The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-11
Bio Issues Will Come
Before Legislators at
Raleigh During Week
Liquor, Budget Appropriations,
and Social Security Will
Come Up for Debate
$4,000, 900 BUDGET NEEDED
Two Million More Needed If 20
Instead of Ten Per Cent Raise
Is Given State Teachers

North Cardinals lawmakers pre-
pared Monday to enter their sixth
and busiest legislative week to date,
with liquor, the budget, and social
security definitely scheduled for
floor debates.
Bone dry advocates, denied by a
two-vote margin consideration of a
bill calling for a Statewide liquor
referendum, will descend in full
force on the Capital City today
Thursday for hearing on the To-
cal option measure, championed by
the vets.
State May Go Wet
The House, in the most dramatic
meeting of this session, passed the
local option bill 81 to 43 last week,
leaving referendum advocates gasp
ing protests against 'railroading."
Seasoned legislators predicted the
liquor bill would sail through the
Senate by five votes, causing North
Carolina to 60 wet for the first time
since 1908, although liquor sales
now are allowed in Is of the States
100 counties. Most drys interviewed
declined to comment, but DR.. w. l..
Poteat of Wake Forest, president OF
the United Dry forces, said he was
''afraid the hearing Thursday might
be just formality."
Social Security Popular
Favorably reported by the joint
committee on public welfare, the
social security bill, providing for old
age benefits, is slated for easy sail
ing through both branches, leaders
said. Under the administration bill,
the State and counties would share
the cost with the Federal govern
ment.
The Mckee bill for State supervi-l
sion of child workers, Endorsed by
Governor Hoey and the State De-
partment of Labor, remained in a
Senate committee as the House kill
ed, 58-47, measure to ratify pro-
posed Federal constitutional child
labor amendment.
78,75O,O0O for Biennium
Supply and spending committees
are expected to send their bills to
the foor of the House by midweek.
About $78,750,O00 - exclusive of
highway and agricultural funds
will be required to meet expected
appropriations for the biennium.
The Joint fianace committee must
find ways and means of raising be-
tween 81, 100000 and 81, 100000 addi-
tional because the measure, as draft
ed, would provide only about ST.
100000, A. J. Maxwell, commission
er of revenue, said.
Carrying new levies on intangi-
bles, gifts and wines the revenue
bill has been under Amusement for
less than a month. The intangibles
section was re-drafted to allow coun-
ties and cities one-half of the reve-
nue. and the State expects to benefit
by at least $1,000,000 annually from
the levy.
With approximately $15,000,000
already tentatively allocated to the
various State departments, institu-
lions and agencies, the joint subcom-
mittee on appropriations Monday
will turn to the requests of the pub
lie school system for increases over
the recommendation of the advisory
budget commission.
More than 100000 additional
for each year of the biennium, to-
provide a 20 per cent raise for
teachers rather than the 10 per cent
recommended for all State employees,
is sought by the Department of Pub
lie Instruction. Also looming large
before the spending group is the
more than 100000 annually over
budget figures requested by the
Highway and Public Works commits
sion.