The Lincoln times., 1955-01-13
Sen. Kerr Scott
is Busy Man "
In Washington
by Bill Whitley

w A , h l n u L . N, u. I. -
BANG. The new Congress has
started with bang. President Els
enhoWer wasn't half through his
State of the Union message last
week before it was obvious he has
made up his mind about what to
do when reelection t i'm rolls
around.
/ Those closest to the picture fig
ure he's not only figuring on run
ming again. bat will ask the Demo-
/ Gratis to nominate him as well as
the Republicans.
/ BILLS. The Congress was less
than a week old before Senator
( w. Kerr Scott was in the midst Of
/ top-level activity.
For many years freshman sena-
/ tors, as a rule, have stood on the
| sidelines for a while before taking
much active part in introducing
! bills and formulating legislation.
/ Not SO with Scott.
/ In the first few days after Con-
gress convened, the Squire from
Haw River had become co-sponSor
of no less than five bills and reso-
lutions. -Four of these deal with
major problems and will undoubt-
edly develop into key issues.
VARY. Scott chose senators
of varying political positions to
work with. In one instance, he
worked with Senator Kefauver. On
another. he worked with Senator
1 Byrd. He is also working with Sen
ator Hill on a bill and with Re
publican senator on another.
Obviously, Scott is avoiding as
sociation with any faction as such,
working on all legislation he feels
important and worthy.
BUSINESS. The first proposal
Scott affixed his Signature to was
Senator Kefauver's bill designed to
prevent c'lt-throat competition by
/ big industry. IN short. 1t Woulo
give the small businessman
break in buying from large sup
pliers. 1t would REQUIRE all sup
pliers to charge the same unit
price to retailers they supply, sc
long as the unit cost is the same
SCHOOLS. SCOTS second legiS-
lative project started when he CO.
sponsored Senator Lister Hill:
emergency school construction bill
which would authorize the FEEDER
al government to allocate as mucf
as 500 million dollars a year tt
states for school construction.
Under the bill, no strings woule
be attached to money given thI
states. 1t would work similar to tht
Good Health hospital construction
| program.
If the bill becomes law. NORTH
Carolina could get as much as q
million dollars a year from tht
Federal government for badly
needed schools.
ECONOMY. With Billions upor
billions of dollars being handled by
the Federal government each year
Senator Scott feels that a lot o.
money can be saved by wiser hand
| ling and a tighter grip on the
pocketbook.
Because of this. Scott has CO.
SPONSORED bill with economy
minded Senator Harry Byrd o
Virginia that would require Con-
oress to consider the many ap'
rropriations bills in one package
It would consolidate all the ap'
uropriations bills into one.
GAS I understand it." Scott said
"the members Of Congress- = al
we'll as the public - could look a
the nations tremendous budget IL
one package. That would be bi!
help. AS it is now, it's piecemea
proposition and creates a lot o
confusion"
NARCOTICS. While working OF
other bills. Scott has announced
that he will co-sponsor a bill b.
Senator PAYNE, a Republican o
Maine. to tighten the federal mar
| cotic laws.
"I'm mainlv interested in seein'
that we stay on TOP of the mar
rotics problem. It's sometime
we've got to watch every minut'
| if we expect to save our younge
people from it's deadly tempta
ton" Scott said.
| COMMUNISM. The fifth bill
that former Governor Scott ha
co-sponsored is a resolution b,
Senator Daniel of Texas pledgin'
to carry on intensive investiga
tions of communism.
Nobody has monopoly on in
vestigating communism. want t.
see all of it rooted out, and In
sure the Democrats can do it a
effectively as anybody" Scott said
FOR BETTER EATING
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hettar prOductS and proceSSine