PAGE TEN Washington.—The last days of the Congress were very hectic ones. As usual, the appropriations bills were the most important measures to be put in final form before adjournment. We were asked by the President for large sums of money. Congress did appropriate large sums, but not as much as had been requested. Several billions were cut from the amount the President requested. It is difficult for a member of Con gress to judge how far he should go in approving or disapproving an ap propriation. For the most part, I voted to cut expenditures, but there were a few instances in which I voted for increases—‘but they amounted to very little. I felt that we must reduce govern ment expenditures and I tried to vote accordingly. But last week there were two appropriations which 1 supported in full, for I thought they were ab solutely justified. Here’s what was involved: In connection with the defense ef fort, certain areas have undergone, sharp increases in population. In our i own state, for example, there are 1 Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune, Wil mington, Fort Bragg and others. With the added population in these com munities, a problem arises with the sharp increase in the number of chil dren thrust upon the public schools. Congress had previously promised the local school officials that they could expect help in financing school construction. Therefore, I voted in favor of the s7l million appropriation which had been cut out of the appro priations bill by the committee. When the committee’s attention was called to the need for this money, most if not all of the committee members agreed that those items should be put back in the bill. The government’s' defense program had created the dif ficulty and I felt it was the responsi bility of the Congress to help the local , communities with the burden which we had, in effect, placed upon them. Dick Russell Senator Russell continues to make progress in his campaign for the Presidency, and it appears that he now has a real chance—depending, of course, upon the outcome of many fac tors at the Chicago convention. More %nd more people are realizing that Senator Russell is recognized as the most able man of all those men tioned, and that if nominated he could hold his own, both in the North and the South, and against either Eisen hower or Taft. All three of them have taken sub SAA/»/SA^VV\A/VVVVS/VSA/VVNAA/VV>ArVVVVVVVVVWV»/VWVVVVV/VWVSA/VVWVVVVA/VVVVVVVk mjM tihfieVW KENTUCKY r|U3 IhaWlS whiskey '. designated me as a member of the delegation to represent our Congress ' at a meeting of the Interparliament ary Union at Bern, Switzerland. I attended this meeting last year alt Is tanbul, Turkey, and it is a revealing experience to meet legislators from all of our civilized countries and to understand their problems and have them understand ours in America. It is possible that I may be able to send back some comments for this column at intervals, and many editors have indicated that they desire that I do so. For the present, though, this will be the last of the regular weekly columns—unless I have an opportun ity to make a few notes during the Democratic convention at ’Chicago which would be of interest to you. • I am most grateful to the many newspapers all over North Carolina which have made possible the oppor tunity for me to discuss my views on matters that have come before the ! Congress. I have frequently found {that when citizens understand the facts, they thoroughly appreciate the situation that a member of Congress rr\ay be in when dealing with a par ticular problem. Greek Visitors My friend, Spiros G. Alexiou of Ra leigh, and members of his family, stopped by to see me the other day. They are typical of the many fine ci tizens we have in North Carolina of Greek birth and ancestry. , Mr. Alexiou asked me about the new immigration law and I told him of the great misrepresentations made about that law. I think he was sur prised to learn that the quota for ‘Greek immigrants had not been dis turbed and that there was nothing in the law affecting the good citizens of .any race or nationality. He had been dubious of the law because he had read some of the propaganda that has been distributed against this bill. I did tell him that efforts had been made and would continue to foe made to keep out of America those who would come here to join subversive elements—elements which seem bent upon destroying the American system of government and economy. I was glad to see Mr. Alexious and his family, and was happy to have the chance to explain the real con tents of the immigration bill. Improve your opportunities—every hour lost now is a chance of future misfortune. —Bonaparte. 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