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By Quimby Melton
Wednesday we closed our
column with the famous quote
from Arthur Brisbane, “Don’t
Sell America Short.” Who was
Arthur Brisbane?
Newspaper men remember
him as the originator of the
page one signed daily column.
The column was “Today” and
occupied the left hand column of
daily Hearst newspaper.
Brisbane “brought it up to
date” as much as possible every
day before it was put on the wire
and sent to all the Hearst
newspapers. During the time of
William Randolph Hearst and
Arthur Brisbane, the Hearst
chain was the largest in the
nation with papers all the way
from New York to Atlanta and
on the Pacific coast.
To some of our readers Ar
thur Brisbane will be
remembered as a man who now
and then is quoted as the second
part of our daily “Thoughts”
feature on the editorial page.
Monday the Bible thought was
from Mark 1:35. “And in the
morning, a great while before
day, he rose and went out to a
lonely place, and there he
prayed.”
Brisbane’s comment was
“Get away from the crowd
when you can. Keep yourself to
yourself, if only for a few hours
daily.”
When Arthur Brisbane began
his “Today” page one column in
the Hearst papers, it was with
the understading that he was to
be independent in what he
wrote, even though it might
disagree with what William
Randolph Hearst might favor.
Hearst had a policy of
discussing national and local
affairs in signed editorials
which he insisted should appear
on page one of every Hearst
paper.
So in some instances, a
Hearst signed editorial and the
“Today” signed column of
Brisbane, disagreeing with Mr.
Hearst, were published almost
sde by side.
Mr. Hearst never ordered any
Brisbane column “killed”.
Os course, both Hearst and
Brisbane had their weaknesses,
for both were human beings.
But both loved America and
both at times showed their love
in various ways. Brisbane loved
American in a very practical
way. He said “Don’t Sell
America Short.” Hearst, it was
intimated by some, wanted to
“save America” by being
elected President of the United
States. And some of his
editorials seemed to indicate he
wanted to be President. But if
Arthur Brisbane had any such
aspirations he was never prone
to use his column to help in
fluence people to vote for him.
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“The only folks who get ahead
are those who spend a little less
than they have.”
Demos want Supreme Court
to call special session
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Supreme Court was asked
today to decide whether 153
California delegates committed
to George S. McGovern and 59
Illinois delegates headed by
Chicago Mayor Richard J.
Daley should be seated at the
Democratic National Conven
tion.
In appealing the California
case, the Democratic National
Committee said the country had
been “thrown into a constitu
tional crisis” by court interfer
ence in the delegate selection
process.
“The courts have never
intruded in this way into the
quarrels of political candidates
and now that the Court of
Appeals in the District of
Columbia has done so,” said
John Kester, a National Com
mittee lawyer, “we have no
recourse but to ask the
Supreme Court to restore the
judiciary to its proper place in
the constitutional scheme of
things.”
The Supreme Court was in
recess and it was not certain
whether a special session would
be convened as both parties
requrested.
In the Illinois appeal, attor
neys for Daley and the other
delegates said the lower court
had “totally ignored the Illinois
election code and had superim
posed on (the) code require
ments which disenfranchised
the electorate and violate the
rights of officeholders.”
McGovern won all of Califor
nia’s 271 delegates in the
winner-take-all June 5 primary.
The Democratic Credentials
Committee stripped 153 of them
from McGovern on grounds
they should have been distribut
ed proportionately among the
candidates along the line of the
party’s reform rules. But the
Court of Appeals restored all of
them to McGovern Wednesday.
The Credentials Committee
also refused to recommend
seating Daley’s “uncommitted”
delegates and the Court of
Appeals sustained it.
On Wednesday, the Appeals
Court first issued a terse
announcement just after 11
a.m. EDT saying only that it
was remanding the California
and Illinois delegates cases to
the U.S. District Court for
reconsideration. News services
reported that action.
It was not until nearly four
hours later, when the appeals
panel issued opinions in the
cases, that it became clear the
three judges had voted 2-1 to
Summer school boost to early graduation
Mid-term attendance reports
show 342 students in this
summer at Griffin High School.
This is a decrease, however, of
about 50 students from last
year’s summer session.
Summer School Principal C.
W. Daniels feels that the op
portunity given to the
youngsters in the city, county
and surrounding counties by
Griffin-Spalding Board of
Education is progressing the
cause of education in the
system.
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overturn the Credentials panel
and give the full 271 member
California delegation to Mc-
Govern.
The same was true of the
Illinois case, in which the
appeals court voted unanimous
ly to uphold the credentials
committee and bar seating of
Daley and 58 other uncommit
ted delegates.
It turned out that the cases
had been remanded to U.S.
District Judge George L. Hart
Jr. —but only for the formality
of clearing his docket of the
matters.
John Kester, cocounsel with
Joseph A. Califano Jr., general
counsel of the Democratic
National Committee, filed pa
pers asking Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger to tempora
rily block the appellate court’s
order and to convene the
Supreme Court in a special
session. The court is now in
recess.
Kester said the appellate
court “has thrown the country
into a constitutional crisis”.
“The courts have never
intruded in this way into the
quarrels of political candidates
and now that the Court of
Appeals in the District of
Columbia has done so, we have
no recourse but to ask the
Supreme Court to restore the
judiciary to its proper place in
the constitutional scheme of
things,” Kester said.
He said the Supreme Court
diould “protect the right of
members of the Democratic
party under the First Amend
ment to settle their own
differences and not have them
settled by a bare majority of a
lower federal court”.
Kester also filed a formal
appeal in which he argued that
“the First Amendment intends
that political parties settle
political disputes in their
political forum.”
After the appeals court
ruling, McGovern strategists
Frank Mankiewicz and Gary
Hart issued a count claiming
the South Dakota senator has
1,541.5 delegates, more than the
1,509 needed for nomination.
They called for peace among
the bitterly quarreling Demo
crats, saying they were “anx
ious to unify the party.”
A UPI tabulation gave
McGovern 1,396 firm, first
ballot votes if the Wednesday
court decisions stand up. The
count showed another 55
delegates leaning toward him
and 370.40 uncommitted.
“We not only have our
summer sessions open to
Griffinites, and those students
in the county but students from
other counties also advance
their educational needs through
our summer sessions,” Daniels
said.
A student may earn up to two
units of credit toward his
graduations! requirements,
thereby giving him an op
portunity to graduate, in some
cases, a year earlier.
At present there are 15 Griffin
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Members of the Board of Regents, Barnesville City officials,
visitors, and outgoing and incoming college officers met
under cloudy skies yesterday for the transfer of Gordon
Military College to the state. Upon completion of the
transfer, Gordon Junior College, newest member of the
China, Russia advise Hanoi
LONDON (UPI) -China and
Russia independently advised
Hanoi to settle with the United
States without much further
delay, authoritative Communist
diplomats said today.
Both Communist allies of
Hanoi cautioned sepearately
that in the light of latest
developments the fortunes of
war may turn against North
Vietnam.
The sources reported that
both assured the Hanoi regime
of continued firm political,
moral and military support.
But they made it clear at the
same time in almost identical
terms they cannot risk confron
tation with the United States
which indirectly limits the
High Seniors who will be
eligible for early graduation
because of summer school.
Griffin Tech has two students
enrolled while the surrounding
counties also have 20 students
eligible for graduation.
Jackson High of Butts County
has five students eligible. Os the
12 students from Lamar County,
two are seniors and 10 are
juniors. All are eligible for early
graduation after the summer
session.
Gordon Military School, Flint
scope of their assistance.
They did not ask for specific
concessions from Hanoi in the
suggested effort for a settle
ment with the United States.
But they implied the need for
some degree of flexibility that
would pave the way for an end
to the war.
The diplomats said the effect
of the two-pronged “interven
tion” by Peking and Moscow in
Hanoi was shattering. Distrust
of their allies’ designs has now
added to the disappointment of
the North Vietnamese leaders
with the alleged footdragging of
both China and Russia in recent
months over the conflict.
River Academy and Indian
Springs Academy all have one
student each eligible for
graduation. They all are all
juniors.
Though the credits earned for
completion of requirements are
at Griffin High, the students will
receive their diplomas from the
schools they attended during
the regular year.
“Early graduation isn’t the
only reason we are running
summer shcool”, said Principal
Daniels. “Our students are
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university system, was born. President Jerry Williamson
accepted the keys to the institution with a pledge of quality
education for the 500-700 students expected to make up fall
enrollment at the college.
The political and war councils
were said to be hard at work in
Hanoi on the scope of future
strategy. While Peking’s and
Moscow’s advice was said to
have been contemptuously
brushed aside, the message
itself was, however considered
too serious in its implications
for Hanoi to ignore.
Hanoi, according to the
informants, has been deeply hit
by both China’s and Russia’s
guarded reaction to the Ameri
can blockade of North Vietna
mese ports. The North Vietna
mese were said to have seen
this as the ultimate confirma
tion of their growing suspicions
of flagging support from their
given a chance to make up
subjects failed and some come
just to strengthen their
weaknesses,” he continued.
The largest number of
students enrolled would be
those who have failed subjects.
Daniels, however, quipped that
there were maybe a few who
just wanted to have something
to do during the summer so they
decided to attend to be with
their friends.
The sessions which begin at
8:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m.
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allies.
Soviet and Chinese arms
were still being shipped to
North Vietnam, the diplomats
said, but the blockade has
diarply reduced the scope with
neither China nor Russia
evidently prepared to risk a
head on collision with the
United States, especially at this
stage of their global peace
offensive.
China’s limited rail supply
routes to North Vietnam, were
said to be used to capacity with
virtually no room left for any
appreciable increase. Nor is
China prepared to let the
Russians in to handle their
arms supplies to Hanoi.
and 12:30 till 3:45 are run in two
shifts by 19 teachers. A student
also may earn a one half unit
course in ’either economics,
sociology or typing from 12:30
p.m. til 2:30.
Though the Griffin-Spalding
County School System offers the
summer school sessions, the
students pay a tuitional fee.
Matriculation fees are S2O, $35
and S7O for one half unit credit,
one unit credit and two units
credit respectively.
Vote office
to open
Saturday
The voter registration office
in the Spalding Courthouse will
be open Saturday from 9 a.m.
till noon, according to Registrar
Joe Burson.
He said if the response is
good, he will consider opening
the office again on Saturday
morning. Mr. Burson said some
people had told him they could
not get to the office on weekdays
and had asked for Saturday
openings.
The deadline already has
passed for registering for the
primary voting Aug. 8, Mr.
Burson said. However, people
may register for the November
general election voting until
Sept. 18, the deadline.
Mr. Burson said that people
already registered in Georgia
may transfer their registration
from one county to another until
July 21, and be eligible to vote in
the Aug. 8 primaries.
A total of 15,181 registered at
the present in Spalding County,
Mr. Burson said.
Plane crash
VIDALIA, Ga. (UPI) - A
private plane crashed and
burned shortly after takeoff
from the Vidalia airport today,
carrying a man, woman and
child to their death.