THROUGH
CAPITAL KEYHOLES
BEHIND THE NEWS IN NORTH CAROLINA
By Bess Hinton Silver
TOUCHDOWNS-- Congressman
Walter Lambeth has scored with
thousands of North Caro ina
home-owners who had filed appli
cation for loans with the Home
Owners Loan Corporation but
whose papers had not reached the
legal division at the time the
JIOLC order stopping applications
came through. Representative Lam
beth bucked the line in; Washing
ton and there are hopes that he
will lead the home-owners to vic
tory. There has been m uch crit
icism of the HOLC in this State.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds and
Congressman Frank Hancock
made it so hot that Alan S. O’Neal
was given tha gate and Scott
Noble placed in charge of HOLC
administration in North Carolina.
Congressman Lambeth is suspect
ed in many quarters of having his
eye on the B.ount Street Mansion
in Raleigh.
SERVES AGAIN — The ap -I
pointment of James L. McNair,
Laurinburg, capitalist arid sports
man, as a m mber of the Board
of Conservation and Development
has brought praise and bear hunt
ing. Mr. McNair is a former
member of the Old State Highway
Commission and h'mself points a
wicked shotgun and baits a tempt
hook.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT —The
electric chair at State’s prison
*b going to got some attention
from the coming Legislature. Dr.
Charles A. Peterson, prominent
Sprice Pine physician and Republi
can member of the House from
Mitchell county, is expected to in
tvoducj a bill to chance the me
thod from the electric chair to
death in a lethal gas chamber.
It is a'so expected that efforts
will be made to give judges pow
er to impose life imprisonment
sentences in cases where the jury
returns a verdict of guilty of a
capital offense but recommends
mercy. That would untie judges
hands from the mandatory death
sentence and take a great load off
the Governor and his Parole Com
missioner.
AUTO TAGS — Efforts are go
ing to be made in the General As
sembly to reduce) the price of
State automobile license tags in
stead of diverting highway money
to other purposes. The motorists
will like that but not the politic
ians who want to collect from the
uncomplaining car - owner and
spend thet money elsewhere to
avoid other more unpopular taxes.
The highway departments also
going to need several millions t®
repair roads and put them back
in the condition they were two
years ago whe)ii the Legislature
put legal limits on how much of
the motorists’ money could be
spent for the purpose for which
it was collected.
RESTORATION—With contin -
ued increase in living costs and
some increase) in State general
fund revenues it is now be ieved
in many informed quarters on
Capitol Hill that school teachers
and ether State employees stand
a good chance of having some of
their base salaries restored by the
General Assembly. It s been lean
pickings for State hired help for
the past two years.
RANG THE BELL — Last week
Keyholes told you that Capus M.
Waynick, who bad res'gned hL
post as North Caro'ina Directo.
of the Federal Remeployment pro
gram to return to editorial desk
on the High Point Enterprise„
might get another public appoint
ment. Before some papers had
the opportunity to publish that
item, Mr. Waynick was appointed
Assistant Chairman of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission. clothed with all the pow
ers held by tin Chairman, E. B.
Jeffress, who has been critically
ill for two months and is not ex
pected to recover. Just anothe.
occasion when Keyholes was ahead
of the news although confidentia
informat'on prevented publication
of the whole story.
HOME-RUN — Governor Eh
ringhaus hit one over the fence
when he appointed Capus Waynick
Assistant Chairman of the High *
way and Public Works Commis -
sion. It is expected that he will
succeed Mr. Jeffress as Chairman
and that keeps this important job
in the populous Piedmont section,
in addition the Assistant Chair -
man will appear before legisla -
tive committees nervt session and
that’s where he shines. He made an
excellent record in the 1931 House
of Representative^ and in thel933
Senate and enjoys the confidence
of members of both branches.
That means a lot when time comes
to iron out difficulties. It has been
charged in the past that the
Governor didn’t know how to make
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HHOLDING HIS HORSES —
Li utenant Governor A. H. (San
dy) Graham isn’t in any hurry to
.tart his campaignfo r th|e Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination in
.he primaries of 1936. The Lieu
tenant Governor is first concerned
wit h making a record as presid
ing officer of the 1935 Senate.
He well knows that announcement
of his candidacy for any other po
litical office would cast the sha
dow of suspicion on, his every act
during that session. He’ll make up
his mind about running for Gov
ernor after surveying his own
record as sepond in command. But
you can jot this down on your
cuff— Sandy Graham is not a dead
issue in North Carolina politics
—watch him.
JUST OPINON—Several legis
lative veterans drifting into Ra
eigh for one reason or another
recently have expressed the opi
n on that the 1935 session will not
iast more than ninety days. These
men point out thpt conditions
which kept the boys in the Capital
City for more than four months
(luring the pa..t two sessions have;
just about vanished. The sales
tax held tns J931 session long
overtime. In 1933 closing of the
banks gummed up the works. It
is pretty genera ly agreed that
tkje sales tax, enacted in 1933, will
remain on the books and no bank
ing holiday is expected to upset
theapplecart. If that speculation
is correct members of the General
Assembly may not have to write
home for their Palm Beach suits
before sine die adjournment.
RELIEF—The question of State
contribution to the federal relief
program may not bother the Gen
eral Assembly quite as much) as
anticipated. The federal govern
ment is going to insist that the
several States kick i"n on caring
for those without employment but
does not specify that State gov
ernments must do a 1 the chipping
in. It is entirely probable that
the matter may be settled on a
county basis with each local unit
kicking in its share . In that ev
ent the State would not have to
raise so much in taxes for relief.
Many counties having few persons
on relief rolls might favor coun
ty rather than State relief taxes.
At least that’s what some people
having reputations for seeing be
yond their noses believe.
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