The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
ASSEMBLY FAVORED
SCHOOLS AND FARMERS
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pared Broughton to Aycock, be-
cause of his interest in education.
At any rate his influence and the
Observation-Disclosures law making
body resulted in much effective
legislation in this field. This in
c1udes retirement for teachers
along with other state employees;
continuing contracts for teachers;
ninth salary increments; remov-
al of inequality of pay between
white and negro teachers; in
creasing of funds for vocational
education; provision for a 18th
grade; drafting a constitutional
amendment to set up a new edu-
cational board; authorizing COM
mission to study the possibility
of organizing trade schools; state
aid for public libraries and ade-
quate appropriations to assure the
growth of North Cardinals high
er institutions of learning,
The total appropriations for
public schools for the next bien-
Mum which is $60,000,O00 is far
, greater than ever before.
Farmers Are Helped
Among the enactments of the
assembly to aid the farmer can
be listed the following: a mar
keting authority, pure seed law,
fertilizer law, increased appro-
priations for State College, a state
trade mark, bulk milk sales act,
provision for storing on loan pro-
ducts other than cotton and acts
permitting the extension of the
federal housing program into ru-
raj areas.
Of these laws perhaps the two
newest, and predicted to be OF
greatest aid to farmers are the
marketing authority bill which is
expected to result in the estab-
lishment of an "adequate system
which will greatly enhance the
value" of N. c. farm products and
the trade mark bill under which
quality North Carolina agrlcul-
tural products will bear a trade
mark with the name "TarheeI
over a map of the state.
A New Highway System
The reorganization of the high
way and public works commission
making their terms approximate
ly concurrent with the governors,
gives him control of the system
and is predicted to assure ettl-
cheney and "state-wide character"
to the highway system.
The assembly's creation of a
new motor vehicle department
composed of agencies now in the
revenue department, including
the highway patrol, is intended to
remove the latter from politics.
Construction ALLEGATIONS for prl-
mary and secondary roads were
increased over the amounts TOR
1939-4O, and a new fund OF ST.
100000 set up to standardlze OBJ
sClete roads.
A Defense Program
GROUPED under the defense leg
islation of the N. c. law-making
body would come the joint reso-
luton praising the Presidents
defense and aid-to-Britain pro-
grams; legislation for the state
guard if needed, and the provision
for an appropriation to buy uni
forms for the state guard.
Labor and Prohibition
While the legislature killed the
labor bill establishing So hours
for men and 48 for women as
work week, the legislators did
however, stop attempts to con-
strict the present laws provisions.
While as whole, the Governor
along with the rest of the drys
lost, the legislature did restrict
the sale of fortified wines except
in the 26 counties with liquor dis
pensaries and regulated their sale
in those counties.
The states public assistance
program remains about the same
with an increase of 10 per cent
in the contributions to aid the
blind.
Reorganization Carried Out
Perhaps one of the most talked
of acts was that which calls for
a 18th congressional district in
the western part of the state and
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