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Vol. CXVI, No. 149.
Tito Carries Stand Directly .To Stalin
Federal Judge Grants Permanent Railroad Strike Ban
Army May Attempt Wage
Truce In 3-Way Deadlock
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(AP)—New prospects arose
today that the Army may try to negotiate a wage settle
ment with three railroad unions under fresh orders
against a strike.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough granted a permanent
anti-strike injunction at the government’s request late
yesterday. That means the 190,000 members of the three
railroad unions must stay on the job until their dispute
with the carriers is settled.
The White House has been
trying to find a solution but
without success. Presidential As
sistant John R. Steelman plan
ned to resume conferences with
the- railroad negotiators and
heads of the three unions late
this morning. The unions are the
Locomotive Engineers, the Fire
men and Enginemen, and the
Switchmen’s Union.
Steelman’s efforts have been
unavailing to date. This fact, plus
Goldsborough’s ruling, focussed
new attention on the possible
role to be played by Secretary
of the Army . Royall.
Royall testified in Goldsbor
ough’s court yesterday that he
has “ultimate authority to fix
wages and conditions of employ
ment” under President Truman's
order seizing the railroads on
May 10.
The roads were taken over
then to head off the strike
threatened by the three unions.
But there was still a threat that
the wnions would not work for
the Army, so the court was asked
to issue a restraining . order.
Goldsborough yesterday changed
that to a permanent injunction—
good until the court decides to
dissolve it.
Government Workers
In so doing he held that the
railroad workers are government
employes and therefore not cov
ered by the Norris-LaGuardia
Actls restrictions against injunc
tions in labor dispute.
Goldsborough said the case
paralleled that of the United
Mine = Workers in December,
1946. The Supreme Court upheld
his ruling in tat case.
Roydl now is placed in the
same position J. A. Krug, thenl
Secretary of the Interior, occu
pied in the soft coal dispute of
May, 1946. He and John L. Lewis.
made the famous Krug-Lewis |
agreement which ended a 59-day
coal strike in the government
seized pits. Later, Krug refusedl
to improve that contract as
Lewis demanded, and the Nov
:&nber—Dec_ember strike follow
g Hope Fades
Royall testified that to date he
has not felt it necessary to do any
negotiating for the government.
He has ‘“ferventyly hoped” that
the ,railroads ‘' and the unions
could get together themselves
with the help of Steelman, a vet
eran conciliator.
The ‘three unions refused the
151, ‘cent hourly pay increase ac
cepteg’by the 19 other rail unions
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'TRAGIC DROWNING SCENE — Friends and relatives
of Francis Lombardi, 8, who drowned while swimming
at Cambridge, Mass., walk from the lake where the
youngster died. His older brother Charles, who was
rescued, walks between twe grief stricken aunts.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
in the past year. Their wage case
came up last and by that time,
they said, the cost of living had
soared to new heights.
Management says the three un
ions now want a 3115 cent hour
ly wage boost, but the unions say
that’'s not new. They wanted
that in the first place, they say.
In the meantime, steps to ap
peal the Goldsborough ruling are
underway.
More Dignitaries
Slated For Party
Twenty-nine American Legion Post Commanders from
this area will be on hand at the gala Lee Sheridan-Inde
pendence Day celebration Monday night to honor the
legless Clarke county veteran at one of Northeast Geor
gia's greatest evenings of entertainment.
As the hours pass impetus is
steadily given to the program.
Dignitaries from all over the
state will be present, including
Governor Thompson, State Ad
jutant General Alpha Fowler,
University President Harmon
Caldwell, General Alvan .C.
Gillen, Commander of the Third
Army; Brig. General George W.
Smythe, Chief of Staff of the
Third Army; George Poschner,
one of Georgia’s all-time gridi
ron greats who won All-Ameri
can at end, and lost the use of
his legs and a hand in the war;
and many others.
D. Weaver Bridges, gener
al chairman for the Inde
pendence Day Celebration to
be held here Monday, today
announced that through the
courtesy of Mayor Yack Wells,
the Georgian Laundry hour
over Radio Station WGAU
Saturday night from 9 teo
9:30 o’clock is being repaced
with a program boosting the
Monday celebration.
A series of speakers is be
ing arranged for the time
donated by Mayor Wells, Mr.
Bridges said, and expressed
the appreciation of the com
mittee to Mr. Wells for his
cooperation.
In addition to the gigantic cel
ebration planned for Monday
night there will be extra added
attractions during the afternoon,
including a ball game between
Associated Press Service
Chinese Reds
Release Four
American Pilots
TSINGTAO, China, July 2
—(AP)—Four U. S. Marine
fliers held captive by Chinese
Communists since May 5 v ..ve
released today, the Navy an
nounced.
They are Lt. Harold W.
Hawkins, 25, of 1601 Grand
Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich.; M.
Sgt. Thomas J. Shaw, 32, Rt,
4 Winfield, La.; T-Sgt. Rob
ert C. White, 25, Norfolk,
Va., and Corp. Robert R.
Lewis, 19, Rt. 1, Petersburg,
N. Y.
The fliers were forced
down by engine trouble in
Communist territory on
Shantung Peninsula while on
a routine flight. They were
captured 18 miles west of
here.:
Silvey Motors and the VFW
‘teams on the Ag Hill diamond.
Tickets are on sale for the game
with players, and proceeds will
;be turned over to the Lee Sher
‘idan Fund.
"~ There will be a section of the
stadium reserved for colored
persons for the evening enter
tainment, Weaver Bridges said
today, and tickets are now on
sale for colored persons wishing
to attend.
W. L. Prickett, treasurer for
the fund, announced today that
all persons selling tickets, should
return all unsold tickets to him,
either at Athens Hardware Com
pany tomorrow, or at the Cham
ber of Commerce Building Mon
day, between 3:00 and 6:00
’o’qlock, so that they might be
put on sale Monday night.
Bealiobine
WASHINGTON, July 2—
(AP)—Eighteen steel and coal
companies refused today to
sign the new mining contract
and filed charges of unfair la
bor practices against John L.
Lewis and the United Mine
Workers.
BERLIN, JULY 2—(AP)—
U. S. Air Force officers said
today they are investigating
possible Soviet interference
with the radio beam used by
American piiots flying food to
blockaded Berlin.
Legion Pool Host
Athens Recreation Department,{
now operating the American Le
gion Swimming Pool under lease,
announced that total average
weekly attendance has . been
nearly 4,000 persons each week
during the hot weather.
This includes the school chil
dren participating in the morn
ing instructoinal swimming per
jods from 10 to 12 and all per
sons attending the regular after
noon public swimming periods
from 2 to 6 as well as Wednesday
and Friday night public swim
ming periods, from 7 to 9:30 p. m.
Much credit for the success of
the morning instructional swims
for public school children in
Athens is due to the excellent
leadership of Red Cross Water
Safely Instructors, assisted by
many volunteers.
In the first groups to com
plete one phase of instruction
are Johnny Moss, Ronnie Clem
ents, Melvin Duane, Sally West
brook, Harold Kidd, James Coo-~
per, Jack Torey, Billy Carter,
Charlie Pagrott, Grace Buck.ey,
Beth Eberhart, Linda Downs, W.
C. Barnett, Joan Shepard, Betty
Ridlehuber, Jane Eberhart, Pen
ny Garner, Syble Fanning, and
Gail Garner, all of whom have
completed each test for Interme
diate Swimmer under the super
vision of Horace Sasser, assisted
by volunteers.’
Another Intermediate group of
John Short, Hugh Hale, Jimmy
Tolbert, Larry Crawley. Tomn'y
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
MACON, July 2.—(AP)—Georgia Democrats in a sur
prise move today swung officially behind Dwight Eisen
hower for President and their junior senator, Richard
Russell, for Vice President.
At the same time they urged
President Trumen to withdraw
from the 1948 election “to elim
mate chaos, confusion and re
volt” within the Democratic par
ty, and for the welfare “of the
nation and the world.”
Resolutions committing Georgia
on a 1948 Democratic National
ticket were approved in ra=-
pid order at the ~State
Democratic Convention. The
move developed utliexpecte
ly after a series of hotel confer
ences last night, taking many del
egates by surprise.
Leaders said Georgia thus be
came the first state in the nation
to join the draft - Eisenhower
movement operniy with support
of a state convention.
A petition to be sent the for.
mer Chief of Staff urged his ac
ceptance of a draft as “the only
proper man to lead the fight for
world peace and against Com
munism, tryanny and slavery.”
Action in Georgia followed
shortly after an Alabama Demo
cratic leader promised : positive«
1y ‘General Tke would be nomin
ated for President at the Demo
cratic National Convention unless
he calls a halt.
Georgia delegates to the Na.
tional parley were instructed to
chift to Russell for President if
Eisenhower turns down a draft
in some new statement.
Link Seen 1
Some cpservers saw a move
“Cold War” In
Governorship
Race Is Over
MACON, Ga., July 2.—(AP)—
Herman Talmadge pulled out the
stops today in a verbalt assault
on Governor M. E. Thompson
before several thousand Tal
madge partisans at the Georgia
Democratic Convention.
Young Talmadge accused
Thompson of attempting to “sal
vage” another two years in -of
fice through mass blocs of negro
votes, brazen bartering for roads
and opening gates of patronage
to “a vast horde” of 3,500 addi
tional state employes.
“Georgians, thank God, can
not be bought, bluffed or intim
idated,” Talmadge said in a pre
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Richard, Sherry Gabrielson, Ot
tice Martin, Donald Brown, Mir
iam Hopkins, Carol Quillian, Joan
Bowman, and Billy Bowden have
finished with Theyx Stewart in
charge.
Mr. Stewart has also complet
ed training for ten students in
the Red Cross Swimmer phase,
the next step after Intermediate.
In this group are John Short,
Jimmy Tolbert, Larry Crawley,
Sherry Gabrielson, Ottice Mar
tin, Carol Quillian, Melvin Duane,
Beth Eberhart, W. C. Barrett,
and Gail Garner. These boys and
girls are now working in Ad
vanced Swimmer group.
| Free Classes
Over 100 school children are
enabled to receive the morning
swims and free instruction
‘through the courtesy of several
civie groups who contribuied
tickets for underprivileged chii
dren. The clubs are: Exchange
Club, Athens Lodge B. P. O. E.,
Lions Club, Crusade Class Cen
tral Presbyterian Church, and
Auxiliary, Col. Oscar J. Brown.
- In reply to many queries re
‘garding night swimming, pool
authorities made the following
announcement, Wednesday night
is Family Night, and while Dad
is urged to bring the whole fam
ily, anyone may come and regu
lar rates prevail. Friday nights
are Ladies Night, and while the
public is welcome, a special_ bo
nus is offered each lady accom
panied by a_man, for she may
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948,
Macon Parley
Urges ‘lke,
Russell Ticket
BY CHARLES BARRETT
to link Herrian Talmadge forces,
completely dominating the State
Convention, to the powerful Rus
sell machine. :
The 5,000 or more delegates,
followers of the traditional Tal
madge “white supremecy” line,
also must open their September
primary election to negroes.
- Adoption of party rules te ac
complish this seemed routine in
the face of Supreme Court de
eisions and Gov. M. E. Thomp
son’s veto of the Talmadge-spon.
sored “white primary” bill last
year.
Young Talmadge, son of the
late Eugene Talmadge, is to ad
dress the 'eonvention today in
what is expected to be an assault
on Go¥. Thompson and on Presi
dent Truman’s civil rights pro
gram. :
Indications are that Talmadge
will wait until tomorrow to an
nounce his candidacy for govern
or. Thompson glready has an
nounced.
~ Old-line Talmadge partisans,
including women delegates wear.
ing scarlet red suspenders, pack
ed. Macon hotels last night with
singing and impromptu oratory
delivered from lobby chairs.
The convention is to adjourn
late today and undoubtedly will
leave to.the party’s State Execu
tive Committee the chore of se
lecting a slate of presidential
electors. The committee already
has named convention delegates.
Half - Holiday
Monday At
Post Office
Services at the Post Office will
be shortened to a half-day in ob
servance of the Fourth of July,
Postmaster J. R. Myers announc
ed today.
While the Fourth is a legal
full-day holiday and wusually
would be observed by federal
agencies as such, the Postmaster
and Post Office staff decided
that since Sunday is a holiday
anyway, a full holiday on Mon
dey would work a hardship on
the patrons and so the service
windows willbeclosedat 1 pm
and only one city delivery will
be made,
All three banks will remain
closed to provide their staffs
with a “long week.end” rest.
To 4,000 Weekly
enter by paying just four cents
tax. Night swimming each Wed
nesday and Friday is from 7 to
9:30, and 4s very delightful these
warm summer evenings.
Low Rates
Private Anstruction, for chil
dren and -adults, is available at
very low rates each Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 12
noon. All interested parents or
adults are urged to contact the
pool manager, E. E. Hawkins, as
soon as possible to enroll, be
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Saturday,
slightly cooler with little
change in temperature Sat
urday.
GEORGIA — HRir today,
tonight and Saturday; not
quite so hot in north portion
today; cooler in central por
tion tonight.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Sotal since July'l .. .. 00
Defpeit since July 1 .. .. .34
Average July rainfall .. 5.13
Tota! since January 1 ...32.11
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Hired Man
Plants Oats
Swastika Style
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MUNICH, Germany, July
2——(AP)-KU. S. Army pilots
flying over Bavaria were
startled to see a big swastika
—the Nazi cross—in a farm
field near Weiden,
Investigating German peo
lice found oats planted in the
form of a swastika seven
yards square.
The farmer who owned the
field said it must have been
done by a hired man who
had left his job several days
ago.
The U, 8. military govern
ment ordered the oats cut.
Police are looking for the
hired man.
Legion Officers
For Year Elected
Mrs. Arthur Gann was installed as president of the
American Legion Auxiliary and W. L. Prickett was in
ducted as commander of the Allen R. Fieming, Jr., Post
for the coming year at a joint meeting of the two groups
last night.
Mrs. Gann was installed with
the traditional ceremony of the
Auxiliary installation service and
had installed ‘as her supporting of
ficers Mrs. Preston Almand, first
vice-pres.; Mrs. Weaver Bridges,
second vice-pres.; Mrs. John
Renka, junior director; Mrs. T. W.
Paschall, secretary; Mrs. Marie
Florence, historian; Mrs. E. P.
West, chaplain; Mrs. Carl Saye,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Jacob B. Joel, treasurer; and Mrs.
Max Hubert, sergeant-at-arms,
Mrs. Harold Hodgson was in
charge of installation, and was
assisted by the other members of |
the executive committee, Mrs. L.
C. Westbrook and Mrs. Henry
West.
Lee Carter, visiting commander
of the Tenth District of Legion- i
naires, installed W. L. Prickett as
commander for the 1948-1949 term
and inducted as his other officers:
C. H. Thurmon, senior, vice-com
mander; John Gunder, R. H. Mar-~
shall, and Johnny Broadnax, junior
vice-commanders; George Peeler,
finance office; Mayo C. Buckley,
service officer; R. 2. Wilkes, cha-‘
plain; H. G. McLeroy, and Bill
Haynes, sergeants-at-arms.
Retiring Speech
In turning over the gavel to his
successor, retiring Commander
Long thanked members of Post No.
20 for the support accorded him
during his administration and said
that his only regret in leaving of
fice was that there were many‘
things he did not find possible to
accomplish.
“I believe that we have this year
brought hundreds of our members
to the proper realization of the
Communistic dangers confronting
cause these classes are to be re
stricted for maximum teaching
benefits and are nearly filled
now.
Announcement is made that
all afternoon open swimming
pericds begin at 2 p. m., except
on Saturday, when the pool is
opened at 1, and these periods
close at 6 p. m.
IDC Approved By
C. of C. Group
The New Industries Commit
tee of the Athens Chamber of
Commerce, of which W. A.
Mathis is chairman, discussed at
a called meeting yesterday the
formation of an industrial devel
opment corporation in Athens
and passed unanimously the mo
tion to recommend to the Cham
ber the formation of such cor
poration.
The proposed corporation will
be a means of raising funds to
foster the industrial develop
ment corporation in Athens and
passed unanimously the motion
to recommend to the Chamber
the formation of such corpora
tion.
The proposed corporation will
be a meaus of raising funds to
foster the industrial develop
meni of the city and will offer
stock to the ‘W‘fl public. It is.
suggested that e,s4t,‘ock be di‘if
tributed as widely as possible,
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Asks Red Chief To Reverse
Policies Of Right-Hand Man
LONDON, July 2.—(AP)—Yugoslav Communists ap=
pealed directly to Prime Minister Stalin today to repudi
ate the Cominform charges against Premier Marshal;"l’-ito
and his leadership.
The Yugoslavs repeated their assertion the Cominform
charges were a pack of lies and said Stalin ought so wipe
them off the record. e
The Yugoslav appeal amount
ed to a request to Stalin to re
verse the policies of one of his
right hand men, Andrei A. Zhd
anov, secretary of the Central
Committee of the Soviet Com
munist party and the guiding
spirit of the cominform.
Approximately 15,000 Com
munists meeting in Belgrade
sent a message directly to Stalin
which affirmed their faith in
Premier Marshal Tito.
They asked Stalin to do every
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
our nation, and that our efforts
have caused constructive work to
beé initiated to curb this attack on
those things we hold most dear.
. I sincerely believe that out states
men and our public officials are
conscious of our efforts to safe
'guard America and that effectual
. protective measures will be passed
to permit us to punish or expel
'those who advocate the overthrow
[of the American form of govern-l
' ment,” he said.
- Mr. Prickett, in accepting the !
responsibility as commander of the
Post assured his fellow members
that he would do his best to equal
the fine record established by the
retiring commander. ; ]
Cooperation Urged
“Mistakes will be made’”’, he
said, “but we will try not to make
the same mistake twice. If this
post is to prosper, it will require
the efforts of each member doing
his or her share, and committees‘
must function. Your commander
can’t do the job alone. I feel sure
that I will have your cooperation.
Let’s make Post 20 a better Post
and we shall be justly proud of
our achievements.”
The Mangleburg-Elrod Post of
the American Legion will install
Jack S. Davidson as commander
Friday night, July 10, and E. Man
son Smith as adjutant.
Tuesday night Tommy Lee Horne
will be inducted as commander of
the Classic City Post with Charley
Mangleburg as his adjutant. The
officers will be installed by Her- '
bert Moon, Georgia Department
adjutant. Miss Margaret Giles,'
tréasurer of the Department of
Georgia will be a special guest. l
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and smeké 'at an office ‘equipment building in Pitts
burgh, Penn., which bnurned sending a triangle of
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thing in his power to bring out
‘the truth in reply-to the charges
’by the Cominform, the nine-na
tion Communist International
Information Bureau. It. has
charged Tito " and his* vieaders
‘with being anti-Russian and
‘traitors to Marxism. : 2
‘ The message to Stalin *was
tender in composition, but the
effect was to underline Com
‘munist support for Tito. Sy
~ “Our love towards you and
‘the whole Soviet Unien -and
everything you did for "humani
ty is unlimited, as well as our
Lelief that you will do every
‘thing in your power so: that the
‘truth will be brought out in a
very short time,” it said. “Long
live your teacher of love towards
the Soviet Union, Comrade Tito,
and long live our big friend
Stalin. R
Party Approval . .
The powerful Central = Com=-
mittee of the Communist party
in Russiz has already approved
'the Cominform blast against Ti
to. It is hardly possible that the
lCominform took its original ac
iion withouti approvai of Stalin.
' The Communists meeting in
Belgrade sent a second telggram
to the Central Communist Com
mittee of Yugoslavia, which has
denounced the Cominform
charges as lies and slander. The
' telegram expressed faith in the
Committee and Tito,
' Communists of other countries
were lining up with the Central
Committee of the Soviet Com
munists in opposing Tito and
his associates.
An additional sign of a break
between Yugolavia and the rest
of the Communist states was re
ported from Bucharest. the Ro
manian capital. The Cominform
bulletin was published there last
night. It has been coming out
in” Belgrade.
In Washington American offi
cials trying to figure out what
may be most immediate result
of the Yugoslav developmients
through the coordinaied backing
of Communist Guerrillas in
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Sister Of Athens
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Woman Dies
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In Emory Hospital
Friends here will e distressed
to learn. of the death in Emery
Hospital, Atlanta, today about
noon, of Mrs. Frederick Erwin, the
former Miss Martha Sisk.
Mrs. Erwin was the sister of
Mrs. M. L. Hardy, of this city, and
resided at Winterville.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Bernstein Fun
eral Home.