The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-13
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY N AVERIL

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BY HENRY AVERIL
RALEIGH, July 12.-Raleigh's
American Legion post has dropped
plans to conduct a campaign de-
signed to give the city an iron
lung" to be used in combating
possible infantile paralysis epidem-
les or for any sort of hospital cases
requiring an artificial r%espirator.
Opposition of Rex hospital Off
Gals and Raleigh doctors seems to
have been the primary cause for
abandonment of the drive In
scores of other cities the medical
profession has cooperated heartily
with the Legion, or with other civic
clubs, in iron lung campaigns, but
from the very time it was broached
Raleigh's medicos gave clear lndi-
cations they were against it.
Their position apparently is that
the Raleigh hospital needs other
equipment much more than it does
an iron lung. In the background,
too, is the perennial jealousy and
feuding between Rex, the big pub
lic-aided hospital, and Mary Eliza
beth, a smaller private institution.
Legion spokesman resent the
doctors attitude no little. They
say action of the hospital and doc
tors in expressing preference for
some other type of equipment is
like the case of the recipient of a
Christmas person who refused q
necktie because he wanted a pair
of sox.
The Division of Game and Inland
Fisheries has been receiving let
tiers of appreciation for their con-
servation work on the inland wa
tiers. Fishermen report that the
fishing couldn't be so good in lakes
and streams if somebody hadn't
done a stocking job.
So it sounds as though those who
fish in fresh water are doing right
we'll for themselves this summer.
Governor Clyde Hoey probably
will be unable to attend but North
Carolina will almost certainly be
represented at the governors con-
ference slated for Mobile, Alabama
July 20, 80 and 81.
One of the primary discussions
will be elimination of existing
trade barriers between states.
Adoption, or recommendation at
least, of uniform laws governing
size and weight of trucks, recipro-
city in recognizing tags of other
states and, in general, better CO.
operation of Southern states in
highway laws and regulations will
be discussed.
Headed by the Highway Users
Conference, organizations opposed
to diversion of highway funds are
conducting a systematic campaign
in preparation for activities OF the
General Assembly session that
opens in January.
1t SENS rather unlikely that
there will be any strong effort for
adoption of an anti diversion
amendment to the state .constitu-
ton; but there is sure to be a pow
erful drive to remove from the ex-
revenue act its provision for
so-called contingent" diversion.
Every candidate for governor ex-
pressed himself during the primary
campaign as being opposed to di-
version; but there still is nc def
indication of what stand j. M.
Broughton, who will succeed Gov
ernor Clyde Hoey in January, will
take once the question is up for
debate.
Mr.. Broughton, incidentally, is
enjoying a brief vacation this week
end at Myrtle Beach. He Was in
vited to speak to the Associated
Contractors of North and South
Carolina, and is taking advantage
of the opportunity to get in a bit of
real enjoyment of the beach. II