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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Rev. John Seaborn
Winn
The Rev. John Seaborn Winn,
77, of Alamo, died in Soperton
early Tuesday morning, July 20.
A son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Winn,
the Rev. Winn was bom and
reared in Hart County. He was
a retired Baptist Minister. At
the time of his retirement in
1958, he was pastor of the
Roberta Baptist Church, and
had servedpastorates in Chero
kee Heights Baptist Church in
Macon; Byne Memorial Baptist
Church in Albany; Alamo, Glen
wood and Sardis Baptist
Churches; Mt. Hebron Baptist
Church at Hartwell; Woodlawn
Baptist Church in Augusta. He
was a member of the Masons
and the Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Grace Moore
Winn; two sons, Frank Winn erf
Macon, and Jolin Seaborn Winn,
Jr. of Atlanta; one daughter,
Mrs. Clyde Fulford of Alamo;
two sisters, Mrs. Quillie Mize
of Royston, and Mrs. Lucille
Phillips of Canton; one brother,
O’Neal Winn of Royston; 7
grandchildren, and 1 great
grandchild.
Funeral services were con
ducted from Alamo Baptist
Church at 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon, July 21, with the
Rev. Raymond Johnson and the
Rev. Robert Woodall officiating.
Burial was in the Alamo Cem
etery with Sammons Funeral
Home in charge.
Nephews served as pallbear
ers and members of his Sunday
School Class served as an
Politics oln Parade
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We haven't seen published in
the daily press, or heard on ra
dio or TV, Lt-Gov. Lester
Maddox's official reply to the
Governor’s committee on reor
ganization request that he help
sell the program to Georgians.
Lester tells us, too, that he has
not seen or heard any mention
of his statement. So, since we
think the people of Georgia
should know his position, we
are herewith publishing parts
of it.
Maddox said: "I must refuse
the request to be used as part of
what I believe to be an attempt
ed snow-job of the people and
their elected representatives in
the General Assembly .... I
pledge my full support to Gov.
Carter and the people of this
state toward any and all reor
ganization and improvement of
state government which is hon
estly designed to promote ef
ficiency and economy in gov
. emment and government of, for
and by the people .... Not only
must I decline to support the
present proposals, but I feel
: compelled to oppose them due
to irrefutable evidence that the
methods being used to sell re
organization fall far short of be
; ine fair and honest with the tax
payers of this state .... The
Georgia Supreme Court has
• ruled in previous Court cases
that it is an 'illegal delegation*
. of authority for the General
Assembly to delegate to others
' the right to pass laws. Legisla
tion under which reorganiza
tion is now being sought does
delegate authority for passing
state laws beyond the General
Assembly .... It is completely
• unreasonable to set a 15 day
limit on the time allowed the
General Assembly to either act
■ on the proposed laws or have
them become law automatically
.... The reorganization pro
posal was sold to the Legislature
; and to the citizens of Georgia
. as a program which would save
SSO million annually. This
; point was emphasized over and
over, vet a directive has now
been issued to those engaged in
the reorganization work not to
publicly mention anv fixed fig
; ure .... There has been no
assurance that state emp’oy
ment will be reduced, and no
■ denial of the charge that state
• employment will actually be in
; creased”.
Maddox had quite a bit more
to say, but the above is the gist
of his opposition remarks.
Incidentally, our prediction
of several weeks aoo that M«d
dox would not allow his picture
honorary escort.
Mrs. Emma Powell
Mrs. Emma Creamer Powell,
72, of Hazlehurst, died Sunday
in Clyde DuncanMemorialHos
pital after an extended Illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Hazle
hurst Church of God, with burial
in Satilla Cemetery.
Survivors include three bro
thers, T. J. Creamer and Geor
ge Creamer, both of Hazlehurst,
and Calvin Creamer of Lake
City, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs.
L. H. Calhoun of Lumber City,
Mrs. Alice Hayward and Mrs.
Maria Dykes, both of Hazle
hurst, and Mrs. Ellen Tucker
of Broxton; four stepsons,
Loren Powell of Jacksonville,
Fla., Leroy Powell of Fitz
gerald, Robert Mosley and Sam
Mosley, both of Jesup; five
stepdaughters, Mrs. Gladys
Aiderman, Mrs. Ruth Lee and
Mrs. Nora Lewis, all of Jack
sonville, Fla., Mrs. Mamie
Hadden of Hazlehurst, and Mrs.
Katie Herrington of Jesup.
Thomas-Wainwright Funeral
Home was in charge.
Mrs. Ruth Thomas
Harrelson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ruth Thomas Harrelson, 84,
of Wheeler County, who died
Friday, July 16, inthe Coliseum
Park Hospital in Macon, follow
ing a long illness, were held
Sunday afternoon at3:oo o’clock
from the Mt. Olivet United
Methodist Church with the Rev.
to be published on the front of
one of the reorganization prop
aganda brochures was correct.
The brochure has been printed,
but Ixster's photo is nowhere in
evidence.
« • • ♦ • •
Capitol politicos say that Ir
win W. Stolz, Jr., of LaFayette,
immediate past president of the
Georgia Bar Assn., is likely to
be the first appointment Gov.
Carter will make to fill one of
the coming vacancies on the
Court of Appeals and the State
Supreme Court. Stolz is a long
time Carter man, and would be
a good appointment, since he
could legitimately be called an
"improver” rather than a "re
former".
* • * • * •
Gov. Carter has called a
meeting of State Agency heads
for July 28 to hear the first
version of the reorganization
chart. This chart will be pre
liminary in nature and primar
ily concerned with functional
organization versus agency
structure.
• • • * * •
W. M. Jackson, State Supt.
of Banks, has opposed State
Treasurer Bill Burson's program
of raising nearly another
$500,000 a year in interest rev
enue for the state by cycle pur
chasing of 30-day certificates of
deposits, which the big Atlanta
banks also don’t like. However,
Gov. Carter has sided with Bur
son and sent him a copy of a
handwritten note to Mr. Jack
son, saying, “I’ve told the Treas
urer to proceed as directed by
the Depository Board .... I
think the Depository Board
should be the spokesman for
the state government in this
matter".
*«***•
If Gov. Carter is so interested
In eliminating unnecessary
agencies and board’ of the sWe
government, why did he create
an independent drug abuse
soenev? Why not let the Health
Dept, handle it?
• * • * • •
The dailv news media have
been wav off base in reporting
that Lester Maddox's removal
as chairman of the Senate Dem
ocratic Caucus was a slap is the
face for the Lt.-Governor. To
the contrary, Maddox released
a story to the press three weeks
ago saying that he wanted out
of the post. His reasons were
that he thinks the Caucus can
be more effective in the Assem
bly and for the Democratic
P«rtv if neither the Governor
nor the Lt.-Governor has any
control over it.
J. W. Herndon, pastor of Soper
ton United Methodist Church
officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Harrelson was born in
Wilkinson County on August 10,
1886 the daughter of the late
James L. and Martha Jane
Thompson Thomas. She had
lived in Wheeler County most
of her life, was the oldest
living member of Mt. Olivet
United Methodist Church and
was an active member of the
Rebecca Woodman Lodge
Circle.
Survivors Include three
daughters, Mrs. Rosa Crow of
Helena, Mrs. H. H. Clark of
Macon, and Mrs. Robert Griffin
of Cordele; two sisters, Mrs.
W. B. Harrelson of Mcßae,
and Mrs. W. F. Purvis of Tif
ton; five grandchildren, 17 great
grandchildren and 21 great
great grandchildren.
ATLANTA (PRN) - I
would like to mention several
items this week that I think
you might find interesting.
I have been very pleased
with the way work has been
going on Re-organization and
Zero-base Budgeting and Goals
for Georgia. We have reached a
point on Re-organization that
will allow us to put together a
tentative organization chart
for state government by
Wednesday of next week. This
chart will be released to the
Georgia people at the same
time I see it for the first time.
I expect that this first chart
will bring the three hundred o
more state agencies down to
less than twenty-five groups.
The Goals for Georgia
television broadcasts have
received a tremendous
response in mail and phone
calls. The program next
Tuesday, the 27th of July, will
be on social development.
Tune in at 9:00 p.m. on any
educational television channel
and call 1-800282-8653 if
you have a question or a
comment on this subject.
As I mentioned last week,
the new budgeting process will
allow us to avoid the mistakes
that were made last year in
estimating our income. These
procedures will also help us to
make the necessary cuts in a
THERE HAS BEEN an increasing and disturbing tendency in
the United States Senate to filibuster against national security.
In my judgment, this can be described as an ill-advised knee
jerk reaction to growing bitterness over the war in Vietnam.
People are fed up with the war. They are tired of American
young men continuing to die in Vietnam in a conflict that has
dragged on for some 10 years. People question the cost in lives
and treasure, and ask how many more will be killed and how
many more billions will be spent before we are able to get our
selves out of Vietnam.
The war in Vietnam has been a curse on this nation for the
past decade. It has been tearing our people apart to the point that
some people are willing to strike out at anything having to do
with the military.
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IN LARGE PART, because of intense dissatisfaction about the
war, people seem to be ready to do away with the army and to
dismantle our defense establishment.
We even have this reaction in the Senate. Every time an issue
involving national security comes up before the Senate, such as
the draft, military spending, or defense systems, about half my
colleagues want to filibuster the question.
Unfortunately, there are those in the Senate and the govern
ment who would unilaterally disarm the United States. I do not
count myself among this group.
We all want to get out of Vietnam as soon as possible. We all
want to cut federal spending and to ease the burden on our tax
payers wherever we can. We all want to assure that the taxpayer
gets a dollar's value for every dollar spent, whether it be for
national defense or in any other program.
« » *
HOWEVER. WE ARE NOT going to secure our economy or
insure security by laving down our arms while the Soviet Union
and Red China co nue to build up their land and sea forces and
nuclear capabilif
We cannot if re the lessons of history. It has taught us that
peace has alm ’st always resulted from strength, while war has
come front v kness. If we are to survive, this nation must at all
times be ready to defend itself. We must be ready to protect our
interests whenever and wherever aggression may threaten, and
with whatever means required.
The wisdom of United States involvement in Vietnam, past and
present, can certainly be debated. But the question of national
defense has never been debatable and in these perilous times
especially, it is r ?t debatable now.
James W. Stokes
James Willard Stokes, 56,
died in the Clyde Dtncan Mem
orial Hospital on Thursday, July
15, after a short illness.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m., Saturday in Denton
Baptist Church with burial in
Hazlehurst Cemetery.
He was a native and life
long resident of Jeff Davis
County and a member of Denton
Baptist Church. He was em
ployed with Cook & Co., where
he served as forestry foreman.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Rhodie Stokes of Hazle
hurst; three daughters, Mrs.
Jackie Simpson, Mrs. Brenda
Kight and Miss Donna Stokes,
all of Hazlehurst; mother, Mrs.
Mary Stokes of Hazlehurst; six
sisters, Mrs. Jimmie Long and
Mrs. Buddia Mims, both of
Denton, Mrs. Carl Rowe of
Lumber City, Mrs. Brown Fus
sell of Alma, Mrs. Wyman But
ler of Savannah, and Mrs. Royce
Butler of Charleston, S. C.; a
to the
People of
GEORGIA
way that will result in the least
possible reduction in state
services.
It is too bad that we have to
waste our time on some
things, but there are so many
tall tales that get put in print
from one source or another
that I just can’t resist saying a
word or two about a few of
the more ridiculous ones.
One of the editors of the
Atlanta Constitution who is
still pouting over the last
election has finally quit
playing his little word games
and come out against
Re organization. Since
nobody, not even the study
team, knows yet what the
Re-organization plan will be, it
might seem a little difficult to
be against it But some folks
don’t have too high a regard
for facts anyway. I just think
it will be important to
remember later this year when
the other soreheads and
special interests really start
coming out of the wall that
their mouthpiece had his mind
made up before anybody
proposed anything.
Os course I believe you can
judge an idea by its enemies
sometimes. If that is true,
Re-organization and economy
in government has just gotten
a big boost.
। Herman Talmadge
' REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
brother, Sam Stokes of Denton;
and four grandchildren.
Mlles Funeral Home of
Hazlehurst was in charge.
Mi I ton I. Sutton
Funeral services for Milton
I. Sutton, of Dublin, who drowned
in the Oconee River Tuesday
afternoon, July 13, were held
Friday afternoon, July 16, in
the chapel of Townsend Funeral
Home. Burial was in Northview
Cemetery.
A native of Wheeler County,
Mr. Sutton was a veteran of
World War 11, having served in
the U. S. Navy. He was a
retired restaurant operator.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Brenda Jones Sutton of
Dublin; a daughter, Mrs. Sharon
Seibold of Miracle Lake, Wash.;
two brothers, J. T. Sutton of
Macon, and George Sutton of
Louisville, Ky.; a sister, Mrs.
Shelton Payne of Dublin; three
step-children, Mrs, Eleanor
Mayes, Mrs. Martha Garrett
and James Hall, all of Dublin.
Hardy Walton Payton
Hardy Walton Payton, 65, of
Vidalia, died at his home Fri -
day, July 16. Funeral services
were held at 4 p.m. Saturday in
the chapel of Sammons Funera
Home with burial in the Tarry
town Cemetery near Soperton.
Mr. Payton was a native of
Tarrytown.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Miss Evelyn Payton and
Miss Mary Payton, both of Glen
wood; a son, Benjamin Walter
Payton of Glenwood; and a sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Saye of
Vidalia.
Sammons Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Ira Dupree Coombs
Graveside services for Ira
Dupree Coombs, 54, of Colum
bia, S, C„ who died there Mon
day, July 12, of an apparent
heart attack were held Friday,
July 16, at 12:00 o’clock from
Oak Grove Cemetery with the
Rev. J. E. McCain, pastor of
the Mcßae Baptist Church of
ficiating.
Burial was in Oak Grove
with Harris and Smith in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Coombs was born in
Mcßae on November 9, 1916
the son of the late Dupree and
Eleanor Eason Coombs.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Jan Buchannah,
Mrs. Gloria White and Mrs.
Susan Roberts; and one son,
Bill Coombs, all of Atlanta
L. L. Dennis
L. L. Dennis, 65, died
Wednesday morning, July 14, in
Telfeir County Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, July' 15, at 2 p.m. in
Rhine Methodist Church. Burial
was in Beaverton Cemetery in
Alabama.
Mr. Dennis was bom in La
mar County, Ala., but had lived
in Dodge County 23 years. He
was a steward of Rhine Meth
odist Church. He was a retired
lumberman and retired rural
mail carrier. He was a 32nd
degree Mason.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ola Hankins Dennis; a
daughter, Mrs. Bill Pennington
of Rhine; and a sister, Mrs.
John Weeks of Auburn, Ala.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
Were you a “June Bride?’’
If so then this message is for
you. Call the Dublin Social Se
curity Office to have your “New
Name’’ put on your Social Se
curity Record.
The telephone number in Dub
lin is 272-5347. You will have
the same social security num
ber as before — but the new
name you are so proud of, will
be on your new card.
According to Mr. Charles
Hall, Branch Manager of the
Dublin office, a phone call will
have a card on its way to you to
keep your record with Social
Security “up to date.’’ So call
today.
Q. I had a social security'
card before I married. Now
that my name has changed, and
I’ll be getting a new social
security' card with my new name
on it, will I also get a new social
security' number?
A. No. When you turn in your
old social security card at any’
social security office, you’ll be
issued a new card showing your
new name, but you’ll keep the
same social security number.
Q. I got my first social se
curity card from the social
security office in Jackson,
Miss. Now that I’m married
and living in Vicksburg, Miss.,
do I have to go through the
Jackson Social Security Office
to have my' name changed on
my card?
A. No. You can have this done
at any social security office.
You see, your permanent record
is maintained in a central office
in Baltimore, Md.
Q. Is there any minimum age
limit for getting a social se
curity number? My children
are 9 and 7.
A. There is no minimum age
limit for a social security num
ber. Since your children are
under the age of 17 they could
be issued a number the day
their application is completed.
Persons over 17 require check
ing the records in Baltimore
to see if they had a number
before.
Q. My 20 year old daughter
died in an auto accident on her
way home from college this
spring. I heard the other day
that social security would have
paid some on her burial ex
penses if she had enough work
credit. She worked part time
while going to school, but I’m
not sure if this would be enough
to qualify her for this burial
payment. What do I need to do
to find out for sure?
A. By all means file a claim.
She only needed 1-1/2 years of
work credit to qualify. Even if /
it turns out that she didn’t work
long enough, there’s no harm
in filing a claim to be sure.
This can be done by telephone.
Just call the social security
office in your area and tell
them you want to file a claim
for the burial payment.
■ ......
Veterans News
Nearly one million re
servists, National Guardsmen
and ROTC cadets had Service
men’s Group Life Insurance
(SGLI) protection on June 25th,
the first anniversary of their
coverage under the program.
The Veterans Administration
also reported that payments to.
beneficiaries of members of
these groups who died during -
the first year totaled more
than $1 million.
Administrator of Veterans
Affairs Donald E. Johnson noted
SGLI was extended by law last
year to insure members of the
groups while in training, or
r^. u c ism u.™d J™ l>r, State Bank No.
PUBLISHER’S COPY
_ ~ , . „ . r r- j-.- «■ u Th» Wheeler County State Bank „
Consolidated Report of Condition of
o f Alamo j n State of and Domestic Subsidiaries at the close of
business on June 30 »19 .
. e c s y e Dollam ICTS.
ASSETS Qar
1. Cash and due from bank* (including I unposted debiu) , , n 1
2. U.S. Treasury securities I 2
3 Obligation® of other U.S. Government agencies and corporation* fIV Dw 8
4. Obligation* of State* and political subdiviaion* 00 4
5. Other securitie* (including S corporate ttocka) 22 ^2l 10 ■ 6
6. Trading account securitie* **
7. Federal fund* sold and securities purchased under agreement* to retell 7
8. Other loan* ft <3l »
9. Bank premises, fumitur* and fixtures, and other asset* repreeenting bank premises XX OJO.. : 9
10. Real estate owned other than bank premises 10
11. Investments in subsidiaries not consolidated 00 11
12. Customer’s liability to thia bank on acceDtanee* outstanding , zUO ™ 12
is. other tease hold - Improvements j OQ. is
14. TOTAL ASSETS g-STJi .271 Aft.; 14
LIABILITIES gnn ^27 sh
15. Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporation* nil IQI CC
16. Time and saving* deposit* of individual*, partnership*, *nd corporation* *• TA A
17. Deposits of United States Governmsnt *2 XOQ UU 17
18 Deposit* of States snd political subdivision* 323 4-98 13
19. Deposit* of foreign government* and official institution* JU 19
20. Deposit* of commercial banks 00 20
21. Certified and officer*'checks, etc. p h_2o 09 237 5b 21
22. TOTAL DEPOSITS 3—V nA) Sx’ CL “ 22
(a) Total demand deposit* I-—* * "94 s7 <2 xxx xxx xxx xx (a)
(b) Total time and savings deposits B—l, xxx xxx lul. xx. (b)
23. Federal fund* purchased and securities sold under agreement* to repurchase 23
24. Other liabilities for borrowed money UU Uv 24
25. Mortgage indebtedness 00 00 25
26. Acceptance* executed by or for account of this banic and outstanding. . g ^6
27. Other liabilities AccrueJ Interest 227 75 27
28. TOTAL LIABILITIES fe-22? ■ .2.22. JU 28
29. MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES QQ. JID 29
RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES 13
30. Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up pursuant to Internal Revenue Service rulings DAO nn 30
31. Other reserve* on loans 000 00
32. Reserves on securities —■ e.77 —rr
33. TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES ±2 °I.L 12 33
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 00Q( j
34. Capital notes and debentures 44
(specify interest rate and maturity of each issue outstanding! 00 00
35. Equity capital, total -■ mm- -7™
36. Preferred stock-total par value 36
(No. shares outstanding ) 7C ? nrk
37. Common stock-total par value - : u 37
(No. shares authorised HQ > (No. shares outstanding 12*.
38. Surplus 75 000 00 38
39. Undivided profit* U 9 03U Do 39
40. Reserve for contingencies and other capital reserves ' Tan 40
41. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS —4l
42 TOTAL LIABILITIES. RESERVES. AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS £. ■2l ...2.11 42
MEMORANDA
I. Average of total deposit* for the 15 calendar day* ending with call date ~ 1
2. Average of total loan* for the 15 calendar day* ending with call dat* * 330 AvO 2
3. Unearned discount on I rutalm ent loans included in total capital accounu 8
/, (. ,V • aboes-nawd bant, do toUmnly | AFFTJtM I tAi* report of eondiiion
i* Ina and correct, to tkt bat of mi knowlod^ and btliof.
Comet—Atuot:
Diredort.
State of , Coualy of , ss:
(MAKE MARK for Swom to and ruboenbeddfefore me thu / X day of I , i//!,
NOTARY'S SEAL I // *
and I hereby certify that 7101 an or director of this banV] /J 7 i
Afy commisswn expires \ /T • ,19 /fl' //lffLQC^LL^.^Aary Public.
Notary flubOe, Georgia/State at Large
My Comnwasicn Expire* Jan. 14, 1973
traveling to and from training
sites. The same law increased
individual coverage of service
men from SIO,OOO to $15,000.
“This is the first time in
the history of Government life
insurance that they have been
included under the same plan
is regular members of the
Armed Forces,’’Johnson point
ed out.
VA supervises SGLI, estab
lished in September 1965 to
meet the insurance needs of
military personnel. It is ad
ministered by about 600 private
insurance companies.
There was a time when col
lege kids used to think they
were living dangerously when
they cut classes.
FWASHINGTON " X" I
I AND SMALL
I BUSINESS smWIJWn
“Big Brother” Flops
A favorite theme of politi
cians in their public addresses
is to make a point of the re
sourcefulness of the average
American, and how the Ameri
can enjoys more than any one
in the world the right of indi
vidual freedom to act.
* * *
Thus, it is quite paradoxical
that these same poiticians do
not get behind the amendment
to the Robinson-Patman Act
sponsored by Senator John
Sparkman of Alabama, and
heavily supported by the na
tion's independent business
people voting through the Na
tional Federation of Indepen
dent Business.
* * *
The background is simple.
* * *
In 1890 the Sherman antitrust
Act was passed, the first of a
series of antitrust law's to bring
their employment up to date
against a pattern of changing
conditions and practices.
♦ » *
In 1936 the Robinson-Patman |
Act was passed to combat the :
growing and still used tactic, ;
of purposely and albeit mali- !
ciously engaging in predatory
price cutting policies to drive ‘
financially weaker competition
out of the market place.
* ♦ *
When the Robinson-Patman
Act was passed, it was the in
tent of the Congress that it
would be in all respects an
addition to the antitrust laws,
including the provision that an
injured party may go to court
and sue for triple damages.
♦ ♦ »
In the first few years of the 1
(c) National Federation of independent Bus Int
GSC Is Awarded
: ederal Grant
Georgia Southern College in
Statesboro has received a grant
of $154,916 from the U. S.
Department of Labor to train
poor and unemployed persons
for careers in education, recre
ation and social services.
The program, called “public
service careers,’’ allows dis
advantaged persons to be
trained as assistants to nur
ses, librarians, teachers,
medical technicians, social
workers and police officers.
act. this recourse was taken by
a number of injured parties
subjected to unfair price com
petition practices, with the re
sult that the predatory tactics
were quite well discouraged.
* * *
But then the United States
Supreme Court, on a legal tech
nicality involving the phrasing
of the Robinson-Patman Act,
threw this remedy out the win
dow. While agreeing that pred- 1
atory price competition is ille
gal, the court also held that the
injured party could not. so to
speak, "do it himself" but must
rely on a Federal agency.
* * *
Due to the lackadasical atti
tude of the governmental agen
cies involved, plus the tact
i that an injured party could not
i obtain restitution for the loss
: es suffered, the employment of
the Robinson-Patman Act has
been minimized.
* * *
Senator Sparkman has for
some time sought to remove
these handcuffs.
» ♦ «
This is quite paradoxical. To
day there are many young law-
I yers interested in the cause of
j social justice who would un
i doubtedly be quite willing to
: take on cases involving the at
tempted destruction of small
' business by illegal tactics if
triple damages could be recov
j ered.
* * ♦
Smaller businesses who have
been driven to bankruptcy by
predatory tactics have learned
that bland but dilatory assur
ances of "Big Brother” In
Washington are no substitute
for seeking relief,
lens