The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-24

NOTES
By GEORGE C. PHILPOT


sessions, Monday, Feb. IA, was
the introduction of bills. Nearly
300 were introduced in those
two sessions. The total number
of bills in the House was 633
which is probably a record.
The Senate has 1875 bills now,
but they have no deadline for in
PRODUCTION. Other bills may be
introduced at later dates in the
Senate.
Ou Tuesday, three bills by
Anderson, of Franklin county,
were passed. H. B. No. 81 al
lows jurors five cents a mile for
daily trip instead of three cents
a mile once a week. H. B. No. So
raised the permissive pay Of
court stenographers. H. B. No. 54
raised the compensation of the
court reports for making tran
scripts. The raise was from IL
cents to Is cents per folio of one
hundred words.
Tuesday afternoon two men
from the U. S. Bureau Of Mines
hat Pittsburgh attended the
meeting of Mines committee. One
of them, Mr.. Griffith, spoke of
the need of sealing all abandon
ed and exhausted mines to pre-
vent mine fires and stream pol
luton. He also said many
people, especially children, have
entered the old mines out Of
curiosity, and become lost and
several have lost their lives.
Because he was in San Fran
cisco, l was unable to get John
Melvin to attend the Tuesday
meeting. The chairman, Mr.,
Gallagher, told me he had ap-
preached Governor Lausche
about the 100000 appropriation
for the Geology department. He
said Gov. Lausche appeared to
be favorable. This should accel-
crate the work initiated by Cald
we'll Chamber of Commerce sew
eral months ago.
Tuesday evening proponents OF
the F. E. P. G. bills were heard
The opponents will be heard on
Wednesday evening. Noble coun-
ty probably will be affected very
little by this bill, but the indust-
rial and urban areas of our state
and other states if Congress
passes a similar F. E. P. c. bill
are going to experience an cpl
demic of labor headaches. l an
afraid the whole matter is a pol
itical move which will intensity
rather than lessen the friction
between the ra6ial and national
groups.
The committee on ConserVa,
tion held hearing on the White
Berry Stripmine Bill. Among
other things this bill raises the
bond from $100 an acre to $500
The proponents favor the raise
because the stripping companie
are willing to forfeit the $1O'
an acre bond rather than leve
and restore vegetation on tht
= land.
I Outside the State House is
: French box car which th'
French people donated to th'
people of Ohio as a token o
gratitude for Ohio's contribution
to the Freedom train. In the cap
itol rotunda is partial display o
the gifts from the people O.
| France to the people of Ohio
Those gifts will probably b'
| placed in the various museum!
of the state by Ohio Archaeolog
ical and Historical Society.
Wednesday evening the oppon
) ents Of the F. E. p c. bill were
heard. Several small manufac
turers and representatives of The
Ohio Manufacturers Association
and the Retail Merchants Asso
citation spoke. They made
strong case.
After the hearing, the Repub
lican members of the committe'
on industry and labor and few
others worked until the WEE
, hours and gain Thursday morn
ing trying to write bill tha
would be acceptable to most 0
the House members. Both partie
: were committed by their plat
: forms in the last campaign t.
some kind of F, E. P. c. legisla
: ton.
: Wednesday evening the O. T
J A. entertained the House Edu
5 cation committee members. W.
7 had dinner at the Athletic Clul
: and were shown the film tha
f the o. E. A. has made showing
: the need for many new schoo
/ buildings in Ohio.
After the opening of tn
= Thursday morning session, MI
l Carpenter, of Seneca county de
= manded a call of the House
= This requires the roll to be call
ed. The roll call showed only 10
present out of 1874 This numbe
was sufficient to conduct bus
mess.
Due to the fact that the auth
j, ors Of two bills were called ava