Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-13
Week See
Reports On
Vital Bills
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, req. lS.-RepOrtS from at
least three highly important commit.
tees-the two big money groups and
the House elections law unit-are like
w to reach the floor of the House this
week
In any prev:ew of coming events
these three possibilities must be given
first place.
The revenue and appropriations
bills will, of course, come out of the
committees for study by the entire
membership as a committee of the
whole and not for immediate enact
ment into law.
The election law report will go i'm
mediately to the floor for passage
and is certain to bring on the biggest
and loudest debate of this session.
Wage and Hour Hearing.
In addition to these three commit
tee reports, an important feature Of
this weeks activities will be the Wed
nesday meeting of the House Com
miteee on Labor, Commerce and
Manufacturing. Chairman B. Voglel
has said that at this session the two
important wage-hour bills already in
troduced will be briefly studied, but
the most important action will be the
setting of definite date for public
hearing on the two measures.
While the money bills must, from
their very nature, be regarded as of
the utmost Importance, there is little
chance of any sensations developing
as they are completed by the commit
tees now handling them and still less
Es,A
works in committee of the whole.
On the revenue bill, floor fights are
more or less certain to come on build
ing materials exemptions from the
sales tax, return of rs per cent of in
tangibles to the counties, the contin-
cent diversion section, and perhaps a
few others.
Appropriations Brawls.
On the appropriations BILL basic
brawls will break out over almost any
number of items, with every project
and agency having some one to fight
for more money, while on the other
hand an economy" group will seek
to cut appropriations for practically
every department. agency and activity
Elections Reform Fight.
is sure TO provide material for ding
dong battle of which nobody can be
sure of the result.
Though the elections subcommittee
has apparently determined to report
on the basis of abolishing primary
absentee voting, while retaining it IN
the general elections, there is no GER
tainty that this action will stand in
the whole committee, and still less
certainty that the committee report
whatever it is-will be completely APP
proved
There is tremendous strength in the
House for complete repeal in all cleo
tons. primary and general, and there
is on the other hand very substan-
tial group which will do it's very best
TO fight and kill, in one way or an
other, every suggested change or
modification of existing election law.
All in all, it promises to be a free
for-all with success of any substan-
tial election reform endangered by
the multiple division of opinion.
The week is also sure to be marked
by intensified activity on the part OF
the school teachers lobby, which isn't
going to take action of the approprla-
tions committee with any too much
grace. There is no group in the State
which fights harder and more deter
mnedly for what it wants than the
organized teacher unit, and leglsla-
tors might just as we'll resign them
selves to a barrage of letters, tele-
grams and button-holers this week.