Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-22
AROUND
CAPITOL SQUARE
BY LINN NISBET
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In The Sir Walter HOtel-Raleigh

PRESSURE-Some legislators are |
privately voicing opposition to bills |
providing for occupational member |
snip on general State boards, on the !
ground that ii begins to look like |
government by pressure groups"
Technical boards OF commits ions are
niNcrSally understood as requiring
specialized membership. Medical
..in:n,rS should be doctors or sur
). lawyers should make up the
";rd al bar examiners. trained cdu-
h:N should pass on teacher quail
1; NrnS, etc. Question has been
;.Scd whether all hospital admins.
""torS ought To be doctors or ali
..G"l administrators teachers
EDUCATlON-1his feeling VIII
| Affect votes on the pending bill To-
submit new constitutional amend.
rient setting up a State school board
ana specifying that there must In,
al least one woman. one business
rnin. political party representation.
and other specifications.
HEALTH-It is involved, too. ~
The pending measure offered bv Spu-
Tor Lee WcathcrS Of Cleveland re-
curing that of the five mcmDcr. nj
The State Board of Health appoirl,vr
by the governor (four members are
named by the state medical society,
one snail be commercial dairyman
another food professor, and 4 third
! inc owner or operator OF a rcstnII-
rant or similar business.
LlM1TATION-No over, opposi-
ton has developed and i, may no,
develop, but quietly there is Tie sup-
cestlon that this limits the appoin-
1.-Two authority To few inicres ied
/ !roupS, when in fact the boards have
equal supervision over almost all
| 'haSeS Of public activity. Inr hoard
VI ncaith SupcrVIscs bus and railroad
atoms municipal water supplies,
nj many other businesses with a +,
"'ch control over them as it has
| ,"t' restaurants and dairic>.
CHO1CE-EXtCnSIon O. inc until
IDLY !. 1913. would be granted high
Jay patrolmcn Ia make their choice
| pnnSorcd by the State Original ac;
between the two retirement sy.tcm
l!ng up the teachers a State en-
'"yccS system permitted patrolmcn
choose between ii and the law en-
orcement Officers ~ySlc.u. but the
Acicc had to be made prior to July
:. l942. Presently there are patrol.
"cn In each group, but none can b.
org to both. Effect of the pending
| III II adopted would simply permit
nc same choice until next July. n,
the same time allowing any member
| either group 10 withdraw and Join
| Z other. -
| ANTE-Another bill, sponsored by
'cnatorS Cherry, Larliin and O'Bcrrv
| WOULD double the amount now
'hargcd on bills of cost in criminal
actions for benefit OF the law en-
| orccmcm officer tund. When that
| vas ilrSt set up The amount added
as % cents. Later that was raised
Il dollar. with the bureau of in
Stlgation gcttirg half of il. Later
NSSIon. the bureau was taken over
y Inc general fund and officer, col
ne whole dollar Even so. il wa,
nMplainCd that the fund didn't offer
uEahiaecS as good as the general
retirement system, and numerous pa.
'Ioiihen went over 10 the larger
Sfolp. Current proposal is again
10 double the anIc which convicted
F!hllnaiS III amy State cOuit-iuSticc
u the peace or village mayo: up-
M'st pay. with the whole amount
;"ing into the special officers fund.
sponsors hope that this will stem the