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Newspaper Page TextHEME, Vol. CXVI, No. 105. 75,000 Chrysler Employees Strike PREDICTED; ¥ DETROIT, May 12— (AP)— Chrysler Corp’s 75,000 CIO Pro duction Workers went on strike to day for a third round of post-war wage increases. Picket Cal Moorehead, parading pefore the big Dodge main plant, told reporters “it looks like a long strike.” “This will probably be tough,” he added. Picketing was quiet. Union head quarters said the first workers out were those at the Dodge truck plant. They jumped the gun by 30 minutes. The union already is raising a million dollar “kitty” to finance the walkout. | The executive board of the union met in special session as picket lines were thrown about Chrysler’s Detroit plants. Negotiations broke down Tues day night on wage demands of the (10 United Auto Workers. The union scaled its 30 cent an hour demand down to 17 cents without success. The best company offer was six cents an hour, The Chrysler Production Work ers in 16 plants average about $1.50 an hour now. First Strike Since ’45 It was the auto industry’s first major strike since November, 1945, when the UAW-CIO walked out at General Motors Corp. to begin a 113-day siege. ! It was the first big strike at Chrysler since 1939. f Picketing began at one of the main gates of the Highland Park plant a few minutes before the 9 a. m. (EST) strike deadline. There were no reports of any disorders. Police Commissioner Harry Toy said he had been informed by the union that non-striking of%ge and maintenance help. would be per mitted to “go in and out as here tofore.” Stern Walkout Norman Matthews, head of the union’s Chrysler negotiators, told a UAW-CIO meeting last night that “since Chrysler has forced us into the position of striking, we will give the the damndest strike they have ever seen.” General Manager Herman L. Weckler of the corporation, said that, despite the, strike, the com pany is “still willing to discuss the situation and to arrive at a reason able settlement.” Negotiations had been underway since Feb. 27 on the UAW’s de mands for a 3U-cent hourly wage boost, pensions, insurance and oth er benefits. ‘Weckler, in a statement last night, repeated the company’s con tentions that “wage increases would inevitably contribute to an qther rise in prices, another rise in living costs, and consequently would not increase employes’ pur chasing power.” ] | 5;::‘% :;:’;.{_y gy = . §;, 0 O O T E g-o % : i iy g ) i . i R e oM AW ;’s";j‘ i RS ) A T ios’) AR T 7 Wy ‘3/«7( % ; ; }, b 2 B L b g T 4 e @ B 3 8w ;o5 3 i o { By & 4 g . g% i : E B R T i o : G R A PR ; S b Loerepes 5 Sy :;;{2%34 A # o o b s AR S TR e N B g?-?,f«é i i gl M RS s 8 i ‘,M_ i [& %é:».’:/:, s %i‘; e OFF AGAIN Scenes reminiscent of 1941-42 were enacted at the Castle Air Force Base at Merced, California, when ‘fewmen of three B-29 Sup erforts left on a flight which Will take them to Okinawa via Gtrmany, the Middle East ard India. - Authorities said ths, flight was part of a 'outine program eurrently being conducted by the Stra tegic Air Command. 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F o R e ’ v bl Yoo TR o Y e, £ s e§ 0 ST 4T S T| o AR £ T S ﬁ- e ”\gé 3%‘P'° AR »‘3 %Z o SRR R R Re, 2 7 . e o b 3 o e ol "”é e wB T < SAVED AT SEA AFTER DUNKING Crewmen lining the rail of the USS William C. Lowe had been hauling lines to lift aboard a small life boat in which three Navy airmen from the carrier Valley Forge had been picked up after their plane crashed in the choppy Mediterranean. Just as the ‘boat got deck high the ropes broke. Airmen and their resecuers were spitled out for a second dunking: AN were ‘finally gotten aboa¥d safely. " " 5 S koot i ey Hearing Set Friday R A R NN AR N B RGN NGO SAVANNAH, May 12.— (AP) —A hearing is set for Friday on injunction suits filed by four students of the University of Georgia, Savannah Division, against the director of the University Branch. Judge David S. Atkinson-set the hearing for Superior Court at 10-a. m. The students claim they were illegally suspended from the Sa vannah Division Monday and. given 24 hours to get off the campus. The suits were directed against J. D. Blair, branch di rector. The students are Charles Theus of Savannah; Edward L. Here ford, Atlanta; Howard Isaacs, Long Island, N. Y. and Albert Kammered, Brunswick. The students claim they vio lated no rules, that no charges were filed against them and that they never were given a hearing before school ' authorities or any authoritative body. Their suits said they were only in sympathy with the policies of the former director, Dr. Glenn W. Sutton. Dr. Sutton. the stu dents claim, “was in favor of retaining said Savannah Divis ion as a permanent branch of the University.” Dr. Sutton earlier was re moved from Savannah and trans ferred to the main University in Athens. ? . 5 Blair declined last night to comment on the suits. However, he said since the law requires an answer to be filed he will prob-i ably do so. | Earlier yesterday, Special In (Continuss on Page Two.) ] U.S. MAY COUNTER RED TRUCE OFFER WITH QUERY: WHICH DISPUTES LOOK LIKE THEY CAN BE SETTLED? WASHINGTON, May 12—(AP) —The ‘United States may ask the Soviet Uniom soon just what dif ference between the world’'s two great powers it consider capable of negotiation and settlement now. This is one of the responses believed to be under considera tion here to the statemnt of For eign Minister Molotov Sunday that Russian government stands ready to proceed “toward a dis cussion and settlement of the differences existing between us.” Furiher. otficial infermation on this: surprise development in re lations between Moscow and Washington appeared likely to come from Sitca ne;’vrs- contere:&f Secretary of te sh : " for noon (11 a..-ﬁi"wx’ Date Of Primary Not Eifected By New Court Ruling ATLANTA, May 12—(AP)— The State Supreme court ruled today that World War II is not officially over, but Attorney Gen eral Eugene Cook said the rul ing would have no effect on the date for Georgia’'s Democratic primary, s e g e Cook previously had ruled that Georgia's soldier vote law is no longer in effect and the primary has been set for Sept. 8. He said he baged that apinion on the intent of the legislature. Unless the Supreme Court rules direc¢tly that the soldier vote law stil] is in effect, his opinioh will stand, Cook said. Today’s ruling was not on the soldier law. It was on the Fed eral soldier and sailors relief act. The court held that the act still is in effect. ° Under the soldier vote law, it would have been necessary to hold Georgia’s primary earlier than Sept. - 8 in order to mail ballots to soldiers overseas. within the next few days Mar shall and President Truman will have to decide how to cope with a situation which their ranking foreign policy advisers indicate privately they did not directly seek. It is, however, a situation which has resulted in a tremen dous wave of hope throughout the world -that the long period of East-West tension may be nearing an end. : The State Department kept busy all dayy yesterday issuing the texts of wvarious declarations to try to set the record siraight o exactly what is what, Behind ‘he scenes officials were begin. ning htaot explore the mssibintti)o: of w the next step might be. The texts issued were f&e 1. A statement which Ambas~ CITIZENS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO AID IN SURVEY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; ARE ASKED TO REPORT VIOLATIONS -The Banner-Herald has been asked to make a survey of traffic conditions in Athens, especially as regards the residential districts. Citizens can be of great help in making the survey if they will cooperate and here’s the way they can aid: If you are troubled by trucks; passenger cars, taxis, buses, trans ports or motorcycles speeding on the street on which you live, or by reckless driving, will you please telephone No. 3176 between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m, and give the location. It will not be necessary to give your name. Just give the name of the street and the block on that street, designating speeding, or reckless driving, or both, and whether the majority of offenses are by trucks, passenger cars, taxis, buses, transports or motorcycles. THEN — z Allow one week to elapse and call back and report whether the same conditions exist or whether they have been corrected. Your reward will be in the knowledge that you have possibly contri buted to saving the life of someone in your own family or that of a neighbor. Remember the telephoneé number is 3176 and the hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Rail Situation Devel Into Sit And Wait Set WASHINGTON, May 12. — (AP) — Union members under a court order to keep the nation’s trains running for the Army today awaited the government’s next move to settle their wage dispute. When or in what form the move will come was not clear. LAKE SUCCESS, May 12— (AP)—Britain warned the Unit ed Nations today that any new emergency regime for Palestine must be created by action here 'before 6 p. m Eastern Standard time, Friday. John Fletcher Cook, British representative, toild a U. N. as skmbly )Palestine subcommitteel the mandate would be ended at that hour—Friday midnight in Palestine—and the British high Commissioner would sail im smediately. Fletcher-Cooke spoke during debate on a United States propo sal to set up a temporary trus . teeship for Jerusalem. It was the first time the British had in formed the U. N. of the exact time they would end their Pal estine rule. This left the U, N. only two days to act. No agreement is in sight here, either on the Palestine problem as a whole or on Special mea sures to safeguard the Holy places of Jerusalem, although a special session of the United Nations Asssembly has been sparring with both questions for nearly a month. A special sub-committee e~ ceived last night- a proposal from the United States and France that Jerusalem be placed temporarily under the authority of the United Nations when the British mandate ends. Under this proposal the U. N. trustee ship council would be the ad ministrative authority. It would be empowered to name a high commissioner for ‘the city, site of Holy Shrines of three religions. New Rule Set Jewish agency sources here disclosed, meanwhile, that the agency will emerge in a new role after it loses its official standing as spokesman for the Holy Land’s Jews Friday. Details of the Jewish agency’s Plans for the future still are being worked out, but a broad general program has been agreed upon. It takes into account plans to proclaim a Jewish government in Palestine this week-end. The official status of the agency in the Holy Land ends automatically when the mandate is terminated. A spokesman said, however, the agency would con=- tinue to function as an instru (Continued on Yage Two.) DRIVERS’ LICENSE The Georgia State Patrol will be at the City Court house Mon day May 17th from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p« m. tc renew and is sue drivers’ license. sador Walter Bedell Smith made to Molotov in Moscow May 4. The substance of this statement had been cabled to Smith by the State Department although offi cials here said it was expressed in his own words It was aimed, these officials said, at impressing on the Russians that the United States intends to go through with its policies for rebuilding West ern Europe but is not hostile or aggressive toward the Soviet Union. 2. The statement which Molo tov made to Smith in renly on May 8. In this the Soviet government assumed that what Smith had said on M;riy 4 added v~ to a pro posal to discuss a settlement of oustanding differeficés. Molotov (Continued on Page Two.) ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948. The government has a full week of grace before the threat of a nationwide railroad strike may rise again. - During that week the- three unions involved must decide whether to fight the anti-strike edict in court or simply leave the whole burden of proof up to Justice Department lawyers. Federal Judge T. Alan Golds borough, who averted yesterday’s threatened walkout by issuing a temporary restraining order aiter the government had seized the railroads, set a hearing for next Wednesday on whether the in junction should be made perma nent. Brotherhood attorneys said to day the union strategy decision has not yet been reached. %‘;P_oljcy committees were stand- Ang by to pass on that and any -other developments in the 11- month-old pay battle. The union chiefs met with Secretary of the Army Royall yesterday and came away saying his authority to umpire the dis pute remained a question. The three Brotherhood lead ers — Alvanley Johnston of the Locomotive Engineers; David B. Robértson of the Firemen and Enginemen, and Arthur J. Glover of the Switchmen — contended | to a news conference earlier that‘ the government wanted to trans form an emergency board’s rec omrhended settlement into com pulsory arbitration. Change Offers They said that in the final stages of the wage talks before the government seizure order they'had offered tc cast aside their 30 percent wage increase demand. Instead, they said they had agreed to take the 15% cents an hour suggested by the Presi dential board plus a few operat ing changes which they said would not involve much money. In fact, the union heads ar gued, the rules changes actually would save management money by boosting operating efficiency. Spokesmen for the railroads responded with a formal state ment saying that the three unions had gefused the same wage set tlement which the 19 other rail unions had accepted, and “were determined to use the strike club ‘ to get (their demands), irrespec tive of consequencss to cthers” The union leaders agreed that the strike would have occurred yesterday, despite President Truman’s order to the Army to take over the rail system except for the court order which car ried the threat of heavy contempt penalties if it had been ignored. l Grandfather Of Mrs. Jack R. Wells Is Taken By Death Word was received here this morning ¢f the death in Morgan county lasv night of John Wil burn Herndon, sr. grandfather of Mrs. Jack R. Wells of this city. ~ Mr. Herndon, one of Morgan county’s best known citizens, died at his home in the Fairplay District where he had been a lifelong resident. He was 89 years old and only recently had his health begun to fail. Services are to be conducted Thursday with burial following in Peterstown cemetery in Wal ton county. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy with scat ‘tered thundershowers ftoday and Thursday, continued warm, GEORGIA — Partly cloudy and continued warm with scattered thunder showers this afternoon and Thursday; oceasional light rain in ex {reme east portion today, Draft Bi!' Under Filibuster Threat RS RRS R R %”g S ORI R R R R B R s . gl : ey L : . gR v R R R R Ty SN ; CEN AR S ) A e A e * SRa ARSI S SR Y ! - P SR s<\Bs§&\¢(*‘ . % . 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N IRNN SSR 7 o iS e b ducnt ] |TN i TR T e WT, T 8(s o % e A S il R " 4 - REUNITED AFTER 25 YEARS L Policeman Ray Nichols {right), 52, of Cleveland; Ohio, and his blind father, Charles, 80, were reunited in the father’s Chicago home after a separation of 25 years. Before police contacted “ him, Nichols had thougth his father dead. An Athens Product SPORT SHIRT FABRIC THAT CAN BE WASHED MADE HERE A rayon cloth, with nylon blend, suitable for men’s sports shirts ang women’s dress goods, whick can be washed without shrinkgae, has been developed-by the Athens Manufacturing Company, it was announced today by D..D. Quillian, general manager. . Telephone Sirike lHinges On New WASHINGTON, May. 12 — (AP)—A possible nationwide strike of long distance telephone pperators hinges today on a new government try at settling the union-company wage dispute. John J. Morgan, president of the CIO American Telephone workers union, said a strike date will be set if the government negotiations fail. “Nobody pays much attention to you until you incovenience them” Moran told a reporter. “I guess John L. Lewis has the right idea.” , Moran—whose union repre sents 23,000 long distance work ers in 42 states—was due to l cet with representatives of the American Teephone and Telegraph Company and concil liators of the Federal Mediation service at an afternogn confer ence (1 p. m. EST). The union *wants a 30-cent | wage boost, a shortened work week and' larger pensions. It |says workers now average $1.21 an hour, ~ Sad = Magic Of Machinery=———" ONE-DAY FACGE LIFTING JOB PERFORMED ON WINDER FARM 1 WINDER, May 12 —(AP)— Thirty thousand persons were expected today to watch the magic of machinery on a fime= worn, gullied Dixie farm. Between sunrise and sunset more than 300 tractors, harrows and other devices were to rip in to almdst every foot of the 168 'acres belonging to Marion H. Carlyle and Ernest C. Blakely. | When the mammoth caterpil lars and the tiny garden.tractors grind to a halt, the earth will have a new look. Ten years of normal improvements will be compressed intv a mammoth one-day dempnstration. | The land will be fertilized and terraced, lkinke thai hampei crop production will be ironed out and gullies that wash away fertile soil wili be scientific Wrainage ditches. PSRN, - VRGBS . SFEE SEIIREBY oo L L Production of the new goods will be limited for awhile because of the scarcity of nylon, but the DuPont company is constructing a new plant which should consi derably increase the availability of nylon and thus contribute to larger production of the rayon-nylon cloth. ? Arthur B. Cooke, New York rep resentative of the Athens Manu facturing Company with offices at 1450 Broadway, who recently at tended a meeting of DuPont rep resentatives from New. York, Charlotte and Wilmington in New York City where a report on the cloth manufactured here was made, made a very enthusiastic report to Mr. Quillian on the meeting and its results. Representative Here Mr. Cooke is here in connection with development of fabrics for dresses, sports shirts and other wearing apparel, He reported that at the meeting in New York re ports on the cloth made at the Athens Manufacturing company mill here showed it has a strength sixty percent greater than an all spun rayon cloth both when wet and dry: The wet tensile strength is most important because it de termines whether the cloth can be washed, or must be dry-cleaned. Most of the finer men’s sports shirts must be dry-cleaned and a washable cloth of that quality (Continued on Page Two.) ~ For Blakely and Carlyle it's all free. The value of their farm will be skyrocketed to show thousands of visitors what ma chinery can do. The Atlanta Journal, the soil conservation service and Winder -ivie clubs are sponsoring the orogram, billed as th egreatest farm machine demonstration in the South. For days, equipment has been pouring into the farm. Hundreds of visitors already have toured the land, getting a look before th§ minor earthquake of today. An elaborate system of com munications, installed by army engineers, will bring coordina tion and a command tower in the center of the farm wiii di rect activities. : Seven stoves are ready for the throngs. Concessions will be operated by church and civic groups. % N ™ LOCAL COTTON 1 1-INCH MIDDLING .. .. .. 39¢ _A. B. C. Paper-Single Copy, 5¢ ONRACEISSUE - WASHINGTON, May 12—(Ab) —The Senate’s military manpows= er bill bumped headon ‘today into the explosive race segraga tion issue, e Even before the compromise measure blending a five.year draft revival with a voluntary training program for 18-year-olds hit the floor officially, angry Scuthern senators promised a red hot fight. And. when Southerners talk fight in the Senate they often { mean filibuster. ! What they want is a provision in the bill guaranteeing every en= listed man the right to serve only in a unit of “his own race,”. | Senator Russell (D-Ga) asked the Armed Service Committee to approve such an amendme'nt"yl}_&- terday, but the committee turned him down 7 to 4. 3 Senator Maybank (D-SC) who cast one of the losing votes, serv ed this warning on his colleagues; “The day that this bill comes to the Senate floor I will makeé ! speeches and offer amen,gfmems until the issue is cleared. It can. not be allowed to pass “inits present form.” mprorer e Russell States Views .. Russell addeq this: o “1 cannot vote to take boys of ,my state beiween the ages of i# end 26, against their . desires, into the armed services with the definite knowledge that the Com mander-in-Chief proposes t6-in< termingle all of the races at the first opportunity.” Mayband and Russell, along with Senators Byrd (D-Va) and Hil (D-Ala)—the others who voted for the segregation provis= ion — all have been active in the Dixie revolt against President Truman’s civil rights program. This ‘was the first time, how. ever, that the Democratic party strife spilled over into any phase of the preparedness program Mr, Truman laid before Congress in his St. Patrick's Day speech. The Armed Services Commit tee has been wrestling ever since with draft and universal military training requests the- President outlined in that address. Newsmen who asked Chairman Gurney (R-SD) whether the se gregation question might jeopard ize the compromise bill finally worked out were given this re ply: ! “I am not making any forecasts but I sincerely wish that issue never had been raisad.” 5 Russell strode from the com mittee session which rejected his amendment and shortly issued a crackling statement “The amendment did not en force segregation,” he said. “It only preserved freedom of choice to the individual as to the race of the military unit in which he is forced to serve.” Cites Figures Thé Georgian then cited fig. ures which he said indicate high er disease and crime rates for negr, organization in the last war. He added: (Continued On Page Two) eR D R E'" e M“%;ﬁ ’ : B o ” gg ’;)",‘ oo TR so g o e i &)/;"6’ e v- \:\,_‘; 3 %, A,,g /. R » P ' F‘& e S ‘ !?’ i v L R L h: ‘s\"& t» 2 *:»\K oW . SENIOR SAPPHIRE ¥i@w} This is the world’s largest known . sapphrie, 733 carais of valveiy stone wvalned as $300,000. 3’; the w ?E: sapphire vns he e ity W Wy ke is on play at a New

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