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The Lincoln Times
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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In Raleigh on April 21, gubernatorial candidate Gregg Cherry announced a 20-point platform emphasizing free medical care for children, fish and game commission, rural telephone survey, auditor staff expansion, highway maintenance of city streets, debt payment from surplus, services for returning veterans, improved education and teacher benefits, welfare expansion, agriculture marketing, highways, post-war plans, labor treatment, and cautious tax reductions.
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Free medical examination and treatment for all children whose parents are not able to provide it; a separate and independent commission for administration of fish and game laws; thorough survey of rural North Carolina for telephone service; expansion of the state auditor's staff to provide adequate protection for public moneys; and assumption by the Highway Department of cost of maintaining city streets that are links in the highway system, constitute objectives for attainment of which the candidate pledges his full efforts.
More general approval is given to other desired objectives on which there is little disagreement between the two major candidates for Governor. Disposition of the general fund surplus by first paying the state debt and then establishing reserves for future needs, and proposed services to returning members of the armed forces are given considerable attention. Treatment of service men will depend to such large extent upon what steps are taken by the federal government, the state candidates pledges only in generalities that physical and mental training will be provided by whatever means are necessary to accomplish the aim.
Improved educational facilities from the First grade up, stress on vocational training, with liberal increases in teacher salaries and retirement benefits; expanded public welfare activities; improved agriculture, especially in marketing; better highways; post-war construction plans; fair treatment of labor and other items in the platform do not differ greatly from the proposals of other candidates past and present.
With respect to taxation, Cherry says: "In these rapidly changing war times no one can predict with certainty what we may expect. We must not jeopardize full support of schools and social services by authorizing tax reductions which may bring financial impoverishment of these activities or necessitate a return to land taxation." He pledges as much tax reduction as conditions when the General Assembly meets will permit.
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April 21
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The 20-point personal platform announced by Gregg Cherry, candidate for Governor, today, though dealing in generalities on many points is more specific than such documents usually are on several others. Free medical examination and treatment for all children whose parents are not able to provide it; a separate and independent commission for administration of fish and game laws; thorough survey of rural North Carolina for telephone service; expansion of the state auditor's staff to provide adequate protection for public moneys; and assumption by the Highway Department of cost of maintaining city streets that are links in the highway system, constitute objectives for attainment of which the candidate pledges his full efforts. More general approval is given to other desired objectives on which there is little disagreement between the two major candidates for Governor. Disposition of the general fund surplus by first paying the state debt and then establishing reserves for future needs, and proposed services to returning members of the armed forces are given considerable attention. Treatment of service men will depend to such large extent upon what steps are taken by the federal government, the state candidates pledges only in generalities that physical and mental training will be provided by whatever means are necessary to accomplish the aim. Improved educational facilities from the First grade up, stress on vocational training, with liberal increases in teacher salaries and retirement benefits; expanded public welfare activities; improved agriculture, especially in marketing; better highways; post-war construction plans; fair treatment of labor and other items in the platform do not differ greatly from the proposals of other candidates past and present. With respect to taxation, Cherry says: "In these rapidly changing war times no one can predict with certainty what we may expect. We must not jeopardize full support of schools and social services by authorizing tax reductions which may bring financial impoverishment of these activities or necessitate a return to land taxation." He pledges as much tax reduction as conditions when the General Assembly meets will permit.