The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1951 Page: 1 of 12
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t's Not Give Baytown Back To The Petty Politicians
*
■ , The Sun does not want to see our city turned over to a
blTOR'A > the finest "25,000 cities” in the South- petty political machine. This can happen if the charter
to ‘s on gn(j a few months ago qualified citizens amendments as put forward by the politicians are adopted.
ill “ ^ • There are seven proposed changes. Each has been dis-
cussed by T1i# Sun. in articles where both sides were giv-
It reau> -’-i— ^ _ ' ' • en. It-s time now to make up our minds how to vote and
ttfrflj d 3Q competent, qualified* all-around cit- go to the polls tomorrow and VOTE.
yor countersign all checks. We ask this question: what’s to
prevent him from personally approving all checks now —
if he wants to? He’s boss.
It’s not the check signer who is likely to waste Baytown
money. It’s the political money spenders who’ll damage the
city’s pocketbook. And if we fix it so the petty politician
can take over the city, they’ll run through our money. The
BP8"mnnitv served on a commission to write * The proposed changes are absolutely ridiculous on their checks we have to sign and countersign under their plan
tS® 2!®" did a g00(j job. They wrote a charter face. Why should Wf, pay a' mayor $75 a month and coun- may not be honored at the banks.
ft*r- Tny idea jn mind — the adjournment of pet- cilmen $50 a month when we can get good public-spirited The Tax Board of Equalization is supreme in' its findings
id one ma hajj ' citizens to serve for nothing ?--Not a single penny has ever now in-virtually every governmental agency in Texas. No
nut an epd to petty politics that in years been paid a school trustee here since the school district council or board has authority to go “behind” the board
u°istrung the cities of Goose Greek and was organized. Haven’t our trustees been just as competent unless a mistake has been made. Now the charter amend-
r n tnwn people remember these .days. as our city officials when they received token payment? ment would give the City Councils of the future (perhaps,
ou Bay10‘ rfect by any means. It was prepared You know the answer. all petty politicians) the power to toss our tax structure
■ jt g0uldn4td» perfect ■. We have a good corporation court system now. We have nut ih« window and decide vital tax nrnM*m« hv noiitimi
an *iands've likened to an avenue down whieh .mu- .a police force that is free from pressure from above. No-
arter Can rnlls It should not be changed unless it body gets favors. The officers aren’t under the thumbs of
business r ^ _ city politicians. They might be in the future if we turn the
. Pr0Jress_ot -think oUr municipal affairs have been future policy departments over to city councilman with
■Sun (.farter. We haVe'had a good three and axes to grind and with political machines to build.
lby everything considered. *y There’s a charter amendment proposed to have the ma-
out the Window and decide vital tax problems by political
preference. Is that good? NO!
Another amendment would make city department heads
come before the august council — shaking and trembling,
perhaps — to give reports. The councilmen get the reports
they need now. Why should this be in the city charter?
The proposed changes are all childish and juvenile. The
i jflt/tf H*R - Considerable
Jtb scattered shower* and
' _ little chan** In tem-
afternoon, tonight nnd
rLut tonight near 74. >!od-
Muthcastcrly winds.
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Uht Mmtmn i>utt
councilmen have wasted over $800 of the city’s money to
stage the election. Besides that, if any of these amend-
ments pass it wohld be impossible for us to stage another ,
charter election for 24 months. Charter elections should be
emergency matters, not political whims.
If some new industrial plant wanted to come to Baytown
and in order to get them we had to make certain minor
changes in our charter, we would lose that plant because
we couldn’t legally hold another charter election before
September 22,1953. That is, if the charter is amended now.
Thus you can it would be very dangerous to p&ss any
of the amendments n'ow..
This whole thing is a blunder — the calling of the elec-
tion and the seven insignificant proposals. Even some of
the councilmen realize'the amendments are not worthy of
support and will vote against at least some of them.
.Let us repeat: Baytowri is a fine city with; great possi-
bilities. Baytown has done a good job of getting its new
city government in order.
Let’s not by our votes, indifference and negligence hand
the government back to the-petty politicians.
VOTE-AND AGAINST ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
D« Your Duty
1
VOTE TOMORROW
In The Charter Steffen
Razes
Hidings
lowie
S-Cfl- An f»r!.v »»orn-
£wiped w' alJI*a!>,t ®n ,n-
^ k in the> downtown btiai-
i ef this small Mon-
, town today. «uv
oottmatw* •>> M*> or
t at close to SMOJBO.
are was discovered about
„ir the Garrett ftwni’,
building, a two*
Istracturr. and. *' spread
|i«f*KsH#‘her bulld-
Ln|t out <rf eontrol for
lui hours before firemen
Lets and the.neighboring
fit Dwatnr, Voeona' anti
a controlled it.
tyed in the blare were
rittiw rt»r. « whole sale
5 tinn the Manning t^Te.'
.r diop, the Bowie Bakery
e Bowie Weekly New*. A
r, where tie fire Hnallt
I m the south end of the
fwtfered some damage.
Spots
I Alonvi
.ERMEN, believed to
a M in the ship chan-
i Jacinto River, came
■ -tat night Ju«t as a
| fer arm wsa getting W-
ifiift M. of Brownwood
. end Bill Sander*. 24,
m), uid they had “a lot
I hek and were just late
g in.” They tint struck
n they ran out of g*»o-
flnall) the motor
wt. They had been
for eight hour* when
town Emergency Corps,
f ind Highland firemen
I to hunt for them.
motor on aa oil
Itt! Trifon property at the
ad of Kmg Street in the
# off field burned early
11 lerious oil field fire.
mtl Art Linteiman aounded
wrgency call and alerted the
‘ Emergency Corps to
f The fire was extinguish-
Ireme* from Station No. 1.
p1 fo damage except'the
* motor, Linteiman laid,
ad on' Page .Two) ’
LOOK. MA. NO BIDDER ^-Onl) remaining sliver ef his shredded
' B-M SabreJei rudder is fingered at .Korean airbase by-Captain
Cugti* L. I'tterhack nf. BracketvRIe. Texas, after high-altitude dog-
fight with Red ieto. Itterbaek was able to land his crippled Jet
after ft was flipped over hy Impaet oTenem? cannon shell.
Note To Reds
Is Completed
By Ridgway
TOKYO —(UP-i- General
Matthew B. Ridgway. has
completed a note to the
Communist high com-
mand on the resumption
oY Korean, cease-fire talks-
arid the note probably will
be sent today, reliable •
sources reported. -
The United Nations su-
preme commander com-
pleted the-note after con-
ferences with the Penta-
-"gdhrcfrtBfirfit yvasMingtorr,™
informants said.
It was believed the note
might contain some condi-
tions calculated to safe-
guard against further
Communist propaganda
maneuvers such as slowed
the talks before the Reds
broke them off one month
ag'b tomorrow.
Ridgway wants to avoid
_ any , more Red disruption
of the talks.
CHARTER CHANGES
ARE UP TO VOTERS
Tank-Led UN Amendment No. 7- • City Fathers
Fates Slam Should City Council Would Wield
BeJMdm Hire New fotkemen? More Power
(EDiTOR'S NOTE: -rills is the laat in a aeries of article* by The
EIGHTH ARM Y HEAD- Sun’s City Hall reporter on the proposed charter amendment*.) Baytown voters .Will de-
QUARTERS, Korea—(U.P.) ^ ^ BANKS cide tomorrow whether Jo
-—United Nations forces The seventh proposed amendment reads, “The City Council shall change the City Charter.
spearheaded by monster approve ail new members of the Police Department.” Up for approval are seven
American tank. smMhed g*-£SSVTSCS.tftS
through Communist defenses prelent the' chi^ hires police officers with the approval of the city arc a®81?11®0 largely To
in three key parts of the cen- manager. '•*•••. transfer power from JKg
tral front Friday m the big- -Thla aerie* so far has avoided personalities in explaining the pro- city manager to the Ci t y
0-ewt armored drive of the P®**4 *mendment*. but the last one *eenUir 4o oSHaihdjr aimed at Council. *
gest arpiorea anve oi uw McKee ^ lt can har<jly be miMed ““ . , 4
WKf. - ", • T.l; riie amendment wa» ;approved for submission to the voters by The proposal amendments
One task force drove close to members of the City Council after a long argument and a final vote are; (j) Salaries for mayor and
Pyoggang, another close to Kun- which found Councilmen E. W: Buelow and R. H. Pruett by_ them- councitmelr (Zj -CounCiT UT do
song, on a line 2» mifea qorth of selves In opposing lt ; ' ________ _ ---------- ■ ~ " * ’
the 38th parallel border between Councilmen R. B. Bergeron and W. D. Reeves led in the fight to
■ " ’ ■" have the amendment approved for the ballot. The same two council-
men also led in an unsuccessful attempt to oust McKee a year ago.
The arguments used in the article today are largely based on the
discussion which took place in the council chamber when the. amend-
ment was finally put on the ballot. » „
' PRO . - CON ’ ~ _____..... _ ... _
“Police officers deal with the “The passage of this amendment iation Board: (6) City, attorney
public under trying conditions, will make a political football out and city clerk shah be responsible
. War Balance Sheet For Week
i Here's UP Roundup Of Good News And Bad
und Town
B) HARRY FERCrSON, I P Foreign News Editor
GOOD NEWS
% There are signs that the Communists are ready
to resume the cease-firf negotiations in the Korean
war. Apparently the orders have come down from
Moscow and Peiping, to try to end the fighting
rather than risk everything on an ail-out Red of-
fensive. There is no guarantee that a cease-fire is
imminent, but both sides are in theJ snood to talk
about one.
2. The North Atlantic Treaty powers concluded »
successful meeting in Ottawa and cleared the way
for bringing Greec,. and Turkey into the European
anti-Communist coalition. They also have made it
possihle'for' Italy to increalh her armed strength,
and the three nations will be able to contribute sub-
stantial strength to General Dwight D. Eisenhov
er's army.
. 3. The tension in Berlin has been eased bv an
agreement between Communist East Germany ane
West Germany for Jin0.000.000 worth of trade Part
of the agreement is that the Communists agree to
end all traveTrestrictions between the two sections
of the nation. The immediate threat of another Ber-
■ J-
BAD NEWS ‘ ' '
1 The crisis in Iran reached the point where un-
less a solution is reached soon the nation is likely
to fall within Russia’s economic sphere. The Iran-
ians and Russians arc talking about a barter agree-
ment under which the oil that formerly went to
Britain will go to Moscow. The Iranian oil is vital
to Britain's economy and the defense of Western
Europe.
2. Great Britain will go through a month of un-
certainty until October 25 when a general election
vill determine whether the Labor government re-
mains in power or Winston Churchill’s Conserva-
tives take over. Until the voters decide the issue.
Britian wtll Be unable to undertake any new inter-
lationa! commitments or act decisively on any al-
•-ady made. ,•
3. Senator Brten McMahon, congressional expert
atomic energy, revealed In a speech this week
hat Russia is capably .of attacking between 20 and
» American cities if she starts a surprise offensive.
The United States is comfortably ahead in the race
Tor atomic weapons But the Communists have
great destructive weapons available If they cljoosr
to use them.
South and North Korea.
The North Korean Pyongyang
Radio admitted that the United
Nations forces were attacking
heavily oh both the central and
eastern fronts and reported “bit-
ter” fighting. Pyongyang named
the United States Third and 25th
divisions as among those in action
on the centra} front.'
The central front drive was
backed by an intense concentration ploye,’
_ t__Alii.aJ . nlmi/Uilrn float .1.
hiring and firing; (3) Mayor shall .
countersign checks and city In-
voices shall be inspected by the
council; (4) Employes shall re-
port to council when ordered to
do so; (5) Council shall control
tax matters, including Tax Equal-
.. m of the Police Department,” Mr. to council only; t7) Council shall
more so than any other city ^m- -
of artillery and a cloud-like fleet
of support planes.
Seven Russian-made T-34 Com-
munist tanks, moving to the front
to meet the Allied' drive, were de-
stroyed by United Nations jet
planes. Two others were damaged.
Three Allied divisions and the
largest force of tanks ever com-
Mr. Pro declares. “They
approve all new members of the
Police Department.
... argues.
_____ "If we’re/going to look to a po- ^—...----------
should most certainly be of the lice Chief to run the department You wilt vote “Yes" or “No
highest type. he should certainly be able to hire ,each"of the seven amendment* to-
"But officers in the past have , men , with whom he can work morrow. The polls open at 7 a.m.
‘ vfell. > and will dose at 7 p.w.
"If you don’t like the way Police
Chief McKee is running the de-
partment, fire him.
“But don'rlower the prestige of
the position of police chief — that
could lead to chaos In the depart-
ment” ■
MRT John Kinghorn “" “***** ^ be'n fnded
King To Go New 60-Mile 11 Dead In
•*“wr ramcia. Janice
® Eula Pearl Flynt are on
“ Denison to see the
*y*tllfo on to Oklahoma
L["*Uv,e» this weekend.
*4 people around yes-
illlft Helgg .Smithson
Miner' Preparing
IN.trK show.
I sv , lUrh”* philosophelT
put the city in embarassing posi-
tions not once, but many times.
“Members of the council, who
are blamed when a ‘bad apple’ gets
into the Police Department, should
,v... — ----------- be able to screen applicants for
mitted to one action in the Korean jobg jn the department to avoid
,var jumped off at dawn on the 3U0j, events in the future."
central front In "Operation Cleav-
er,”
One tank force drove through
(he “Valley of Death” almost to
"SSH Only 'Small Fry' Raided,*He Cha'rges
cd back: " Mission accomplished. TBXAg CTTY The famed cept to enforce the law alike to
A second tank force was stopped ,.{rom the top on
tiown,” were under accusations to-
day from Justice of the Peace G.
P. Reddell of "bullying” small, fry
crapshooters and letting the big
gamblers go.
"It looks like you’re only trying
to eliminate competition of Gal-
Rangers Blasted By Judge
a I ir U p- i r\ • I III ^1
by fanatical Red resistance north-
west of Kumhwa.
On the eastern front, US Ma-
rines and other Allied troops were
brought almost to a halt, in the
rugged mountains, by reinforced
Red troops in their “killer” offen-
sive.
everybody," Tie said.
(Garrison said that a special
raiding crew has been detailed to
Galveston Island. ~
CTbeir instruction’s,” he said,
“were to hit them every night”)
/j"——rr y~—~. ‘-7“'" —*
& Knife Starm Heads Train Wreck. ;g3fSE&
IXJNDON —.(VJP - Four doctors
Buckingham Palace today, and it
was reported they had recom-
mended that he be operated on.
The king has a lung ailment
Buckingham Palace sources re-
used to say whether there were
- • « am todav i. <h. W surgeons among the Medical
** between tta Qtv toir p*r‘y that Visited the king. He-
P<*1 Office Station P°Ui elsewhere said, however, that
^rofGander,a,e: ^ J-------- “ nM'
t'Zhting a cold so
‘0"i«>>t s game at
| everyone to live only
Ti?? • • Yeoman F. L
L ll*‘M wangled a 30-day
igft
l«WsK * lot 01
I" U45 am today, is the
n nuf* pottr7 beautiful-
£ h. hi» wel
k°
the doctors had advised
cation—perhaps only of an •'ex-
ploratory" nature.
The four dbetors had visited the
king three tirtes in the last 24
hours, deepening public concern
over hi* condition.
The reports said the operation
probably would be performed be-
fore Prince Philip and Princess
For Mexico
NEW ORLEANS -HUT- A 60-
mile-an-hour tropical storm in the
southwest Gulf of Mexico will
drive inland south of Tampico.
Mexico, within a few hours, the
New Orleans Weather Bureau
said today.
A 10
'storm
’east of Tampico and moving
weat-northweatward at a b o u t
eight miles an hour
NORTHAMPTON. England — <tt»
— The London - to - Liverpool
"Breakfast Express” jumped the
tracks at 65 miles an hour today,
and 10 coaches plunged down an
embankment. At least 11 persons
were killed and 4« seriously In-
jured in the wreck.
attack.
But late dispatches said that the
Allied troops had lost no ground,
and had gained some, during the
(toy. . .■ ‘ ■
On the Marines’, end ef the front
the North Koreans pulled their
old “white flag” trick. A group of
them,, waving white flags, came
into the Allied line to say that
advisory said the
ired in the wreck. a battalion of Red* waifted to sur- ,b,
The bodies of eight persons, in- render. Reaching a «end in the nearing
uding a US Air Force corporal, road while the UN troops held j,im ove
year-old justice told two Rangers-.- • , .
The angry blast was delivered //Nil D101710110
by Reddell In a hearing for Ed- *“V/U t/IU/l/wllU
ward C Morse, 5»-year-old Hous- is • i • ss
ton man, charged with operating Ijipe I
a dice game at The Barn, a cafe W '
•aS SL"Yand Harvey «^T LAKES, 1,1. Le,
nm**?. ilfllr land "Lou” Diamond. 200-pound
Titanta Unrsi aa oPa le*end 0f toe MariBe C°rpS’ U dW<1
against Morse as Jhe ^-Mult of a But his CTploiu wU1 live on in the
Juffe. tedSS' ^Jd m one "Leatherneck" tell*
The precinct polling places and
juzdges are as follows:
Precinct #9, Franta Motor Com-
pany at Commerce and Pearca
with Henry Cathriner as judge;
Precinct 100, Wilkenfeld’s Furnl- ,
ture Company at Texas Avenue
and Main with Mrs. C. G. Phrsley
ss judge; Precinct 101, City Hall
at West Main and King with Mrs.
J. W. Riggs as judge; Precinct
102, Mexican Recreation Hall at
Finley and Market with Nat Pace, *
Sr, as judge; and Precinct 149.
San Jacinto Elementary School at
Georgia and Kentucky with J.
Rodger Read as judge.
If a majority of the voters ajp-
prove any of the seven amend-
ments the changes will beoome.ef-*
fectlve immediately.
The State Constitution prohibits
amending any city charter oftener
than every two years. But if all
of the proposed amendments fail,
the procedure could start again
immediately. - |
There are three ways by which
^charter amendments can come be-
fore the voters.
A charter commission election
can be held and members of the ~
commission can submit change*
to the voters. Changes also may
be proposed and sumbitted to the
voters by ordinance passed by a
majority vote of the City Council,
_________...iri a»g ss#
wa# «6.mi!e« sopth-aouthr s‘('rewn atonJt the rails about the hills. Artillery blasted them Without naming them, he point- late la,t night at the age of 61, at the last regular municipa e ec
./ TanVnlAA Dflfi HlOVinl mita* watf hpfp. TWO
the rails about the hills. ArilUery blasted them Without naming them, he point- ‘«e *asi mgui n age
eieht miles west of here. Two out and killed about half of them, ed to the Maceo empire-alleged »‘neJ*™ ® “* day th<kt hc hit
R ---j after Another "white flag” group met hub of Galveston gambling — as the beach at Tulagi.
other persons died soon
reaching a nearby hospital
the same fate.
t WiS$£ksg, SSoriSteFor $10 Billion In NeSTaxes 9
one ft- it wM bellevta, that an
^ returned from a *nn°u»cenf''«nt be
•owi. .. .
“ Wice believe thev h.v. 11 was reported that the kings
'mystery 0f the^btllet dfaght*r and son-in-law would
.r.'-'daughter and son-in-law woum challenged President Truman to- the Finance Committee, predicted
ooor-^L^l deky their departure, if necessa** ^ cut federal spending by *4,- that Mother tax ««***■ be
ty^gkeUraafSSg! to awkit word on the outcome of Jmm t0 MCape a deficit wiA- r^^tednextyear. probablj ef
the operation, ^tjmeaking the backs of the ftrMident ,, rMpon.
fJSiSyfT?*
hub of Galvciton gambling r- as
the “big boys” who are still raking He was a retired master ser-
in big gambiog profits. geant and fought in both world
"At the state crime hearing,” wars, whining several decorations
Redlell said, “it was brought out for bravery,
that one. Galveston syndicate Known as “Mr. Marine,” Dia-
made almost 34 million last year, mond was 53 when tales of his un-
And that interest is still going canny accuracy with a mortar be-
strong. gan to spread ’all over the South
"The senator Is not being person- ' "You’rr not going to break up Pacific. He once lobbed a mortar
* - sra*»— r.x'SLS.’JrLi;
ing accurate. Reddell obviously was talking Marine legend.
Senator Walter F. George, D, about the Maceo syndicate since The story that all Marines re-
Georgia, chairman of the Finance the Texas House Crime Investlga...... ..... -
Committee, dismissed the presi- a<*Oomm«t«a. after-»*****
at the last regular municipal
tion if this number Includes
least 10 per cent of the qu‘""
voters.
Forest Fire Roars
On Toward Pacific
FORKS, Wash. —(EE)— A 30,000-
acre forest fire roared westward
today after destroying the
The story that all Marines re-
late and the one that will probably
outlive bis battle exploits (concerns
Ed Cathriner Suffers
Severe Heart Attack
’ a
ggsgsas? rya&Tasgs .
awst ay«5A£s:4S r-s._______
to outfit tbf
TJorHuberl E W *«*:
l SJS^pSSt-Wth. mind” to reducing federal «p«dv
’W.y MW U u-
-ii________ __ ______ “critic*
today^sdter'suHering a sever* R„.„ re-
.. .he M 500.000,000 funds for defense and foreign aid.
on the ». > .. bj Mmikin sajd he did not wan.
____________ to be personal but that he voted
yesterday renew- for more cuts in
ir s 110,000,OOQ.oflO then Humphrey.
---, Asked today'by newsmen about
<ot one more cent as far as I his blast at the Rangers. Reddell
_ concerned.” went further and charged that
Milllkin noted that the presi- Colonel Homer Gsrrison. head of
east portion of this city and offi- :
cials said It might not stop until
it reached the shores of the Paci-
fic Ocean.
The Navy,
All the supply clerks
Vandergrlft 1, sard to
marked that
• . ‘
- ; - •- a*
Garrison ssid^ the
get the equivalent of ss.bw.wo.ouu not "even hove an anlwer “No au.a ^u,
jrjttBWKP SRESSSfSS« sww
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