LEGISLATIVE
i SUMMARY
(Continued From Faae One)
a constitutional mandate ignored by
the 1951 General ‘Assembly. The Gen
eral (Assembly was also urged to set
up a committee to study state govern
ment reorganization, with particular
reference to the knotty problems of
divorcing the prison system from the
9H&PWC and of combining the Pro
bation amfPParoles Departments.
His highway safety program cen
tered upon a “common sense” mechan
ical inspection law and institution of
driver training courses in all public
high schools. He emphasized the need
of a long range primary road building
plan; prevention of road deterioration
due to large commercial vehicle use;
and taxation of road users in a man
ner more closely related to benefits
received.
POC allocation of 8 TV channels to
North Carolina (which expires on
June 2) for educational purposes
prompted recommendation of a study
commission to propose possible uses to
the 1953 legislature. (A bill authoriz
ing the Governor to appoint such a
commission was ratified on January
15.)
Agriculture and labor did not as
sume major roles in the Governor’s
legislative program, but he did pro
pose a state minimum wage law, and
promised to see that laws would be
enforced which protect the right of
citizens to go to their jobs unmolested.
An expanded agricultural research
program, a comprehensive forestry
program, additional processing plants,
and expanding market facilities were
called for.
While making no concrete conser
vation and development proposals, the
Governor did dwell upon the need for
attracting new industry and more
tourists, and pointed out the oppor
tunities opened up by the Morehead
City and Wilmington ports.
To finance his proposals, Mr. Urn
stead foresaw no new taxes but sug
gested that if extra revenue is needed,
h revision of the sales tax exemption
schedule would provide more funds.
Appropriations
Having considered requests from all
state departments, institutions, and
aereneies for funds totaling over $753
million to cover needs during the
1953-55 biennium, the Advisory Bud
get Commission on Friday submitted
to the General Assembly its recom
mendations for the expenditure of
over $637 million by June 30, 1955.
Designed to continue essential state
services without embarking on an en
larged spending program, the biennial
appropriations bill provides for soerd
ing over $592 million (about $390 mil
lion from General Fund; $2 million
from Agriculture Fund; and S2OO mil
lion from Highway Fund) during
1953-55. Appropriations- from Gen
eral ‘Fund and Highway Fund surplus
es, were added to anticipated revenues,
enabled the Commission to present a
balanced budget. Included in the bi
ennial appropriations is $35 million
to implement Governor Urn steal's rec
ommendation of a 10 per cent salary
increase for teachers and state em
ployees. An additional $17.6 million
is made available from current rev
enues to make the salary raises ret
roactive to July 1, 1952. One inno
vation is the creation frotm surpluses
of a permanent continuing cash fund
of $17.8 million to meet current state
obligations at the beginning of each
fiscal year. Agencies seeking addi
tional appropriations from the House
and Senate committees in the next
few weeks may be expected to view
this operating fund as a possible
■cures of revenue. No recommenda
tions for changes in the revenue laws
were submitted to the General Assem
bly.
The Budget Commission trimmed
requests for permanent improvements
from about $125 million to $9.6 million
which is appropriated in the perman
ent improvements bill. Requests ap
proved were principally for comple
tion of building projects already un
derway and preservation of state prop
erties.
Miscellaneous
On (the first day of the 1953 session
a tax relief measure (IHB 4) was pro
posed permitting deduction of-federal
income taxes for state income tax
purposes. In line with the Governor’s
message bills were introduced to pro
vide SSO million for school construc
tion (HB 99) and SSO million month
ly payments to teachers and state em
ployees retired after 20 years of
service (HB 7). HB 30 provides for
the renewal of driver licenses without
re-examinations for most people.
Lunch Room Menu |
The menu at the Edenton Elemen
tary School lunch room for the week
beginning Monday, January 26, will
be a& follows:
Monday—Com beef, steamed cab
bage, stewed com, hot rolls, butter,
milk, baked custard.
Tuesday—Beef and vegetable soup,
crackers, peanut butter sandwiches,
bread, butter, milk, ginger bread.
Wednesday—Stewed beef, potatoes,
turnip greens, hot rolls, butter, milk,
baked apples.
Thursday—Spiced ham, lima beans,
toss salad, bread, butter, milk, or
anges.
Friday— Roastr turkey and gravy,
steamed rice, string beans, cranberry
sauce, hot rolls, butter, milk, honey
cup.
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The new seed catalogs for 1953
are beginning to drop in. If you
haven’t received yours, address a post
card to your favorite seed house, or
send for several different ones so that
you can compare their specialties.
Each company has specialties and
novelties which it emphasizes and
recommends to its customers as well
as the standard varieties well known
to the trade. The commercial grower
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t cannot afford to take chances on mak
i ing a large planting of any of these
t highly advertised specialties and nov
• el'ties until he has tested them out
; or has recommendations from some
one who has tested them. On the othet
I hand, the home gardener can try oat
1 many of these new varieties without
1 much financial risk and in some cases
l with a great deal of satisfaction to
r himself. There are many hybrid va-
rieties of vegetables being introduced
by seedsmen—especially tomatoes, cu
cumbers, and sweet corn. Some of
these are distinct improvements over
standard varieties—some are not so
good. Tlie way to find out if they
suit your needs is to try them out.
The seed of hybrid varieties are us
ually expensive because of the labor
involved in hand pollination.
Every gardener should take an in
terest in the “All America” vegetable
variety selections of the last few
years. These have been tested in
several different locations in the
country and can be generally recom
mended. Good examples are the Top
; crop and Wade snap beans, Salad
; Bowl leaf lettuce, Pennlake head let
i tuce, America spinach, Cherry Belle
i radish and many others.
Os course, in selecting tomato va-
rieties it js necessary to know if
your garden soil is infected with fu
sarium wilt. If it is, wilt resistant
varieties should be planted. There are
a number of good wilt resistant va
rieties, but one of the best of the
newer ones is Jefferson. There are
no varieties which are resistant to
Granville wilt, a tobacco disease, but
common in North Carolina vegetable
gardens.
Doesn’t Know
Ernest: “Mother, when the fire
goes out, where does it go to?”
Mother: “My dear Ernest, I don’t
know. You might just a* well ask
me where your father goes to when
he goes out.”
Excellent things are rare.
—Plato. |
Steps Os Any Kind
Wife: “Jock, it's high time we
took steps to —”
Jock: “Na, lass, let’s not talk of
wasting leather.”
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