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lUlelgb. April 23.?The State employment
service announced today
that each of the 180 active American
Legion posts in North Carolina
was effected to cooperate in obser
vance of 'National Employment
laid on finding jobs for men ana
Women over 40 years of age during
the week, especially 224,275 veteran*
seeking jobs ovef the nation.
Myrtle lieuch, S. C., April 23. ?
Approximately 15 officers and 130
enlisted men, with lu planes. Major
fjleon C. Salisbury. commanding,
wick couuty impaneled a Jury early
tonight but had not set the time
lor an inquest.
The accident occurred about live
o'clock. Sheriff Dillon Oaney said
that the boy was apparently standing
beside the highway, watching a
passing?train, and walked in front
' of the approaching car.
Morgifnton, April 23.?Will Pinkey
Mooney, 28 year old furniture
worker died tonight from wnat Cor
oner Russell K. Green.e found
self ii^fllcted gunshot "J11*1 knife
wounds.
Coroner Greene ruled the death a
clear case of suicide and S!U'1 no
inquest was ' necessary.
Legion Coach Not
Hired Yet
J. 11. Keeter, Athletic officer of
the local American Legion Post told
the Herald late last night that at
that time no coach had been hired
to handie the American Legion Jun
. lor Baseball team. Shorty Edens,
manager of the team, could not be
reached, but Mr. Keeter said that
two men are at present being considered,
and one should be hired by
the end of the week.
Attends Conference
Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Jr., pastas of
Central Methodist Church. Is In Atlantic
City where he in attending
the National Conference of flhe
Methodist Church.
Laughing Arour
With IRVfr
The Final
By IRVIN 1
' 'HERE was company at the farmh
had her share and more of N<
through hospitality to offer the suj
might like a (bus * pleee of fresh ap
endorsement ?f the idee. 80 Mr. Pu
pen try end started for the cellar to 1
The cellar wee dark and the ste
way down he stumbled and dropped \
brick floor atx feet below, where he la
Upstairs in the parte- they heard
and wifely solicitude wi large upoi
head of tlie cellar steps.
"Patr," she called down, "did you
From the Told below a determbu
"No, I didn't, but by Judas Priest
Crash!
dlriisa Msec
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wilt .engage iu target practice and I
maneuvers at Myrtle Beach through I
' out the mouth ot June.
Winnlsboro S. C., April 23?James
Hucae, 18, ot Wlnnsboro was Instantly
killed aud two companions
were iujured, neither seriously, in
an automobile crash" on Highway'
Ko. T1 between Wlnnsboro aud
Ureal Falls about 6 o'clock tonight.
It w f i h rpnnrtor) Ihnt the* uitnmtv
bile, with Lucas driving, weut oui
oi control on a curve near the store
ofA Mrs.. Mamie Raines In !he Mltford
sefction, and- turned over sevei
si times. Lucas was thrown through
the top of the automobile and diec
instantly. '
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Wilmington, April 23.? Milton
Stewart, 11 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Duncan Stewart of Lelund,
was killed this afternoon when he
Was struck by alt automobile driven
by W. L. Hobbs, Jr., of Delco, while
Walking on tne highway near his
home.
The boy died about an hour after
he was brought "to a local hospital.
Cnmnni- John (J. fatson M Rruns
id the World
J S. COBB
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5. COBB
pose that evening and Mrs. Purdy
!w Hampshire thrift, was moved
jgestion that possibly the guests
pie cider. 'There was a unanimous
rdy got a china pitcher from the
rhare the cider was stored.
M leading to it were steen. Half
irith a wounding thump upon tha
sy half-stunned
the sound of his fall. With alarm
i her face Mrs. Purdy rsa to the
break the pitcher?"
m! voice answered beekt 1
t, I'm goto' to now!" ^ .,y. ^
Kings
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ational News
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?National News?
Philadelphia. April 211.?A collar
button wallowed 15 yearn ago was
lemoved from Howard Cole's right
lung , today by physicians of the
Jackson bronchoa. oplc clinic a;
developed a severe cough a few
weeks ago and went to a doctor. An
X-ray disclosed the collar button
and he suddenly remembered h*
had swallowed it when he was a
child.
Athens. Ga.. April 23.?An air
corps reserve officer and an army
enlisted man died today In the flam
trg wreckage of their plane which
crashed in a wooded area adjacent
to the Athens municipal airport.
Boston, April 23.?A howling north
east gale, accompanied by giant
tides, raglug seas, and a potpourri
of rain snow, and sleet, left many
sections of the New England coast
strewn with wreckage tonight
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nunc ont ci ul nvsi i iiru.iiui 11 molllC
communities repaired communications
after being isolated.
Damage estimates throughout
New England ran to hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Washington. April 23.? Repressentatlve
McCorinack, Dept.. of Mas
sachusetth introduced a bill regulring
the Veterans' administration to
furnish hospital traetment and domi
cilary care for World war veterans
who served the merchant marine
during the war.
Columbia, S. C-. April 23.?State
Highway Fatrplman Joseph L. Fun
derburk, *22. was Injured today when
his motorcycle hit an automobile at
a street Intersection here. A doctor
said Runderburk who was on his
way to investigate an accident suffered
severe face and head lacerations
and a possible back injiirq.
BEAUTY 8HOW AT DIXIE
NEXT W$EK
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C. E. Cash, manager of the Dixie
Theatre, announced yesterday that
plans are under way. for the organization
of the "MiSs Kings Mountain"
pageant which is to be staged
at the Dixie Theatre on next Thursday
and Friday evenlugs. May 2-3.
Miss Ruby Crockett, of Dunn, N.'
C,. representative of the United Cin
ema Productions arrived Tuesday to
direct the nroduetion.
On Thursday the Junior Queen
Review will be presented. composed
of little girls between the ages of
ten and three.
It Is to be recalled that Utile Lou
Ann Ix>gnn. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Ixigan. was crownea
the Junior Queen of Kings Mountain
for 1939. and was also crowned
Little Miss North Carolina.
V't
On Friday evening. May 3rd, the
'Miss Kings Mountain" pageant will
be presented, composed of especially
selected young ladles who will
make their personal appearance on
the stage, from which one young
lady will be selected and -crowned
by out-of-town judges and be invited
to attend the State Beauty Pageant
which this year is held at Blowing
Rock, to compete for the title of
Miss North Carolina.
Last year Miss Edna Hoffman,
was crowned Miss Kings Mountain
and made the trip to Blowing Rock.
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KINQ8 MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Boy Scout Court Ot
Honor Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Bo
Scout Court of Honor held In tin
City Hall Thursday "W openet
with prayer by Itev. Sprinkle, fol
lowed with the repeating of 6h<
Scout Oath.
' After a tew announcements wen
made the following Scouts were ad
vanced !n rank. -
Tenderfoot Kauk: Dickie ftlcGlu
! tils. 2; Chas. Pearson, 4 Bo"W>:
<*>, ?>
1 James David Kee. 7.
Second Class: William Mltelietn, I
Merit Badges ' . . _
j Animal Industry: Wilson Led ton
4; Hoy , Smith. 4; Gus Robert Goi
, don. 2.
I Basketry: Jimmy Erwiu, 4.
L.rd Study: Wilson Led tor J, 4.
i Bookbinding: Roy Smith. 4.
Carpentry: Chas. Wilson, 4.
Faun Layout and Building Ar
rungeiuent: Wilson Ledford, 4; Ro;
Smith. 4; Ray Bridges, 4.
Farm Records: Kov Smith, 4
.Wilson ledford. 4; Ray Bridges, 4
t Electricity: Arthur Lee Jackson
1 7.
Hardening: Buck Huttstickler, 8.
Handicraft; -Clyde Culberson, 8.
Putfi/indiniJ: Henry is'eisler, 1;
Chas. i Noisier, 1.
Personal Health: .'Otis Fails 2
James Hullender, 0; Douglas Hullei
der, 5.
Plumbing: Jerry Wilson, 4, Roj
1 Smith, 4; t'lias. Wilsou, 4; j. b
Hawkins, 4.
. Fuoilc Health: John lieur/ Cald
well, 7.
Reading: James Ware, 5. '
Safety: Jiunny Erwln, 4; J. Clydt
[Kee, A. b.. M., 7; L. Wilson, 7; Eu
g?uc 1'inims, 7; Bobbie Herudon, 7
joe Hawkins, 7.
Swimming: Clarence Jolly,' J.
Star Scout Rank: Gerald Wilson
4; Thos. . Harnett, 4; Ray Bridget
4. Roy Smith, 4; Wilson Ledlord, i
J. H. Hawkins, 4; Chas. Edwar*
Wilson, 4. Jimmy Erwiu, 4.
After awards of previous Court
were- presented the meeting closet
with the repeating of the Scou
Benediction.
NYA Sewing Room
Activities
During the months of January
February and March, the NYA SSov
ing Koom, Under the supervision c
Mrs. Harrlette 11. Mauney, made 4
dresses, 22 j>?t pairs of outini
underwear foi rls and boys; 21
shirts, six puim overalls, J guilts
1 shopping bag. 1 chair cushioit; :
hot dish pads, 1 pair kitchen cut
tains, 1 pair ruffled curtains. 2 kit
chen towels, 1 dressing table skirt
1 crocheted sweater. 1 embrodered
scarf. 1 pair foot warmers, 10 chain
bottomed. ' ' >
For the Bed Cross the bewitu
Iloont made: 1 baby mattress,
baby slips, 5 baby dresses ant
gowns. 125 bonnets for eggs,
hor/e coat. 4 dresses, 3 quilts, I
girls learned to crochet.
7 quills. 30 dresses. 42 slips, 6!
pairs underwear for girls and boyi
30 shirts ajid 9 pairs of overall!
were given to the Welfare.
Charles Home Dies Here
Charles A. Home, aged 54. died a
his home in tbe Bonnie mill villag*
at 3:15 Monday morning. His deatt
was caused by a heart attack.
He is survived by his widow; i
daughter, Miss Ola Mae Home; t
sister, Mrs. L. B. Sprouse, of Klngi
Mountain; a brother? Eugene Horn*
of Qaffney S. C.. a stepdaughter
Miss Ollie Mae Vernon and stepsot
Cecil Vernon of Kings Mountain.
The funeral was held Tuesday a!
3:00 p. m. Interment was in Moun
tain Rest Cemetery.
Aged Man Passes
* Victor Clarence Whelsjine agee
51. died Monday April 15, at 1:1'
o'clok at his home on Church stree'
He was aiclc for a short time.
He is survive# by his widow, Mrs
Willie Lee Adams Whetstins?, ant
five children: Clarence. Clyde, Jacl
son, Nellie, Blllie. One grandson
David Robert Whetatlne, two brotl
era, Bk Whetatlne of Kings Mour
tain, June Whetatlne of York. 8. C
also survive. Interment was at Ore
ver.
PRE88LEY INFANT
BURIED MONDAY
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fllie lafant son of Mr and Mrs. (
O. Pressley was buried Monday aft
ernoon In the Relmont cemetery.
The funeral service was held a<
the home here. The baby died sev
era! hours after birth/
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.THURSDAY, APRIL 25. 1940. ,
j Junior-Senior
>, Banquet
! Friday Night
Tin- annual, banquet and dance f
* given the graduating class of Ceu- ,
'* tral high school by the Junior class'
Mill be held tomorrow night, Friday
'* April 'id, with the banquet In tha
j .Ifrr nnr. u? .
' the High school gym. This Is the
second year for the dance to i?e held
Theme of the current affair will ,
. % A K>pay camp. The .program.
Jphich will be presented at the banquet.
is as follows: \
"The Call of the Wild," Misa Betty
Lee . Neisler, toast mistress.
'.Heeding the Call." l-add Haiu'
rick. j'
"Wanderers", to the faculty, Je-'|
> enita McSwaln.
p 'Fortune Telling," to the students,
Mrs. W. K. Craig
; "The Open Iload."' to the Seniors, i
. ueuy Patrick. . "11
, 'Leader of tile Gypsy Band," toll
Mr. Ilamfa, Vivian Prince. !'<
"Gypsy Trail Blazer?." to thej'i
Thfiitecs. Marjorie ltippy. j <
"Assistant Leader of Gypsy Hand |
to Mr. Bridges. Doris White;..
; 'To the Star-Gazers," Martha Ann 1 <
i Kennedy. . 1
"To | to Gypsy Maidens." lien
Goforth, Jr.
Voral duet., 'Gypsy I^ove Song."
' Rachael Smith and Taltuadge Fred- J
erlck.
Reading: ."At th'e Cross Roads,"
Carolyn. Prince.
Senior'Superlatives: Rachel Mc-1
B Clain.
l" Junior Superlative?: Billy Rud'
dock
Song to Seniors. Junior Class.
Song to Juniors, Senior Class.
i Students To Be Inducted
l Into Honor Society
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L?. M. Bridges, principal of Kings
1 Mountain High School, announced
1 yesterday that the usual spring induction
of members into the Nation
al Honor Society will be held Frl.day
morning, tomorrow, at 1:0:30.
At this .ceremony five percent of
the Junior Class, (four), and five
percent ot the Senior, class (three),
' will be inducted. Only fifteen percent
of the graduating class are ell
i g'ble for membership in the organ!0
i zation. Five percent of the preseul
j[ J junior class arc eligible . for mem|
bt'rshlp.
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3 ( Members of the student body,
choson to be members of the socie:
iv, must have attained a hlgli mark
,. '.in honor, scolastics, and activities j
iu the Bcliool, and are chosen by
s their teachers.
The public is Invited to attend
s'the impressive exercises, according
7 ; to Mr. Bridges. Names will he with- ,
1 held until the day of the ceremony.
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Humorous Story
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7 WILL ROGERS )
' THE young folks ain't quit# u J
s respectful to their parents now
x as they war* whoa wa worn young
folks.- Anyhow, that's what almost
everybody over forty is saying.
1 I got an ldaa th#t maybe the
. youngsters are lust as respectful,
or olio they ain't got so much to
s b# respectful about as wa had.
J There was a girl that was dining
with the family ona day, and all of
, a sudden aha pipes pp. "Say, Dad
and Mama, I got some news with a
thrill fat it for you! Fm married I"
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I _ Ths old folka Just kinds stared.
'Yes, sure enoughl I been mar- w
> ried a weak, onlv I ain't told nr. /
I body except my husband, and he's /I
a dear!" {
Her dad had grot his dignity by V
that time. He says, "Lola, we'll s
talk about this later. It won't do
: to discuss such things before the
. butler. '
t "Well," say* Lola, "I got a different
idea. I want the butler to <
be right la en the talk."
"why, Lola IN save Mama, "where
are ymt manners T Don't rou know
any better than fhatT Yeu know 1
we're always tried to teach you
some sense. Ne mere talk about
this beMre His butler, see? He <
must think you're eery fll-hred already."
"Nope," says Lola, "he don't ,
' think nothing of the sort, end h/s
already told me he thinks I'm the 1
snake's gaiters! Aad he's get to be 1
t in on the discussion, because he's <
lerald
Orders "Ma" Jailed ||
Judge ' lloyle Sink of Gaston Superior
Court yesterday sentenced I
Mrs. J. E. (Mat Henderson, opera- "
tor ot Ma'? ern. ^arge iouihouso a
i>ii (Jaslonia Kings Mountain High- |
way. to serve five months in jail
ami pay a fine of $750 and costs. - '
Sentence, .was- laxsed on Mrs. Hendersou
utter a jury hud couvlcted 1
iter ot possessing liquor for the pur i '
pose of sale and possession of more i '
than the amount <>i liquor allowed i *
Judge Sink gaV? Mrs. Henderson u
the five months active jail sentence 1
and $750 tine on the count -of po?- '
session for. the purpose of sale and
the latter count gave- her an addl- j ,
lional twelve motttlis suspended sen [
li'Sce to be invoked without further j c
trial or evidence in the event sho J t
violates the law at any time within | f
a period of six, years. if
Padlock Hearing Set ' i
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Mrs. Henderson's Tavern, one i?l I
the largest in this section, was olos-1 4
t?d April 5. under temporary pad-! (
lock order and is still closed. A ,
hearing as to whether the padlock ^
order shall be made permanent isi
scheduled for the May civil erm of.
ronrt .opening In fJaHtonla May 1st. .
Defense Attorney KiAtest H. War- v
ren said he will appeal Mrs. Men- j
Person's case to State Supreme v
Court. " ,
Final Session Of Advanced Jg
Scout Course t
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The final session o! the. Advanced
Scout course, which has been in pro!..
Kress tor some weeks, was held last ! 4
Tuesday night at the Mat-grace Club j 1
house, with the women of the Club *
serving a delicious supper to the j (
Scout leaders. Scoutmasters, Troop j
committeemen, and other "sooutersf 4
who participated in the course.
Thirty-one Scooters were present >
tor the final session, with fourteen'
completing the entire course. Those >
who attended the classes will bo - <
given certificates in Advanced f
Scouting, a supplement to the prl- | ?
mary course which was given at the
Womans Club last fall.
Rev. L. Boyd liatnru discussed the !
Daily Good Turn and Civic Soivvpej
at the session. with Carl Davbjppn \r
speaking on Judging in Games, and/
H. C. Wilson, master of troop fou/j
discussing Troop Advancement. / | (
Mr. W. K. Mauney. chairman lit I t
local seouters. was in charge of tie ( t
business session with which thWj >
sessioji ended. A feature of t\ie 5
luisiness session was the approval
of a project for setting up a four t
hundred dollar fulid with which t'o i
buy uniforms for the' Scouts of va* t
rious troops. The boys must work J >
at beautifying the town, espeeilly on i
tin- Mill villages, to earn money for u
a uniform: The work will be super-'
vised by a Troop committeeman. j
Tlie seouters who took the course j c
will go to Lake Lanier sometime In J \
the early summer to get their camp | c
Ing requirements, and outdoor cook ?I
ing credit which is necessary to ?
make them Advanced Seouters. (
It was reported that two Negro (
3cout Leaders were among ' those c
completing a majority of the coudse r
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5. S. Supts. and Pastors n
To Meet At First
Presbyterian
Wednesday afternoon at
here will be a meeting of the pasore
and Sunday school Superintend
;nts ol Kings Mountuia Presbytery
it the First Presbyterian Church. *
Several ol the leading men In the
'ield ol Religious Education will bo ,
tore lor thia conference. Dr. P. H.
Jarmlchael, Dr. J. L. Fairly ol Richnond,
Va , and Dr. J. O. Mann ol
Maxton, N. C.. are to be here.
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School Finals
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Patterson Grove School doses pn
next week with exercises by the pu- e
t<lls and others 011 Thursday night, $
(May at 8:00 o'clock. ^
?Exercises will consist of plays b
and music by school and added at- b
tractions will be music by the t
Mountaineers and also by the Lions p
Quartette of Kings Mountain. t
A small admission fee will be k
,-harged The public is cordially in- c
rlted to attend.
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SINGING CONVENTION s
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There will be a Singing Conven- tl
lion at Macedonia Baptist Church
VtA Omwln.' ? ? ?kl. ?
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Melody Boys' quartet, Slsk quartet tl
>( Georgia and other good singers li
will bo preftent. AU alniyrs and the 1
tubllc Invited. ,
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Chamber Of
Commerce
Organized Here
The Merchants Association of
CittKK Mountain, in a recent meet
bf> Hi the burnc of presideut < lee A.
iridgos. voted to applj to the (.'team
ivV ot Commerce National Board
???ai miitr>m .ciiiimtrfP''
[auisatibu, ami a charter for the loal
Chamber of Commerce is now
>eiug considered.
In u letter to the Secretary of
tee local organization, Mr. JJ. P.
lord, tteo secretary of the National
irganizution informed the local body
bat the application is now being
onsidered. and will be brought l>e.
ore the" National Board of Director*
it their regular meeting on May 2nd
rile constitution or the local Merhants
Association, which .will be af
Hinted with, and a part Of tteo
'hambw of ComJinorce, along wtte.
he by-lnws, is being sent :p Wash*
ngton for the consideration of Uio
loa rd.
According to Mr. \nhrey Mnn.iey,
uho dtsclos'"! the transaction to the
ierald, the purpose of the C. of C.
rill b>> to. supplement the work of
lie two now-existent civic organizations
here, to mold the Merchants
iHsociaTit}:) more firmly together,
md promote a general feeling of
riendlincss between the different
[roups.
All. present members of the Merchants
Assoi tat ion are considered
ilotnbers of the newly formed ortanlzation,
which will l?e known as
he Merchant?! Association and
"hatnher of Commerco. When the
trotip lias become more firmly ortanized.
according, to Mr, Mauney,
ilher business and professional inen
vill be taken into the organization.
Said Mr. Mauney: ''Tlie Merchants
tssoclation solicits the interest and
ooperation of all .business peoplo
'f Kings Mountain in the support of
i successful Chamber of Commerce*
Kiwanis Fetes Band
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U. 8. Peeler, cbairman of the coin f
ulttee for Boys and Girls .of the. Kl- /
vanis club, antiQunced yesterdajr f
hat Horace Grlgg. County Superlh- \
endent of Schools, would he prln- 1
ipal speaker at the banquet given ^
n honor of the Kings Mountain
ichools band.
The Banquet, which will he held
onight at the Woman's Club buildup.
at 6:30, is being presented by
he Kiwunis In honor \f the rutins
vliich the Band received in participating
in the State Music Contest
it Greensboro last week
Other items on the .program are a
lassoon solo, by Ernest Mauney,
ine of the talented Mauney twins,
.ho received a rating of one" in tha
ontest last week, as a sploiat. Fop
owing this is an octette, comprised
if boys and girls of the school Glee
Muhs: Rachel Smith, Sybil Davis,
Jlorla Cornwell, Koline Keeter, Jonm
Fortune. Hal Olive, Bobby Allnn
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Hu, auu if. r. iiuiu, or. if. ? r . noru,
rill also render an alto Clarinet
clo He also received a rating of
no as a soloist at the contest.
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Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspsper.)
A lot of Washington's bureau
osses are on needles and pins thea
ays, fearful that Congress 's about
n limit their powers over American
itlpens.
Everybody 'kuows that scores of
ew bureaus and agencies and com'
missions have been created in; reftnt
years to administer new laws,
jlerybody realizes, too, that it
rould be impracticable and impossl
ile for Congress In passing these <
iwa to stipulate in great detail how
hey should be enforced. For examle.
Congress hardly could specify
he kind of books which shoul^ be
:ept to record payroll taxes for Solat
Security.
Therefore, some leeway has been
llowed all these agencies in the Isnance
of rules and regulations tell
ag those afTected by the laws what
hey must do to comply with them.
But with the type of people who
re runnlug some, of these bureaus,
here naturally has beepj bad admintt
rat Ion mixed with the good. In
937, for Instance, a special commia
*4* Ait IMftA.1.1 eseat
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