Now & Then

  January 14, 1943: State Executives Blast Bureaucratic Mis-Rule: In state-wide radio broadcasts, Gov. Stevenson and Lieut.-Gov. Smith bitterly criticsied the arbitrary rationing and other usurpation of power by uniformed bureaucrats. Gov. Stevenson said in part: “Texans understand that in time of war we must have unity of command; but that does not mean that Congress and the states…

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