Evening star., 1944-02-22
holland Presses
Pay Raisefor
State Workers
Plans to Present
Supporting Figures
To Committee
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Feb. 22.-Senator
L. U. Noland, Newport News, patron
of bill to boost the tax rate on
net incomes Of corporations and
individuals exceeding 5000, planned
to present figures to the Senate
Finance Committee today in sup
port of his proposal to increase
salaries of State employees.
Contending that the State can
and should bear the cost, Senator
holland has suggested increases Of
80 per cent for all employees earning
up to $4,000 year, and 20 per cent
to all earning more than S2,500 and
up to and including $500.
His bill to increase the income tax
rate from to per cent will yield
about s6,0o0,0 900, he estimated.
If the State really needs the
money" he added, here is one place
| it can get the funds necessary to
increase State employe and teachers
salaries to decent level"
Wine Tax Boost Voted.
The Senate yesterday passed a bill
providing for so cents a gallon tax
on light wines, estimated to yield
81 SOC, 900 year, after Senator w.
N. Neff, Abingdon, Withdrew an
amendment earmarking the money
for the schools.
The bill as amended would give
two-thirds of the revenue to the
/ ivJ - t,fa
Senator Neff withdrew his amend
ment as the House received bill to
provide a $50 teacher unit bonus
for the next two years of the BIZ
ennium, which would place the
teacher unit distribution at $3.50 in
stead of 5000 as now provided in the
House-approved budget bill.
The $50 teacher bonus bill was Of
fered by Delegate Robert White
head, Nelson.
Senator Neff said he was with
drawing his amendment to earmark
the wine tax funds for the schools.
There were many who felt that
schools should not derive their sup
port from funds received through
the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Calendars Crowded.
/ Crowded calendars awaited both
the Senate and the House as the
legislators hastened action on nu-
merous bills before the Senate starts
consideration of the general appro-
priation bill now pending before the
Finance Committee.
The House had 81 and the Senate
l3 bills ready for passage today.
Among these was the Boatwright
bill in the House to allow localities
to parallel State laws in the matter
-of imposing and collecting fines for
violation of provisions of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Act
Such a bill would closely relate
to the State literary fund, since
ABC violation fines form a large
source of revenue for the fund.
Resolutions have passed both this
session and the 1912 session provid-
ing for referendum on a constitu-
tional amendment to freeze the lit
erary fund at s10,000,000 and to
allow FUNDS over that amount to
go directly to the schools.
Reported out last night by the
Senate General Laws Committee
was the Moses STUART Senate
bill, which would increase the hours
which women may work in industry
essential to the prosecution of the
war to So hours a week and 10 a
day. The bill will be effective for
the duration. ,.
John Hopkins Hall, commissioner
of labor and industry; the State
Federation of Labor and several
women speakers appeared in oppo-
sition to the measure. Advocating
it were the Virginia Manufacturers
Association, representatives of box
manufacturers and Nina B. H. Avery,
president of the State Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
i Clubs.