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Vol. CXIX, No. 34.
Dinner Tonight To Open
Georgia Press Inctitute
lahnston Renews
Repai Efforts
BY MAX HALL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—(AP)
_ Economic Stabilizer Eric John
«{on today renewed his efforts to
repair the wage control program
by luring labor -leaders back inte
it
At the same time, Price Direc
{or Michael V. Disalle was busy
defending th.e price control pro
sram against the criticism of labor
eaders and others who are dis
appointed because prices haven’t
stopped rising. .
Concernings wages:
Johnston scheduled new talks
with union leaders and members
f the wage stabilization board.
'he future form of the board was
t stake. So was the future of a
roposed wage formula, now on
Johnston’s desk awaiting his ac-
Bt
The formula would allow em-
Jovers to grant raises up to 10
er cent above the level of Jan.
5. 1950. It got the votes of the
¢ and industry members of
e byard last week but the three
abor members voted “no” and
esigned. Yesterday they issued
theid dissenting opinion, They said
ihe formula has the effect of con
inuing the Jan. 25 wage freeze.
'he board majority says the for
la would unfreeze the wages of
he vast majority of workers, en
bling them to “catch up” with
e . 2aders.
Last night, after a day of meet
ngs, Johnston told reporters “we
re trying to find the basis for
omplete labor support” of a wage
olicy, He said that in a “demoe
cv; the ripartite (labor-indus
ry-public) system is the best. He
oke of the board in this manner:
“We have atripod with one leg
e. We have to repair that.”
Johnston didn’t say whether, to
ke these repairs, he would
ange the wage formula in la
or's favor before approving it.
le left that question wide open.
Concerning prices:
Disalle, on two radio programs
t night, was challenged sharply
explain why the price freeze
't stopped price rises. Walter
ither, president of the CIO Au-
Workers, appreared on one of
ese programs and said the order
s “a fraud upon the American
eople,”
ervices rriaay
‘homas K. Jackson, well known
ident of near aDnielsville, died
t his home this morning at 5
ock, Mr. Jackson was 83 years
and had been in failing health
for several months.
services are to be conducted
Friday .atfernoon at 8 o’clock
from old Union Baptist Church,
pall-bearers to be announced later
Bridges Funeral Home, in
rge of arrangements.
¢ body will lie in state in the
h from two o’clock until the
for the services.
Jackson is survived by his
, Mrs. Mary C. Jackson; sev
aughters, Mrs. B, V. Dyer,
Dalton, Mrs. F. C. .Duckworth,
awassee, Mrs. J. M. Puett, and
Ir<. B, F. Sargeant, both of Young
ris, Mrs. R. S. McGaha, Dan
ille, Mrs. Earl Penland,
klin, N. C,, -and Mrs. A. R.
ler, Canton, Ohio; two sons,
Jackson, Demorest and T. J.
m, Danielsville.
itive of Union County, Ga.,
ickson resided in that com
v until twelve Yyears ago
e moved to Madison county,
Danielsville. He was widely
throughout the north
lla area where he was a
I teacher and Baptist minis
ntil he retired.
* moving to Madison coun
had been an active member
elsville Baptist Church and
ide a large number of
who were saddened by his
0L
Jffices Closed
o
Here Tomorrow
Al three local banks, the post
1 ‘ice and various federal offices
;10 agencies will be closed all day
- ursday for the national holiday
!' observance of the birthday of
George Washington, :
~f“‘ sel vice windows at the post
o ice will be elosed and there will
’¢ no mail deliveries other than
a!':(ol?;fl delivery letters and pack-
L Orficeg in City Hall and the
“ourthouse will remain. open as
Customary,
*,Th.e Clarke - County Selective
wiy ce office in the court house
*erva::e C‘l)gsegeo tomo;‘gow in ob
hi T ashington’s
birinday. Tt will re. on Fri
-43, hours being 8.8, b, 1o Bup: ¥
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
AP EXECUTIVE SPEAKS
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR. |
- City Editor
Hundreds of Georgia ed}j
tors will converge on t’ «?,\
University of Georgia c; ¢
pus today and tomorrow \c,':'
the 23rd annual Geoip®
Press Institute which opens'
tonight and continues!
through Saturday.
Numrerous nationaly - known
journalists and other outstanding
leaders will make addresses at the
meeting. Besides editors, Univer- !
sity students and townspeople will !
attend the speeches. l
IN THE CHAPEL
THURSDAY
10 a. m.—Robert Low, assist
ant to the publisher of Life,
Time, and Fortune, “Defense of
Western Europe.”
11 a. m.—Cranston Williams,
general manager of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation.
12 a, m.—Ernest Vaccaro, As
sociated Press White House Cor
respondent. “White House Re
porter.”
Sponsored jointly by the Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism at
the University of Georgia and the
Georgia Press Association, this
year's Institute is expected to pre
sent some of the top speakers in
its history and to be the best at
tended.
Opening Speaker
Robert Bunnelle, general exe
cutive of the Associated Press, will
be eponing speaker. He will ad
dress at dinner tonight given by
the University and the Athens
Rotary Club. The dinner meeting
begins at 7 p. m. in-Snelling Hall.
Chapel addresses begin each
morning —Thursday through Sat
urday—at 10 a. m. and discussion
groups on everyday problems in
editing a newspaper will be held
every afternoon in the Georgian
Hotel. > s
Besides the regular sessions
on Thursday a reception in honor
of Georgia authors will take place
in the Georgia Museum of Art. In
elnded among-&he'rfiut'l'{?;fs tOI%e
at the tea at 5 p. m. are Edison
Marshall, Davenport Steward,
(Continued on Page Two.)
Tax Forum Sef
Here By C. OfC.
As a service to merchants and
other interested citizens, -the
Chamber of Commerce has ar
ranged for a Tax Forum to be
held at 11 o’clock, Tuesday morn
ing, February 27, in the auditori
um at the Chamber of Commerce.
State Senator Robert G. Stephens
jr. has consented to direct this
tax forum in an effort to be of
help to interested business and
professional men.
Since the tax laws of Georgia
have been revised and the sales
tax will become effective in the
state at an early date, it is believed
that a large number of citizens will
want to avail themselves of this
opportunity to familiarize them
selves with the requirements of
the new tax measures.
It has been suggested, in order
to save time, that those who have
specific questions submit them in
writing not later than Saturday,
February 24, addressing them to
Tax Forum, Chamber of Com
merce, Athens, Georgia. .
Senator- Stephens - will discuss
all points of interest in the new
program, but the submission of
specific questions in advance will
help to expedite the session.
In addition to Senator Stephens,
it is expected that William Lester,
who .was chairman of-the tax re
version committee, will also be
present.
%W% * * *
Regents Set Over $lO Million
Budget For Unversity System
ATBANTA, Feb. 21.—(AP)—The State Board of Regents today
allocated a record $10,500,000 for next year’s operations of the
University System of Georgia.
The Regents also moved toward providing a total of $15,500,000
in new bufldings under the University System Building Authority.
Allocations for the year 1951-52-first to benefit fronr Georgia’s
new sales tax—almost doubled this year’s total allocation of $6-,
206,000. Biggest aliocations for next year were for the University
of Georgia, $1,945,000 as compared with $1,411,000 this year, and
Georgia Tech was allocated $1,456, as compared with $880,795 this
year,
Allocations for negro colleges were almost doubled.
The Regents directed the University System Building Authority
to build immediately $5,114,000 worth of buildings. These would
include dormitories for men and women at the University of
Georgia, in Athens; a new library for Georgia Tech, a new dor
mitory for men at Georgia Teachers College, Statesboro, and a
men’s dormitory at Fort Valley State College. - ¢
The Regents voted to reelect all unit presidents except those of
the University of Georgia, including the Atlanta Division, which
are to be considered at the March nreeting.
Regents approved a new retirement system to become effective
in 1956. After June 30 of that year, retirement of faculty members
reaching age 65 may elect to retire or continue to work until they
reach age 70. . :
Payment for faculty members in summer school was fixed at
thirty percent of their basic salary for nine months. :
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GEORGE A. HUDSON
. . / Addresses Methodists
First Methodist
Men's Club To
Hear Missionary
Dr. George A. Hudson, Th. D,
prominent minister and mission
ary, will address the Men’s Club
of the First Methodist Church at
the regular monthly meeting,
Friday night in the Church.
Dr. Hudson was born in Chin
chang, China, of missionary par
ents, his fathery was missionar
to China for 47 years. Dr. Hudson
was educated at the University of
S. C., Columbia Theological Sem
inary, Columbia, S. C., and Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Virginia, receiving B. A., M. A.
Degress as well as Doctor of
Theology.
After completing his education,
Dr. Hudson returned to China as
missionary under the Southern
Presbyterian Church and dférved
20%years in Missionary and Evan
gelistic work. He recently return
ed to the United States, after liv
ing more than a year under Com
munist rule.
Dr. Hudson will speak on the
subject, “Communism in China
and its challenge to the Christian
Church.”
All those planning to attend are
requested to call the Church Of
fice for supper reservations as
early as possible.
Red Cross Drive
Gets Underway
The advance phase of the local
Red Cross Fund Drive got off
with a bang yesterday, and it was
reported today that contributions
have already started flowing in.
At a breakfast meeting yester
day the advance gifts committee,
headed by A. D. Soar, received as
signments and necessary informa
tion. Officials are optimistic at
the outset of the drive and expect
that a high proportion of the goal
will be raised in the advance
phase.
The actual drive will open
March 1, ari all Athenians will be
called upon to contribute to the
Red Cross,
GIFT NOT NEEDED
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Feb. 21—(AP) —R. H. Wool
dridge, vice-president of the Na
tional Bank here, yesterday won
a chamber of commerce luncheon
door prize that he doesn’t need.
It was a savings acount with a $6
starting deposit from the State
Bank, National’s only rival in
North aKnsas City.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1951.
Livestock Plan
Outlined At
Bankers Meefing
A four-point program for in
creased livestock production in
Georgia = was outlined here
Wednesday for the people who fi
nance Georgia agriculture—the
state’s bankers.
E. S. Papy, manager of the
White Provision Company of At
lanta, made the outline, part of
which is already in actual prac
tice, during one of the final ses
‘sions of the annual Bankers Farm
Credit Short Course at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
- The White Company official’s
plan indicated room for expansion
in livestock production .in every
thing from hogs to sheep. -
. Prefacing his four-point pro
_.gram he said that because of Geor
gia’s rather dense farm population
the farm program here “must be
intensive rather than extensive.”
“For a long time,” he said, “we
have exchanged luxuries for nec
\essities, and shipped out our raw
materials to other parts of the
country only to ship in the finished
goods.”
He defined luxuries as water
melons, peaches, pecans, and the
like, All of these are splendid
products, he pointed out, but are
not what a basic agricultural pro
gram should be built around.
He put livestock production
down as ‘“basic” and named four
| areas that need developing.
’ 1. Hog production in Georgia
'has come further than any other
' livestock production, but there is
still room for improvement,
{ 2. Georgians have at last got
| their cattle out of the swamp and
off the highways but thé cattle
- production business is unfinished.
Georgians still ship cattle to the
corn in the Midwest for the final
months fattening. We ought, if we
' can, ship the corn to the cattle,
' so that Georgians can sell the
finished beef product.
3. Advancement in the dairy
business will come faster if na
| tional outlets can be developed for
| Georgia dairy products. He sug
| gested expansion of the cheese in
| dustry.
-4, The development of the sheep
@nd lamb industry would round
out our live Stock pregram. Papy
pointed out that sheep can run in
pecan groves and orchard with no
harm to the fruit or nuts.
The short course closed Wednes
day. Other speakers at the final
morning session in addition to
Papy were Harry S. Gilmore, jr.,
assistant vice president First Na
tional Bank, Montgomery, Ala.;
and George V. Gaines, manager,
Farm Development Department,
Citizens & Southern National
Bank, Atlanta.
MINERS SAVED
FONTANE L’EVEQUE, Belgium,
Feb. 21, — (AP) — Three miners
previously given up as lost were
brought out alive today fronr a
mine cave-in here last night. Two
other miners were killed. The
rescue workers bored through tons
of rubble’ to reach the survivors,
who were imprisoned for nine
days.
“The Winslow Boy"
Well - Received H
ell - neceive ere
BY MERRITT POUND, JR.
“The Winslow Boy,” Terence Rattigan’s skillfully
blended production of pathos, romance, and humor, was
presented last night to an interested audience of local first
nighters at the Fine Arts audit_oriym._ Lk o
Superb pieces of acting were
rendered by all members of the
cast of eleven participants; a fis
ting start to the four-day running
of the University Theater of the
Department of Drama’s geventy=
first major production,
The plot centers around a typi~
cal English family in the era im
mediately preceeding the First
World War.
Plot
Ronnie Winslow, played by Pat
Snow, is a young eleven-year-old
cadet in the Admiralty’s training
school, who is accused of stealing
a five-shilling postal order and is
dismissed from the academy with
out a fair trial.
The boy’s father, believing his
son to be innocent, makes an issue
of the case and sets this particular
instance up as an example of the
Admiralty’s injustice. ;
Arthur Winslow, the father, por
trayed by Paul Bacon, who with
Clare James, (Cathrine Winslow),
is a junior-artist-in-residence from
the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art, London, hires the greatest
Jawyer in all England, Sir Robert
Morton, played by Oliver Land, to
take the case.
So interested is Sir Robert that
he makes a great personal sacrifice
in order te secure the winning of
the suit.
Dramatic Performance
The dramatic performance goes
on to show the trials, tribulations,
and privations suffered by the
Winslow household because of the
expense of the costly court pro
ceedings.
Other members of the cast of
the University Theater’s third pro
duction of the seasom are Kathy
Pender, Atlanta; Arthur McDon
ald, Milledgeville; Nan Lyon, Cave
Springs; John Hamlet, Atlanta;
Gus Mann, Cairo; Anne Ladd,
Shaphieniang Be. Fopnipin. Savr,
““The WinsloWw Boy” is directed
Allied Troops Flatten
Commie Bulge At Wonju
Attempts To Cross River Han
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, Feb. 21.—(AP)—Allied forces flattened out
the Reds’ Wonju bulge in central Korea today but in the
west the Communists blocked two new Allied attempts to
cross the Han river.
A driving, relentless rain turned the whole Korean bat
tlefront into a mud puddle. = Sl :
Progress Nosed
In Heart Fund
Donations to the 1951 heart as
sociation fund are progressing ‘“‘as
well as can be expected,” Uly
Gunn, county chairman said to
day..
Mr. Gunn noted that all work
ers are cooperating closely. Mem
bers of the Junior Assembly are
doing a great deal of work he add~
ed.
Ladies of this organization have
received donations downtown since
the drive began. Mrs. Douglas
Welch and Mrs. Fain Slaughter
head the women's division with
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Uly S. Gunn, Clarke county
chairman for the Athens Heart
Society’s parking meter contest,
today said that a book of tickets
for the contest has been lost and
tickets in that book will be in
eligible to compete. The book
contains tickets number 7101-
7150 and these tickets will be
thrown out if they are turned
in, Mr. Gunn said.
He also said there has been
some confusion as to what the
correct total of last year’s park
ing meter pennies and the win
ning guess were. Last year 211,-
657 pennies were placed in the
meters during the contest and
the winning estimate was
211,581,
approximately 30 members parti
cipating.
The Assembly operates a heart
clinic at the Simon Michael Me
morial building throughout the
year. :
Where To Contribute
Athenians may contribute to the
Heart Fund in the downtown lo
cation staffed by Junior Assembly
members, or at five stores—Moon~
Winn, Morton’s, and Crowe’s Drug
Stores, Gunn’s, or Michaels.
Every person who contributes a
dollar may enter the contest to
calculate the number of pennies
put into parking meters from
March 5 to 21. A 1951 Plymouth
will be awarded the winner. The
car is on display in the heart of
the business district.
Meanwhile, a panel of local doc
tors is visiting civie elub meetings
where they answer questions con
cerning heart disease submitted by
the members.
by Leighton Ballew, head of the
Department of Drama, University
of Georgia.
The play will continue through
Friday night with all performances
beginning at 8:30 p. m.
5 Tickets may be obtained at the
oor.
MAO TZE-TUNG ABBEN;
HONG KONG, Feb, 21—(AP) =
The central people’s. government
council — highest administrative
body of Red China—met yester=
day in Pieping and Mao Tze-Tung
wasn’t there. He Is president of
the council,
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy, windy and
rather cold today. Fair and
slightly colder tonight. Thurs«
day and Friday fair and war
mer. Low tonight 32. High to
morrow 62, Sun sets 6:21 and
rises 7:12.
GEORGIA - Fair in south,
clearing in north portion, windy
and cooi thig afternoon; fair and
colder with lows 32 to 38 in
north and 36 to 40 in south and
diminishing winds tonight;
Thursday fair and a little war
mer,
TEMPERATURE
RGeS .. civss insar vi i
TOWOBEA sos sovs a dovaissnsll
MO il s, ivvravdis wat-l0
Normal ..... «.s cove ooo.dd
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .48
Total since February 1 .... 2.15
Deficit since February 1 ... 1.44
Average February rainfall, . 5.g9
"Tofal since January 1 .. .. 4.20*
Deficit since January 1 ... 4.0
Field dispatches said the rain
soaked Gls, bogged down tanks,
filled foxholes and deepened the
miseries of the front.
A few troops took advantage of
the rain for their tirst showers in
a month; those who could took
turns ducking into Korean shel
{ers.
But for most, the rain meant
constant soaking.
Red mortar fire—*“The heaviest
and most accurate I've ever seen,”
said one commander—drove back
an armored patrol to the south
bank of the Han seven miles east
of Seoul.
Five miles downstream from Se
oul, -heavy resistance checked a
South Korean patrol trying to
cross the Han,
Stragglers Mopped Up
American and British troops
mopped up Red stragglers south of
the river.
On the east central front, United
Nations troops thrust forward
against light opposition,
On the west central front, ad
vance patrols were moving ahead
north of Chipyong where a
French-American force last week
smashed a massive Red counter
attack.
Scattered in an are north of the
Wonju salient were 40,000 Com
munist troops who had pulled back
from the attack to lick their
wounds.
U. S. Fifth Air Forca planes
roared out again Wednesday in
support of ground troops.
Big naval guns rocked both
coasts of Korea. 3
The Battleship Missouri bom
barded the Tanchon area in far
northeastern Korea all day Tues=
day. Other Allied naval forces
bucked strong shore batteries
around Wonsan on the Sea of Ja
pan coast for the seventh straight
day,
Ship Activity
The U. S. Cruiser St. Paul stood
off Inchon port on the Yellow Sea
and poured heavy fire into Red
concentrations north of the thaw
imlz Han river around Red-held Se~
oul,
In their first big lunge since
General MacArthur ordered his
troops to resume the initiative,
Allied troops swept northward 10
miles and captured Chunchon
town.
Chunchon is 10 miles north of
Chechon, objective of a Commun=~
ist slash a few days ago on the
east central front. The area has
been a no-man’s-land.
The U. S. Eighth Army com=~
munique Wednesday said the Al
lied troops had encountered no
enemy troops in the northward
thrust.
Field dispatches said the Reds
were pulling back so fast that they
were leaving equipment and their
dead in the snow.
A U. 8. 10th Corps spokesman
said there was evidence of a hasty
enemy retreat on the central
fronts.
Red Resistance Ends
The last heavy Communist re«
sistance ended late Tuesday north
east of Chechon, a road hub 20
milesg southeast of Wonju.
American patrols ranged as
much as 10 miles northwest and
four miles north of Wonju.
Red forces hold Hoengsong, an
other key town 10 miles north of
‘Wonju.
On the west central front, B{{i
tish troops pushed eight miles
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YANK AND TOMMIES SIDE BY SIDE—An American
GI and two British Tommies fight side by side in a ma
chine gun post on the Han river at Yongdungpo opposite
Seoul, Korea. The Yang (center) is Pfe. Emerson Dean
of Salina, Kan. The British troopers are brothers, Wil
liam Kirten (left) and Cor%oral Dennis Kirten (right).
They are from Birmingham England.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Read Daily byfil@?‘ofio In Athens Trade Area
U. S. Continues Plans
For Big Four Meeting
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—(AP)—The United States is
making detailed plans for a Big Four Deputies m‘dh;‘il
Paris next month even though officials believe Russia may,
now veto the whole project. ;
The U. 8., Britain and France are insisting that as & eo
dition to the Paris session, Moscow must be willing to :fi
about its own military power as a major cause of §
in the world. e .
In a note delivered so Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky
by the three Western ambassadors.
in Moscow Monday night and
made public last night, the West
ern governments sought to ease
the way for Moscow’s acceptance
of this subject but authorities
agreed the sugarcoating was thin,
Contents of Note
‘What the note said in substance
is this: Russia is maintaining
“huge armaments,” as are the sat
ellite countries and Soviet Eastern
Germany. The existence of these
forces and Russia’s aggressive pol
icies are responsible for world
tension and for the need of West
ern nations to build up their own 1
forces.
However, the notes continued,
in previous exchanges Russia ad
mitted that a number of questions
other than Germany might be
talked about. The Kremlin lfi:-
cifically drew attention to e
question of armament,
The notes said the West there
fore “assumes that the Soviet
government does not object to the
representatives of the four gove
ernmrents” preparing for a future
Big Four Foreign Ministers meet«
ing a program “which will cover
the causes of tension in Europe
including the existing level of
armaments; problems affecting
Germany; the Austrian peace
treaty.”
Tentative Date
If Russia agrees with the basls
thus outlined for a meeting in
Paris, the U. 8. suggested that the
meeting be held on March 5. If
the Russians are willing to go
through with the session on the
conditions specified, all they have
to do is send word to London,
Paris and Washington that their
delegation will be om hand. They
would thus agree to discuss the
arms race without specifically
having to say so.
But in view of Russla’s unwill
ingness to agree to this subject in
previous exchanges of notes and of
Premier Stalin’s attack last week
on British Prime Minister Attlee
for depicting Russia as a vast
military power, authorities regard
it as entirely possible Moscow
will turn thumbs down on the
whole project.
The Paris meeting would be
preliminary to a full dress Foreign
Ministers session attended by
Ernest Bevin of Britain, Robert
Schuman of France, Russia’s Vi
shinsky, and U. 8. Secretary of
State Acheson. i :
But the note issued last nifm
reemphasized that this sels, on
would be held only if the Parls
conference “finds a mutually ac
ceptable basis” for it. The U.?
has suggested this meeting be hed
in Washington; Britain and France
have agreed.
TRUMAN, STALIN UN!NX;‘I‘!D
LONDON, Feb. 21. — (AP) =
Neither President Truman noy
Prime Minister Stalin are zoinz
to be invited to this summer’
“Festival of Britain.”
It’'s not because they aren’t
wanted, Deputy Prime Mgisur
Herbert Morrison told the House
of Commons last night, “but be~
cause the plans for such import
ant visits have to be made long
in advance and this is _not prace
ticable in the present infernational
situation.” |
HOME
EDITION
"Be Kind To"
Congress Policy
By JACK BELL =
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—~(APY
—President Truman appeared toe¢
day to be off on a nmew exoursion
in being kind to Congress. Me hnz
trled it before but i usually didn'
last long. !
The President's about-face )3
the RFC controversy, following
okay of &n announcement that onr;
ly four American divisions a
now earmarked for Euro%na des
senses, marked a sharp e ans is
his attitude toward the lawmaker
On both issues the grodder&
previously had said rather plainly
that he intended to run the show
as he saw fit. His reversal of
tactics pleased his friends and
nonplussed some of his enemies ost
Capitol Hill,
The President’s plan to give the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora=
tion (RFC) a single administrator
and keep It ag an independent
agency hasn’'t stopped a Senaté
banking subcommittae from hold«
ing hearings. The eommittee 18 ate
tempting to prove that its charges
some RFC board members were
susceptible to Influence werg not
asinine, as the President asserted.
Resultant Action
But Mr. Truman’s reorganiza
tion action apparently is regarded
by most lawmakers as an admise
sion he might have made & mis
tke in speaking so sharply.
On the troops to Europe issue,
the Preskdent hasn’t given any
fundamental ground on the gtand
that he alone has the deeim
where to send American di 3
But he softened the blow, as #
were, by making it known publie
ly that plans mow involve enly
’,rour divisions and not the huge
land army some of hig critics were
’tal_l_{_ir_lg a{out. - g
This cocperative attitude om the
part of the President hag ntm
the usual erop %_:umorc in
gress that Mr., man has made
some kind of decisiom about run
ning again in 1982, 2
Lawmakers who don't think he
wants to rumn H{gaia contend the
President is only paving thtm
for greater oooperatio% wit
Demoerats and Repu lioax in
Congress in an effort to get things
done. .
Poulbl? '!on-lfr&o .
Some in this ‘foup' inle Mr.
Truman could make a ten—ltrit: if
he would announce J‘oon that he is
not going to seek the nomination
in 1052 and ecall for &r%(‘)ratothm
on polities at least # e rest of
this year.
There are some rejm‘xiu that this
ide:i hag been passe gto the
White s(ouso but no ofid!oaflon
(Continne& on Page Two.)
Firemen Quench
Dangerous Blaze
A ppc:tgntially dangerous fire in
a colored home hera wag extine
guished Efifay 'ba‘%)xi I& reached
its peak. The fire in the house, lo
bated at 460 Fourth Street, burned
a closet and wp through the attie,
but the rest of the rßesldcnco of
Ethel and Fugene rown was
damaged by water.
Firemen from headquarters sta
tion attacked the blaze from the
roof and front door, thus readily
extinguishing ilt without excess
damage being incurred from the
blaze. The fire of undetermined
origin began in a closet filled with
rags and clothing. It occurred
about 10.30 a. m., and was reported
by neighbors,
Three fire calls were answered
yesterday, one of which kept them
busy for more than am hour; how
ever, none e¢aused appreciable
dama%e.
Early in the afternoon a two
alarm call sent the smoke eaters to
Fickett and Corapany Warehouse
on Oneita st., where ‘some loose
cotton had caught fire. The blaze
was hard to reach but was final
ly extinguished with slight dam
age.
Later the lr:l;n.m extinguishes’
m lfirau near the Ath
eld House on %Amcu!-
tural College eampus. Early las!
night some ¢ross-ties, composing »
oade where road work wa«
done, on the 1300 block of
Oconee street became afire. The
fire was caused when a round®
ed over, ‘ : 3
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