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Washington, Dec. 2.? Between
t'he time when Congress broke up
in a row last Summer, practically
shakiug its flsts^at the White
House, and the convening of the
special session on November 15,
two things happened which have
knocked all the plans awry. Nei
ther was anticipated.
First, the members who have
been back home conferring with
their constituents did not have
their ears knocked down for be
ing sassy to the President, as It
had been predicted by Adminis
tration spokesmen would happen.
And, second, a sudden slump oc
curred in business and Industry,
of such proportions as to send
shudders of apprehension of its
possible political results over
every Senator and Representative
who has to stand for re-election
next Pall.
RUNAWAY CONGRESS
The direct result of these two
things Is t>hat the Congress is in
a more independent mood than it
has been at anytime in the past
five years, and is showing signs
of going ahead under its own
6team and charting its own course.
How far and in what direction It
will get In t-his short special ses
sion is still unpredictable, but it
looks as if it will adjourn for the
Christmas holidays with a good
deal of the program which the
president called it, to consider still
unenacted.
First on the President's program
was the Farm Control bill. Bui
when Congress niet there wasn't
any farm control bill really for il
to consider, and the Senate took
up its own \o. 1 item, the Anti
1 .lynching bill, setting off a fili
buster which wasted a goodly purl
of the five-weeks session. The
debate did, however, give many
Senators a Chance to express them
selves on the subject nearest to
the hearts of their constituents,
the new business depression and
what to do about it.
SENATE MARKS TIME
Since the Senate cannot initiate
tax legislation under the Consti
tution, all it can do is to talk until
the House sends it a tax bill to
consider. But the talk in the Sen
ate, supplemented by expressions
by members of the House of Re
presentatives on and off the re
cord, disclosed a surprisingly un
animity of opinion in favor of
taking immediate steps to un
shackle business and industry
from the fetters of restrictive tax
ation, particularly the undistri
buted profits tax and the capital
gains taX. *
What made the situation ftiort
surprising was the agreement by
the President that it was time to
do something to encourage private
capital to start the wheels of in
dustry spinning at a faster rate
and to invest in building new
houses, factories and stores in
order to stimulate production of
building materials and put work
ers in the building and allied in
dustries back to work. For once,
it seemed, t'he President, the Con-|
gress and the business world were
in harmony.
NO TAX CHANGE NOW
That the special session will re
? peal or amend the taxes on in
dustry which are generally con
ceded to have hamstrung business
enterprise, seems doubtful. But if
out of the debates and the public
declarations come assurances
which the business world arcepts
that it is going to get relief in
the near future, a good start will
have been made toward recovery
fi"6m this latest depression.
The reason for probable delay
in tax revision until the regular
session is the desire of the House
Committee on Ways and Means
not to do a piecemeal job but to
present a complete scheme of tax
revision in one comprehensive
bill. To rep^r'aiTy existing tax
without* providing for equal or
greater revenue from other)
sources would throw the Federal!
budget still further out of bal- J
a nee.
One of the essentials to the res-1
toration ot business confidence is
reliable assurances of honest' ef
forts to balance the budget. Con
gress seems even more bent on
that than does the Executive, andj
does not want to do anything)
which will reopen the fears that 1
the budget will never be balanced.)
Therefore the actual revision of:
the tax system must wait until j
the regular session, by which time
the House Committee hopes to
be able to present a practical and
completely new tax bill.
HAIL NEW HOUSING PLAN
The wholehearted acceptance
by the Administration of the de
mand for revision of the Federal
Housing Administration Act to
provide better cooperation be
tween Government and capital in
promoting a nationwide housing
drive meets with hearty approval
on Capitol Hill. It will cost the
Government nothing but small
supervisory expenses, to authorize
the formation of National mortg
age banks with authority to redis
count mortgage loans under a
Federal pooling system of guar
anteeing lenders against loss.
With mutters of such immedi
ate importance uppermost in their
minds, Senators and members of
Congress are not so greatly con
cerned about the President's legis
lative program formulated last
Summer, The four major items in
that program are Crop Control,
Wages-ami-Housc legislation, Gov
ernment Reorganization and Reg
ional Power Planning. Thf lust
two are hardly likely to be reach
ed al all at this session. The other
two are fucing serious and per
haps bitter opposition, and cer
tainly will not be enacted in any
thing like the form in which they
are presented.
FARM LOBBY DIVIDED
While Congress believes, gener
ally speaking, that' the farmers
of the country want crop control
if it is accompanied by benefit
payments, there is no general
agreement on how it should be
formulated or administered, cr
how to pay for it without' addi
tional burdens 011 the Treasury.
The Farm Lobby in Congress
still powerful, but it is also sec
tional and the sections are far
apart in their ideas of what is
needed by fanners. Any general
?rop control bill which will please
jne farm group will displease an
other. Members from the cotton
and tobacco states want one thing,
Jiose from wheat, corn, livestock
and potato sections want some
thing else for their constituents.
The only thing they all want is
.0 be re-elected.
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Tonight In The Night
Yes, tonight is the night the
Junior class is 'sponsoring its Big
Entertainment in Fuller's Hall!
And if you really wauti to have
some real fun, we'd advise you
to BE THERE!,
When this party was planned,
everyone was taken into consider
ation, so don't think there'll be a
dull moment for anyone there
young or old! - The program in
cludes a splendid amateur hour of
local talent, bingo, rook, bridge,
dancing, good music, and a real
old-fashioned box party ? at which
the boys may bid for the boxes ?
(and, incidentally, for the girls,
too).
Add all this up. please, and cer
tainly every reader will realize
what a good time there is in I
store for every fun-loving person !
who climbs those steps!
The time is 7:30.- The entire
public is cordially invited ? so
spread the news by telling all
your friends to meet you tonight
at Fuller s Hall!
Thanksgiving Holidays
Monday morning brought a
bunch of sleepy-eyed boys and
girls back to Mills High. If you
had seen them you would, have
thought they slept through!
Thanksgiving or either didn't get
any sleep at all. But from their,
tales, I'm sure each of t'hem en-j
joyed their .Thairksgiving holi
days thoroughly. It Seemed too
good to be true, the Wednesday
school closed for Thanksgiving,
to think that we had four school
jless days ahead of us. Thursday,
of course, was_Thanksgiving and
all "the company" monopolized
that day. Friday, we slept all t'he
I morning and I might add. stayed
up late that night. Saturday was
I spent very much like Friday ex
cept we looked at our History ? ?
or was.it English ? book. And
(Gee-whiz-hede) Sunday and
the next day Monday. Well, noth
ing could be done about that and
here we are back at our "dear"
studies with only a memory of
those precious days. -
'.Mills High School I Vrsomtlit ies
Do you know Mrs. Donald Do
rey? Maybe I. should say Miss Vi
vian Allgood, as she is better
known that way.
Mrs. Dorey has been a teacher
| in Mills High School for the past
1 few years. She is the daughter of
I Mrs. J. W. Allgood, of Roxboro,
N. C. She went to grammar and
high school in Roxboro. Mrs.
Dorey attended Converse College
in Spartanburg, S. C. and got her
j degree at W. C. U. N. C. in 1925.
:She taught in Pittsboro and
jLeaksville before coming to Lou
isburg.
She was married on March 9,
1 1937 to Donald Dorey, a lawyer,
in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Dorey at present teaches
French and History. We'll never
j have a better French teacher.
will we Seniors?
Basketball ! !
Well, Mills Hi girls have plun
ged wholeheartedly into basket
ball this year For the first day,
they show excellent Improvement
over laBt year. One great im
provement was made in Hie soph-i
omore girls. Last year they could
n't even hold the ball; now they
not only hang onto the ball, but
can ring the goals. Boy! are they
goad?
Since the first of the year, the'
girls have been looking forward
to the basketball season. The
other day when Miss Allgood (or
should I say, Mrs. Dorey?) said
that Monday was to be the day
to start basketball practice, a wild
"whoop" went up from the girls!
Mills Hi girls have the "spirit,"
if nothing else. I^et's give tihree
cheers for them: Rah! Hah!!
Rah,'!! Now get In there, girls,
and show the county what you
can do. That goes for the boys,
to..
"Shots From The Gym"
Maybe some folks around Mills
Hi are wondering what's going on
this week to make the boys and
girls so eager and happy, and
walk, perhaps, a bit) stiff ?legged.
But to many others who "in
the know" these signs spell just
one thing ? "basketball's started
up in full swing!" And with the
greatest number of enthusiastic
participants Mills Hi ever had!
Do the teams look promising?
Well, we ask you to just wait
'n' see. Maybe Mills Hi is sixth
in the League; mtfybe Louisburg
did get off to a poor start. But to
anyone who's interested, let us
K'll you that Louisburg is in the
game and intends to stay right
with the other schools in this
County League contest!
What about it students? Are
you willing to help your school
l>y doing your own individual
parts? If so, turn out' for each
basketball practice and put your
hearts into the fight. The girls
have Miss Allgood for their coach,
flu- boys, Mr. Huggins.
What more could one ask? ?
Senior Curb Market
The .{Senior class will have a
curb market Saturday in front' of
McKinne's. We expect to have
vegetables, cakes, pies, butter,
chicken, etc. Be sure to come and
buy from us.
Thanksgiving 1'lay
The eighth grade, undsr the
direction of Mrs. Bailey, gave an
interesting and entertaining pro
gram on Wednesday, Novembfer
24t'h.
The poem. "The First Thanks
giving," was read by Jackie Har
kius.
Then the members of the class
gave if playlet. "Pilgrims' Fol
lies.".
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This was a take-off oil the land
ing of the Pilgrims ?< Plymouth.
The scene was on hoard the "May
flower" in New York Harbor; thr:
time? the present. Principals in j
the cast were liussel N'elms as ,
Capo. Miles Standish. Russel God- j
frey as an Indian Chief.- Theresa
Howard as the Indian "Koy West"
^nd Huddy Beam as Roger Otis.
The entire cast showed careful
training and the audience greatly
enjoyed the performance.
Demonstration farmers in Mad
ison County are improving their
farms by the use of ground lime
stone. -Up to the present time,
growers have used 477 tons ou
their land since the first of tho
j eai-.
After deducting all expenses,
Marvin Littleton, a 4-H Club *
member of Wayne County, made
a net profit of $319.36 from his
one-acre tobacco project.
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