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Allied Troops Attack On East Coast
Work Begins -n Dairypak Plant In Athens
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ANNUAL PAYROLLTORUNE. <y
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Owners Of Plant Seek Opening By
January 1; To Employ From 200-300
Work at the site of the new Dairypak, Inc., plant on the
qouthern Railroad just north of the city has already begun,
and during the week the engineering department of the
Southern Railroad will start work on the sidetrack into the
property. This sidetrack will be long enough to handle six
freight cars at one time. Ly : ST e i
ATLANTA, Aug. 19—(AP)—A
sharp reduction in Georgia liquor
axes—up to 50 per cent—is loom
ing for this winter.
Gov. Herman Talmadge and
Revenue Commissioner Charles
Redwin already have discussed
the move. They were reported re
liably today to be leaning that
way.
Chief objective is to curtail the
moonshine industry and a booming
smuggling racket, .
Because Georgia liquor taxes
now are the highest in the nation,
and two to three times higher than
neighboring southern states, this
state offers premium profits to
bootleggers who evade state taxes.
The present Georgia levy is $5
per gallon. This would Be cut
probably to $2.50 or $3. 3
This would mean an average re
duction of about 20 per cent in
retail prices—or about 80 cents a
fifth,
The Georgia Distilled Spirits In
stitute, an organization of licensed
wholesalers, estimated tcday more
than half the liquor sold in Geor
via iy smuggled through non-tax
paying illegal channels.
Revenue Commissionér Redwine
has reported that nation-wide
crime syndicates are béginning to
operate in Georgia, pouring in
millions of dollars of smuggled
liquor.
The startling fict is that the
amount of liquor moving through
legal channels in Georgia Las been
cut more than half withir the past
four years, and continues to fall
rapidly now.
By dropping taxes and retail
prices into line with neighboring
states, officials hope to halt this
influx of illegal liquor—and
despite the cut in tax rates, main
tain or increase actual state in
come,
Georgia’s tax rate of sls per
case compares with $6 in Ten
nessee, $8.16 in South Carolina,
$4.74 in Louisiana, $3.84 in Ken
tucky and $6.51 in Florida. Ala
bama and North Carolina operate
state-owned stores at prices far
under those in Georgia. Mississippi
is legally dry but imposes a “boot
leg” tax of about $5.
The Distilled Spirits Institute
reporteC that Georgia probably
consumes about 4,000,000 gallons
of liquor annually, For the first
six months of 1950, the state col
lected taxes on only 35 to 40 per
ent of this amount,
Despite an increase of $1 per
allon in Georgia taxes last July—
v 28 ‘nr cent hike-—state income
ctually dropped. Collections
otaled $8,781,600 for the year
nding last month, compared wit?
9,569,457 the year before an
/13,850,306 in 1947, :
Hurricane To Brush
Carolina Coastline
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 19 —(AP)—
Northeast storm warnings were
hoisted from Morehead City, N. C.,
to the Virginia Capes today as the
Atlantic hurricane speeded up its
ror_ward motion,
An advisory . issued at 4:3
(EST) by the Miami Weather B};;
reau predicted that the 140—m1‘:l
winds whirling in a narrow bmid
around the storm ecenter wou
remain at sea off the North Caro
lina coast,
The center is expected to pass »
short distance offshore from Cape
Hatteras during Sunday morning.
Residents were advised to take
precautions against dangerous
gales and high tides in the warned
sh?rl;le area, :
e storm covers a diametfer of
about 350 miles with léealavxest
d the center and lesser
%cgtixo‘ra‘tretchffii outward. ffi
or ilmhinil along at a pace of 10
{les an hour or less for a Week,
@ storm had stepped up its pace
about 12 miles an hour.
e Navy hurricane humter who
kw into the eye said the storm
wag one of the roughest he ever
éncountered. .. . Al
Miami forecasters -1 oo
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Final work of clearing the plant
site was completed Thursday, ex
cept for a barn which contractors
Iwill use temporarily to store
building materials, The highway
approach to the property is out
Barber Street and the Linton
Springs Road, and the entrance
| to the plant will be 1200 feet oif
the Linton Springs Road.
Plans and specifications for the
industrial layout were completed
for Dairypak a few days ago by
| the Mathis Construction Co., and
bids on the building wili be called
for immediately, it was said. The
total investment in plant, ma
chinery and equipment is expected
to exeeed a million dollars, with
between 50 to 60 thousand square
feet of floor space immediately
and a temporary wall on one side
to be taken out and another 22,-
000 feet added. Officials of Dairy
pak announced that they wanted
the plant in operation ky January
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Increased Payroll
In full operation, on three shifts
a day, around the clock, which is
the *company’s plan, the plant is
expected to employ between 200
and 300 people, all local except
for three or four key personnel.
It will give Athens an additional
payroll of several hundred thou-
Aol dalings 4. year: -~ g
The building will be built of
brick and reinforced coneréte,
with concrete floors, and trim of
crab orchard stone veneer outside.
It will be sprinkled throughout,
with locker rooms, showers, etc.,
for employes.
Machinery for the plant has al
ready been bought and will be
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Begins Monda
The cutback in bus transporta
tion here will be put into effect
tomorrow by Athens City Lines.
There will be only five buses run
ning rather than the usual ten.
Alsc, there will be no Sunday
service.
D. H. Stoddard, vice-president
and general manager, said the cur
tajilment is due to ‘“‘continual finan
cial losses due to jitney cabs op
erating in the mass transportation
field.”
Buses put out of operation will
be the Holman, Barberville, Ag.
Drive-Lumpkin, Milledge Circle~
Stanton Way, Boulevard-Prince, *
Routes which will continue to
be serviced as in the past are
Lumpkin-Ag. Drive, Stanton Way=
Milledge Circle, Prince - Boule~
vard, West Broad-Hancock, East
Athens.
The time of operation also has
been cut. Under the curtailment
order the first three buses named
will go into service at 7 8. m, and
continue until 9:30 & m. They
will begin again at 11:30 and con
tinue to 7 p. m. and cease op
eration. s
On the latter two routes still in
operation service will begin at
6:30 a. m. and continue to 9:30 a.
m. Service begins again at 12:00
noon and lasts until 7 p. m.
cane force winds will prevail just
offshore from the warned coast
line. They added:
“It will be a close brush, how
ever. Affer passing Cape Hatteras
it should begin to speed up its for
ward movement and if present in
dications hold, it probably will
brush Past Cape Cod and pass out
to sea.”
In the wake of the storm the
steamship Russell R. Jones was
under escort toward Jacksonville,
Fla., after battling fire, wind and
tumbling seas. A paper cargo in
the ship's forward holds caught
fire yesterday as it battled hurri
cane force winds and high seas.
The steamship Tulane and a
naval vessel, the USS Kleinsmith,
accompanied the ffreigh⪙ through
seas still gh from the. ssing
storm. %u{%fiéflfé’fififlmgy was
out 2=d the distress call flashed
yesterday cancelled so that other
ships were released from rescue
duty. g
The three ships were about 350
fniles southeast of Jacksonville
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| e.fpcgted to arriv‘?flonafi. ‘
RAID STRIKES
NEW YORK, Aug. 19—(AP)
—A Brooklyn bar and grill today
donated the use of its refrigera
tor to keep army food from
spoiling — and for its pains
got raided.
The raid was made by police
and army agents who suspected
a black market plot. They apol
ized afterward.
The tangle began after the
715th anti-aircraft coast artil
lery drew food rations prior te
starting training Monday in an
armony.
Then it was discovered the
armory had no refrigerator.
Mess Sgt. Ben Cole once work
ed at the Lucky Spot Bar and
Grill and remembered it had a
large refrigerator.
With the permission of the
manager, packages marked “U.
S. Army” were delivered there.
This attracted the attention of
an unidentifiea but patriotic
passerby, who thought it look
ed like a black market deal. He
called authorities.
3 University Profs
Head Radiation Unit
Directors Appointed To Local }
Jobs By Civilian Defense Chief i
Three University of Georgia professors have been |
named to head the radiation defense section of the civil- |
ian defense program in Athens. i
" The appointments were announced late yesteérday by Ed |
Downs, local civilian defense director. Named Radiation |
Defense Chief was Dr. T. H. McHatton. He will be assisted |
by Dr. E. H. Dixon and Dr. C. J. Brockman. |
Other appointments will be an
noudhced later by Mr. Downs.
Plans are being readied for the
organization of civilian defense
activity here and when additicnal
details are released through the
state civilian defense office the
prograry will go into operation
here, and press announcements
concerning the plans will be made,
Special Course |
The three scientists will attend
a special three-day straining
course on this work at Georgia
Tech on September 15-17. The
course will be sponsored by the‘
Physics Department of that school |
and will be directed by Col. Frank |
A, Kopf, civilian defense coordina
tor for Georgia.
Dr. McHatton is head of the
horticulture department at the
University. He is a member of the
Athens Kiwanis Club, Allen R.
Fleming Post 20 of the American
Legion and is a veteran of both
World Wars.
A native of Macon, Colonel Me-
Hatton, chemical corps reserve, re
tired, was educated at Michigan
State University and is married
and has one daughter,
After serving in World War I he
became commanding officer of the
301st Chemical Regiment and held
that position until World War I
when he was made head of the
War Department Civilian Protec
tion School in California.
Assistant Directors
Dr. Brockman is professor of
chemistry at the University and
a colonel in the Army reserves. He
served in both World Wars, He
was connected with the staff and
administration branch.
Dr. Brockman is a member of
the American Chemical Society
and Electrochemical Society.
The other assistant chief, Dr.
Dixon, is head of the Physics De
partment at the University. He
is a member of Athens Rotary
Club and teaches the Forum Class
at the First Methodist Church., He
has seen two years service on the
Clarke County Selective Service
Board.
Organizations of which he is a
member include the American
Physical Society and several of
fts sections, American Association
of Physics Teachers, American As
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TROO?S MAN MACHINE-GUN
U. S. troops stand by their 50-calibre Korea as officers search for enemy posi
machine gun on a front somewhere in tions.—(U. S. Army Photo.) —(NEA).
sociation of Un:versity Professors,l
Fellow of the Georgia Academy of {
Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pil
Sigma and Sphinx.
TOKEN STRIKES SPREAD :
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armony, Dissention
By The Associated Press
The White House got both sides together for peace talks
Saturday in a new effort to sidetrack a threatened nation
wide railroad strike.
Both harmony and dissention marked developments on
other labor fronts. : e
The two months old CIO News
paper Guild strike against the
New York World-Telegraph and
Sun was settled and there was
hope for an early end of the strike
of 8,000 Packard Workers in De
troit.
The strike of Farm Equipment
Workers spread in International
Harvester plants and a new peace
bid was rejected for ending a
strike that has cut the output of
soda ash, a substance needed for
some military materials,
The joint meeting between the
railroads and the conductors and
trainmen’s union was the first in
several days.
John R. Steelman, presidential
assistant, is trying to settle the
dispute before a series of five day
“token’ strikes, slated for this
week, spread further,
The peace talks were broken
off in a deadlock last week, but
Steelman has been talking with
both sides separately since then.
_ The unions are seeking a 40
hour work week at 48 hours pay
for yard workers and benefits that
would bring the pay of conductors
and trainmen more in line with
the scale for engineers.
The dispute involves 300,000
members of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and the Order
of Railway Conductors.
Some 3,000 workers have been
ordered to walk out Monday in
three key terminais at Cleveland,
St. Paul and Louisville Some
5,000 workers are scheduled to
quif work Tuesday on two strate
gic short lines, the Elgin, Joliet and
Sastern, ownéd by the U.S. Steel
Corp., and the Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie, controlled by New
Yqfl: Central.
e str would hamper the
movement steel, oil and coal
in the Chicago and Pittsburgh in-
LT T R e e
At Cleveland, Republic Steel
Corporation beyfi? shutting down
its steel mills. reatened by the
strike is the company’s River Ter
minal Railway, a 22-mile subsidi
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Clr'y, COUNTY
SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER 11
Public schools in both the city
and county will epen for the Fall
term on September 11, with a
full schedule of classes set for
the opening day.
Lunchrooms in the city
scho;ig will be open the first day
f
. ;‘:;':'" in the city schools
will meet on September 5 for the
pre-planning week and regis
tration will be held during that
week, the exact dates to be an
nounced later. .
County school teachers will
meet on September 4 for the
same purpose.
5. ¥
Plans Readied
For Jaycee Meet
Plans are being readied for the
Georgia Junior Chamber of Com
merce Board of Directors meeting
to be held here September 23-24,
according to Bob Maupin, chair
man,
- Mr. Maupin, who is treasurer of
the Athens Jaycees, said over 200
Jaycees and their wives from the
44 active chapters throughout the
state are expected to attend the
Fall convention.
Registrations are coming in now
for the quarterly meeting, and
committees have been tentatively
set up.
On Saturday, September 23, the
delegates will see the Georgia-
Maryland football game, and on
Sunday at 9:30 a. m. the business
meeting will begin.
Further plans for the affair will
be made at the by-monthly meet
ing of the Athens Jaycees in the
Georgian Hotel tomorrow night at
T o'clock. The local Jaycees are
hosts to the meeting.
.
Truck Driver
Hurt In Wreck
Lester Scott, 22, Marietta, is in
fair condition a# St. Mary’s Hos
vital where he is suffering from a
badly fractured leg and severe
shock received in a truck accident
at Bogart early this morning.
It is reported that the truck
{ which Mr, Scott was driving ran
{ out ¢f contrel and hit a tree. The
VT SRR i FoPn
3 House Seas
Are At Stake
In Primaries
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—(AP)
—Primary voters start down the
1950 home stretch Tuesday by
choosing candidates for 54 House
seats—4s of them in New York—
and one governorship., e N
Only five incumbent represent
atives face contests in New York's
primaries—with the former also
nominating for governor — and
Delaware Democrats hold a con
vention to pick a candidate to run
against Republican representative
Boggs.
Texas Democrats next Saturday
go into a run-off primary to de
cide House contests in the 16th.
and 18th districts which were un
resolved.in the first primary July
22, and two state office races.
After next week, only 14 states
will remain to pick nominees—for
11 of the 36 senatorships and 62
of the 435 House places of this
year, All the choosing will come
in September.
The chief contest on the Repub
lican side in New York’s voting}
Fuesday is between Rep. W. Sterl
ing Cole, an eight-termer from
Bath and veteran member of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee, and John Young of Corning.
Cole represents the 39th district.
The other two Republicans chal
lenged are Reps. Edwin A. Hall,
of Binghamton (37th district),
and ‘Rep. Clarence E. Kilburn, of
Malone (34th).
Hall may have the edge because
his opposition is divided among
three men—James H. Westfall, of
Vestal ,and T. Milton Bond and
Lester R. Mocher, of Binghamton.
Kilburn’s chances to defeat
Frank W. Aikin, of Watertown, are
said by party leaders to be good.
Brooklyn Contests
Both the Democratic contests
are in Brooklyn, with Rep. Joseph
L. Pfeifer (Bth) locked in a hot
fight with Victor L. Anfuse, and
Rep. Louis B. Heller (7th) chal
lenged by Charles Kleinberg.
Three of New York’s 20 GOP
House members are voluntarily
retiring—Reps. James W. Wads
worth (41st) after nine House
terms (1932-50) and two in the
Senate (1914-26); William L.
Pfeifer (42nd), Republican State
chairman, and William LeFevre
(30th).
Rep. Vito Marcantonio, lone
American Labor Party member in
the House, is unopposed in New
York city’s 18th district. But in
November he will face a colation
candidate in James G. Donavan,
former state senator. Donovan, a
Democrat, has the endorsement of
the Republican and Liberal parties.
He says Communism will be the
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
! ATHENS AND VICINITY
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noon thundershowers, High
Sunday 88, Sun rises 5:57 and
sets 7:15.
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and warm Sunday and Monday.
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Reds Massing Before Taegu;®
Marines Wipe Out Bridgehead
TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 20. — (AP) — A 50,000-ma
striking force of Korean Communists was reported tods:
massed north of Taegu, key American supply base, W
ing orders to march,
Ahead of this menacing force was the spearhead of Rede
which drove within 10 miles of Taegu before South Ke
reans and a ‘“fire brigade” of Americans blunted it. Regist
ance in that seector today disappeared — but -American
leaders were cautious. .
While keeping a wary eye on:
this as yet withheld big push, the |
U. S. Eighth Army headquarters
today sent American and South
Korean forces to the attack in &
sector imgpediately to the east,
’tll;hisl g({-it‘;:ilmim tg; east anchor of
¢ e W’ ‘was
launched by the uth Korean |
Third Division and unidentified
American units from the Pohang-
Kigye line.
Pohang is the port city on the
coast recaptured two days ago by
the South Koreans. Kigye is niue
miles west and slightly north of
‘Pohang.
Twenty-three miles southwest
of Taegu another Communist
menace melted in a bloody rout.
Hundreds of bodies were found on
hills seized by U. S. Marines as
the leathernecks and elements of
the 24th Infantry Division drove
against 12,000 Reds who had mass
ed on the east bank of the Nak
tong near Changgyong.
Officers said today that few of
the Reds got back to the west bank.
Maj. Gen. John H. Church told
newsmen that “we have the whole
sector under control” and that the
Reds’ Fourth Division there had
“peen soundly beaten.”
The blood of the enemy stained
the river where soldiers were
caught by planes while swimming
or fording. :
The American mlitary assess
ment of the Changnyong action
was that the Red Korean Fourth
Division had been eliminated as a
fighting force after one of the
most intensive battles of the war.
The main threat remained north
of Taegu where the appearance of
a probing spearhead only 10 miles
away was followed by orders that
'the more than 500,000 civilians
leave the city entirely to the mili
tary. South Korea's government
also ulmgoned it as a provisional
capital. Red shells struck Taegu
Saturday night, hitting the rail
road yard and killing two South
Koreans. _ %
The spearhead’s forced retreat
and lessening pressure on other
fronts added up to.a remarkable
defensive victory. But there was
no apparent feeling at General
MacArthur’s headquarters in To
kyo or at U. 8. Eighth Army
headquarters in Korea that the
Reds have given up their offen
sive.
Their units still appeared to be
probing for any weak spots
through which to hurl the might
of 50,000 troops.
Another possible menace was
posed in the extremre south — in
the sector where the Marines had
pushed almost to Chinju only tqQ
be called back 27 miles to thicken
defenses elsewhere. In that sector
east of Chinju, defended by the
U. 'S. 25th Division, Associated
Press Correspondent Stan Swin
ton said the Reds were concen
trating tanks and motorized infan
try last night.
Swinton said fromt line officers
expected the Reds to open a new
drive against American forces de
fending Masan. The Americans
have driven back dawn attacks in
battalion strength by the Sixth
North Korean Division for two
successive days.
The extent and intent of the
American-South ®orean push in
the Pohang sector remained to be
assessed. A U. S. Eighth Army
spokesman said other American
and South Korean units were at
tacking northwest of Taegu along
a highway from Indong.
Receipt of these latest develop
ments pierced a two-fold black
out of comimunications.
War correspondents lost contact
with their Tokyo offices when
the U. S. Eighth Arnry removed
Army telephone and teletype lines
from the correspondents’ billet
near the Army’s advanced head
quarters in Korea. !
Jaycees Back
Anti-Mask Bill
Passage of non-partisan anti
mask bill in Georgia will be push
ed by members of the Athens
Junior Chammwer of Commerce
along with the other -chapters
throughout the state, it was an
nounced by President Howell Er
win, jr., late yesterday.
W. C. Hartman, Athens, yester
day was named state vice-chair
man of the anti-mask committee
to head the bill passage in the
Tenth Distriet.”
Heading the state-wide com
mittee is Harry Willson. Georgia
Jaycees of 44 active chapters will
again spearhead the drive for
passage by the Georgia Legisla
ture of the non-partisan anti
mask bill.
Over a year ago when the bill
was first introduced it was de
feated and later -did not pass. The
latter time the Legislature was not
considered in a new session and a
two-thirds vote had to be muster
ed for passage. The bill got more
votes for than against, but lacked
a two-thil'ds ml’{;in. VLR A LR #:1
HOMB
EDITION
Belgium Reds
Blame Shoofing
On Monarchists
LIEGE, Belgium, Aug. 19 —
(AP) — Belgium's Communist
party blamed prec-Leopoldists to
night for the assassination of t\}.?
party president, Julien Lahaut,
and issued an angry call for ven
geance, S et
The party manifesto urged all
the country’s workers to “get to
gether to disarm the murderers
and stop Fascism.” It demanded
mass demonstrations throughout
this nerve - wracked ecountry,
which has just weathered a voi
lent crisis. The division of the na
tion with the return of King Leo~
pold 111 to the throne almost start
ed a civil war. 4
The 66-year-old Communist
president was shot down last
night at the doorstep of his sub
urban home. Lahaut's wife said
the assassins were two ymmg“mn,
one of whom pumped twe bullets
into Lahaut’s head and one inte
his body.
The attack was made only & few
hours after Beligum’s parflmmt
completed approval of the first
government to serve under Crown
Prince Baudouin, to whom Leo
pold delegated the royal powers in
order to stop civil strife. The new
premier, Joseph Pholien, gquickly
addressed a radio message to the
nation deploring the killing.
“The government stigmatizes
this odious crime, which has ,
terribly upset all good dntium.
said the premier, head es the all-
Social Christian (Catholle) party
cabinet which supports the Royal
ists.
All Opinions
“M. Julien Lahaut defended en
ergetically and courageously &
theory that the majority of Bel=
gians rejects,” he added. “In J
Democratie country like ours,
opinions have the right to show
themselves so long as they respect
thlef l'aws the nation his givem ite
self.” !
But the Communists uh'-dl
were in action, %ll:ey cdt?
“mourning” strike in the Liege
Metal Works plants in the .u'm
suburb, and some sourceg
strike might o%ntinuo Las
haut’s burial uesday. au&
silver-haired and jovialbouxjoye
some popularity outside Commune
ist ranks. : i
The Beligan party ;emdhu te
semi-official figures, ¥ Rot numse
erically strong. There are onl
about 25,000 party memh&‘in
total population of 8,500,
party sympathizers are estima
as 175,000. Lahaut was one ilevd
en Communist members th
Lower House of parliament. Th
Communists have three semator
Real Boss
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the party, but the reafid oss is sai
to be bald-headeg“ gard Lale
mand, a former Antwerp i
dealer who is the party’s
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liament, Lalmand rm}n.tly spenf
several weeks in Russia;, ostensie
bly on a holiday:
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meeting in Liege uid l&uh‘ll out cg
leaflet for istribution whi
blamed the assassination on Leo-
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State Red Leader
OrderedTo Jail
CARROLLTON, Ga., Aug. 19 —
(AP) — Georgia Communist par
ty leader Homer Chase was or
dered jailed today when he failed
to appear at a ecourt hearing to
determine if he wa{’a menace “to
the security of the United States.”
Superior Court Judge Samuel
J. Boykin sent out an order for
the arrest of Chase and an osso
ciate, Jim R. Kamm of Columbus,
Ga. Neither of the two could ke
located.
Today's hearing was set when
Solicitor General Wright ngr:
asked that bonds granted
and Kamm in a previous contempt
conviction be revoked because they
were “a menace to society and a
csi::nger to the security of the United
ates.”
Lipford said he based his peti
tion on a similar action in which
the bail of Longshoreman’s Union
Harry Bridges was revoked in
California,
~ Chase and Kamm were free on
$2,000 bonds after conviction of
contempt for eirculating pamph
lets icriti‘césing the court in the con
viction Clarence
Henderson, a mnegro, m
death sentence for &:fm Geor
gia Tech student | Stephens
but a new trial has since been or
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