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Talmadge Machine
City Voters Almost Disfranchised
Under Georgia's County Unit System

tions for Statewide Office. The
primary is the decisive election in
the one-party South.
Fulton County in which Atlanta
is located, with a population of
1872 900, gets only six votes, the
maximum. while counties with
only fraction of that population
get two votes, the minimum, so
that it takes the votes of many
citizens of Atlanta to equal one
vote in the less populous counties,
or, in the most extreme case, 112
to l and, on the Statewide aver
age. lis to /. That is true, in
varying degrees. of other cities
in the State.
Last Talmadge Venture.
In his final political venture in
Georgia. Gene Talmadge was
nominated Governor with a mi
nority popular vote because of the
county unit basis of calculation,
which was the first time it had
happened in the case of a guber-
material candidate - though the
wrong time. He died before he
could take Office. Likewise, Helen
Douglas Mankin, who was in the
House of Representatives here,
was defeated for reelection in the
fifth district in which Atlanta is
located through the county unit
system which the State Demo-
cratic Committee dscreed applied
to House elections. She won a
popular majority. but received
less than majority OF county
unit votes.
A case challenging the county
unit system was brought after
that primary, seeking to have the
results overturned, and came to
the Supreme Court on appeal, but
failed because of the circumstance
that it was brought after the
election.
The appeal in the present case
is being pushed in order to get
a decision from the Supreme
Court before the primary election.
1t seeks prior Injunction against
the Georgia Democratic Party,
its executive committee and off,
GERS and the Secretary of State
to prevent the last-named from
certifying the election of any can
didate under the county unit ba-
sis. = It contends the system vfo-
lateS the 14th Amendment of the
Constitution and the 17th Amend
ment affecting direct election of
Senator's.
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inc warmongers because anybody
who would violate the United Ma
tions Charter would violate the
peace of the world"
Moreover, Mr.. Acheson amplfiec
a statement, made earlier this
month in Washington, that in oul
effort to stem communism hence
forth we will be moved by the
realities of the situation in vari-
GUS threatened countries rather
than by ideologies.
Policy Laid Down.
Mr.. Acheson has announced
that America is prepared to help
any country which opposed the
Kremlin dictators, regardless OF
the form of government in that
country. According to this new
policy, we are ready to assist Com
munists like Marshal Tito, die
tators like Gen. Franco and even
the remnants of the Chinese Ma
tionalist regime in Formosa
which the State Department in
the past has labeled a corrupt
reactionary government, unworthy
of our help.
Mr.. Acheson promised Asiatie
peoples who are willing to resist
Moscow's penetration that they
can count on appropriate aid,'
which ranges from economic ano
cultural help to actual military
assistance. He did not specify
whether military assistance woulo
be given in the form of war ma.
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oil await Va
this, of course, and some of them
have volunteered Senator McCar-
thy advice and assistance. Al
least one, Senator Bridges Of New
Hampshire, who hazed Secretary
of State Acheson about the Hiss
case, complains that the young
man from Wisconsin won't take
advice from his elders. It was
noticed, too, that after the first
day. Senator Millikin of Colorado
the shrewd and mellow chairman
of the Republican conference, alb.
sented himself from the hearings
COP Heads Not Involved
The Republican National COM
mittee calls attention to the fact
that it is not involved in any way
Actually both the accuser. Sena.
tor Mccarthy, and the accused
Secretary Acheson, are being is.
olated by the politicians. They
are on their own and neither i.
likely to get any help until aftel
he has proved he doesn't need it.
This is largely due to timidity
which is the occupational disease
Of the politician. To some exteni
it is also personal. The Senator
and Secretary have not beer
taken into the club.
Senator McCarthy's ambitious
restless personality has put of
his colleagues. They simply de
not feel sure of him.
The case Of Secretary Achesor
Is more complex. If politicians die
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This Changing World
Acheson Sounded Warning to Asiatics
of Pitfalls of Soviet Imperialism

terials or in actual physical inter-
vention.
The Secretary Of State unques-
tionably had in mind the situa-
ton in Indo- China. The Russians
and their Peiping satellite have
pledged themselves to give full
support to Ho Chi Mini, the leader
of the Wet Nam Communists,
against the newly-established rule
of former Emperor Bao Dai.
1t is possible that some COM
mitments may have been made by
our Government to give other
forms of active help besides arms
and ammunition necessary for the
French -Indo- Chinese force of
10000 men.
Task Fleet Visits Ports.
An American task fleet now is
visiting Indo-C Chinese ports and it
| is possible that the presence of
American -of-war may put
courage into the hearts of the
forces which have been fighting
the Communists for nearly four
years.
The Secretary's speech is in
terpreted in Washington diplo-
matte circles as an indication that
the United States no longer ac-
cepts passively Russian inroads in
Asia.
In congressional quarters which
have pleaded with the State De-
partment-and even threatened 1t
since the fall of 1947 to consider
the situation in China realistic
ally rather than ideologically it
is felt that Mr.. Acheson is locking
the stables after the horses have
gone. If when Mr.. Acheson took
over as Secretary of State last
year he had been as realistic as
he is today, it Is possible that the
Russian-supported Chinese Com
rnunists might have been pre-
vented from conquering the whole
Chinese mainland.
If the State Department had
sent military supplies to the Ma
tionalists in keeping with appro-
priations voted by Congress and
| if it had accepted the suggestions
that we send some hard-headed
military advisers to the Nation
alist forces, we might have
avoided the predicament in which
we find ourselves tofIav
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cause I slept in it on my way to
the big city. Under the pillow I
found a picture of Martha Custis,
an order from Washington de-
manding the unconditional sur
render of Generals Gage, Howe
and CORVALLIS, and well turned
limerick about King George.
Have to Like Bananas.
The Sphinx has changed in ap-
pearance, Niagara Falls has lost
a yard or two, the Leaning Tower
of Pisa is a bit more tipsy than it
was years ago, but the upper berth
hasn't changed one iota since Mr..
U. Berth thought it up.
You still have to like bananas
and be able to swing from tree
to tree to get in it without suffer-
ing abrasions and sprains. My
dream is to watch a monkey try
to get. in sometime while a book
maker is by my side. I'll welcome
the opportunity to bet even money
that the monkey won't make it
up there without injuring his little
simian self.
The ladder which is provided
the traveller to assist him in reach
ing the upper berth rookery was
designed by a man who obviously
had no idea of what a ladder or
human being is like. It is about
as wide as box of matches, goes
up straight as smoke on a wind
less day and has no handrails.
Coming to New York I started to
go to bed shortly after the train
left Jacksonville. The good bur-
ghers of Richmond were about
their morning chores when, half
senseless, I finally hit the upper
sack.
Daring Criminal.
Then, of course, my insane de-
sire to come right down and have
cigarette. There is something
about being trapped in an upper
berth that makes a man want to
smoke so badly that he becomes
a daring criminal type. I lighted
up at once, defying all regula-
tions, but almost choked to death
holding the smoke in my lungs
so that the porter wouldn't spot
tell-tale stream of smoke curling
from the curtains of Upper 7.
wouldn't be surprised if I ruined
my T-zone between Richmond
and Washington.
Funny thing about upper berth
dwellers-they all wake up at the
same time, and all push the but
ton for the porter at the same
time, wanting a ladder to help
them fall out of the berth onto
the floor. For reason that only
the Pullman Co. knows, there Is
but one escape ladder per car.
This is always in use by someone
else, so when you peek out from
behind your curtain you decide to
fly just naturaElike to the floor.
With flaps down, motor throt-
tied, you take off, usually to land
on the face of the wealthy pas
senger below you who could af-
ford a lower. But it is seldom
that lower berth passengers seek
any revenge on the upper berth
folk who land on them. After a
night in an upper berth you pre-
sent such a miserable picture that
human sympathy comes to the
front and dissipates anger.
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PA 1SSLSo4 4SooOI4
that city voters had little influ-
ence, in fact were-and are-al-
most disfranchised under Geor-
gia's antique county unit system
A case involving this system
soon will come to the Supreme
Court here on appeal from a de-
cision this week by three-judge
Federal court in Georgia which
upheld it. two to one.
Case Watched in South.
This case will be watched with
interest beyond the borders of
Georgia, particularly in the South.
In Georgia it is the instrumental
ity by which Herman Talmadge
Genes son, present Governor
hopes to perpetuate his power and
that of his machine in Georgia. 1t
is reported that Dixiecrat elements
are interested in it as a possible
technique that might be used else
where to strengthen their hold
through the control which it gives
the rural districts that are less
progressive than the cities and
where, as experience has demon
Strated, it is easier to intimidate
Negroes and keep them from the
polls. Georgia is the only State in
the country which now uses this
device.
Progressive political forces in
Georgia are pushing the appeal
challenging the law to the Su-
preme Court here after their de-
feat in the lower court. The case
was brought on behalf of two citi-
zens of Atlanta, the capital, which
offers the most glaring case of
voter discrimination under the
system. Under it, counties are al
lotted two. four and six votes, ac-
cording to size, in primary elec-
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Reaction Checked
Democrats Find Senator Mccarthy
Has Failed to Score on CHARGES

not possess the human touch, they
would not be in politics. Having
it, they rarely warm to the cool
intellectually of an Acheson even
when they admire it. The Secre-
tary's daily walks with Supreme
Court Justice Frankfurter have
not helped him with Congress.
Capitol Hill never cared for the
Justices influence on Franklin
Roosevelt; they attribute to him
scheming. power-loving character
istics which they fear.
Senators Insure of Ground.
Though he has been long in
Government, Mr.. Acheson's ap-
pointments have always been per-
sonal to the President of the
United States. He does not have
any Senatorial sponsors to act as
a kind of buffer state. He can
count on President Truman but
the President cannot transfer his
political protection to the Senate
floor.
The emotional impact of charges
like those Senator Mccarthy
makes is such that no Senator
will get involved until he is abso-
lutely sure of his ground. Finally
the Secretary's statement about
Alger Hiss scared them off; the
politicians deny him the right in
his great Office to have personal
feelings.
The hearings so far are criti-
c1zed almost as much in private
conversations among the politi-
Goes as the principals. 1t is now
felt that it was a mistake to force
Senator Mccarthy to name names
in open hearings-the Senator
bears down heavily on the fact
that he didn't want to.
Now that counsel has beer
hired, a different form of pro.
cedure can be expected. AS vii.
liam P. Rogers demonstrated wher
he took the job of counsel to The
Ferguson Committee, Senate hear.
ings can be transformed into sober
judicial hearings. Mr.. Roger,
took over after the Howard
Hughes-Senator Brewster fiasct
and wiped it out with his success,
ful expose Of Gen. Meyers, whs
is now in jail. Democrats hope fol
a similar change in the Mccarthy
hearings.
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the State De-
partment and
a r e satisfied
that he has not
yet scored.
: But t h e y
know they are
not home yet.
One Hiss case
and the Sena-
tors overstate-
UeQS anu COu-
fusions will re-
cede into the
background.
r e p u blicans
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He W a + n e d
t h e m of t h e
pitfalls of the
thinly disguised
Soviet imperial
ism. He pointed
out that all ma
t / on S W h / c h
join w tn the
U. S. S. R. be-
come enSlaved,
in the re a ]
m e a min g OF
t h a t word,
Finally he de-
scribed the Rus
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The man who
designed t h e
upper b e r t h
really designed
S o m e t h n g
that's h e r e to
stay.
T h e uppe r
berth in which
George Wash
ington crossed
the Delaware IS
still in opera
ton between
Florid a and
N e W York. I
knnur il. is he
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had a streetcar.
| That natural
ly pleased the
country folks, as
it was designed
to do. But it had
deeper signific-
ance. He didn't
bother a b ou t
Georgia's cities,
but played the
rural and back
W o o ds areas,
and played to
their prejudicies
for the yery
practical reason
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Reproductions Rights Reserved,
Evening star., 1950-03-17
Bv Doris Feeson

Democrats have made a quiet
check of the country's reaction
thus far to Senator Joseph McCar-
thy's Communist charges against
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By Thomas L. Stokes

The late Gene Talmadge, the
red-gallused Georgia demagogue,
used to say that he didn't expect or
want the votes of any county that
Evening star., 1950-03-17
By Constantine Br0agn

Secretary of State Acheson
spoke firmly in San. Francisco
Wednesday, for the benefit of
hundreds of millions of Asiatics.
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.NcLemore
Pullman Upper Berth
Is Here to Stuy

By Henry McLemore
Progress swims on. bucking the
tides of time, but the Pullman car
upper berth continues to tread
water.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27

Both Marysville and Redwood
High track teams intensified
their workouts last week as the
weather improved allowing more
outside work. Although neither of
the schools has a home track
they were able to field success
full teams last year.
Marysville finished second in
the district meet last spring and
Redwood tied for fourth in their
second year of track competition.
The IS Marysvi1le candidates
from the upper three grades are
working out on the cinders at the
Playground and will take to the
circular track when it becomes
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27
Hospital Bids
Due In April Fl
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CONTINUED from Page -
being asked.
should the bids be within the
money available, then there
! would seem no reason why con-
struction could not get under way
this spring, Mr.. Wolff said. cit is
| hoped that steam shovels will be
making holes in the ground be-
fore many weeks have passed"
The Union County Memorial
Hospital viii be located on the
site of the old DR.. Trell Hender-
SON home in south Marysville.
The beautifully-wooded 1l-acre
tract which will surround the
hospital is just south of the old
Big Four tracks, between London
ave. and S. Plum st.
Will Form Cross
Plans call for the Hospital to
be constructed in the form of a
cross, One wing will house ad-
ministrative offices; another, the
kitchen and attendant facilities;
the third, operating room facili-
ties and patients bedrooms; and
the fourth wing, the maternity
ward.
When completed, the Hospital
will provide Union County peo-
pie with modern facilities cap
able of handling almost any type
of medical problem which may
arise. The operating room viii be
complete in every detail, as will
all clinic and adjunct facilities.
Money available amounted to
approximately $500, 900, of which
.Sl25,000 was raised in the origin
al bond issue back in 1916; anoth-
er S250,000 came in from private
subscriptions; and the balance,
from a federal grant.
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dry enough. Redwood is in the
same situation and the Tigers
also must use make-shift facili-
ties.
In Good Condition
Bud Hoffman and Bob Patter-
son, outstanding letter winners
from last years Monarch squad,
are rounding into shape well,
Coach Robert Wagner reports.
Hoffman has been playing bas-
ketbaIl this winter while Patter-
son has been boxing so both are
in good condition.
The Monarehs will lack depth
in the shot put with only Loren
Grimes among veterans. John
Easton, Jerry Ruble, Howard
Black, and Jim Woodson have
been throwing the shot in prac-
tice, but good shot putters r. not
developed overnight.
AT the present time Grimes has
been throwing about AZ feet
which was the winning distance
in most of Marysville's meets last
year. If some of the other boys
can near this, Marysville will be
well taken care of.
Other Lettermen
All other lettermen, Charles
McCracken in the pole vault and
discus, Bill Boyd in hurdles and
high jump, Jim Gibson in relays
and hurdles, and Bill Porter in
the mile are coming along well,
Coach Wagner reports. NeWcom-
ers are Bill Worthington in the
milers and John Evans who will
do the sprints.
If the weather permits contin-
ued outside workouts the Mon
arch thinclads should be ready
for Westerville on April Ia.
fleetwood Working Out
Redwood began initial work
outs two weeks ago inside and
took to the road last week with
improved weather. Seven letter.
men spark the Tiger hopes for a
repeat of last years season with
strong relay teams promised.
Redwood will probably meet
Marysville and Bellefontaine in
a triangular meet on May S.
Several other meets are planned
with Ada, Marion Harding, Harp
ster and other schools.
Paul Speyer, Bob Austin, John
Blue, and Bob Welsh could give
Redwood another excellent $50
relay team. The Tigers must turn
up a shot putter and discus man
ii they expect to have team bal
anee, however, as all their vet
Grams in this department gradu-
ated.
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Grange Discusses
Road Conditions
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NNOAtlHhNu AAVHi A"5S
box with eats for two, to be
auctioned off.
Rev. Elwood said basket ball
trophies will be presented at a
later date. Plans for the summer
soft. ball tournament will pro-
badly be ready by April l and
announced at the box social.
Deputy Master Skidmore pre-
scented certificates to Milford
Center and jackson Grange de-
signaling them as Red Ribbon
Oranges for 1919. Claiborne
Grange was presented a check
for $40 as winners of Union
County Grange Quartet contest
for 1949.
A committee, consisting of De-
putty Master Skidmore, Willard
StiIlings, Glen Davis and Ken
meth Blake was appointed to
meet with Otto Rausch to formu-
late plans for Grange displays at
the Union County Fair.
Valeta Wilson, lecturer, held a
drawing to determine places for
lecture hour exchange of pro-
grams with the following results:
Milford goes to Leesburg, Mill
creek to Dover, Liberty to York,
Jackson TO Byhalia, Leesburg to
Milford, Claiborne to Liberty,
Dover to Claiborne, Byhalia to
jackson, and York to M~illcreek.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27
Is of County's Al Advisers
Honored in Annual Banquet

Thirteen All club adviser.
from Union County were among
the several score from all ovel
Ohio who were honored at the
sixth annual Recognition Cere.
mony for All advisers, held las
Thursday in University Hal
chapel as part Of the Farm Week
program at Ohio State Univer,
SHY. /.
Receiving recognition FIR on
Union County were:
For Is years service-Mrs,
Miriam Hildreth, MarysviIIe
Andrew Anthony, Dover Town
ship; and Floyd Huey, Liberty
Township.
For 10 years serviee-Mrs.
Paul Herd, Liberty Township.
and Mrs. Marvel Hamilton,
Broadway.
For five years service-EdgaI
Greenbaum, Irwin; Mrs. Maurice
Warner, Claibourne Township
Mrs. Dallas Black, Leesburg
Township; Howard Mack, Mill
creek Township; Luther Laugh
rey, Taylor Township; Robert
KnedIer, Milford Center; Mrs.
Kermit Morse, Darby Township;
and Mrs. Maxine Seaman, York
Township.
Given Clover Awards
Those with Is years service
received pearl clover awards,
those with 10 years, gold clover
award; and for five years, silver
clover award.
Mrs. Herd had been chosen to
represent the n men and women
from all parts of Ohio who have
been advisers for 10 years. Her
life was presented in picture and
story form, showing her many
experiences in AcIub work. The
story covered 20 years of such
experiences, 10 as a club member
and 10 as an adviser.
Termed Professors"
During the program, Harlem
Hatcher, vice president of Ohio
State, referred to the All advis.
ers as professors without the OPP.
portunities of the professors Of
Ohio State.
They pass on facts and ability
to our youth with the best in.
formation available" he said.
Ohio States venerable Univer.
sity Hall was packed to capacity
for the impressive program.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27

Carmel, Doctors. Benjamin
Franklin, Alum Crest, st. An
thongs, st. AIMS, st. Francis,
Grant, T. B. hospital, State hos
.pital.
CircIeville-Berger; Bucyrus-
City; Urbana-Champaign coun-
ty; Chillicothe-County; Veter-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27
Corn Alloiments
To be Announced
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Continued from Page u
ty office. Provision is also made
for appeal of the county COM
mittee's decision to the State
p M A committee, and from the
State Committee to the Director
of P M AS grain branch in Wash
ington, d. c., if necessary, he add
ed.
Original appeals first must be
filed with the county committee.
The county's allotment is a re-
duction of eos percent from the
'55,097 acres of corn planted on an
average over the three preceding
years. The 1850 total includes
acreage for possible appeals and
supplements, Mr.. Cochenour adj
ded.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27

ans; Coshocton-City; Crestline-
City; Galion-City,
Also Logan-Hocking Valley;
Observation-Disclosures; Mt. Yer
non-M & S, Mercy; Kenton-
McKitriek, st. Antonio; Mansfield
General, Peoples; Marietta
Osteopathic; Marion-City; Belle
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-03-27
.Marysville, Redwood Track Teams
Working Out; Prospects Appear Good

dry enough. Redwood is in the
same situation and the Tigers
also must use make-shift facili-
ties.