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; By RAYMUND DANIEL
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' The Morning Break
; (Verse).
; ‘Just Don’t Care’.
■? These Dogs Smoke.
» Claim Age Mark
* Church—No Home.
1 Death Will Aid.
; Go Over the Top
; Premises Cleaned Up.
THE MORNING BREAK
i A poem from the unfinished
Book of Her Verses of Raymund
Daniel):
I
When I am gone, tell them for
me
The loved dreams I held so fair;
Each tender touch and tone of
you.
The rose that you wore in your
hair
11,
Tell them of how love made
plans
That first and only were love’s
thought—
How we prayed God would keep
safe
Love’s gifts by love’s hand so
freely wrought.
111
in that day when souls are bared
Will show our hearts to God
again
And give the prayer we’ve prayed
so long,
A plea half-joy and half-pain.
IV
Teil them all these things for
me,
(And teil them for your own
sweet sake)
That once we saw the dawn come
up.
That once we saw the morning
break
“NATURAL MULE TRADER”
“He’s just a natural mule trad
er,” is what friends say of A. C.
Floyd, genial Chattooga County
commissioner of roads and reve
nues, who is an A-l farmer,
friend and a general good fel
low. While this story is being
written, Brother Floyd is prob
ably swapping mules. His coun
ty department has progressed
far under Mr. Floyd’s adminis
tration and he has a reaching
program.
•JUST DON’T CARE”
Speaking of mules, J. R. Jack
son, Sr., of Summerville, recalled
the old story of the darkey who
sold the blind mule to the white
farm owner. Three times the
farm owner tried to guide and
ride the mule. Three times the
mule ran into a tree. Finally, the
new owner said, “Sam, the mule
is blind.” The reply came, "No,
sir, the mule just don’t care.”
THESE DOGS SMOKE
"Which reminds me,” said J.
L. McGinnis, of Summerville, “I
have a pipe and my dog had a
pipe and when I lighted up, my
dog would hold aloft his pipe for
a light and we sat (or walked to
gether.)
“One moment,” spoke up Row
land Henry. “I roll my own cig
arettes and my little dog would
put his hand in my pocket and
pull out—”
“Excuse me, gentlemen,” said
Rufus Pruitt to the fleeing crowd,
■my dog clips cigar ends and
saves the bands.”
CLAIM AGE MARK
C. C. Cleghorn and I. M. Hen
derson were standing in front of
the office of the latter in Sum
merville. They were arguing as
to who possessed the oldest born
in Summerville —not the oldest
in point of years. It was finally
agreed that Mr. Cleghorn was
born in Summerville 71 years ago
and Mrs. Henderson 74 years ago.
Mrs. Cleghorn remembered when
Lyerly was a peach orchard.
CHURCH—NO HOME
We have heard of many miss-[
ing links, but we have neverj
heard of a preacher without a
home. Dr. William Rush, ior
some time pastor of the Lyerly
Baptist Church, recently accept
ed the call to another church. In
the town in which the church
is located there is not a vacant
house. So Dr. Rush has to com
mute back and forth to his pas
torate near Cave Springs. “It|
gives me plenty of time to pre
pare my talks,” said Dr. Rush.
DEATH WILL AID
Some day a little lifeless child
ish form will do more than any
thing else to solve the traffic [
speeding on Lyerly Highway.'
Traffic lights would do it now,
but people prefer to pass it up
and say “it never has.” Suppose:
death comes and it was your
child? SUPPOSE!
GOING OVER TOP
“Going on over the top” with
the Memorial Home Fund and
in No Man’s Land are in differ
ent localities, but the victory is i
the same. Let’s “Go Over the
Top” in Our Man’s Land here in
Chattooga County by giving,
GIVING, GIVING.
PREMISES CLEANED UP
It is with genuine pleasure
that several vacant premises
Snntnwruillr •Krms
VOL. 62 NO. 13
Governor Vetoes
'No Primary’
Measure
With a ringing statement that,
as head of Georgia’s Democratic
party, he condoned neither party
division nor party bolting, Gov.
M. E. Thompson vetoed the
measure repealing the laws reg
ulating primary elections in the
state. He described the measure,
drawn by Roy Harris, leader of
the once powerful Cracker party
: and now dominant chieftain of
1 the Talmadge-Harris-Dykes or
[ ganization, as an attempt “to
’ abolish all primaries.”
The measure, a substitute for
| the “white primary bill,” prom
[ ised at the Macon convention of
| the Democratic party as contain
ing safeguards against corrup
tion at the ballot-box, repealed
all civil and criminal statutes to
safeguard primaries. It gave the
state committee almost unlim
• ited power over local voting lists,
the right to expel party members,
and control over all party af
fairs. Two measures, indorsed by
Governor Thompson requiring
stronger qualifications for regis
tration and providing for the
segregation of white and Negro
voters in all general and primary
elections of any kind, were de
feated through efforts of the leg
islative forces that supported the
unlawful election by the assem
bly of Herman Talmadge, who
occupied the executive office aft
er a midnight coup.
Text of Statement
In part, the statement of Gov.
Thompson announcing his veto,
follows:
“I veto the “No Primary Bill,”
sponsored and engineered
through the General Assembly
by Roy Harris, because this bill
i is the second step in a conspiracy
Ito destroy the one-party system
in Georgia and because it de
prives all voters of that protec
tion under the law to which they
are entitled.
“The first step in the conspira
cy of which this bill is a part
was taken last November in the
General Election, when the au
j thor of the bill, with his cohorts,
bolted the party by conducting a
write-in campaign against the
party’s nominee for governor.
“A legal Democratic primary
election, under the county unit
system, is guaranteed by the
state under the Neill Primary
Law, which this bill would repeal.
It was with full knowledge that
they were attacking the one
party system and assaulting the
Democratic primary that the
sponsors of this bill forced it
through the General Assembly.
It was with full knowledge that
I they were undermining the in
tegrity of the Democratic party
itself, that the sponsors of this
bill carried out the bolt of last[
I November.
“As head of the Democratic |
party in Georgia, it is my respon
sibility and duty to defend it
against its enemies. That I have
done by ray veto of this bill.”
Political Surprise?
An early announcement that
the National Democratic Party
recognized Gov. Thompson as the
state’s party chief and that ac
tion would be taken against
those participating in the "No
vember bolt” was expected soon,
many observers said.
Gov. Thompson signed the
measures outlawing the closed
(shop and involuntary check-off,
: declaring them not to be punti
’ tive measures against labor, but
| experiments in avoiding indus
trial conflict. In his statement,
’he deplored efforts to align the
Georgia farmers against work
lers in manufacturing plants.
Veto of the primary repeal
measure left the experimental
labor laws, the unfinanced 12th [
grade tor public schools, and the [
home-rule measure as the only
major legislation of the session.
No bills to finance pledged in
' creased services, and no appro
: priations act, were passed.
Meeting Held By
Game & Fish Dept.
I A meeting of the State Game
and Fish Commission, centering
attention on salient plans for
I fishing activities in Georgia, was
I held March 27 at the state cap
| itol, it was disclosed by Charles
N. Elliott, director.
Subjects under discussion were 1
the trout fishing schedule in i
North Georgia streams, regula-j
tions affecting anglers for thei
coming year, and various phases |
of departmental organization,
have been cleaned up and burned
off. The improvement has added
greatly to the general landscape.
Care has been taken to prevent
fire and other lots are to be ,
cleaned up, to the credit of the
owners. <
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1947
Story of Easter
At the Baptist
Church Sunday
■ Tire story of Easter according
’■ to St. Matthew, an Easter choir
cantata for mixed voices, by El
len Jane Lorenz will be presented
by the choir of the First Baptist
Church of Summerville on Sun
day evening, April 6, at 8 o’clock.
The choir will be under the di
rection of the pastor, Ben C.
Scarborough, with Miss Alma
Zada Eilenburg as pianist, and
Mrs. H. D. Brown, reader.
The program of the cantata is
as follows:
1. (a) Take up Thy Cross—
Baritone Recitative and choir,
(b) Jesus, I My Cross Have Tak
en—Women’s Trio.
2. Prophet of Easter Week—
i bass solo.
3. (a) Palm Sunday—choir and
[reading, (b) All Glory Laud and
’ Honor—women’s trio.
[ 4. Conspiracy of the High
I Priest and Judas —reading.
5. (a) The Last Supper—con
tralto solo, (b) Bread of the
World—women’s trio.
6. Peter’s Promise—reading.
7. (a) Gethsemane—choir, (b)
Go to Dark Gethsemane—wom
en’s trio.
8. (a) The Arrest—reading, (b)
The Accusation —tenor solo, (c)
The Verdict—tenor solo and
choir.
9. (a) Peter’s Denial—reading.
(b) In the Hour of Trial—wom
i en’s trio.
10. Judas’ Repentance—choir
I and reading.
11. (a) Pilate and the Multi
tude —choir and reading, (b) Be
neath the Cross of Jesus—wom
en’s trio.
12. (a) The Death —choir, (b)
When I Survey the Wondrous
Cross—women’s trio.
13. The Resurrection —women’s
trio and choir.
14. Worship of the Risen Christ
—soprano solo and choir.
15. The Easter Benediction —I
choir.
The choir is composed of the
following members: Sopranos.
Mrs. J. E. Clarkson, Mrs. John
Bankson, Miss Annie Pitts. Mrs.
Marvin Pullen, Mrs. James
Adams, Mrs. Claude Bagley, Jr.,
Mrs. Frank White, Mrs. J. B.
Butler, Miss Jean Morton, Miss
Juanita Burkett; altos: Mrs. Ben
C. Scarborough, Miss Rosemary
Morehead, Mrs. Anderson Smith,
Miss Claire Mizell, Mrs. E. V. Nix,
I Mrs. John P. Jones; tenors: Rob
lert Baker, Wilburn Hudson;
basses: O. G. Morehead. Claude
Bagley, Jr., Curtis Meacham,
James Adams and W. G. Ruther
ford.
BAPTIST HOUR
"Christ the Answer” will be
’the theme of a three-month se
ries of the Baptist Hour begin
ning April 6. with emphasis on
evangelism and will be closely
integrated with the activities oi
local churches throughout the
area, as announced by the Bap
tist Radio Commission, S. F.
Lowe, director, Atlanta. Dr. J. W. (
Middleton of Atlanta, will inaug
urate the series on April 6 with
an Easter message on the sub- •
jest, “Life's Last Enemy,” ac
cording to the Atlanta announce- j
ment. Dr. Middleton is pastor of
the First Baptist Church of his
[city. i
The announcement further di
vulges that the Baptist Hour,
now in its seventh year, will be
carried on an independent net- [
work of 52 stations extending
from Baltimore, Md., to San An
tanio, Tex., and from Kansas
City. Mo., to Miami, Fla.
Other speakers to be heard on
the Baptist Hour will be Dr. C.
E. Matthews of Dallas, Tex.; Dr.
Louie D. Newton, Atlanta; Dr.
[A. D. Foreman, Jr., Amarillo,’
Tex.; Dr. Bruce H. Price, Tex
arkana, Ark.; Dr. H. Guy Moore,
Fort Worth, Tex.; Dr. W. S. Al
len, DeLand, Fla.; Mrs. George
Martin, Norfolk, Va., and Hon.
Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma City.
Okla.
The music in the broadcasts
will be by the Baptist Hour
Choir. John D. Hoffman, direc
tor, and George L. Hamrick, or-.
ganist.
This program may be heard in
Georgia over radio stations WSB
in Atlanta; WMAZ. Macon;
WHOC, Savannah, and WTNT,
Augusta, at 8:30 EST. on Sunday
morning.
MENLO SENIORS TO PRESENT
CAKE AUCTION FRIDAY
The senior class of Menlo
School will sponsor a cake auc
tion sale Friday evening, April [
4, beginning at 8 o’clock, at Men- .
Io Gym.
This is your chance to get a
delicious home-made cake and
help the seniors put wheels un- .
der “their dreams for a trip.” (
Scout Committee
Makes Reports
At Meeting
r Friday night, March 28, the
• Boy Scout Chattooga District
. Committee met at the Riegel-
I dale Tavern in their regular 4th
; Friday'of each month meeting to
• hear reports of the various scout
. ing activities during March and
• ’ to make future plans for scout
.[ ing activities for the month of
i [ April.
1 ■ Twenty-five members of the
; committee were present, repre
’[senting various localities of the
[ county.
■ i A. G. Dunson, chairman of the
, committee, dispensed with the
[ reading of the minutes of the
meeting held Feb. 28 and asked
for a report on the Boy Scout fi
nancial drive. To date a total of
around $1,400 has been contrib
uted from the county. This quota
fell short SIOO, but it was felt
. that this would be contributed
at a later date. D. L. McWhorter,
chairman of the financial drive,
I stated that the Chattooga Dis-
I trict quota in 1945 was SSOO, in
11946 it was SBOO, and in 1947 it
[was $1,500. The quota has been
! raised due to the increase of or
’ ganization of new scouting troops
in Chattooga County. Organiza
tion of troops is being planned
for Subligna, Lyerly, Menlo and
[ Pennville.
S. A. Cook was appointed dis
[ trict commissioner to take Mr. [
W. E. Reid’s place. S. A. Cook re
ported that the district as a
whole was progressing fairly sat- [
isfactorily and with spring here
it was felt that the various scout
ing activities would be increased.
He reported that the new Scout-1
ers’ Roundtable had met last
Monday night, and that they had
full attendance. There was con
siderable interest shown at this
scouters roundtable, which con
sists of the various scout mas
iters and their assistants. Mr. H.
IC. Westin attended the scouters
roundtable and contributed con
siderably to the success of the
meeting. It was felt that with
the continued interest and co
operation shown by the Chat
tooga District Committeemen we
should be able to make great
’stride in the advancement of the
scout program in our county.
L. C. Dalton, chairman of the I
camping and activities commit-|
tee, reported that they had
planned a swimming meet in [
Trion for scouts the latter part
of April, with judges coming I
from Chattanooga to judge the [
swimming meet and that it I
’ would be a very stiff meet.
Leßoy Obert, District Cub!
1 chairman, reported that at the ■
recent Cub rally in Trion, 44
friends and parents in addition
1 to Cubs present and den mothers
were present. Drury Martin has
agreed to accept Cub Master ap
l pointment. Rev. Obert reported
that he needed names of inter
’ ested parties in Summerville to
I contact in order to get the Cub
organization started in Summer
' ville. On April 24, Friday night.
: there will be another pack meet
i ing at the Trion High School Au
: ditorium at which time three
reels of cubbing sound film will
[be shown. These films will be
i very interesting as they will show
’ the various Cub activities and
! show how to put on a Cub Circus.
All committeemen were urged to
’ attend this meeting April 24.
Tentative plans are being made
to put on a Cub circus this sum
mer.
Rev. Harry Foster outlined
plans for a Scouting Trainers
Council to be held May 3 and 4
at Camp Sidney Dew. All mem
bers of the council and Scout
Masters were urged to attend
this Scouting Trainers Council.
Paul Sneed of Subligna report- ,
led on the organization of the
troop in Subligna and stated that
their first meeting was planned
this coming week.
The meeting ended by Chair- [ ,
man A. G. Dunson urging the
members of the committee to!
renew their interest in the va- '
rious scouting activities each one i:
is charged with and reminded
them of the next Boy Scout [
Chattooga District meeting to be
held at the Riegeldale Tavern (
the fourth Friday in April, the ,
25th.
Members of the committee j
present were:
A. G. Dunson, Gene Rackley, ■
J. T. Morgan, Rev. Harry Foster,
Rev. F. E. Crutcher, Ralph Trib- (
ble, James Simmons, H. C. Wes- !
tin. Dr. B. Lovingood, Dr. H. C. :
Hardin, D. L. McWhorter, A. E. j,
Harrington, L. C. Dalton, Rev.
Leßoy Obert, Paul Sneed, Harry
Hardeman, T. J. Espy, James
Hammond, Frank Prince, Grady
Moorehead. S. A. Cook, Willis ,
James, Roland Ransome, Sr., and
C. B. Bricker.
j Deputy Sheriff
A. Bloodworth
Killed Sunday
Arthur B. Bloodworth, chief
; deputy sheriff of Chattooga
County, died Sunday night as the
result of injuries received ear
, lier Sunday night while serving
an assault and battery warrant
on Jack George Hardin at his
home on Black Street, Summer
ville.
Hardin’s wife had sworn out
a warrant charging that Hardin
had threatened to kill her and
their four children.
Sheriff Bloodworth and a city
policeman went to Hardin’s resi
dence and Sheriff Bloodworth
went into the house to arrest
Hardin, who asked permission to
go into another room. Blood
worth followed, and suddenly
Hardin grabbed a shotgun and
aimed at Bloodworth, who
grabbed at the weapon. The gun
was discharged and the entire
load entered Bloodworth’s upper
[thigh, inflicting a wound which
j caused him to bleed to death.
Hardin was arrested and
[ placed in the county jail and aft
’er Bloodworth’s death was
charged with murder.
Hardin secured a piece of ra
zor blade Monday morning and
slashed his throat in an attempt
to commit suicide, but his
wounds are not serious.
Bloodworth had been connect
[ed with the sheriff's office for
i several years and was formerly
chief of police at Trion.
Funeral Services For
A. B. Bloodworth
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Deputy
Sheriff Arthur B. Bloodworth,
64, were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the Trion Baptist
Church, with Rev. Ben C. Scar
borough. pastor of Summerville
Baptist Church, officiating.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Maude Alexander Bloodworth; a
step-son, Barney Pogue of Sum
merville; a brother, Bob Blood
worth, of Trion, and a half
brother, Eugene Bloodworth, of
LaFayette.
Pallbearers were' Policemen
I from the Summerville and Trion
i police departments. Interment in
i the Trion Cemetery.
Fiscal Crisis
Forces State To
Trim Budget
c?
A program of major retrench
ment is now under way in all
’ agencies of the state govern-1
’ment. Ordered by Acting Gov. M.
E. Thompson, rigid economy
steps are being undertaken by all
department heads in order to
| enable the state to operate on
I its old budget' and still provide
[ school teachers with their prom
ised 50 per cent pay raise.
“In view of the problems that
confront us,” Gov. Thompson
[ told agency directors in his budg
et message “you are requested to
curtail in every way possible the
i expenditures of your department
by eliminating employees wher
ever necessary and eliminating ’
items of expenditure that can be
delayed without serious effect to I
the people of the state. I am def- j
initely of the opinion that it be
hooves all state officials to fore
go any ambitions for the up
building of their respective agen- I
cies so that the schools can be
continued without interruption
for the children of this state.”
Gov. Thompson sent this mes
sage first to Dr. M. D. Collins,[
I state superintendent of schools, ’
and to the other agencies the ■.
next day.
The fiscal predicament in |
Georgia came about through the .
failure of the General Assembly [
to enact a new general appro
priations bill which would have
provided $38,000,000 extra for ex- ',
panded state services. Having ,
committed himself with a prom- ' (
ise to the school teachers for
their badly needed raise, the act
ing governor now faces the pros- [
pect of having to trim the ap
propriations of every department ‘
in order to keep his word.
SUMMERVILLE STUDIO TO
OPEN IN NEW LOCATION
The Summerville Studio, which 1
has been in business in Sum
merville for eleven years, is tem
porarily closed and will open in
the near future in a new loca- |
tion. '
C. W. Kringsberg, owner of the (
studio, informs The News that j■
he has purchased new equipment ’ <
for his new location. ]
AM VETS, Veterans of
World War II to Organize
Post in Chattooga County
State officials of the country’s largest World War 11
veterans organizations will be in Summerville in the near
future to help organize a post of AM VETS.
Music Club Met
l Last Tuesday
i z
On Tuesday afternoon, March
’ 25, 1947, Mrs. J. R. Burgess and
■ Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg were
I hostesses to the Summerville Mu
- sic Study Club at the Tavern in
» Trion. Spring flowers were at-
: tractively arranged in the dining
room for the occasion.
Mrs. John Bankson called the
* meeting to order at 3:30 and led
■ the club in repeating the col
’ lect. Mrs. J. R. Jackson. Jr., was
I program chairman for the after-
I I noon. Her program was based
’on Georgia music and composers.
[ln opening her program, Mrs.
[ [Jackson gave an interesting sum
> ; mary of the development of mu
sic in Georgia. Original compo
. sitions by tallented local mem
bers were heard on this program
[ which included the following:
’’ Piano solo: Arnaud’s “Sunday
Morning,” by Mrs. C. A. Wyatt.
Poems: Rose Walker Mayme’s
< “My Mother’s Hands” and an or
iginal poem, “Lord, Let Us
' Dream,” by Katherine Steed Bur
i gess.
Piano solo: An original compo
sition by Kate Bolling Brown.
Vocal solo: Nixon’s “The Night
Will Soon Be Over.” set to music
by Nell Taylor and Margaret
Barron and sung by Nell Barron
Taylor.
Piano solo: An original compo
sition by Vivian Wheeler Espy.
Two vocal solos: “Lullaby,” by
Nellie Fox Barrett and "A Mighty
Fortress,” by J. W. Barrect, sung
by Nell Taylor.
Brief one-line biographies of
Georgia composers were read by
■all members present.
Reports were made and plans
were discussed for next year’s
study during the business ses
sion. Tempting refreshments
were enjoyed during the social
hour.
County Teachers
Visit U. of Georgia
On March 28 and 29 the coun
ty school superintendent, the
i school supervisor and several
teachers visited in the demon
stration school at the University
! of Georgia at Athens to make a
special study of the English,
math, and guadiance programs.
They observed in these and oth
er areas and had conferences
[with teachers about the work in
the school.
Prior to the trip to the uni
[ versity, J. D. Salter, principal of
[the Demonstration School, and
Mary Tingle, the English teach
[ er there, met with the Chattooga [
[ County teachers to discuss with [
[them problems in the teaching!
of math and language arts.
The teachers of the county will
continue their study and make [
any changes that seem wise to[
them.
FREE THEATER PASSES
IN THIS NEWS ISSUE
In co-operation with Mr. Var
nell, new manager of the Park ’
Theatre, The News this week has,
[ included 10 names of our sub- [
[ scribers at different places in
this issue.
i These names will appear some- [
• where in the different adver-[
| tisements, and all you have to do
I if you find your name is to clip
■out the section with your name,:
and present it at the door of the [
Park Theatre in Dickeyville, and
it will be accepted as a free pass ’
any week day (excepting holi- [
days, Saturdays and Sunday) :
until Friday, April 11.
Passes for names include only j
those found in advertisements, [
with "free pass” written beside
the name.
SPECIAL SERVICES
The Church of God of Sum-1
merville invites everyone to their [
all-day services April 6, Easter
Sunday.
Visiting preachers and singers [
are expected.—Joe E. Flowers,
pastor.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 5.092 [
bales of cotton were ginned in [
Chattooga County from the crop [
of 1946 prior to March 1, as com- [
pared with 6,651 bales for the
crop of 1945, according to Mrs.
Rosa Shumate, special agent.
;[ We Have a Modernly
[ Equipped Job Printing ;[
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
“Your next step forward
join,” is the good word to every
’ honorable discharged veteran of
this war in Chattooga County.
Read the following about eli
gibility and legislation in which
1 these veterans are interested
* and you can easily see why the
/AMVETS are "OF-BY-FOR” vet
i erans of World War 11.
Who is eligible to join the
’ [AMVETS?
a (a) Any person who served in
the armed forces of the U. S. A.
_ or (b) any American citizen who
s served in the armed forces of an
. Allied nation of the U. S. A. (c>
1 Provided that no person is eligi
ble who advocates, or who be
longs to any group or organiza-
. tion advocating the overthrow of
. the United States Government
-by force.
What is the period of service
i required for eligibility?
Any period between Sept. 16,
> 1940, and the date of termina
tion of hostilities, as established
; by the Government of the United
■ States. (Note: The date of term
jjination of hostilities has no re-
■ lationship to V. E. Day of V. J.
Day.)
Conditions of service:
(a) Must have been active
([service, and (b) when terminat
ed by discharge, it must have
; been under honorable conditions.
Declaration of Principles
“ ... by eternal vigilance on
the part of all Americans, we will
preserve for ourselves and our
[ posterity our heritage of peace
and freedom.”
"... the objectives of the four
’ freedoms must be made a living
percept for all peoples and all
nations.”
"... American veterans must
[ be given a decent opportunity
’ ’ for employment so that they may
re-establish themselves as thrif
', ty, industrious, self-respecting
and worthy citizens of the Amer
ican community.”
"... unparalleled industrial
; achievements during the war,
accomplished through the com
bined efforts of industry and la
bor and co-operation between
them must be continued.”
“. . . it is our responsibility as
citizens to exercise our voting
franchise, and to elect and main
tain in office men and women of
personal and public integrity.”
“. . . we. AMVETS, believe in
the America which we fought to
preserve, in the men and women
who have made it great and who
will make it greater. In this
faith, we will seek fullest devel
opment of the spiritual, mental,
[ physical, economic and human
’resources of the nation.”
To these ends, we AMVETS do
dedicate ourselves to the cause
of freedom, liberty, justice and
opportunity for all.
Rehabilitation
Provide cash redemption of
terminal leave bonds.
Remove on-the-job training
[ subsistence ceilings, while in
’ creasing authority of adminis
tering agency to determine what
constitutes a bona fide on-the
job program.
Provide 15 per cent increase in
[ educational subsistence allow
' ance under the GI Bill.
Increase disability compensa
tion and pensions commensurate
with cost of living (as determ
[ ined bj’ the Department of La
bor.)
Amend act granting cars to
I amputees to include arm ampu-
I tees.
Extend amputee provision be
lyond the present termination
date, of June 30, 1947.
Reorganize the Veterans Ad
ministration into a Department
[of Veterans Affairs, headed by
la cabinet secretary.
Amend the National Service
Life Insurance Act to make it
equal to World War I insurance.
Extend benefits under the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
: to women who served at least 90
days in the WAAC, and were
discharged for any reason other
than misconduct.
Provide dependency allow
ances in addition to disability
compensation in cases where
[ veteran has dependents.
Send name, address and tele
phone number to P. O. Box 62,
Summerville, Ga., and you will
be notified concerning the or
ganization date, place, etc.
Plan now to join the AMVETS
and help make this a better
I world for all.