The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 257, Ed. 3 Tuesday, April 24, 1934 Page: 3 of 10
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Police Called Out on Strikes at Fisher Body and Chevrolet Plants
TEAR GAS IS
USED TO END
STRIKERS RIOT
By The Associated Press
Strike disorders sharpened tae
capital-labor controversy In the
automotive industry' Tuesday while
negotiations went forward for set-
tlement of the railroad aud Ala-
bama coal wage disputes.
At Cleveland mounted police
restored order among a crowd of
6.000 strike sympathizers who
crowded around the Usher Body
company s plant where about lialt
oi the 8.000 employes walked ou%
in a demand for union recognition
Picket SUbbed
A picket was slabbed at St. Louis
where 3000 workers left their jobs
at the Chevrolet Motor company
and Fisher Body plants asking
union recognition. Eight men wer-
arrested for stoning trucks carry-
ing workers irom the plants.
At Toledo 1.900 automotive wora-
ers remained on strike.
Tile National Automobile Labor
board worked at Detroit to restore
peace in the industry hearing bom
manufacturers and labor leaders.
At Cleveland gasoline truck driv-
ers joined a strike of 2.000 filling
elation attendants. Higher wagga
shorter hours and union recogni-
tion are the demands.
Police Use Tear Gas
Striking employes of the Garton
To.' company at Sheboygan. Wis.
paraded Monday night after 20
jtersons. arrested by police during a
demonstration at the plant lu'Q
been arraigned on charges of un-
lawful assemblage. Police used tear
gas to quell the outbreak.
At Washington railroad labor
leaders and executives sought in a
new scries of conferences to eno
the wage dispute.
Pres. Roosevelt proposed estab-
lishment of a permanent court to
settle labor controversies.
A disagreement developed be-
tween Alabama coal operators and
miners in negotiating to return
21.000 workers to the shafts. A
joint committee continued to wrestle
with the question.
On its first meal as an idult. a
fly can dnnk twice its own weight.
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Seabury Responsible For
Many Reforms in State’s
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|House of Representatives
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The man who is primarily res-
ponsible for the simplified legisla-
tive procedure now followed in the
Texas House of Representatives will
return to the Texas legislature if
F. W. Seabury of Brownsville is
elected to the senate lrom the 27th
senatorial district now represented
by Archer Parr of Benavides.
For it was Judge Seabury who
led the move to reform the House
procedure in 1905. and he was elect-
ed to the speakership of that body
on this platform.
The changes which were carried
out during his tenure of the speak-
ership constitute the main princi-
ples of procedure in that body to-
day.
Asked if he would propose any
changes in the senate rules if he is
elected Judge Seabury said that
he would not. “It would be pre-
sumptuous for a new member in
the senate to suggest changes in
the procedure. These should come
as the result of experience.”
The House gets a lot more busi-
ness done now than It did before
the reforms of 1905 Judge Seabury
comments but adds that a lot of
its picturesque features left with the
change in procedure.
The three great changes made at
that time were the change of com-
mittee meetings to the morning in-
stead of the afternoon the change
in the suspension of regular order
rule and the change in the call of
the house procedure.
"When I was in the legislature
iirst. the committees met in the
afternoon and the House met in
the morning." Judge Seabury said.
"The result was that there was
fairly good attendance at tile House
meetings but it was always difficult
to get a quorum at the committee
meetings. Important bills would lie
around for weeks because a com-
mittee could not get a quorum and
th' i when it did start work it
would hurriedly report the bills
without giving them due consider-
ation.”
This was changed by the simple
procedure of having committee
meetings in the morning.
"It was possible then to suspend
the regular order of business and
take up any bill out of its order on
a two-third vote.” Judge Seabury
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said. "The result was that there
really was no order of business.
Anybody could get any bill brought
up at any time nobody ever knew
what was going to be done and
busmes6 was slowed up until it
scarcely moved at all."
The change here was to limit sus-
pension of regular order to one
day a week and also one day was
set aside on which to take up sen-
ate bills.
Probably the most interesting
amusing and futile results were
brought about however as a re-
sult of the call of the house rule.
■ When I first went to the legis-
lature" Judge Seabury continued.
• if anyone moved a call of the
House and got 15 seconds it was
the rule to close the doors and call
theroU.
"Then the sergeant-at-arms was
| instructed to send out and get the
absentees. The rule provided that
a two-thirds majority vote was nec-
essary to excuse any absentee and
—what led to the real confusion—
that if the vote failed to show this
majority for excusing the absentees
there could be no further action
on whatever bill was pending.
When a bill with a majority in
its favor was under discussion
some opponent would move a call
of the house and 15 or more would
be on their feet instantly second-
ing it. Then after the roll was
called a majority member would
move to excuse the absentees. Us-
ually the opposition could muster
enough votes to block this and
prevent jxtssage of the bill.
■ The majority had only one
weapon—refusal to adjourn.
"So the house would go on and
on. I have sat through sessions all
of one day. all that night all the
following day. and then the fol-
lowing night."
During these sessions many m-
teresting matters would take place
Judge Seabury said. Usually a
number of those present would
tail asleep
• Then someone who lavored tne
bill would softly remark. Mr.
Speaker. I move the absentees be
excused’ and almost instantly the
opposition would Jump to their
feet shouting ’Ayes and Noes’ to
wake up all those sleeping ana
block the bill
"Then it would drag en until
finally the absentees were brought
in. Frequently the opponents of a
bill would deliberately arrange for
these absentees to go to distant
places such as Laredo or some
extreme north Texas point so that
it would take a day or two to te'e-
*raph there have the sheriff ar-
rer. the member and bring him
in."
Because of the ability of a mem-
ber by his absence to block pro-
cedure. penalties were imposed on
the absentees where they could not
show a valid excuse Judge Sea-
bury said. Frequently members
v.ould slip out during one of these
deadlocked sessions when the pen-
alty would be even more severe.
On one occasion a member of
tiie House the lone Republican
member slippeu out and later was
brought before the Bar of the
House" for justice. The House was
highly aroused over his act. and
icady to impose a heavy penalry.
-o he was called to the bar to give
his excuse.
The Republican member express-
ed his great esteem of the House.
nL high appreciation of its dignltv
and honor and then added. "But
Mr Speaker I heard honorable
gentlemen on both sides say that
they were going to stay in this ses-
sion until Hell Freezes over and
lor my part. I wasn't prepared to
stay that long."
He drew no penalty.
These deadlocked sessions now-
are Impossible in the House as
are many othe* systems of wasting
time which were eliminated In the
ilcuse reforms carried out by Judge
Seabury and his supporters when
he was speaker.
He is now waging a determined
campaign against the dean of the
Senate. Archer Parr and is con-
ceded to have better than an even
chance of replacing the veteran
Duval county man.
Band Concert
A concert will be presented Tues-
day night at 7 o'clock at Fbrt
Crown by the 12th Cavalry band.
U was announced Tuesday morn-
ing by W. O. Archambault. direc-
tor.
The program follows:
Polonaise. Militaire; Overture
Mienonnette; Fbx Trot Tempta-
tion; Waltz. Nightingale; Mexican
Dance. Merida; Fox Trot. Well
Make Hay While The Sun Shines;
intermezzo. Gretchen; March Finale.
With The Colors.
MRS. GAREY ILL
SAN BENITO. April 24.—Meager
information received here indicates
that Mrs. A. J. Garey is seriously
ill at San Angelo. All members of
the family have gone there.
COLUMNIST’S
FA1LY ASKS
DEATHPROBE
CHICAGO. Apnl 24 4»^-A quar-
rel with a roadhouse proprietor who
tried to “shake down ’ a tourist was
put forward Tuesday by kin of
Arthur Shumway newspaper col-
umnist found shot dead at Daytona
Beach. Fla.. Monday as warranting
investigation. Shumway was car-
rying a pistol he wrote "because of
threats.
Disbelieve Suicide
Mrs. Ruth Shumway widow and
her family said they did not be-
lieve Shumway committed suicide
as Daytona Beach police held.
Mrs. Shumway permitted her sis-
ter to make public a paragraph of
Shumway’s last letter in which he
described the episode of the tour-
ist. It follows:
“My work here is more eventful.
If less remunerative than in the
north. The other day I printed
without name a story about a lit-
tle night joint that tried to shake a
tourist down for a big reward when
he found her S2.000 brooch in the
place and the next day I wras very
tastily threatened by one of the
mugs who owned the place.
‘Carried Rod’
•’For lour days I carried my rod.
but finally told the chief of police
that I'd rather run than throw my
hip out of joint totuig a 'pound or
so of iron all the time.
“The chief said not to worry tiial
it I got shot he'd know who did it.
That's a help.
“Meanwhile I'm not being seen ui
the place concerned. I think the
business will blow over. After this
though the hell with civic virtue."
Movie Sidelights
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CAPITOL
With Frrdric March and Miriam
Hopkins as products ot the Park
Avenue social world and with Geo.
Raft and Helen Mack as graduate
of the slum sidewalks. Paramount's
“All of Me" which shows Tuesdav
and Wednesday at the Capitol
theater proves that while there may
be two kinds of women 'here is
after all only one kind of love.
On a slumming trip one night
Fredric March and Miriam Hop-
kins become interested in the con-
versation of George Raft ex-convirt
and his girl. Helen Mack. It is
plain to see they are desperately in
love. March and Hopkias meet them
and listen to their problem. A
crooked parole officer forces Raft
back to prison and Helen is ent to
a woman’s reformatory as an incor-
rigible. Sympathizing with »hc sad
plight of the lowly !over.->. Miriam
visits Raft in prison and helps him
escape so that he can get Helen
away in order to save her tin- dis-
grace of having her baby bon. in
prison.
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An excituig story and cou.mc-
ing performances by a cast oi
Broadw ay and Holly wood Mars
combine to make “Midnight.” the j
Universal film which shows Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Queen theat- j
er. a genuinely dramatic thriller
“Midnight.” tells the story of a
man. father of a family who be- j
lleves in upholding the law. Ap- j
pointed jury foreman in the trial1
of a murderess he asks the woman
a single vital question. Her answer
results in a verdict of “guilty.” Then
public opinion rises against the
foreman for his part in convicting
the woman
On the night of the execution— >
the impending execution preys on
his mind. Outside the house re-
porters battle with police. Then . 'id-
denly events take place which com-
pletely turn the tables.
RIVOLI—SAN BLMTO
The one and only inimitable Will [
Rogers comes to the screen of the
Rivoli theater Tuesday in “Mr.
Skitch.”
Rogers. 1 mad of a family o* six I
suddenly finds himscll penniless
and is confronted with the task of
making sufficient money to simport
his family. He places his brood in
an old dilapidated car and starts
towards California with the nope
that he may secure a job in an-
other community. He finally lauds a
job as waiter in a gambling casino j
He gambles the first dollar he earns
on the roulette wheel and wins S3 -
000. only to have his wife lose the !
the money in an auto camp. Penni- 1
less once more he start? off to
Hollywood to capitalize on the ta!- j
ents of a movie-star impersonator
whose acquaintance he has .nads j
at one of the auto camps
Ted Hudson to Head
Ex-Aggies of Valley
'Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN. April J4.—C. E.
<Tedi Hudson of San Benito was
elected president of the Valley A.
& M. club at the annual election of
officers held Saturday night xi the
Recse-Wil-Mond hotel.
Mr Hudson succeeds W P Bris-
coe of Harlingen
Other officers chosen were Roger
V. Ray of Minion vice president;
and J. W Monk of Donna secre-
tary. It was not thought necessary
to elect a treasurer.
Building Code To
Be Discussed Here
Valley peoplj connected wilr. the
milding and construction trades
will gather here Friday night for
i banquet anu discussion of the
ode in this industry according to
innouncement Tuesday.
The meeting will be held on the
hiro floor of the Wool worth bulki-
ng where arrangements are bein^
ompleted for a banquet and all
persons engaged in the business of
milding including contractors
jlumbers. electrical contractors and
tilled businesses are asked to at-
end and take part in the discus-
ions.
Tacoma ii an Indian word mean- j
og highest or near heaven. 1|
pass with honors
He said he dial it know the
meaning ci the words ambiguity
obliterate and oi»aquc.
PITTSBURG — His job gone
Tom Hum. 3j. u.ned the lanuly
relief headqu.rt* rs and applied
for aid. Then he returned home
to his wife and four children
there was an official looking let-
ter waiting from Washington. It
said;
*‘I take great pleasure in in-
forming you * you have been
awarded the distinguished service
cross in recognition for your ex-
traordinary heroism in action
near Cote-Oe-Chatillion. France
Oct 14 1918.’
HIGH INSURANCE
RATE ASSAILED
—'—- '
butt has been tiled in the 53rd
District Court at Austin by the
South Texas Chamber ol Commerce
against the Board ol Insurance
Commissioners of Texas as a result
of the recent action of tire commis-
sion in adopting a new rate sche-
dule for windstorm and ha'i in-
surance which became effective
March 15. according to Ray I.eeman.
vice-president and general mana-
ger of the South Texas chamber. In
its petition the chamber alleges that
the new schedule increases the rates
heretofore provided for windstorm
insurance coverage in the territory
served by the chamber and that
windstorm and hail coverages are so
combined as to require that the in-
sured must pay for hail coverage in
order to secure windstorm cover-
age.
‘ The schedule adopted'* said Lee-
man “penalizes the coastal terri-
tc.-y of south Texas approximately
100 pei cent in its windstorm
rates. The windstorm and lia.il sche-
dule attempts to require the owner
of a dwelling or a mercantile stock
of a value of $10000 or less to carry
more than 50 per cent insurance as
to the value by placing a prohibitory
rate on Uic coverage unless in-
surance in an amount of 50 per rent
or more as to value is carried.”
According to Leeman. early in the
year the South Texas Chamber
made an application to the zommir-
sion for a revision of fire insurance
rates in south Texas and a divis-
ion of the state into zones for rate
making purposes. At that time at-
torneys for the chamber brought
out that the territory involved was
being made to pay the penalty for
other sections of the state winch
have bad fire records and claimed
that over a period of the last five
years south Texas had been ocnaliz-
ed 21 per cent. or. to put it in dol-
lars and cents ior that period
south Texas p<ud in premiums
amounting to $30000000 while the
losses were only $10000000. At the
same time. Leeman stated the
chamber protested the adoption and
promulgation of u higher rating in
windstorm and hail schedules. Both
protests were heard by the commis-
sion and according to Leeman were
passed with a notation ‘ no action
taken.
MAs an example of our conten-
tion.” Leeman said “we find that
th- city of Brownsville for *he per-
iod of 1928-32. inclusive paid in fire
insurance premiums $368 068 G7 while
during that period the city’s losses
amounted to $30100.70. or a loss
ratio of .081. A large percentage of
the territory served by the chamber
can show a similar record and while
the commission refused our sugges-
tion of zoning in accordance with
experience on fire losses thev very’
inconsistently adopted a policy of
zoning on windstorm and hail in-
surance. We arc determined to do
every thing in our power to see that
this palpable discrimination against
South Texas and South Texas cit-
ies is eliminated."
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BATON ROUGE. La . Apnl 24. £*i
—The issue of “Longism'’ Tuesday
rang in the ears of nearly 30.000
voters of Louisiana's sixth congres-
sional district as they set forth to
nominate a democratic represents
tive in the run-off primary as suc-
cessor to the late Bolivar E. Kemp.
The contest at the ballot boxes of
12 Louisiana parishes lay between
State sen. J. Y. Sanders. Jr a
stem opponent of the political or-
ganization of U. S. Sen. Huey P.
Long and Harry D. Wilson for 18
years state commissioner of agri-
culture and president of the South-
ern Association of Agricultural com-
missioners.
Although Wilson denied Long and
his factional organization. Sanders
in his closing rally Monday night
persisted in his charge that WiUon
was backed by Long and the state
administration of Gov. O. K Alien
and urged his supporters to guard
against “Long's trickery" at the
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