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NA TI ONA L EDITORIAL
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Text of Talmadge's _
Speech On Rights
(Here is the text of the
speech Sen. Herman Tal
madge made in the United
States Senate Thursday ex
plaining the position of
Southern senators on the civil
rights bill.)
Mr. President, H. R. 6127 was
passed by the House of Repre
sentatives and reached the floor
of the U. S. Senate without any
significant change from the iniq
uitous version submitted to Con
gress by Attorney General Brown
*ll.
As taken up initially by the
Griffin Reports
Administration to Date
ATLANTA, Ga.—The State of Georgia is making more
'progress in all its fields of endeavor than at any other
time in her history according to a report issued at the Capi
tol this week by Governor Manin Griffin which covers
the first two and one-half years of his administration.
"In the administration of the
State Government in the last two
and one-half years, I have been
concerned primarily with making
,an all-out fight to maintain and
preserve the Georgia way of life
for her people.” Governor Griffin
said.
"The mud-sills of Georgia tradi
tion require an unrelenting and
everlasting fight a in s t all
schemes and plots, oesignhd to
weaker, segregation or to destroy
our County Unit System.
“The County Unit System is the
I bulwark of defense against all ma
• chines and pressure groups in gov
ernment.
"Segregation is no stronger than
the State Government entrusted to
defend and preserve it.
“I will discharge this responsi
bility to the people of Georgia as
long as I am in the Governor’s
Office.
"I am deeply grateful for the
help given me by the people of
^Georgia and for the confidence
’they have manifested in me on all
. occasions during the time of this
trying period.
"In the two and one-half years I
have served as Governor, Georgia
’has made more genuine progress in
all fields of endeavor than at any
other time in her history.
“The four most important de
partments of State Government are
Education, Highways, Public Wel
fare and Public Health.
"In the field of Education, our
advancement has been phenome
aaL"
Education
"We are now spending $164 mil
lion dollars per year for all phases
off education as compared to sl2l
(million in 1956—which is $43 mil
lion more a year than ever before
provided for educational purposes.
"A SSOO dollar salary increase
for school teachers has been pro
vided since 1955 and the allocation
,for teachers’ salaries has increased
from $83,008,000 in 1955 to $99,-
325,000 this year.
■i “Teacher retirement has in
creased from $5 to $7% million
annually.
"Other teacher benefits provided
during the period was the SIOO per
month minimum pension for teach
ers with 35 years of service, plus
additional sick leave provisions.
“There is now a high school edu
cation within reach of every child
in the State of Georgia.
“Pupil transportation has moved
from $9,555,000 to $11,005,000 and
a 1956 Legislative Act established
a minimum guarantee of SIOO per
month for school bus drivers on a
ten month basis.
“Allocations for Vocational Edu
cation have moved from $1,778,000
to $2,851,000.”
University System
“Turning to the University Sys
'tem of Georgia, the two and one
-.half years of this administration
‘has seen an increase for operations
from $11,810,000 to $22,250,000. In
addition, we transferred $7,840,600
to the Board of Regents last year
‘in order that the giant new’ $11.3
.million dollar Science Center might
be completed at the University’ of
Georgia. $3 million of the increase
goes for the operation of the Eu
gene Talmadge Memorial Hospital,
$2 million was transferred this
■year for general operations and
$150,000 "went for medical scholar-
i ships.”
Highways
“In the field of Highway De
partment operations, we can call
■attention to symbols of improve
ment such as the new State High
way Building which was opened in
January of this year, and the more
than 3,000 miles of State roads
constructed since 1955.
"The State appropriation for the
Highway Department’s operations
;has advanced from $48,430,090 to
the present $70,112,001 for 1957.
The total program, including Fed
eral, State, and local funds in
-1 creased from $60,557,687 in 1955 to
■5160,728,397 in 1957.
Senate, it was a force bill of the
rankest order. It would have con
ferred upon the attorney general
of the United States unlimited
oower to harass, intimidate and
control the thoughts and actions
of all Americans in all areas of
human conduct. I would have
empowered the President Os the
United States or the attorney
general acting for him—to use
the full armed might of the na
tion to force integration of the
races in every facet of life, pub
lic and private, in the South. It
would have repealed the constitu
tional right of trial by jury.
Seventeen determined South
ern senators — with all odds
Rural Roads
“The Rural Roads Program,
launched in 1955 is now over one
half complete with four bond in
crements totalling $65,000,000 pro
viding more than 3,124 miles of
roads already having been let to
contract.
“The new Federal Aid Highway
Act calls for the construction of
1,171 miles of expressways in Geor
gia during the course of the next 12
years and this program is off to a
substantial start.”
Health
“In the field of Public Health,
we have completed, placed under
construction, or approved 18 new
Hill-Burton Hospitals since 1955—
at a cost Os over sl7 million in
State, local-and Federal fudds, add
ing over 2,000 beds to our hospital
system.
"89 Health Centers and auxiliary
Health Centers have been com
pleted, placed under construction
or approved -since -1947 — 34 of
which have been completed since
1955."
Welfare
"During the first fiscal year of
this administration, more funds
were provided to match Federal
funds and the Welfare Program
swelled to an all-time high of
$65,084,888. In 1956-57, Welfare
appropriations rose to over s7l
million, with the State putting up
a record $18,237,000.
“The number of persons receiv
ing Welfare Aid has increased
from 148,645 in 1954-55 to 156,395
in 1956-57. The average monthly
payments for old age assistance
have jumped from $37.51 to $42.90;
for aid to dependent children, from
$26.91 to $29.28: and for aid to the
disabled, from $41.90 to the present
$46.48.
“The maximum monthly pay
ments for the aged, blind, and dis
abled went from $55.00 to $60.00
last year. The maximum family
assistance was raised from $114.00
to the present $124.00.”
Industry
“Turning to another activity in
the State, the location of new in
dustry, I can say we have made
amazing progress. We are now the
industrial leader in the Southeast.
Georgia stands fourth in the entire
nation in the number of new indus
tries established since the end of
World War 11, with more than 600
new manufacturers locating in the
State since 1955. In 1956 alone,
337 plants came to Georgia, all of
which represent a capital mvest--
ment totalling hundreds of millions
of dollars, and adding thousands of
Georgia workers to their payrolls.”
Agriculture
“We are now constructing the
new State Farmer’s Market, south
of Atlanta, which will be the larg
est of its kind in the world, costing
some $lO million dollars.
“Soil and Water Conservation is
receiving our studied attention, and
the recent establishment of a new
pine seedling nursery near Macon
is giving great impetus to the most
progressive forestry program in
our history.”
Highway Safety
“Since 1955, 100 additional State
Troopers have been added to in
crease the strength of the State
Highway Patrol. Last February,
the new State Headquarters Build
ing of the Department of Public
Safety was dedicated in Atlanta.
Costing $1,089,000, it is the finest
structure of its kind in the nation
and greatly enhances the present
program of highway safety and
law enforcement in Georgia.”
Finance
“We are living well within our
income.
“Georgia is solvent and sov
ereign. There is a surplus in the
Treasury adequate enough to meet
future eventualities, and we will
not dissipate this surplus. Georgia
is truly ‘on the march’ and by
working together, we ean continue
this era of bright prosperity and
progress for our people.”
WHFFx.HR COUNTY EAGLE ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
against them — set out to do what
their counterparts in the House of
Representatives were unable to
do: to eliminate the more vicious
provisions of this monstrous leg
islation. The success of their skill
ful, courgeous efforts and the ef
fectiveness of their persuasive,
dignified arguments speaks for
itself.
The measure as the Senate re
turned it to the House of Repre
sentatives was an emaciated shad
ow of its former brute self.
The Senate version struck out
those provisions which would
have restored bayonet rule and
authorized the use of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps to force
racial intergration in the South.
The Senate version eliminated
those provisions which would
have given the attorney general
dictatorial powers to regiment
the thoughts and actions of the
American people.
The Senate version contained
an iron-clad guarantee that the
constitutional right of trial by
jury would be respected and up
held in all cases of criminal con
tempt arising under it.
The success of the Southern
senator in pyramiding their 17
votes to win these Herculean vic
tories for constitutional govern
ment exceeded their fondest origi
nal expectation. As repugnant as
are the remaining provisions of
constitutional principle and state’s
rights, it nevertheless had to be
admitted even by advocates of the
measure, that Southern Senators
gained far more than they lost.
It had been hoped that the
House of Representatives would
sustain the full gains made by
the Senate.
Unfortunately, however —
through a so-called compromise
which compromises at best prin
ciple and at worst the constitution
of the United States —the jury
trial guarantee was sacrificed.
After only an hour’s delay, the
House returned the bill to the
Senate.
The problem then confronting
Southern Senators was how best
to protect the interest of their
constituents.
Certain members of the House
of Representatives presumed to
advocate that we conduct a fili
buster against the bill.
I do not know why these men
arrogated unto themselves greater
wisdom than the combined in
tellect of 16 Southern Senators.
It could not possibly be because
they were more successful in
eliminating the more vicious and
iniquitous provisions of the bill.
To be sure, the fact that a
grandstand of .1 o n g - win d e d
speeches would be immediately
popular with our constituents —
who, liks us, are unalterably op
posed to this bill in any form —
was not lost upon us.
But reason dictated that in de
termining our course of action, we
should measure the gains we had
made against the potential losses.
The facts are these:
First — It would be impossible
for 17 senators to conduct a fili
buster until the convening of the
86th Congress in January 1959.
Debate in the Senate can be limit
ed by 64 votes and with 79 mem
bers of the Senate favoring a civil
rights bill, there exist 15 votes
more than the number necessary
to impose gag rule at will.
Second —There is pending in
a subcommittee of the Rules Com
mittee of which I am chairman
seven different resolutions (S. Res.
17, 19, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 32) to
liberalize the provision of Senate
rule XXII under which debate in
the Senate can be limited. Those
resolutions contain an aggregate
of 54 signatures — five more than
necessary to pass any one of them.
As chairman of that committee,
I have been sucessful in my in
sistence upon full hearings on,
and through study of, these reso
lutions before any action is taken
on them. Because of the present
complexion of the Rules Commit
tee, it is well known that any
filibuster attempt would result
in the reporting of one or more
of these pending resolutions and
the imposition of much stronger
cloture rule which would furth-
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er limit the ability of individual
senators to protect their consti
tuents.
Third — The majority of the
members of the Senate —by at
least three to one— favors a
stronger bill than the one present
ly under consideration. This is
evidenced by the fact that, in vot
ing on amendments to Parts 3
and 4 of the bill, 12 to 15 sena
tors voted with the South on one
amendment only to vote against
it on the other.
There is considerable sentiment
on the part of the President and
the majority of the members of
both houses of Congress to add a
new Section 3 to this bill which
would empower the attorney gen
eral, without jury trial, to force
complete intergration of our so
ciety. During the course of pro
longed debate, such action still
could be taken.
Fourth — Next year is a con
gressional election year. Both the
Democratic and Republican
parties — aided and abetted by
the White House and the vice
president — undoubtedly will de
mand next January that this same
Congress pass a much stronger
civil rights bill, probably with
FEPC provisions. These efforts
will again require determined op
position on the part of Southern
senators and our success will de
pend in large measure upon the
good will of senators from other
areas of our country.
Should we destroy what good
will remains among independent
senators of this Congress, the
passage of new, radical civil rights
legislation, with FEPC provisions,
will be a foregone conclusion.
For these reasons, it was the
unanimous* opinion of the 16 dedi
cated Southern senators that no
organized filibuster against the
Brownell bill be conducted on the
floor of the Senate.
Speaking for myself, Mr. Presi
dent, I have represented and will
continue to represent my constit
uents and our beloved State of
Georgia to the best of my ability
and according to the dictates of
my conscience.
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I have never compromised prin
ciple and never will.
But I declare to this Senate,
the nation and the world, Mr.
President, that neither will I al
low those who are uninformed as
to the facts and circumstances to
stampede me into acts which I
am convinced would, in the long
run, wreak unspeakable havoc
upon my people.
And it is to them, Mr. Presi
dent, that I leave the judgment
of my decision and my action.
Visit To Rock Eagle
A bus load of H. D. C. members
from Wheeler County visited
Rock Eagle and other points of
interest on August 29 with Miss
Oweida Rowan pointing out
places of interest along the way.
First was a small country
church in the forks of the road
where the Baptists have two
sermons each month and the
Methodists have two. In Putnam
County was the home of Joel
Chandler Harris, Author of Uncle
Remus and Rre’r Rabbit stories.
The pile of rock where Rock
Eagle gets its name is one of the
most remarkable sights to be
seen. As you walk around the
rock its just a pile of rock but
go up in the tower nearby and
look down and its the perfect
shape of an eagle made with
rock, wing spread 120 feet. It
is a very interesting and unusual
sight.
That is the beginning of Rock
Eagle and home of the 4-H’ers.
Some interesting facts and fig
ures Miss Luanne Harden gave
of the visitors at the 4-H Club
Center were 50,000 have been
there in the three years the cen
ter has been open; 5,400 campers
have been there this summer; 42
states and 31 foreign countries
have been represented.
The club members also visited
Lake Sinclair Power Dam near
Milledgeville. This lake covers
15,330 acres of land. Anyone in
terested in fishing can find plenty
of water there.
Miss Rowan planned this trip
for the club member, and the ones
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who did not go surely missed
something worth while. Miss
Rowan insisted on showing t e
group the State Hospital in Mil
ledgeville but no one seemed in
terested. They were afraid there
might be room for all.
Everyone enjoyed the trip and
are looking forward to another
in the near future. Club mem
bers join in saying thanks to Miss
Rowan as a perfect guide, and
for the trip, and everyone who
had a part in making August 29
a “dream come true”, and long to
be remembered.
Regional Officer
Added To Speakers
For Garden School
A regional director of the South
Atlantic region of the National
Council of State Garden Clubs,
and chairmen of School Grounds
Improvement Contests in South
Carolina and Mississippi have
been added to the list of speakers
for the 23rd annual Garden
School.
The school, set for September
16-17 of the University of Geor
gia Center for Continuing Educa
tion, will include 16 speakers and
instructors.
Hubert B. Owens, director of
the school, and head of the land
scape architecture department at
the University, announced that
Mrs. Brooks Fleming, Fairmount,
W. Va, director of the South At
lantic Region, National Council
of State Garden Clubs, will bring
greetings to members attending.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly and Mrs.
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Lester Brown, also have been
added to the roster of speakers.
Miss Kelly is chairman of School
Grounds Improvement Contest
and chairman of landscape design,
Garden Club of South Carolina’
Mrs. Brown holds similar posts
in Mississippi. State chairmen of
landscape designing in Georgia
will meet with Miss Kelly and
Mrs. Brown at a special luncheon
on September 17 to discuss the
improvement contest.
The Garden School program
will feature discussions of the
principles of landscape design as
applied to grounds of homes,
schools, churches, public build
ings, and as applied to sub-di
visions, streets and roadsides by
authorities in each field.
Registration gets under way at
5 p. m. on Monday, September
16, but Owens urged members
who planned to attend to pre
register by September 8. He said
the school is open only to garden
club members and added that a
small registration fee will be
charged.
OVERGROWN PLANTS
T. G. Williams, landscape spe
cialist, Agricultural Extension
Service, says many of the farm
homes in Georgia were planted
years ago and the plant material
has grown out of scale now. Often
a good “clearing out” of these
overgrown plants is necessary for
any further landscape develop
ment.
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