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Show LABOR If! II TEXAS FEARED Threats Heard in Galveston Reprisals Are Due When Troops Leave AUSTIN, Tex. Sept 2 2. Threats i have been made to the effect thnt ' when troops have been withdrawn from la I v eston. workers now on dut;. ! there would he run out of town or! i killed, said Governor Hobby today In I a message tao the legislature. "That this result would obtain ts , the belief of well-informed people who are on the ground. ' ho continued.1 "I would not have entertained even i I the thought of removing the troops, without providing meaii6 of protection' I In place of the troops. This means has been temporarily provided by an agreement by the city authorities of( , Galveston and a committee of Galven-1 t ion citizens and myself. "Anv Issue with respect 'to latior Organisations or open shop organization organiza-tion in not Involved and I stand ready, to protect either or both within the law so long as that protection Is not j incompatible with the public welfare but all must obey the law." |