THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY Si, 1952
LYNN NISBETt
Around
CapitolSquate
• FILING —lt will cost all state
wide candidates, except governor
and supreme court justice, more to
enter the primary race this year
. than ever before. Filing fees for
legislative candidates and for most
county officers also will be in
creased over the 1948 and SO scale,
because of Increased salaries pro
vided by the offices sought. The
election laws fix the filing fee at
one per cent of the annual salary.
Presently the attorney general is
paid $8,400 per year and members
of the council of state are paid
$7,500; but with beginning of the
next term these salaries go to
SIO,OBO for the attorney general
and $9,000 for the council of state
'members who are the secretary of
state, state auditor, state treasurer,
superintendent of public instruc
tion, commissioner of agriculture,
commissioner of labor and com
missioner of insurance. That means
it will cost candidates for attorney
general SIOB to file and will cost
candidates for the other positions
S9O each. No ohange was made in
the salary of the governor or su-'
preme court Justices, that figure
remaining at sls 000 and $14,400
with filing fees of $l5O and $144,
respectively. •
LIEUTENANT OOVERNOR
No change was made in the regu
lar salarv of the lieutenant gov
ernor, which stays at $2,100 per
year. But thi “compensation” of
the lieutenant governor was sub
stantially increased by the raise in
pay as ex-officio presiding officer
of the state senate. That was up
ped by virtue of a constitutional
amendment ratified two years ago
from S7OO for the session to S2O per
day for a period not exceeding
ninety days. The IPSI general as
sembly ran well above the nlnetv
days and Lieutenant Governor H.
P. Taylor was paid the maximum
of SIBOO as president of the sen
ate. Added to his regular salary as
lieutenant governor that brought
his compensation for the year to
$3,900 and fixed the base filing fqe
for the office next time at $39 in
stead of the S2B which Taylor
paid four years ago.
LEGISLATORS Application
of the same rule to filing fees of
candidates for the general assem
bly would set that figure at $13.50
this year. Instead of the six dol
lacs which had prevailed for a long
time. Members of legislatures Inlf
1W to 1944. inclusive, were pail
MM. of length of Ute
session, with provision —nor 'extra
pay in event of a special session.
The amendment ratified two years
ago changed the basis of pay td
sls per day for not exceeding nine
ty days, or a -maximum of $1350
for the regular session. The 1951
session went well above the nine
ty days, and each member, was
paid the maximum of $1350. which
set the filing fee for candidates at
$13.50.
GRAVY Whichever member
of the house of representatives is
elected speaker will get a free ride
for part of his filing fee. Because
the speakership is not an office at
stake in the primary, he will, par
the same $13.50 filing fee as all
the other 119 members—but if the
session goes to the ninety days he
‘ will get SIBOO in compensation. „
RECORD At noon Monday
books in the office of Raymond
Maxwell, secretary to the state
board of elections, showed three
candidates had filed for the su
preme court associate Justiceship.
These filers were Itimous Valen
tine. now serving by appointment
of the governor; Oscar Efird of
Winston-Salem and Superior Court
Judge Allen Gwyn of ReldsvtUe.
Valentine and Efird filed for both
terms—the approximate one month
for the unexpired term to which
Valentine was appointed and the
full eight vears beginning January
1. Gwyn filed only for the full
term. In other words, Valentine
and Efird each tendered checks
totaling S2BB. while Gwyn settled
for one check of 8148& ~
GAMBLE Paying $144 for the*
chance of serving for a little more
than one month might be classed
as a gamble for all candidates ex
cept incumbent Justice Valentine,
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who would have something to gain
’by retaining continuity and sen
iority. At that. Tt is a right good
bet with odds of about ten to one.
Available salary for the Short term
would be about ten times the cost
of filing for the office.
PICK-UP Business has been
rather dull at the state election
office, but it is likely to pick up
fast now. At least two others have
announced candidacy for the su
preme court—Judges Dot Phillips
and Hunt Parker. Four candidates
have announced for governor
William Umstead of Durham, Man
ly Dunaway of Charlotte, Ernest
Gardner of Shelby and Hubert
Olive of Lexington. Marshall Kur
fees, mayor of Winston-Salem has
formally announced for lieutenant
governor, and Roy Rowe of Bur
gaw will announce this Week. At
least three other candidates are
confidently expected in that race.
Announcement of his candidacy
for secretary of state was made
some time ago by J. T. Joyner, Jr„
of Winston-Salem. Brandon Hodges
has announced that he will seek
re-election as state treasurer, Wai- 1
do Cheek has said he wants to I
continue as commissioner of in
surance. All other Incumbent elec
tive state officials are expected to
be candidates for re-election. Sug
gestion that Clyde Erwin might
seek the governorship instead of
superintendent of public instruc
tion is not taken very seriously
since entry of Olive in to the No.
1 race. Whether or not these in
cumbents have general opposition,
the board of elections bank account
will get several thousand dollars
in filing fees before the books close
at noon of March 22.
Redden Supports
Umstead, Won't
Manage Campaign
By RECORD BUREAU
WASHINGTON. Rep. Monroe
M. Redden, of Hendersonville, said
there is “nothing to” a report he
would manage former Senator
William M. Umstead’s gubernato
rial candidacy 'in return for later
political reward.
Redden said, “I am going to
support Bill Umstead” for gover
nor, but “I certainly am not going
I to m'ttage hU campaign.”
The Hendersonville lawmaker,
who was out of the country when
the report developed Met year, said
that aa far at promises of future
political reward were concerned, “I
do not plan to run now or in the
foreseeable future for any political
office, nor do I plan to accept ap
pointment to one if it is offered.”
Last year’s report had it that
Redden, in return for management
of the Umstead campaign, would
get the Durham man’s support in
a later race for either governor or
senator, or that he would be ap
pointed to the Senate by Umstead
if a vacancy should develop during
the gubernatorial term.
Prospects Good
For Yam Growers
Although preient indications are
.that there will be a 15 to 20 per
cent increase over the 40,000 acres
planted in sweet potatoes in 1951.
It win still fftll short of the 62.000
acres planted in 1960, according to
J. B. Oourlay. Marketing Special
ist for the State Department of
Agriculture.
The production last year was
3,780.000 bushels aa compared with
6330,000 bushel in 1950. However,
with » favorable growing season,
the production this year could eas
ily reach five to five and one-half
million bushels in 1863.
Mr. Oourlay ooinU out that grow
ers and' dealers realise that tljey
have to grow a quality product,
grade and pack properly to com
mand and keep the lead in prices
received for sweet potatoes on the
northern and eastern markets.
Hls department will work even
more closely this year with each
producing ->rea to popularize even
more strongly all sweet potatoes
shipped from North Carolina.
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