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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-03

4 is likely to happen in North Carolina
that happened in Missouri. The Mis-
| souri, legislature enacted an old age
pensions law on an estimate that
there would be approximately $4,000
pensioners-and with the provision
l that the entire cost would be borne
! by the State and the Federal govern
ments, with no cooperation required
from the counties. The amount ap-
propriated by the State was regarded
as sufficient to take care of the pen
sions for 24,000 people IS years old and
up
But the counties in Missouri, or at
least the county boards which select
ed and approved the applicants for
pensions, evidently regarded the pen
sion law as a grady train" Instead
of having $4,000 pensioners, the pen
sion list soon climbed to more than
10000, or almost four times as many
as had been estimated: The net re-
suit was that the money appropriate
ed soon gave out and pension pay
ments had to be suspended entirely
At the present time, the Missouri
general Assembly is rewriting the
law along the same general lines as
the North Carolina bill, which has
already passed the Senate and requir-
ing the counties to bear a portion of
the cost. In this way it is hoped to
make the county boards be more
careful in approving applicants for
pensions.
LAS long as the counties realize
that every time they approve an ap-
plicant for a pension, one-fourth of
this pension will come out of the
county treasury, they will exercise
greater care in investigating and ap-
proving these applicants" Governor
Hoey said today. II feel confident
that this is the only fair and practical
thing to do. It does not impose a
heavy burden on the counties, since
they will get So in State and Federal
funds for every 81 of county funds
expended. But it is enough to make
them. careful in selecting and approx
Ing applicants for pensions"
Representative D. L. Q4ibby) Ward,
of Craven county, who is the leader
of the opposition to this plan, main
tains that the counties are not yet
able to assume this additional burden
of providing 100000 a year for old
age pensions and that the State should
provide the entire amount, or else re-
duce the size of the pensions and
spend only 100000 year instead of
$S,OC0,000 year, as is proposed
IF this legislature enacts the bill
as it passed the Senate, the removal
Of this 100000 year in county
taxes will be the issue in the next
election and the people will elect
General Assembly pledged to remove
it, Ward maintains.
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HOUR BILL BIGGEST
VICTORY Of LABOR
Not All Labor Had Hoped
For, but Long Step in
Right Direction
Daily Dispatch Rura.
In the Sir WoI+n "us

Raleigh, March 3.-The noa a14tel.
hour bill approved by the House TN
day represents probably the o,oateS-
victory for labor ever scored .eSt
North Carolina legislature
Prospects for passage in the sono4
and enactment into law are h,.i~ ,%'e
although opponents of anv Liberal ~ ~
Dor legislation will make a last d;+ol
effort to keep off the statute hoo1.
the first law in this State prohib;+;ra
employers from working their oro
ployers up to "a hours dav.
Labor is not completely satis-,
with the bill as it passed the Ho,,re
but all labor leaders hail it as q or,oot
stride in the right direction.
In the main, the measure limits
working hours of men in North Coro
lima to 10 hours and IS hours a wool,
and of women to nine hours daily ava
48 hours per week. At present there
are no limitations on the worl,;no.
hours of men, while women NAV wori5
IS hours per week and 10 hours nor
day.
Under the bill passed by the Honco
GIL 4OCdIA AA4C1 OCI1I11C establishments
employing less than eight persons ara
exempted from the provisions of tho
act, this exemption getting in by wav
of an amendment sent up by Renre-
sentative j. B. Vogler, of Mecklen-
burg. It's effect, however was to
strike out a previous provision which
exempted all retail drug stores of
whatever size. The amendment adont-
ed is believed more satisfactory 70
labor than was the bill as brought ont
of committee.
In the House Tuesday there was al
so adopted an amendment offered bv
Representative Jennings C. King
Scotland, authorizing the commission
er of labor to issue emergency permits
permitting manufacturing concerns to
operate beyond the hour provisions Of
the law for periods of so days, pro-
vided time and half is paid for all
hours IN excess of the IS and 10 limi-
tation in the bill. Efforts to exempt in
dividual counties failed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-03
CHAPTER IS

JANET and Russell Bede wer
having their coffee en- the terrace
in the late twilight when Russell
returned to the subject they hat
dropped before dinner.
"I'm surprised that Mr.. Payntel
objects to his wife having a ca
reer," he said. "Most of the WON
en- in Hollywood have careers
or :" He stopped speaking and
stirred the sugar in his cup. He
was going to say, ". or chill
dren."
With a rare sensitivity he felt
that Janet's not having children
was a point he could not touch
upon. He had seen her with the
little children in the wading pool,
had recognized the deep maternal
quality in her.
THAT'S true" she said ruefully.
But their careers are in pictures
which is an entirely different thing.
I'm not beautiful and I'm not
clever. I don't act, write or do
anything that would qualify me for
a studio job"
"What do you girls do with your
time?" he asked interestedly.
Janet made a gesture of not
knowing the answer. ooh, we play
bridge, golf, tennis. We go to a
masseuse, a hair dresser, a gym
class. We keep house and do a
great deal of playing"
"And you don't really care
about it, do you?"
Eyes and no." she answered
truthfully. 81 care about it be-
cause it is part Of my husbands
life and my husband is my whole
life" (She thought she was
rather putting it on with a ladle
but it was too late to take back
her prissy words.)
II do get pretty bored with the
round of parties that are always
the same. And there's little work
to do here. My servants take care
of details that would ordinarily en-
gage a housewife and I have a lot
of leisure time on my hands. But
then, think of the women who
want leisure! When I feel discon-
tented, get so ashamed of my
self that my discomfort passes
quickly"
II told you that you didn't be-
long here" he said after a little
while. you aren't temperamental-
ly suited to this atmosphere"
II suppose I'm not" she said
smiling. But it has never been a
woman's privilege to consider
where she was temperamentally
fitted. I had a Scotch great
grandmother who loved Scotland
with every breath Of her body but
she came to America with her lit
tie trunk and no other thing to
face an unknown future with only
love for the Irishman she followed
70 marry here"
EYES," he said looking at her
long and earnestly, II can see that
grandmother in you. But I'm sur
prised that your Odyssey would
bring you to movie colony"
tits really not so bad" she said
laughing. Are you trying to
make me feel sorry for myself ?"
"No. of course not" he answered
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Immediately. Il was merely think
ing that work is the most inter
esting thing in the world and
don't like to see people deprived
of the thing they like to do"
MY husband had strange idea.
about those things. Way down
underneath, Joel is an old-fash
Toned person. He thinks wife
should be supported, she should sit
on the proverbial silken cushion
and sew a fine seam. And love
him for it."
She couldn't see the expression
on Russelps face because darkness
had fallen swiftly and the lights
of their cigarets and the dancing
firef1ies over the lawn and in the
shrubbery were the only lights
about them.
"You said something that inter
ested me this afternoon about a
budget plan tying up our average
priced furniture to a merchan-
dising campaign"
That was something that was
part of Janet's hope in her depart
ment store days to further her own
position. She had wanted to offer
a decorating service along with a
budget plan for people with small
incomes and good taste. She had
worked on it for weeks, drawing
plans of rooms, collecting income
data and prices. She had thought
of young married. people, business
couples and young career women
who hadn't time or knowledge
with which to complete their home
furnishing necessities. She had
talked about it a little to Russell
Bede in the afternoon, pointing out
why selling a piece individually in
stead of part of a group was I'M
wise.
II thought it was a good idea
them" she said.
'It still is, Mrs. Paynter, and if
you'd like to do something with it,
I'd like to talk it over with you"
Janet felt the call she had not
heard in these three years. She
thought of the stimulation of hav-
ing job to be done, the satisfac-
ton Of seeing it done. She
thought, the way only business
women would understand, of how
much she had liked starting her
days at o'clock with a pencil in
her hand and a desk piled high
with things to do. She missed it
now as she had never missed it
before.
1T it's been such a long
time! If can help you, I'd like
to but you see I really can't
consider it as a job for me. I just
know Joel wouldn't like it. So
that's that"
But it isn't really" he said.
"You can still help me if you like.
It wouldn't really be a job. But
some day if ever you do want a
merchandising job, I'll have one
waiting for you"
Janet thought that if that day
came, it would be the day after
her world came to an end. If Janet
ever needed job, it would be be-
cause she no longer had Joel. The
thought of it sent a cold little
SILVER down her back even though
the night was warm.
1t was warm, pleasant and fra
grant there on the terrace. It was
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pleasant to be talking to Russell
Bede. He had been with her for
more than five hours and thsy had
talked of nothing personal, yet she
felt wrapped in the niceness of his
understanding. She felt as though
he had always been her friend.
He was talking now Of an ex-
pertinent that had been worked
successfully in one Of his stores in
Toledo. Janet was not paying
strict attention. The lights of a
car swung into her drive and she
followed their progress thinking it
was Joel.
Joel always came up to the drive
adjacent to the terrace and left
his car there for the chauffeur to
put in the garage. This car took
the lower drive. It was probably
one Of the servants who had taken
a car to do an errand. She re-
turned her attention to her guest.
| Nov, you see, if we had used
your plan in that shop, it wouldn't
have been wise. But I am think
ing now Of a spot where we're
having some difficulty moving
some stuff. really need your
help"
'Then you shall have it. I'll dig
up some Of my old notebooks. I've
got them about somewhere and I'll
show you how I would have done
it. But please don't consider it a
job"
"It will be a secret between u.s.
"T've never had secret before"
Janet said at the exact moment
that Joel appeared in the French
doors leading from the terrace to
the unlighted living room at their
backs.
ooh, darling" she exclaimed,
jumping up hurriedly and was an
noyed at her feeling of guilt be-
cause she was sitting in the dark
with Russell Bede. "You met Mr..
Bede yesterday, didn't you? He
stayed to dinner to keep me COM
pany."
She felt that she was bleating
and was relieved that Joel's greet
ing to Russell was jovial enough.
It was jovial but it had an under
current that she knew well. Joel
was angry.
"How about a highball ?" he
asked and went back to get tray
from the dining room.
Bede remained for only a half
hour after that. He had little to
say to JoeTs amusing tale of an
incident that had happened that
day.
"It's getting on" he said rising.
THANK you, Mrs. Paynter, for
your charming hospitality and
yours, Mr.. Paynter."
His car was brought around and
they babe him good night
Janet followed Joel back to the
living room. He walked to the
tray and poured himself another
highball.
Sorry to break up your little
tete de tete," he said coldly.
"You didn't" she answered
lightly. She was angry with Joel
for acting churlishly with her.
"When's your next date with
your beau ?"
If he hadn't asked it sarcastical-
ly, Janet wouldn't have said, ITO
morrow, expect"
ITO Be COntinued)
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Being assigned to these causes. The
remaining flames were assigned to
miscellaneous sources and railroads.
OF the 76 fires occurring in the for
ests during January, all were classed
as man-caused and as being prevent
lie since none was traced to lightn-
ing, the only natural cause known in
The State.
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Legislative
Chatter r
Daily Dispatch Bureau.

Raleigh, March 3.-The king Of
France and his twenty thousand men
who, the old rhyme has it, marched
up the hill and then marched down
again, had nothing at all on the House
and it's unique method of changing
front on local prohibition bills.
To begin with, Judiciary Committee
No. 4, feeling that there is need for
uniformity in legislation about light
wines and beers, killed every measure
sent i.efore it to prohibit sale of these
mild beverages in specified localities.
AT least the committee thought it had
Killed them with unfavorable reports.
Next individual members who had
| introduced these bills began to move
to take them off the unfavorable
calendar and have them put on the
Favorable calendar. Success attended
these effort to the point where two
or three local prohibition measures
were passed on their nedeed readings
and started on their way to the Sem
ate
But Monday night the House re
verSed itself again and voted unani-
mously to recall bills regarding Black
~S~ONAAOeAA'A eAAAQ ~ oillldaOd IAOA1i C14C
Senate and re-refer them to Judiciary
No. 1.-THE equivalent of new death
sentence
Tom Cooper. of New Hanover, Mon
day night became the first House
member to get a purely local. bill
through without it's being read in full
1t was matter of luck that it work.
ed out that way, as Toms bill Ga mea-
sure having to do with Carolina
Beach's government went up just
while Speaker Gregg Cherry was YIELD
ing the chair to Representative r. H.
House, of Lenior, the temporary pre-
siding officer calling for a vote before
he realized the measure hadn't teen
read. Not that it made any difference,
as Mr.. Coopers bill was entirely de-
void of any trick" features which
might have caused trouble.
Youngest purchaser of a ticket for
the Democratic Statewide Victory
Dinner to be held in Raleigh Wednes-
day night is Marcellus Buchanan, III,
House page who comes from Sylvia,
home town of the Senate's only lady
member, Mrs. E. L. Mckee.
Monday thu youngster walked into
National Committeeman Lon Folger's
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office in the Sir Walter planked
down his $3.50 and demanded a ticket.
Miss Elizabeth Terry, attache of the
Folger staff, wanted to know for
whoan the ticket was being purchased.
For myself" replied young Mr..
Buchanan, I'm not Old enough to
vote for President Roosevelt, and
won't even be able to go to the din
ner, but / want to do what l can to
help"
Truly the real Democratic spirit,
and if this lads example is followed
by party members throughout the
State, North Cardinals share of the
party deficit will undoubtedly be WHIP
ed out by the local Victory Dinners
to be held all ever Ia-e Heelia Thurs
day night.
Use of silencers on firearms would
Ike made illegal, even in hunting game,
by terms of bill introduced in the
House by Representative Finch and
Craig, of Buncombe. Minimum penal
ty for violation would be $500 or go
days.
The flood of local bills continue in
both houses with reading clerks for
ced to call for relief about the middle
of each session.
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House Foes of Pen
sions Bill Fading

lContinued from Page One,
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HEkE'S an economy car" that
L L doesn't cut you down on size,
comfort, or safety. The new Thrifty
go" VS. is as big and roomy as the
brilliant "s5," with the same big new
luggage compartments. You get the
same steel-on-steel structure. with
Safety Glass. The same new quietness
and beauty. The same easy-acting,
quick-stopping new Ford brakes.
And it's real performer Like most
cars, it bows bit to the brilliant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20

first important piece OF supposedly
temporary social legislation, namely
the N. r. A. What happened?
Progress stopped. We began to slide
back. We lost most of what we had
gained. And this has been repeated
many times.
Now, as I have said, the lag in
social progress is due TO Mr. Roose-
velt's failure to foil W constitutional
methods. Let me dwell on this point
for just q moment because it may
clarity our entire present situation.
Under our constitutional method the
President makes recommendations to
Congress. He turns over the drafting
OF legislation to the legislators. Mem
bers Of Congress investigate all phases
thoroughly. They hold pAblic hear
ings. They allow almost every one
who is interested to come in and have
his say They discuss the pitfalls,
the loopholes, all the things that may
go Jrong. They listen particularly
to the opposition-to the people who
don't want the legislation. Incl
dentally, this IS phase that Mr.
Roosevelt does not seem to under
stand. He does not want to let the
opposition talk. But if you ask any
man who understands drafting legisla-
ton he will tell you that the opposition
is 70 biggest help. They tell you
all the things that are wrong. They
tell you all the reasons why it won't
work. They give you the information
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
GEN. JOHNSON HITS.
LANDON'S SPEECH.
No More Convincing Than in
SO, He Says, Urging "NeW
Deal of 49,"
NJ the Associated Press.

ny tHe AhSOclHieO fTeSS.
Gen Hugh S. Johnson. replying by
radio to former Gov. Alt M. Landon's
speech last night, declared the
Kansan's diagnosis of the national
scene was mo more convincing than
In 1886"
In a characteristic utterance, bris-
ting with picturesque phrases, the
former N r. A. head pleaded for 1.-The
middle way" and the restoration Of
"the New Deal of 80"
Crticizing both red radicals" and
"rabid reactio0eires." he said:
This great middle class country is
Nation of the middle way, it is
neither red radical nor tory conserva-
tive. neither Communist nor Fascist.
1T is business country, humane,
democratic. and abreast Of the progress
of the world. 1t is middle way
country and through one great party
or the other that way will prevail, not
because any politician planned it that
way. but because we are still democ-
racy and both political parties and
political leaders must still follow and
can never in the end either fool or
force public opinion.
They merely reflect it, and popular
opinion in this country will not long
permit any force to lead it either into
any red moraSs of destruction on the
ultimate left. or any tory ice foe and
death by freezing on the extreme
right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20

that enables you to plug up the loop
holes and draft law that will work
after it is passed.
Legislation Drafting Job
Given to College Sophomore.
Now this may seem a slow, tiresome
method, in terms Of weeks or months.
but If you look back over = period OF
four and one-han years, it would have
been very rapid indeed, If through that
method we had obtained some legisla-
ton that was workable.
But what did Mr. Roosevelt do? He
refused to call in able legislators with
years of experience. He turned draft
ing Of the legislation over to some
college sophomores. He handed it to
Congress in a package and said in
effect: Pass it this way without
crossing t. or dotting an f."
For example: When the N. r. A.
was passed, his avowed purposes met
with approval. But the N. r. A.
did not work. AS every one knows. 1t
was a miserable failure. Don't take
my word alone for this. Ask Mr.. Roose-
welt himself He admits that it failed,
but excuses it all on the basis that 1t
was well-intended. Yet, despite the
fact that N. r. A. did not work In
practice, Mr.. Roosevelt continues to
insist upon adoption Of its theory in
one form or another, thus, making the
same mistake over and over again.
The social security act is another
example of the same policy. 1t Is
intended 1t rs something that
is necessary in our country. Pracu-
cally every one Of them disagreed, not
with the idea, but with the form Mr..
Roosevelt was jamming through. For
social security is at least the one thing
in which all citizens should be treated
equally. The present law does not
do so. 1t will be changed to correct
Its errors when it is dealt with intelli-
gently. This is necessary because Mr..
procedure in drafting 1T.
Unemployment Remains
Biggest National Problem.
Let us next consider the question
Of relief. I do not need to tell you
that relief has been made political
foot ball. You have seen examples all
around you. Unemployment was our
biggest problem when Mr.. Roosevelt
came into Office in 1888. 1t is still
our biggest problem. 1 believe we are
morally worse off now than we were
then, because at that time every one
at least wanted to work if he could
find a job. The present policy Of relief
may be all right for those who want to
stay on relief, but to the self-respect-
ing man there can be only one
question: When do we 60 back to
work?
There is another situation in Amer
lea today which is holding back in
dustrial recovery perhaps more than
any one single thing, and that is
taxes Not just the amount Of taxes.
but the confusion over taxes No one
knows from one year to the next what
is going to happen. How can the
country 60 ahead under such condi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
BACKING DELAYED
FOR G. 0. P. SESSION
National Republican Club Acts
After Hearing Denunciation
of Committee.


NEW YORK, october 20-The Ma
tional Republican Club postponed i'm
mediate action last night on proposal
for unreserved Endorsement of the
mldterm party convention projected by
Herbert Hoover and others, after hear
Ing a denunciation of the Republican
National Committees miserable cam
paign" of 1896.
A resolution to commit the club to
the midterm proposal was offered by
former Representative William S. Ben
net by proxy, but Andrew j. Humphrey,
q vhite-haired charter member. OBJ
iected TO "hasty action" and his OBJ
lection had the effect of sending the
matter to the clubs National Affairs
Committee.
There was no vote.
The Republican National Commit
tee. which under the Bennett move
would have been petitioned to call a
convention of the party before the
1898 congressional elections, had no
such authority. said Humphrey.
And. he added. for committee that
made such a miserable campaign in
1896" such action would be rather
presumptuous."
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Iandon," he
said. ARE on opposite sides Of this
question and there is rivalry for con-
troll of the next regular convention.
We should steer clear at this time Of
any unreserved action"
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thing was he did not protect human
life. Men were shot and dubbed. And,
according IN press reports. the Presi-
dent shrugged his shoulders. He said
1t was local affair. He said, "A
plague on both their houses" and
went on another vacation.
have given you the basic reason
for the lag of social progress in our
country-I have given you numerous
examples OF legislation, each of whirh
had its heart in the right place. but
all OF which will have to be done over
again because constitutional procedure
was not followed.
Now I want TO give you an example
OF what happens when q piece NJ
social legislation Ia drafted according
to constitutional procedure BY men
who really understand the art Of
drafting legislation.
About the year 1905 New York State
kook up the question Of revising IN
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