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Weekend Notes:
In Ecclesiastes, “The Preach
er” made the statement “There
is no new thing under the sun.”
Many years later Mlle. Bertin,
Queen Marie Antoinette’s milli
ner, is said to have told the com
plaining queen, who insisted the
hat she had made for her was
not “new”, “There is nothing
new except what has been for
gotten.”
We certainly would not want to
dispute either “The Preacher”
nor the milliner. But we belie
ve something “new under the
sun” happened in Georgia last
week.
Governor Lester Maddox,
speaking during a visit to South
Georgia, announced, “I’ll immed
iately resign as governor if t h e
General Assembly will pass my
budget as it was presented.”
As far as we know no gover
nor, in any state, has ever made
such an offer.
The announcement came as a
surprise. In fact his office at the
State Capitol didn’t know the
governor was even thinking of
making such an offer. News re
ports tell of his having a state
patrol radio call sent his office
announcing his decision, proba
bly made during his plane flight
to Brunswick. The press was no
tified and shortly after noon,
newspapers and radio stations
got the news on their UPI and
AP wires.
Afternoon newspaper, in their
regular editions, made this the
lead story with — large — ban
ner lines. The Griffin Daily
News said "Maddox Says He’ll
Resign If Solons Will Okay
His Program” in a two line se
ven-column streamer. The story
“broke” about noon and this
hometown newspaper “scooped”
all out of town papers that came
to Griffin.
By next morning many of the
leaders in the General Assem
bly had made comment. By noon
talk of this sensational offer had
quieted down and it looks as
though there will be no call for
a special session, either by the
governor or the Assembly, un
less or until something more
concrete develops.
But whatever one may think
about Governor Lester Maddox,
one will have to admit he is an
artist at making headlines in the
papers and getting plenty of
mention on TV and radio, and
this on a nation wide basis.
Two other high Georgia public
officlas were also featured in
the week’s news.
Sen. Herman Talmadge came
home during the Easter holidays
and made a tour of schools for
an on the spot check of hungry
students. Following this tour, he
again said he would push for
legislation by the Congress for
more school breakfast and lun
ch funds and for greater food
stamp advantages for poor fam
ilies.
Sen. Richard B. Russell, who
recently revealed he was under
going cobalt treatment for a spot
on his lungs, was given an ova
tion at an Atlanta area meeting
where he discussed both domes
tic and international issues. One
of the finest tilings about this
visit of the senior senator was
that he appeared to still possess
much of the vigor that he h a d
when a younger man.
Here at home it seemed that a
better understanding between
vatious groups of our citizens,
that can lead to respect for law
and order can be attained by
seeing that justice prevails in
our community.
Griffin has a chance to demon
strate to all that even a modem
community like ours can move
ahead with all benefiting.
There was an expression used
In this week’s “Backstairs at
the White Hiuse” written by
Merriman Smith. He compared
the White House with a “pres
sure cooker”. Every housewife
knows that the meal can be pro
perly prepared in this with ex
cess steam escaping from the
valve on top, but that unless
properly handled the pressure
can blow up if the steam is not
cared for in little spurts.
The entire nation is also like
that. Tension (steam) can incr
ease but must never be allowed
to become so great that the
“cooker” becomes overtaxed
and blows wide open.
RON MOODY in “Oliver."
Program Streamlined
Hollywood Does
Its Oscar Bit
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — The
Academy Awards, minus peren
nial master of ceremonies Bob
Hope, tonight will debut a
streamlined version of the
traditional Oscar presentations.
Gone will be the traditional
routine of introducing a pair of
stars before each award, who
then opened the sealed envelope
and, after a suspenseful pause,
announced the winner.
Also absent will be the time
consuming walks to the podium
by the winners. In fact, the
usual practice of having stand
ins accept Oscars for absent
winners will be eliminated.
Notable Stars
In place of Hope and the
string of “presenters” will be 10
notable stars who will distribute
the statuettes. These hosts and
hostesses include Frank Sinatra,
Jane Fonda, Sidney Ponter,
Steve McQueen and Burt
Lancaster.
The tradition-breaker is Gow
er Champion, mastermind of
several Broadway hit plays who
is directing the ceremonies for
the first time. Although Hope is
not master of ceremonies this
year, he is expected to appear
on the show.
Katharine Hepburn could be
come the first actress in the 42-
year history of the awards to
win three Oscars. She won last
year for “Guess Who’s Coming
to Dinner,” and for "Morning
Army Discharges
Underground Editor
FT. GORDON, Ga. (UPI) —
The Army today ordered the
editor of an underground news
paper critical of the service and
the government dishonorably
discharged—l 6 days before the
scheduled completion of his
two year tour of duty.
Base Commander Maj. Gen.
John C. F. Tillson m approved
the recommendations of a
three-man hearing board and
ordered Pfc. Dennis Davis of
New York “eliminated from the
service with an undesirable dis
charge.”
The Army charged that Dav
is, 26, promoted disloyalty and
unrest among his fellow mem
bers of the Army in his role as
editor of the satirical under
ground newspaper “The Last
Harass.”
The paper was critical not on
ly of the Army and the Viet
nam war effort, but of Presi
dent Nixon.
Davis, drafted in 1967, was to
complete his two years service
Pine Mountain
Dedication Set
Two buildings on the Georgia .
Baptist Children’s Home’s Pine
Mountain campus at Meansville ]
will be dedicated at 3:30 p.m. on :
Sunday. 1
A new residence for girls, ■
The Hubbard cottage, will be de
dicated in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Hubbard of Bremen. Mr.
Hubbard is a former trustee of
the home.
The Aiderman building, a com
bined administration building
and library, will be dedicated in
memory of Mr. and Mrs. Byron
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KATHARINE HEPBURN in
“The Lion in Winter."
Glory” in 1933. This year she
was nominated for “The Lion in
Winter,” which also is a
contender for best motion
picture of 1968.
Also in the running is Barbra
Streisand, who was nominated
for “Funny Girl,” the first
picture she ever made. Patricia
Neal is a sentimental favorite in
"The Subject was Roses.” She
suffered three near-fatal strokes
three years ago but fought back
to resume her successful
career.
Redgrave Nominated
Vanessa Redgrave was nom
inated for "Isadora” and
Joanne Woodward for “Rachel,
Rachel.”
Only two of the nominees,
Miss Streisand and Miss Wood
ward, were expected to attend
tonight’s presentations by the
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
The contenders for best actor
are Cliff Robertson (Charly),
Ron Moody (Oliveri), Alan
Arkin (The Heart is a Lonely
Hunter), Alan Bates (The
Fixer), and Peter O’Toole (The
Lion in Winter).
The awards will be televised
(ABC-TV 10 p.m. EST) and will
be held for the first time in the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at
the Los Angeles Music Center.
The major contest for best
picture is between “The Lion in
Winter” and “Oliver!” The latter
received 11 nominations. The
other three contenders are
"Funny Girl,” "Romeo and
Juliet” and “Rachel, Rachel.”
May 1.
During his hearing the Army
contended “this man has delib
erately set out to subvert the
Army and everything it stands
for."
Davis’ attorneys replied their
client “put his cards on the
table when he joined the Army.
They added he did not “sneak
into the Army for the purpose
of subversion.”
Davis is admittedly a mem
ber of the Progressive Labor
Party—an organization he says
is Communist. He refused to
sign the loyalty oath required
of all inductees.
Davis said at the conclusion
of his hearing April 4 “I’ve
done my job and I feel basical
ly the reason I’m here now is
because they’re discriminating
against me because of my be
liefs.”
A. Aiderman of Pine Park.
The Rev. William L. Clinton, i
pastor, First Baptist Church,
Bremen, will deliver the address '
of dedication. The prayer of de
dication will be given by Dr. '
Walter L. Moore, pastor, Vine- :
ville Baptist Church, Macon, 1
and president of the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
General Manager John C.
Warr, who said that the public
is invited to the special pro
gram, announced that special
music will be provided by
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, April 14, 1969
Informal State Os State
Nixon Proposes S. S. Hike;
Sharing Federal Taxes
Long Range,
Immediate
Goals Listed
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Nixon sent an informal
State of the Union message to
Congress today, urging imme
diate action on 10 major
proposals including increased
social security benefits and
federal revenue sharing with
the states and local govern
ments.
The message signaled the
first broad-scale effort of the
President to spell out a
domestic program for congres
sional enactment this session.
He advised the House and
Senate that detailed messages
of the 10 top priority proposals
will be sent to Congress starting
this week.
Nixon also indicated a num
ber of longer-range legislative
recommendations he will make
later.
Nixon observed that he had
decided to forego submitting a
formal State of the Union
message after he was inaugur
ated Jan. 20. He said today’s
preview was in lieu of such a
message.
The 10 "immediate action”
proposals were summarized as
follows:
Increased social security be
nefits aimed at offsetting the
rising cost of living.
Beginning plans on sharing
federal revenues with state and
local governments.
New laws to combat orga
nized crime, especially racke
teering, narcotics peddling and
ponography.
Increased equal employment
opportunity.
A tax credit Incentive pro
gram aimed at enlisting the
business community in social
welfare and antipoverty pro
grams.
Reorganization of the post
office department.
Home rule and congressional
representation for the District
of Columbia.
A three-year tax reform
program that will plug loopholes
used by some of the wealthy to
escape heavy tax payments and
eventually revise the entire tax
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Country Parson
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"Laws are what meh pass
when they want to take away
freedom.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Carr of Fir
st Baptist Church, Thomaston.
Other program participants
will be: Resident Superintendent
Walter H. Logan, the Rev. Ed
win L. Cliburn of Thomaston and
President O. L. Pedigo, board
of trustees, Georgia Baptist Chil
dren’s Home.
In addition to the Pike County
location, the Home has campu
ses at Baxley and Palmetto. It
cares annually for more than
700 dependent boys and girls.
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Envelopes like this one addressed to Internal
Revenue Service poured into the Griffin Post Office
Georgia Industry Meets
Textile Future
Pictured Bright
HOT SPRINGS, Va. —The fu
ture of the textile industry will
depend on a combination of im
proved economic conditions and
closer relations with the public
and government, according to
Charles F. Myers Jr., chairman
and chief executive officer of
Burlington Industries, Inc. He is
president of the American Tex
tile Manufacturers Institute.
Speaking to the annual meet
ing of the Georgia Textile Manu
facturers Association here to
day, Myers enumerated some of
the problems confronting the in
dustry such as imports, a tight
labor supply, and proposed Fe
deral Trade Commission merger
guidelines.
“Few, if any of us, could meet
these challenges alone, he said.
"But in an atmosphere where we
are all contributing toward their
solution, our chances of success
are improved immeasureably.
“Each of us has a compelling
obligation to make the story of
his company and his industry
known to all,” he said, "and es
pecially to the numerous govern
ment agencies with which we
must deal.”
Myers said there are too many
people today who are not aware
of what the industry has done or
is doing.
“I wonder how many people
are aware that in the last deca
de the textile industry has rais
ed wages more than 46 per cent,
Invested more than $7 billion in
new plants and equipment and
increased employment of minor
ity groups eight times faster
than any other industry.
INSIDE
Sports. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Harvard. Page 5.
Hijackers. Page 5.
Woman’s Page. Page 6.
Funerals. Page 7.
Stork Club. Page 7.
Hospital. Page 7.
Circus. Page 7.
Weekend Toll. Page 7
Want Ads. Page 8
Comics. Page 9.
Life Secret Page 10.
Maddox Hits. Page 10.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA—Showers ending and be
coming partly cloudy and mild
tonight. Fair to partly cloudy
and continued mild Tuesday.
LOCAL WEATHER—Estimat
ed high today 68, low today 54,
rainfall .05 of an inch; high Sun
day 69, low Sunday 55; sunrise
Tuesday 6:11, sunset Tueeday
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“I wonder how many of our
young people know that the
chances of advancement in the
textile industry are at least as
great if. pot greater than in any
other American industry. 4 . that
it is possible for a person with
a high school diploma to become
a plant supervisor. . . that the
emphasis is on originality of
thought and demonstrated lea
dership and we accept it where
ver and in whomever we find it.”
Myers said tnat he thinks the
record of the industry in the fu
ture will be even greater.
“In the event the imports pro
blem is resolved,” he said, “ec
onomlc factors point to a period
of unprecedented opportunity. . .
the kind of atmosphere which
should attract the personnel and
provide the incentives neces
sary to keep textiles and relat
ed industries constantly grow
ing.”
But aside from economic fac
tors, he said, "it will be indivi
dual companies, expanding their
relations with the public, telling
their story and offering the re
sources of their managements to
agencies of government which
will assure the textile Industry
of meeting all challenges and
opportunities.”
Maddox Knocks Talmadge Idea
Says Legislature
Muffed Opportunity
By CHARLES E. TAYLOR
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI)—Gov.
Lester Maddox said “phooey”
to Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
and bitterly criticized the Geor
gia legislature today in a
speech to the politically power
ful county commissioners of the
state,
"The 1969 Georgia General
Assembly had a golden oppor
tunity to help you and your con
stituents throughout Georgia to
stay on the road of progress
and prosperity which we have
been travelling in recent years,
but they muffed it,” Maddox
said.
In remarks prepared for de
livery to the annual convention
of the Association County Com
missioners of Georgia, the gov
ernor also criticized Talmadge.
“You’ve heard some people
talking about giving industries
‘tax incentives’ to move into de
clining areas,” Maddox said.
He referred to Talmadge’s pro
posal in a speech to the con
vention Sunday night.
‘Phooey!” Maddox said of
the Talmadge plan.
"That won’t get industry to
move from one place to anoth
er—ever if you cut out all of
their income taxes.”
Maddox said industry would
not move to Georgia’s rural
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
today as Griffinites rushed to meet the April 15 mid
night federal and state income tax deadlines.
Food Stamps
In Trouble
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
■chairman of a presidential
commission on income mainten
ance told Senate hunger investi
gators today there are so many
"serious problems” with cur
rent federal food programs that
a "through reappraisal” fs
warranted.
Ben. W. Heineman said the
food stamp program, the
commodity distribution program
and the school lunch program
"are encroachments on indivi
dual freedom of choice.”
Heineman, president of North
west Industries, Chicago, was
named to head up the presiden
tial commission in January of
1968. He said the panel has yet
to make its final recommenda
tions, but he had these
criticisms of food programs in
testimony prepared for the
Senate select subcommittee on
malnutrition and human needs:
—Many poor people can not
afford food stamps, must spend
their money traveling to places
where the stamps are sold,
cannot buy needed articles like
soaps with them and feel a
“stigma” when they spend the
stamps because the cashier is
required to detach them from
the stamp book.
—The commodity program
does not provide a balanced
areas as Talmadge proposed
unless streets, housing, schools
and ether local services were
good enough to attract the
plant’s employes.
“And, had the Maddox Ad
ministration proposals for a
‘Forward Georgia’ budget and
tax revision measures to fi
nance it on a fair and adequate
basis been implemented, our
rate of growth and advance
ment would not only continue,
but would be accelerated,” he
said.
Maddox’s entire legislative
program was voted down by the
past session of the legislature.
He bitterly criticized the leg
islators, accusing them of “pan
demonium” and comparing
them to little boys fighting over
who gets to bat first in a sand
lot baseball game.
The convention of the county
officials, most of them from
rural areas of Georgia, drew
the state.s major politi
cians. Comptroller General
James L. Bentley, a potential
candidate for governor next
year, was to speak tonight.
Three other potential guberna
torial candidates planned to
speak to the commissioners to
morrow. They were former
Gov. Carl Sanders, former State
Sen. Jimmy Carter, and Repub-
diet, distribution points for the
food are often hard to get to,
and not all areas of the country
have elected to Join the
program.
—The school lunch program
cuts out many poor children
because participation is at local
discretion and some children
are faced with a “stigma”
because they must do visible,
menial work to “earn” their
lunch.
. It seems to me that
there are serious problems with
these programs,” Heineman
said. “The problems are of such
magnitude and are so inherent
in in-kind programs, particular
ly food programs, as to warrant
a thorough reappraisal of them
as antipovety strategies.”
Among the reforms that
Heineman suggested for the
food program was a federaliza
tion of the food stamps and
commodities plans.
In the long run, he said, some
form of income assistance was
the answer.
“What is needed is an
Integrated set of programs
providing both adequate food
and adequate income for the
necessities of life,” he said. “If
short run changes are made in
food programs they should be
carefully integrated with cash
programs.”
lican Howard (Bo) Callaway.
Talmadge keynoted the open
ing session of the convention
Sunday and called for support
of his “tax incentive” plan to
move industry to rural areas.
“Tax incentives to attract
more job-creating business and
industry to rural areas would
improve the quantity and quality
of economic opportunities that
presently contain about 30 per
cent of the population, but half
the nation’s poverty,” Talmadge
said.
He is co-sponsor of the Rural
Job Development Act under
consideration in the Senate.
Talmadge departed from his
text Sunday night to lambast
the Nixon Administration for a
“fainthearted” response to col
lege campus disorders.
"Professional anarchists are
traveling from state to state
fomenting the campus trouble,”
Talmadge claimed. “Time is
long overdue when our college
administrators should take ac
tion on this matter.”
He said President Nixon’s
only response to campus vio
lence was a “fainthearted state
ment" criticizing violence. He
said the president should use a
new federal law allowing cut
off of federal funds to individual
students convicted of criminal
acts in campus disorders.