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SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND AUTO WORKERS STRIKE
As scheduled, 65,006 Chrysier Corporation workers in the Detroit area walked
off their jobs to strike for higher wages. Here, workers from the Dodge main
plant are handed signs and begin to form a picket line. ,
The late Marion Smith, chairman of the Board of Re
gents of the University of Georgia until his death last
September, will be memorialized Thursday morning, May
20, when his grandson, -Marion Smith 11, unveils a por
trait dedicated to the well-known Georgian at a program
in the University Chapel at 11 o’clock.
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ATILANTA, May 13— (AP) —
The State Board of Regents de
tided yesterday to close the em
battled Savannah branch 'of the
University ‘of Georgia ahead of
schedule. ; ; E
The exact date of the closing
was, left to the regents’ educa
tion committee. Originally the
regents had planned to continue
operation of the branch until
June, 1949, /
The Board of Regents said its
action wag distated by “yarigus
circumstances” including signi
fication by - a fifth of sthe 500
Students that they plan to enter
other colleges next fall.
. In public session, the troubles
of the emergeney Savannah
school came up %r only brief
discussion ‘before the board.
Harry T. Healy, University
system budget director, déscrib
ed as a_“tempest in a’teapot”’ a
report of State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, jr., that funds at the
Savannah school had been mis
handled. Healy said there were
no charges ot dishonesty.
The suspension of four stu
dents and placing of four others
on proabtion following an- in
vestigation of eavesdropping and
Wire tapping was not discussed
bublicly, : ' 1
~ Funds. Shortage :
During its all-day meeting, the
Board .of Regents aiso received
from Healy to report:that a lack
of funds threatens the:accredited
standing of Georgia’s coiieges.
Healy said state funds account
ff’l‘ an average ol only $123 per
Student, while the minimum pre-
Scribed by the acerediting agen-
Cy is $l5O. o
_Healy said the present finan
tial situation is in difficulty and
that the next fiscal vears “look
Well nigh “impossible.’””
BE?‘fiFdr Chairman Pope’ F.
tUeK of Atlanta, said, however,
(Continued on Page Two.)
Legion Swimming Pool Opens For Summer Saturday,loA.M.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
i Het?ry B. Troutman, of Atlan
'ta, will make the presentation,
,and Judge. Frank D. Foley will
‘act as master of ceremonies. Dr.
‘Harmon B. Caldwell, president
of the University, will accept the
portrait on pehalf of the Uni
versity. - ;
The portrait, painted by Philip
Phillips, well-known New York
artist,. is being, presented to the
Uniiversity by a self-appointed
committee of several alumni. ]
The Regents, Board of Mana
gers of the Alumni Society, the
faculty, students and the public
are ‘invited to the presentation
morning services ‘which will
commemorate the long service of
the late. Mr. Smith to the Uni
versity and to the State of Geor
gia.
Mr. Smith, son of the Ilate
Hoke Smith, one-time governor
of Georgia, Senator, and Secre
| tary of the Interior in Grover
'Cleveland’s cabinet, was . first
named to the Board of Regents
lof the University in 1933, and
became- chairman . the. following
! year. v
He served in that capacity un
itil 1936 when he resigned over
differences with the late Gover
nor Eugene Talmadge. Governor
E. D. R%ers re-appointed him to
the Board in 1937 and he served
until 1939.
Governor Ellis Arnold re-ap
pointed Mr. Smith to ‘the Board
of Regents in 1943 and again in
1946.
Born in Atlanta November' 16,
1884, Mr. Smith graduated from
the University in 1903. He won
lfame on the gridiron as a tackle
and later as a volunteer line
coach.
] He was a member of the Am
erican Law Institution, a direc
tor of the American Judicature
Society, a member of the Amer
ican Bar Association, and served
as president of the Georgia Bar
I from i93Z to 1933,
Senator Russell Will Call Signals
For South In Civil Rights Showdown
WASHINGTON, May 13—
(AP) — The’ Senate’s Southern
Democrats ordered a Ppowwow
today to- decide whether to risk
a civil rights showdown now.
Senator Russell (D.-Ga.) call
ed a forenoon meeting (exact
time uncertain) of the Dixie law
makers as the Senate cleared the
decks for a. test vote at 3 p. m.
(EST). The vote was scheduled
on a motion to return to commit
tee a bill 'which has raised the
civil rights ‘issue ahead of sched
ule. ' gt "
The bill seeks congressional
approval of an education com
pact entered into- by 15 Southern
states as the first step toward
creating a series of regional uni
versities.
Senator Morse (R.-Ore.) has
moved te send the measure back
to the Judiciary Committee for
further study. He contends that
under the Constitution such pacts
do not require,approv,al of Con
Verdict Delayed
In Patemzty
Suit On Folsom
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CULLMAN, Ala., May 13—
(AP) — The question of
whether a preily divorcee
fired a legal dud in her pater
nity suit against recently
married Gov. James E. Fol
som has been left up to a
north Alabama judge.
Attorneys agreed the status
of the complaint for three
hours here yesterday before
an ailing circuit J. H. Crow,
jr, Afterwards the court said
it would delay a decision
perhaps two or three weeks,
or longer.
red.headed Mrs, Chuistine °
Putman Johnston, who filed
her suit’ were given 10 days
to file briefs supplementing
their arguments. -
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Unions Prepare
° nre ]
Strike ‘Kitty
DETRQIT, May 13—(AF) —
An $8,000,000 “kitty” being rais
ed by the CIO United Auto
Workers for their Chrysler Corp.
strikers today gave the auto in
dustry reason to fear a long
walkout.
The big corporation’s’ 75,000
production workers who walked
off the job yesterday morning
to enforce union demands for 17
cents more per hour were set
for a long siege on the picket
lines
Some observers estimated the
strike might last as long as two
months.
Orderly picket lines were set
up at 12 Chrysler plants in Mich-~
igan, two in Indiana and one in
California a short time after the
strike deadline yesterday morn
ing.
Only the plant at Newecastle,
Ind., was operating yesterday.
Union spokesmen blamed that
on delays encountered by UAW
delegates in reaching the Indiana
city with official strike notice.
Norman Matthews, Chrysler
director for the union, said the
Newscastle workers would be
out today to make she shutdown
complete.
gress. .
Morse has announced that if
his motion is defeated, he will
call up an amendment intended
to prevent segregation of negroes
from white students in the pro
posed regional school,
He also has threatened to tack
the rest of President Truman’s
civil rights program to the com
pact bill.- It was that program—
calling for anti-lynch, anti-job
discrimination and anti-poll tax
legislation — which touched off
the rebellion of Southern Demo
crats. i
They have promised a filibus
ter awhenever any of these meas
ures is brought up.
Quarferback Named
Dixie Senators have picked
Russell to quarterback their bat
tle. He told a reporter that at
today's session the group expects
to decide whether to:
1. Let the compact bill go back
to the Judiciary Committee. The
Truman Says Peace Outlook
Same Despite Note Exchange
PRESIDENT AGAINST OUTLAWING
OF COMMUNIST PARTY IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 13.—(AP)—President Truman
expressed the view today that prospects for world peace
have not increased as result of the American-Soviet ex
change of notes, He said the fundamentals have not been
touched.
He also told a news conference he is opposed to out
lawing the Communist party in this country because he
believes this would be éntirely contrary to our principles.
The President, responding to
questions on the United States-
Russian exchange, said Secre
tary of State Marshall had stat
-Inad this country’s pesition clear
ly yesterday and he of course
supported Marshall’s statement.
Marshall ruled out any confer
ence with Russia on general
world issues in which other
countries are interested and call
ed for Soviet agreement to settle
specific problems in _the United
Nations. 2 !
%r. Truman was asked if his
position had changed since he
recently said his faith in peace
had been somewhat shaken. The
President said it had not. He
added later that peace prospects
had not been increased by the
diplomatic exchange with Russia
because fundamentals had not
been touched. o :
Asked if he is willing to meet
Soviet Premier Stalin here, he
said yes and asked: How many
iimes do I have to say yes?
His views on the Communist
party, on which Republicanl
presidential candidates have dif
fered, were given when asked to{
state his views on the Mundt
bill That measure would require,
among other things, registration
of Communist pam!fibers. ‘
Mr. Truman said outlawing
the party woigld be-against our
principles. He said splinter: par
ties do no _harm, and if there is
any conspiracy to overthrow our |
form of government there are._
other ways of dealing with this. !
He said he exXpects to send to |
Ccengress tomorrow a ‘message
on the farm problem, but has no
message in mind on U. 8. aid to
rearm western Europe.
Palestine Question
To a question whether the U.
S. would recognize a Jewish
state in Palestine, he said he
would cross that bridge when he
came to {t.
CurbOf U.S.
.
Aid Threatened
WASHINGTON, May 13—(AP)
—The United States will shut off
economic aid to any European
nation which supplies war ma
chinery to Russia, ERP Director
Paul Hoffman said today.
Hoffman said:
“We will tell them they must
l stap it or we won’t furnish aid.”
The economic cooperaifon ad
ministrator was ‘before the Sen.
ate Appropriations Committee to
ask further funds for the Eu
ropean Recovery program '
Senator Cordon (R-Ore) asked
Hoffman what he intended to do
to “control the translation of our
goods and money” into war ma
‘chinery for Russia?
i “If it is true,” sazid Hoffman,
“that we are furnishing aid, and
if a country is shipping such
commodities, (to Russia), they
| have got to stop it or we won't
| furnish aid.”
Southerners admit that would
kill the measure for this session,
2. Or, line up against the
Morse motion and take their
chances of beating off the anti
segregation amendment,
Russell indicated he favors the
latter course.
“I think there are a good
many senators who are for civil
rights who won’t follow Morse,”
Russell said. “However, some of
our fellows are a little frighten
ed about what might happen on
a showdown.”
Senator Wherry (Neb.), the
acting Republican leader, pre
dicted the measure would be sent
back to committee. He said there
is net enough information on the
constitutional question raised by
Morse ‘“to-allow an intelligent
vote.” ’
Anti-Lynch Bill |
The Republican leadership,
with which Morse frequentiy
(Continued on Page Two.)
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MAY 13 1948.
The President said he will not
release a report on the loyalty
investigation of Dr." Edward U.
Condon, director of the bureau
of standards, A House committee
has demanded the report.
Congress, Mr. Truman - daid,
has no power to compel confi
dential information from the ex
ecutive branch. The courts have
so ruled many times. ’
The President repeated today
that it is still difficult to get men
to take important federal posi
tions. He made this statement in
explaining why he had not yet
found a man to fill a .vacaney
on the Maritime Commission.
He said he had his own rea
mg for delaying the promised
appointment of Marriner Eccles
as vice chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board.
Wallace Supporters Suffer
Setbacks On Three Fronts
ATLANTA, May 13.—(AP)—Supporters of Henry A. Wallace reported setbacks
today on three fronts in the deep South. : o iR i i
~ +James Barfoot, the Wallace party’s pro posed candidate for governor in Georgia,
said he had been fired from his assistant professorship at the University of Georgia
at Athens, and that he planned to fight the ouster on the principle of academic free
dom. ’
Dean O. C. Aderhold of the College of Education wrote University President Har
mon Caldwell that Barfoot's political activities had become so extensive and involved
that his effectiveness as a teacher had become impaired. .
The dismissal of the 35-year
old teacher is effective June 1.
At Miami, Fla., a meeting of
the University of Miami student
senate was called for today to
discuss the discharge of three in
structors who say they were vic.
tims of a *“political purge.”
The three instructors—Dr Le
cnard Cohen, jr.,, Dr. Charles C.
' Davis, and Prof. Daniel D. Ash
kenas — told 3 student rally yes
terday they were fired because
they supported Wallace for pres.
ident.
The University’'s Vice-Presi
dent, Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, in
rvited the three to appeal their
case to the Board of Trustees. °
! Back in Georgia, the first ne.
gro candidate for major political
office since reconstruction days
Iwas denied a ballot in Wednes
day’s Bibb County Democratic
primary. ’
- Larkin Marshall, publisher of
a negro weekly newspaper at
‘Macon, Ga,, and candidate for the
U. S. Senate on Wallace’s Peoples
Progressive party ticket, was de
nied a ballot when he refused to
sign a pledge of allegiance to the
Democratic party.
Headed For Courts
Marshall said he is a registered
Democrat and had the right to
vote. He said he was headeq for
the courts.
At the University Dean Ade
kold said, “frankly we can make
no other statement.” He added,
' however, that any further com.
}ment would have to come from
[University President Saldwell.
| Caldwell could not be reached,
' but his assistant, John Sims, re
ferred newspapermen seeking
background information to a 31.
year-old student and former
state highway patrolman, John
Rogers of Decatur, Ga.
Sims said Rogers was “fully
qualified to give the background
and speak freely.”
Rogers said he had conducted
an investigation independent of
the University and even before
the University officials began
their probe into Barfoot’s politiw
cal activities' about three weeks‘
ago. |
The former Navy Shore patrol
man, who described himself as
2 supporter of Herman Talmadge,
said he had called upon Barfoot
in class once and that Barfoot
left the class to give him litera
ture on he Wallace movement
and to discuss organizational
plans for some 30 minutes. g
Rogers also seid he had afl‘:i-‘
davits from other students ron.
concerning activities by Barfoot in l
connection with the Wallace-for-
President third party.
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John Stanley Grauel, lec
turer, preacher, radio com
' mentator and writer, will
l speak at the University of
Georgia International Rela
' tions Club tonight at 7:00 p.
- m. in the Commerce-Jour
. nalism auditorium. A single
. topic for both Mr. Grauel
~ and Herman Popken, Augus
ta, Southeastern Director of
the Zionist Youth Commis
sion is ‘“Palestine in the
World Today.”
PALESTINE WAR PLANS INCREASE -
AS END OF BRITISH RULE NEARS
CAIRO, May 13.—(AP)—Arabs
wondered today whether a truce
will prevail in Palesiine or if
regular Arab armies will be
moving across the borders when
the British manpdate ends at
midnight Friday.
Egyplian newspapers reportéd
that American proposals for a
general ftruge in Palestine are
under discussion by Arab leaders
in Damascus. A
Many factors appear to be
pushing ‘the Arab governments
toward acceptance” of a truce, if
they can get, ane postponing the
proclamation of a Jewish state
and limiting Jeéwish® immigration.
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still eMe-working in favor of some
action by their regular armies.
Leaders -of Arab countries ad
joining Palestine realize that the
Zionist army already has parti«
tioned Palestine in spite of Arab
guerrilla opnagition, They knaw
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“IRON CURTAIN” PICKETS GO TO WAR !
Fighting flarés in front of New York’s Roxy Theater as, mounted police, officers
on foot, avowed Communists and Catholic War Vets tangle during a disturbance as
a jeering crowd of more than 4,000 persoOns congregated at the theater where the
anti-Communist film, “The Iron Curtain,” opens. (Photo by Staff Photographer
Andrew Lopez). (5 Ry
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Citi Cite Speed
Practices In Ath
BY HOKE SMITH MAY ‘
Banner-Herald Associate City Editor
Replies to the Banner-Herald traffic survey had already
begun to come into the news room this morning before
10 o’clock. Several citizens from widely separated sections
of the city have phoned in their reports concerning the
traffic problems near their homes.
A resident of the 200 block of
Bloomfield, between Hall and
Peabody streets, reported that
passenger automobiles could be
seen speeding in that neighbor
hood in the late afternoons and
evenings. The report stated that
orde young man was observed
vesterday weaving from side to
side along the sireet, attempting
to run down a dog. Two dogs
have.been killed in that section
of Bloomfield in' the past week,
Race Track
Reporting from Barber street,
in that area north of the Sea
board Railway, a citizen of that
section said that motorists in
passenger cars have turned his
street into a veritable race
tracy. The situation, as reported,
is at its worst between the hours
of 4:45 and 5:15 in the after
this Jewish army is smart, well
equipped and well entrenched.
it has powerful allies. They are
reluctant to risk reprisals at
home that might result from
military reverses. Most of them
fear war in the Middle East
would improve an already fer
tile field for Communism.
On the other hand, powerful
political oppoSitions are waiting
in several Arab countries to ac
cuse the existing governments of
betraying Arab honor if they
back down without sending ar
mies to Palestine. No one knows
for sure what reactions to a
truce would be among the peo
ple, who have been warned re
peatedly by political and relig
ious leaders against the creation
of a Jewish state,
Age-Old Rivalries
The situation is complicated by
the long standing rivalries and
(Cgntinued sn Page Twa.)
" LOCAL COTTON "
1-INCH MIDDLING .... 39 1-b
nonos and befween 12:00 noon
and 1:00 p. m.
Another resident of Barber
street, living in the section be
tween Prince avenue and Boule
vard, reports a situation similar
to the one reported on the north
side of the Seaboard Railway.
‘He says that taxies, trucks and
passenger cars treat his -section
of ' Barber as though it is a
speed-wiy, instead of a eity
street. Worst violations, he says,
iare in the late afternocn, :
¢ A woman, resident of Dearing
street, said that motorists ave
continually ‘speeding on that
‘street, drivers having to brake
their cars quickly, screeching
tires, to avoid running into the
‘dead-end at the east end of
‘Dearing. Although the problem is
continual throughout the day,
the chserver renorte that traffie
speeding violations are heaviest
in her section in the mornings
and late afternoons, and that the
“problem of speedsters at night
is terriblel, - :
A repoi‘!’Efi:'ém Coilege avenue
in the vicinity of the train depot
stated that several times during
the day cars and. city garbage
trucks wfil speed down the Blind
{hill on College avenue without
any apparent caution for the
e opposile ¢ireetion are ob
scured by the hill.
Twist Given
Giving the traffic = violation
angle a twist, this same ogageri@r
from”Dearify stréet, said that
‘she thought it would be wise for
the pedestrians as well as the
motorists to regard the traffic
stop-lights in the downtown area.
She cited the serious danger
caused by utter disregard 'of
traffic lights in the town area by
pedestrians.
Another reply from an Athen
ian statyd that the traffic speed
ing problem is very bad between
First and Thomas streets on
Broad street at noon and late in
the aftérnoon. The observer said
that at those times drivers will
get four abrdact on DBesad and
drive in those sections named as
fast as sixty miles per hour.
He also stated that he believed
that if the student pick-up signs
on Broad and Lumpkin were
moved 100 feet down Lumpkin,
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and contin
ued warm topight and Friday
with a few scattered thun
dershowers this evening.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm today,
tonight and Friday with
scattered light showers
mostly over north pertion to
dav, ’