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anner-Herald Published Todary‘On Pdper From Ga. Pine
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Paper Once Bought
Only in Canada.
AFFECTS 12 STATES
Experiments of Dr. Herty
Prove Successful After
Long Research.
Nine Georgia newspapers today
re publishing their editions on
‘ewsprint made from southern
ipin(‘ trees to show that the South
fis ready for a new step in agricul
suire—the growing of white paper
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The papers demonstrating that
ewsprint can be made at a cost
qual to or under spruce produc- |
ion are The Banner-Herald, The |
tyanta Journal, Atlanta Constitu
ion, Atlanta Georgian, Brunswickl
ews, Macon Telegraph, Savannah
forning News, Albany Herald, and
he Waycross Journal-Herald.
These papers used newsprint
made for the first time by full-|
cize, standard paper making ma- |
hines from southern pine and the
haper has been judged equal to or
uperior to the standard news
irint heretofore made from north
ern spruce trees.
But the major item of import
ince is the fact that this news
part to the South is that the trees
omly one-fourth the age of the
spruce generally used in its manu
facture. Despite their youth, the
pine trees are larger than the
standard spruce and so actually
give more paper per log. =
In twelve southern states pine
trees can be grown in from 10 to
13 years large enough for stand
ard newsprint. And the important
part to hte South is that the trees
can be produced in quantities suf
ficient to supply the entire con-|
sumption of the United States. In
other words, the South can pro
duce a comodity now that for
many years has been bought main
lv in Canada and other countries.
A further experimental step has
shown that small lots of standard
newsprint can he produced from
trees just seven years old. That
is about the same length of time
it generally takes for orchards to
start bearing. |
The paper the Banner-Herald is
printed on today' was made secret
ly in a Canadian mill from sulphite
and the ground pulp of southern
pine trees prepared at Savannah
and shipped north in a fast refrig
erator train. This is the definite
answer to the last objection news
print experts had raised about the
Georgia paper-making discoveries.
Herty Leader
At the Georgia experimental
piant at Savannah for the past
several years. Dr. Charles A.
Herty, famous scientist and broth
er of Mrs. W, D. Hooper of Ath
ens, has been proving that news
print can be made from all south
ern pine trees by the standard sul- |
bhite proeess. But other southern
themists have stuck to their con-;
lention that white color was im
l'."-*sihle, that the temperatures in
the South were too high and that
tconomical grinding, or texture, or
Strength enough, were things that
“couldn’t be done.”
Yet it has been done and Dr.
Herty’s faith in his work to pro
vide a new source of income “for
f‘h" southern farmer, has been
borne out.
~ But the experts had one last ob
lection to the thing “which couldn’t
be done.” They were dying, but
dving hard.
Fhey declared that the southern
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Condition of Albert
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Davison Is Improved
|--'\7"l't Davison. tax collector for
“_”"“ county. ig improving from a
Serious illness in Atlanta and
Probably will return to Athens in
(Vo or three days, friends here will
“~-.:ia.d to ]earn'
”]3‘ll". Davison has been seriously
. from a tonsil infection but his
jmfdmon is so improved that hope
;"‘ Ii"lfl he will be able to return to
s office in the courthouse during
tie latter part of the weeg.
. CITY COURT MEETS
.(Y‘ court convened this morn-
H\‘fl the Court house, with Judge
(”lff}' T. Tuck on the bench.
"Iy one case was taken up dur
o the morning, that of M. C.
:"_m“' charged with stealing a suit
7. clothes. Recess was called at
<145 and court resconvened at
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Public Works Program Is
Defended By Mclntosh At
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Dr. Charles H. Herty, Georgia
scientist, who' has won his long
fight to prove the value of Georgia
slash pine in the making of paper,
thereby providing a new and im
portant source of in income to the
farmers of the state.
GANG LEADER IS
ON TRIAL TODAY
Last Big Beer Baron Is
Charged With Evasion
of Income Taxes.
NEW- YORK. —(#)— The same
federal finger tha;y was shaken
under the nose of Al Capone in
Chicago two years ago was point
ed Monday at Maxey Gordon,
sometimes dubbed the last of the
big beer barons.
Gordon, called for trial in federal
court Monday, Is charged with the
evasion of income taxes on reputed
annual incomes in excess of a mil
lion dollars in 1930 and 1931. The
government contends that Gordon
had a net income in 1930 and 1931.
The government contends that
Gordon had a net income in 1930
of $1,338,000 and a net incomeithe
following year of $1,026,000, the
income accruing from the sale of
“beverages.”
The trial starting Monday is the
culmination of eighteen months ot
investigation by the government
during which time more than 1,-
000 witnesses were questioned and
the records of many New York
banks searched for evidence of
Gordon deposits.
Four of the government’s most
important witnesses, all of whom
were associates of Gordon, have
been assassinated in the gang
manner since the filing of charges
against Gordon.
G .
Athens Voters Will
’ . .
~ Hear Discussion of
|
~ City Bond Election
Members of the Athens League
of Women Voters invite all citi
zens to attend a luncheon Tuesday
afternoon at one o'cock at the
Holman hotel, at which time the
approaching eity bond election will
be discussed from all angles.
The subject of the bond election
will be presented by Mayor A. G.
Dudley and the matter will then
| be opened to discussion. Max Mich
jael. W. H. Benson and Dr, John
{ Hunnicutt have been asked to lead
‘the discussions, :
! League officials assert that an
effort will be made to have a full
and informal presentation of the
facts. both pro nd con, about the
bond election to aid citizens in
forming their individual judge
ments so that they may vote their
| convictions on election day, De
| cember 2.
i Members of the [League may
‘make reservations for their indivi
dual guests ag usual and other per
!sons are extended g cordial invita
|tion to attend., Reservations may be
made by phoning the Holman ho-
Itel and the cost per plate is forty
!cents. -
| ENGLISH EDUCATOR DIES
LONDON —(#)— Augustine Bi-t
rell, 83, former president of the
board of education and former lord
rector of CGlasgow university, died
lMonday. Mr. Birrell, who once
characterized his chief recreation
as “book hunting’”, was the author
of many books and in 1897 edited
Boswell's life of Johnson.
Southeastern Chamber of
Commerce Hears Ex
planation of Plan.
DENIES PARTIALITY
Albany Editor Says Ad
ministration Sought
to Help GCeorgia.
ATLANTA. GA.—(#)—The pub
lic works administration is endea
voring to create sentiment for long
range plapning Henry T, Mcln
tosh. advisor for region nine of the
federal emergency administration
of public works Monday delegates
to the meeting here of the south
ecastern division of the TUnited
States chamber of Commerce..
He said more than $60,000,000 of
public works projects had been ap
proved by state engineers and
boards and forwarded to Washing
ton on Nov, 1 for region nine. com
prising the states of South Caro
lina. Georgia Florida, Aalabama and
and Missississippi that the amount
will be largely increased before the
end of the year. This sum is in
additon, he said. to direct federal
aid projects, such as highways.
river and harbor improvements
ete,
% “Due to a great deal of misin
formation and. let us hope, unin
tentional misrepresentation. an im
pression has gained currency that
‘the public works administration
lha.s been unwilling to help those
istates whose cqnstitu‘tions or laws
lmake it difficult for them to quali
gy for public works loans, because
of their inability to execute legal
obligations. Nothing could be far
ther from the truth.
“Not only Colonel Waite. the de
puty administrator, put Secretary
Ickes and the President himself.
have interested themselves in seek
ing to find a way «0 surmount and
circumvent difficultes which ezist
not because of anybody’s fault but
because state and federal laws are
as they are.
“I am sure you have not missed
the signpificance of the announce
ment made a few days ago of the
setting aside of $400,000,000 of pub
lic works funds to be ezpected by
the newly created civil works ad
ministration This activity is de
signed to give quick employment
to 4,000,000 men now unemployed
and a policy was announced at the
outset of giving reference to pro
jects in states whose laws have
rendered it difficut to borrow pub
lic works funds.”
“Amazing sped has been made
in the public works program,” he
said. “but scrupulous care has been
ezercised in the consideration of
every project that the public in
“erest might be propery safe
guarded,”
University Student
Injured in Accident
Leon Berkman, University stu
dent from Brooklyn N, Y. was re
ported in serious condition Mon
day at the General ‘hospital where
he was brought Saturday night
following an automobile accident
on the Lawrenceville road. Mr.
Berkman is reported suffering
from internal injuries, as well as
lacerations received when the car
in which he was returning to Ath
eng was side-swiped by a passing
automobile and’ turned over.
Three other University students
were with the injured boy and two
of them escaped with only slight
cuts. The third was treated at the
General hospital Saturday night
and dismissed, An ambulance from
Lawrenceville brought them to
Athens.
LOCAL WEATHER
————
Fair and somewhat warmer
tonight, Tuesday cloudy and
warmer, probably rain in after
noon in west and north por
tions.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .... ciss Fiis +.AEB.O
Lowest .0l Wiky VWi us AR
Moy ....:hcie Wiavlie o 00N
Normal s.. o il iy 00
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 houtrs .. .... .00
Total since Nov. T .. .. .. .92
Deficiency since -Nov. 1 ..., .98
Average Nov. rainfall ~ .. 2.89
Total since Jan, 1 .. .. ..30.98 |
Deficiency since Jan., 1 ~..13.60
Athens, Ga., Monday, November 20, 1933.
oIATE O BE HOST
10 PROMINENT MEN
IN NEXT TEN DAYS
Sumner Welles Sent Back
to Havana After Talk
With President.
JOHNSON MAY COME
Roosevelt in Ciose Con
tact With Washington
While on Vacation.
By The Associated Press
Georgia is to be host within the
next ten days to many figures
prominent in the spotlight of na=
tional affairs. President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, although ‘taking a:
much needed rest from the duties
of his position, will nevertheless
keep in such constant® touch with
Washington and the men in the
nation’s capital that several im
portant conferences at Warm
Springs are expected during the
visit of Georgia’s distinguished
guest,
Already Sumner Welles, ambas
sador to Cuba has conferred with
Mr. Roosevelt. Following a five
hour discussion Sunday at the
Little White House the statesmen
lefit for Washington and the pres
ident announced that Mr. Welles
would be sent back to Havana. It
hasg been rumored for several days
that the American mediator would
not return te the Cuban capital.
Cuban Policy Stands
The brief announcement by the
President Sunday night that the
Ambassador would return to his
post was accepted here as mean
ing there wgd be no immediate
change in ' American attitude
of non-recognition of the Grau
San Martin government and of
non-intervention in the island.
In other words, Mr. Roosevelt is
waiting to see what the San Mar
tin group can do to maintain peace
and stability. The views of Mr.
Welles in this regard were Kkept
very confidential.
After devoting his first day at
Warm Springs to the Cuban sit
uation, Mr. Roosevelt cast aside
official calls Monday to enter into
the relaxation he intends to have
here on the quiet hills of his
‘other state.” ;
Warm, sunny weather again
lured the president out in his run
about car for a ride abhout the
town here where he fought his
way back to health several years
ago from an attack of infantile
paralysis.
As near as possible, Mr. Roose
velt is here again as just one ot
the citizens. He did no¢ bring
the White House automobile and
when he goes out he drives him
self a small open car. The folks
here also regard him as one of
their own, unhesitatingly going up
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Athens Church Congregations Sunday
Hear Interesting Topics Discussed
“One of the deepest needs in the
world today is peace, quiet, poise
combined with freedom,” Dr. J. C.
Wilkinson said Sunday morning in
his sermon to the cengregation of
the First Baptist church. He fur
ther explained that we find expres
sion of security on the street and
everywhere even though there is
restlessness in mest of us and not
much poise.- We wonder how those
who have the feeling of security
received it and how they keep it.
“We need wisdom, power, and
personality, but above all things,
love,” Dr. Wilkinson stated. “THC
Bible brings us many éxamples of
assurance., We find one in ,Moses’
lessons to the Israelites. We need
sceurity and love. Can we have it
with freedom which increases
risks? It is a risky thing to be
born, to grow up, to get married,
or to die. Can we find security in
such changing processes? There is
also risk in the moral and all
other realms. ,
“Security is a symbol and is
based on personality and charac
ter. Not only securities have fail
ed but the persons that have made
the institutions have failed,” de
clared Dr. Wilkinson., “We are
bankrupt not only on our securi
ties but our confidence.”
THE INNER SINS
“Victorious Vitality, that is what
you have in your religion,” Dr.
Lester Rumble told the audience
at the First Methodist church Sun
day morning, '
“What is in religion?” was ask
ed by Dr. Rumble. He answered
the question by-saying that first,
“It is a transforming religion,” and
second, “A person who believes- in
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Miles W. Collier, Colbert, repre
gentative from Madison county in
the general assembly of 1929 will
be a_ candidate for Commissioner
of Agriculture in next September’s
Democratic primary, he has an
“l'fiunced.
. Mr,. Collier is a brother-in-law
of Walter C. Pitner, Athens, re
cently appointed a member of the
State Board of Control and is well
known in Athens.
He is a native of Oglethorpe
county and a graduate of the Uni
vemsity of Georgia in the class ot
1902, He is also a member of the
Ba.zis church, an Elk, member of
fiig’hts of Pythias and a far
?er. Mr. Collier was a candidate
or congress in this district in the
last race, in which Congressman
Paul Brown was the victor, but
was forced to withdraw before the
voting because of ill health,
Three Human Skulls
Become Subject of
Police Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO.—(f)—Three
human skulls. believed to have been
taken from an abandoned ceme
tery. were objects of an investiga
tion here today.
Nick Loyd, trucking service op
erator, in whose possession the
skulls were found said trey wtre
among belongings of E. L. Mellon
a cook, which he had hed for a
moving bill.
Mellon told police he obtained
the skulls from a man named Jack
Love and had planned to use them
as ornaments. Milton Paoli. A
friend of love's' told officers he be
lieved Love had taken them from
the cemetery where he had been in
the habit of visiting the caretaker.
Jesus is a transcending individ
ual.”
Dr. Rumble explained that un
til religious experience is felt, man
is not a conqueror, he cannot over
come, and there is no victorious
note in his-Ilfie. With this experi
ence comes certainty and the man
‘[speaks with confidence.
i “Lying removes the foundation
of character building. Man cannot
trust a liar. God cannot trust a
liar. But | the real destroyers of
character are not lying, stealing,
and sins of this nature. They are
the inner, secret sins of thought
and motive such as criticism,
fault-finding, envy, and jealousy.”
NEED OF MISSION
“The church is of liftle use
without the mission,” said Rober‘
Armstrong, seaking at the First
Presbyterian church ' Sunday on
the welfare of the church’s for
eign missions.
Mr. Armstrong was introduced
by Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
Mr. Armstrong stated that in
spite of the fact that the church
was of little good without the
mission, the mission was steadily
growing smaller and their re
sources were decreasing yearly.
For example he showed that the
mission’s finances were about one
half what they were three years
ago and the number of mission
aries had decreased over a hun
dred as a result of the failure of
the people to give them sufficient
financial aid. Even under such ad
verse circumstances as these he
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Kidnaped Child Is Slain,
Note To Parents Declares
Carroll Andrews, 13-Year-
Old Baltimore Boy, Is
Feared Dead.
BALTIMORE —(#)—A note slip
ped under the doorway before
dawn Monday informed the par
ents of Carroll Andrews, 13, who
has been missing since Friday,
that he had heen murdered and
that his body is secreted in a
nearby woods,
Police immediately began a
search in the wvicinity but after
several hours no trace of the boy's
body had been found.
The father of the boy, Gecrge
Andrews, discovered the crudely
written note when he opened the
door to take in the milk and the
morning paper. :
“We killed Friday., He is in tihe
woods. We killed boy” it read.
In one corner was a roughly drawn
representation of a heart pierced
by a dagger.
Mrs. Andrews, who became hys:
terical after seeing the note, saild
she was convinced her son had
been the victim of violence.
HART’S BODY NOT FOUND
SAN FRANCISCO—®)— Excepi
for a hat. identified as Brooke L
Hart's, authortties Monday had
found no important clue in their
search for the body eof the San
Jose kidnaping victim.
Shortly after the hat was pick
ed up by searchers in the mud
flats of San FKrancisco bay Sun
day night, four <l ccmpany cous
pon hooks were discovered in the
mud nearby. The cover of one of
the books bore a signature but it
had been smeared by the water
into ineligibility. i S~
Authorities said they believed
the books may have been dropped
by Hart or by.one of the two men
accused of kidnaping him and
throwing him into the bay from
the San Mateo bridge.
John M. Holmes and Thomas H.
Thurmend, who police say con
fessed to abdueting the 22-year
old store executive and slaying
him in a §40,000 ransom plot, re
maining in the San Francigco city
prison.
. 5. MAY REDUCE
T EXEMPTIONS
Revision of Laws Would
Bring Huge Increase
Without Higher Rates.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Revis
jon of federal revenue laws may
call upon wealthy individuals and
corporations to pay $300,000,000 to
$400,000,060 additional income
taxes annually without an increase
in rates.
The plan already formulated by
a house ways and means sub-com
mittee, contemplates wiping out
many modifications made since
1920 in the administrative features
of the income tax law.
Many exemptions now allowed
both individuals and corporations
may be entirely eliminated.
Whether corporations shall be al
lowed to continue to file consoli
dated returns is just one question
the sub-committee plans to sub
mit to the full group at hearings
beginning December 4.
Reduction in the present 50 per
cent allowed for depreciation and
the limitation of amounts allowed
for depletion also are to be re-
ported on then.
The sub-committee, headed by
Representative Sam Hill (D.-
‘Wash.), Monday, turned over to
tax experts of the joint congres
sional internal revenue committee
the findings of its weeks of study.
These are to be in a consise re
port for the full committee.
In its study, the sub-committee
found constitutional questions and
rulings of the courts blocked
many proposals to strengthen the
income tax law. However, Hill
predicted that if the sub-commit
tee’s recommendations are enacted
by congress, “between $300,000,000
and $400,000,000 can be raised with
out an increase in rates.”
Hill said every effort would be
made to make individuals and cor
porations pay income taxes “on
all actual gains” and that losses
reported would have to be deduct
ed from income in the same year,
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Beacon lights, which have been
operated on a part-time schedule
since March of this year, are being
put on full-time schedule on three
transcontinental airways and the
route between Seattle and TOB
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Lieutenant Commander T. W.
G. Settle, who is attempting today
to penetrate 36,000 feet above the
earth’'s surface in the interest of
science.
NEW STRATOGPHERE
ATTEMPT ON TODAY
Settle and Fordney Shoot
Upward Toward Void in
Small Gondola.
AKRON, O, — () — Seeking to
penetrate further the mystery of
the cosmic ray, Lieut. Commander
T. G. W. Settle of the navy, and
Maj. Chester IL.. Fordney, marine
corps mathematician, sailed away
at .3l 8. m. (a. 8. t.) for the
stratogphere, at least 36,000 feet
above the earth's surface,
The two men were aboard a
seven-foot gondola, which swung
beneath a huge hydrogen filled
bag, expected to carry them into
the third layer of atmosphere
above the earth.
They expected to reach the play
ground of the cosmic ray about
noon and test there the nature of
this mysterious phase of scientific
phenomenon.
Settle and his companion expect
to descend somewhere in the vi
cinity of Pittsburgh before dusk.
If the flighy is not completed by
then, they will not have a full
moon to guifle them in a night
landing.
The 600,000 cubic foot gas bag
was filled with 120,000 cubic feet
of hydrogen, which swelled be
neath the heat of the sun’s rays in
a three hour wait after night had
lifted at the air dock here.
Held by the spider lines, the'bag
swayed gently in a ligh; breeze as
the balloonists got aboard the
gpherical gondola. Then the order
to cagt off was given by Settle.
The naval aeronaut sat atop the
gondola as the lines were cast
away.. The ballast heid the bal
loon close to the ground for sev
eral minutes,
When tRe commander cast off
eight 35-pound bogs of sand and
one forty-pound bag of lead dust,
whereupon the huge craft shot up
ward 1.000 feet.
NEW YORK-MIAMI
AIR TIME IS CUT
MIAMI, Fla—(®)—James Wedell,
Patterson, La., pilot-designer, has
shortened the air time from New
York te Miami to five hours and
one minute in his low-wing mono
plane "“Mliss Patterson”.
Wedell's time, posted Sunday
night when he flashed by the Gir
alda tower of the Miami-Biltmore
hotel here, 'was one hour and nine
minutes faster than the mark set
two years ago by Lou Reichers, in
his “golden eagle.”
The Louisiaha speed-plane de
signed averaged approximately 300
miles an hour over most of the
route southward.
\ Heavy smoke from forest fires
obscured Charleston, 8. C., where
he planned to land for gasoline, he
said, and he flew by the city of
and was half-way to Savan
nah, Ga., bafore he orientated him
self and returned to the Carolina
city. :
More than 200 miles down the
Florida coast, the magneto of his
plane began to give trouble, but
he was able to complete the jour
rey without another stop.
HOVE|
)4
ITALY 15 SEEN ON
VERGE OF QUITTING
|EAGUE OF NATIONS
Pessimism Surrounds Lea
gue Palace in Geneva
After Meeting Today.
SUSPENSION NEAR
Russian Relations With
U. S. Bright Spot in
Peace Moves.
GENEVA—(®)—A decision to
suspend the disarmmament con
ference was virtually taken =
Monday by statesmen who
have sought a way out of an -
arms deadlock occasioned by
Germany’s withdrawal from .
the conference last month, g
It was expectea that suspen=
sion will be officially announ=
ced at a meeting Tuesday, and
it was understood that conver
sations will be conducted
among representatives of the
various nations during the re
cess. fak
Belief that Italy would withdraw
from the League of Nations unless
France consents to a four-power
disarmament conference in Rome
was expressed in well-informed
circles Monday.
The possibility became the sub.
ject of unofficial discussion after
it became known that the Faseist
grand council will be convoked
December 5 to discuss the contin
uance of Italy’s membership In
the ledgUe. i ivii o r G y
Authoritative sources said Mon+
day that efforts by the United
States delegates to the disarma
ment conference to have other na
tions, particularly Russia and Ja=
pan, added to the present four
power arms conversations have
failed.
Hugh R, Wilson, acting chief of
the Amerfcan Arms delegation,
undertook the addition of the other
nations to the parley in an effort
to make ,the negotiations more
representative, 4
The steering committee met
Monday with its leaders ready to
propoge & suspension of the con
ference with the understanding
however, that negotiations would
be vigorously pursued during the
recess with the object of procur-:
ing the return of Germany to %
negotiations, L
With the disarmament confers
ence admittedly destined to ad
jourhment and reports that the
Fascist council may recommend
Ttalian withdrawal from the lea
gue of nations, an atmosphere of
pessimism within the league wa'-
as thick as the fog outside today.
NORMAL RELATIONS ‘;;;g%
MOSCOW —(#)— Establishment
of normal relations between the
United States and Russia, fi
newspaper Izvestia said A
“will strengthen peace and help
decide many urgent problems.” -
It added, however, that “rela
tions between the U. S. S. R.,
and the U. S. A., will develop
on a basis of mutual interest and
esteem, without interference in
each other's domestic affairs by
either country and on a basis of
independen¢ policy by both sides™
Although high Soviet officials
have refused to comment at length
on Amgrican recognition, N. N.
Krestinsky said too that the move
“would reduce the possibility of
conflict in the Far East.” § 0
Michael Kalinin, president of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repuwg?‘
cans, gave a message of goodwill
and friendship — to the American
people at 6 p. m. Monday.
The President expressed he
hope that the establishment of
normal relations between the U.
S. S. R. and the U. S. A. would
“no¢ only greatly benefit mutual
interests but also strengthen uni
versal peace.” s
“The most important g¢ondition
for securing the technical progress
and well-being of the people is the
preservation and strengthening of
peace between nations,” he said in
part. : o
“T am convinced that now.
when all antificial obstacles for a
full and manifold contact between
the peoples of our two great coun=
tries are removed it will greatiy
benefit not only their mutual in
terests but also the economic and
cultural progress of mankind and
the strengthening of universal
peace. g
“I strongly believe that now will
begin an era of fruitful and man
ifold cooperation hetween ourw
By The Associated Press