Evening star., 1942-03-02
Public HEARINGS
Set in Virginia
0nD5putedBi||s
Stute Redistrictinq,
No Defense Strike
Measures Stir Row

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March Pub.
lie hearings were arranged today
for two major controversial bills
the Fuller -Caudill- bill to re-
apportion State senatorial districts
and the DE Jarnette anti-stTike
bill-as the General Assembly be-
gan the last two weeks of its 1942
session.
Senator E. r. Fuller Of Rich
mond, head Of the commission that
studied legislative redistricting in
Virginia, has announced that q
subcommittee of which he is chair
man would recommend that the full
Senate Privileges and Elections
Committee report favorably on the
redistricting measure.
The House General Laws Com
mittee set a special hearing on the
De Jarnette bill which would make
it. unlawful, on war or defense en-
terprises, for an employer to fire
or refuse to hire any person be-
cause of membership or lack OF
membership in a labor union and
would prohibit any one from taking
part in or promoting strikes or ocK"
outs in defense work.
Both A. F. L. and c. I. o. leaders
have announced opposition to the
bill. Delegate Edmund T. De Jar
nette of Hanover has announced In
turn that he intended to wage an
active campaign for its passage.
Merit System Hearing Set.
The Senate General Laws Com
mittee planned to hear further ar
euments this afternoon on the
Wright bill to regulate electrical
wiring installations and alterations.
A hearing was also set for this
afternoon by the House Approprla-
tions Committee on legislation to
establish a merit system for State
employees under a personnel d1-
rector. The bill was prepared by a
study committee of the Virginia Ad.
yisory Legislative Committee.
Tomorrow the House Appropria-
tions Committee will conduct q
hearing on two bills proposing diff
ferent plans for paying war
bonuses" to low-salaried State en-
ployes to help them meet rising costs
| of living.
Facing the House today will be
| calendar containing numerous
non- controversial bills on final read
ing. The House also may consider
such thinW as the proposal 10 esa
I tabdsh a sound retirement system
for State employees and school teach
.ers, the df5sons bill to impose strict
regulations on small loan companies
and the Dodd bill to prohibit sale
of beer and wine on Sundays.
Budget Bill Considered.
Biggest task of the week is that
of the Senate Finance Committee
| in its deliberations on the S2l9 ,500,-
600 budget bill. In answer to an
appeal by the Governor, Chairman
Aubrey G. Weaver has said that his
committee would eliminate $780,
900 deficit IN the bill as passed by
the House and report q balanced
budget to the Senate.
The Game and Inland Fish Code
bill passed by the State Senate Sat-
urday does not increase the price
of big game stamps. Senator Jeffer-
son Walter Of Accomac, one of the
bills patrons, said today.
1t was inadvertently reported yes
terday that the bill included the
provision for an increase In the
stamp price from 81 to $3.50 for
Virginia residents and from S250 to
SO for non-residents, but those IN
creases, though proposed, were not
accepted.
An adopted amendment provided
! that a resident of a county west
of the Blue Ridge which has been
restocked with deer would have to
pay the 81 stamp to hunt in his own
county. Under present law the resi-
dent is not required to pay in his
own county.