Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-07

"a
special session to the enactment Of an
unemployment insurance tax law and
iio'nlng else. Another is that the gov
elhor ana his aides are going to have
a most powerful ally in that jolly, lit
tie ola 1ellow with pink cheeks, a red
nose and long white whiskers, named
santa Claus. For while this old fel-
low is supposed to live at the North
role, he Is expected to build more fire
under the legislators and get them to
put on more speed than half a dozen
governors could. For Santa Claus will
have as his allies at least $50 wives
and probably twice as many children
VINO will be insisting that the 40
members of the General Assembly
wind up their business and get back
home before Christmas.
May Have Been Timed.
In tact, a good many observers here
are already convinced that Governor
j. c. B. Ehringhaus has been confer
ring with Santa Claus by radio tele
phone for several weeks and that
after several conferences with the
merry old gentleman decided that
December 10 would be the best date
fer the special session to be called
since it would allow just the amount
OF time needed to enact an unemploy-
ment insurance law and allow the
members to get home to their last
minute shopping for two or three DAYS
betCre Christmas. 1t is understood
that Santa Claus assured the governor
that II the special session were called
at this time, there would be no dan
ger of any Of the members trying to
take up anything else in addition to
unemployment insurance, due to the
tact that they would all want to be
back home by the. time Santa is sche-
duled to visit their homes on Christ
mas eve.
AS result of the desire to speed I'D
the work of the special session as
much as possible and to confine it's
deliberations only to the enactment of
an unemployment tax law, the belief
here today is that no effort will he
made by either the speaker of the
house or the lieutenant governor to
appoint more than one committee and
that the selection of the regular COM
nittees will be left until the regular
session meets January 5. It is pointed
cut that it would be possible to dis
committees whatever, by merely hav-
ing each house sit as a committee of
the whole. It is expected, however,
that a special committee will be nam
ed in each house to which the bill
now being prepared by the attorney
general will be referred. This bill is
expected to stay in these committees
about one day and then be reported
/ al u l.
To Originate in House.
| Since the bill IS tax bill it will be
reported first in the House, where it
will PROBABLY be discussed for one day
and put on it's first reading, 1t will
have to pass it's second, and third read
ings on successive days. The bill will
then go to the Senate, where it will
have to pass three readings on three
! successive days, after which it will be
ratified and become law.
1t would thus be possible to intro
duce the bill and have it passed thro-
ugh both the House and Senate with
! in seven legislative days. But allow
ing time for organization of the
House and for committee considera-
ton of the bill, it is generally agreed
that about ten days will be required
before the bill can become law. Ac-
cordingly, general belief is that the
bil is not likely to reach the House
for passage on first reading until
Monday, December IA, that it will
pass second reading there on Tuesday
and Wednesday, go to the Senate
Wednesday to be placed on the calen-
dar for first reading Thursday, pass
second and third readings on Friday
and Saturday and be ratified into law
~ not later than Saturday afternoon,
thereby permitting adjournment by