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ERNEST VANDIVER IS WORTHY
OF THE OFFICE HE SEEKS
(From the Augusta Chronicle)
In choosing their next lieutenant governor, Georgians
cannot afford to bestow this honor lightly on anyone
because the office, by all odds, is the second most im
portant in the state, and the man who fills it should be
thoroughly competent and able.
When the Georgia Constitution was revised in 1945,
a provision was made for a lieutenant governor, and the
office carries with it a lot of responsibility. If the gover
nor should die or be removed from office, the lieutenant
governor would then be the chief executive. In his own
right he presides over the Senate, and appoints important
committees.
His office then is comparable to that of vice president
of the United States on the state level.
The Chronicle has looked into the records of the
four men seeking this important office. We have judged
them on the basis of their past records and backgrounds
with an eye always to future performances, and we have
come to the conclusion that the candidate best fitted for
the job is Ernest Vandiver, until recently the adjutant
general of Georgia.
Although still a young man at 36 Mr. Vandiver has
a record of leadership and public service which would
do credit to one much .more advanced in years. He has
demonstrated these remarkable qualities of leadership
from early youth. While at the University of Georgia,
where he received his A.B. and L.L.B. degrees, he was
chosen to serve as president of five varied societies, fra
ternities and was elected a member of nine additional
ones.
He was honored by being elected the youngest mayor
to ever serve his home town of Lavonia. Immediately be
fore his mayoral term he served with valor as a pilot in
the Army Air Force during World War 11.
His administrative and executive talents were dem
onstrated to the fullest degree when, in the dual capacity
as adjutant general and director of civilian defense for
Georgia, he directed the program of defense in this state
in a manner which excited the admiration of both the
National Defense Office and the Army Air Force. It was
not just by happenstance that Georgia’s civilian defense
program was singled out for praise by the national direc
tor of civilian defense as one of the most efficiently or
ganized in the nation.
Ernest Vandiver would bring to the lieutenant gov
ernor’s office a capacity for leadership, youthful enthusi
asm, and an aggressiveness which we need badly in gov
ernment circles. These qualities, as well as his intellec
tual honesty, should have an enormous appeal to the
We Need Iris Blitch In Congress
AND HERE ARE THE FACTS WHY — READ THIS.
You elected and expected to pay for only one Repre
sentative to Congress. FIVE members of the Wheeler
family are on or have been on his Congressional payroll.
There may be others who are related to him but ha»e
different names. Here are the FIVE that I KNOW are
closely related to him:
Amount
1. Rosalind M. Wheeler $2,398.70
2. Aubee L. Wheeler 893.20
3. Elmore Wheeler 889.10
4. Ledley D. Wheeler 21,9 15.37
5. Glenda R.* Wheeler 7JJ280
GRAND TOTAL $33,239.17
This information is copied directly from the payroll
record of the House of Representatives.
Wheeler Is An ABSENTEE Congressman!
Just since January 1950, he has failed to vote 12»
times. But his worst Record of Absenteeism occurred this
year. Out of 75 YEA AND NAY ROLL CALL VOTES. 2 E
DID NOT VOTE 41 TIMES.
Wheeler Has Failed the Farmers!
He has failed to vote on Farm Price Supports 3 times
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE NAHUNTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1954
people of Georgia
This newspaper has no hesitancy in endorsing Ernest
Vandiver whom we consider to be' the best-qualified
man in the race for lieutanant governor.
—Augusta Chronicle.
PERSONALS
Sidney Highsmith, who is visit
ing his father, J. Morris Highsmith,
spent a week in the hospital under
treatment for fever. He is rapidly
recuperating and will return to
New York where he is employed.
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith returned
Fridhy from a vacation trip to the
mountains of North Carolina. She
was escorted on the trip by rela
tives; Mrs. T. G. Ritch and Mrs.
J. H. Sullivan and her daughter,
Jan of Jesup and Mrs. Cleve Abbott
of Brunswick. Asheville, Hender
sonville, Cherokee and Waynesville,
N.C., were some of the points of
interest they visited.
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Middleton
and two children of St. Simons Is
land spent last week with their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Middle
ton.
Mrs. Ann Wildes of Washington,
D.C. is spending this week with her
sister. Mrs. R. D. Thomas. Chason
Upton of Jacksonville and Mrs.
Glenn F. Thomas of Brunswick
spent Wednesday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thomas.
Rev. Robert Varnedore of Alma,
Ga., will preach for the morning
and evening services at the Hor
tense Memorial Church on Sunday
Sept. 5. Services will be held at
eleven o’clock in the morning and
at eight P.M.
IF YOU WANT AN HONEST
NATIVE GEORGIAN FOR
STATE TREASURER
VOTE FOR
C. F. SWINT
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SEPT. 8, 1954
Many Thanks For Your Vote.
since he has been a member of the Agriculture Committee.
On June 21, 1950, on June 30, 1950, and again on January
27, 1954, this year. (From the Congressional Record, pages
9134, 8655 and 864.)
He voted against farm market facilities on Sept. 26,
1951. (Congressional Record, page 12184.) He voted twice
against control of Commodity Markets, which resulted in
letting speculators fleece the farmer of his hard-earned
dollars. (August 10, 1950^ Congressional Record, Page
12426 and July 20, 1951, Congressional Record 8616.)
Wheeler Also Failed the Veterans!
He was ABSENT from Congress during the trying
period of the first three weeks of the Korean War, when
our men were being wounded and were dying; and being
pushed into the sea!
On August 17, 1951, he was ABSENT to vote for an
increase in veterans pensions. (Congressional Record
10293.)
On Feb. 19, 1953, he was ABSENT to vote to increase
appropriations for Veterans Hospitals. (Congressional
Record 1327.)
Wheeler Has Failed Us on R.E.A.
He says he has NEVER VOTED AGAINST R. E. A.
This is an untruth. On May 2, 1951, he voted FIVE TIMES
against R.E.A. (Congressional Record 4749, 4752, 4753,
4754, 4755.) On April 28, 1953, he voted against R.E.A.
(Congressional Record CR 4110.) Six times in all!
By voting against these bills, our Congressman CUT
THE HEART OUT OF R.E.A.
WHO IS HE REPRESENTING?
Wheeler is serving special interest groups who say it
is socialism to help the average people of the country. Yet
their sole purpose is to milk the country dry for themselves.
Wheeler has voted for High Tariffs.
He has voted for exempting natural gas producers
from regulation by the Federal Power Commission, which
would cost consumers SIOO million a year.
LISTEN TO THIS: On June 11, this vear, Wheeler
VOTED FOR the general tax revision bill which gives tre
mendous relief for the few and practically none to the
millions of small taxpayers throughout the. nation!
This Is Why We Need Iris Blitch in Congress
Iris Blitch is the wife of B. E. Blitch, Homerville Drug
gist and Farmer. They have two grown children, Betty
and Brooks.
Iris has always been interested in governmental af
fairs. She has served the Democratic Party ably as Geor
gia’s Democratic National Committee Woman.
She has served two terms in the Georgia State Senate,
and one term in Georgia’s House of Representatives. Sho
has been a member of many important committees. In the
Georgia House, she was chairman of the Public Property
Nahunta Post Office
To Close on Monday
The Nahunta post office will be
closed on Labor Day, next Monday,
Sept. 6, it is announced by post
master Parker. Dodge.
Labor Day is a national holiday
and the postal employees, includ
ing carriers, will take a holiday
Monday.
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Committee.
Although she is the only woman member of the
Senate, she is chairman of the State of the Republic Com
mittee which is considered by many to be the most power
ful committee in the Senate, as all administration bills are
handled by this committee.
Iris Blitch has never lost a single bill she sponsored or
helped with, and there have been scores of them. Among
which are the following:
1. The State Soil Conservation Act.
2. Rural Telephone Act.
3. State Livestock Authority.
4. Jekyll Island Authority (which she wrote.)
5. Free Bridge Authority (which she wrote.)
(This bill has been called the best authority act in
the nation. The bonds for it sell at a cheaper interest rate
than the bonds of any other state authority. Contracts for
new bridges are being let all over the state, and soon
Georgia will be rid of the old, worn-out bridges we now
have.)
k- ^ rea ^ on °f present Tl ighway Board of Georgia,
which has paved far more re ?ds than any previous Board
in our history.
7. The Minimum F und : on Program of Education.
8. Peace Officers P 'l.
9. Revision of the : ate \ eterans Service Act, which
has made Georgia one of the 'eading states in the nation
in participation of veterans nefits
10. Licensing of Pia ileal Nurses.
If.'Creation of Dept, ol Commerce which has brought
more industry and tourists to Georgia than at any other
period in our history.- • . .
12. the State nti-G aunist Act
14' m! 1 ® ^ e ^ r egation / mendment.
is mu Commission for Education Act.
„• ic i 1 *°. res V'y Act which has brought Geor
g a f om -±6th Place in the nation to first in the number
Cn™kfm C ° Vere( L by fire P^ection, and many others.
bXTnfte presen t Congressmans’ attitude of diV
° her . llsted accomplishments, Mrs. Blitch has said:
I pcißlaturp 6 Thn° secre t to having achieved so much in the
nponln Li' neces sary in representing the
PRE SENT and on the job at all times.
ALL OVER THE EIGHTH DISTRICT
ITS IRIS BLITCH FOR CONGRESS!
THIS MESSAGE AUTHORIZED BY IRIS BLITCH AND
PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF IRIS BLITCH
IN BRANTLEY COUNTY.
Nahunta, Ga.
