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THE HKD AND BLACK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948.
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Rev iew" Gainiii" Recognition;
Subscription last Is Doubled
The (leorght Review is steadily
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Since its initial issue in the spri
grown from less than 500 names t<
file of letters praising the public.*
which it is received.
Charlc Angoff. associate editor
of The Vmeriean Mercury, writes to
Editor John Wade of The Review.
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zlne I mention it in these parts
whcnevei the opportunist offers
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Although the largest circulation
of the publication is among alumni
of the 1'nlversity. it is /trowing among
literary people and general reader
(lass who apreclate timely and In
teresting articles, stories, and edi
torials The Review is now circulat
ed In 35 states and foreign countries
including Africa. England. Germany,
France, and Canada.
Donald Davidson, of Vanderbilt
University, keynotes the esteem with
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view: “So far as I am able to tell.
It is the only magazine In the United
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making headway toward becoming
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ng of 15147. its subscription list lias
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torial personality and which reflects,
in every issue, not only the lively
.intellect of its distinguished editor,
loit also the actual life and thought
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nates.”
Tlie next issue, due Sept. 16,
will contain two provocative articles
|concerning the South. "Notes on the
South.” the lead article, was written
l»y Geoffrey <J. Gorer. an English
writer who has recently toured the
United States extensively. "The
iSoutli and the One Party System" is
|an obviously timely and important
article by Hoffman Nickerson.
Dr. .IoIiii I**. \IIiiiiiN' associate pro
fessor of political science, addressed
a luncheon meeting of the Athens
i Exchange Club Aug. !* on the topic.
'Communist Russia Political Ideol
ogy and Techniques."
Beat the Heat
With a Cool
Demosthenians Air
Candidates 9 Merits
At Wednesday Meet
A non-verdict discussion of the
I Thompson-Taltnadge candidacies for
|governor formed the program for the
weekly meeting of Demosthenlan
Literary Society Wednesday evening.
Raymond King led off for Herman
ITalmadge. In a summary of Tal-
Imadge's qualifications for office, the
speaker said. “The experience he has
'gained In association with his father
is more valuable than any lie could
I have gained lit a minor office.”
Walton Hardin, Washington, was
the first speaker for Governor
Thompson. Hardin summarized the
accomplishments of the incumbent
end touched upon the controversial
.lekyll Island purchase.
“There was not a foot of Georgia-
owned coast from the St. MuryH to
the Savannah river," he declared.
. "until tile purchase of .lekyll Island.”'’
I Referring to the present state bud
get. (lie speaker quoted statistics to
the effect that ifi per cent of the
| state's revenue for the la#t year was
devoted to education.
“Talmndge is n lawyer, statesman,
politician, and farmer.” Dick Blake-
wood. Savannah, second Taltnadge
speaker, said to his audience. “His
understanding of the people of Geor
gia Is second to none." ltlakewood
ended Ills speech by affirming that
a Tnlmadge has never broken a cam
paign promise.
The last speaker on llie program
was George Anderson. Rome, who
I supported the Thompson candidacy.
“Governor Thompson lias given more
ii.r roads, more for welfare, and more
for the University system than nny
a her governor In our history,” he
itold Society members. "Now is the
time to work together under the
leadership of a man who does not
court prejudice.” he continued "Our
fight against civil rights legislation
must lie won with dignity.”
Pot and Krttle
Students Voice Convictions
On Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Hugh llodgson, music department
head, is spending the month of Au
gust In New Hampshire where he is
working on the -composition of a
piano concerto for presentation by the
Hlanta symphony orchestra next
year.
4
■MMM the Millions of College Students
who Smoke Chesterfields
* Chesterfields make a hit
xith me because they’re .Milder"
By I’liil Cawtlion
President, Student Voters of Georgia
The greatest issue that confronts
us today Is that of Civil Rights and
its repercussions upon the state. The
wonderful prestige and leadership
Georgia gained in its gallant hut los
ing fight for Senator Russell were
t lie results of a delegation selected
and led by such staunch Talmadge
supporters as Charles Bloch. James
Peters, Boh Elliott, and others.
If Thompson should win. these
men and their leaders would he re
placed by those who so subserviently
followed and seconded the nomina
tion of Henry Wallace In the Demo
cratic Convention of 1944* It would
lie. in effect, a direct repudiation of
our glorious stand in Philadelphia.
Tills writer is absolutely sure that
the students and people of this state
will not sanction this reversal.
Great Sums
Acting Governor Thompson has re
peatedly spoken of great sums, the
largest amount ever spept. his ad
ministration has spent on education.
He also boasts of the disparity be
tween the previous year's allocation
and the appropriations for education
during the late Eugene Talmadge’s
i last year in office. This candidate
j does not mention, however, that his
total funds were 108 million dol
lars in 1947 as compared to 49 mil
lion dollars In 1942.
Tlie most Illuminating fact that
Thompson does not dare tell the
'people is that In 1942 Eugene Tal
madge spent 42 per cent of the state
income on education, while Melvip
Thompson spent 35 per cent of the
j state revenue during the last fiscal
I year. Since the opponents of Herman
Talmadge have loudly discussed his
lute father's last administration, let
them answer this irrefutable fact.
| One may add. Talmadge administra
tion has pledged to make the Mini
mum Endowment Plan into law as
soon as the legislature could meet.
Thompson rather hastily followed
our candidate's lead.
Guided By Herman
Mr. Thompson has also belatedly
pledged himself for a Constitutional
Highway Board. Again, he has
found it necessary to be guided by
Herman's platform. The acting gov
ernor lias charged Talmadge with in
sincerity. declaring Herman did noth
ing while acting as governor; never
theless, Thompson had 15 months
to promulgate this hoard. Nothing
was done. Add to these facts another.
Hie multitudinous, road contracts so
suddenly effected during the past
few months. These actions further
conflrm>the belief that Hermah Tal
madge is the better candidate for
governor.
On July 15. a federal court order
opened the Baltimore Municipal Golf
Links to colored persons if equal fa
cilities had not been previously pro
vided. Jekyll Island immediately
comes to mind. Since the NAACP or
some similar organization will surely
file suit and win, only two conclu
sions may be drawn: one, Negroes
will be admitted; two, another coast
al facility must he provided. If the
former is accepted, Georgia’s poor
people, whom Thompson wishes to
(Continued on page three)
By George Anderson
’resident. Democratic Student Voters
it is easy to write in favor of a
public official who has done a good
job. even as the opposition has found
it difficult to attack the splendid
record of Gov. M. E. Thompson.
Faced with what the Talmadge-
Harris group thought was an im
possible position; witli no appropri
ation bill; with no additional means
of raising revenue; and with no pos
sibility of help from a hostile Gen
eral Assembly; Governor Thompson
lias risen to the heights of states
manship, courage, and ability to do
more for his state than any other
governor in Georgia’s history.
By seeing that all revenue due the
state was 'collected and allowing no
favoritism to anyone, Governor
Thompson collected a record of
$108,000,000 during the last fiscal
year.
He has spent this money wisely
and well—$7,409,742 for the Uni
versity System, $37,250,000 for the
common schools, $33,300,000 for
highways, $2,324,453 for teacher re
tirement. and over $15,000,000 for
health and welfare.
Governor Thompson in liis opening
speech at Millen announced that he
was standing on his record as the
main issue in this campaign, and
lightly so. However, his chief op
ponent has evaded this record in
every conceivable way, because he
knew it was a good record and one
that is going to elect M. E. Thomp
son.
Instead the opposition has waged
a campaign of hate, slander, preju
dice. and fraud. They claim Thomp
son favors “civil rights,” when they
know he is fighting it with dignity
and effectiveness. They know Gov
ernor Thompson fought the “civil
rights” program at Talahassee, he
fought it in Washington, shoulder-
to-shonlder with our gallant con
gressional delegation, and he is fight
ing it today.
Talmadge and Harris know* that
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