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Vol. CXVII, No. 112.
Strike
In City
Convict
|s Nabbed
In Madison
MADISON, Ga., May 21—(AP)
—A fugitive life termer, one of
six convicts who escaped from a
work camp, was caught hiding in
a ditch today. .
The search for the other five
eased off, while police waited for
a break.
Sheriff G. P. Saye said Ed Par
ker, serving life for murder, was
spotted by a section gang as he
walked down railroad tracks near
Rutledge this morning. The work
men called Chief of Police Cary
Stapp of Rutledge. Stapp and his
two sons found Parker hiding ir
a ditch. The convict had a pisto’
in his belt, the Sheriff said, but
gave up without a scrap.
Parker was sentenced to ter
years for burglary in Floyd Coun
ty. Sheriff Saye said Parker tolc
him he later was sentenced to life
for killing a prison guard.
A posse thought it had chasec
the other five fugitives into :
swamp south of Macon last night
But a search of the area failed tc
locate the men.
A spokesman at State Patrol
headquarters said it was just a
case now of waiting for new leads
The six escaped the Milledge
ville State Hospital farm yester
day after wounding a guard and
overpowering four others. Five
fled in a car they took from 2
Baptist minister on the highway.
Parker, Sheriff Saye reported
stole an automobile in Milledge
ville and drove to Madison before
giving out of gas and abandoning
it.
25 Apply For
County Police
A total of 25 applications so
county policemen have been re
ceived by the county commission
ers. The deadline for turning ir
applications was Friday. The
county commissioners will an
nounce the names of the person:
chosen for the positions to enlarge
the force to a total strength of
four men on Wednesday.
Lambda Chi’s
Observe
“*Alumni Day”
“Alumni Day” was held by
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity yes
terday with about 200 alumni, ac
tive members, wives, dates, and
guests attending.
The affair, which is one of the
biggest functions of the Nu chap
ter of the fraternity during the
year, began with a get-together at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon then
a barbecue was held at 5.30 o’clock.
A dance followed.
Activities took place at the fra
ternity house on 248 Prince ave
nue, Also a number of alumni
visited the location of the future
home” of the fraternity on the
southeast corner of White and
Hull streets.
Alumni from over the south
eastern states were present at the
affair, with many attending from
Athens and over the state. Jimmy
Andrews of Toccoa is president of
the fraternity chapter here.
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active members of Nu chanter of Lambda Chi
Alpha Fraternity' at the University of Georgia
look over the location of the “future home™ of
the fraternity. The lot is located at the corner
of White and Hull streets. The present house IS
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Plans Brewing
Bus Wrangle
By ED THILENIUS, City Editor
The latest move to avert a threatened walkout of city,
bus drivers failed early yesterday morning and union of
ficials began laying plans for a strike Friday morning.
A contract meeting between bus company and union
officials in the presence of a federal conciliator failed to
materialize when W. M. Shelton, owner of the Athens
City Lines, did not show up for the conference. l
Robert 'Fitzpatrick, president of
the local branch of the Amalgama
ted Association of Street, Electric,
Railway and Motor Coa " .Em
ployees of America Union/ < “he
strike would go in effef 3”& lay,
May 27, unless compar);“‘»<'2’. cials
made them an offer on o 5 new
contract. ?" ~
Waiting Peg”;}g.?,
The drivers voted/ & vor of a
seven-day waiting ‘\’7l\,l earlier
n the week in an/ |& . to settle
their contract diff ¥e without
walling a strike, 7 &vaiting pe
riod ends at mi¢ . Thursday,
May 26.
President Fitzpatrick said that
company heads were given their
lew eontract demands on March
15, but the drivers have not re
seived an offer. Their old contract
:xpired last week.
Fitzpatrick said that the new
~ontract calls for a slight increase
n pay along with five legal holi
lays with time and a half pay for
2ach day. He said that
hese were the only new specifi
-ations over the old contract.
No Message
Fitzpatrick said that Mr. Shel
‘on sent no message to the drivers
His morning in connection with
lis not attending the meeting. Mr.
Shelton’s nephew, Hay Shelton,
.ssistant manager of the bus line
was present but refused to take
he responsibility of negotiating
lew contract terms, Fitzpatrick
reported. =
On hand for the meeting today
were Elouise Stewart, Federal
Conciliator from Atlanta along
with W. E. Whitt, vice-president
of the Union International.
Fitzpatrick said no other meet
ings were scheduled between now
and the strike deadline. He said
that all the drivers and union of
ficials had hoped to settle their
Band Fund For
High School
s Increased
Funds for purchasing instru
nents for the Athens High School
Jand yesterday had reached $425
vith the latest contributions of $25
nade by the Business Girls Clun,
Chomas J. Byrnes, supervisor of
nusic in the city school system
innounced.
Mr. Byrnes said he had receiv
»d ‘a check for that amount from
Vliss Bertha Ross, club treasurer.
>resident cf the club is Mrs. Ruby
{artman.
Mr. Byrnes said previous con
ributions included SSO from the
Jlarke County Women Voters, and
hat $350 was cleared on the re
yand concerts held with Elberton
Aigh School Band.
“Due to the fact that the school
yond election is holding the atten
tion of Athenians due to its para
nount importance, no concerted
\ffort has been made to push the
nstrument fund,” Mr. Byrnes
;aid. “After the bond election, ef
‘orts to complete the fund will be
-enewed,” he said, adding, “We
wre most grateful for the contri
yutions and hope they will inspire
others.” |
POLIO LOSES
ATLANTA, May 21—(AP)Eight
cases of polio have been reported
in Georgia so far this year, com
pared with 17 by the same date
last year, officiazy reported today.
located at 248 Prince avenue. Shown inspecting
,the lot are, from leit to right: Edsel Benson,
Nick Hobiey, H. i. Abney, Raieigh Sims, Dick
‘Williams, Grady Callahan, jr, Hillyer King, ir.,
George Abney, jr., Bob Maupin, jr., J. W. Henry,
and George M. Abney. sr,
differences at the meding this
'moming which was scheduled by
bus company officials.
The strike will embrace 28 driv
ers and three repair men, along
with 11 buses.
Fitzpatrick said that unless the
contract differences could be set
| tle between now and Thursday
‘midnight, that the busses would
not leave the barns for their Fri
l day morning runs.
(ITIZENS BOND CHORUS SWELLS
AS VOTING DAY COMES NEARER
.
Thirteen Local {
Students Win
|
PhißetaKappa
Ibetakappa
Thirteen Athenians are includedl
among fifty-one University of!
Georgia seniors and graduate stu-i
dents who have been named to|
Phi Beta Kappa, ranking national
scholarship fraternity.
Those selected for this high scho
lastic honor, according to degree'
groups, are as follows: . . |
Graduate: Homer A. Black, Ath- |
ens: John E. Champion, Athens;|
and Mrs. Leslie T. Hart, Athens. |
Bachelor of Arts: Ann An-|
drews, Greenville; Curtis H. Bell,i
Elberton; J. Elliott Brown, Sasser;
Alice E. Chandler, Athens; Roberti
Gibbons, Ft. Gaines: Ethel E.|
Lancaster, ' Shady Dale: Marthal
Jean Smith, Atlanta; Daniel D.
Stanley, Savannah; and Henry G.’
Trayler, LaGrange. ;
Bachelor of Science: James Ken- |
neth Adams, Canon; William H|
Cabaniss jr., Athens; Gloria Anne |
Dixon, Athens; David W. John- |
ston, Atlanta; Marion Turner!
Thornton, Elberton; Willard E.
Towson, Dahlonega; and Oliver M. i
Wisdahl, Athens. |
Bachelor of Science in Chemis
try: Agnes Scott Chapman, Atlan
ta.
Bachelor of Fine Arts: R. L.i
Brittain, Athens; Neorman TaDu
Cole, Atlanta; Sarah Elizabeth;
Firer, Athens; James H. Persse,
Savannah; Sara Belle Rosenberg,
Swainsbore; and Rachel ‘Divine
Sharp, Signal Mt., Tenn.
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism:
William M. Bates, Soperton; Dana
Blackmar 111, Waycross; Richard
D. Bullock, Ft. Benning; Harold
E. Davis, Sasser; Elizabeth W.
Ethridge, Royston; Jack B. Has—j
kins, Gainesville; Frank A. Ma- |
jors, Claxton; Gretchen Mingle
dorff, Springfield; Donald B. Nix
on, Atlanta; Emmit E. Noland Jri,
Ben Hill, and Simeon A. Shad
dix jr., Columbus. : 1
Bachelor of Arts in Bsiness
Administration: Phillis Aronson,
Adel: Inman L. Chambers, Cor
nelia: Allen L. Chancey jr., Sardis;
Wiiliam H. Shy, Athens; Robert
H. Smalley jr., Elberton; Betty M.
Vickers, Valdosta; William H:
Wells, Athens; Monteen Williams,
Dunwoody; and Robert L. Wood,
Cedartown.
Bachelor of Laws: John D. Co
fmer, Macon; John W. Hines, Ath
ens; Merwin W. Kaye, Albany;
Lawrence ‘B. Kelly, Athens; and
Gerald J. O’'Rourke, Chickamauga.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1949.
WINDS, WATERS RAVAGE
By The Associated Press
The toll of brutal weather in the midcontinent rose to six deaths
Saturday.
More than a score of persons were injured by twisters and wind
storms Friday night. Heavy rains lashed the smitten areas, and floods
welled out of choked sireams i a widening area.
Damage to buildings was heavy in various localities. There was
no overall estimate of its extent.
Oklahoma was hardest hit. But tornadoes churned scattered com
munities in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska Friday night. An isolated
twister bashed at two small Tennessee towns. The weather has
rampaged for four days, particularly in the South Plains.
Four of the deaths resulted from the wind. Two were drowned in
flood waters, a woman Tuesday near Seminole, Okla., and a man Fri
day at Twin Likes, Okla.
The high water crisis continued as rains continued in the mid~
Mississippi Valley and in the Nebraska-South Dakota region. How
ever, the downpours were largely over in Oklahoma where the Washita
River overflow put three fourths of Lindsay in soak and sent hundreds
of residents to higher ground.
Earlier in the week, Guthrie was inundated as the Cimmaron
River burst its banks. And the North Canadian River backed up. The
series of rain floods began several days ago in Texas.
The heavy rains, caused by what the weather bureau termed a
deep low pressure trough, were moving northward.
Friday night and early Saturday the heaviest falls came in local
areas of Nebraska, eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Although
streams were overtaxed here, too, there were no reports of extensive
flood damage to creps or communities,
Old Barn Art
Exhibit Set
Here Wednesday
Fifth annual Old Barn Ari Ex
hibit Scudder School of Art will
open Wednesday, May 25, 2 p. m.
and continue through Thursday
until 10:30 p. m. The eminent
artist, Lamar Dodd, of the Uni
versity of Georgia, will serve
again as judge and award the
ribbons.
The children represent in the
showing range in ages from
seven to pre-Junior High. Two
of these children recently won
State Purchase Awards. All
teachers, grade parents and any
one interested .in Art will be
welcome.
Miss Nina Scudder, the in
structor, lives at 490 St. Mil
ledge avenue and the Old Barn
is in the rear of the grounds.
Street Paving
Assessments
Are Passed
Paving has been completed by
the city on Pope street from Bax
ter to Brpad; Pope from Hancock
te Hill; Church from Baxter to
Dearing; Waddell from Church to
Milledge; and Harris from Hend
erson to Waddell. Also the north
ern extremity of North Pope was
paved. \ 3
Mayor and Council met Friday
night and passed assessments for
work completed on the above
streets.
INDIAN WAR DANCE ON TAP
Wild West Show And Rodeo
Opens 4-Day Run Here Today
The 101 Ranch Wild West Show and Rodeo—billed as
the greatest show of its kind in the world—will stage the
first of four perform;ncf in Athens this afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Ameriecan Legion Park on Lumpkin street.
Seventy-five ranch-raised §ow
boys and cowgirls, a band off real
Indians, and more than 100 head
of stock will be featured in §2 big
events in this afternoen’s per
formance. Top-ranking trick rid
ers and cowboys will® pfovide
plenty of thrills for all, and will be
led by Colonel Zack Miller and
Jackie Rhinehart. '
Colonel Miller is the lag living
member of the family tha! found-
ATHENS AND VI(INITY
Partly cloudy aid warm
Sunday with scattered thun
dershowers. g
. ————
GEORGIA — Patly cloudy
and warm today md Monday.
Scattered thurgiasnowers in
the afternoon. .
—_—
TEMPERATURE
Mgt ... 8] .87
EeTaeaat oy L, LOB
Mean ;.. sigrfore oo T
Motmal .ol el
I{FALL
Inches last{2< hours .. .. .0C
Total sinc lfly J it 158
Deficit sineaMay 1 .. ... 86
Average May racfall .... 3.54
Total since Anuary 1 ....22.53
Excess singe/January 1 .. 1.07
With two days remaining before the hour of the open
ing of election polls at 9 o'ctock next Tuesday morning,
Athenians yesterday were endorsing almost enmasse the
proposed $1,000,000 bond issue for school improvements.
The Parents-Teacher organiza
tions, the High School Alumnil
Association and the, Adopted
Athenians announced' a long list
of citizens who publicly advocate
the approval of bonds and €x
press their intention to vote as—i
firmatively an Tuesday. |
Radic programs over WGAU!
and WRFC were gannounced for
Monday morning and night, and
Tuesday morning. The WGAU
schedule Monday at 7:15 o'clock
will be filled by Leroy Michael,
and at 7:30 o’clock Mayor Pro-
Tem Merritt B. Pound will con
dute a round - table discussionl
with members of the City Coun
cil over WGAU. '
cl'l‘he program for WRFg in
cludes a_talk in behalf of bonds
e Vertdnes ot 10:36
o’clock Monday'and at 7 p. m. by
W. H. Benson. And Tijsday
morning, election day, Mrs. War=
ren C. Thurmond will speak for|
bonds over WRFC at 10:30
o’clock. .
Free Transportation
R. H. Kennon, chairman of the
transportation committee for the
Adopted Athenians, an organiza-'
tion of business and professional |
men supporting the bond issue,|
announced yesterday the fo]low—i
ing . automobile dealers have of-I
sered cars free to be used in
transporting voters to the polls:|
J.#Swanton Ivy, City Motors,
Georgia Motors, Silvey Motors,
University Chevrolet, College Mo
tors, Downs Motors, Heyward
Allen Motor Co., Broun Motors|
Co., C. A. Trussell Motor (,‘om-l
pany, Talmage Motors Company.
Mr. Kennon said the “codpera-]
tinn of the Athens automobile |
dealers is-indicative of the fine|
community siprit behind the bond‘
‘issue and the schools.” |
Yesterday the various bond |
organizations announced en- l’
ed the 101 Ranch, and Rhinehart |
is the world’s champion cowboy |
and tfick rider. With the famed |
cowboy will be his brother Jake, |
leading cowboy clown, and other |
exciting riders. i
A war dance by the tribe of In- |
dians, a stampede of the 101 herd |
of cattle, and a holdup of the fam- |
ous stage coach in the show will |
highlight the performance. A |
covered wagon from the days of |
western migration in the United |
States will also be shown as a|
part of the Wild West panorama. |
Colonel Miller’s diamond-studded |
saddle, also a feature of the show, |
is on display at Richardson-Hodg-]
son’s. |
The Wild West Show is being '
brought to Athens by the Optimist[
Club and proceeds will go for the |
under-privileged fund of the Club.
In addition to today’s show, per-l
formances will be staged Monday, |
Tuesday, and Wednesday nights at |
8:30. !
A big parade through Athens |
will be held Monday afternoon at|
4:30 o'clock, with the covered wa- |
gon, the cowboys, Indians, and
other personnel of the show parti-‘
cipating. ' !
" Admission prices will be $1.20|
for adults and 60 cents for chil-|
dren. Special sections will be re- |
served for colored patrons. Athen-l
jans are urged to come early for
each performance in order to se-i
cure seats, i el
Strikes, Riots Halt
Berlin Rail Traffic
BERLIN, May 21.—(AP)—Germans battled Germans
in a riotous railway strike which left West Berlin a city of
stalled trains, bruised knuckles and aching heads tonight.
It was a German fight on East-West lines.
Hundreds were injured as 5,000 young Communist
strike-breakers and Soviet sector railway police battled
with the 12.000 strikers and, on occasion, with West Ber
lin’s citv nolice, Wl
Strikers jeered Soviet transport
officers and stoned them.
The Allied airlift roared on, ful
filling as routine the job of freight
ing in essential supplies, as it has
done during and since the block
ade. The British and American
planes assured West Berliners of
8,000 tons of produce daily.
The rail strike, by 12,000 West
Berlin workers, paralyzed both
freight movements and the elevat-
dorsement of the issue from a
large number_ -of citizens who
gave their reasons for supporting
the bond issue. Mrs. John L.
Barner declared “the need for an
aucitorium * was very much felt
at Barrow school on Wednesday
night. Many parents whose chii
dren were on the program were
unable to crowd into the lunch
room which must serve as an
auditorium. Let us all back the
school bond vote on May 24th.”
Citizens oice Approval
Also voicing . their support of
the bonds were J. D. Adams,
Colonel F. N. Armstrong, G. H.
Bell, R. E. Adams, Alexander
Bush, Ralph J. Bell, C. A, Car
son, Dr.&c}. Byrdw Lewis ghick,
Felton - wg,a , W. W. Hayes,
WL HOKM s, Wade Parr, sr.,
J. £. Noell, G. E. Coleman, J. H.
Nunnally, W. Howard Harris,
Mrs. J. P. Proctor, Edmond T.
Gaultney, jr., C. E. Little, Roy E.
Cooper, Eugene Epting, O. B.
Copeland, Hayden Drewry, Wal
ter D. Crawford, G. Lamar Doo
ley, C. Ted Crowe, George W.‘
Dean, Roy W, CusSis Arthur F
Darden. |
Heartily im favor of the bond‘
issue because of the benefits io
be derived from them are G. A.‘
Booth, Walker Word, Lee R.
Nunnally, G. H. Thornton, J.‘
Smiley Wolfe, ir. Charles Wier
auch, R. P. Dobbs, Broadus
Coile, Jack Parr, M. A.. King,
James T. Hayes, Mrs. Walker
Word, Carlton Eberhart, Ellis
Garrett, J. C. Graham, Clyde
Fitzpatrick, Roy Gill, George K.
Jones, Sain A. Hale, J. H. Hubert,
jr., R. G. Harper, Dr. W. P. Hor
ton, H. L.. Hendon, W. C. Jordan,
Nathan B. Nolan, R. H. Kennon
Supporting the bonds to con
tinue the progress Athens has
made recently are J. N. Roper,
Warren W. Lanier, Robert E.
Moore, Harry Loef, J. W. Mat
thews, Charles A. McClure, Clyde
McDorman, Cecil Maddox, Her
bert E. Cutlaw, R. E. Sharp, C -
mer Owens, Millard Seagraves,
W. R. Pate, Chief Clarence O.
Roberts, J. E. Patman; Dr. Ken
neth Redman, R..C. Ray, W. T.
Ray, Dan R. Silvey; H. L. Whee
ler, Frank P. Simpson, Mrs, Ar
thur Jarrell, Hoyt Butler, Dr. N.
G. Slaughter, Johnny T. Young,
Guy W. Smith, B. H. Wofford,
Rev. Horace S. Smith, Lane Wat
son, John C. Stiles, R. E. Wans
lev. O. W. Taylor.
Mrs. Annie E. Griffeth said: “I
feel that approval of the bond
issue in the election to be held
Tuesday is a vital necessity to
Athens and this entire communi
ty if we are to continue the pro
gress we have made recently. No
community can rise above the
level of the educational facilities
provided its children because those
children grow up to become the
future leaders. I intend to vote
early, since the hours are only
from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. and will
vote for the bonds, and from all
I can hear Athenians will over
whelmingly voice tneir approval .
of this progressive step Tuesday.” |
Mrs. Jules C. Alciators said:
“Our children and their teachers}
need better equipment here in
Athens. Unless we are indiffer
ent to our children’s interests'
(and what parent is?) we should
seize eagerly the opportunity. of
fered us by the proposed bond
issue to improve the admittedly|
inadequate physical equipment in
our Athens schools.” l
Now Is the Time |
Mrs. E. C. Westbrook asserted
that “now is the time to build a
new high school. The old one
has outlived its purpose. I firmly
believe the issue will go over
because I believe the people of
Athens will realize the great
need which faces us,” while Mrs.
Jack Liddell, incoming president
of Barrow P. T. A, said, “It's up
to us to see that the bond issue
goes over next Tuesda}' so our
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
ed passenger trains in this divided
city of 3,000,000. Most of the
strikers are employees of the So
viet-controlled elevated system.
But the walkout of a few hundred
from the freight yards, also under
Soviet control through an old
Four-Power agreement, really
staggered the city’s economy.
The strikers demand their wages
be in West marks instead of' the
Soviet Zone's Jast marks to pay
for their food and rent. East
marks are worth only a quarter of
West marks and are not legal cur
rency in West Berlin. The rail
way officials, however, insist they
have to use all .available West
marks for such things as machin
ery. :
Aliiies Steer Ciear
The four occupying powers
looked on the series of riots as a
matter for the Germans to settle,
though one Russian representative
was reported to have suggested
Allied authorities step in to check
mob violence. .
The fighting stopped in mid
afternoon. There was no sign,
however, of more than a tempora
ry truce.
The two city governments,
Communist in the east and anti-
Communist in the west, were “not
at home™ to either the sirikers or
the strike-breakers.
Half the elevated raii stations
are in Soviel sector rail unionr
hands. The other half was in the
hands of the West Berlin strikers.
Freight trains loaded with sup
plies piled up between suburban
Potsdam and West Berlin stations.
A Soviet transport officer of
junior rank was injured by stones
thrown by strikers. ¢
Dogs Loosed
\ The strikers tried to storm the
| Schoeneberg station, but Com
;'munist guards inside loosed four
| police dogs and the mob stopped
i cold at the door.
Rails were torn up at the Lich
tenrade elevated station, in the
American sector, to halt a passen
ger train from the Soviet zone.
Three dozen Eastern Railwa)
police, who had been on guard at
Western stations besieged by
strikers, turned themselves over tc
West Berlin police for protection.
Some had been badly beaten.
Thirty strikers attempted tc
storm the Westkureuz Station, but
were thrown back by 100 young
Communists armed with new
wogden clubs.
Aberdeen-Angus
Auctions Slated
The Georgia Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders’ Association will sel’
TWENTY - TWO REGISTERED
FEMALES (including 10 cows
with calves at foot) and ELEVEN
BULLS! The sale will be at the
Northeast Georgia Fair Associa
tion Sale Barn, Gainesville, Geor
gia, Wednesday, May 25th at 2:00
p. m. This sale will be held in
connection with the regular week
ly livestock auction, s
Animals offered are being con
signed by Snap Finger Farms.
Decatur, Ga.; Hajr Farms, Sum
merville, Ga.; Chickamauga
Chickmauga, Ga.; Col. Perry Oli
ver, Gainesville, Ga.; and Frank
Lane, Bostwick, Ga.
BY ILL. DEMOCRAT
First Change Sought
In Truman Labor Bill-
WASHINGTON, May 21—(AP)
—Senator Douglas (D-Il1) said to
day he favors giving the President
restricted power to seize strike
bound or strike-threatened facili
ties in key industries of: national
emergency, situations.
The Illinois senator thus be
came the first Democrat on the
Senate Labor Committee to call
publicly for a specific change in
the administration’s labor bill.
Douglas voted for that bill in
the committee when the Demo
cratic majority pushed it through,
8 to 5, after refusing to consider
amendments proposed by the Re
publican members.
Since then some of the Demo
crats have said they would be
willing to modify the measure a
little, but there were no concrete
proposals from the group until
Douglas advanced his.
The administration bill would
repeal the Taft-Hartley law and
replace it with a slightly revised
version of the old Wagner Act.
The bill has no provision for
court injunctions against strikes
which imperil national health or
safety, nor does it provide for
seizure. The T-H iaw provides ior
80-day injunctions, but not for
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PARIS, May 2i—(AP)—Warm
ed by an easing of the Cold War,
the Foreign Ministers of Britain,
the United States and France met
today to organize a Western front
for the Big Four Conference on a
German settlement.
More than four years after the
Nazi regime disintegrated before
the armed might of Russia and
her Western Allies, the victors are
still at odds over the political and
economic settlement to be handed
the German people. Instead, East
and West in its own way has been
trying to win support in the na
tion they jointly defeated.
Their foreign ministers will
meet Monday at 4 p. m. (11 a. m.,,
Eastern Standard Time) in their
sixth post-war conference. Tt wiil
be their fourth conference on Ger
man;
Western dipiomats expect, how
ever, that at best only a tempora
ry or working agreement can be
hammered out at this meeting.
U. S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson arrived in Paris this
morning on President Truman’s
personal plane, The Independence
He was accompanied by John Fos
ter Dulles, his Republican adviser,
and Robert Murphy, the State De~
partment’s chief of German af
fairs. He was met by Dr. Philip
C. Jessup, U. S. Ambassador at
Large, and W. Averell Harriman,
Roving Ambassador for the Euro
pean Recovery Plan. 3
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin arrived yesterday.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Vishinsky arrived by plane late
today, and was closeted for three
minutes with Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman of France. Asked
for comment on the conference he
would only exclaim, “later, later.,”
Acheson also declined to make
any statement. ‘
A short time after his arrival
Acheson met with Bevin and
French Foreign Minister Schuman
in the latter’s office for nearly
three hours. With him was Jessup,
Charles E. Bohlen, State Depart<
ment counsellor, and Dulles.
The three ministers had before
them a report on proposed strate
gy that had been drawn up in
week-long meetings by their ad
visors. _
Diplomatic sources said Britain
has suggested the four-power con
ference be in strict secrecy. Neith
er the French nor the Americans
liked the idea.
The British view is that secrecy
prevents the conference being used
as a Soviet propaganda forum and
is more conducive to old fashioned
diplomatic bargaining.
BULLETIN
COLUMBIA, 8. C, May 21—
(AP) — As many as 600 South
Carolina negro school teachers
may be invsalved in cheating on
certification examinations in
February, the State Board of
of Education said fanight,
The board began hearings to
day to track down the source of
distribution of answer sheeis
found to have been used in the
examinations. Several persons
already have pleaded guilty, the
board said.
However, a Republican-written
substitute for the administration
bill provides for both courses.
But the seizure section of the sub
stitute is broader than Douglas is
willing to back.
Douglas told a reporter ‘he ob
jects to calling the change he has
in mind a compromise. He termed
it an “adjustment,”” and indicated
he might support more than one.
Douglas said he would like to
have written into the administra
tion bill a provision authorizing
seizure “on a strictly temporary
basis.”
He added he has not made up
his mind what the seizure period
should be, but said he hafebeen
thinking in terms of 30 to 60 days.
The Republican authored substi
tute has no time limit.
The Illinois lawmaker stressed
that he would want “proper safe
guard" included in the law to lim
it seizure to key industries, like
the railroads.
Douglas refused to say whether
he personally will introduce an
amendment providing for' seizure.
«The administration bill provides
for a 30-day cooling off period in
the handling of national emergen~
cy dispuies, bo:ri'g faf qream
emergency boards to investigate
and recommend settlement terms,