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THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT. N. C.
5,1S44
Thursday, May3J said Mr
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Ralph McDonald says that if he is nominated and elected Governor, he
will recommend to the General Assembly of North Carolina, at its 1945 Ses
sion, the complete repeal of the Sales Tax, which can be done from surplus
currently accumulating without a State Tax on land.
Citizens of Carteret County paid in Sales Tax for last fiscal year, end
ing June 30, 1943, the huge sum of $98,881.14.
Let's take it off while we don't need it. If we have another 1933 the
General Assembly can put our dear "emergency" sales tax back on the books I
SOME OF THE THINGS HE STANDS FOR:
1. ALL-OUT SUPPORT OF THE
WAR AND PEACE EFFORTS.
2. FULL PROVISION FOR RE
TURNING SERVICE MEN AND
WOMEN.
3. POSITIVE MEASURES TO
INCREASE FARM INCOME.
4. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTU
NITIES ON THE HIGHEST
POSSIBLE LEVEL.
5. A MAJOR POST-WAR ROAD
BUILDING PROGRAM.
6. FULL POST-WAR EMPLOY
MENT. 7. BETTER REPRESENTATION
FOR FARMERS AND WOMEN
ON ALL STATE BOARDS.
8. HONEST AND CAPABLE
STATE APPOINTIVE OFFIC
IALS. 9. FIRM PROMOTION OF TEM
PERANCE AND SOBRIETY.
10. PAYMENT OF ENTIRE GEN
ERAL FUND DEBT WITH SUR
PLUS FUNDS.
11. ELIMINATION OF SALES
TAX.
12. NO STATE TAX ON LAND.
13. A SAFELY BALANCED
STATE BUDGET.
WHAT CERTAIN LEADERS WHO OPPOSED
RALPH McDONALD IN 1936 SAY OF HIM NOW
"Sober, Christian Gentleman"'
"I enthusiastically supported Hon.. Clyde
Hoey in both the 1936 primaries. When the re
sult was announced, Dr. McDonald, as the de
feated candidate, accepted a verdict recorded at
the polls. He took his licking like a man and ren
dered full support to the ticket in the general
election, making speeches in nearly half the
counties. Since that time his party record,, his,
views on public affairs and his personal life1 justi
fy the support of thoss who opposed hint in 1936.
If for no other reasons, I would support Dr. Mc
Donald because of his loyalty to and support af
our Party; because nearly half of the members
(214,414) of the Democratic Party in the State
have evidenced their desire that he be Governor
of North Carolina, and because he is a higji ton
ed sober, Christian gentleman." Hon.. Chas. Cr.
Rose, of Fayetteville, former Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States, former President N. C. Bar
Association.
"Need Sympathetic Government"
"I have carefully read the speeches and
statements of the two candidates for Governor,
have obssrved them in their public careen? for
the past few years, and have come tot the conclu
sion that I shall vote for Ralph McDonald for
many reasons. As a business man, I have confi
dence that his administration will be sound. There
will be many readjustments arising from the post
war period. The principal problems of North
Carolina will be problems of how best to meet the
needs, the hopes and aspirations of the average
people of this State. We will, therefore, need as
Governor, a man who is sympathetic and who will
be better able to translate the thinking of the
people into governmental action. I believe Rnlph
McDonald to be such a man." Hon. L. Lee Grave
ly, eminent business man and tobacconist of Rocky
Mount-
''Safe, Sane and Sober"
"I like the fine fitness of the man for the of
fice. Measured by every standard, he seems to
me to be qualified to become a worthy successor
of that fine line of noble men who have graced
this high office for the past forty-four years. I
believe that in him the democratic party can of
fer to the people of the state as fine a leader as
they have been accustomed to put forth and one
who I believe is safe, sane and sober, studious and
statesmanlike, and one who will not only lead
the party but the whole people of North Carolina
into that great advancement and progress which
should mark our states and its performance in the
tremendously important years that lie immediate
ly ahead.
"I am expecting the people of North Caro
lina to cast a tremendous majority vote for Dr.
Ralph McDonald for Governor. R. N. Simm.- Sr.
Raleigh.
A
LEGIONNA
OPEN LETTE
IRE'S
MR.
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CHERRY
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Kenly, North Carolina
May 6, 1944
Dear Mr. Cherry:
Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
I see from the Legion News, issue of February,
1 044, that the Past Commanders of your local post of
the American Legion have addressed "An Open Let
ter to War Veterans of North Carolina" in your behalf.
Well, this is an open letter to you from a fellow legion
naire. I was present at the Convention of the American
Legion held at Winston-Salem when Itimous Valentine
of Spring Hope proposed and backed a resolution to
change the Legion constitution to restrict certain v
ing priviliges of Past Commanders of the Legion,
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wnicn you were on e. i ou iook tne noor to spear;
against the resolution, and by way of belittling its spon-j
soi ship, you said:
"And who is this Itimous Valentine? Nothing buf,
a Private1 And where (or what) is Spring Hope? .
This proposal is backed only by the little and incoL
sequential posts of the State."
The inference was clear: "Those who proposed
the resolution were little and inconsequential legion
naires and who were we little fellows to set ourselves
up against the high and mighty head men in the Legion?
A member of the Spring Hope Post, in deep resent
ment at the slurs you cast upon his home town and fellow-legionnaires
and other small posts, got up in the
back of the hall and denounced your sarcastic remai(
all the way up to the platform, and then back down t
aisle to his seat. The Convention voted you down aif
carried the now famous Valentine Resolution by an o.
erwhemingly majority. V
This incident is signifiicant-not because of any
embarrassment to Valentine resulting from your con
descending and belittling language, but because it
clearly indicates your attitude to those, in or out of the
Legion, whom you think are "little and inconsequen
tial." ..
Valentine, now a Lieutenant-Colonel serving ov
ereseas in the second war, in my humble opinion, would
be deeply disappointed if you were made Governor of
North Carolina. Under military rules he is not per
mitted to even express an opinion, while you over here
are doing all you can to drag the Legion his Legion
and ours into politics, in plain violation of the Leg
ion's National and State Constitutions,-and in violation
of the oath you took to uphold it. There are hundreds
of legionnaires in North Carolina who will recall the
above incident and who still resent -it, because they
know that this is a clear indication of your attitude to
ward all people whom you consider to be beneath you.
Incidentally, it is difficult to see why you should
expect Legion support, since it is well known that you
did not support the only Legionnaire running in the
1936 Primary.
There are many of us who hope you will not be
chosen to "Lord it" over us so-called "little and incon
sequential" people, and because we know that this is
exactly what you would do, we shall vote for Ralph
McDonald for Governor. We know that he will be a
friend to all veterans, whether in or out of the Legion,
and whether they are "head men" or are "small and in
consequential" legionnaires.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) MARVIN S. REVEL.
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