Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-13
Daily DisDatcn Bur can.
IN the SIR Walter Hc:a;

Raleigh, Dec. l3.-The governor 5
primary Of 1910 is now d contest
Formal announcement Of James Mel
Vile Broughton. Of Raleigh into the
race made two declared and un-
ashamed aspirants. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Wilkins P. Norton was first in
the lists.
There was no element Of surprise
whatever in the Broughton broalside,
except its exact timing Hereabouts
it had rather been expected that he
would wait Until after Santa had
made his Christmas rounds, with on
announcement on. say New Years
day. or perhaps even the day after
Christmas. But as early as yesterday
around that he was about to come
out in the open.
The Raleigh lawyer took an en-
tirely different course from the only
other previously announced candi-
date. Horton merely said fatty he
viii run and promised to issue q
statement of principles later in the
game. Broughton, on the other hand,
accompanied his with a six and q half
page mimeographed statement" in
which he covered a broad field Of
issues with somewhat more parti-
cularity than is generally observable
in announcement statements.
At the outset he declared he has
no panaceaS to offer, and near the
end he repudiated any suggestion
that he has made entangling alliances
with factions Of the party. There
have been rumors that Ralph W. Nc
Donald will support Broughton this
time on the promise Implied at
leasD that the favor will be returned
in 1914. 1t is at these rumorS that
Broughton directed his fire and to
which he filed definite, emphatic
denial.
In between he talked Of many
things, finances, taxes, labor, indus
try, farm diversification, social ser
vices, crime conditions and educa-
ton among others.
Here are some of the most pungent
passages from his statement:
Finances: The budget is balanced.
-. l will oppose any measure or APP
preparation that will cause deficit
or in any wise impair the credit of
the State"
Taxes: Taxes in North Carolina
are as high as the people can stand.
-. The effort should be toward re-
duction and not increase"
Sales Tax: g. has been a source
of much controversy. Even if it
should for the present be deemed a
necessity, there is the very general
hope that it may ultimately be eli
minated from our tax system. EX-
emptiOn . should be continued; and
if possible, extended to all food for
home consumption
Education: Il believe that normal
increase in revenues, together with
certain economies that can be effect
ed, will enable the next General As
sembly to increase teachers salaries
as we'll as to set up a just and ade-
quate teacher-retirement system"
Highway: Every dollar of high
way funds is needed for highway and
road maintenance and construction
Our revenue situation is such that
no diversion of highway funds will
be likely made during the current
biennium This is gratifying and such
policy should be continued in the
future"
Conservation: Receipts from fish
ing and hunting licenses should be
wholly used for propagation of fish
and game the work of the de
partment (of Conservation and De-
velopmenD should not be restricted. .
Agriculture: Effective aid to the
farmer in his marketing problem can
be tremendously increased if the
marketing bill pending before Con-
gress is passed. F. North Caroline
farmers must of necessity plan fol
| further divcrsificatiOn."
Crime and Law Enforcement: 'W
Go not enjoy an enViable reputation
in respect to crime statistics. Thes
conditions must be improved. Fun.
damentally we must seek to remove
those conditions which tend to bree,
and foster crime"
Labor: Neither labor nor capita
is proposing in this State any radica
program We will attempt by leg
islation, negotiation and arbitration
to settle all labor differences in tn
North Carolina spirit Of cooperation
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