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Convention Put
On New Platform
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
CHICAGO July 11 —(AP) —
Wweary of namecalling and intra
perty feuds, Republicans today
had a four -.year program with
which they hope to drive the De
mocrats irom office.
The official 1952 platfrom won
a 2 roaring shout of approval late
yesterday at the Republican con
vention. But -its plank on civil
richts came within a splinter of
causing an angry floor fight.
Democrats were quick to chop
away at the platform. Early com
ment from the rival camp includ
ed denunciation by tweo men -out
{0 win the Democratic nomination
and election as president—Averell
Larriman and -Estes Kefauver.
The racial questions posed by
the civil rights issue had not been
ccitled yesterday even while the
6.000-word platform .was .up. for
convention action.
Battle Threat
Even as deep-voiced Sen. Eug
ene Millikin of Colorado, chair
man of the Resolutions Committee
which drafted the. statement of
principles, was proudly reading the
document, the threat of a civil
rights battle hung over the hall.
That it never materialized was a
tribute to Millikin, * 'who had
worked day and. night to produce
a plank acceptable to both North
ern and Southern Republicans.
A feew hours earlier, Harold
C. Burton of New York called a
strategy huddle of other Negro
delegates and alternates to.back a
stronger civil rights plank. As
sured of recognition by the con
vention chairman, they had a sub
stitute plank ready.
But they were advised a floor
fight probably would be futile.
Sen. Irving Ives of New York and
Gov. Alfred Driscoll.of New Jer
se_v,l b°§l§ :nfwn to favor o‘.-;::;one«gl
civil ri eglisls a.~,> e S
to back -md&"n’:;de but
said they did not expect to win.
Collective Sigh
Then the entire document came
up for a vote. It carried by ac
clamation. Something like a sigh
went up throughout the conven
tion hall.
Such accord was a relief to
many garty leaders who had fear
ed a platform battle would widen
party wounds already opened by
the bitterly—partisan campaign
for presidential nomination.
The civil rights plank promises
“federal legislation to further just
and equitable treatment in the
area of discriminatory employ
ment practices.” But it adds: “Fe
deral aetion should not dupicate
state efforts to end such prae
tices.”
The platform as a whole bristled
with denunciation of President
Truman’s administration. It plot
ted a course for a “march into a
new day.” It promised to end what
it called & eorrupt socialistic gov
ernment unable so cope. with. com
munism and replace it with an
efficient é)ositive adminigtration
that would “wage peace and win
Dr. J. McDonald
B=gins Practi
-2gins Practice
Dr. James J, McDonald, grad
uzte of AtHens High ‘Sthool in ’37
and the Emory Medical School in
43, has set up practice at his of
fice on 455 N. Milledge.
Dr. McDonald . interned and
served a four year surgical resid
ency at-the St. Louis City Hos
;;w'ul. He was associated with Dr.
‘\~ - B. McCutchon for two and a
half years in surgery in Durham,
SR He served with the U. S.
Navy in the Pacific Theater in
World War 11.
He is a member of the Ameri
g.n Medical Association, the
Southern Medical Association, the
I:..'“:.ol'l(‘an Board of Surgery, and
}"'»Ll Chi and Sigma Chi fratesni-
F !}'.:\NK SPOSATO DIES TODAY
. The many Athens friends of
Mrs. Frank J. Sposato of Atlanta,
and her mother, Mrs. Ruth T.
Broach of Athens, will be sadden
¢d 1o hear of the sudden death of
Frank J. Sposato in Atlanta at
};"f“l'y Hospital today. Funeral ar-
II;;-N:'.Oments will be announced by
],;“}"‘l‘FSOn’s Funeral Home of At
e”,\h-s. Sposato will be remember
! by her friends in this section
of the state as the former Miss
“ary Broach, The family has nu
'\*;fl "‘:L(I)S relatives in Athens and in
Monroe,
MR. AND MRS.
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FLASH VICTORY SMlLE—Governor Theodore R. Mc-
Keldin of Maryland and Dwight D. Eisenhower enjoy a
laugh as they read of Eisenhower’s victory last night
when the Georgia and Texas pro-Eisenhower delega
tions were seated by the Republican convention. Gov=
ernor McKeldin will place the general’s name before the
convention for the presidential nomination. — (NEA
Telephoto.)
Top Level Secret Steel
Sessions Get Underway
YW Camp Enters
Crackerland Swim
Met T omorrow
Annoynecement made {o
day tHAta Tast Tolndte EREFY TR
been made by the Athens
YWCA Camp in the Crackerland
Swimming and Diving Cham
pionships which will be held at
Legion Pool tomorrow.
Former swim stars from the
Athens Swim Club and the
Athens High School Swimming
Association will compose the
camp team. Competing for the
team will be Gail Garner, An
nelle Williams, Joyce Turner,
Roseanne Hendrickson, and
Jerry Alexander.
Members of the team, who are
all holders of AAU medals in
Southeastern competition, will
swim in the medley relay, 200-
yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle,
and 100-yard breaststroke
events.
Bullefin
CONVENTION HALL, CHI
CAGO, July 11.— (AP) —~The
Republican convention today
made its nomination of General
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the
presidency unanimous on mo
tion of spokesmen for rival can
didates Robert A. Taft and
Earl Warren.
Russell Dinner Plans
Highlight Meeting Here
Athenians rallied to the cause
last night at a meeting designed to
plan a Russell Appreciation Din
ner and made substantial inroads
on the two hundred and fifty
minimurm number of tickets which
chairman of the affair, Paul Wil
liams, told them must be sold.
Price of the tickets was set at $25.
" Last night's meeting, held at
Civie Auditorium, was centered
around plans for the Russell Din
ner which has been set for Tues
day night, July 15, at 7 o’clock at
Athens Country Club, Some half
hundred citizens « attended the
gathering and several added their
words of praise for Senator Rus
sell to those of the chairman, Mr,
Williams, who has been a close
friend of Georgia’s Junior Senator
for many years.
Mr. Williams reminded the as
sembled cilizens of the numnrerous
benefits which Athens and Clarke
county have reaped as a result of
Senator Russell’s efforts, and re
vealed final plans for the dinner.
Featured Speaker
Featured as speaker of the eve
ning will be Jimmy Carmichael,
and Atheng’ Judge Henry West
will introduce him.
Barbecued chicken will head the
menu with all the trimmings in
cluded. The chickens for the din
ner have been donated by D. w.
Terry, seasonings and other foods
have been donated by Talmadge
Brothers.
A final report of ticket sales
was requested for Monday morn=
ing at 10 o’clock, Unanimous re
sponse was registered when the
local people were asked to take
tickets to sell. ‘
Scroll Is Planned
A scroll is to be prepared which
will be presented to Senator Rus
sell at the dinner. Printed on the
.
Arnall May Nix
.
Industry Hikes
PITTSBURGH, July 11—(AP).
Top level secret Qfigo‘tkhtions in
the 401&?& strike are un
derway is steel eapital.
After their first meeting yester
day, sgokesmen for both industry
and the CIO steelworkers were
tightlipped.
A union source said a seecond
meeting would be held at an un
specified time and place today.
There is every indication that
most of the issues of the long
strike were discussed at least gen
erally at the first session.
Ostensibly the meeting was
called to talk over the industry’s
request to get iron ore production
moving again. But a union
spokesman, when asked if other
issues were taken up, smiled,
“you may assume that.”
Industry Leaders
Philip Murray, president of the
CIO and the steelworkers, and
general counsel Arthur Goldberg
head the union team. Among in
dustry leaders present were vice
president John A. Stephens of U.
S. Steel; vice-president Joseph
Larkin of Bethlehem Steel Corp.;
and Ben F. Morrell, chairman of
the board of Jones and Laughlin
Steel Corp.
Meanwhile, in Washington,
Price Administrator Elis Arnall
indicated the ‘government will
answer in several days the latest
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seroll will be the names of all
persons who buy tickets for the
‘affair.
T. M. Philpot told the gathering
of Russell well-wishers that “We
can’'t let this man down — he’s
done too much for all of us.” °
The plans for the dinner were
instigated when Erle Cocke of At
lanta called Athens to inquire
what Clarke county was doing for
Russell’s campaign. Malcolm Ains
worth, Cnamber of Commerce
secretary, opined at last night’s
meeting that Russell’s chances for
nomination were “excellent.”
“The only things they hold
against him,” he said, “is the fact
that he is a Southerner and a
bachelor.”
Further Plans
Plans were also made at the
meeting to contact and recruit aid
from out-lying towns such as
Comer, Crawford, and other
places.
Dinner Chairman Williams to
day expressed gratification over
the response and enthusiasm evi
denced at ine meeting and said he
felt sure that Clarke county will
do itself proud in showing its ap
preciation to Senator Russell for
his efforts in behalf of this section
during h*s entire public life.
Senatof Russell is credited with
with giving Congressman Paul
Brown a valuable assist in secur
ing for Athens a permanent Naval
Supply Training School, which
will bring hundreds of Navy per
sonnel to Athens and increase new
revenue in the city by several
millions of dollars yearly. Senator
Russell was in strategic position to
helql in this matter, Chairman
‘Williams pointed out, since he is
chairman of the Senate Armed
Forces Committee. .. '’ (1.1
ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1952,
Stassen’s Dramatic Vote Cha
Gives GOP Nomination To General
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July 11.—(AP)—
General Dwight D, Eisenhower today won the Republican
presidential nomination.
In a dramatie climax to a ding-dong fight with Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Eisenhower crashed through to the
GOP accolade on the first ballot.
On the rollcall, Eisenhower first recelved 598 votes to 502 for Taft,
But before the vote could be announced, Minnesota threw to the gene
eral 19 votes it had first given to Harold Stassen,
That put Ike across with 614 votes, It took 604 to nominate.
‘Texas and other states which had split their votes then began jump=
ing. It was a landslide in the end.
ROARING DEMONSTRATION
And this feuding, wrangling 25th Republican national convention
pulled itself together into a vociferous show of unity behind the five
star general with a roaring demonstration around and around this big
hall hard by the stockyards.
Rep. B. Carroll Reece, Southern campaign nranager for Taft, said:
“Of course I'm going to support the nominee but I feel Eisenhower's
managers should apologize to Seénator Taft for their conspiracy te
stigmatize him.” :
The convention floor was in an uproar at that point as state after
state rushed to toss its votes on the Eisenhower bandwagon.
Eisenhower himself was not in the hall. As custom dictates, he had
waited at his hotel while the convention’s rank and file decided whe
should lead their effort this year to break 20 years of Democratie
national rule.
With him waiting for the returns were Mrs. Eisenhower—Mamie to
the general—and three grandchildren, David, 4; Barbara Ann, 8, and
Susan, six months. They are children of his son, Major John Eisen
hower.
The balloting capped a week of maneuver in which Eisenhower's
strategists won the opening skirnrishes and exploited them to take the
grand prize.
The turning point had its beginnings in the pre-convention prelimi
naries of last week.
The long, ugly arguments over delegate contests —in which the
‘words ‘“steal,” “thief,” and even sironger were commonplace — had
their effect on many delegates, if not on the GOP national committee.
i It was Dewey, sitting in the strategy councils of Eisenhower back
;ers, who had much to do with Eisenhower’s final victory.
For the Taft forces, Dewey was the villain of this whole drama.
Their feeling toward him welled up in repeated boos when his name
was mentioned in this hall. :
It was demonstrated in handbills attacking Dewey as a mran who
twice took the GOP defeat and was now pulling the strings for Eisen
hower. g ? : ;
One of Eisenhower’s first tasks as the nominee will be to fry to
patch things up with the Taft forces.
The bitterness ran deep. But within minutes after his convention
victory, Eisenhower called on Taft at the Ohio senator’s downtown
hotel.
Even in the nominating speeches, as this convention moved to its
climax, there were repeated warnings from GOP stalwarts that the
Republican legions must close ranks if they hoped to win in November.
Moreover, whoever is elected president will have to reckon with
Taft. The Ohioan still will be in the Senate, sitting athwart Republican
legislative policy.
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Pennsylvania continues to argue with Walter Hallanan,
temporary chairman, after he returned to the conven
tion floor to cast his delegation’s vote in the Georgia
delegation dispute. Pennsylvania cast 52 of their 70
votes for the pro-Eisenhower faction in the Georgia dis
pute.— (NEA Telephoto.)
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University Backs Civil
Defense; Meets Tonight
Tate Offers Use
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The University of Georgia, real
izing the TIR ce oet
prepared for any eventuality, to
day threw its full support behind
the local Civil Defense program as
plans were completed for the big
public meeting tonight when
Ground Observation Post details
will be discussed in Civic Hall at
8 o'clock.
Co-ordinator of Civil Defense,
Mrs. Harold B. Hodgson today an
nounced that Dean William Tate
of the University has offered the
use of Meorial Hall as an observa
tion post and commented that it
will be an ideal one since it stands
in the open with visibility being
‘hampered very little by trees.
Emergency Hospitals
Dean Tate also tendered the use
of Stegeman Hall and eight other
University buildings for use as
emergency hospitals if, or when,
an attack Is made on critical tar
gets—Atlanta or Augusta. Both of
those cities are alredy classified
as critical targets, and when the
new Naval training school is es
tablished here, Athens will also
fall in that classification, But if
Athens does not suffer an attack,
even though it is in direct line be
tween Atlanta and Augusta, this
city will be expected to help take
care of the injured if either of
the other two is struck by bombs.
Mrs. Hodgson also said that air
raid sirens will be located at Fire
Station No. 3 on South Lumpkin
street and at Fire Station No. 1
in the business section. The si
rens are being readied for the
“enemy”’ air raid to come cne day
next week. Nobody in Athens has
been told what day the raid will
be staged, the direction from
which the planes will come, or the
time of the raid. This will be a
test of the local Ground Observa
{ion Post and also the cooperation
of the citizens and their obedience
to instructions covering the raid.
To Designate Shelters
Assistant Fire Chief O. H. Peel
er is chairman of the air raid
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the picture at right, Senator Taft is shown
as he paid a visit to another ‘“hopeful,”
Governor Earl Warren of California, at
the latter’s hotel headquarters, — (NEA
Telephoto.)
Read Dally by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Taft, fke Meet
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For First Time
CHICAGO, July 11 — (AP) —
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called
on Sen. Robert A. Taft today
shortly after his triumph over the
senator for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
General Eisenhower arrived at
| 1:05 under a police escort. He
stopped in the elevator while po
lice and Taft officials tried fran
tically to get the two together.
The path between the elevators
'and Taft's offices were solid with
people.
~ Eisenhower came out of the ele
vator after a few minutes wait
and was rushed through an office
by a large entourage. The gen
eral was serious as he entered
Taft's headquarters but flashed a
grin as a friend clasped his hand
and wrung it.
The meeting took place in Taft’s
private office where he had
watched by television the scene
of his defeat in his third try for
the nomination,
They came out of their private
conference at 1:15 p. m.
Taft appeared first with Eisen
hower behind him, They walked
side by side into the lobby of the
ninth floor. A party of about 40
or 50 persons stopped for a min
ute behind the two men.
Eisenhower and the senator
chatted amiably, both smiling
broadly as they posed together be
fore television cameras. What
they said, however, was general=-
ly lost in the -uproar.
“You'll win the election,” Taft
told the general at one point.
Finally a measure of quiet was
restored. Taft himself held up
his hand and pleaded for quiet.
“lI want to congratulate Gen.
Eisenhower on his nomination and
assure him I will do everything
possible for him in his campaign
and after he wins the eelction,”
Taft said.
Eisenhower, who had taken the
initiative in this dramatic bid to
heal party wounds, said he had
come across the street “to pay a
call of friendship on a very great
American.”
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and somewhat
warm today, tonight and Satur
day. Low tonight 67, high to
morrow 90. The sun sets today
at 7:47 and rises tomorrow at
5:30.
GEORGIA — Fair this after
noon, tonight and Saturday, ex
cept widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers in the extreme
south portion, a little warmer in
north portion.
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MOTIRE 5 e i i®
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00
Total since July 3., .. Jov 08
Deficit since Ju'y 1 .. .... 148
Average-July rainfall ~ .. 5.01
Total since January 1 .. ..26.77
Deficit since January 1 ... 1.59
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By RELMAN MO:gl
CHICAGO July 11 (AP)~The
great lungpower derby, a strange
tribal rite of Americans, howled
itself into exhaustion in the wee
hours this morning, having named
five men as choices for the highest
office in the land, -
For nearly eight hour&hlt
night and today, five ba of
Republicans made as much m
as they &osslbly could, They
most of the known instruments for
disturbing the peace, that is, eow
bells, whistles, sirens, a pipe or
gan, tin and wooden rattles, brass
bands, and not least of :h. thé
human voice.
History will never be able te
record which group racked up the
highest score in sore throats.
Mob-Scenes
Nor could you say which es the
five put on the best mob-scene in
the aisles, waving a forest of plac
ards, flipping flying saucers and
colored streamers into the alr, re
leasing ballons, capering, cavert
ing and having, generally, a high
old time.
There were governors, senators,
congressmen and worthy citisens,
men of standini,‘ in each of the
demonstrations. They wore strange
head dresses, Hawaiian leis, and
straw hats with slogang plastered
across the top. They hoisted m
ty, shrieking girls on their
lders, and banged each other in
the eye with placards.
Of the five spectacles—they are
carefully arrange by vice presi
dents in charge of spontaneous
demonstrations — there was some«
thing to be said for each.
Long Demonstrations
Those that launched Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio and Gen, Dwight
Eisenhower lasted longest and
made the most noise. No doubt
about that.
But the blue-and-gold riet
behalf of Gov, Earl Warren 73
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Family's Quting
HILLSBORO, Ala., July 11—
(AP)—A crowded small boat ears
rying two fathers and eight chil«
dren on the last trip of a family
outing capsized last night, drowne
ing six of those aboard.
The bodies of two adults and
four children were recovered from
the wide, shaliow waters of Mai<"
lard Creek, a backwater of the
Tennessee River,
All aboard were thrown into
water eight to 10 feet deep wher
the outboard motor craft capsized
150 yards {rom shore, Highway
Patrolman Roy Thomas reported,
Clung to Boat
Some of the victims and sur
vivors clung to the boat when it
bobbed back to the surface. James
Terry, 25, Decatur, Ala., Route 3,
tried to swim to safety, and down
ed only a few feet fronr shore.
A Decatur, Ga., father and his
son drowned while his two daugh
ters were rescued. Two Riverdale,
| Ga., brothers drowned. Terry's
son escaped. A Birmingham, Ala.,
girl drowned and her sister was
saved,
The Highway Patrol gave this
list of dead, in addition to Terry:
Anthony Ryan, about 4, and H. C.
Ryan, Jr., 8, brothers, Rouse 1,
Riverdale, Ga.
James H. Kenney, 29, and Phil
Kenney; 3, his son, Decatur, Ga.
Shirlean Fasterwood, 12, Bir
mingham, Ala.
’ Pulled from the water were
Bobby Easterwood, 9, Birming
ham; Phyllis Kenney, 9, and Carol
Kenney, 4, Decatur, Ga.; and 3-
year-old F.arry Terry, son of the
drowned man.
Condition Is Good
All of the survivors were ear
ried to a Decatur, Ala., elinie,
where they were listed In good
condition.
Kathleen Keller, 20, Vinemont,
Ala,, a member of the party, said
that when the adults finished fish
ing the chi'dren begged for & last
ride before going home.
Patrolman Thomas said the
crowded bcat apparently was eap
sized by a wave,
Horrified relatives and other
watchers on the landing could not
get a boat into the water imme
diately, Thomas said.
He reported that two unidenti
fied men jumped into the stream
and swam out to the boat, helping
the survivors remain afloat wunmtil
they could e brought to shere.
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