Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-02-27
Revolt Over "Must"
Bills Is Weakening
Continued from Page One.)

Assembly has gotten into more of a
snarl and jam during the past week
than it has so far this session, those
who know Governor Hoey and the
methods he uses to untangle legisla-
tive snarls, say that he has already
smoothed out most of the trouble over
the pension and textbooks bills and
that by next week the way will be
paved for the enactment of the rest
of his must" bills and an early ad-
journment.
For the past three days, Governor
Hoey has ceen holding a series of
quiet little conferences with various
members of the House and Senate
which have been working wonders 1t
is agreed that Governor Hoey has a
most persuasive manner and that
when he invites members of either
house to his office and talks with
them while and explains why he
wants certain bills enacted. a majority
OF them go back upstairs and vote as
the governor asks them to- There is
10 doubt that so far the HOey smile
and the Hoey personality together
with the Hoey determination and lead
ership, are proving much more potent
and getting much quicker results
than the famed Ehringhaus smile and
personality ever got. The Ehringhaus
policy was to let the General Assem-
bly, muddle and wallow along and find
it its own way out of tangles, no mat
ter how long it took. The Hoey policy
is to steer the legislature around
holes and log jams if possible, and if
it does get stuck occasionally, to come
to its aid and give it a pull or lift
until it is out on solid ground again.
More Trouble Brewing.
There are four or five other impor-
tant measures still to come before the
assembly for action within the next
two weeks, however, which may cause
additional trouble and require all of
the governors political tact and
ability to prevent them from causing
trouble, Observers also agree. Among
these are the State advertising fund
bill, providing an appropriation of
SIPS. 600 a year to be used in adver-
Using the State; the highway safety
and highway patrol reorganization
measure; the bill to reorganize the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, and the school ma
chinery act. This latter act may cause
more trouble than all the rest put to-
gether, depending upon whether Gov
ernor Hoey sides with State Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction Clyde A.
Erwin and the school superintendent
or decides to remain neutral
Advertising Bill Waits.
1t has been assumed all along that
the State advertising bill would go
through both houses with little diff
ficulty, since it has been known from
the start that it had the full approval
of Governor Hoey-and since it was
introduced by Senator Lee L. Gravely,
regarded as the ablest and smoothest
floor leader in the entire assembly.
But if the Senate and House continue
to buck at making any more appro-
priations, the way they have this past
week, the bill may encounter more OPP
position than has been expected, in
spite of the Hoey pressure behind it,
There is no doubt that there is an in
creasing number who are convinced
the General Assembly has already ap-
propriated more money than it had
any business to, that there isn't GO
ing to be enough revenue to balance
the budget as it now stands and that
ig it it is not careful, it is going to
launch the State on another expensive
"joy ride