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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Published Every Evening Except Saturdsy sad Sunday and on Sunday Morning by Athens Fub- Hshing Co. Entered at the Postoffice at Athens . G#a., 8¢ second class mail matier, TELEPHONES Business Office, Advertising and’ Circulation Departments .. . 75 fews Department and Seciety . 1216 Earl B. Braswell ........... Editor and Publisher B. C. Lumpkin and Dan Magill, Associate Editors National Advertising Representatives ] Ward-Griffith+ Company Inc., New York, 247 Park Avenue; Boston, Statler Office Building; Atlanta, 23 Marietta St.; Los Angeles, 1031 South Broadway; Chicago, Wrigley Building; Detroit, General Motors Building; Salt Lake City, Hotel Nehouse; San Francisco, 681 Market St. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches cred {ted to it or not otherwise credited in the paper, also to all local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches also reserved. Full Leased Wire of the Associated Press with the Leading Features and Comics of the N. E. A, Subscription Rates in City Except by week or month, must be paid in advance B WARE ... ri Cervibihvhat u s ehis IPRID B BRI .. ... sl sanraseeninrs ke T DR RONtHD ... . ivisenis icerisdaaie vesiy BN B OREh .. . i ke ekt By Week e Rt i N T SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL I Subscription on R. F. D. Routes and in Towns within 50 miles of Athens, four dollars per year. BSubscriptions beyond 50 miles from Athens must be paid at City rate. Subscribers in Athens are requested to Call 75 before 11 a. m. the following day to make com plaint of irregular delivery in order to recelve uitention. DAILY MEDITATIONS My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give -unto them l eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. J Gospel of St. John 10, 27: 38. ¢ 1‘ Have you a favorite Bible verse? Mall to i A. F, Pledger, Holly Heights Chapel. | . | What Hit OPA BY PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON,—The unanswered question in the minds of most U. S. consumers today is, “Why did Congress do what it is doing to OPA?” The meaning of the question is that no one in his right mind can understand why the lawmakers—faced with threats of continuing scarcities, rising prices spiraling into inflation, and another tornado of strikes—would dare vote against continued price control on the eve of election. 3 Congressmen and the price control experts who have watched this battle through the war years have a realistic political solution to this riddle of why OPA is apparently being killed by mutilation instead of being allowed to die a natural death. In simple political lingo, OPA is being crushed un der a lot of logs. It is political 10g-rolling such as has not been seen in Washington since the good old Republican days when sectional blocs made deals that gave everybody something in the way of a high protective tariff. Price control renewal bills emer ging from both the House and the Senate have a lot of resemblance to the old fashioned Fordnéy-Mc- Cumber tariff bill. All were designed to keep-prices high—and to give the consumers a good squeezin’. REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS “GANGED | UP” ON OPA In tracing the political maneuvering which pro duced this result, one fact stands out. It was not entirely Republican opposition that killed off the Democratic administration program to hold down the cost of living for another year. The Democrats in Congress are just as much to blame for this sabotage as are the Republicans. The trouble began in the solid Democratic South. It began when Chester Bowles, as Price Adminis trator, declared it might be necessary to put a ceil ing price on raw cotton. It was intensified when Bowles put new trading reguiations on the cotton exchanges. They were intended to curb speculation, but they had the effect of holding down the price of raw cotton. ; Political rule number one in the cotton belt is that no candidate for office can face his voters if he has at any time done anything to prevent the price of cotton from going up. The South may have one party dominance, but it also has pretty hot competi tion in the primaries. Any congressman who ap proved OPA after Bowles announced his new cot ton policies would have been committing political suicide. The fact that the Bowles motive was to keep down the cost of cotton clothing offered no sop whatever. The second bloc in this situation comes from the industrial North and East. Office-seekers in this area depend for their campaign expenses on con tributions from manufacturers and businessmen. A politician must have campaign money before he can go after votes.*lf a group of businessmen-campaign contributors and a group of consumer-voters are waiting in a congressman’s outer office to influence him on price controls, there is no question which will get the congressman’s vote. THIRD BLOC REPRESENTS THE AGRICULTURAL WEST The third bloc is from the 20 western states. They are largely agricultural. Regardless of party, every farmer and stockman, grain dealer, feeder, and packer in this area sees ahead a great chance to make a killing in meat. The only thing that stands in the way is OPA price control. It shouldn’t take a slide rule to figure which way the wind blows in this part of the country, for or agaiust OPA. The stage being set in this fashion, action was easy. Western and Southern Democrats could see much in each other’s needs. Midwestern and Eastern Republican could likewise find much in common. The resulting bills ' which came out of both Houses of Congress are just what you'd expect. Everybody got something—just as everyone used to log-roll to get “his” in an old-fashioned tariff bill, or a rivers and-harbors or public-roads bill. ! The West got metals-mining subsidies, in spite of the fact that subsidies on meat and milk are wicked, un-American things. The cattle and grain areas got controls removed from meat and dairy products. The auto dealers got protection. The cot ton and wool and textile people got protection, And South “got” Bowles, -~ ¢+ o .he st S . ' Popularity Poll For years commencement orators have been ask ing, “Whither are we drifting?” And now, in one of the most interesting nationwide polls that his or ganization has ever conducted, Dr. George Gallup hag come up with what seems to be a tolerably ac curate answer. This answer is a consensus of answers, from all walks of life, to the Gallup Poll question, “What persan living today do you admire most?” And it indicates that we are drifting right down the middie of the road. i America’s No. 1 pin-up boy is General MacArthur, with General Eisenhower in second place. National attention may seem focused on foreign relations and domestic economy..- Congressional sentiment seems anti-militaristic. Yet these men are soldiers, not politicians. Perhaps the people haven’t forgotten the war, after all, and are expressing admiration for two war records unblemished and perhaps en chanced in the months of peace. The remaining eight favorites in the top 10 are associiited with politics. The President of the Unit ed States is running third, and his predecessor’s widow is in fourth place. The only living,éx-Presi-— dent, a conservative Republican, is sixth, in front }of the younger and more liberal Republican hope {uls, Thomas E. Dewey and Harold Stassen. But before Mr. Hoover comes that doughty, con ;servative British statesman, Winston Churchill. And behind Mr. Hoover, anead of Messrs, Dewey and Stassen, is Henry A. Wallace, an ardent New Dealer ii there ever was one. Secretary of State Byrnes got a vote of confidence and tenth place, Dr. Gallup’s top 10 are interesting enough, out the list of prominent also-rans intrigues us even more. You won’t find John L. Lewis or James C. Petrillo or any of the du Ponts among them, but Frank Sinatra and Betty Grable are there. ‘ Justice Jackson made the also-rans, but not Jus-! tice Black. Clark Gable got there, but not Maurice Evans. Bob Hope, but not Fred Allen or Jack Benny‘ or Fibber McGee. Helen Hayes, but not Katharine! Cornell. | And what does it all mean? Apparently, if Dr. Gallup’s pulse-feeling is up to normal accuracy, it means that our most vocal citizens and groups are not .the voice of the people. It means that labor hasn’t captured the public, nor has big business been enshrined in the hearts of its countrymen. Those who claim to speak for the common man would ‘do ‘well to study this list of the common man’s current idols. It reveals that while we remain sharply divided, the travail of war and the turmoil of peace have not brought any sharp changes. It may be as confusing as it is enlightening. But the revolution evidently isn’t around the corner. - Golden Sweepstakes We missed the name of Louis B. Mayer heading the list of the Treasury’s roster of top-paid Ameri cans for 1944. Mr. Mayer, a Hollywood executive, had been there for several years. And he seemed as sure a bet as Assault to lead the field again this season. But Mr. Mayer not only didn’t finish out in front. ‘He {inished out of the money—the published money; that is. And, come to think of it, we didn’t see the names of John D. Rgckefeller, Jr., or the Henry Fords (I and II) on the list, either. Instead, there was a newcomer from Hollywood named Leo Mec- Carey in first place. His take—before taxes, and doesn’t he wish he could keep it?—was $1,113,035. .~ Somehow, we don’t think that Mr. Mayer has had to take a cut, any more than Awe think that the Rockfellers and the Fords haven’t been able to at tain the $75,000 income bracket. Rather, it seems likely that Mr. Mayer has managed to accumulate the others’ rich knowledge along with considerable wealth of his own, and has now contrived a way to keep his earings from the vulgar gaze of the pub lic. . Everyone I know is living better than we were back home these past years, so we're quite willing to stay a long time.—Mrs. Louise Meadows, Ameri can lieutenant colonel’s wife in Berlin. If the British and Russian peoples can march for ward side by side in a firm alliance, peace in Europe is assured. If not, the worst might happen and the dark horses in Germany,yet achieve their evil dream of world domination,—Hugh Dalton, British Chancellor of the Exchequer. We must be ready to support the United Nations, not only by words but also by deeds. —Fleet Adml. Ernest J. King. If we fail to get food abroad, and quickly, in really adequate amounts, we shall be throwing away much of what we bought for us so dearly by those who fell in the struggle of liberation.—Dr. Everett Case, president Colgate U, There is evidence behind the iron curtain (of the Soviet) that not only are prisoners of war -being held to forced work, but considerable able-bodied persons are being dragooned from the civil popu lation to swell this labor force.—Prof. Kimball Young, Smith College sociologist. I may be a bit of a Pollyanna, but I have had a lot of experience in bringing divergent peoples to gether and I believe the Argentines will have the good sense to know that their future lies with this continent.—General Eisenhower. We must develop an increased measure of demo cracy within labor organizations with provision for secret ballot vote in the election of their own of ficers or acceptance of contracts, and in other im portant union affairs.—Harold E.’ Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota. When certain pressure groups in our nation open ly boast of the huge sums they will spend in an ef fort to elect public officials who will do their bid ding, it is time that we call their hands.—Rep. James Domengeaux (D) of Louisiana. The average cost of driving a mile was 18 cents in 1902. By 1938 it had dropped to 3.1 cents.— George W. Mason, president Automobile Manu factyrers Association. There is need for definite, constructive, impartial and early intervention by government in labor dis putes for the purpose of mediation and concilation, with ‘a required period of time in which this is to be carried on prior to stoppage.—Harold E, Stassen, former Governor of Minnestoa. .. . . . . .. THE BANNER-AERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA, “"We Were Wondering, Joe, How You'd Look Shaved” /N»\ ) A f*’fﬂ : 474" 7q . TR\, E £\ eN- - - &f’ , \l\}{/' . \ N g&— ei) ﬁJ/‘ & x\f;%k%‘l Y \/ : e o N . \\’ d \ : \[ ( & +Za T ek \?-‘4//2)” /4 \T)% bSI 4\/ \ ¢ ' Monts i ), s \ i ¢ e L % '& [/ 9\ i ' o e (l/,nv' ) 7 N/ ) ‘_:-_'7“;"; ./ [ ~ £ 43'::_3‘\;2 e a T ¢ 450, 9, == 2 “5’%4 2 w}\k \® A 4 R h}.‘_t\‘ 2/ | i ~.\ \. /’-i\ . 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She did, however, have a bridal ‘bouquet waich with the help of ‘}.er husband she succeeded in tossing straight at Sally Maynard v.ho could do nothing else but }cmch it. 4 Only the bride’s ‘mother and Major Allison, : the groom’s brotaer, were present besides Sally, the Rector of Saint Mark’s and the house physician—the lztter just in case. But there was ro need of his services and at the close of the ceremony every one considerately slipped out of the room for a few minutes so toe two could be alone. Mrs. Beach frankly 'wept and Sally tried to comfort her. Major Al lison patted both Mrs. Beach end Sally indiscriminately. His car wag outside. He was going {o drive hig brother to the air port where he was tc board the big transport plane for tae West Coast. The hospital was alive with curiosity. Both patients—those cenvalescent or for the moment free from pain—and the staff were excited. Mrs. Beach had provided a ‘huge wedding cake, small pieces of wraich, together with the flowers, wele distribu {ed through the wards. However, it was over quickly. Major Alli son hurried hig brother away and Sally and Mrs. Beach re ‘urned to the patient whom, they found—not in tears as they ex pceted—but starry-eyed with bappiness. She neld out her left hang to Sally. . * - - «“Isn’t it darling, Sally?” she said. “T won’t have to take it cff. will I?” Sally shook her head. “Not row, when you ere so neavly 'well. Why, I suppose you will ~ ENTER the EXCITING - €3 ‘ [HEADACHE POWDIR] Fi prize 50020 casu 43 other valuable prizes . A £ e TR Ll %"?UEEEEDN w A S Mail a B-B wrapper or reas onable facsimile, with 25 words or _less on "l prefer B-B because—" 1o B-B Headache Powder, Atlanta, Ga. be going niome in another week or ten days—maybe sooner if your improvement, continues. It wag a beautiful wedding Mrs. Allison.” Marcia laughed softly. “’Mrs. Allison.” Sounds lovely, doesn’t it??’ NDuring the following days, Sally was compelled to listen to the bride’s endless rhapsodies, Good wishes poured in from rel atives ang friends of both par ties, She answiered telegrams, reported telephone -communica tions and was soon mailing let ters to the West ‘Coast. Most of these latter were discussed in detail ana quite frankly wita her before mailing, cn tae theory that she needed training in such things. “Why don’t you save your strength for the job of getting well, Marcia?” the nurse asked one day waen the patient was feeling a bit depressed. Marcia smiled sweetly, “I know,” she conceded, “but it’s my nature to be excited. T'm a2iways that way—when I'm well Life ig exciting. And, darling, vou need my -example.. What will become of you after I leave? I'm worried.” . 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[EESE " ; § “Coca-Cola” and its abbreviation BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY l’g B “Coke” are the registered trade . - 19 } ‘ marks which distinguish the prod- B uct of The Coca-Cola Company ATHENS COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. ena of tae chapter.” Marcie Allison stiook her head in exasperation. “I only hope I'll be around when you fall, for I ‘have a hunch the iall will be ‘cataclysmic. Your kind always }e;o all out for love when it strikes. S When Ma:rcie left the hospital a few days later, she extracted a bvromise from wer nurse to spend a portion of her vacation with her at the Beach summer home in the mountains. ] “Perhape Il invite that nice Doctor Hallock-to come up while you are there, Saily. Taoe man r.eeds a bit of . c¢ncouragement and you need a good big dose of love administered vigorously and * often. There are times, Sally Maynard,” she sail in exasper ation, “when 1 wonder if you are auite human.” . . Sally said good-by to - Mrs. Allison with a feeling of regret not unmixed with relief. Marcia ba#d on more than one occasion luffled her complacency—made her dissatisfied with the future she had so smugly planned. She almost wished she had a past— a phantom lover somewhere in her girlhood to whom she could cioim allegiance—carry a torch fcr, swear eternal lcyalty to, es pecially if he had died a hero or under dramatic ci‘cumstances. She sighed deeply. Her past had Leen singulariy frce from en tanglements. Her 'life with Aunt Clem had been quiet, circum scribed but by no means unaap pv. If she had gone to college cr to a finishing s¢chool as the good lady wanted, no doubt t2ings would have been - differ- - HAVE YOU EVER BEE A gho, TOURIST? ;/;\J@ % T e T 7~ LN iy e PR L iy /f'{‘[f{fdoﬁly m__@_@}____i MI \/?/ N / iy Al eel ; /I‘“‘T.‘!M* Tourists are people like yourself —they want good food, a good place to sleep, somiething interesting to see! e ‘ . ‘ Put yourself in the tourist’s shoes—imagine you ‘ are a visitor to your town! Then, from this » detached point of view, you can judge better what your town needs to do to attract tourists. There’s BIG money in the tourist trade! You — and your town — will profit il you go after it! ®o¢o. 90 s-oxe ®OO e e s 2 e s -oe s @ Get behind the Georgia Better Home Towns Pro gram—or organize a BHT Committee if your town ' hasn’t one. Send for FREE booklet that explains this down-to-earth Program. Write: ' GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, ATLANTA ent. 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