The Lexington advertiser., 1932-05-05
LEGISLATIVE
NEWS LETTER
By DENNIS MURPHREE
Lieutenant Governor

sincerely believe that the Legisla-
ture will break up about Saturday, Ma!
1s.h. Although there is much work 10
be done between now and that time
/ and event # the work is done, there
will be much left that should have been
f accomplished.
The truth IS that this Legislature
spen. three months fighting over reVe-.
nQes when large part Of that time
might very we'll have been spent seek
ing places where expenses might have
been cut as well as revenues provided
Beginning today. Monday Alfred Il.
Stone Of Dunleith. Miss. starts on the
lob Of State Tax Commissioner succeed
ing Lester c. Franklin. 1t will be M
Stones task to collect the Sales Tax
and the other special taxes levied oy
the Legislature He IS an able man
and above all an honest man and VIII
give the state the best there Is II NM
He is beset by people trying to get
JOBS. More than five thousand people
have applied for jobs in the tax COM
mission and If he were 70 change every
person now there employed there would
not be more than forty jobs available.
Naturally thousands must be disappoint-
ed.
In this connection. / want 10 say that
there is q mistaken idea abroad about
Jobs 70 be provided by the sales tax
NanT OF MY friends have written to NE
about these Jobs. So far as / know
there have been TO new jobs provided
or created By the passage OF the sales
tax law.
There IS apparently q growing ten
dency in this Legislature to do the
things which will result in concen-
tration Of power political and otherwise
in the state. and this / regret. Bills
have been passed which will continue
the state colleges and the state tax
commission in the hands Of the same
men eight years from this date. An
effort is afoot to consolidate eieemosy- |
nary institutions under one board and |
give this board TWO 10 ten year terms. |
Bills have been introduced abolishing
the elective highway commits ission and
making the commissioners appolntlve
Personally. l opposed this idea when
presented under the former administra-
ton, and 1 am still opposed.
Last week saw bitter fight in the
Senate over the Congressional re-dis-
trieting bill. The Senate refused the
House bill which put Congressman !
John Rankin and Congressman Jeff
Busby in the same district and passed
a bill which puts Congressman Will
Collier and Congressman Ellzey in the |
same district. Congressman Ellzey is
he rev Congressman who was elected
-ecently to fill the vacancy caused by
he death Of Hon. Percy Quinn. Now
What will the House do with the Senate
,ill, is the great question. If the two
Houses cannot agree and no districting
ill is passed it means that the seven
congressman will be elected from the
tate at large and any man in Missis-
,ippi can run. 1t might mean that each |
and every congressman for this state
would be elected from the same district. |
It is to be sincerely hoped that both |
Houses may be able to agree on some |
,ill.
The House has passed the Senate bill |
% @ut the salaries of county officers !
put has made many amendments there
.o The Senate declined to accept the |
amendments and asked for a conference |
committee. This committee will meet |
the first of this week and seek to iron |
put the differences.
The Senate also this week passed the |
House bill cutting down the salaries of
state officers and employees. The SEN
ate made a number of changes in the
House bill and it is probable that a
conference committee will be called on
ter of reducing automobile accidents,
which are on the increase in this coun-
try.