The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

NOTES
By GEORGE C. PHILPOT

MONDAY evening, the Rouse OF
Representatives convened at
7:30 p. m. After prayer by the
House chaplain, Rev. A. J. Void,
the Journal of the last legislat-
i've day was read and approved.
A number of resolutions and
bills were introduced and sent to
the Reference committee.
The only bill up for third
reading was one to raise the pay
of ditch supervisors and their as
sistants. These men are neces-
sary public servants in the level
part of Ohio where drainage
bitches must be maintained.
After the session, / had the
pleasure of conducting Miss
Eileen Mallett, a student at
Bliss college, and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Mallett, Of
Summerfield route, and her
aunt, Mrs. Barnes, through the
House and Senate. They watched
the Monday night session from
the west galleries. I urge more
Noble countians to visit the
General Assembly. hope I shall
have the opportunity to intro
duce several school groups to the
members of the House. If the
principals and superintendent
will give me a few days notice,
I shall arrange a schedule so
they may visit many of the state
offices in the capitol. l also not
iced my predecessor, Mr.. George
Mckee in the south galleries,
but did not have an opportunity
to speak to him then, but met
him in the House corridor Thurs
day.
l spent most of Tuesday fore
noon working on compensation
case, which required trips to the
Industrial commission and a doc
tors office. Tomorrow I want to
see some lawyers. The more con-
facts l have with the above de-
partment of government, the
more disgusted 1 am with its ac-
| tivities.
Tuesday afternoons session
| brought the first real test Of the
majority party's strength. Am.
H. B. No. 5 asked for repeal Of
| the Ferguson anti-strike bill.
This. bill forbade striking of
public employees.
Both parties held caucuses
which lasted nearly two hours,
then reconvened in session to act
on Am. H. B. No. and H. B. No.
SO. H. B. No, 36 gives, public
temployees the right to join or
| affiliate with labor unions. The
original language of H. B. No.
l36 made it compulsory for gov
| eminent officials to recognize
unions formed by public en-
| ployees. An amendment by Mr..
| Schwartz, of Hamilton county,
| changed it to a permissive rather
than mandatory piece of legisla-
ton
Both the repeater and H. B.
| No. 36 passed by close votes.
! Tuesday evening, proponents
for the bill permitting the sale
of colored oleo were heard. Mr..
Ed Schorr, of Cincinnati, who
sponsored the same bill two
years ago, was one of the speak
ers, and two other men spoke
one of them represented the soy
bean growers of the U. S..
| In an adjoining committee
room, another bill which is of
interest to Noble county was un-
der discussion. This bill would
limit party telephone lines to six
subscribers.
Several small telephone COM
pany owners spoke of the scare
ity of materials which would
! prohibit expansion. The cost
would force many small COM
panies out of business, which
would mean no service in many
areas. believe the bill is very
desirable, but impractical at
present.
On Wednesday, the House
passed some bills of local inter-
est to certain counties or muni-
cipalities, but none affected
Noble county.
Wednesday evening, the OPP
ponents of the oleo bill were
heard Some of the speakers
were representatives of milk
producers, of dairy companies
and of the Ohio Dairy associa-
ton. They made good case'
for butter against oleo, but / be-
lieve the majority of the COM
mittee will vote it out onto the
floor of the House.
Thursday a. m, I met Joe Vel
osky, of Belle Valley, at the In
dustrial Commission hearing
room. His hearing was set for 10
a. m. 1 stayed with him until IL
o'clock and then left him and
Ray McVay there because the
House was scheduled for ses-
sion at II a. m. was little late
but was there for roll call.
Thursday morning, we passed
some more local bills. Several
more bills and resolutions were
introduced and then the House
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