolution con
demning federal financial aid to
bankrupt cities.
A proposed resolution by the
committee stated that “federal aid
for any state or local government
that refuses to tax its own citizens to
pay for the services those citizens
demand is an unfair and unconstitu
tional plunder of responsible citi
zens for the benefit of the irrespon
sible.”
The delegates cheered after the
resolution was read, but Wise rose
to offer an amendment.
“The city of Dallas sees no need
for inflamatory language,” he said.
“We support the meaning, but not
the inflamatory language.”
He offered an amendment mod
ifying the wording and forced a roll
call vote. The delegates voted 74 to
71, with some abstentions, to sup
port the more strongly worded re
solution.
The vote came after one delegate
told the league: “There’s no need to
be mealymouthed. The Northeast
ern states have not taken care of
their own backyard.
A resolution calling for a constitu
tional amendment forbidding the
use of forced busing to achieve a
racial balance in schools was passed
with a show of hands.
The resolution was offered from
the floor by the city of Farmer’s
Branch, a Dallas suburb.
New Constitution
Supporters, opponents debate
Associated Press
Increasing conflict and con
troversy became apparent Tuesday
as supporters and opponents of the
proposed new constitution began
their last week of debate before the
Nov. 4 election.
Former Gov. Allan Shivers said a
little noticed provision of the new
policy document could cause a tre
mendous traffic jam in state courts.
Former House Speaker Price
Daniel Jr. said the same could de
velop under the present constitu
tion.
Rep. Neil Caldwell, D-Alvin,
chairman of the Constitution Con
vention finance committee, said
comptroller Bob Bullock was trying
to “scare” Texas voters with mis
leading statements that adoption of
the document would bring on
higher taxes.
Shivers said in a statement, that a
provision of the new judiciary arti
cle, would let the legislature pro
vide for “trial de novo” or com
pletely new trials in appeals from
administrative decisions of state
agencies.
“In my opinion, this means that
Travis County would need an addi
tional 10 or 15 district courts in
order to handle the burden of in
creased litigation,” Shivers said.
“ . . . And not only would the mat
ters under consideration be delayed
for several years, but the additional
costs to taxpayers would be as
tronomical.”
Daniel told a Capitol news con
ference that trial de novo “could be
done in most instances under the
present constitution.” He said that
each time a new administrative
agency is created there have been
strong attempts, some successful
and some not, to have trial de novo.
Daniel also said that Gov. Dolph
Briscoe made “highly misleading
and grossly unfair” statements in
hinting that adoption of the new
constitution would lead to a state
income tax.
“Such statements are as ridicul
ous as if I stood before you today and
stated that a state income tax is a
certainty if the sprawling bureauc
racy remains unchecked, the un
businesslike budgeting system is re
tailed and the governor is deprived
of money management authority —
all of which we suffer under through
retention of the archaic constitution
of 1876.”
Caldwell took issue with a Bul
lock statement that property law
changes authorized in the new con
stitution could result in higher taxes
and said he thought it would result
in lower ad valorem taxes.
“Comptroller Bullock raised the
specter of new taxes on items such
as automobiles,” Caldwell said.
“This is a deceitful statement for
Mr. Bullock to make unless he truly
is ignorant that the present constitu
tion and laws of Texas require au
tomobiles to be taxed . . . Texans
should not be deceived by the mis
leading statements of those special
interests who are fighting to keep
their tax breaks,” Caldwell said.
Other efforts by supporters of the
new constitution Tuesday included:
• Announcement by Sen. Oscar
Mauzy, D-Dallas, the he now en
dorses all of the constitution al
though originally he found fault
with two sections. “I find it espe
cially curious that the very mem
bers of the Senate who, in 1969,
sponsored and passed through the
Senate over my violent objections a
tax on groceries and medicine, are
now actively engaged in the effort to
deny the people of Texas a constitu
tion which would forever protect
the public from such unfair taxa
tion.”
• Announcement of Dist. Atty.
Henry Wade, Dallas, that he thinks
mounting backlogs of cases in some
urban areas would be reduced
under the proposed new court
merger system.
• A statement by the Texas Associa
tion of College Teachers’ executive
board that it endorses all eight
propositions.
— How it stands
The pumpkin market
Pumpkin carving is part of the
Halloween scene, but the raw mate
rial shows signs of being picked-
over.
Pumpkins have been on sale for
about two weeks, and prices have
dropped from 50 cents per pound to
around 10 to 12 cents per pound.
Pumpkins at Safeway and Skaggs
Albertsons are 10 cents per pound,
but few remain in stock. Kroger and
Lewis & Coker pumpkins are 12
cents a pound and large, but the
selection is small. Piggly Wiggly is
advertising pie pumpkins at 15
cents per pound and Fed-Mart has
no pumpkins.
The freshest, brightest orange
pumpkins at 10 cents a pound can be
found at the Farm Patch. A new
shipment arrived Oct. 27.
The recreation committee of the
MSC is sponsoring a carving contest
with entries accepted Wednesday
from 5 to 8 p.m. in Room 216B of the
MSC. The rules say the carving
need not be of a face but the
pumpkin must be lightable.
After a pumpkin is used as a
jack-o-lantern, its meat, the inner
two inches of flesh, cannot be used
for cooking, said Tom Longbrake,
Battalion
Classified
Call 845-2611
extension horticulturalist.
“The heat from the candle can
half cook the pumpkin, and after
two or three days it shouldn’t be
used in baking,” he said.
Pumpkins will store for a long
time if they aren’t opened, said
Longbrake, and they can’t be used
for much else but pies, cakes,
breads and candies.
The pumpkin is a warm-season
crop planted in spring and maturing
in late summer or fall. Its color is
brought out by early cold weather,
and most pumpkins are grown in the
Midwest and Northwest part of the
nation.
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