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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
2
Legislative and executive branches push to expand state services over raising revenue. The article notes the need for personal diplomacy and informal lobbying to secure support from allies in the capitol.
The governor argues opposition to his program is cracking and urges aggressive tactics. He compares splitting a log with inserting a wedge and applying force, then urges allies to pressure and even use football tactics by having each teammate pick a foe on the other side and remove him.
He argues legislators must use practical politics to pass the judges pay bill noting lawyers fear appearing before judges who voted against a raise. He says governors and lawmakers must cooperate as lobbyists block his efforts and industry reps have not aided him, though they may need his help later.
The Wednesday meeting showed unusual absence of leadership with only two general assembly members present. About thirty attendees included many state officials or employees, and the large audience led others to push their own views, yielding little tangible progress from the hour and a half conference.
Several conferees rose to state their backing for the governor during the session. The scene reflected strong alignment within the group as discussions continued on key policy measures.
North Carolina: fair and slightly warmer today and Friday with cool tonight and scattered frost in places. The sun rises at 6 47 and sets at 6 15. A brief political quote shows a heated exchange as respondents are unsure of actions ahead.
County chairmen report early response to the Jackson Jefferson dinner campaign may require staging in sections. Tickets are allocated in $50 plates per county, with Raleigh’s largest hotel dining room about five hundred capacity. A split dinner on April 2 might seat guests at the Sir Walter and the Carolina Hotel, as used in Washington last week with the Mayflower and the Sta tler sharing honors.
The division may suit guests by avoiding crowding in a single hotel room. Extensions on a loudspeaker system would broadcast the main speech to a second hotel, allowing Speaker Sam Rayburn to personally appear at both sites.
Jonathan Daniels and John Larkins Jr outline using an old grist mill system for county allocations. Full quotas must be seated before extras. extras follow in order of receipt once all counties are honored. If demand grows, extras also prioritized by receipt.
The dinner serves a dual purpose to raise funds for the party and to bring Democrats from every North Carolina county together. The fundraising objective sits just ahead of broader unity goals across the state party.
Encyclopedia Britannica notes canaries have limited hearing, restricting their perception to a narrow frequency band. This may prevent ordinary conversation from reaching them clearly.
Michigan or New York authorities pursue capital or first degree murder charges in a Boston of killings tied to a bogus lonely hearts scam. Fernandez and Martha Beck are linked to the deaths of Delphine Downing and her 21 month old Rainell, with related slayings alleged in New York and New Jersey. Police recovered a list of over 100 lonely hearts names including Janet Fay and Ruby Davis on Fernandez's records.
The committee approved budget increases bringing total to 3 790 545 for completed work on the revenue bill. The group postponed action on a soft drink tax and on directing one cent of the six cent gas tax to municipalities until the revenue bill passes. Rep Sam O Worthington led a subcommittee vote against the latter proposal. The full panel also opposed extra taxes on certain coin in the slot machines and backed a measure to give the state treasurer more authority to invest surplus funds. The joint appropriations committee reviewed funds for eight agencies and institutions, with each receiving consideration.
In federal court Dennis and ten others face conspiracy charges linked to the Communist party while senators discuss wartime aid to the enemy and treason. Separate trial for Foster cited illness amid budget boosts: Agriculture 390,986 and several North Carolina colleges receive midyear funding increases totaling over 1.2 million. Local leaders quote Pepper, Russell and Wherry on communism and patriotism.
The speaker urges enhanced state spending to strengthen health departments, aid the needy, and boost education with a $993.6 million school appropriation and teacher salary scales. He notes funding gaps and proposes possible new taxes while insisting on minimum public service provisions and a balanced budget.
The discussion in Fort Worth centered on whether a round the world flight could threaten Russia with an atom bomb. Senator Tydings warned of global war implications while Secretary Byrnes and Dean Acheson weighed diplomatic risks at the Paris peace talks, blocking the plan then to ease Soviet tensions. The absence of protest now signals shifting U.S. attitudes toward Russia.
Ford states the sellers market is over and cites rising living costs as reducing real wages. He notes General Motors has cut hourly wages by two cents under a current contract, creating a five million dollar annual wage handicap for Ford without detailing further.
A brief note clarifies that the American robin belongs to the thrush group rather than a true robin, correcting common misclassification.
A sudden storm in Mirs Bay drowns seventy fishermen including women and children as fifty junks are swamped. The fleet was driven onto rocks where vessels were smashed. The tragedy highlights the perilous coastal trade.
Village elders of Dasseldorf rejected a proposal for a public bathhouse after a debate noting one resident reached 89 without a bath and suffered no ill effects.
A fragment lists Abraham Lincoln Edgar Allan Poe Kit Carson Oliver Wendell Holmes Lord Tennyson and William Gladstone as born in 1. The text is incomplete and lacks context.
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