Why The Flannagan
Tobacco Grading Bill
Should Not Be Enacted
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By J. C. Lanier, Former
lyTobacco Specialist,
Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration
Mr. Editorr
Please allow me through the col
umns of your newspaper to express
my opposition to the so-called Flana
gan Tobacco Grading Bill, which is
now pending in Washington before
the House Committee on Agriculture.
If this Bill becomes a' law it will
compel all tobacco growers who sell
their tobacco at auction to have it
Government graded prior to its sale.
It does not provide. for compulsory
grading where tobacco is sold other
wise, than a* auction. The Bill fur
ther provides that the cost of this
grading service shall be charged
against the buyers. It also gives to
the Secretary of Agriculture the pow
er to designate those markets where
tobacco must be graded. Any grow
er who refuses to have his tobacco
graded by a Government official will
be guilty of a misdemeanor, which
is punishable by a fine or imprison
ment The effect of this Bill will be
to deprive a grower of the right to
sell his tobacco as he sees fit. It
will compel him to submit his prod
uct to grading by a Government
grader, whether he wishes to do so
or not
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The concents 01 uus cm mc i?.
generally known, and many farmers
have been influenced by their county
agents to advocate the passage of
this measure, without knowing what
the measure proposes to do. This
organized propaganda by Govern
ment officials to enlist support for
this measure is having its effect;
and it is time that those who are
opposed to this Bill should give ex
pression to their opposition to it.
An examination of this Bill dis
closes many features abhorrent to
the average farmer. It is my pur
pose in this article to anilize the Bill
and to point out these objectionable
feattnggfiJiythat growers may be ad
visee* jSsf *vhat the passage of the
Bill will mean to them.
The.mo?t objectionable feature of
this JBill is the compulsory feature,
which will compel all growers sell
ing on markets designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture, to have
their tobacco inspected and certified
by an authorized Government grader.
Many farmers do not desire their
tobacco to be graded by Government
officials, since they know from actual
experience that it is worthless, and
in many instances positively injuri
ous, whore tobacco is sold at auction
to representatives of the tobacco
companies. They know from actual
experience that the opinion of a
Government grader, and the Govern
ment grade written on the basket
ticket, will not influence the buyer,
who is paid to personally inspect
every basket of tobacco and to buy
such tobacco on his own judgment.
The Bill does not provide that to
bacco shall be sold by grades, not
does is provide that cognizance must
be taken by the buyer of the grade
indicated by the Government grader.
There is no provision in this law or
in any other law by which a buyer
can be compelled to pay any price
per grade for his tobacco purchases.
The grading provided by this Bill,
therefore, will at,best merely indi
cate the opinion of a Government
grader, which opinion may or may
not be cnneet, and which opinion
is net binding upon either the buyer
or the seller.
There is a massed opposition
among tobacco growers to the com
pulsory features of this Bill. In
spite of the intense activities of
county agents and Extension men,
who are diligently lobbying for the
BB? an investigation among farm
ers wiQ show that a large majority
of them are violently opposed to be
ing COMPELLED to submit their
tobacco to Government grading. Not
so long age more than five hundred
growers left their homes and farms
and went to Washington, at their
own expense, to express their per
sonal opposition to this Bill. These
men were outstanding fanners, who
knew conditions and who were fami
liar with Government grading. They
represented the highest type of dtt
seaahxp in our country, and repteri
sented a class that can nofcbe bought
by the tobacco companies, nor coree
ed by county agents, nor intimidated
by Government officials. Also, more.
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against fide gliding Bill, and double
- ^ efforts were put forth alonz-^his
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this Bill are their enemies, since it
can be established in every communi
ty where the contents of this Bill are
known that the farmers themselves
generally oppose it
If Government grading were de
sired by the farmers, or if it would
benefit them, it should not be neces
sary to write into this Bill a manda
tory provision, with a criminal pen
alty for the refusal of a fanner to
accept this service. If Government
grading were advantageous to the
growers, they and the warehousemen
would be clamoring for the service,
| instead of opposing it It is well
known that whatever grading has
been offered to the growers on a
voluntary basis, it has proved un
satisfactory and of no value, and has
not been accepted by the growers.
Where grading of tobacco has been
made compulsory under State laws,
it has proved a failure. In the State
of Maryland there has been a com
pulsory tobacco grading law in ef
fect; but only a few days ago, be
cause of its total failure to accom
plish any good, it was abolished by
the Maryland Legislature. In the
dark-fired areas of Virginia, where
a compulsory law exists, the service
has been a dismal failure.
The tobacco production adjust
ment program, which has brought]
untold blessings to the tobacco grow
ers, has boon a voluntary program,
whose success has been made possi
ble by the voluntary cooperation of
almost all the growers. These same
growers who have so willingly co
operated with the A. A. A. will not
be satisfied now to have this harsh
rwmnrtlaorv measure
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forced down their unwilling throats,
nor will they forgive those who force
it upon them. Especially do the far
mers of the Carolinas and Georgia
and other tobacco-producing states
resent the attempt by Mr. Flannagan,
representing a district that grows
less than three million pounds of
tobacco, to force his ideas upon them,
based neither upon a knowledge of
the industry nor upon any practical
experience. '
Congressman Burch of Virginia
has offered an amendment to the
Bill, which follows closely the refer1
endum clauses in the Bankhead Act
and in the Kerr-Smith Act Under
this amendment, the fanners in the
various tobacco-producing areas will
be permitted to vote upon the adop
tion of compulsory grading. The
amendment is entirely in line with
the principles upon which the pres
ent agricultural adjustment programs
have been based; yet those who are
clamoring for the enactment of the
compulsory Bill are bitterly opposed
to allowing the farmers themselves
to express their sentiments on this
legislation.
The enactment of this Bill without
the referendum clause in it will cer
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Announce Plans
ForPopw Day
Complete plans for the observance
of Poppy Day here on Saturday,
May 25, were announced by Mrs. M.
V. Horton, poppy committee chair
man of the Farmville Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary, follow
ing a special meeting of the com
mittee. Organisation of a corps of
volunteer workers to carry out the
distribution of the memorial poppies
throughout the dty was completed
and leaders appointed to direct the
work in the various areas.
a ? T : *
ine Auencw tiegi^u Aiuuuujr
poppies will be distributed entirely
by volunteer workers," said Mrs.
HorfcotL "The response to our call
for volunteers has been very grati
fying from both our senior and junior
members, andyre will be able to give
everyone in the city an opportunity
to wear a poppy on Poppy Day. As
the workers will serve entirely with
out pay or commission, every penny
contributed in exchange for the flow
ers will go for the welfare activities
of the Legion and Auxiliary.
"The enthusiasm of our women for
the Poppy Day project Is due to the:
two great purposes which the little
memorial flower achieves. First, it
pays tribute to those gallant young
men who sacrificed their lives in de
fense of American ideals on the pop
py-studded battle fields of France
and Belgium. Second, it raises funds
fo- the relief and rehabititaiion of
the Kving victims of the WIT, the
disabled veterali^jg^ families
and tits families of the dead. We
are hoping that the people of Farm
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:v> !>T-'.K9SSS _* j.
Roosevelt Gives
Outline Of Giant
Relief Gjflipaip
Says Administration to
Move Along Eight
Broad Avenues In Its
Program
Washington, April 24?The ad
ministration will move along eight
broad avenues in its supreme at
tempt to recapture prosperity by
spending the $4,800,000,000 work-re
lief fund, President Roosevelt said
today.
He added that he would have per
sonal control of the spending every
step of the way.
For an hour today the President
sat at his desk, with 150 newspaper
reporters in a semi-circle in front
of him, and, with the air of a pro
fessor who is trying to tell a ge
ometry class how to bisect a tri
angle, announced his economic strat
egy for Hie next year. The only
time the 'members of the "class" had
a chance to wedge in a question was
when Mr. Roosevelt would pause to
thrust another cigarette into a
holder and send smoke streaming
toward the ceiling.
Eight Points.
This, said the President, is the
- -w .
eight-point program under wbicn
the largest peace-time appropriation
in history will be spent:
1. Highway construction and the
elimination of grade crossings.
2. Aid to persons in stricken agri
cultural regions and a general pro
gram of rehabilitation for rural
America.
3. Electrification of farms,
4. Construction of low-cost houses
in both country and city.
5. Assistance to "white collar"!
workers.
6. Continued expansion of the
(Civilian Conservation Corps.
J 7. Loans to counties, cities and
states^ I
8. Soil erosion prevention and re
! fores tati on.
i So vast and intricate is this pro
gram, Mr. Roosevelt indicated, that
it could not be covered in one day.
j He sent his "pupils" away to let the
| country think about his plans for 24
i hours, hinting at further develop
| ments tomorrow. They probably will
concern the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration and its chief,
Harry L. Hopkins.
FOUNTAIN NEWS I
(By MRS. M. P. YBLVERTON) |
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
j The Ladies' Missionary Society of
Fountain Baptist Church met Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. M. D. Yel-j
verton.
The subject for the afternoon was
"The Banner in Medieval or Modern
Europe." Mrs. G. M. Smith had I
the program in charge. The meeting
was opened with the hymn "I Love!
To Tell The Story" and the follow-J
ing program was rendered:
Devotional?Mrs. Bruce' Eagles. I
How Tlie Banner of the Cross i
Went to Europe?Mrs. E. B. Beasley. I
i Southern Baptist Lifting the Ban
! ner in Europe?Mrs. L. P. Yelverton. J
I Easter Poems?Mrs. J. E. Owens I
j and Mrs. Bruce Eagles. . I
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GYPSY GARDEN PARTY
Misses Mary Reddick, Maud Emily
Smith, and Nina Estelle Yelverton,
Students of the Freshman class of
Fountain High School, delightfully
entertained the members of the Sen-,
ior class and school faculty at a'
Gypsy Garden party on Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. W. C.
Reddick. "7. ;
The guest were met by the young
hostesses wearing Gypsy costumes,
and directed to a glowing camp fire
in the grove back of the house. After
the guests had arrived a Gypsy Sup-'
per was served consisting of wjiners
and accessories, sandwiches, deviled
eggs, pickles, cold drinks and irjirsh
mallowa : The weiners and marsh
mallows wmm cooked over the camy>
fire* .'V ? ?: ? .. ?, * I
After supper Mr. H. B. Mayo re
lated a mystery story;. while > the
guests were seated around the camp
fire.": Progressive dates were then
enjoyed^ Miss Katherine Gross ' as
Gypsy fortune teller told the fparj
tunes of each of the seniors. I
Graduation gifts were then pre*
seated to the seniors, which were
miscellaneous articles - wrapped * :a*
the donor had no idea what he was
presenting. The prise for the bes*
presentation speech was won by Mr
Hardy Johnso^y^^y|y
Charles Gaslin of Pfafftown, Forv
'
j Through State
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Capital Keyholia
By Bess HintoD Silver
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JSTRAGETY ? The boys around
Raleigh who keep busy trying to
figure out what is going to happen
in the gubernatorial campaign have
been analysing the latest statement
of Congressman R. L. Dough ton that
be will make another statement'next
Tuesday and tell the- world if he is
going to be a candidate. Some of
the dopesters figure his statement
was a trial balloon aimed at measur
ing his strength in this State. They
express the opinion that the reac
tion to his last statement wiil .be a
big ^factor in determining the nature
of his announcement on April 30.
.
NO DOUBT ? While Lieutenant
Governor A. H, Graham has made no
formal announcement of his candi
dacy he does not deny that he has
already decided to enter the contest
for Governor. A lot of folks are in
viting Mr. Graham to make, speeches
these days and it looks like he is
making an effort to accommodate all
comers. Of course, a man holding:*
legislative office is lumdicapped; Jit
running a campaign but you can
watch the Graham smoke after , the
| General Assembly adjourns.
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j HOPEFUL?Friends of Clyde R.j
jHoey, Shelby Democratic leader, are
hopeful that he will continue of a
mind to enter the race for Governor.
From the Cleveland metropolis comes
word one week that Mr. Hoey cer
tainly will run and then the next
week comes a grapevine message
that he is still undecided. Never
theless, the Cleveland delegation in
the Legislature, Representative Gard
ner and Senator Thompson, are of
the very definite opinion that Mr,
Hoey will run and equally certain
that he will be elected. Other prog
nostics tor* are holding their betson
the probable victor in the evmt the
trio just mentioned try to ur?horse
one another.
BIG STEAL ? Senator Harriss
Newman, the chairman of the State
Senate finance committee who hatch
ed the idea of levying the sales tax
on gasoline and taking the toll out
of the highway fund in order to di
vert an additional $630,000 each year
from your gasoline tax to the gen
eral fund, admits his plan is noth
ing " less than "grand larceny," If
the Legislature accepts his sugges
tion, and the Senate has done that
very things it means you country
people will be in the mud just a lit
tle longer. But the General Assem
bly has been encouraged in leaning
toward diversion by reason of the
fact that the folks back home are
not kicking about it much. Just fol
lowing the line of least resistance in
getting money. It now looks as if
your gasoline money will be every
body's pie by the time the next ses
sion of the assembly convenes and
the devil takes the roads.
EARFUL?North Carolina mem
bers of Congress are still hearing
plenty about the Rayburn bill which
would give the federal government
vast powers on the utilities industry.
Thousands of people in North Caro
lina who own a little piece of stock
in some power company express the
fear that their holding will shrink
if the Rayburn bill becomes law. A
lot of other people are conscious of
the fact (right in their pocketbooks)
that federal control of railroad rates
has not helped North Carolina. These
payers of high freight rates, that
give Virginia business a great ad
vantage over the Tar Heels, dont
want another blow delivered when
they step up to the counter to pay
their electric bill each month.
I OTP^RT-rGovernor t Ehringh4us;
is not lacking for encouragement in
the suggestion that he oppose Sena
tor J. W. Bailey in the primaries
n^Rt spring. But despite the urging
from many "rpxarters the Governor
stfll insists that he wants to make
a.' good record in his present post be
fore he entertains, any idea of seek
| ing another public- office. That's
! what he tells his friends and usually
they just go right out and think
up some other reason why he should
run "for the.'Senate.^
1f, STORM ^BREWING'-? Everybody;
or.at least the farmers, thought the
cotton processing tax was all to the
mustard when it wait first levied to
pay benefits to growen for reducing
their crops. Now that the tax is
said to be aerating to depress the
market for American cotton goods
and opening-the ^door to foreign com*
petition, threatening to -close many
southern mill*' the tax is noSt si
popular You have seen in the pat
I funds hut what .'you haven t
Esijvy
Says Tax Simple Act of
Justice' and Denoun
ces Textile Mfil Tactics
Washington, April 23. ? In a
speech which brought Democratic
members of the House of Repre
sentatives to their feet cheering and
clapping in an unusucl floor demon
stration, Representative Lindsay C.
Warren today described the process
ing tax on cotton as "a simple
act of justice" and denounced the
efforts of textile interests to re-j
move the tax as a move to secure
starvation prices for cotton.
"It was a magnificent speech and
an unanswerable argument {or the
processing tax and a speech that
should have been made," declared
Speaker Joseph W. Byrne, who, In
order to hear Mr, Warren speak,!
departed from his usual custom and
remained on the floor after the1
House resolved itself into the com
mittee of the whole instead of re
turning to his office.
"It was a knock-out," declared
Representative Marvin Jones, of
Texas, "and the speech should
logically have been made by a
North Carolinian, as there are large
textile interests in that state."
? jl ttr_
i ne speecn pui mr. rr arrezi m wic
forefront as the first to give a de
tailed defense of an administration
policy that has been subject to
much'attack. It became known in
the afternoon th?t no less than six
members of Congress, from other
states, most of them Western mem*
bets, had suggested to the Demo
cratic National Committee that
half a mlltfoft copies of the speech
be printed for distribution over the
j country, and that the suggestion will
probably be followed.
The speech was followed by re
; plies from no less than four Mas
sachusetts Republicans, but the
repercussions to the speech were
by no means confined to the floor
jof the House.
PoiH&ng out that his state is not
only a large agricultural state, but
[also leads the nation in the manu
facture of cotton, Mr. Warren as
serted that efforts to align the State
in the ranks of those opposing the
processing tax .had been unsuccess
ful.
After declaring that during the
| past two years the argument at the
time the act was passed that farm
ers would not cooperate had been
i completely refuted by experience,
Mr. Warren recited the benefits the
act bad brought, citing the increase
la return on agricultural products
in his state from $86,000,000 in 1082
to $218,000,000 in 1934.
He then declared that the pres
ent drive to remove the tax is the
Work of the same high powered
lobby which opposed the enact
ment, of the original law. He assert
ed that success in removing the
processing tax on cotton would
also be removed on other commodi
ties and that the entire program
would break down.
the tax. That would stir up a sorry
kettle of fish that is now stewing.
? FREE-FOR-ALL ? This coming
? race for Lieutenant Governor looks
like it is going to be open to all
comera Former Senator George Mc
Nafli,
ing full speed these days. Senator
W. G. Clark, of Edgecombe, isnt
losing any time and Senator Harriss
Newman of New Hanover and Speak
er of ton House Robert Grady John
miwind the State Capitol expressing
a willingness to bet oh any of these
ehtries but tflleir are few takers of
the wagers. It's in the
game to be predicting even who will
actually file their candidacies in the
race, ranch lees to venture a prog
nosacaaon on who will win.
^HEAlUCHE*-^. the State
{has taken over the eight months
public school term the biennial wor
ry of Legislators is the question of
getting *!* money, without taxing a
lot of poor folks out of existence.
Amendments , to the constitution have
been propbsed with la view to reme
dying that situation. - If passed ihese
Ranges in the basic few would pro
vide exemptions from taxation for
small home^ increase the income
: maximum and classify property
[ say these changes would enable the
Begin Work on
Wantons Hera
Construction Begun
This Week and Will be
Completed in Time for
Opening this Season
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Making a big start in plans of
mora aggressive efforts and exten
sive operations this season on the
Fknnville tob-vco market, was the
laying of foundations this week for
the construction of (me of the larg
est and most modern auction sales
houses in the Bright Leaf Belt on
the site of the old Greene County
and Bell's warehouse, of which L. R.
Bell and J. Branch Bobbitt, well
known local warehousemen, former
operators of the Planter's house, are
to. be the proprietors.
Bids were opened recently by the
building company and the contract
was awarded the Erwin-West Con
struction Co., of Statesville, which
it is understood will complete the
house in plenty of time for the cry
of the auctioneer on opening sales
day. !
TRADE BODY SPONSORS
$750 ESSAY CONTEST
Kins ton, April 24.?The sum of
#760.00 will be given in cash prizes
to participants in an essay contest
to be sponsored by the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce,
with headquarters in Kins ton, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Secretary N. G. Bartlett. The
title of the essay Mr. Bartlett said
is: ."The Advantages of Living in
Eastern North Carolina." The essay
must not exceed 500 words and all
entries must be in the office of the
organization at Kinston, by May
15. All essays must be in the hands
of the organization officials by June
1. The awards will be made on or
before June 15. The $750.00 will be
divided up into three grand prizes
of #960.00 first; $100.00 second; and
$50.00 for third) with 50 prizes of
$6.00 each. The judges will be1 se
lected from the schools and colleges
in Eastern North Carolina and their
decisions will be final. No essay will
be returned to the writers and all
essays will became the property
of the organization.
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SNOW HILL GIRLS WIN
IN BASEBALL COMBAT
Snow Hill, April 23.?The girls'
baseball team of Snow Hill High
School defeated Winterviile High
School girls, 25-2, in a game here.
Grace Mewbom pitched for Snow
Hill. Marion Cox was Winterville's
pitcher. The teams will meet next
: Monday at Winterviile in a return
game.
Greenville Has
Menacing Blaze
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4.; . mmmmmmmmm
Big Farm Supply Store
Burns Down and To
bacco Warehouse Part
Greenville, April 23.?Fire broke
out at 9:30 tonight in the building
of J. E. Window and Co., located!
near the center of town and the
frame structure rapidly burned to
the ground despite efforts of fire
men to control the flames. The
Center Brick tobacco warehouse
caught from the Window fire and
at 10:30 o'clock it was feared that
also would be destroyed.
In response to pleas for assistance,
Kins ton* Waahingtoo, Fermville and
other near-by places sent /Ire ap
paratus.
The Winslow Company kept farm
Supplieb and livestock. Some of
the mules and possibly other live
stock are believed to have been
dPSTdtnage for the destruction
of the building and contents is esti
mated at $26,000, partially covered
by insurance.
Dwellings of colored people are
adjacent to the warehouse.
BODY OF DROWNED
YOUTH RECOVERED
. Green^lle, April 23.--The body of
Unbalanced Tax Bill
Goes To Conference;
Liquor Move Spreads
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Senate Passes Bill Rais
ing $5,000,000 Less
Than Appropriations
Passed by House
Raleigh, April 24.?The Legisla
ture's biennial revenue bill yesterday
went to conference?over $5,000,000
"in the red."
An hour before, the House had
received from its Finance Commit
tee a favorable report on a substi
tute for the Day liquor bill, pro
posed as a source of the greater
part of the revenue needed.
During the day it was reported
from reliable sources that 54 Rep
resentatives had signed the liquor
bill ""Round Robin"?an agreement
to support a measure for the State
sale of whiskey. Sixty-one is a ma
jority of the House when all mem
bers vote.
Bets that the House would pass a
liquor bill were offered on all sides.
There were few takers. For the
House to defeat a liquor bill now,
if the signers do not disagree among
themselves, would require the vote
of almost all the non-signers and
the absentees.
The wets were more optimistic
than they have been at any time
this season. The Senate's vacillat
ing actions over the revenue bill
and the impending deficit, they be
lieved, had greatly improved their
chances.
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xsaiure iiucuiy passing uic uieu
nial tax measure, the Senate per
formed two more of its habitual
I flip-flops and voted to put back all
! the sales tax exemptions on food
which now exist, and to take out
the House adopted sales tax on
hotel room rentals.
That meant knocking a million
li dollars a year out of the bill. Ac
cording to Revenue Commissioner
'A. J. Maxwell it left the estimated
revenue $2,502,249 below the House
passed appropriations for the first
year of the bicnnium, and $3,351,
249 for the second. But Senator
Harris Newman, chairman of the
Finance Committee, whose estimates
[are more optimistic than those of
Mr. Maxwell and who is counting
| on some back tax collection and a
$200,000 surplus at the end of this
year, put the deficit for the first
year at less than $2,000,000.
When the Senate finally passed
the bill?exactly four weeks after
it received if from the House?the
House refused to concur in the Sen
ate amendments.
That sent the bill to conference
and Lieutenant Governor A. H. Gra
ham, president of the Senate, and
Speaker Robert Grady Johnson ap
pointed the following conference
committees, to iron out the differ
ences between the two branches:
Senators Newman, Carl Bailey of
Washington and Fred Folger of
Surry for the Senate.
Representatives Gregg Cherry of
Gaston, R. L. Harris of Person, W.
L. Lumpkin of Franklin, T. C.
Bowie of Ashe, and Hugh Horton
of Martin for the House.
The personnel of the conference
committees indicated the doom of
'sales tax exemptions and final vic
tory for the administration's three
per cent, exeraptionless sales tax.
Following the. precedent of years,
President Graham appointed as con
ferees the chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee and one mem
ber of each side on the major rev
enue fight over exemptions., Sena
tor Bailey voted for exemptions,
Senator Folger against them. But
as Senator Newman, chtdrman of
the committee, had voted against
exemptions, the result was that the
majority of the Senate's conference
committee held views about ex
emptions contrary to the position
the Senate itself had voted.
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tspesker jojuisoub seiecnun?arso
had the committee majority against
exemptions, which was in line with
the House position. His appoint
ment was also in line with the
major fight in the House, which
was over a proposal to reduce the
rate, not to retain the exemptions.
Chairman Cherry had been against
both rate reduction and exemptions.
Representatives Harris and Horton
were against rate reduction, Repre
sentatives Lumpkin and Bowie for it
Speaker Johnson, considered an
administration man, won consider
able commendation for hin appoint
ment of both Lumpkin and Bowie,
two leaders in the fight against the
administration plan. . ?
"the House Finance Committee's ; :: ;
action on the liquor bill came as
a distinct surprise to the majority
of Legislators yesterday. Although