THE COUNTY - THE STATE . THE UNION
VOLUMN LXVUI
SUBSCRIPTION 91.50 a Yur
LOUISBURG, N. 'CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1937
(EIGHT PAGES)
CIRCULATION COUNTS
AND IS THE VALirr OF
ADVERTISING.
Xt>w?p?|K*r advertising given more
circulation (or the money, than
anything else.
NUMBER 27
AUDITORS RE
PORT ERRORS
REGISTER OF DEEDS
FORD MAKES STATE
MENT
Commissioners Hold Two
Special Meetings; Amount
Involved $97.85 Paid By
Ford; Cause of Errors As
signed to Confusion in
Moving Office and Re
cords and Heavy Rushes
Of Work
The following is a copy of the I
Minutes of the Board of County j
Commissioners at their two spec- .
ial meetings considering and in- 1
vest'igating errors found by audit .
and a statement from Mr. Ford,
Register of Deeds, concerning ,
same: I
At a special called meeting of
the Board of Commissioners of
Franklin County, N. C., such call
ed meeting having been duly an
nounced by T. W. Boone, Chair
man on Monday, Augusti 2nd,
1937 to be held at 11 a. m. Mon
day, Aug. 9, In the court house at
which meeting all Commissioners
were present, the following busi
ness was transacted:
Mr. Carl K. Mahler, certified
public accountant, representing
A. M. Pullen & Co., of, Raleigh,
made the following report':
"The examination of A. M.
l'ullen & Co., of the office of the
Register of Deeds of Franklin
County for the year ending June
- 30th, 1937 discloses that there
were unremitted fees as follows:
1936 ? July 13, August 10, Sep
tember 2, October 3, November 5,
December 12. 1937 ? January 13,
February 3, March 6, April 3,
May 14, June 15, making a total
of 99 ambunting to $80.20.
"There were errors in addition
of the fee book, as follows: Page
865 $1.25> 869 20 cents, 873
$1.25, 876 $1.Q,|) mailing a, total
<rf 4 amoWittfgHb-tfr.f#.
"The above listed errors repre
sent four separate Instruments on
the above numbered pages which
upon comparison of the original
sheets of the fee book with the
duplicate sheets of the fee book
held by the County Accountant
were added tio the original fee
book after settlement had been
made with the general County
fund, on June 30th, 1937. These
errors are therefore not errors of
the County Accountant, but rep
resent* additional listings, ? made
"by some one in the office of the
Register of Deeds, on the original
sheets of the fee book. ?,
"There was an error in listing
a recording fee as follows: Fee
?book, page 839, undercharge 60
cents.
"The above Unremitted fees
totaled $84.50.
"In addition to the above un
remitted fees, the examination
disclosed the fact that there were
thirteen (13) duplicate record
ings of instruments, totaling
$5.60. Applying this credit of
$5.60 against t>he total of unre-?
mitted feeS and errors, amount
ing to $84.50 the examination re
vealed that the amount due the
County of Franklin by the said
office of the Register of Deeds
is $78.90.
"Approximately 8,076 instru
ments were examined. The pro
cedure was a check the Record
ed instruments back against the
fee book. The open items left on
the fee book were verified and
traced to Oheir proper credit. All
marriage licenses and beer licen
ses, the fees for which were col
lected by the Register of deeds,
were accounted for in full in his
monthly settlements with the
County. l
"Full details of each of the
above items will be found in the
formal report of audit to be filed
by A. M. Fuilen & Co."
Mr. George W. Ford, Register
of Deeds after hearing the report,
appeared before the Board and
stated that while he had noti made
any careful check of the .items in
question, he was satisfied that
the items as reported were cor
rect fad thai) they occurred in
the due course of business, due
to the extremely large amount of
work handled by the office. He
further stated that he was ready
to remit and account! for the un
remitted fees and errors as re
ported by the Independent audit
ing concern.
i A motion prevailed that settle
ment for amount due be made by
Register of Deeds and final fiction
and recommendation be taken at
a meeting to be held Saturday,
August 14th, 1937.
A motion prevailed that A. M.
Pullen & Co. be Instructed to
make an a"ndit of t'he Register of
Deeds off(pe for another six
months period.
A motion prevailed that audit
of A. M. Pullen & Co. for 18
months' period ending June 30th,
1937 of W. V. Avent, Clerk Su
( Continued on page eight)
THE FAIR
To Be The Bigge.it Event Held
In This Part of The State In
1987
Never before in the history of
,h? Franklin County Fair has so
much preparation been made for
a fair. The premium list w aUb
The
leaders of the 4-H clulf boys, and
the Vocational boys are interest
ed in getting a valuable display at
the Fair, and plenty money is of
fered for the eftorts of the boys.
It, is hoped that some one intei- (
ested in the 4-H girls may work
out some exhibit and P^'H
for this also. The boys shall not
carry off all the houois and all ,
wiU be earlier .this
vear and "it woft't be long til
we have all the joys of the out
rjoor world right, here in out own
county and enjoy meeting and
rubbing elbows with tne teuow
we saw last year. It
who we are nor wheie we jnay
Have come from there. Is al ways
something interesting in the
-r.jtfvarjWKSr!
rrlSmrc""?"?"'?. ti? i.?J i
of- the Fair's aim for each yeai j
the management lias ti i?e ,
stress something Miat wiU iiake
;ountry and farming conditions
in the county better.
.Poultry, swine, horse and cat
tie will be the big feature of the
Fair this year and U"dei the
guidance and direction of Mr
Soyce, Assistant Farm Agent, h s
4-H boys are going to show us |
>ood and make their pa s and
'na's truly proud of them. Mr.
Wall is also on his toes to show
he tax payers that if is really
worth while to have that depart
?ent in our schools and that tne
vocational boys are inWd in
milding a better Franklin' Coun
v and making country life more
attractive each yeav. The other
vocational teachers are equally
interested as was shown *rom the
wonderful exhibit* put ou at the
last year. ,
Cattle, sheep, horses, swine and
joultry are to be featured at the
Fair this year and the thousands
of country people who attend wUi
see what they get foi then taxes
that go for farm agents and -vo
cational teachers. The Secretary
is doing all possible to make the
stay at the Fair a real pleasure
and the best and biggest carnivaU ,
0 C Buck's Exposition Shows |
viil be 011 the midway ?n(* inter- I
?sting acts and fireworks will all
'J Jeu daily for the amusement
voung and old.
Wednesday is School Day and .
ill the school children will be ad- |
? iltted free and on that day will
is shown Day-Ught Fireworks.
he only to be shown In the ? State.
-uir-T ieht Fireworks .will "e
i?ain shown on Saturday which j
Mn be School Day for the colored
Music and entertainment will
oe featured each night and cli
maxed with the drawing for the |
v, and prize in the grand stand.
3 Everybody is looking forward
to Fair week, Frafiklin County's j
Holiday. ' '
BEN ELLINGTON SHOT
4
Ben Ellington, white,' is in a
hospital noti expected to live and
John Raymond Medlin, is in jail
awaiting developments in the con
dition of Ellington, as a result of
an altercation near Pearce's in
Dunn township on Sunday night,
in which Ellington was shot with
a shot gun by Medlin. The cause
of fche trouble seem3 not to have
reached Louisburg as yet. Last
reports received from Ellington?
was to the effect that he was still
living with very few chances of
recovery.
W. M. S. SOCIAL MEETING
The business and social meet
ing of the W. M. S. of the Louis
burg Baptist Church met Monday
afternoon at 3:30 in the assembly
hall with the Fannie Heck circle
as hostess.
The meeting was- opened by the
president, Mrs. Mac Furgerson.
We were glad to have Mrs.
Fortescue, a visitor to lead our
devotional for the afternoon.
Reports of the differenti socie
ties were given. Center circle by
Mrs. Hedgepeth, Fannie Heck
circle by Mrs. Fowler, and Ken
more circle by Mrs. Wells; Y. W.
A. report by Mrs. Simons and Lil
lian Young; G. A. by Mrs. Selby.
The Sunbeam report was' not giv
en, due to the absence^ of the
leader.
Personal service, and other
matters were taken care of, after
Which delicious refreshments were
served to thirty-four memberji
and visitors in attendance.
Mrs. L. BL Eisenhart, Mrs. Char
les P. Horton, of Raleigh, ^nd
Mrs. Charles Bland, of Clover,
Va., have returned home after
havlbg spent several days visit
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C.j,C. Johnson.
THE PRESIDENT
? L^-=g=
FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVEtT
PRESIDENT AT MANTEO
Manteo, Aug. 18. ? Franklin D. |
Roosevelt brought to this island |
today all the buoyant magnetism
that vibrates in hi? voice and in
his smile, and with it he entran
ced fifteen thousand people who
came here to celebrate with him
the beginnings of the American
nation, and that done.^Ug^ggt out
a small vial of vitriol and gener
ously sprinkled the United States
Chamber of Commerce and lesser
beings whose vision has become
myopic.
Here he rededicated himself ;
and this naMon to,Uie fundamen
tal of a government by majorities
for majorities, the simple funda-j
mental that brought a handful of
men and women to this island 350
years ago, and tonight he witness
ed the vivid re-invocation of the
dream of a lost colony, a dream
he had himself as vividly brought
into a new life from the platform
a few hours earlier.
Air of Seriousness
There was something sober, not
quite grim, in his smile, when
the ship brought him to the dock
here and he looked up and smil
ed at the first of toe throngs that
greeted him, that crowded close;
down to the water's edge0 to wel
come him, and climbed' as high
as there were roofs to climb oh >
the better to see him. On the
platform from which he spoke,
there was still that air of serious- j
ness about him.
Among all the notable days
that this island has remembrance !
of there has never been a day like |
this. It. was a new one for the
book of days on Roanoke Island.
It was notable anyway anybody
looked at it. All the records tum
bled down^in a heap. Here was j
the President himself, drawing up
to a tumbled gasoline dock, and j
waving ? well, cordially. That in j
itself would be enough.
Gathering of Notables
But it? was just a starter. Not
three minutes after the Presi^
ient's Coast Guard cruiser was
tied up at the wh^rf, i^nother like
i' tied itself to anot'h?r dock and
i'ronj. U emerged more Congress
men and United States Senators
'han anybody hereabouts has ever
seen in one spot before outside
the halls of the Congress itself.
They mpved about with not much
more attention paid them than if
they had been a company of
mullet fisl^ftrpien home from the
SoundS.
Yet another boat' disgorged
journalists and cametatnen and
moving picture peoelMRUd all ttate
complicated routine that these
times have made the routine of a
traveling President. So numerous
were t-hey that the usual accumu
lation of autograph seekers paid
them no mind whatever. Post
master General James A. Farley
got two requests for autographs
and mere governors and ex-gov
ernors and legiSTSfors got none
at all.
Focus on President
Not. of count}. t'hat the Island
and its 14,500 guests were inhos
pitable to any of them, in that
they were hot' paid much notice.
Notice was for the President? He
was the center, and wherever he
moved through the throng, there
arose a tumult. The islanders,
and those who were islanders for
? he day, called out to the Presi
dent. as if he were one of them.
In so far as the island was con
cerned today, the president went
native. It is a local and inescap
able custom.
The President's first words to
an islander were for Bradford
Fearing, and they were picked up
and related back and across the
crowd until, a little later when
they drove through the massed
Miousands, people along the route
to old Fort Raleigh knew all
about it. Colonel Gordon Smith,
as aide-in-chief to Governor Clyde
R. Hoey, took Fearing aboard the
boat and presented him. ? News
Observer.
Louisburg College
Prepares For
Fall Opening
Louisburg College anticipates a |
record number of students for the
comlfig year. Three hundred andj
thirty-five have registered to date.
That is forty-four more than the i
registration for last year. An av- |
erage of three registrations a day I
is coming in at the present time. ,
The College anticipates some over !
t'hree hundred and fifty total reg- ,
istration for the coming session.
Though the number is larger |
than former registrations, still '
the College has observed a de- ]
gree of selection in canvassing
these students. For the most part?|
the visiting committees have con- i
fined themselves to those stud- j
ents who were recommended by
their pastors.
. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
? ?*
Due to the fact that Mr. Harris
will preach at St. James in Kit
trell Sunday morning the onlj^
services at S6.? Paul's will be
Church. School at 10 o'clock.
Everyone is cordially Invited
to attend. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wilson, of
Washington. D.. C., visited rela
tives in Louisburg this week.
I. - ci ?
The Forward ,
Movement
In the effort to liquidate the
indebtedness of the College and to
raise necessary funds for advance
ment, the Campaign Committees
have ldid a^horough ground work
in all of Eastern North Carolina.
In half of, the'territory it was
deemed wise to defer the actual
soliciting to September. Reports
from one-fifth of the territory
have come in and about one-third
of the financial objective has been
attained. Reports are comiftg in
daily and the amounts reported
are averaging some over $150.00
a day.
The second phase of the For
ward Movement begins on Mle
second day of September. On that
day the alumnae and the alumni,
the faculty members, the Trus
tees. members of the Franklin
County Forward. Movement Com
mittees. and t'he ministers of the
North Carolina Conference are In
vited to a barbecue to be given on
the College grounds. It is expect
ed that Bishop Kern will be pres
ent to address the gathering. Dur
ing September the church com
munities that have-not been so
licitad to date wiinbe canvassed
Just as the others were in Au
gust.. .
Mrs. W. O. Lee and children, of
Lumberton, are visiting relatives
in Loutsburg this week.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Cour? held
a short session on Tuesday and
disposed of several cases us fol
lows:
Wyatt W. Pace was found , not
guilty of assault) with deadly
weapon and carrying concealed
weapons.
f ' Wyatt W. Pace was found guil
ty of cruelty to animals and car
rying concealed weapons, to be
discharged upon payment of costs.
Plummer Marshborn was found
guilty of f and a and given 3 ]
months in Jail With leave Com- 1
missicaaers- to hir6 out. to pay |
costs.
George Peace was found guilty !
of abandonment and non-support. 1
and was given 4 months on roads.
Upon payment of costs and $5.00
per week for wife and children, 1
Hiving $100 bond to show faithful 1
performance and appearanfce at :
October court, the execution of
the road sentence is nob to Issue
until further orders of this .court. 1
B. Griffin, operating automo- ;
bile Intoxicated, continued. a
Will Davis, violating automo- j
bile law, coutifiued under former
order.
On Friday of last week Frank
lin Recorder's Court) held session
for jury cases, and disposed of j
the following docket. Other Jury
cases were in process of trial yes
terday.
Clark Roberts was found gull- ;
ty by a jury of operating an au- ;
tomoblle intoxicated and given 60
hdSys on roads, to be suspended
upon payment of $50 tine and I
costs. Appeal.
Robert Eoherldge was found
guilty by a Jury of operating^au
automobile Intoxicated and given
I 4 months on roads, not to operate
ia car for 12 months. Appeal.
Mann Johnson was found guil
ty by a jury of possession of non
tax liquor and unlawful posses
i sion of liquor for purpose of sale,
and given 3 months on roads. Ap
peal.
Arch Radford wa(S found guil
! ty by a jury of unlawful posses
sion of whiskey, prayer for judg
] menti was continued.
The following cases were con
! tlnued to Thursday:.
Agnes Henderson, unlawful
possession of whiskey.
Lena Henderson, unlawful pos
1 session of whiskey.
James Barnett, unlawful pos.
session of whiskey and sale of
whiskey. ?
FUNERAL KITES CONDUCTED
FOR GEO. W. CONWAY
Canton, Aug. 5. ? (Special)-^
| Funeral services were held at the
J. M. Wells funeral home chapel
Ihere Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock for George W. Conway. 7 9.
u resident sof Canton for more
t'hali 3 half a century, -who died
tin the Waynesville hospital Wed
nesday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The Rev. George Bradley Ham
mond. pastor of the Canton First
Presbyterian church, ofticiated;
Burial was-in Locustfield ceme
tery here.
Active pallbearrs were: J. T.
j Bailey, H. A. Osborne. Dick Set
ter, Frank M. Byers, Jack May,
\ Karl Tate, Clyde A. " Hildebrand
land Love A. Cotnari.
A nat'ive of Loolsburg. N. C.,
| Mr. Conway came to Canton'more
than 50 years ago. He was em
ployed for a' number of years by
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company. During this, time he
took an active part in civic* and
religious activities -in Canton, be
ing a member of the First Pres
byterian church.
Deat'h was due to injuries re
ceived when he fell last Saturday
at his home in the Fibreville sec-,
tion of Canton, fracturing his hip.
He is survived by his only child.
Miss Mary employee
of the finishing area of the Can
ton division of the Champion Pa
Iper and Fibre Company; two sis
ters, Mrs. Bettie Mullen, of Pine
J Ridge, and Mrs. Willie Shearin,
of Louisburg. and a brother. Jim
j Conway, of Durham. His wife
died her^ in December, 1928.
Mr. Qonway waa raised In
, Louisburg leaving here about 35
j years ago.
Mr. D. F. McKinne left Wed
[ nesday for a trip to Virginia.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following is the program
: it the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Aug. 21:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Bob ? Steele in "Lightning Cran
dall and Rosalind Keith in "Crim
inals of The Aair." Also "Dick
Tracy" No. 6, and Comedy. F
Sunday ? Claudette Colbert and
Melvyn Douglas in '4 Met Him in
I Paris."
Monday t? Jane Wyman in
"Public Wedding."
Tuesday ? "Make Way For To
morrow." Liberty 4 Star Picture.
Wednesday ? Chester Morris in
"Flight From Glory." ? ,
Thursday - Friday ? Joe Pen
ner, Harriet HiUiard, Parlcyakar
kus and it 11 ton Berle In "New
Faces of 1987."
SCHOOL OPENS
SEPTEMBER 9th
[Free School Text Book For
This Year Explained
The Mills School will open Sept.
9th at 8:45 and a full program is
planned (or the first day: Lunches
will be served at the cafeteria be
ginning on tfce 9th,
V The State is furnishiing free
M>xt book;} for the first seven
^tades. but the high ?chool pupils
will rent or buy their books as
they have done heretofore. Sup
plementary readers for the ele
mentary school are not furnished
free by the State, but the pupils
will rent them. During the year'
each pupil must read five read
ers, two basal readers furnished
free by the State, and three sup
plementary readers must be rent
ed. The rental fee for these three
books is only fifty cents for the
year, grades 1 to 3. Grades four
and five 60 cents, and 70 cents
per pupil in grade? six and seven.
This year George Reade Home
Economics will be added to the
school with Miss Katherine Rog
ers devoting all of her time to
that subject. Another year in this
coiirse will be added, which will
give the girls an opportunity to
do some advanced work. Miss'
Rogers is employed for ten months
in the year and will work with
the girls in. their homes during
these ten months. The school is
fortunate in having this addition
al service in the Home Economics
I Department. It is hoped that this
department will be greatly expan
ded and improved during {'he
year.
There will be a number of
changes in the faculty this year.
Mr. Brown expects to study at
the University of North Carolina
next year, Miss Bradley will go
to the State Appalachian Teach
ers College, while Miss Patterson
expects to teach in Chapel Hill,
N. C. Miss Martha Scoville of
Greenville, N. C., and a graduate
of East Carolina Teachers College
will take the work that Mt. Brown
had last year. Mrs. R. G. "Bailey
has been transferred to the high
school department where she will
teach Algebra, English, and Geo
graphy. Mrs. Bailey will _plso teach
Public School Music as far as
time will permit. A new course in
mathematics is added to the
eleventh grade and will be taught
by Mr. Huggins. The two vaca
ncies in the Grammar grades will
be filled by Miss Adelaide John
son, who taught in Nash County
last year, and Miss Camille Swin
dell, of Fairfield. N. C? a grad
uate of East Carolina Teachers
I College. Miss Gertrude Winston,
I of Youngsville. N. ('.. will have a
j <;rade in the Primary Department.
The Text books will be on hand
ui'.d-ready for distribuMon the first
.day. ?
AI.I.K V-I'KI ITT
Miss Grace Pruitt became the
j bride .of Karl Klebef Allen Wed
nesday morning. August 11. The
wedding took place in the Louis
Jburg Baptist Church, and the of
! ficiat'ing minister was the Rev.
; Di\ J. D. Simmons. Only the im
j mediate families were present.
The maid ot honor. Miss Rosalie
| Pruitt, was first to enter. She
j wore a black and white chiffon
i costume, fashioned along prin
ioesse lines, with fitted waist, and
I white lace jacket'. Ilei hat was a
large white-brimmed straw, and
j uer flowers were a shoulder cor
sage of Teli3man roses.
Miss Cora Anne Kearney, of
J Franklinton, was the ring-bearer.
jShe preceded the bride. Wearing
a l'vock of white organdy and lace,
she carried the ring in a lily.
The bride was escorted and giv
en in marriage by her brother,
Jtl.-ind Pruit:. Sho was attired in
a brown costume trimmed with
white. and her hit and accessories
wore of white. She wore a should
er corsage of valley lilies and
Killarney roses. ? .
The bridegroom was attended
bv his best man, his brother, P.
g' Allen.
The vows wore spoken before a
background of palms, ferns, lilies
ana white gladioli. During the
services, Mrs. H. J. Lewis played
the organ softly. The bridal chorus
from Wagner's "Lohengrin." was
used as the processional, and the
wedding march from Mendels
sohn's "Midsummer Night's
Dream" was the recessional.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Allen left for a wed
ding trip to- unannounced points.
Upon their return, bhey will make
their home in Louisburg.
The bride is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pruitt of
Louisburg. She received her educa
tion at Meredith College, Raleigh.
The bridegroom is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Allen of
Louisburg. He was educated at
wake Foresti College, and is en
gaged in business in Louisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boone and
daughter, Miss Frances, visited
Durham Sunday to meet Misses
AthW* Boone and Rose Malone
who bad been visiMng Miss Vir
ginia Peyatt, at Lberty. ^
? ' 'J ?
Washington, Aug. IS. ? Mem
bers -of Cohgress, 'packing their
bags and getting ready to stiart
home, are giving more thought to
the job ahead of them when ttyey
return for another session than to
what they did at this sittiiug. Only
a small fraction of the President's
recommendations have been actad
upon at all, the one upon which
he was most insistent negatively.
Before acting on the ones left
over, the preponderant feeling in
Congress is that they ought to be
studied and debated with great
care, and when the members are
not physically worn out. as so
many of them actually are now.
Besides the lastnninute ldws
enacted after the Supreme Court
issue was settled, the record of the
75th Congress so far is npt im
pressive. It adopted 55 resolutions
and passed about 250 new laws,
few of which are. of any great
public concern.
The most noteworthy laws and
resolutions include the following:
Prohibiting the export of arms
to Spain. Creating a commission
on the reorganization of the gov
ernment. Extending for two years
the United States' guarantee of
Federal Housing Administration
debentures. Amending the excise
< tax levy on carriers and the in
come' tax levy on their employes.
Extending the President's tariff
powers. Deferring the time-limit
for filing certain kinds of income
tax returns. Providing for a na
tional gallery of art. Appropriat
ing for the elimination of insect
peats.
The new Neutrality, or War
Policy, Act. Providing loans for
flood sufferers. Setting up funds
for old-age assistance. Creating
the joint committee on tax eva
sion. The Relief Act, appropriat
ing 1,500 millions. Extending the
nuisance taxes. Providing funds
for the New York World's Fair.
, And appropriating Some more for
, (insect pests.
Prolonging the President's
monetary powers. Continuing the
functions of the RFC. Arranging
for crop and harvesting loans.
Continuing dirept obligations of
the United States as' collateral
security for Federal Reserve
notes. Providing for retirement of
Supreme Court justices. Amend
ing the -Federal Housing Act.. The
Guffey-Vinson Coal Act. The Dis
trict of Columbia "red rider" re
peal. Reenactiug the AAA's mar
keting agreements. The Railroad
Pensions Act. Extending the CCC.
Passing the Farm Laan Interest
Act <over veto), the Farm Ten
ancy Act, and most of Oiie ap
propriation bills.
ia.\ nrtniuii ^C99iun
Hatfging over, for consideration
on and after January 3. 1938. are
many highly important subjects
upon which legislation has -been
requested by the White House, or
upon the necessity of which there
is general agreement.
First in the minds of Senators
and Representatives is a broad ~
program of tax revision. Into this
subject enter so many questions
of public policy, as well as of
politics, that its consideration may
well take many weeks of Congres
sional time. \
The Administration is pressing
for the program of reorganization
of Federal departments and bur
eaus. Congress does not like the
President's plan, and will wait for
the report of its own special Com
mission on the subject. .
That further laws for the re
gulation of industry, under gov
ernment supervision, coming a?
closely as possible to the N.R.A.,
i will be pressed upon Congress, la
considered Certain. A beginning
toward the objective of Govern
ment regulation is the Wages-and
Hours Bill, enabling a Federal
commission to fix minimum"wages
of not less than 40 cents an hour
and maximum hours of not more
than 40 a week, in any industry,
under penalty of not permitting
its products to be shipped in in
terstate commerce.
Budget Deficit Grows
One of the laws which the pres
ent session passed without attract
ing much attention is the Mlller
Tydings Resale Price Maintenance
Act. It was tacked on as a "rider"
to the District of Columbia tax
bill. The President had criticized
It In principle, but his son and
secretary, James Roosevelt, per
suaded enough "taembers to get it
enacted. The new law permits
manufacturers to fix the retail
price at which their product must
be sold, and penalizes dealers who
cut prices.
One of the things which this,
expiring session of Congress did
not do was to reduce the budget
deficit. The brave t?Ut of econom y
with which the sesMott began, was
entirely forgotten, and the budget
deficit was IncreAM* tliMwil of
diminished, making further bor
rowing by the Treasury lnescap
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