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Approximately 400 business men and citizens Ipf 'onday night signed a petition addressed to (Gcif LaredcMonday night signed a petition addressed to (Governor Dan Moody urging (lie removal of John A. /alls as district attorney for Webb and three other Texas counties^Oil Man Says (lily's LiIV and Commerce Now atstfltClianver.ry of mlent Vllez.Th? petition today was being circulated upon of Laredo and throughout the district.die streets''The Elks hall was well filled when the metingcalled to order by Hal L. Brennan, who was later el | permanent chairman. In his bemarks Chairmah Bi * I stated that the meeting was called by the business mer Laredo to lake some action oil the crisis in the life of Laredo brought about by the actions of Distric^S torney Vails in attempting to arrest General Plutarco'.1|^| Calles on an old charge when he passed through on December 16. Tie said that in retaliationIII MllllFailure of city and county officials and members of the Independent club to attend the mass meeting of business men and citizens of Laredo at Elks Ilall Monday night, when the resignation or removal of District AttorneyJohn A. Veils was urged by -*00 signors Id a petition to that. effect drew a. Imav.v broadside fmiii n, W. Kill.nit, prominent nil operator and business man Tuesdav.Mr. Kiliani in unequivocal terms hands tin* rlly and ruimly officials and tin* club inciiiliprs some “shots I hat go direct In tin* spot 111 reprisal f«»r l heir apparent apathy at a linn* wlidi I In* enininert ia I Interests of I.‘iit'lli confront u serimjs erlsis and the very integral life t»f Lure-tin's eninmerce is a I. stake.'Tin* open letter addressed to the • *iIy and munty officials ami mem-le-rs id' I he Independent t 'lub byMr. Kiliam is as fnllnws;Dec. 31.si., ll)L*:i.rn:itpreviniis alleged discourtesies of1 the district atlnrney towards MexL I can officials Laredo Inday was faring a demoralt’/atIon of the lib-' era I trade relations it. enjoyed with Mexico, that this business provided ;l livelihood for many people In Laredo and that. La red nans were responsible for the officers they elected to serve them and Hint they j had the right to demand certain rights from these officials.ur.-duy • been la n ned eJ anddid toofl cloSt*virs in c\ cry om lug1 evf-n-ftinn.'i I n. will fftccrs - p i-e-iam 'P. it, the I ea.de r-tee has . pleas-t. They ill se-crystal genera -fui lire ml the making i In kill ml Is vision, nd see-great dll also est Ioiih. urn kers, '(‘ii ob-pirit to finer, ji orehes-\vh giv-[» latest i to allAN OTKX IdtoThe I'lly Administration of Lanai Wejib I'ounty, Texas.The Lead* is of the old Parly Webb (‘oiinty, Texas,The L-atiers of the obi Party of Webb Lotinly, Texas.lt; lent b'men:I am addressing you this letter as lt;'haIrman' of thu 1‘itizens* t'oin-niit'fe and personally. Last night at Hu? LIUs Ilall, four liumlretl men were assembled. After a thoroughly advertised call to he|^ sttlve the scj'imr, prohleins now confronting this community, you were cnnspicmtUH by your absence, ami I know of no other way. as Chairman of the Citizens' Committee, to acquaint you with the thoughts that, are now uppermost in the minds of the people of this community except by nn open letter.Laredo, at this time, is facing the greatest crisis in its history. Almost, irreparable damage has been done. Our trade with Mexico Is now practically gone, redo, as a. port of entry Into leu, Is being wiped off the Hundreds of people of this munity are facing bn nkmpWy. many men am threatened with the loss of their positions, few are able to meet their debts, and unless Hie present sllunlion is corrected, I doubt If half the people in I^iredo will bo able to pay their taxes. Vet when a cull was Issued that the people meet in mass to settle these grave questions, not one of you wuh present, and us far as we are able to leuru you have made no real effort lu bring about the proper solution of our present difficulties. The pea-K if lain Speaks O. W. 14iI);tmi was then Introduced and after some remarks about not depending on business with Mexico for a livelihood, ho said that when he saw Dio people of his community threatened with bankruptcy, which meant that many would lose their Joins, go hungry and he unable to pay their taxes this year on account of the impending crisis that threatened the commercial lift* of Laredo, ho had to have something to say, Mr,K ilia in I obi of (ho efforts of the board of direct on* of tho chamber of commerce to try and solve tho problem, but to no avail, and that now' something definite must bo don«*. After paying District Attorney N alls a tribute as a friend nnd as an official, be referred to tho ^ acts of Vails in tho present impending crisis and said tho only solution was that he must resign his office «»r he removed by tho governor; that this was tho onlyLa-M ex -map.comic’. Tho tinmen t n free biggest history, *08011 tCd h have sts with . of tho kins of Hoy eo,ir»00 KJGNATTHICK on petitiont'hairman of the Citizens Committee o, \V. Kilium, announced at noon today that 1500 signatures had been secured on tho pet|iions being circulated, which arc formally requesting Governor Dan Mi tody to remove District Attorney John A. Vails from office. It was also announced that the work would ho continued throughout tho day.Above, Hal Brennan, elected per*, mancnl chairman nt tho masa meeting Monday night in which steps were taken to solve the business erN-s in which Laredo fin da Itsef as the result of strained rotations w.ih thu Mexican national p..\ nnn nt nfuV throats against ib.« immunity ofTURN TO PAG 13 2, COLUMN 4solution nnd it was up to tho citizenship of Laredo to carry it out. in order that Laredo bo put back w'hero sho belongs. Ho told of the illusion under which the people of Laredo hhd been laboring tlm past few days, believing Hint, everything would adjust ft-ficir, but that. Instead Laredo was at ibis tlnm facing a commercial crisis that would sap Its very It Co vTho PetitionTho following petition was then presented and passed among those p rose nt and signed by about four hundred persons:“Hon. Dan Moody,Governor of Texas,Austin, Texas.We, the undersigned citizens of Laredo, Webb county, Texas, in public, mii8M meeting assembled m tho city of Luredo, Monday, Do-u nm*Hmdent PIui .ii.* Llkm Calles,llclow, ». W. Klllum, who upoko at Hu* mass meeting Monday night and Tm-sdny Issued an open stn!lt;-mlt; ».t flaying tho city and county officials and tho Independent lt;bin for failure to act '.ft tho present cibis.TURN TO PAGECOLUMN 1Three Big Industries In Laredo District Enter New Year*'Right''Luroilo ends tho old your with 1 10,000 citrus fruit trees planted and In moHt Instunces making heavy production.r.nrndn district ends the old veur with a biE snlnaeh eron
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Tue, Dec 31, 1929
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