Sit New Chairmen Will t ; Serve In Next Congress Six new committee chairmen will take over Senate and House committee in the 82nd ConptM and two who served briefly as chairmen in the 81st Congress will continue to hold their posts in the 82nd, according to a com pilation by Co trps*ional Quar terly. As usual the £?uth dominates committee chairmanships in the 82nd Congress, and the Best has none in the SenaW, otHy three in the House. There will not be much change in the average age of congres sional chairman as a whole. How ever, the new committee chair men are, on the average, eight BEST HOLIDAY WISHES AMERICAN BUNK AND TRUST COMPANY COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE MONROE, N. C. HOLIDAY GREETINGS PHIL CORD COMPANY, INC. Manufacturers of PERFECTLY CONSTRUCTED HOSIERY MONROE, N. C. HOLIDAY GREETINGS RCA Sales — TELEVISION — Service Phone 58 Serving Union County for 38 Years HOLLOWAY MUSIC STORE MONROE, N. C. BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR HENDERSON ROLLER MILL COMPANY Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE FLOUR. CORN MEAL, GRITS, BIG H MILL FEED POULTRY AND DAIRY FEED Phone 180 and 22 - MONROE, N. C. /■ ~ • SEASON’S GREETINGS ★ GRIFFIN IMPLEMENT & MILLING COMPANY GIMCO FEEDS ★ MONROE, N. C. I YOUR FOOD BILL KEEPS GOING UP; WHERE IS END? Here's what has been happen ing to yoor food budget since the Korean war started1 last Jane: On October 30 eggs averaged 76 cents a dozen. That's 42 per cent more than they cost in June. Milk was costing nearly 23 cents a quart on October 30 a 14 per cent increase over the pre Korean war price. And hamburger was retailing for 61 cents a pound on October 30. That's an increase of dosa to 8 per cent. The figures are official ones from the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics. years younger than their pred ecessors. It takes 12 to 15 years’ seni ority to become head of a com mittee. It. takes • longer to be icome head of an rmportant com mittee than of a minor group be cause the turnover is faster on the minor committees. The new chairmen will be chosen by committee members at the beginning of the 82nd Con gress. They are nearly always chosen on the basis of seniority. Changes have already been made in the House Education and La bor Committee and the House Merchant .Narine and Fisheries Committee" because the vacancy in the chairmanship occurred during 1950. Expected changes in chairmanships are: Senate Agriculture: Allen J. Ellender (D, La). 59, member of the Senate and of the Com mittee since 1937, replacing El mer Thomas (D, Okla.). 73, de feated for renomination. Ellen der favored repeal of the tax on oleomargarine, lifting price sup ports or basic crops Senate Armed Services: Kicn aid B. Russell (D, Ga.), 53, member of the Senate since 1933, replacing Millard E. Tydings (D, Md.), 61 defeated for relection. Russell was a member of the old Naval Affairs Committee from 1933 until 1946, when it was merged with the Armed Services Committee. He was chairman for 10 years of the old Immigra tion and Naturalisation Commit tee, which, was later merged with the Judiciary Committee. Rus sell long has been an advocate of universal military training and a strong military establishment, He favored unification of the armed services and the appoint ment of Gen. George C. Marshall to succeed Louis Johnson as Sec retary of Defense. Senate Labor and Public Wel fare: James E. Murray (D, Mont.). 74, chairman of the old Education, and Labor Committee in the 79th Congress and mem ber of that Committee since 1935, replacing Elbert D. Thomas (D, Utah), 67, who was defeated or re-election. Murray has been in the Senate since 1934, has fa vored repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, federal aid to education and national health insurance. Like Thomas, he is regarded as an administration stalwart. House Education and Labor: Graham A. Barden (D. N. C.), 54, member of the House since 1935 and of the Committee since that date, replacing John Lesinski (D, Mich.). 65, deceased, Barden took over the chairmanship of the Committee after Lesinski died last May. Other House changes: Admin istration: Thomas B. Stanley (D, Va.), 60. replacing Mary T. Nor ton