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THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON A Resume of Government Hap pening i in the National Capital ? on tvn-^ i- if-i? n? n? tr-n? a-ii?ff Washington, D. C. ? The Presi dent's State of the Union mes sage and his budget report, and their reception by the politically hostile congress figured in the speculation about future events ? taxes, the national debt, the balancing of the budget, a cabi net post for public welfare, and merger of the armed forces. There is a unanimity of agree ment that the President's mes sage on the State of the Union! was well received from both sides of the aisle in the congress. Also there was agreement that by both the tone of his message and his recommendations the Presi dent had, for once, satisfied both liberal and conservative elements in his own party and that at this time there is a stronger feeling of unity among the Democrats than has been tno case for many months. On two counts, major counts, the President runs into strenuous opposition from the majority in Congress ? on the size of the budget and on his recommenda tion not to cut taxes at this time. Representative Knutson, chair man of the powerful house ways and means committee, insists on his 20 percent reduction in taxes for everybody up to incomes of $300,000 and then a 10.5 percut for them. This latter amounts to little, however, since only about 600 people will be affected. Then Representative Taber, New York, insist# on a 29 billion dollar bud. get compared to some 35 billion ' asked by the President. Representative Knutson, how- j ever, is running up against some opposition to his tax cut program in his own party. Sen. Eugene D. Milllkin (R., Colo.), chairman of the new senate finance com mittee, which will handle tax bills is by no means enthusiastic over the house Republicans' plan to cut individual income taxes across the board. Says Senator Millikin, "writing a tax bill is not an exercise in logic; it's an ex ercise in necessity." and he wants to see the budget balanced and a long-term debt reduction plan adopted before committing him self to any specific tax-cutting proposal Tnis congress has already been dubbed a "get-ready congress." Get ready for 1948 is the implica tion. And, of course, the issue of curbing the power of labor unions is the nottc-st issue. There will be many, bills thrown into the hop per, punitive and otherwise, aimed at curbing the labor mono polies. the power of labor unions and otherwise restricting the rights of workers. However, Senator Taft (R, Ohio) is wise and shrewd politically, and he is running for president in 1948, and in spite of that fact, he deli berately chose to become chair- 1 man of the senate labor and pub lic welfare committee. As cnair-j man he will have a powerful in fluence on all labor legislation and in addition he will handk bills on education, health, vet erans, hospitals and medical care ? and all of these subjects are most important ones in the com ing months. More benefits to vet erans ? federal aid foi school teachers ? the social security act ? a national health law. and others. And so the thinking here is that Senator Taft will let the boys In the house have their way and throw in all ;orts of labor mea sures but thut in the end, jvhen his senate committee is through with them,- there will be nothing in the measures which will hurt labor. Most likely the program which finally becomes law will follow largely the recommenda tions of President Truman. Some thing will be dc "e on the portal to-portal pay issue. Rep Emory Price (D., Florida) has a simple short bill to offer as an amend ment to the Fair Labor Standards law which reads: "Work, or the work week, re ferred to in the act shall exclude time before and after approved working hours except hours where extra time is allowed by custom or is bargained for by contract." The congress likely will outlaw jurisdictional strikes and forbid secondary boycotts; will permit injunctions by government where it is in the public interest, and such a bill already has been in troduced; give employers the right to talk and bargain with their workers; make unions liable for breaking contracts and re-j quire publication of union fi nances. There may be a new up ping in the minimum wage. And that's likely to be to the extent of the change in labor laws. There is little real belief that compulsory arbitration will be voted or that the closed shop will be outlawed. Nor is there ex pectancy that there will be any ban on industry wide contracts nor a law to force unions to in-l corporate. BAMBOO 4-H CLUB HOLDS MONTHLY MEET The 4-H Club of Bamboo school had its regular meeting Thursday, January 23. An inter esting program on the subject health was given. Those taking part in the program were: Franklin Jones, Tracy Watson, Rex Vannoy, C. M. Critcher, Jason Cook, Clemon Watson, Vance Northern. John Grubb, Howard Hayes, June Hampton, Ethel Mae Coffey, Faye Critcher, Reba Hampton, Margaret Storie, Evelyn Hayes, and Joan|n Critcher. After the program Mrs. Hamby and Mr. Kirkman had separate classes with the boys and girls. Teacher ? Are Given Eight-Month Bonus Raleigh. ? State employes and teachers are elated over the un animous approval of the second conference committee report by each nouse of the general as sembly last Wednesday for it neans that ihe February pay checks will bring initial results of supplementary salary in creases. Wednesday's action by the legislature climaxed a bitter bat tle that had lasted for over two weeks in which the solons de bated the amount of percentages) of increase and period for which the pay boost should be effective. Members of the 14-member con ference committee said the re port assured higher pay to per sons in lower salary brackets than those recommended by the initial conferees' report that the house rejected last week after the sen ate gave its approval. The report of the conferees, signed unanimously, differs from the first conference corr nittee re port in the method of payment. Whereas "emergency salaries" was specified in the orginal bill, the report today terms the extra pay for state employes and teachers "an emergency bonus" for services rendered and to be performed. This bonus is to be payable to all state employes and teachers retroactive to Nov. 1, 1946, with one half of the total bonus to be given with the issuance of re gular salary checks during the month of February. The remaind er of the bonus "shall be pro rated according to the number of regular salary checks issued to such teachers and state employes for the remainder of the period ending June 30, 1947 (end of the fiscal year of this biennium)." Range of the bonus is from $144, for persons making $1,200 and less per year to $270 for per sons making $2,701 to $6,600 per year. ? Adoption of the report came [speedily in the house as a jam med gallery of school officials and state employes anxiously awaited action. Rep. Reg L. Harris of Person, chairman of the con ference committee, read the re port, and then moved for its adoption. Rep. Oscar G. Barker of Dur ham. who plumped for an amend ]ment to an administration-sup ported bill and a leader in the fight for the rejection of the first conference committee report, rose to his feet. The house suddenly quieted in anticipation of more opposition. ' Mr. Speaker, the committee has done a good job. It has re ported increases which do not in any way commit this body to any future pattern for considera tion of the next biennium salaries. I move the adoption of the re port." 1 Schedule of bonus payments. State College Hints T o Homemakers To make an or pi ge easier for lunch-box-toting youngsters to eat, this is what Westinghouse hcune economists suggest. Score from stem end to blossom end in about eight sections, cutting through skin only. Pull back rina about tell an inch, then wrap ^he whole orange in waxed paper. To speed up the defrosting of your refrigerator, empty the ice trays and fill with hot water. Put the trays back in the evaporator, turn the control knob to "off and close the refrigerator door. In about IS minutes the ice will scale off and the unit is ready to be reset for freezing. Chocolate and cocoa stains should be removed as soon as possible, and always before laundering. For white cottons and linens, dip the fabric up and down in hot water, wash in hot suds, bleach any remaining stain with hydrogen peroxide, and rinse well. For any washable colored fabric, wash in lukewarm suds, and use carbon tetrachlo ride to remove any grease spots caused by cream. A new broom sweeps clean, and so docs a clean broom. To keep a broom clean and in top condition, douse it in medium warm suds, rinse well, and hang it up by the handle to dry throughly. Add a few drops of ammonia to the suds when wash ing a very dirty broom. When not in use, hang the broom so that the straw does not rest directly on the floor. To preserve the garbage pail, treat it to a thorough washing with soapsuds once a week fol lowed by a hot water rinse and thorough sunning. Use kitchen scissors to save time. Cut parsley, celery, pimien to. and string beans with them. Use wet scissors for dicing sticky foods such as chicken, dates and marshmallows. PFC. DEWEY PHILLIPS IN MUNICH. GERMANY One of the new arrivals over seas is Pfc. Dewey W. Phillips, son of Mrs. Mattie Phillips, of Laxon. He is currently station ed at the Munich air base ter minal of the European air trans port service where he is assign ed to duty with the military po lice section. His organizati .n. EATS, is the military ariline providing air transportation for all U. S. mili tary agencies in the European theatre. Pfc. Phillips entered the serv-| ice in March. 1946. according to salary orackets: Annual salaries up to and in- 1 eluding $1,200, total sum of $144; $1,201 to $1,380? $162; $1,381 to $1.560? $180; $1,561 to $1,740? $198; $1,741 to $1,920; $1,921 to $2.100? $234; $2,101 to $2,400? 246; $2,401 to $2,700? $258, and $2,701 to $6,600? $270. LOCKED IN BOXCAR 8 DAYS Phoenix, Ariz. ? Nine days after Edgar Grimsley, 39, Tulare (Cal l [arm worker, crawled into a rail road boxcar to take a nap, he was escucd by Carl Lehman, railroad (boxcar checker, who heard feeble kicks coming from the sealed car and investigated. Without food or water for the entire time, Grimsley was taken to a hospital ior treatment. ? ALL BLIND Chicago ? When Robert J. Rii ey, 23, married Miss Kathleen E, Margetta, 32, recently, the bridi and groom and their seven at Itendants were all blind. CHEVROLET Today!... LOWEST- PRICED CAR AND LOWEST- PRICED LINE IN ITS FIELD! ( Yes, Chevrolet prices start lower? and finish lower? than those of any other line of cars in the Chevrolet price range. For today, Chevrolet has the lowest priced car as well as the lowest -priced line of passenger cars in its field? with exceptionally low gas, oil and upkeep costs as well. And, of course, when it comes to quality ? when it comes to Big Car beauty, Big-Car comfort, Big-Car performance and de pendability ? Chevrolet and Chevrolet alone brings you . . . BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST! i Colvard Chevrolet Company BOONE, N. C. FRIENDLY MARKET ? Owned and Operated By ? Dennis and Dick Townsend and G. D. Stilwell OPPOSITE COURTHOUSE PHONE 159 BOONE, N. C. We have taken over the tood store which had been operated for the past several months by Mr. W. G. Boiling, and are .rendering the same friendly and courteous service which was so popular when the store was formerly under the man agement of Dennis Townsend. We feature the highest grade staple and fancy groceries, fresh fruits and vegetables, and maintain a large Sanitary Meat Market * where the choicest cuts of Western meats ye always available at the lowest possible prices. ? ? * ? We invite you to visit uslor a complete one-stop food service. You will find our sales people courteous and friendly and you will receive a cordial welcome at all times. We are here to supply all your food needs, and promise you uniformly low prices and fair treatment. o ? ? s ? The Store of Friendly Service ?
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