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Vol. CXVI, No. 38.
McGrath Scouts Idea
Of “Gestapo’’; Rebels
Still Not Appeased
Rebellious Southerners Hint They
Will Encourage Real § plit With Party
BY JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. — (AP) — The civil rights
war within Democratic ranks raged unabated today,
fired by a new attack of Southern Governors on the
party’s high command.
Four Dixie governors, fresh
from a meeting with National
Chairman' J. Howard McGrath,
promised to use “whatever means
are necessary” to block President
Truman’s race equality program.
As a clear indication of what
they had in mind, the four de
clared 'in a formal statement:
“The southern states are aroused
and the present leadership of the
Democratic party will soon realize
that the South is no longer ‘in the
bag.’ ”
Despite this blast, McGrath ap
peared to feel that he had made
some headway against the south
land revolt.
He told a news conference he
gained the impression .that the
meeting ‘“resulted in fiood under
standing.” He added that he hopes
it will “lessen the split in the
party.”
During the get-together, Mc-
Grath said he, for one, appreciates
the South’s loyalty to the party.
“I don’t take the attitude they
are with us anyway, so the ‘L’
with them,” he told Govs. J. Strom
Thurmond of South Carolina, Ben
T. Laney of Arkansas, Beauford
Jester of Texas and R. Gregg
Cherry of North Carolina.
But McGrath said flatly he will
not try to have the President’s
civil rights program withdrawn
from Congress as the governors
demanded.
Nor will he agree to return to
the two-thirds convention rule un
der which the South once held a
veto over Presidential candidates.
MecGrath did, however, adopt a
more conciliatory attitude on some
points during the hour and a half
he spent behind closed doors with
the governors.
Denies “Gestane” Aim-
The National chairman said, f
instance, that, it is. “the &ufl&
thing from the President’s mind”
to set up an FBI police force to
go poking around into southern
race segregation, : .
That has been a focal point of
southern objections to Mr. Tru
man’s plea for passage of anti
poll tax, anti-lynching, anti- job
discrimination and anti-Jim Crow
laws. ‘
The President said he has or
dered a civil rights division set up
in the Justice Department. Agents
are being given special .training,
he told Congress. 5
Senator Russell (D-Ga) has call
ed this an attempt to create a
“Gestapo” to force whites and ne
groes into the same schools,
churches and amusement places.
Not so, said McGrath. He in
sisted the President had in mind
stopping “Hoodlumism” in indus
trial disputes.
McGrath also offered to settle
with the Dixie Rebels for a re
statement of the civil rights plank
of the 1944 party platform. It
said merely: .
“We believe that racial and re
ligious minorities have the right
to live, develop and vote equally
with all citizens and share the
rights that are guaranteed by our
Constitution. Congress should
exert its full constitutional powers
to protect those rights.”
The governors were polite but
silent when the conference ended.
The four state executives said
they will report officially to their
own governors’ conference ai a
time to be fixed by Gov. W. Pres
ton Lane, jr., of Maryland, the
conference chairman.
Lane sat in on the meeting with
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SEARCH FOR JERUSALEM BLAST VICTIMS
Jewish residents of Jerusalem search for bodies ‘of victims in the rubble of
buildings destroyed in the worst explosion in the city’s history. At least 42 are
known to have been killed —(Radio-Telephotsc by Staff Correspondent David
Boyer).
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
McGrath but held officially aloof
from the revolt. McGrath explain
ed that Lane was not a member
of the Protest Committee. Gov.
William M. Tuck of Virginia, the
fifth member, did not attend.
The fighting four minced few
words in setting out their views
after the session. Without men
tioning Mr. Truman or McGrath
by name, they said:
“We feel we are expressing the
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Talmadge () Wi
®
Party Helm Dispute
Thompson Calmly Accepts Court Decision
And Officially Enters Race For Governor
BY CHARLES BARRETT '
ATLANTA, Feb. 24.—- (AP) —Jubilant followers of
Herman Talmadge, seated officially at the helm of the
Georgia Democratic Party, met today to chart their
course for 1948.
Adherents of the youthful
“white supremacy”’” champion
were swept into power over
Georgia Democratic machinery by
a nunanimous State Supreme
Court decision late yesterday.
The high tribunal, ending a
bitter ten-months-old dispute,
declared a rival party faction
sponsored by Gov.- M. E. Thomp..
son was illegal.
Thompson calmly accepted de
feat and launched another round
in the battle with Talmadge that
a 5 rocked Georgia for a year.
The governor announced official
ly-as a candidate for re-election
in the 1948 primar, to be staged
now by his opponents.
Other developments came fastin
the wake of the far-reaching
court opinion.
James S. Peters, chairman of
the Talmadge faction, headed for
Atlanta to meet with other Tal
maddge leaders ang plan a special
State- Democratic convention.
Peters said the convention would
set the stage for a Democratic
primary this summer or fall. He
reiterated that most of the de
tails—including whether white
and negro voters would be sepa
rated—would be left to county
Democratic committees.
Peters said Thompson follwers
woulg not be punished for “bolt
ing.” E
Name - Delegation
The convention also will select
Georgia's delegation to the Dem
ocratic National Convention. Tal
madge leaders “have indicated
they will unseat National Demo
cratic Committeeman E. D. Rivers,
a close Thompson associate.
At the first reaction, plans for
Georgia’s Democratic fund-raising
dinner March 9 were unchanged.
Thompson leaders, tacitly recog
nized for months by national par
tv leaders, are in charge of the
Jeckson-Jefferson Day affair.
~ Both Thompson and dinner
Chairman bill Dean said they an
ticipated no change. Peters and
Talmadge indicateq they would
coninue plans for a boycott of
the dinner.
Talmadge, however, awaited
Full Associated Press Service
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No Orchids For
. . ’,
Miss Blandish”,
Bruises For Actors
BRIGHTON, Eng., Feb, 24—
(AP)—“No orchids for Miss
Blandish” p'ayed at the Dol
phian Theater last night.
In Act I, actor John Pagan,
registering anguish by bang-.
ing his head on the floor,
knocked himself cold.
In Act 11, June Rose, the
leading lady, was kayoed by
a flying chair.
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word from Washington. They
were no word yet whether na
tional leaders might like to change
sponsorship of the -dinner in
view of the Suureme Court de
cision.
Another possible effect of the
decision centered « about the
Southern “revolt” against Presi
dent Truman’s civil rights pro
gram. Talmadge leaders indicated
they would favor positive action
against the program. Thompson
has. been more mild in his, criti
cism. LTI e Yy
William S. Morris of Augusta,
chairman of the now-defunct
Thompson State Democratic com
n¥ttee, had only this comment:
“The decision has bheen handed
down, and 1 certainly will abide
by it .
Unanimeus Opinion
Talmadge, from his heme in
Loveojy, chcargedd that Thomp-
NO OFFICIAL NOTICE
BY NATIONAL GROUP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—
(AP) — Democratic National
Committee officials said to
day that no official notice
will be taken of the Georgia
Democratic factional dispute
until members of the Nat
ional Comimttee notify them
o i
The Georgia Supreme
Court held yesterday that the
Herman Talmadge faction is
th elegal Democratic party
in the state and not the group
headed by Governor M. E.
Thompson. The Thompson
group has been reuynized by
the National Committee.
With Chairman J, Howard
McGrath out of the city,
committee officials declined
further comment,
son leaders “hoped by their bra
zen disregard of law and party
rule to prevent me from becom
ing a candidate in their rump
primary and thereby circumvent
(Continued On Page Seven)
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1948.
Louisiana Elects
Long Or Jones
State’s Bitterest Feud
Reaches Showdown,
Both Claim Victory
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24— (AP)
—Both sides predicted victory as
Liouisiana’s bitterest political feud
reached a showdown at the polls.
Rival candidates for governor in
a Democratic runoff primary elec
tion are Sam H. Jones, leader of
the state’s reform forces, and Earl
K. Long, supported by the still
loyal followers of his late brother,
Senator Huey P. Long.
Heavy Vote
Upwards of 600,000 party mem-.
bers are scheduled to vote and the
winner is assured of victory in the
routine general election next April.
It is the second head-on clash
between the two former governors.
Jones won in 1940 when Long op
posed him with the Louisiana
scandals still fresh in the minds
of the electorate. Long had suc
ceeded to the governorship upon
the resignation of Richard W.
Leche. No charges were brought
against Long personally but the
old Huey Long machine was reel
ing from the impact of the pros
ecutions. ;
Uphill Battle
This time Jones is fighting an
uphill battle. Long led him by
120,000 votes in a preliminary
election Jan. 20. He.missed a.ma
jority by 109,400 ballots and the
second primary campaign has been
directed largely at the 229,323 vot
ers who supported the two eli
minated office-seekers — Judge
Robert F. Kennon and U. S. Rep.
Jimmy Morrison. Morrison has en
dorsed Jones but Kennon has re
mained silent in the runoff cam
paign. .
The campaign was enlivened by
charges of income tax fraud. In
Washington a Rules Committee
recommended an investigation but
action by the the House in ad
vance of today’s voting was block
ed.
Both Long and Jones made pub
lic figures which they said rep
resented their tax returns for a
number of years. ;
Reds Ask Truman,
Thompson Revoke
Negroes Sentences
NEW YORK, Feb. 24— (AP)—
A demand that President Truman
and Gov. M. E. Thompson act
immediately to revoke death sen
tences given a Georgia negro wo
man and her two sons was made
last night by the Communist party.
William Z. Foster, party chair
man, announced the messages had
been sent in behalf of Rosalie In
gram, and her sons, Wallace, 16,
and Sammy Lée, 14. A hearing for
a new triai for the ihree has been
postponed indefinitely.
Foster quoted the message to the
President, in part:
“The tragic and dramatic case
of the Ingram family puts to the
acid test your recent professions of
concern for the rights of the ne
gro people, Mr. President. Unless
you have already surrendered
completely to the 1948 seccessionist
conspiracy, you must act promptly
to secure the rights of the Ingram
family and of the negro commun
ity in Georgia.
Foster said the message to the
Georgia governor asked for “full
justice”, and said, “we and all li
berty-loving Americans expect you
to exercise your power to prevent
the legal lynching of this mother
and her two sons.”
The woman and her two sons
were convicted of beating John
Stratford, a farmer, to death Nov.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Subject Of
Discussion Here
Announcement is made by the
local office of Courts & Company
that Frank Valenta, vice presi
dent in charge of research for
Group Securities, Inc., of the New
York_ will deliver an address
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at
the Georgian Hotel.
Mr. Valenta, whose appearance
in Athens is sponsored by
Courts & Company, is regarded as
an authority in his field, and he
will discuss securities and market
trends. Courts and Company in
vites ladies and gentlemen, inter
ested in stock and commodity
market matters, to attend.
DODD PAINTING
A painting of a lonely beach,
entitled “Solitude,” by _Lamar
Dodd, head, University of Geor
gia Department so Art, is now
on display in the Pennsylvania
Academy’s current 143rd Paint
ing and Sculpture Annual.
“Solitude” is one of the out
standing pictures chosen by this
vear’s jury for painting — com
posed of Peppino Mangravite
{chairman), Louis Bouche, Ber
nard Karfiel and Richard Lahey
—to appear in the Academy’s
show, one of the oldest annual
art exhibits in America,
Wailace Charges Wall Street
Would Use Aid For Enslaving
Europe, Sees Vilar As Result
Jewish Spokesman
Lays Jerusalem
Bombing To Britons
JERUSALEM, Feb. 24—(AP)—
A Jewish agency spokesman de
clared today the Jews are con
vinced Sunday’s bombing of
Jerusalem’s Jewish business dis
trict, ijn which 52 persons died,
was engineered by Britons.
“There is no doubt in our minds
that the Ben Yehuda (street)
bombing was perpetrated by
British personnel,” the spokesman
told a news conference.
Arab sources said immediately
after the bombing that Arab com
mandos wearing British uniforms
set off the blast.
Jews seemed inclined to ignore
‘the Arab statement, however, and
at least six British soldiers were
wounded in apparent reprisal ac
tions yesterday. The Palestine po
lice have denied the British were
involved in the explosion.
Three-inch mortar shells, which
police said were fired by Jews,
fell in the Palestine police com
pound just before noon today.
There were no casualties. {
Police said the shells came from
the Ben Yehuda blast area. |
Rifle and automatic-fire echoed
through the city all morning. ‘
Three Arab gunmen stole an
automobile belonging to the As-‘
sociated Press outside Barclays
Bank this morning. The driver,
Ibrahim Kub#, was abducted but
later released. The Arab Higher
Executive Committee apologized
and promised to get the car back
right away.
KENNARD FIRED
ATLANTA, Feb. 24—(AP)—
State Building Safety Director W.
P. Kennard was fired today by
%‘nfince Commissioner Zach D.
O ™ 0 Tt B
‘Cravey sent a terse note to
Kennard ndtiyfing him that his
cervices were terminated as ot
today.
Poor Little Ebenezer:
A Fable Of A Miser
With Money To Burn
BY HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK.— {(AP) —Oncge
upon a time there was a poor lit
tle boy named Ebenezer Scrooge.
When he was five years old a
stranger gave him a bright new
nickel. It was the first money
Ebenezer had ever had. The shiny
coin hypnotized him. \
“I want a million just like it,”
decided the boy. At an age when
other lads aspired to be cops or
firemen Ebenezer knew what he
wanted to be—a successful miser.
The little skinflint went right
to work Everything he earned he
saved. He leaped at every other
kid’s lollypop, but never fished
out a penny to buy one himself.
When he was twenty he left
his family. He was afraid they'd
find the cans'of nickels in his
closet. ~ He moved into a $6-a
month room in a coldwater flat.
Idea of Fun
He never saw a baseball game,
bought a drink or had a date with
a girl. His idea of fun was to
stand in a subway station and
listen to the music of nickels
dropping into the turnstiles.
During his thirty-first year he
was afraid his stacks of nickel§
would collapse the floor of his
ramshackle room. So he began
trading them in for pictures of
Benjamin Franklin — on SIOO
bills.
When he was 45 he was fired
from the loan shark firm that
employed him. Ebenezer had
been coming to work every day
for six years in the same seedy
suit he bought at a fire sale.
“He looks too much like one
of = our . customers,” complained
the manager. “Gives the place a
bad name.” .
Ebenezer 'never held a job
after that. He lived completely
off the cuff. He got his shoes
and newspapers from trash cans.
Janitors supplied him with cast
off clothing, and he soon built up
a list of old maids who were
good for a handout once a week.
He also learned that cafeteria
patrons often leave tasty tidbits
on their unfinished plates.
Hoard Kept Growing
His money hoard kept grow
ing. Ebenezer sat during the day
on the steps of an abandoned
building in Greenwich Villagd
He neVer begged, but tourists
often mistook him for an unem
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\ Third Party Leader Devotes Greater
[ Part Of Testimony To “Capitalists”
BY RELMAN MORIN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(AP)—Henry A. Wallace
sovid goday that “Wall Street monopolists” have twisted
th e original Marshall Plan into an instrument for enslav
ing" Europe. And he implied that the present program
will| lead to war. ]
Business Owners
In One Group
Show Patriatism
Some ousstanding examples of
civic patriotism are being showa
by large andl small taxpayers in
the current movemnent for /Ath
enians to make tax returng that
will be adequiate to finanse the
City’s services, it was lLearned
today. i
Unanimov s Edorseme nt
In one instiéince an organiza
tion whose members ar¢: in the
same line of business, met and
unanimously vioted endorsement
of the appeal c/f the Citizens Ad
visory Committee on . Municipal
Revenue and the Mayor and Coun
cil’'s efforts to put Athens on a
better basis financially. Not only
that, the members then went to
the City ,Hall -and made tax re
turns in keeping with their en
dorsement. In one instance a_bus
iness-member of the group rais
ed his returms from $5,600.00 to
more than $46,000. Anpother dou
bles his from $14,000 to $28,000
and the others also increased
their returns similarly. |
Negligence
It is pointed out that the busi
nessmen who belong to the ahove
grouup have | been following the
general practice of all citizens and
not making |, adequate returns,
The were not the only ones who
have not made approximately ac
curate returns. ‘“Everybody has
has been neglecting to do his or
(Comdinued On Page Seven)
ployed Rembrandt and tossed
him coins.
When he was 75 years old, he
sat down one night on a park
bench beside a drunken old
bum. :
“I can’t kick at life,’”” said the
bum. “I been everywhere and
seen everything. I had three
wives and 1 made $15,000 a
year in my time. Spent it all on‘
booze and women. If I had it
back, I'd do it all over again.”
~ “I never went with a girl or
tasted booze in my life,” said
Ebenezer, feeling sorry for him=
self.
The old bum fixed him with a
rye-colored eyeball: 5
“You look like you got one
foot in the grave now. Why
| (Continued On Page Seven)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and cool through
Wednesday with occasional
light drizzle tonight followed
by light rain Wednesday.
GEORGIA — Continued
cloudy and cool today, to
night and Wednesday; rain
Wednesday, and occasional '
drizzle today and tonight.
TEMPERATURE
Bigheat ... 0. b oW
LoWest: i .l i
Mesn ... 008 e
Noemnal -. .7 ol LGy
o RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since February 1 .. 597
Excess since February 1 . 1.81
Average February rainfall 5.08
Total since January 1 . ...10.26
Excess since January 1 .. 1.84
EXTENDED FORECAST
* Extended foreecat for Geor
gia from 7:30 p. m.. EST, to
day to 7:30 p. m., EST, Feb
ruary 28:
Temperatures will average
two to four degrees below
normal. - Cool - through Wed
nesday, slightly warmer
Thursday, becoming colder
Friday and little temperature
change Saturday. Light rain
Wednesday becoming moder
ate 4o ‘heavy Thuisaay and
Thursday night, elearing Fri
day.
~ The third party Presidential
candidate described the Euro
)pean recovery plan as “a blue
print for war.”
At his own request, Wallace
appeared before the House For
eign Affairs Committee. :
In advance of his testimony,
the committee announced that
there would be no radio broad
cast and that television an’d‘
newsreel cameras would be ex
cluded. This brought a cry of
“censorship” from Wallace Sup
porters, :
Most of Wallace's 11,000 ‘word
prepared statement was deveted
to his contention that *‘capital
ists” have 'perverted the Mar
shall Plan into a scheme for!
dominating w o r 1 d markets
whereby they would be able to
dictate the economic policies of
the nations that take:part in it
Wallace Plan
At the same time, Wallace of
fered his own alternate plan for
aid to Europe. Through his eight
pont program, he said, “we would
be relieved of the gnawing fear
of war and atomic destruction
which haunts us today.” 1
Wallace set forth these points
in outlining his project: ;
1. The creation of a $50,000,-
000,000 reconstruction fund.
2. A United Nations agency,
“and not big business,” should
administer the fund.
3. All nations “with appropri
ate means” would contribute to
4. It would be parceled out on
a priority basis to those nations
that suffered most in the war,
“including those of Eastern Eu
tope* .- e T
5. There should be no political
strings attached to granting tl'%s
assistance to any country. Wal«
lace said, “It would permit the
people of Europe to nationalize
their industries—it would permit
the exclusion of Wall Street
trusts, the refusal to purchase
surplus goods dumped abroad by
big American business.
6. None of the money should
be used to buy military supplies
or armaments, nor could it be
employed for war preparations.
“My plan would eliminate the
present Amercian intervention in
Greece, China, Indonesia, and
Indochina which are increasingly
threatening to : become battle
fronts of World War III,” Wal
lace said. o
7. The United Nations would
establish a world food granary
so that “the American farmer
would be encouraged to produce
to the limit, with a guaranteed
price floor.”
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TRUMAN SPEAKS IN VIRGIN ISLANDS ot
President Truman delivers an address in Emancipa~
tion Park at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, on the 100th anniversary of the island’s proe
lamation liberating slaves.—NEA Telephoto, il
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Herman Talmadge
Speaker Here
At Exchange Club
. Herman Talmacge addressed
the Athens Exchange Club at its
regular meeting yesterday on pos
sibilities ~for development of
Georgia. Several guests attended
the meeting to hear the speaker.
Mr. Talmadge discussed indus
trial .expansion as well as - agri
cultural development in Georgia.
“We hope to bring about this
industrial expansion with Georgia
capital,” Mr. Talmadge declared.
“We will welcome outsiders if
they invest their money and come
here to stay and aiq in deevelop
ment, but we must ban them if
they are here solely to reap prof
its which will be spent else~
where.” ¥
' “Great State” .'W
He called Georgia a*great
Istate,” citing its climate and “its
ltax rate, said to be cheaper.than
that of most other states. “Also,”
lthe speaker .said, “there is a
deeper spirit of patriotism,fi&'e
than in any other section .of the
country which I know.” e
Mr. Talmadge state‘d'a\wr
gia has Jong been in n of a
better balance between pm;
ture and industry, and predicte
that realization of this commun-~
‘ton is near at hand. He elabor
ated on Georgia’s many mnatural
resources, pointing out that, in
1946, the state turned out more
than $275,000,000 worth of timber
products. ; g
Mr. Talmadge said Georgia
prouces more pine than any
cther state in the nation, but that
most of the processed products
come from Michigan and North
Carolina. He wrged action in
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Air Force Caplain
Captain R. N. Rixon, represent
ing the Officer Procurement
Branch of 14th Air Force Head
quarters, will interview all stu
dents of the University of Georgia
and other young men who are in
terested in a career as an officer
with the U. S. Air Force at the
Military Building of the Univer
sity .of Georgia.
Any young man who is in
terested in a career as a flying of
ficer or non-flying administrative
officer with the U. 8. Air Force
may obtain information about
Aviation Cadet Training or Officer
Candidate Schools by appling to
Captain Rixon at any time on
Thursday, February 26. The Air
Force is planning to train 3,000
Aviation Cadets during the com
ing year.