Arxtts Obstrurr We See It

We will serve so The one great rule group or party but of composition is to will hew hard to the truth as we find speak the truth'. it and the right as —Thorea, arxtts Obstrurr we see it. - An Independent Liberal Weekly Newspaper vol. 47 TEXAS, DECEMBER 28, 1955 10c per copy No. 34 Dallas Solon's Firm Paid $30,000 Irwin Charges 'Persecution' Of His Company Insurance Speculator Paid Back Fee Lately; Cain Says 'Knows' Officials

DALLAS JoeWin, is fighting to save his American Atlas. He is fighting scared, and he is fighting hard. For three hours - last week in his company offices here, he spelled out to the Ob- server a story of his own financial' outwitting- and of his relationship with the Texas Insurance Commis- sion. He said he paid the law firm of which State Representative Douglas Insurance Commission officials in "born in sin." Commissioners found —Staff Photos Bergman is an active member a total company . insolvent June 24 but of about $30,000 in fees this year. district courtroom last week in Aus- tin heard a day's testimony cli- took no action to close it down. Left Smith, chairman of the commission; He said that thirteen or fourteen to right, Mark Wentz, commis- J. Byron Saunders, commissioner. thousand of this was "a back fee" maxed when Judge Charles Betts called U.S. Trust & Guaranty Co. sioner ; Joe Moore, head, securities The commissioners were appointed paid to Bergman's firm to help get division of the commission; Garland of Gov. Shivers. three of his minor companies "quietly "most amazing," "fraudulent," and buried by the Insurance Commission" to protect-his stockholders in Ameri- can Atlas Corporation. Last week the commission, now un- Omission From U. S. Trust Record der heavy public criticism because of the U.S. Trust & Guaranty debacle, Commissioners, Shepperd Did Not Tell Reporters of July Audit and Voting Trust Plan told Irwin that he - Must show cause on AUSTIN AND DAIIAS the commissioners said the July delay ported earlier that U.S. Trust was in- January 5 why two of his companies, solvent and had falsified records ; in-' Dallas. Fire and Casualty and Amen- A very, very strange oversight or was to obtain appraisals of U.S. Trust real estate. They said that Shepperd stead, they heard a last-minute pro- can Atlas Life Insurance, should not 'deliberate omission has left unre- posal from a Dallas accountant that he be-Claised down. "I paid my money and marked one chapter in the history of told them they did not have enough evidence of the insolvency to bring audit the- company . and that a new didn't get nothing, didn't I ?," Irwin the U.S. Trust & Guaranty collapse. management group then put up more asked. suit. The delay was by "mutual agree- The Texas Observer has learned ment," Chairman Garland Smith said. capital in exchange for a voting trust "If I went down there to Austin - that last July, when . the Texas in- agreement with owner A. B. Shoe- and got. down on my knees ,and belly surance commissioners delayed dos, Shepperd last week told the Ob- make of Waco. and kisged the' ring I might get ing the company they had found in:- server that his office made "no recom- not some consideration," he said. mendation" to:the commissioners in The real estate appraisals were The commission had closed another solvent, they approved a second pri- July. Asked if the burden of the'com- ordered by the commissioners until Irwin company, -Home Service Cas- vate audit by a new management pany's presentation in July of what he September 15, after the private audit ualty, several weeks ago with the group: Forsome reason, the com- described as "new material" was that had been completed and the new group charge that Irwin is not worthy of missioners . and Attorney General it was solvent, he repli.ed; "Yes." Was had decided to withdraw from the John Ben Shepperd all had failed to situation they had hoped to salvage. the public confidence. A show cause his office a party to the July decisio in order was also entered against All mention this.extraordinary agree- to delay the insolvency action, he was •Senator George Parkhouse said Dallas that he understood that -the new American Home Lloyds, a company asked. 'No," he said. • ment. to a • single reporter, even group was to include Benjack Cage, Irwin partially owned, ten days ago. though they had been questioned Real estate appraisals were riot pro- Irwin said he.gave the Dallas firm chief figure in the Insurance Company again and again on why they waited posed by the insurance commissioners of_ Texas. The audit ,was conducted by of Trion, Cain, Bergman, and Cocke five months before joining in the in- or the state at the July 5th hearing. "leg's...than $14;000 to get 'em to hush Felix Einsohn, a Dallas accountant solvency action on December 15. The commissioners did not even call who keeps the books for Lone Star up the closing of these three compan- on their own auditor, who had re- Ein ies" so that his American Atlas Cor- -In a conference with the Observer, •-Boat Conipany, an ICI' affiliate. poration would not be damaged by sohn told the Observer in Dallas that . the publicity. . . Cage was not associated with him in "Bergman called me the other day the audit. . In the course of the July 5th hear- a fter Home Lloyds closed," Irwin -said. "I said to him, didn't get much . GILES TRIALS OVER ing, Insurance Commissioner J. Byron Saunders told Shoemake and-Einsohn for my money, did I ?' He said 'Well . AUSTIN The Observer has learned this that unless they had a considerable I didn't know you had those taxi -Bascom Giles will not again go notes'." position to sum of new cash, "a run on the de- to the witness chair on any vet- from a source. in a posits" of U.S. Trust might occur and The state alleges. in its suit against erans' land charges, the Observer know. • All American Home Lloyds . that Ir- "your whole house of cards falls," has strong reason to believe, and Last week the Observer re- U.S. Trust was organized as an in- win got some Dallas taxicab drivers to it is very likely that the effective sign some financial notes with which ported that, apparently there is a surance company but accepted depos- one six-year term he has been as- deal between Giles and the state its totaling $5,800,000 from deposi- he obtained a credit in the company. for agreeing to take $74,- Irwin said Bergman told him a week sessed - to hold Giles's: prison sentences tors, just as a bank does. State audi- 000 in bribes and being an ac- down to six 'years net by making tors called the -company's financial before the state's action against the company that it would go under if he complice to the theft of $6,800 them concurrent. condition and doubtful legal origin to from the state rill not be length- The basic premise of the state's the attention of the Insurance Com- didn't put it in voluntary bankruptcy. ened by prosecution of pending Irwin said American Atlas Corpor- counsel—led by Atty. Gen. John mission in June, 1954. The Commis- ation, a holding company which owns charges. Ben Shepperd—is that if the of- sioners agreed to permit Shoemake to Nine charges against Giles wait fenders will pay back the money hire a privateaccountant, and he made Atlas .Life Insurance Company, has hearing • in Travis County. Dis 7. lost between $1, and $2 million in as- the state lost, the state will miti- a report to them. Senator Warren Mc- trict A t t o r n e y Les Procter gate its criminal prosecutions. • Donald of Tyler complained to the 'sets because of what he calls "this brought Giles to trial on a charge persecution" and "false accusation." Commission again in January, and an of being an accomplice to theft in Last week Shepperd's office audit by Commission examiners was He insists that American Atlas Insur- land deal. He was found guilty, filed suit for recovery of $549,- ance, which has more than a dozen a undertaken February 28. As a result and although Procter asked for a 000, mostly from land' deal pro- of the audit, the commissioners—on branch offices in Texas, is financially -jury gave moters in Zavala County -r- Joe sound. The Commission's action a- ten-year penalty, the June 24th, 1955—entered an unpub- Giles three. . Byrd, J. Paul Little, H. R. Stall- licized. show cause order listing "spe- gainst it and U. S. Life Insurance expected to press ing, B. H. Holsomback. This U. Procter is not cific findings" that the company was Company of Waco, a subsidiary of .es; that is, he brings the total recovery sought and S. Trust and Guaranty, could lead the other nine charo insolvent, had falsified its records will accept Giles's pleab in some of by the' state . in the land cases to misrepresented its assets, and should to the first revocations of life insur- them, and others may be dropped $3,400,000. To date $350,000 has ,(Continued on Page 4): (Continued on Page 4) for various reasons. been recovered. Let those flatter who fear, it is not an American art. -1-JEFFERSON 'Mustn't Tell the Passengers--They Might Lose Faith in the Ship' Superviied .7feecing

- Information the Observer has Texas has. supervised the liquidation leads us - to believe it imperative that of the savings of thousands of grand juries convene immediately Texans. on the failure of U.S. Trust & Guar- ." _Drew .PearsOn is 'responsible for anty. the trust many people put in "U.S. Ralph Yarborough is correct in Trust." He should never have rec,- asking that citizens' juries, instead o•mended a _security = an investment AV1I1101.1t being absolutely of political committees, investigate sure. The Observer warned him .in this latest fraud on the people of May- that the company was shaky Texas. and had "retained" senators, as the It will be well remembered that saying .goes, but Shoemake satisfied him the company was good. Pear- the letter proving Congressman son made a tragic error. John J. Bell took large fees from veterans' land deal promoters was in But it is not for Insurance Com- the hands of the Senate Inyestigat-. missioner Garland Smith to rebuke him. What incredible incompetency ing Committee last session and on Smith's part ! and the other com- would have been suppressed had the missioners! To have an insolvent Observer not dug it out of the file in company, .to see it taking in millions which it had been re-buried. of dollars from trusting innocent people, to have full authority to There are many shocking as- close it at any time, and to let it go spects of the U.S. Trust Case. until $6 million is investedthat is, The Insurance Commission was at least, negligence that defies un- told by state auditors twenty months derstanding. ago that the company was probably •And the senators ! Paid by Shoe- insolvent. `\,\Thy did the commission- make, and defending him from bank ers let thousands of Texans pour $(I,- examinations ! Paid by Shoemake, 800,000 into the company after that and supposed to be representing the warning? people ! Carlos Ashley of Llano, Jep -Why did they let the owner of Fuller of Port Arthur, and, as the that company talk them out of a facts prove out, every other senator- state audit that year ? Shoemake retained—liberal or con- Bartlett Appears Exclusively in The Texas Observer servative—should be thrown out of Why did they not insist the com- office for this flagrant violation o- ,f pany- be closed down after they for- public ethics. mally found it insolvent and its records falsified in Ttine, 1955 ? We know there were others. Their WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH names will come out. (This was written during the rooms and committee hearings are \Vhy didn't the Attorney General last session of the Legislature but farces and the votes a dance of bring. suit against the company in A hundred and fifty thousand was not published then. Instead strings. July, fully informed as he was at the Texans will see to that. the Observer sought to document I tell you these things because they time that it was broke and surely the feeling in the lobbyist issue of keep talkitag in the Senate when they- knowing that Texans were giving it May 23. Here, at end of the year 're a little drunk about passing a fair- $20,000 of their savings every day? of truth for state governmenl, is trade law for bribery to stop the mem- the feeling.—Ed.) bers from selling out too cheap. \\Thy, after finding Cause to re- ear oi .7ruth I tell you these things because your voke its permit to, operate in June, AUSTIN teachers should have told you and they did the Insurance CommissionerS I think back now on what they didn't because the - booksellers and fair to revoke. it at the announced This has been the Year of Truth. taught. me at Bonham elementary bookbuyers and - superintendents and Jtfly hearing ? . • for Texas state government : a year and Thomas Nelson Page junior businessmen, on the schoolboard would of the land scandal, the Giles bribes, high and Brackenridge and I realize not let them tell you. AA/fly—after finding its advertis- that the schools of Texas cheated • What a lousy stinking. place _this . ing entirely false—did the Commis- the "fees" for a Congressman and me as they are cheating my younger beautiful city is when the Legislature sioners not call in the Federal Trade state senators, the lobbyists' expos; brothers now: is in 'town. R.D. Commission at once? ure, the insurance failures, the gifts They taught me about good old Why did the commissioners not extracted from state employees by Stephen . F. Austin, Davy Crockett, tell the public ? their department heads, now . the the War with Mexico, and then some- hoW my remembrance of what they _ Death Blow? Why was nothing failure of a bank-like Texas firm done between taught me trickles. off into nowhere.' Te)Cas at Large July 5 and September 15 of this with m Or e investors than any No Jimmy Allred. year ? Texas bank. It has been a year of No Pappy O'Daniel. .... The Huntsville Item endorsed dismal revelations about dismal pub- 'No Texas Gulf Sulphur. Jimmy Phillips for governor and said The .commissioners failed to "in- No Humble Oil. form reporters of a private audit lic ethics. Price Daniel should stay in Washing- No Coke Stevenson. ton. and proposed n e w management No 'Texas Regulars. .... The El Paso Herald-Post op- Let each public man work that I 'agreement for U.S. Trust between No Hother Rainey.. posed a proposal to put- a "highway July and September. Why did. they 1956 may bring to the people a No Brown and Root. use tax' on El Paso cars with the ar- keep this under wraps? Was there government of honor and honesty, No nothin. gument that Texas oil should yield something wrong with it that made pride and .scruple, a government that How many: Texas school' children enough tax income largely from non- them want to hide it? come out of their schools • knowing Texans who use. it to pay fo• high- does something for the people in- What goes on in Austin ? ways and other things. It is now clear that the State of stead of to them. Do you know ? "But the oil -'owned Legislature I will tell you, then—let me be your would never allow such imposition on 'teacher for a time. foreigners, instead at its last session it I tell you that here in this city of voted 'a penny 4 gallon, 25 per cent, in- beauty and charm and. fine Texas crease in the gas tax which is paid by Trxas Ohorrurr Mexican -foods men are bought and Texans. The Oil Administration in sold like cattle in Fort Worth, worn- Austin recommended that and the oil.; en's furs in Dallas and women -in owned Legislature weitt along, - natur- veston. ally," said - the editorial, I tell you that a senator sat at dint .... Gov. Shivers's appointMent of DECEMBER 28, 1955 Staff Correspondents: Bob Bray, Galveston: ner the other night and told me of the land scandal crusader Wiley Cheat- Incorporating The State Observer, combined Anne Chambers, Corpus Christi ; Ramon Garces, with The East Texas Democrat Laredo ; Clyde Johnson, Corsicana; Mike Misto- time 'two years, ago when an industry - Barn as 24th judicial district D.A. "has Ronnie Dagger. Editor and General Manager vich, Bryan • Jack Morgan, Port Arthur; and reporters in 'Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, El Paso, known as oil paid $75,000 trying to get pretty well silenced" his critics who Sarah Payne, Office Manager Crystal City, and Big Spring. Published once a week from Austin, Texas. Staff Contributors : Leonard Burress, Deep a bill passed and they paid it to_sena...- say he has tried to cover up. the scan- Delivered postage prepaid $4 per annum. Adver- East Texas ; Minnie Fisher Cunningham, New tors. Twenty-One of them, the lobby- dal, thinks the Corpus Christi Caller. tising rates available on request. Extra copies 10c Waverley, Bruce Cutler, Austin ; Edwin Sue each. Quantity orders available. Goree, Burnet; John Igo, San Antonio; Franklin ist told the senator. .,... The Dallas News says Jimmy Entered as second-class matter April 26, 1937, Jones, Marshall ; George Jones, Washington, D.C.; at the Post Office at Austin, Texas, under the J. Henry Martindale, Lockhart ; Dan Strewn, I tell you that men come to this Phillips is right that every detail of act of March 3. 1879. Kenedy ; Jack Summerfield, Austin : and others. Legislature and work here for prom- the land. scandal must be cleared up. We will serve no group or party but will hew Staff cartoonist: Don Bartlett, Austin. Car- hard to the truth as we find it and the right toonists : Neil Caldwell, Austin ; Bob Eckhardt, inence and stay up late at night with "Possibly someone will question why as we see it. We are dedicated to the whole Houston : Etta Hulme, Austin. lobbyists for the sole purpose of be-; he (Phillips) reserved his sensational truth, to human values above all interests, to the MAILING ADDRESS : Drawer F, Capitol Sta- rights of man as the foundation of democracy ; tion. Austin. Texas. coming lobbyists themselves. charges . until he became a candidate we will take orders from none but our own EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICE: 604 'conscience, and never will we overlook or mis- West 24th St.. Austin, Texas. Phone 7-0746. I tell you that our laws are written for governor," said the News. But, "ff represent the truth to serve the interests of the HOUSTON OFFICE: 2501 Crawford St., Hous- in oil company towers and insurance, the new investigating committee is not powerful or cater to the ignoble in the human ton, Texas (Mrs. R. D. Randolph, director, sub- scription drive; Richard Kennedy. field director). ..company offices and loan sharks' back on the job, it should get on the job." FOOTNOTES ON HISTORY: 1955

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Dm Etta Hulls* for The Texas Observer Page 3 Dec. 28, 1955 t ..(Continued from Page 1)' I1 fortoweil on my own home, would I r ance company perniits to . do bUsiness he asked. - in Texas. (The CoMmiSsion also di Dallai Firm Paid "My word is good.. I pay my just rected Shoemake's Southern Medical debts., I never turn on a friend .... I notot stolen anything. I have not and Hospital Service to show similar staunchly insists that except for Home 'I have an undying faith in wliat a cause Jan. 5.) .. • • . done anything wrong," he said. Service Casualty, these "bad deals" do feller tells me," Irwin says of his Irwin got all the education he could Irwin told how four or five weeks not involve his parent corporation, three misfortunes in the smaller com- at a Dallas public school, went to work ago, Frank Cain of the Bergman firm American Atlas, nor its two main in- panies. He defended his insurance as a printer's devil at $1.50 a week, 'told him he and Bergman were resign- surance companies, American Atlas conduct by stating that he paid off joined the Navy and was disabled by, ing as Irwin's counsel "four or five Insurance and LaSalle Casualty of $50,000 in death claims on Southern food poisoning. After work in Boston hours before they swarmed me from Chicago. Bankers Life Insurance Company as a newspaper printer, he returned to the department." He said he has On the Home Service case, he said when he reinsured its business in July Dallas and entered the printing busi- had as many as eleven examiners that Frank Cain was chairman of the or August. "I did an act for the in- ness. He took up real estate and two "on- me" since then. "That's the dark- board when he, Irwin, invested in it. dustry," he said. ' years ago went into insurance. est thing in the whole outfit." He call- He said the cOmpany was losing He is a Past Commander of his ed his general troubles "the sourest, He said he thought enough. of money and owed more claims than it American Atlas to sell his own assets American Legion Post, a Mason, a most putrid thing we've ever had . in could pay even though he put a lot of member of the Knights of Pythias, Texas." Irwin feels that he is being and borrow on his personal property his own money into , it. He suggested to go into it with $96,000. "I bor- and a member of Park Cities Baptist wronged because he made mistakes .in that funds were dealt with without his Church in Dallas. "I don't drink, gam- connection with All American Home knOwledge after his investment. rowed $9,500 on my own cottage to ble, or belong to country clubs," he Lloyds, Home Service Casualty, and In connection with the $14,000 fee buy some new business. If I didn't be- said. He is a Republican and said he Dallas Fire and Casualty. "I Arouldn't to Cain and Bergman, he told the Ob- lieve in this company I wouldn't a supported Allan Shivers. R.D. hurt a mouse. I'm the most meek and server: "Don't misunderstand I humble man—but I will take so got value received. I got a lien on much," he said. Home Seryiee Casualty, which was In a statement directed to .Insur- already in receivership. That lien is a ance Commission Chairman Garland perfectly good lien for that company." Omission From U. S. Trust Record Smith, Irwin told the Observer "the Irwin also told how he had made a chairman of the Board of Insurance deal with James Aldridge and Andrew (Continued from Page 1) because "this is of such terrific import Commissioners states in the show Viscardi of Austin to trade some real be deprived of the right to do busi- and consequence and eventualities," cause order of December 21st that he estate notes for some st@ck in All ness. The July 5 meeting followed. and because "the representatives of has knowledge that I'm interested in American Home Lloyds. With the termination of the second the Attorney General's office (Robert this (Dallas Fire and Casualty) com- private audit and the proposed new Fagg and Fred Jones) ... would like "I told 'em I'd have to create 'em to confer with the Attorney General pany and I hope he'll be able to get ... they wanted 'em cheap for $30,000 managemerit arrangement, the com- back my securities that I've been beat cash, and they needed $160,000, so I missioners initiated real estate ap- for acquiescence in any plan that we might agree to," the commissioners out of." told 'em I could create 'em. on vacant praisals on, September 15. Shoemake Irwin also revealed to the Observer lots an' I got those taxicab drivers transferred U.S. Trust's real estate to had decided to pass over any other last week that he first obtained his in- to sign 'em. It was all right with U.S. Automotive, a subsidiary outside evidence "until in the morning" and then advise them of the decision. terest • in Dallas Fire and Casualty af- them." of the Insurance Commission's juris- ter being told by a company official in He said the company's Dallas attor- diction, and the appraisals were cut Shoemake said his companies were December, 1954, that Bascom Giles, off. On December 12, the Commission gaining a month. Saunders then Land Commissioner, wanted to ney, Pinky Gresham, gave his attorney, Frank Cain, the check for $30,- denied Shoemake a securities dealer's said he approved Shoemake's sugges- sell Out his 64 percent control be- license, and three days later the state tion that the interest rate on U.S. cause "the–Department would like 000 in March, 1955. "My attorney held the check for at- least ten min- brought suit to close down -the com- Trust's deposits be decreased from very much" for Giles to get out before pany. five to three percent. a certain investigation broke. utes," he said, and that Gresham then took it back pending completion of The rate of new deposits after Sept. Shoemake said the Commissioners some papers and still hasit. "I never Sept. 15 was 'about $20,000 a day. could call him in Austin about their C AIN told the Observer got a copper , cent out of that taxicab decision as, he. said, "I'll be , here any- from Dallas that his firm started rep- deal," Irwin said. way." There is no record of a morning resenting Irwin in November, 1954, S HOEMAKE twice during the July 5th meeting referred to the meeting on further evidence. Einsohn and resigned as his counsel on about began his audit. November 10 or 15; 1955. Asked if GILES FIGURES in the willingness of a third party he called insurance exanigners had landed on story in this manner : simply "they" to put up money if the Irwin a few hours after his resigna- In December of last year, Irwin commission so desired. He said he had - THE OBSERVERcon-_ tion, Cain said, "there was some cas- says, 'Earl Shelton president of Dallas "assigned my interest." He told the tacted Einsohn in Dallas last week. ualty examination on rates and classi- Fire and Casualty', told Irwin that he commissioners of the availability .of Asked. his opinion about the commis- fications on Home Service Casualty, I would like him to put up forty 'to fifty funds in these words : sion's failure to reveal to the public understand. They tame in right after thousand dollars in securities because "Whatever money that it takes if, the July-to-September experiment, he I resigned; as I understand." . "the department would like very much there is any, when he (Felix Ein- replied : "I suspicion like Mr. Shake- Cain said Irwin. asked Bergman to to get Mr. Giles off as chairman of sohn, the Dallas accountant retained) speare that there is something wrong represent him for $5,000 to get Ir- the board of Dallas Fire." makes his review, they are in a posi- in the state of Denmark." win's three minor' companies "surren- "I told Mr. Earl Shelton that I tion to put up regardless and after He said " the management plan never dered to the Insprance Commission could create some notes on • vacant he makes the review, the Board can crystalized and that he and his asso- with the least amount of publicity." lots," Irwin said. "He said, 'That's all review and whatever is necessary, if ciates withdrew for reasons "obvious He said Bergman refused.,, He con- right, all Mr. Giles has got is notes -on there , is anything to satisfy you it will at this point" and because of "frus- firmed that in November or Decem- • some -lots in Austin." He said he gave be done." trations" in his relationship. with ber Irwin had •paid his firm a $13,- Shelton '$100,000 in vacant lot mort- Again, after a reference to the Shoemake. "We hoped :very sincerely 000 back fee, which he said was for gages and $50,000 in stock in other Commission's examiner, Shoemake and very honestly that we could plug . 50-odd Home Service lawsuits back companies in exchange for Giles's said in the presence of the commis ,- up these problems," he said. as far as a year and•a half. He said he 6,400 shares of the 10,000-share cor- sioners : The company had no internal book- froze all of Irwin's records in his own poration. "If their Board would require any keeping system, no depth in its man- office until Irwin paid the fee. "Earl Shelton told me that they 'uz money, any amount whatever is neces- agement, and no records of any con- Asked about the additional $15,000 gonna have some investigation on sary to put up, for the safe-keeping, sequence, he said. HiS presentation on or $16,000 in fees Irwin has paid his Giles and didn't want him to have the solidarity of every one person in July 5 was based on conversations, not firm in the last year, Cain said that it anything to do with this company." this state of the eight or nine thousand on an examination, of the records, he shOuld be remembered that his firm Shelton brought Giles's resignation people who have got their money in explained. represented Irwin's many companies to Irwin along with those of several here, anything that 'the Board thinks Shoemake did not relinquish his and that sometimes all eight people in other company officials. Irwin .said he should be done will be done if control, but a voting trust arrange- his office were working on them. became dissatisfied with Shelton's the Board isn't satisfied they will put ment in connection with additional fi- How frequently does he see the in- management. For a„ third party, Shel- up whatever money to insure and to nancing- was intended at the conclu- surance commissioners? he was asked. ton offered him a trade of 5,000 hold harmless and to make sure every sidh of the audit, the accountant said. -"I know 'em," he replied. "I sure shares of a San Angelo Life eompany person is secure that has their money His plan was to "wash out the losses" could prove how little influence We in exchange for his share in the Dallas and in the business." by selling real estate and then to in- have with them. I tried to -increase the Company, he said. The deal was ( Shoernake apparently meant in his vest the proceeds and the depositors' capital stock of American Atlas Life agreed to, Irwin alleges, but then it statement here that U.S. Trust had incoming money in profitable growth and never could get them to ap- was " cancelled. Irwin says he does eight or nine thousand depositors. The companies. He said he had no part in prove it. If I went down there once, net now have his shares in Dallas commissioners told many reporters any transactions except the audit, I went down there ten . times." Ameri- Fire and Casualty. 'Shelton reinsured that Shoemake told them in Septem- Which ended "around early Septem- can Atlas Corporation sold stock until Dallas Fire and Casualty's insurance ber that there were 128,000 deposi- ber." Sept. 6, when the insurance securities business with the Insurance Company tors. A state auditor testified last week that there were 5,600 depositors and "I sincerely feel that with a free regulation took effect. of ,Texas, which left Dallas Fire a hand anybody with business acumen Bergman said he had not used any fairly inert organization. 140,000 policyholders.) .. The commissioners have been criti- and management ability ... could have influence for Irwin but had merely z made a go of it," he said. signed the Attorney General's agreed IRWIN INTENDS to. cized becauie they did not. publicize the June 24th insolvency finding. They He said that the burden of his tes- judgement for Home - Service Cas- have a lot of the 7,500 stockholders timony July 5 was that though the ualty. He said "the back fee," which in American Atlas present at the show told the Observer that the show cause order was public record and any re- company w a s technically solvent, he said was $13,000, was for trying. cause hearing January 5th. "I would it was actually . insolvent. Asked if the "about a hundred cases" for Home like for the honorable board not to porter could have loeked at it then. The minutes of the July 5 hearing commissioners suggested real estate Service Casualty in the last year. persecute a good life company that appraisals to him, he said, "No sir,. Bergman is a member of the House has a chance to grow," he said. He (which the Observer has obtained) quote Commissioner Saunders as tell- noone suggested it to me or required Insurance Committee.. said he would be glad to offer his res- it of me." ignation and put his stock in a voting ing Einsohn "I haven't told anyone about the He said the commission had full I RWIN'S STORY appears trust if the commissioners will spare knowledge of the new management ar- from his account to be a series of the company. Show Cause Order and we were trying to keep it, I thought, very quietly rangement. transactions in which - he was out- He says the new insurance laws "Fin a little naive about matters of traded in what seems to have been cus- give the insurance commissioners the as between Mr. Shoemake and this Board ..." social politics," he said. "I'm glad to tomary stock insurance dealing in in- power, through a, show cause order, be home. I'm delighted to be out of it. flated values. to "kill a company." "This immense The commissioners on July 5 dis- I've said my prayers." R.D. "I admit that I made. three had power should be . used in a more cussed the Shoemake-Einsolm pro- deals, and I gave a little something discretionary way for American Atlas posal during a brief off-the-record re- The Texas Observer for nothing at all," Irwin says. He stockholders," he said. cess, after which Saunders said that Page 4 • Dec. 28, 1955 ALLRED ACCUSES Says Saunders Told Him U.S. Trust 'Broke' in 1954; Betts Lashes Company, Regrets Firing of Attorney AUSTIN them, as a rule, by letting U.S. Trust An infuriated district judge use its furniture. slammed U.S. Trust & Guaranty-to F IVE SENATORS— the mat, a fired state insurance at- Bracewell, Houston ; Secrest, Temple; torney had his day of rejoinder, and Lock, Lufkin ; Lane, Center ; and Texas senators began to see unrav- Rogers, Austin, the Senate General eled the long story of the company's Investigating Committee—heard All- investigation, enrichment as a bank, red and State Auditor C. H. Cavness losses as an insurance company, and on the case—but not the commission- eventual insolvency last week. ers, who were over at Betts's court for the legal proceedings. CHARLES BETTS, Aus- The senators adjourned until Jan. tin district judge, heard a day of tes- 11, at which time theq will resume Staff Photo hearing the evidenCe. timony on the case and delivered one The Observer of December 21—a week's heaiing on U.S. Trust. Sen. of the angriest denunciations of a Cavness and Allred reviewed some of the information Observer readers special report on U.S. Trust & Guar- Jarrard Secrest of Temple, right, company heard from a local bench in and former Sen. Thomas Jefferson recent years. received in the Dec. 21 issue. anty—was in demand in the com- Allred read the committee a state- Holbrook of Galveston, left, read "It is the most amazing and fraud- ment that Casualty Insurance Com- mittee room of the Senate. General the Observer before the afternoon ulent operation that it's even been missioner J. Byron Saunders, before, Investigating Committee at last session. my misfortune to look at," he said. July, 1954, told him : "U.S. Trust is "It appears to a moral certainty ... broke. It looks like we will have to put that the entire transactions were born it in. receivership. You better get in sin and iniquity and fraud and have ready'." Observer in Demand seemed to be conducted that way He said Byron Lockhart wrote him AUSTIN room, but he went on toward it any- from the beginning and at the present a memo Aug. 12, 1954, "as to appar- time." The Observer's exhaustive Dec. 21 way. Bracewell came out -and asked ent inflated assets of U.S. Trust" and report on the extent and political, leg- for one; he also asked if there were He cancelled all of the company's that he sent this on to all the commis- insurance policies ; told creditors to islative, corporate, and legal back- . enough for everybody to have one. sioners. He said the senators should ground of the bankruptcy of U.S: The sergeant at arms desisted. file their claims with the state's liqui- ask why the. company was not closed dator, J. D.. Wheeler, within 190 days; Trust and Guaranty Co. was an ad- - Senators .Wardlaw Lane of Center, in 1954. vance report of the testimony heard- Jarrard Secrest of Temp, Bracewell, entered a temporary injunction against He related that he had been fired by U.S. Trust and its subsidiary, U.S. by the Senate Investigating Commit- and others at the hearing were reading the commission because he wanted to tee and district court here Thursday— the paper before the afternoon com- Automotive,. against doing business or name V. F. Blanchard, the commis- disposing of records or assets ; en- and of much more besides. mittee session started. Some of the sion's -chief examiner, defendant with The Observer made no effort to dis- questioning of Renne Allred Qf Bowie joined all officers of the corporation others in a creditors' suit against from disposing of any of their per- tribute copies of the Dec. 21 issue at seemed to grow out of the Observer's Texas Mutual Insurance Co.,.now the committee hearing until after Sen. report. However, the committee ad- sonal or corporate assets; and gave the bankrupt. He said he told Commis- temporary receiver all powers of a Searcy Bracewell of Houston, chair- journed before reviewing many of the sioners Saunders and Garland Smith man of the Senate committee, told an items reported by the Observer as part permanent receiver with some excep- he would wait until after the elections tions. Obsen'rer reporter : of a sequence of start-and-stop inves.- of the summer—but he was fired "Say, where can I get a copy of the tigation and official indecision that An examiner had testified that Sept. 15, 1954, by the board, "because Texas Observer ? I want to save it for began in June, 1954. Shoemake took $98,000 cash from Garland Smith, didn't want me to sue posterity."/ The Observer's report was also in 14. S. Trust's -Waco office for "safe- him (Blanchard)," he said. The Observer had a former em- demand at the court hearing on U.S. keeping." Betts ordered a search for Rogers said the statement contained ployee bring some of the papers down Trust and Guaranty the same day. it. Shoemake's Waco home was "inferences and innuendoes" that to the Senate chamber. The Senate The business office reported a rush on searched and the examiner said Shoe- might be better presented to*a grand sergeant at arms tried to stop him copies and a larger than usual flow of make said the money was in a bank. jury. Allred said there were no innu- from taking them into the committee telephoned new subscriptions. Betts — with t w o other district endoes but that he would be glad to judges, Jack Roberts and J. Harris repeat his statement before a grand jury. He said he came to the commit- Gardner—signed an order Oct. 11, of his office, possibly all three of the sion and the 60-day delay decided on 1954, invalidating the original order tee "as a ,citizen in what I felt to commissioners, some commission staff July 5. He did not have the July . 5 by which they had hired. Renne Allred be the public interest." He charged the liquidator is under personnel, and Shoemake had a con- minutes with him in the morning and of Bowie as attorney for the liquida- ference in late June, 1954, at which it did not insist they be introduced in the tor in insurance cases. The Insurance the "domination" of the , Insurance Commission, and, he said, "practically - was decided to get an outsider, afternoon; the senators did not insist, Commission had fired Allred on Sept. Charles Leslie, to look at the books. either. (See page 1). 1,5. • Allred said it was because he every order (of the district judges) bears the signature of one of the in-- "Was there discussion about the In- Cavness reviewed loans from U.S. wanted to make a commission official surance Commission itself making an Trust to U.S. Automotive on terms a defendant in a creditor's insolvency surance commissioners." Later, one of the senators asked examination at that time?" Bracewell that appeared to be highly unfavor- insurance suit. • Allred had informed asked. able to U.S. Trust. He said these were the three insurance commissioners in Allred—in response to a creditors' in- of 1953 by quiry—if it was not correct that "the "Yes ... it was decided to go along uncovered in the spring August, 1954, - that an associate attor- with Mr: Shoemake's idea (of the pri- the commission's audit and caused ney had found U.S. Trust's assets to receivership will be representing the creditors." "I used to think so, sena- vate auditor)," Cavness said. Fear of suspicion by the state auditors in June, be overvalued. a run by creditors was a factor, he 1954. The Observer asked Betts about tor," Allred replied. The senators and He said U.S. Trust had spent most the spectators laughed. said. this after he delivered his judgment. Cavness told about a Feb. 28 audit of the syndicate's money in return for He would not comment on Allred at C AVNESS was instructed by the commission and briefly about property, notes, or—in effect—corpor- first, but asked whether the law cre- the June 24 finding of the commis- ate I.O.U.'s. ates a conflict of interest in that the to do whatever necessary to preserve liquidator is supposed to represent the records of the related companies both the treditors and the Insurance and to bring to the next committee Commission (which the creditors meeting all records pertaining to pay- might wish to sue), he replied: ments to legislators. ."We (the three judges) didn't fire He described corporate interlocks WILCO'S Sick Leave Plan Allred ; we had entered an August or- involved in the case ; said the auditors, der hiring Allred, and all we did was specifically, Clark Diebel, first investi- Protects You on AND off the Job! revoke' that. The (insurance) board gated U.S. Trust in June; 1954, because of doubtful examination meth- then did what it wished—fired him ... available to small groups of employees — from 5 to 50 We asserted our power when we ap- ods of V. C. Thompson in the Texas Mutual case. After a preliminary pointed him till we had to back down to large groups, up to thousands .... when we fired him. meeting, he, Diebel and Grady Starnes "The Legislature has practically and to individuals! taken all liquidation powers out of the hands of the courts and put them in the • hands of an administrative tri- bunal," he said, thus giving the com- Western Indemnity Life mission an "ultimate veto" over the 'courts and "prosecutor powers." "As long as the Legislature wants it that Insurance Company way I guess it's gonna stay that way," he said. affiliated with There have/ been reliable reports that pressure was applied to get the judges to make it possible for the commission to fire Allred. At the court hearing, state auditors testified that U.S. Trust has lost $2 million this year, has a deficit surplus in excess of $7 million, and has received no interest on its $6,067,000 in .Home Office: 5011 Fannin, Houston; Texas notes clue from U.S. Automotive ; and that U.S. Automotive lost $582,000 in AGENCIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS the last five years but tried to declare The Texas Observer dividends all of those years, paying Page 5 Dec. 28, 1955 A SOCIETY NOTE Students CIS AUSTIN Christmas Amenities inconsequentially with professional Fear at Sul Ross Little do we Vnow what makes us -comrades and friends on the Govern- as we are. It is all very well for the In Shined Diplomats or's staff, we admired a portrait of our ALFINE satirists to heek and haw when host leaning back, his suit coat unbut- Seldom do student complaints about conditions at state colleges and univer- sworn foes exchange pleasantries • toned; his tie lying flappily on his ter Webb suit—that is, the one in sities reach the public ear—with the over a cup of punch, but satire chest, the sky overhead cloudy. We which I struggle to appear as 'respec- then addressed ourselves to the buffet' exception of those from the Univer- would be hard put if it had to ac-, table a liberal as he is. (As for Jean, and sat down at the wall to—eat seems sity of Texas, which had the only col- knowledge the determination to un- don't trouble about what she was an indelicate term to describe what we lege newspaper in the state's higher derstand of, say, the Russian novel- wearing; she is magnificent.) did — to consume. The Governor educational system which is free of ists. Most of us are laughing stocks, As we arrived, the guests were leav- strode thrOugh, popped a piece of ham habitual editorial censorship by its ad- from the logical point of view, which ing-. This gave. Jean occasion to re- into his mouth, one -of the ladies ministration. Last week, however, stu- may account for logic's low estate mark that those certainly were lovely against 'the wall asked, "Can vioe get dents at Sul Ross State Teachers Col- among us. minks, a not humorless suggestion you a plate, Governor?" and he, the lege at Alpine forced their protests The other day the Duggers were,in- that her white wool was not exactly - rakish devil, replied, "No T can get into the news by going to the top. vited to drop in at the Governor's de riguer. At the door the Negro ser- more this way.° Jean was watching In a petition to Governor Allan 11fansion for a little discreetly-dis- vant greeted us, and the academic very closely, and later I knew that it Shivers signed by 150 students, 'these guised Christmas cheer. The Governor source of my .polish became apparent was at this point that she received the charges were listed : did not exactly intend a tete-a-tete, as as I helped Jean get her coat off. Read impression which caused her to say, • That students are afraid to speak all the Capitol Press was invited. Granbery, assistant to the governor, "He is so handsome." their opinions lest they be told It is relevant to recall at this point welcomed us and directed us to Mr. "Sul Ross no longer needs you," and that sothe years ago I began my clan- and Mr€. ShiYers. that the student newspaper, the Sky- destine adventures in the San Antonio , We exchanged greetings. WE CONSUMED and chatted with the young lady to Jean's left. line, is more an administrative bulle- Public Library with P. G. Wodehouse I was ..going to tell you about that tin than the voice of the student body, and Rafael • Sabatini. Apart from greeting, but there is not very much to This I will remember in my ripen- ing years ; how by sitting down for a and that the editor will not print con- blushing forays into the mammoth un- say about it. If you had a fiction tell- troversial matter for fear of losing his abridged dictionary on the stand in . er's license • and could say what each moment together, apart from the others, we both were come upon by a job; the reading room to see if Webster was thinking, it would be all right; • And that students who get in was as naughty as I was, and certain but each was smiling and that was the feeling of strangeness, entirely of our own making, but not unreal. trouble in and around Alpine are revelations in a book called Religions journalistic sum of treated as habitual criminals, while of Mankind, which I stole, my library We went on through the mansion., We rose to go. • The Governor re- the, disciplinary committee of the col- greeting friends and taking it in. The contained no challenges to Wodehouse monstrated, then took jean's hand and lege itself is "more of a kangaroo and Sabatini ; thus was I saturated Shiverses have put in a _Christmas court than a democratic trial by jury." early in the late lamented illusion that tree as tall as the ceiling, and in the grinned and said "Merry Christmas." Shivers did not comment, but an the playing of the game is the thing— mansion, that's about 25 - feet. It had I was still remembering this warmth been sprayed pink all over. Bud Shiv- when I shook his hand, but we no aide said he usually refers such mat- any game will do ; that the clash of ters to the governing board of the in- . swords and the ripping of the topsails ers was running around in a red doubt also said "Merry Christmas," stitution involved. must always be enveloped in the brac- jacket. We had some punch (cham- pagne punch, Jean said, but I would for politics is a deadly business, and At week's end the president of the ing effluvium of valor and honor. relief from its prejudgment of the Sul Ross student council was sus- (Let it be maintained in my defense, not vouch for it because of the politi- pended from school. however, that I never did fall for the cal implications), we chatted utterly human is rare and welcome. R.D. Knight in Shining Armor ; only my subconscious was sucked in on that one.) MEMO FROM THE STAFF WELL, SUPPOSE you had AUSTIN "Mark . Adams, typesetter." He is the this week for the national capital, been chiding the governor now and only man I • have ever known who where he will chop paths - for the Dem-0 then, sometimes with a certain lack of The people in the office want to never permits his intellectuality to in- ocrats and Lyndon Johnson. A writer, subtlety which some mistook for hos- wish. our readers a good and happy trude on .his pride as a workman and a Joe, a wit, and a half-wit, his loss . tility. Would you go to the reception? from the Observer is like the Athen- holiday season. his naturalness as one. I am aware that there are many is- ians' loss of Alcibiades. We are all His daughter, Saskia, works in the sues involved., but Wodehouse and This doesn't mean much unless Greeks, but for awhile we are differ- Sabatini yet clutch me to their own office. This, of course, is nepotism, but ent Greeks. Some of his stories here you know who these people are, and , looking about Austin, we could not were as good as anything that's been parched dreams. Of course we went. have been, in the first year of our I even tried to shine my black shoes. find a better family to nepote published since the success of the New publication. Sassy is a freshman at the University I have four black shoes. Two of Deal killed H. L. Mencken ; every- and works here between, before, and thing he wrote was good. them—long, slim, and well-cut at the Sarah Payne is the curator of the toes—I associate with my brief -em- after classes. We would also wish you a merry records. A former school teacher, yule from all our correspondents, only ployment in the haven of American she appears when a worthy cause be- Virginia Titus was drawn into the subversives, the Department of State. family hereon false pretenses: that is, this is rather a confused situation,. gins, works much comment, some of them being well known, and The other two are merely .middle and leaves whenwhen it ceases,. or when it she was told she would be spared class. We were late, of course, ("Oh, close proximity With the editor. Lately others being known to you, of neces- ceases to be worthy. Whenever we are sity, by the flow of their prose alone. well, you're supposed to be late to a not sure what. course would be right, she has been taking down letters and reception," she said), so I applied the typing them for him. She also does Sometimes we trade messages like the we ask Sarah. the Shinola and brushed rather hastily-. By all. sorts of other things around .here. United States POst Office was some untoward circumstance, I shined Mark Adams sets the type. He She has two baby girls at home she catacombs. one diplomat and one bourgeoisie. Ir- Would not have it said any other way. leaves with a nurse when she's here. From us all, Happy New Year, Once when asked how he should be ritably I shined the other diplomat, Page 6 Dec. 28, 1955 then donned what Jean calls my Wal- identified in a formal paper, he said, Bill Brammer, oh woe, has departed Texas Lawyer Brown Battles Against Predatory Citizens injured back, and people are so skep- YOU MAY TAKE THE WIT- snoopers--window-peepers, keyhole- .... "If we made, a full disclosure of our purpose we could accomplish tical about this being true. NESS, Clinton Giddings Brown. .peepers--:-to see if the man really was Lawyer Brown has some most ex' _ Drawings by Doug Anderson. Aus- crippled. nothing. "Lady, I am going to repeat Lawyer Brown even recounts. with. this question until you answer it 'yes' cellent qualities. He fishes. He has the tin, 195'5. University of Texas impulse to write books (this being his glee how, on behalf of an oilman who or 'no.' Did you Tool Bosco?" "Yes." Press. 223 pp. second). He once defended a Negro had retained him, he hired a "very ex- "Thanks. Did you tell Bosco you loved charged with murdering a white man Lawyer Brown of San Antonio pensive, experienced, and smart fe- him ?" ( She - asked the judge) : "Is it and got him declared not guilty, for herein relates hih experiences as de- male lure from Chicago. She was 32 necessary for me to go into all the details?" (Lawyer) : "It might ern- which he did not take a fee. ("The fender of underprivileged corpora- years old and had dark hair, dark eye- - Jim Wheat Murder Case" is a won- tions against the depredations of lashes and eyebrows, large, clear gray , harass even a woman like you if I all the details, but derful chapter indeed.) Again he got predatory injury claimants. The eyes, full lips, and knew how to put on asked you to tell us . -did you tell Bosco you loved hitn.?" off a young Mexican friend._ of his lawyers on the other side were "am- exactly the right amount of drugstore who had beaten up another Mexican assistance for an appearance indoors "Yes."".Did you get paid for telling bulance chasers" in 90 percent of the Bosco you loved him?" .... "Seventy- on a point of honor. To win this case cases, most of the suits he recounts or outdoors." The idea was that Law- he stacked the jury, just a little bit., to yer Brown's protagonist in this suit, five dollars (a day) and all expenses. ' were brought by liars and frauds in- "Whew ! Well, the verdict of the jury wit: two to one with Mexicans, those "Bosco," was faking a wheelchair who understand a man's need to de- trying to soak the rich companies he jury, and here, surely, was a provoca- will probably show whether or not the defended, and never—never—in his defendant made a wise- investment fend his dignity. (He does not believe tion to get him out of his wheelchair. in stacking juries, mind; this was only experience, did a single plaintiff's wit- As the girl told it later, she had him when he hired you." ness admit he had heard the train The jury "stuck" the -oilman for to the extent that he suggested to a sitting 'on the bed with his shoes and, Mexican friend on the jury commis- whistle just before the accident at the er, trousers off when she went to the $15,000, says Lawyer Brown. He railroad crossing. never put another snooper in his wit- sion, how it would help the defendant window and yelled, "Here -comes my Mexican to have Mexicans on the husband!" Bosco nattirally ran out of ness chair. In the course of the narrative, how- jury.) ever, one does learn (albeit in pas- the house with no, er, trousers . on, and The sum of it is that Lawyer Brown the cameraman was waiting. The oil- is agnieyed. He is a nice man, lonely.. Lawyer Brown spins a good tale sages,well padded against the implica- and has made a contribution to Lore. tions) that company claim .agents run man insisted she take the stand . so. he and sensiti se, and he has had some If only he had not had to apologize, races with the "ambulance chasers" could gloat at his • foe's humiliation. bad moments especially when the and the slick, emotional, proletariat- emotional amhillance, -chasers have car- as, for example, in the title of his to get to the injured party first to be final chapter, "A Cup 0' Kindness, sure he tells "the truth"; that the pandering claimant lawyer pounced on ried the. injured -claimants. into the the poor girl. courtrooms on stretchers and .cots. He Yet." If you have ever wondered what companies put 'n big expense - ac- it would be like to be a corporation counts for the investigation of acci- "Did you fool Bosco? ". "In our line has,_ so it seems, tried a good many of work it.. is often' necessary, to some cases for :the "big,. rich corporations," lawyer against injured people, and dents that lead to "dangerous" suits recom- extent, to mislead 'the subject we -are in which the • claimants were, really, What it would do to you, against them ; and that the clients mended reading. R.D. he worked for were not above hiring investigating." "Did you fool Bosco?" dreaming up the banana peel and the The Brown Family Quartet gyrated even if the gnat lays eggs the larvae boomed and nasalized "When the Roll cant live the chorus ,is gone now Is -Called Up Yonder, I'll Be There." Local Symbolism and we must get u p-and walk now and look before we carry the coffin The tall Robert Hall clothed father Charles had escaped from the car, ple passing didn't seem to see and out and the young son drawing out the escaped from the nylon covered • up- went by unseeing and walked - away but i never knew what she wanted n B-eeee Theeeeeeere while the wife holstery, escaped to his dead cousin and left the insect to fly and ahnost or what she felt or why i felt love land but never and - the piano played and daughter jived the melody forcing Robbie Lee as he stood at the side of and compassion for her or why she softly asked for the ice at the hospital. their pitch higher and higher as the the tabernacle and looked at the stage. words came faster, their mouths open- the folds of satin in the casket are Bring me a glass of ice please where the Browns stood. The pink almost hiding the left side with the ing wide like fantails,. great stupid the nurse took a piece of it - from" casket had rested there four years be- three ribs always missing the short between her teeth when she was dead sincere fish mouths throwing words fore, the summer before he had left leg and the. sole of that shoe always of hope to the audience, demanding for college. He had been a pallbearer, worn-because of the liMp but does she she didnt ever say anything more or ask for anything more but she attention, forcing recollections of im- and from the black hearse through the have on shoes now maybe they are perspiring country people and silent new and not worn or the feet in the wanted•soMething more than the isola- probable heavens, bodies and live, hate tion and violence, fear and the jungle. relatives he had helped carry the cot- silk satin under the silk satin on the fin• up the aisle with the floor pock mattress of the casket not in shoes she had books and me lost as she Promising, pleading, almost believing but i will not look i will not if i close I'll be there. marked with doodle bugs waiting, past at all just in blue socks to match the the benches to the aluminum legged dress my eyes and take three steps i will not The dust from the passing Buicks, velvet draped stand, and heard the see they are almost gone now- and the but the gnat was still there it was Pontiacs Studebakers,. ,Chevrolets, songs of death and rebirth of pearly choir is almost ready to go see now Fords chrome tipped and shined set- gates and golden -streets of ageless still there - but i cant go.,closer cant go by cant And "I'll be there" echoed into his tled on the middle-aged audience in-,: rocks and jordan crossings and after- see the flying gnat side the tabernacle that sweltering wards the casket lid opened and the consciousness, and he knew again,. as Homecoming Sunday. The cars parad- cheesecloth veil draped to keep the life inside death is an illusion he had known in the past, that. Robbie ing, first filled with boys. only, boys flies away but a gnat got in and would the gnat will 'die in one day or Lee was dead forever. combing their hair, telling their jokes, almost land on the white chin but maybe two after the ground closes in G.H. "and the baby was born with straw never on the smiling lips or blue and only death then- hat and rubber boots," and finally the veined eyes or the blonde hair with the not life then only death then - THE TEXAS OBSERVER dont they know it dont they know Page 7 Dec. 28, 1955 girls breaking away to join the boys. dark, strand just in front and the peo-

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SHERIFF'S SALE AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the Green fiber foot locker BY VIRTUE of a certain Order of Sale, is- cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd., Austin, Travis owner and depositor though notified to come Red metal child's wagon sued by the Clerk of the 98th District Court of County, Texas. forward and pay such charges has failed and Red metal child's tricycle Travis County, Texas, on the 12th day of Decem-e AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. refuses to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- Red metal child's car " ber, 1955, in a certain Cause No. 102,664, where- By Toni H. Davis, Attorney scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and P. B. ctn. & conts. in Western Republic Life Insurance Company, is will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the Grey metal girl's tricycle Plaintiff and 011ie Edmondson and wife, Augusta NOTICE OF SALE ' 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the Red wood child's horse Edmondson. are Defendants, in favor- of the said WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- Folding ironing board cover Plaintiff for the sum of Three Thousand Three HOUSE CO. has in its possession the following cated at 400 East Third Street, Austin, Travis Red child's wagon Hundred Sixty-five and 14-100 ($3,365.14) . described goods : County, Texas. Child's air gun Dollars, with interest thereon at the ,rate of 6 13 Doz. sets - Battery caps AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. Folding wood tree stand per centum per annum from the 21st day of 3 Budls. - Knock down cartons By: Tom H. Davis, Attorney which were deposited with October, 1955, together with all costs of suit, - Which were deposited with it by Miss Phyllis Webster, the owner that being the amount of a judgment recovered it by TEX-Max ENTERPRISES, the owner, NOTICE OF SALE thereof, for storage and preservation, and by the said Plaintiff, in the 98th District Court of thereof, for storage_ and preservation, and ' WHEREAS the AUSTIN -FIREPROOF WARE WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- Travis County, on the 21st day of November, WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- HOUSE CO. has in its possession, the following tion, and other expenses in relation to such goods 1955. tion, and other expenses in relation to such goods described goods: are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the 1, on the 13th day of December, 1955, at are now due and unpaid. and WHEREAS the Bdle. broom handle - measuring stick owner and depositor though notified to come 4:55 o'clock P.M. have levied upon, and will, on owner and depositor though notified to come - Western elec. vacum cleaner forward and pay such charges has failed and the 7th day of February 1956, that being the first forward and pay such charges has failed and Warehouse broom refuses to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- Tuesday in said month, at the Court House door refuses to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- Bdle. 2 bed rails - ma-brackets scribed above are hereby' advertised for sale and in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed scribed above are, hereby advertised for sale and Coffee table - glass top will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the to sell for cash, to the highest bidder, all the will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the 4-6 Oak veneer bed end-trim 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the right, title and interest of 011ie Edmondson and 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the 4-6 Oak veneer bed end AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO-, lo- wife, Augusta • Edmondson, as the same existed AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. lo- Maple dinnette table to cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd., Austin, Travis on the Tth day of July, 1954, and at all subse- cated at 400 East Third Street, Austin, Travis Clothes dryer . County, Texas. quent dates existed and still exists, in and to County, Texas. End table AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO.- the following described property, levied upon as AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. Metal utility cabinet By : Tor H. Davis, Attorney the property of Defendants, to-wit: By: Tom H. Davis, Attorney Bdle. 2 plungers The North 48 feet of Lots Nos Ten (10), Bdle. 4 maple table_ legs Eleven (11), and Twelve (12), of the Hofheinz Metal folding ironing board -NOTICE OF- SALE Subdivision, of TO THE CREDITORS OF ESTATE OF a part of Block No. One (11, in SR..: Bdle. 3 spliced bed slats Outlot No. 45, in Division "B". of the City of S. M. LEE, WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- Notice is given that letters testamentary upon Bdle. 4 Mah. table legs HOUSE CO: has in its possession the following Austin, Texas' together with all improvements estate of S. M. Lee, Sr., deceased, were granted Folding gate thereon : and being the same property which is described goods: us November 28, 1955, by County Court of Travis Maytag washer 2 Walnut fin. chest of drawers described in deed from Ernest Best, Sheriff of County. All persons having claims against said Bdle. 2 wash boards Travis County, Texas, to the Calcasieu Lumber Maple fin. chest of drawers estate should present same in time prescribed by Walnut straight chairs - 4 3 Large PB carton & contents Company, dated 4ugust 2, 1950, and recorded in law, our residences and post offift addresses in Arm chair, walnut Book 1079, at Pages 474-475, .of the Deed Rec- Walnut fin. RCA radio comb. Austin, Texas, being as follows : Washing machine wringer 2 Wood boxes & contents ords of Travis County, Texas, and being the same VERNON BYRON LEE Walnut magazine rack lien described in a certain instrument now of 2 3x3 Maple fin. wood ben ends 7015 Burnet Road Blue uphl. foot stool 2 4x6 Wal. fin. wood ben ends record in the office of the County Clerk of JESSIE M. LEE Blue uphl. 0. S. chair Travis County, Texas, in Voluriie 1473, Pages 2 3x3 Wal. fin. wood ben ends 301 North Loop Mah. table top Maple fin. dresser base 333-335, of the Deed Records of such county to Independent Executors of Estate of S. M. Lee, Sr. Red imitation leather ottoman which deeds and the records thereof reference is Walnut fin. dresser base Blue settee cushions - 4 G. E. Electric Automatic ironer here made. NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE OF Blue and grey. 0. S. chair THE. ABOVE SALE TO BE MADE BY ME, to Maple fin. frame dresser mirror , WILLIAM F. PEALE, DECEASED: Blue and gray 0. S. Settee Walnut fin. frame dresser mirror satisfy the above.described judgment for $3,365.14 Notice is hereby given that original Letters Glass top mahogany lamp table in favor of the said Plaintiff, together with the Gilt frame wall mirror Testamentary upon the Estate of William F Black painted end table 3x3 S B bed spring costs of said suit, and the proceeds applied to Peale, Deceased, were issued to the undersigned Yellow painted bench the satisfaction thereof. 2 3x3 cotton mattresses on the 29th day of September, 1955, by the Walnut end -table 4x6 coil bed spring T. 0. LANG. Sheriff, County Clerk of Travis County, Texas. All per- Combination Delco table radio & record player Travis County, Texas 3x3 spring mattress sons having claims against said estate are hereby Oak lamp table 4x6 box springs By (s) HENRY KLUGE, Deputy . required to present the same to us, or either of Westinghouse roaster Austin, Texas, December 19, 1955. 2 3x3 box springs us, within the time prescribed by law. Our resi- Bdle. garden hose . 2 3x3 Maple fin. wood bed ends dence is 1808 Travis Heights 13,Ivd., Austin, Texas, P. B. carton. Blue & tan imitation leather hassock NOTICE OF INTENTION and our post office address is c-o William A. Carpet sweeper 2 Barrels & contents To Incorporate a Firm Without Substantial Brown, 702 Brown: Bldg., Austin, Texas. P. B. cartons - 24 shelves with 2 White metal corner Change of Firm Name ALLICE ETHEL PEALE which were deposited 6 -PB carton & contents TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WILLIAM FULTON PEALE, JR. it by Mr. F. E. Collins, the owner Walnut fin. cradle Notice is• hereby given that ESTIL FOSTER, Independent Executors of the Estate of thereof, for storage and preservation, and Pink Wicker clothes hamper doing business under the firm name* of South William F. Peale, Deceased WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserves- Walnut fin.- liquor cabinet • Texas Music Co., intends to incorporate such firm tion, and other expenses in relation to such goods Bdle 5, 4x6 bed slats immediately under the firm name of South are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the Bdle 5, 3x3 bed slats Texas Mu.s's Co., Inc. THE STATE OF TEXAS owner and depositor though notified to. oome 2 Piffles 2. walnut fin. wood. bed rails Signed a 2nd day of December, 1955. COUNTY OF TRAVIS forward and pay such charges has failed and TO: Those indebted to or holding Claims Bdle 3 metal bed rails SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC CO. refuses to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- against the Estate of Guy Ellsworth Fuller, Sr., Wine uphl. settee By ESTIL FOSTER scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and 3 Wine uphl. settee cushions Deceased: will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the The undersigned, having - been duly appointed Green painted stool. 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the Bdle 5. pieces fire place set NOTICE OF SALE Administrator with will annexed of the estate of AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO.. lo- WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- Guy Ellsworth Fuller, Sr., Deceased, late of 2 And-irons cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd., Austin, Travis 2 Wine flowered wool rugs HOUSE. CO. has in its possession the following Travis County Texas, by Tom E. Johnson, Judge County, Texas. described goods: of the County Court of Travis County, Texas, on 2 Rug pads AUSTIN. FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. Pink uphl chaise lounge Bbl. and contents- 3 the 8th day of November, 1955, hereby notifies By: Tom H. Davis, Attorney Carton & contents all persons indebted to- said estate to come for- N'a 4x6 cotton mattress pad Fiber hat case ward and make Settlement, and those having Wine uphl. OS chair & Cushion NOTICE OF SALE Wal. fin. red Uphl. seat St. chair. Metal covered suitcase claims - against said estate to be present to pre- WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- White metal bird cage Black hand trunk sent them to him within the time prescribed by HOUSE CO. has in its possession the following Metal foot locker law at the office of his attorney, Robert C. Wal. fin. night stand described goods: Small Oak drop leaf table Small suit case Sneed, P. 0. Box 852, City of 'Austin, Travis Black Dress Trunk hag. Metal bread box County, Texas this the 25 day of November, -A.D. Black imitation leather• hand White painted Trunk brown imitation leather seat stool Wrapped bdle picture 1955. which were deposited with Wal. fin. Wal. fin. corner what-not shelf Carton & contents - D. M. FULLER it by Mrs. Hazel Ball, the owner Red & white metal kitchen stoat Cane seat st. shairs - 3 Administrator with will annexed of the thereof, for storage and preservation, and stool Cane seat stools - 2 Estate of Guy Ellsworth Fuller, Deceased. Wal. fin. green uphl. seat, vanity WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- Doll, house which were deposited with tion. and other expenses in relation to such good it by Mrs. Margaret Smith Mitchell, the owner Oak arm chair NOTICE OF INTENTION TO INCORPORATE A are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the Bdle 2 green chair cushions thereof, for .storage and preservation, and owner and depositor though notified to come WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- FIRM WITHOUT CHANGE OF FIRM NAME. Brown metal floor lamp stand TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: forward and pay such charges has failed and Elec. vacuum cleaner tion, and other expenses in relation to such goods refusei to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the Notice is hereby given that William L. Nelson, Bdle. 2 round wall mirrors doing business under the firm name of Dwight scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and 8 bdles. small paintings owner and depositor though notified to come will be sold by auction at 2- o'clock, P.M. on the forward and pay such charges has failed and TV Sales & Service Company, intends to 'incor- 4 sidles. medium- paintings porate such firm immediately under the firm 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the Bdle 1 metal bed rail refuses to do so ; THEREFORE the goods de- AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and name of Dwight TV Sales & Service Corporation, Wood box & coaets. located at 724 Dwight Avenue, South San An- cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd.,. Austin, Travis P. B. carton-floor lamp cu. will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the County, Texas. which were deposited with 6th day of January, 1956, at the warehouse of the tonio, Texas. Signed this Sth day of December, A. D., 1955. AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. it by Mrs. Elizabeth J. Throckmirton, the owner AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- By: Tom H. Davis, Attorney and preservation, and cated at 400 East Third Street, Austin, Travis DWIGHT TV SALES & SERVICE CO. thereof; for storage By: WILLIAM L. NELSON, Owner WHEREAS lawful charges for storage. preserva- County, Texas. NOTICE OF SALE AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. tion. and other expenihs in relation to such goods WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the By : Tom H. Davis, Attorney NOTICE OF SALE are HOUSE CO. has in its possession the following owner and depositor though notified to come WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- described goods : forward and pay such charges has failed and HOUSE CO. has in its possession the following Bread wrapping and-or slicing machine 1 refuses to do so; THEREFORE the goods de- NOTICE OF SALE described goods: which was deposited with scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and WHEREAS the AUSTIN FIREPROOF WARE- Small oak table it by Cuneo Bakery, the owner will be sold by auction at 2 o'clock. P.M.. on the HOUSE CO. has in its possession the following Wood box and contents thereof, for storage and preservation, and 6th day of January, 1956. at the warehouse of the described goods: • • Clothes hand bag and contents WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- Westinghouse elec. refiigerator Electric roaster stand tion, and other expenses in relation to such goods cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd.. Austin, Travis 2 4x6 Mahogany bed ends Minnow bucket are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS the County, Texas. Mahogany double dresser Cloth hand bag owner and depositor though notified to come AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. 4x6 steel back bed spring Walnut desk forward and pay such charges has failed and By : Tom H. Davis, Attorney 4x6 gray striped innerspring mattress Oak study table refuses to do so.; THEREFORE the goods de- Bundle 2 metal bed rails Game table scribed above are hereby advertised for sale and Bundle four 4x6 bed slats Bdle. 2 yard tools will be sold by auction' at 2 o'clock, P.M. on the which were deposited with Small folding table ay. Jo asnooaasat aria is '9961 'S.renuue so Sup 1119 NOTICE bF INCORPORATION it by Mr. Bob Walton, the owner Clay back gas heater AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO., lo- thereof, for storage and preservation, and Walnut rocker cated at 5501 Lamar Blvd., Austin, Travis Notice is hereby given of the intention to In. corporate a firm with offides in Corpus. Christi, WHEREAS lawful charges for storage, preserva- Cloth saddle bag Cub tion, and other expenses in "relation to such goods Barrel and contents AUSTIN FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE CO. Texas, under the name of Jack Shackelford pee. are now due and unpaid, and WHEREAS, the Uphl. foot stool By: Tom H. Davis, Attorney orator, Inc." .1 1 • • ; 4 ( . I

• Speaker Sam Rayburn said, he is against any general tax cut; thus THE WEEK IN TEXAS placing himself in opposition to Semi Lyndon Johnson's plan for a low-in- comegroup cut. Rayburn and Johnson • Senator A. M. Aikin, Jr., an- Negro school children who were • Fred Schmidt, executive secretary conferred with Eisenhower recently, nounced he will run for lieuten- fused in the fall. of the CIO in Texas, said that .on foreign policy. Johnson has been ant governor whether Ben Ramsey the people now accept thing unions • A survey by the San Antonio Ex- pronounced in good condition by his seeks re-election or not. Congressman have worked for in the past. He said doctors. Martin Dies said he will run for the press revealed that only one S.A. there is no danger in the union merger Senate if Price Daniel runs for gov- hospital—Nix—is refusing Negro pa- of block voting. "We will not 'deliver' o Jack Bell of. AP in Washington ernor. tients. All three hospitals use Negro votes anyWhere—labor votes cannot be said that Sen. Harry Byrd of nurses to administer to white patients. delivered. Individual union members Virginia may want Lyndon Johnson • The State of Texas has inter- Segregation is practiced only in two- are as jealous of their free preroga- of Texas to run for president as other . vened in the Jackson County law patient rooms in the non-segregated tive as any Americans," he told Aus- than a favorite son candidate._ from suit involving ownership of about,75 hospitals. tin Unitarians. Texas. Johnson has said he is not in- Oil wells that may'belong to the state. • Three Negro doctors have been terested but has not precluded a fa- This followed the Observer's special admitted, to the • Dallas County • Frank Ferree, friend of the wet- vorite son nomination. - report on the cases last week. Medical Society. back and the border Mexican, distributed a ton of candy, 1,000 'MO • .A. Belden Poll shows Ralph Yar- • In Austin, .the director of psychi- pounds of peanuts, and tons of citrus borough ahead of Price Daniel atry for state wardsL--Dr..Rawley fruit to 3,501) needy youngsters. at IF YOU BUY A CAR— Reynosa for Christmas. Gov. Horacie IF YOU BUY A HOUSE— among gubernatorial candidates, but Chambers—said two.. i-llew . drugs, reser- IF ANY OF YOUR POLICIES EXPIRE— Daniel ahead of Yarborough in a run- pine. and chlorpromazine, are increas- Teran of Tamaulipas recently gave CALL off between them. 'With votes for •ng the rate of .patients' .release. . Ferree a gold medal for his work "best two," those polled gave Yar- among the needy. 'BOW' WILLIAMS borough 36 percent, Daniel 34. First- • The State Fair of Texas showed Automobile and in fiscal choice- for governor : Yarborough, 24 a net profit of . $279,000 • The Federal Trade Commission General Insurance percent, Daniel 16, J. B. Shepperd 14, 1955, will plow it back into the fair as threw out a federal charge against Ben Ramsey 5, John White 3, Jimmy usual. • American Hospital and Life Insur-- Represents ICT- ance Co., San Antonio, alleging mis- Phillips 2, Reuben Senterfitt 2, Roy • Lt. W. T. Jackson, head of the The Company Owned by Union Members Hofheinz 1, James Hart, 1. Without Corpus Christi narcotics detail, leading advertising. Said the F.T.C.: the federal government has authority 624 LAMAR BOULEVARD Shepperd in the general race (which told Senator Price Daniel's dope probe AUSTIN, TEXAS is likely), Yarborough's lead is 25-22. that Federal District Judge James V. in only four states that are without TELEPHONE GReenwood 2-0545 over Daniel. In a runoff, Daniel leads Allred is too lenient on dope violators. their own laws. "LET'S ABOLISH THE POLL TAX" Yarborough, 37 to 34. Allred had no comment. His friends are reported furious. • An earlier Belden poll showed that 36 Texatis out of 100 think all • Ralph Yarborough urged a strong school money should come from local anti-narcotic's division in. a. Beau- A vitally important message to all ICT Group stockholders government—while 48 out of the 100 1 mont speech. • It is understaffed now, think "sortie should come from feleral he said. , YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW governinerit.'! . • A 10:30 curfew on youths 17 or younger is planned in Kingsville by the city commission. Quorum in Port Arthur - • • • The state traffic death toll. for the PORT ARTHUR year through November : 2,262. Stockholder Fifteen senators, the Governor, and the Lieutenant Governor • A Corpus Christi pro-segregation were two-day guests of area oil •group protested "Negroid fig- companies, other industries, and ures" in a downtown park display of businessmen at the eighth annual the , nativity scene. • The chamber of Profit Sharing Plan governor's cluck hunt. Hunting •commerce refused to remove the fig- conditions were reported good. ures. After many months of hard work and careful study, The ICT Facilities, guides, and enter- • L. C. Henry, 15, was sentenced Life insurance company is ready to announce an exclusive tainment are provided by the area . to reformatory until his 21St personal benefit plan for ICT Group stockholders only! interests each year. This year's birthday for the confeSsed murder of Senate turnout, including - the his 58-year-old uncle, Herbert John- Lieutenant Governor, constituted son, near Waelder. • • a quorum of the Senate. All who ,participate in the Stock- • Austin City Council put off any Called "Stockholder Profit 4haring Senators present : Plan," and available only to ICT holder Profit Sharing Plan create action on a slum clearance ordin- Group stockholders, this plan profit for themselves in two ways: Jep Fuller, Port Arthur ; John- ance. nie B. Rogers, Austin ; Searcy offers: 1. FROM CASH DIVIDENDS PAID Rep. Edgar Berlin, Port Neches,, Bracewell, Houston; Bill Shire- • INCOME - PRODUCING ON UNITS OF THE PLAN - man, Corpus Christi; Andy Rog- criticized. Senate Bill 45 — now 1. L. AS STOCKHOLDERS IN ICT ers, Childress; Bill Fly, Victoria; law -7-- as it operated- in the issuing of INVESTMENT Ozzie Latimer, San Antonio ; Ray an injunction against retail picketers INSURANCE COMPANY '0 R Roberts, McKinney ; Ottis Lock, Juneau'suneau's Cafe im Port Arthur. He 2. SAVINGS BANK SECURITY I C T DISCOUNT CORPORA- Lufkin; Crawford Martin, Hills- said it. is futile to try to hold an elec- TION, YOU SHARE IN THE boro; Jimmy Phillips, Angleton; tion after a strike begins : "there is no,. S. LIFE INSURANCE PROFITS MADE BY ICT LIFE Doyle Willis, Fort Worth; Gus time and no procedure" provided in l'itOTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY. Strauss, Hallettsville ; G e o:r g e the law, he said. Parkhouse, Dallas ; Grady Hazle- wood, Amarillo. .410- A landowner has charged he paid a $400 bribe to a Harris . County If you are an ICT Group stockholder, Home Office Represent- `right-of-way agent to raise the price atives will soon be calling on you to fully explain your rights on some land the county was buying • Damages totaling $387,069 were under the Plan and show you how to exercise them. For your awarded survivors of two train- from him. men killed when their train and a gas- • Virgil Arnold, a 74 - year - old own benefit and profit, give these Representatives an oppor- oline tank truck collided near Pitts- Houston attorney, has been dis- tunity-to point out many exclusive advantages the plan offers. bnrg, Texas, last July. Franklin Jones barred on 12 charges of professional of Jones, Brian, & Jones, Marshall,. violations. .1.111•11 represented the clients in the Houston trial. The Texas Association of Claim- • Employees of eleven Galveston Many of you may want to Gentlemen: ants Attorneys. said it was the largest dives were charged with selling have the Plan explained to I understand the Stockholder Profit judgment ever ordered by a Texas liquor by the drink after the Texas Sharing Plan offers me as an ICT Group jury in a death case. . Liquor Control Board's routine raids. you in detail before a Home stockholder many exclusive, unprece- dented benefits. I want to be among the • -District Attorney Wiley Cheat- • ;.Grace. Tully, Sen. Lyndon John- office Representative has a first ICT stockholders to 'hear all about son's aide, told Southwestern the Plan and receive my Allotment Cer- ham of Cuero said Gov. Shivers, chance to contact you per- Atty. Gen. Shepperd, Hother ..Garrison University students and profs that the tificate. So, please have a Home Office country needs "solution 'finders—not Representative call on me as soon as of the Department of PUblic Safety, sonally. At right is a cou- possible. and State Auditor C. H. Cavness have fault finders." pon to be filled out and "fully co-operated from the very • Sen. Allen Mender of Louisiana Name start!' in the veteran's land probes. He said in Marshall that he is "sick mailed if you would like to Address said Shivers told him to "help expose and tired" of foreign economic aid everyone if criminally involved." have complete facts on the and that lie's not going to support it City State 0 until there is a new look. • Pulitzer - w inner Ken Towery Plan as soon as possible. wrote a letter to Look Magazine • Gov. Shivers says he doesn't like swirt saying that his conscience impelled -.Adlai Stevenson because, as a him to say in defense of Gov. Shivers cab driver once told him, there is and Atty. Gen. Shepperd that had J. something "mysterious" about him. Remember, Edgar Hoover been on the Veterans' "There's 'something about him I don't Land Board, it would•have been "en- like," Shivers said. The governor re- ICT Stockholder tirely.possible" for him to be "in corn peated at a press conference he wants LIU INSURANCII plete ignorance" of what Bascom Giles to support • a moderate Democratic Profit Sharing was doing. nominee but' won't if he's an "ADA' COMPANY liberal." Plan If-or ICI • Attorneys for N.A.A.C.P. filed a The Texas Observer • suit against a Wichita Falls ele- ICT BUILDING, DALLAS Stockholders only! mentary school for admission of 20 Page 8 Dec. 28, 1955