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tA R OIL IN "Publishef^ 1 ate Editor sing Manager j :e Manager y Thursday By J ling Company isvUle.N.C.2B7l4 I DUMBER 16 1 es »3.00/Year f 5.00/Ye«r | SENATOR 4 SAM ERVIN ffiLej| WASHINGTON—The power of the purse has become em broiled in a major dispute between the President and the Con gress in recent months. At stake are billions of dollars of highway and public works funds which the Administration is refusing to spend af ter Congress has appropriated them. According to testi mony recently given by Deputy Director Caspar W, Weinber ger of the Office of Management and Budget, approximately $12.7 billion for the cmrent fiscal year has been impounded, a phrase used to denote the non-spending of funds after Con gress has appropriated them. Paradoxically, nearly half of the impounded monies are trust funds collected through user taxes for the building of interstate highways. Other "frozen funds" have been blocked for demonstrated public needs. Last month, the Subcommittee of Separation of Power; of which I am Chairman, held three days of hearings on the general subject of impoundment of Congressionally-appro - printed funds by the Executive branch of the Government. During these hearings, I pointed out that under the Constitu tion the Congress has the power of the purse, but if it per mits the President to impound or place in budgetary reserves such sums as he pleases, in effect, it is allowing the Presi dent to .exercise an item veto which is denied him by the Constitution. Such a practice also permits the President to usurp the congressional power of establishing spending prior ities. Thus, Congress is in danger of losing one of the few powers of consequence that it has left. Frankly, I think it would have been better if the Consti tution htd given the President an item veto, but the fact is that it does not. Within the near future, I plan to introduce a bill to require the President, whenever he impounds funds appropriated by Congress for a specific project, to report his action to Congress and let his action lie before Congress for a period of 60 days. If Congress votes to veto the impound ment, then it would become the duty of the President inthe execution of his constitutional obligation to see that the laws are faithfully executed to carry out the specific expenditure. I believe in a balanced budget, but I do not believe that the President should exercise what amounts to an item veto without some method by which Congress can reassert its will. I would go along with the President’s action if impound ment were undertaken to balance the budget, but the fact is that more often than not the real purpose is to permit him to reexamine the need for any expenditure for the coun try after he has approved the appropriation therefor as duly passed by the Congress. This is tantamount to saying that after Congress appropriates, it must let the President dictate the priority of expenditures as well as the amount thereof. Admittedly, there are some exceedingly difficult ques tions involved in dealing with impoundment, but in a day of $229 billion Federal budgets it seems to me that if we grant the President complete power to spend or not spend ap> propriated funds, "government under law" and the doctrine of "separation of powers" becomes nothing more than a sham I think the issue is a serious one and requires prompt re - medial action by Congress. north" me, the 11 J trkrSil : Nl6HTir APE 'l'J (3 GPGWV& fcOGStgi Hi " Burley Tobacco lenisiafion Approved By Who. C. Bledsoe A bill authorizing the Secre tary of Agriculture to establish buriey marketing quotas on a poundage basis rather than an acreage basis was signed by President Nixon April 14,1971. Poundage quota base for a farm In 1971 would be figured on die basis of average yield- -the top four of the last five years. By provision of this low the Secretary cannot reduce a farm poundage quota by more than 5# in 1971 or any other year. Growers with 1/2 acres or less can not be cut by more than approximately 2 1/296 in 1972 or 1973. Up to 11096 of quota can be sold any one year with out penalty, but marketing quo ta would be reduced the follow ing year by the amount of the excess sold. Quotas may be t leased and transferred to other forms within the same county up to a maximum of 15,000 lb. to anyone farm. A referendum for Burley Growers will be held May 4, at spjecified polling places. In this referendum growers may •vote for or against controls and 1 ANNOUNCEMENT 1 I The Following Aanoonce Their I I Candidacy For The City Government I I Os Bnrnsvillo Snbject To The Will Os | | The People May 4, 1971 | I For Mayor- Carl A. Carter I 1 For Board of I I Alderman- Ferrill G. McCurry 1 I For Board of V 1 Alderman- Cedi W. Shaw 1 1 We Pledge Ourselves To The Following 1 f Commitments To The People Os 1 1 Equal Representation Os All The People 1 | Continuation Os The Water Project I I Implementation Os Other Beneficial I I Projects As Feasible I 1 Responsible Government Consistent 1 1 With Good Business Practice I I An Opportunity For All Citizens To | I Discuss Any Matter That Pertains To I 1 Their Welfare And Town As A Whole, ff I Regular Meetings Os The Town Board 1 1 Will Be Open To Any Interested Citizens. I parity prize support rystem for the yean 71-73. » controls are rejected there will be no price support and unlimited amounts of buriey could be govs* Killed In Vietnam Spec. 4 Michael Edgar Mc- Peters, 21, son of Mr. and Mb. Gresham E. McPetes of Nebo and the grandson of Mb. Mol - lie Boone of Burnsville, was killed in action in Vietnam on April 1, his family was notified recently. McPetes, who served in the 23rd Infantry Division stationed at Chu Lai near DaNang, was fa a patrol group that was am bushed killing about 60 Amer icans. He went to Vietnam last July and had received several medals, including the Silver Star and a flight medal for ser vice on helicopter missions. In addition to his wife,Mb. Nancy Blackwelder Me Peters of Morganton, his parents and his grandmother, he is survived by one brother, Darrell Doug t||fit t i 0t 0 0 If controls are accepted there will be support prices and allot ments will be based on pounchge. If anyone has questions, please call our office or ASCA office. las McPeters of the home; two sisteß, Mb. Joe Greenway of Eatonton, Ga. and Mrs. Robert Smith Jr. of Marion; and his paternal grandfather, Woody McPeters of Marion. Spea’al Worship Sunday evening at 8:30 at the Celo Friends Meeting House just off Rt. 80 South, a spe cial meeting of worship will be held in conjunction with the National Vigil in Washing ton on the same day. The - woship will concentrate on prayer for President Nixon for a full understanding of the Peace Testimony of Friends The public is invited to come and witness. For further information call 675-4323.
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