Brownsville herald. [volume], March 24, 1929, Page SEVEN, Image 7

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Neff Explains Why
He Was Not Okehed
After Appointment
WACO, March 23.—(&)—In a
statement here today, former Gov
ernor Pat M. Neff explained why,
he said, the senate did not con
firm his reappointment as a mem
ber of the United States board of
mediation.
“President Coolidge originally ap
pointed me a member of this board
to fill an unexpircd term Decem
ber 31, 1928, at which time he
named me for a full term of five
years,” said Mr. Neff’s statement.
“My name went to the Interstate
Commerce committee of the senate
for consideration. When reappoint
ed, Senator Mayfield, who was a
member of this committee, and who
had voted for my original confir
mation, objected to my reappoint
ment of the theory that he had
bewail instrumental in securing for
m^my first appointment, and that
I did not give my active support
to him in his candidacy for re
election. He assigned no other rea
son for opposing my confirmation.
» Not Debted to Mayfield
“Now, as a matter of fact. Senator
Mayfield did not secure this ap
pointment for me. In January,
while this matter was under con
sideration, President-Elect Hoover
gave me authority to sa; my ap
pointment came as a direct result
of his investigation and on his rec
ommendation, which investigation
was made at the request of Presi
dent Coolidge by Mr. Hoover while
secretary of commerce. President
Coolidge also gave me authority to
say Senator Mayfield did not have
the placing of this appointment.
After the recommendation made by
Mr. Hoover, the president himself
made inquiry of the senators from
Texas, several of the Texas con
gressmen, and others, as to mv
qualifications. Senator Mayfield
had nothing to do with originat
ing my appointment. After the
president had commenced to make
inquiries concerning me. Senator
Mayfield learned I was being con
sidered for this place and proceed
ed, for political purposes, to brand
it his appointment.
Flays Mayfield
“At no time or place, either be
fore or after my appointment, did
I have any conversation or com
munication of any nature with Sen
ator Mayfield in regard to this ap
pointment.
“However, before the appointment
was tendered to me by the presi
dent, but long after I had been un
der consideration by him, Seuator
Mayfield sent to me a mutual
friend, R. C. Fulbright of Houston,
to make inquiry of me if I would
like to have this appointment. Mr.
Fulbright, the only person with
whom I had any conversation at
any time about this matter, told
the senate committee by written
communication, that there was no
no political trade of any kind made
with me .and that I was under
no political obligation to support
Senator Mayfield, and that the
first time he ever heard of May
field claiming that I was under
any obligation to him was after
Senator Mayfield had filed a pror
test against my confirmation. Mr.
Fulbright also stated to the com
mittee that he was interested in
Senator Mayfield's re-election, and
that he understood Mayfield want
ed me to have this appointment
on the theory that if I accepted
it, I would not be a candidate for
the senate against him, and that
this was his moving purpose in
wanting me to have this appoint
ment.
Says Acts Not Censored
There is an unwritten and un
broken rule in the senate that if
at any time a senator states
that any appointment is per
sonally objectionable to him, the
senate will not, as a matter of cour
tesy, confirm the appointment.
When the committee had my ap
pointment before it for considera
tion, Senator Mayfield, disgruntled
at his defeat (for re-election) in
voked this ‘senatorial courtesy
rule.’
“I want the people of Texas to
know that there was no fact of
any kind established before th
committee that reflected in the least
on me as a man, on my official act
as governor (of Texas) or on my
work as a member of the board.
TOUR TO CORPUS MAY
BE MADE APRIL 20
The Brownsville good-tvill tour
to Corpus Christi may be made
April 20, 21 and 22, it was an
nounced from the chamber of
commerce Saturday.
A letter has been written to of
ficials there asking if that date
is satisfactory.
Since San Jacinto day, April 21
comes on Sunday, it is likely
this holiday will be observed Mon
day, the 22nd, enabling a numbe
of people to make the trip w'h>
otherwise might not go.
GUN UNDER AUTO SEAT
FIRES; MAN IS KILLED
CRYSTAL CITY. Tex., March 23.
—OP)—W. F. Williams, superin
tendent of a Power and Light com
pany here, was killed today when a
pistol under the seat of his auto
mobile exploded.
The bullet entered his hip and
came out of his shoulder. His wife
and infant son were in the car with
him when the accident occurred.
Burial will be in Houston, his for
mer home.
_
Alice Oshkosh, 19, has suc
ceeded her father, Chief Ernest
Oshkosh, as ruler of the Me
nominee Indians. She is known
among her people as Princess
Kenoke.
Funeral Services
To Be Held Sunday
For Weslaco Man
WESLACO, March 23.—Funeral
services for J. A. Meyers, who died
at the general hospital here Fri
day morning, are to be held at 3
p. m. Sunday in the local Method
ist church. Rev. J. W. Albritton,
pastor, will preach the sermon and
the Odd Fellows lodge will be in
charge of the service.
Mr. Meyers, with his wife, moved
to Weslaco seven years ago from
Tribute, Kan., where he was en
gaged in the general mercantile
business for 35 years.
He was a member of the Kansas
legislature for two terms and was
a past noble grand of the Odd Fel
lows lodge. He has been an active
member of the Methodist church
all his life.
Beside his widow, he is survived
by four children, all of whom were
present at the time of his death.
They are Emil F. Meyers of Ama
rillo. Mrs. J. O. Jorgensen and Mrs.
J. W. Coffman of Weslaco and Mrs.
Ralph Brandon of Chicago.
Grant Extension
Of Plane Service
To Durango, Mex.
Permission for extension of the
passenger and air mail service
from Brownsville to Durango, via
Monterrey and Torreon, was grant
ed the Aeronautical Transport Co.
Saturday, according to messages re
ceived by representatives of the
company in Brownsville.
Due to revolutionary activities
the plane service has not been op
erating west of Monterrey.
The line proposes to connect
Brownsville with the Mexican west
coast at Mazatlan as soon as revo
lutionary conditions on the Pacific
coast permit.
FRANCE SHOWS
LOVE FOR FOCH
20,000 Pass Through Home;
As Many More Turned
Back; Burial Tuesday
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PARIS, March 23.—(^V-France
gradualy is revealing her treasures
of respect for the man who
brought about successful termina
tion of the World war.
More than 20.000 people stood in
line today to pass before the cata
falque of Marshal Foch in silent
homage.
At least 20,000 more, desparing of
any change to get in, had to be
content with saluting or lifting
hats as they walked by the mar
shal’s mansion.
After the body of the marshal
has been transported under the
Arc de Tromphe tomorrow every
one will have a chance to pay trib
ute to the departed soldier.
Police are preparing for one of
the greatest crushes they have
ever had to handle.
Tuesday will be a day of real
mourning. The stock exchange will
be closed, theaters will not raise
their curtains and horse races
have been called off. The govern
ment is requesting all restaurants
to serve meals without music.
STUDENTS SEEK JOBS *
PARIS. March 23.—(IP)—The ro- 4
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losing its charm for French stu- (j
dents. Instead the American idea g
of working one’s way through col- "
lege has caught the fancy of the t
Latin Quarter. It is making such ^
headway that an organization call- 6
ed the University Inter-aid has been T
formed to place students in com- q
munication with prospective em- g
ployers. "
I wish to announce that I have ^
withdrawn from the Basket Place I
in Matamoros, and take this oppor
tunity to sincerely thank friends f
and customers who so liberally pa- g
tronize me during the past 30 *
months. I also desire to advise the g
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plans, but am going to take a rest \
and complete by treatise on the
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