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yesterday that 1t is a Condition
precedent to a new contract" that
certain welfare fund guarantees be
given.
Immediately, some Government
as well as industry lawyers ex-
pressed the opinion privately that
Mr.. Lewis might not be bargaining
in good faith.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough
issued an injunction last Friday
directing Mr.. Lewis to bargain in
good faith with the Southern Coal
Producers Association. Up to then
Mr.. Lewis had refused to seat
Joseph E. Moody, president of that
association, in industry-wide nego-
tiations. So Mr.. Lewis quickly
moved to comply and arranged the
current talks, with Mr.. Moody sit
ting in.
Mr.. Lewis addressed the operators
yesterday as the most .corpulent
of native fat cats" and served notice
that wage and welfare improvements
were the price of peace after July l.
But he left the amount open. He
asked the owners to fill that in.
Operators Assail Lewis.
The operators said the answer
lies with Lewis" whether there will
be another strike. Noting the UNIV
leaders assertion that he was at
tending the contract conferences
only because he was forced to, the
owners last night issued this state
ment:
He complains of being shackled
by law. The difficulty with the
present law is that 1t is inadequate
to protect the public from people
who would deprive them of the
necessities of life.
Lewis by his very actions, by his
contempt of the Government ano
the people, is doing more at this
time to force upon labor more
stringent regulations than would
perhaps otherwise be thought
of. ."
ut comes with i'll grace for Mr.
Lewis to talk about increasing the
price of coal, when no man ir
America has done more to place
upon the consumers of coal in this
country higher and higher costs"
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Foreign Aid
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day to the demand for Senate &C.
ton toward restoring the cuts.
Senator Morse said Congress
would give the Russians ammuni-
ton for their poisonous propa-
ganda" If it slashed ERP funds
while voting billions for defense.
The Soviet Union then would tell
the world, he said in q floor speech,
that the United States "Is pre-
pairing for war while selling short
the peace-loving peoples of Europe
in their fight for freedom"
Senator Saltonstall said the House
cut would make ERP "just another
foreign relief program" rather than
the means Of helping Europe back
to a self-supporting basis.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Charge Of Influencing
Court Decision Denied
By Justice Jackson
BY The Associated Press

|
Justice Jackson of the Supreme
Court yesterday issued "a forma
denial OF a litigant's assertion that
because Of one-time association with
an attorney, he had Influenced the
Supreme Court in a recent 4-to-4
decision.
Justice Jackson, in a printed
statement handed down from the
bench, made the denial to state
ment by Harrison Parker Of Chicago
The Supreme Court, in a 4-to-4
decision last month. upheld Mr.
Parker's conviction on contempt
charge based on a letter sent by
Mr.. Parker to q Cook County grand
jury. "a tied Supreme Court vote
leaves the lower court decision In
effect.)
Mr.. Parker filed a petition fol
rehearing of his case In which he
made the complaint against Justice
Jackson. At the time the decision
was announced Justice Jackson said
| he felt the court should never have
taken the Parker case in the first
place.
Parker Statement Cited.
In his formal statement yesterday
Justice Jackson said Mr.. Parker In
asking for a rehearing stated:
Prior to his elevation to the
Supreme Court, Justice Jackson was
the general counsel for Terry Drug
gan. Weymouth Kirkland was the
associate counsel with Justice Jack
son in the large money affairs OF
Mr.. Druggan."
Justice Jackson said Mr.. Parker
added that he CParker) was in
formed that for these reasons JUS
tice Jackson had succeeded in di-
viding the United States Supreme
Court against this defenseless pc
titioner." :.
Justice Jackson's statement said
that the facts were that Il never
have been general counsel or counsel
of any character for any person
named Terry Druggan. Never to my
knowledge saw or met such a per-
son, do not know who he might be-
where he resides or what his affairs
consists of. Neither in this nor in
any other manner was I ever asso-
ciated professionally with Mr.. Wey-
mouth Kirkland, nor has he at any
time communicated directly or indi-
rectly with me concerning this case
or any other matter pending in this
or any other court"
Douglas Also Mentioned.
Justice Jackson's statement COM
mented that Mr.. Parker had raised
his objections apparently in good
faith"
Mr.. Parker's request for hearing
brought up the name of another jus
tice. He asked the Supreme Court
to request a congressional inquiry
"to ascertain if Justice Douglas
traded the liberty Of this petitioner
(Parker) for the support of the
Kelly Nash machine of Chicago for
his nomination for President of the
United States"
The. Supreme Court, in announc-
ing denial of the petition for rehear-
ing, made no reference to this state
ment about Justice Douglas. The
courts announcement noted, how
ever, that Justices Douglas, Black,
Murphy and Rutledge, having voted
last month to reverse Mr.. Parker's
conviction, voted yesterday to grant
the petition for rehearing. The de-
cision yesterday not to rehear was
apparently on a 5-to-4 vote 7
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Jewish Appeal Dinner Set

Stefan Heym, German-born nov
elist, will speak on Jewish displaced
persons in Europe at United Jew
ish Appeal dinner meeting at the
Statler Hotel at 7 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Croce Rejects Senotorship

ROME, June 8 P.-Benedetto
Groce, noted 82-year-old philoso-
pher, was reported today to have
refused life senatorship.
Evening star., 1948-06-08

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Sheriff Reports
Quiet Week End
Halloween Franks
Not Many; Mostly
Innocent Incidents

Witches and COLLINS sailed
forth Sunday, Halloween, night,
which according to reports, was
mostly evidenced in small child
rem who began on Saturday night
going around on their "trick or
treat" quests. Various small
FRANKS were heard of, but little
of a serious nature was report
ed. Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn said he
heard of no incidents over the
weekend.
Tail lights were torn from a
Durant-Belzoni bus, parked under
the wash rack at the bus COM
pany's present location, and a
bench used for customers to sit
while awaiting buses was re-
moved, it was learned. Besides
this, none other than innocent
tricks were reported.
One person told of the air be-
ing let out of car tires. A few
fire crackers were shot off, but
in general Halloween was re-
ported to have been without
serious occurrence.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Durant Plays Sails
Here, Friday Night
Promises To Be Tough,
Interesting TussIe;
Tigers Under Dog

The Durant Tigers will tangle
with Sails Friday night in one
of the top battles in Mississippi
prep football, in a game on Ben
nett field. The two teams who
have long been rivals are not
expected to be evenly matched.
The Sails eleven under Coach
H. E. jenkins has had easy sailing
in their past five tits. On the
other hand, the Tigers may be
engaged in their toughest battle
of the year.
Sails will display one of the
classiest backs in the state, in
j. Kuykendall, who has been ap-
preached by a number of college
scouts, and who has been out
standing all season. Other bril-
liant performers are Robertson,
and Porter.
Opening the tussle for Durant
is expected to be Ferguson and
Rucker, ends; Bishop and r. Nc
Lellan, tackles; Parkinson and
Downer, guards; Terry or A Nc
Lellan, center; and Taylor, Hast
ings, Cain and Lewis, backs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Mrs. M. J. FowIkes Wins
Coffeemuker In Contest

Mrs. M. j, Fowlkes, Durant,
was notified this week by R. K.
Van Keuren that she won prize
in the Bendix automatic washer
contest--a Cory automatic coffee
maker Mrs. Fowlkes is house
wife and this is her first time to
enter contest of any kind
Now in it's 4th week the contest
is sponsored by Bendix Home
Appliances, with its dealers
througout the nation offering "a
prizes each week Winners of the
first prize, a Hudson sedan, are
eligible for the grand prize, a
trip for two to Honolulu.
Official entry blanks are avail
able locally at r. K. Van Keuren's
store. Contestants only have to
see the new BendiX automatic
soap injector at work, and then
complete a statement telling why
they like the injector.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Army Men Sought
For Air Lift Duty

Ten thousand former service
men are needed Immediately as
requirements by the United
States Air Force for assignment
in the United Kingdom and
Western Europe in support Of
Operation Vettles" and the cur
rent B-29 training program, ac-
cording to Captain Johnny S.
Barlow, Jr., commanding officer
of the U. S. Army and U. S. Air
Force Recruiting service in Cen
trail Mississippi.
Assignment of the 10000 men
will not increase the total assign
ment of Air Force personnel in
Europe, because they will be re-
placements for men who have
completed their foreign tour Of
duty and men in Europe on tenn
porary duty.
Qualified veterans will be ac-
cepted for enlistments in grades
commensurate with their ability
and military experience. SkillS
needed include aircraft main
tenance, radio, radar, communi-
cations, automotive equipment
of age who have been discharged
operators and repairmen.
Unmarried men up to "a years
more than 80 days will be accept
ed in all grades up to and in
Guiding Technical Sergeant
Married men with dependents
who have been discharged more
than 80 days must qualify for
grade of Staff Sergeant and Tech
nical Sergeant to be accepted for
this assignment. Dependents cam
not be sent overseas.
Personnel serving outside of the
United States automatically re-
ceive an extra 20 per cent in pay.
All qualified applicants will be
sent Immediately to an Air
Force processing station, then to
the Overseas Replacement Depot
at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey,
and, as soon as possible, to
European assignments.
Additional information may be
obtained at your local U S.
Army and u. S. Air Force Re-
cruiting stations, which are locat-
ed in Vicksburg, Meridian, Forest,
Philadelphia, Louisville, Kosclu-
Sko and in Room 504, Post Office
building in Jackson, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Sale OF Stock In
Nitrogen Plant Is
Pushed This Week
Plant Will Save
Stote Formers MANY
Dollars On NITROGEN

November 8 through the 18th
Is designated as the week for
special effort by countians in Sc
curing stock in the nltrogen plant
to be built in Mississippi, accord
ing to County Agent w r. Sulli-
van. This plant will definitely be
built starting within the next
three months, he said.
Stock holders met in jackson
Wednesday afternoon and or
ganized into what is to be known
as Mississippi Chemical corpora
ton. The plant will produce $50
tons of nitrogen a day. Persons
having stock in the plant will
receive nitrogen at cost, which
will be from one-half to one
third cheaper than nitrogen on
the open market. 1t is to the in
terest of every farmer in Holmes
county and the State of Missis-
slppi to take stock in this plant,
MT' oulllVan SAID.
Holmes County Coordinating
council is putting forth every eff
fort possible in seeing that every
farmer in the county has an OPP
portunity to secure stock. The
Coordinating council, composed
of agricultural workers of the
county, believes that the project
is the greatest and most
beneficial undertaking that a
group of farmers have ever at
tempted. 1t will mean a cheaper
source of fertilizer for a number
OF years. Farmers are asked to
contact any coordinating council
member and talk this over with
one or more members.
The council is composed of
Vocational Agricultural teachers,
Veterans teachers, Soil Conser-
walton workers, County and AS
sistant County agents, AAA Ad-
ministrator, representatives of
the Federal Land Bank, represen-
tatives of the u. S. Employment
service, representatives of the
Farm and Home administration
Superintendent of Education, re-
representatives. of the Health de-
partment and the Production Gre
dit corporation.
A representative of the above
named group will gladly discuss
with Holmes farmers the value
of taking part in the building of
the plant. 1t is hoped that men,
bers of the group will be able
to contact all farmers in Holmes
county next week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
States' Fighters Win
Holmes County With
z,n8 Votes Cast
Irumon Gets 81,
"a For Dewey;
Amendments Killed

The usual quiet general election
was reported for election dav
Tuesday, with 1928, of approxi-
mately 1000 qualified Holmes
county voters, casting their ball
lots.
Returns from the Is precincts
came in fairly fast with Lexing-
ton last to make its tallies. On
the unofficial count 2,143 were
Tor the Mississippi Democratic
party electors pledged to Thur
mond and Wright Sixty-one
were for Truman electors, and
"a were for Dewey candidates.
Eleven votes were cast on the
Independent Republican ticket,
and IL for the regular Republi-
cans. No other party votes were
tabulated.
Votes for the constitutional
amendments were 2O3 tor" and
1,786 against" the amendment to
create annual legislative sessions;
and 346 "for," with 1,611 against"
the proposed amendment to re-
quire that prospective voter be
of good moral character"
Franklin was the first to report
it's IA votes, shortly after polls
closed at 6 p. m. Robert Lipsey,
returning officer, made the re-
port, which was followed with
tabulation from Bowling Green,
Eulogy, benezer, Pickens,
Tchula, West, Richland, Emory,
Cruger, and Goodman, in that
order
Election officials te1ephoning in
the early unofficial count were
Mr.. Lipsey, Hugh Mcclellan, Mrs.
Lillian Hocutt, B. w. Humphrey.
Mrs. H. S. McKie, w. E. Jones,
Mrs. W. T. Hand, w. ]. Shanks,
Andrew Smith, T. B. Smith, and
George Mitchell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Mrs. Lipsey Announces
Piuno Honor Students

Durant school piano students
who made all plus" lessons the
first six weeks, according to Mrs.
L. c. Lipsey, teacher, are: Larry
Day, Elaine Ellard, Sara Majors.
Claire Cooper, jeanette Engle-
mann, Edwin Suddeth, Betty
Harrington, Elizabeth Montgo-
merry, Mamie Ruth Carol, Sara
nell Howard, Carolyn Inman,
Jerry Pilgrim, Barbara Gibson,
Carol Watkins, Joyce Hathorn,
Carolyn Guion, Edith Ann Moss,
Linda McCullar, Shirley Leslie,
Inez Pittman, Carlene Brown,
Joan Robertson, Sally Branch,
Betty 10 Ray, Shirley Mitchell,
Edith Mcbride and Rose Counts.
Also listed were Betty 10 Nc
Lellan, Ruth Pittman, Mary Ann
Peden, Tabitha Peden, Laura
Streetman, Virginia Levens, Mary
f. Rhyme, Gavin Stonestreet,
Billy Waller, Rebe Love, and Nell
Allen.
Edwin Suddeth was host to the
October meeting of the Grammar
School Piano Students Repertoire
class; Rose Counts, hostess to the
High School group.
The High School Glee club has
AZ members. They will sing a
group of Christmas songs in the
recital on December IL. Carol
Montgomery was elected presi-
dent; Nell Allen, vice president,
and Red Taylor, Jr., secretary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Farmers Hasten
To Gather Crops
AS Fall Advances
County Agent Reports
Harvesting Progress;
Says Good Corn Yield

With November's augury of
winter weather not far distant
comes the fastening of farmers
in the county to finish crop
gathering, before cold weather
arrives. According to County
Agent w. r. Sullivan, cotton pick
ers are transferring from the hill
section, now about finished with
gathering there, to the Delta area
which has still an approximate
10000 bales of cotton in the
fields, and good proportion of a
bumper yield Of corn still to be
gathered.
Approximately 35-40,000 bales
of cotton in the county have al
ready been picked, Mr.. Sullivan
said, and though harvesting is no.
slackening except for Indictment
weather, some cotton picking will
likely still be underway in De-
cember. Swiftness in gathering
the remainder of the crop will
depend largely upon the weather
conditions, the county agent said.
Corn Crop Coed
The county's corn crop is re-
ported very good" by Agent
Sullivan, who estimated an aver
age Of 20-25 bushels an acre
against preceding years averages
of about Is bushels an acre. He
contributed the increase to the
use of more fertilizer, which adj
vance in yield offset by far costs
in securing the better crop. Sixty
to IS bushels of corn an acre is
reached by some Delta areas
through the use of much extra
fertilizer, he pointed out.
Though much of the county's
corn drop remains in the field due
to cotton picking, the great part
OF the sweet potato, sorghum
and other crops have been
gathered. A quantity of sorghum
was ruined by the frost of two
weeks back, and some potatoes
may have been injured, Mr.. Sui
Ivan said.
Sufficient Sweet Potatoes
Approximately 10000 bushels
OF sweet potatoes, sufficient for
home consumption by the 1000
farm families which grew them,
were estimated by Mr.. Sullivan
to have been produced There are
about 5000 farm families in
Holmes county.
Mr.. Sullivan reported that
planting of vetch, wild winter
peas, austrian winter peas, Grim
son clover crops, and other win
ter silage is now in process, some
having been begun two months
ago. No known preparation for
next spring planting is underway.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Mrs. Lcnfuir Lists
Books On Mississippi
Upon Requests Made

In compliance with several re-
cent requests, Holmes County
library at Durant lists the follow
ing book as informative of our
State, its people, growth and Gull
ture:
'The Wild Yazoo' by John M.
Myers, and 80 Promised Land
by James Street tell of wrestling
of land from the Indians, and of
the forests. 'The Legend Of Nc
Mutt" by w. L. Anderson, tells
of early religious and home life;
'Men Of Spine In Mississippi by
Clayton Rand and mississippi
The Heart OF The South" by
Dunbar Rowland tell of men who
made Mississippi into the State
of today.
"The Bride Of Fortune" by
Harnett Kane and Home To The
Heritage" by Alfred Crobb, tell
the stories of two great women
of time past. Lanterns On The
Levee" by William A. Percy and
"Tammy Out Of Time" by Cid
r, Sumner give pictures of a
more recent Mississippi. 'The
Gulf Coast Of Mississippi" by
Nora Oliver and "Natchez On The
Mississippi" by Harnett Kane are
descriptions with photographs, of
two sections of our State, and
"The Collected Poems Of Will
liam A. Percy" and Mrs. Weston's
"Carrilon" are books of poetry
inspired by the beauties of our
land.
New books offered this week
are "Lincoln's Herndon" a bio
graphy written by David Donald,
of Goodman. "The Southern
Country Editor" by Thomas D,
Clark, and 1.-The Gulf Coast OF
Mississippi with photographs,
by Nola Oliver, three very good
nom fiction volumes "The d. A.
Takes A Chance" by E S. Gard
ner and Among Those Absent"
by Manning Coles, are unsur-
passed thgillers, Mrs. Lanfair says.
Light romances offered are
when Fortune Smiles" by Fern
Sheppard and "Castle Of Dreams"
by Norma Newcomb.
Young people will find interest
ing Young King David" by
Marian King and Robert Bruce,
King of Scots" bp Nina Baker,
and on the lighter side, are two
mysteries, Mystery Of The
Cracking Windmill and "The
Mystery OF The Old Merchants
House." both written by Harriet
Evatt.
Smaller readers are offered
"The Cat That Jumped Out OF
The Story" up In The Attic"
and "Beno".
November issues of all maya
zines are on the shelf.
Miss Lena Resinger of Kala-
mazoo, Mich, visited the library
this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
H. }. c. Plays Kinds
Tonight At Goodman

The Holmes Junior College
Bulldogs will meet the Kinds
Eagles at Goodman tonight in
one of the oldest football rival
ries of the Mississippi Junior
College conference. Two of the
best backs ever to perform in the
junior college loop will be seen,
Buddy Walden of Holmes, and
Buck McKelroy of Kinds.
The records of the teams are
fairly even. Last week Holmes
defeated Southwest at Summit,
26-13, with Kinds winning from
the Ellisville Bobcats 1926.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Negro Teachers To Meet
Saturday, Nov. Is

The regular monthly meeting
of the Holmes county negro
teachers will be held in the Am
brose Vocational school in Lex
ington at 10 a. m, Saturday, No
vember 13, at which meeting the
regular monthly reports will be
due from schools that have COM
pleted the first months opera
ton.
Teachers who have teaching
licenses that have not been re-
corded are requested to bring the
licenses in for recording on this
date.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04

that he had behind him, the sup
port of an administration which
has been in power for Is years,
an administration that has spent
the treasury of the United States
government as it has never been
expended before; in spite of the
fact that he had a margin of
| ofticeholders and government
employees alone which repre-
scented a substantial vote as well
as the labor and farm blocs which
proflted most from the outpour-
ing of New Deal money, which
was the substance of all the
people, not just the Democrats.
An administration entrenched
for 10 years and carrying the
support of the city machines
would naturally be hard to beat.
The longer any administration
stays in power, the more power
full 1t gets, and the harder it is
to beat. Give such an administra-
ton too much power, and YOU
have a regime almost impossible
to defeat,
Given any kind of record of
performance the Democrats will
be even harder to beat in 1852.
We hope and pray that Presi-
dent Truman's handling of our
government, particularly its
foreign policy, from here on out
will prove as effective as his cleo
ton was surprising.
Mr.. Truman has shown himself
to be warm, very human per-
son.
Let us trust that from now on
he will remember that he is
President of the United States,
and every word he utters is news,
and usually very important news,
to all of the people of the
world.
So much depends upon what
kind of president Mr.. Truman
makes from now on that it would
not be amiss, but right and pro-
per that he have the prayers and
support of all the people of this
country.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
MAYOR AND BOARD TO MEET

Notice of a meeting November
16 at 7 p. m. of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City OF
Durant for the purpose of hearing
objections to assessments contain
ed in the equalized Durant rolls
for 1948 has been filed in the
office of the city clerk. Any OBJ
jections to any assessment may
be made in writing and filed witt
the city clerk, in her office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-04
Former Resident Dies
In Birmingham, Ala.

Douglas Hickman, retired rail
road man and former Durant
resident, was buried in Aberdeen
Monday by the side of his wife.
He died in Birmingham hospi-
tai following long illness.
Mr.. Hickman leaves two daugh-
tiers, Betty and Ruth who are
both married and live in Ala
bama. He was the son of the
late Rev. j. P. Hickman who was
pastor of Durant Baptist church
for several years and who is
buried in Mizpah cemetery in
Durant.