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Mian Nnaratare Dafuca ! awie’
Mine Operators Refuse Lewis’ Welfare Demands
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Foreign Ministers Near Close
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0f Present Session; Little Done
PARIS, May iS—(AP)—U. S. Secretary of State Byrne : :
to the Foreign Ministers Council today that a pcuce‘ C“'L]?e?;ss;)s‘t‘)i{
called Novembe l'.liz to draft a peace treaty for Germany, an Ameri
informant sald. .
a 4 ession completely taken' eot e :
T EBE S T |v« v
: In a session completely t_aken
up with discussion of critical
Ge 'man probems, Byrnes pro
posed that representatives of
Britain, Russia, France and the
Uniteq States starg meeting im
mediately to draw up a treaty
drafy for Ge'many which the
foreign ministers could present
to the peace conference, the in
formant said.
If tue datg of Nov. 12 is adop
t.d, the peace conference would
coivene on the 25th anniversa:y
of the opening session of the
16351 Washington disarmament
conference and *2B years and a
day after the 1918 armistice.
Byrnes was reported to have
poposed that the foreign min
isters’ representatives firsy re
port on tae economics status of
Germany to the foreign minis
ters council at their next meet
irt, possibly June 15
Sources close to the Russian
delegation predicted todav that
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyach
¢slav M. Molotov would agree to
2 U. S. proposal to summon a
olnation peace confeence in
July following another four
rower conference next month.
These sonrces expressed belief
that waile Molotov would ac
cede to three of the four sug
oestions made last night by U. S.
Sceretaty of State Byrnes he
aefin'tely would mnot agree to
piace the Austrian treaty on the
agenda for a suggested Big Four
foreign ministers session June 15.
It appeared, meanwhile, that
the curent conference migat
wind up its work tomorrow
without basic agreement on
peace {reaties. “The Sacred
Cow” President Truman’s per
sonal plane, already was report
ed on its way to Paris to return
Byrmes and the U.S. delegaiipn
te Washingten.
The conferees were ready to
furn to Gernan problems today
for the first time since they met
kere April 25. Tae fist ques
ticn on the day’s agenda was
whether Caina in the person of
Ambassador Tsien Tai, would
be vermitted to participate in
the discussion of Germany.
The last item on the agenda
for the preseng cobference was
seaedulen te he Franee's demand
for political detachment of the
Luh-, the Saar and the Rhineland
‘wom Western Germany. This
was expectad to occupy the
Council until tomor:ow.
Mrs. H. B. Wallace
Dies Tuesday
Lexington Home
Mrs. Hugh B. Wallace, promi
nent resident of Lexington, died
al her home Tuesday afternoon
at 4:55 o’clock. Mrs. Wallace, 89,
had been ill for several months.
~raveside services were . con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at 4
oclock in_Clarke cemetery, Lex-
Ligtgn, with Rev. T. A. Childs,
I’E‘c.\b}‘l(-i'i:m minister, and Rev.
"\”- J. Atha, Methodist minister,
OllicCiating,
Pallbearers were Wallace Ama
son, Warren Daniel, Herschel
¥£fbol,ts‘ Hugh Calloway,~Edgar
Maxwell, George Barron, Charlie
Crawford and Jimmie Chafin.
Bernstein Funeral Home was in
t'hiii“,;'c of arrangements.
dlt;\ll‘jv‘:& ‘\.\'ulla‘ce is survived by a
14(:{‘ :\} 111-ll‘x(li-hny, Mrs. Hugh. Wal
w r e gf}v:lle; two sisters,
("If 'homas Howe, Glendora,
P:clizrbl“ f,m‘d Mrs. E. G. Russell,
Mrs (L)Afd«(‘h' Calif.; three nieces,
Tenn t.“,lf “li’onelgon, Memphis,
::ndiij!.!“"“ Mrs. Henry Freemai
erm,.‘f,‘l.f\' Hugh Powell, both oi
il Ala.; and two
i .%th c.\ux, H_ugh Wallace,
' Athens, and Miiss Lottie Wal
‘ace, Monticello,
st native of Columbus, Tenns,
ut!jxt of I:“'ld'ce had' . R
i » exington since 1903. She
b § ~Mmember of the Presbyte
mf”,‘*“}“'““ and one of her com-~
mity’s most beloved citizens.
% L{\BOR CONVENTION
N‘Dge‘(}f’v GA., May 15—(AP)
er;»tiongdo(fs t,o th,e Swurgia Fed-
Convention eet postwgr
President ltOday heard ey
Mahagem call for closer labor
v 1 ent rel_atlons and a more
itizenship.
Addressin . .
of the thre g the opening session
sicent Ch::i'fifly convention, Pre
thet tigq - es Gramling declared
neme & @ matter of simpie eco
iClcs there must be 7
and maintaineq established
blince begu an equilibrium, a
Pover of m..-esl:a,thf__?f?ducfive‘
SUming power « e and the con
a 8 of our le
‘lt either get. .
We have o 8; _s._c:ut of line, there
conditio@ isastrous economic
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD HSME
Draft Extension
Bans Fathers’,
Youths' Induction
WASHINGTON, May 15--(AP)
—Childless men 206 through 29
years ‘old came back into the
draft pitcure today as President
‘Truman’s choice of “the lesser of
two evils” kept selective service
legally alive but crippled.
For the moment, however, only
menr 20-25 will be inducted.
Mr. Truman chose last night tc
sign a 45-day stop-gap exten
sion of the draft law—»but with an
outright ban on inductions of ei
ther fathers or teen-age youths—
rather than let the act expire at
midnight.
The chief executive affixed his
signature just four hours Lefore
th deadline. Less than two hours
earlier ‘the Senate rammed
through the extender after Sen
ator Langer (R-ND) abandoned
his threat to talk selective ser
vice to death.
Draft director Lewis 18. Her
shey immediately wired local
becards to confine inductions to
men in the under-26 group Mr.
Truman disignated when Japan
fely last August, but army offi
cials in a position to knew said
this will have to be changed.
Noting that ¢he new law
specifically _permits men 20
through 29 to be draftd, one offi
cial #aid, “of course, that’s what
wec’ll have to do.” he ask~d not
to be identified by name.
At draft headquarters, spokes
men took the position that it is
up to the army to take any steps
to raise the top limit set by the
President.
Old Judge Throws
Younger Man, -
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Gives Him 90 Days
GARY, IND., May . 15—
(AP)—Superior Judge Homer
. S. Sackett, 69, left his bench
yesterday and grappled with
and twice threw to the floor
Virgil Underwood, 35 year
old, 6 foot, 3 inch, 175 pound
tavern owner of Black Oak,
Ind.
Bailiff Joseph Melzer said
that Underwood, who was in
court as a defendant in a di
vorce case during a coafer
er.ce with his wife, her attor
ney, Richard S. Kaplan, and
witnesses, had struck a wo
man witness, blacking her
eye. .
Judge Sackett grabbed Un+
derwood, pulied him over a
three-foot railing and threw
him to the floor, after which,
Melzer said, Kaplan came to
his aid.
Underwood got up and
swung at the judge, but Sack
ett who is 5 feet 7 inches tall
and weighs 165 pounds seized
him around the neck ugain
and threw him to the floor.
Deputy sheriffs ran in from
the hallway and took charge
of Underwood.
Jack Sackett returned to
the bench and fined Under
wood S2OO and sentenced
him to 90 days in jail for
centempt of court.
Annual Art Auction
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egisters $1,593
At Closing Sale
At the close of the Sixth An
nual Art Auction, sponsored by
the University Art Department
last might, the total registered
£1,593 to tlae number of pieces
sold, than last year’s tota.
The Lamar Dodd cup Wwas
cwarded by he Art Students
League to Ezra Sellers, Young
Harris, for showing the most an
selfish attitude and for render
ing the most se-vice to the de
partment.
The scholarships were award
ed to Rachel Charp, Signal Moun
tain, Tenn.. Ann Caifioun, Au
gusta; Frances Benson, Augusta;
end a scholarship was split be
tween Marilvn Kelly and Kath
srine Lanman, both of Birming
ham. Ala.; becauve they were
esually competent. These were
thosen because of their schoiar
ship and promise as art students.
Eull Associated Press Service Athens Ga., Wednesday May 15, 1946.
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“Fouod. Food,” cry these starving Chinese. Hunan province was once the “rice bow!” of central
China. Now the “rice bow!” is empty and so are the rice bowls. Te offset starvation of these and
millions of other famine-ridden peoples, a six- week holiday in output of flour for American use
has been proposed in view of rapidly dwindling wheat stocks at the mills.
WHEAT SUPPLIES AT MILLS DWINDLING:
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WASHINGTON, May 15.—(AP)—Fast-dwindling wheat supplies at the mills tb‘rggtened today to
force a six-week holiday in the output of flour for domestic con§umpiion. This possibility arose as the
House Agriculture Committee announced a comprehensive investigation of both the . domestic and
world food situations, with the first session set tomorrow. g- Mi
2 S o hinina s . ERasasartneny 013 .MO )
TALMADGE, CARMIGHAEL, RIVERS
HERE TOMORROW; FORMER
SPEAKS AT ARTS AUDITORIUM
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Carmichagl At Griffin Today; Rivers,
Talmadge To Clash Next Saturday P. M.
All three leading candidates for Governor will be in Athens Thurs
day, two to attend a meeting of the Gridiron Club and one to delivet
a campaign speech.
Meanwhile, students are conducting a straw ballot today by the
Student Carmichael Club, to decide ‘who is going to “win the election
on the campus.” : el EFRER
Former Governor Eugene Tal
madge, an alumnus of the Uni
versity, will deliver a speech on
his ecampaign at tne Fine Arts
Anditorium Thursday night at 8
o’clock. . :
“ormer Governor E, D. Rivers,
wiao will speak on the campus
comie time later in the campaign
and James V. Carmichael, will
be here alsp Thursday. Mr. Ca~-
michael will be inducted into
the Gridiron as an hoborary
member. Ex-Governow Rivers,
an alumnus of Young Harvis Col
lege in North Georgia, has been
an onorary member of Gridiron
for some time.
University Policy
Rivers will speak over Radio
Station WSB from Atlanta Wed
-I.esday (tonight) ag 10:30 o’clock.
Carmichael speaks at Griffin this
aiternoon and a+ Macon Friday.
Rivers speaks over WSB at 3 p.
m.. next Saturday and Talmadge
cpens his campaign at Lyons at
2.30 next Saturday, immediately
alfter Rivers ends hig speeca.
In speaking of the University
rolicy on candidates, President
Harmon Caldwell said that “so
long as the same privileges are
extended to all candidates for
governor, I see ng objection to
ow- permitting candidates 1o
come on the campus and speak
io our student body. .
«Many of our students will
vote in ‘the forthcomirg - elec
tion,” he continued, “and I think
that they ought to have an op
porunity to be acquainted with
issues and personalities in tae
forthcoming race for governor.
The University must not, how
ever, discriminate against any
candidate; every candidate must
have the opportunity, if he wish
es, to present his case to the
students.” & L
«Ti,e sponsorship of these
speeches; will be _strictly non
partisan,” according to Frank
Myers, Americus, president of
the Veterans’ Group. “The vete
rans organization does ot in
tend to declare itself for any
candidate, but wishes each to
have a chance to present his
platform to the students.
When told that the students
raight “heckle” the various
speakes, William Tate, dean of
siadents. stated: “President Cald
well fag officially announced
that student organizations may
invite candidates to speak on
the campus. We should all be
conscious of the fact that these
persons are official guests of the
Tlniversitv, and are therefore to
L accorded every possible con
sideration. Ceriainiy any efforis
e¢n the pary of students to par
ticipate in current politics shoula
be conducted on a high plane, and
sheuld in no .way be touched
’with rowdyism. "4 f. 0
CARMICHAEL DELIVERS
FIRST STUMP SPEECH
- GRIFFIN, Ga., May 15—(AP)
-~James V. Carmichael, in his
first stump speech since .opening
his gubernatorial campaign in
Moultrie, predicted today that
“the good people” of Georgia
will “blast out the discredited
dictators and wastrels with a
barrage of ballots.”
Directing his appeal to taous
ands of new voters—veterans,
teen ager's and citizens who pre
viously were disqualified for fail
use to pay the poll tax—the curly
haired, 36-year-old attorney and
manufacturer made no promises,
except:
“I will mever do anything to
bring shame to the good name
of Geo-gia. I will never waste
your money by extravagant
soending. I will do my best to
make this state tiae most hon
est, most fair, most decent gov
ernor it ever had—a governor
who thinks for himself, acts fo~
himself, who takes dictation from
r.one but the voice of the people
of Georgia.”
Speaking from a platform in
front of tae Spalding county
courthouse, Carmichael was in
troduced by John H. Goddavd,
commander of the Griffin Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
To the veterans, Carmichael
caid:
“You are Geovgia’s hope of to
morrow . . . in this new fight
vou are called upon to crusade
for decency and rigat; decency
in your state capitol; the right to
live free, happy, prosperous
lives—the right to pass on to
yvour children clean, honest, ef
ficient government.”
Of the ’teen agers, he said:
“These young men and young
women are not interesteqd in pol
itical machines, manipulation
and chicanery. They are interes
ted in seeing to. it that they have
a state of which they can be
proud.”
(Continued on Page Two)
Two Seaboard Trains
To Resume Service
Service on two Seaboard Alr
line trains. recently discontin
ved, because of the coal saort
age, will be resumed tonight and
Thursday, the Seaboard office
announceg this moring.
Train No. 12, northbound
from Atlanta to Hamlet and
scheduled to leave Athens at
12:30 a. m., will resume service
tonight, whiie train No. ii,
soutabound from Hamlet to At
lanta, which leaves here at 4:30
#/ m., will resume service
Thursday morning.
Chairman Flannagan (D.-Va.)
said if evidence warranted the
committee - also would consider
the necessity for renewed food
rationing. Most lawmakers, how
ever, apparently remained unhcon
vincgl that there is need for ie
storing such controls at “this
time.
The flour situation shaped up
this way:
On May 1 mills were required
to cut their stocks to a 21-day
supply. Few if any have been
able to obtain wheat in the mean
time because the government is
offering farmers a bonus of 30
cents a bushel .above the ceiling
price—which is the top legitimate
price millers may offer. And the
1946 wheat will not start moving
to market until July.
Some mills already have shut
down and a survey last night in
dicated many others either will
close or curtail operations sharp-
Iy.
This prospect posed two prob
lems for the government:
(1) Will flour stocks on hand
be sufficient to supply consum
ers until the new wheat crop be
comes available? ' :
(2) Should the government di
vert some of the famine-reiief
wheat it is buying to American
mills in order to keep them oper
ating until the new harvest?
Secretary of Agriculture An
derson is known to be studying
these problems. Chester C. Davis,
chairman of President Truman’s
famine emergency committee, told
an interviewer that he believes
supplies of tlour now in distribu
tion ghannels will be sufficient to
meet domestic needs on the basis
of consumption recommendations
of his committee until thé new
wheat becomes available.
The committee’s consumption
standard calls, however, for vol
untary use of 40 percent less
wheat products than before the
current food emergency arose.
Davis said surveys indicate that
about one out of three consumers
is not attempting to comply witn
the “eat-less-bread” program.
Attorney General
Speaks Thursday
To Athens Lions
State Attorney General Eugeng
Cook will be the featured speak
er at the regular weekly meeting
of the Lions Club here Thursday.
Attorney General Cook, who
formerly was State Revenue
Commissioner, will speak at the
luncheon to be held in the Geor
gian Hotel at one o’clock.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy with scat
tered thundershowers tonight
and Thursday. Continued
warm., 5
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness, scattered showers
and thunderstorms this aft
ernoon, tonight and Thurs
day; no important change in
temperature.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ..o i 0.0 5B
EAWeat D S G e
B i i N dei TR
Boeral & . i ol
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 houss .. .. -00
Total gince May 1 .. ... .58
Deficit since May 1 .. .. 110
Average May rainflal ... 3.59
Total since January 1 ... .25.74
Excess since January 1 .. 6.00
Hopes Boosted
For Seftlement
Of Rail Dispute
WASHINGTON;,; May 15 —
(AP) — Government hopes pick
ea up slightly today for a settle
ment of the threatened railroad
sirike before Saturday’s walkout
deadline. :
President Truman’s personal
intervention, followed by re
sumption of negotiations at his
request and reporte of “some
progress,” did much to bolster
the guarded optimism, but offi
cials still waited anxiously for
more positive encouragement
from the actual ba-gaining ses
sions.
Pending hoped-for favorable
news, admihistration fingers
were kept tightly crossed. For
there was frank apprehension
over the effects of any nation
wide strike-by 250.000 engineers
and trainmen. With the country
still had hit. by the soft coal
stcppage, the impact of a general
rail tie-up®could do incalculable
damage.
Mr. Truman sent representa
‘ives of the unions and reilroads
back to their negotiating after a
cories of White House confer
ences yesterday. The disputants
met until nearly midnight last
sight, fyported some progress,
and scheduled anothe- session
for today. The White House has
askeq them to report back Fri
doy.
In getting negotiations resum
ed. Mr. Truman held three sepa
¥ ate confdrence. First he saw A.
¥. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, and Alvanley Johnson, head
of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers.
These two were followed by
representatives of the Switch
men, Firemen and Conductors
Unions. Finally came President
J. J. Pelley and other officials of
the Association of _ American
Railroads.
Prior to the conferences, Mar
tin Miller, legislative represen
tative of the “Big Five” railroad
brotaechoods, saig that presiden
tial intervention was the only
nessibility of averting a rail
strike Saturday over <issues of
pay and other conditions.
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Edwin Lumpkin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Lumpkin, is the new
Master Councillor of Frank Har
deman Chapter, Order of DeMo
lay, having been installed with
the other chapter officers at ex
ercises conducted Sunday after
noon at Emmanuel Episcopal
church.
Installed with Master Council
lor Lumpkin was Bobby Gibson,
son of Mrs. Geneva Gibson, Se
nior Councillor, and Paul w.
Chapman, jr., son of Dean and
Mrs. Paul W. Chapman, Junior
Councillor. Ty
Others installed were Sam Pin
son, Scribe; Douglas Epps, Chap
lain: Alex Davis, Senior Deacon;
Lauren Goldsmith, Junior Dea
con; Lamar MecGinnis, Senior
Steward; Marion York, Junior
Steward; Clarence Roberts, Almo-
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VENT STRIKE RESUMPTION
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WASHINGTON, May 15.-—(AP)—Soft coal operators today flatly
rejected as a “new social theory” John L. Lewis’ demand for a seven
percent payroll levy on operators to finance a welfare fund for mine
workers. While they did not turn down the idea of a fund, their
action seemingly erased any possibility of a permanent settlement of
the coal dispute by nightfair as President Truman asked.
o With negotiatious appargemtly
Temporary Truce
In Coal Strike
Revives Industry
By The Associated Press
Industry slowly revived today
trom effects of the 42-day coal
famine, whilg prospects brightened
that most of the 128,000 still idle
‘miners would be back in the pits
by tomorrow.
l The 175,000 AFL United mine
workers in Pennsylvania who
scored the 12-day truce ordered by
John L. Lewis were expected to
change their minds following a
state ruling yesterday that would
make them eligibie for jobless pay
benefits without any additional
waiting period.
The miners on Monday complet
ed the required five-week penalty
period, plus the regular one-week
wait.
l William Hynes, president of
UMW district 4 where only a
handful of the miners re
turned, predicted the key
stone state ruling would “help a
lot” in getting all the Pennsyl
vania’s 100,000 soft coal diggers
‘back by tomorrow.
Production in West Virginia—
the largest coal producing State—
was almost normal with 101,000 of
the total 104,000 miners working.
‘All but 7,000 or Alabama’s 23,000
‘miners were on the job, while in
Kentucky 30,000 out of 55,000 were
back in the pits. :
Industry, which only last week
was gloomily reporting layoffs and
shutdowns, gave a more optimistic
picture today. But the recovery
may be shortlivd if negotiations
between Lewis and operators fall
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DeMOLAY OFFICERS
Edwin . Lumpkin, top Ileft,
was installed Master Council
lor; Bobby Gibson, top right,
Senior Councillor, and Paul
W. Chapman, jr., bottom, at
annual Mother’s Day exer
cises held Sunday at Em
manuel Episcopal church,
ner; Allen Findley, Marshal;
Richard Cofer, Standard Bearer;
Curtis Driskell, Sentinel; John
Spratlin, Orator.
Preceptors are George Abney,
George Gibson, Tom Montgom
ery, Baxton Cook, Hoke Nash,
Bill Simpson and Billy Hilley.
The new officers were installed
by Abit Nix, member of the
Grand Council, who was assisted
by Past Commanders Gasper Pal
misano and John J. Thomas. D.
Weaver Bridges, adviser to the
chapter since it was established
many years ago and also a Past
Commander, served as Marshal.
The exercises preceded the annual
Mother’s Day Program, which is
held annually on that day in a
local church, the location for each
annual service being rotated.
Largest Attendance
Attendance was the largest in
the history of the chapter,
The Dedicatory Prayer was led
by E. B. Mell and Dr. Eugene L.
Hill, pastor of First Presbyterian
church and himself a Past Com
mander, delivered the annual
Mother’s Day address, holding the
comiflete attention of those at
tending with his lovely and in
spiring remarks.
Follgwing the program at the
church, an old fashioned picnic
was enjoyed in the lovely garden
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pittard on
Virginia avenue. ;
The meeting was the first held
since the close of the war and it
was by far the most delightful
ever ‘held because so many of the
boys who had been in service are
back home and were with their
mothers, instead of the mothers
being guests of the chapter as
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PSIACIIL L 1 WIIGA KNS
"~ With negotiatious apparengtly
otalemated, Reconversion Direc
for John W. Snyder saiq today
Fresident Truman SRI e
“every possible action” within
his power to prevent a renewal
cf the soft coal strike.
Lewis has served notice that
he will not negotiate a new con
tract “now or later” unless he
gets the fund which he propos
bed to put under the exclusive
| control of the United Mine
! Workers.
~ Ag a counterproposal to Lew
is’ proposition, the operators sug
cesteq the possibility of setting
up a jointly-financed fund for
hardsaip cases under the admin
jstration of an independent
agency such as the Reg Cross.
~ The contract negotiations re=
lceseed for three hours immedi
‘otely after the operators presen
’ted their statement. Lewis and
| cther UMW representatives re
raained behind for a saort time
o talk with government concilia
'tv:rs. Asked for comment as he
lleh the conference room, Lewis
reolied:
“It seems that for a coal
miner there is nc balm in
Gilead.”
Government Conciliator Ed
ward F. MecGrady said he had
proposed the recess but that lae
| “saw no danger” of an immediate
breakup of negotiations or of
Lewis’ walking out of the con
tract confere:.es.
[ Lewis and Charles O'Neill, of
ficial spokesman for the opera
tcrs are due to report to Presi
!c‘.ent Truman during the after
‘noon. | -l
~ The operators gave three ma
jor reasons for rejecting Lewis’
cdemand for the levy to bé paid
Ly operators who estimated it
| would net the union $70,000,000
ahnually on the basis of last
year’s payroll:
‘ “l..The Cq%fi would not
exe-cise such au ox% and make
a commitment of this character
for the industry, and further,
this matter does not go to e
}nuestion of wages . hours or
working conditions.
“2. That the plan -constitutes
double taxation on the industry
for social welfare, for which it
is now payirg approximately 10
centg per ton . . . which in 1944
amounted te more than $61,000,~
GOO. Tais amount was contribu
ted solely by the operators.
“3. That it is a matter of pub
lic concern and is therefore a
problem that should be consid
ered not by this wage confer
ence but by public legislative
kodies ang then only after a
complete and thprough investiga
tion by such legislative bodies
of all tae problems involved.”
President Truman, meanwhile
awvaited a report by nightfall, if
pessible, on the progress of ne~
gotiations to end the two=~
month-old dispute. >
Mr. Truman last Friday asked
Lewis and Charles O'Neill,
spokesman for the operators, to
report back back in four or five
davs. This is the fifth day after
taeir White House visit.
‘Dead Of Night” "
To Be Presented
By AHS Friday
Both chills and laughs galore
are due Friday night, May 17,
at 8:30 P.M in Mell Auditorium,
when the senior class of Athens
High School presents “Dead of
the Night” as their annual senior
play, staring Carolyn Heery and
Hoke Nash.
. This year’s drama, a three act
m.ystery-farce by James Reach,
shows signs of being the best
'play produced by a senior class
ian a good many years. Its fast
moving plot will continually keep
thie audience either holding its
breath, or holding its sides.
Taking place in an old house,
supposedly empty and deserted,
the excitement begins when the
heroine, Alice Gardener, a writer,
finds the house of her fiance
occupied by a terrifying bunch of
lunatics instead of being quiet and
peuceful as she had expected it.
From there on anything can hap
pen, and most everything does.
Alice’s colored maid, Jasamine,
takes a deep dislike to both the
house and its occupants, and the
scenes in which she is being pur
sved by “Queen Elizabeth,” “Hit
ler,” “Pocohontas,” or others are
some of the funpiest in the entire
play.
Alice and Jasamine become
quite puzzled as to who ir the
house is sane, and who is not.
Glenn, or Nininky, they have a
hard time figuring out, and when
Steve Holbrook, Alice’s fiance
appears on the scene it does not
simplifv matters any. &
Al] this adds up to a delight
ful evening of entertainment that
vou cannoi afford to miss——
“Dead of the Night”. Friday May
17. at 8:30 p.m. in Mell Auditor=
ium, admission, 50 cents.