Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
Senate Votes Override
OF Road Veto
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ing the Kent County recorders Off
ice to get rid of photo-copying ma
chimes it acquired only two years
ago.
The highway bill. condemned as
ripper" by Republicans and
touted as corrective measure"
by Democrats, had been on ice in
The Senate since Governor Boggs
returned It without approval May
1S
The upper chamber, ii was said,
was waiting for House action on a
Senate bill carrying out similar
reorganization of the Liquor Com
mission. The House put its stamp
of approval on the Liquor Com
mission bill Tuesday night, and
the Senate moved post haste to
override the highway veto.
Senator Walter ]. Hoey (D-Mil-
fordD, one of four co-sponsors,
called the bill up and listened to
only a few words of the Governors
veto message before he moved to
cut off its reading.
This drew a protest from Sena-
ter Thomas L. Johnson (R-Rebo-
both Beach,. the minority leader,
and the message was read in full.
1t branded the bill "a prime exam
pie of ripper legislation" and
claimed that it "disregards legal
processes and the public interest
simultaneously"
Called Corrective Measure
When the reading clerks had
finished reading the veto explana-
ton, Senator Hoey remarked that
there still seems to be contro-
versv over whether this is ripper
or corrective measure" Personal
ly. he was still of the view that it
corrected a Republican bill which
reoreanized the Highway Commits
sion 16 years ago.
Taking note of the Governors
argument that New Castle County
would be represented by only one
of the new commission s five mem
bers 1.-TWO each would come from
Kent and Sussex, Senator Hoey
claimed "all highway planning is
done by a special division, not by
the commissioners themselves
Senator Hoey said he had mis-
placed a written statement he had
been meaning to read. Usually,
these statements are read in full
and then spread on the record so
anybody who's interested can COM
pare them with the Governors mes
sages.
Senator Calvin r. Mccullough
(D-Holloway Terrace), said he
thought maybe the Governor had
a point" about New Castle Coun-
fy's lightweight representation on
the commission.
But" he added, 81 don't see how
he can make much of that when his
own party has tolerated for year
after year a situation where there
hall"
This drew reply from Senator
Elwood F. Nelson, Jr. (R-Clay-
mont). who returned to Legislative
Hall Wednesday, after staging a
ore-day walk-out because the Sem
ate turned down his bill to abolish
capital punishment.
I'm sure the senator realizes"
he said, that it has not been just
the Republican Party which has
tolerated this situation"
Senator Nelson said New Castle
County has 68 per cent of the
states population and pays 80 per
cent of the taxes. Even so, it wOnld
Jxx 4 fi0v
on the new Highway Commission.
81 realize New Castle County is
outvoted here" he said, ''but I ap-
peal to the sense of justice of the
people of Kent and SUSSEX. / know
the people of New Castle will look
very. very hard on this bill il II
should become a law"
INEQUALITIES To Be Made Up
The Republican argument about
county representation also won
partial support from Senator Eu.
majority leader. But, he added, the
terstate Highway Division to man
age the Delaware Memorial Bridge
would make up for these inequali
ties by naming three members from
New Castle County.
Besides, he pointed out, thu
Liquor Commission bill names two
members from New Castle County
while Kent and Sussex would bt
represented by only one member
each.
Senator Johnson. launching 6
frontal attack on the Highway Com
mission bill and picking his word!
carefully. said he was sorry Sena
tor Hoey lost his written state
ment because l think this is prob
ably the most important moment
in the history of this session"