Show TEXAS TEXA G COLLEGE I HEAD REFU REFUSES E ETO TO RE RESIGN IGN P POST T TI I Chairman of Board Flatly I Turns Down Governor Fergusons Ferguson's R Request e que s t CARTER READY TO FIGHT EXECUTIVE Declares Charges Against Him Smoke Screen to Cover Highway Affairs PORT ORT WORTH Tex Dec 1 AP Amo Amen Amon G. G Carter chairman of the board of directors of the Texas Technological college whose resignation resignation resignation nation W was 3 requested Monday by Governor Miriam A A. A Ferguson will not accede to her request he an announced announced an- an n in a letter to her and in a statement to be published Ier here to to- day The letter and statement deny I all the charges made by tile the governor gov OV- OV and declare that this is an anI I effort on the part of the Fergusons I to divert attention from the highway highway high high- way disclosures I The letter follows Governor Miriam A. A Ferguson Austin Tex I Dear Governor Tile The charges contained in your our lett letter r published d dIn j In the press of ot the state asking for tor formy formy tormy my resignation as a member o of the board of or directors of ot the Texas I Technological college are malicious and without Justification I The extreme conscientious sense I of duty which you Jou so gallantly refer to with so much regret is nothing I moro more titan than a 1 smoke screen to di divert divert dl- dl vert the mind of ot the public from i the tili real issues My appointment was made by Governor Neff ett tom for four Cour 1 years ears two o of which I have yet to serve I J fully Appreciate the re responsibility re I and and dignity which naturally naturally nat nat- accompanies a position 01 ot OL I trust of ot this this this' kind The Texas Technological college has started II out as as a a. real institution capably managed throughout and as chair chair- manof Its boad ot of directors I could n t n hn c i of I sideline Issues Interfering with it Its I growth and development I RECALLS JIMS JIM'S POLICIES I re recall olI as many others do that Governor Jims Jim's past activities w with that th respect to our educational especially the Texas university university sity anti and with the tho consequences of ot his actions in mind and amid their on the growth and dev development of these institutions I 1 seriously question question ques ques- tion the wisdom of ot your our counsel which from your statement is doubtless influenced by Governor Jim Administrations may come and go O but these great institutions will I go on forever and I feel the responsibilities of ot those administering them should go directly to the people peo peo I plo served by them and not to the particular administration which happens to be In power It If there Is IsOne Isone isone one point on which the people of ot Continued on page 2 2 I TEXAS COLLEGE HEAD REFUSES TO RESIGN POST Continued from page 1 1 I Texas are in accord It Is that our educational institutions should be he divorced from politics Under the circumstances I am compelled to decline to accede to your OUI request for my resignation Meanwhile It If the board of ot directors or the management management management man man- of ot the Texas Technological college or the people of or Texas should feel that this institution would be benefited by my resignation tion I would gladly resign Respectfully AMON ION G G. CARTER APPEALS TO PEOPLE A statement addressed by Carter to the people of ot the state reads In part as follows To the people of ot Texas Whom the gods would d destroy stroy they first make mad It Is as true now as when the adage was first uttered and It would appear to fit tit tithe he case of ot the g governor as ns though the classic had the present sItuation situation situa sItua- tion In mind The demand for my resignation as a member of ot the board boaro of or directors directors directors tors of or the Texas Technological college college college col col- col- col lege coming as It does at this Juncture juncture juncture Junc junc- ture of ot time and circumstance is simply a huge huse barrage to hide the thereal thereal thereal real intent and motive that lurk Iuri behind It it POOR GRACE It comes with poor grace to as assert assert assert as- as sert that now for the first time Governor Jim has learned of or certain certain certain tain things which he now proceeds to denounce with smug unction as contrary to good morals I say Governor Jim with no purpose to wound the sensibilities of ot the good lady who is the nominal nominal nominal nomi nomi- nal governor of ot the state tout to in indicate indicate indicate in- in the real actor who a Ventriloquist behind the scenes puts puls voice and his words into the figure on the stage In truth the things to which the governor refers on account of ot which my resignation is demanded represent ancient history and an effort to make fiction out or of fact and to lend to an innocent social entertainment the complexion of ot a violation of ot the law AUSTIN Tex TeL Dec 1 AP AP- AP Threats to call a sp special session of ot the Texas legislature to Investigate the the administration of or Governor Govenor Miriam A A. A Ferguson ha have ve turned to action acton Le Lee Satterwhite speaker of ot the house and and Dd leader of the forces de demanding de- de manding J the session announced Ja Janight last JaO night at Amarillo that he will call Ile 1 the lower house to assem assemble le January January Janu Janu- or ary 4 The call will be be le made pub puh Ic Ie December 20 I Isis Ills action followed a n reported statement of ot Governor Ferguson I given in hi an Interview with a n newspaper newspaper news news- paper correspondent Itha t sit she new new-I would not call all the demanded special ses ses- sc sionI sion slon I II I am not going to throw myself lt to the wolves who want to gather I here and tear me apart she Is Is quoted by n a correspondent of or the j I Baltimore S Sun Sim n. n Let them asaeI assemble assem i ble If It they thet want to th the interview I j continued Let them start some- some thing Ill I'll still be here when they they j i finish i ACTS UNDER LAW jIn j i In calling a special session session I Speaker er will act under authority of ot a state law which h requires requires requires re- re quires that such tf ri call be signed l by y yat at least fifty legislators about one- one third of ot the membership ot of the loWer lower low loW- er house and limits the deliberations deliberations delibera delibera- of or such an assembly to investigation investigation and Impeachments proceed proceed- I ings lags I 1 There was no question about the i legality of paying the the expenses of of the session out of or a fund raised b by subscription Speaker Satterwhite said Under the law the legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors will be prevented from making an appropriation to cover tK the cost costI I of or the session It has b been en announced announced announced an an- that has been subscribed subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed to defray the cost of ot the session Governor Ferguson who lately has excited much speculation as to whether she or her husband former former former for for- mer mer Governor Governo James B E. E Ferguson Is the real governor had a busy day yesterday She demanded In ina a aletter letter ietter the resignation of ot a college collese board of ot regents member called for elections of or five state representatives tives and received a a. challenge from the Texas Saloon Anti-Saloon league CLIMAX REACHES One of or th the side Issues that have sprung up up i in connection with the situation was brought to a head when the governor called Ballad for the resignation of ot Amon G. G Carter Fort Worth Worth- newspaper publisher as a a. regent for the T Texas Technological college She charged him with outfitting outfitting out out- I fitting delegates to a recent Fort Worth oil on convention with hollow walking canes designed to accommodate accommodate accommodate stimulating potions On that account the woman executive executive ex- ex wrote and In view of ot the fact that Mr Ir Carter also served a ad d decoction to ito guests guest's in a replica of ot an m old barroom he was In her eyes an unfit example for college college college col col- col- col lege students Mr Carter was quoted as having nothing to say regarding the letter which he said he had not received i WEAK APOLOGY I The governors governor's letter followed an incident at a Thanksgiving football game same in which Mr Carter Cartel voiced I j huzzahs for the winning football j I team and Attorney General Dan Moody within the hearing of the 1 i governors governor's box and was escorted from the field Mr Carter later explained that he was was unaware of ot othIs his proximity ml y to the governors governor's box and meant no of offense tense He Intimated ed however that he thought the attorney general ought to be cheered for his prosecution of ot the American Road company suit In which the state recovered recovered jepp OO alleged ex excess ex- ex cess eess prot profs ts on on highway c contracts 1 l. l i. i spit euit wh n was vas wai opposed Apposed by the Fergusons Rev Atticus Webb superintendent dent of the Saloon Anti-Saloon league In Texas yesterday chal chal- the r gOvernor to O k good food Od her otter offer of ot last Saturday Saturday of cit a reward I for Cor the cop C conviction on of ot law violators vio vin- 1 worth more than The league league- eague wanted to know I whether the governor meant the re reward reward reward re- re ward to apply appl to the bootleggers gels gel's al already already al al- I ready In jail and added that If it that wel were wele e the case ease it would probably keep her busy passing out the boun- boun tiey tle j Attorney General General Moodys Moody's suit against the Hoffman Hottman Construction company contract cancellation and recovery of or large profits was postponed postponed postponed post post- yesterday until the president of ot the defendant concern can re recover recover recover re- re cover from an n ess |