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I authorities— 1 proposed ob-in«B have taken :ite, usually the L'li of the legislative weeks the •hange the elec-?liiuinating theis is rouping' cautli-endings of office rty- In this the ballot similar to rash a. The hill Sentaor G. AV. -ie county. The o act on theate was in the* ccided to make.erlmendem of i appointive inhut in this re-wiR undoubtedly : opposition in a counter mea-roduced to place rintendont tinder )el on all ballots, t, the two candi-ce receiving theof votes in the would go on the allot as contend-m-partisan head-the manner of a Racking thethe democrats have opposed republican organization plans. The truth is .some of them have actively supported such measures perhaps on the theory that an over-ambitious republican party record made in this assembly will eventually collapse from over-load.• w wSomebody ought to organize the honorable guild of doorkeepers. They are a legislative insti-tution sometimes classified ashead, front and rear door men. A head doorkeeper is the boss and receives higher pay than his subordinates. Rear door men have jobs that are nearly sinecures bt?-cause the men are permitted tc sit in chairs and operate the doors by means of ropes attached to the doorknobs. The front door ch:ip must work standing, one on either side of the main entrances. They have a codlt;? of .signals or knocks on the door to indicate whether a person wants in or out. A doorkeeper has to be a man of extra-ordinary acumen, especially when he is on duty at the door of a committee room. Here he has to be half diplomat and hal detective; he must spot a gate crasher and turn him away. He has to let in only those who have business there. He is the guardian of sanctums and he takes his job seriously. Many of the door-working hours at home and industriously occupy his time in some honorable employment.” Siegel was granted u suspended sentence with its limitations and re- \ qtiiremems on January 6. Hut . when police attempted to restrain Siegel from freuucnting his ^ old . haunts it was learned that Kras-chel had granted a full pardon; four days later. Siegel wasn’t \ and isn’t under anybody’s thumbSenator A. Claire Oewey. Washington Republican, and Senator A. J. Shaw. Pocahontas, also a Re-j •mbliean. have discovered in Ohio an idea which they believe will •olve many of rhe vexing financial problems of the State of Iowa. The sales tax collection method now in use in the Buckeye stau-j ill. if applied to Iowa, provide | the necessary funds for old age1 assistance, homestead exemption1 and leave u balance of two or Three million dollars for the farm-to-market road system. Such a fund Ls in itself remarkable enough but it becomes positively astounding when these two senators point out that it can be raised without additional cost to the taxpayer or the retail merchant.Many legislators have investigated the Iowa sales tax program and concluded that while from S1S.OOO.OOO to $20,000,000 is col-frnm thp nnhltr pn(*h VMT.Vienna celebrates Saturday, March 11, the first anniversary «f Adolf Hitler’s startling lt;eu|i which united Austria with tlio German Itelcli. 1‘hotograjih shows a typical scene one year ago when a Vienna jwlicenMui whs hoisted above the crowd and given a swastika arm biuid by the excited crowd.
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Emmetsburg Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1939
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