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DAILY MEDITATIONS
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m Helly Heights Chapel.
A. F. Pledger,
The Lord is not slack comcerning his promise,
a 5 some men count slackness, but is long suffer
ing to us ward, not willing that any sheuld
perish, but that all sheuld come so repentance.—
2ad Peter 3:9.
Presidential Preference
.
Primary Needed
BY ROSCOE DRUMMOND
Chief, Washington News Bureau of
The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON.—Nothing that happened at the
Republican National Convention makes it any less
imperative that some better, fairer, surer method
be devised for choecsing delegates who represent
voter opinion.
Much that happened at this convention makes it
doubly imperative, in the interests of democratic
process and in the interests of the Republican
Party, that some very considerable. reform be car
ried out before it is too late once again, four years
hence.
The two objectives of this reform must be:
To put an end to those political conditions within
the GOP in the South which in convention after
convention produce dubiously selected delegates
representing nothing more than a tightly controlled
undemocratic, closed-door party organization.
To extend the systemr of state preferential pri
maries and, if possible, to develop a truly national
presidential primary which 'would make certain
that voter opinion will be fully and authoritatively
expressed at the conventions — instead of being
accidentally and incidentally expressed as now.
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Yes, in my judgment, the Republican convention
did ultimately yield to voter demand, but it was
always uncertain, it was a narrow squeak, and that
is no way to run a demoeracy.
General Eisenhower finally could call it a “peo
ples’ convention,” but it did not look so for a while,
and luck at a lottery is no justification for a lottery.
What a sorry exhibit for the Republican Party to
televise its credentials hearings with lawyer after
lawyer, delegate after delegate taking the stand to
accuse the other of political theft, vote-stealing and
high-handed denial of the rights of the voters,
And what a disservice to the party to force the
convention into the position of having to reverse its
credentials committee for the first time in modern
political history and to reject—besides those already
rejected by the committee — 39 delegates on the
ground that they were rump convention impostors,
and seat 39 others in their place.
The only way I know to eradicate these condi
tions effectively and make the conventions truly
responsive to voter opinion is by a national advis
ory preconvention primary. Since the whole theme
of Genera! Eisenhower’s campaign for the nomina
tion was based on the idea that public opinion
should be given free play, it would be reasonable
to expect that, if he is elected President, he would
support such & move, N
Already the Democrats ire getting the jump on
the GOP by proposing to include in their 1952 plat
form a commitment to support a national presiden
tial primary as a matter of party policy. Two Dem
ocratic Presidents, Woodrow Wilson and Harry
Truman, have endorsed such a reform and now 18
Democratic senators and 35 Democratic representa
tives are petitioning the lesolutions committee,
meeting in Chicago, to include it in the platiorm
now being written.
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Sepator Paul Douglas of lilinois, Senator George
Snrathers of Florida and Representative Charles
Bennett of Florida put their appeal in these words:
“We believe that the inclusion of a nationwide
presidential-primary plank in the Democratic
Party Platform will serve as an answer to the back
room dealing and bargain hunting of a small group
of political leaders and to the other glaring imper
fections in the present nominating procedure.
“These have been underlined by the disgraceful
events in & number of states revealed at the Repub
lican eonvention and could, of course, be repeated
in any party’s nominating procedures.
“A large majority of the people of this country
properly demand immediate reforms. A national
presidential primary would be a significant move
to prevent such future disgraces.”
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Whoa, there, Democrats, don’t be too virtuous in
your condemnation of the “disgraces” of the Repub
lican convention. You may shortly ‘trip over the
reins which may have the donkey so tightly tied to
his stall that he can neither see nor be free to go
where the Democratic voters want him to go.
What was most significant about the Republican
convention was not that “disgraceful” actions pre
ceded it, but that these actions were corrected and
that it did respond conclusively to Republican voter
opinion,
The several state Democratic primmaries this year
have also been a parody on what real preferential
primaries should be. Rarely did the principal Dem
ocratic contenders oppose each other in the same
primary. Senator Kefauver beat Senator Kerr in
Nebraska and Senator Russell beat Senator Kefau
ver in Florida, and Senator Kefauver won unoppos
ed several times.
Democratie voters have had mighty little to say
about picking the delegates to their Chicago con
vention. It deesn’t look much like a “people’s con
vention” from this distance, 1t looks more like an
other “pelitician’s convention” right now,
I'm afrzid wnlawful remance will always be with
us—TV getress Rosemary LaPlanche, Miss Amer
ica in 1941,
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All-Out Accord On Bonn Pact
Is Must For Freedom’s Cause
The session of the U. S. Senate does not have
too many solid accomplishments to its credit. But it
can be justly proud of two milestones in foreign
policy: the approval of the Japanese peace treaty
and the German peace contract.
Knowing well that Western Germany, Britain and
France, the other signatories to the German pact,
are keenly attuned to U. S. attitudes, the Senate
acted with admirable speed to set an example to
those countries.
At the same tinre, it approved the extension of
the North Atlantic pect to embrace Western Ger
many and thus knit into a tighter fabric the whole
anti-Communist bloc in Europe.
The American governmeni has now done its part
in the historic effort to bring Germany into the
family of free nations and to keep that country’s
industrial might out of Russian grasp. Significant
as this victory is, however, it is still the easiest part
of the battle.
When France begins parliamentary consideration
of the Bonn pact, all the old French fears of Ger
many will rise to the surface. It will not be easy to
sell the average Frenchman on the idea that the
way to cope with Germrany's strength is to combine
with it in free association.
The hurdles will not be any lower in Britain.
There the Labor government’s recent flurry over
our bombing of power plarits near the Yalu in
North Korea are a tip-off.
The Laborites believe that German unity takes
precedence over all other issues involving that
country, and that rearmament and linking of Bonn
with NATO represent a damaging setback for the
cause of unity,
It will be Winston Churckill’s task to convince
Britain that unity with Communist East Germany
is hopeless at this time, and that the only safety for
the Western World lies in the firm ties between
West Germany and the other free countries,
Lastly, Germany itself is a stiff obstacle. Kurt
Schumracher’s Socialists are dead set against all
proposed peace and defense agreements, Here Ger
man natiopalism is the force
Schumacher and other opponents of Chancelior
Adenauer believe he has not exacted engugh of a
price for Germany’s cooperation. They want greaser
independence and statures 5
Yet in all these cases it is imperative that the
proposed paets be ratified and made a reality. Free
dom might well hinge on Germany having a useful
and respected role in the Western community. We
have shown the way. The others must follow.
Conventions Tend so Cover Up
Importance of Steel Strike
Three months ago President Truman thought the
steel strike was so serious he seized the steel com
panies. The U. S. flag flew at mill gates, and work
ers went back to their jobs. Then the Supreme Court
said the seizure was wrong, gave the mills back to
their owners, and workers went out on strike
geain.
Today the rust of the idle steel mills was spread
ing far into the rest of the nation’s economy, and
the Office of Defense Mobilization has warned the
strike had “wiped out virtually all the gain so far
from the expansion program that has been under
way since Korea.”
But in Washington, it was as if in ruling that the
seizure was illegal, the Supreme Court had also
ruled there was no emergency.
President Truman turned a deaf ear to proposals
that he use the Taft-Hartley law and accused the
steel companies of “conspiracy against the public
interest.”
The ClO-United Steelworkers snatched at the ac
cusation and used it as the basis of NLRB charges
against the companies—ironically, under the provis
ions of the sanre Taft-Hartley law Truman wouldn’t
use.
The administration apparently has the idea it can
safely nap in a rocking chair because nobody is
going to pay much attention to an emergency while
all that July politickin’ is going on in Chicago.
The administration might be in for a shock if the
nation comes out of the convention smoke and finds
itself suddenly running short of automobiles, tin
cans, washing machines—and, even worse, ammuni
tion, tanks and military aircraft.
Hungry For News
For another strike .with different implications,
take a look up in the northwest at Tacorma, Wash.,
where there hadn’'t been an issue of the city’s only
paper, the News-Tribune, since the pressmen
walked out nearly three months ago.
Tacomans, hungry for the printed word, eagerly
snatched up an eight-page daily put out by idled
newsmen, but there were only 11,000 copies for
80,000 readers. And there were no ads. Without the
printed page to tell readers what was on the
shelves, business in Tacoma stores fell off as much
as 35 percent,
In its enforced idleness, the News-Tribune made
dramatic proof that newspapers are just as vital to
community life as they ever were, despite all the
claims of radio and television.
I stand at the (race track) paddock and as the
horses come out I speak French. I bet on the Liorse
that looks up.—Movie actress Corinne Calvet.
She (Mrs. Matthew Ridgway) will show the
French what a real American woman looks like.—
Paris fashion expert Pierre Balnmmin,
Grandiather used to say the greatest singing les
sons a girl can get is to listen to those who sing
from the heart.—Singer Rosemary Clooney.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
Waycross Ready
For Big Premier
WAYCROSS, July l?—-iAP)..
A talented segment of H ood
shifted to Georgia Wednesday for
the world premiere of the &M
Okefenckee Swung thriller,
of the Wilderness.
The 20th Century-Fox techni
color film based on Vereen Bell's
novel “Swamp Water” was filmed
in the great swamp near here last
fall. It was shown here Wednes
day, climaxing a day of festivities,
and in Atlanta today.
Representing Hollywood are two
of the movie’s stars, the veteran
Walter Brennan and Jeffrey
Hunter, along with vivacious
dark-eyed Mrs.™ Brennan and
blonde Anne Francis. They ar
rived in Atlanta yesterday and
continued to Waycross today by
plane.
Waycross and Atlanta were sup
posed to share the premiere but
this city got the jump by adopting
“Okefenckee Swamp midnight
saving time” to advance the show
ing to 9:30 p. m. today. 3
Waycross went all out to make
its third world premiere in less
than 16 months its greatest. By
all tokens, the celebration will
surpass those put on for “Land of
the Trembling Earth” in January,
“Queen for a Day” in 1951 and
“Swamp Water,” the first adap
tation from the Bell novel, in
1941,
For the big event, an uptown
section was transformed into a
simulated swampland. On the pro
gram were a mammoth afternoon
parade, a swamp dinner with rat
tlesnake salad, bear steak and al
ligator tail filet, and Okefenokee
jubilee, a street dance and a
wildlife show.
Civil Service
Has Posts Open
The Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners for the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga,
is announcing examinations for
probational appointment to posi
tions of Farm Management Super
visor, and Home Méanagemen?
Supervisor (Home Economics),
for duty in the Farmers Home Ad
ministration of the Department of
Agriculture, in the states of Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Mississip
pi, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands. .
These positions offer a challeng
ing career to ambitious college
graduates in agriculture fields and
‘home economics. Most of the po
sitions have entrance salaries of
$3410 a year, and are located in
&m seats. A FARM BACK
GROUND is a requirement for
these positions.
For complete information and
forms to file, see Examination
Announcement No. 5-83-1-1952,
for positions of Farm Manage
ment Supervisor, or Announce
ment No. 5-83-2-1952, for posi=
tions of Home Management Su
pervisor (Home Economics),
which may be secured from the
Commission’s Secretary at most
First-, and Second-Class post of
fices in the above mentioned
states; the U. S. Civil Service Re
gional Office at Atlanta, Georgia,
or New Orleans, Louisiana or the
Executive Secretary, Board of U.
S. Civil Service Examiners, De
partment of Agriculture, Room
322, Peachtree-7th Building, 50
Seventh St., N. E. Atlanta 35,
Georgia, with application forms
mst be filed.
AUTOMOTIVE HINT
Because of inadeguate distribu
tion during the warm-up period
the use of too heavy an oil, rather
than one too light, often is re
sponsible for worn cylinder blocks.
GROUND-DWELLER
The mammoth did not get its
name because of its enormous size.
Siberian peasants called the ani
mal a *“mamantu” of ground
dweller, because they had never
seen any such creature on earth
and supposed it to be a burrowing
animal, since its bones were found
in the ground.
Kidney Slow-Down
May Bring
Restless Nights
When kidney funetion slows down, many
folks complain of nagging backache, head
aches, dizziness and loss of pep and energy.
Don’t suffer restless nights with these dis
comforts if reduced kidney function is get
ting you down—due to such common causes
as stress and strain, over-exertion or expo
sure to cold. Minor bladder irritations due
to eold or wrong diet may cause getting up
nights or frequent passages.
Don’t neglect your kidneys if these condi
tions bother you. Try Doan’s Pills—a mild
diuretic. Used successfully by millions for
over 50 years. It's amazing how many times
Doan’s give happy relief from these discom
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Railroad Schedules
SEABOARD AIRLINE RY.
Arrival and Departure of Traims
Athens, Georgia
Leave for Eiberton, Hamlet and
New York and East—
-3:30 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
8:48 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and
East—
-12:15 a. m.—(Local).
Leave for Atlanta, South and
West—
-5:45 a. m.—Air Conditioned.
4:30 a. m.—(Local).
2:57 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
° RAILROAD
Arrives Athens (Daily, Except
Sunday) 12:35 p. m.
Leaves Athens (Daily, Except
Sunday) 4:15 p. m.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Mixed Trains,
Week Day Only
Train No. 51 Arrives 9:00 & m
Irain No. 80 Departs 7:00 p. m
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