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Vol. CXIX, No. 119,
US Military Position Is
Improving, Sherman Avers
Rate Increases
Requested By
Southern Bell
ATLANTA, May 31—(AP)—
southern Bell Telephone Company
has requested rate increases of
from 50 cents to $3 a month. If
approved by the Georgia Public
Service Commission, the increase
would cost Georgia subscribers
$6,661,000 a year,
At the commission’s request, the
company filed an amended peti
tion yesterday setting out the
specific amount of increase: pro
posed and just where higher rates
would apply.
On residential phones the in
crease would range from 50 cents
to $1 a month; on business phones,
from 50 cents to $3.
Original Request
The company’s original increase
request, filed with the PSC May
17, did not specify any amounts.
Southern Bell said the addition
@l revenue is needed to offset wage
offers to the communication work
ers of America (CIO) and in
creased taxes and operating costs.
The company and the union are
negotiating on a new contract at
present. The union has demanded
a 10 per cent wage hike, The com
pany has offered raises of from
$2 to $6 a week. The union is now
in the process of taking a strike
vote.
If approved, this would be the
fourth rate hike since World War
11, but Southern Bell contends
ratés have not gone up as fast as
wages and other expenses.
Tax Reasons
The company estimated that al
most half of the proposed increase
would go for state, federal and lo
cal taxes,
Here's how the rate increase
would apply to Athens for straight
line telephones. A . business line,
cost of which is now set at $7
would be hiked to $9. Residence
phWnes, now s3#@s, would under
the company proposals cost $4.75.
Plans have been announced by
Athens Jaycees to conduct tryouts
for a Jaycee Baseball League here
June 11-15. Included in the local
program will be Athens boys age
"he four-team league will fea
ture competition among teams in
the league. No competition with
teams from other cities is plan
:d for the initial year of the
nere will be 12 players chosen
to piay on each team during the
iryouts. Other trycut plans will
be announced later. Coaches and
negers will be announced by
J ee officials.
e league will open soon after
tryouts are comrplete and will con
tinue until September 1 with each
lesm playing two games a week.
irnished by the league will be
[ lel’s mitts, first basemen’s
itts, bases, bats, balls, t-shirts,
nd caps. The individuals must
irnish gloves (other than catch
er's and fire basemen’s mitts),
pants, and shoes.
laying rules set up for' the
leczue will be for physical pro
tection of the players. The dia
mond will be two-thirds of: the
egulation size. Games will be
six innings, and light bats will be
used. Pitchers will be prohibited
lrom hurling more than nine in
hings & week and must have 60
flours rest after pitching four or
more innings before pitching
again,
Sponsors of the league to date,
as announced by the Jaycees, are
Heyward Allen Motor Co., Snow
lire Co., New Way Laundry,
Downs Motors, Ine., University
Chevrolet Co,, Russell Daniel, Ine.,
;‘«r'it‘SthC. Crymes Co., and R. E,
sranch.,
Truman Cruise
To End Saturday
ABOARD THE VAGABONDIA
I, May 31—(AP) — President
Tuman was reported today to be:
‘pending much of his time aboard
the White House yacht Williams
burg eatching up on lost sleep.
The chief executive boarded the
\‘Villiameurg in Washington Tues
day tired and in need of rest,
iembers of his staff told report
"H‘}on this accompanying 1 press
vacht, .
fle went to bed early that night
when the yacht anchored off La-
Kiston Island, so early that he had
breakfast yesterday before any of
his party got up., Then, he had a
long nap yesterday afternoon and
he retired early last night.
The White House yvacht docked
last night at the Yorktown, Va.,
Naval wimne gepot. It will start
out again d'urum the morning.
The President due back in
Washington Saturday, unless he
¢hanges hig plans.
Mi!flogflal Day was obse;‘ved by
ape of silent prayer for per
manent beau."fi\d:’ wat’ hoicere
mony, Svri 85 s, £V
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Naval Chief Declares Time Is
On Our Side In Armament Race
WASHINGTON, May 31 — (AP) — Adm. Forrest P.
Sherman today testified Gen. Douglas MacArthur ap
parently believed last December that United Nations
forces in Korea might have to arrange an armistice “on
the best terms available.”
Sherman, chief of naval operations, told senators in
quiring into MacArthur’s ouster that the military situation
}rva; regarded then as gloomy by both Washington and
okyo.
He said the Joint chiefs of staff,
after messages from MacArthur,
sent Gen. J. r.awwon Coliins, Army
chief of staff, to Tokyo. They
also messaged MacArthur that
they were “forced to conclude
WASHINGTON, May 31—
(AP)—-Admiral Forrest P. Sher
man said today Russia could
call off the war in Korea at any
time and may be inclined to do
so as the United States becomes
stronger.
Sherman, the Chief of Naval
Operations, gave those views in
response to questions at the Sen
ate inquiry inte the firing of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
that evacuation is a possibility.”
On December 4, Sherman went
on, Collins messaged from Tckyo
“that General MacArthur feels the
best solution would be to arrange
armistic on best terms available
as soon as possible.”
At Low Point
This was at the low point of
United Nations strength, after U.
N. troops had been thrown back
by the surprise intervention of
the Chinese Communists.
In the Washington gloom, there
were reports that the United Na
tions force might have to be pulled
out of by sea in a Dunquerque-like
evacuation.
The situation changed there af
ter and, in the light of recent U.
N. counterattacks and the crush
ing of a spring offensive of the
Reds, Sherman told the committee
he believes the Korean conflict is
buying time for improvement of
the anfi-g::mmunist military po
sition all over the world. g
He said in response to questions
he believes “time is on our side”
in the armaments race.
Sherman was testifying for the
second day at the Senate’s inquiry
into the ouster of Gem. Douglas
MacArthur. Senator Cain (R=-
WASH) asked whether Sherman
believed, along with other U. S.
military leaders, that “we seek to
buy time in Korea.”
“Well, T don’t quarrel with that
concept, sir, although I sometimes
question whether at any particular
time we can feel that we are sure
that in this instance we are pro
fiting,” Sherman said.
“Our objectives are always the
same, and I feel that definitely,
in the short term, time is on our
side—that our. military position is
improving very rapidly because of
expansion program that are under
way.”
Vandenberg Testimony
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air
Force Chief, testified earlier this
wee.. that in his opinion it is ques
tionable whether time is on the
side of the United States and its
allies. Vandenberg said Russia is
building long range planes and
stockpiling atomic bombs.
Cain asked Sherman for an eval
uation of MacArthur’s military
ability. Sherman told the commit
tees yesterday he was “amazed”
at MacArthur’s grasp of sea and
air, as well as land, strategy.
Sherman said he doesn’t want
to make comparisons with other
officers adding:
“I would say that he was in the
INCLUDES LOCAL ACTORS
Fire Education Movie
Being Filmed In Athens
By GEORGE ABNEY JR.
An educational movie on fire
safety education is being produced
in Athens with local citizens as
the actors. |
“Tony Learns About Fire” is the |
name of the film now being pro
duced by Southern Educational
Film Production Service located at
the Univerisity of Georgia here.
It is being made for the National
Commission on Safety Education,
.a division of the National Educa
tional Association. |
The film, taken here with the |
‘cooperation of the city schools and |
Athens Fire Department, will fea
ture shots in various schools, Fire
Station No. 3, and other sites|
throughout the city. |
Free Distribution |
It will be distributed free by |
Film Library of the National |
Board of Fire Underwriters to'
schools throughout the nation. It |
is primarily for elementary school |
audiences. )
‘Athens was chosen as the site for
the entire movie. Athens has one of
the natior’s most outstanding fire
education programs in schools. l
Shooting of the film began Mon
day and the movie is not expec- |
ted to be completed until next |
Fall, It will be a 15-minute length
movie in color and with sound. ‘
Pictures have already been made
at Barrow School and Fire Sta
tion No. 3. This afternoon the cam
erd crveve 'will! take shats at Chase !
Street School, and later other sites .
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
forefront among the strategists
with respect to the coordinated use
of land, sea and air power.”
Cain recalled Sherman’s testi=
mony yesterday that he hopes for
a United Nations naval blockade
of Red China.
The senator asked if Russia
would be legally bound by any
naval blockade that might be es
tablished by the United Nations,
even if Russia didn’t support the
move in the U. N.
“The only precedent we have to
go to is that a United Nations na
val blockade of North Korea was
established, and as far as I know,
it has been respected by all the
members of the United States,”
Sherman replied.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of
the combined armed services and
foreign ralations committes, said
he hoped to conclude questioning
of Sherman in the early afternoon.
The plan was to recess then until
Friday when Secretary of State
Dean Acheson is scheduled to tes
tify.
It was the 23rd day of the Sen
ate inquiry.
(The New York Times report
said: “The Admiral disclosed that
he himself, In the high command
discussions of early Apro; which
led to General MacArthur’s relief,
had suggested it would be well to
send to Tokyo another officer of
‘five. star rank’ to attempt ‘either
to straighten the matter out or to
at that time inform him he would
have to be replaced”)
Sherman’s testimony turned the
attention of some committee mem
bers to the method of MacArthur’s
dismissal. President Truman made
the general’s relief effective on
receipt of orders and, as it turned
out, MacArthur learned of it
through a radio broadcast before
he received the official papers.
Senator Cain (R-Wash.) told re
porters “some fine distinguished
people have been a little careless
in their testimony” in not telling
earlier of Sherman’s plan to try
to bring MacArthur into line with
administration policy.
Previous Witnesses
Previous witnesses have includ
ed Marshall, Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs;
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
chief and Gen. Hoyt Vandenber,
Air Force chief.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga.) of
the combined committees said the
method of MacArthur’s dismissal
“has been perhaps more startling
to the American people than the
fact that he was relieved.” .
Sherman testified he learned
about the final decision to fire
MacArthur when he heard it on
the radio.
The President’s. foreign policy
critics will have their big inning
when Secretary of State Acheson
begins testifying tomorrow. Only
a morning hearing was planned
for today.
The committee announced that
after Acheson it will hear frém
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer,
author of controversial reports on
China and Korea; former Secre
tary -of Defense Louis Johnson;
and Averell Harriman, foreign af
fairs assistant to the President.
Cain said he intends to push for
more. information .on the possibili=
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will be photographed. |
Already named for feature roles
according to Producer Ledford
Carter, director of the film service,
are Marvin Jones and Joyce Hitch
cock, sixth grade students; the
family of Edward D. Stoddard
(Mr. and Mrs. Stoddard and their
daughter and son), and Lt. Albert
Cook, of the Fire Department and
director of the Fire Marshal corps
in Athens schools. Mr. Carter
said other feature parts will be
assigned later this week.
Numerous other students be
sides those in the feature roles
will participate. The sixth grade
at University Demonstration,
Chase Street, and Barrow Schools
helped develop the script. |
Aiding Producer Carter with the
production are Roger Sumper,
film director; William Anderson,
cameraman, both of Pasadena,
Calif.,, Robert Gordon, sound di
rector, and Robert Lee, produc
tion assistant, both of Watkinsville.
There have been three visitors
at the film ° taking during the
week who helped-in an advisory
capacity. They were J. Wendell
Sether, director of public infor
mation for the National Board of
Fire Underwriters; Mrs. Lavinia
Winn, of the National Commission
on. Safety ducation; and Jack Troy,
director of public relations for the
office of the Comptn;xl‘ler General
of Georgia, which
wofkc of the Safety fimii
sion. |
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1951.
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ONWARD ALLIED SOLDIERS — An Allied task force
pushes rapidly forward along a Korean road intent on
trapping and destroying fleeing Chinese Communists
on the west-central front. Heavy rains and determined
Red resistance is reported to have slowed the United
Nations advances north of the 88th parallel. (Exclusive
photo by NEA-Acme Staff Correspondent Walter Lea)
(Nea Telephoto).
Senator Russell Sees
Approval Of UMT Bill
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, May 31— (AP)—Senator Russell (D.-
Ga.) forecast Senate approval today of a compromise bill
to extend the draft and provide a start toward a Universal
Military Training program in the future.
“This is one of the most important national defense
measures asked of the Congress this year,” said Russell,
¢hairman of the Armed Services Committee. “I do mot
anticipate any serious Senate opposition.”
Senate approval, expected this
afternoon, would send the draft-
UMT measure to the House, where
similar action is expected next
week.
A lengthy dispute within a con
ference committee, named to ad
just Senate-House differences in
the legislation, %fixfiog;mm
April 17 until day, w an
‘agreement was reached.
Session Cancelled
Russell told a reporter he plan
ned to skip the usual afternoon
session of the Senate inquiry into
the firing of Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur today in order to push ac
tion of draft-UMT.
The present draft act is schedul
ed to expire July 9, and selective
service and defense officials have
been anxious to get the new pro
gram written into law well ahead
of that deadline.
The compromise calls for a four=
year extension of the draft with:
1. A lowering of the minimum
induction age from 19 to 18 1-2.
Local draft boards would first be
required to call up all men 19
through 25 before taking any be
low 19.
2. Extension of the required ac
tive service by draftees from 21
to 24 months. Active and reserve
service would be extended from
about six to eight years.
Ministers’ Meet
Asked By Big 3
PARIS, May 31 — (AP) — The
United States, Britain and France
challenged Russia today to accept
a four-power foreign ministers’
meeting in Washington July 23 “in
the ' interests of strengthening
peace.” 3
The three Western powers sent
identical notes aimed at breaking
the deadlock over what world
tensions fl:i four foreign ministers
should discuss. The four power
deputies have been trying to do
that in Paris since March.
The American, French and Bri
tish deputies here handed the notes
to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko at their 64th
meeting on a ton-level confeernce
agenda: Copies also were handed
over at the Kremlin in Moscow
by the Western ambassadors.
The notes blamed lack of agree
ment_on ap agenda upon the So
viet insistence that the Big Four
should discuss the North Atlantic
Alliance and the establishment of
U. S. bases in Europe. (s
The Soviet Union contends that
the Atlantic Pact is a major cause
of international tension. The West
rejects this claim,
The new notes point out that
the Western Powers proposed on
May 2 that there be three alterna
tive agendas. One of these has
become known as the “split agen
da” because it contains both the
West’s-and Russia’s wordings, side
by side, on the question of arma
ments and armed forces.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued hot
through Friday. Low tonight 69
and high Friday 92. Sun sets
7:39 and rises 5:22.
GEORGIA — Continued hot
and dry, mostly fair weather this
afternoon, tonight and Friday.
TEMPERATURE
TR oo . . i BT
EOWOBE - obvs 055 . £.%, Movovivs 08
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ...... .00
Total since May'l ........ .87
Deficit since May 1 ...... 2.57
! rainfall ...,.. 3.
NSRS e
Deficit since January 1 .. 8.57
Local Schools
Close For
Summer Friday
Tomorrow is a big day for stu
dents in the e¢ity schools and
white children in the county
schools for it marks the start
of the three months. summer
vacation. Colored county school
children have already begun
their vacation.
A full schedule of classes will
be carried out Friday with the
lunchrooms in operation,
Students will go back to their
home room next Wednesday to
receive report cards and then
“school is out”. No classes will
be held next Wednesday.
Date for the September re
opening has not been definitely
set but it is usually on the se
cond Monday in that month.
X X X
ROTC Expanded
At Universify
A new training option in flight
operation will be added to the Air
Force ROTC unit at the Universi
ty of Georgia next fall, according
to an announcement by Dr. J. A.
Williams, co-ordinator of the mili
tary department, and Lt. Col Orlie
Pr§ce, commanding officer of the
unit,
The new option, with a quota of
50 cadets, will be added to Air
options in administration and lo=-
gistics already offered at the Uni
versity,
With the addition of the new
option. an overall increase of 40
will be made in the quota of stu
dents who can enroll in first year
advanced Air ROTC, Lt. Col.
Price said.
Requisites for registration in
the course are a statement of de
sire for pilot trainizf after grade
vation and receipt commission,
and a physical examination quali
fying a student for flight train
ing.
According to Lt. Col. Price, the
new option will allow a man who
has completed the course to go
through pilot training with the
grade of a second lieutenant and
draw the pay and allowinces for
that grade.
“All ROTC training is training
in leadership traits and charaecter
which prepare men for regular or
reserve commission,” Lt. Col.
Price said. “The training qualifies
him to take his place in the Air
Force in time of need and increas=
es our national defense program
by increases our reserve
strength.”
After several days of little ac
tion, local firemen received three
calls during the past 24 hours.
At noon today they went to the
First Methodist Church where
some wires had been shorted out
while the old Annex was being
razed to make room for a new
Sunday School building, There
was no fire at the site, however,
Yesterday afternoon they ex
tinguished a fire in an automobile
on East Hancock street. The wires
in the auto were burned and the
dash board and windshield were
heavily damaged,
Last night they quenched anoth
er automobile fire. Damage to the
auto at t lmo . Wash
?ngulsli e LN
small. i
U. N. Forces Regain
Control Of Red Dam
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, May 31 — (AP) — Red troops fighting with
renewed fury halted American advances today 13 miles
from the Communist Korean strongholds of Chorwon and
Kumwha.
Other United Nations forces regained control of the
275 foot high Hwachon dam with comparative ease.
Across the 125 mile Korean
front, Allied forces slogged
through the mud for slow gains
or fought off sharp attacks.
Twelve Red jets tried an attack
of their own on U, S, B-29 Super=- ‘
forts. Eight F-86 Sabre jets cut in
with the usual result—two Rus
sian-type jets downed and one
damaged. The B-295, unharmed,
went ahead with their bomb runs
on a northwest Korea rail bridge.
The stiffest fighting swirled
against American spearheads on
the western and west-central
fronts pointed at Chorwon, and
around Inje on the east-central
sector,
Chinese units pitched a fantas
tic counterattack at dusk Wednes
day against Americans in the hills
around Yonchon, 13 miles south~-
west of Chorwon. In a night-long
battle the Reds pushed the dough
boys off the ridges and shoved
them back 1,000 yards,
Dawn Attack
At dawn Thursday the Amer
jcans leaped to the attack. By noon
they had regained their positions
on the road to Chorwon.
Frontline officers estimated at
least two Chinese divisions stood
between the Americans and that
g;lu]stronghold, 60 miles north of
Yonchon itself, said AP Corres
pondent John Randolph, is a no
t;;n;:’laéxd. Amgricm patrol it
, Chinese by
The Chinese mn:?t‘l'xeir 'm
sprinla ;flemivefl“ prema
from Chorwon. At tha% ma
N, forces were four miles away.
One of the announced objectives
of the current Allied counter-of
fensive is to force the Reds into
another premature attack,
During such offensives the Chi~
nese have been cut down in the
greatest numbers.
Thirteen miles east of Yonchon
on a highway leading toward
Kumwha, a Red regiment stopped
an American advance south of
Chipo.
Chinese and North Koreans are
sensitive to any approach to Chor=-
won and Kumwha. These points
have been their main assembly and
supply centers for months.
But Allied troops found tough
going even to the rear of these
spearheads.
ROK Actions
South Koreans had to fight to
enlarge their crossings of the Im
jin river, southwest of the Yon
chon action. Heretofore they had
faced comparatively light opposi
tion in advances south of the 38th
parallel,
Just north of the border Amer=-
ican troops were forced to with=
draw Wednesday from positions
near Yongpyong under heavy mor=
tar, rifle and automatic weapon
fire.
In the i;eneral area west of Al
lied-held Hwachon, 478 more hun=-
gry Reds surrendered to South Ko
rean and American troops, The U.
N. command says more than 10,=
000 Reds have given up in the
last five weeks,
On the south and western sides
of Hwachon reservoir itself, south
Koreans found few live Commu=
(Continued On Page Four)
Tension
Iranian
BY FRED J. ZUSY
TEHRAN, Iran, May 31—(AR)
~lran’s oritical oil dispute snarl
ed itself into a still tighter knot
today as the government told Brite
ain it plans to go ahead with nat«
ionalization of its glant British
controlled oil industry at once, It
gave the Anglo-iranian company
five days to make any suggestiom.
A memorandum to the giant
British-controlled oil company
last night left little hope of any
solution to the problem, in the
opinion of British observers here.
The memorandum was handed
the oil company’s local refir:nn
tative, N. R. Sddon, by ance
Minister Mohammed Ala Varasteh
at the first meeting of a company
official and a government minis
ter since Iran passed the nation
alization law a month ago.
Execution Regulations
The note, outlinging “regula
tions for execution” of the nation
alization law, said a three-man
government board was going to
run the nationalized industry,
Observers noted the memoran
dum specified that all employes
of the “former oil ecompany”
would “from this date (Wednes~
day) be recognized as employes °£
the Iranian National Oil Company
—a government body.
Apparently Iran recognizes yes~
terday as the date of the turn'ovtf.
sw?f%:rch developments in e
scene: ‘
e .B!ltid:lfiguudor Sir Fran
cis Shepherd delivered a strong
protest this morning to Foreign
fio!driblily by 35,000 Fgoplo In Athens Trade Area
119 Killed In
Accidents On
Memorial Day
By The Associated Press
The nation’s celebration of Me
moral day appears to have been
one of the safest since the end of
World War 11.
The death toll in violent acci
dent—ll6—was one of the lowest
for a single Memorial day holiday
in several years. |
A new record low was set in the
traffic death toll. The 71 killed
on the highway was far below the
National safety council’s estimate
of 110.
The safety council, noting that
the toll was running below the
estimate yesterday, termed the re
cord “a marvelous achievement.”
Millions were on the highways for
the season’s first holiday outing.
The lowest traffic toll on a sin
le major holiday since World War
II was 93 on New Year’s day, 1946.
Yesterday’s traffic toll is not com~
parable to the 190 figure as the
day was counted as part of a four
day holiday. The staggering to
tal in the four-day period ‘was
%60, including 340 traffic fatali
es.
In addition to the 71 traffic
deaths yesterday, 28 persons
drowned and 16 others lost their
lives in miscellaneous violent ac
cidents.
The toll by states on Memorial
Day, listing traffic, drownings and
miscellaneous accidents:
Alabama 340; California 1,430;
Colorado 010; Deleware 100; Flori=
da 110; Idaho 002; Illinois 702;
Indiana 241; lowa 222; Kentucky
430; Louisiana 100; Maryland 021;
Michigan 700; Minnesota 001,
Missouri 200; Nebraska 010;
New Jersey 001;. New York 212;
North Carolina 200; Qhio 104; Ok~
lahoma 110; Oregon 620; Pennsyl
vania 700; South Carolina 010;
Tennessee 320; Texas 011; Virginia
200; Wisconsin 200.
Augusta Housing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 81
(AP)—Augusta, Ga., is going to
get a $1,500,000 housin?l develog
ment for workers at the nearby
Atomic Energy Commission pro=
ject.
Sid Mack and Associates of
Jacksonville said yesterday they
would build the 198-dwelling 3“
project, to be known as Mansion
Homes.
Financirx has been approved by
the Federal Housing Administra«
tion.
The houses will be row-type
structures in units of six and of
concrete block stucco. Each dwell~
ing unit will have two bedrooms
and will rent for $57.50 a month,
The project will be within a few
blocks of Augusta’s eity hall,
Mounting In
Oil Dispute
Minister Bagher Kazemi against
expulsion orders delivered to two
Brfish journalists.
ere were reliable Se?orts that
Iran has gotten up a Hst 6f other
journalists it considers undesirable
and may issue more such orders.
2. There were also reports that
Iran may ask Britain to withdraw
her Consul General in Khuzistan
las a protest against him personal
y.
3. Reliable informants said the
AIOC may send here one of its
two directors who represent g:e
British government on the AIOC
board.
Mossadegh Attacked
4. Abdul Chadir Azad, national
front deputy who has split with
Mossadegh, reportedly attacked
the flemier at a secret session of
the Majlis (lower House of Par
liament), this morning, declaring
Mossadegh should earry out the
oil law at once and not go around
explaining it to the British and
American ambassadors. This re~
ferred to Mossadeigh’s lungheon
meeting t%o days ago with Bhep~
herd and U, 8. Ambassalor Henry
y oy A
Meanwhile, Iran'i hérasslnétao%-
tios against the AIOC continued.
The government is refusing entry
visas to all non-technicians, thus
keeping other Anflo-lranian em-~
'ployes from entering the country.
~ There was a report afoot that
Iran is considering retiring more
into her isolation shell by restriot
ing the number of Iranian %-
‘cialy' permitted "to “attend”
diplomatic functions here.
HOME _
EDITION
Indirect Program
To Combat
Inflation Urged.
WASHINGTON, May 31—{(AP)
—The U. S. Chamber of QCem
merce urged Congress today so
wipe out the government’s author
ity to control wages and prices.and
adopt in their stead an indirect
program to combat inflation.
Herman W. Steinkraus of
Bridgeport, Conn., president of the
Chamber’s executive committee,
said in a statement prepared for
the House Banking committee that
price controls can only aggrawvate
the inflation problem by stifling
production and that the present
wage board is encouraging wage
boosts rather than controlling
them.
In advance of his appearance
before the House committee,
Steinkraus said in another state
ment “it was a cheap trick on the
public” for James Carey of the
CIO to accuse business of trying
to bribe organized labor to end
price and wage controls.
CIIO Charges
Carey, the ClO’s secréetary
treasurer, told the Senate Bank
ing committee yesterday that big
business in effect has urged un
ions to join in the effort to scuttle
wage-price controls and ‘then
“share in the loot.” He named the
chamber and the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers.
Carey said specifically that the
Westinghouse Electrical Manufac
turing Corp. offered to give its
workers a nine cent an hour wage
boost if the unions involved would
help persuade the government to
let the wage hike be reflected in
higher prices for Westinghouse
products.
Stinkraus called Carey..;:l testi
money “insidious” and there
is “absolutely no ground” for say
‘inx the chamber “proposed &ny
such deal with organized laber or
anybody else.”
The chamber official, in ‘his
testimony for the House commit
tee, urged that inflation be won
trolled by six steps: (1) maximum
production, (2) reduced govern
ment spending, (3) pay-as-we-go
taxes consisten “with maintaining
incentive to work and produce,”
(4) fiscal policies to neutralize the
federal debt as a scource of infla
tion, (5) credit curbs, and (6)
stimulation of personal savimgs.
Strengtening Action
Both the House and Senate Bank
ing committees are considering
an administration request for ex
tension and tightening of the de~
sense production act, which au
thorizes wage-price controls. It is
due to expire June 30.
On another control front, the
Office of Pric e Stabilization put
ceiling prices on canners’ sales of
the 1951 spring pack of canned as
paragus, green beans, spinach and
other vegetable greens. Officials
predicted the order will bring a
small rollback in the price of can
ned spinach and said it might
might cause a small increase in the
prices of canned asparagus.
Mason Services
Will Be Friday
Charley Mason, of 370 Satula
Avenue, died at his home Wednes
day night at 10:18 o'clock. Mr,
Maso? was 61 gear; old and had
been in failing health for the past
six months.
Services are to be held Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from West
End gapfl% egurch with the pas-~
tor, Rev, W. 8. Pruitt, offjciating.
fiurial will follow in Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Bridges Fumeral
Home in gharge of arrangements.
Pall-bearers w’* be D. S. Acre,
L. C. England, J. M. Griffeth, C.
P. Herring, Walter Williams and
Jewell Nash.
Mr. Mason is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Jeneva Patterson Ma
son, Athens; two sons, Hubert L.
Mason and Daniel W. Mason, both
of Athens; two brothers, Earley
Mason, Commerce, and Roy Ma
son, Lavonia; half-sister, Mrs.
Alice Brown and a half-brother,
W. W. Mason, both of Roysten.
A native of Madison Ceunty,
Mr. Mason had resided in Athens
for the past thirty years. He was
owner of the Eleetric Service
Company here and was veteran of
World War One, having served in
France for a year. He was a mem
ber of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The body will lie in state in the
' church from 2:30 o’cleck until the
[ hour for the services.
| FANNY BRICE SERVICES
| ¥OLLYWOOD. May 31-—(AP)
--The entertainment world jeins
today in funeral services for vom=
edienne Fanny Brice.
Leaders of radio, Motion pics
tures, Musical comedy and vau=
devilie, in &1l of which Miss Brice
attained prominence, were expec=
ted to pmaz in simple
vices in @ Israel Rabbi &
Nussbaum was the officiating min=
ister. 4
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