Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-11
Exchanges
Due In, Senate
.Chairn1anships
Daily dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter iI2.eL

Raleigh, March ll-Chairmen OF
State Senate committees are named
by tine Lieutenant Governor: fact
which makes identity Of the next No.
2 Tar Heel OF vital interest 70 those
who arc candidates for the less
numerous branch CT the General As
sembly.
No matter who wins the nominal
ton, however, the important COM
mittees of 1871 are going 10 be prac-
1ically all headed up by new chair
men. That's true because very, very
few Of the 1899 committee bosses
will be members OF the Senate next
year-What with rotation agree
ments, candidates. for other offices
and other causes.
Starting alphabetically with the big
committees, your reporters state
ment of paragraph one gets some
thing of Il slap, because first crack
out of the box we run into "Agri-
culture, which was headed by Edge
combe's popular veteran Of long
Senate scrvice-W. c. Clark.
It's automatic that Cousin Willie"
Gail COlllC IJlNh 10 lollSo ilS Nciiko
to, and his ability TO pick a winner
is SO uncanny that it's dollars TO
doughnuts he'll be lined up right for
committee post he cOVctS.
Getting on down the line, however,
it's dilrerent-BiIL ROoman Of APP
preparations has gone to work in
Lieutenant Governor w. P. Horizons
gubernatOriaI headquarters and will
not run for the Senate this time. En-
nett Bethany Of New Hanover, who
headed Conservation and Develop
ment, is out through 4 rotation agree
mcnt. This position will be quite i'm
portant in 1871 fur there are several
! fierce fights brewing around G and
d activities.
Congressional Districts could de-
velop into tremendously impor-
tant group if the Federal census is
completed in time and the Congress
reapportiOns House membership so
that North Carolina gets another
seat.
Willie Lee Lumpkin had this place
in 1889, when it was as important
as the committee on distribution of
the Governors message. Lumpkin
could come back to the Senate, as
Franklin again gets a scat, but he is
! considering Il race for Congress from
the Fourth District. Even if he was
again State Senator he'd not get
an important committee il the next
Lieutenant Governor is an admins
tratiOn man, as h" Gems certain 10
be in view OF the fact that all three
candidates are more "rCgular' than
not.
Fred FOlger OF Education is barred
by rotation with Stokes county.
Jack MorphcW, who headed the
important Election Laws group of
1889, is eligible, but his district is
about the toughest in the state to get
reelected in and there's no telling
whether he'll be here or not.
Anson's Pat Taylor, Finance head,
can't run because his county gets
no seat this time.
Tom Gold Of Judiciary | will prob
ably return, but Jack Joyner of
Judiciary 2 hasn't yet said what he
plans to do about running
Gaston's j. H. Separk, Of Manu-
| laCluillS, LABOR ara lOlllIlleICe, ID
eligible and will likely be back.
In the normal course OF events
John Larkins Of Roads would not re-
turn, but there is reported to be a
movement TO have him run again
and become president pro TEN. II he
did this he'd Of course be out as
committee chairman.
Will Graham headed Senatorial
districts and is probably glad he will
not even be in the Senate next year
when reapportionmcnt comes up.
Here's the biggest headache in the
General Assembly, in the humble
opinion of your Raleigh reporter.