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FIRST UNO VOTE IS PEACE PRAYER il oo totthimmngin v inpumoilisd
A prayer for lasting peace already has been cast in the steel ballot box which will receive the
votes of the United Nations Oorganization Security Council. The message (right) was penned by
Paul Antonio, the tinsmith who constructed the box (left) in which the vote is being deposited.
SUNDAY; TELLS MINERS TO STAY HOME
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WASHINGTON, March 26—(AP)—John 1. Lewis today notified
bituminous coal operators he will end their present contract this Sun
day at midnight and 400,000 miners will “stay home with their faom-
I ilies next week.
Lewis, at a news conference,
said “there will be no miners
blood spilled” next week and
that lives will be saved and in
juries averted.
The United Mine = Workers’
president said there will be no
extension of the current contract,
making it clear he will insist on
a new agreement before the soft
coal miners return to work.
Lewis said the action is’ being
taken “at a time when it will be
least inconvenient to the publie.”
There are close to 47,000,000 tons
of coal in storage, he added. .
He estimated that for the last
couple of weeks the weekly out
put has averaged 13.000,000 tons,
a record for the industry.
Lewis said negotiations with
the soft coal operators will con
tinue and that ‘“anytime we
reach agreement we wil] iy so
make it effective at the earliest
possible moment.” ; v
Lewis told reporters that the
counter proposals submitted by
the operators yesterday were a
“mumble jumble of something
entirely unsatisfactory and not
responsive to the necessities of
the occasien.” |
10,000 Chinese Die
CHUNGKING, March -26.—
(AP)—The Central News Agency
today reported that more than
10,000 inhabitants of Yungnien in
Southern Hopeh* province had
died of starvation. since Commu
nist forces blockaded that town
six months ago. It said the sur
vivors are resorting to cannibal
ism as the supply of tree bark;
on which they have been, sub
sisting, is exhausted.. . 3 |
Owr Men: And Women
wn In Servicer o
TWO WINTERVILLE MEN
DISCHARGED AT JAX
- William P. Cross, ¥ 1-¢, and
James M. Kelley, jr., AEM 3-t,
both of Winterville, were recently
discharged from the navy at the
Jacksonville seperation center.
KENNETH F. GUEST
GETS NAVY DISCHARGE
Kenneth F. Guest, AMMF 2-c,
0f 445 N. Pope street, was recent
ly discharged from the navy.at
the Shoemaker, Calif. seperation
HILLYER G. SORROW
REURNS HOME
Hillyer G. Sorrow has been sep
arated from the naval servce and
has returned. to his home at 764
Jackson street.
TWO MEN DISCHARGED
'ROM NAVY SERVICE
\lfred E. Tarpley, BM 1-¢, of
ehshoals, and O. C.W. Watkins,
STM 2-c of Nicholson, were re
¢ently discharged from the navy.
WATKINSVILLE SAILOR
GETS DISCHARGE
David E. Weatherford, F 1-c,
has been discharged from the
Navy after a year in service, six
months of hich were overseas. Bie
-0" 20ing into service he lived in
"'atkinsville and was a meter tes
ler. We graduated from Athens
Business College.
SEVEN ATHENIAN RELEASED
-'\[ JACKSONVILLE
5 Wayman Tanksley, S 1-¢, 1391
Jonee street; John H. Seymour,
© 200 Lucian I. Ttylor, Storekeep~
°r 3-¢, 130 Springdale: David
Slack, S 8 2-c, 664 Barber street;
~Gward F Williams S 1-c; Rt. 3;
Eddie C. Edwards, Baker. 3-c, Rt.
o And Vinson E. McElahannon,
S 2-c. Rt. 3; were recently dis
tharged from the navy gzt the
Vacksonville severetion sapten - =
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
.
Labor Complaint
Hearing O
earing Opened
Here On Monday
! A hearing on a complaint
against the Athens Manufacturing
Company, filed with the National
Labor Relations Board by the
Athens Textile Workers Union,
CIO, is being conducted here at
the post office building by Exam
iner H. Ruckel.
The Union charges the company
with unfair labor practices and
refusal to bargain collectively: The
company denies the charge.
Murphy Candler or Decatur is
chief attorney for the company
and has associated with him Abit
Nix of Athens of the firm of Er
win and Nix. M. A. Prowell, an
attorney for the Labor Relations
Board, is assisting in ascertaining
the facts in the complaint.
About forty witnesses for the
Union are said to be ready to tes
tify. Yesterday, opening day of
the hearing, Seab Burgess, presi
dent of the Athens Union, Mrs.
Clara Kunan and Kenneth Douty,
of the CIO, testified. The hearing
may require several days after
which the Examiner will file his
report with the NLRB for final
determination.
HOUSING FUNDS
WASHINGTON, March 26 —
(AP) — A new $253 727,000 fund
to provide temporary homes fov
war veterans was approved by
the House Apropriations Com
mission today and sent to the
floor for a vote probably tomor
row.
FOUR ATHENIANS RECEIVE
DISCHARGE IN CHARLESTON
William L. Evans, S 1-c, 794
Prince avenue, Simon Sims; STM
2-c, 186 John street, Herbert Alex
)ander Shook, S 1-¢, 886 Chase
‘street; and Douglas A. Sailors,
S 1-c, Rt. 1; were all recently
discharged at the navy separation
center in Charleston.
Evans was a clerk before enter
ing service. He was in the navy
15 months, and 9 1-2 of these were
spent overseas. He is entittled to
wear the Asiatic-Pacific and the
American theater ribßons.
Sims’ civilian occuation was
farming. He was overseas five
months, and 91-2 of these were
spent overseas He is entitled to
wear the Asiatic-Pacific and the
American theater ribbons.
Sims’ ciilian occupation was
farming. He was overseas five
months and has the American
theater, Asiktic-Pacific, and
Philippine liberation ribons.
Shook was in the Navy 14
months and overseas seven. He
has the European and American
theater ribbons.
‘Sailors, who Wwas a farmer,
spent a year and a half in ser
vice, with seven months over
seas He was on navy fothall
squad and is entitled to wear the
American theater ribbon.
A ki i
JAMES P. KNOWLES, SE.
DISCHARGED FROM NAVY
James P. Knowles, sr. SKU 2-¢,
has been discharged from the
navy after 23 months of service.
He is the son of Mrs. Lillian Tuck
Knowles and the husband of Mrs.
Mae Nell Knowles.
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leSCBABGED AFTER
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~ Henry D Andrews, 599 Prince
avenue was discharged from the
LM at Fort McPherson after
Full Associated Service.
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RUSSIANS WITHDRAW FROM IRAN ,
Russia reporfs that troeps are withdrawing fram Meshed,
Sharud, and Samnan area (1) which begun March 2. Kurdish
tribesmen along Azerbaijan border revolt and proclaim inde
pendence, with headquarters in Azerbeian (2). Red troops re
ported to be withdrawing from XKazvin area (3).
Police Seek Daylight
Robbers In Atlanta
ATLANTA, March 26.—(AP)—
Police were searching today for
three men who staged a bold
daylight robbery in a downtown
store and made away with a
handbag containing $5,000.
While scores _of startled cus
tomers and clerks looked on, the
men held up an employe yester
day and then fled in a red auto
mobile bearing stolen licerise
plates, said City Detectives John
Crankshaw and Glyn Cowan.
H. 6. Grant Named
Chief, University
Veterans Censer
! High G. Grant has been appointed
chief of the Veterans Administra
tion Guidance Center at the Uni
versity of Georgia succeeding Roy
G. Vinson who has been {rans
ferred to the regional office.
The apointment of Mr. Grant
Iwas made by Vaux Owen, mana
ger, Veterans Administration in
[Georgia. :
| The Announcement Said
Mr. Grant, a native of Alabama,
has spent several years in Georgia
his parents; the late Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Grant having resided
at one time in Savannah; educat
ed at Harvard University, The
George Washington University
and Howard College; degrees, £
B, A. M, LL. D; in educational.
work as school principal professor
Alabama Polytechnic Instiiute,
supervisor rehabilitation work
for Alabama State Board of Edu
cation and member of staff of
Federal Board for Vocational Edu
cation in the rehabilitation pro
gram for veterans of World War 1;
organized the program of educa
tion and training for veterans cf
Waorld War IT under the Veterans
Administration in the State of
Oregon in 1943-44; since the late
fall of 1944 member of the ad
visement staff of the .Veterans
Administration, Atlanta, specializ
ing in the rehabilitation of blind
ed veterans of World War II inl
Georgia Served in the U. S. Army
in World I and is a member of the
American Legion. .
Guidarice Center |
Pursuant to negotiations be
tween the Veterans Administra
tion and the University of Geor
gia several months ago the plan
for the Guidance Center for vet
erans of World War II was formu
lated and the Center subsequently
established last November in
Baldwin Hall. A
The plan is one of cooperation
betwezn the Veterans Adminis
tration and, the University of
Georgia, a dxrecfiorwdung
the Univefsity and a Chie m.]
senting 'm;v-;
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Athens, Ga.,.Manday, March 25; 1946.
Soviet Contests Validity 0f Iran's
Appeal To United Nations Gouncil
RUSSIAN DELEGATE CITES STALIN'S
STATEMENT AS GOOD-WILL PROOF
NEW YORK, March 26— (AP)
— Soviet Ambassador Andrei
Gromyko toid the United Nations
Security Council today that Iran’s
letter of appeal for Council help
contained subject matter not “fit
to be placed on the agenda” of
the Council.
Gromyko’s argument appeared
directed at having the Council
pass over the Soviet-Iranian con
troversy for the present.
He spoke after -Council Presi
dent Quo Tai Chi of China had
swept aside as unready for action
technical items on the agenda of
Reuther, Thomas
In UAW Campaign
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March
26.— (AP) —The spirited battle
for the leadership of the CIO
Auto Workers Union —the na
tion’s largest union — neared a
showdown today with both sides
claiming an edge in the contest.
The issue, however, will be
settled tomorrow when 2,000 del
egates vote on whether to keep
R.'J. Thomas as president or re
place him with Walter Reuther.
More. fireworks were expected
today on the convention floor,
where yesterday’s session was
thrown into an uproar by a sud
den but futile attempt on the
part of Reuther ‘supporters to
force a debate between the two
candidates.
Lashes Strike Strategy
Thomas ‘issued a folder which
made a further assault on Reu
ther’s leadership of the General
Motors strike. Thomas praised
the “guts” of the strikers but
said Reuther showed ‘‘unscrupu
lous irresponsibility.” He said
Reuther’s wage demand on Gen
eral Motors threw a “bombshell”
into the whole CIO postwar
strategy, which, he added, was to
“apply the pressure” through
steel rather than the auto indus
try.
Reuther, UAW vice-president,
addressing a rally last night, re
plied that Thomas lacked cour
age because he refused a chal
lenge to a debate with him.
Reuther then' accused his op
ponents of “mud-slinging and
character. assassinations,” said he
didn’t want to be president if he
had to resort to such tactics, and
devoted most of his speech to
outlining a program for the un
ion.
Whacks AFL
In so doing, he got in a re
sounding whack at AFL leaders,
declaring that “I think some day
we're gging to free the AFL rank
and file from those bureaucrats.”
The voting for officers iomor
{Conlinued on Page Five)
Army Denies Revolt
YOKOHAMA, March 26.—(AP)
—Colonel J. P. Kaylor, Eighth
Army intelligence officer, said
today there have been scattered
Japanese protests against frater
nization on Hokkaido Isiand bul
he denied reports that there was
any anti-occupation movement
there. ’
Intelligence reports do not sub
stantiate stories by a British cor
respondent, A. Noyes Thomas of
News of the World, I_.andon, that
kaido is rising against tmq;‘;i
the 11th Airborne Division, Kay
et oo )
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» ESTABLISHED 1832.
today’s Council session, second in
America, and plunged the peace
enforcement agency into discus
sion of the tangled Iranian issue,
Insist On Report
~ Both American and British rep
resentatives had made it plain be
fore the meeting that they intend
ed to insist on a full and immed-~
iate report from the Soviet Union
and Iran on what they have
agreed to about getting Red Army
troops out of the Middle Eastern
nation. Gromyko had let it be
known that, barring new instryc
tions from Moscow, he would seek
to block any immediate considera
tion.
| UNRRA FIREWORKS
™~ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,
" March 26 — (AP) — United
~ States Delegate C. Tyler
+» Wood: bluntly and openly pro
tested today that a Ukrainian
"~ Russian move to sidetrack an
* UNRRA argument because it
had politiecal implications
" would be “the course of cow
+» ardice.”
The great powers went into to
day’s meeting split along the us
ual line, but split much less seri
ously than if Russiar® troops had
not been at the time already with
drawing from Iran.
The Soviet Council member got
around to describing Iranian
charges as unfit for Council con
sideration after citing Associated
Press Correspondent Eddy Gil
more’s letter from Prime Minis
ter Stalin last Friday as evidence
that Stalin fully backs the United
WNations and its Security, Council.
Only new instructions from
Moscow to Ambassador Andrei
Gromyko could avert a sharp de~
bate,* authorities said, and Prime
Minister Stalin’s statement on the
situation last night was .interpret
:‘g tmlam ing little prospect of
ot / n
Stalin said the question of with
drawing Russian troops from
Iran—central issue raised in the
Iranian complaint filed with -the
Council last week—is now a eclos
ed matter because they are being
withdrawn under a Soviet-Iranian
agreement.
Byrnes Seeks Airing
Secretary of State Byrnes is un
derstood to feel there is no need
to raise now the fact that they
should have been out by March
2, although some British officials
are still hammering on this point.
But Byrnes is ready to insist that
the Soviet -~ Iranian agreement
should be brought before the
Council at once for study and pos
(Continued on page seven.)
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MUST EXPAND IF
RESPONSIBILITIES MET, GRIER SAYS
| “Our educational pEogram
rust expand upward, downward.
cutward and inward.” said City
School Superintendent B. M.
Grier in addressing memberg of
the Kiwanis Club Tuesday,
pointing out ®aat ‘“mcver in the
history of the worlg has educa
tion been called upcn to should
er so many responsibilities ag at
the present.”
Taking up the upward growth,
the speaker said iae need 18
great in the field of adult edu
cation. He saig that in addition
to the familiar type cf adult ed
lucation in our schocls that insti
iutes, conferences, community
meetings on current public ques
tions should be added to evening
school activities, with discussions,
forums, panels and symposiums
being added to the methods.
“Local ‘experts, community
leaders ang well-informed = citi
zens should be added to the
ctaffs,” sd#id Mr, Grier. “The
controversial issues, local, state,
national and international, should
be added to the curriculum.”
Adequate Counseling
Another form of adult educa
tion is the adjusiment of Veterans
te civilian life, he,said, pointing
Gut that most veterans will need
adequate counseling service by
qualified counselors who under
stand their problem, preferably
himself a veteran.
Asserting that as the schools
grow upward they also must
grow downward, the speaker said
that as education does not cease
when a child leaves scaools, so
it “does not begin wheri he enters
school.”” He saia that a child
will have ‘learned haif the things
he will ever known before he
reaches school age and that his
health habits and ‘aftitudes, as
well ag his pattern of social be
havior and speech are largely
determined by his pre-schoo!
years. ;
" “Egucation must grow outward
into the community,” Superin
tendent Grier declared. adding
Q% 1 can safely regard itself
Method Of Harnessing
Atomic Energy Is Hinted
State Dept. Official Tells Solons
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Bomb Elements Can Be ‘Denatured’
WASHINGTON, March 26—(AP)—An easier road toward world
wide shating of atomic energy secrets appeared opening up today
with reports that scientists have discovered how to render plutorium
useless for bomb-making. 3 T
f This “denaturing” process as
\'sertedly would not interfere with
the release of atomic power for
‘,industrial purposes.
. These reports were carried to
the Senate’s special atomic com
mittee yesterday by Undersecre
tary of State Dean Acheson.
Members said he presented a
study which urged an internation
al licensing system to control raw
materials and the production of
atomic energy for peaceful uses.
But the recommendations were
quickly overshadewed by state
ments three senators credited to!
Acheson that scientists have learn
ed how to “denature” both plu~l
torium and U-235. These are the
substances. which furnish the |
atoms that are spljt to release vast |
power. |
One senator, who declined to
be quoted by name, said the prob
‘lem of sharing atomic secrets with
the rest of the world may be “very \
much simplified” if the process is
proved in practical operations.
- He pointed out that if a way
can be found to control tightly the
‘world’s supply of fissionable ma
’terial and if it can be treated to
make it useless for explosive pur
poses, then there need be little
ifear of the secret manufacture of
A-bombs. e :
But he added that there still is
a long way to go—even if the
element can be so “poisoned” —
to make certain that it could not
be manufactured in the original
Iform in which it'was used in the
Nagasaki bomb. The understand
!ing of all concerned. he said, is
that once the plutorium is “de-I
natured,” it is extfemely difficult
to return to it its original quali
ties.
There was a feeling among sen
ators, also, that the reported de
naturing discovery may open the
way for commercial use of atomic
energy.
‘ Dr. Edward U. Condon, director
of the government’'s Bureau of
‘Standards and scientific adviser
to the atomic committee, acknowl
edged that this was the “implica~
tion” of the discovery.
the center around whaich we set
‘ltle .our communits problems,
‘meetings which wili afford ex
change of ideas, compromise and
}lay the foundation for sound de
velopment.
~ Emphasizing that tha putpose
of education is twofold; first, to
inculcate "in the student those
qualities waich make for respon
‘sible citizenship, and second, to
help him attain the optimum de
velopment of his capacities as an
individual, the speaker saig that
‘not only must our schools grow
upward, downward and outward
‘but they must also develop inter
nally.
Build Undersicnding
As this nation wag able to re
spond to tae demznds of wat
after relatively short = prepara.
tion, now our children must be
taught to wage peace with equal
effectiveness, - Mr. Giier said
“They must build tolerance, un.
derstanding and .am outlook
which_ reaches beyond state and
national boundarieg if we are to
have an enduring peace.
“The public sciools of Athens,
being a part of the national sys
tem of education, must fit them
gelves in the pattern where they
can rhake the most valuable con.
tributions to our national wel
fare,” M. Grier declared, think
ing and planning on the part of
the Board of Education. He said
e Board is working very hard
in thig direction. He said it also
requ-es on the part ¢f the indi
vidual citizen patience, under
standing, cooperation and finan
cial support, and said the Board
has embarked on a program that
fits well into the paitern he had
discussed. -
He called attention to the fact
#hat Athenians voted a bond is
sue of $235,000 to provide more
adequate school building facili
ties and that a bill has been in.
troduced in congress which will
give to the states in the lower in
come bracket. of which Georgia
is one, a sixty percent matching
fund of the cost Tfig abiclhoo:
b“ildmg mm“‘: 18 Y 1
and when 7 fadsed, ‘will give
Athens. | apxxhlttly one-halt
million doDavs in addition to the
A. B. C. Paper — Single Copy, 3c — 5c Sunday
Test A-Bomb May
WASHINGTON, March 26—
(AP)—A plan to step up the ship
rushing effect of the second
Atomic bomb test is under study.
It calls for exploding the wea
pon under water, rather than on
he surface.
Saying the change probably
will be adoped, experts familiar
with the work of the jeint Army-«
Navy bomb test task force told
a reporter it would not, how--
ever, supplant the projected third
experiment—an explosion several
thousand set below the surface of
the sea.
Simulates Fleet Attack
But they said the detgnation in
the comparatively shall&v waters
of Dikini Lagoon would simu=
late more closely an operation
against a fleet at anchor than the
previously considered ideas of ex
pioding the bomb at or slightly
above the surface.
A, bomb set off at g depth of
25 to 50 feet would represent a
}dalayedr action mine planted by
steaithy submarine or a super
depth charge dropped by an air
plane. The Bikini Lagoon is some
185 feet deep in spots.
The first test, now set for ear
ly July is to be an explosion se
veral hundred feet above the tar
get fleet, The bomb is to be
droped by a high-flying B-29.
By exploding the bomb even
slightly under water the mechani
cal efefets of the explosion are
expected to be aggravated in ron
siderable degree. The amount of
hull-crushing shock transmiited
through the water may be sub
stantially greater than that pro
duced by a latera] blast such as
would result from an explosion at
the surface. .
- The membership of both groups
of judges for the test was expect
ed to be completed today Presi
ldent Truman late yesterday an
‘nounced his appointees to a nine
‘man civilian commission to eva
luate results of the tests for the
‘White House and the public. This
cleared the way for announce
ment by the task force of a se
ven-man military-civilian board
to make' a military evaluation.
Solons On Commission
Mr. Truman assigned four
members of Congress to his cem
mission—Senators Hatch {(D-NM)
and Saltonstal] (R-MASS), chair
man May (D-KY) of the house
military committee and Rep. An
drew (R-NY). Saltonstall is a
member of the Senate Naval Com
mittee, Hatch of the Foreign Rela
ions Committee and Andrews of
the House Military Committee.
Serving with the legislators will
be Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer,
one of the pioneers in A-Bomb
designing; Dr. Karl Compton,
Veteran President of the Massa
chusetts institute of Technology;
Bradle Dewey, the former rub
ber administrator; William S.
Newell Bath, Me., Iron Works
president, and Fred &arls, i,
mining engineer and specia] assis
tant to Secretary df State Byrnes.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and mild with scat
tered showers this afternoon,
tonight and Wednesday.
GEORGIA: Mostly cioudy
and continued warm this afi
ernoon, tonight and Wednes
day, followed by clearing and
cooler weather in the west
and north portions Wednes
day afternoon. Showers to
night and Wednesday begin
ning over the northwest por
tion this afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest . ' .@8
Lowest: (. sroiliny e
Mean .5 v vaikimivev.Bo
Normal .o .. uiee 399
. RAINFALL
Inches dast 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since March 1 .. .. 2.23
Deficit since' March 1 ... 1.87
Average March rainfall .. 5.00
Total since January 1 .%..16.84
Excess since January 1 .. 450
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SPEED HOMES
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)FUR VETERA
WASHINGTON, March 26 —
(AP)—The government, acting to
speed construction of homes for
veterans, today clamped drastic
frestrictions on building or repair
of virtually all other structures.
- The Civilian Production Admin
istration issued a far-reaching or
der, effective at once, forbidding
the start of any new commercial
or industrial construction’ unless
specifically authorized.
~ This applies to such things as
stores, office buildings, road
houses, theaters and factories.
The objective is to make more
scarce materials available for the
2,700,000 new homes the govern
ment is aiming at during the next
two years,
The measure, annoynced by
National Housing Expediter Wil
son W. Wyatt and CPA Adminis~
trator John D. Small, applies
throughout the United States and
in Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands. It probably will be ex
tended later to Alaska and Hawaii.
It permits completion of any
construction already ' begun, pro
vided “any of-the materials which
are to be an integral part of the
structure have been incorporated
iin it on the site” before today,
and if work is being carried on at
present.
' Exceptions Listed
The order does not apply to
construetion, repair, alteration or
installation jobs on which, the cost
does not exceed these allowances:
1. Houses designed for five or
fewer families, also farmhouses or
other structures, such as a garage,
on residential property—s4oo a
job. § 1%
2. Hotel, resort, apartment house
or other residential building de
signed for occupancy by more
than five families—sl,ooo a job.
3. Commercial or service estab
lishment, such as offire, store, ga
rage, theatet, warehouse, radio
station, gas service station—sl,oooo
a job.
S buildings exclu
'farmgom—sl ,000 a ioh, dhlg
_ 5. Church, hospital, school, pub=
lic building, charitable institution
—sl,ooo a job. :
6. Factory, plant or other in
dustrial structure used for manu
facturing, processing or assemb
ling; logging and lumber camp:
pier structure for a commercial
airport or carrier terminal; rail
way or street car building; re~
;search laboratory; pilot plant;
motion picture set: utility strue
iture. including telephone and tele
‘graph: gas or petroleum refining
or distribution, except serwvice
§t:;)tions and garages—sls,ooo a
job.
; 7. Other structure—s2o6o a job.
Regional Offices Planned
; Technically the order requires
formal authorization before even
‘homes for veterans can be built.
}The Natjonal Housing Adminis
tration expects to give these
homes the green light, however,
under its emergency housihg pfo
gram for veterans. )
Ta carry out the new order,
CPA is setting up a regional con~
struction office in each of the 71
cities where the Federal Housing
Administration has offices.
Working with each of these
CPA offices will be an advisory
committee of prominent citizens,
‘who Small said, “will screen each
‘project in the light of the peculari
ties of the local situation.”
Committee recommendations
will be subieot to ‘appeal to dis
trict and national CPA offices.
“We want the public to realize,”
Small said, “that even under.the
unavoidable restriction of this
regulation, certain necessary new
construction activities will be per
mitted to go forward side by side
with veteran housing” =
e & .
Athenian Added To =
Staff By Fortson
ATLANTA, March 26.—(AP)=
Secretary of State Ben W. Fori
son, jr., announced today the ad
dition of Joe N. Burton of Ath
ens to his staff. 3§
Burton, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Burton of Athens, was shot
down twice while in the Air
Corps during World War IL
Night fighters got him over Eng
land, flak downed him in Ger
many where he was a prisoner of
war for six months. vk