Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-04-28
Highway Purge To
Go Still Further
Continued from rage One.)

known to be just as bitterly opposed
to Baise as they were to Wayniek, the
prevailing belief now is that they will
eventually "get" Baise as we'll. In
TACT, there are reports to the effect
that those forces would have consent
ed to the reappointment of Wayniclz
if he would have agreed to let Baise
go-but that Waynick told their ennis
saries to Ego to hell" 1t is also re-
called that it was not until after Way
nick and the old commission had fl
nally and definitely advanced Baise
from acting chief highway engineer
to chief highway engineer that the
campaign to get rid of Waynick really
became determined on the part of
certain contractors, road materials
producers and politicians, including
the Deacon" Green, Asheville and
Buncombe county faction Many are
conviced that one of the principal rea-
sons for the pressure applied to Gov
ernor Hoey to keep him from reap
pointing Waynick was that many Of
these felt they could never get rid of
Baise as long as Waynick remained
chairman, with the result that the
first step was hence to get rid of Way
nick. Now that this has been accom-
plished, the next step will be to eli
inmate Baise. Not right at first, Of
cOurse-the new commission needs
some one in the organization that
knows something about roads and the
present road program. But most OBJ
servers agree that all signs point to
the ultimate going of Baise as chief
engineer.
Ross Faces Better Luck.
Charles Ross is expected to fare
better, since Ross is both a lawyer
and a politician. He has managed to
hold on through the administrations
CT Governors Cameron Morrison, A.
w. Mclean, O. Max Gardner and J.
G.. B. Ehringhaus without much ruff
ling of his political feathers-and in
dications now are that he will sur
vive the present house-cleaning in the
highway department. Some maintain
that he is one of the most adept po-
litical tight-wire walkers in the State
in that he either manages to keep
precariOuS balance, or else, cat-like,
land on his feet in the life net below,
to mount the tight wire again, regard
less of who becomes. governor. 1t is
also agreed that Ross has tremen-
dous and profound knowledge of high
way conditions and history that is al
most indispensable to any chairman
or any administration. These consid-
erations and the fact that Harnett
county gave Hoey bigger vote in the
first primary than any Of the other
candidates, although it went for DR..
Ralph Mcdonald in the second, are
expected to help Ross hold his job.
Fate of Pitts Specialized,
Opinion is considerably divided as
to the fate of Oscar Pitts, since it is
agreed that he has done an excellent
Job as acting director of the prison
division, was faithful and efficient in
working out the changes that have
been made in the prison system, un-
der the direction of Waynick. 1t is
conceded that Pitts has brought the
prison morale up to a very high stan
ldard. that he has the confidence and
respect of the prison personnel and of
the prisoners, with the exception OF
some of the guards and others who
have been held over from the old
State Prison regime of George Ross
Pou. These will undoubtedly try to
"get'' Fits, since they frankly do not
like the way he has administered the
prison for the benefit of the prisoners
and the State rather than for the ben
Gift of those running the prison.