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eljc Atlanta Sri-WtWjj VOL. XXII. NO. 94. GEORGIA CONTEST IS BEFORE NATIONAL COMMITTEE Bryans Hardest Fight Awaits Him at Frisco COMMONER FACES STRONG LINEUP IN CONVENTION FIGHT Administration’s Machinery and Spokesmen Are Ready for the Expected Assault of the Nebraskan SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Wil liam Jennings Bryan arriving here today faces one of the hardest fights of his career to wrest from the ad ministration control of the Demo cratic national convention. The convention as at present or ganized is practicalyl soli din charge of the friends of President Wilson, and the program is to put it on rec ord as indorsing the executive’s pol icies, particularly the League of Na tions, and to go into the campaign on that issue. Mr. Bryan is believed to be de termined to break up this control, prevent the convention from flatly Indorsing the league and making the race on President Wilson’s record, and to inject a number of new is sues into the situation. When he steps from the train in San Francisco this afternoon, however, he will find his opponents, who have been on the ground for two weeks, apparently “sitting pretty” and confident, that the commoner’s eleventh-hour arrival will not seriously annoy them. Administration’s Program The convention situation today is this: The temporary chairman will be Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the national committee, -whose resig nation Mr. Bryan demanded several months ago. Mr. Cummings has a key note speech, applauding the record of the administration, it is under stood, and putting forward the league issue. The permanent chaJrmanship is scheduled to go to Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state, who was appoint ed by President Wilson after he practically removed Robert Lansing because he disagreed with the exec utive. Mr. Colby is now on his way here from Washington, and if elected he is expected to make an extem poraneous speech, which will amount to a statement from the president to the convention. Chairmanship of the' important committee on resolutions, which will frame tha platform, is scheduled to go to Senator Carter Glass, of Vin ginia, who is now on the ground with the League of Nations plat from plank adopted by the Virginia state convention and approved by the president, as a model for the one he wants to go into the national platform. Bryan’s Platform Into this situation comes Mr. Bry an. Administration leaders are so confident that he will be impotent that they are inclined te laugh at any possibility of his changing the existing order. But the Commoner is expected to get into speedy touch with leaders who are against the administration program and en deavor to organize an effective op position. It is understood that Mr. Bryan has some platform planks of his own, including one for government control of railroads and one for a national network of good roads, and while not desiring the convention to go on record agaipstjthe League of Nations, he probably will advocate i “middle course” plank that would push that issue into the background Clarksville, Tenn., and Other Census Figures Announced by Bureau WASHINGTON, June 25.—The census bureau today announced the following population figures: Clarksville, Tenn., 8,110, decrease i3B, or .5.1 per cent; Fall River, Mass., 120,485, increase 1,190, or 1 9 Jer cent; Grand Rapids, Mich., 137,- >34, increase 25,063, or 22.3 per cent; heading, Pa., 107,784, increase 11,- 13, or 12.2 per cent; Vincennes, Ind., 17,210, increase 2,315, or 15.5 per :ent; Leominster Mass, 19,745, in irease 2,165, or 12.3 per cent; At leboro, Mass., 19,731, increase 3,516, »r 21.7 per cent; Methuen, Mass.. L5,18t, increase 3,741, nr 32.7 per :ent; Cumberland, R. 1., 10,077, de irease 30, or .3 per e»nt; Donora. J a., 14,131, increase 5.5'7, or 72.9 >er cent. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 'ourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re ently gave out the following state sent: “I had suffered with Fits Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors nd medicine did me no good. It eemed that I was beyond all hope f relief, when at last I secured a reparation that cured me sound and Fell. Over 10 years have passed nd the attacks have not returned. I rish every one who suffers from this emble disease would write R. P. N. <epso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee. Vis., and ask for a bottle of the ame kind of medicine which he gave le. He has generously promised to end it prepaid, free to any one who nites him.”—(Advt.) WOMEN AID POLICE IN ELWELL CASE. Friends of the murdered society gambler, turf man and bridge whist expert, Joseph B. Elwell, are giving police great assistance in their hunt for the slayer who shot him to death in his apartment. Miss Beatrice Tremaine (right), a dress model employed by Lucille, says: “Joe Elwell was one of the finest men who ever lived.” A letter showed her acquaintance with Elwell, but she had not seen him recently, she said. Mrs. Viola Kraus left, with whom Elwell attended a dinner party *the night before he was murdered and with whom he had an engagement to play golf the following* day, has given detectives valuable in formation. Deputy Dooling says that there is not the slightest evidence involving Mrs. Kraus in any intrigue with Elwell. Below’ is, Mrs. La Verne Davies, another girl said to have been a friend of Elwell, from whom the police hope to obtain m ore information that may help them in their in vestigation. MW 9 -J « ff99u!9H UNION LEADERS . EXPRESS FEAR OF TRAFFIC TIEUP CHICAGO, June 25. —Heads of fif ten railway men’s organizations in conference today declared the rail situation the most menacing they had ben called upon t 6 face since the war and expressed doubt of their ability to preX’ent complete “paraly sis of transportation unless they are given co-operation by the railway labor board now considering wage demands. “The men have reached the break ing point in patience,” declared W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of the board, isued a statement in which he said the wage decision would be made as soon as possible, but in justice to the roads, workers and the public, proper deliberation must be had. W. N. Doak, vice president of the railway trainmen’s organization, de clared the board had demonstrated the futility of such methods of est tling wage disputes. “The board members are sitting as advocates,” he said, "instead of as judges.” Dee Blames Wilson W. G. Lee, president of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen and spokesman for the union leaders, laid responsibility for the present situation at the door of President Wilson in a statement issued before the meeting opened. Mr. Lee charged that the president had permitted the railway adminis tration “to dally along” for nearly a year after the men presented their demands, and that it took the presi dent forty days to appoint the rail way labor board after the Esch-Cum mings bill authorizing it had be come law. “We are her to discuss some way. of avoiding the danger because of the government’s delay in passing on our wage demands,” Mr. Lee said. “Unless immediate action is .taken we fear the transportation system will be paralyzed. We don’t know why there should be any longer de lay by the railroad board. Every pressure possible has been brought to bear to get a decision. “One of the biggest dangers to be faced now is the one big union idea, propagarida of whic his responsible for the sporadic strikes now going on. It is up to the powers to decide whether they want the one big union idea, which caused strife in 1894, or whether they want the strong, sane organizations which have kept the men in a reasonable mood for many years.” Mr. Lee denied that the unions were planning to call a general strike to force a speedy decision by the wage board. Board Besents Criticism Meantime the labor board is hur rying its efforts to reach a decision. Board members believe they are be ing made the “goat” for past blund ers and are said to highly resent de mands that they rush a decision. One member pointed out that the government had had more than a year to deal with the workers’ de mands and had been unable to do anything. “Now, after holding hearings for six weeks, we are expected to study the data presented and then agree on a decision -in a few days,” he said. “We have about 100 questions to be dealt with and they can’t be dis posed of i na few weeks.” Chairman Barton admitted today he had wired President Wilson an answer to his telegram, urging an early decision, but refused to say > what its contents were. O' J* r \ 9L j SNIPERS ACTIVE, SOLDIER KILLED : IN LONDONDERRY LONDON, June 25.—Snipers were busy in Londonderry during the ■ night, according to a Central News dispatch from that city. Troops fired on disorderly elements several times, and also dispersed looters. At about midnight the firing became so intense that the searchlight on the destroyer anchored in the harbor was turned on the city in an endeavor to locate the men engaged in the fight ing. i A former soldier named Austin was | killed while crossing a street. MAN MURDERED, HOMES DESTROYED NEAR BANTRY I BANTRY, County Cork, Ireland. I i June 25.—What twas apparently a > ■ concentrated series of outrages ■ ! against Sinn Feiners occurred here ■ last night, one death and the burn- ; j ing of several homes and supplies 1 resulting. Cornelius Crowley. 20 years old. | was shot dead in bed by a group of masked men who later set fire to the shop and dwelling of a local mer chant. Broth Crowley and the mer chant were reputed to be prominent in Sinn Fein circles. Three other houses were broken into and threats of shooting made against the occupants. One of these houses was destroyed and two were ; damaged by fire. Bill Would Punish Those Giving False Information to Press ' ! With the idea of affording protec ’ | tion to the newspapers and to the j general public of Georgia, Represen ? . tative John Y. Smith, of Fulton, will > introduce next week in the house a s bill making it a misdemeanor for any person to furnish false informa tion to a newspaper. Mr. Smith on Friday morning in dicated his Intention to put the bill . j into the legislative hopper early next . ; week and vigorously to fellow it . through committee for consideration I I by the full house. , I It is understood that the need for ' ' such legislation has been emphasized I L i recently by the fact that various i . , newspapers throughout th,e state ( j have been imposed upon by unscru- I pulous persons prompted by motives i of revenge. Instances have occurred ■ ■ within the last two weeks where r I false announcements of marriages ;; and engagements have been furnished ' to newspapers and in one case nota ' i bly, that of a young lady in Dublin. j Ga., the publication of such an an ’ I nouncement is alleged to have caused ' ■ her to commit suicide. | Mr. Smith’s bill is expected to re ’ i ceive the solid support of both 1 I branches of the legislature, as favor i i able expressions were heard Friday r j by all members to whom the sub ject was mentioned. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1920. Wi -.- <• i. >. / -' : 'u / J : ' • ’ z R”. . ' SPLIT REPORT ON PROHI QUESTION IS LIKELY AT FRISCO BY DAVID LAWBENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlant- Journal.) SAN FRANCISCd, June 25.—The majority report of the platform committee of the Democratic na tional convention will declare for the enforcement of the prohibition amendment as the lav.’ of the land. Senator Glass, chairman of the resolutions committee, is a dry, but m’ore than that he believes in re specting constitutional amendments. There will be a - minority report fa voring. a modification of the • Vol stead law so as to provide a liberal Interpretation of the eighteenth amendment -not inconsistent with its meaning as laid down by the su preme court /of the United States. The details have not been worked out, but asking congress to fix a percentage of alcohol to be used in light wines and beer that could come within the category of non intoxicating beverages is one of the . suggestions being made while i others would adopt a simple resolu tion commending President Wilson 1 for his veto of the Volsted act. With respect to the Irish ques- I tion omitted by the Republican con i vention, there will be a plank on , the subject here. The approach to I the problem that is being most dis cussed is one not merely sympathiz ing with the aspirations of people struggling for liberty and inde pendence, but concretely pledging the next chief executive, if he be a Democrat, to invoke article eleven of the covenant of the League of Nations .in behalf of Ireland. If America becomes a member of the league she would be able, under that article to draw to the atten tion of the league or any member of it the distressing situation in Ire land. It would not be possible for England to resent officially the en trance of the United States into the forum as a champion of the cause of Ireland because article eleven says it is “the friendly right” of any nation to call attention to any mat ter affecting the good understand ing between nations* President Wilson has again and again referred to article eleven in his public speeches and in his answers to queries from Irish so cieties, but has never gone so far as to pledge himself to invoke ar ticle eleven in behalf of Ireland. This, it is pointed out, a convention and platform can do. It would be a pledge to take up the matter of Irish self-determination in an offi cial way with Great Britain through the medium of .the league. The i plan is meeting with the favor of j many members of the resolutions | committee. i HEALS TrOMACFfROU : BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64. Milwaukee. Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) Assembly May Divert Motor Taxes to Relieve Shortage in the Treasury Two Bills Introduced in State Legislature to Help Tide Over Temporary Fi nancial Stringency Both branches of the state legisla ture held short sessions Friday morn ing, devoted chiefly to the introduc tion of new bills. They adjourned. shortly before noon, to meet again at 10 o’clock Monday morning. Efforts to relieve the temporary financial stringency of the state treasury took definite form with the introduction in the house by Repre sentative George Carsw’ell, of Wilkin son, of two bills providing for the di version of the motor vehicle license tax fund into the general treasury and the replacement of this fund from the ad valorem tax revenues before December 20, 1920. The introduction of these two bills had been previously«indicated by Mr. Carswell, who is chairman of the house appropriations committee, in a speech delivered on the opening day of the 1920 session. Under the present statute the mo tor vehicle lidbnse tax fund is main tained separate and apart from the general funds of the state, to be used only for the construction of good roads under the direction of the state highway commission. Mr. Carswell’s bills proposes that this fund, which amounts to about 81,700,000, shall be used to liquidate appropriations to various state de partments and institutions now re maining unpaid. He also proposes to use a part of this fund to meet the general expenses of the state, in view of the 'shortage of funds in the state treasury and the pressing necessity for additional finances to tide things over until fall, when the great bulk of -the ad valorem tax money is paid in. Under the provisions of the com panion bill, the full amount of the motor vehicle license tax fund divert ed for these purposes would be re placed by December 20, 1920, to be held for the original purposes for which the fund was created. While it is anticipated that con siderable opposition will be mani fested in certain quarters, leaders in the house predicted Friday morning that both bills would pass by a large majority. Mr. Carsw’ell has given notice that he will press both meas ures vigorously and secure early consideration both in committee and before the house. Directly along this line and with a view’ to ascertaining the exact fi nancial status of the treasury, the house adopted Friday a concurrent resolution introduced by Mr. Moye, of Randolph, providing for the ap pointment of a joint committee to investigate the financial condition of the state relative to the existence of a casual deficiency. The members of this committee will be the speaker of the house, th# president of the senate, the chairmen and the vice chairmen of the appropriations com mittees of both houses, the comp troller general, the state treasurer, the secretary of state and the gov ernor. The committee is charged with the duty of making ap immediate inves tigation, and if a casual deficiency is found of making'recommendations to the general assembly as to the best method of obtaining relief. After passing two or three local bills and permitting the introduc tion of aoout twenty-five or thirty new measures, the house adjourned at 11:15 o’clock until Monday morning at 11 o’clock, Central time. Announcement has been made that on Tueday afternoon a public hear ing will be held on the tax revision measures before the w r ays and means committee of the house. These two bills, introduced by Mr. Arnold, of Clay, after submission by the state tax commission, which held public hearings in various Sections of the tate, were tentatively considered last year and have now reached their third reading in the house. At the request of Mr Arnold, however, they have been recommitted to the W’ays and means committee for further consideraton. Mr. Rogers, of Elbert, has been somewhat embarrassed by a pub i lished error in regard to his bill amending the motor vehicle license tax act. He has introduced a meas ure fixing the license tax on cars with not more than twenty-three horse-pow T er at $5 instead of the present tax of $11.25, but by inad vertance it w’as published as $25. His measure also provides a tax of 30 cents per horse-power for each horse power in excess of twenty-three. Bills Passed The following bills were passed by the house: By Mr. Tankersley, of Irwin —To pay SBO to Mrs. D. W. Pope on ac count of pension to the late Mrs. S. C. Faulkner. By the Floyd delegation—To pro vide a pension for Mrs. Francis Shores, of Floyd county. iSTATE SENATE ADJOURNS UNTIL MONDAY MORNING After a session Friday which lasted for just thirty-five minutes, the sen ate adjourned until 11 o’clock Mon ; day morning. i Nine new bills w’ere introduced, notable among these being a bill by Senator Ivan Allen, of the Thirty fifth district, which would regulate the sale and inspection of automo biles. It provides for a uniform bill of sale which shall be inspected I by the sheriff of the county in which I the sale is made, and arranges for i a permanent record of bills of sales | of automobiles in the office of the 1 secretary of state. This is a com- I painion bill to that introduced Thurs ' day in the lower house by the Ful i ton county delegation. Senator Smith, of the Seventh dis : trict, called for action on his bill which proposes to amend the law I irf regard to warehouse receipts, adopting in regard thereto the uni form warehouse recipt act. This bill was advanced through its third reading, and deferred by unanimous consent for final action on Monday. Discussion was begun on the bill by Senator Dorris, of the Forty i eighth, relating to regulating mar ; riages and marriage licenses, and it was indicated that vigorous opposi tion would be offered against passage of the bill. Advocates of the capital removal bill would not talk in the senate hall Friday on their plans, but-it was hinted that preparations are being J made to have the bill given its final reading on Thursday or Friday of 1 next week. FHIEffiDFMOO TO ■WE HIM OVER OmOTEST Telegrams Urging Them to Stop Activities and Take Him at His Word Prove Unavailing. BY DAVID I.AWBENCE (Copyright, 1920, for. The Atlanta Journal.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 25. The veil of doubt concerning the McAdoo candidacy is lifting. Friends of the former secretary of the treas ury have formed a militant organiza tion determined to nominate him over his own protest. Telegrams are coming to several of these men to stop their activity and take Mr. Mc- Adoo at his word, but they are un availing. Indeed, the latter is reliably re ported to have told Senator Glass in a conference in New York last week that if his name were presented for nomination, the Virginia senator was authorizefl to say it was being done without his consent or sanc tion. Neverthless, Senator Glass is open ly for McAdoo's domination and will make a fight for it. The story told by men in the confidence of Mr. Mc- Adoo bears out the reasons given publicly by the former director gen eral of railroads. They say he has considered the question from every angle and that he has a horror* of having the “crown prince” argument and criticism of a similar vein con cerning his relationship with Presi dent Wilson flung at him and his family during a political campaign. McAdoo, Man of Hour They declare, moreover, that Mrs. McAdoo has been consistently op posed to the return of her husband to public life. She knows the extent to which pubjifc and private criticism, together with the almost superhu man burdens of the White House it self, can interfere with personal com fort and happiness. Her own father broke down in health and her moth er died while in the White House. Every friend of McAdoo here says he is thoroughly sincere in his disin clination to run for office. Why nomi nate him then? To that question comes the uniform answer from these same McAdoo men that in a time like this, personal tastes or convenience cannot out weigh the duty that a man may owe to his party and his country. They are absolutely determined that Mc- Adoo is the man of the hour and (Continued on Page 6, Column 8) THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL rn from now r A □U C TO NOV. 19th V C The national conventions of both the Democratic and Republican parties will soon be staged— And then will come the campaign with all of its excitement and enthusiasm— And that will be only a part of the interesting news which readers will find in their paper every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday from now to November 10th. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. - i We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly journal to you from now until November 10th for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till November 10th for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R. F. D..................... P. 0................................ State He’ll Nominate McAdoo at Frisco * ■ ■ ————''' i • i DR. BURRIS JENKINS WASHINGTON. Dr. Burris Jenkins will nominate. W. G. Mc- Adoo at the San Francisco con vention, which will choose the Democratic candidate for presi dent. FRISCO IS CALLED ‘PROMISED LAND’ OF SUFFRAGETTES B YDOBOTWY DIX (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal) SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—1 f the Republican national convention at Chicago was the Mount Nebo on which th,e feminine Moses who have led the suffrage hosts stood and looked over into ‘he political prom ised land, the National Democratic convention at San Francisco is the land itself into -which they have de seeded and filed their homestead claims. Where there was one woman in attendance on the Republican con vention, there are ten present at the Democratic convention. Most of them have no official connection with the business ofp icking presi dential timber, but every sister of them is a red hot politician from the buckles on her pumps to the top feather in her bonnet. She’s is here to see how the political machine goes around, and she counts on making a sensation when she goes back hime by telling her club all about it instead of paralyzing them with her new clothes, as was tft.-j --habit of erstwhile Susan whets. traveled. France and Allies On Cordial Terms PARIS, June 25.—Most cordial re lations exist between France and her allies, said Premier Millerand in the’ chamber of deputies today. Questioned regarding “divergences between the French and the allied ha tions,” the premier declared amid ap plause from the entire house: “Never has the union been closer than now between England, Italy and France.” Scents a copi. $1.50 A YEAH. FIGHT HF HEED FOB CONVENTION SEAT MWMIBITED Supporters Are Planning to. • Offer McAdoo as Compromise—- Prohibition Fight May Not Develop SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Thw Democratic national committee in making up the temporary roll of the convention today was scheduled to settle two fights for convention seats. One of the disputes centered on the contest over Georgia’s twenty-eight seats, while the other Involved one of the two seats from the Fifth Mis souri district. Senator James Reed, one of Presi dent Wilson’s most bitter opponents, chosen by his district as a national delegate, was rejected by the Mis souri state convention and his seat declared vacant. As the matter stood, the alternate, James T. Brad shaw, of Kansas City, a Reed adhe rent, was slated to occupy the sena tor’s place in the national convention. A few days ago the persons who constituted the district convention at which Senator Reed was • elected unanimously re-elected him. The na tional committee has taken the atti tude that the district convention, aft er discharging Its duties in electing him originally, had no legal status, and that Senator Reed Would have to file a formal protest with the com- ' mittee. Up to an early hour, Reed, who is now in San Francisco, had not done this. » Should he fail to make a contest before the national committee he could still take his case before the credential committee which makes up the permanent roll, or even later go before the convention and ask that he be included on the permanent roll, Georgia Contest There are two full delgations from Georgia, each claiming the right to be seated. The delegation elected by the regular state convention is head ed by Charles S. Jarrett, president of the National Farmers’ Union; it is uninstructed as to candidates, but opposed to a platform indorsing the League of Nations as brought from Paris by President Wilson. The oth er delegation, chosen at a meeting of tl»2 supporters of A. Mitchell Palmer which was held after their participa tion in 'the regular convention, is in structed to vote for the attorney gen eral. The contest for national commit teeman from Georgia is involved in the fight for seats in the convention. The Palmer delegation, if seated, will present the name of Clark Howell for le-election, while the Barrett forces will nominate W. J. Vereen, who was chosen by the Georgia state conven tion on a roll call vote. The committee’s decision in the Georgia contest will be appealed to the credentials committee of the con vention, it is believed, regardless of • which of the factions is placed on the temporary roll. The Reed case may prove dif ficult to deal with. An effort to place the senator on the floor of the con vention, although the Missouri state convention rejected him as a dele gate-at-large, was expected, and, be cause of his attitude toward the ad ministration during senate battles over the peace treaty, it was said to be possible strong would be met before the committee. McAdoo Boom Pexslsteut The third contest, from Oregon, was not regarded as a serious case and might not, it was said, material ize at all. In fact, national commit tee officials did not know before they assembled to examine credentials what appearance was to be made in any of the contest cases. Overnight developments showed two matters that have been in a nebulous stage since the first Demo cratic leaders arrived here to be approaching more definite shape. These were the mysterious and per sistent boom for nomination of Wil liam G. McAdo, even against his flat declaration that he was not a candidate, and the conflict as to a prohibition enforcement plapk in the platform. McAdoo adherents were said early 'today to be shaping their plans to withhold his name from the ballot ing throughout the early stages. They have learned that the former secretary of the treasury still has a strong following, but are said to feel that in view of his attitude it would not be expedient to present his name Unless the expected deadlock tween the leading candidates, Palmer and Governor Cox, of Ohio, should develop. In that event there appeared to be little doubt that McAdoo would be # put forward to break the blockade with the assurance considerable stdength at the start. His friends are said to have put their heads to gether to formulate plans of this na- ; ture, and map out vt tfee subsequent campaign to o’bt*>w few him the two-thirds majority on which Democratic nominations must rest. May Ignore Prohibition On the prohibition enforcement question, heretofore the most promi nent subject of discussion in cwk vention circles, there developed yes terday a sudden movement to ig nore the question entirely in the platform. Suggestions of this na ture came to Chairman Cummings of the national committee, from camps representing various shades of opinion ranging from bone ar? to almost as completely wet. These feelers toward a harmony program were not clear enough, how'- (Continued on Page 6, Column 6>