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FREIGHT CARS DERAILED IN PENNSYLVANIA
Twenty-eight cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train were derailed near
Hyde Park on the road’s Conemaugh division. No injuries were reported. — NEA
Telephoto.
Mayor and Council Hold Unofficial
Meeting on Local Bus Situation
Committee Hears Shelton’s Claim Of Gasoline
Shortage; Group Assured Fuel Can Be Obtained
BY RAY SHOCKLEY :
W. M. Shelton, owner and operator of the Athens City
Lines, told Mayor Jack Wells and members of the Finance
Committee of Council last night that his source of gaso
line for operating the city bus lines has been cut 25 per
cent. He asked the committee at the special hearing to
allow him to buy a lighter type bus to operate in Athens.
He said that this type of bus would save the lines 26 per-
cent on the gasoline used and thereby offset the cut. He
told the committee that his only other alternative was to
operate the buses until the gasoline allotment ran out and
then do the best he could.
of The Co) W that he*had
called Frank Arndld, Aid to the
Governok, Wednesday and asked
him for a report on the gasoline
situation and op the dealer sup
plying Mr. Shelton. Mr. Arnold
ig Chairman of the Gasoline Al
lottment Board. Mayor Wells said
that Mr, Arnold called the com
pany that supplies Mr. Shelton’s
wholesale dealer and the com
pany said that the quota of the
wholesale dealer in Athens had
not been cut.
Mayor Wells said that in the
meantime Mr. Shelton called him
back and tolc. nim that his dealer
had said that there would pos
sibly be a shortage in gasoline
for several years. Mr. Shelton
was asked to comment by mvayor
Wells.
Dealer Called
Mr. Shelton said that the first
thing Wednesday morning nis
gasoline dealer called him and
told him of the allottment cut.
He said that he derided that ‘t
wag time to take action. He ad
dea that” the oniy g we
could figure out was the pro
posals that he had previously
made. He then read a telegram
from a company in New Jersey
stating they are holding 12
new 25-passenger ouses itu. deli
very to Athens. Mr. Shelton said
that ihése buses were of the type
of the two new ones that have
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMITTEE RAISES DISTRESS
SIGNAL IN FACE OF WALLACE THIRD PARTY DRIVE
BY HAL COOPER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—(AP)
—The Democratic National Com
mitiee raiseq an out and out dis
tress signal today in the face of
t_hg Henry A. Wallace Third Party
arive,,
Chairman J. Howard McGrath
said he hopes Wallace will- real~
ize” that he can accompiish noth
ing but “the defeat of the Demo
cratic Party’s program of prac
tical Liberalism in 1948.” , . |
McGrath virtually appealed for
abandonment of the Wallace cam
paign in a radio speech last night.
The address follgwed McGrath’s
frank admission that twe victory
of a Wallace-backed candidate in
Tuesday’s New York congression
al election is a big danger sign
for the Democrats. .
In the New York .race, ' Leo
Isacson, running as an American
Labor Party candidate with*Wal
lace’s support, upset Democrat
Karl Propper by a wide margin.
“Come Home Call”
Wallace, on a speech-making
tour of the South, gave no indi
cation that he plans to heed any
call to “come home, all is for
‘given.”
Instead he announced at Miami
Beach that his supporters have
obtaineg 464,000 signatures on a
petition to put his name on the
primary election ballot in Cali
fornia. Franklin D. Roosevelt car
ried the state by only about 475,~
000 votes in 1944,
Meanwhile the row between Na.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Leen.put in service stnce Christ-
Councilman Bob . Seagraves
asked Mr. Shetlon if the new
buses would be eguivalent to
the 25 per cent gasoline cut.
Mr. Shelton said that the buses
have aluminum bodies and were
thereby lighter and would save
26 per cent in gasoliné.
Councilman J. Y. Coffee asked
Mr. Shelton if when he said new
equipment did he actually mean
new or different equipment.
Mr. Shelton replied that the
motors and chassis on the buses
ate new. He said that the bodies
are reconditioned ones that were
taken over by the Army., He
pointed out that the bodies were
made in 1941. He added that in
his opinion the buses that he pro
poses to buy are the best on the
American market for this city.
Mayor Wells asked Mr. " Shel
ton if the buses purchased since
Christinas were new when they
were delivered to Athens.
Mr. Shelton said - they were
all new except the bodies. He
pointed out that these bodies
were rebuilt throughout. He ad
ded that the drivers seem to like
the new buses better than the
pusher type bought by the City
Lines iast year.
e Safety
Mayor Wells asked Mr. Shel
ton that if from a safety stand
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tional Democratic leaders and
party members in the “solid
South” flareq up again in Wash
ington.
A group of Southerners can
celled their reservations for the
big SIOO-a-plate Jefferson-Jack
son dinners tonight where prom
inent Democrats will rally around
President Truman.
- +'Phe issue was one which has
brought a chorus of rebel yells
from. south of the Mason-Dixson
line in recent weeks: the color
line. .
Mrs. Olin D. Johnston, wire of
the South Carolma senator, said
she decided not to attend the din
ner “because I might be seated
next to a negro.” P T ey
~ She said her party of 45 had
c¢windled to around 30 because
some of the others. felt the same
way.
' "McGrath told reporters a dozen
cr more negroes planned to at
tend the two dinners here. He
said he could not order any se
gregation. :
Mis. Johnsfon called the flare
ub “Smypolic of party learers’
efforts to ger minority votes
through ‘civil rights’ proposals
that led to threats of a Southern
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Georgians Boycott
Georgia’s congressional delega
tion also was boycotting the din
ner. ‘
Several Georgians said their ab.
sence was in profest of the Pres-
Full Associated Press Service
Dr. R, W, Hartman
Named Chaiiman
Easter Seal Sale
Dr. R. W. Hartman was named
Chairman of the 11th annual
Faster Sale aSel in the Athens
District, it was announced today
by George T. Burpe, Exalted
Ruler of hens Lodge No, 790
Bm‘vnlentgfl Protective Order
of Blkg: ..x v T v
Alsodesignafed weie C. L.
Armstrong, “District Treasurer
and Henry Rosenthal.
Abit Nix and C. O. Baker will
head the speakers Bureau. Fur
ther organization plans will be
revealed in a few days, Mr. Bur
pee said.
The local Easter Seal Drive,
sponsored by the Crippled Chil
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. WEATHER
l ATHENS AND VICINITY
1 Considerable cloudiness and
. warm today followed by
showers tonight and Friday.
Cooler Friday, Saturday
| mpartly cloudy and conl
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm today
and tonight, Friday consider
able cloudiness and not quite
so warm, some chance of
light showers in north.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .... .. =8 6 4. 99
b o Lowest ... .8, (e
RIOR ...« i ot e
Normal ... ety 38
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since February 1 .. 5.39
Excess since February 1 . 2.13
] Average February rainfall 5.0 g
Total since January 1 .... 9.6
| Excess since January 1 .. 2.16
ident’s civil rights program,
Other gave varieq reasons for
not attending the SIOO a ' plate
dinner. i E
Rep. John S. Wood of Canton
saig he had three reasons for
boycotting the affair:
“In the first place I doubt if
I could eat SIOO worth of dinner.
In the second place I have, under
the circumstances, np desire 'to
participate nor interest in being
present. Ard in th thirq place, I
left my tuxedo at Home.”
Rep. Prince’ Preston of States
boro asked ‘“that the papers say
that Mr. ang Mrs. Preston spent
a quiet ang pleasant evening at
home.” &
Anyway, Preston added, he
didn’t have SIOO.
Rep. Stephen Pace of Ameri
cus, Sens. Walter F. George and
Richarg B. Russell would not say
why they were not attending.
“I'm very sorry I won't be able
tc be there,” Rep. James C. Davis
of Stone Mountain stated. “I'm
crying in my buttermilk about
it.”
Rep. Camp explained, “It néver
Las been the general custom of
the Georgia deiegation to go to
the dinner here. Most of them
generallv buy tickets to the din
rer in Georgia and go to it lif
thev can ¢ . : k
“That’s what I do. I've brought
my ticket in Georgia. I've been
up here nine years and.never
have been to the Washington
dinner.”
House Group Orders Probe Into
Louisiana Politician’s Taxßeturns
Carter Says Truman Putting vart
Before Horse Un Civil Rights
Huss Allays Any Fears Of Immediate Russian
Withdrawal From United Nations Organization
By The Associated Press
Hodding Carter, editor of the Greenville (Miss.) Delta
Democrat-Times, said today that President Truman is
“putting the cart before the horse” in his civil rights pro
gram.’
First, Carter said in an address
before 'the Georgia Press Institute,
should come a program to raise
the negro’s income, health, educa
tion and living conditions.
Then, he said, a solution of dif
ferences between the races would
be easier.
Carter said he didn’t see any
signs of a move in the federal gov
ernment to link a program of im
proving the negro’s general living
conditions with the civil rights
program.
This, he said makes him “sus
picious” that the entire civil rights
program is beamed toward the
vote of minority groups in the
north. The democratic party is
certain of the vote in the south,
he declared.
“It would be a healthy thing for
the nation if the south were not
so certain,” Carter said.
The democratic party was onee
the group with which the south
could seek refuge, he declared, and
then he added “but now there is
no reason for clinging to one party
against another.”
Carter said he couldn’t see any
thing to be gained, however, from
a southern secession from the nat
ional democratic party at present.
A Republican victory in Neo
vember is almost eertai?, h’ef;saidd,
and.a. southern . secession d
only help tmm‘?figmw;n%
prestige for the south in the nat
ional congress.
Carter spoke as the guest of the
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer papers.
Earlier John C. Farrar, New York
publisher, discussed the work of
the national conference of chris
tians and Jews. i
Huss Discussed Russia
By Bill Burson
Pierre J. Huss, diplomatic cor
respondent for International News
Service, allayed any fears of an
RECORD SCHEDULE OF ‘TOP-FLIGHT'
INSTITUTE SPEAKERS GCONTINUES
Georgia editors attending the
20th Annual Georgia Press Insti
tute at the University of Georgia
are witnessing the most illustrious
program in GPI history. The rec
ord schedule will be continued Fri
day with four “top-flight” speak
ers, a luncheon, two panel discus
sions, & Sigma Delta Chi initiation,
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a costume party, and a meeting ofy
the Georgia Collegiate Press As
sociation. |
Beginning at 9 a. m. in the Cha
pel, the morning meetings will
feature addresses hy the Hon.!
Rhys J. Davies, member of Parlia-!
ment; Robert Sherrod, senior cor-
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Hon. Rhy‘s J. Davies Q!‘l;‘lf' (- ... |
resdondent, Time and Life Maga
zines: J. W. Sargent, assistant
regional conservator, Spartanburg,
S. C.: and Marquis Childs, syndi
cated columnist and author. The
luncheon will again be held at the
Georgian Hotel and at this time
under the auspices of the Atlanta
Journal.
The panel discussions—meeting
in the Legion Room of the Geor
gian Hotel—will begin at 2:30 p.
m. The two topics for considera
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948.
immediate Russian withdrawal
from the United Nations in his
address before the 20th Annual
Georgia Press Institute Thursday
morning. Only two eventualities,
he peinted out, could bring a
showdown-—the death of Stlain or
a false move by Moscow satellites,
Pursuing these points, Huss—
who, perhaps, knows more about
the inter-workings of the U. N.
than any other outsider—declared,
“If Joe Stalin should die one of
these days, we are going to come
to 4 showdown with the Soviet
Union. Either the world will be in
a bloodbath as the Poli%bureau
seeks to hold power by plunging
into an immediate war or there is
going to be a bloodbath in the
Kremlin and probably throughout
the Soviet Union. . . . Tito could
make a mistake and invade
Trieste or perhaps mmw Aus
tria, which he has thre ed once
or twice. A move by Moscow
satellites against Athens might
misfire and start a war,”
2 Foolish To Quit
In his opinion, the Russians
would be foo’ssh to quit their more
powerful publicity and px:opaganda
medium. He said that both Stalin
and Molotow realize that & walkout
from the U, N, wouid be but the
final phase before a shooging wfsr.;
“and Stalin -will not ome in
voived in any major war juntii and
unless he -feels that he )E)as suffi
cient advantage over the West to
win by force. All inside/ informa
tion from the Soviet Union tends
to indicate that such a point in
Soviet military power dnd poten
tial is far from being achieved.
From five to ten yearz anyhow.”
The world affairs reporter cited
examples to prove his contentions
that the U. S. “Cold War” between
the Soviet bloc and the remainder
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tion during the afternoon will be
“Business Management of a Com
munity Newspaper: Including
Reader Surveys and Circulation
Promotion” and “Relationship of
the GPA Central Office to the
Press of the State”.
The University ... S
Chapter of Sigma | 4 . G
Delta Chi, pro- ,
fessional journal- SR - |
istic fraternity i e
will initiate pro- g |
fessional and un- - % _ ~
dergraduate
members in cere- TS }
monies at sp. m. b bt
in the Com- bTN
merce - Journal- L
ism Building. .ol
Speir Collins, 78
Waycross, presi- § g
dent, has extend- :
ed an invitation ' w. Satcens
to all professional members to at
tend.
At 6 p. m. the Georgia Collegiate
Press Association—organization of
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Robert®;herrod Marquis®Childs
college editors sponsored by the
University Henry W. Grady School
of Jourpalism and Sigma Delta Chi
—will gold its annual banquet at
the Hoiman Hotel. Speakers will
be Jack Tarver, associate editor,
Atlanta Constitution, and Ernest
Rogers, columnist, Atlanta Journal.
Representatives from all Geor
gia colleges and universities are
expected to attend.
For the professional journalists,
the Savannah Morning News-Eve
ning Press and its Publisher, H.
V. Jenkins, will again give the tra
ditional costume party. Complete
disguise will be the order of the
evening. The time and place is
7:30 p. m. at the Georgian Hotel.
Program For Friday
- Morning Sessions (University
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Conflicting Price
Trends Greet:
Housewives Today
NEW YORK, Feb. 19—(AP)
Conflicting price trends greeted
the housewife at the grocery
store today.
Chains increased their butter
prices. At least one outlet re
duced some meat and poultry.
Uncertainty and ‘caution ap
peared to dominate consumers,
storekeepers and traders..
The nation’s market reflected
this yesterday. The commodity
exchanges were nervous. Prices
bounced around in rapid reaction
(Continued On Page Seven)
Parking Violafors
Warned To Appear
In Recorders Court
All parking violators who do
not answer the summons to Re
corders Court will be traced and
served perspnally -advises Capt.
Jake Porterfield, nhead of the traf
fic division of the Athens Pg
lice Department.
-~ Capt. Porterfield stated that
entirely too many persons have
ignored the tickets placed on
their automobiles for violating
the parking meter ordinante and
other parking ordinances, and
that a program is now underway
to begin tracing those who fail
to ryeport. '
After 24 hours, the offender
will be sent a gourtesy or warn
ing card advising him to appear
before the court. In the event,
then, that he fails to appear, he
will be served personally with
a 4 summons.
g Caldwell Announces
Removai 0f Pa
lSummerour From Job
By The Associated Press
Removal of Pat Summerour as
business manager of the Savan
nah Branch of the University of
Georgia was announced today by
Dr, Harmon W. Caldwell, Uni
versity president,
Dr. Caldwell reported Sum
merour would be transferred to
another post. He will be succeed
ed by H. H. Thompson, now in
the comptroller’s office here.
James Blissett, now in the office
of the Board of Regents in At
lanta, will work with Thompson.
Summerour’'s transfer follows
the removal of Glenn W. Sutton
as director of the Savannaa
branch. Sutton was reassigned to
the University faculty here.
As director, Sutton discharged
Summerour, aeccusing him of
“gross inefficiency.” J. D. Bolton,
University comptroller, later re
instated Summerour and Sutton’s
transfer to Athens was announ
ced. :
The changes at the Savannah
Branch followed action of the
Board of Regents to close the
school it July, 1949,
President Caldwell said Bolton
would reassign Summerour, Bol
ton declined to say what the post
would be. “No comment,” he re
plied, adding “there has been too
much said in the newspapers al
ready.”
Governors Offer Cgmments
McGRATH THINKS CONFERENCE WITH FIVE SOUTHERN
GOVERNORS ON CIVIL RIGHTS WILL BE USELESS
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 19.—
(AP)—Senator J. Howard Mec-
Grath 'thinks his conference with
five Southern Governors Monday
will be useless, the Memphis
Commercial Appeal said today.
The Governors are scheduled to
confer with MecGrath, Chairman
of the National Democratic Com
mittes, in Washington. They plan
to present their protests against
President Truman’s proposed
civil rights legislation.
Senator McGrath said he
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Louisiana Representative Charges
Earl Long Involved In Tax Fraud
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—(AP)—The House Rules
Committee today ordered an investigation of income tax
returns of some leading Louisiana politicians.
The committee’s action is subject to House approval,
probably later today. It came after a spirited session dur
ing which charges of “stool pigeon” and' “informer”
flew hot and fast.
The investigation will be made
by a special seven-man com
mittee.
It was requested by Reps.
Dirksen (R-Ill) and Domengeaux
(D-La). Domengeaux has charg
ed that Earl K. Long, a candidate
tor Governor in next Tuesday's
Democratic runtoif, primary, was
involved in an income tax fraud
case.
Long is a brother of the late
Huey P. Long. former Louisiana
governor and senator.
Supporting Jones
Domengeaux is supperting Sam
Jones in the next week’s election.
Rep. Hebert (D-La), a backer
of Long, supported tle proposal
for an investigation and sug
gested that it cover also the tax
returns of Jones and other Louis-
iana politicians. e |
Chairman Aslen (R-I11) said the
Rules Committee’s action was not
unanimous,
Domengeaux told reporters the
investigation may .be started be
fore the end of the day if the
House upholds the committee's
recommendation, The investiga
tion resolution was slated for,
House consideration this after
noon. ‘
It was Hebert who told the
Rules Committee that the orig-
"Am | My Brother's Keeper'':
Names Fictitious, Story
True, Title “Gratitude”
BY HAL BOYYLE
NEW YORK.— (AP) —Today
we have a little short story re
volving around Cain’s sullen and
timeless query:
“Am I my brother’s keeper?”
The story came in a letter from
a correspondent and he says it \s
true. He said he thought the yarn
ought to be titled “Gratitude.”
The names of the characters
have been changed, he says, but
otherwise the facts a‘re on the
line:
Jim was something of a town
character in the community
where he lived just after the first
World War. He was palsy walsy
with a fellow called Red.
Behind 8-Ball
They were the kind who spent
their days in the poolrooms and
had a grudge against life because
they had been born behind the
8-ball. Both were small time of
fenders—the breed who clutter
up police biotters and keep pre
cinet captains busy getting them
out of their troubles.
Finally they decided to pool
their talents. Together they plan
ned a theft in a nearby city. It
wasn’t a big job, but it was too
big for them. They bungled it,
and a citizen who surprised them
was shot to death, i
When they came to trial,
blinking at their new notoriety,
Red thought it all over and de
cided his own skin meant more to
him than the traditional honor
among thieves. He turned state’s
evidence and named Jim as the
actual killer.
Red’s reward for squealing was
a short term in the pen.
Jim's relatives chipped in and
hired a good lawyer. But feeling
was high in the community over
the cold-blooded nature of the
murder. The attorney was lucky
“didn’t see what purpose the
Southern Governors hoped to ac
complish” and that for the “Pres
ident to back up on his proposals
now would be political suicide,”
the paper reported.
His statements comeerning the
conference drew prompt com
ment from Arkansas’' Governor
Ben Laney. 5
Laney told the Commercial
Appeal, “We don’t intend to les
our case rest in the hands of Mc-
Grath,” said Governor Laney.
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inal information on which Do~
niengeaux based his charges
against Long was furnisheqd by a
“stool pigeon” and “an informer”
in the Internal Revenue Bureau.
Resolution
Because income tax returns are
secret, Hebert said, only by a
congressional resolution can they
be investigated and made public.
Insisting that Long has been
guilty of no wrong-doing, Hebert
claimeq that only. by such an in
vestigation can Domengeaux
charges be disproved.
The investigating committee
would have authority to inquire
into all tax returns in the Louis~
iana tax collection district at New
Orleans.
If Long were not a candidate
for governor, Hebert said, there
would be no demand for a rush
investigation and *“Mr. Domen
geaux’ heart wouldn‘t have bled
g 0 much for morality.” i
Hebert charged that Domen~
geaux and Dirksen failed to state
all the facts of the case during
House speeches earlier this
week. Specifically, he said they
did not disclose that internal
revenue officials had told them
there was nothing irregular in the
Far] Long case. % :
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to save Jim from the chair and
get him a life sentence,
Still In
Long after Red was free Jim
was still in the place where they
make little ones out of big ones.
His family stuck by him, partic
ularly his brother Frank, and
helped him in every way they
could.
After a dozen years or more
Frank began a campaign to get
his brother a pardon.
The bitterness still hadn’t died
down. The district attorney who
had sent Jim up fought the par
don and it was refused.
Year after year Frank kept on
fighting to win his brother’s free
dom. Year after year the pardon
board turned his request down.
- But Frank’s selfless effort fi
tnally began to win sympathy. A
lawyer who had been a member
'ot the parole board when it first
considered the case consented to
join in the appeal. He volunteer
ed to handle the legal aspects
without charge,
He and Frank went before the
board together and won the pa
role. After nearly twenty years
behind bars Jim was free.
That was a number of years
ago. Jim had learned something
in prison. When he came out he
went to work and today he is
prosperous. S
Frank, who stuck faithfully by
him, is now a hopeless, cripple.
And Jim?
“Jim hasn’t visited his brother
in two years,” said the man who
wrote me this tale. “Last week I
met the lawyer who made the
appeal which won him his lib
erty. He last saw Jim the day the
pardon was granted.
“1 forgot to tell that the victim
of the killing was shot—through
the back.” »
|“We haven't revealed all our
‘plans yet.”
| Governor J. Strom Thurmond
lof South Carolina said he had no
comment, .
He added, however, that plans
ifor combatting the proposed civil
!rights program would be worked
‘out in Washin% - by . himself,
| Governor Lanegy Governor Beau=
lfort Jei:ter of ‘Tm Governor
Gregg Cherry of Car%
‘and Governor: William Tuck of
| Virginia. oh A v