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“Vol. 113, No. 152.
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larke County Offers Fairhaven As Memorial Park
(onservation l\wdsl
To Go To Farmers
In Four-County Area
sixty-four farm owners and
operators in the Oconee River Soil
Conservation Distric t will be
awarded Certificates of Merit by
the Georgia Bankers Association
for outstanding accomplishments
in carrying out soil conservation
programs on their farms it was
announced today by W. M. Holsen
peck, chairman of the district
supervisors. !
The awards will be made at a
meeting to be held in Winder, Ga.,
August 3rd, to be followed by a
parbecue for those receiving these
swards and other guests of the
Bankers Association. The meeting
will be similar to other meetings
which have been held, sponsored
by the Georgia Bankers Associa-,
tion.
The program will feature an
address by Governor Ellis Arnall.
Certificates will be presented by
Sherman Drawdy, president of the
Georgia Bankers Association. C.
0. Maddox, president of the Peo
ples Bank of Winder, is chairman
of the local bankers committee
which has charge of arrangements
for the meeting.
Seven Clarke county farm own
ers and operators will be among
T 0 DESIGNATE “CLEAN-UP” DAY
Mayor Bob McWhorter said yesterday he will renew his recom
mendation next Wednesday night that City Council set aside 2
“Clean-Up and Beautify Day,” in order to cooperate with the
Chamber of Commerce Planning Committee in attaining its No. 1
objective for Athens.
The Mayor called a meeting of Council last month to recom
mend. that Council désignate a _;pecial day for washing the streets
and sidewalks and getting ¥id of «Hl paper and trash on the streets.
Council took no aetion on the recommendation. ;
The Mayor said he will renew the recommendation at Council’s
July meeting next Wednesday ‘night. He expressed belief that the
Council will authorize designation of such a day and that the
Council will also instruct city departments to aid in making the
day a success. Authority for instructing departments lies in Coun
cil alone.
“If we can get the streets and sidewalks scrubbed, we then can
ask the occupants of business places downtown to help us keep
them cleaned,” the Mayor said. He also pointed out that a recom+
mendation by Councilman Cliff Denny that the city buy wire
haskets to place on the sidewalks for paper waould, if adopted by
the Council, “help keep a clean and attractive eny..
The Mayor said if the Council will set aside a “Clean-Up” Day
and instruct city departments under its jurisdiction to join in
carrying out the Planning Committee’s objecive, it will. have a
splendid effect and it will give us a feeling that we are making 2
beginning in carrying out a fine program for our community.”
He said that boys returning from overseas are “entitled to be wel
comed by an attractive-looking home community and we officials
of the city should cooperate with the citizens who want this done.”
Our Mewn: And \Women
A In Service o
HOMER R. SCOGGINS
TAKES NEW DUTIES
Homer R. Scoggins, 18, seaman,
second class, USNR, of Com
merce, Ga., arrived at the Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va.,
to train for duties aboard a new
destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Scog
gins of Route 3, Commerce, he
has a brtoher, Claude H., 22, who
is a private first class in the
Army. He attended Davis Acad
emy High School.
HOWARD CRENSHAW SERVES
ON OAHU IN HAWAII
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION,
BARBER’'S POINT, OAHU, T. H.
—Howard Crenshaw, 'carpenter’s
mate, third class, USNR, of Jef
ferson, Ga.,, is serving here in the
public works department. His two
sons live in Maysville, Ga. :
Before joining the Navy 1n
September, 1942, he was employ
ed by the Southern Railroad in
Gainesville, Ga.
H. G. SHAW IS
HOME ON LEAVE : ‘
Chief Aviation Machinist’s Mate
H. G. Shaw, a veteran of several
of the -major, sea battles in the
Pacific in the early part. of the
war and one of the survivors of
the Yorktown, is now home on
leave. Chief Shaw and Mrs. Shaw,
along with their children, Koleta
and Howell Wayne are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Murray of Diamond Hill.
Chief Shaw, who has seen 20
vears of service in the Navy, will
report for active duty upon his
return to California.
Mrs. Shaw and children, after
spending several weeks here will
£0 to their home in Norfolk, Va.
Chief Shaw has an older brother,
Guy Durward Shaw, CAMM, who
is serving on the; USS Nassau in
the Pacific.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
the sixty-four to receive awards
in .the Oconee River District. They
niclude Vella ‘D. Stephens, John
G. Brown, Julian D. Clement,
James H. Towns, Donald L. Bran
yon, George L. O’Kelley, jr., and
Ellis Langford. |
The lithographed certificates,
attractively colored and framed,‘
will be awarded on the basis of |
score cards with various point{‘
values with twelve different soil
conservation practices included in
the district farm plan for each
farm. To qualify for the awards
it was necessary for each district
cooperator to have earned at least
90 per cent of the points it was
possible to earn under his district
farm plan and to have established
at least a* portion of each farm
practice.
The various soil conservation
practices designated by the Agri
cutural Committee of the Bankers
Association and the supervisors of
the District and the per-acre point
values assigned to each were:
Approved rotations established,
10; kudzu planted, 15; sericea
lespedeza planted, 15; terracing,
' 10; water disposal areas establish
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JAMES LEE ENROLLS
IN FORT SILL OCS
FORT SILL, Okla.—James E.
Lee, 10 Gainesville street, Flow
ery Branch, Ga., has entered the
Field Artillery Officer Candidate
School at this post. Upon comple
tion of the 17-week course he will
be commissioned as a second lieu
tenant of field artillery in the
Army of the United States.
Candidate Lee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Lee, 10 Gaines
ville street, Flowery Branch, Ga.
The Field Artillery Officer
Candidate course is. part of the
Field Artillety School where
thousands of officers and enlisted
men have received training in
artillery techniques. More than
25,000 men have been commis
sioned as officers following grad
uation from the Officer Candidate
School alone “and are now fight
ing the enemy in all theaters of
operation establishing the United
States field artillery as “the best
in the world.”
WILLIAM BLATT RECEIVES
COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE
WITH THE 33RD DIVISIDN
ON LUZON.—Pfc. William Blatt.
husband of Mrs. Sara Blatt of
Athens, Gas; has been awarded
the Combat Infantry Badge for
exemplary performance of duty
jn action against the Japs on
Northern Luzon. Hé has previ
ously been awarded the Expert
Infantryman’s badge, given for
meeting the highest standards of
the American Infantry.
Pfe. Blatt, who is with the
136th Infantry of the 33rd Divis
ion, was engaged in the
Philippine - Liberation campaign.
Since joining the Army in 1941,
he has served with his outfit in
the Central Pacifc, New Guinea,
‘Morotai Island in the Netherland
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Full Associated Press Service.
Soviets Determined
ToWipe Out
Hun Imperialism
BY EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, July 7-—-(AP)—The
Russians as they approach the
“yictory” conference of the Big
Three are determined to reach
agreements with their Allieg that
will snuff out German imperizl
ism forever and ensure that a
Hitler never again wllf‘flse to
power. . &
The Soviets do nos want just
a stopgap measure this time. In
this connection, they believe that
their Allies are making a serious
mistake in handling the German
people.
First of all, the Russian believe
it is imperative that a better
Germany must swell from the
German people and not develop
from repressive measures impos
ed upon them.
They feel that the Allies are
guilty of bad judgment when
they outlaw all politica] pariies
and not allow mass gatherings
of Germans for political discus
sions. The Red Army occupying
forces have legalized all anti-
Fascist parties in their zones.
They have reognized trade un
ions and -they allow meetings.
Eye On Organizations
It goes without saying that
the Sovietg are keeping an eve
on every organization which
calls itself anti-Fascist and on'
every meeting dedicated to Ger
man democracy. The first signi
that any of these gathering
might be sued as an undercover
of Nazism or for the revival- of
German militarism to even the
slightest extent will see quick
counter measures.
The Russians also are con
cerned with the international
Cartel situation and unquesticon
ably will bring this up. They
will wish proof and definite re
assurances that German indus
trialists have not gone under
grovaud and found other placecs
to work, possibly in other coun
tries.
. No Loans To Germany
The USSR al§o probably will
require assurances, especially
[from ‘the United States, that
there ‘will be no more loans to
Germany whereby she might be
able to rearm.
A closer coordination among
the Allied policies in Germany
‘must be on the agends, and in
this respect the Russians will
give full airing to their appre
hensions as to British and Amer
ican treaty proved Nazis in their
areas.
| Interested In Trials
The Soviet also are keenly in
terested in the trial of war crim
i|als. They believe that the Al
lies have been very slow 1n
handling esis question. With most
of the high Nazi tiermans ir
|British and American hands,
they feel these “arch criminals”
should long ago have been
brought to trial.
The Soviets probably will nave
something to say also about the
larger number of Germans who
iare running around tree in Al
lied occupied zohes some of
them with executive jobs.
Foreign diplomatic circles re
port the Russians are ready to
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Appéal To Athens
To Rent Quarters
Made By C. Of C.
An appeal to the people of
Athens to aid in finnding rooms |
for new residents was made yes
terday by the Athens Chamber of
Commerce. In a statement, the
Chamber of Commerce said that
every day from three to six people |
make application for “furnished |
rooms, apartments and houses.”
The statement follows:
“Every day from three to sixl
people make application to us for
furnished rooms, furnished apart-]
ments and houses. Some of them
are pathetic, and urgently in need‘
of help. |
“Many mothers with small chil
dren report local people will not'
take them in. Many come in re- |
porting that they have a room and
no place to keep the baby’s milk |
from souring and no place to
warm food. |
«If any one has a bedroom,
either with or without kitchen |
privileges, please offer it for these
;people. If you have a.small apart
‘ment where a mother could fix
‘the baby’s food, please let us know
labout that. Many of these mothers
are willing to get their own meals
\at the restaurants, but they do
need a place to prepare food for
the baby.
In addition to these critical cases
already here, there are many hus
bands who have seen service in
Europe and the Pacific, who are
being deprived of association with
their families from whom they
have been separated while serving
us in these war areas because they
have no quarters to which to in
vite their families.
“Will every one who can possi
bly take care of a married couple,
even though overcrowded, phone
us or write us just what you can
offer.
Athens Chamber of Commerce.”
Athens, Ga., Sunday, July 8, 1945.
Commissioners To Give 54-Acre
Tract If City Will Develop It
WAR ROUNDUP
By The Associated Press
AERIAL—Fires ringed Japan’s
Mt. Fuji as 600 Superforts blast
ed five aluminum, oil, rail and
war-industry - . centers without
loss; pilots reported seeing long
lines of refugee vehicles. Observ
ed damage in 25 of the 30 Japan
ese cities which have been struck
totals 126 square miles. MacAr
thur’§ Fifth Air Force hit Kyushu
from' Okinawa for third consecu
tive 'day. and his bombers har
rassed Formosa and China coas
tal areas. Okinawa-based aircraft
under Nimitz damaged nine mere
ships in enemy seas.
BORNEO—Aussies, with Balik
papan secured, drove on toward
Sambodja and Samairnda, last
major enemy-held oil fields of
southeast Borneo. :
CHINA — Japanese marines
landed on southeast China coast
140 miles west of Formosa in
evident attempt to balk any Al
lied invasion plan, Chinese Cen
tral News Agency reported.
Chiang = Kai-Shek said China’s
plans for general counter-offen
sive against Japanese proceeds on
schedule. Chinese recaptured
Pingsiang and advanced 11 miles
farther to French Indo-China.
-
Why Did We Come?
Americans Asks
As Reds Run Berlin
BY DANIEL DeLUCE
BERLIN, July 7—(#)—A tem
‘porary lack of coordination among
the Allies on the governing of
lßerlin formed a fgisappointing
overture tonight to the-approach=
ing Big Three meeting at Potsdam.
Soviet authorities continued in
complete control of the military
government here, and the common
question in the minds of American
military government officers was
“why did we come to Berlin?”
High officials of the United
States, Russia and Britain were
reported attempting to solve the
complex problems of food and
boundaries.
_ Neither U. S. nor British mili~
tary government detachments had
taken over any district. U. S.
forces supposedly occupied their
zone Wednesday, when the Stars
and Stripes were raised over the
shattered capital. The British flag
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MANY EXPECTED IN ATTENDANCE
AT STUDENT - INDUSTRY MEETING
U. §. Labor Piclure
Is Now Brighler
As Two Strikes End
By The Associated Press
Return to work of 13,00 steel
workers at the Carnegie-Ilinois
Steel Corporation’s Souta Chicago
works, and nearly all the 17,600
employes of ‘ie Godyear Tire and
Rubber C 0.., Akron, 0., yesterday
(Sat.) portrayed the brightest
picture on the nation’s labor fronts
in more than a week.
The number of idle because of
labor disputes totaled about 40,000.
One new dispute, involving com
posing room employes at the Fort
Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette,
forced suspension of morning and
afternoon issues -of the Gazette
and News-Sentinel. The dispute
involved .a new contract with
publishers.
Stuation By Area
Here is tae situation by cities
or areas:
4 Akron
Capt. H. K. Cark, Navy officer
in charge of Goodyear’s five plants
since the Navy took over opera
tions Thursday, said production
was “virtually normal” with the
return of about 79 per cent of the
i 17,000 workers. The strike of
United Rubber Workers. (CIO)
‘tied up operations 20 days.
' At Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co., plant, 16,500 CIO URWA
workers weighed a War Labor
Board back -to-work order, and
the plea of their International
President to return to work “Im
imediately.” The Firestone strike
started last Sunday.
| Chicago -
The 24-hour work stoppage at
the Carnegie-Illinois steel corpo
ration South Chicago plant ended
with resumption of production be
ginning at 11 p. m. Friday. Full
production was resumed Saturday.
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ESTABLISHED 1833.
In a joint statement yesterday Chairman |. F.
Hammett of the Board of Commissioners of Clarke
county and Mayor Bob McWhorter announced that
the county will offer Fairhaven property to the City
of Athens for a public Memorial Park.
Chairman Hammett was acting for the Board of
Commissioners which held a special meeting Friday
and decided to offer the property to the city for de
velopment as a'Memorial Park in honor of the serv
icemen and women of Clarke county, who have sacri
ficed for their county.
The Board of Commissioners,
comprised of Commissioner Ham-~
mett, Harry Elder and J. H. Towns
pointed out that the people who
have expressed themselves favor
ing the plan for development of
Fairhaven property believe that
it should be developed and oper
ated’ for everyone and that the
development should be carried out
by the City or County, or jointly.
The Commissioners said that
the park should undoubtedly be
a memorial to the servicemen and
women of Clarke county, aithough
it would be at the disposal of“
everyone. And they also declared
that if the property is developed
as a park it will be named
“Memorial Park.”
Mayor Delighted 3
Mayor McWhorter expressed de
light that the Commissioners have
offered the City of Athens the
proverty for the proposal to make
Fairhaven property a public park
and dedicate it in honor of the
servicemen and women of Clarke
county is a splendid idea. I hope
the City -will accept the offer.”
The Commissioners have been
discussing for some time the dis
position of this property, consist
ing of approximately 54 acres of
‘wooded and undeveloped land. The
Board has favorably considered
utilization of the property as a
public park and the suggestion
that the park be named Memorial
| Park in recognition of the com
munity’s appreciation of the saeri
fices made by the young men and
women serving in the armed
forces in this' war is being en
‘dorsed throughout the city and
‘county. R
Fairhaven property, including
the hospital building, now said to
be in bad condition, cost the people
of Athens and Clarke county
$50,000. It is pointed out that it
would be difficult to sell it for
that amount of money and many
citizens assert that the need for
a large park, such as the Fair
haven property could be developed
into, will be sorely needed by this
community as every year goes by
and the population increases.
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University of Georgia students
who wish to attend the afternoon
panel session of the Student
and-Industry conference here on
Tuesday, July 10, will be allow
ed to do so without naving class
absences charged against them.
according to a faculty announce
ment.
This decision, sponsors of ti&
conference think, will assure a
capacity audience for the panel
program which will be held in
the Fine Arts Auditorium, start
ing at 2:30 p. m. During this pro
gram the students will hear dis
cussions of various business, ag
ricultural ang economic problems
that will face them ir the post
war world.
The afternoon program for
which Abit Nix will be modera
tor, will feature such speakecrs
ag Erle Cocke, president of At
lanta’s Fulton ,National Bank:
WGAU To Carry
Special Programs
Radio Station WGAU will
carry a special program Mon
day from noon to 12:15 p. m.
with R. P. Brooks, dean of
the University of Georgia
School of Business Adminis
tration, and Forrest Cham
pion, jr., Law School senior,
giving a resume of activities
of the Student and Industry
Conference.
The Station will also carry
a half-hour broadcast of the
question and answer period
of the afternoon panel session
in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
This program goes on the air
Tuesday afternoon from 3:30
to 4 p. m. Abit Nix is chair
man of the afternoon session.
Robert E. Brumby, president
Brumby Chair Co., Marietta:
Fred J. Turner, vice president
and treasurer Southern Bell Tel
ephone and Telegraph Co., At
lanta. Other members of the pan
el who will answer questions on
various phases of industry in
Georgia will' be Dr. O. C. Ader
hold, p-ofessor Rural and Voca
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To most Americans, Japan’s No.
1 war criminal doubtless is
Gen. Hideki Tojo, 60, above,
whose selection as premier on
Oct. 16, 1941,* was followed
seven weeks later by the Pearl
Harbor attack. His cabinet fell
July 22, 1944, after the Ameri
' can invasion of Saipan.
Clarke Will Receive
More Stale Money
To Mainfain Roads
Clarke county will receive $3,-
994 more annually from the state
for highway maintenance as a re
sult of legislation obtained by
Governor Arnall last January.
The increase became effective
July 1, 1945, the start of the
state’s fiscal year, and is a spec~
ial grant to equalize highway
maintenance funds allotted to the
counties. Clarke county in the
next twelve months will get $17,-
500, compared to $13,500 during
the past year. This represents an
increase of 29.6 percent.
Clarke county has 213 miles of
roads, of which 43.94 miles are on
the state system and maintained
by the State Highway Depart
ment. The funds granted by the
state are for the maintenance and
improvement of highways not on
the state system. ;
The percentage of roads in this
county on the state system is be
low the average for the state
generally. The growth of the
state highway system ultimately
would correct this, but in the
meantime, under the former
basis of distributing the state’s
grant to the counties, this county
would continue to suffer loss.
Equalization Plan
Governor Arnall urged before
the Assembly an equalization
plan, by which those counties
with less than the average state
system mileage would receive a
special increase in allotment. Ap
proximately half the counties of
Georgia are affected and will re
ceive the increase, which raises
the state’s contribution to the lo
cal self-government units . from
$4,300,000 annually to $4,817-
013.03.
“While the state will have to
make financial sacrifices to pro
vide the $517,000 needed to ad
just the allotments to counties
receiving less than an average
grant based on total road mileage,
it is a nact of simple justice to
the counties,” Governor Arnall
said in advocating the passage of
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy Sunday with
slight chance of showers Sun
day night.
GEORGIA — Parily cloudy
with few afternoon showers
in south portion. °
TEMPERATURE
Highest ... . .0 i, vk 88
fowest ... Glaadia 08
Megh' . il AT
Normal /o . it bic: sanwe -t
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ....... .00
Total since July -1 ....<.... .18
Deficit since July 1 ....,... 118
Average July rainfall ...... 5.13
Total since January 1 ......26.99
Excess since January 1 ..... .06
A.B.C. Paper - Single Copy, 3¢ — 5¢ Sunday
600 Superforts Hit Japs
In Predawn Raids
On Five Industrial Cities
BY CLYDE BARTEL
Associated Press War Editor
Predawn Saturday raids by 600 or more Superforts
on five Japanese industrial cities left smoke clouds
rising high and the sky over the targets, which re
ceived 4,000 tons of bombs, illuminated like a tropi
cal sunset.
Americar airmen described
how flames from Japan’s largest
aluminum factory at Shimuzu
were reflected on the snowy
slopes of Nippon’s sacret Mt. Fuji.
Other targets in the Tokyo area,
besides Shimuzu, were Kofu and
Chiba. Also left burning were
Akashi, on the Inland Sea, and
the big Maruzen oil refiners at
Shimotzu, in the vicinity of
Osaka.
All Return
All the Superforts returned‘
safely, meeting no air opposition
and only meager antiaircraft fire.
Tokye Radio, reporting the fires
were brought under control by
dawn, made no claim of planes
downed. The five-city raid was
the fourth B-29 attack on Nippon
in six days.
U. S. 21st Bomber Command
headquarters at Guam 'said more
than 126 square miles have been
burned out in 25 Japanese cities
hit by Superforts.
Australian invaders of south
eastern Borneo pushed inland
from Penadjam Toint, across the
bay from captured Balikpapan oil
port. Other units of the Aussie
Seventh Division drove six miles
northeast of the city in pursuit of
the main Nipponese force with
drawing toward the Sambodja
and Samarinda oil fields.
Destroy Freighters
Allied planes covered the Aus
tralian ground fighters and de
stroyed two Japapese freighters
off Bandjermasin, on the south
coast -of Borneo, General Doug
las = MacArthur’s communique
said.
Thirty Mustang fighter-bomb
ers of the Fifth Air Force, newly
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Local OPA Branch
Sets New Hours
Effective Saturday, July 7, the
local branch of the Office of Price
Administration is observing the
following hours of business:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednes
days and Fridays, 9 a. m. to 2
p. m.; Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 12
noon. The office will be closed
all day Thursdays.
Kentucky's Vinson Will Be Given Job
0f Treasury Secretary, Says Truman
te ’”
The Navy Hour
NBC Radio Show
Premiers Tuesday
The Navy Hour, a new NBC net
work radio series, will have its
premiere broadcast from Wash
ington, D. C., next Tuesday, July
10, at 9:00-9:30, Eastern War
Time.
Heard weekly at the same time,
the series will feature the Yl
- Navy symphony orchestra,
a high-ranking Naval officer who
will report on current war news.
a direct pick-up from a ship, of
the Pacific fleet, and a drar.a
tized tribute to a particular
branch of the service. Each
broadcast will have a well-known
guest star.
Lt. Robert Taylor, a filght in
structo~ now stationeq at Naval
Ai- Station, New Orleans, a unit
of the Naval Air Primary Train
ing Command, will act as master
of ceremonies for the first three
programs.
The series aims to spotlight
the heroism and sacrifice of the
qlisted personnel of the Navy.
Marine and Coast Guard.
Lieutenant Taylor has been
aiding in the production of train
ing slims concerning the primary
stages of Naval aviation.
Clarke County
-
Does It Again!
Clarke county has done it
again!
Close of the Seventh War
Loan Campaign reveals this
county has maintained its rec
yrd of never failing to beat a
quota. See story on page 3-A.
All. reports are processed
through the Federal Reserve
Bank and final figures on
Clarke county will be publish
ed in the next few days.
HOMI{
Solons May Pass
On Charter, World
Bank Before Meet
BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, July 7-—(P)—
Congressional leaders expressed
hope today they could arm Presi
dent Truman with three big legis
lative clubs to help him bargain
with Winston Churehill and Josef
iStalin at the forthcoming “Big
‘Threé” meetings.
All three deal with international
relations and one of them already
has been handed to Mr. Truman.
It extended the reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act which authorizes
the President to negotiate trade
programs with other natipn%.
In Legislative Mill
The other two .are in the legis~
lative mill. One is the ‘Bretton
Woods monetary bill; the other is
the United Nations Charter work
ed cut at San Francisco.
Already passed by the Mouse
and scheduled for Senate action
the week after next, the Bretton
Woods legislation implements the
international financial agreements
‘worked out last summer in the
hills of New. Hampshire. The
iagreements mean nothing wunless
both branches of Congress approve
them by legislation and set the
‘example for other nations to fol
low suit.
~ The United Nations Charter is
strictly a Senate proposition. Its
ratification by that body after
hearings starting next week is a
foregone conclusion.
Plan to Wait
On the theory that the Senate
will pass the Bretton Woods legis~
lation within the next two weeks,
House leaders are planning to
keep' that body in session as late
as July 21 in order to act on any
Senate amendments. Once the
Bretton Woods legislation is sent
to the President, the House will
adjourn probably until late Sep
tember.
. (Contlnued on Page Three)
WASHINGTON, July 7—(AP)
—Kentucky’s Fred Moore Vinson
son will be named by President
Truman to succeed sHenry Mor
genthau, jr., as Secretary of the
Treasury. The annoum:emen‘
that the name of the director o
War Mobilization would be sub
mitted to the Senate for con
fa'mation .upon ' the return of
the President from the Eig-
Three ‘meeting came from the
White House late Friday.
President Truman had said he
had a man in mind for the post,
but would not name him until
he returned from the conference
in Germany several weeks from
now.
Apparently Mr. Truman chang
ed his mind and settled the mat
ter today. A White House aide
made the announcement, dis
closing that the actual appomt
ment will be made on the return
from Europe.
That means Morgenthau will
coniinue in the post for the time
being, as announced yesterday.
Man Of Experience
Vinson, 55 years old, has had
a richness of governmental expe
rience few men ever achieve.
He has been an ace in the legis
lative, judicial, and execulive
branches of the government, all
within the space of a few years.
Now he is director ¢fi War Mo~
bilization ang Reconersion. As
soon as it became known_that he
is the man who wilj take ove~
Morgenthau’s job as chief of 'he
ration’s financil functions, ob
servers were quickly to wonder
whether he will take into the
treasury with him his present
task of “war mobilizer.”
The White House gave no indi=
cation as to this, but some
thought it was logical for the
whole field of axes, public debt
management and reconversion ie
be consoiidated under the big,
shaggy man whuose rise from of
fice to office has been so Trapid
Vinson is not merely familiar
with taxes—he is known ag an
honest-to-goodness tax authovi
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