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islative Acts
|epislative Acts
Governor Ellis Arnall has
signed two bills passed by the
General Assembly atffecting thz
City of Athens. One ui the meas.
ures gives the Board of Educa
tion the rigat of eminent domain
and the other makes the Mayor
ihe Chief Executive of the mun
cipal government.
a.e bill affecting the Mayor’s
office requires a referendum
vote and City-Couiicii must gall
an election for that purpose. If
the people ratify tie act, it be
comes effective at once.
There is considerable sentiment
in Athens for a City Manager
and several citizens have advo
cated passage of a Lill giving the
people of Athens opportunity to
install the City Manager system.
Howeve:, in his campaign for
yelection . last year Mayor Bob
McWhorter _proposed a com
promise plan to give Ataens gov
ernment a Chief Executive offi
cer, providing that the Mayor
be made “he actual Chief Execu
tice officer and giving the Mayor
authority to nominate headg of
City departments except those
clected by the Board of Educa
tion, Civil Service Commission
and e Health Department. The
Mayor is not given the power of
appointment under the bill, but
¢imply the authority to .nomin
ate. Counecil still has the power
to elect. If the Mayor's first nom.
ince fails of election he can
nominate another person and if
ihe latter fails of cleetion Coun
¢il can nominate and elect its
own &oice. ‘
Council Can Override
The Mayor is given the veto
power under this bill. But the
veto may be overriden by a
two-thirds vote of the Council.
The Mayor is also given the au
thority lo nominate special Coun.
¢il committees but Council re
taing the power to name stand
ing committess. Tiie Mayor is
also made rasponsible for prep
aration angd submission of the
budget.
Mayor MecWhorter campaign
for i-e-election on thig plan and
was re-elected overwhelmingly,
receiving almost 1500 wvotes. He
pointed out ‘uh&t usider th}e,' pres=-
ent Charter e liayor - no
actual authority to ’s&%%@&*
the City’s affairs and that Athens
should eiher have » City Manax
ger or a Mayor with executive
authority. Council still - retains
the sole legislative power, but
unde the terms of the bill pass
ed by the Legislaturz the Mayor
is made primarily responsible for
administering the City’s affairs
instead of placing this power in
the hands of Councl Committees.
All thee of the Clarke legisla
tors favored the bill, Senator N.
G. Slavghter and Representatives
L. O. Price, jr,, ‘and K. A/ Hill,
They took the pos:tion that the
neople of Athens should have
the right to vote on whether they
want to-amend the Charer mak
ing the Mayor responsible for
ndm'inistering the City Govern
ment.
Text of Bill
The text of the bill follows:
lIA Bul)’
“Entitled an act to amend the
Act granting charter of the Mayor
and Couneil of the City of Athens,
and all Aets amendatory thereto,
50 as o make the Mayor the Chief
Fxecute Officer of the City of
Athens; to grant to the Mayor
power to veto ordinances passed
by Council; to provide how veto
by Mayor may be overriden; to
provide that the Mayor shall ap
point all special committees of the
Council; to provide that the
;\_Til}'or should annually, at the time
ior submitting annual budget,
make up and submit to Counci] a
lluli and complete budget for all
Cepartments of the City; to au
thorize the Counecil to reject the
budget submitted by the Mayor
and to direct the Council to make
Up and adopt an annual budget
for all City departments in the
event tljtey reject the budget sub
tied by the Mayor; to provide
that the Mayor sholl nominate
all departmental heads to be.el
¢cled by the Council and in the
svent the Council fails to elect the
feads nominated by the Mayor
'0 authorize and direct that de
)“l’]!"mental heads be selected and
clecled by the Council immediate
-7 alter the rejection of the heads
= iaied by the Mayor; to pro
»\".\“' I.ol‘ a referendum to the vot
¢rs of the City of Athens; to re
becl conflicting laws; and for
other purposes. §
“BE IT ENACTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GE()RGIA.
“AND IT IS HEREBY ENACT
LD BY AUTHORITY OF SAME:
Section 1.
‘"That the Act creating and
chartering the Mayor. and Council
of the City of Athens, and all
amendatory Acts thereto, be and
are hereby amended, and the
Mayor ang Council .of the City of
Atheng shall have the veto power
o 0 all questions, coming before
the Mayor and Council of the City
ol Athens, ang shall have the
right to veto any ordinances or
resoltions passed by said Mayor
@nd Counci] of the City of Ath-
NS provided said veto is exer
- Clsed within. five days after the
Passage of said ordinance or re
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IN 1835—
This old print which shows the University of
Georgia campus in 1835, fifty years after the
granting of the Charter on Jan. 27, 1785, was dis
covered in Long Island, New York, as'the fron
tispiece of a clock by Ralph Peters’ a friend of
the Lniversity of Ceorgia. Of the eight build
ings, five though remodeled, stand today.
Christ Faces Test, &
Union}Meeting Told
Merit Bill Rejected;
Merii bill Rejecieq,
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Senate Amends
Highway Legislation
- ATLANTA, Jan. 28 — (AP) —
The House rejected the Merit Bill
today and the Senate amended
the House’s Highway Bill so that
highway board members would ke
elected by the people. .
The Senate action on the high
way bill presumably sent the
measure t()“’i“'d a (‘Ol‘lf"l’(‘l)('(‘,
committee, as little likelihood
was seen that the upper body
would zecede from its amendment.
The Senate amendment was re
jected in the House. Speaker Roy
V. Harris, who sponsored the orig
inal measure, gave two reasons
for its rejction.
Many Absent
First, he said, he doubted if
there were a two-thirds majority
of the House members present on
the final’'day of the 15-day ad
journed session to act on a meas
ure affecting a constitutional
change.
In the second place, he said,
election of the highway board by
the people, rather than by the
Legislature as was proposed in
the original House measure, would
give the cities an advantage over
rural areas.
The Merit System Bill, bring
ing all state employes under a
civil service system, had already
been approved by the Senate. The
vote in the House was 94 for and
34 against.
Passage reauired 103 votes, a
maiority of the House member
shio of 265.
.Several speakers asserted that
the bill would have eliminated
what they termed the present
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and not quite so cold
tonight. Tuesday partly clou
dy and warmer.
GEORGIA: Fair and war
mer this afternoon and to
night. Tuesday partly cloudy
weather and mild temperaa
ture. ’
TEMPERATURE '
Highaet 0. e v, . B
SOV s TR A
Mean ... wesd asis vl 40
Nl L 0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since January 1 ... 892
Excess since January 1 .. 5.04
Average Japuary rainfall 4.26
Full Associated Press cervice. Athens, Ga., Monday, January 28, 1946,
Religion faces an acid test in
the South during the next 25
years, Dr. G.. Roy dJcirdan, pro
fessor. .of preaching at. Emory
University, told a union-service
congregation at the First Meth
odist M. E. Chur#a last night.
Spegking in connection = with
the University’s Riligion-in-Life
Week now in progress, Dr. Jor
dan emphasgzed the need for a
moving enthusiam. toward pro
gress of Christianity. The topic
of his message was “Fools For
Christ’s Sake.” . Lok
At tae Sunday merning service
at the First Baptist church Dr.
Jordan had posed the question
“Does CH‘ist leally Make a Dis.
fernce?” Citing “real Christion
ity” as a means foward mental
integrity and a power of mind
on which K man can depend, the
visiting clergyman answered yes
to 'ais question.
Other speakers at the church
es yesterday were Rev. John E.
McCaw, National Director of
CHRISTIAN STUDENTS
SELECT OFFICERS
Elected to serve for the
winter guarter, the new offi
cers of the Christian Student§'
Club are Helen Cox, presi
dent, Gardener Gidley, vice
president, and Betty Jane
Parr, secretary. Millie Kick
lighter was appointed pro
gram chairman.
As the first meeting of the
quarter, members of the club
wiil entertain Sunday after
noon at a supper in honor of
the Rev.: John E. McCaw. The
Rev. Mr. McCaw, director of
student # activities for the
Christian Church, is a repre
sentative of that church dur
ine Religion-In-Life Week.
Student Work for the Christian
Church in Indianapolis, Indiana,
who spoke at %ae First Christian
Church; Dr. John W. Melton,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Baton Douge, La., who
addressed the congregation at the
F¥-st Presbvterian (laurch, and
Rev. Jack R. McMichael, Execu.
;tive Secretary of the Methodist
Federation for Social Service in
New York, who spoke at the
First Methodist Chuich,
Yesterday afternrosn at Lucy
Cobb Dormitory, President and
Mrs. Harmon C. Caldwell, were
hosts at a reception for the guest
speakess.
Address Students
Taroughout taday the visiting
ministers have addvessed classes.
A program of musical vespers
vnder the direction of Hugh
Hodgsor will be held this afte--
noon at 5 o'clock. .
Forums will be held in dor
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75 major buildings and covers four major ¢am
puses: Franklin, lower left and center; Lucy
Cobb Institute, upper left; Co-ordinate Campus,
lower right; and, South Campus, upper right.
GHARTER DAY FINDS STATE
UNIVERSITY RENDERING
GEORGIANS GREAT BERVICE
President Caldwell Cites Many Ways
In Which Institution Achieves Aims
An increase in Georgia's income through irrigation
of farm land to boost production of fruits and vege
tables, cultivation of medicinal-native herbs for com
mercial purposes and by establishment of woodwork
plants supplied by an enlarged forestry industry, was
forecast by Harmon W. Caldwell here today as the
161-year-old University of Georgia observed ‘‘Charter
Dav.”
President Caldwell declared the
University has played a ‘“defi
nite and important part in ' con
tributing to the achievement of
these goals and plans in future
to render still greater service in
these economic fields.” Within
the last few months, the Univer
sity Dairy Department conducted
a demonstration’ of economic sig
nificance to Georgia. The Depart
ment purchased $25,000 worth of
milk - from -farmers in Oconee
county, who had never previously
derived any - income from the
sale of milk. This milk was con=-
densed in the college creamery.
Demand for the product was fag
greater than the supply. Since
Georgia is a -milk-deficit state,
and since farmers — especially
those in North Georgia—need ad
ditional employment and income,
it is believed that this demon
stration is of -outstanding im
portance. -Already several com+4
mercial concerns have establish
ed new plants or enlarged old
ones - for the processing of milk
of manufacturing grade. These
developments will. make possible
a greatly expanded dairy indus:
try.
The University was founded to
disseminate knowledge and culti
vate a love of the arts and
sciences, and for many years the
institution emphasized teaching as
the chief means of carrying ouf
the aims of its charter, =As the
state’s principal center of learn
ing, it was from the beginning
the rallying point for state-wide
progressive movements. Here. for
example, leaders from .all over
Georgia met ‘more than a century
ago to voice protest and take ac
tion against -the Tariff Act of
1828, which was pinching the
economy of the South. In recent
years the institution has expand
ed its activities affirmatively so
as to serve the people; making
the “entire state its campus, car
rying its facilities into the homes,
the farms and the businesses of
Georgia.” .
Review of Activities
And while the University is
“justly proud of the growth of its
enroliment from 435 in 1906 to
3.801 at the present time, thus in
dicating an ever widening service
to the state through training its
young men and women, the fact
that it has expanded the scope
of its influence beyond the range
of students is especially gratify
ing” Dr. Caldwell asserted.
In a review of the University’s
two-fold activity program: edu
cational training of young people
FESTABLISHED 1833
RSPt o . T e I S ee R ke | L S
This view, prepared by Fred J. Menizinger,
shows several propesed buildings which will
go under constr on in the future to make the
university one of the south’s most outstanding.
and carrying to Georgia citizens
the results of laboratory and
practical research for the pur
pose of increasing individual in
come and raising the standard of
living, Dr. Caldwell said that
during forty years the Univerg
sity’s student enrollment has ris
en from 435 to nearly 4,000, and
the number of people it serveg
beyond the student body is in
calculable.
A similar feature in connection
with the University's enrollment
increase is found in comparative
registration figures, which reveal
that the enrollment has not been
“automatie,” steadily increasing
from year to year, but that there
was an actual decline in enroll
ment increase between the second
and third decades ofr the forty
year period. For instance, be
tween 1914 and 1922 the increase
was 982, whereas between 1924
and 1934 the increase was
only 638. During the last de
~ade, however, between 1935 and
1946, the increase was 1,217, de
spite the fact that the war and
the draft acted as a tremendous
deterrent to enrollment of males
and continues to do so. ' =
The University’s contribution tg:
Georgia’s economic development
in recent years has been carriedl
on through its established col-‘
leges and schools, each of whichl
has also performed its regular |
teaching functions. For instance,
forestry ranks as the third in
dustry in Georgia. It is exceeded
only by agriculture and the cot-
:m:J textile industry. The greatest |
rontribution to the state from thci
School of Foresry has been
through the leaders in the profes
sion that have graduated from
he school, The staff of the State
Department of Forestry, includ
ing its director, is composed al
most entirely of graduates from
the school. The original law sety
ting up the department was
largely the work of one of the
early students.
Forestry Industry
Key men in private forestry—
in the pulp industry and in the
sawmills—as well as managers of
large tracts of timaber lands, claim
Georgia as their “school.” Geor
gia is the leading state in the
production of naval stores in the
United States, and .the United
States leads the world in produc
tion. One of the graduates of thq
school is owner-manager of the
largest company producing naval
stores in the state and perhaps in
the world.
(Continued on Page Two.)
TOCRUSH -
By The Assotciated Press
An effort by the French to
crush remaining Annamite resis
tance in Indochina was indicated
today in reports to Saigon.
Sharp fighting was reported
in the north between the towns of
Tan Cupkn (and §n Thankin,
with the French claiming inflic
tion of heavy casualties on An
namite forces reinforced by Ja
panese deserters.
Meanwhile an apparent military
calm settled over China for the
first time in nearly two decades.
The . communists reported yester
day that all fronts were quiet, and
there was nething from central
government sources to indicate
otherwise.
In Chungking, delegates to the‘
Democratic league were attending‘
China’s political consultation con
ference after 24-hour walkout
prompted, they said, by a. police
search of their homes. Subcom
mittees of the unity conference
‘worked on two of the nation’s
knottiest ‘problems: government
reorganization and membership of
‘the National “assembly.
<+ W, Averill Harriman, American
Ambassador t 0 Russia, delayed his
departure fro:z Chungking after a
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South Will Get
Warmer Weather,
Weatherman Says
By The Associated Press
Most of the nation enjoyed
unusually clear vsinter skies to.
day as cold weather in the East
and South began (o moderate.
Only precipitatica reported
was a light snowfall in the Lakes
Region and Northern Wisconsin
and Minnesota. The snow was
expecteqd to move Easiward dur
ing the day and strike wupper
New York. = °
Temperatureg were rising rap
idly in the Northeast after div
ing as low ag 10 degresg below
zero in the Maine interior dur
ing tae night,
Warmer weather also was in
store for the South, although the
mercury's climb was expected ¢o
be more gradual.
An area of considerable cloud.
iness in the North Pacific States
was expected to dcvelop into
rain for the Northwest coast to
%,e Rockies.
Temperatures rcccrded early
today included Augusta. Me.,, 9
below: New York 23: Washing
ton 16; Atlanta 27; Jacksonville
51; Miami 67: Nashviile 20; Kan.
sas City 34; Dallas 27; Reno 22;
Los Angeles 52; and San Francis
co 49.
CIO Intensifies GM War
. DETROIT, Jan. 28—(AP)—The CIO United Auto Workers, their new wage increases from the Ford
Motor Co., and Chrysler Corp., safely arranged, today plunged into a new phase of their battle with
General Motors as a National Labor Relations Board hearing against the corporation began. General
Motors, only member of tbe automotive industry’s big three with which the union has redched no
wage agreement despite a 69-day strike, faces NLRB charges of failing *o bargain in good faith. The
hearing will be conducted by Trial Examiner Gerald K. Reilly. e % s e
Probe Witness
Says He Warned
Of Harbor Blow
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28—(AP)
—Capt. Ellis M. Zacharias testi
fied today he predicted to Rear
Adm. Husband E. Kimmel in
March, 1941, that if the Japanese
to fight the United States they
would begin the war with an at
tack against the Fleet on a Sun
day morning.
The veteran Naval officer, ap
pearing before the joint Pearl
Harbor investigating committee
said hre made this prediction in a
conference with Kimmel, the Pa
cific Flee Commander at the time,
and Vice Adm. (then Captain) M.
W. Smith.
Kimmel told the committee
previously he remembered no
such conversation with Zacharias,
but the latter said he had dis
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VERSION OF FACT-FINDING PROPOSAL °
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28— (AP)—The House Rules Committee cameé
to a showndown vote today on proposed new strike control legislation,
Chairman Sabath (D.-Ill.) called the group together (10:30 a. m.
EST) to consider the labor committee’s watered-down version of the
fact-finding bill rvpcurtdly ;lskqd by President Truman.
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Iranian Protest
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Up For dtuay
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By UNO Council
LONDON, Jan. 28— (AP)—
The status of Iran’s protests
against the Soviet Union re
mained in doubt today as the
United Nations Security
Council prepared to go into
session at 3 p. m. (10 a. m.
EST) to consider charges of
Russiam interferences in Iran
ian affairs.
Although speculation in
creased that the Iranian dele
gation might ask the Council
to shelve or drop the aecusa
tions, the delegates had re
ceived wo instructions to that
effect from Iran’s new prem
ier, Ahmed Qavan Es Saita
neh, who is known to be
friendly to the Russians.
NATION'S FIRES
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By The Associated Press
Twenty-four persons lost their
lives in weekend fires throughout
the nation.
Kansas city had the most ser
ious, with 10 persons killed at
least .four hurt in an” apartment
house fire. Six of the dead were
children. \
Four died and 14 were injured
in a hotel fire at St. Louis.
Tenement Burns .
In New York, three lives were
lost and one person was injured
when a lower east side tene
ment burned. A residential fire in
Harlem also took the life of a
'four months-old negro baby.
‘ Three men died of suffocation
at Skowhgan, Me, -hen fire con
sumed the oxygen in a cabin in
‘which they were sleeping. The
‘blaze, believed started by a cig
‘arette, had burned itself out when
firemen reached the scene.
.~ Two other suffocation deaths
resulted in a Chicago apartment
hotel fire and one person was
injured The victims were women.
At Monroe, La. Flames sweeping
through part of a small hotel
killed one and injured six.
’ Blazes at thre other places left
‘heavy property damage with se
veral reported hurt.
| Shipboard Fire
Wind-driven flames swept
through to business buildings in
the heart of Charleston, W. Va.,
and in which four were injured.
A business district conflgration
at Columbia, Tenn., caused an
estimated damage of $400,000. In
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Kiwanis Will Hear ‘
Dr. David J. Evans
Tuesday afternoon at the regu
lar weekly luncheon meeting{,l
members of the Kiwanis Club will
hear a talk by Dr. David J.
Evans of Americus, Ga., one of
the speakers in the “Religicn In
Life Week” being sponsored by the
University.
The meeting will be held at the!
Holman Hotel and will start at
one o.clock. ]
The labor-management picture
took on its rosiest hue in weeks
as one high government official
predicted an end to the crippling
steel strike “within a week or so.”
Saying his forecast wags based
only partly on the trend shown in
the recent Ford and Chrysler
wage agreements, this official
added that more particularly there
are signs within the steel indus
try itself that settlement advocates
are gaining the upper hand.
Closely concerned with adminis
tration labor policy but otherwise
unidentifiable, he said the industry
has been divided into a “settle=
ment bloc” and a “fight it out
bloc,” with the former now ap
parently in the ascendary.
The White House, he said, prob~
ably will make no move for the
“next three or four days” but af
ter that “a lot of things may hap
pen.” He added that govesnment
seizure action is unlikely. ;
Slaughtering Resumed :
Steaks and chops were headed
back to America’s dinner tables as
HOYE
Sabath told newsmen *“a hot
fight” was certain over what rules
should prevail during House con
sideration of the measure starting
| THursday. (The Riiles Committes
as its name implies, drafts the
rules governing debate and voting
on each bill.)
| Subath said he would seek a
rule to ban any amendments ex
cept those dealing with fact-find
ing. He termed this necessary to
prevent passage of what he de
}scribed as ‘“vicious” labor legisia=-
tion.
Open Rule Sought
Rep. Cox (D.-Ga.) and Howard
Smith (D.-Va.) reported, however,
that they will attempt to get an
“open” rule, which would allow
any type of amendments to be of~-
sered. If this is granted Smith hag
a substitute he will offer for the
Labor Committee’s measures.
The labor group’s bill = pro=-
vides for fact-finding boards in
major labor disputes. But it does
not, as Mr. Truman proposed, give
'them subpoena power or’ forbid
strikes while the boards deliber~
ate. The Smith plan would put
these teeth back into the bill,
along with several union regula
tion proposals.
_Across the Capitol, meanwhile,
Chairman Murray (D.-Mont.) of
the Senate Labor Committee said
he is “quite edbnvinced we aren’t:
going to draft any drastic legisla
tion.” :
Said Not Unusual
Murray, whose committee is
studying the entire field of indus
trial unrest, said the country ad
mittedly is up agginst “a tough
situation” with grtat industries
like Steel and General Motors
Corporation tied up by strikes.
- But he added in an interview:
“This is not an unusual flareup
by labor. It is not particularly ob
stinacy by business. Both sides \
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Carl Cochran
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Dies; Funeral
Tuesday At 3:30
Mr. Car] Cochran, 49, died yes=
terday at Charleston, S. C., after
an illnes .of two weeks.
Funral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at the West
End Baptest church wiwth Rev. W.
S. Pruitt, and the Rev. Mr. Bur
ley officiating.
Interment will be in the Oconee
Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be
Albert Davis, john Allen, Cecil
Moore, Roy Couch, Hershel Bul
lock, and Mr. McCree, Clyde Mc~
Dorman Funeral Home has charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Cochran is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Fairy Cochran of Ath
ens; three daughters Mrs. Cleve
land Gunnells, Mrs. V. E. Brown,
and Betty J. Cochran both of
Athens; his mother Mrs. Dollie
Cochran of ' Atlanta; five broth
ers Roy Cochran, Hoyt Cochran,
Homer Cochran, George S. Coch~
ran, all of Atlanta, and Rufus C.
Cochran of Houston, Texas; four
sisters, Mrs. Rachael Norrest Col
lier, Mrs. Earnest McWaters, Mrs.
Silas L. Browning, and Mrs.
James Spain all of Atlanta; and
sevral aunts and uncles.
Mr. Cochrn has been living in
Charleston S. C,, for a number of
vears, however' Athens was his
home, having lived here practical
ly all his life He was associated
with the General Asbestos Plant
in Charleston. He was well-known
in Athens and had many f{riends
here.
slaughtering was to be resumed in
packing' plants where strikes had
halted production since Jan. 16.
A survey indicated shat practi=
cally all the 248,000 AFL and CIO
meat industry woerkers would re
turn to the 134 packing plants
seized Saturday by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
Although slaughtering was fto
begin today, carcasses must be
“hung” 24 to 48 hours, so that
deliveries in quantity to the coun
try’s butcher shops probably will
not start before Wednesday. How~
ever, government managers of
some plants said deliveries would
be resumed immediately of meat
taken from supplies on hand.
Ralph A. Waller, president of
the Chicago Livestock Exchange,
said farmers had cut their ship
ments of livestock 75 per cent
during the strike, and overship
ments now were possible. How
ever, said Walfgr, “we can now
handle a slight oversupply, and
we are sure we can get farmers
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