March 6, 1941 (6 pages)

< 107 Mill street Nevada County Photo Center 2 ® PHONE 67 Portraits, Commercial. Photography, : ; Enlarging. and. Framing,,. i Dro . ees _ Kodaks and Photo Supplies, . * Movie Cameras and Films sue NEVADA CITY STIGGET = TH URSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. eee ——— PAGE TWOT 4 A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. & Nevada City Nugget ‘305 Broad Street. Phone 36, H. M. LEETE Editor and. Publisher Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered as mail matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (In Advance) One Month ; AF yes gee Word ; . San Francisco has been much agitated recently over socalled “Dead End Kids’’ and a mounting juvenile delinquency problem. The press and the authorities have engaged in prolonged discussion as to the best course to pursue and how most efficiently to keep young people: from committing crimes and other violations of the law which bring them to court or commit them to a reform school. Herb Caen, columnist. for the San Francisco Chronicle, sums the whole thing up in four letters—JOBS. He says what the boys need are tasks to perform wherein they can assist in maintaining their own livelihood. A youngster who has something to do isn’t a youngster who takes things he can’t rightfully have. ae The best way to distract the attention of a baby from crying for the moon is to give it some plaything nearer at hand to occupy its attention. The bestway’ to keep young people from stealing or getting into other mischief is to permit them to earn their own spending money and to learn the value of a dollar. ee Certain organizations and individuals have been. striving to keep children. from any form of. endeavor. The most trivial tasks are regarded with suspicion as interfering with their play or their freedom. These reformists refer to any work as child labor, talk of sweatshops and would make the public believe that juvenile toil is harmful to the health and well-being of the youngsters. Exagerated instances are cited to prove their contentions and arouse public opinion against ‘‘oppressive child labor.” _ Tee AE eee a ‘The newspaper boy and the magazine boy, who put in,a few hourse each week, earning spending money. have become an object of concern to certain officials and. certain clubs or organizations which have been propagandized into cooperating with them. Distributing newspapers is anything but oppressive child labor as any former newsboy well knows. It is a businesslike training in which thrift and self-reliance are _taught young people as they reach their early teens. Certain forms of light tasks fall naturally into the juv-enile classification as being proper outlets for the energies and ambitions of young people who want to earn something for themselves. A\\ SMASH. THAT EGG! grant any Army or Navy truck, or any hauling for U.S. military forces, free use of California highways regardless. of weight or size. But there’s always soméone, it seems, anxious to hang onto Uncle Sam's coat:tails. That's probably why the poor fellow is so stoop-shouldered!—Contributed. f Touring California in behalf of his stricken native. land is Henri De Vilmorin, a Frenchman who shared in the triumph of other Free Frenchmen.in the African:campaign last. July— a Frenchman who fiercely exclaims: “France will never die.” ‘Do not say .we are dishonored,” says this soldier of France. ““We have been licked in one fight, but we have not lost the war. What honor we lost by that: failure we shall restore.Free France may yet write the most stirring chapter in the history of this war.” _ There is sadness and regret in this soldier's story, as well as stern resolve. ““We did not produce enough, either before the war, or during the war.’” he admits. “Our miliaary leaders were not capable. not good.”’ But then. proudly. ‘“The French are not divided. The French are not betrayed. They are not loyal to an illegal government which was forced upon them in a moment of panic. We have lost a battle, but not the war!” No one who has known the French soldier would ever doubt his courage. No one who has listened to Henri De Vi_ Carrying newspapers or magazines is in this category and. properly regulated and conducted should be so recognized by . the authorities. The publishers in California for years have been imposing their own regulations upon their industry and upon the young people who service the public. : __,. The newspaper boy, or magazine boy, is no ragamuffin in tattered clothes who peddles his wares in saloons and haunts the downtown streets. On the contrary he is a welldressed young businessman, whose health and _ physical. fitness are checked before he is permitted a route or a stack of newspapers to sell or reliver. The young man learns how to contact the public. He learns how to keep his own accounts. He learns how to handle -Money and he appreciates its worth., The ‘‘Deal-End kids” are not newspaper or magazine boys. They come from the young], people who are idle, travel in gangs and steal to get the things . they aren't given a chance to earn or secure in normal ways. . f Uncle Sam’s Coat-Tails . With almost everyone willing to make any. reasonable sacrifice to aid in the cause of national defense, it isn’t surprising, perhaps, that a few hitch-hikers should appear, trying to hook a free ride on a popular issue. At any rate, the thumba-ride boys already have started to show up in congressional and legislative corridors. At Sacramento, dog-eared, discredited perennials, which crop up at every session, have suddeniy appeared as ‘‘national defense bills.'” And unless legislators and public officials are “wary of these old-timers in new attire, California. may wake up to the fact, after the session, that more crimes have been committed in the name of national defense than are said to have been committed in the name of justice. Be Motorists, for example, who groan and growprofane over slow-moving, heavy-duty trucks, which stall traffic and ruin week-end outings, may find that the highway. transports have been tremendously increased in both size and weight—} all, ostensibly, in the interest of national defense. . For Assembly Bill 1268 now pending, would jump the weight. limit on two-axle vehicles from 26,000 pounds to 48,000 pounds, Imorin would doubt that France has great patriots, willing to . Zive everything, even to life itself, in defense of country. Yet ‘France failed to produce: France lacked unity of purpose; France had weak leaders. And France was conquered and over-run. Maybe there is a lesson here for us, as we face the task of preparedness. We are prodigious producers, when occasion demands it; we are capable of great unified effort, if the emergency is.great enough, and we can produce men to match our mountains, as we have in every crisis since this nation was first established. Perhaps it’s time to take stock of our assets. In some distant day, we don’t want to say, half-defiantly: "America will never die!" We just want to say, as we now say, ‘Long live America!’’°—Contributed. ~~ Joe Louis, Soldier Joe Louis, heavyweight champ of the world, expects to be‘ drafted within the next 90 days to fight. for Uncle Sam. And for once in his life, the usually calm, reticent, unruffled Brown Bomber is not only excited: he’s positively loquacious. \ “Sure, I want to bea soldier,"’ laughed Joe. ‘I'll be a good one, too. I’ve taken orders for years from my trainer, so. . won't have any trouble taking orders in the army.” \Then Joe’s face sobered and he made the longest speech of his\career. ‘“The,country is mine as much as anyone else's. I'm proud of my country. It’s been good to me, and . want to do my part now that it needs me.”’ Going,in the army. at the peak of his fighting career may cost Joe Louis a million-dollars. There may be another heavyweight champion, getting the plaudits of the crowd and the fat purses, when Soldier Joe gets his honorable discharge from the United States Army. But Joe said what a lot of other American boys are thinking: “It’s my country —and it’s been 'good to me!’’—Contributed. t i i Ss . ____ Skiing Is Good Businesswhile the big, three-axle trucks, now limited to 34,000 pounds, would also be permitted to carry a gross weight of 48,000 pounds. a If that were required in the interest of national defense, the autoist, regardless of his exasperation, would probably make the best of it. But the fact remains that it.isn’t. There's another act to take care of the ‘military situation, which will California's national forest skiing areas and mass_numbers of winter sports participants. are contributing to an improved social and economic outlook: for the state. Thus declared Robert S.: Monahan of U. S. Forest Service headquarters in Washington, D. C., at the conclusion of a two week's survey of major winter sports developments throughout California forests. Mr. Monahan. who is touring all national forest skiing [areas in the United States. stated in a visit to San Francisca 8 Hour Kodak Finishing, Old Copies, . . conditions anywhere. and is attracting tremendous crowds. that “California has some of the best skiing terrain and snow ‘lam. impressed. by the volume of business: that this popular snort is bringine to all sorts of large and small consid > cerns, _in-the cities.and along transportation routes. But . am . THINKING OUT LOUD (Continued from Page One) as soon as possible that help to the hard-pressed British that may. save us from sacrificing our trade relations in the Pacific. disturbed as many commentators seem to ‘be, over the delay in Senate action on the lease-lend bill. For we feel ‘reasonably certain, from occasional bits of news dispatches, that aid to Britain is going forward in good volume anyhow. And in the meantime, the President is getting all set to carry forward the work of putting more steam into the country’s productive effort, and will undoubtedly be ready to act the moment the bill becomes law. Senators Nye, Johnson, Wheeler, and others we surmise have nearly shot. their wad. A few days might make a ~ great difference in the result to be sure, but we think the date for an invasion attempt thas been indefinitely postponed by Herr Hitler, who now proposes, so far as we can judge; to attempt starvation before the final sally’ across the channel, But timeliness is essential in our aid. Of that we can be very eertain, and upon our aid to Britain, does depend not only future relations in the Atlantic, but also those in the Pacific, and for that matter, the wide world around, COMMONWEALTH CLUB WOULD BAN : ae 3 f SAN -FRANCHISCO, March 6.—An immediate embargo on United States trade with Japan: in military supplies, oil, automotive equipment, or “any products whieh would benefit the Japanese. economy,” including imports of raw silk and cotton manutures, was urged today by the Commonwealth Club of California. The club opposed renewal of the Japanese trade treaty at this time, but favored its renewal ‘“when deSirable in the opinion of the State Department,’ and favored “entering into a reciprocal trade hostilities.” The club. also favored the policy of loans and sale of military supplies to China, In the other half of a double barreled ballot of the club’s membership completed today, the club endorsed a plan for county administration of unemployment relief and other welfare services, with state supervision and joint state-county financing, Prior to the club’s vote, pro-andcon reports on both subjects were published and mailed to all club . members. The report on trade with Japan followed a year long study by the Pacific Ocean Commerce Section while the report on relief was the result of a year’s sutdy by the Section on Municipal and County Govj ernment. SUCCUMBS HERE Final rites are being arranged by the Holmes Funeral Home here for Peter Moussannet, well known Italian resident of this community, who died yesterday. : Moussanet was born in Italy but was a naturalized citizen of this country. He came to the United States 41 years ago and to Nevada City 19 years ag6é. He was aged 79 years. Hearing Set To Detérmine Status: Of Mine Leaders SACRAMENTO, Mar. 5—(U.P.)—~ A U_S. labor department hearing to determine whether miners who lease and operate mines are employes under the fair labor Standards act will -be held in Salt Lake City ‘March 18 ‘Bruce McDonell, executive day. Terms of lease agreements compensation of leasees, working conditions and handling and disposition of ore mined under lease agreements will be ‘taken into consideration in determining status of the miners McDonell announced. are Dorothy M. Williams of San Francisco, regional attorney for the wage and hour division of the department , state mining board Secretary, announced toskis, deep snow and ‘o agreement . with Japan following cessation of . of labor, will conduct the hearing, . even more impressed og ths wholesome outlook that a ‘WITH YOUR ASSEMBLYMAN THURMAN AT THE STATE CAPITOL . é The 54th session of the state les. In the fieantinie we are not so . istature reconvened on Monday fol‘lowing the constitutional rcscs; of the past five weeks. Your legislatoys will now get down to the work of decid’ng how many of the some 4000 measures are worchy of consideration before the 2 houses. of the legislature. Many of ihe various Dills will undoubtedly be killed in their ; Sie respective commitTHURMAN tee, thus saving the legislature the trouble of having to consider such legislation on the floor. In the writers opinion, a measure must have some merit if it gets this .session. J Your assemblyman returns ‘to his desk in the lower houSe feeling that he has considerably more knowledge about the affairs of government, than he previously had. This additional knowledge ‘was gined last week as we sat with the ways and means committee which held hearings ‘on the proposed administration budget, All heads with their accountants sat with the committee during the past week for a thorough going over of their respective budgets for the coming two years. All budgeted items . sor additional employées and addi/ tional expense were thoroughly discussed and will be given additional consideration by the committee before it passes the budget bil! to the floor. We feel quite’ fortunate in’ being’ selected a member of this committee, the" work of which is most enlightening, As a result of this committee work of the past week! and its continued study of the budget, it is safe _to say that at least twenty millions of dollars will be cut from the bud‘zet. One item, the relief allocation of nearly $38,000,000, was stricken from the ‘budget and a special appropriation bill will. be introduced to take care of relief on a yearly budget basis. It was brought out in "the ‘committee hearings that more than 8000 relief cases had been dropped in recent months and with i the national defense program giving employment to.many persons who heretofore have been on relief, the committee believes that with the relief picture so uncertain, it is best to allocate funds one year at a time rather than attempt to forecast the relief case load two years in advance. It is certain to be the attitude of the ways and means committee that the state has too many separate departments and bureaus with the resuit that legislation will undoubtedly be introduced to consolidate some of the bureaus and agencies, thereby cutting down expense of operation with a saving to the tax payers. Propaganda has become quite an issue and it is possible that legisla, tion will be introduced to eliminate . some of the high priced publicity ex. berts who have in recent years been ; added to the.payroll. The practice of employing departmental i personn has been rapidly expand. ing ia/esont years to publicize the ' activities, policies and programs of ; 4n administration, While the present administration is not responsible forall of the propaganda specialists ‘on the payroll; this type of state em-/ ; Ployee has inereased more rapidly . during the past two years, Tt was enlightening to the committee last week when one department head told the members that he was dubious of the benefits tobe derived from employing a publicity agent to baflyhoo the activities of his department, which incidently, is /in charge of the hospitals and insane ayslums of the state. The item in the , budget for the creation of this new , Job at the taxpayers expense totaled $6060 for a two year period: The creation of the new job was. not his wish ,the department head stated jbut had been suggested by the administration, So whether you like it or not Mr. and Mrs, Taxpayer, you are paying 800d money for a lot of bdallyhoo that many legislators believe couffd be dispensed with. Suffers Stroke— . Albert Carter is confined to the Miners Hospital here from the effects of a stroke, suffered Tuesday. i Dr. W. W. Reed, is attending Cart{er, : pair of winter area develo ments-help_provide for so many outdoor enthusiasts.”’ : nn as far as the daily calendar duringdepartment and bureau , publicity — _ < oe

< 107 Mill street Nevada County Photo Center 2 ® PHONE 67 Portraits, Commercial. Photography, : ; Enlarging. and. Framing,,. i Dro . ees _ Kodaks and Photo Supplies, . * Movie Cameras and Films sue NEVADA CITY STIGGET = TH URSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. eee ——— PAGE TWOT 4 A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. & Nevada City Nugget ‘305 Broad Street. Phone 36, H. M. LEETE Editor and. Publisher Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered as mail matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (In Advance) One Month ; AF yes gee Word ; . San Francisco has been much agitated recently over socalled “Dead End Kids’’ and a mounting juvenile delinquency problem. The press and the authorities have engaged in prolonged discussion as to the best course to pursue and how most efficiently to keep young people: from committing crimes and other violations of the law which bring them to court or commit them to a reform school. Herb Caen, columnist. for the San Francisco Chronicle, sums the whole thing up in four letters—JOBS. He says what the boys need are tasks to perform wherein they can assist in maintaining their own livelihood. A youngster who has something to do isn’t a youngster who takes things he can’t rightfully have. ae The best way to distract the attention of a baby from crying for the moon is to give it some plaything nearer at hand to occupy its attention. The bestway’ to keep young people from stealing or getting into other mischief is to permit them to earn their own spending money and to learn the value of a dollar. ee Certain organizations and individuals have been. striving to keep children. from any form of. endeavor. The most trivial tasks are regarded with suspicion as interfering with their play or their freedom. These reformists refer to any work as child labor, talk of sweatshops and would make the public believe that juvenile toil is harmful to the health and well-being of the youngsters. Exagerated instances are cited to prove their contentions and arouse public opinion against ‘‘oppressive child labor.” _ Tee AE eee a ‘The newspaper boy and the magazine boy, who put in,a few hourse each week, earning spending money. have become an object of concern to certain officials and. certain clubs or organizations which have been propagandized into cooperating with them. Distributing newspapers is anything but oppressive child labor as any former newsboy well knows. It is a businesslike training in which thrift and self-reliance are _taught young people as they reach their early teens. Certain forms of light tasks fall naturally into the juv-enile classification as being proper outlets for the energies and ambitions of young people who want to earn something for themselves. A\\ SMASH. THAT EGG! grant any Army or Navy truck, or any hauling for U.S. military forces, free use of California highways regardless.. of weight or size. But there’s always soméone, it seems, anxious to hang onto Uncle Sam's coat:tails. That's probably why the poor fellow is so stoop-shouldered!—Contributed. f Touring California in behalf of his stricken native. land is Henri De Vilmorin, a Frenchman who shared in the triumph of other Free Frenchmen.in the African:campaign last. July— a Frenchman who fiercely exclaims: “France will never die.” ‘Do not say .we are dishonored,” says this soldier of France. ““We have been licked in one fight, but we have not lost the war. What honor we lost by that: failure we shall restore.Free France may yet write the most stirring chapter in the history of this war.” _ There is sadness and regret in this soldier's story, as well as stern resolve. ““We did not produce enough, either before the war, or during the war.’” he admits. “Our miliaary leaders were not capable. not good.”’ But then. proudly. ‘“The French are not divided. The French are not betrayed. They are not loyal to an illegal government which was forced upon them in a moment of panic. We have lost a battle, but not the war!” No one who has known the French soldier would ever doubt his courage. No one who has listened to Henri De Vi_ Carrying newspapers or magazines is in this category and. properly regulated and conducted should be so recognized by . the authorities. The publishers in California for years have been imposing their own regulations upon their industry and upon the young people who service the public. : __,. The newspaper boy, or magazine boy, is no ragamuffin in tattered clothes who peddles his wares in saloons and haunts the downtown streets. On the contrary he is a welldressed young businessman, whose health and _ physical. fitness are checked before he is permitted a route or a stack of newspapers to sell or reliver. The young man learns how to contact the public. He learns how to keep his own accounts. He learns how to handle -Money and he appreciates its worth., The ‘‘Deal-End kids” are not newspaper or magazine boys. They come from the young], people who are idle, travel in gangs and steal to get the things . they aren't given a chance to earn or secure in normal ways. . f Uncle Sam’s Coat-Tails . With almost everyone willing to make any. reasonable sacrifice to aid in the cause of national defense, it isn’t surprising, perhaps, that a few hitch-hikers should appear, trying to hook a free ride on a popular issue. At any rate, the thumba-ride boys already have started to show up in congressional and legislative corridors. At Sacramento, dog-eared, discredited perennials, which crop up at every session, have suddeniy appeared as ‘‘national defense bills.'” And unless legislators and public officials are “wary of these old-timers in new attire, California. may wake up to the fact, after the session, that more crimes have been committed in the name of national defense than are said to have been committed in the name of justice. Be Motorists, for example, who groan and growprofane over slow-moving, heavy-duty trucks, which stall traffic and ruin week-end outings, may find that the highway. transports have been tremendously increased in both size and weight—} all, ostensibly, in the interest of national defense. . For Assembly Bill 1268 now pending, would jump the weight. limit on two-axle vehicles from 26,000 pounds to 48,000 pounds, Imorin would doubt that France has great patriots, willing to . Zive everything, even to life itself, in defense of country. Yet ‘France failed to produce: France lacked unity of purpose; France had weak leaders. And France was conquered and over-run. Maybe there is a lesson here for us, as we face the task of preparedness. We are prodigious producers, when occasion demands it; we are capable of great unified effort, if the emergency is.great enough, and we can produce men to match our mountains, as we have in every crisis since this nation was first established. Perhaps it’s time to take stock of our assets. In some distant day, we don’t want to say, half-defiantly: "America will never die!" We just want to say, as we now say, ‘Long live America!’’°—Contributed. ~~ Joe Louis, Soldier Joe Louis, heavyweight champ of the world, expects to be‘ drafted within the next 90 days to fight. for Uncle Sam. And for once in his life, the usually calm, reticent, unruffled Brown Bomber is not only excited: he’s positively loquacious. \ “Sure, I want to bea soldier,"’ laughed Joe. ‘I'll be a good one, too. I’ve taken orders for years from my trainer, so. . won't have any trouble taking orders in the army.” \Then Joe’s face sobered and he made the longest speech of his\career. ‘“The,country is mine as much as anyone else's. I'm proud of my country. It’s been good to me, and . want to do my part now that it needs me.”’ Going,in the army. at the peak of his fighting career may cost Joe Louis a million-dollars. There may be another heavyweight champion, getting the plaudits of the crowd and the fat purses, when Soldier Joe gets his honorable discharge from the United States Army. But Joe said what a lot of other American boys are thinking: “It’s my country —and it’s been 'good to me!’’—Contributed. t i i Ss . ____ Skiing Is Good Businesswhile the big, three-axle trucks, now limited to 34,000 pounds, would also be permitted to carry a gross weight of 48,000 pounds. a If that were required in the interest of national defense, the autoist, regardless of his exasperation, would probably make the best of it. But the fact remains that it.isn’t. There's another act to take care of the ‘military situation, which will California's national forest skiing areas and mass_numbers of winter sports participants. are contributing to an improved social and economic outlook: for the state. Thus declared Robert S.: Monahan of U. S. Forest Service headquarters in Washington, D. C., at the conclusion of a two week's survey of major winter sports developments throughout California forests. Mr. Monahan. who is touring all national forest skiing [areas in the United States. stated in a visit to San Francisca 8 Hour Kodak Finishing, Old Copies, . . conditions anywhere. and is attracting tremendous crowds. that “California has some of the best skiing terrain and snow ‘lam. impressed. by the volume of business: that this popular snort is bringine to all sorts of large and small consid > cerns, _in-the cities.and along transportation routes. But . am . THINKING OUT LOUD (Continued from Page One) as soon as possible that help to the hard-pressed British that may. save us from sacrificing our trade relations in the Pacific. disturbed as many commentators seem to ‘be, over the delay in Senate action on the lease-lend bill. For we feel ‘reasonably certain, from occasional bits of news dispatches, that aid to Britain is going forward in good volume anyhow. And in the meantime, the President is getting all set to carry forward the work of putting more steam into the country’s productive effort, and will undoubtedly be ready to act the moment the bill becomes law. Senators Nye, Johnson, Wheeler, and others we surmise have nearly shot. their

wad. A few days might make a ~ great difference in the result to be sure, but we think the date for an invasion attempt thas been indefinitely postponed by Herr Hitler, who now proposes, so far as we can judge; to attempt starvation before the final sally’ across the channel, But timeliness is essential in our aid. Of that we can be very eertain, and upon our aid to Britain, does depend not only future relations in the Atlantic, but also those in the Pacific, and for that matter, the wide world around, COMMONWEALTH CLUB WOULD BAN : ae 3 f SAN -FRANCHISCO, March 6.—An immediate embargo on United States trade with Japan: in military supplies, oil, automotive equipment, or “any products whieh would benefit the Japanese. economy,” including imports of raw silk and cotton manutures, was urged today by the Commonwealth Club of California. The club opposed renewal of the Japanese trade treaty at this time, but favored its renewal ‘“when deSirable in the opinion of the State Department,’ and favored “entering into a reciprocal trade hostilities.” The club. also favored the policy of loans and sale of military supplies to China, In the other half of a double barreled ballot of the club’s membership completed today, the club endorsed a plan for county administration of unemployment relief and other welfare services, with state supervision and joint state-county financing, Prior to the club’s vote, pro-andcon reports on both subjects were published and mailed to all club . members. The report on trade with Japan followed a year long study by the Pacific Ocean Commerce Section while the report on relief was the result of a year’s sutdy by the Section on Municipal and County Govj ernment. SUCCUMBS HERE Final rites are being arranged by the Holmes Funeral Home here for Peter Moussannet, well known Italian resident of this community, who died yesterday. : Moussanet was born in Italy but was a naturalized citizen of this country. He came to the United States 41 years ago and to Nevada City 19 years ag6é. He was aged 79 years. Hearing Set To Detérmine Status: Of Mine Leaders SACRAMENTO, Mar. 5—(U.P.)—~ A U_S. labor department hearing to determine whether miners who lease and operate mines are employes under the fair labor Standards act will -be held in Salt Lake City ‘March 18 ‘Bruce McDonell, executive day. Terms of lease agreements compensation of leasees, working conditions and handling and disposition of ore mined under lease agreements will be ‘taken into consideration in determining status of the miners McDonell announced. are Dorothy M. Williams of San Francisco, regional attorney for the wage and hour division of the department , state mining board Secretary, announced toskis, deep snow and ‘o agreement . with Japan following cessation of . of labor, will conduct the hearing, . even more impressed og ths wholesome outlook that a ‘WITH YOUR ASSEMBLYMAN THURMAN AT THE STATE CAPITOL . é The 54th session of the state les. In the fieantinie we are not so . istature reconvened on Monday fol‘lowing the constitutional rcscs; of the past five weeks. Your legislatoys will now get down to the work of decid’ng how many of the some 4000 measures are worchy of consideration before the 2 houses. of the legislature. Many of ihe various Dills will undoubtedly be killed in their ; Sie respective commitTHURMAN tee, thus saving the legislature the trouble of having to consider such legislation on the floor. In the writers opinion, a measure must have some merit if it gets this .session. J Your assemblyman returns ‘to his desk in the lower houSe feeling that he has considerably more knowledge about the affairs of government, than he previously had. This additional knowledge ‘was gined last week as we sat with the ways and means committee which held hearings ‘on the proposed administration budget, All heads with their accountants sat with the committee during the past week for a thorough going over of their respective budgets for the coming two years. All budgeted items . sor additional employées and addi/ tional expense were thoroughly discussed and will be given additional consideration by the committee before it passes the budget bil! to the floor. We feel quite’ fortunate in’ being’ selected a member of this committee, the" work of which is most enlightening, As a result of this committee work of the past week! and its continued study of the budget, it is safe _to say that at least twenty millions of dollars will be cut from the bud‘zet. One item, the relief allocation of nearly $38,000,000, was stricken from the ‘budget and a special appropriation bill will. be introduced to take care of relief on a yearly budget basis. It was brought out in "the ‘committee hearings that more than 8000 relief cases had been dropped in recent months and with i the national defense program giving employment to.many persons who heretofore have been on relief, the committee believes that with the relief picture so uncertain, it is best to allocate funds one year at a time rather than attempt to forecast the relief case load two years in advance. It is certain to be the attitude of the ways and means committee that the state has too many separate departments and bureaus with the resuit that legislation will undoubtedly be introduced to consolidate some of the bureaus and agencies, thereby cutting down expense of operation with a saving to the tax payers. Propaganda has become quite an issue and it is possible that legisla, tion will be introduced to eliminate . some of the high priced publicity ex. berts who have in recent years been ; added to the.payroll. The practice of employing departmental i personn has been rapidly expand. ing ia/esont years to publicize the ' activities, policies and programs of ; 4n administration, While the present administration is not responsible forall of the propaganda specialists ‘on the payroll; this type of state em-/ ; Ployee has inereased more rapidly . during the past two years, Tt was enlightening to the committee last week when one department head told the members that he was dubious of the benefits tobe derived from employing a publicity agent to baflyhoo the activities of his department, which incidently, is /in charge of the hospitals and insane ayslums of the state. The item in the , budget for the creation of this new , Job at the taxpayers expense totaled $6060 for a two year period: The creation of the new job was. not his wish ,the department head stated jbut had been suggested by the administration, So whether you like it or not Mr. and Mrs, Taxpayer, you are paying 800d money for a lot of bdallyhoo that many legislators believe couffd be dispensed with. Suffers Stroke— . Albert Carter is confined to the Miners Hospital here from the effects of a stroke, suffered Tuesday. i Dr. W. W. Reed, is attending Cart{er, : pair of winter area develo ments-help_provide for so many outdoor enthusiasts.”’ : nn as far as the daily calendar duringdepartment and bureau , publicity — _ < oe