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STEEL MILLS CLOSE DOWN
Steel production at this Pittsurgh, Pa.,, mill was halted as
wvorkers went on strike and formed a revolving picket line
wround the main gate.
GROSS DENIES FIGHT BETWEEN
HOUSE AND SENATE ON ARNALL
SUCGFSSION BILL CONTROVERSY
President Compliments Senators For
Passing On Resolution So Speedily
ATLANTA, Jan. 21.—(AP)—President Frank C. Gross today told
members of the Senate that so far as he knew no bloc has been
formed to hold baek actien. .on EPIIS&,,FIB ngding ‘& vyie in the
House on a Senate resolution which woul péi?'mwfls Arm’tfi‘ run
for anether term as governer. ;
’ Shortly after the session opened,
Gross said he desired to' make a
" few remarks while bills were be
ing brought to his desk. .
“There are controversial mat
ters in every General Assembly,”
he said. “We have already handled
one of them in this session. I want
to compliment the . senators on
their action on the suceession
amendment bill.
“I am proud of the manner in
which )he Senate conducted itself
on thi§€ matter. The senators who
opposed the bill talked on its de
merits and those who favored it
talked on its merits. They did not
bring in personalities. That bill is
now in the House. It will be
h‘:md]ed there this week, I under
stand.
DRAMIE. G R
IHARRIS SAYS ACTION
TO BE TAKEN ON
BILL “AT PROPER TIME”
ATLANTA, Jan. 21—(AP)
—Speaker Roy V. Harris told
the House today that commit
tee action would be taken
“at the proper time”.on the
gubernatorial reelection re
ferendum tmendment.
Harris staunch oponent of
the propesal wilich would al
low Gov. Ellis Arnall to run
apgain, said he and Chairman
Culpepper of the Constitution
Committee No. 2 had agreed
“we should net start the cat
and dog fight” until pending
far-reaching legislation had
cleared the calendar.
The Speaker recalled that
iriday he had expressed hope
the Senate-approved resolu
tion would he witdrawn.
However, Gov. Ellis Arnall
promptly told reporters the
House’s duty was to aet on it.
"Now we have #wo fine news-
Papers in Atlanta and fine report
ers are working for them. The
€wspapers are eager to carry
stories and are active in getting
them,
Denies Senate Bloc
“In’ Sunday’s paper a .reporter
Uh one of these newspapers said
@ bloc was being formed in the
Senate to prevent passage of cer
lain important House bills which
had been acted on there. I want
0 say that so far as I know there
'S no bloc being formed in the
Senate and there will be no bloc.
We will have a Georgia after this
Session is over and we cannot let
@nything stand in the way of our
tontinued progress in this state.
_'The Senate will not stand in
he way of progressive legislation
' the House no more than the
House will stand in the way of
Drogressive legislation from the
Senate, As g matter of fact I do
ot doubt that there are as many
Senate bills pending in the House
o there are House bills in the
Senate.
“It is true there have been
Umors in the corridors that a
blge wag forming and the report
€ probably got his" ideas from
'me of those taking part in the
Gls:;ussiom, ! e
“I <wish to say also that there
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
.
Fight Resumed By
Southerners On
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Cotton Ceilings
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—(AP)
—Scuthern States congressmen
continued their fight today
against a proposed ceiling on raw
cotton.
An informal committee of 19
representatives, headed by Rep.
Whittington (D.-Miss.), is to con
fer with OPA executives regard
ing' details of a plan to impose
controls on the 1946 crop.
The group met with Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson for two
hours Saturday, but, Whittington
said, “no formal conclusion was
reached.” }
On Friday, it conferred with‘
OPA ,Administrator Chester Bow
les, who was quoted by m‘embers‘
as saying an announced ceiling|
of 24.09 cents a pound is the low—l
est base price which will be con
sidered and that ceilings, if im
posed, “may be much higher.”
Whittington said the Agricul
ture Secretary agreed with this
position.
“Both the Secretary and Mr.
Bowles state that the ceiling an
nounced was a minimum and not
a maximum, and that they hope
it will not be necessary to have
any ceilings at all,” he said.
OPA announced January 14
that cotton growers could expect
no more than a ceiling scale
based on a 24.09-cent price for
15-16 inch middling upland grade
cotton. 3 z
The 19-man committee 1s
scheduled to report back this
week to a caucus of Southern
congressmen which selected it to
investigate the OPA plan.
.
Rabbi Deplores
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Unity Lack
Among Jewry
ATLANTA, Jan. 21.— (AP) —
Rabbi Alfred Wolf of Dothan,
Ala., deplored “the lack of unity
in American Jewry” in an ad
dress today at the Southeast
Regional Convention of the Ug
ion of American Hebrew Congre
gations.
Speaking on the theme, “The
Synagogue Reaches Out,” Rabbi
Wolf declared that it “should em-
Brace .all fields of = work which
are legitimately part of Jewish
life.” .
He emphasized that the South
east Region, including Georgia
Florida . and Alabama, contains
many rural areas where small
Jewish communities “provide 2
fertile field for an effective reg
ional organization” along the lines
of the National Union.
Rabbi Wolf is Southeast Reg
ional Director for the Union. He
spoke at a luncheon meeting fea
turing the second day's program
of the three-day convention. Lee
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Full Associated Press —ervice.
| N s ronneiy’
Truman Flays “Voices Of Disunity
United Nations Commission
To Work On Control’ Of Atom
American Delegation In Accord
On Advisory Capacity Of Group
LONDON, Jan. 21.— (AP) —Creation of a special commission to
devise controls for atomic energy was approved by thee Political and
Security Committee of the Unitéd Nations Assembly today, after
only 30 minutes discussion,
Gommunists Push-
Their Own Man
As France’s Head
; By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, - Jan. #2l==(AP)~The
cemmunist party launched a drive
today to name a communist as the
successor to Gen. Charles De
Gaulle, who resigned the provi
sional Presidency of France last
night folowing a cabinet crisis.
DeGaulle stepped down from
the presidency with an announce
ment that he considered he had
completed the task of “leading the
country toward liberation, victory
and sovergeignty.”
Party leadérs met in a special
conference and were expected to
cal the assembly into session ei
ther later todoy or tomorrow.
De Gaulle cancelied a radio talk
to the nation that he had sche
duled for tonight, and reportedly
left Paris, presumably for seclus
ion in the country while he waited
for the constituent assembly to act
on his resignation.
| Although his secrstary said the
resignation was “irrevocable”,
some political souvrces predictéd
De Gaulle might be prevailed upon
to form a new government or to
reconsider his resifnation. The
Lf&t.er source said. the announce
ment“he would mwmbue
life had be “a itical gaffe
(blunder).”
There were some reports that
the resign=iion might be rejected
by the assembly. Other quarters
said that if the resignation were
accepted D¢ Gaulle might run
again, this time as head of his
own party. Heretofore he has stood
alone without a party.
De Gaulle’s Action came after
48 hours of conferences with par
ty leaders, and followed Com
munist and. socialist demands for
an additional ~ut of 20 per cent
in the budget for the army.
The crisis began New Year's
'day, but was resolved at that time
’by a compromise calling for an
immediate reduction of five per
cent in the army budget, and a
subsequent cut of 20 per cent if
the government did not effect a
reorganization of the forces to op
erate more economically by Feb.
15.
The new crisis was said to have
arisen when De Gaulle changed
his mind on the compromise “be
cause of the tension of the world
situation as revealed at the Lon
don United nations conference.”
The 55-year-old provisional
president was said to have stated
his position to the cabinet on a
take it or leave it basis.
An authoritative source said
that when opposition persisted, De
Gaulle then told the cabinet:
“I have had enough. I do not
want to assume direction of a
government in which political par
ties or groups do no cease to at
tack me.”
Kiwanians To Hear
Talk Tuesday By
Missouri Educator
W. H. E. Reed, professor of
Dairy Manufacture, of the Uni
versity of Missouri, Columbia,
Mo., will ‘be the speaker at the
regular weekly luncheon meeting
of the Kiwanis Club Tuesday.
The meeting wilk be held at one
o’clock in the Holman Hotel and
the program was arranged by
Prof. Hubert Owens, in charge of
January programs. It is expected
that the talk by Prof. Reed will
deal mainly with the manufacture
of ice cream. ]
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and continued cold
tonight and Tuesday with
lowest temperatures 28 de
greos.
GEORGIA: Mostly cloudy
this afternoon with not much
change in temperature. Cold
er tonight. Tuesday partly
cloudy and continued cold.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ... Usl 9
Lowest ..« L. 238
Meéan 5. O aa ks 38D
00l = cois io i 0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ..~ .32
Total since January 1 ... 8.90
Excess since Januaty 1 .. 6.00
Average January rainfall 4.26
Athens, Ga., Monday, January 21, 1946.
The action was taken after
Senator Tom Connally (D.Texas)
of the American delegation said
the commission will not have
power to make any country give
up any atomic secrets or take
any other action. The commission
will be able only to make recom
mendations, he explained.
Action Unanimous
Forty-six wvoles were cast for
the resolution approving creation
of the eommission, Chairman
Dmitri Manilulsky of the Ukraine
delegation said that the action
was unanimous. However, the
delegate from ' the Philippines,
Tomas Cabili, abstained after he
had protested against what he
called an effort to “railroad” the
resolution through the .commit
tee. P
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet dele
gate; Ernest Bevin, British For
eign Secretary, and Connally
urged the committee to act im
mediately, and Bevin repeatedly
arose to demand an approving
vote. A $ 2
Appearing before the Political
and Security Committee, Senator
Connally stated that the author
ity of the commission would only
be to make recommendations
through the Security Council to
member states. .
“The commission is authorized
to submit recommendations but
not to compel action” by any
state, Connally said.
His statement' followed an,.
early controversy within the Am- |
ericah delegation, chiefly be—l
tween Senator . Vandenberg (R.-
W‘W*& _
when andenberg - questioned
whether American atomic secrets
were adequately safeguarded. La
ter Vandenberg said the assuran
ces given by Byrnes at the time
and incorporated in Connally’s
statement today satisfied him.
and throughout the South will be
closed down shortly by the lack
of steel. Because of the unprece
dented demand which followed
the end of the war, most such in
dustries have been unable to stock
BIRMINGHAM STEEL
MILLS IDLE
DUE TO STRIKE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 21—
(AP)—Alabama’s huge steel mills
were 100 per cent idle today as
CIO steelworkers struck in sup
port of their demand for an in
crease in wages:
More than 26,000 were out in
the state and not a pound of steel
came from mills with an annual
capacity of 3,500,000 tons. ;
The 21,200 steelworkers joined
'5,000 iron ore miners, members of
another CIO union, who walked
’out nine hours before the steel
strike deadline.
) Pickets were established at the
steel mills but no incidents had
been reported. No picket lines
were in evidence at the ore mines,
and Homer Wilson, southern di
rector for the International Union
of Mine, Mill and Swelter Work
ers, said none would be ‘“since we
have no one to picket against.”
Idle steel plants included the
vast Ensley and Fairfield Stee!
Works of the Tennessee Coal.
Iron and Railroad Co., a U. S.
Steel subsidiary, with 15,400 em
ployees; the Gulfsteel plant of Re
public Steel Corp., at Gadsdean.
Ala., with 4,000; Connors Steel
Co., Birmingham, 300, and sev
eral smaller mills.
Just As Planned
R. M. Poarch, international rep
resentative of the United Steel
workers, said the walkout ecame
“just as planned, and without in
cident.” The plants already had
been taken out of production as
the operating companies banked
blast furnaces and drew the mol
ten steel from owen hearths in
time to cool the furnaces before
the walkout.
The steel workers and ore min
ers have been asking a $2 per day
wage increase for months. Both
were included, however, in the
offer of CIO. President Philip
Murray to accept an increase of
181 cents an hour, the compro
mise plan advanced by President
Truman. .
The steel strike came at a time
when orders for Alabama steel
were heaviest in the history of
*he industrv, Most industries. ir
the deen South are denendent
upon mills here and at Gadsder
for steel, and reconversion plan=
in many instances will be halted
until the strike iz ended.
Lack of Steel
In ad:Liltinn.' finishing and fa&rli.;
cating plants of various types
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ESTABLISHED 1833
INDUSTRY SAYS
'NO" TO NATION,
CIO CHARGES
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21—(AP)
—President Philip Murray of the
CIO United Steelworkers declared
today that the steel strike will
continue “‘until this industry ac
cepts the decision of the President
and the United States.”
He referred to President Tru
man’s recommendation that steel
workers’ wage dispute be settled
with an inerease of 181% cents an
hour, which was rejected by the
U. S. Steel Corporation.
Murray said at a press confer
ence at his union’s national head
quarters — brain center of the
srike. :
“If reconversion has been hin
dered and thousands of people
have ‘been thrown out of work .. .
If disaster overtakes our nation—
it is not because the steel workers
called a strike. It is because in
dustry has said ‘No’ to the Presi
dent of the United States.”
1,600,000 Idie
- 'Meanwhile, America’s vast steel
industry virtually was shutdown
by a strike of 750,000 CIO Steel
workers today, and the country’s
total of idle in labor disputes shot
to a new postwar high—l,6oo,ooo.
The strike machinery was set
in motion quietiy. Furnaces had
been gooled in' preparation for
possibly a long shutdown. Pro
duction had ceased in most mills
hours in advance of the 12:01 a.
m. deadline, :
| First reports said plcketing was
lorderl , In the sprawling Chicago-
Gary, dnd., scene of violence I;xcfllur
-.';W»., s (;
& union spokesm % ni%:fl
eting would be t “unless the
companies attempted to get back
into production.” y
About 1,300 plants in 30 states
closed.” Pennsylvania’s 300,000
steelworkers form' the greatest
concentration im cities ' whose
names have bcegme synonyms for
steel—like = Pittsburgh, Johnston
and Bethlehem.
Henry J. Kaiser’s steel mill at
Fontana, Calif., was one of the few
not ‘affacted by the strike. Kaiser
sitzied a contract w&h the union
“alturday, accepting the 181% cents
nourly raise recommended to the
United States Steel Corporation by
President Truman.
U. S. Steel, beliwether of the
industry, turned down the Presi
dent’s proposal, after the union
had accepted it, and no further
government effort was made to
halt the strike. The steel com
panies highest offer was 15 cents.
®riginal demand of the union was
25.
A high government official said
last night government seizure of
the steel industry was not seri
ously considered as yet.
This same official, who declin
ed use of his name, told a reporter
‘he saw little hope of avoiding
seizure of th major meat packing
plants, closed by a six-day strike
of 263,000 CIO and AFL members.
President Truman is known to
oppose seizures in labor disputes
except as:a last resort, this source
said, and his is the final word.
k Meat Supplies Diminish
~ As housewives moumfullyl
vatched diminishing meat sup
blies in their butcher shops, a'
jovernment fact-finding board
orepared .to do what it could to.
lasten the packing plants back in
to production. I
Thirty thousand International |
Harvester Co., employes were set
to climax their demands for 30;
per cent more pay with a strike,l
starting at 11:30 a. m., today, .in
11 plants in four - states—New !
York, lowa, Indiana and Illinois.
In this dispute, also,-a fact find
‘ng committee planned an inves-|
igation, -starting tomorrow ini
“hicago. i
Presidenf Requesfs |
! quesis |
’lhird Of Billion |
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For Floods, Rivers I
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(AP)
\——Appropriation of nearly a third |
of a billion dollars for flood.con- |
"trol and rivers and harbors pro-‘
jects was recommended to Con- |
gress today by President Truman. |
' In his 1947 budget message, the
President asked that the Army
iEngineers be given $212,720,000
for rivers and harbors projects
and £110,000,000 for flood control.
‘The appropriations for the 1946
fiscal year were $191,489,600 and
$118,299,600, respectively. ,
- In addition, he proposed that |
$4,815,000 be alloted *for planning
rivers and harbor projects and SB,-
000,000 for flood contrcl planning.
Referring to “comprehensive '
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Iran Negotiations
o . .' :
With Soviet Fail;
- .
Premier Resigns
TEHERAN, Jan. 21—(AP)—
Premier rorahim Hakimi re
signed last night after assert
ing his efforts t¢ negotiate
with the Russians over Azer
baijan had failed.
Hakimi’s fall was' foreshad
owed last week when he told
parliament that his foreign
policy had failed. He said ef
forts to negotiate’ with the
Russians were unavailing and
that he proposed to present
the case to the United Nations
Organizating,
Today Ha%:imi said hé had
told the Shah he had “suc
ceeded in placing Iran’s case
before the United Nations Or
ganization and I am now
ready to step down.”
Many observers expressed
the opinion that Mohammed
Reza Pahlavi would ask Hai
kimi to form a new govern
ment.
However, three other men
have been nmentioned as his
possible successors. They are
former Premier Quavan Ah
mad Sultaneh, Ali Khan Man
sur, governor of Kohrassan;
nda former Premier Pirnea.
DIRECT TALKS SEEN
LONDON, Jan. 21—(AP)—
The Iranian delegate to the
United Nations Assembly
Nasrullah Enezam, said in
an interview tcday that the
resignation of Iranian Prem
ier Hakimi “may mean the
institution of direct negotia
tions 'vi‘h Russia” to settle
Iran’s dispute with the Soviet
Union.
The Iranians have protested
alleged Russian interference
in Iran’s internal affairs.
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Under Allied Guard
| TOKYQ,? Jn.' 21-—(AP)—War
plants which equipped Japan’s
llosing bid! for . conquest were
'seized andlaced under-guurd to
day by General MacArthur, who
indicated many of the factories
would go to Allied nations as re
parations.
The Allied ¢smmand took over
364 Japanese aireraft plants, Army
and Navy arsenals and war labo
ratories. Among thes: were 265
aircraft and part plants listed by
the Allied Reparations Commiss
ion as “first priority material” for
removal to other nations.
MacArthur ordered cancelation
of any previous permits to the
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CORKER HEADS ATHENS AREA
AMUSEMENT FIELD AS
LUCAS & JENKINS DIRECTOR
A wveteran of campaigns in Africa, Sicily, Southern France,
Belgium and Germany as a member of the Fifth and later the
Seventh Army, Lt. Colonel Moon Corker has recently returned to
Athens after almost five years in the armed forces.
The popular former /Athenian, who served as City Manager of
Lucas & Jenkins theaters here for four years before he went into
service from the Reserve Corps as a Captain, served overseas for
more than two years and when his terminal leave expired the
first of December, had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
On entering the service, Colonel Corker was succeeded as City
Manager of the theaters here ,by Frank Bickerstaff, who had
served as manager of the Palace Theater, and who successfully
held that post until he went into service with the Navy, bringing
to Athens many of the most famous of current moving pictures.
Colonel Corker, with Mrs.
: Corker and their two chil
»’“‘M dren, Frank, 10, and Cissy, 8,
N have resumed their residence
& 7 at their former homg, 634 Mil
‘ @ ledge Circle.
: He returns “home” to the
; o post of Athens District Mana
-2 e % : ger for Lucas & Jenkins, and
T B will have supervision of all
L m i the theaters in Athens, Gaines
i : § ville, Buford and Elberton. He
: % e will make Athens his head
#77 R quarters, which will be a
T ik source of gratification to many
W 0 W Athenians and friends
throughout this section who
i , - B ® look forward with pleasant
i e A anticipation to the resumption
‘ of the ties of friendship which
: g A were teemporarily interrupted
&"3 when Colonel Corker went in
s, to service.
During his four years as
; local manager for Lucas &
Jenkins, Coloneel Corker be-
COLONEL CORKER came one of the city’s most
popular figures. His unfailing courtesy and friendliness made
him quite popular with young and old alike and he was heéid in
high esteem by the hundreds of students at the University who
knew him presonally and many others, who, while they did not
know him closely, recognized in him a friend to all the students.
To all he was 'known,- not by his true name, but by the more
friendly appeliation of “Moon.”
While residing in Athens before he went into service, he took
a prominent role in all civic affairs looking to the advancement
of Athens and this section, and Athenians will welcome him
warmly back to this city and congratulate him on his promotion,
which gives him a larger field for his recognized ability in the
supervisiog of Lacas & Jen}gins theaters in the four largest cities
in thi)/&\g&iomq"gu‘forii.‘(}amesvxlle. Elberton and Athens.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—(AP)—President Truman asked Con
gress today to get behind a sweeping program he said will promote
greater output of lower cost goods by higher paid workers.
And he cautioned that “voices of disunity” which “are beginning
to cry aloud again . . . gaust not prevail.”
Write President
In Fight On FEPG
ATLANTA, Jan, 21 —(AP)—
Mayor William B. Hartsfield of
Atlanta was preparirg to wrile
President Truman a letter today
setting forth his wrath ove» the
FEPC bpill in Congress and its
supporters.
The Mayor previously had
called onn “every elecected official
in the souta” to voice an opinion
on the meusure which would es
tablis?i a permanent Fair Employ
ment Uractice Commission.
He added that the time has
come when tae southern people
should “give voise to their sup
pert of their congressmen and
scnators as against the profes
sional south-haters, radicals,
pinks, Communists and fellow
travelers who have raiassed their
support beaind this bill”
Hartsfield said he was promp
ted intop action by a statement
{~om Clark Foreman of Atlanta,
president of the Scuthern Con
ference for Human Welfare,
that Senator George (D-Ga) did,
not represent Georgia or the
South in his stand against the
Yae bill.
“Senator George does repre
sent the people of Georgia and
the South,” Mayor Hartisfield as
serted. He urged oflicials to in
dicate their stand on the matter
to the people and to congress.
“The president asked the citi
zens. of the nation to voice, their
opinion,” he said. “I shall cer.
tainly voice mine.”
SOUTHERNERS READY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 —
(AP) — The southern filibuster
against the Fair - Employment
practice bill became official to
day --— Senator Bilbo (D-Miss)
was detected clearing his throat.
Winding a muffler carefully
around his fabulous sound-box,
Bilbe submitteq to an interview.
“Way, yes,” he- gaid. *““It so
happeng that I do intend to speak
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HOME
In a 25,000-word document
combining for the first time both
lawmaking and budget recom
mendations, the Clues Executive
mixed expression of optimism
over business and job potentiali
ties with fresh warnings against
inflation and concern over “ma.
jor strikes.”
In his budget, Mr. Truman
pegged government expenditures
during the fiscal year beginning
next July 1 at §35,360,000,000—
only $4,347,000,000 above antici
pated income.
Can Reduce "ept.
And, by drawing on the ireas
ury’s cash balance, he said the
national debt actually can be re
duced for tae first time in 17
years — from an expected $285,-
600,000,000- next July to $271,
000.000,000 a year iater.
[ He added, however, that he
‘can recommend no further tax
cuts at this time.
In the “State of the Union”
portion of his message Mr, Tru
man termed establishment of a
“fair wage structure” the “most
seriotis difficulty” in the path of
reconversion and expansion, ad
ding:
“The ability of laber and man
agement to work together, and
the wage and price policies
which they develop, are social
and_economic issue of first im--
.portance.” ' i
He said labor and manage
ment must establish “better hu
man relationship,” and—appar.
ently mindful of his vecent fruit
less effarts o avert the .nation
wide steel strike-declared:
“No government. policy can
make men understand each other,
agree, and get alorg unless they
conduct thémselves in g way to
foslter mutual respeci and good
will,
“The government can, ‘aow
ever, help to develop machinery
which with the backing of pub
lic opinion, will assist l?er"fmd
management to resolve their dis.
agreemnts in a peaceful manner
and reduce the number and du
‘ration of gtrikes.”
| Mr. Truman said most indus
tries and most companies “have
adequate leeway within which
to grant substantial wage in
creases.” !
Southern Development
In promoting an increase in
supplies at low unit prices, he’
said development c¢f recources
and enterprises must be devel
oped all over the country, par
ticularly in undeveloped areas of
the west ande south. He said he
was asking Secretaryz of Agricul_
ture, Commerce and Labor to ex
plore jointly mefaods for stimui
lating new industries in areas
wih surplus farm lapor.
Speaking again cf the strike
‘situation, a headliner for con
gressional debate, the Chief Ex
ecutive asserted:
“Within the framework of the
wage-price policy there Lias been
definite success, and it is expected
that this success will continue in
a vast majority of the cases
arising in the months ahead.
© “Hewever, everyone who real.
izes the extreme need for a
swift and orderly reconversion
must feel a deep concern abeut
“ae number of major strikes now
in progress. If long continued,
these strikes could put a heavy
brake on our program.” .
The President called anew for
action on his. eniirc = domestic
program, includinz his proposal
that gtrikes be held in abeyance
while Fact-Finding Boards in
vestigate labor-management dis-
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'Funeral Services
'For J. L. Brown
| o B
‘This Afterncon
j James L. Brown, of Route ~
Athens, died at ‘a local hospital
iSunday morning after an illness
lof five weeks. He was 24 years of
‘age at the time of his death.
! Funeral services were held this
iafternoon at” the Hull Baptist
Church at 3:30. The Rev. A. E.
’Logan officiated at the services.
Pzll-bearers were Billy Coile,
John Pittard, W. D. Hicks, How
ard Sanders, "Jack Thornton, W.
iL' Brookshire, Bennie Jones, and
Harry Spratlin. McDorman-
Bridges Funeral Home was in
charge of the funeral arrange
| ments. :
l Mr. Brown was survived by his
1| parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brown
{of Hull, Ga.; three sisters,' Mrs.
ID. W, Pe;?on, Mrs. Walter Aiken,
{both of Hull, and Mrs. Doyle H.
{Bond of Americus; and three
!brothers, Paul H. Brown of Rich
moend, Va.,, Coyle F. Brown of
Jacksonville, Fla.,, and Curtis G.
Brown of Athens. e
| ‘Mr. Brown had lived in Athens
and Hull all of his life. He grad
| (Continnea on Page Seven)