Newspaper Page Text
Strike Bill Backers
Deaf To Substitutes
WASHINGTON, Feb. s—(AP)—Last-ditch opponents renewed ef
sorts in the House today to head oft sweeping anti-strike legislation
i"\‘ Lffering less drastic substitute proposals, but their chances looked
1
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Teb. S—(AP)
_rFresh senations wwere promised
in the Pear Harbor nquiry to
day as nrobers scught more
light on a navy cuptain’s one
man campaign to exonerate Adm.
Husband E. Kimmel.
The investigators recalled Capt.
1. F. Safford to the witness
stand for fu®aer Cress question
ing about a secret letter he wrote
two years ago seeking “evidence”
for “the cause” — which was tc
clear Kimmel in the Pearl Har.
por attack. :
g.fford was the radio intelli
gence expert in the navy com-~
munications here in 1941 when
ihe Japanese attack crippled
ACTION UNKNOWN TO
ADMIRAL KIMMEL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—
(AP) Naval Captain L. F.
gafford said today he acted
without the knowledge of
Rear Admiral Husband oo
Kimmel in undertaking a
campaign to clear Kimmel of
responsibility for the rearl -
Harbor disaster.
‘Admiral Kimmel did not
know I was doing this,” Saf
ford told the committee.
gafford said he. went so
New York and saw Kimmel
in mid-February, 1944. This
was one month after he wrote
the code letter to Captain
Alwin W. Kramer, saying *
that no one in the Washing
ton Naval high command
could be trusted and that
Kimmel and the 1941 Army
commander in Hawaii, Major
General Walter C. Short, had
been framed.
Kimmel's fleet, and he ‘has claim
od that an intercepled code mes
sage from Tokyo gave Washing
ton a three-day tip-off on the
Pearl Harbor assault, which was
not relayed to- Kimmek -oo w 7
Investigator Rep. Murphy (D
--1) promised the new surprises
0 further details ave developed
on Saffo-d’s secret letter.
“We ihave hardly got into this
fetter vet,” he toid reporters.
"The genuine meat -is yet to
come.”
In the house, méanwhile, new
cfforts were launched to side~-
track stringent anti-sirlke legis
ation fathered by Reease (R.SD)
ut they seemeq to have little
prospect of getting anywhere.
Milder Substitutes
Opponents of the gweeping
easure proposed miider substi
utes, some embodying features
f e fact-finding formula rec
mmended by Presideht Truman.
These efforts,, however
rought no change in the opinion
f House leaders. They continued
0 say privately that when final
ction comes, probably tomorrow,
' bill closely resembling the
ase proposal wil; be approved.
In the Senate a Republican
nove developed aimed at delay
g public headings on President
timan’s nemination of George
- Allen to be %ead of the re
onsiruction finance corporation
nd Commodore James K. Var
{‘l"”; to the Federal Reserve
Yhiaie
:Ei];;irrl\r’ni& P;l‘ljaft (Ohio) of the
'<"‘>Ublf(‘;lfiq l:r%x COH;LT;;-IEZE Stal‘ld
oz Comitiee fo_postpone
'”"']jl‘rl;:s]n‘l}:lon until the Naval
‘mmittee has finishe i
(Continued on Pag:»,i 'l?;‘a’;mgs
ORMOSTOF U. §.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rain, sleet. snow and cloudy
{65 combined to give most of
_ tountry dismal weather to-
A freezing rain was falling ir
¢ Carolinag and Virginia an_d
Xas, Arkansas, Kentuck}" and
Snow fell over the Northern
4ns ag temperatires dipped
. Z€ro in some sections. The
"'west coast was pounded by
A low pressure area centered
' northeast Colorado caused
TMs in that area and was ex-
Cled to move northeastward,
ging rain, sleet or snow to
%t of the eastern half of the
UNtry within 924 hours.
* sharp contrast in ‘tempera
res ‘ontinued; with the North
Porting unusually cold weather
¢ the South recording rela
ely milg temperatures.
Readings early today included
5“?1'5},14:-11 31. New York 16;
ribou, Maine, § below, Boston
» Albany 9. Chicago 41, Cleve
'C 38, St. Louis 58, Memphis
- Fort Worth 65, Wichita 61,
arck 9, Hayre, Mont., 1 be-
V, Spokane ‘3¥) San Francisco
b Salt Lake City 24, Denver 40,
d San Diego 47,
The far-reaching strike control
MW enAancanad ey Thas M~ - - Ivy
Madd ipdiiidediia bordy My AVER A MIADE BN
S. D.) still commanded powerful
bi-partisan backing that was un
shaken by all initial attempts to
modity it.
- Tests @f strength in voting on
minor amendments yesterday in
dicated that substitute proposals
in the offing would not get far.
! First alternative plan to be dis
posed of was one by Rep. Adams
(R.-N. H.) It would authorize the
President to name fact finding
boards in jabor disputes, but
would not give them the subpoena
power, asked by Mr. Truman.
It would also set up a federal
arbitration board charged with
responsibility for improving and
speeding conciliation, mediation
and arbitration processes.
The Adams substitute would al
low civil suits against either party
violating a contract.
QOther Compromise Plang
Compromises also have been of
fered by Reps. Voorhis (D.-Calif.)
and Hays (D.-Ark.).
Voorhis wants to set up a con
ciliation and mediation ‘division in
the Labor Department and to
name fact-finding boards only af
ter it fails to settle differences.
He would require wunions and
management to maintain working
agreements while the boards act
ed. -
Hays proposes’ a Federal Indus
trial Relations Board with broad
powers to help mediate or arbi
trate disputes. The board wauld
ask for fact finding groups if it
thought them needed.
House leaders continued to say
privately that when action is com
pleted, probably Wednesday, a
measure closely similar to the
Case plan will be approved.
Case Measure
The Case measure calls for a
National Mediation Board with
power to step. into major labor
disputes and forbid strikes or
lockouts for 30 days. It also would
permit wider use of court injunc
tions against either labor or man
agement; outlaw violence in pick
eting or organized boycotts, angd
provide for civil suits against
either side for breaking a contract.
In voting yesterday, the Houseé:
Accepted 109 to 65 an amend
ment by Rep. Landis (R.~-Ind.) te
give employee status to super
visory workers if they do manual,
productive labor. Case’s measure
would have denied status to all
supervisory employees.
(Continued on Page Two)
Accidents In U. S.
Last Year Cost
Lives OFf 96,000
CHICAGO!; Feb., 5.— (AP) —
Accidents in the United States in
1945 cost the lives of 96,000 per
sons, injured 10,300,000 and the
estimated economic loss was five
billion, two "hundred million dsl
lars, the National Safety Council
said today.
The Council said that the toll
was only 1 percent above 1944,
but that the comparison was mis
leading “because it does not ac
curately depict the seriousness of
the current accident problem.”
“The 1945 increase is as small
as it is only because of a natu
ral and drastic reduction in acci
dents to military personnel,” the
Council said. “Actually, figures
show that the nation celebrated
V-J Day by going on a prolonged’
traffic- spree that hasn’t ended
yet.”
The estimated economic loss of
$5,200,000,000 from accidents in
1945 covered both fatal and non
fatal mishaps and included wage,
losses, medical expense,. over
head costs of insurance, produc
tion delays, damage to equip
ment and property damage from
traffic accidents and fires.
Barkley Will Wait "Day Or Two"
Before Another Attempl To
End Filibuster Against FEPC
WASHINGTON, Feb. s—(AP)—Democratic Leader Barkley
(Ky.) said today he would “wait a day or two” before making
another attempt to end the Senate filibuster against the Fair Em
ployment Practices bill.
This appeared to please southern senators who have been lead
ing the wordy battle against FEPC. %
The filibuster, in a parliamentary maneuver, is based techni
cally on correcting the Senate Journal.
Some of the southerners said privately they believed the Senate
soon will decide to put aside the controversial anti-discrimination
measure and take up other legislation. 3 5
But, Senator Eastland (D.-Miss.), planned to continue with the
lengthy speech which he started yesterday.
“J think his ruling was completely wrong,” Barkley told a re
porter referring to the decision yesterday by Senator McKellar
(D.-Tenn.), Senate regular presiding officer, that a cloture (de
bate limitation) petition by Barkley and 47 other senators was not
in order.
“Under that ruling we might offer a cloture petition on the
reading and approval of the Journal,” Barkley said. “But we'll
wait awhile before we try anything like that.” - i
Barkley and Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) argued in vain yesterday
that the only “pending business” before the Senate was the FEPC..
The Senate voted 49 to 17 to consider the FEPC bill on January
17 and then adjourned. Since that date opponents of the legisla
tion have kept the Senate busy considering reading and correcting
the official Journal of January 17.
Taft and Barkley pointed out that when the Senate last changed
its rules in 1917 to provide for a method of debate limitation this
was done with the intent and purpose of forcing a vote and termi
nating talk.
Senator Russell (D.-Ga.) said this was all wrong and that the
first business of the Senate was reading and approval of the Jour
al. ' s p :
r President McKellar upheld Russell and then Barkley announced
that he was forced to appeal to all the senators, for a floor vote,
because the Senate had a right to interpret its own rules. This was
true, McKellar said, but such an appeal can be debated withcut
limit and southern senators quickly started arguing on the limit
action.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Vol. 114, No. 21, .
e, "
N Kias
Truman Expected To bßusst Prices
SOVIET SEEKING
ECONOMIC GAINS
FROM CHINESE
Bq The Associated Press
Informal discussions regarding
economic concessions so Russia
by China were reported today by
Generalissimo Chaing Xai-Shek
at a Chungking press conference.
Beyond acknowledgeing that
the Soviets were seeking conces
sions, the Chinese leaders said
notaing to confirra cr deny re
newed rumors that Russia i 3
asking joint ownership and con
trol of mining and other indus
tris in Mancruria.
Chiang May Quit
Chiang, for- th esecong time
within a week, indicated that he
may ~etire from active political
life after establishment of -a con
stitutional Democracy. He said
his responsibility ends “as soon
as the power of government ig re
stored to the peovle.”
In Yenan, Chinese Commun
munists called for speedy solu
tion of tae problem of governing
Manchuria — where they want
elected magistrates -to replace
appointeeg of the central gov
ernment. Any delay, they added,
is a threat to continueg peace in
China. P
Headquarters of the 94th Chin.
ese government army in Tient
sin claimed that all was not so
peaceful, that Communists at
tacked three villages north of
there and disrupted communica
tion on the Tiensin.Pukow
railroad. °
Occupation Force Down
In Tokyo, figures released by
Allied' headkuarters showed Gen.
eral] MacArthur was making good
on hig promise to reduce Ameri
can occupation forces to 200,000
men in six months after the, sur
render. Army personnel, includ
ing air forces, totlais 203,817, z
(Continued on Page Two)
Adventurer Speaks
In Audiforium
Instead Of Chapel
Sullivan C. Richardson, na
tionally-known . author and ad
venturer will speak in the Fine
Arts Auditorium Thursday morn
ing at 11:35 instead of in fthe
University Chapel as previously
announced. Dean John E. Drew
ry, announcing the the change,
says (hat f§cilities for showing
the motion pictures which will
eccompany Mr. Richardson’s talk
are better In tae auditorium.
Dr. Richardson will discuss
“Rubber River” g stery of. the
quest for wild rubker in South
America. His appearance here is
sponsored by the Association of
American Colleges, and is a pub
lic service offering of the Dodge
and Plymouth Division of the
Chrysler Corporation.
REVENUES INCREASE
ATLANTA, Feb. 5.— (AP) —
With Georgia already out of debt
for the first time in history,
state revenue collections still are
increasing. v
Revenue Commissioner M. E.
Thompson reports collections for
the first seven months of the fis
cal year at just over $39,000,000
—an increase of six and one-half
million over the same period last
year.
Full Associated Press <ervice.
Work To Begin
Monday On Dam
For Allatoona
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 5 —
(AP)—Work will start next
Monday, on the' $17,000,000
Allatoona dam and reservoir
near Cartersville, Ga., Col.
Mark M. Boatner, jr., Mobile
district . Army engineer, an
nounced.
Crews will start moving
rock from the site of the 184
foot high concrete dam which
will regulate flood waters
from the Etowah River above
Rome and provide 66,000 kilo
watts of hydro-electric power.
The dam, expected to eage
flood conditions in the Rome
area during periods of high
water, will be constructed
about five miles east of Car
tersville.
Temporary headquarters for
construction forces will be set
up in Cartersville. John S.
Webster of the Mobile District
Engineers office will serve as
acting resident engineer pend
ing arrival of Charles A.
Jackson, who is being trans
ferred from the district office
in Seattle, Wash.
Col. Boatner said plans and
specifications for the main
structure would be advertised
about March 1. An initial al
lotment of $3,000,000 for the
work was approved by Con
gress last year. The remainder
of the money will come in
appropriations expected to be
made . available ‘July 1 and
thereafter.
Plans call for completion of
the dam over a three year
period.
New Registration
.
Law Cited; Many
E
Must Re-register
Under the new State law,
Clarke citizens whcse names
were not on the list of qualified
voters for the 1944 General Elec
tion, must re-register in order fo
cast ballots in future general
‘elections, Coun,t,v. Tflx_g‘?u@%
Albert E. Davison pointed out
today.
Under the law, citizeng must
register at least {our, months
prior to a future general election
in order to be eligible, but for
special elections, such as elec.
tions called to fill vacancieg in
county office caused by death or
resignation, registration is per
mitted until five days before
the balloting,
There were more than 4,000
Clarke county citizens qualified
to vote in the 1944 General Elec
tion, Mr. Davison said, and all
others must re-regisier in order
to vote in future Genera; Elec
tions. .
Sam Haie Elecfed
President Of
Athens Aero Club
By HOPE CHILDS
Pointing out why a city of Ath
ens’ size and location should be
air-minded, John McKee, South
east manager of the National
Aeronautics Association, address
ed thirty-five members of the
Athens Aero Club at a dinner
meeting Monday night.
Air transportation is the com
ing mode of carriage for mail,
perishable agricultural produce,
and passengers, according to Mr.
McKee. Unless the city is aware
of the possibilities of air trans
portation, Athens may be isolat
ed, he said.
Sam Hale, temporary chairman,
was elected president of the club
at last night's organizational
meeting. Other officers elected
inclade: First vice-president,
Milton Leathers; second vice
president, Malcolm Rowe; third
vice-president, T. J. Harrold; sec~
retary, B. C. Kinrey; treasurer,
Felton Christian; board of direc
tors, L. M. Shadgett, Dan Hill
and Michael McDowell.
President Hale read a congrat
ulatory telegram from W. Lloyd
Fiorence, jr., f{ormer Athenian,
now an Eastern Air Lines pilot.
The Macon chapter of the Nat
ional Aeronautics Association
also congratulated the members
of the Athens chapter upon their
organization. :
At present there are seventy
charter members of the club.
Some members have had flying
experience but most are “ground
ed” citizens interested in devel
opment of flying and air trans
portation in Athens as a civic
improvement.
BRICKER TO RUN
FOR U. S. SENATE
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 5—
(AP)—Former Governor John W.
Bricker filed formal notice with
the secretary ‘of state today that
he would seek the Republican
nomination for U. S. Senator in
the May 7 primary. .
Bricker, who served three con
cecutive terme ae governar of
Ohio, was the Republican nomi
nee for vice-president in 1944,
Athens, Ga., Tuesday, February 5, 1946.
.
o B e n B 0 e e,
Boted a Nl N ; k e "‘h P o e b
S , 3”& Sy N ] S OREE S -#‘_‘_“,. ia AT i ,{‘;‘ % ;
v 3 N \q\’:& \‘W;. K e R " e g e 4 C B loy % TR
$ : %o BSoo Tgy e Wi o gy 3
e : & S R.v e wU A e
Bk gl UL : S 3 B e J S
£ %, ‘\,% Y %‘{; 2 3 “ 9 : » )‘\)&{ : o
Pl Bl § ¥ o s ; e e
BRRe| i i ; B S
2B3eDo=3s e 4 ' 3 B % L e
R S B omy TN e g X 2 SEh e ?
e B 4 ‘(*?"’%‘ T s é 3 . e o P
et oGG &oo ;et R R 5 gt % v . o .
T 8 Sl TR * WINGEEE s Sam e S 0
T ; LY Rl aEa . N .
LIS R b R GT R S B ‘ * P % TR T S s
. iR o bNO AT o R e @ % e : N
B SRV T e P e
o s ”V\"M AWy owmgs K 3 g o eSS W
* g ¢ i“M e ee B oliaiNE e e e ot
i : ; : Raa e 8 - i By
£3 ; : S Ve G ¢ e
; : : : @% -y A IR Bl A
3 3 o o 5 % 3 L N R R -
B % ; b e e % SER LR & % 1
'';;:; g 1 L W S
. ; s fi‘\f‘\ E f NS R B 3 E: 5%
T o = Pi~ O, iT o § D S L 4 -
BRITISH WAR BRIDES AND CHILDREN REACH AMERICA
Seven of the 456 British brides of U. S. soldiers, some of them holding their children, wave
greetings from the ship’s banister as they arrived from England in New York City. Left to right:
Franecis Cox, bound for Detroit; Olga Ebling, Batavia, N. Y.; Eileen Goll and Sonie, Chicago, IlL;
Irene Dickenson, Muskogee, Okla.; Joan Dzieglewicz and Melvin, Detroit, Mich.; Olive Chambers
and Susan, Canton, Ohio; and Irene Crosswhite, San Diego, Calif.
oyria, Lebanon File Demand
For British French Withdrawal
LONDON, Feb. s—(AP)—Faris Bey El Khoury, head of the Syrian delegation to the United Nations
General Assembly, said today that Syria and Lebanon had filed with the Security Council a joint de
mand for the immediate withdrawal _(_)_f BEitish .and French troops from the Levant.
Help Is Rushed
To Wrecked Liner
With Many Aboard
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 5—
(AP)—The grounded liner Yukon
broke in two under the buffeting
of gale and wave last night after
47 of the 496 persons aboard had
been taken off by power boats
operating from the Coast Guard
cutter Onondaga.
The 47 were women and child
ren. -
The Onondaga’s brief message
about the breaking of the wessel,
which ran aground in Johnstone
Bay while outward bound - from
-Seward to Seattle, carried no
mention of loss of life.
In toward the bleak Kenai
Peninsula from many points cos
the compass surged other ships to
aid the Onondaga, and the Army’s
great aircraft was to wing in from
the extended Aleutian chain to
lend a hand. Gen. Delos Emmons
at Anchorage ordered all B-17
'Flying Fortresses equipped with
power rescue boats to join the life
saving attempt.
Coast Guard headquarters at
Seattle said early today no addi
tional information had been re
ceived, due chiefly to the diffi
culty of radio communications
from Ketchikan to the Onondaga.
Meanwhile, a specialy-equipped
first aid train was to leave An
chorage at 5 a. m. (PST), bound
for Seward, some four hours dis
tant. The train was loaded with
Army food, clothing and medical
supplies. with a first aid crew of
some 200 persons aboard.
The train was being rushed to
Seward'in the event of arrival of
survivors from the wreck.
The 360-foot steamer Yukon,
built in Philadelphia in 1899, had
been in the Alaska service for
some 20 years. She went aground
on rocky shore 40 miles south of
Seward, Alaska, early yesterday.
As soon as her distress calls were
heard—about 6 a. m. (PST) (9 a.
m., EST) yesterday—all craft in
the vicinity were ordered to her
(Continued on Page Two)
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Considerable cloudiness this
afternoon and tonight. Little
change in temperature ex
cept not so cool tonight, Wed
nesday meostly cloudy with
showers and warmer.
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness and net much
change in temperature this
afternoon and tonight except
slightly warmer in extreme
north pertion. Oeccasional
showers in extreme north
portion tonight. Wednesday
showers and little warmer,
becoming colder in north and
west portion in afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest il iiv ..o .5 08
LOWeshe i eile il 0
Meoan i iy i D
Normal . ... .5d
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .03
Total since Feb. 1 .. .... .06
Deficit since Feb. 1 .. .. .75
Average Feb. rainfall .... 5.08
Total since January 1 .... 9.95
Excess since January 1 .. 491
ESTABLISHED 1833
The Council thus was confront
ed with another tough dispute in
the midst of its efforts to settle,
without a split among the big
powers, the Russian-British con
troversy over Greece.
* Another méetifig of the'll-nat
ion peace agency was slated for
| tonight to try to settle a new con-
Itroversy over the veto power
and wind up the Greek case. |
Veto Issue Raised
The veto issue was raised by
Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet vice
Commigsar of TFareign Affairg,
’after seven members of the 11-
nation Security Council said last
lnight in a heated debate that
Russia’s charges against Great
IBritain were unfounded.
Vishinsky’s threat immediately
plunged the Council into a maze
of technical discussions which
blocked action on the Greek ques
tion until the vet 9 controversy
was disposed - of. The Council,
shaken by disagreement, sched
uled another meeting fro 8:30 p.l
m. (3:30 p. m,, EST) tonight to
decide formally whether Russia
can invoke her veto power.
This was the first time that
any of the five permanent mem
bers of the Couneil had sought to
use the veto power given them at
San Francisco after a long de
(Continued on Page Two.) .
MRS. ROOSEVELT ASKS
REFUGEE CONOCESSIONS.
LONDON, Feb. 5.—(AP)—MTrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, on behalf of
the United States, proposed today
that the United Nations Organ
ization’s refugee program be re
ferred to the economic and social
council with the recommendation
that “no uprooted persons, if they
object to returning to their coun
try of origin, shall be compelled
‘to do so.”
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER TO BE
ATTENDED BY OVER 150 WEDNESDAY
More than 100 reservations have
been made for the big member
ship dinner meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce to be held Wed
nesday night at 7 o’clock in the
Georgian Hotel, Joel A. Wier,
secrtary-manager of the chamber
said thiec morning.
The meeting, first of its kind
held by the Chamber of Com
merce this year, is the first in a
series planned to show to Athen
ians how much larger revenues
can be brought into this com
munity through development of
the resources we already have,
Mr Wier said.
One of the features of the din
ner-gathering will be the pre
miere of the technicolor movie,
“Feathering the Nest”, Mr. Wier
said, pointing out that “the actors
are citizens and friends and our
own neighborhood is the scenery”.
Presiding over the program will
be A. P. Winston, president ‘of the
Chamber of Commerce and re
cently elected president of the
Georgia Dairy Asociation, who
will be assisted by Abit Nix as
toastmaster. Guest speaker will be
Walter Brown director of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, and also attending will
be members .of the cast of the
! \%“h} m~ i ) this morn
ing that with reservations already
A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3¢ — 5¢ Sunday
Fate Of Yamashita
IsNowlp
To Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo, Feb.,s—(AP)— The U.
S. Supreme Court's rejection of
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Wamashita’s
death-sentence appeal leaves fi
nal decision up to Gen. Mac Ar.
thur and confims that ‘“the trial
of war criminals definitely is a
respensibility of the mlitary.”
Allied headquartie's offlcers,
reporting these conciusions today,
said that MacArthur has aad the
records of Yamachita’s Manila
trial for some days. There was
no indication when he¢ might act,
and he has made no comment.
The Supreme Court heald that
the U. S. military tial commis
sion proceeded leagllyin trying
convicting and seniencing Yama
shita to the gallows for condon.
ing wholesale war gatrocities in
the Failippines. Dissenting from
the six-man majority decision,
Justices Rutledge and Murphy
termed the trial unfair and con
tary to American principles of
justice.
Whetier defense counsel plan
ed any further moves on,Yamas.
hita’s behalf was not immediate~
ly learned. Lt. Col. Walter C.
Hendrix, Atlanta, Ga., only mem
ber of the defense staff still in
Manila, said only that he was
“gratified” that the Supreme
Court considered his client’s ap
peal. i
Yamashita himself hae heen
held incommunicade since the
frial.
Col. A. C. Carpenter, MacAr
(Continued on Yage Two.j
beyond the 100 mark, prospects
are bright that more than 150 will
attend the meeting for which re
servations may be made up to
noon Wednesday by calling the
Chamber of Commerce rumber,
1‘272. Priece of the tickets are $1.50
each.
First Of Series
In discussing the series of meet«
ings planned, each of which will
take up a different subject with
the view to showing how added
revenue may be brought to the
Athens community, Mr Wier cited
as &n example of how an industry
can be developed “from scratch”
the Northeast Georgia Livestock
Marketing Sales Barn, which has
been operating in a highly suc
cessful manner for the last several
years. “There is a prime example
of what can be done if we only
go in for really developing our
resources,” said Mr. Wier “Wew
people know it, but that Livestock
Barn bring into the Athens com
munify approximately three-~
quarters of a million dollars im
added revenue — new money our
people did not have prior to es
tablishment of the proiect. The
successof the Livestock Barn can
be duplicated in other lines, and
thess sasctings are ""\::‘.,;-:,,‘ ‘5,
inothertnes™ o
PRICE REVISION
SEENASAID
T 0 STRIKE END
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—(AP)~—
An administration deecision that
the nation can afford te ay some
higher prices in return for indus
trial peace and all-out production
appeared in the making today.
A high government official,
who can not be identifed further,
predicted the White House will
issue an announcement today or to
morrow, detailing changes in the
present ‘“hold-the=line” price poli
cy. ‘
Although the modification will
be aimed primarily at settlement
of. the 15-day old steel strike,
this official said, its terms also
will apply to other major indus
tries involved in wage disputes,
Key figure in any such revis
ion of President Truman’s wage
price orders is OPA administra
tor Chester Bowles, who presum
ably outlined his position to the
President during a 50-minute con~'
ference yesterday.
Bowles, it is understood, argued
for an pcross-the-board policy
change, as against “flexible” price
control adyocated by reconversion
director John W. Snyder. Bowles
and Snyder reportedly were as
signed by Mr. Truman to work
out a steel price formular which
would enable the indusry to set
tle its wage dispute with the CIO,
Says OPA Threatened
Bowles has contended that any
special concession on price for the
steel industry would start a series
of “emergency” concessions which
would threaten OPA’s whole sy-
Si€iii Of Piice COnrols.
There were indications that the
price chief was beginning to win
Snyder over at least in part to
his views.
The point was made that stab
lization Director John C. Collet
still will have to pass on request
for any price rises and that the
requests will be screened careful-
Iye o e
In this connedtion, one official
Collet recently had made knawn
to Snyder that he z lined up with
Bowles on the er of prices.
The stablization chief previously
had shied away from throwing his
weight behind either faction.
Many Came Today
It was thought likely that the
wage-price situation might be
brought up at a cabinet meeting
set for noon. Some persons said
the first anouncement—in the
form of a QCeneral statemeni—
might come Wednesday with spe
cific details to be made public lat
er.
Emphazing the necesstéy (for
(Continued on Page Two)
VALDOSTANS VOTE
ON ACQUIRING
MUNICIPAL POWER
VALDOSTA, GA., Feb. S—(AP)
A hdtly contested campaign over
public versus private Power Com
pany systems ended today with
Valdostans balloting on a proposal
that the city acquire an electric
distribution system. :
Citizens voted on the question of
issuing $600,000 worth of revenue
certificates for purchase or con
struction of a municipal] power
plant.
Both sides waged vigorous cam=
paigns through full-page news
paper advertisements. Mayor
Frank Rose, favoring municipal
ownership, said the ciky must
acquire the system for added re
venue or levy new taxes for im
provements in the schools and
other public services.
Rose, who has refused payment
for his service as Mayor, was a
candidate for re-election in to
day’s balloting. He was opposed
by David S. Bell, real estate deal
er and H. B. Edwards, state leg
islator.
A Citizens Committee, formed
to sponsor municipal opertion of
the power system, argued inag i
Georgia and Florida cities now
operate electric systems at a pro
fit. L g e . fj
Higher Rafes
A committée opposed to muni
cipal ownership, countered that
among municipally owned plants
in Georgia “nearly 90 per cent
have rates substantially higher
than Valdosta.”™
About 5,000 voters were quali
fied to ballot on the question.
The move for municipal owner=-
ship was started several years
ago b former Mayor Ames Ash
ley but a 30-year franchise held
by the Georgia Power and Light
Company did not expire ' untii
January, this year.
Opponents of public ownership
declared municipal operation
would place the utility “in the
hands of politicians.” Mayor Reose
and council pledged there would
’be no increase in rates under
municipal operation and ofered to
let civic clubs of the city nomi.
nate members of the Utility
‘Board. - ; iR Al