Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
BY RAYMOND BROOKS


AUSTIN, June l8.-Before Gov.
Ross S. Sterling was ready with his
final say on a June special session
OF the legislature, official Austin
was getting ready for the new ses-
sion.
Chmn. Ray Holder Of the house
education committee, and OF the
committee that investigated the
school poster contracts, has been in
Austin Fastening completion of the
Investigators final report. It was
TO be ready by June %.
Families Of some OF the legiSla-
tors have remained in Austin.
Many of the members were back
during the early part of the week.
s~alvaging bills out OF the huge
stacks that went dead at the end
OF the regular session. Others were
here writing new bills and, un-
doubtedly. urging that If the session
is held. various local subjects were
TO be included.
Colleges OF Texas had a real
sca-e when word got out that Gov.
Sterling was going to veto the sum-
mer school appropriations out OF
the education bill. Just as Mrs. Fer
guson did when she was governor.
The summer school wor... Is pri-
marty for teachers. SO that each
enrolment represents not merely
one pupil in higher education, but
a score, through the influence ra-
dating out from the advanced
training OF the teachers.
Veto OF the summer school items
would simply involve deficiency
grants later on and passing the
burden of an unpaid debt for at
least one years summer school on
10 the next administration. Sum-
mer schools have become too i'm
portant a part of the educational
system Of Texas TO be blo.ted out.
With Texas people wanting work
the Texas government urging
greater use OF Texas factory prod
ucts and greater development of in
dustry within the state, the gov
eminent this year will send out
more than 500. 900 for auto license
plates that could easily have been
manufactured in Texas at the same
price and at a profit. " uSing
prison labor. the plates could have
been made for about one-half: but
the state could well have afforded
TO pay the full amount to secure
establishments OF a Texas industry
Its a mighty poor practice oil
a very sound preaching to repudi-
ate In action what the state Is en-
couraging by words. WV. Why not
set up a state-operated plant 10
run 1t with employed labor. II the
valid arguments against prison in
dustry are to be respected. As
long as men like Ross s. Sterling
lee Simmons. Glib Gilrhrist and
Moore Lynn can still ~ found
sucn an industry could b operated
BY the state as efficiently as by
any private company.
Building now should take a real
upswing. considering the value 10
be obtained. according TO expert
ence OF the board Of control. In
award OF a contract for a new dor
mitory at the epileptic colony. Abb
lene. the board had prices 80 Ia
per cent liver than similar con-
s~truction at the same place only a
year ago.
At that rate, people ought 10
build II now" in the opinion OF
Claude d. Teer. chairman OF the
board.
u. s. Sen. Morris Sheppard has
been In Austin for he graduation
OF his daughter. Miss Janet Shep-
pard. Phi Beta Kappa honor STU
dent. from the University Of Texas
1t is a second generation gradu-
alton. Sheppard himself Is a prod
uct OF the law school. He prob
ably visited the abandoned old
powerhouSe. whose boilers he at
tended OF nights as ne read Coke
and Blackstone, shoveling coal with
black hands.
AUSTIN.-People who ride across
the Colorado river at La Grange
and up the steep hill along a paved
highway rarely realize they pass
within 100 yards OF the graves Of
the unfortunate men Of the Mier
expedition who drew the black
leans and were shot down by the
Mexicans. Scarcely do they realize
they are at the monument Of some