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Vol. CXVIII, No. 38.
Regents Chairman Sees More Progress For University
Library Is
This Year
gteady continued growth of the
University of Georgia in Athens,
with the erection of a library to
cost $1,500,000 some time this year,
s visualized by Hughes Spald
ing, chairman of the Board of Re
sents of the University System at
he annual dinner of the Athens
Chamber of Commerce last night
it the Y. W. C. A.
Vore than three hundred Ath
onians and guests attended the
14¢h annual Chamber of Com
merce dinner, over which T. M.
Tillman, retiring president and
Ralph Snow, “incoming president,
ook turns at presiding.
Mr. Spalding was introduced by
Abit Nix. .
Chairman Spalding gave much
encouragement to Athenians and
thers Interested in the Univegt‘y_
¢ Georgia System and the Un
versity in Athens, in his speech
vherein he advocated, as the basis
of future development of the Uni
sersity System, public schools and
ther state agencies, a three per
cent sales tax.
In connection with his advocacy
of a sales tax to finance state
ervices, Mr. Spalding expressed
the hope that no candidate for
Governor will pledge himself to
veto a sales tax, if elected, because
with the Governor tied to such a
commitment it is doubtful if the
two-thirds necessary to override
. veto could be mustered in either
pranch of the General Assembly.
Dormitory Plans
Chairman Spalding pointed out
that the Board of Regents has
available $525,000 from the estate
of the late Mrs. John D. Little,
which is earmarked for construc
tion of a library on the campus
here. “Between now and July 1,”
he said, “I think we are going to
build a library. It is badly needed
—in fact, it is the greatest present
need of the University.”
Other pressing needs of the Uni
versity, said the Regents chairman,
is a dormitory to house eight hun
dred women students and a dormi
tory for freshmen male students.
These two additions to the physi
cal plant of the University here
are in the schedule of the Regents
‘for the earliest paßSible construc
tion, the Chairman asserted. Their
erection, of course, will be speeded
5y enlargement of the state’s
inancial income and the program
‘or the entire System will be ad
vanced in proportion to the money
n{irgle available to the Regents, he
sald. ‘
As far as the present outlook for
the University here and the entire
System are concerned, Chairman
Spalding spoke in the most opti
mistic tones although recognizing
md asserting that additional fi
nancial aid from the state will
oromote the continued develop
ment of the University System
nore rapidly than will be possible
if forced to carry on with the funds
now available.
University Growth
The University System and the
University in Athens, however, as
‘he Regents view it, have advanced
steadily in recent years and further
nrogress instead of retrogression
may be expected for all branches
of the System, according to the
"hairman’s speech. To support
‘he belief that progress in educa
‘ion, rather than backwardness, is
n store for the future, Chairman
Spalding cited the widespread in
‘erest in educational advancement,
oarticularly sinde World War 11.
He praised the devotion of the Re
gents to the University System
saying, “I have never seen a group
of people work more devotedly to
any purpose.” He went on to
declare that the University System
s a big business, that the volume
this year will be greater than 1949
and five years hence will have in
‘reased tremendously.
Spiking what he termed a prev
alent rumor that the junior col
eges of the University System are
‘0 be abolished, Mr. Spalding said
‘hat the rumor evidently grew out
f the recommendation, made re
ently to Board of Regents by the
*ducators who surveyed the vari
us branches making up the Uni
ersity System, which proposed the
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STATE DEPARTMENT PROBE
“op Threatens Court
Fight For '‘Spy’ Files
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(AP)
—Republicans today threatened a
ourt fight to get secret loyalty
iles into the hands of a Senate
‘ommittee ordered to hunt down
ny Communists m the State De
artment,
Senator Wherry (R-Neb) talk
d of prosecuting Secretary of
State Acheson for contempt, if
lecessary,
The GOP lawmakers seemed
mlikely to get Democratie help,
‘articularly if Senator Tydings
D-Md) heads the inquiry group.
President Truman made clear
't vestercay's White House news
onference that the de. artment’s
JJalty files won't be.given to the
>enats Forelgn Relations eomumit
ep
The President notified govern
ment departments last year that
'hey are not to release confiden~
!ial files on government employes.
He said yesterday he s standing
by that deciston.
Th t cast some doubt on wheth
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RIFLEMAN CUARDS NON-UNION MINE
George Crissman cradles his rifle in his arms and
stands guard over the non-union strip mine of the E. M.
Reed Coal Company at New Bethlehem, Pa. Fellow
workers load coal into trucks in the pit below. Crissman
is on guard against roving bands of striking United
Mine Workers who have been trying to make non
union mines close. Non-union miners have threatened to
open fire if union pickets step on their property.— (AP
Wirephoto.) '
Miners Contempt Trial
Scheduled For Monday
Federal Judge Refuses To Drop
Contempt Charges Against Union
WASHINGTON, . Feb, 24,—(AP)—Jndge Richmond B.
Keech refused today to drop contempt chaiges against
the striking ¢oal miners union and ordered a trial on Mon
day.
Keech told union attorneys they could have a jury trial
if they desired.
Welly K. Hopkins, chief UMW attorney, said he would
consider over the week-end whether to ask for a jury trial.
Midwest
Mercury
30 Below
By The Associated Press
A blast of cold air from Canada
spread across the snow-covered
midwest today and sent tempera
tures to around 30 degrees below
zero in some areas. Snow fell over
many sections of the cold belt.
The fast-moving storm headed
eastward, was expected to move
into the New England States by
to night. The r- -theastern part of
the country was digging out from
one of the season’s worst sleet and
snow storms.
The icy air covered the north
ern Plains States and the upper
Mississippi Valley. Temperatures
were below zero as far south as
northern lowa and were near zero
i parts of northern Illinois.
Chicago got another heavy
snowfall, the second this week,
with more than four -inches fall
ing during the night. Traffic was
slowed and some plane operations
disrupted. Snow also fell in parts
of Indiana, southern Michigan and
northern Ohio.
The mercury dipped to near 30
below zero in North Dakota and
Minnesota early today. No imme
diate relief from the cold was
forecast for the north central sec
tion. High readings forecast for
northern Minnesota today were 5
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Communists who either had been
or new working for the depart
ment.
MecCarthy said he doesn’t know
whether it will be worthwhile to
go ahead with the inv_ -tigation if
the files remain locked up.
The Wisconsin senator calle” the
President’s deci ‘on “an obvious
attempt to cover up Communists
in the State Department,” adding:
«The administration is afraid to
face the facts. I don’t think the
Senate will take this as final.”
The Senate voted previously to
clotl.c the foreign relations group
with authority to subpoena the
loyalty. fileg, i 3 "
Chairman Connally (D-Tex)
told a reported he doesn’t think
Congress has the power to ge* iles
from an executive de?artment.
but he forecast that the nvestiga=
4o cuheammittee will work har
moniously with the State Depart
ment.
The Texan c~id he will consult
in naming ihe a 0
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Assitant Attorney General M.
Graham Morison asked that the
trial start tomorrow. He noted
that since the original court back
to work order, issued Feb. 11,
“there has been no increase in pro
duction of the bituminous mines
in the country.”
Urging the need for speed In the
case, Morison said:
“At elast 20 states have adopted
emergency measures to take care
of the coal supply.
“Virtually all of the nation’s
cities have the same problem.
“1f this contempt is established
in appropriate trial then it is the
view of the government that the
full power and majesty of this
court” be used to get the miners
back on the job.”
Hopkins objected to having the
trial start tomorrow.
4 Judge keech then set it for Mon
ay. ¥
Formal Motion
The Judge denied Hopkins’
formal motion that the civil and
criminal contempt charges be
dropped and the proceeding be
ended.
Union attorneys had argued the
court had no right to issue back to
work orders to the miners.
Replying to charges that the
union is in contempt of the court’s
back to work order, the attorneys:
1. Denied the union called the
walkout. i
2. Denied the union was respons
ible for continuing the idleness
which has cut the nation’s coal
supply to famine level.
The UMW attorneys told Judge
Richmond B. Kéech that the strike
was a result of individual action
by the 870,000 soft coal diggers.
*Refusal to work was and is en~
tirely without suggestion, direction
or authorization of the respondent.
union and wholly in contraven
tion of and contrary to the direc
tions given aforesaid by the re
spondent through its officers,” said
Welly K. Hopkins.
Miner’s Action
Hopkins is chief attorney for the
union. Stripped of his legal
phrases, his argument meant that
John L. Lewis, as president of the
mine workers, had ordered them
back to work in compliance with
the court’s order, but the miners
had not obeyed. ;
Hopkins said that the union in
ternational executive board, which
has the power to call a strike after
a referendum vote of the member
ship, had issued no strike call.
The union has not “done any act
to cause, inducé, engage in, per=-
mit or encourage any alleged strike
or its ‘alleged continuance,” Hop
kins said. 4
With negotiations toward end
ing the great strike apparently
bogged down once more after a
pries period of optimism yesterday,
the effects of the walkout piled up
across the nation.
Thousands more were laid off in
coal-dependent industries. There
g&;l violenc‘eml in the coal fields.
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950.
Labor Party Holding Slim
Lead In British Elections
Strong Conservative
Comeback Closes Gap
oo By The Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 24.— (AP) —The Labor Party held a
narrow and precarious lead tonight in the Parliamentary
election. It was doubtful that Prime Minister Attlee would
have a workable majority in the new House of Commons
even if he defeated the combined opposition of Conserva
tives and Liberals.
The count shortly after 5 p. m. (noon, Eastern Standard
Time), showed:
Labor 280 seats( Conservatives and allied parties 268,
Liberals 6.
Seventy party seats rem=ained to
be decided at that time. There
will be 625 seats in the new Com
mons, but the speaker, elected as
a Conservative, is regarded as a
neutral.
For a time, the Laborites and
the combined opposition were all
even. Four times in 15 minutes of
counting the opponents were dead
level, anG four times Labor went
one seat ahead. Then the Labor
ites forg ! ahead by several seats
again.
The Conservatives came back
sharply in today's counting after
overnight results had cast a pall
PHONE JOKE
BACKFIRES;
HOUSE BURNS
CYPRESS, Calif., Feb. 24—
(AP) — “Oh, that’s an old ex
cuse to get the line,” someone
laughed when "ohn Ogle broke
into the cornversation on his
10-party telephone lir: to call
the fire department.
While the conversation was
resu ed and Ogle ran to a near
by rarch to use the- "one there,
his house burned down, leaving
the Ogles and their five children
homeless, yesterday.
BEFORE AIR INJECTIONS
Sander Defense Claims
Victim Died Naturally
‘MANCHESTER, N, H., Feb. 24.—(AP)—Was Dr. Her
mann N. Sander’s incurable cancer patient dead before
he allegedly injected air into her veins?
That was the-big question today as the murder trial of
the 41-year-old physician moved into its fifth day.
Sander’s chic! counsel said last
night after the first day of testi
mony that he had a medical
statement from Dr. Albert Snay
scying ‘““the patient already had
expirad” before the alleged in
jections.
Dr. Snay is a staff member of
the Fospital where th. woman
died.
Louis E. Wyman, white-haired,
71-year-old defense attorney,
made his remarks in an im
promptu press conference after
court adgqourned.
Earlier, Attorney General Will
jam .. Phinney, state prosecutor,
introduced testimony that Dr. San
der admitted killing Mrs. Abbie
Borroto, 59, last December in a
“weak moment;” that he yielded
to pleas of her husband to “elim=
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and warmer this after
noon and early tonight. Cloudy
with chance of a few light
showers late tomight or early
Saturday followed by clearing
and cooler. Low tonight 39.
High Saturday 50, Sun sets 6:24
and rises 7:08.
GEORGIA—Fair and warmer
this afternoon, cloudy tonight,
becoming windy and celder in
north portion and little change
in temperature in south pore
tion; Saturday fair and colder
and windy in north and partly
cloudy and colder with scatter=
ed showers in south pertion.
Lowest temperature 25 to 30 in
north portion and 35 to 40 in
south portion,
TEMPERATURE
Wighest ... .o avviite 3,08
BOWORE. .. i iik vk eRO
Mean 4898 Bese sess wBeS 0042
Mokl ... 00l
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... ..00
Total since February 1 ... 2.08
Deficit since February 1 ... 2.04
¥ B Y s.g ] . 5.09
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of gloom over headquarters of
Winston Churchill’s party. When
a recess in the count was taken
early today, the Laborites held a
lead of 61 seats.
In the old House of Commons,
which had 640 seats, the Laborites
outnumbered the Conservatives
381 to 202.
A Labor spokesman said his
party needed a majority of 30 seats
to function effectively in the new
house.
Mezay of the districts still to be
heard from were in traditional
Labor strongholds.
The race was so close, however,
that many leaders on both sides
speculated on the possibility that
neither party would be able to
muster a working majority in the
new parliament. That would force
a new election in the near future.
Majority In Doubt
Morgan Phillips, general secre
tary of the Labor party, told an
interviewer the Laborites “need a
majority of 30 seats to function ef
fectively as government.”
A Conservative spokesman said
there seemed a good chance that
the winning party, whichever it
was, would be lucky to scrape
home with a aajority of ten.
~ If this happened another elec
tion would be uuvoig:ble.
Usually ia.fiht?fig eircuistances
there are minority politieal gfoups
which can be persuaded to support
one side or the other.
But this time the Liberals, third
strongest party in Britain, were
making a sorry showing in seats
won and the “splinter” groups
were completely obliterated.
Rural Vote
An outpouring of votes from the
rural and small city districts re
vived Conservative hopes early in
‘the day after a night of gloom.
The picture changed complete
1y overnight, In the early returns,
' Labor piled up a lead which many
leaders of both parties believed
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inate” her if necegsary to end her
gL,
Wyman’s post-court statement
said Snay examined Mrs. Borroto
at a nurse’s request as she lay in
Hillsboro County Hospital.
! Phinney himself said in an af
ter-court question period he had
talked to Dr. Snay an. received
no intimation Mrs. Borroto was
d.ad at the time he saw her.
The rugged, ex-FBI prosecutor
also said he had talked with Mr.
Borroto and learned nothing to in
dicate '.ere had been any agree
ment concerning the ~nding of
Mrs. Borroto’s suffering.
Phinney told tl. > 13-m:cn jury
Dr. Sander agreed Mrs. Borroto
died of air . j.ctions; that he did
know it was breakifig the law, but
yat his conscie .ce was clear and
he had not done anything wrong.
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LOSES TEETH IN HOUS'
FEPC Fight Switches To Senate
..WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(AP)
—lts prospects ¢ success clouded
by House passage of a voluntary
| FEPC bill, the administration
[switched to the Senate today in
its drive for compulsory fair em
ployment practice legislation.
Backed by President Truman,
{Senator Luc. : of Illincis, the
Democratic leader, kept to a
| schedule which will bring a bitter
| ly-fought anti-job discrimination
' measure up in the Se ate next
“month.
Mr. Truman told his news con
ference ' yesterday that he has
' made it elear he wants a bill'with
enforcement clauses.
When a reporter asked if such
a measure could be made effective
without interfering with an em
' ployer’s right o hire whom he
pleases, Mr. = man said he'd al
ways thought so.
i Because of the expected South
’ emocratic filibuster, the ex
‘fii siith| slate, for: actior on 8
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POLICE SEARCH “MERCY” TRIAL SPECTATORS
A police officer (right) searches Miss Mary Young
outside the Manchester, N, H., courtroom where Dr.
Hermann Sander is on trial in connection with the
“mercy” slaying of a cancer patient. All spectators at
the trial were searched for cameras before being allow
ed inside the courtroom.—NEA Telephoto.)
Annual Press Institute
Draws Large Attendance
" Work Of Journalism School Lauded
By Speakers As Meet Enters 3rd Day
The 22nd annual Georgia Press Institute moved into its
third day of activity today with almost overflow crowds
attending every Chapel speaking session.
Floyd Taylor, director of the American Press Institute,
said in an address prepared for delivery at the Institute
here today that the calibre of newspaper staffs has shown
a marked improvement in the last 30 years.
“Credit for much of the im
provement,’ he said, “must be giv
en to the 3journalism schools
throughout the country.”
He named the Henry W. Grady
School at the University of Geor
gia as an outstanding example, and
cited the work of Dean John E.
Drewry in this field.
Taylor said that the greatest op
portunity for improving newspa
pers of moderate and small size is
in the field of writing technique.
He urged the editors to think
more about the techniques used in
preparing the news and less about
the volume of material they print.
Taylor outlined the chief com
plaints of the public against the
American press. He said that the
chief criticisms of newspapers are
that they are sometimes irrespons
ible, too sensational, not objective
enough, and seem to have lost
touch with the people.
Thompson Talk
Dr. J. Leroy Thompson, director
of educational services for the
Wall Street Journal, said in an
address prepared for delivery at
the Gecrgia Press Institute Thurs
day night that editors should en
courage the use of the newspaper
as a text in their local schools.
“Students in American “high
schools are learning more about
the Northwest Ordinance than
about the Atlantic Pace and the
cold war,” he said.
Urging the use of newspapers
and current periodicals to supple
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doubt.
Even its approval by the Senate
might mean only a disagreement
] tween the two houses. That
[would kill the legislation in this
session of Congress. Civil rights
acvoates then would have to start
all over again in the next Con
gress.
The House bill, approved by a
240 to 177 vote, would set up a
foir emmloyme.'t ‘practices coms=
mission to try to persuade empioy
ers not to discrir. ‘'nate in hiring
against anybody because of race,
creed, disability or sex. Civil richts
advocates didn’t lize it at alk
The administration bill to be
called up in the Senate would give
the FEPC power to enforce its
decision, proviuing criminal pen
alties for violations. The latter
measure has the backing of sup
porters of Prcsident Truman's
civil rights program.
Mo By o
- will § the
Read Dally by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Plans For
School
Ready Soon
Plans of the architect for the
new Athens High School building
are expected to be comp!:t2d soon,
Superintendent Fred Ayers repor
ted to the Board of Education yes
terday. The Superintendent said
the company in charge of prepar
ing the plans has not set a defi
nite date, however, for their com
pletion.
Other actions at the meeting ir -
cluded a vote by members to re
quest Mayor and Council to con=-
duct an appraisal of all property
of the Board and to furnish rec
ords to the Board. This motion
met with unanimous approv:l,
and Board members highly en
dorsed the need for accurate rec
ords of property. A :
- A letter from G.| M. Caskey, jr.,
who has bec: a member of the
Board from the Second Ward, was
read in which Mr. Caskey an
nounced his resignation. The let
ter was referred to the Mayor and
Council for action on selection of
a successor. Mr. Caskey said in
his letter that he has not agreed
with some of the policies of the
Board and plans of the adminis
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On final _.ass.gs there, 124 Re
publicans and 116 Democrats sip
ported it. Voting agains. were 134
Democrats, 42 Republicans and
one American-Labor party mem
ber.
5e....0r Russell (D-Ga), leader
of the Dixie forces expected *> ful
ibuster against Senate action on
the compulsory measure, called
the House bill only a springbor~d
to the '‘Senate’s compulsory meas
ure.
“We will fight it with every re
source at our command, just as
we are going to fight the compul
sory bill,” he said. He-added that
more than a score of southerners
are ready to talk at length.
Rep. Smith (D-Va) said the bill
isn’t so bad in itself but lets com
pulsory civil ri_hts advocates “get
their foot in the door.”
Serator Wharry of Nebraska,
the GOP floor leader, jc led Sen
ator Taft -(a—om‘) in plugging for
avalintary WEPG: -.- oole ity
HOME .
EDITION
Truck Hits
Pedestrian
Here Today
75-Year-Old Man lls
Critically Injured
On Princeton Highway
A 75-year-old man was critical=
1y injured here this morning when
struck by a pickup truck on the
Princeton Road just outside the
eity limits.
Hospital authorities listed his
name as Will Miller, He was still
unconscious this afternoon and ate
‘tendants said the full extent of his
injuries have not been determined.
County Officer Jimmy Williams
who investigated the accident, said
no charges have been made against
the driver of the truck, Douglas
Morley, pending the outcome of
Miller’s condition.
Witnesses to the accident said
Miller was hit while attempting to
cross the highway to a parked car.
Phillip Willoughby was the driver
of the parked vehicle and said he
was waiting to bring Miller te
town.
The truck was proceeding tow=
ard Princeton at the time of the
accident. No estimate of his
could be gathered, but im -
ing officers said there were
marks of 75 feet where the driver
attempted to stop. Miller was
‘struck by the right front fender of
the truck, the fender sustaining a
’slight dent.
Morley. said the impact spun
Miller around seVerm and
that he was knocked about five
feet from the point of impaet.
C. W. Morley, father of the truck
driver, was in the truck at the time
of the accident. :
Miller was carried to St. Mary’s
hospital by a Bridges ambulance.
Game Broadcast
The Region 2-A basketball fins
als, between Athens High and
Canton in Gainesville tomorrow
night, will be broadeast plagehy«
play over WGAU FM, 89.5 méga«
cycles on your dial. The game be«
gins at 8 o’clock.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, Feb, 24 —
(AP)—President Truman today
set up an emergency fact-finding
board, automatically heading off
a nationwide railroad strike
scheduled for Monday
The action has the effeet of
delaying the proposed strike for
60 days.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 —
(AP)—The government reported
today consumer prices drepped
0.4 per cent from mid-December
to mid-January.
The Labor Department an
nounced here the consumer price
level—a rough measure of cost
of living changes—dropped in
mid-January to 66.9 per cent
above the prewar 1935-39 aver
age. It was 67.5 above that
average in mid-December,
Witness Recalls
Warning By Klan
ROME, Ga., Feb. 24—(AP)—A
white man today recalled a warn
ing by sheeted Klansmen tgg night
seven negroes were flogged in a
sparsely settled North Geergia
county.
Henry Gifford, who lives in 3
’logging camp on Lookout Moun
tain, was one of the govérmment’s
witnesses in the trial of Dade
County Sheriff John W. Lynch,
three of his deputies and six citi=
zens.
The first trial of the 10 men
brought a hung jury so again the
government is seeking to couviet
them on conspiracy fto have the
seven negroes arrested faisely,
then turned over to the Ku Klux
Klan for whipping.
Supt. Fred Ayers
. .
In Atlantic City
Superintendent of city schools
Fred “yers today is in Atlanti
City, N. J.,, where he will attena
the annual convention of t:d
American Association eof Sch
Administrators.
The convention, starfim
day, lasts through next Th 5
Mr. Ayers is a m rof
resolutions committee, which
early to prepare iit wouls for thi
convention, it RELTTALER RS