CAPITAL REPORTER
All of the chatter about a re
ported statement from Charlotte
that Governor Scott will get out
of politics when he leaves office
is just wasted breath. The Gov
ernor has parried questions c^f his
future ambitions with the same
answer for some time.
"My only plans are to go home
to Haw River and rest." he says.
Kerr Scott has talked about go
ing home and tending to his cows
for some time. But this corner
thinks he'll stay down on the farm
just long enough to get his second
wind. He’s been fightjng too long
to be happy in a rocking chair.
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Getting him to retire from politics
would be harder than curing a
confirmed alcoholic.
So here’s a twin-barreled pre
diction:
1. Kerr Scott will be drafted by
the liberal element of the Dem
ocratic party to run for office
again after his term as Governor
is ended.
2. And the biggest plank in his
platform will be public develop
ment of flood control-soil conser
vation-power production public
projects.
The governor, , incidentally,
came up with a nickname for L.
V. Sutton, Carolina Power and
Light Company president and
head of the Edison Institute (re
search and lobbying organiza
tion for the power companies).
At his press conference, Scott
casually referred to 'mv friend.
Low Voltage Sutton”. The re
ference was so casual that many
reporters—accustomed to listen
ing to power discussion—paid no
attention to the remark.
What the Governor may not
have known is that he had hit on
the same nickname tagged on Sut
ton bv members of his own cor-,
potation. CPandL linemen—like
tlie actual workers in many anoth
er outfit—think the number one
boss should come up through the
ranks and learn the business the
hard way. Sutton didn't do this,
and the pole-climbers for some
time (in private conversation, of
course) have referred to their
boss as "Low-Voltage’ Sutton.
The Governor’s outstanding
statement about the current pub
lic-private power feud was:
Both federal government offic
ials and private power company
leaders are not presenting all the
facts. Each is telling only part'of j
the story, to make his side look i
good.
And: Scott sees no reason why I
the government shouldn't .build>
flood eontrol-pnwer dams and let I
(the private companies have ex
;elusive distribution of the power.
This has been worked out in
Georgia satisfactorily, he said, and
| could well ho the solution of the
row to the satisfaction of all
hands.
Raleigh newspapers and radio
stations have been raising cain
with the doctors. A truck-driver
was injured in a crash near State
College and was pinned in his
truck cab for some 45 minutes be
fore he could be removed and tak
en to a hospital.
Several folks tried to get a doc
tor to come to the scene, accord
ing to reports, without luck.
There was a lot <rf confusion
about the incident, but no otn
could find a doctor who had re
fused to go to the scene. The folks
doing the calling were excited.
Some of the receptionists for doc
tors apparently did not understand
what was going on. Doctors who
were reached and headed for the
scene received conflicting reports
that other doctors already were
there.
All in all it was quite a do. Rut
it pointed to one thing. That, in'
Raleigh, it sometimes is hard to
get a doctor when you need one in
a hurry. Various suggestions have
been made to remedy the situa
tion, with the Wake County Medi
cal Society taking the lead. It
probably will end with an interne
on call 24-hours a day at Rex Hos
pital for just such incidents.
The incident's timing was bad
for the medical profession, how
ever. The American Medical As
sociation is sponsoring a multi
million dollar campaign against
so-called socialised medicine
But the Raleigh incident
brought an editorial from a very1
conservative paper, suggesting |
that socialized medicine might not j
be sp bad, if thing have gotten in
to such a stage that a doctor
couldn’t be found to go to the aid
of a seriously injured man.
And. then, Saturday night Pres
ident Truman pointedly remark
ed that he wbuld continue to fight
for a national health insurance
plan to help folks pay their hos- |
pital and doctor bills.
The look that can only mean love stamps the laves of gorgeous June
Haver and handsome William l.undigan in "I'll get Bv." the Twen
tieth Century-Fox Technieolor musical, at the Watts Theatre Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday. Co-stars Gloria He Haven. Dennis Day, and
horn man Harry James, sing, dance, toot and romance to a back
ground of 18 lop Junes.
A vigorous and vicious attack
on cooperatives ol all kinds is be
ing staged by an outfit that calls
itself the "National Tax Equali
ty Association" with headquarters
in Chicago. And the campaign
n)nv has reached North Carolina.
NTEA, according to a lobbying
report filed m Washington, draws
its money from contributing pow
or companies, hardware compan
ies, fertilizer companies and in
surance companies.
Listed among firms which con
tributed ‘‘$500 or more" during
the first three months of this \ear
are Carolina Power and Light
Company, the Allison Krw in Com
pany of Charlotte, and the Smith
Douglass Company, Inc., of Nor
folk, Va. - -
The report filed by NTEA
Vice-President 11. Vernon Scott
shows tile outfit's large contribu
tors numbered 42 during the quar
ter, for an average of about $004
each.
And the report said that this
was about 20 percent of the total
lake, the $38,250 being all that
"might fall within the scope ol
the Federal Regulation of Lobby
ing Ael This means, apparently,
that NTEA had a war fund ol
some $100,000 during the first
' throe months of 19o0.
Anyway, a number of North
Carolina radio stations now are
carrying spot announcements
claiming cooperative corporations
arc not pa\ mg taxes. The clever
h worded spots nfiply that the
| coops pay no taxes at all, which
j is not rue.
The announcements heard here
say they are sponsored by "your
| local taxpaying merchants" m the
N C' Merchants Association"
However, at least one contract for
I the announcements is signed by a
] man named Fai ling from Chicago,
and at least one contract is with
•NTKA"
The spots charge that Congress
| lipped individual income taxes
j but let "specially privileged big
* businesses” t the coops) get by
with paving little more or nothing
on then huge corporation profits
(Ironically, the spots were re
corded in two versions one
'"Yankee" and one "Southern edi
lion", where the announcer speaks
I with a drawl )
The implication that coops do
| not pay taxes is untrue.
A check shows that the coop
i pays every lax that any other
| corporation does, except when it
comes to taxation of income
For example:
If a coop makes u $100,000 pro
fit and pays $40,000 back to pat
rons. it pays no income tax on the
$90,000. It pays income tax only
nil the $10,000 kept by the com
pany as a reserve. Tile patrons
pay individual income tax on the
$90,000 refund
If a private corporation makes
$100,000 it pays income tax on the
whi'le amount Then the stock
lu liter attain is liable for income
\ on whatever part the compatii
I a vs nim as a dividend.
"We have long contended that
the private corporation is subject
t - double taxation and that this is
n t l M. G. Mann, general
n na er f Farmers Co- iterative
1 change. i m o! t. . Stab' s big
; t cooes, says. "We have offer
i d to help them field this tax, but
o' r help has been refused.
"We don't see where it is right
t - try to put this same unfair tax
on the cooperative, which operates
to lower cost of production and
help increase the farmer's money
making ability Two wrongs don't
make a right."
One of Governor Scott's closest
advisors was given quite an honor
recently.
That was Mary White Scott, the
Governor's wife She was named
N. C Grange "Woman of the
Year."
Manv folks have known "Miss
Mari'" as a gracious hostess at the
Governor's Mansion, hut few pro
bably know* of her own outstand
tng record in farm leadership
The Grange citation summed it
up pretty well It hold rtf her roc
(ignition of the importance, digni
ty and satisfaction of gracious ru
ral living. It told how she was an
active member el the Grange from
its beginning in North Carolina
It told how she helped organize
Santa Claus Has
Tremendous Task
New York, New. 6—Santa Chius
will probably yet around to every
kiddie thus year, but it's not go
ing to be easy. Following a tour of
50 toy factories, the executive
secretary of the toy industry's
track association states that al
most without exception they are
complaining about material scar
cities. Some need packaging ma
terials. others basic materials such
as copper wire, wood, zinc and
’ steel.
Toy makers are not big con
miners of materials, consequent
ly they do not have the standing
with lug suppliers that other large
i civilian manufacturers enjoy.
Moreover, their problems are not
going to get too much sympathy
in Washington where the Nation
al Production Authority is ready
local Grange groups It told how
she has served as a church work
er, as a school teacher, homemak
er, and mother “who has contrib
uted liberally to the advancement
of her community and State ’
And it ended with describing
her as a "modest, gracious, sincere,
and lovable woman whose life
and work have reflected credit
upon all women in rural North
Carolina."
What the citation didn't say was
that “Miss Mary" is the one ad
visor that Kerr Scott pays most
attention to, and that she has had
more effect on his political con
victuals and official actions than
any other person.
P S The State Grange took of
ficial notice of the Governor, too
He was named Grange “Man of
the Year ”
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Our w innings at N. ('. Fair 1!>50:
1st amt 2nd Junior Hoars; 2nd Youhr Herd; 1st I* rod ure
of Ham; 3rd and Ith Junior Sows; 1st {let of Sire
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This year the toy makers will
turn out products worth ah >ut
$300 million at the factory level,
equivalent to probably -to p:r
cent more than that, retail 'This
factory level of output is at.out
the same as in 1040. As the sup
ply problem deepens, substitute
materials less durable and less
satisfactory will be rushed in to
close the gap.
Toy makers, like manufacturers
of other civilian goods, will have
to nurse supplies to the best of
their ability, to conserve and to
reclaim materials
Things To Watch
For In the Future
A new adhesive tape remover
that releases surface tension be
tween skin and tape, packaged in
a "squeeze" bottle . . A bullet
proof cigarette case, worn next to
i the heart, for those who live dan
! gerously A push-button can
'of ready made lather, such as bar
hers use, to replace shaving cream,
and good for 50 to (10 shaves . . .
For industrial workers, a new'
metal safety goggle of lighter
] weight, with a friction joint that
| prevents slipping and exposure to
flying particles A new automo
bile battery-grid metal, giving
longer life and greater resistance
to over-charging .
FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS TO LEND
ON IMPROVED
TORACCO FARMS:
TKKMS—5-20 years at low
interest, Pay any amount
any time before maturity.
No charge for inspection.
No portion of money with
held to pay for stock. Quick
closing.
CAROLINA FARM
LOAN ASSOCIATES
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Williamston, N. < .
49 out of 86
champion truck drivers choose Dodge!
Champion drivers know champion trucks:
The nation’s state champions . . . with proved reputations lor safety
records and driving skill . . . competed recently in New York at the
National Truck Roadeo. Given the privilege of driving an\ make
truck, these champions selected Dodge for national competition l>\
more than 2 to I over all other makes combined!
In the events in which Dodge trucks ,
participated, ft out of 9 national win
ners drove Dodge "Job-Kiited" trucks.
The champions selected Dodge for
these tough tests because of "its extra
visibility, its great maneuverability, good
braking, and ease of handling.” So, take
a tip from the men who know: drive a
Dodge "Joh-Rated" Truck!
FIRST TROPHY in the Tractor, Tandem-Axle Semi
Trailer ( lass was won by (). F Chapman,
Pacific Intermountain Express, Oakland,< alif.
Chapman, Colorado State ( liampion, drove a
Dodge YA-M2 4-ton ")ob-Raliil" Truck.
/IRST TROPHY in the Straight Truck Class was won by Richard Wold,
Glendenning Motorways, Inc., St. Paul. Wold, Minnesota StateChantpion,
drove a Dodge GA-152 lVi-ton "Job-KateJ" Truck.
SICONO TROPHY in the Tractor, Tan
dem-Axle Semi-Trailer Class was won
by Robert Rudesill, Glendenning Motor
ways, Inc., St. Paul. Rudesill, Minnesota
State Champion, drove a Dodge YA-142
4-ton "Job-Rated" Truck.
THIRD TROPHY in the Tractor, Tandem
Axle Semi-Trailer Class was won by
Harry W. Pollock, Johnson Motor Lines,
Inc., Baltimore. Pollock, the Maryland
State Champion, drove a Dodge YA-142
4-ton "Job-Rated" Truck.
THIRD TROPHY in the Straight Truck
Class was won by R. I). Wallace, John
son Motor Lines, Inc., Charlotte. Wa'.
lace, who is North Carolina State Cham
pion, drove a Dodge GA-152 l*/tton
"Job-Rated'' Truck.
THIRD TROPHY in the Tractor, Single
Axle Semi-Trailer (.Iasi was won by
trank Kirkpatrick, Columbia Kiver
Truck Co., Portland. Kirkpatrick, the
Oregon State Champion, drove a Dodge
JA-I2K 2'/i-ton "Joh-Kated" Truck.
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