The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-08

THAT "over one hundred and fit,
thousand North Carolinians are il
the armed forces of the nation, :
and that under the circumstance.
of war there can be no place fol
non-essential,. experimental OF
petty legislation. The one though
uppermost in the minds and hearts
of the people whom you and
represent is to win this war"
Too much, cannot be said ir
praise for the work of the selectlve
service boards in North Carolina
he said. Under the heading of war
Legislation, Governor Brougnton
asked that adequate provision be
made for the financial require
ments of the civilian defense pro
gram and for the 40 units of the
home guard, which comprise a to-
tai of approximately 1000 officers
and enlisted men. In asking special
war powers, he said that techni-
cal lack of authority had largely
defeated the purposes of highly
essential regulations. Among the
governmental functions which he
said had been affected by unpre-
cedented and emergency condi-
tons, he listed use of highways,
load regulations, handling and
transportation of explosives, la
Dor regulations as involving hours
or work and conditions under
which women and younger persons
may be permitted to work, school
regulations as related to adapta-
tion of the school program to the
requirements of war, health reg
ulations of emergency character,
emergency and unusual activities
of highway forces and highway
patrol, transportation and utility
problems.
Asserting that the state is in the
best financial condition in its his
tory, Governor Broughton said the
general fund cash surplus was
several times larger than ever
recorded, and would exceed $780,
GOO,O 900 by the end to the present
fiscal year next June.
"After setting up the post war
reserve fund.-" he said, there will
in my judgment be ample funds,
taking into consideration the bal
ance of the existing surplus and
anticipated revenues in the next
biennium, to meet all the reason
able needs of our state agencies,
institutions, colleges, universities
and public schools"
Speaking of increased pay for
teachers and other state employees,
the governor recommended that
such boosts or supplements be made
effective as to January 1, 1943, and
to continue to the end Of 1914, when
the next legislature may consider
the matter.
He recommended the retention of
a continuing revenue act which he
said had been stabilizing in its ef-
feet.
"War conditions have had an ad.
verse effect upon our highway
funds" he said, and 1.-The curve is
still downward and highway reve.
nues for the coming biennium will
probably be substantially less than
fifty per cent of normal. Fortunate.
ly the highway commission at the
end of the last fiscal year had to
it's credit a cash surplus in excess
is 13 million dollars. i.
TN addition to it's cash surplus,
the highway commission has wise.
iy built up a reserve fund which has
| largely been and can easily be in.
vested in outstanding highway
| bonds of the state. This is not a
sinking fund, because the outstand-
ing highway bonds totaling. at the
present s62 2,614,O0O are serial bonds,
as to which no sinking fund is re-
quired and which are payable as to
principal and interest out of cur.
rent revenue.
"In view of these CONTINGENCIES,