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In the girls’ bracket, Farmville and Maury play at 6:30 Wednesday, with the winner of this contest to meet Vanceboro girls Thursday night at 7:30. At 8:30 Wednesday night,-the Snow Hill girls play Stantonsburg, with the winner meeting Bethel at 8:30 Thursday night. In the boys’ division, Maury and Vanceboro play at 7:30 Wednesday, with the winner meeting Vanceboro Thursday at 6:80. Stantonsburg and Farmville meet at 9:30 on the first day of play, and the dinner of this contest to meet Snow Hill pn Thurs day night at 9:30. • * Last year’s toumameht was a tre mendous, success and the Jaycees are seeking to make the 1950 event an even more popular tournament. The trophies for winners and runners-up are donated by Mrs. D. R. Morgan of Farmville. .In addition, trophies will go to the individual players on each of the winning teams. An award will also go to the most valuably player and to the players who display the best sportsmanship. Winner of first place - will also take home a $25 bond for their school. These bonds are donated by the Jay cees. Marvin Speight, Jack McDavid, Bill Candler and J. C. Brock, Jr., are op the Jaycee committee putting on the event with the help, of course, of the other members. Admission will be 35 and 60 cents. Kiwanis Committees Named By President President Prank Allen of the Farmville Kiwanis club has announced committee appointments as follows (the first member of each committee is to serve as chairman): Boys and girls work—Loyola O’ Leary, Carol Modlin and BUI Creek mur. Key clubs—Sam Bundy, Alton Bob bitt and Sam Lewis. UnderprivUeged child—Frank Har ris, Jack Lewis and J. R. Peeler. Agriculture and conservation — J. W. Wilkerson, F. L. Thomas and Ben Lewis. Public and business affairs — Ber nice Tumage, Thad Cox and Ted Al britton. Support of churches — Hubert Joy ner, H. L. Davis and Rod Williams. Achievement report — Seth Bar row and Frank Allen. Attendance and membership—Ghas. Quinerly, Chas. Edwards and John F. . Jones. i j ' Finance, laws ah3 regulations %-i George. Allen, Carl Hicks and Earl Holmes. House and reception—Henry John son and Fred .Moore. Interchib relations — Lewis Allen, Billy Smith and Jake Fields. Kiwanis education and fellowship— Louis Williams and Alex Allen. Music and singing — J. Glasgow Smith and David Starling. Progam and public relations — Er nest Petteway and Jim Hockaday. The four members of the board of directors beginning the second year of their teams are Carl Hicks, Lewis Allen, Henry Johnson and BiUy Smith. New members of the board are Jake Fields, Jack Lewis, Glasgow Smith and Alton Bobbitt ROBERT CARTER IN RECITAL HERE SUNDAY- AFTERNOON Robert Carter, faculty member at ECTC, will be presented in a recital of music for the piano Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock in the Major Ben jamin May chapter house. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend and there will be no admission charge Mr. Carter is a native of Nashville Tenn. He received Ms musical train ing at Hte Chicago Music College anc later studied with the celebratec teacher, Madame, Olga Samaroff. H< At The Kiwanis Club Kiwanis International is observing the 36th anniversary of its founding this week. Established in Detroit January 21, 1915, the community service organi zation has grown from a single unit to a vast network involving more than 3,000 clubs and 200,0000 mem bers throughout the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the Yu kon Territory. President -Frank Allen of the local club states that he has recefof! a significant report covering Kiwanis International’s accomplishments dur ing the past year. Nearly $18,000,000 was raised by various Kiwanis clubs to support the Community Fund and polio, heart and cancer campaigns in 1949. At the same time Kiwanians were purchasing government savings bonds valued at more than $14,000,000. They also provided recreational opportunities to 1,650,000 young people and gave vo cational guidance to 265,000 others. The report also revealed that 11,000 Kiwanians held public office in 1949 and that 42,000 served oh school, hos pital and other public affairs boards. To strengthen the American and Canadian systems of government, Ki wanis International issued 16,000,000 patriotic pamphlets last year and won a gold medal and an award fpr $1,600 from Freedoms Foundation, Inc. Sam Bundy gave a splendid talk at the club Monday, night. Lewis Allen will have charge of the program Monday night. r , 'i May-Haps (By Elizabeth May) While their classmates have a brief vacation after semester exams tins week end, the 60-voice Flora Macdonald college glee club, of whiich Evelyn Fields of Walstonburg is a member, will tour. Leaving Saturday, the group will be away 10 days. They will go as far north as Washington where they will appear at the Cen tral Presbyterian church and before the St. Andrews society which is cele brating the 191st birthday anniver sary of Robert Bums, the poet. Scotsman Robert Smith, dean of the conservatory and glee club director, made his first appearance at the col lege last fall in kilts. The club will sing in Wilson Sun day morning and in Tarboro Sunday afternoon. Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Fields, is in two of the group pictures which appeared in the color folders of the college which were sent out last week for the first time. Warm days with a hint of spring tin and off for the past month have brought out the spring-blooming shrubs. Two hedges of eye-filling beauty are the hawthorn at the homes of the C. F. Baucoms and the Manly Liles. Camellias have also made their appearance early. Spirea is opeitfiig and many of the first breath of spring and forsythia bushes have shed their flowers and are putting out the leaves. ~ One of the largest camellia bushes in. this section is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Turnage. It was set out by Mr. Turnagfe’s mother about 50 years ago. For the first'time this dub year, which began in September, all 13 members were present for the Wed nesday Afternoon club meeting-in the home of Mrs. Robert Lee Smith last week. It is a.rare occasion for a bridge dub of that size to have per fect attendance more than twice in a nine-months period. TRADE PROMOTION^ DAYS A special trade promotion event, designed to bring more shoppers to Farmville, has been planned for Mar. 2, 3 and 4 by the Farmville Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Associa tion. ON MERCHANDISE TRIPS Manager T. Eli Joyner, Jr., of the Farmville Furniture Company was in Raleigh on Wednesday .and Thnrsday i viewing the new Phflco and Kelyina Frank G. Dupree spent several days last week in New York purchasing • goods for his store. - W. T. Smith, manager South iy, was in Rich Walstonburg News - ^ i •.. • Miss Sara Griffin, supervisor of ele mentary education in the county schools, was called to her home in Lynchburg:, S.C., Saturday evening because of the sudden death of her father. She was accompanied by a friend from Goldsboro. Mrs. Carlos Walston and her mother, Mrs. .George Sawyer, left for Miss Griffin’s home Sunday morning, to he away several days. Among those from here who were Raleigh visitors Monday were Mra Earl Lang, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hicks*, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Redick and Mrs. W. A. Marlowe. Jimmy Beaman, a student at Kings Bumness college in Raleigh, entered Woodard-Herring hospital in Wilson last week for treatment. Mrs. Clarence Jdnes and son, Jim my, were the guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Shirley in -Wilson. Mr. and Mis. T. 0. Evaqp of Max ton met Mrs. Evans’ mother, Mrs. Henry Wheeler, and her sister, Mrs. T. Hammings, at the Wilson Sanito rium Sunday afternoon and spent some time with Mr. Henry Wheeler. After their visit they had dinnerr to gether at one of the local cafes. C. T. Hicks left Wednesday on ea business trip to Washington, D. C. Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Jimmy Gardner is confined to her home with flu. Mr. and Mrs.- F. A. Garner of Kins 3 ton visited relatives here recently. Miss Hazel McKeel of Goldsboro and Billy Marlowe of UNC spent the week end here with their parents. Mr. and Mrs.*Clhrence Jones spent ruesday in Greenville. Mrs. W. E. Lang, who has been vis iting her daughter in Arlington, Va., returned to her home here Wednes day. — " ... * , Jeanne Redick and her roommate at Greensboro college were the week and guests of Mr. and Mrs.vW. V. Redick. Those from here attending the shower given in Keniy Tueslay night by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grizzard and Mr. and Mr». H. M. Grizzard, Jr., for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips were: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holloman, Mrs. II. L. Shackelford, Mrs. A. R. Gay, Mrs. Henry Gay, Mrs. Marvin Moore, Mrs. Dan Shackelford and Mrs. Ben Gay.1 The Rev. C. Manly Morton, who serVed as a missionary to Puerto Rico for 26 years and is spending this year working in the program of “A Cru- ' sade for a'Christian World,” spoke in the Walstonburg Christian church Sunday morning. Mr. Morton was entertained at luncheon in the private dining room of the Walstonburg cafe by his nieces and nephews and their families of the Walstonburg community. Those attending the dinner were: Mr. Morton and his sister, Mys. An nie Tugwell of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. David Buffaloe and son of Ra leigh; Mrs. Calvin Jones, and daugh ters of Greenville; Mrs. Ward and children of Red Oak; Mrs. Louise Croom and Miss Marietta Croom of Snow Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Alton Cox and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bea man and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mann and family, M» and Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Jr,,'Mr. add Mrs. A. C. Beaman, Mrs. Tryphenia McKeel, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Craft and family, Miss Hazel McKeel and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones and family. Mrs. A. R. Gay was hostess on Monday afternoon‘to Circle i of the Christian Missionary society. The president called the meeting: to worship -by reading a poem, “Living Together as Brother^,” followed by prayer. , _jffljpl An interesting program on Japan was most ably presented by Mrs. L. H. Goin, assisted by Miss Lillian Cor bett. The worship service was led by the chairman, Mrs. Gay.* (The president urged all members to resolve to do better, and more mis sionary work this year, to attend meetings when possible and to each meeting bring an article of good clothing to he shipped overseas as a service gift project Attention was called to World Day of Prayer, Feb. 24. During the social hour the hostess served dainty sandwiches, potato chips, nuts and iced drinks. SCOUT NEWS The Girl Scouts of Troop 4, meet ing Tuesday afternoon in the home 8f Mrs. R. T. Williams, made plans for a pleating party to be. held tomor row nighC ; ' Martha Holmes, Theodora Albritton and Marcia Forbqp did badge ’ Troop 5 opened its day afternoon with the promise and the hymn. After the business sion, Vera Cannon, Nan Williams and Nancy Jane Carroll gave reports on the troop a new game. The next meeting will be held Jan. 31. Carolina Dairy Takes Over Pecan E. S. Webb of the Carolina- Dairy. Products company in Greenville an nounces that his company has pur chased the retail milk equipment of the Pecan Grove Dairy and will be gin serving the Farmville community with a complete line of dairy pro ducts tomorrow. ^ Mr. Webb stated that the Carolina Dairy will purchase the raw milk from the Pecan Grove Dairy and Will then distribute the milk after it has been processed at the plant in Green ville. The Carolina Dairy now serves Greenville, Washington, Winterville, Ayden and Grjifton and wholesales milk to the Bethel distributor! Mr. Webb expressed’pleasure at the jpportunity to serve the people of Farmville and expressed confidence that his company could continue giv ing people of FarmviHe the type of excellent service that they have be come accustomed to receiving. Webb also stated that from Feb. 1 to Sept. 1 all the milk distributed }y the company is produced right in this section and1 he stated that, by he time another .winter rolls around, the company will be able to get. its rntire supply in this locale. The company has cooperated with several farmers in Pitt and surround ng counties, encouraging them to en arge and improve their herds as a neans of increasing farm income and it the same time eliminate the necs sity of forcing his company to buy my dart of its milk In other sections >f the state or country. Deliveries will be made daily, ex sept Sunday, but a double delivery will be made, on Saturday. Sam D. Walston, who has been Iriving for the Pecan Grove Dairy, will continue- in the employ of the Carolina Dairy. * t The new purchaser will submit bills m February 1st covering both the imount due it and the Pecan'Grove Dairy. At The Rotary Club Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church, was guest speaker it the Rotary club Tuesday night, it the regular weekly meeting which was held at the Xiang’s Crossroads SoTne Demonstration club. Rev. Davis chose as his topic, “The Book,” and generally reviewed the Bible, the greatest of all books. Said Mr. Davis, “One.would not have to >e familiar with the doctrines of Ro :ary to know that the ideals of Ho rn ry are encompassed in the Bible. Service above Self,’ for which Rotary really stands, was truly the teaching >f the Master.” O. G. Spell, program director, introduced Rev. Davis. Milton Eason and Haywood Smith ware presented pins<fo recognition of 25 years of continuous, faithful ser vice with the Farmville fire depart nent. In April of this year Fire Chief Smith will have been a member of the department for 35 years. The awards were made by George Davis in a brief :eremony characterizing the achieve ments of the two men. The club voiced its appreciation of the splendid supper served by the members of the club, by a rising vote of thanks. Haywood Smith was the gueBt of Arch Flanagan and “Skinny” Gibbs was Hie guest of Alex Rouse. The fellowship prize was awarded to RusselL Mizelle. Ten members were absent and President Charlie Fitzgerald presid ed.. Story of ’Possum Hunt In Reverse From Fountain comes a story of a 'possum hunt in reverse. Instead of playing “hard to. get” and forcing hunters to come out and get .them, two 'possums went to the home of Mrs. Mack Smith and literally begged to be cautured. For several nights, the animals had been going to Mrs. Smith's home, getting on top of the house and walking about and scratching on the doors. _ Friday night Rev. Philip Cory kill ed one of them; a few hours later, Mrs. Smith was disturbed by the other 'possum. Chief of Police J. A. Wheeler and the minister found him in a tree near the home and nabbed their second 'possum. FARMVILLE CONTRIBUTES $373 TO TUBERCULOSIS DRIVE contributed $373 to Seal sale, according ,v Miss Dell Sue Taft, executive secretary of the Pitt Coun ty Tuberculosis .association, to the local chairman, Miss Tabltha DeVis conti. ’ . 'VM»! This is not a final report because a few letters aip still coming in. Farmville has Walstonburg Men’s J Club Hears Flan To Become Lions Club Norman Tmablood of Elisabeth City, traveling representative of Lions International, and Bob Strick land, a member of the Tarboro Lions club, met-with the Walstonburg Men’s club last Thursday night and dis cussed the advantages of having a Lions club in Walstonbuig. They explained the operations of a Lions club and went into detail about the type of projects sponsored and the expenses involved in becoming-affi liated with the International organiza tion. The club voted to defer until Feb ruary final decision on whether or not it should affiliate with the Lions organization. J. R. Peeler, new president, presid ed and announced appointments to committees and to the board of li rectors. Directors are D. D. Fields, Roland Fields, Earl Lang and Carl Hicks. Committees are made up of the following (in each instance, the first named member is to serve as chairman): Program and entertain ment, D .D. Fields, Earl Lang and Harold Bailey; objectives, Sam Chand ler, Isaac Rouse and Boland Fields; school, Card Hicks, Frank Dali, Flfe hugH McKeel; agriculture, Ben Gay, i David Starling, Carl Cobb; industry, J. C. Gardner, T. E. Lang, Cart Mc Keel; fellowship, Gray Fields, Marvin ; Mercer, Jesse Galloway; classifica tion, Henry Burch, Sam Craft, Marion ‘ Eason. Other officers of the club are Rol »nd Fields, vice president; David . Starling, secretary; Frank Dail, ’ treasurer; J. C. Gardner, chaplain; Sam Chandler, sergeant-at-arms. The All-Star Basketball tourna ment to be held .in the Walstonburg , gymnasium during February trill be sponsored by the club. Members will sell season tickets for children for 60 cents and for adults for 75 cents. Tickets at the door will be 26 emits for children and §5 cents for adults. DAR Picks* Delegates • To State Conclave At its meeting Saturday afternoon in the chapterhouse, the Major Benja min May -chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution selected six members to serve as delegates to the Golden Jubilee conference of the state DAR on March 1, 2, and 3. The delegates are Mrs. A. C. Monk, Mrs. T. E. Hooker of Greenville, Mrs. J. 0. Pollard, Mrs. G. A. Rouse, Mrs. Sam T.'White of Greenville and Mrs. E. Bruce Beasley of Fountain. Alter nates are Mrs. Knott Proctor of Greenville, Mrs. Leon Edwards of Snow Hill, Mrs. Preston Murphrey, Mrs. C. R. Townsend, .Miss Helen Smith and Miss Tabitha DeVisconti. Chosen to attend the national con ference in Washington, D. C., April 17-21, were Mrs. Monk, Mrs. Pollard and Mrs. Hooker. It was decided unanimously to place the chapter name on the -bell tower honor roll at Gettysburg and a col lection to defray the expense was taken. Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson pre sided over the meeting and Mrs. Beas ley, chaplain, gave a talk on world affairs, read Isaiah 21:15 and John 1:5, concluding the devotional with a poem and the Lord’s prayer. Mrs. M. V. Jones led the chapter »n pledging allegiance to the flag. Notes of thanks from Mrs. T. C. Turnage and Mrs. C. S. Eagles were read. Mrs. Haywood - Smith introduced Miss Carolyn Roebuck, who played a piano selection, and Mis. C. H. Flan agan, who gave a talk on new scienti fic discoveries. The regent announced that George Perry, dean of the music department at ECTC, will present a recital on March 31 at 8 o’clock in the chapter house. Following adjournment the hostess es, Mrs. Proctor, Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Louise Harris, served heavenly hash, nuts, coffee and cheese straws. March Of Dimes Led Locally By School The March of Dimes campaign for funds .got underway in FarmviUe and Pitt county this week. The Farmville school is directing the drive locally, and it is hoped that the response will be good. It is estimated that it will take $20,000,000 to complete treat ment on cases now existing even if there should be no new cases in 1060. However, it is necessary to be pre pared for an epidemic and to continue research. The goal of the I960 drive is $62 million. t Pitt’s quota is $12,600. Last year about $1600 was raised in FarmviUe. The school has been divided into departments this year and* students are working on that basis. Self-addressed envelopes have been placed .at the doors of 600 homes in Farmville and contributions can ba mailed. The point is to give through some child or mail contributions to Sam D. -Bundy, Farmville School, Farmville, N. C. The campaign will close Jan. 31. | Towb and Country j {ay James p, nocaauayj Most rarmvilie citizens will re ceive wutn regret the decision, of the fecan Grove JJairy to witndiaw en tirely from the retail milk business, fins feeling of regret is not caused i>y any unusually deep affection for tne Hairy, as such; nor is it rooted in apposition to the Carolina Hairy Products Company taking over the route. Bather, it is a feeling of re gret that any local business finds it advisable to curtail operations, re gardless of whether the factors in fluencing the decision are a direct re sult of the firm's policies or whether hey develop from sources over which he operators have no control. * * *' People of the town are still talk ing about, and marveling at, the Maneuvers of Oscar P. Hoffman, who lerved as secretary of the local Cham ier of Commerce for a short tune in ;he closing days of 1947. Hoffman’s far-flung operations back-fired as he angled with the law en bad check iharges, and lost Prom The Path finder comes this “Tale of Hoffman:” “Oscar Hoffman, a mental patient it East Louisiana State Hospital in lackssn, and his ward psychiatrist, Dr. Edwin C. McGowan, member of Ucpholics Anonymous, shared a little friendly drink to (felebrate Christ nac. r “At the end of five days and a long roil of empty bottles, the two ap peared at Hotel Dieu, a New Orleans rospital. Hoffman,,told the atrimchgit re was a “psychiatrist” and wanted ‘his patient,” McGowan, admitted as m "alcoholic.” “Hoffman continued the spree a one, with the help of $320 of Mc Glowan’s money and $60 he got for McGowan’s automobile. After Mc Gowan sobered up enough 'to' tell his story and set police on . Hoffman’s trail, Hoffman walked into New Or leans’ De Paul Sanatorium and turned limself in.” " The story has another chapter. U>yola O’Leary of the local Catholic hurch was in New Orleans during the flew Year holidays and was told about the incident by a friend who serves in the staff of one of the hospitals nvolved in the story. The friend told D’Leary that it took three days for Dr. McGowan to convince hospital au thorities that he really was a psychia trist, not a patient. At the time he leard all this, O’Leary, who came to Farmville since Hoffman’s rime, did lot know that the community he now served was in any way connected with Phe Tale. * * * There’s quite a story connected with .he sporty cap i>. &. Johnson was .vearmg around town the other day. Ur. Johnson, who has duties that cake him into many sections of . the United States, lost his chapeau one Saturday night recently when he was attending a conference at a Chicago 10 tel. When the meeting disbanded, Mr. Johnson’s hat had disappeared. One of the belhops in the hotel stole, legged or borrowed a hat from some where for Mr. Johnson to wear dur ing Sunday. On Monday morning, Mr. JohnBon went down and bought himself not only a hat but a cap, as well. Now, he says, he can stuff his cap in his pocket and proceed with the business at hand without worry ing about whether bis hat will be waiting for him when he gets ready to leave. Chief of Police Lloyd Lucas, whose work with the Farmvitte police de partment has earned him the reputa tion of being a detective of no mean ability, believes that Raymond Hair, 24-year-old former Wake Forest stu dent, charged with the murder of Ray Coble, another studlht, is linked with the murder of a soldier who was found in a dying condition in an au tomobile on a Farmvilie street early one morning in September, 1946. Mo clue as to the identity of the murder er has ever been established, although state and federal officers as well as the military services, have gone over the case thoroughly^ Lucas bases his belief on the fact that there was in Farmvilie early on the morning of the murder a service man, wearing either a navy or merchant marina uni form, about 18 years old. ' Hair was in the merchant marine and was less than 20 years old. at the time. The victim, whose home was in Mew York, was known to have been with a ser vice man who had registered at the USO center in Wilson as “Bart Mar tin of Boston, member of the mer chant marine.’’ Official records dis closed no one of'that name was con nected wtth the service. It is known (Special to The Enterprise) Wasnjngton, D. C., Jan. i»—First congressional mstrict economy-con scious lar neeis wno ranieu u> lue support ox tne noover Commission recommenaaaons are being assureo ot continued legislative euorts to ei tect greater economy ana increased etiKiency in the executive brancn ot the government. Tne assurance of continued support of the Hoover Commission (actually the Committee on the Organization of the Executive Branch ot the Gov ernment) comes from Congressman Herbert C. Bonner in letters to vari ous enthusiasts in the First District who have written, requesting his sup port of the program. * Mr. Bonner, chairman of a subcom mittee of the Expenditures Committee to which the Hooyer Report was re ferred, explains, however, that out right enactment of the recommenda tions is impossible. They cannot be legislated directly. ■'* . \ “There has been a popular mis conception that these findings em body specific legislative drafts and proposals,” the Congressman assert ed. “The reports," he explained, "do not take the form of a blue print, rhey are more in the nature of gen eralized recommendations dealing with the divers phases of govern ment operations.” To Congress has fallen the task of formulating legislation to achieve the results desired and recommended by the Commission. Mr. Bonner stated that he hoped that the anticipated •conomies would come from the pro gram. “But it cannot be achieved in a short space of time,” he pointed nit. The First District Representative declared that there are only two ways in which a balanced budget and economy can be accomplished. “They are reduction in' authorization and ap propriations by Congress, both of which I stand for,” Mr. Bonner said. That Congress is attempting and is so far successful in its attempts to reorganise the executive branch is evidenced by legislation already pass The Expenditures Committee draft ed and guided through Congress the Reorganization Act of 1949, a land mark of importance in following the Hoover Commission Recommenda tions. The Act gave the President power to recommend specific reorganization plans and submit them to Congress for approval. By August 14,1949, six of President Truman's plans had been enacted in to law. They corrected the situation in the National Military Establish ment, Civil Service Commission, Pro curement and Supply Activity, and the Post Office Department One of the most important works was the passage of the Federal Prop erty and Administration Services Act of 1949 which stresses simplification of buying practices and the utilisation and disposal of government property. Drafted by the Expenditures Com mittee and hailed-as one of the great est consolidations in tile history of government, the act can save the gov ernment over one billion dollars dur ing the next decade. , Now the Expenditures Committee is expanding into the areas of record management and traffic management and in addition, it is contemplated that. President Truman will submit a number of new reorganization plans to Congress in the near future. ,lfc Bonner, who also chairmans the Intergovernmental Relations Subcom mittee of the Expenditures Commif tee, reports that the Hoover Commis sion study on government regulatory bodies has been referred to his group. “It is my intent to hold hearings and set upon this task at once for every possible enactment of worth while legislation in this complicated * field ef work,” he said. The Commission, named the Hoov er Commission because of its chair man, the former President, made its report last June after sending the nu merous “task forces” it included into all branches of the government. The Hoover Commission was organ ized back in 1947. It included over 300 outstanding citizens chosen to study the federal government for pos sible improvements in efficiency.