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Vol. CXVI, No. 80.
Pan - American Conference Expected To wtay In Bogota
Lewis Sweats Out Miners Response To His Work Advice
Many Will
Return To
Pits Todan
Lewis To Facé Judge
Goldsborough Again
Tomorrow Morning
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, ‘April 13 —
(AP)—John L. Lewis sweated
out the miners response to his
pack to work advice today.
The big question was how
many of the 400,000 striking
soft coal diggers would return
to the pits and how many would
mark time until Lewis’' contempt
of court trial tomorrow.
Major district officers of the
United Mine Workers predicted
a substantial movement back to
work on this 30th day of the
pension walkout. Il
Conservative estimates” indi
cated about one-third of the bi
tuminous coal miners would trek
back, along with the 35,000 hard
ccal miners in eastern Pennsyl
vania who struck in sympathy.
Some miners, however, said they
want to wait and see what hap
pens to “Uncle John.”
Possible Jail Sentence
The severity of Lewis’ possible
punishment for ignoring a court
restraining order may depend on
the miners® reaction. If found
guilty tomorrow Lewis could be
sentenced to jail as well as fin
ed heavily. s AT
But if the mines are back in
operation, Justice T. Alan Golds
borough might ease the pex:%lty
for overlooking the court order.
Lewis agreed to a compromise
plan advanced by Senator Bridg
es (R-NH), who was designated
as the neutral trustee of the min
ers' $3,000,000 welfare and re
tirement fund in a week-end
move which caught Republicans
as well as the Demoeratic Tru
man Administration by surprise.
Mr. Truman had invoked the
Taft-Hartley Aet's national
emergency strike provisions .by
appointing a board of inquiry,
then authorizing Attorney Gen
eral Clark to seek an injunction.
The April 3 restraining order
issued by Judge Matthew F. Mc-
Guire followed.
But Lewis and his minel:s
looked the other way, until
House Speaker Joseph W. Mar
tin (R-Mass) stepped in with his
Suggestion that Bridges be nam
ed the neutral trustee. . ‘
By-Pass Law
Rep. Hartley (R-NJ ), chairman
of the House Labor Committee
and co-author of the labor law
Passed last june over & veto, said
the action of Martin and Bridges
had helped to by-pass the law.
When asked in a televised in
terview what he thought of Mar
ti’s intervention in the strike,
Hartley said last night:
“Well this is a presidential
vear and when the presidential
bug bites, it bites hard.”
Martin has been considered a
dark horse contender for = the
GOP presidential nomination. He
Teceived a standing ovation in
the House after the tentative
Settlement of the dispute was an
nounced,
The pension compromise it
Drovides for SIOO monthly pen-
Slons for UMW members who
(A) retired after May 29, 1946
(the date the government gave
Lewis hig first welfare fund to
ed the 1946 spring strike) and
(B) are more than 62 years old
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and contin-
Ued warm with chance of
thundershowers late this aft
‘foon or night. Seattered
thundershowers Wednesday.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm today,
tonight anq Wednesday,
Widely scattered thunder-
Showers in extreme morth
this afternoon and ever north
and west Wednesday after-
Noon,
TEMPERATURE
Highest .. i e S uRE
Lowest = AR el
Hoin oke
Normal -, ;. EREE 4
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 houps ... 5. .001
Total since April 1. ¢ .. 2.61
Excess since Apil 1 BiL
Avergae April rainfall .. 3.73
Total since January 1 ...21.81
Excess since January 1 .. 5.03
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Red Cross Drive
For Athens And
Clarke Is Failure
The 1948 Req Cross campaign
for Athens and Clarke County
has failed.
The question was asked today
of the people of Athens and
the county, “Do you want your
Red Cross to Die?” This ques
tion was asked by a Red Cross
leader wh, has the figures in
front of her.
Athens and Clarke are nears
ly $5,000 behind in their quota.
The drive here has been held
over in order that this quota
may be attained as soon as pos
sible.
You can still do your part
toward helping raise the quota
here if lou haven’t already given
you can call the Red Coss cam
paign office at 3252 and tell
them where to call and they
will pick up your contribution
or you can come by the office
and turn in your dgnation for
1948. 7
Local "Red Cross officials say
that many people were not
called on during the regular
campaign, if you are one of
those people who have hot al
ready given, d, 'so now and
help put Athens and Clarke
county over the top.
Several towns smaller than
Athens havé already gone over
the top with their quota for
this year, let’s don’t let Athens
get ‘behind,
Solon Wanis Tobacco
Cut Out Of Aid Plan
Says People In Europe
Ask Food Not Tobacco
WASHINGTON, April 13 —
(AP)—Rep. H. Carl Andersen
(R-Minn) said today the people
of Europe: “want food and not
tobacco.” :
Andersen — A member of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee—told a reporter e will seek
to strike out some $275,000,000
earmarked for purchase of to
baceo in the recently approved
European Recovery program.
He also said he would try to
stop any tractors or power farm
machinery from being sent to
Europe.
The attempt will be made, he
said, when the request for the
actual money to carry out the
program goes before the appro
priations committee.
Was Successful
Andersen was successful in a
similar move several months ago
when the House accepted his
amendment to a money bill, to
carry out the $550,000,000 inter
im aid program, which forbids
use of any of the funds for pur
chase of oil or other petroleum
products. The Senate also agreed.
In passing the interim aid bill
authorizing the program, Con
gress had approved purchase of
petroleum products.
Commenting on his current
drive to outlaw use of any of
ERP funds for tobacco purchases,
Anderson said:
“I feel that it is ridiculous that
the purchase of tobacco would
be contemplated in any form
whatsoever under the $6,000,-
000,000 European Recovery pro
gram.
“1 cannot see where the ex
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Supreme Courf Holds Augusta’s New City
Government Invalid In Ruling Made Today
Court Rules New Charter Not Constitutional
Due To Face That Advertising Proof iNot Shown
« ATLANTA, April 13.—(AP)—
Augusta’s new city government
was ruled invalid by the Georgia
Supreme Court today.
The court heid unanimously
that a new city charter effective
last January 1 violates the State
Constitution because a legislative
act authorizing the charter failed
to contain proper proof of adver
tising.
The charter ousted Cracker
Party Mayor W. D. Page and
created a council-manager city
government.
It also eliminated seven posi=
tions from the City Council and
abonshed: e Aususta Civil
Service Commission, vesting con
trol over police and fire depart
ments in a new Civil Service
‘Commission.
l. Under the Supreme Court de
cision, Mayor Page and seven
[former council members and the
abolished Civil Service Commis-
Full Associatea Press Service
Heavy Vote Seen
In Nebraska
Primary Today
Stassen, Dewey And
Taft Seen As Top
Contenders In Race
BY JACK BRELL
OMAHA, April 13—(AP)—Ne
braska Republicans pick from a
field of seven candidates today
the man they want the GOP Na
tional Convention to nominate
for president in June.
The heavier-than-usual prima
ry voting in prospeet, most poli
ticians here thought top choice
lies between Harold E, Stassen of
Minnesota, Gov. = Thomas E.
Dewey of New York and Sena
tor Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
These three ended their cam
paigns with & blaze: of oratory di
rected primarily against Com
munism. Stassen was the only one
here for a personal appearance
Dewey and Taft talked to Ne
braska voters only by radio.
Atfack Reds
But what they said added up
to a general attack on the Com
munists, pinpointed at the Boga
ta, Colombia, revoit, ;
Taft, who startled Nebraska
months ago by a proposal in
Omaha for scaling down farm
price support, stuck to his gunsin
a radi, platter broadcast to the
state.
The, Ohioan said -that the farm
parity formula must be revised.
He added: &
“The trouble with a flat 90 per
cent guarantee of parity is that i
cannpt be carried without pro
duction controls.”
There were some politicians
who forecast that Senator Arthur
Vandenberg of Michigan—who
says he isn't interested in the
nomination—might run well up
among the leaders.
Almost no campaigning hag
been done here for him or for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gov.
Earl Warren of California, and‘
House Speaker Joseph Martin of
Massachusetts.
The campaign windup last
night indicated that none of the
supposedly three leading aspir
ants is quite sure of the results
of today’s counting, Because of
local races, results may not be
known until the early hours to-
MOrrow, :
Stassen, speaking to a crowd
several hundred less than gath
cred to hear Dewey in the same
hall last week, told an Omaha
sudience that the Communist
party must be outlawed.
He mentioneq the Bogata re
volt as an example of what hap
pens when Communists are per
mitted to have a legal party but
refuse to abide by election re
sults.
Attacks Administration
Dewey, speaking by radio, said
the uprising was a ‘‘shameful
example” of incompetence on the
part of President Truman’s ad
ministration.
He said Mr. Truman had or
dered the U. S. Intelligence Ser
vice in Latin America discontin
ued. As a result, he chargeq that
high U. S, officials were allowed
to go to Bogata for the Pan-Amer
icen Conference in a city that
was “ripe for revolution.”
Taft, speaking by telephone to
the Ohio Federation of Republi
can women’s organization in Tol
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sion would be reinstated
The office of city manager,
George J. Roard, would be abol
ished. S &0
The Cracker Party, ousted
from long held power more than
a year ago, would receive a
strong shot in the arm with the
reinstatement of Mayor Page and
a change in political complexion
of City Council.
All seven members of the in
cumbent council are members of
the Independent Party who threw
out the Crackers. Under the new
administration Crackers will hold
six «eats on the Council and In
dependents eight. Mayor Page
will give the Crackers a seventh
vote. G ol
It was one of the greatest up
heavals in municipal govern
ment in Georgia history, creating
confusion over acts of the pres
ent government for the past
three and a half months.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948.
Northern "Blatherskife” Accuses South Of
Stealing Massachusetis Textile Industry
One ""Rebel” Comments; ''The South Must Be
Getting Under The Skin Of These Yankees"
ATLANTA, April 13—(AP)—
In a word, a Southern politician
thinks a certain Northern politi=
cian is a’ talkative, Dblustering,
noisy fellow. %
The word is “blatherskite.”
That's what Memphis' politi=
cal leader E. H. Crump called
Lt. Gov. Arthur W. Coolidge of
Massachusetts today.
In a speech before the great
er Lawrence, Mass., Chamber of
Commerce, yesterday Coolidge
said some harsh things about the
South. .~
He said the “Bilbo-belt banjo
strummers” were kidnapping his
state’s textile industry. “Dixie
Claghorns,” said Coolidge, al
ready have talked several mills
into moving South.
Yankee Mills, “Hollow Shells”
If such goings-on don’t stop, he
predicted, the New England Tex
tile llndustry will become mere
“hollow shells.”
He accused Dixie leaders, par
ticularly those in Louisiana, of
using federal tax money to off
set tax exemptions used to lure
industry southward.
Some ‘“tobacco road” states,
Coolidge continued, pay only $2
in taxes “for every $7 they whee
dle out of ‘Washington” while
Massachusetts kicks in $6 and
gets back $2.50.
In addition, Coolidge called
Southern labor a “raw mass, in
experienced and undisciplined.”
Said Crump tartly: “No slur
ring remarks by a iwo-by-four
blatherskite can remove the
South’s atractiveness. The South
is for steady growth — that’s
what’s killing ’em.” -
“Nonsense”
' As for the aspersions on
Southern labor, a textile indus
try spokesman, T. M. Forbes of
Atlanta, sniffed, “Nonsense.
Southern labor is not excelled
anywhere in the United States.”
Forbes, Executive Vice Presi
dent of the Cotton Manufactur
ers’ Association of Georgia,
hinted that perhaps Coolidge
thought his own section was
stagnating industrially. Besides,
he added, Northern industry
doesn’t have to be kidnapped by
the South, “It’s coming here of
its own accord.”
Arkansas Gov. Ben T. Laney
said he didn’t want to indulge
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Suwannee Confinues
Rise In Florida
No Loss Of Life Yet
Reported Due Waters
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 13
—(AP) — Flood crests along the
Suwanee River Tuesday moved
towarq Old Town and Faning
Springs, where U. S. Highwa, 19
is blocked by the hagh waters.
The crest was expected there
Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning, Water was still rising
izmd spreading over more adjacent
farmlands late Monday night.
.~ No loss of life has been attri
buted to the river’'s rampage,
which has for several days se
vered the Florida peninsula from
the. Panhandle Property damage
is expected to be high.
Near Mayo the water was fall
ing rapidly Monday. Roads still
were impassible ang fields re
mained inundated. The Dixie
county sheriff’'s office in Mayo
seid the roadbed on State Road
51 north of the Adams - Bridge
was believed washed out.
Shuttle plane service was con
tinuing between Jacksonville and
Tallahassee, otherwise cut off by
(Continued on Page Two.)
BEGINNING TOMORROW !
The BRanner-Herald and the Athens Ministerial Association
announce a weekly Sunday School lesson, to be published every
Wednesday afternoon, will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, April
14th.
These lessons are written by Dr. Roy L. Smith, credited with
being one of the most brilliant ministers in the United States. He
is editor of a national Methodist publication.
Dr. T. R. Harvill, president of the Athens Ministerial Associa
tion, made the announcement today of the cooperation between the
Ministerial Association, The Banner-Herald and the International
Council of Religious Education in publishing these weekly Sunday
School lessons. Watch for the first lesson, tomorrow!
In a letter to Dr. Harvill, Philip C. Landers, associate general
secretary of the International Council of Religious Education,
stateda:
“You and your Ministerial Asxfiiation have been most helpful
in making possible the Banner-Herald’s carrying this feature. I
want you to know that we deeply appreciate vour willingness to
assist us, and you can now rest assured that the church people
inlAthex,zs will have the privilege of reading Dr. Smith’s weekly
column.’
Soft Coal Production
Resumes In Big Area
PITTSBURGH, April 13 —
(AP) — Soft coal production
spurted today with operations es
timated as high as 75 per cent
of normal in some areas. 5
As diggers—happy to be back
at work again after their 28-day
pension walkout — returned to
the pits, the Western Pennsyl
vania Coal Operators Associa
tion said at Pittsburgh that at
least 26 mines were back in pro
duction. .
The Association said the mines,
which normally employ about
10,000 men, were operating with
75 per cent of personnel. :
Most Southern Illinois mines
were reported in operation. Ex
tent of operations was put at
from 75 per cent of normal to
normal. Some mines, however,
were still closed but others had
full crews on the job.
In Eastern Pennsylvania, more
than 30,000 anthracite mihers
came back to work, ending a
walkout begun a week ago in
sympathy with the soft coal dig~
gers. Ny
Only in a few areas did min
ers say outright they were not
quite satisfied with their victory
--thg winning of SIOO-a-month
| pensions, o
ere and there, principally in
Wektern Pennsylvania, a few
of ‘the United Mine Work
.ers indicated they would wait
and see what happens to their
leader, John L. Lewis, before
‘they return to work. Lewis, un
der a federal court contempt ci
‘tation, is scheduled for a hear
ing Wednesday.
The wait-and-see situation
was summed briefly in a case of
a 300-member local at Jamison,
'W. Va, which voted not to fe
‘turn to work before Wednesday.
Several Western Pennsylvania
locals met last night and ad
jdurned without taking action.
Most of them scheduled new
meetings for today. Roth Union
|and mine officials said some
mines would operate today but
'both refused to give names of
the mines or coal companies.
Self-Government For
Palesfine Is Claimed
Spokesman Claims
Covers Jewish Areas
By CARTER L. DAVIDSON
JERUSALEM, April 13—(AP)—
A Jewish agency spokesman de
clared today self-government has
already been attained in Jewish
areas of Palestine, more than a
month in advance of apnounced
plans.
The Zionist general council de
cided yesterday to proclaim an in
dependent Jewish state in the
Holy Land May 16, the day after
the British mandate ends.
“Jewish self - government is
already a living isis‘ue,” the Jew
ish agency spokesman said.
“This apparently is not realized
at Lake Success.“
Jewish drivers’ licenses have
been required since 8 a. m. to
day in Jewish areas, with lati
tude given so drivers will have
time to apply. X
Palestine government identity
cards, including public informa
tion, office press credentials, no
longer are adequate ior passage
through Jewish quarters.
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Defense, Loyalty,
UN Hold Spotlight
In Congress Today
Military Might And
International Now
Solons Big Issue
BY JERRY KORN
WASHINGTON, April 13.—
(AP)—National defense, speculas
tion, proposed changes in the U.
N. and the fight over the loyalty
of a government scientist held
the attention of Congress today.
The nation’s military might—
and . the international situation
which underlines its importance
—were the foremost matters be
ing discussed on both sides of the
Capitol.
Defense — Republican leaders
in the House lined up against
any move right now to control
industry as an aid to defense,
but they said purely military
legislation will get fast action,
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
told the House Armed Services
Committee yesterday that indus
trial controls might become nec
essary. But Chairman Wolcott‘
(R.-)Mich.) said the country’s
economy “can deal with anything‘
proposed so far.”
And Speaker Martin (R.-Mass.)
said the House Republican Steer
ing Committee has decided to
push ahead as quickly as possible
with military bills. Senate lead
ers have announced a similar de
cision. .
The armed services commit
tees of both houses worked to
day on draft measures. .
United Nations
United Nations — Chairman
Vandenberg (R.-Mich.) of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee promised to give careful
consideration to a proposal — by
16 senators of both parties — to
change the United Nations Char-‘i
ter.
But another committee mem=~
ber, Senator George (D.-Ga.)
said he doesn't think the plan
will be approved,, i
The suggested changes would‘
do away with the veto, except in
a few cases, and weuld set up (a)
an international police force
staffed by volunteers from small
nations, and (b) an .international
atomic development authority.
Speculation—The House com
mittee investigating commodities
speculation set out to learn who
—if anyone —- profited on the
market from ‘“leaks” of secref
information about government
food plans last fall, :
Miss Dorothy Bayles, a Com
merce Department economist, told
the committee yesterday that,
without meaning to, she let =
girl friend know last Septemi W,
8 that the government planned to
buy about twice the previous
amount of fats and oils for ex
port.
The friend, Miss Geraldine
Canning, worked for the execu
tive vice-president of the Short
ening Manufcaturers Institute
She phoned the figures tc ha
boss, who gave them to a manu
facturers’ meeting in Memphis.
The government didn’t announce
them until a day later.
Dr. Condon
Condon — The House Un-Am
erican Activities Committée pre
pared to ask support from an
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Court Upholds Non-Communist Provision
On Tass-Harley Act In Ruling Today
Provision Requires Union Officials To File
Sworn Statements Saying Not Communist
WASHINGTON, April 13—
(AP) — A special three-judge
Federal Court today upheld the
constitutionality of the non-
Communist provision in the Taft-
Hartley Labor Act. :
That provision requires labor
union officers to file a sworn
statement they are not Commun
ists if their unions are to make
use of the National Labor Rela
tions Board’s machinery. )
" The three-judge court upheld
the provision on a 2-1 vote.
One Dissent
Judge Wilbur K. Miller and
Judge Bolitha J. Laws upheld
the provision. Judge E. Barrett
Prettvman dissented.
The case was brought by the
CIO National Maritime Union.
Many top labor union men
have been critical oi the provis
ion. Some call it an “insult” for
Congress to demand that labor
men make such a statement.
A. B. C. Paper—
Marshall Lays Revolt
Tolnternational Reds;
Part Of Master Plan
Gourt Takes Up
Criminal Docket
Many Fines, Sentences
Dealt Out Monday
By HOKE SMITH MAY
Solicitor General Marshall
Pollock took up the criminal
docket in yesterday’s proceedings
of the April term of Clarke
Superior Court.
Cases and dispositon of cases
tried in yesterday’s session were:
In the cae of the State vs. Mrs.
Margaret Whitehead and Bill
Colley on a charge of larceny
from the house, the defendents
were found guilty, the woman
sentenced to 12 months in the
‘woman's prison at Milledgeville,
and the man sentenced to 12
‘Lmonths in Public Works Camp.
James Wingfield entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of
transporting liquor. He was sen
tenced to 12 months in Public
Worke Camp, the sentenced
‘qualified to read that the 12
'months sentence would be_sery
ed on probation after the pay
ment of a SIOOO fine.
Plea of Guilty
A plea of guilty was entered
in the case of the State vs. James
Muckle on a charge of trans
porting liquor. The defendent
was sentenced to serve 12
months in Public Works Camp,
the sentence qualified to read
that the 12 months would be
served on probation after the
payment of SIOOO fine.
Dillard Jenkins pleaded guil
ty to a charge of being in pos
sesion of alcoholic spirits. He
was fined S3OO, SIOO to be paid
on the date sentenced and the
remainder within a six months
period under conditions orally
stated by the court.
Emory Andrews entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of
transporting liquor. He was
sentenced to serve 12 months in
Public Works Camp, the sen
tence qualified to read that the
12 months period would be serv
ed on probation, after the pay
ment of a S3OO fine.
Plea of Guilty
A plea of guilty was entered
in the case of the State vs. Clliff
Willingham on a charge of
transporting liquor. The defen
dent was sentenced to serve 12
months in Public Works Camp,
the sentence qualified to read
that the 12 months period would
be served on probation after the
payment of a S3OO fine.
Charlie Burroughs pleaded
guiity to a charge of transporting
aguor. He was sentenced to
serve 12 months in Public Works
Camp, the sentence qualified to
read that the 12 months would
be served on probation after
payment of a SSOO fine.
Felton Owens entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of trans-
\Luntinged on rYage fwo.)
The case is almost certain to
be taken to the Supreme Court.
It is the only court which can
give a final decision on the con
stitutionality of the provision.
The three-judge court’s major
ity opinion gaiq: 3 |
Basic Law
“Instead of being convinced
beyond reasonable doubt that
Section 9(H) of the statute is
void for violating the basic law
(Constitution) we hold the con
sidered view that the subsection
is a constitutional exercise of
congressional ‘power to prescribe
qualifications which must be pos
sessed by those who ask to enjoy
the extraordinary privilege of
acting as exciusive bargaining
agent. i |
“I¢t would be unrealistic to say,
in the light of all that appears,
that the presence of Communists
in key positions in labor relations
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ingle Copy, 5«
Bitter Battle Rages = .
In Greece; Now Enters
Third Day Of Strife
By The Associated Press
Pan-American Conference del
egates are expected to vote today
to remain in Bogoia, Colombia,
despite the short-lived revolt
which killed 300 persons and de
vastated much of the capital.
U. S. Secretary of State George
C. Marshall, heading the Ameri
can delegation, blamed Interna
tional Communism for the re=
volt. He told newsmen and dele
gates last night it follow%, a
pattern similar to outbreaks ¢
provoked trouble in France and
pre-election violence in Italy.
Trouble Friday ;
The trouble flared suddenly
Friday with the assassination of
a Liberdt:é party leader. Colombia’s
government, still under C ‘Var
tive President Marianoorm
Perklvez has broken reltions
with the Soviet Union. Two Rus
sians, described as Communist
agents, are in custody.
Chile’s government saig today
the Colombia uprising was part
¢t g Communist master plan
which called for simnidar OutDreaks
in Chile and Bolivia. President
‘Gabriel Gonzales Videla sum*
moned army and police officials
to plan defense measures against
a purposed Communist May Day
plot in Chile.
A high Russian official in Ber
iin tolq & German youth meeting
today “The Marshall plan means
the division of Germany; the di«
vision of Europe—it means war.”
The speaker, Col, Sergei Tulpas
nov, information chief of the. Sos
viet military administration of
Germany, likened President Tru
man to the late Hermann Goering,
Hitler's deputy, evidently referr
ing to Goering’s four-year plan
for arming Nazi Germany.
The Russians maintained re
strictions on the movement of al
lied grounq traffic to and from
Berlin, which is deep inside So
viet occupation territory. In Aus
stria, however, British and Amer=-
ican rail traffic through the So
viet zone was reperted normal
again today, with military trains
clearing check points with litfle
delay. Two British miligary trains,
to and from Vienna, were delayed
vesterday while Russian guards
checked credentials of the pas
sengers. o
There were increasing signs in
Italy that the Italian Communists
are losing ground in the- eam
paign for next Sunday’s elections.
The Communists appeared to
have stoppeq talking about arms
and insurrection if the parlia
mentary elections should not go
their way. They also have adop
ted what appears to be a more
conciliatory attitude toward -‘the
Marshall plan. - o g
Greece Baitles R
In Greece, a bitter battle «be=
tween army troops and Commun
ist Guerrillas raced into its third
day at Kalavryta in the northern
Peloponnesus. An army cofmmu=
rique said one section of "the
town was penetreted by Guerril
las, who raided two banks. The
Greek army attacked in an area’
just south of the Bulgarian_ ber
der some 1,500 to 2,000 Guerril
lasr B
China’s former vice-minister of
Foreign Affairg urfed in Shan
ghai today a reshuffie of China’s
government as the only alterna
tive to “imminent military = c¢ol
lapse” and eventual alliance with
Russia, Kan Chieh-Hou, wartime
member of the Supereme Nation=
al Defense Council, said in an in
terview China must inject lberal
blood into the government. «
Delegates to the Chinese Nation=-
zl Assembly condemned the gov
ernment as “inefficient, corrupt
and unjust” A stream of dele
gates paraded to the Assembly
rostrum, attacked Defense Min
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Snecial Meeting Mayor
Council Set Tomorrow:
A special meeting of Mayor
and Council has been called for
nnon Wednesday for the purpose
of receiving bids on the Water
Ravenue Cartificates snd alen fa
consider lifting the zoning ordi
nance on Prince Avenue to pro
vide for erection of a Doctor’s
Building and another place of
business, and for no other pur
poses, it was announced today.