The Carolina Watchman Jxx)
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY
FOUNDED 1432—I05TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1936 " VOL. 104 NO. 16 PRICE 2 CENTS
With the reelection of President
Roosevelt the major question
which now interests Washington
is whether the New Deal policies
will be continued or whether the
Administration and the new Con
gress will take a more conservative'
attitude in public affairs. The
general belief here is that the next'
four years constituting Mr. Roose
velt’s second term, will not be so
filled with spectacular experiments
in government as the period just
passed.
Despite the sweeping victory of
the Democrats, it is the belief here
that Republican opposition in Con
gress will be much better organ
lzed and led than in the past two
Congresses, and that there will be
a swing toward the conservative
side in the democratic Congres
sional leadership.
An interesting phase of the Con
gressional situation is the rise to
prominence in the Democratic
Party councils of the Texas group.
Vice-President Garner is the leader
of this bloc, which is more power
ful than most people realize. Seven
other Texans in the Lower House,
including Representative Raybusn,
Connolly, Summers, Marvin Jones,
Buchanan, Lanham, and Patman,
wield among them a powerful in
fluence. They have a close tie
with the Administration through
another Texan, Jesse Jones, Chair
man of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, who in many respects
is the most powerful figure in the
executive department. Texas has
six committee cnalrmen in the
House.
On the Republican side of the
stage is set for an active and ag- ,
gressive Opposition, looking for
ward to the Congressional elections ^
of 193 8 and the Presidential elec- ,
tion of 1940. The foremost Re
publican leaders are Representative s
Snell, Wadsworth, Hollister, Bol- ;
ton, Martin and Treadway. In the c
Senate, Senator McNary will con- ;
tinue to be the nominal leader by,
virtue of seniority, but as he is re- L,
garded by his associates as being j,
distinctly pro-Roosevelt, the actual!
leadership will fall to Senator Van- t,
denberg of Michigan, who seized t
the reins last Winter and led the t
only effective opposition which has t
developed in the past 3 1-2 years, ;
All the indications, therefore, ,
point to serious and intense poli- j
tical activity on Capitol Hill for (
the next two years.
There is some doubt whether (
Representative Bankhead of Ala
bama, the present Speaker of the ,
House, will_be physically able to
continue in that office. I he pnn- ,
cipal candidates for the speaker- j
ship, in the event of Mr. Bank- (
head’s retirement, are Representa- ,
tives O’Connor of Tammany, Ray
burn of Texas and McCormack of
Massachusetts. The Tammany in- |
flutnce is expected to be stronger .
in the new House, and the Tam- (
many bloc will hold the balance of .
power on many issues. ,
Another thing which seems cer- j
tain is that tha¥ will be more lob- ,
bies and more powerful ones trying j
to influence Copgress on behalf of .
special groups and minorities than
at any previous time. The labor .
lobby will probably be the most .
powerful of these, having as its ,
objective the Guffey Coal Bill, the (
Six-hour Day for railroad workers ]
and the 30-hour week for all em- ]
ployees. Part of the Labor program ■
is to try to build up a strong labor ,
party to play a part in the cam
paign of 1940. :
The effort of the farm lobby .
will be to keep what it has got (
rather than to urge further bene
fits for farmers. The Veterans (
lobby, however, having succeeded
* __^ t-Ln nfomvmpnt of fViP
bonus over President Roosevelt’s |
veto, has been encouraged to be
lieve that it can get anything it;,
wants. What it wants now is aj(
general life pension for veterans
and the widows and orphans of j
veterans.
So far as Washington observers ^
can see, only two or three Cabinet'
changes are in prospect. It is the
general belief that someone will re-J
place Dan Roper as Secretary of j
Commerce, though there is no
agreement as to who is most likely
to get this post. There will be a:
new Secretary of War to replace
Harry Woodring. If Mr. Ickes|
wants to retain his job as head of;
the Department of the Interior he
can do it. Mr. Ickes has built up a
powerful political machine of his
own and it would be politically in
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SEEK 73 MILLION TO RUN STATE
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Security, Labor, Farm Issues Face Congress
New Deal Acts
Due To Expire!
Waterway Treaty, Re
ciprocal Trade, Neu
trality Among Other
Problems.
Social security, labor legislation,
and new aids for the nation’s farm
ers stood out today among the
problems facing the incoming
Congress.
A host of other highly impor
tant tasks will command attention
from the egisators as a resut of
mpending expiration of a number
af New Deal emergency statutes.
I he almost certain revival of sev
:ral hardy legislative perennials
svill add to the burden
The neutrality act dealing with;
svars between foreign powers, will!
lie May 1 unless revived. This, i
situa-j
don and the impending Supreme'
Zourt decision on legislation em
lowering the President to embargo
ales of arms to Bolivia and Para-:
juay, seems to insure a prominent j
dace for the neutrality question
in the next congressional agenda. 1
A new bill to stabilize the giant
oft coal industry has been prom
>ed by Senator Guffey, Democrat
f Pennsylvania, co-author of the
ivalidated coal control act but,
: it includes tax provisions similar
> its predecessor, the measure will
ive to originate in the House.
Outstanding among expiring
few Deal laws are those clothing
le President with power to vary
tie gold content of the dollar and
s maintain a $2,000,000,000 stab
ization fund. These will expire
■dthin 10 days after the President’s
lauguration 05 January 20 unless
Congress acts beforehand.
Almost every month thereafter
intil September some important
liece of legislation is scheduled to
erminate, including the Recon
truction Finance corporation’s
uthority to provide emergency
inancing for agriculture, commer
:e, industry, and financial institu
ions.
The rivilian Conservation corps,
vith its 3 5 0,000 enrollees, needs
lew legislation if it is to continue
ifter March 31. Statutory powers
if the FJectric Farm and Home
uthority to finance sales expire
in February 1; the reduced rate of
nterest from farm mortgages "
;iven to Ffderal land banks and
he three-cent rate for letter post
ge both die July 1.
Taxation alone promises to give
he new Congress plenty of work
or, in addition to expiration of a 1
lumber of excise levies which pro
luced about $300,000000 in the
ast fiscal year, there is a strong
ikelihood the 1936 tax act with
ts levy on corporation surpluses
vill be subjected to revision. ■
In view of campaign statements,
ame form of crop insurance bill
ippears certain, as well as some ad
litional soil conservation program.
The social security act, center
>f a bitter controversy in the cam
paign’s closing hours appears due
:or some overhauling.
The 30-hour-week bill, side
racked in two previous Congresses,!
till is on the American Federation
>f Labor’s "miist” list and Chair
nan Conner, Democrat of Massa-j
:husetts, of the House labor com
nittee has signified his intention of
pringing it up again.
HOLE IN ONE! BALL IN
POCKET
Atlanta.—Judge Jesse M. Wood!
stood on the No. 12 tee at East]
Lake Country Club when along
came a golf ball, propelled by a
player on No. 11 tee, some 150
yards away, and plopped into the
Judge’s hip pocket.
Strictly speaking, it was not an
unplayable lie, but the driver and
the jurist agreed it would be better
to lift and drop than to try a nib-j
lick shot.
OUR OWN
SNAPSHOTS
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The gift-of-the-month
Is the Book Scroll. It
promises to be THE
gift for HER at Christ
mas. The scrolls are
made of solid Brass
with the center of the
Twins In natural
wood. The Single has
the hemisphere end of
natural wood. They au
tomatically expand as
you insert books. Re
move a book and the
Scroll cleverly snaps
the others together.
'perfect FIGURE”—Arline Judge was 2_I
recently proclaimed to have the world’s
most “perfect” figure by Edwin Marriott.
conditioner to ro.v
■4 ®lty. presidents and
^international beau
I IT'S GRAPEJUICE TIME Iff
CALIFORNIA—Almost knee-deep
in grapes Is Phyllis Dobson, mo
tion picture actress, to illustrate
the crop abundancy of Golden
State vintners, who will trans
form the erop into some 150,000,
000 worth of exportable wines.
A STALWART OF
THE “FIGHTING
IRISH” — Laurence
Dan bom, 21-year-old
Calumet, Michigan,
youth, one of the
leading candidates
for the fullback pos
ition op the Notre
Dame team.
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SPORTS EX
PERT — When
Leo Bolley broad- j
casts sports on j
his Tvrtol nro
grains, he knows what he is talking about
for he has played football and baseball, set
a swimming record and boxed professionally.
He commutes between Syracuse and Schen
1 ectady, N. Y. to conduct two series of radio
shows for the Tide Water OU Company.
ED WYJVN AND HIS FAVORITE FAN—Who is she?
His mother, of course. She has never missed one of hei
son’s opening nights and you can bet she will be on hand
when the master comedian returns to the air in a nev
series of Saturday night programs over the NBC-1" '
network in November. C • --
F. R. Proposes Labor Legislation
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Gives Program
To Conference
At Washington
rhe President Interprets
Election as an ‘Unmis
takable Mandate’ To
Government.
Suggests State Laws
Washington. — Interpreting the|
dection as an "unmistakable
mandate,” President Roosevelt r«
:ommended a broad program of
abor legislation by the States and
pledged Federal re-enforcement
'when problems assume an inter
state or a national character.”
In a letter read to the third na
donal congress on labor legislation
ac enumerated "reasonably short
working hours” and "adequate an
nual incomes” among desired ob
jectives. No mention of the Su
preme Court was made but the
Court’s action on legislation like
NRA, the Guffey act, and the
New York wage law—aimed at
similar objectives—entered into the
discussions among the delegates.
Should the projected Federal and
State efforts fall athwart the Su
preme Court, it was generally as
sumed, in view of the Democratic
platform, that a constitutional
amendment would be sought. The
desirability of recommending one
at once received some consideration
in the private discussions. I
Southern Shops
Promotions
Announced
Effective Monday a number of
promotions were made at the rail
road shops of the Southern railway
at Spencer.
E. L. McCubbins, shop superin
tendent has moved to Lawrence
ville, Va., as general foreman there.
He has been succeeded at Spencer
by H. C. Swanson, formerly master
mechanic at Columbia, S. C. Mr.
Swanson becomes assistant master
mechanic here, the title of shop
superintendent being abolished. J
Mr. Swanson is succeeded at Co-J
lumbia by W. T. Curlee who has'
been general roundhouse foreman;
here. J. R. Scrievner, formerly
night roundhouse foreman, takes
Mr. Curlee’s place and E. L. Web
ber, assistant daytime roundhouse
foreman, succeeds Mr. Scrievner.
W. B. Warren of Pinners Point,
Va., takes the post held by Mr.
Webber.
Injured Bicyclist
Dies
Donny Avant, 13, of Midway,
near Kannapolis, died in a local
hospital Sunday night of injuries
received Sunday afternoon when
the bicycle he was riding and a car
driven by Dewit Wilson, 17, crash
ed on the highway south of Kan
napolis, as the boy was turning
from a side street into the main
highway.
SOIL IMPROVEMENT
More than 3,000 acres of land
were put to soil improving crops
in Alamance County during this
year as a result of the new farm
program.
[
Doughton
Thanks
Voters
ROBERT L. DOUGHTON
Hon. R. L. Doughton, Congress
man from this district and Chair
man of the Ways and Means Com
mitte, was in the city Thursday
and requested that his than£s~"and
appreciation be extended to all
those who had supported him in
the recent election.
He stated that his large major
ity, which surpassed the 27,500
mark, the largest in his political
career as Congressman from this
discsict, evidenced the fact that he
not only received the full Demo
cratic vote in all nine counties ini
his district, but also a large num-j
ber of Republican and independ-|
ont votes, for which he was pro
foundly grateful.
Mr. Doughton further stated
that he would attempt to manifest
his gratitude by translating his
ability and experience in faithful
and useful service, primarily for
the people of the district, and also
the state and the nation.
Mr. Doughton carried each of 1
the nine counties in this district
by large and substantial majorities.
He carried Watauga county, home
county of his opponent, Watt
Gragg, by a majority of 232.
Cabarrus county gave him the
largest majority where he received:
7,044 votes more than his oppon-.
ent. Rowan county was a close j
1 second, giving him a majority ot
approximately 7,000.
Cotton
Census report shows that there
were 2765 bales of cotton ginned
in Rowan County from the crop
of 1936 prior to Nov. 1st, compar
ed with 6221 bales ginned to Nov.
1st, crop of 1935.
ANN HARDING WINS IN
COURT
Ios Angeles, Calif.—Ann Hard
ing, blonde film actress, Tuesday
won her contest to keep her seven
year-old daughter, Jane, with her
in England until next June. Over
objections of her ex-husband, Har
ry Bannister, Superior Judge Lewis
jH. Smith granted Miss Harding’s j
j potion to to extend the stay of her
j daughter abroad an additional six
months. Neither Miss Harding nor
I Bannister were in court.
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Advisory Body
Ends Hearings
Upon Requests
Institutions Seek Large
Sums For The Next
Biennium
Schools Want Increase
Raleigh.—The advisory budget
commission concluded its three
day hearing Wednesday night after
receiving estimates and requests
for funds indicating the annual
cost of North Carolina’s govern
ment might run as high as $73,-.
000,000 during the biennium end
ing June 30, 1939.
Besides the huge total, educa
tional, charitable and correctional
institutions had requested an ad
ditional $7,416,468 for permanent
improvements, which, if granted,
probably would be financed by
bond issues. State expenses during
the current fiscal year are estimat
ed at $64,000,000.
The school commission which
receives thel argest allotment of
any unit, is expected to ask for
annual appropriation of $25,000,
000, compared to $20,900,000 re
ceived during the current fiscal
year.
With the State Democratic
party pledged to repeal the sales
itax "on all necessities of life,” the
| budget-makers were faced with the .
alternative of paring dovrn re
quested appropriations or devising
new methods or rates of taxation.
Clyde R. -Hoey, Governor-elect,
attended hearings to get his first
taste of financial problems which
will confront him when he takes
office next year. Seated by his side
svas Governor Ehringhaus, who is
ex-officio director of the budget.
In the event the $2 5,000,000
*rant is requested, petitions for al
lotments from the general fund
svould total approximately $40,
)00.000,comDared to $33,300,000
earmarked for distribution f-om
:he fund during 1936-37.
Also included in the $7,000,000
innual total are requests of $27,
171,992 for the Highway and
Aiblic Works commission and
$295,314 for the Department of
/Agriculture. In addition, it is ex
pected to cost North Carolina a
maximum of $5,000,000 to parti
pipate in the Federal social security
program. Permanent improvements
tsked were $5,8 57,866 for educa
tional institutions and $1,5 5 8,602
for charitable and correctional in
stitutions.
A steady parade of money-seek
ers filed into the budget bureau
presenting petitions for grants.
The State Home and Industrial
School for Girls asked for $69,127
during 1937-38 and $8,335 for
permanent improvements, com
pared with $64,710 during the
current fiscal year. The Morrison
Training school (for negroes)'
asked for an annual appropriation
of $68,305 and $76,080 for an in
firmary and two dormitories,
compared iwith $35,915 received
in the current year.
The Eastern Carolina Training
school, which* received $37,916
during 1936-37, asked for $46,
972 in 1937-38 and $95,000 for a
central building and other im
provements. A total of $4,3 30 per
year was asked by the Elfland In
dustrial School for Negro Girls,
which received $1,600 in 1936-37.
U. S. Cotton Crop Put
At 12 Million Bales
—
Washington.—The largest cot
ton crop in three years was forecast
by the Federal Crop Reporting
board Monday as it estimated 3
yield of 12,400,000 bales for this
season, 791,000 bales more than it
predicted one month ago.
Immediately after publication oi
the government estimate, whicl
was 400.000 to 500,000 bale:
j higher than most private calcula
tions, cotton for future delivery
fell $1 to $1.25 a bale at New
York, and options dipped $1.25 to
51.50 a bale at New Orleans. The
| declines were considered small by j
| traders, however, who were of thej
i opinion the large crop figures were
i offset by textile activity and the
.general industrial situation.
Cemetery Job
Filled
J. Frank Miller has been ap
pointed superintendent of ceme
teries here to fill the unexpired
term of A. Groves Marsh who died
suddenly Saturday.
All men are poets at heart.—
Emerson.
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