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Board Trouble
DIT Has Problems:
Dyer Faces Struggle
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI) — Retired
Army Gen. Louis Truman has
scotched rumors that the Geor
gia Board of Industry and
Trade which he heads has been
stripped recently by mass resig
nations.
But both Truman and Gov,
Lester Maddox admitted there
are problems within the depart
ment, and Maddox promised
meetings this week to iron out
difficulties.
Truman said three employes
have quit the department in two
months, all leaving for better
positions. Maddox said any
troubles besetting the board
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’'have probably been caused by
Truman’s tight-fisted reign on
employes and his demands for
efficiency and honesty.
The retired officer took over
the department after Maddox
forced the resignation of former
director, James Nutter. Maddox
said the agency, in financial
trouble at the time, had done
nothing to promote industry.
Reports of trouble within the
Board of Industry and Trade
were mild eompared to the
ground-swell of speculation still
surrounding Maddox’s most re
cent appointment of Dr. William
Dyer of Moultrie to a vacancy
on the State Pardon and Parole
Board.
There is growing feeling
among Senate leaders that Dy
er’s appointment will not be
confirmed when Maddox pre
sents it to the Senate—probably
sometime this week.
Perry Sen. Stanley Smith, a
powerful legislator, said this
weekend “Lots of the people
from the grass roots want this
situation straightened out, and
they question the qualifications
of a chiropractor to do it.”
The "situation” to which
Smith referred had to do with
the resignation of board mem
ber J. W. Claxton, the day be
fore he was to face impeach
ment proceedings in the Legis
lature. The parole board has
been under heavy fire since an
attorney general’s report said
several members of the board
had committed “gross abuses of
discretion” in acting on business
matters.
Dyer’s qualifications are being
questioned, not only on the
grounds he is a South Georgia
chiropractor with no experience
for parole and pardon work, but
because of a formr business
connection.
COMMAND CHANGE
NAPLES, Italy (UPI)—U.S.
Adm. Horacio Rivero Jr., of
Puerto Rico Wednesday took
over' from Adm. Charles D.
Griffin of Philadelphia as
commander in chief of Allied
Forces Southern Europe, sta
tioned on the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization’s exposed
flank.
FLOODS REPORTED
JAKARTA (UPI) — Floods
swept a mountain district in
east Java last week and 100
persons were killed or missing,
the Indonesian news agency
Antara said today.
RAY CROML.BY
Algeria Hijacked 12 Ships,
Cost U.S. Million in Ransom
By RAY CROMLEY
NEA Washington Correspondent
. WASHINGTON (NEA)
U.S. historical experience with efforts to secure the release
of hostages doesn’t give rise to hope for quick results in the
USS Pueblo case.
Probably the most famous American negotiations for the
return of hijacked U.S. ships and their crews lasted 10 years
and ended with the United States paying sizable tribute.
In July, 1785, the Algerians captured two American vessels.
The dey of Algiers held the 21 men aboard for a ransom of
159,496.
Negotiations for the release of these men went on for a
decade. Eleven of the 21 died before being ransomed.
Before agreement was reached, the Algerians had hijacked
10 more U.S. merchantmen.
Finally, Congress in 1795 paid $992,463 for the ransom of
115 men, including the survivors of the 1785 incident and as a
partial payoff to prevent future hijackings. The United States
also agreed to tend an annual tribute to Algiers for “protec
tion” of its commerce from Algerian raiders.
Part of the U.S. tribute to Algeria for ransom of the host
age merchant crewmen and for freedom from attack by
Algerian ships was the 36-gun frigate Crescent. The ship,
with supplies and presents aboard, was valued at over
$300,000. The cargo included 26 barrels of dollars.
According to Edgar S; Maclay’g “History of the Navy,”
these presents had a far different effect from that intended.
When the other Barbary States saw the ship Crescent given
by the United States in tribute to Algiers, they also de
manded tribute.”
As a result, treaties in which the United States agreed to
pay tribute for “protection” were also signed with Tripoli in
1796 and with Tunis 1799.
The payment of tribute did not seem to be effective for
long. Periods of peace for American merchantmen and their
crews in the Mediterranean seemed to occur only when U.S.
Navy ships made shows of strength in the area.
When one American merchant convoy was being formed up
for movement through the Mediterranean with Navy escort,
the U.S. 44-gun frigate President and the 12-gun schooner
Enterprise visited Algiers. Maclay reports that the appear
ance of this force had a more soothing effect on the dey ...
than a dozen George Washingtons loaded with presents.”
. The hijacking and hostage problems wasn’t solved for the
United States in the Mediterranean until 1805 when Congress
sent Commodores William Bainbridge and Stephen Decatur
with a number of warships to deal with the problem with
sufficient force.
Decatur captured the Algerian flagship, entered the harbor
of Algiers, took the capital city ana forced the ruler to sur
render all U.S. captives, pay an idemnlty and give up his
exactions of tribute. Decatur then went on to Tunis and
Tripoli and forced the same agreements on their rulers.
These acts ended the Barbary state attacks on American
shipping. The North Africans continued, however, to attack
the ships of European nations and other countries tor another
decade and a half.
Talmadge Sees
Atlanta As
‘Super City’
ATLANTA (UPI) — Ben. Her.
mtn Talmadge, D-Ga., today
lauded the progress of the city
of Atlanta, cited numerous sta
tistics pointing to a glowing ec
onomic future and made a few
recommendations to help keep
up with a booming growth.
The former governor of Geor
gia, in remarks prepared for
delivery to the Atlanta Rotary
Club, said the center of South
eastern economic activity was
"on its way to becoming the
nation’s fourth auper-city”—fol
lowing New York, Chicago and
Los Angeles as national urban
economic centers.
"There are more commercial
transactions per person per
year in Atlanta today than in
any major city in the world,”
the junior senator said.
Talmadge quoted statistics
showing that Atlanta’s airport
had expanded its air traffic to
serve an estimated 7 million
persons in 1968, rising from
10th busiest in 1930 to fifth in
1968.
Air mail had tripled in three
years, and air freight had tri
pled in five years, the senator
said, warning that the future of
the airport was important to
the state and region as well.
. "Atlanta cannot afford to mis
plan or to underplan its air
port,” he said.
Talmadge noted the city’s
jump in national rankings in
other economic indexes. He
said long distance calls had in
creased sevenfold between 1950
and 1965, that wholesale sales
increased to |5.7 billion in 1963,
and predicted the eity would be
eighth nationally in 1968.
Bank clearings In the city
placed It ninth in the nation in
1967, he said, and preliminary
construction figures placed It in
seventh place with total con
struction, and fifth with resi
dential construction.
Talmadge said the metropoli
tan population probably would
double in another 20 years, as
it had since 1950, to bring 2' a
million persons to the area, and
that they will have 2 million
cars.
He urged effective planning
to relieve congestion of free
ways with consideration being
given to rapid transit lines as
well as expansion of present
expressways.
Griffin Hospital Care
Association, Inc.
(Sponsored and approved by
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.)
Paid claims in the amount of
18,024.70 during the month
of December, 1967.
F. L. BARTHOLOMEW, JR.
Secretary
Riots Study
Group Sees Little Chance
For Tranquil 1968 Summer
By ROY MCGHEE
WASHINGTON (UPI)—An ex
haustive six-month study of the
race riots that have wracked
the nation’s cities has convinced
some members of President
Johnson's riot commission that
America is an “apartheid”
society, like South Africa.
These members are pessimis
tic about the future; they
believe that there will be
further separation of the races,
further alienation, a further
wrenching of the structure of
U.S. society before the racial
question can even begin to be
resolved.
No member of the panel,
formally known as the National
Advisory Commission on Civil
Disorders, will publicly predict
another summer of racial
violence. But privately most see
little chance of a tranquil 1968.
Conditions Unchanged
Conditions in the big city
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CALLAS WINS
ROME (UPI)—A court of
appeals ruled Wednesday that
opera star Maria Callas had a
sore throat Jan. 2. 1958, and
upheld a lower court ruling
ordering the Rome Opera House
to pay the fiery Oreek-born
soprano *2,973 for breach of
contract. The opera house
cancelled her contract when she
walked out complaining of a
sore throat after the first act of
the opera "Norma” attended by
the president of Italy.
BUSES UNDER FIRE
KIEL, Germany (UPI) —
About 2,000 youths brought
downtown traffic to a halt
Wednesday night to protest an
increase in public transportation
fares. They stood on trolley
tracks and at bus stops and
threw eggs at buses.
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ghettos, breeding ground of
anger and discontent, are
essentially unchanged since last
summer. And no matter what
recommendations the commis
sion may make in its March
report, there won’t be time to
put them into effect before the
days lengthen and the tempera
tures soar.
Some commission members
believe relationships between
the point where there are
probably no short-term reme
dies, and they are doubtful
whether the country has the
patience to effect long-term
solutions.
About two-thirds of the
commission’s report has been
completed. There will be a final
rewrite to sharpen the lan
guage, but there is essential
agreement among the 11
members about what happened
in the summer of 1967, and
what caused the riots.
There is virtually no agree
ment yet on what should be
done, specifically, to head off
further racial turbulence.
Generally, there are three
broad categories of attack:
improve housing; make sure
everyone has the opportunity to
work in a meaningful, dignified
job; Improve education for the
young. Education and jobs are
the key to relieving poverty.
But there is imminent danger
that Negroes will not endure the
necessarily slow pace required
to produce such jobs and attain
such education.
Suggest Guaranteed Income
Some commission members
contend the only answer is a
guaranteed income for every
family.
The commission will have
some harsh things to say about
the White community. It has
learned, for instance, that the
great majority of Whites disa
vow racial prejudice, claiming
that they don’t discriminate
against Negroes.
But most commission mem
bers have concluded that Whites
generally are prejudiced and do
discriminate, although frequent
ly unaware of it.
But Negroes are aware. And
this awareness has led inevita
bly to the rise of black
nationalism, the call of the
Negro militant for a separate
black society.
Historically, some commission
members have concluded, the
United States has never freely
given the Negro anything except
In response to protest. The
question now, they think, is
whether the White community
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has been sufficiently frightened
to grant full equality. Most
panel members don't think it
has.
Will it become frightened
enough with almost certain
violence again next summer?
Again, most commission mem
bers think not. Instead, they see
possible ruthless repression if
anarchy breaks out.
Prepare For Retaliation
The signs are already here.
Commission members have
learned, for instance, that the
response of many police depart
ments to demands for human
relations units and civilian
review boards Is to buy tanks,
machine guns and other sophis
ticated riot control equipment.
What does it mean politically?
Some members see trouble
ahead for any politician who
counsels restraint in response to
violence.
They believe, for instance,
that if riots erupt President
Johnson will lose the election
unless he moves forcefully to
put them down. They see the
backlash vote, heretofore a
trickle, turning into a riptide for
a major party candidate who
promises to suppress violence.
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