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’Universitq‘s Future
Will Highlight
(harter Observance
{ By BILL BURSON &
| Assistant Director, Universiiy News Bureau :“;f'
Boe pundred and sixty-one years is a long time, but'the Uni' g
.of Georgia, the oldest chartered state uriversity in thens °a
sity f_w that many candles on its “birthday cake” when 3,39’
“"“t.l:-clc“—‘“”e the date of its founding on January 27. Lo
de;kae <ecds of the great institution of today were planted on/ &8 y
A only 52 years after the founding of the colony of*.. ~ Jia
&l 1;-‘71;{d four years before the adoption of the Constitution of the
l‘fc.te([ gtates. In those lean years following the American Revlou-
Uni the financial resources of the Georgia treasury were practically
tmnw ihe General Assembly set aside a tract of 40,000 acres to be
m’l.‘ 4 for revenue with which to begin a state seat of learning.
lcheer <ixteen years, the University remained in the ‘“blue-print”
M(z\ put throughout that time, Georgia’s leaders were working con
;kfbli\, {or the opening of the doors.of its state university. The first
bwnnhu of the Board of Trustees was held in Augusta on February
mcel_B4 was named president of the institution.
13, 110% Baldwin Drew Charter ;
i, Baldwin authored the University charter and drew plans for
s campus and buildings which were to be erected. Then when all
lans were complete early in 1801, the Boord of Trustees selected a
P 2 wooded tract of 633 acres on the banks of the Oconée River
?“Qi practically uninhabited portion of Northeast Georgia. John Mil
;Ed:,ev‘ later governor of the state, purchased the land and made a
giftof it to the Board Of Trustees. :
gl o e fall of 1801, thirty young men journeyed to the Univer-~
By AR% WP e S,
iy ite, an iA'e, S g £ol
iy i A tdllt nr a r\:df .log cabin,’ Zb X 2’o— made up the firs 01358
on the first pbuilding i e , | o -—lml'
" Benjumi” e “wluch was to be ;:all Ot e‘ : t“V -
Ihough remod () klin. It was com plel ed. Franklin ¢ ]ge n : :
"d efi d, a:s a landmark to the hlll g -n i :
d A mlé bezin i :
ning of .
e the
University of Georgla. V
Tncresied, yet bewildered onlookers at the establishment and
puilding of the institution were Cherokee Indians, who had a smali
Nial camp in what is now Madison county. And, according to T. W.
tfi‘d registrar emeritus of the University, there were two Indian
RO, O tes il
Read, TegiSirak Qe A o
students in the early classes.
Reing a lawyer and statesman
py profession, Abraham Baldwin,
his job of planning done, relin
quished his post of president to
Josiah Meigs, who at once em
parked on the delicate course of
guiding the school through its in-
ancy.
iC‘Th}e curriculum .of the early
school consisted for the most part
of classical courses, such as Latin,
Greek, English, mathematics, nat
ural philosophy (physics), chem
istry, and related subjects. The
school was strictly for men, and
only the Bachelor of Arts degree
was offered. It was not until the
middle of the nineteenth century.
ihat the university was broken
down into various schools of pro
fessional and technical training.
Ilustrous Alumni ©
Many “illustrous men were: at
the helm of the University during
its early days. Rev. John Brown,
president: from -1811-16; Rev.
Robert Finley, 1817, who died 4n
office; Rev. Moses Waddel, 1819-
29: and Dr. Alonzo Church, 1829-
59, In the period of 1817-19, the
future of the school was beclouded
with uncertainty. There was no
Jresident. and the financial panic
of 1819 was beginning”to - show
effect. Only the sheer determina
tion of the inere handful of stu
dents and the faculty saved the
University from closing its doors.
The fact remains, however, .it
did not close, and so when pros
perity again came to the young
United States, the University of
Georgia immediately sprang back
Ouwr Mesw: And Women
v In Service o
DEAVER HANSFORD
HONORABLY DISCHARGED
Deaver Hansford, of 664 North
Jackson St. in Athens, received his
discharge from Fart MacPherson
after 43 months service.
Sgt. Hansford was overseas for
18 months in the Asiatic Pacific
Theater and he aided in the liber
ation of the Philippines. He serv
ed with the 81st Infantry Division.
™0 ATHENS MEN .
DISCHARGED- FROM NAVY
Dennis E. Bradley, Gunners
Mate 2-C, Route 3, and Frank H.
Spratlin, Aviation Machinist Mate
I-C, 645 Boulavard, were both
discharged from the U. S. Navy
al the Navy Separation Center at
fgcksonville, Fiorida, on January
SGT. JULIUS A. SHORT
DISCHARGED AT FT. KNOX
Sgt. Julius A. Short, of .589
Meigs st Athens, was recently
discharged from the Army =by
Brig. General George D. Wahl,
Rost commander, at the Fort Knox
Separation Center. !
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LT. WALTER H. BURT, JR.
HOME ON TERMINAL LEAVE
L. Walter H. Burt, jr., aus
band of the forme: Miss Helen
”jk’fimbmham, of Athens, has
st returned - from Ge™many
aller fiftoon months of overseas
*lvice. He arriveq in New York
aboa-q the U-88 Avgentina on
Jahuary 1 and was discharged at
Camp Gordom, Augusta on Jan-
Uary 5
Having served overseas with
the 1343 Infantry Regiment of
the Pirst Division, Lt. Burt has
the digfinction of being the most
Nighly decorated.(nan n his reg
cent. He is the fanlder of the
Silver Star, the Brouze Star, the
Purple Heart with a cluster, ‘the
p!residenfiai Unit Citation with a
Cluste~ the European Theater of
Operation ribbon with tharee bat
;;e Slars and two Division cita
ons, > i,
Prior tq entering the Army in
;Tuly, 1942, Lt Burt graduated
figm the University of Geox‘gmt
feceived his commission =
Fort Benning, Ga,, in May, 1943
4 later wae statirneg at Fort
Sill, Oklghgsns G er
leL“- Burt is nyw on W
e and. he ang Mrs, rt are
Tesiding jn Albany, Gae > -
]to life. Many new buildings were
atlded to the campus, the city of
Athens made its debut, and by
1835, Georgia took on the appear
ance of the painting shown above.
Many young men were now
passing through the portals of the
University who were destined to
make a name for themselves in the
world. There was Crawford W.
Long, discoverer of anesthesia;
Alexander H. Stephens, vice-pres
ident of the Confederacy; John
G. Gordon, general in the War
Between the States; Robert
Toombs, renowned Georgia states
man, and many others whose
deeds brought fame to Georgia’s,
by now nationally knaown, insti
tution. A
So far had Georgia advanced by
the advent of the War Between
the States, that not even that
struggle could close its ‘doors. Its
buildings were used as hospitals
and billets, Federal troops used
the columns of the historic Chapel
for rifle practice, but with the
meager student body which could
remain, classes were maintained.
Courses. in law broadened the
scope of the institution in 1843,
and tHe school was ~ further in
creased by the creation of the
School of Agriculture and Me
cnanical Arts in 1872. But after
the turn of the century, expansion
was rapid so that by 1933 the
teaching and research work of the
University was being carried on
by ten colleges and schools whirh
were integral parts of the Univer
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ROBERT REYNOLDS IS
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Many friends here of Robert
Reynolds will be pleased to learn
he has been proemoted to the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the
War Department. Lt. Colonel
Reynolds went on terminal leave
the middle of Ocicber after serv
ing for several years in the
Army.
Widely known in Athens where
he graduated from the Univer
sity, Colonel Reynolds was in the
hotel business before entering the
service. He is now assistant man
ager of the Georgian Hotel.
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LT. CLARENCE DE' K
ON INACTIVE DUTY
Lieutenant (junior grade) Clar
ence Joseph Delk of 606 Carling
avenue, Macon, Ga., was released
January 16 to inactive duty, at
the Jacksonville, Fla.,, Naval Pcr-,
sonnel Separation Center. |
Lieutenant Delk is a graduate
of Athens High School and was
formerly employed by the Keller
Machine Company of Athenss He
intends to make his home in
Miami, Fla.
A torpedo bomber: pilot aboard
the escort aircraft carrier Su
wannee, Lieutenant Delk partici
pated in operations against Kwa
jalien, the Marshalls, Gilberts,
Saipan, Guam, New Guinea and
the Philippines.
He wears eight stars on his
campaign ribbons, and has the
Air Medal for making a direct hit
on an inter-island tender near
Negros, Philippines. In the Leyte
engagement, the officer’s ship
was hit by two Japanese suicide
planes inflicting heavy damage.
The- Naval combat pilot had 12
months duty " in the South Pa
cific.
PFC. RALPH TEASLEY
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Pfc. Ralph B. Teasley, jr., who
has been stationed at Fort Breck
enridge, Ky., and Camp Camp
bell, Ky., since returning from
oversens in September, is at home
on furlough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Teasley at 563
North Harris street. |
WILLIAM M. THRELKELD
BACK FROM SERVICE
William M. Threlkeld, husband
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Vol. 114, No. 7. Full Associated Press —ervice. Athens, Ga., Sunday, January 20, 1946. A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3c —s¢ Sunday
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ieft) is the new chairman of
the Board of Deacons of First
Baptist church, the other of
ficers of the Board being L.
1.. Skinner (right), vice
chairman, and Fred W. Ben
neii, secretary.
1946 Commitiees
At First Baplisi
Committees to serve First Bap
tist church during the present
year have been appointed by
John E. Drew:ry, chairman of the
Board of Deacons.
Committees, as announced by
Mr. Drewry, are as follows:
Prayer Service—Preston Al
mand, chairman; A. B. Coile; Dor
sey Davis, and T. S..Mell.
Lord’s Supper—Dr. J. L. ‘Pend
ley, chairman; Miss = Kathleen
Kytle, W. K. McGarity, Mrs. John
McNab, Mrs. B. M. Smith,, Mell
Stephenson, and B. O, Williams.
Baptism—H. E. Holsapple,
chairman; Mrs. W..R. Bedgood,
Mrs. F. W. Bennett, Lamar Lewis,
Mrs. A. J. Pert, and Ralph H. Tol
bert.
Music—H. M. Morris, chairman;
F. W. Bennett, Morton S. Hodg
son, Miss Barbara Jenkins, B. E.
Lumpkit, E. B. Melly-and Grover
C. Moon.- A y
Welcome—J. K. Carreker,
chairman; Floyd Adams, Preston
Almand, A. B. Coile, E.' B. Cook,
R. L. (Bob) McWhorter, J. D.
Salter, Alex Saye, and: J. Ben
Thornton.
Custodian — Warren Pledger,
chairman; Fred 1f..-eathers, H. L.
Miller, O. M. Roberts, W. T. Wade,
and Jack Wiatt.
Finance—H. P. Williams, chair
man; Dr. James B. Allen, W. R.
Bedgood, W. H. Benson, J. D. Bol
ton, G. A. Booth, Dr. W. H. Caba
niss, Harmon W. Caldwell, J: E.
Caudell, H. G. Cooper, W, B. Doz~
ier, John E. Drewry, Guy. Han
(Contineved on Page Three)
Clarke Members
Of Legislature
On Visit Home
Clarke county’s legislators, Sen
ator N. G. Slaughter and Repre
sentatives L. O. Price, jr., and
K. A. Hill are spending the week=
end at home.
All three are supporting the
constitutional amendment’ which
would permit Governor Ellis Ar
nall to be a candidate for re-elec
tion. The resolution has already
passed the Senate where Senator
Slaughter was among those vot
ing for its adoption. They all three
voted for it in the special session
last summer. i ;
The Clarke legislafors are mem
bers of some of the most import
ant committees in the Legislature
and are supporting the. major
measures before the Assembly
concerning expansion of health
and educational facilities in Geor-~
gia and improvement of the
eleemosynary institutions, includ
ing the hospital at Milledgeville.
Sleet, Ice Here Spurs Clothing
Collection For Victims Of War
RY HASTY MARLGW
An increasing response *in te
last few days by Athenians con
tributing clothing to the Victory
Clothing Collection canipaign has
been noticed, according to David
Michael, county chairman for the
campaign. " $
One factor that probably en
tered into twe increased interest
in the collection, Chairman Mich-~
gel feels, is that I{he ice and
sleet storms of a few days ago
served to forcefully impress up
on Athenians, comfortable in
their warm homes with plenty of
food, the fact that people living
in the war-devastated countries
of Europe aqid in China, are
heading into the worst winter
they have experienceq in many
years. .
‘Of course, the slecet and ice
we had this past week was only
a touca of the kind of weather
many of the countriez of Europe
are suffering under, where men
and women and children who
have already been through five
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Ten Russians Take
Their Lives Rather
Than Refurn Home !
. By DON DOANE
BAD TOELZ, Germany, Jan. 19
—(AP) — Ten Russians = who
fought for the Germans on the
Eastern front ‘committed suicide
and 21 ..others slashed themselves
in a flaming prisoners’ barracks
at Dachau today when .American
soldiers iriea to force them to re
turn to Russia, U. S. Third Army
Headquarters announced. :
The Russians at first had barri
caded themselves in the barracks,
set it ‘afire, stripped off _their
clothes, linked arms and invited
American, soldiers and Polish
guards to shoot them. Not a shot
was fired by the Americans,, who
tossed tear gas into the barracks
and rushed in armed only with
billy clubs, headquarters said.
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Com
mander-in-chief .of the U. S.
forces in Europe, said the only
Russians forced to return wunder
the Yalta agreement on repatria
tion were those proved to have
been Soviet Army deserters, to
hav- -arved in German uniforms
or to have aided enemies of the
Soviet Union, e oty 4
None is being foreibly repatri
ated merely from ‘ordinary acts of
ordinary employment in German
industry or agriculture, or simply
for preferring not to seturn, Mec-
Narney emphasized. i
~ Taken To Hospital
The wounded, prevented from
killing themselves by the Ameri=
can guards, were taken ‘to a hos
pital. All had slit their throats or
inflicted other wounds, apparently
with razor blades they had hidden
in the barracks.
Army officials said the 31 were
part of a group of 721 who were
members of a force of Flying Cos
sacks commanded by Lt. Gen. An
drei A. Vlassov, who fought for
the Germans on the eastern front.
Their return to Russia was de
manded by the Soviét govern
ment. .
The entire group refused to
board a train two days ago, but
this morning all were induced by
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severe winters are facing prob
ably the worst of all . without
sufficient clotaing {o keep them
warm,” Mr. Michae] said.
. Through January
This second clothing collection
drive began January , and will
continue through January 31.
President. Truman asked for o
second drive, statine that the
clotaing collerted throughout the
nation last spring which aided
25,000 war victims, rendered =
sevvice to world peace but that
a further collection of clothing
ig imperative since millions are
still in rags.
Every type of clothing for
every age is needed. Summer
clothes are needed ior the Phil
ippines; winter clo%ies are need
ed for Europe and China; chil
dren’s and infants clothes ave
needed, and shoes, blankets,
quilts and any type garment or
articles . which eould be imme
diately used by millions. :
Relief workers ia sll the lib
(Continued on Page Three)
STRIKE CURB
BILL SEEN
NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—(AP)
—A majority of the Hzuse Labor
Committee predicted today the
group will approve a new. . strike
contrnl bill next week, probably
Tuesday.
~ They agreed, .in individual
questioning by a reporter, that it
will embody the principle of fact
finding, but President Truman’s
recommendations on that point
probably will be modified. Vary
ing opinions were expressed as
to the degree of compromise.
Rep. Landis (R.-Ind.) asserted
he has enough votes assured now
10 guaraniee adoption of his modi
fication plan, which was defeated
by a 7 to 7 tie vote in the com
mittee Thursday. He added that
even if hid proposal is not accept
ed he and his supporters will go
along with “any reasonable com
promise” in order to get floor ac
tion,
| The legislation requested by |
Mr. Truman would establish fact
finding boards to make recom
mendations for soluiion of major
| labor disputes. It would give them
i power to subpoena records and
,would ban strikes during a 30-
i day period while they deliberated.
l Cooling Period Cut 1
~ Under the Landis amendment,
{the power to subpoena would be
denied the board and the section
providing for 30-day ‘‘cooling off”
would be eliminated. - . « .« = -
Rep. Hoffman (R.-Mich.) as
-| serted that with these controver
sial sectiong stricken from the bill
it “will be acceptable to support
ers of both management and la
bor.” s |
Rep. Barden (D.-N.-C.)* declar
ed that the Landis plan “takes all
i the teeth out of the bill” but said
jhe would support any type of
strike control measure. “so:we:can
get something to the floor and get
|8 vote.” Disi Mg o tai- TRI
| - Some members said they would
| try to get the power of subpoena
{merely limited, instead of abol
|ished. SEE o A
| In addition, some-assérted they
‘| would agree to elimination of the
section making strikes.illegal 'dur
{ing the 30-day period, but would
try to write into the bill language
expressing the desire of Congress
that the *“cooling- off” :period be
lobserved. 5
| Definite Action Predicted
i Regardless of the version ap
| proved, Randolph said the group
i definitely would “take final action.
of some kind” on the issue Tues
day. He said this is necessary be
cause “as tension mounts through
out the country there will follow
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' With Officials Here
| Miss Belle Ingels, staff member
sos the National Board, Young Wo
jmen’s Christian Asociations, \&illi
i be in Athens, on Janiiary 20-27 5
i confer with loca] Y. W. C, A. lcad—‘
, ers on current administrative
| problems during the period: of re
icr‘sm'm*siun and changing com
| munity conditios. Miss Igels is a
i member of the Divison of (Tum—'
| munity Y. W. C. A’s with head-|
{ quarters in New York City. |
|~ She joined the staff of the Na-'
itional Beard in 1926 .and durim{i
{her long association with the Y.
i W. C. A. has helped train Execu~|
{tive Directors for many branches
iin different parts of the (:ountry!
’zmd has worked with local lead
iers in adjusting their Associations
11(,‘ the demands of the times in
1 both larger arid smaller communi+
;ties_ Miss Ingels is the author of|
ja recent series of pamphlets on
{ administration in, ‘the Y.W.C.A.
! A native of Lexington, Ken
{tucky, she is a graduate of Tran
{ sylvania University and has stud
-lied sociology at Columbia Uni- |
versity, New York City, and at the]
i University of Chicago. I
ESTABLISHED 1832
Showdown Veote Almost Certain On
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Arnall’s Running For Second Term
ATLANTA, Jan, 19— (AP)—Members of the General Assembly re
sume legislative activities this coming week faced with an almost
certain showdown vote on the right of Governor Ellis Arnall to run
- for another term.
Only a fev senators and rep
resentatives remained in town
over the week-end, but those
who were contacted expressed
confidence that the already ap
proved Sena:: resolution grant
ing Arnall that right would
reach the veoting stage in the
House, probably by mid-week.
No actual time has been set
for consideration of the resolu
tion by the House Constitutional
Committee No. 2, which now
holds the controversial measure.
Committee Chaoirman J, Waesley
Culpepper "of Fayeite indicated
yesterday that his committee may
meet Monday. .
The concensus at. the capitol
and in hotel lobbies today . was
that the resolution would be re
poried favorably by the gcommit
tee.
.~ “T think there are ‘enough
votes in the committee to bring
it out,” one prominent member
said. "
“If the committee should file
an-unfavorable . .xeport,.it would
take only a majority vote to dis
agree with the report. That vote
certainly could be obtained.”
Opinions Differ
Opinions stiff differed greatly
as so wether the resolution would
pass, once it was ready for a
lHouse roll~call vote. Some of the
governor's closest followers said
they were making headway, and
would obtain the necessary 137
(Continuea on Page Six)
| BY ED JAUKSON
~ SMilk-thirsty Athenians are
endeavoring to solve the answer
to ‘the city's present milk short.
age which has coniinued during
the past week. Hotels, restau
"rants, drug stores, University
‘students, housewives, anq chool
children were ‘aaving to go with
out their exgra ocaiorie ag na
ture’s mo;t popular food was
iplaced on” the secarity list. What
is the cause of this inilk short
age? Hhave the cowg really gone
on strike? Many of Ataens’ citi
zens think they have
1 Mrs. Effie Gay of the Farm
Security Administraticn in Ath
iens says that there is definitely
‘a milk shortage. She believes
taat this is due in large part to
the llack of nutritiou; feed, its
high cost, anq the lack of trans.
portation in getting. this feed to
'the markets. Said Mrs. Gay.
| “A shortage of help has caus
ed a great reduction in silk pro
iduc’tiom Mr. William Breedlove,
whio operates a dairy on the out
‘skirts of Athens, has been forc
ed to milk his 60 cows with
very little help. Mr. Breedlove
is now in the hospital, and this
has certainly 'had its effect on
the Athens community, among
the other difficulties.” .
Mtrs. Gay state that the honey
suckle vine has caused many
cows to produce “‘off-flavor”
milk which does not possess
'high grade qualities. The animals
have turneq to this vine due to
the scarity of efficient food.
Robest Reynolds, -agsistant.
manager of the Georgian Hotel,
remarked that thé hortage hadl
also been noticed as far back as
October and Novemkber.
“The dairy people have toldl
us that the cows have gone dry,
said Mr. Reynolds, and we are
only getting one third of the
milk wtiich we normally re
ceive.”
Alwyn B. Stiles, of the Geor
gian Toiiee Shop emphasized
this statementang szid that there
w;wls also a shortage of cannad
milk. L »
“We have especially noticed
this %iortage during the past 10
days, said Ray Ross, manager of
the Holman Hotel Coffee Chop,
but have felt ng change in the
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Sunday rain and colder.
‘GEORGIA: Sunday rain
and colder.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .60 .. ... . .54
ORIt 5. reee o 1,38
T U R S eT |
Norea@l”. . . ... .. .48
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 bours .. .. .00
Total since January 1 ... 8.58
Excess sipce January 1 .. 5.82
Average January rainfall 4.26
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Dairy Course To
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} A group of foremost autaori
ties in dairy manufacturing will
appear on the program of the
\fourth annual dairy manufactur
ing short course which will be
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vision of Cherry-Burreli¢Cor
poration, Chicago, and Robert
G. Hibben, (below), execu
tive secretary, International
Assodiation of Jlce Cream
Manufacturers, shown above
will lecture at the University
short course in dairy manu
facturing opening at the Ceol
lege of Agriculture Monday.
Solicitation Of Business Firms
In Polio Fight Te Begin Monda
10 FIZHT 10 DEYI y
@ Headed by Cuyler A. Trussell as chairman, a committee of well~
knowr business men will start. out Monday visiting the business firms
of the city accepting initiai gifts in the March of Dimes campain,
annual drive to solicit funds for continuing the fight against infan
tile paralysis. : ot e 2
In addition to Chairman Trus
sell, members of the committee
serving in the solicitation are W.
A. Sams, jr., Milton Leathers and
Alexander Bush, Dan Hill, Clarke
county chairman for the March of
Dimes, announced Saturday. .. -
Funds are being received from
the boxes already placed in vari
ous establishments for the. con
venince of the public, - Mr. Hill
said, but this method -will not
serve to raise the quota for the
county. :
Again this year the theaters are
taking up their annual contribu
tions by patrons, but, Chairman
Hill pointed out yesterday, in
past years with the Navy Pre-
Flight School located here, the
amount raised has been sizeable.
However, with ,the Navy s¢hool
disbanded;, the amount so raised
will be more modest than in past
years. Because 0f this factor; it
BIGGEST STRIKE
FAGES OTHERS
IN STEEL ROW
By The Associated Press
~ With a paralyzing strike due to
hit "the nation's steel industry at
12:01 a. m. Monday, Henry J. Kai
ser’'s West Caast.Steel plant will
continue turning out steel.
Kaiser announced yastarday
(Satu:.day) he had accepied a
Presidential proposa! granting an
18 1-2 cents hourly wage inecrease
to his steel-plant employes, and
had signed a contra¢t with the
CIO United Steelworkers, whose
750,000 members have set Monday
as the deadline for a strike in
other steel plants throughout the
nation.:
Kaiser acepted the Presiden
tial proposal. Earlier the proposal
was accepted by the CIO but was
turned down by U. S. Steel, the
industry’s bellwether.
Raiser Siaiement
“I can not conceive that a sum
of three and half cents (the dif
ference between U, S. Steel’s offer
and the President’s 18 1-2 cents
proposal) should fe permitted
ILO retard or destroy the possibility
c{ real peace and prosperity for
the nation,” Kaiser said.
Kaiser’s CIO ;contract' covers
the operation of “the largest seel
plant on the Pacific Coast” he
said, estimating that his Fontana,
Calif. operations employ approxi
mately 3,000 to 4,000 persons.
Many steel plants began shut
ting down Saturday, hours ahead
of the walk_out's{ official starting
time. In Detroit, 7,118 workers
walked out at thre mills of the
Great Lakes Sieel Corp.; at Pitts~
burgh, Jones & Laughlin steel
Corporation’s big plart was closed,
and at Chicago, Joseph Germano,
CiC digtriet direcior, estimated
50,000 workers in the Chicago-
Gary area would be off the job
at mudnight aSturday lecause of
advance prepartions for the strike;
with 77 plants in the area “vir
tually shut down.”
Biggest. In History
! The steel walkout, if fully ef
tfective, would be one of the big
’ge’st, if not the biggest, in the na
i tion’s history. The strike was ori
| ginally set to begin Jan. 14, but
was postponed for a week to per
mit last-minute conferences aimed
al averting it. Hope of a settle
ment, however, faded when Pre
sident Truman’s proposal, ac
ceptedby the CIO, was rejuecied
by Benjamin F. Fairless, U. S.
Steel Corp., president. -
At Harrisburg, Pa., George
Merdick, district CIO director,
said the union and two Reading,
Pa., Steel plants were negotiating
—at the company’s request—on
| the union’s wage demands.
Merdick said he had told the
lcompanies, which he.identified as
the Birdsboro Steel Co., employ
ling. 1,400, and the American Chain
& Cable Co., plant at Reading,
employing about 1,200, tha! the
union was demanding 18 1-2 cents.
He has had no reply, he said. The
union’s original demand was 25
Icents-‘
. President Truman, in submit
ting his proposal to the union and
the industry, said a strike in the
steel, indpstry “will be felt in
practically every major industry
inn the United States,” adding that
“It will hamper our recoversion
effort.”
Two’ other topyranking disputes
continued' as the lteel strike dead
line neared. The nationwide strike
of approximately 263,000 CIO and
AFL.meat industry workers con
tinued for the fifth day, and there
was no indication of a break in
the tsrike of 200,000 CIO electri=
cal workers against General El
(Continued on Page Six)
will be necessary to raise the re
qguired amount by other means,
and the initial gifts solicitation
method appears to be the best op
portunity.
, Meanwhile, a eampus dance,
scheduled for Friday night, Feb
ruary 1, in Woodruff Hall, will
climax the three-week campaign
on the University of Georgia cam
pus to raise funds in the “March
of Dimes” Drive.
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega,
national honorary service frafer
nity, the fund drive at the Uni
versity has a quota of SSOO. Boxes
for contributions have been placed
in all housing units, and the unit
contributing the larges: amount
per member will be awarded a
troohy by the fraternity. . 4
The dance will require no ad
mission. but each couple will be
required to contribute a minimum
of seventy-five cents to the polio
drive, - ? g