The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13

HOdAANA VI
 Sudnenly southbound train passed, Il door flew open and a voice said: Governor, here's the Governments brief on your rail- road case"
 The other train pulled out. Gov, Arnall never knew who 1t was taht shouted at him, but Tn puddle of rain on the station plat form lay an amiCus curiae brief later presented by the U. s. Jus tice Department before the Su- preme Court of the United States. This was the opening incident in one of the most unusual cases ever argued before the Supreme Court, the only case where the governor Of state appeared on behalf of his State to ask the U. s. Supreme Court to sit as trial court.
 Governor Arnall's suit is against the Pennsylvania Railroad and other roads, which he charges, conspire to fix freight rates so high that Georgia and the South generally are unable to develop industry.
 Although the Interstate Com merce Commission Is about to hand down q decision forcing q reduction of some southern freight rates, Governor Arnall points out quite rightly that this is no real remedy.
 "The railroads will follow the ICC ruling for time and then should be increased. As long as the railroads operate together with rate committees and pools, agreeing completely among
 themselves us to what their rates will he and that they will not compete against each other" Arnall claims, "the State Of Georgia is pOwerlesS.
 JUSTICE DEPT CONCURS
 The Department of Justice em- phatically agrees with Governor Arnall and submitted q brief, as friend of the court, asking the Supreme Court to hear Georgi&'s 's case. (1'his was the brief thrown at Arnall on the station plat form)
 The hard. hitting Governor of Georgia expunds some Inter- estlng philosophy In support oS his suit. II figure" nc says, "the South should quit grabbing about being poor and dOwntrOd- den. Not long ago we were a conquered people. But nObOdyH going to help us unless we help ourselves. In the last war GeOr- gia had a high proportion of veterans. But after the war, we also had a high proportion of veterans who moved out Of the State. They were looking for better opportunities"
 We can't afford to have the same thing happen after this war. Tn this war, Georgia has helped to train more soldiers than any other state in the Union. Hundreds Of them mar ried Georgia girls. We ike the soldiers. We want 'em to come back here and live after the war. But we've got to provide opportunities for them.
 50 I've had some experts study ing the problems to see how we could provide more opportunities in Georgia, and all the studies we've made boil down to one thing--we have to become an in- dustrial state. We can't continue merely on an agricultural econ- omy.
 That" says Governor ArnaII, lis why started this suit against the railroads. You can't have industry in the South aS long aS it costs forty per cent more to ship over southern roads. Nobody Is going to move factories down here when they have to overcome that handl- cap. The big banks of the East Just don't want industry to de- VclOp down here. They own the railroads, and there iS nothing we can do about 1t until we thresh this thing out before the Supreme Court"
 NOTE-Governo Arnall argued the case himself before the Su- preme Court, not using the 0Ov- ernments brief, but his own. The Court was asked to hear original testimony as Q trial court. It has not yet decided whether 1t will do so.
 STETIINIUs SHERMAN TANKS Debonair Secretary of State, Stettinius is reasonably frank and fortnight at his press conferences. On the whole he does a good job. Sometimes he bets in a tough spot, however. The other day ( newman Asked him whether the D. s. A. still retained title to lend-leasc material after 1t NAs shipped Overeas, This b .