The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13

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WASHINGTON - The bill to
amend the Taft Hartley Act was
sent back to Committee by vote of
I the Senate last Friday.
AMENDMENTS
The parliamentary situation
which developed around this leg
islation was such that it would
have been unwiSe to pass it. What
happened was that the amend
ments reported out by the Sem
ate Labor Committee did not
seem to please the liberal, con-
servative or middle of -the-road
Senators. Some thought the
amendments would weaken Taft
Hartley: others felt that some of
the amendments were too harsh;
many felt that the legislation
would pick up so many other
amendments that the final result
was that the legislation was sent
back to committee by a vote of
90 to 40. My vote was to recon-
nit
WHEEL CHAIR
The anticipated close vote
brought out "a of the 96 Sena-
tors. Senator Butler of Nebraska
was brought in 4 wheel chair to
vote He has a fractured leg, in
juled in a fall recently. Even the
Army Mccarthy hearings halted
tor the afternoon in order for
everybody to be present.
AT THE TOP
North CarolinianS attended the
Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner
kere last week in large number,
ranking second in attendance
among all the states. Texas was
tirst. South Carolina was third.
POTATO FESTIVAL
An event of note is set for this
week end in Elizabeth City. It's
the Albemarle Potato Festival.
have received a copy of the Off
clal program and it is full of in
tereSting information about the
Albemarle section Of North Caro-
Ina.
FEDERAL AID
Along with all OF the Minority
members Of the Senate, am CO.
sponsoring a bill IS. 34l0 to
amend the public assistance pro-
visions of the Social Security Act
b. extending for two years the
increased Federal financial par
tcipation to the States for as
siStance to the aged, blind. dis
abled. and aid to dependent chill
dren. This assistance was passed
in 1852 for two years. and unless
action is taken now, it will expire
September 80. Under the prior
formula an old-oee assistance
grants. the Federal government
paid SIS Of the first $50 and half
CT the next $50 a month Under
the revised formula of Section s
OF the Social Security Act
Amendment of 1852. the Federal
share became $40 of the first S25
and then half of the next $50.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
On last Friday I inserted in
tie Appendix Of the Congressional
Record an article dealing with
the diyersification of the econ
omy of North Carolina as shown
bv the expansion Of Western EleC-
tric which now employs 10000
people in our State. You will
probably recall that this article.
ritten by Wade Lucas, appeared
in many of our newspapers re-
Gently. The stability OF our State
depends on the continued devel-
opment of a good balance between
agriculture and industry. l was
proud to make it possible for the
Leople of the United States to see
what we are accomplishing in
Ncrth Carolina.
THIS AND THAT
The bill to authorize 1865 mil
lion in appropriations for con-
tlnuing the construction Of high
ways has been signed into law ...
The Senate Finance Committee
has been continuing its executive
consideration of H. R. $500, the
general tax revision bill. Senator
Hoey. as a MEMBER of that COM
nlittee. has been devoting long
hours on this matter.