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Segregation: New Trends .te/r4 1 The one great rule We will serve no of composition is to nraUb or party but d to the speak the truth. ce),L find it T-IT1-stlY it as we —THOREAU opetus 919e Tpj e Texas Obser GJOUDIOGJO SJW An Independent-Liberal Weekly Newspaper Vol. 52 TEXAS, JULY 1, 1960 10c per copy No. 12 A More Liberal Austin Segregation: Conservative House Edge Drops by Eight AUSTIN in Houston which ousted four lib- four were defeated for reelection, A careful review of the eral House incumbents; and four voluntarily retired. New Trends platforms, campaigns, a n d (3) The unexpected liberal sweep of San Antonio; Houston, San, Antonio Front Our Louisiana man commented that illegitimacy political allegiances of the Liberal losses were centered in (4) The heavy turnover in con- Legislative Correspondent was a consequence of "the ethnic 181 legislators who will corn- Harris County, though there were servative ranks, with net losses, roots of the Negro race, a system prise the Texas House and occasional losses elsewhere in the BATON ROUGE, La. Senate for the next two years in the East Texas delegation. in which the mother bears full state. Turned out of office by the On July 27th in Louisiana responsibility for her offspring, points to the conclusion that conservative upsurge in Houston a new law takes effect mak- both branches, and particu- Veterans Swept Out and the stag roams at large." The losses among veteran con- were Dean Johnston, Bill Kilgar- ing it a crime punishable by The spokesman also dreaded a larly the House, will be more lin, Roger Daily, and Clyde Miller. imprisonment to conceive or liberally disposed on matters servative legislators were severe. probable result of the new law Biggest change, of course, was In addition, the seat held by re- give birth to an illegitimate against common-law marriage. of taxation and economic leg- Child. the unseating of Senator William tiring J. Ed Winfree was won by The department has until now islation. conservative W. H. Miller. New A companion bill with sim- Conservatives, who held 81 seats Fly of Victoria, chairman of the recognized many such unions as Houston conservatives are Henry ilar penalties for the new in the 150-member House in the powerful Senate Finance Commit- economically stable and has held Grover, Paul Floyd, Don Garrison, crime of entering into a com- 56th legislature, will occupy • 73 tee and generally regarded in Aus- the man responsible for the main- and Donald Shipley. Liberal in- mon-law marriage also takes seats in the new session, a net loss tin as the heir-apparent to Ben. tenance of the woman and chil- cumbents who survived in Hous- effect in July. Both partners of eight. These seats have peen Ramsey's presiding chair. Fly was dren living with him. ton were Bob Eckhardt and in such extra-legal unions are absorbed by the moderate-liberal crushed by Bill Patman, son of If the new law is strictly 'ap- Charles Whitfield. Criss Cole also liable to a $500 fine and one coalition which—with the help of liberal Texas Congressman Wright plied, these men would desert returns. year in prison or both. some dissident conservatives—suc- Patman of Texarkana. their "families" en masse, he said, Elsewhere in the state, liberal The bills passed through ceeded in controlling the House But while Fly's loss weakened leaving those behind to seek aid Bob Jackson of Corsicana was the legislature this month sufficiently in 1959 to pass the the Senate parliamentary "team" from the state or from charities. defeated by conservative Paul under the tag, "administra- severance beneficiary natural gas somewhat, conservative leader- A common-law marriage is a Curington; Ted Myatt of Cleburne tion segregation package." tax over the opposition of Speak- ship losses were much more marriage consummated by a man retired and was replaced by a They became known as "the er Waggoner Carr and Lt. Gov- sweeping in the House. Almost and woman living together but conservative; James Bates of Ed- bastard bills." ernor Ben Ramsey. Dividing these every prominent conservative not by their legal wedlock. It is inburg and Zeke Zbranek of Lib- eight seats conservatives\ lost on leader in the long seven-month They were hatched by the joint called a common-law marriage be- erty, both liberals, unsuccessfully the basis of five to the liberal tax fight of 1959 will be missing legislative committee on segrega- cause the common law accords ran for the Senate and were re- bloc and three to the moderates, from the 1961 lineups—Speaker tion. Their effects will be felt such unions-in-fact a legal status. placed in the House by conserva- the new lineup in the House ap- Waggoner Carr, veteran sales tax mostly by Negroes, if state wel- Under terms of the illegitimacy tives; Jamie Clements of Crock- pears to be about 73 conservatives, advocates Frates Seeligson and fare department statistics are rep- law, a woman's first childbirth ett did not seek reelection, and his 52 liberals, and 25 moderates. Bob 'Strickland of San Antonio, resentative. out of wedlock is forgiven. It is replacement, George Richards of Thus, for the first time since Scott MacDonald of Ft. .Worth, The welfare department, per- only upon her second such birth Huntsville, is tabbed as "not as early New Deal days, conserva- and Bob Woolsey of Corp* haps the only state agency with that she 'becomes subject to fine liberal"; Oscar Laurel of Laredo tives do not hold clear majority Christi; one-time Speaker candi- indicative statistics on i•legiti- and imprisonment. did not seek reelection, his seat control in the House on basic eco- date Joe Burkett of Kerrville; and macy in Louisiana, counted 18,743 An admitted flaw in the new going to a moderatet nomic legislation. Should the con- Max Smith of San Marcos, the illegitimate Negro children on its law would make the woman lia- The liberal sweep of San An- servative candidate for Speaker, "dean of the House" and long-time rolls and 1,190 illegitimate white ble upon her first extra-marital tonio turned out of office all but Wade Spilman, fail in his bid to chairman of its appropriations children. Roughly 31 per cent of pregnancy if she bore twins. one of the "Bexar Legislative succeed Waggoner Carr, which committee. all Negro children on the aid to Lawmakers and state capitol Team," the conservative ticket has become increasingly probable, In addition, the informal team dependent children list were 'ille- sources interviewed on the moti- that had operated successfully for the so-called' organized lobby" in of floor leaders that functioned gitimate. vation for such legislation an- (Continued on Page 8) Austin will, in the forthcoming in behalf of Speaker Carr's con- A welfare department 'spokes- (Continued on Page 8) 57th legislature, face its roughest servative forces last year suffered sledding in years. rudely at the hands of voters. In the Senate, four incumbent V. L. "Bo" Ramsey, chairman of conservatives will not return. the key revenue and taxation The San Antonio Case They will be replaced by two committee, was defeated in his bid liberals and two conservatives, a for Comptroller, Pete Matthew of AUSTIN out of the assets .of the company, I don't think anybody 'has tried circumstance that keeps the up- Yoakum was upset in his reelec- Some 17,000 • policyholders without material expenditure on to put any pressure on anybody. per chamber, under the direction tion bid by freshman Paul Haring, in the , defunct Franklin their part . merely for the pur- And I'm glad, because I wouldn't of Ramsey, in firm conservative and H. J. "Doc" Blanchard of American Insurance Co., San pose of promoting and subserving operate under it. We're just going control. Or most clear-cut issues, Lubbock did not seek reelection. Antonio, have a half-million their individual •nterests." along doing our work. It's unfor- the lineup checks out at 19 con- Returnees from Carr's "team" dollar interest in a lawsuit 'Peace, the petition filed in 126th tunate if we have to name some- • ervatives, seven liberals, and include W. T. Oliver, who defeat- filed against five San Anto- district court here alleges, was at- body who's high in •olitics." five moderates. ed his liberal opponent in a close 'nians—a lawsuit fraught with torney for all the defendant per- Sources in the Liquidator's Di- Among the most significant runoff after trailing in the pri- political implications. sons and companies. He was to vision said the company's deficit changes in the new legislative mary, Bill Heatly of Paducah and One of the defendants, John receive •about five percent of the is roughly $1.5 million. Total re- Peace, is the man whom Gov. picture: Dick Cory of Victoria. stock acquired in the company, covery sought by the suit is $575,- Price Daniel had placed upon the (1) The demolitions that rid- Of the eleven conservative lead- the Burkes ten percent, and Ben- 780, or in the alternative, this state Democratic executive com- dled the ranks of the conserva- ers listed who will not return to nett and Matteson 85 percent, it sum less the value of some Insur- mittee in 1958 after Daniel had tive leadership; the 57th legislature, three ran for is charged. Omedic Life Insurance Co. stock rejected, as objectionable to him, (2) The conservative victories higher office and were defeated, The Observer tried to contact •conceded to have a book value of the Bexar County caucus nominee Peace and the Burkes this week, $73,551.
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