SL-HJ A YEAR IN ADVaJV'CE xn^^^
General Asset
Will Prob
(By Dan Tompkins) I
Raleigh, January 11?With the 193f /
General Assembly just one week olc" I
it loo as if the session will prove tc I
oo u short one, in comparison with I
k those of 1931 and 1933, which aref
I known the *Long Parliaments" I
J Then- is not so much to be accam I
I pushed, for the general frame work I
I Of th progress along many li^ in |
I titf s ire was laid during those two I
itissi:- is. with Social Security, includ I
I wg old age assisiancr, ?iU tu Ulc uUllu
I and aid to dependent children, added I
I to the 1937 session. The main pro- I
I blem? of the present General Assem- I
I bly arc shaping up to be the expansion I
I or the policies adopted in 1931,1933 I
I ar.d 1937, and the finding of a'way I
I to fin ince such expansion, without I
I placing additional cure! ens, especially/
I ujoor the homes and lands of the I
ft people.
I Jn fact there arc members who hope I
I tiiat some measure of reduction of)
ft taxation upon heme can be effected I
I eirner by reduction of the county!
ft levies 01 burden for old age assistance I
by >.ing some of the responsibilities I
I for tii. t act uoon the State, or by
I panicky putting into effect the Cc i- I
ft ftituU'-Wi Amendment allowing ex- I
ft gmpUv? of homes up to $1,000 from I
I ad valorem taxation.
ft Tien too, teochers and other State I
ft rtKpk'.vees are asking that they be I
I pre the benefits of the Social Se- |
I tur.'ty Act, or s*>me other means of I
-wnwit equally as good, if not |
Iitftter. And there is a great measure
oi justice in their argument that the
State shouldn't force other employei-s
oi labci* to participate in Social Secar:?;'
payment4-., and make no pre? |
\:s:oi. lor its own laborers.
Ail t!se>e matters will come up :n|
good u:iie lor consideration, as will I
the improvement of the public school J
system, and ballot reform.
Ho?y R?oc?mende 12th Grade
la hli message Governor Hoeyl
recommended tiie addition of the!
fwclft; made to the public schools; I
but rt minded that 62 cents of every!
co!\r in the General Fund of the !
State for the support of the pub- |
1 lie schools, and th?f 80 cents of every I
dollar of he schcol money is paid I
to teachers in salaries He stressed I
the fur. that a s: waller i>er cent of the J
money in the treasury is paid out for I
adrTiinisfrc. on in North Carolina tha-i I
m any other ot me 48 states.
Those who had hoped for the out- I
and-out-repeal of the Absentee Bal-I
Jo: :n the State had thmr hopes some- I
wh.tt .?L .ttered when Governor Hoeyl
iiatiy opposed repeal; dui e*inti>ar
I the ho. that its good features can be
I returnI asked for a new registration
throughout the State (with provisions
I tar registration by mail) and call
I ittentioi to the fact that in 41 of the
I 48 staf there is a absentee voters
I lav:. Ke said that if it can be made
to operate elsewhere, he can see no
I reason v hy it should not be made to
do so :n North Carolina.
Senate Com. Appointed
I Following fast upon the Governor 6
I message, euir.e the appointment of
I 8enaW Committees by the Lieutenant
I Governor, with Senator Morphew, of
I Graharr. us the Chairman of the comI
mittee o!' elections and election laws,
I Senator Morphew regarded as being
I opposed to repeal of tne Absent
I Voters Act; but his friends believe
I that he v;iil be found willing to conI
fiider reasonable amendments along
I the lu> suggested by the Governor.
4orphew Chairman
I Tite lis assignn erit as Chairman of
this imp rU.nt Committee to Senator
Jack Mcrphew, is considered a com tflment
a, him, und an unusual one.
is serving Lis first term in the
Stat* t, v?ac had I
r~ nowever, "?
^sideraule legislative experience in
Hon*,- of Representatives.
I Qtlier Committees on which he was
Placed are: Agriculture, Appropria ^ns,
Consolidated Statutes; Counties,
anf" ^owns? Courts and Judicial;
s|r^ts; Distribution of the Govern^P0rs
m( sage; Inirnigration; InsurJDce'
1 ternal Improvements; Judi1:
Journal, Mining, Roads;
Wearies > id Fees; Senatorial Districts:
Wanting ;md the new committee jusi
in each house, known as the
on Unemployment ComB
Senator Cogburn, of Haywood, also
8ood assignments for a first term
W*T'w'0r He is chairman of the ComW**
on Distribution of the Gov*
Message, and a member o'
{Bjj* nuttees on Agriculture;; ApClaims,
Corporation ;EK/;0118
and Election Laws; Federal
Immigration; Institutions
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iCOUNTY
nbly Term
ably Be Short
THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
Washington, Jan. 10?As Congress
*ets into its stride, and old and new
nembers exchange opinions, it is becoming
apparent to observers on
Capitol Hill that one of the ma lor
hemes of this session will be the
. ffort to curtail the personal author!<y
of the President
This effort will be joined in by
members of both parties, including
sincere followers of Mr. Roosevelt
It will not be an effort to prevent
his renomination in 1940. It will be
an effort to reassert the authority of
Congress in its Constitutional sphere
oi action.
How far this movement will get
is, of course, problematical. Congress
surrendered many of its Constitutional
powers to the President!
at the beginning of his first term,'
on the theory that the economic
emergency could *ot be dealt with
in any other way than by putting
one man in charge.
Some of the actions of Congress
ware held to be beyond its power,
by the Supreme Court decisions in thl
N. R. A. and" A. A. A. cauis; they
delegated power to make orders and
regulations which had the force of j
lour 3 uH r?nlv PftnOTMfj mftv enact
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laws.
Among the unlimited powers which j
the President still has under the
emergency legislation are these. |
v Powers of President
He can devalue the dollar still,
further at any time he so chooses. '
He can issue three billion dollars
in paper money with no gold reserve
oehind it.
He can decree the free and unlimited
coinage 01 silver and fix the
ratio of the silver dollar to gold at
any proportion he sees fit.
He can prescribe the regulations
oncer which gold can be owned,
traded in, held, or exported.
He can oper; te a "stabilization
fund" of two bii u collars in complete
secrecy, t -r a ccountable to
lobody for its open, no
He can susptnu ti iding on any
;tock exchange for a period of ninety
days.
He can raise or lower by as much
at. 50 percent any tariff imposed by
United States on goods imported
rom any nation which enters into
a trade agreement wit i this country.
He can spend practically at his
own descretion funds for relief, farm
ot nefits and other similiar projects,
tc.ailing more than all previous Presidents
lumped together have ever
been authorized to spend.
There has been some talk of the
possibility that the President would
voluntarily relinquish some of those
broad powers.
Some plan for turning relief back
to the states may be put forward.
In any event the expectations is that
the new appropriations for relief will
be rigidly apportioned for specific
purposes.
To Vote On Hopkins
There are expected to be loud
echoes of the W P. A. situation on |
the floor of the Senate when the
question of the confirmation of Harry
Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce
for the Deaf; Journal; Judiciary No. 2;
Library; Military Affairs; Mining;;
Pension and Soldier's Home; Propositions
and Grievances; Public Welfare;
Senatorial District*; and Print-1
tag.
In the receiving line at the Governor's
reception for members of the
Jeneral Assembly, Friday night, were
Mr. and Mrs. E, L. McKee, of Sylva.
\mong those from the extreme West
who attended the reception were Representative
George Patton, and Mrs.
Patton, of Macon, Dan Tompkins, of
r?l-rrtn Thad Bryson, of Swain, A
I Mtajv.., _ .
J L. Penland, of Clay, Dr. Crawford, of
J Graham, Clyde Jarrett nad Mrs. JarI
-ett, of Cherokee, Glenn Palmer, of
Hay^vood and Senator Jack Morphew,
Graham, and Senator and Mrs,
Chester Cogburn,'of Haywood.
An attractive man is Governor
'Happy" Chandler, of Kentucky, who
ielivered the Jaci son Day Dinner
address ,Saturday night. His smile
contagious, and his humor irresist ble.
Not only did the crowd like
:is speach, but perhaps even more
ajoyed the duet sung by him and
irs. Chandler, w'on lie calls the
Secretary of War'. it was a whop>ing
big time for the crowd as it
aughed and cheered for Democratic
victory in 1940. '
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Youngest Congressman
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Cffi9Nj,ft c- Ltoffley
MT', -^" Texan,
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unm^tr* p0rm,r sch?0J teacher,
q>re#enfc tive Morgan
yeafs^n th. Veter5ln ?' eighteen
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LICENSED TO WED
The following persons have been
issued license to wed, by Register of
Deeds Glenn Hughes, since Dec. 1:
Ralph Danel Gentry to Thelma
Crisp, of Jackson county; Dean Riddle
to Magdalene Measer, of Hay- 1
wood; Alliney H. Bryson, of Jackson,
to Shirley Muse, of Canton, Haywood
county; George L. Raby, of
Macon, to Mamie Hooper, of Jackson;
James David Middleton, to Louie Columbine
Tritt, of Jackson; Roy McMahan,
to Gerlie Sjtton, Jackson;
T-Trnrv Koouer. to Margaret Pierce,]
I Jackson; rfo.vard Webb, of BunI
co. Abe to Pearl Fowler, of Jackson;
Grover Brown, to Dessie Shook,
Jackson; Willard Kel on Davis, to
Dciphia Elizabeth Owens, Jackson;
Amos Cabe, to Ruby Buchanan, Jackson;
Roy Wiggins, of Svain, to Melita
Styles, of Jackson; A. J. Warren, to
Edna L. Patterson, both of. S.vvain;:.
fioy A. Lewis, to Ecnih L. Wilson,
I Swain; Walter Queen, to Virgie Nor[
man, Jackson; Neal Hooper, to Rosa
Voung, Jackson; Jco Jlyde Fisher,
to Lucy Betty Parker, Jackson,
Funeral Rites Conducted For
Marion Adams
Funeral .services for Marion Adams,
89. who died at the home of his sonin-law.
Henry Taylor, v ore conducted
Tuesday. The Rev. J. M. Tucker
officiated and burial was in Mountain
Grove cemetery.
Mr. Adams is survived by seven
children, Mrs. Ida Bryson, of Tucapau,
S. C., Oscar Adams, of Bend,
Oregon, Mrs. Lillie Price, of Sedro
A'ooiley, Washington, Mrs. Dorothy
Williams, of Gay, N. C., Mrs. Polly
Taylor, and Allen and Parker Adams,
of Ellijay, N. C.; six brothers, three
sisters, 79 grandchildren, and 30
great-grandchildren. ,
Reed Elected Town Clerk
The Board of Aldermen ejected I
Charles M. Reed, clerk of the town!
of Sylva, to succeed M. D. Cowan, J
resigned, who has served as clerk for I,
a number of years.
Mr. Heed began his duties as of ,
Jan, 1.
I Mrs. Avery Mashburn 111
I Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Avery
I Mashburn, of Cullowhee, will be
I sorry to learn of the serious illness
I of Mrs. Washburn. She is in Norburn
I Hospital, Asheville. 1
I comes up for discussion.
I That he will be confirmed is gen-j
I erally believed. It takes only a ma- I
j jority of the Senate to confirm a I
J Cabinet officer, and at moat the J
members of the Cabinet are merely
the President's clerks, employed to
run the executive departments according
to his ideas. ,
In the case of the Secretary of 1
Ctate and some others, Cabinet ofI
beers are in line of succession to the
j Presidency in case the President
? 1J j vhnuid both
I and the Vice-jpresiueii.
1,1ie before their terms expire, but i
I the Secretary of Comii erce is not y
j so eligible, so it ma ces* little chf- I
I ference, as most oi C digress sees I
I it, who holds the job. I
I The principal criticism of Mr. I
I Hopkins' appointment is r-hat he has
I had no business expei :ence. His!
I whole life has been sp'.nt as a social I
I worker. The Department of Com- I
I merce is the one department which J
J deals with the problems of business, J
'.At! i _ _
12, 1939 ' ^
Aged Lady Passes
Mrs. Polly Ann Keener, aged 92,
<vas buried, Monday, at Glenville,
the funeral service having been conducted
by Rev. Fred Forester, pastor
of the .Cullowhee Baptist church.
Mrs. Keener is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Tom Moss, and Mrs.
RoJae Russell, of Glenville, and Mrs.
MoHy Watson, of Cullowhee, and by
one; brother, A. J. Monteith, of Glenville.
She is also survived by a numtpet'of
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
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Officers Installed For Sunday
School Convention
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Officers for the year were in
stjallid, last Sunday, at the meeting
oit tjie Tuckas^igee Baptist Sunday
school convention, which was held
iifc tlie Webstef Baptist church. The
installation was conducted by Rev.
H* M. Hocutt, pastor of the Sylva
Bqjptjst church.
' The principal address of the meetin#
was made; by McKinley Edwards,
attorney, of Bryson City. The convention
was presided over by Clarence
Vance, of Webster, president
An adult program demonstration was
led by D. M. Hooper, who was assisted
by Rev. Fred Forester, Rev.
W M Breedlcve, Rev. H. M. Hocutt,
Rev. W. N. Cook, Messrs. J. T. Gribble,
O. V. Cagle, J. V. Hail and L. D.
Cowan.
Representatives from the Sunday
schools at Cullowhee, East Sylva,
East Fork, Hamburg, Jarrett Memorial
Dillsboro, Lovedale, Locust
Fields New Savannah, Shoal Creek,
ocott'i Creek, Savannah, Sylva Tuckaseigee,
Speedwell, Webster, White
Roc$; and Hyatt's Chapel..
The devotional was conducted by
Mr. G. H. Cope and special music
wac .rendered bv the Wvkle quartet
of Eqst Sylva,
Jury List For February Term
Oi- Court Has Been Drawn
Thj folic wing list of jurors has
been drdwfPTor "the February term
of Superior Court, which is scheduled
to begin here on February 20.
The names were drawn by the jury
commissoin, composed of R. U. Sutton,
Dillard Coward and H. H. Bryson:
FIRST WEEK:
Clayborne Brvson, Hamburg; L. H.
Watson, Mountain; C. M. Martin,
Qualla; J. M. Nichelson, Cowarts; W.
F. Shelton, Canada; W. C. Adams,
River; J. T. Eryson, Green's Creek;
J. B. Galloway, Hamburg; John L.
Jones, Sylva; 'I roy Hooper, Tuckaseigee;
M. W. Breedlove, Hamburg; J.
W. Settlemyre, Qualla; A. H. Hooper,
Cowarts; Estes Green, Green's
Creek; Hobert Nicholson, Cowarts; J.
C. Patterson, Dillsboro; Fred W. Cogdill;
Scott's Creek; Tim Nations,
Qualla; John Pannell, Sylva; B. R.
Henson, Sylva; Dee Denton, Barker's
Creek; Gola Ferguson, Cullowhee;
John W. Smith, Sylva; Brady Parker,
Cullowhee; J. F. Melton, Cowarts;
Thomas Keever, Dillsobor; Ottis
Cabe, Savannah; John Cope, Cowarts;
Dock Henry, Sylva; J. C. Sutton,
Dillsboro; T. Posey Blanton,
Sylva; Tom Henry Simpson, Cullowhee;
G. B. Gunter, Qualla; M. R. j
Matthew^, Canada; Edwar^ Bryson,,
Cullowhee; Frank Coward, Cowarts;!
c w Mills. Cowarts; W. L. Enloe,'
O. A*.
Qualla; John W. Bryson, Sylva; W.
C. Queen, Dillsboro; J. B. Cogdill,
Sylva; Hoyle Deitz, Green's Creek.
SECOND WEEK:
Jarrett Drvi.s, Qualla; John R.
Hooper, Cullowhee; W. F. House,
Qualla; A. S. Parris, Dillsboro; Carl
Crawford, Canada; Oscar Wike, River;
C. L. Smi'h, Sylva; Ernest Lewis
Sylva; Lee Estes, Green's Creek; J.
P. Bumgarner, Qualla; Ed Oxner,
Qualla; W, L. McMahan, Caney Fork;
C. W. Mills, Sylva; W. O. Parker,
Canada; Jl H. Fisher, Sylva; Baston
Buchanan, Gay; Frank T. Jacobs, I
Dillsboro; L. N. Crisp, Scott's Creek;
W. M. Harris, Sylva; W. O. Robinson,
Scott's Creek; Lem Norton, Cullowhee;
W. F. Bryson, Gay; T. S. Nations,
Barker's Creek.
?i which business men can come
c!Ilu tu ??
with their d ffici lties and get at least!
sound advice. How business men
will get along with Mr.. Hopkins,
and he with business men, is still a
question
Those who hold that his appointment
is a good one point out that
he is personally closer to Mr. Roosevelt
than any other man in Washington,
and that the Preaident will
listen to him when he tells him of
the troubles of business more than
ne ever listened to Secretary Roper.
There is no doubt that those who
have business with the Department
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East Gets Pi
House Co?
Commerce Body Has
Anniversary Meeting
J Friday, the thirteenth, at 7:30 o'clock,
the anniversary meeting of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com-*
Imerce will be held at the Community
Houa*. H
Dinner will be served by the Sylvajj
Parent-Teachers Association and a
large attendance is expected.
Mr. P. L. Elliott, head of the Department
of English of Western Carolina
Teachers College will be the
principal speaker for the evening.
Mr. Elliott is recognized as an unusually
interesting and forceful
speaker and it is thought that the
officials of the Chamber of Commrce
are fortunate in securing him as the '
speaker for this occasion. At the
meeting plans for the year's work
will be laid before the body.
The officers for 1939 are: President, f '
J. Claude Allison; Harry E. Fergu- I
son, Secretary; and Dr. H. W. Kirch- I
berg, Treasurer. The directors arc
J. C. Cannon, J. C. Allison, Dr. h
W. Kirchberg, R. C. Allison, Harr}
E. Ferguson, Chester Scott, W. R
Enloe, Jeter Snyder and Dr. W. P
McGuire. r.
Lawyer Locates Here
A. E. Leake, formerly of Marshall,
Madison County, has located in Sylva
this week. He has taken an apart
I ment in the Morris House, on Jack-|
i son Street, and lor the present al:on
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will have his office in the same builc - h
ing. Mr. Leake passed the State Barb
Examination at the August, 1933, ?
examination. Since that time heS
has been engaged in a general prac- jj
tice in Madison county, part oi which ?
j; time he practised by himself arm |
? part of mhd tiifi j as a me her c? 11 c I
'"aw firm oi Wells I: Lmm . iJrior tor
11933, he served as a deputy snerih |1
a and taught school in t'-.3 Madison^
county public school system. j J
W. C. T. CLUBS ;
ELECT OFFICERS'
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Cullowhee, Jan. 9, (Special)?f ;
Three clubs of Western Carolina (
Teachers College held meetings to- {
day in order to elect new officers and (
to discuss plans for the coming year. [
The members of the Shubert Glee j
club met in the parlors of Davies s
Hall at 2:30 and voted to re-elect
Melba Nanney of Swiss, North Caro- 1
lina, president, Celeste Allman of g j
Asheville, vice-president, Mourine 1,
Davis, of Shelby, secretary and treas-1.
urer, and Ruth Coggins, of Bee Tree,!
r~> ll?-? I
reporter, ivirs. unsiics u. uunc/,
faculty sponsor of the club, appoint- 1(
ed Margaret Wilson, of Bryson City,
librarian for the music scores.
At its first meeting of the year the
Halcyon Chorus elected Dan Cooke, f
of Webster, president, Mackey Hugh- *
es of Candler, vice-president; Vera *
Jones, of Brevard, secretary and
treasurer; and Katherine Brown of /
Cullowhee, reporter. f
The Halcyon Chorus, also spon- ?
sored by Mrs. Gulley, is a member I
of the North Carolina State Federa- i
tion of Music Clubs.
Josephine Morgan of Mount Olive, i
North Carolina presided at the De- J
bate Club's first meeting. Officers :
of this organization elected during <
the fall quarter will keep their same 1
officers. During the business meet- 1
ing, it was decided that the club
would meet at 7:00 P. M. on the first ]
and third Mondays of each month, j
and members voted to reserve half j
a page for the organization in the
college annual.
Plans for attending the Appalacian
Forensic Tournament at Boone, ]
in February were discussed. \
Each of these organizations has j s
inauguarted the scholastic year wuni
outstanding work, and are beginning 11
the new year with plans for maanyl
program and interesting activities, j c
. jf ?
of Commerce will find Secretary) r
Hopkins an agreeable fellow, per- ?
sonally likeable and genial in his
? contacts. He has had a reputation in?'.
| Washington as being perhaps the f r
| most "human" of all the highly- J c
I plpced officials. He enjoys sports J \
land play of every kind, and is the* I
I life of the party on almost all social j c
J occasions. j
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jvajtoe OUT side tee oouarrt \
ckings In
nmittee Posts
(By Dan Tompcuui)
Raleign,, Jan. 11?Although they
may not have realized it at the time
any hopes that the members of the
House d[ Representatives from the far
Southwestern counties may have had
of major committee chairmanships
or extra good committee appointments *1
were dissipated when Bill Fenner of "
Nash withdrew his name from the
balloting for the Speakership in the
Democratic caucus and asked his
supporters to vote for Libby Ward.
Fenner is passionately pro-eastern.
in the ly^D session he was largely
responsible for the defeat of the measure
that would have reapportioned
membership of the House, according
to population, as is required by the.
Constitution, and thereby transferred
he balance of power from the East
.o the West, where the population
s and where the votes are cast.
Now the East, due to Mr. Fenner'a '?> ^
move in the recent caucus, is in the
laddie and riding hard. Mr. Fenner
las had a great deal to do with the
Appointment of committees, keen oh;ervers
assert, for instance, Representative
Larry Burgin, of Henderson, , ;
vas in line for the committeeship of
Agriculture in the House. I fact, it
s generally believed that his name
lad already been written down; when
something happened to upset the apple-cart,
and the post went to Mr,
Sagles, from Edgecombe county. That
something that happened is generally
oelieved to be Bill Fenner. At any
rate it gives Edgecombe the heads
o fthe committee on Agriculture in
ooth the Senate and the House.. Mr.
3urgin was made chairman of the
?ommittee on Public Welfare, at the
..ast moment, and drew a long list
of other important assignments.
Glenn Palmer, Haywood's new representative,
was placed on the com.ni'
jof^ Health,.JBnboc
Ac nave '.^onseryation. and
Development. Gbscr ers in Raleighcxniess
the opinion tiiat, while these
appointments are good, end Mr. Palmer
will fill them with credit, that as
large and important a county in the
West as Haywood, with as promising
i representative as Mr. Palmer is,
should have received posts on other
eading committees.
Mr. Tompkins, of Jackson, was appointed
chairman of the committees
n enrolled bills; and was placed on
he committees of Appropriations, ?
Jonservation and Development, Corporations,
Education, Game, Propositions
and Grievances, Public Wei- ' '
are, Unemployment Insurance Com- v
sensation, Printing and Penal In;titutions.
Mr. Bryson, of Swain, a new representative,
is on the committees on 1
3 nking, Conservation and Developr.
.nt, Courts and Judicials Districts,
md Judiciary No. 2.
Mr. Patton, of Macon, drew posts
pn Election and Election Laws, Blind,
Journal, Judiciary No. 2, and Proppsitions
and Grievances.
Mr Crawford, of Graham, Appropriations,
Election a"nd Election Laws,
Health, Insurance, Roads, Public Welfare,
Engrossed Bills, and Game.
Mr. Penland, of Clay: Agriculture,
\ppropriations, Expenditures of the
House, Engrossed Bills, Conservation
ird Development, Federal rteiauuu&,
tensions, Roads, Salaries and Fees,
Printing, Blind. *
Mr. Burgin, of Henderson, Chairnan,
Public Welfare, Unemployment
[2 surance, Agriculture (Ranking
nember), Justices of the Peace, Education,
Corporations, Election and Ecction
Laws, Finance, Game, Blind,
insurance, Pensions, Public Utilities.
Mr. McKimsey, of Transylvania:
Banking, flection and Election Laws,
Finance, Judiciary No. 2, Roads, and ' *
Public Welfare.
In Patterson'* Hand*f
When it comes to running the
Department of Commerce, that Job
A'ill be mainly in the hands of Asdant
Secretary Patterson, an able
man who has been the actual execu- ^
ive for a long time L .
Washington is still trying of figure
>ut just how much the United States
,fots out of the Lima conference of
he 21 American republics There is .
i tendency to fear tlwe enlarged
t
rpsnonsibiii'jes tov.ard the rest
tl the Western Hemisphere That
ra;- be used as an argument in favor
)_~ the National Defense program,
vhich at present looks as if it might
)'e the principal controversial issue
)f the session.
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