3 \ ■ a T-i-v; I?!.' rnr ■)) l>l* -m. 0 ’9'TT*?r. TTr»’wrii > Washington Report Ry CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. HROY11 ILL ■H .il MINIMUM WAGE ‘‘ .Since Congrca.s lias ro-.uincd lo Washinglon this .Scplembci-, it has voted on two presidential ve toes. tiie Em fgency Medical .Services Act and the minimum wage legislation. Both votes were sustained. I voted to .sustain the piesident’s veto of the Plmer- gency .Medical Services Act. While emergency medical treatment is of great concern to all of us, I felt that there weie elements of this bill vvhicli would be very costly and possibly unworkable. This legislation has been referred back lo committee where, l hop«', a more acceptable bill will be drafted. ^ y°hid to override the presi dents veto on the minimum .wage legislation. However, the .veto was sustained by a vole of 359-16.5, as Congress faled to mus ter the necessary two-thirds vote re(|uired to override a iiresidcn lial veto. If passed, the minimum wage bill would have increased the minimum wage from $1.60 to $2 an hour within 60 days, with a further increase lo $2.2(1 an hour a year la ter. When I Ik- House fiivst considru’efl minimum wage legislation earlier this year, I supported an amendment lo stretch out ths increase over an additional year find thus mini mize any possible inflational im pact. Ths ami'ndment would have greatly improved the chances for enacting the minimum wage bill into law. Because of inflation, the pres ent minimum wage rate in real dollars is lower than the 196.3 statutory minimum of $1.25 an hour. This means that the worker on the lower end of the pay scale has iiaid an unfi ir sliare of the cost of inflation. A'hile there is legitimate concern about the pos sible inflationary result of a minimum wa",e Increase, it is un- far to ask tho.se families with limited iiuome lo bear the brunt of the inflation that has occur red in this country sinc<- the last minimum wage law v.as enacted in 1966. Conseiiuenlly, I will introduce and support compromi.se legisla tion proposing a reason.ible mini mum tya.ge rale witch has a real istic chance of passing Con gress this year. The minimum wage worker has been e.\peclng an increase since 1971. In my opinion, it is time to fulfil that expectation. HOUSING One of my major concerns I® lout the economy is the area ; of new housing construction. In, j arldition lo inflation, wt- are ex-, . perencing a real “credit crunch" ; that is bringing lo a standstill I the vital home building sector of I the economy. The rise in interest . rates coupled with new, more -s'ringent standards for credit land down payments has virtually ended the granting of new mort- I gages in .North Carolina by sav- , ings and loan Institutions and other financal organizations. In ; fact, it is estimated nationally that new home consiruclon will drop over the next year from 2.1 millifin to 1..5 million units. In response to this serious eco nomic prolilem which .strikes hardest at new and young fam ilies .just entering the housing i market. President Nixon sent toj Congress last week the adminis-l tration’s housing policy recom-' mendations. A major goal is lo ease the present tight mortgage -fTr'Ttm—■ ir. i ■ isn—fTtTrri—n-'-r—- credit situation. Specifically, the pieslrlent is seeking fiuthorization for the Eedcral Home Loan Bank buiird, which len.ls money lo mortgage lending institutions, to a|)| rore a program of forward commitments which should ea.-x? soirKwhai the iiresent unavailab ility of money. 'IHK EHLRH would be a le to commit U|) lo $2.5 billion for savings and loan institutions lo use in making morl.tage assurances. This Is Recruit Weaver , Finishes Training I. By ROBERT E. LEE (.Sponsored by The Lawyers of North Carolina) A-NNUAl. r Rwt'.S .same roots, tree.i! or bushes wdlh 'out .innual |)lanting. l.'nsevored ' they art' a part of the land lo I which they are attached, and contracts to them must be in I writing. mart Recruit Lintia D. Weaver, ucis of peiennial plants. HeriX'ii- (laughter of .Mr an 1 .Mrs. Waller nal irt'es, bushes, shrubs, and of ,1(19 .N. Iiat.c .St., vines t>ass with the title lo the .Mountain, gi.iduaK'd from land and there cannot .-e an oral “-'“uil tr.i,nmg lot wiimcn at the - i, r- I- <■ n - reservation to tlie seller of either ”■'"(*1 training renter hi'ie I his IS the first ol a fall senes .. r>„.. ««i.>i which will aoiiear „.(.(.k I! ^ ® ' A graduate of Kings .Mountain Ihroimhoul the next .3 months /'t-e pro-; high .schol, .she is scheduled to miou„noui tm n<.\i .j '""nm-s. iheip.y,,,., san nh-oi I li< y nave tieon written foi the „• i.i, I'ago I he presiilent also propo.ses to nun-law,jers as a piililic service gnat untie up to .$,3 billion in „f 'pbo I.avvyers of .North Caro- moilgages at rales lower than jbia. tlie existing market k'vel lo John Jones lives on i farm stimul/U' new onstnielion. Ein- vvhich he owns and cuHivales. He ally, the president ba.s reiiuested sells the farm to Joe Smith. Does, Congress to make certain chan- .smith l-ecome the owner of the _ __ _ ges in FlfA and VA insured growing crops on the land at thecWAlI PvMntAtoc mortgages to incre'a.se their times of the sale? “ •VlllwlCS availahilily to larger numbers of yes. The general tide is that a home hu.vers. While these pro- dei t to land pas.se.s Die growing posals will not completely solve (i-ojis thereon to Ihe grantee of lh<‘ pri'senl "credit cruncli” iniiig. deed in Ihe a'si'nce of a re.s-! home buyin, they will offm- re-; ervation to lli contrary This isr,.|| liel to new and growing families n-ue even though the crops h- alor in Hampton, Virginia, for Ihe drill and ceremonies, weapons, j ment that a sale of liind do<*s j chesapeakv' and Potomac- Tele map leading, combat tactics, mil-) not include the annual crops al-| phone company. She has held it.ary courtesy, military justice, | lached to the land? | various positions of increasin,g first aid and army hi-'dory and Yes. Although a conveyance of - responsibility throughout her traditions. TO BEREA ih<' land or a contract to convey land the fruit on man. trees and the Ix'i-ries or prod larccr. .Mrs, Weavi-r was born in IGaston county ami graduated from Cramerton high school. .She is married to Arthur K. Weaver, and they have two children a son, Arthur K. Weaver Jr., and a daughter. Marjorie Jo Ann Weaver of Richmond, Virginia. '.Mrs. Weaver is active in com GduIcI you afford a big hike in furniture prices? That’s why railroacts are essential. Almost halt of the furniture Americans buy is shipped by rail. Why do the furniture industry and so many other industries ship by rail? They know it's usually the most economical way to go. What's economical? Well, consider these figures for the thousands of things delivered by rail.The average cost per-ton- mile by truck is five times as much as by rail. Air shipping is fifteen times more expensive. And shipping by rail isdependable too. Put that together with economy and you have a good idea why you need railroads. And why you need Southern. ncirpjn n AN EQUAI. OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. loyTyERM THE RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT GIVES A (SREEN LIGHT TO INNOVIATIONS j munity affaii's and attends thej )S<.t; ;t rjiri, do rwf to ukh. c'C'li* c