ten. Erwin Says:
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■titVGTON—There is room
1 A' 1V disagreement as to the
'"uteri -=;S]atjon in the la
tSh'for le*M
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Effective Bill
‘ s0, I have attempted
! TD' ' a course in the matter
r'^|f produce an effective bill
action by Congress in
W ■ i T)t aCUOU U.v . “
fcr l'r,‘. '0f labor corruption, as
„und;<«‘hP McClellan committee
jjiow: j' have served for two
fer. " ‘‘'%e bill that I have co
*i-i , ',vit.h Senator Kennedy
Ip need. There is also
'ecment between the Ken
an d administration
ijieo t. •
Jide
F i,. Ervin
led.' I". ,iu, controversy arises ov
th! inclusion of certain Taft
I1"
K,>,nustTe‘‘consideml in sep
tate bills
The
mciu=*“" ■ , ,
,-evisions which 1 am con
Upced in'
New
York Times recently
the • this way.
-But, after all. these are matters
econdary boycotts,
primarily 'involve the
Itr. ' 1 , .. i ..•» 1 rol n 15nnc nf 1 *t -
- ,nd external relations of la
miens, not how they manage
orUI1:‘n affairs. Doesn’t this
El nll’fl f ft i I - -
amendments to the Taft
Fi|(,v‘ law should be made
& ch a separate, and carefully
jon.side red. overall measure ?Jhey
like’ excess baggage’ which
well be temporarily jetti
r ■ . now fur the sake of reaching
fc main and immediate objective:
■T-ter democracy, honesty and
Efficiency within American labor
Inions. ’
Testimony
some time ago 1 testified before
I,., labor sub-committee consid
er ne the proposed hills. I re
J the need for corrective leg
islation. My position is that the
1 Kennedy-Ervin Bill effectively
I prohibits the misuse of union
unds provides an effective
Imethiid of control by local union
(members, prohibits felons f'roni
holding union office and is a
.mod labor reform bill.
\s 1 have stated before, I fav
inr eliminating all Taft-Hartley
I law revisions from a labor reform
bill and including them in sep
arate bills. Congress ought to
jet with haste and wisdom in
adopting labor refotrm legisla
tion The conditions are a dis
[ grace to our country.
Practical Consideration
, Arthur Krock, a distinguished
Journalist, recently discussed in his
rlumn the various view’s on plo
tted legislation, including the
Kennedy-Ervin bill. He concludes
; article with the following:
"There is, of course, a prac
tical consideration which sup
ports the Kennedy-Ervin ap
! proach. This is that any pro
gress toward curbs of the exces
sive power of the unions is
I worth making; that the Kennedy
i Ervin measure provides this,
will surely be approved, but may
J fail if amending it as the admin
| jst ration proposes leaves organ
ized labor with the choice of all
j or none.
“This consideration appeals to
jnany members of Congress who
[cannot be fairly tagged as pawns
Jof the unions. And naturally it
■appeals to others: Those for whom
pt is politically safe to vote for the
Create Wardrobe Items in Adidt Class
m - -«■■■ . h I.
Thirty-seven women, students in an adult sewing class at Owen High school, are turning out additions to the
Spring wardrobes of themselves or their families. The group, which meets Monday afternoons, and will next week con
clude the series which is sponsored by the Vocational Home Economics department, includes, above: left to right, Mrs.
Helen Ferguson, Mrs. Pearl Morgan, Mrs. Dorothy Joyner and Mrs. Doris Jolly; below, Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt, instructor,
Mrs. Florence Ratchford, Mrs. Earl A. Taylor, instructor, and Mrs. Daphne Tron. (Asheville Times Photos)
Kennedy-Ervin bill but not for the
administration supplements; and
those who, welcoming progress in
the field of industrial relations,
sincerely oppose the curbs in the
administration’s draft.”
Steps Must Be Taken
Whatever the Congress gets in
the way of legislation will have to
be the result of most penetrating
debate and studv. Steps must be
taken to put democracy in unions.
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Sewing at Owen
The home economics department
at Owen High school has been full
and running over each Monday
afternoon, when ladies from the
community come “back to school.”
; A class in beginning sewing,
taught by Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt and
Mrs. Earl A. Taylor, is under way,
sponsored by the Vocational de
partment.
The class has been meeting each
Monday for the past six weeks
from 3 to 5:30. The members are
bubbling with enthusiasm and
many beautiful garments are under
construction, such as children’s
dresses, house dresses, skirts, suits
and coats.
The following are enrolled:
Mrs. Anna Allen, Mrs. Hayes
Conner, Mrs. H. D. Crawford, Mrs.
If. D. Daugherty, Mrs. C. H. Farr,
Mrs. Gregory Fox, Mrs. Irene Gas
person, Mrs. L. II. Gregory, Mrs.
Burgess Hensley, Mrs. Lillian Is
rael, Mrs. Earl Jolly, Mrs. G. C.
Joyner, Mrs. S. I.. Joyner, Mrs.
If. A. Kerlee, Mrs. Leatha Osborn,
Mrs. Opal Lemieux, Mrs. Floyd
Morgan, Mrs. Eula Mae Morris,
Mrs. Virginia Moyers, Mrs. Hazel
Norman.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. Ralph
R o b i n s o n , Mi's. Helen Ross,
Mrs. Annie Sims, Mrs. G. B.
Talbot, Mrs. Roy Taylor, Mrs.
Fred Tron, Mrs. Edith Ballard,
Mrs. Joe Rice, Mrs. I). N.
Na.nney, Mrs. Glen Bryan, Mrs.
Herb Coman, Mrs. W. T. Ratch
foi'd, Mrs. I). C. Martin, Mrs. G. C.
Rayfield, Mrs. Shelby Smith, Mrs.
Helen Ferguson and Mrs. William
Styles.
KIWANIS HEAR TALK
ON SCOUTING PROGRAM
Mrs. William Styles addressed
last week’s meeting of the Kiwanis
club Thursday noon at the Monte
Vista hotel. She spoke on Scout
ing.
This week’s meeting will also be
a luncheon today (Thursday) at
the hotel.
A
The
W aste Basket
(INTO WHICH A GOOD IDEA
SOMETIMES FINDS ITS WAY)
By Dorothy Mattison
Walter Garland is a bit skeptical
about local hopes for an early
sprinp; after going through some
of his keepsakes recently and com
ing- upon a newspaper clipping
dated March 20, 1016.
Drifts on Highway 70
The paper features some scenes
that look as if they’d been made
in the Arctic (discounting the
Western North Carolina pines
which towers in the background).
One of them shows a huge snow
drift on Highway 70, near Black
Mountain, which State Highway
employes had to cut through. It
was about 100 yards in extent and
varied from six to nine feet deep
and it took them all day to do the
job. Traffic had to he detoured.
Despite four-foot drifts in Ashe
ville, the mailman made his rounds,
with Patton Avenue business men
getting out early and digging paths
to their doors.
A local long-range weather fore
caster says the final cold blast in
these parts this year would be on
Feb. 24—with warmer tempera
tures, and rain rather than snow,
from about then to the end of this
month.
Distinguished kiwanians
M. K. Head, president of the
Kiivanis club of Black Moustain and
Swannanoa, reminds that one-sixth
of the members of the 8flth U. S.
Congress are Kiwanians—North
Carolina Kiwanians among them be
ing- Senator Sam Erwin and Con
gressmen L. H. Fountain, Alton
Lennon and Basil L. Whitener.
Russia in the 30’s
Miss Genevieve Fisher, long-time
resident of Black Mountain, is one
of the most absorbed readers of
this year’s best-seller, “Doctor
Zhivago,” whose Russian author
declined the Nobel Peace prize for
literature earlier in the season.
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Miss Fisher, touring a number of
Russian cities in the late ’30’s, has
personally observed a good many
of the metropolitan centers por
trayed in the earlier half of the
book. Even in 1937, she remem
bers, there were many evidences
of the rigid controls now imposed
by current regime already in evi
dence.
Original Jewelry
Western North Carolina flora
blooms the year ’round in the
tiny designs which tourists and lo
cal residents hate found on the lo
cal wooden jewelry which is in
creasingly popular in craft and gift
shops from here to Washington.
Their maker, Mrs. Grace Thomas
Neal, formerly of Philadelphia asd
for several years a resident at
Celo, N. C., has come here to make
her home and continue work on
this novelty jewelry which she cre
ated as a hobby, but which has
become a regular business. It's
local mosses and lichen anil other
field and forest items which will
be decorating her handwork in fu
ture. She is at the Fleetwood
Apartments.
Actress Returns to Black VIt.
Also residing here for the season
is Mary Gonzales, talented actress
who last summer carried most of
the feminine character roles in the
Silo Circle theater’s productions.
With her are her children, who are
enrolled in the local school. It’s
surprising to see her off-stage, so
tiny in stature—when one reflects
how she can dominate a stage in
a theatrical role.
noiy scouts in. mi*
Going back to the Kiwanians for
another moment, local Boy Scouts
of Troop 25 plunged in and had a
fine swim at “Intheoaks” on a re
cent fine evening, thanks to admis
sion paid by the club for the group.
Another evidence of the abiding in
terest of club members in youth
of the community was attested by
a gift to the recently-established
8th grade boys’ handicraft class
at the Elementary school. Kiwan
ians gave the group a workbench
and plan to buy a vise for the fur
therance of the boys’ wood-work
ing projects. The group was backed
by the Black Mountain BP&W in
founding the class as a “Finer
Carolina" project this year.
Scouting Anniversary
While no special program here
marked recent national “Boy Scout
Week,” Troop 25 can report an ac
tive year—thanks to a group of
their elders deeply interested in
the movement in this area and to
the leadership provided by an Ow
en High student, Jimmy Page. The
fact that a number of Cub Scouts
will be due to move up to regular
Scouting in another few weeks
points to even greater growth of
Scouting here.
In its nearly half-century exist
ence, the organization has touched
the lives of more than 28,500,000
Americans. Today there are more
than 4,780,000 boys and leaders
playing the wonderful “game of
Scouting'.” This works out to one
of every four boys in the 8 to 10
year-old groups, and the hope is
that this proportion will be ma
terially increased.
Had Operatic Roles
A local matron, who likes light,
rhythmic music, but admits that
opera is not her dish, the other
night confided the probable reason
why: She once served as a super
numerary in two Philadelphia Op
era productions. She recalls all
too vividly that her debut on stage
NORTH FORK NEWS
By Mrs. Howard Willett
Sunday school attendance was
103 on Sunday with the Golden
Circle class getting the banner.
We were glad to have the Black
Mountain Bible school teacher with
us, and also Mrs. Jim Burke and
daughter, Sandy.
The choir sang “Near to the
Heart of God” and our pastor
brought a message on “Our Per
petual Christ." On Sunday night
we enjoyed a film, “Missionary to
Walkers Garage.”
On Wednesday night we begin a
study course of the “Book of
Mark.”
A Training union study course
will begin March !) at Swannanoa
Baptist church.
Rev. Mack Summey will lead a
revival beginning April 13. Pat
Willet and Gordon Lunsford are in
charge of “Cottage Prayer meet
ings” and G. C. Fox is in charge
of visitation.
Randy Clayton, Howard Wilson
and Kay Willet are on the sick list.
Miss Isabelle Wicker, Mrs. Ir
vin McIntosh and Mrs. Lee Kinard
are planning a trip to Florida.
They plan to go to Key West, St.
Petersburg and visit a niece, Mrs.
Lester Alford, at Kissimmee, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Moroe Mor
ris went to Macon, Ga., over the
REPORTS AGRICULTURE
OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES
The Black Mountain-Swannanoa
Kiwanis chib, in weekly session at
the Monte Vista hotel on Thursday,
Feb. 12, heard a talk by Gary
Carso n, vocational agriculture
teacher at Owen High school, on
activities carried on by the boys
taking agricultural studies there.
Of 62 million workers in the
United States, 25 million are in
some way part of agriculture, he
said, and gave some facts about
college graduates and jobs avail
able. He urged every boy to think
seriously of the future and con
sider a vocation which offers best
opportunity.
A. J. Magnant, T. R. Jurwitz,
and Seek Griffith were guests.
was headlong—or rather footlong.
As her call came she hurried out to
join the stage crowd, hampered by
having dressed so hurriedly her
shoes got on the wrong feet. Says
she’s never been comfortable about
opera since.
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GARDNER-WEBB HAS
NEW SCHOLARSHIP
GRANT FOR STUDENTS
Boiling Springs—Gardner-Webb
college has received a grant, of $2,
766 from the federal government
to be used for student loans.
The federal funds are part of a
$47 million allocation made avail
able during the current fiscal year
week-end to visit Mr. and Mrs.
George Rickman and also to-bring
their nephew, Joe Cordell, after
visiting there for two weeks.
to colleges throughout the nation.
The college will administer
awarding of the loans in the same
manner that it handles its own loan
funds. Grades, need, goal, and
other qualifications will be consid
ered. Preference is to be given to
future teachers and those studying
science and engineering. Loans
will not exceed $1,000 for each,
school year, and are payable one
year affter college graduation. No
interest is to be charged prior to
that time. Gardner-Webb has had
a student loan fund for some 20
years.
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