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1 M , ; PAC3 TW(y 1ITS PERQUIMANS WErilLY, HERTFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1946. t - t if '!.' l. 'e ir. 'A nf3 firiSS DHMKD Cl DDL1F 61nOMLEil!UPPCAlpl Five Minute Address in behalf of Robert Lee number's Candi dacy for Congress, Delivered y Jack Edwards, Attorney, oh Tuesday, May 14, 194$, over Sta tion WGTG, Greenville, North Carolina. Ladies and gentlemen of the radio audience; voters of the First Con gressional District: It is a great pleasure and a signal honor to have the privilege of ad dressing you in behalf of your friend and mine, that firm and loyal citizen of this district, Robert Lee Humber. In the brief time alloted, I shall endeavor to set the record straight on just one point which, together with many others, has been used by the opposition in attempting to confuse your minds respecting the manner in which the present Representative of the First District is regarded in Con gress. According to the Congressional Di rectory of the 79th Congress, 1st Ses sion, copy of which I have before me, the present Representative is a mem ber of seven of the forty-eight stand ing committees of the House. I assert to you that none of these seven com mittees are considered outstanding or of great importance. On the Accounts Committee, the Invalid Pensions Committee and the War Claims Com- RE-NOMINATE CHAS. H. JENKINS FOR The State Senate Subject to Democratic Primary SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1946 He will appreciate your vote on the basis of his qualifica tions and his record in the last Legislature. V i ..... - . . . i mj EXTRA TASTY BREAD! r csry BECAUSE IT'S FULL-STRENGljH this active fresh Yeast goes right to work. No waiting no extra steps! And Fleischmann's fresh Yeast helps make bread that tastes sweeter, is lighter, finer-textured every time. p YQU BARE AT H0MEbe sure to get Fleischmann's active fresh Yeast with the familiar yellow label. 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But this committee is largely perfunctory and seldom has any leg islation referred to it. ' Now please let me remind you that all members of the House serve on several committees unless the commit tee is an important one such as Ways and Means, Agriculture, Appropria tions, Naval or Military Affairs, in which case the Congressman may serve on only one committee due to the volume of business necessary to be handled. Some of these important commit tees are the following (and may I be permitted again to call your attention to the fact that the present Repre sentative of this .district is not a member of a single one of these im portant committees): Ways and Means, Appropriations, Agriculture, Education, Rules, Insular Affairs, Ju diciary, Military Affairs, Naval Af fairs, Rivers and Harbors, Post Of fice and Post Roads, Mines and Min ing, Labor, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Banking and Currency, Coinage, Weights and Measures, District of Columbia, Im migration and Naturalization, World War Veteran's Legislation, War Claims, Pensions, Civil Service, ! Claims and several others of which he is not a member. It is an absurdity, therefore, and contrary to all sense and reason when it is even suggested that the present Congressman of this district had any thing to do with the vast shipping during the war simply because he hap pened to be a member of the unimpor tant legislative committee of Merch ant Marine and Fisheries. I hav written to the clerk of this commit tee, of which Congressman Bland of Newport News, Virginia, is the Chairman, asking the number of times it has met during this, the 79th Congress, the bills which have been considered by it, and which, if any have been reported out of the Committee, were enacted into law by the Congress. If any work of im portance has been done by this Com mittee, you and I should be very much surprised. It is certainly not important enough to keep Mr. Bland, its Chairman, from serving on three other committees of the House. Even if it were one of the most im portant, it would be just as ridicu lous to intimate that a member of' it was responsible for the vast operation of our Merchant Marine as it would be to say that a member of the great Agriculture Committee brought about the production of all the cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco, potatoes, wheat and many other crops which are raised and marketed in this great Nation of ours. What could be more ridiculous than a statement of that kind to our SPECIAL BUS SERVICE Does your Club or Organiza tion want to go to the beach this summer, or on a sight-seeing trip, tour, or picnic? We have a fleet of fifty passen ger buses and reliable drivers to serve you. Make reservations for special trips as early as possible. Spe ;ial rates for Church and School Organizations. Engage a bus today for your annual picnic or tour. Ride Collectively Safely Economically! Telephone 204 ' Corapeake, N. C. ARMSTRONG BUS LINES farmers? T ' 1 5 '.:., i ' A legislative Committee consider and passes upon bills, which may or may not become law; It certainly has nothing to do with the enormoua op erating forces which carry on daily the gigantic industry of oil people either on the land or on the sea. , .,' .. Robert Lee Humber would not per mit hit friends to distort or exagger ate facts in order to give hinv-an Ad vantage even if they should make an effort to do so. We know and the op position asserts that Robert Humber is stalwart and true; that he is a gen tleman of the highest degree. His soundness and knowledge, his ability and energy and his tireless efforts for the masses of the people qualify him to represent us in the Halle of Con gress. At this crucial period we need his able leadership. I am proud to join the overwhelm ing majority of the voters of ray County in voting for Robert Lee Humber. Thank You! As we all know Jack Edwards is a native of Perquimans County. He is a former Congressional Secretary of this district. He is a former member of the General Assembly of North Carolina, representing Pitt County in the House of Representatives. He ap preciates the support of the voters of Perquimans County for Robert le Humber. Princely Goober Now Third Ranking Crop The princely peanut, North Caro lina's Cinderella crop, now ranks third in income to Tar Heel farmers, being out-distanced only by tobacco and cot ton. Cash return of the 1944 crop was $25,449,000. Peanut growers have been asked to produce 2,500,000 acres of peanuts fbt edible purposes in this country this year. North Carolina's goal has been set at 240,000 acres, about 25 per cent less than last year, in a crop which now is being planted. Indications are that the goal will be greatly exceeded in this state. While cotton yields during the past 15 years have almost doubled, peanut yields have decreased during that per iod. In the face of this fact Walton C. 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ROYAL TIRES and TUBES JOE & BILL'S SERVICE STATION RAY WHITE, PROP. PHONE 8601 -VOTE FOR Candidate Oitli A Program NOTICE We will close each Wednesday at 12 o'clock noon, during the months of May, June, July and AuA gust. AGRICULTURE Born and reared on a farm and having lived on a farm for twenty years of his life, he knows the needs of the farmer and can be depended upon to work for the welfare of the farmer. CONSERVATION As a member of the North Caro lina Board of Conservation and De velopment, on the Committee of Commercial Fisheries and Forests, he has been active in the conser vation of all resources in North Carolina. EDUCATION As an educator, having taught in the public schools of North Caro lina for nine years, he is a friend of education and knows from ex perience the problems of the schools. GOOD ROADS As chairman of the Bertie High way Commission for many years he was a pioneer in the good roads movement. He worked actively for bridging the Roanoke and Chowan Rivers. .He can be depended upon to work actively for better farm to market roads. HEALTH A leader in the last legislature for State aid for area hospitals and health centers lie can be depended upon to continue to fight for bet ter health for North Carolina. . . CANDIDATE FOR WL Primary. Saturday. Mo? 25th Your Vote and Support Will Be Greatly Appreciated . ; S t t ! r . r 1 1 naanuiu, u , . HERTFORD, N. C. , j HERTFORD, N. C. HERTFORD, N. C. 1 'i
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