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Vol. CXVI, No. 83
Communists Reported Losing Ground In Italian Campaign
Red Revolt
Possibility
In The US
Hinted Colombia Type
Revolt Could Be
Used In This Country
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, April 16 —
(AP)—An open warning and a
guarded hint that Colombia’s
blood-spattered revolt pattern
may be used in the United States
spurred a Congressional Com
mittee today to dig deeper for
The lawmakers want a com
plete explanatign of why the
State Department went ahead
with the Pan American Confer
ence at Bogota despise definite
word that the Communists were
plotting trouble there. jobi
The department itself said
Secretary Marshall scornfully |
rejected any notion that “a,
handful of Communists” could
intimidate the American Re
publics.
But Rep. Clarence J. Brown
(R-Chio) saw the situation in a
different light. :
Questions Marshall
“Why,” he asked, “did they
(department officials) go blind
ly into this conference knowing
there might be trouble? Why
did they permit themselves and
the country to be put in a fick
lish positon?”
Brown said he wants the
answers to those questions and
will try to get them at hearings
to be set later.
He is the Chairman of a House
Committee set up to look into
the background of the destruc
tive Bogota upriting—particular
ly to learn whether this eoun:
try’s Central Intelligence Agen
¢y (CIA) had warned Marshall
there might be frouble in the
Colobian capital.
Yesterday’s hearing brought
evidence of a number of such
warnings. Afterwards the State
Department volunteered that it
had been fully aware of the sit
uation itself and that Marshall
had commented “saltily” the
American Republics were | not
going to be intimidated by Com
munists or anybedy else.
, But the thing that stood out
in sharpest focus was the dou-‘
ble admonition in Congress that‘
trouble may be ahead in this
country. ;
Rear Adm. R H. Hillenkoetter,
head of the CIA, told Brown’s
committee that “conditions in
Colombia are similar to those in
the United States except that
they are advanced a couple of
years.”
Hillenkoeter said Jorge Gaitan,
the Colombian Liberal leader
whose assassination touched ' off,
the revolution was a figure “like
Henry Wallace in our country’—
a 2 man who played along “with
the extreme left and the Com
munists.”
Then the House itself heard an
outright warning from one of its
own members,
Rep. Donald L. Jackson (R-
Calif), an observer for Congress
"-'hq flew back from the Bogota
conference to report to his col
leagues, declared:
“The uprising in' Bogota was
ot something that just happen
ed. It represents additional
stitches in the cloth of violence.
“It can and will happen in
New York, Chicage and San
Francisco ~ unless the march of
Communism is halted. .
“The Red tide has touched the
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School Lunch Price
To Be Raised Monday
Due to the fact that the fedsz;:
al subsidy for schno} I‘"{“' i
has been exhausted pl'lcea: Ao
lunches in loeal scnoois, B
Where, will be increased, effec= ‘
tive Monday |
Beginning Monday the luncm:lst
Will cost 25 cents per dayHi e
Junior High and the gat
School, and 20 cegts lper day
the elementary sc ools.
If the subsidy is restortefiié
school officials announced .
st of the lunches will be _fee
duced as they were sometim
420 when additional funds were
Mmade available, i
ettt tl®
Town Hall Meet For
Sunday Is Postponed
The Inter-Club Council, finl;is
! necessary to postpone the
Town Hay meeting for Sunday
afternoon April 18th. &
The Taoter oiun Council, is
‘Omposed of all +the local civic
¢lub presidents, to coordm:;:;
‘nd foster greater commun
srvite for all of Athens and
Clark County, . iaaeWaabid v
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Senate Group Puts
Brakes On Airmada
Legislation Today
Senate To "Go Over"’
House Passed Bill
Cautiously Solon Says
BY HOWARD DOBSON
WASHINGTON, April 16.—
(AP) — Purse-string holders in
the Senate put the brakes on the
70-group air force bill today.
Senators Bridges (R.-N.H.)
and Gurney (R.-S.D.) said the
$3,198,100,000 - measure which
whopped through the House by
a 343 to 3 vote will get a close
going over in the Senate Appro
priations Committee.
Bridges, the committee chair
man, noted that the 70-group air
force proposal added to the bill
on the House floor is “highly con
troversial.” He said he has not
decided whether he will support
it. ' :
Gurney, No. 2 GOP member of
Bridges’ group and chairman of
the Armed Services Committee,
declared that he sees no reason
for rushing the 70-group appro
priation through the Senate.
“The air force will need men
as well as planes,” he told a re
porter. “We want to wait until
we can get all the facts, and
that will be some time next
week.”
High Cost
Gurney estimated that expan-|!
sion of the air force to 70 groups|
would cost about $6,000,000,000 a |
year from now on.
Various estimates have placed]|
the total number of active planes
in an airforce that size at about ‘
12,000—as compared with some]
5,500 now. Neither figure in-|
cludes the several thousand air
crafty held in reserye for future
emergencies. ¥
Gurney usually has supported
the administration’s defense pro
gram. ‘He already has declared
himself in favor of both a tem
porary draft revival and inaugu
ration of universal , military
training.
Most other Republican leaders
in Congress, however, as well as
a number of Democrats, have
shied away from a training bill.
Their idea is to boost the air
\force from its present 55 group
blueprint to 70 groups and to
lrely on selective service alone to
provide any extra manpower
needed. ,
The military establishment it
self is split over the issue.
But yesterday’s House vote left |
little doubt where that chamber
stands in the argument between
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
and Secretary of Air Symington.
Symington ignored both For
restal and President Truman in
plugging for the bigger air force.
«Spank” Symington
Mr. Truman told his news con=
ference yesterday he doesn’t
know why Symington is pursu
ing the course he is. But as to
whether he plans to “spank”
the Air Secretary, the President
said he will have to answer that
later.
Symington himself kept silent,
but his office said he has mno
plans to resign.
Even if the Appropriations
Committee decides to knock out
the 70-group section of the airl
power bill, there are strong in
dications that it will be revived
on the Senate floor. |
Among those who. have insist
ed this country must concentrate
on air power is Senator Taft of
Ohio, chairman of the Senate’s
Republican Policy Committee.
The only real argument over
the bill the House passed yester
day centers around an $822,000,-
.000 item. The rest of the money
—in actual cash' and contract
authority — was asked by For
restal himself.
Athens Agricultural Fair Stock Issued To
118 Persons: Many More Reserve Shares
Fair Growing Into One Of Largest Community
Projects Ever Attempted In Athens, Clarke
Plans for the Athens Agricul
tural Fair are progressing day by
day, so that now it is growing
into one of the largest commun
ity projects ever attempted in
this city. : |
‘ Stock has been paid for and‘
issued to 118 persons thus far.,
The stock issued coustitutes 1,057
shares, totalling @ monetary
value of $21,140. Stock reserved
amounts to an additional $6,360.
Those having already been is
sued stock in the Fair are:
l Floyd Adams, Armstrong and
Dohbs, Athens Banner-Herald.
| Allen R, Fleming, jr, Post No.
90, American Legion; Athens Civ
itan Club, Athens Coca-Coia TG,
. Athens Farm Equipment Co., Ath
‘ ns Lumber Co., Athens Securi-
Voter Registration
For State Primary
To Close On July 1
Registration of Georgia vot
ers for the 1948 Democratic
Primary will close at midnight
of July 1, according to a ruling
by Attorney General Eugene
Cook.
The Attorney General hand
ed down the ruling at the re
quest of several county Tax
Collectors, who supervise reg
istration.
Under the law, registration
must close four months before
the General Election, set for
November 2, this year. The
State Democratic Primary will
be held on September 8.
Clarke County Tax Collec
tor Albért« E, Davision, in
whose office all registration is
effected, today pointed out
that any citizen who voted in
1944, or who has cast a ballot
since in a cotfnty or state elec
tion, does not have to register
since their names are already
on the registration lists.
Atlanta Police Get
At New Hate Order
Find Man Strapped,
Beaten By Hate Group
By BEM PRICE
ATLANTA, April 16—(AP)— J
Two alert policemen were credited 1
today with uncovering a new hate 3
organization, “The Black Raiders,” 1
and the rescue of a construction 1
worker from an unmerciful strap
ping. :
As a result, four meh were un- |,
der arrest on charge of assauit and 1
battery and Fulton Police Chief |
G. Neal Ellis was holding as evi-| |
dence several crude black masks, ;
a pistol, a leather strap and near
ly a hundred cards printed with|.
the group’s name in bold type. !
~ Ellis said the patrolmen on a
}routine check of wooded areas on|
the outskirts of Atlanta last night
were attracted to° & secluded -8 ‘
by the flickering of a flashlight. |
The two patrolmen, Q. F. Hayes
and A. D. Trollinger, said they
found James Charles Berry, 23,
bent forward against a tree with
his buttocks exposed.
Verge Of Collapse 4
Berry, the patrolmen related,
had been ‘beaten, apparently with
a heavy leather strap, until blood
vessels burst. He was on the verge
of collapse and covered with gore,
they said.
Chief Ellis said that nearby were
two cars with-.license plates care
fully concealed by rags. In the
triangle made by the parking of
the cars, said Ellis, the two police
men spied and seized a crouching
man. .
The officers heard others crash
ing through the brusht. Blood
hounds were ordered to the scene
by radio and the three men were
tracked for over a mile and ar
rested.
Chief Ellis identified the four as
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Generally fair and mild to
night and Satutflay.
GEORGIA—Fair and mild
today, tonight and Saturday
except considerable cloudi
ness with widely scattered
showers in coastal areas to
day. l
TEMPERATURE
Highest .o 0 . o 1D
Towhe .. eaß
MO oo bakierinees U
NWorthtl ... .. ot
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since April 1 .. .. 2.68
Excess since‘ April 1 .... .82
Average April rainfall .. 3.73
Total since January 1 ...21.88
Excess since January 1 .. 4.74
ties Co., Athens Truck and
Tractor Co., Bell’'s Food Market,
W. H. Bailey Plumbing Co., F. G.
Birchmore, D. L. Branyon, Wil
lson O. Blount, E. O. Cabaniss,
SE. 0. Cabapiss, jr., W. M. Crane,
' jr., W. H..Cabaniss, J. Henry
| Cabaniss, W. M. Cabaniss, George
| M. Champion, W. D. Crawford
| T. Edward Carter, Felton Chris
| tian, Carter W. Daniel, Carlos
Dellinger.
| Downs Motor Co., L. 8. Davis,
jr., Harry H. Elder, T. L. Elliott,
I|J. W. Firor, sr., H. M. Fullilove,l
.ljr., Ellis Garrett, B. F. Griffeth.
A R. K. Gunn, B. M. Grier, Callant
-tßelk Co., J. H. Hubert, jr., Hodg~
tson’s Inc., Hutchins-Cox and
-{Strnud. J. Swanton Ivy, M. N 1
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Third 0f U, S. Coal
Miners Remain On
Protest Strike Now
Await Verdict Of
Court In Trial Of .
John L. Lewis Soon
PITTSBURGH, April 16 =
(AP) — One-third of the nas
tion’s 400,000 soft ceal ‘miners
tcday grimly maintained - their '
protest strike pending the Fed
eral Court’s verdict on John Ly
Lewis, :
The trial of the United Mine
Workers chieftan on charges of
contempt ended yesterday, ex.
cept for the final judgment.
Monday morning Federal Dis<
trict Judge T. Alan Goldsborough
will announce whether Lewis and
the UMW are guilty of failing to
heed a court order of April 5 to
end the 29-day soft coal walkout.
Tried on similar charges in
1946, Lewis was fined SIO,OOO and
the UMW paid $700,000.
The Walkout
The walkout, by which miners
enforced their démands for SIOO-a
‘month pension ended last Monday.
An estimateq 250,000 miners have
returned to thé pits, the number
growing from day to day. ‘
On the fourth day after the
settlement, however, more than
cne-third of the UMW members
still refused to return to their
jobs, Thousands of these were in
the old, strike.hardened Pennsyl
vania soft coal region, where the
UMW has fought many of its bit- i
terest battles.
-Only about 44,000 of Pennsyl
vania’s soft coal diggers were at
work. Most of the others had gone
t, their union meetings ang veoted
to postpone their return “until
after we learn what the court
does about Uncle John.”
None of Utah’s more than 4,-1
300 miners re-entered the pits.
Ohio has 16,000 soft coal dig
gers but Adolph Pacifico, UMW
?istrict president, m his lmst“:w;
e ‘of ‘them had returned. He
said most of them apparently
were awaiting the Lewis ruling,
though flood waters may have
kept some from their jobs
In West Virginia, only one un.
ion local reported voting against
the return but 20,000 of the 120,-
000 miners faileq to show up at
their mines.
Many Idle
At least 7,000 were idle in Ala
bamza, 2,000 in southwest Vir
ginia, 1,500 ‘t, 2,000 in Indiana,
and 1,100 in Colorado, ‘
The attitude of the non-work
ing miners kept railroads and fhel
steel industry on the anxious!
seat. They wanted to resume
full scale operations as soon as
possible — just as soon as they
feel assured of an adequate sup
ply of coal. |
The Pittsburgh Steel Co., an
nounced the reopening today »f
its coke plant and one blast fur
nace at nearby Monessen, Anoth
er blast furnace, it said. will be
returned to production Saturday.
About 350 workers will be re
called. :
The Lackawanna Railroad will
call 700 locomotive and repair
shop workers back on Monday.
' But these were only a few of
the 160,000 workers idled in va
rious industries as a result of
‘the coal shutdown. Generally,
the attitude of the steel compan.
ies and the railroads was the same
as that of the miners: They are
‘awaiting to learn “what the court
does about John L. Lewis.”
Sixteen European Nations Adopi Move To
Bring Selves In Permanent European Group
All Sixteen Are Participating In Marshall
Plan; Western Germany Includéd In The Pact
BY JOSEPH E. DYNAN
PARIS, April 16 — (AP)—Six~
teen nations and Germany’s
Western Zone unanimously
adopted today a convention bind
ing themselves into a permanent
European organization bf econo
mic cooperation. }
The nations are those taking
part in the European recovery
program (ERP) , or Marshall
Plan. The organization is t, as
sure efficient use of the $g,300-1
000,000 the United States - has
pledged in the program.
The 28 - article, 8,600-word
convention was adopted and sign
ed at a conference .of Foreign
Ministers and others in the
French Foreign Ministry,
“A strong and prosperous Eu
ropean economy,” says the pream
ble, “will contribute to the main.
tenance of peace.”
* The chairman, British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin, put the
charter to the delegates at 12:25
p. m. There were no objections;
s he declared it adopted official
ly. Annexes and protocols also
were adopted.
Austria Signed First
The delegates then attached
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The above is a photograph of the Aircraft
Engine Shop in the Athens Vocational School
which is located on the corner of Meigs and
Pope streets. The men shown in the photograph
. are all veterans of World War 11, and they are
training to become Aircraft Engine Mechanics.
Due to a steady increase of interest so many
menh have shown in this field of work, another
full-time course has been put into operation at
tb&school. The addition of this new class now
makes it possibie for the school to enroll most
of the large number of veterans that have re
' gquested training as aircraft engine mechanics
since August 1, 1947,
In order to enable the students to get all the
training required before they receive their
mechanics license from Civil Aeronautics au=
Congressman Brown Stresses Value Of
Federal Aid To Farm-To-Markef Roads
Bill Passes House
With Only 6 Votes
Cast Againstdt
~ Pointing out its value to sec= |
ondary or farm-to-market roads,
gg'esmn Paul Brown of the
members of the National ‘House
of Representatives to urge pas
sage of the Federal Aid Highway
Act of 1948, which passed almost
unanimously only six members
voting against it early this week.
Congressman Brown made a
strong speech in favor of pas
sage of the bill, stating that in
the debate on the 1944 post-war
Federal Aid Highway Bill, he!
suggested that many of the States,
due to shortage of material, “the
high cost of building, and so on,
would be unable to match the
amount apportioned to the States
within the time allowed under
the act.”
In the debate over the 1948
Federai Aid Highway Act, Con
gressman Brown declared “there
is no funection of government
more productive of benefits to
citizens of all classes than con
struction of highways.
“Highway transportation is es
sential for agriculture, schools,
industry, and community life in
every section of the country.
Practically all forms of produc
tion and distribution and social
life are. dependent upon the
'motor vehicle and good road sur
faces upon which to operate
them.
Highway Needs
| “At the beginning of the war
our highway needs were great.
Use of highways of .all classes
had completely outgrown the im
provements made for the traffic
of an earlier day. There was ser
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their signatures. The first signer
was Austrian Foreign = Minister
Karl Gruber, The last was Gen.
Sir Brian Robertson, British Mil
itary Governor for Germany and
representative of the British and
American zones.
Before the morning meeting ad
journed, the Conference unani
mously adopted a resolution to
send thanks to the U. S. for its
“generous response in assisting
Europe in its present critical
state.” This was proposed by
Tlrvish Foreign Minister Sean Mac-
Eride.
The delegates approved Bevin's
cuggestion that they reassemble
in g closed meeting at 5 p. m.
(11 a. m., EST). Their deputies
are to meet 45 minutes earlier
to prepare this afternoon’s
agenda.
This will include choosing a
secretary generzl, two assistants
and other officers and selecting
a pamanent headquarters for
the organization.
The document names these con
tracting powers: Austria, Belgium.
!Brit&in, Denmark France, Greece,
Eire, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
lNorwai, the Netherlands. Portu
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ESTABLISHED 1832,
thorities, many new pieces of the very latest
equipment available have been added to the
engine shop recently. At least one of every type
engine used commercially today is now avail
able for trainees to overhaul, assemble, dis
assemble and repair, Other recent additions in
the shop include two new laboratories. They
are carburetion and fuel injection and magneto
and electrical system laboratories. Both of them
are set up with the latest type testing equip
ment and overhauling facilities.
Some of the veterans who had previous ex
perience in aircraft engine work will be ready
for the examination soon, and if they are suc
cessful in passing these examinations, a license
will be issued to them by Civil Aeronautics
authorities.
Roxas Body Broughi
Back To Capifal
BY SPEN@ER DAVIS
AL A 0
“The boay of Manual
‘Roxas was brought back today to
this sérrowina capital, of the
vcung Philippines republic he
served as president. '
The Capital, stunned by the 56
year old Roxas’ unexpecteq death
tfrom a heart attack at Clark Field
last night, awaited the arrival of
his successor, Vice-President El.
pidio Quirino, 57.
Quirino, himself ailing and un
der a physician’s care for high
bloog pressure, was -expected to
returnn by fomonrow morning
after breaking off a tour of the
central Philippines.
Quirino by radio called a ses
sion of the Council of State,
which consists of cabinet mem
bers, former Piresident Sergio
Osmena and former Justice Jose
Yulo. ‘He asked it to meet as
soon as he arrives.
Secretary of Commerce Placi
do Mapa told reportérs Roxas
had been more worrieq recently |
by Quirino’s health than his own.
Thousands of Filipinos throng.
ed the depot when the funeral
train arrived from Clark Field,
U. S. Air Base 50 miles northeast
of Manila,
The crowd gasped at the sight
of the train — & locomotive pull
ing several empty freight cars,
a gasoline tank car, two third
class carriages containing the
presidential guards, and Roxas’
2ir conditioned first class coach.
Mrs. Roxas lifted the flag over
the body and kissed the forehead
of her hushand.
The body lay in state at Mala
canan Palace, which was closed
to all members of the family, the
cabinet and close friends.
Government and commercial
radio stations were asked to
eliminate dance music. Business
bouses opened. So did the stock
exchange, but there was little
trading. Everyone awaited an
nouncement of the mourning pe
riod. :
Quirino, is strongly pro-Amer
ican, as was Roxas. He negotiated
the military assistance pact with
| the Uniteq States, although he
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Army Without Single Combat Foot Soldier
In Alaska Moves To Sirengthen Oufpos!
| Several Ground Combat Units To Be Moved
| Into Outpost Next Door To Soviet Russia
| By ELTON C. FAY |
! WASHINGTON, April 16—(AP)
—The Army, without a single
combat foot soldier in Alaska to
‘day, is borrowing from its mobile
ireserve to build up the Garrison
j-in that northern outpost next door
to Russia.
Anti-aircraft and other ground
combat units from the West Coast
and Hawaii will leave for Alaska
shortly “to undergo summer train
ing in conjunction with air units,”
the Army said. g
The- effect of this ‘summer
training” wiii be .tc bholster the
Fpresent 7,000-man force now there
pending action in Congress on the
lproposal of Gen., Omar Bradley,
A. B. C. Paper-Single Copy, 5¢
Smith Brands Red
Asent Charze Lie
Says Miss Nelson Has
Made A False'Charge
WASHINGTON, April 16—(AP)
—U. 8. Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith has branded as “false” So
viet charges that Robert Magidoff,
an American corréspondent, sp;*eé
for the U. S. embassy in Moscow.
Smith cabled his denial to the
State Department after Magidoff
had been ordered out by the So
viet government. The newsman
had been accused by Cecilia Nel
son, his American-born secretary,
of having sent secret military data
to this country -in official U. S.
diplomatjc pouches. |
Authorized Sources
But Smith said in his cable
“I have insisted and have in
sured that diplomatic, military and
naval personnel of this mission re
strict themselves implicity and ex
clusively to legitimate and au
thorized sources of information.
“Mr. Magidofi informed me that
he considered the allegations made
by the Soviet citizen, Miss Nelson,
and published in Izvestia, are en
tirely false.
“I can confirm the fact that they
are false insofar as they relate to
American embassy personnel.”
Dispatches from Moscow yester
day said Magidoff planned to leave
the U. S. S. R. in the next day or
two. He came to this country in
1922. His mother, Mrs. Jennie
Magidoff of New York, said he is
an American citizen. Magidoff has
served in the Russian capital as
correspondent for the” National
Broadcasting Co.
Worked In Embassy
,The State Department said Miss
Nelson had worked in the Ameri
can embassy in 1943-44. Her ap
plication indiéated she went to
Russia in 1936,
The State Department said she
had married Ernest Toivo Koho
nen, who was born in Minneapolis
but formally renounced his Amer
ican citizenship in 1937,
RED SHIPS ARRIVE
BALBOA, C. Z, April 16 —
(AP) — Lt Gen. Willis Critten
berger, commander of U. 8.
armed forces in the Cayribbean,
said today five small Russian
ships had arriveq unannounceq at
Cristobal Harbor in need of re
pairs. The vessels, described as
fishing craft, were believed en
routes from Leningrad to Vladi
vostok.
Army Chief of Staff, to expand
the permanent Garrison to 15,000.
| The number of troops to be bor
{ rowed from the Hawaiian com
i mand and from the 2nd Division
; at Ft. Lewis, Wash., was not dis
.| closed.
The 2nd Division is part of the
'| small mobile reserve of some 54,-
-1 000 troops upon whom the United
| States counts to bolster overseas
. | forces in event of a sudden emer
' | gency.
The Army’s admission that it
- | has no combat troops in the Alas
, | kan command was by indirection.
gl In announcing the training as
| signment. the Army statement
',l (Continued on Page Twe.)
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Voting' To
B. 0 ’
ounday -
UN Assembly Opens
To Discuss Bloody .
Palestine Problem
! BY FRANK O’BRIEN
ROME, April 16.—(AP)—Italy
entered the final hours of a cru
cial parliamentary election cam
paign today with Communists
scrambling to regain lost sup=-
port. Campaigning énds at mid
night and voting starts Sunday
morning at 8.
Interior Minister Mario Scel
ba’s securily forces were watch~
ful lest—as constantly rumored—
lest-minute = Communist moves
materialize — especially in the
Leftist north. Police made dis=-
plays of strength in several sec
tions to demonstrate they are
ready to keep order. .
Violence dotted the country
last night as traditionally vola
tile Italian tempers flared.
Premier Alcide de Gasperi,
who has worked tirelessly against
the Communists and for his
Christian Democrats will end his
long campaign tonight with a
speech at Naples. Communist
Chief* Palmiro Togliatti, whose
audiences have dwindled recent
ly, also takes a last crack at the
Christian Democrats—and Amer=
ican aid—tonight.
Marshall Plan
Togliatti’s drumming against
the Marshall Plan as a program
to enslave Italy has lost its early
beat and the Communists have
slowly and surely lost ground.
Last night Togliatti failed to hold
| full attention of a crowd of 60,-
{OOO in Naples. Many left before
\he was through talking. . .
[ {in Washington, the U. 8.
.| State Department is sure the
| Communists are beaten. Officialg
"I who have followed the campaign
|said last night that Russia’s re~
jection of the western proposal
to return Trieste to Italy killed
| the last faint hope the Commun=-
ists had. That, plus western
power sponsorship of Italy for
membership in the United Na=
tions were looked on as clinch=
ers against the Leftists). ~==
Last night in Rome’s Tiburtino
Square the Communists battled
Italy’s Fascist-minded National
Italian Socialists (MSI). Hunks
of concrete were thrown. Six
persons were injured and the
MSI was routed. o
Street Battle:
The MSI, which has taken hold
in Italy’s conservative south, lost
out in. the street battle, but its
ranks have swelled in the nation.
It new claims 200,000 members
and 1,300,000 followers.
Communists in Trieste econ=
tinued the physical battle against
American. policy, and a police=
man was wounded last night
when a Communist threw two
hand grenades into a pro-<ltalian
gathering. The incident followed
a mass meeting of 100,000 Ital
ians and Italian sympathizers #»
hail the U. 8. Britain and
France. They were showing their
appreciation of the Trieste pro
posal. B Aot
United Nations Assembly .del
egates gathered in New Yerk to
take up Palestine’s bloody war
tfare, with little prospects that
the Jews and Arabs would agree
to a truce to permit solution of
their problems. ot
Even as the delegates assem
bled, Jewish forces in Palestine
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Security Loan Drive
Quota For Athens I
District $900,000 - -
R. V. Watterson, executive vice
president, Citizens and Southern
National Bank, has been appointed
chairman of the Athens district of
the Security Loan Campaign for
United States Savings Bonds. ?
Mr. Watterson revealed:today
that the quota for the Athens Dis
trict, which includes eight coun=
ties, is $900,000. s AT
Counties included in this district
and their individual quotas are:
Banks, $15,000, Barrow, SBO,OOO,
Clarke, $350,000, Elbert, $160,000,
Franklin, $65,000, Hart, $65,000,
Jackson, $95,000, and Madison,
$70,000. it
Paul Chapman, dean, College of
Agriculture, has been appointed as
chairman of the Clarke county
campaign.
Says Mr. Watterson concerning
the newly opened drive, “We
want everyone to piteh in and buy
United States Savings Bonds.
Clarke county and the Athens Dis
trict have aiways metl or gone over
their quota, We want to maintain
that record.” T
