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VIRCLE DRUG HAILED
N FIGHT AGAINST TB
ROME, Ga., Nov. 20—(AP)—
will the “miracle .drug” strep
tomycin save @ tuberculosis
3.‘llll_‘lll's life or shorten the pel‘iod
of hospitalization? = *
That's a question doctors at
pattey State Hospital haven't been
.ble to answer, but they do term‘
it the “most useful adjunct that
Lus yet been developed in the‘
ireatment of tuberculosis.”
The doctors said that while
(reptomycin is no sure-cure, the
results in treatment of all kinds
of tuberculosis at Battey more|
than justify its use as a routine
treatment procedure in any in-!
stitution. ‘
This was their conclusion at the
end of use of streptomycin for as
year and a half. |
patients themselves were not
inanimous in their opinion - some
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Vol. CXVI, No. 270.
Israel Should Keep
Negev Desert—U.S.
Ch’nese l
R d Drive
NANKING, Nov. 20— (AP) —
Sporadic fighting persisted around
Suchow today as both sides pre-‘
pared for another battle on the
road to Nanking.
Defense Minister Ho Ying-Chin
told the cabinet there was still
fighting near Nienchuang, 33 miles
east of Suchow, This was the front
on which the main Communist
push was broken earlier this week.
The Evening Post said the Reds
had attempted a new lunge here
with four huge columns—possibly
40,000 men—hut. were thrown
back when government planes
joined the battle. . . . . . ~
The press had. nothing new on
reports 24 hours earlier that gov
ernment troops had moved out 70
miles east of Suchow.
Other press accounts said Com
munist troops also tried to make
another attack 'on Suhsein, the
railway point 50 miles south of
Suchow, but were intercepted and
encircled.
General Ho in his report to the
cabinet emphasized that reinforce
ments were being sent to this sec
tor of the front.
The government was rushing
repairs to the damaged - railway
South of Suchow and along the
Lunghai line stretching east.
The area still appeared dotted
with Communist bands. One dis
patch said a repair gang trying to
work south out of Suchow was
;wnased away 'by Red machinegun
re.
~ Both the government and civic
bodies were gathering funds to
' donate to front line units for
standing firm in-: the ‘battle for
Suchow, 3
Meanwhile, the U. S. Embassy
reported that Chinese Communist
authorities at Mukden seized the
radio communications set of the
American consulate there on
Thursday. 3 ;
The Communists had ordered all
such sets seized. Consul Angus
Ward was negotiating to have it
restored since it is used only for
official business.
(Pro - government press dis
patches to Peiping said that in the
North China fighting a govern
ment relied force had reached
Ptaoting, capital of Hopeh pro
vince south of ‘Peiping.)
Taimadge Names ‘
-
Conference Aides
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 20—(AP)
—Gov, Herman Talmadge has
named four men to accompany |
him to the Southern Governors
Conference. : ‘
The conference, called by its
chairman, Gov. Preston Lane Ofl
Maryland, will be held il Savan
nah, Dec. 12 to 15. i
Those named to accompany the[
Governor are: Raymond S. Paty,
tormer Chancellor of the Universi-
Ly System of Georgia; Harmon W.
Caldwell, present Chancellor;
State Adj. Gen. Ernest Vandiver;
and Atty. Gen, Eugene Cook.
Gov. Talmadge said he would
hold a state dinner for the visiting
Governors in Savannah Dec. 13.
No Merry Xmas
For Canal Forces
PANAMA, Panama, Nov. 20 —
(AP)—U. S. Army forces in the
canal won’t have a “Merry Christ
mas” this year. y
Plc. Merry L. Christmas, who
has been stationed in the zone
for six months, will leave Mon
day for the infantry center at Ft.
Benning, Ga., for training as an
arborne irooper.
. He hopes the Army will give
\im enough leave to enable him
'o spend the holidays with other
Christmases at Dermott, Ark.
said it really was a miracle arug
'whil«e other termed it a “fair to
middling” treatment.
Dr. Rufus Payne, who heads
Battey’'s medical staff, said that
some definite conclusions have
been reached. One was that the
drug is likely to have less or no
effect on older’persons. He said
that while the number of cases
treated in the older group was too
small to be significant, it was
noted that up to the age of 50,
there was no apparent difference
ih the percentage of persons ex
hibiting to effects from the drug.
Dr. Horace E. Crow explained
that new patients benefit most be-
ERNSt Dot dea e ot Codiie
pletely free circulation of blood.
Streptomycin is now supplied
by the hospital as a routine mat
ter. I
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Gerry Roach, University of
Tennessee student, has been
chosen to reign as Queen of
the Knoxville Tobacco Sea
son, Queen Gerry wears a
hat of iobacco leaves,
WIFE, PAL
MURDERER
CONFESSES
WEST POINT, Ga., Nov. 20 —
(AP)—A 30-year-old textile work
er has orally admitted slaying his
36-year-old wife and his poker
playing buddy, Sheriff E. Z. Hill
yer said tonight.
Hillyer said James Johnson is
being held without bond in Troup
county jail for killing his wife,
Louise, and Lwey Bassett, of La
nett, Ala.
The Sheriff said Johnson told
him he shot Bassett after Bassett
stabbed This wife and that he shot
his wife, “because I wanted to put
her out of her misery.”
Hillyer said the shooting and
stabbing followed a drinking and
gambling quarrel in the kitchen of
Johnson’s two-room shack five
miles from here.
Johnson was arrested originally
on a charge of drunkenness when
the deaths were discovered.
Johnson was ordered held with
out bond on the murder charges
following a coroner’s inquest to
day.
Taft-Hartley Repeal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—(AP)
— Senator McClellan (D-Ark)
predicted today ‘that a majority of
the Senate’s Southern Democrats
will oppose outright repeal of the
Taft-Hartley Act.
“A WONDERFUL TWO-WEEKS”
Truman Ends Vacation; Skeds
Marshall Confab On Monday
KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 20—
(AP) — President Truman put
away his slacks and open-neck
sports shirts tonight to {ly back
to Washington for important
peace talks.
A “wonderful” two weeks va
cation ended, he boards the “In
dependence,” at 11 a. m. (EST)
tomorrow ~for the four~hour
{light to the White House.
There, at 12:30 p. m. Monday
he will sit down with Secretary
of State Marshall around the
desk in his Oval. Room office for
the first of a serias of confer
ences to review the nation’s for
eign policy in ail trouble areas
of an uneasy world.
A meeting with his cabinet, the
first since the election, is prob
able for Friday.
. The President also will talk
with W. Averell Harriman, “rov
‘ing" ECA ambassador, but Pres
‘idential Secretary Charles G.
Ross said the time of Harriman’s
lappointment had not been fixed.
| - Zhp President is known to hope
‘he can persuade Secretary Mar
shall to delay his retirement.
‘ {The White House clamped tight
Ifl{‘e lid of secreey surrounding its
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TRUMAN AVE.
KEY WEST, Ta., Nov. 20—
(AP)—President Truman had
a street named for him here
today.
City officials -in a dedica
tion ceremony changed the
name of Division Street to
Truman Avenue.
One intersection of Truman
Avenue is Margaret Street.
But the street was not named
for the President’'s daughter,
Margaret. It received its name
a century ago for the wife of
Jolin Simenton, who bought
all of Key West for $2,000 in
1820.
Asse ‘f; 2d Press Service
British Plan
'For Division
Is Rejected
PARIS, Nov. 20—(AP)—The
United States announced its oppo
sition today to a part of the Brit
ish-supported Bernadotte plan
which would slice the huge Negev
desert from Israel and give it to
the Arabs.
The American position was stat
ed by U. S. Delegate Philip C.
Jessup in the 58-member Political
Committee of the United Nations
Assembly.
In what he described as a pre
liminary statement, Jessup fol
lowed closely President Truman’s
declaration of Oect. 24 that no re
ductions in Israel’s territory
should be made without full con
sent of the Jews.
Jesup spoke during debate on
the recommendations of Count
Folke Bernadotte, slain U.-N. med-~
iator, which Britain is seeking to
have the Assembly approve. Jes
sup said the United States was in
accord with Bernadotte’s conclu
sions, with the exception of cer
tain principles concerning boun
daries.
This was a reference to Berna
dotte’s proposal that the Jews
give up the Negev desert, assign
ed to them under the partition
plan of Nov. 29, 1947, and keep
western Galilee, which originally
was assigned to the Arabs. This
swap would reduce the size of
Israel by about 69 per cent.
Jessup said the United States
supported Israel’s claim to the
boundaries of the original parti
tion plan. He added, however, that
if Israel desires additional terri
tory “it would be necessary for
Isreal to offer an appropriate ex
change through negotiations.”
This was interpreted as a sug
gestion for Israel either to re
nounce western Galilee, which Is
reali forces now hold, or to offer
some part of the Negev in ex
change.
“Our view is that we must con
tinue -to seek further agreement
between the parties than attempt
at this time to draw specific boun
dary lines.” _ s
Bernadotte’s proposed revision
of the original U. N. partition was
advanced when the Arabs were in
actual control of most of the Ne
gev. The Jews now have driven
the Egyptians out of most of the
Negev.
NEW APPOINTMENT
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 20—(AP)
—Gov. Herman Talmadge today
appointed J. R. Parham as an as
sistant Attorney General of Geor
gia.
consideration of Chiang Xai
shek’s personal appeal to the
President for a .new American
policy statement of support for
the hard-pressed Nationalist gov
ernment of China. It. made public
neither the Chinese president’s
letter, nor Mr. Truman’s reply.
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
flew down Thursday after order
ing 1,250 additiona! Marines intc
Tsingtao, China, and’transports
to remove Americans from the
path of advancing Communist
forces.
However, he and the President]
postponed discussion of the Chi-‘
nese situation to talk of the Eu-!
ropean picture and the questionl
of rearming Western Europe. |
Mr, Truman made it clear the
United States will not partici
pate in separate four-power
peace talks until Soviet Russia
lifts its bleckade of Berlin. |
' He emphasized that there will
be no interruption of this coun
try's bi-partisan foreign policy by
designating John Foster Dulles,
"top Republican diplomatic advis
er, as cating chairman of the
United States United Nations del
egation during Marshall’'s ab
sence from Europe. R
| HEAVY SNOW, HOWLING WINDS
Blizzard Blows Self Out
After Sweeping Kan., Neb.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 20—(AP)|
—A late fall blizzard which para
lyzed a large strip of the great.
planes area from Eastern Colora
do to Minnesota blew itself out
today, grounding a Lake Superior
freighter in one final fling.
Despite the storm’s paralyzing
fury, only one death had been at
tributed to the blizzard as relief
workers reported that of the hun
dreds of persons marooned only
one definitely was known to be
still missing.
Many, however, still were in
improvised havens, safe from the
weather, but in danger of possible
food shortages unless relief crews
could break through drifts quick
ly.
Western Kansas and Nebraska
appeared to be hardest hit. There
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ROYAL PAIRS DIVORCED—NO SONS — Divorces of
two royal couples, Shah Reza Pahlevi and Empress
Fawzia of Iran (left), and King Farouk and Queen
Farida of Egypt (right), were announced in Cairo,
Egvpt, Friday. Neither of the beautiful queens had
horne male heirs to the thrones, Empress Fawzia is the
sister of King Farouk.— (AP Wirephoto. ‘) (
Democratic Committee Hearing
Will Be Conducted Tuesday A. M.
A meeting of the Clarke County Democratic Executive
Committee will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at
the court house for the purpose of conducting a hearing
on a petition filed by H. H. “Bill” Giles to set aside the
nomination of Dick Thompson in the Fifth Ward Demo
cratic Primary for City Council November 17th.
E. D. Wier, chairman of the
committee, announced yesterday
Mr. Giles filed his petition Friday
afternoon and notice has been sent
all members to attend the hearing
at which time Mr. Giles will be
given “full opportunity to present
any evidence he may have to sub
stantiate the grounds he has set
forth as a basis for his contest.”
The finalgote in the Fifth Ward
Councilman contest was: Mr.
Thompson, 204; Mr. Giles 203 and
Marion L. Gilbert, jr., 38. ’
Election Officials 4
The election officials for the
TiNth Ward wesetes .
Box No. 1 — (Cody David’s
Drug store) — Mrs. Preston Al
mond and Mrs. J. W, Firor - sr,;
Mrs. H. J. Walldce, Mrs. Ben Ali
ver and David Firror.
' Box No. 2 — (Smith’s Grocery
| Store) — Leon L. Lester and H.
'N. Hill, managers; Louis F. Bailey.
All officials of the election in
the Fifth Ward have been ‘sum
moned to attend the hearing.
Mr. Giles will bg represenied at
the hearing by Attorney John L.
Green and Mr. Thompson will be
represented by Attorney Carlisle
Cobb. Attorney Bob Stephens- is
Counsel for the Committee.
The primary election was held
under rules and regulations of the
Clarke County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee and Georgia
state law, under the secret Austra
lian ballot system which was
adopted ‘in Clarke county by the
committee at the instance of
Clarke county grand juries.
Text of Petition
The petition filed by Mr. Giles
follows:
~ “To the Hon. Democratic Exe
cutive of the City of Athens, Geor
ia: .
“Now comes H. H. (Bill) Giles,
candidate for City Council for the
Fifth Ward of the City of Athens
in the Democratic Primary held on
November 17, 1948, and respect-
SRy Ao
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“He contests the election of Dick
Thompson as Councilman for the
Fifth Ward of the City of Athens
upon the 'rounds hereinafter set
‘out. ’
was no way of estimating damage
and livestock losses.
~ Most of the stalled trains were
moving again — slowly and hours
late —as snow plows battered
pathways through drifts. Five
trains still were stalled, but these
were at stations and their passen
‘gers were safe. Four of them were
on the Rock Island Lines at Good
land in Northwest Kansas and one
was the Union Pacific City of St.
Louis at Weskan on the Kansas-
Colorado line.
Many stranded motorists were
}rescued by Santa Fe train crews in
the Dodge City-Garden City area.
One of them, the Rev. R. W. O.
Knowles, minister of the First
Methodist Church in Garden City,
said “I owe my life to divine guid
ance and the Santa Fe Railway.”
Wil
“The announced result of the
election is as follows: Dick Thomp
son 204 votes; H. H. Giles 203
votes; M. L. Gilbert 38 votes. The
said Giles shows that the count
of said ballots was incorrect and
he bona fide contends that a re
count of the ballots cast in the
Fifth Ward of said Primary Elec
tion would change the result and
show that he is the nominee of the
Democratic Party.
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“The official registration list
used at said election contained the
names of voters who were not at
the time of the eelction residents
of the Fifth Ward and the said
Giles is informed and believes that
various persons voted in said elec
tion who had not resided for at
least ten days within the Fifth
Ward before the election.
ol
“The following is a partial list
of persons appearing on the reg
istration list- who did not reside in
the Fifth Ward for ten days pre
ceding the election:
Jack Anchors
Frank Belk .
A. C. Blalock
H. T. Bray
Herschel Toombs
Mrs. H. T. Bray
Mrs. Fannie Brooks
James Cook
Mrs. Flora Belle Cook
Sidney Favors
Carl Fowler
Mrs. Carl Fowler
Edgar K. Fowler
Mrs. C. E. Gibson
J. R. Hopkins
Mrs. J. R. Hopkins
Miss Bertha Swords
Miss Helen Swords
J. D. Swords.
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M. Sw
- Nelson L. Wood
“The said H. H. Giles is inform
&4 ang teliswas that o opfficient
number of persons not living with
in the Fifth Ward voted at said
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THOMASVILLE, Ga., Nov.
20 — (AP) — Pretty Efthalie
Kyriakides, who came from
Cairo, Egypt, to South Geor
gia to marry Herschel Reagan,
called off her wedding today.
‘Herschel just isn’t a one
girl man,” the dark - eyed
Egyptian said. “I found out he
didn’t love me enough to mar
ry me.”
Their romance bloomed be
neath an Egyptian moon when
Reagan was soldiering in Cai
ro in 1945, It weathered a
three-year separation.
Miss Kyriakides, 23, was de
tained a week at Ellis island
early in October for want of
a SSOO entry bond.
Building Boom Aided
By Ample Materials
No Shortage
Of Labor
Is Expected
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-~-
(AP) — Materials and Jabor
enough to sustain the building
boom providing $18,100,000,000
worth of new construction in
1949 were fcreseen tonight by the
Producers’ Council, Inc.
The natiocnal organization of
building supply manufacturers
issued its forecast as the gov
ernment reported these housing
developments:
1. The new federal “yield in
surance” program, intended to
attract large-scale investors into
the moderate - rental housing
field, was set in motion by the
Federal Housing Administration.
2. The office’ of housing expe
citer, ploughing through com
pliants of overcharges and other
violations on 64,000 priority-built
veterans’ homes, forecast com
pletion of its job by April. A to
tal of $15,000,000 in allegedly im
proper charges is involved. |
The Preducers’ Council said
most materials will be “ample”
for the $18,100,000,000 worth of
new building and $7,000,000,000
worth of repair and maintenance
work forecast for next year.
This would mean a volume of
building, of all types, about equal
tc this year’'s, with a possible
drop in housing construction but
an increase in highway and other |
pukiic works jobs. A Commerce
Department industry committee
has estimated that this year’s
dwelling construction will run to
1,200,000 units, including farm
homes.
In iron and steel, the Council's
estimate said, “the outlook is
complicated by the unknown ex
tent and character of the defense
program.” But the report added:
“Unless the armament require
ment is much over that now an
ticipated, iron and steel products
should be at Jeast as plentiful for
construction as has been the case
during 1948.” .
‘Cement may remain tight, the
Council said, because of the ex
pected rise in highway, bridge,
dam and public building con
struction ana the Supreme Court
decision which upset the ‘cement
industry’s “basing point” system
of ricing.
MANY SEE FIRST COLLEGE CAME
High School Vistors Enjoy
Georgia - Furman Grid Tilt
From almost every corner of
the state the teen-agers came to
Sanford Stadium yesterday—
many of whom were to see their
first college football game.
Better than 17,000 boys and
girls of high school age filled a
good portion of the north stands
and were recognized before the
game began as official guests of
the University of Georgia. Stu
dents from every high school
within range of a return tfip to
night were invited to attend the
game and admitted free of charge.
Students from as far away as
Blakely came to see the Bulldogs
play. D St
Snappy Bands
A snappy Furman band staged
a half-time show preceding the
Georgi aband, and very success
fully “put the Georgia Bulldog
in the doghouse.” Their rendition
of “St. Louis Blues March’
brought cheers of approval from
the crowd, as did their version of
“Glory, Glory to Old Georgia.”
Georgia’s band also turned in
its usual good performance and
ended half-time ceremonies with
the Georgia Alma Matre. The
Georgia band formed an aisie for
the Bulldogs returning to the
ii?eld for the second half.
|CREW STRIKE DOCKS
]BIG PASSENGER SHIP
SOUTHAMPTON. Eng, Nov.]
20.—(AP)—A lightning walk-off
today by crew members wha re
fused to buck the United States
dock tieup delayed departure of
the liner Queen Elizaben for
America by at least 25 hours.
Cunard White Star Line said
that between 300 and 400 crew
men, some of them cooks still in
their uniform, quit the ship 70
minutes before she was due to
sail with 1,600 passengers. The
full crew numbers about 1,200.
The sailing, already postponed
three Aayvs because of the East
Coast shipping strike, was de
layed at least until 1 p. m. (8 a.
m., EST) tomorrow, when the
company said “it is hoped that
sufficient men will be on duty to
take the ship to sea.”
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FELTON CHRISTIAN
Directs Seal Campaign
CHRISTIAN
TO HEAD
SEAL DRIVE
Felton Christian, secretary of
the Athens Junior Chamber of
Commerce, and well known Athens
businessman, has been appointed
chairman of the Christmas bond
drive of the Clarke County Tuber
culosis Association, it was an
nounced today by C. O. Baker,
president of the Clarke County
Tuberculosis Association. Mr,
Christian is vice president of the
association, and treasurer of the
Athens Merchant Council.
“With Mr. Christian as chair
man, I feel sure we can count on
a successful campaign,” Mr, Baker
said. “His organizational ability
and the high regard in which he is
held make him an ideal person to
direct the bond campaign for
funds to continue our fight against
tuberculosis. A Christmas Seal
bond purchase is an investment in
community health from which
every citizen benefits.”
Mr. Christian, member of many
civic clubs, said that he welcomed
the chairmanship because of the
importance te every resident of
the county of eradicating tubercu
losis. Clarke county citizens
strongly endorse this work, he
said, and will undoubtedly coop
erate in making the bond sale a
: (Continued on page Twa)
were too numerous to list, but
Joe Geri’s plunge for the first
Georgia score was among the
thrills. Geri drew first blood for
the Bulldegs lin answer to .a
chanting crowd that wanted
“Geri, Geri, Geri!” Ray Prosperi,
understudy to the fabulous John
Rauch, ripped out a beautiful
t. d. pass complete to Bob Wals
ton, who was almost alone near
Furmans goal in the last quar
ter.
Mixon Favorite
Billy Mixon came in for a brief
stint in the foursth quarter and
proved to be a favorite of the
partisan student crowds and jus
tified the confidence placed in
him by gaining 34 yards and a
score in two running plays. John
Donaldson made one of the hard
est runs of the game, bumped in
to the arms of a Furman de
fender, spun loose and weni over
for a Gerogia score.
There was an air of disap
pointment shrouding the stands
when. “Automatic Joe” .Ge#i had
his third attempt for extra point
blocked. and the zir became al
most tragic when Joe missed his
liast iry. de stiii hoids one of the
better records in the country,
lhow"evet. B :
Strike leaders said the men
claimed they would be breaking
e oF SRR
faith with the longsboremuf%;;;
they took the ship to Halifaxy
Cunard’s Norh American term Eiy
nus during the dock dispute. .‘jid
~ An official of the National ne
ion of Seamen said the strikerg ™
also were “afraid of being beats
‘,en up” by American longshore=
‘men if the ship put in at New
York, ~ &
| The strike committee " decided
‘to ask rthe crews of the Eliza=
‘beth's sister liner, the Queen
‘Mary, and.the Mauretania to join
the walkout. The Mauretania i 8
due to arrive from America 10~
MOrrow.
The Mary is scheduled to sail
'next Wednesday.
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Home
Eciataonn
I&WiS TO
JOill I:Old
CINCINNATI, Nov. 20—(AP) —
The American Federation of La
bor took another step toward the
elusive goal of labor unity today.
1t invited John L. Lewis and his
600,000 miners to come back to
the fold.
Earlier in the AFL convention,
the delegates had approved a reso~
lution inviting the CIO to return.
They declared the door was nos
only open to the rival labor group,
which meets in Portland, Ore,
next week, but said they were ex
tend'mi: hand of welcome.
“The Léwis resolution said it was
a “deep shock” to the AFL to
learn of the miners’ disaffiliation
last Dec. 12—after the bitter con=
vention in San Francisco. Lewis
had fought almost single-handed
to get the AFL to refuse to sign
non-Communist affidavits.
Although not a Communist, he
wanted to take that provision,
which is the basic of eligiblity to
use the National Labor Relations
Board, as the signal for an all-out
fight against the Taft-Hartley Act.
Lewis Defeat
Lewis lost at the San Francisco
convention, called the other AFL
leaders ‘“intellectually fat and
stately asses,” and said the fed
eration “has no hea<; its neck just
grew and haired over.”
But today the AFL seemed will
ing to forgive. The resolution said
“We do not here attempt to ex
plain or interpret the paradoxes
involved in this disaffiliation.”
Whatever may have motivated
the action, the resolution added,
“The march of events since then
has. not shown a justification for
disaffiliation of the UMW from the
AFL and we hope that the union,
mindful of the loss resulting from
disaffiliation, will reconsider its
decision and rejoin their parent
body, the AFL.
~ “We hope that they will return
home to funetion in the family of
which, by their vary nature, they
are a functional part.”
‘ Other Feelers
- While these open maneuvers
‘were used to attract the CIO and
Lewic back into the federation,
quieter negotiations were under
way with the International Asso
ciation of Machinists, claiming
650,000 members. The machinists
left the AFL two years in a juris
dictional battle with the carpen
ters. .
Hope was expressed this week
by AFL President William Green
and some other members of the
executive council that the reaffil
iation of the machinists was “not
too far off.”
The 650 convention delegates
earlier heard Vice President-elect
Alben W. Barkley advise them not
to allow the 81st Congress, as
sembling Jan. 3, to forget the
pledges of President Truman and
the Democratic Party.
“What was said in the campaign
is just as valid now as it was be
fore the election.” Barkley told
the cheering delegates.
The major objectives, he said,
were repeal of the Taft-Hartley
Act, strengthening of the Labor
Department and boosting of the
minimum wage from 40 cents an
hour to 75 cents. The rate was
fixed by the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938.
Barkley warned the AFL against
optimism that the Taft-Hartley
Act could be wiped off the books
in the opening weeks of Congress.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and cooler today and
tonight. S unday parily
cloudy and warmer,
GEORGIA—Fair and war
meor Sundaw fusrascine slou
diness, not so cool Sunday
pnight, followed by min iaiv
Sunday night or Menday,