Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10


The Governors objections, he
said, had been outlined very thor
'oughly' and called the majority
party's attention to "the possible
reaction the people of Delaware
will have to this BILL"
Recalling that Democrats had
resurrected the 1899 session in their
arguments for the bill, Senator
johnson predicted that ''it is per-
fectly possible the memory of this
vote will last lot longer than 16
years"
Aiming his remarks specifically
at the senator from Blackbird,
(Pryor), Senator Johnson said he
thought politically experienced
members of the majority would
agree that it is political mistake
10 override this Veto"
He said he considered the forth
coming roll call. which he would
like to see deferred. "a vital test
of leadership in the Democratic
Party
I'VE all know" he said, that
your state chairman is vehemently
opposed to it. One Democratic mem
Der of the present Highway Com
mission has advised against it. 1t
seems to me that every responsible
leader of the Democratic Party is
against it.
Urging the Democrats to take
this matter seriously-it seems I've
heard a lot of kidding and joking
about it," Senator Johnson moved
for deferment. The motion was lost
on voice vote.
Senator Pryor took the floor after
the vote to respond to Senator
Johnson's advice about following
leadership. Senator Johnson replied
that he doubted very much eff the
majority party received a mandate
from the grass roots last year to
boot out the members of the High
way Commission.
81 think we all know the reason
the Democrats won last November"
he said, "and it wasn't that"
ChirOpractOrs' Bill
The chiropractors' bill, for which
Governor Boggs had urged further
study, was called up by Senator
John r. Butler D-Middletown). g.
who had one of the traditional
written statements ready. He said:
"The Governor has seen fit to re-
turn Senate Bill 46 to the Senate
without his approval. He recites as
his reasons, in effect, lesser train
| ing standards for chirOpractOrs as
compared with physicians.
at is my feeling that since the
state has seen fit to license these
men to practice. leaving the choice
to the patient, it would be rather
ridiculous to say that we license
| this method of treatment but refuse
20 recognize that it is licensed when
| it comes to getting paid"
Senator Hoey, also speaking up
| for the measure, said it received
"as fair a hearing as any bill ever
presented in any General Assemb-
ly."
The roll call found Senator Mel
son voting with the Democrats
while Senator Johnson was absent.
That made the final count 13 to 8,
with / absent.
The Kent County recorders bill
(SB 1861 was called up by Senator
William B. Behen (D-Dover) and
found the Senate splitting 1875 on
party lines.
Governor Boggs' veto message
said that an Independent expert
had been called in to find out how
the photo-copying machines were
working. His report, wrote the
Governor, said they were doing the
! job efficiently.
+, 81 don't know who the expert
was" said Senator Behen, who
didn't have written statement.
| AT the Court House they tell me
sometimes it costs $1.25 per pic
ture and they have to take four or
five of them. I've talked to attor-
neys-Republican and Democratic
alike-and they're all in favor OF
doing away with the system"
Senator Johnson said he thought
he remembered Senator Behen's
arguing earlier in the session that
the machines should be done
away with to make room for some