From The Gallery: Adjournment Fever Raging Through Assembly
By Mildred Hoskins
'RALEIGH Tempers
afe getting short and hours
ate getting long as the
General Assembly enters its
final week. These aspects of
the adjournment fever
range all the way from
shouting matches in the
soper-sub to prolonged
dfcbate and marathon
sessions on the floor.
In an attempt to pour oil
on the waters or, more
precisely, to cool tempers
with ice cream, the
governor staged his lawn
party Tuesday afternoon at
the mansion. Tables were
set up for dishing out ice
cream and lemonade and
homemade cookies were
offered at points about the
south lawn. Long lines had
formed before the lieutenant
governor arrived but he was
greeted by his excellency
and ushered right up to the
table. Now, Larry Eagle,
the affable, rotund sergeant
at arms of the house, had
just reached the serving
area when the two leaders
came up to be served.
“Which kind would you
like?” the governor said to
the lieutenant governor. At
the same time this pleasant
conversation was in
progress for the benefit of
the photographers, Eagle
was asked the same question
by another attendant ready
to serve him.
“Oh, No,” said Eagle. “I
want to wait and see which
one the governor gives the
lieutenant governor before I
choose. I want to be sure it is
all right.”
Os course, this got a big
laugh all around and the
governor and the man who
may be his Democratic
primary opponent next May
posed again with big licks on
their ice cream cone.
Monday was the 99th
legislative day and the
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house calendar was ex
tremely lengthy. It seemed
that every bill which came
before the members created
considerable debate.
Senator Charles Vickery of
Orange had a bill which had
come out -of the insurance
committee which would
require the insurer to reveal
the amount of coverage a
person had if requested by
the attorney before a suit
was filed. This one was
being handled in the house
by Rep. Parks Helms of
Mecklenburg. He had an
swered a number of
questions and the lawyers
were unusually quiet.
Then Rep. John Gamble of
Lincoln asked to speak on
the bill. “This is a lawyers’
bill if I have ever seen one.
It even smacks of the story I
heard about a bunch of
thieves who provided very
rare theater tickets to an
affluent family outside New
York and when the family
went to the musical and
returned their house had
been cleaned out. I hope you
will think seriously about
this bill,” the doctor con
cluded.
“It might also be a doc
tor’s bill,” said Rep. Sam
Bundy of Pitt, who wanted
to add a word or two.” I am
familiar with the times
when there was no student
insurance in the schools but
now when a youngster gets a
scratch on the school
grounds he goes to the
doctor and the first
question the physician asks
is ‘doyou have insurance?’ I
remember when we’d tell
the kid to go home and put a
warm rag on it,” the gen
tleman said and firmly
stated he would vote against
the bill.
But the end was not even
in sight on this one. Rep.
Dan Lilley, an insurance
man, asked Rep. Helms a
question about revealing the
amount of the insurance
coverage before the suit is
filed and afterwards, to
which the gentleman from
Mecklenburg quipped:
“What’s the difference?”
“Well there must be some
or we wouldn’t have this
bill,” Rep. Lilley said and
asked his question again. To
answer the inquiry Rep.
Helms explained in clothed
legal terms and the gen
tleman from Lenoir was not
satisfied. "Mr. Speaker, tell
the gentleman I don’t know
anything about law.”
So, Mr. Helms called the
question and the count was
28 to 84 against the lawyers.
The committees are
finishing up their work and
Tuesday when Rep. Jay
Huskins of Iredell handed up
his committee report, nine
of the 10 bills reported in got
an unfavorable report. The
final bill was marked
“favorable as amended.”
“That’s a fine report,”
quipped Speaker Carl
Stewart, Jr., who had taken
a great deal of interest in
Insurance Committee
inactivity during the
session.
Rep. Robert Hobgood of
Vance was handling one of
Senator James Speed’s bills
which was designed to
delete certain weapons from
the statutes requiring a
permit to purchase. One of
these was listed as a “slug
shot.” This brought on
some levity among the
members who were getting
weary. Rep. Roy Spoon of
Mecklenburg wanted to
know just what a “slug
shot’ ’ was and if it was the sort
of weapon that might be
used in a Kung Fu movie.
“Shouldn’t we just expung it
from the record?” he
suggested.
“Why not just slung it
from the record?” asked the
speaker.
It was getting late in the
afternoon and the last bill on
the calendar was a senate
joint resolution directing the
Secretary of Crime Control
and Public; {Safety and the
Secretary of Transportation
to set up a task force to
rewrite Chapter 20 of the
statutes which are the high
way safety regulations. This
brought Rep. Billy Watkins
of Granville to his feet to
debate the resolution.
“Mr. Speaker and ladies
and gentlemen of the
house,” he began. “I have
just heard once again that
this is an administration
resolution. I have never
heard it so often as we have
heard it this session,” he
continued. “Now we are
asking the administration to
rewrite the statutes. Pretty
soon we are going to have to
ask the administration if we
can come down here and
vote on their bills,” the
Oxford lawyer concluded.
He got it off his chest and
spoke the mind of many of
his colleagues but they
passed the resolution
anyway.
The gentleman was on his
feet to oppose another
measure which would
exempt farming operation
from special orders from
the EPA. There had been a
motion to send the bill back
to committee and the
sponsor, freshman Rep.
Roger W. Bone of Nash, was
opposing the motion. Mr.
Watkins asked: “Isn’t this
bill just about our
bureaucrats trying to out
bureaucrat the federal
bureaucrats?”
Hie bill did go back to
committee but came out
again and was passed.
Wednesday Rep. Ed
Holmes of Chatnam,
chairman of appropriations,
brought in the bill which his
committee had been
working on since the session
began. He made it through
the lengthy volume without
much trouble. Rep. Spoon of
Mecklenburg attempted to
remove the appropriation
contained in the bill for the
governor’s Math and
Science School by calliig
attention to the faet that
several years ago when the
xoo was started the sponsors
told legislators they would
not be back for more money
but each budget has an
appropriation for the zoo.
The gentleman from
Mecklenburg said the same
thing would happen with the
school and suggested that it
be deleted.
Rep. Holmes, in his mild
manner, explained further
about {dans for the school
and concluded: “Now, about
the zoo. I’m too young to
know about that.”
Later Rep. Parks Helms
called for a special tribute to
the committee chairman for
his long and hard work on
the budget. “This man,
while preparing a $lO-billion
budget, arranged to get me
a cold beer.”
The Mecklenburg
lawmaker was referring to
an amendment Rep. Holmes
tagged onto an Orange
County bill which would
make it legal to sell cold
beer in Chatnam County
where, heretofore, only beer
at room temperature could
be sold.
There was a hefty debate
underway on Senator Ann
Bagnal’s sex education bill
when it came time for the
speaker to make a ruling of
some sort. About that time
the state helicopter took off
from atop the ad
ministration building next
door to the state house and
passed over at low altitude.
The speaker observed:
“Hie governor is keeping
a close watch over us.”
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buttons on the members’
desks fail to record a 'vote
accurately. Rep. Eugene
White of Caldwell arose to
complain: “I have a red
button here and I am going
to want to vote yes pretty
soon, Mr. Speaker.”
“Hie clerk says she will
take care of the botton and
you can take care of the
vote,” the speaker said.
Speaker Carl Stewart had
warned members of the
house the calendar was long
for Friday and he would
expect it to be finished
before adjournment for the
day. It was getting along
about 3 P.M. and members
were beginning to get weary
and were pressuring their
colleagues to cut down on
debate.
Rep. Jo Graham Foster of
Mecklenburg had given a
brief explanation of her hill
having to do with teacher
retirement ' system ana
offered to answer any
questions. Rep. Ted Kaplan
of Forsyth arose and asked
the lady to yield for a
question.
“I yield, Rep. Kaplan. I
have a 30 minute ex
planation on his bill if you
want to hear it,” she said
and the gentleman from
Forsyth sank into his seat.
He did, however, object to
the third reading and the bill
will be up again on third
reading Monday night.
The fellows will have their
little jokes. Soon after
noon Friday members
began leaving the floor from
time to time to visit the
snack bar. Rep. Billy Clark
of Cumberland had just
returned to his seat and had
relaxed into a period of
resting his eyes. He leaned
back against the books on
Activity Day Observance Held *
By Gladys B. White
Home Economics
Extension Agent
Approximately 250 people
attended the Northeastern
District EFNEP Activity
Day held on Saturday, June
2, at John A. Holmes High
School. Fifty-six EFNEP
youth participated in foods
and foods related demon
strations at the first
“district day” event. Thirty
three youth exhibited their
favorite food in the
“Favorite Food Show.”
There were 41 entries in the
poster contest.
The Northeastern District
EFNEP Activity Day is a
foods and nutrition
education program for
youth which gives op
portunity for personal
development, improved
the desk behind him and was
comfortable for a snooze.
Just across the aisle, Rep.
Bill McMillan of Iredell just
happened to have a camera
and snapped a picture of the
sleeping lawmaker. This
should be a handsome
reminder for constitutents
next year on how hard the
legislator works. The fresh
man lawmaker is to be
married this month and
needs his rest.
diet, and nutrition of total
family, leader development,
and parent participation.
Mr. Alton Elmore,
Chowan County Com
missioner, welcomed the
group and* presented the
awards. Johnnie Bass,
program aide from Chowan
County, presided at the
awards program.
Greetings were from Miss
Kathleen Nelson, Home
Economics Program
Leader, North Carolina
State University; and
Dalton Proctor, Associate
State 4-H Leader, North
Carolina State University.
Winners from Chowan
County were: Joe Harris,
Fruit and Vegetable Use
Demonstration; Carolyn
Cofield, Senior Table Set
ting; Amy Copeland, Food
Sheila Jean Warren of
Hiddenite was one of the
bunch of house pages ser
ving during the past week.
She was nominated by Rep.
Jay Huskins of Iredell. Mrs.
C. B. Winberry and her
sister, Miss Sarah Reece,
were visiting in the house
and senate galleries Wed
nesday. They were being
escorted by her son, Charles
who is an aide to the
governor.
Safety; Phelecia Rascoe,
Food Preservation.
Phelecia Rascoe was also
winner in the poster contest
in the “nutritious snacks”
division. Percy Rountree
won a red ribbon for his
breads and cereal
demonstration.
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