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IKE COMES HOME AGAIN — General
Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with bared
head as he follows his wife, Mamie, from
the train as they arrived home in Abilene,
K ansas, Throngs estimated at in excess of
President Will Not Send Congress
Bill To Deal With Steel Walkout
Childers Urges Seniors
Make Careful Decisions
Eisenhower Has
Meet As Abilene
ABILENE, Kan., June S—(AP)
—Gen. Dwig’ht D. Eisenhower said
today the paramount issue of the
political campaign is “real peace
and security in the world.”
The five star general, a candi
date for the Republican nomina
tion, said he hopes the country
can get out from under “the um
brella of fear and doubt and
hysteria” he said now covers the
country.
Declaring that he intends to
“speak out as frankly as I know
how” on the issues of the day,
Eisenhower added:
1. He hasn’t “the sli%htest idea”
whether he can defeat Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio for the GOP nom
ination.
2. He would consult Gen. Doug
las MacArthur on Asiatic policies
if he beeame president. -
3. There is no political connec
tion between him and the Truman
administration which would pre
vent him from attacking the Dem
ocratic record.
Stand On FEPC
4. ‘He believes the states pri
marily should handle the question
of creating a Fair Employment
Practices Commission FEPC.
5. He will support the Repub
lican presidential nominee—if he
doesn’t get the prize himself—on
the assumption that the GOP plat
form will be satisfactory.
6. The states can handle educa
tion problems better than the fed
eral government. .
7. “Our government needs a
searching going over” by some
one who has had no connection
with the Democratic administra
tion in the last 20 years.
8. Agriculture must not be per
mitted to suffer but he doesn’t
know at this time the exact meas
ure of price supports that should
be given by the federal govern
ment.
9. The Truman administration
must take the responsibility for the
“tragic loss” of ghina.
10. He supports a Feb. 6, 1950
declaration by Senate Republicans
on foreign and domestic policies.
Respects MacArthur
Eisenhower told an unprecedent
ed press confererce in his boyhood
hometown that he could not have
served-a man nine years as he did
MacArthur ~ without acquiring
great respect for his ability and
Integrity,
Asked if he supported the Tru
man administration’s foreign pol
icy,. Eisenhower said he had not
been a part of any administration
and had not been concerned with
but one phase of foreign policy.
He added, however, that he has
supported the basiec conception of
he administration policy as it con
cerns the safeguarding of Western
Eurone against Communism.
Flsenhower said he regarded the
preservation of peace and. security
i the world under the fundamen
tal beliefs of this nation as the
baramount issue of the campaign.
He said he is going to try to
speak out frankly on theissues
nd that he is “proud” that there ‘
'e persons who “feel that I still
Stat be of service to the United
otates.!
~ Discussing labor legislation, Ei
senhower said he honestly believes
hat people can not be eompelled
0 work by legislation.
We've got to find other means ]
o solve oup troubles,” ite 'sald. |
ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Associated Press Service
50,000 persons bolstered the little town’s
normal population of around 7,000 te
honor the return of a favorite son.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
.
West Receives
.
Michael Award
“The open road lies before you,”
James | 1 Qxflw ,as:lociate
University of em.s.mh’fi
a Commencement address chal
lenging each senior so take a ques
tioning look at life today and de
cide “what you are going to do
with it.”
“The first chapter in your lives
has been written,” he advised,
“and few writers change their
style. The promise you have given
here, you are likely to fulfill in
the future.”
Calling attention to the world
of strife in which the seniors had
grown up, Mr. Childers asked
their thoughtful consideration of
relationships affecting the quality
of each persons life—their rela
tionships with family, fellowmen,
the nation, and God.
Valedictory Speech
A young Georgia pharmacist|
told the 1000 seniors in the Uni
versity’s graduating class today
that they would be partly respons
ible for promoting the health of
the people on whom the future of
civilization depends,
Emory O. Veale, Arnoldsville,
valedictorian for the 1952 Uni
versity class, defined health as a
state of complete physical, men-l
tal, and social well-being not
merely the absence of disease or
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Is Posiponed
There will be no music apprecia
tion hour tonight, according to an
announcement by Hugh Hodgson,
director of the weekly Music Ap
'preciation Hour and chairman of
the Fine Arts Department of the
University. Music Appreciation‘
will be continued, however, dur-‘
ing the first term of summer quar
ter, he added. |
l Last week’s Appreciation pro
gram presented students of the |
University music department in
recital. Organ, piano, voice, and |
[flute compositions were featured.‘
~ Roy Tom Scoggins, Ataens, didi
‘an “A” grade job in his playing of
Chorale-Toccata from Boellmann’s
“Gothic Suite” for organ. i
Patsy Brown, Atlanta, appeared
on the program as flutiest, ac
companied by Mary Kay Creal at
the” piano. The two young ladies
deserve special mention for their
interpretation. of Chaninade’s |
“Concertino”. |
Cora Williams, Decatur; Troupe !
Harris, Washington; and Phylis |
Grandy, Montgomery, Ala., were'
heard in Beethoven, Debussy, and |
Bach Compositions played earlier
at their senior recital programs. |
Others having parts on the pro
gram were Jack Brost, Savannah;'
J. D. Clements, Fitzgerald, Shir-'
ley Helmly, Statesboro; Harriett
Friedman, Columbus; Raymond !
Bird, Jesup; Monica - Ulivo, Sa- |
vannah; and Ernest Edwards, Tis- :
ton. e
Music -Appreciation Hour is one |
of the heaviest attended musical !
programs in Athens with towns- |
people and University students |
alike attending the weekly pro-.
grams in historic University Cha- '
pel. The informal atmosphere |
maintained by Director Hodgson
is highly conducive to real musie |
appreciation and enjoyment, ac-!
cording to attendants. |
.
Meeting Called
.
At White House
WASHINGTON, June S—(AP).
|President Truman said today he
does not contemplate sending any
|legislation to Congress dealing
with the steel strike.
This was the only comment he
would make at a news conference
today when he was questioned
about Monday’s Supreme Court
decision declaring his seizure of
the steel mills was illegal.
) No Comment ~
" 'Questiorl®ts askedl also whether
he ‘would invoke the Taft-Hartley
Act in order to get the workers
back on the job. His reply was
only, no comment.
He had a one-word reply—nev
ér—to the question of whether he
’ would comment on the court de
| cision,
' reporter reminded Truman
‘that he previously had said no
' body could take away his powers
inherent in the Constitution. The
newsman asked the President if
he would elucidate. He said he
would at a later date.
He advised his questioner to
<ead the Constitution.
Pressed as to whether he plan
ned to send a message to Congress
dealing with legislation in hand
ling the steel dispute, he said no,
none is in contemplation. 1
_ The steel strike which followed
instantly on the court decision,
'which returned the mills to their
owners, is now in its fourth day,
with Congress studying new
strike curbs.
A half dozen top industry lead
“ers and Philip Murray, head of the
‘CIO and the striking Steelwork
ers Union, were summoned to
White House negotiations with
John R. Steelman, assistant to
President Truman,
Government stabilization offi
cials said they knew of no fresh
plan Steelman might have for set
tling the six-month-old steel dis~
pute. The amount of a steel price
increase, as well as a wage in
crease, is at issue. :
750,000 Idle
| Nearly 750,000 workers were
idled by the strike. These included
the 650,000 steel workers, along
with almost 100,000 others fur
loughed in coal min@, railroads,
shipping and docks serving steel
mills,
! The Senate, after voting sharp
restrictions on the powers and
functions of the Wage Stabiliza
|tion Board, turned to a proposal
by Sen. Maybank (D.-S.C.) to end
big strikes.
| Maybank’s plan, opposed by
Sen, Taft (R.-Ohio) and other
legislators influential in framing
labor laws, calls for a 120-day ban
on strikes in defense-important
industries, settlement recommen
dations from a new seéven-man
board, and industry seizure-if the
board’s termg are rejected.
Maybank conceded his proposal
probably would be disliked by
management as well as labor
unions, but said it was his own
idea of what should be done to
stop crucial strikes.
Army To Draft
29,000 In August
WASHINGTON, June S—(AP)
—The Army today issued a draft
call for 29,000 men in August.
The Marine Corps, Air Force
and Navy do not plan any draft
calls that month.
The August quota raises to 983,-
430 the total of men drafted by
all services since September, 1950.
The Army got 902,000 of these, the
Marines 81,430.
A Defense Department an
nouncement said the Army needs
the 29,000 in Augusta for replace
ments and to maintair authorized
strength,
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1952,
Eisenhower Says Democrats Must Be Unseated,
Prepares To Spell Qut Details Of His Platform
Truman Will Go
To Convention
After Nomination
WASHINGTON, June S—(AP).
President Truman said today he
will attend the Democratic na
tional convention after it has
chosen its presidential nominee—
and he will not be that nominee.
The president added that he'd
like to attend the whole Chicago
convention but won’t do so be
cause his presence might create a
disturbance.
Truman was told at his news
conference some Republicans have
said he is engaged in a ‘“‘devious
plot” to get the nomination for
himself,
Denied Plot
This he denied and said such
charges usually originate in
warped minds.
Of yesterday’s statement by
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that
the Democrats have been in pow
er too long, Truman replied it is
up to the people to decide that,
He declined further comment
on Eisenhower’s opening cam
paign speech, saying he is not at
all interested in the Republican
pre-convention race.
Likewise, Truman declined to
get into the controversy between
Eisenhower and Senator Robert
A. Taft over Eisenhower’s air
power views. He said with a grin
that the GOP’s quarrels please
him very much but he’s not going
to get mixed up in them.
| Other Comments
~ On other matters today, Truman
said:
~ I—He doesn’t expect war fto
break out in Europe this summer,
If he did, the president said, he
wouldn’t let his daughter Marga
ret and a friend go through wsth
their proposed European tour in
the summer. D
2—The Democratic part;_*:*%r
mounted difficulties in 1948 and
he expects it will'do so again. This
was in reply to a newsman who
asked if he thought the my‘g
Refu);],gcan Senator Knowland 3
California’s Republican and Desi-.
ocratic primaries meaht the péople
of California are against the ad
ministration’s foreign policy. -
Truman’s surprise acceptance of :
an invitation to-week-end in New
England with J. Howard Me- |
Grath, meanwhile, stirred political
speculation.
So did his agreement to talk
over the party outlook this after
noon with Senator Estes Kefauv
of Tennessee, a leading contender
for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Athenian Head
Abit Massey, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. D, Edd Massey of
125 Wilcox street, has been unani
mously re-elected president of the
eighty-five member DeKalb Coun
ty Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Massey is also a member of the
Board of Directors of the Georgia
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
State Chairman of its Public and
Mental Hea:th Committee. He is a
member of the Decatur First Bap
tist Church, Secretary of the At
lanta Chapter of the University of
Georgia Alumni Society, and a
charter member of the Board of
Directors of Decatur Little League
Baseball, Inc.
He resides at 1702 North Emory
Road and is Law Assistant to
Judge Charles W. Worrill of the
Georgia Court of Appeals.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia, Class of 1949, Massey
served as President of Omicron
Delta Kappa, President of X Club,
President of Demosthenian Liter
ary Society, President of Gridiron,
President of Biftad Service Club,
Associate Justice of the Law
School Honor Court, Secretary of
Blue Key, Secretary-Treasurer of
the GOP, President of the Sopho
more Class, Editor of the BSU
News, Secretary of Alpha Phi
Omega, Marshall of Phi Alpha
Delta, and was listed in Who’s
Who in American Colleges and
Universities and on the Dean’s
List.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair to partly cloudy and con
tinued hot this afternoon, to
night and Friday. Chance of late
afternoon or evening thunder
showers both days. The sun sets
teday at 7:42 and rises tomor
row at 5:2i.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued hot this after
noon, tonight and Friday with
scattered showers and thunder
showers. g
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00
Total since June 1 .. .. .. ,00
Defieit since June 1 .. .... .38
Average Jupe rainfall .. .. 4,13
Total since January 1 .. ..22.91
Deficit since January 1 ... 37
Crowds Gather Despite Threatening
Rain To Hear Homecoming Speech
BY RELMAN MORIN
ABILENE, Kan., June 5.— (AP) —General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, eontending that the Democrati¢ administra
tion must be unseated, prepared today to spell out the de
tails of the program he is advocating as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for the presidency. g
CIO Union Get
* After a month of bargzining,
Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph Company and Communica
tions Workers of America—ClO
today, June 4, reached agreement
on & new contract providing wage
increases ranging from $2.50 to
$6.00 a week, depending on loca
tion and job classification. The
-agreement which is subject to
- wage stabilization board approval,
covers 50,000 non-supervisory tel
}ephone employees in the nine
Southern Bell states,
The new contract, when rati
fied by the union membership,
will run for one year from June 5.
l It includes a few changes in work
ing practices in addition to the
new wage schedules.
Adjusted Wages
F. J. Turner, president of South
ern Bell, said the settlement ad
justs the wages of Southern Bell
employees in keeping with pre
vailing levels in the ecities and
towns served by the company.
“Our policy of long standing has
been to pay wages in each com
munity that are in line with the
wages paid by other employers for
jobs similar to telephone jobs.”
Commenting further, Mr. Turn
er said, “It is gratifying that a
settlement has been reached be
tween Southern Bell and ‘the
union through the orderly pro
cesses of collective bargaining,
with no interruption of the pub
lie’s service. We believe the agree
!;gt is fair to all concerned. The
“interests of both telephone’ gus
tomers and .telephone employees
‘glve been taken into account.
d telephone wages are neces
sary to attract and retain compe
tent employees. Competent em
polyees are essential to good serv
ice for our customors. Good
service was never more important
than today.
“The settlement adds $12,380,-
000 a year to the company’s cost
of rendering service through its
nine state area.
Increase Rates
“As a regulated public wutility
there is no margin in our income
to absorb increased costs. There
fore, the rates charged for our
services must reflect these in
creased wages and other higher
costs.”
Lane Hubbard, Georgia Manager,
said, “The new contract will add
about $1,960,000 annually to
Southern Bell costs in Georgia.
The new contract covers more
than 8,000 employees in the state,
including a majority of those who
live and work here.
“This added cost of doing busi
ness will force our Georgia earn
ings to an inadequate level,” Mr.
Hubbard said.
Queen Elizabeth
Reviews Troops
LONDON, June 5. — (AP) —
Queen Elizabeth II took the sa
lute at a traditional trooping the
color cerem ny today for the first
time in the history of the British
Army,
The colors honored by royal re
view at the pageant, marking the
official 26t birthday of the
young mronarch, were those of the
Second Battalion of the Scots
Guards.
Elizabeth, proud and lovely in
her uniform as colonel in chief of
the househcld brigade, rode side
saddle from Buckingham Palace
to the parade grounds.
With her uncle, the Duke of
Gloucester, riding at her side, she
guided her horse around the ranks
of the 380 Scots Guardsmen, sa
luting the colors as she passed.
_The Queen wheeled her horse
and rode down the line of Scots
Guards for a close inspection. The
massed bands of the Guards then
marched back and forth across the
green turfed parade grounds while
the Queen sat erect and still
flanked by her escort. The rites
lasted almost an hour.
The Duke of Edinburgh, hus
band of the Queen, saw her off
from the valace but took no part
in the actual ceremony.
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“One paity has been in power
too long,” Eisenhower said yester
day.
The statement was contained in
a major speech, on national is
sues, his first since he stepped out
of uniform. In launching into the
personal phase of his campaign,
Eisenhower made four main
points:
Four Points
1. A call for cooperation be
tween the “economic elements of
our country.”
2. The necessity of battling in
flation, bringing the national bud
get “under control,” and taking
“the first step back to a sound
dolar.”
3. Taxation. “It becomes doubly
necessary to see that waste, dupli
cation and extravagance are elim
inated.”
4. The charge that there has
been a “gradual absorption by the
central government of functions
that belong to local communities
and to individuals.”
The speech was delivered on the
opening day of a riotous home
coming celebration for Eisenhow
er. The little town where he grew
up, met himn, en masse, near the
site of his boyhood home yester
day, gave him a parade of floats
illustrating his life, and set the
stage for an address which was
widely reported and televised.
Urged Allied Cooperation
Eisenhower also urged contin
ued cooperation with our Allies in
the fight against communism and
called for a foreign policy strip
ped of all “mystery.”
Of communism, he said:
“It has been a global threat,
manifesting itself from the Far
East to Europe in outward exten
sions throughout the wvast peri~
phery of the Soviet domain, Early
in its course, China was lost to
‘the free world in one of the great
est dinternational disasters of our
time—%ttxpeot tragedy that must
not be repeated.” ‘
Regarding what many GOP
‘leaders term the No. 1 charge in
‘this year’s political battle — cor
ruption in government — Eisen=
hower said:
“Political health is endangered
if one party, by whatever -means,
becomes permanently or too-long
entrenched 1n power.
“The almst inevitable conse
quence is graft and incompetence
in remote and even in prominent
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Sam D. Thaxfon
Sam Durham Thaxton, well
known resident of near Lexington,
died in a local hospital this morn
ing at 6:15 o’clock. Mr, Thaxton
was 82 years old and had been ill
for two weeks.
Services will be conducted Fri
day"afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from
Salem Baptist Church with the
pastor, Rev. W. R. Coile, officiat
ing.
Interment will follow in Booth
Cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pall
bearers will be grandsons of Mr.
Thaxton, ;
He is survived by a daughter,
Miss Daisy Thaxton; two sons, R.
L. Thaxton and I. A. Thaxton,
both of Lexington, nine grand
children and two great-grandchii
dren.
Mr. Thaxton was a native of
Oglethorpe County and a lifelong
‘resident in that community. He
'had many friends who were sad
dened by news of his death,
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DIONNE QUINTUPILETS CRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOCL -
The Diorne quintuplets pose for their
graduation picture May 28, on their 18th
birthday anniversary after receiving
diplomas from the private high school
Villa Y\?otre Dame at Corbiel, Ontario.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
lke Speech Is Scanned
For Clue On Some Issues
.
Taft Continues -
.
Silent On Talk
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, June S—(AP).
Politicians who cheered or jeered
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
springboard speech into the Re
publican presidential race
searched today for clues as to just
how he stands on such issues as
steel seizure, civil rights and farm
price supports.
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio had
nothing to say of the address in
which his chief rival for the GOP
nomination formally kicked off a
campaign for the presidency at
homecoming ceremonies in Abi
lene, Kan. last night.
May Reply Today
Taft has agreed to answer ques
tions at a luncheon speaking date
today in Buckhannon, W. Va. He
’ may take this opportunity to com
} ment on what Eisenhower had to
say.
Eisenhower said the four big
threats on the home front are dis
unity, excessive taxation, infla
tion and bureaucracy —the con
centration of power in the federal
Lovernment. He hit at mystery in
foreign policy, the menace of Com
munism abroad and the length of
time the Democratic party has
been in power,
Pro-Taft Republicans agreed
with the general’s analysis that:
“Political health is endangered if
one party, by whatever means, be
comes permanently or too-long
entrenched in power: The almost
inevitable consequence is graft
and incompetence in remote and
even in prominent places of gov
ernment.”
Foes’ Interpretation
But a number of Taft support
ers sized up the speech as filled
with generalities. One of them,
Rep. Reece of Tennessee, put it
this way: “It looks like he‘u pretty
much for mother, home and
heaven.”
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin was
“glad to note the general agrees
with all good Republicans as ta
what is needed.” He interpreted
the address as a “good omen of
better times to come and of vie
tory, particularly.”
Sen. Ferguson of Michigan was
“glad that he recognizes there
should be a cleaning up.”
“I think he’s right—l know he's
right,” Ferguson remarked.
Sen. Ives of New York, an Ei
senhower rooter, regarded the ad
dress as an analytical presenta
tion, along general lines, of cru
cial present-day problems.
On the Democratic side, Sen.
Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, who is
seeking that party's presidential
nomination, said:
“The general ought to be just
the man in best position to be
specific about the shortcomings of
the Democratic Party which he
mentions in only general terms.
One of the men kept in high posi
tion while we were in power was
Gen. Eisenhower himself. He now
should detail the items of which
he speaks so generally, if only to
show that he is not ecriticizing
himself.”
THEFT CHARGES DROPPED
HOLTON, Kas., June 5—(AP)—
Bank robbery charges have been
dismissed against Albert Johnson,
23, who stood in the pulpit of a
Topeka, Kas., church May 4 and
confessed participation in the rob
bery.
The $835 holdup of the bank at
Hoyt, Kas.,, occurred four years
ago. District Judge Robert H. Kaul
dismissed the charges against
Johnson under a Kansas law re
quiring prosecution for a crime to
be initiated within twWo vyears of
the offense.
They will continue their education at a
girls’ boarding school in Quebec. Left to
right are Annette, Cecile, Marie, Emiiy
and Yvonne.— (AP Wirephoto from Pars
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KOJE ISLAND, Korea, June §—
(AP)—Tank-led Allied infamtry
men and engineers split one of
Koje Island’s big prisoner eom
pounds in half with a feugh
barbed wire fence today as 3,340
jeering Communist civilian in
ternees stood by chanting Red
hymns. There was no violenee.
Erection of the fence within
Compound 607 was ordered by
Brig. General Hayden Boatner, the
Koje commander, as the first step
in splitting 17 big compounds into
smaller camps for the island’s 80,~
000 POWs.
Reducéd Rations
The heavily-armored troeps
marched into the compound short
ly before Boatner issued a state
ment acknowledging that ratioms
have been withheld from three
compounds on separate days.
There have been repor‘.mt
food rations were reduced en
force discipline among wunruly
prisoners, Boatner said this was
not the case. '
“At ne time have we withheld
rations as a weapon so obtain obe
dience to auy order, nor have we
threatened to do so,” he said.
He explained that no rations
were issued on the day troops en
tered a compound to enforce or
ders.
“We were taking offensive ae
tion against them because of their
defiance and illegal actions,”
Boatner said. “In view of this and
knowing they had stocks of foed
hoarded it would have been muni
festly absurd for us to provide
them with mx food.”
Boatner emogl'lasi:ed that the
Geneva Convention provides for
withholding ratfens under certain
conditions. * :
Enforced Discipline
Bags of sand were delivered o
three compounds Wednesday and
stacked where the food usually is
placed. This increased speculation
that discipline was being enforced
by withholding rations.
Boatner explained, however,
that the sand was for use in
quelling fires.
Bergman Seeks -
Child's Custody
I.OS ANGELES, June S—(AP)
—Actress Ingrid Bergman and her
ex-husband, Dr, Peter Lindstrom,
continue today their bitter court
fight over summer -custody es
their 13-year-old daughter, Jenny
Ann.
Resisting Miss Bergman’s efforts
to have the girl taken to Italy, Dr.
Lindstrom testified yesterday:
“I don’t want the child to be ex
posed to Mr. Rossellini Italian
film director Roberto Rosselini,
her present husband. He has a bad
reputation as a drug addict and a
habit of living with mistresses
who are married to other men.”
Dr. Lindstrony argued that Miss
Bergman won’t be able to take
care of the girl, since she i& ex
pecting twins and also is caring
for Roberto, jr., the son she bore
Rossellini out of wedlock im 19566
Miss Bergman's attorneys filed
an affidavit in which she accused
Dr. Lindstrom of trying to make
her suffer “to compensate for his
hurt pride.”