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Long before the parents of the
celebrated Dionettes were ever
heard ofs a cCOW belonging to Wm.
. Pritchford of White county
gave birth to three ‘calves—and
they all lived. 2
The Southern Watchman, pub
lished in Athens, January 20, 1809,
gave notice of the birth of the
triplet calves in the following
naragrapht
“We are credibly informed
that Mr. Wm.. G. Pritchford
of White county has a cow
which recently brought him
three calves at one birth, and
they all lived and are doing
well.”
The Banner-Herald is a di
cect lineal descendant of The
watchman which subsesuent
to 1859 became The Banner-
Watchman.
At the time the editor of The
watchman, J. H. Christy, an
nounced the birth of the triplets
in a White county barnyard he
was waging a terrific fight to Keep
Georgia’s shirt on and stop thi:
state’s march out of the Union.
The Watchman supported the
constitutional Union ticket, com
prising John C. Bell and Edward
Fverett, in 1860, in the hope that
middle-of-the-road sentiment in
both sections of the country might
unite behind a national ticket and
defeat Lincoln, thus averting dis
union.
There were several tickets in
ihe field. The Northern wing of
the Democratic party and part of
the Southern wing—Alexander H.
Stephens among the leaders—were
qipporting Stephen A. Douglas;
part of the Southern Democracy,
led by Bob Toombs, T. R. R.
and Howell Cobb were backing
the Breckenridge ticket; Lineoln
was the Republican nominee; Bell
and Hverett the Constitutional
Union team, and Sam Houston
was running on his own. By the
way, the Constitutional Union
ticket won in Clarke county.
To the editor of The Watchman,
the future looked anything but
bright, but in the midst of such
heetic doings he toak time out to
comment editorially on a quart,
maybe more, of gin sent him by
an admirer and a whole ecase of
rve liquor, the gift of i"Phfi%%elé
phia concern.
The name and address of the
Philadelphia donor was given in
the editorial for the conveénience
of any troubled readers who, per
chance. should be impressed by
the editor’s laudatory comment.
(This May Be Continued.)
Two New Committees
Are Created Here by
Chamber of Commerce
A committee to act as a clear
ing house for proposed federal re
lief projects here has heen named
by Tate Wright, president of the
chamber of commerce. The com
mittee will be comprised of M.
N. Tutwiler, chairman; J. W.
Jarrell and W. R. Bedgood, and
Mr. Wright as ex-officio member.
[t will be known us the federal
agencies advisory committee.
Another important committee is
being added to the }ist for this
year, it was learned yesterday.
This committee will have charge
of welcoming and entertaining
distinguished visitors to the city,
4s well as various conventions.
According to present plans, the
committee will have a standing
fund for the purpose of aiding in
the entertainment of visitors here
on special oceasions.
The need for such a committee
has been emphasized many times,
Secretary Joel A. Wier says.
T e e ——————o
Should a Judge Sitin -
A Case Involving His
Partner in Set-Back
Here was Police Judge Vin
;"nt Matthews” problem yester
aay:
Should a judge sit in a case in-
Volving a set-back partner?
A traffic case involving a man
(Continued on page two.)
California Youth Wants To
Borrow Old Postage Stamps
Old envelopes which may mean
ltle to you may meam much to
& ten-year olg boy who lives in
Pacific Beach, cCalifornia, and Ilit
tle squares of paper which you are
“eeping for no good reason at all
May make him one of the happiest
boys in California.
Tite Banner-Herald has just re
teived a letter from Peter Isley
Forester, who lives in the Califor
lia city, asking that the abper as<
sist ‘him jn assembiing a stamp
tollection to be shown at the Inter
lational Exposition in San Diego,
California, in May. %
His letter - follows (punctuation
“nd spelling intact:)
“If possible will you please give
Me vour assistance. I am an Am
frican boy, ten years old. There is
9 be a big international exposi
tion in San Diego, Calif. in May.
Lam trying very hard to assembly
¢ small stamp collection to 'be
Shown then, 1 uuWMw
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Hauptmann Testimony
Closed With Defense
Of Two Dead Persons
Famous Case Expected to
Co to Jury by Tuesday
At Mid-Afternoon
SUMMATION MONDAY
Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow
Last Witness; Reilly
Has No Rebuttal
BY JOHN FERRIS
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
FLEMINGTON, N. J. — (# —
The case against Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for the Lindbergh baby
murder was completed Saturday,
five weeks and three days after it
began.
‘With- Mrs, Dwight W. Morrow,
the baby’'s grandmoener, as one of
the witnesies, the case ended-—ex
cept for the legal oratory which
will last through Monday and part
of Tuesday—on a note of sharp
contradiction.
The final day’s testimony con
cerned itself not wlth Hauptmann,
the Bronx carpenter accuseq of
horrible crime, but with the mem
ory of two persons dead—the little
Isador Fisch and the Morrow haid
servant, Violet Sharpe, who com
mitted suicide,
When it 'was not seeking to show
that neither Fisch nor Miss Sharpe
had any guilty knowledge of the
kidnap murder of March 1, 1932
the state in its last day of rebuttal
testimony, ripped at the “limber”
evidence which the defense had
presented, d
Sits Quietly
Hauptmann, never demonstrat
ive, sat through the final day of
the trial, which may mean his life,
showing little emotion.
In contrast with the defendant
were Mrs. Morrow and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, who sat
through both sessions Saturday
displaying keen interest in all the
proceedings. Mrs. Lindbergh, the
baby’'s mother, was making her sec
onq appearance in the old Hunter
don- county - courtroom, She was
one of “the first witnesses of the
state.
Colonel Lindbergh, on the other
hand, has been a constant court
attendant, sitting behind the state
congel's. table in a position from
which he could lopk almvust square
ly at the witnesses as they parad
ed, 141 of them, through 29 court
days of testimeony.
The presentation of evidence
came to an abrupt close at 2:30 p.
m., when the state announced it
had finished its rebuttal evidence
and the defense, headed by Edward
J. Reilly of New York, announced
it would offer no sur-rebuttal.
Recess Until Monday
Justice Thomas W, Trenchard
called a recess until Monday when
Anthony M. Hauck, jr., one of the
assistants of Attorney General
David Wilentz who is conducting
the states’ case, will make the first
dummation. Hauck outlined the
points which the prosecution has
made through the testimony of the
88 witnesses it called to the stand.
Hauck does not expect to require
more than an hour and a half.
‘Reilly, for the defense, will fol
low. He is expected to require
most of the rumainder of the day.
Wilentz will speak- for the state
Tuesday, ang the case should go
to the jury of eight men and four
women by mid-afternon at that
day—Lincoln’s birthday. The charge
te the jury by Justice Trenchard
is not expected to require more
than 45 minutes,
Mrs. Morrow was the last wit
ness, a tragie touch to a trial that'
hss attracted attention around the
world. She testified, however, not
as the grandmother of a baby mur
dereq but as the employer of an{
English servant girl whose name
had been repeatedly drawn into
the case as having possibly had
guilty knowledge of the crime. ‘
Testifies as Employer |
Mrs, Morrow, widow of a Mor
gan partner who also was an
American ambassador, testified that
(Continued on Page Five)
Americans and no Confederate
stamps at all. I am very anxiouy
to have a few at least. Do you
know any of the older families that
would perhaps send me a pacekt of
old envelopes with the stamps at
tached, of Confederate times pre
ferably, or any of the old Ameri
can issues? If you can not recall
anyone will you please publish my
letter?
“I would want them to know the
stamps would be treasured and
that I would consider it a great
honor to be entrusted with them.
“My greatgrandfather fought and
died in the Confederate army, Also
two of his sons and I am sure
among the readers of the Banner-
I-lera.ld is someone who has a Dbox
or two of old letters they would
send me or maybe just an envelope
or so,
“Hoping you can come so the ex
| i
L (Continued on page two.)
Huey’s Daughter Never
Leaves Campus Alone
BATON ROUGE, La.—(#)—Miss
Rose Long, pretty 17-year old co
ed at Louisiana State university,
and daughter of Senator Huey P.
Long never leaves the campus
alone, it was disclosed here Sat
urday. ;
Despite the little or no interest
she takes in her father's fire
spitting political activities, Miss
Long has felt cross-current effects
of uneasiness arising at times
when her paternal parent got a
backlash from some of his spec
tacular activities throughout the
state.
' 7
House Leaders Attempt
To Drive Repeal Issue to
Early Vote
By JACK BATES
Associtaed Press Staff Writer
ATLANTA — (#) — THe capitol
adopted a watehful attitude on the
prohibition question Saturday night
as reports were' verified that a
substitute to the controversial po
lice patrol bill was reay for the
house Monday.
Speaker Ed Rivers said house
leaders were trying to drive the
repeal question to the floor as
soon as possible “to clear the
decks” for other legislation.
“My object is not to let the pro
hibition issue stay here as a threat
to the general legislative program,”
he said
Despite his pleas last week for
quick committee action. on two
iwhisky bills, which carty refer
renda and loeal option clauwses, the
temperance committee Jagged after
organizing. A sub - committee
named by Temperance Chairman
T. V. Williams to whip the bills
into shape failed once to get 2
guorum. \
Leaders Saturday night, how
ever, looked for something con
crete to develop out of the public
hearing set for Monday at 3 p. m.
in the house chamber.
Meanwhile Speaker Rivers said
he learned that his special com
mittee on Governor Talmadge'’s
ipaiice patrol bill had gdten f
(Continued on page two.)
STATE MENACED
BY FOREST FIRES
Great Areas Covered With
Burning Woods; High
way Travel Hampered
VALDOSTA — (# — Forest
fires covered great areas of South
Georgia with dense smoke Satur
day, hampering highway travel,
while damage from the seasonal
woods burning mounted.
B. M. Lufburrow, state forester,
said in Atlanta that damage to tim
berlands, present and future, was
increasing, and that the fires were
especially harmful this year be
cause of the destruction of seedl
ings of long leaf and slash pine
trees.
“Long leaf pines have a good seed
crop only about every five to sev
en years, and slash pines about
every three years, and last fall was
the good seed crop year in Geor
gia,’ said Lufburrow. : .
“These fires, now Killing tender
voung seedlings, means that the
natural reproduction of the timber
supply will be delayed just that
long.”
He said he had not received any
reports of unusual fires, the season
of the year consfdered, but that
Civilian Conservation Corps camps
in various parts of the state have
“all been fighting fires at various
times recently.” i
One CCC worker was fatally in
jured in fighting a fire at Nahunta
recently. Motorcycle patrolmen
were called out in the vicinity of
woods trash by turpentine opera
tors, who burn leaves and trash at
(Continued on Page Eight)
Young Democrats to
Sponsor Liquor Bill
ATLANTA —(®)— Miss Caroline
Noble Jones of Savannah said Sat
urday that the legislative commit
tee of the Young Democratic Clubs
of Georgia had decided to sponsor
a bill for Ilegalization, manufac
ture and sale of spirituous lquprs
under g local option plan.
She said the bill would be of
fere@ by Representatives Groves of
Lincoln, Grayson of Chatham, and
others, and under its provisions,
an “election can be held in any
county of the state upon presenta
tion to the ordinary of the county
of a petition signed by one-tenth
of the registered voters.” j
Athens, Ga., Sunday, February 10, 1935
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While jurors hearing Bruno Hauptmann’s trial looked on from the
hotel across the way, Mrs. Anna Hauptmann posed at the entrance of
the Hunterdon County (N. J.) jail where she was taking.baby Man
fried to visit his father. This was the jury’s first glimpse.of the de
-4 fendant’s child. :
Son Of Britain’s King Runs Into
Unscheduled Adventure On Ocean
PARAGUAY TO HOLD
BOLIVIAN OIL LAND
_BUENOS AIRES. —(®)— A
warning in the government-in- e
spired Paraguayan press that
Bolivia must sue for peace as
soon as Paraguay’s foreces en
ter Bolivian oil fields led ob
servers here Saturday to be
lieve the Asuncion government
intends to hold the oil regions
as hostages against any renew
al of hostilities,
LOGAL GLUB HONOR 3
PRESIDENT OF PILOTS
Belle Bond, of Atlanta,
International Head, Is
Cuest Here Saturday
Athens Pilot club members last
night paid honor to Belle Bond,
Atlanta, president of Pilot Club
International, at a banquet and
Valentine party held at the Y. W.
C. A. home.
- Accompanying the international
president from Atlanta as guests
of the. Ilocal club were Amy
Mitchell, secretary of Pilot Inter
national; Carey Singleton, treas
urer of Pilot International; Mrs.
Annie Lou Brigman, treasurer of
the Atlanta Pilot club; Mrs. Ethel
Cooper, Mrs, Louise Bond and Mr.
H. H. Lycett., The affair marked
the first official visit to the local
club by Mrs. Bond since she as
sumed leadership of Pilot Interna
tional. :
Vera Parker Murray was toast
mistress at the banquet and the
invocation was given by Lucille
Crabtree. Louise Starr, president
of the Athens Pilot club, deliver
ed the welcome address and the
(Continued on Page Four)
THE NEws IN A NUTSHELL
A dinner honoring women mem
bers of the Georgia Press associa
tion is planned in connection with
the 1935 Georgia Press Institute to
be held here at the University
February 20-23.
William Relaford, 55 year old
Sanford, Ga. farmer, was shot and
stabbed to death here Saturday by
a Negro.
A committee to act as a clear
ing house for proposed federal re
lief projects here has been named
by Tate Wright, president of the
Chamber of - Commerce.
A total of $739.76 was cleared by
the Roosevelt Ball held here Fri
day night, it was announced in a
financial statement.
A legislative effort to -abolish
South Carolina’s sole surviving
state-wide tax on -property was
announced Saturday. :
That the United States plans to
seek reciprocal agreements with
Cruiser Australia Coes to
Aid of The Seth Parker
Off Tahiti Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, — (#) — The
Duke of Gloucester, third son of
Britain’s King Geprge, was swept
into an unscheduled' adventure
Saturday when the Cruisér Aus
tralia steamed for a spot 300 miles
north of Tahiti, where the radio
broadcast Schooner. Seth Parker
was battling a -storm and appar
ently riding it out.
The eruiser—a unit of the Aus
tralian navy with the duke as a
passenger—turned off her course
after Phillips Lord, entertainerand
master of the widely publicized
schooner, sent out a stream of
messages saying ‘he believed his
vessel was in danger because of
heavy seas. The schooner, a four
master, did not send out SOS calls,
however.
At 1:85 p. m, (Bastern stand
ard time) the radio of the Seth
Parker was heard to say “every
thing O.K. now.” It added, how
ever, that the “owner” didn’t
thing so.- The sender expressed the
belief “he (the .owner) should gq
to sleep. mow. Has been up all
night.” s ‘
An hour lé'tér,' the =&chooner’s
wireless reported the stination was
the same. iy
The cruiser, taking the duke to
Tahiti from Australia, was gbout
200 miles from the Seth Parker
when she turnéd off her course to
offer assistance.
There was no mention of in
jury to any ‘of ‘the' 13 persons
aboard nor damage to the schoon
er, except that the regular radio
apparatus was-out of order.
Repeated mention of fear of cap
sizing when “solid walls of water”
came over the. side.during “bad
gqualls” - was . made in the mess
ages. - &l
The Seth Parker said the barom
eter was dropping, and the Aus
tralian warship mentioned a cy
clonic depression in the Seth
Parker’s vicinity.
By Jack Braswell
smuggling -of - liquor and other
commodities - was revealéd Satur
day by an administration bill.
A" $40,000,000- . .national ' defense
program, centered. in improving
army and navy. strongholds in the
Pacifie, was said to have been ap
proved by the administration.
A recommendation .that $2,087,-
362 be spent on army posts in
Georgia as a part of nation-wide
construction program was submit
ted to congress Saturday by Gen
eral Douglas McArthur, army chief
of staff. !
A warrant authorizing withdraw
al. from the high department of
$2,000,000 for the payment to Con
fedérate pensioners and common
schools was signed Saturday by
Governor Talmadge. .
State Senator J. H. Milhollin
of Broxton said Saturday that he
wpuld urge the legislature to ap
-~ (Continued on Page Eight)
Epochal Administration Nears
Half-Way Mark With New Deal
Awaiting Approval Of Courts
Decision on Cold Cases
Will Not Be Made by
Court on Monday
SAME PROCEDURE
Announcement |ls Aimed
To Prevent Crowding
Of Courtroom
BY RICHARD L. TURNER
(Associated Press Staff Writen)
WASHINGTON — (®) — T h e
supreme court’s awaited-for-weeks
golq decision will not be announced
on Monday.
For a second time the high tri
bunal Saturday night departed from
its usual ecourse to let it be known
that its next regular opinion day
will pass without the announce
ment of that tensely awaited ver
dict.
The nine austere members of the
bench met for their customary
Saturday concultation, For nearly
five hours they were closeted in
their closely guarded discussion
room.
Then while his colleagues climb
ed into waiting automobiles, Chief
Justice Hughes repaireq to his of
fice and summoned the court's
clerk, Charles E. Cropley. Their
conference was brief,
IReturns to Office
Cropley returned to his own of
fice, crowded with newspapermen.
Sensing the suspense which grip
ped the ‘group, he leisurely seated
himself behind his desk, lolled back
in his chair with easy wnformality,
and, at last said:
“There will be no statement, but
I am authorizeq to say that no
opinions will be announced on Mon
day.”
“That means no opinions of any
kind?” a newsman asked,
“That's’' ilt™
“How about Tuesday ?”
“l 1 saig Monday.”
Cropley went on to make it plain
that he was speaking only of opin
ions, that “orders” may be handed
down, announcing whether - other
cases will or will not be reviewed
by the court. - :
LCapital Keyed
Just as W%as the case a week ago,
the capital had become lkeyed up
(Continued on Page Four)
WHITE MAN SLAIN;
NEGRD 1S ARRESTED
William Relaford Shot and
Stabbed to Death; Loyd
Medley is Held
William Relaford, well Xknown
Clarke county farmer, was shot and
stabbed to dedth 'yesterday after
noon about 5 o’clock on the corner
of Strickland and Water streets,
reputedly by Lloyd Medley, a Ne
gro. Medley is helq in the Clarke
county jail for the crime,
The slaying took place in front
of Medley’s house, it is said.
Mr. Relaford, who was 556 years
of age, was shot in the right side
and stabbed through the heart and
in the left arm. He died instantly.
His home is at Sanford, where he
was well known and prominent, |
A coroner’s jury began an inves
tigation yesterday which will be
resumed this morning at the court
house at 10 o'clock. The jury is
compriseq of Coroner J. F. Shep
herd, Dr, J. C. Holiday, W. Mil
ton Thomas, George T. Burpee,
Bert Meusse, L. D. Hawkes, Aggie
Hale and George Nash, bailiff.
County Officers Claude Kidd and
William McKinnon were called to
the scene of the slaying and ar
rested Medley.
Funeral services for Mr. Rela
ford will be held at Gordon’s
Chapel, the date to be announced
later. Rev., B, W. Hancock, the
pastor, will officiate.
The deceased was a member of
the Gordon Chapel church, In
terment will be in the Gordon
Chapel cemetery, with McDorman-
Bridges in charge.
He is survied by his widow, Mrs.
Mollie Relaford, onme son, J. M.
Relaford, Sanford; and one bro
ther, Aandrew Relaford, Sanford.
Mr. Relaford was a native of
Gwinnette county, - but for the
past thirty years he had lived in
Madison county.
LOCAL WEATHER
L e st ook bepeatin
Partly cloudy and slightly
colder Sunday; Monday fair.
TEMPERATURE |
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RAINFALL
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Aerage, #eb. raimfa11....... 5.13
Total since Jamuary 1...... 3.14
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
That’s Not His Name
But—Call Him *“Ed”’
ATLANTA —(#)— His full name
is Eurith Dickinsgn Riversy but
they call the dynamic speaker of
Georgia’s house of representatives
“Rd” for short.
The gpeaker himself, confesses
he doesn’t know the whole history
of his given name, ‘
“It’s a funny story,” he said to-!
day. “From what I can gather—
oh let’s drop it; I might lose my
identity.”
With a little prodding, Speaker
Rivers disclosed this much:
“When they started to name me
after some member of the family,
names of too many relatives pop
ped up, so my mother worked out
a combination of their initials that
spelled ‘Eurith.”
" The middle name was conferred
upon the strapping new baby in
the Rivers household by his father,
Dr. James M. Rivers, after his
favorite professor at medical
school,
MRS. GORRA HARRIG
PASSES IN ATLANTA
Noted Author Succumbs
From Heart Trouble Sat
urday; Was 65 Years Old
ATLANTA — (#) — Mrs. Corra
Harris, the novelist, died of a heart
ailment in a hospital here Satur
day -at the gge of 65.
The writer, whose best known
work, “A Circuit Rider's Wife,”
attracted wide discussion through
its interpretation in many quar
iers as an attack on policies of the
iMefthod{st Episcopal ¢ hur e h,
South, had been ill since Janu
'ary 2T ’ 4
Suffering & heart attack at her
mountain home, “In The Valley,”
near Rydal, Ga., Mrs. Harris was
brought to Emory University hos
pital for treatment. Barlier this
week her condition was reportedl
slightly improved but she suttered|
a relapse that proved fatal
Born at Farm Hill, Ga., on St.
Patrick’s dayin 1869, Mrs. Harris
wag educated by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tinsley R. White, at
home in the manner of the south
of ante-bellum days.
Later she attended Elberton
Academy and old Salem school
house in Banks county, Ga., where
she met Lundy Howard Harris, a
student for the ministry, to whom
she became engaged at the age of
15. They were married two years
later shortly after he received his
(Continued on Page Four)
Arkansas Does Not
Want Huey to Speak
LITTLE ROCK, Ark—(®)—Ap
parently unimpressed by a hint
that Senator Huey P. Long ot
Louisiana might once more invade
Arkansas politics in 1936, the state
house of representatives Saturday
emphasized by a roll call vote a
previous viva voce rejection of
a resolution to invite him to
speak om his “share our wealth”
plan here.
The roll call rejection—by a rec
ord vote of 58 to 13—came three
hdurs after the first vocal vote
against hearing the Louisiana die
tator as Rep. Leo E. Nyberg ol
Phillips county, youthful leader,
declared he had learned Senator
Long had stated in effect that
“the Arkansas house is afraid to
go on record.”
In Washington, the Louisiana
kingfish had declared that the re
sult “might have been different”
on a roll call |
Dinner To Women Editors
Is Press Institute Feature
A dinner, honoring women
members of the Georgia Press
association will be one of the
highlights of the 1935 Georgia
Press Institute, to be held here
February 20-23,
The dinner will be tendered at
the Georgian hotel Friday evening,
February 22, and the entire pro
gram will be directed by the news
paper women. The event will be
sponsored by tke Savannah Morn
ing News and the Savannah Eve
ning Press, and Herschel V. Jen
kins, president of the two papers,
will act as host.
Miss Emily Woodward, former
editor of the Vienna News, and
founder of the Press Institute,
will be chairman of the special
program, details of which have
been carefully kept a secret so
that no one but the newspaper
women know what is being plan
ned for the ocecasion. i
Last year the Savanpah papers
it # e »‘,,,L‘m.“n"y?:fg,{&fi&%!‘i‘ i‘w}'a\ Mtla‘“fl
Midway Point of Term
Of Roosevelt Comes
' Tomorrow
LABOR ON WAR PATH
Next Presidential Term
Begins on January 15
For First Time |
BY RICHARD L. TURNER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON — #) . The
first half of an epochal administra
tion neared a close today with
vital elements of the New Deal pro
gram awaiting supreme court san
ction ang future policy caught in
the churn of congressional contro
versy.
Almost two years ago, Franklin
D. Poosevelt took office with a
congress ready to rush his slightest
wish to legislative furtiliment, labor
friendly, a prostrate business world
looking hopefully to him. !
At the midway point, which will
be reached on Monday, he finds the
national legislature, though more
than ever heavily Democratic, in
creasingly critical of White House
proposals, increasingly ready to
assert its intention to write the na~
tion’s law. T
Labor, disappointed by a series
of what it has labelled pro-employ~
er actions, is openly on the wai
path. Business is complaining of
too milich governmental interferen
ce, too much spending, too little
hudget-balancing. e SRR
Support at Peak
On the other side of the scales,
the president finds his popular sup
port apparently at or near its peak.
as expressed in the tremendous
endorsement given him in the elec
tions of last November, ' '
Few will say that he has lost
even a small portion of that back
ing.” So strong, in fact, is his per
sonal prestige that throughout the
barrage of criticism directed at the
New Deal the president personally
has escaped virtuaily unscathed,
His advisers, the brain trust, the
cabinet members have borne the
brunt of the onslaught. ek
‘Thus, congress, restless, centers
its attack upon the pending $4,880,-
000,000 work relief bill and Secre
tary Ickes ang Harry L. Hopkins,
the relief administrator, and con
centrates upon keeping them from
administering the fund. =~
Labor attacks Donald Richberg,
director of the national emergency
council, and ace advisor on in
trial problems, for the recent pr
dential actions which have brought
a break between it and the admin
istration. : e
The Norris lame duck amend
ment, cause of S 0 many ¢
in the Washington calendar, i§ re
sponsible for the fact that the half
way post will be reached on Febru
ary 11. SR
Next Term January 15
The next presidential, term will
begin on January 15, for the first
‘tlmo i nhistory. Mr. Roosevelt will
| be the shortest full mnstit‘w
‘term since the beginning of the
tion. : 0
Pending before the supreme ¢ourt
are cases challenging the cw‘
tionality of essentigl steps’ Q&
New Deal's monetary program and
of the entire national industrial re
covery act. Other important mea
sures are working their way up
vsard through the coufts, - « -
In congress, a turbulent dimt@
has develpped over the president’'s
future plans for turning the relief
rolls into the payrolls of a vast pub
lic works program. New banking
legislation, only partially endorsed
by the White House, has aroused
crisp criticism. ——
The senate a fortnight ago re
jected the president’s plea that the
United States become a member of
the World Court, and debt negotia
tions with Soviet Russia collapsed,
followed by definite steps away
from the attitude of close cooperas
tion with the rest of the 'world
(Continued on Page Five) .
sponsored an “Evening -'With
Georgia Authors,” which assem
'bled the state’s leading writers,
and proved one of the most dis
tinguished events in the history
of the institute. This year's spec
ial event promises to be egually
sussessful. PRSI
, Leading Women Included
Although details of the women's
program have been withheld, it is
known that nearly a score of
/Georgia’s leading newspaper Wo
men will take part, In addition
to Miss Woodward, those %*
ipating will be Mrs. Virginia Pol
hill Price, of Louisville, editor of
the News and Farmer; Mrs. Ben
Neal, assistant editor of the Mil
ler News; Mrs. Elizabeth New, of
the Pearson Tribune; Mrs, Jobn
Hodges, of the Houston :m
published in Pervy; Mrs. Loyd
Harris, wife of the editor of the
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