The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed in the DjVu format at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/bro/bro1949 or http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/ugafax/bro/bro1949 I>KJ PEP MEETING THURSDAY - 7:30 P. M. - STADIUM ATTENTION.. ALL LOYAL DEMOCRATS Show Your Faith In President Roosevelt and the Democratic Party I- BIG RALLY Woodruff Hall-Thursday Nigh t «8:30 AFTER PEP MEETING r - Hear Brief But Lively Talks by: Congressman John S. Gibson Hon. Abit Nix Herman Talmadge Mayor Bob McWhorter Ben T. Huiet , Ivan Alien, Jr., Près. Young Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell Democrats of Georgia MUSIC BY UNIVERSITY BAND Sponsored by University of Georgia Young Democratic Club -Ine ôxecutive Committee coîdially invites you to attend 3"ne ^Atlanta CBoo\ ail ag, 30 ana 0{ their product>on n, -e jn ie . » o1 When so eminent an authority as New York's Wall Street Journal captions a recent editorial "The South is Rich," the firm faith which the First National Bank of Atlanta has always held in the present and future of its own section is again justified. For the First National was founded on faith in the South — has g. own as the South has grown and liberally ex tended its facilities to further that development all along the way since 1865. This 75 year old $135,000,000 institution is proud of the part it has been privileged to play in helping rebuild the South — welcomes every opportunity for service today — is anxious to be even more helpful in the future — Call on us when we can serve you. FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Five Points Peachtree at North Avenue Lee and Gordon Streets East Court Square, Decatur Founded 1865 — Capital, Surplus and Profits $10,000,000 751 h Anniversary Year Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Reprint of an advertisement appearing currently in the Atlanta daily newspapers To Win The War Quickly':^^^B • To Win The Peace Securely: Re-Elect Senator Claude Pepper —Our Nation is fighting for its existence. —Greedy, heartless dictators have long plotted to at tack and destroy us. —Claude Pepper foresaw this attack and warned us. —Claude Pepper did all in his power to prepare us for the assault which struck us at Pearl Harbor. —Claude Pepper has worked for every measure that would help us win an early and complete victory. —Claude Pepper is still working for our State and Na tion to bring us victory—his good work must not be interrupted. —Claude Pepper favors and will work for a just, last ing and secure peace. Let us make no mistake in our leadership this time. Claude Pepper's seniority in the Senate will command great usefulness to the cause of that peace our sons are fighting for. —Let us end this campaign on May 2nd by giving Claude Pepper the majority he deserves. For Victory! . For Lasting Peace- Vote For CLAUDE PEPPER WE PROTEST | Huge Motorcade of All Students , to Atlanta to See Talmadge Students of the University: THIS SUMMER WHILE WE WERE AWAY, GOVERNOR TAL- MADGE STRETCHED HIS POLITICAL HAND INTO OUR CAM PUS AND AMID A FARCE OF TRIAL, AND ON TRUMPED UP EVIDENCE OF THE LOWEST SORT, HAD SOME OF OUR FINEST PROFESSORS KICKED OUT. YESTERDAY WE WERE REMOVED FROM THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ACCREDITED LIST. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR UNIVERSITY. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE ARE WONDERING HOW WE FEEL. THEY SAW HOW GEORGIA TECH FELT THIS SUM MER. We Propose: —That the voice of the students be heard. —That we shall refuse to take this lying down. —That we organize a huge motorcade of the ENTIRE student body to go to Atlanta and stage a demon stration against such low, cheap political practices. —That we meet in our cars at the Polo Field tomorrow, Wednesday at 10 O'clock. Let the voice of young Georgia be heard . . . Get your car, your girl, and join the procession!! Huge Mass Meeting at Woodruff Hall Tonight at 10 O'clock JEWS-ARISE: Georgia Is The Promised Land Shake Off The Gentiles Who Bind Us-We Have The Power—-Our Tribes Control The University—The Sohnians Have The Univertity Theater. The 1 Weillites Have The Red and Black. The P Lévites Control The Georgia Arch The Days of the Carpet Bagger Arc Not Over Welcome New York Brethern—To The Promised Land Joe Brown and Milledge Hall Are Open To You k And The Other Dormitories Soon Will Be • The Library Is Our Private Club-Room I Eat At Our Private Cafeteria—Denmark Hall I CLAIM YOUR BIRTHRIGHT • REPRINTED BY SPECIAL REQUEST To the Citizens Of Georgia: DEMOCRACY gives you the privilege of voting! • Be sure you take advantage of it! 1940 is a vital election year, and MAY 4 IS THE DEADLINE for qualifying. Register NOW to cast your ballot. CENTRAL GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS E. P. JOHNSTON, Chairman of Advisory Board GUS BERND, Club Chairman WELCOME NAVY REQUEST TO STUDENTS Although upon other occasions, where issues concerning the University are involved, ^re have pledged for him our uncom promising opposition, yet for today, let us stand together in the interest of common defense, and show the Governor of our State the courtesy and respect the office and occasion merit» DEMOSTHENIA.N LITERARY SOCIETY PHI KAPPA LITERARY SOCIETY TOM FENLAND. CAMPUS LEADER HAROLD TILLER, PRESIDENT INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL JEANNE YOUNG, PRESIDENT WOMEN'S PAN HELLENIC COUNCIL STUDENT POLITICAL LEAÖÜ3 Southeastern Singers Convention *" Founded September 3, 1941 THE HOTEL of SLOW DEATH WHEN OLD AGE, POVERTY AND SICKNESS FALL UPON YOU, DO YOU WANT A ROOM HERE WAKE UP! History: The Hotel of Slow Death is located on Houston St., N. E., between Butler St. and Piedmont Ave., N. E. Just a few steps from downtown At lanta; under the nose of some of the largest Churches, State Capital, Schools, Theatres and Banks. On the door steps of our largest business section. It is operated by Mrs. Sallie Harris WILL YOU GIVE? WAKE UP! (who must be commended for her great work). People there are known as in curables. The Public Welfare is doing their part. So let us do ours by securing a place for these people to live. The Southeastern Singers Convention is calling on you, to help us secure some acreage land where these people les» fortunate than we, will have a better place to live. Amount- Name........ Send All Checks to the Convention Headquarters Mrs. Margaret Alexander 460 Ripley St., N. E., Atlanta 3, Ga. Founder and President VE. 7686 THE SOUTHEASTERN SINGERS CONVENTION AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF GOSPEL CHOIRS AND CHORUSES 46O RlPLEY ST., N. E.. ATLANTA. GA. Name__ Address- Ward__ CONTRIBUTIONS OTR. DATE AMOUNT $ OTR. DATE AMOUNT $ -•• r"-. Jn Manor« 3%>lo0 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row. That mark our place; -and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing: hands we throw The torch : be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. A —Col. John McCrae "SJje ipoppg ?Iaby" (Originator of m\t JJIarthew Reifes 30r »hall Oh! You who sleep in "Flanders Fields." Sleep sweet—to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And, holding high, we keep the Faith With all who died. We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led: It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a lustre to the red Of the fiower that blooms above the dead In Flanders Fields. And now the Torch and Poppy red We wear in honor of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught: We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought In Flanders Fields. —Maine Michael 3L JK ISS /t V7 *-&&u, '/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY EXPEDITIONARY FORCES: You are a soldier of the United States Army. You have embarked for distant places where the war is being fought. Upon the outcome depends the freedom of your lives: the freedom of the lives of those you love— your fellow-citizens—your people. Never were the enemies of freedom more tyrannical, more arrogant, more brutal. Yours is a God-fearing, proud, courageous people, which, throughout its history, has put its freedom under God before all other purposes. We who stay at home have our duties to perform—duties owed in many parts to you. You will be supported by the whole force and power of this Nation. The victory you win will be a victory of all the people—common to them all. You bear with you the hope, the confidence, the gratitude and the prayers of your family, your fellow-citizens, and your President— AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION __________LIST: JULY 3, 1943 NOTICE TO LETTER CARRIER:— Do NOT Délirer This Mailing List Correction Card Can you deliver or forward mail addressed to:— NAME______________________________ ADDEESS ___________________________________________________ Place an X in the proper space below to show how a letter addressed as above would be treated, also write in your Route Number and any change of address on file should be entered on the line at bottom of card. ADDRESS 0. K. NOT AT CARRIER ROUTE No. D Change order on file to_ RETURN THIS CARD AT ONCE TO SUPT. OF MAILS, AUGUSTA, GA. fe 5 o a* (ïïovemter S, 1943) GEORGIA AUTHOR "MEDDLES IM" LOCAL POLITICS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON MOST OFTHESUBJECTSCOVEREDBYTHE LOCAL AFFAIRS SERVICE IS AVAIL ABLE TO YOU FROM OUR FILES. WRITE OR WIRE YOUR SPECIAL INTERESTS. A novelist named Berry Fleming is president of theAugustai Ga. » Citizens Union. In the October issue of the Rational Municipal Review Mr. Fleming gave credit for the formation of this organization to the "toss" of the local political machine. "On a Friday night last November," he writes, "at a football game in the high school stadium, there was some disturbance and no police to take charge. * • One citizen stood up and "blamed their absence on the political machine. The wife of a councilman told him he should not talk like that about the Cracker party. Whereupon the citizen said that this was a free country, and he would talk about the Cracker 1 l party as he pleased. He added, furthermore* 'To Hell with the Cracker party]"1 The account says thä; this man was arrested 64 hours later1 and that in jaili in communicado, figerprinted and photographed. The charge was "disorderly conduct — cursing in the presence of ladies." After several hours in jail, the man was taken to the 'boss' and asked if he wanted "to make this a personal matter." The citizen said there was nothing personal in it, was given a reprimand and allowed to depart e upon depositing $52 bail. An indignation meeting resulted attended by 12 men who started the citizens union at once, drew up and inserted a full-page ad for both Augusta newspapers calling for members "to support a program of good government in general, and the resignation of the 'boss' from his job as safety commissioner in particular." The ads brought responses from 500 persons and the leaders began the work of organization of committees in each ward of the city. Several months were spent in organization work, • "The immediate job," Mr. Fleming reports, "seemed to be to raise some money and increase the membership. The program of calling for the resignation of the 'boss1 had to be abandoned in the stage of 'calling for'; the Civil Service Commission, which theoretically appointed the 'boss1 to the position of safety commissioner, de** clined to take any action, and in the meantime the citizen who had been arrested without a warrant had been persuaded by his learned counsel to drop all charges in return for his photograph and his fingerprints and his $52." çs , k; Mr. Fleming's novel, "Col. Sffingham's Raid," was a Bo ok- of- t he-Mont h Club selection last Spring. Alfred Willoughby, Secretary of the Rational Municipal League, said that "this piece of fiction comes. . . cbse to the truth about what ails our thousands of communities," and that it presents "a powerfully-drawn picture of the sordid civic state. . .of hundreds of communities the attitude of whose leading citi zens once caused William Howard Taft to remark sadly 'Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.'" "He might well have added that mostly they don't even realize it is happening to them or, if they suspect it, they put aside the umcoinf or table thought 'and, like the author's prominent business man who has profited by 'playing along with t hs gang' , staunchly turn their attention to more impressive and distant problems such as telling Adolf Schickelgruber they don't like dictatorship — at least on an international scale. *********** The Augusta Citizens Union now has some 1,200 members, who take care of its expenses by voluntary contributions. Mr. Fleming reports, however, that "the success of the organization is in the balance, owing to the refusal of so many citizens to *meddle in politics.'" I tel AiLIL'Ui. Tri! If n H GEORGIA AUTHOR "REDDLES IN" LOCAL POLITICS (By Burt P. Garnett) Nov. 3, 1943 Private Pringle is our guest. For him and all the other men and women in uniform we'll peel the potatoes and make the coffee and set the tables. We'll serve the finest meal our chefs can prepare... and then we'll wash the dishes and tidy up the kitchen. Of course, with the armed forces eating tens of thousands of meals every day in Fred Harvey restaurants, hotels and dining cars ... with our civilian patronage tremendously in- Ccpyriehl 1913, Ficd Harvey. Chicaeo creased because of the war ... with food ration ing so severe and trained help so scarce.. « we've quite a job on our hands. Sometimes it's just impossible to give you civilian patrons the kind of Fred Harvey serv ice you've come to expect. But when we must ask you to wait... or eat quickly and leave ... we know you'll be glad to do it. Our 6000 employees—some of whom have worked with the Harvey family through three generations—are grateful for your uncomplain ing acceptance of this temporary situation. We promise you the old-time Fred Harvey hospi tality will be back again just as soon as the war is won. Tlii\ covn is o icproduclion of one of o scries of Fred Harvey *** y ""* Friday, Majch 17, 1944 SUGGESTIONS Dinner Suggestions Served Shrimp Cocktail (i/2 Size) 35 Prune Juice 15 Mixed Relish (f o Children Under 12,15c Less Pascal Celery 25 1) 15; (for 2) 25 Fruit Cup 25 Apple Juice 15 Puree of Green Split Peas a jx Croutons: Cup 15; Bowl 20 1.—BAKED FINNAN HADDIE A 'LA D iARBORN ................\:........90 Potato and Salad I - 2.—FRIED FILET OF SEA BASS, TARTAR SAUCE ........................ 75 Cold Slaw, Potato 3.-JUMBO SHRIMPS SAUTE CREOLE WITH STEAMED RICE ............1.00 Salad, Sherbet I 4.-JPOACHED EGGS ON CREAMED SRINACH AU GRATIN .............. ,90 Potato, Salad, Sherbet 5.—BOILED SMOKED BEEF TONGUE Potato, Salad, Sherbet 5.—FRIED CALF'S LIVER WITH ON1O Potato, Vegetable, Sherbet 7.—ROAST YOUNG TOM TURKEY W! Radishes, Potato, Vegetable WITH SPINACH ...................85 SAUCE .90 FH DRESSING .................. .1.10 Rolls and Butter Served with Above Entrees DESSERTS PIES: Apple 15 Puddinq Diplomat, Sauce 15 Maraschino Layer Cake 15 Fruit Jell-O| Cream 15 ICE CREAM: Vanilla 15 ' Chocolate 15 Fruit,.Chocolate onMaple Sundae 25 SHERBET: Pineapple 15 • Orange 15 erry 15 Mocha Cream 20 Vanilla Custard, Chocolate Sauce 15 Chocolate Layer Cake 15 Stewed Prunes 15 Sliced Bananas, Half and Half 20 FRUITS Sliced Oranges 15 i Coffee, Cup 10 Tea, Pot 15 Kaffee Hag, Pot 20 BEVERAGES Posh, n, Pot 15 IJST Peach 15 Raspberry 15 Apple Sauce 15 Baked Apple 20 Milk 10 Buttermilk 10 Chocolate Malted Milk 25 ASK FOR OUR COMPLETE IJST OF AMERICAN WINES FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS MEATLESS DAYS WILL BE OBSEi !VED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS PERFECT COCKTAIL 35c 11 BURGUNDY WINE Dry Vermouth, Va Jigger 'I Sweet Vermouth, % Jigger CRESTA BLANCA Dry Gin, V3 Jigger i 25c APPETIZERS Oranqe Juice 15 Tomajto Juice 15 Prune Juice 15 Antipasto 50 $ Radishes 15 Shrimp Cocktail 35 Apple Juice 15 Fruit Cocktail 35 ISH Fried New York Count Oysters (6), Potatoes. Cole Slaw, Tartar pauce 1.00 Oyster Stew (6) 65 Fried Filet of Ocean Flfesh Fish, Tartar Sauce 65 Rolls and Butter Included n EGGS ANrif' OMELETTES Scrambled (2) 25 A Poached (2) 25; on Toast 35 Fried (2) 25 Boiled (2) 25 Omelette. Plain 45 Jelly Omelette 55 Spanish Omelette 60 I Cheese Qmelette 60 Hashed Browned 15 Green Peas 15 P01ATOES VEGETABLES American Fried 15 Buttered Beets 15 Creamed Spinach 15 I Stewed Fresh Tomatoes 25 WICHES SAN I Deviled Egg 25 Peanut Butter 25 j| Chicken 60 Lettuce and Tomato 25 Fried Egg 25 ,1 Tomato and Deviled Egg 30 Swiss Cheese 25 - American Cheese 20 Sandwiches Served] on Toast 5 Cents Extra SALADS Chef's Salad with Julieijlne of Chicken and Shrimp 65 Chicken, White Meat 85 Shrimp 65 Sliced Tomato (Plate) 15 Fruit (Plate), Cottage Cheese 60 ' Avocado 40 Lettuce (Plate) 15 Tomato Filled with Chicken or Shrimtf 75 Combination (Plate) 25 Lettuce and Tomato 30 ' Pineapple-Cottage Cheese 40 French Dressing and Crackers Served with Above Salads CHEESE Brick 15 American 15 Swiss 20 Cottage 15 All prices listed are at or below our ceiling prices. By O. P. A. regulation, our ceiling pricet arc our highest prices from April 4th to April lOch, 19f3. Records of these prices arc available for your inspection. Not Responsible for Loss of Wearing «r Personal Effects Fred Harvey LA.U.P.T. 132D-3 ii) j______m LEO H. HILL, CHAIRMAN T. H. HUCHINSON, SECRTARY W. E. SULLIVAN, TREASURER FRED H. LINK» VIBE-CHAIRMAN EDUCATIONAL-PROTECTIVE Z1Z HILDEBRANDT BUILDING TELEPHONE 5-1BÊ9 JACKSONVILLE 2 - FLORIDA ORGANIZE! EDUCATE! AGITATE! REGISTER! and VOTE! SUMMARY OF GENERAL OOMMITEE MEETING Publicity Department October 13, 1943 Labor's Educational and Protective Committee ROOSEVELT HOTEL - JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA In the General Committee's first regular -quarterly meeting- held since its organization three months ago, the sessions were opened at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, October 10, by Chair man Leo Hill. Roll call showed that thirty mem bers were present. Minutes of the preceeding meeting were read and approved. At the request of Secretary Hutchinson, a brief resume of the committee's activities were read by James F. Barrett and a detailed report made of the activi ties of the office and field forces. This report showed that meetings had been held and ad dressed by Secretary Hutchinson and Mr. Barrett in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Daytona Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. The Jacksonville meetings included the State Council of Machinists, Carpenters Unian, Central Labor Union, Boilermakers Union, Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Plumbers and Steamfitters Union. Chairman Hill reported on the two cases that had been filed by Tom Watson in the courts in Jacksonville on Saturday before the committee meeting. One of these was against the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, endeavoring to set aside the closed shop agreement existing there, and the other was against Leo H. Hill as Business Agent of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union for failure to comply with the law enacted as House Bill No. 142. Mr. Hill stated that plans were well under way for contesting both suits. Attorney Wendell C. Heaton, legal advisor to the committee, gave a detailed report on the legal phases of these two cases filed by the Attorney General. In addition to this legal information, Mr. Heaton reported on the work that was being done in the small counties of the state in behalf of Labor's Educational and Protective Committee. The committee approved the plan of the Pub licity Department to formally launch Labor's Educational Campaign on Thanksgiving Day through a state wide radio hook up. The program is to originate in a union hall in Jacksonville and the occasion to be that of a Thanksgiving dinner to the wives and children of members of organized labor who are in the Armed Forces of the country. Approval was given to a suggestion that a "Woman^^Dîvîsîon of Labor's Educationaï~ànd Protective Committee be set up with proper machinery for the women of the state to work through Auxiliaries and other groups of women in the interest of the program. It was pointed out that the women of the Auxiliaries and the wives, mothers and sisters of members of organ ized labor could do more than any one else in get ting the people to register and prepare themselves to vote against the constitutional amendment, the defeat of which is the principal purpose of the whole campaign. Minutes of the Executive Board meeting held September 12 were read and created much dis cussion. At that board meeting the minutes dis closed that many perplexing questions arose for solution and settlement. Recommendation was made by the Executive Board that the expenses of the board members in attending monthly meet ings be borne by Labor's Educational and Pro tective Committee, while this was being discussed before Sunday's meeting, this suggestion was broadened to include the payment of all the committee members, including those attending the quarterly meetings as delegates of the Gen eral Committee. Serious discussion and a sharp difference of opinion consumed much of the committee's time, and the motion to bear the expenses at the quarterly meetings of the General Committee and expenses of board members prevailed by a small majority. Another subject matter of much interest aris ing in Sunday's meeting, is whether the com mittee should confine its activities to the purpose of defeating the proposed constitutional amend ment, or whether the fight should include an active campaign against all candidates for réélec tion who voted against labor's interests in state and national legislative bodies. Strong argumerts were made by delegates on these questions, some believing the committee should confine its activi ties solely to the defeat of the amendment, while others expressed equal and emphatic belief that the campaign should be all inclusive. While recognizing the defeat of the amendment as being the dominant issue, the defeat of candidates who had betrayed labor's trust was equally important and binding on the committee, some delegates contended. No specific action was taken, how ever. For clarification of the duties of those em ployed to represent Labor's Educational and Pro tective Committee, Wendell C. Heaton was placed in charge of the legal work, and James F. Barrett was delegated to direct the publicity of the com mittee, both, of course, being under the direct supervision of the executive board. During the noon hour the Board of Trustees examined the books and records of the treasurer and reported at the afternoon session that the accounts were accurate and correct, but called attention to the fact that the contributions were coming in slowly from the member organizations. Committees reported however, that several checks had been received through the day and had been brought to the meeting by the delegates from their Tfsppf.tivp grniipp. The Board of-Trustees- took inventory of office equipment in the state headquarters and filed this list with the com mittee as information on the property owned by the committee. The question of getting the members and their families, and their friends to register was recognized as the most important and difficult task confronting the committee. Reports from delegates disclosed much activity by local com mittees in many of the cities of the state in the important work of agitating for the members to register and become qualified to vote against the amendment. The slogan was adopted by the committee as follows : ORGANIZE! EDUCATE! AGITATE! REG ISTER! and VOTE! Il Mobile, Los Angeles, Beaumont, Detroit. These are the place names for defeat, as Tunisia, Munda, Sicily are names for victory. We saw it happen here as it had happened in Hamburg, in Vienna, the Sudetenland and France. Fear stalked our streets and neighbors cowered in their homes. We heard the hideous laughter and the crack of clubs. When our dead were buried, the sickness of our shame lived on. We saw it happen here and we remembered many things. Salem witch hunts and Elija Lovejoy, the fiery crosses burning on the hill, Scottsboro and East St. Louis. Remembering, we thought we saw a pattern. And some said, this is the pattern of America, this is not Hitler— this is US. And in Berlin, Hitler was glad. "It will be a simple matter for me to pro duce unrest and revolts in the U. S. so that these gentry will have their hands full with their own affairs. We have no use for them in Europe."—Adolph Hitler. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT "... recent outbreaks of violence in widely scattered parts of the country endanger our national unity and comfort our enemies. ... I have asked the heads of several Government agencies, including the Attorney General, to give special attention to the problem." VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY A. WALLACE "We cannot fight to crush Nazi brutality abroad and condone race riots at home. Those who fan the fires of racial clashes for the purpose of making political capital here at home are taking the first step toward Nazism." WENDELL L. WILLKIE "Our whole purpose today is, with our allies, to de feat fascism. But all the forces of fascism are not with our enemies. . . . "The desire to deprive some of our citizens of their rights—economic, civic or political, has the same basic motivation as actuates the fascist mind when it seeks to dominate whole people and whole nations. (Continued inside) - LIFT UP YOUR HEAD, AMERICA! THAT WASN'T YOU, THAT STORM-TROOP MOB IN MOBILE, LOS ANGELES, BEAUMONT, DETROIT. They lie who tell you America is the Jim-Crow car, the lynch rope and the Klan riding, the poll-tax, the signs that say GENTILES ONLY and MEXICANS AND NEGROES KEEP OUT. They lie who say anti-Semitism and race riots are American, like a baseball game. AMERICA IS ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL America is the long road from 1776 to unconditional surrender. It's all the fighters for free dom along the way—George Washington, Crispus Attucks, Haym Solomon, Abe Lincoln, Colin Kelly, Dorie Miller, Meyer Levin. That wasn't you, America, that evil thing that shamed your cities. That was the enemy within your gates. In 1776 it was he who whispered that the rabble at Valley Forge was more to be feared than the despot king. You called him Tory, then, and struck him down. He was here again in Lincoln's time, saying: better that this nation perish from the earth than that the slaves go free. You called him Copperhead and beat him back. Always in the hours of your greatest peril he has been here. And always, though he is strong, you have proved stronger. He could not stay Washington at the Delaware, nor stop the Union Army at Gettysburg. Shall he now hold you back from storming Fortress Europe? The times that try men's souls have come again. The long road leads back to slavery. Or forward to the Century of the Common Man. Which way for you? One by one the nations divided against themselves have fallen like ripe plums to Hitler. America, one nation indivisible, in your union is your strength. KNOW YOUR ENEMY AND CALL HIM BY HIS NAME - BY HIS NAME HE SHALL BE CALLED TO JUSTICE: Gerald L K. Smith • Westbrook Pegler • Malin Dies • Charles Coughlin •JohnRankin! Call the 33 sedïtïonists, indicted but not yet brought to trial. Call the Eu Klux Klan, the National Workers League, the Christian Front, the Black Legion, the de featist press ... He is your enemy who keeps the Negro worker from producing to the limit, or who interrupts the flow of coal and tanks and planes and guns to the battle front. He is your enemy who would divide the people from their Commander-ïn-Chïef, the nation from its Allies. He who sows fear and hate between Negro and white. Jew and Gentile, Catholic and Protestant—he is your enemy. Be Yourself, America — One Nation, Indivisible! BRING THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE. Attorney General Francis Biddle is charged with the duty of defend ing the nation on the home front. Tell him to prose cute the 33 seditionists, to indict the leaders of the KKK and other inciters of race hatred and to disband their organizations. FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA THAT IS ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL. The Fifth Column wants to per petuate discrimination. Support the Fair Employ ment Practices Committee, which would guarantee all the nation's manpower the right to produce for victory. Support H. R. 7, the Marcantonio bill, to re lease the nation from the poll-taxers' stranglehold. Fight for equality in the Armed forces, on the job, in the schools, the housing developments and play grounds of your community. SUPPORT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND HIS WAR POLICY. His enemies are your enemies and the enemies of the nation. The cover drawing was made and contributed especially for this leaflet by William Cropper, well-known American artist who has contributed to OWI, the Office of Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs, the Treasury Dept. War Bond Drive, and many popular publications. Issued by: NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES ROOM 907, 1123 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 10. N. Y. „412 SECRET BALLOT (Reprinted from "The Watchtower", by A. S. M. in the Augusta Chronicle. Sunday, April 18, 1943.) Ladies and gentlemen, (listen carefully now), YOU HAVE A SECRET BALLOT You have not had it long. Only since 1941. But since the 1941 session of the Georgia Legislature you have had a Secret Ballot. And not just a Secret Ballot in the General E- lections. You have a Secret Ballot in "all primaries" too. _____ Now let me back up and go through that again. Here is the law. Here is the book on it: Acts of the Legislature, 1941, page 324. "An Act To Amend Chapter 34-19 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 relating to Elections by pro viding a new system of voting cumulative of those now in existence and proving further for a secret ballot in all primary and general elections in the State of Georgia." The Act goes on to specify the form of the ballot, which is the one used in the general elections here last November. The ballot it self is not numbered. There is a number on a strip at the top which is torn off by the voter before the ballot is deposited in the ballot box. So there is no way of checking up on you and you may vote as you please. And there is also another piece of good news connected with the Secret Ballot. In the General Election, you remember, you signed a book. It is known as the "Voters Identification Book" and lest you forget and vote somebody else's name. You give the clerk a name and you sign that name in the book; if you have gotten mixed up and given the clerk somebody else's name and then sign eomebody else's name in the book, you have bitten off quite a lot because you have got into the matter of forgery. Now this little book, like the Secret Ballot, is required by law in "all primaries" as well as in the General Elections. Here is the law on it.' Here is the rule: Acts of the Legislature, 1941, page 429. "An Act To provide for the identification of the voters in the primary elections . . . within this State by requiring each voter applying to vote ... to sign his or her name in a book, . . .to declare the signing of any other name in said book than the name of the applicant to vote ... to be held and deemed to be forgery. ..." Lehmann SARAH V. LETON MRS. JERE. H. MORRIS Excellent Proposed Constitution A Iready Exists., League Declares (Editor's Note : This is the sec ond in a series of articles on the proposed new constitution for Georgia. The articles are pre pared by the Georgia League of Women Voters. The first was published here last Sunday. Fu ture articles in the series will be published from week to week in The Sunday Constitution.) For many long years citizens, students and public officials point ed to the need for revising the con stitution of Georgia. In 1931 the University of Geor gia's annual Institute of Public Af fairs did something very concrete •about this need. A commitee, com posed of the following able citizens : Orville A. Park, chairman; Mal colm H. Bryan, secretary; Robert A. Alston, Pope F. Brock, Henry A. Beeman, Sam S. Bènnett, Lee W. Branch, Joseph B. Cummings, Howell Cone, J. B. Copeland, Law- ton B. Evans, Robert -C. Ellis, Blan- ton Fortson, James K. Hines, James M. Hull Jr., Robert M. Hitch, Robert B. Troutman, Wil liam S. Howard, A. R. Lawton, Jr., Hamilton McWhorter, J. H. T. Mc- Pherson, E. E. Pomeroy, H. H. Swift, John R. L. Smith, Marion Smith, drew up a proposed consti tution for Georgia. Careful study coupled with a very practical un derstanding of Georgia's back ground and needs resulted in a fine document. The Georgia League of Women Voters believes that this "proposed constitution," with its clear ex- (planatory notes, can prove of great value to us as we try to re vise our constitution at this time. The proposed constitution suggest ed some fundamental changes within the legislative, the execu tive and the judicial departments. The League of Women Voters calls attention in this article to the pro visions of most general interest. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT The proposed constitution rec ommends that the state "be di vided into districts and both sen ators and representatives chosen from these districts," so that the "representational the house would be based on population, and, in the senate, would be much more fairly apportioned than at present." At the same time, the control would be left "almost completely in the rural people of the state, as at present." Senators are now elected by ro tation from the counties making up their district. Under the proposed constitution, the senators would be elected for a six-year term from the district as a whole and "not from counties or sections of a district in rotation," so that the citizens of the entire district would have contin uous representation. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT In the executive department, only the Governor is elected by the peo ple under the proposed constitution. The heads of all the executive de partments would be appointed by the Governor with the approval of the senate, and could be removed by the Governor. ''There is thus pro vided a unified, centralized, respon sible executive." While the Governor is given the power to appoint and remove de partment heads, subordinate em ployes are to be appointed and pro moted under a merit system. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT A complete revision of our court organization is recommended in the proposed constitution. The general plan is that all state courts be a part of a general court of justice. The chief justice, as the adminis trative head of the general court, would supervise all of its depart ments and could "relieve conges tion anywhere by temporarily as signing a trial judge to any district in the state." One superior court judge in each district would supervise the work of the trial courts and apportion and equalize the work among the judges. Judges are selected by a plan that has been indorsed by -bar associa tions of numerous states, in which a judge is first appointed to office and then runs for election against his own record, if he wishes to serve for another term. A judicial council is created to make all rules of judicial proce dure. To the general assembly is given the" power to prescribe qualifica tions for jurors, but the proposed •constitution does not prohibit wom en from serving on juries. FINANCES The sections on finance and tax ation were simplified and greatly shortened in the proposed consti tution. Local communities were given more responsibility with re gard to local finances. An entirely new section was written into the proposed consti- tion providing for an executive budget. Allocations were abolished. All monies go into the general fund to be disbursed in accordance with the Governor's budget and with appro priations made by the general as sembly. HOME RULE The proposed constitution would enable counties to consolidate easily and so reduce the number. Pro visions were included to provide "uniform systems of county and municipal governments, giving to them, especially municipalities, a large measure of home rule, and -to relieve the legislature of the tre mendous mass of local legislation. IMPROVEMENTS Registration closes 90 days be fore an election and 30 days before /primaries under the proposed con stitution instead of six months ahead of elections as is now the law. No specific salaries are set up in the proposed constitution. All such, details are left to the legislature. "Since the proposed constitutio_n is •confined largely to general princi ples," it should not be necessary to amend it frequently and it was •therefore made more difficult to •amend, by requiring ratification by two-thirds of the voters, instead of the -majority required by our pres ent constitution. As government becomes more complex, the control of the people over key officials must be -made sim ple and direct. Control of govern ment should be clear enough for all to understand. Every unneeded complication in our governmental system is a danger. The Georgia League of Women Voters urges all citizens to keep this in mind as we revise our con stitution. The courageous and able work of the committee from the University of Georgia who framed the proposed constitution can help •us to reach these ends. (Reprint From, The Atlanta Constitution, Jan. S3, 1944) HERE'S WHERE THE ACU STANDS ON THE SCHOOL SITUATION 7 1944 1. No political appointments. 2. No waste. 3. No favoritism. 4. A small Board. 5. An informed public. The one and only purpose of the schools is to pro vide the children with the best education it is possible to offer them within the school budget. We believe : I 2. I That there is no room for politics or political favoritism in a school system; the" schools are for the training of the children and the first consideration should always be to provide the children with the best teachers obtainable, irre spective of the teacher's political affiliations, irrespective of where the teacher comes from, irrespective of the teacher's marital status. That every possible economy of administration should be effected consistent with maximum standards and progress, that every possible waste and duplication should be eliminated, and that the .savings should be applied to raising the pay schedule of the teaching staff. That it is unfair both to the children and to the - teachers to allow an overcrowding in One school if a neighboring school ha,s facilities, not being fully used. That serious consideration should be given to re ducing the size of the Board of Education from twenty-two members to five-or six members appointed from the city and county at large by i the Grand Jury. That a closer understanding between the schools and the citizens should be encouraged and we advocate the introduction of a definite program for giving out constructive information to the public on the administrative and financial ac tivities of the Board, its deliberations, its plans, and it« problem's. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION HOW MANY MISTAKES IN THIS PICTURE? Just how well do you know safety rules and practices? Here's your chance to prove you are eagle-eyed by identifying all the safety errors the artist made in the drawing. Two prizes will go to the winner and runner-up, a $50 war bond and a $25 bond. St. Johns shipyard employees, except those in the Safety Dept., are eligible to compete. Here's what you do: (1) List the number of safety boners you see in the picture; (2) Write your answers plainly on one side of a separate sheet of paper; (3) Print your name, dept. and badge number on your answer sheet, and; (4) Send your entry to the Safety Dept. Awards will be made on the basis of number of safety errors identi fied, neatness and legibility. The contest closes at the end of the second shift, Saturday, Aug. 26, 1944. Remember to put your name on the paper. A.C .U 8O7 MARION BUILDING AUGUSTA, GEORGIA A Monthly Letter to Members of the Augusta Citizens Union Here are three local bills that we think should be made into law. (We are sending you only the titles, but we have the bills at our office and we should like to have you stop in and read them.) To become law the bills must be introduced into the General Assembly now in session, with the approval of the Richmond County delegation - Messrs. Roy V. Harris, W. W. Eolley, G. Pierce King. Without their approval, the bills are dead; but with their approval, the bills will probably be passed as a matter of courtesy. Now, we have appreciated the financial help you have given the ACU; nobody knows better than we do the necessity of financial support. But another kind of sup port is necessary too: the support of speaking out. If you think, as we do, that the passage of these bills would be of great benefit to Richmond County, we want you to say so. We want you to write the newspapers that you think so. We want you to write the delegates that you think so. The best thing to do is write Mr. Harris (he is the senior member of our delegation and you would address your letter to Honorable Roy V. Harris, House of Representatives, Atlanta, Georgia) and send a copy of your letter to the newspapers. If you can't do that, then write us and we will give your letter to the newspapers and send a clipping to the delegates. Speaking out about these bills is important. It is your right and privilege to speak out about them, and we think it is part of your responsibility as a citizen; government by the people doesn't mean much if the people don't tell their representatives what they want, AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION January 20, 1945 ACU - 7th WARD COMMITTEE Scott Nixon, Chairman 807 Marion Building Two candidates for Council from the 7th Ward have announced thoir intention of running in the Primary next summer: Mr, Ed L, Willingham ts the candidate of the political ring; Mr. R. E. Allen, a former supporter of the machine, will run as an independent. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DOÎ ARE YOU SATISFIED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES, OR DO YOU WANT A THIRD CANDIDATE, WITH THE BACKING OF THE ACUÎ If the ACU is to back a. third candidate, it means work on the part of all of us to elect him. The job cannot be turned over to a dozen or so ACU men and women; that is not fair to them and not fair to the candidate. If you are prepared to help, your committee is willing to work and has every confidence of success. BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, GOES ANY FURTHER WITH US PLANS, IT NEEDS TO KNOW HOR YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS. We are sending out 500 of these questionnaires. We will base our course of action on your replies. If a sufficient number want an ACU Candidate to run, v/e will call a 7th Ward meeting and select a nominating committee to choose the candidate. If tho response to this letter is weak or negative, your committee will feel justified in assuming that you ùre satisfied to choose between the two candidates named above. Please fill out the form below and mail it to us as soon as possible« We enclose an envelope for your convenience. ACU - 7th Ward Committee 807 Marion Building, Augusta, Ga» I think the ACU (ought) (ought not) to support a third candidate for Council in 1946. If your vote is affirmative, fill out blanks below. I will help elect him in the way checked (Check one): ( ) Canvass my block ( ) Work inside polls as manager or clerk ( ) Work outside polls as checker ( ) Drive my car ( ) Telephone ( ) Clerical v/ork I will contribute $_______ toward necessary campaign expenses. I suggest ______________________ as a possible ACU candidate. S i gn ed____________________________ Address Phone AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION I am interested in obtaining and maintaining good government in Augusta. Please consider my application for membership in the Augusta Citizens Union. I am in accord with the principles for which the Augusta Citizens Union now stands and I will support the nominees for public office endorsed by the Augusta Citizens Union as long as I agree with the policies of the organization. I will resign in writing if and when the policies of the Augusta Citizens Union become objectionable to me. D Please keep my name confidential. • I will: D Recruit members for the Augusta Citizens Union. D Urge others to register now. D Contribute $_———— to the Augusta Citizens Union Treasury. MAIL THIS CABD TO AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION P. O. BOX 331 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Information on this card secured by __________ (See reverse side) AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION -^Ple'ase' reàà'ïévefse side before filling out this side.) „ „ „T -i Full Name ——————————— ^ Residence address ————— _p£U--tu£-J^.ui_._uj._ _ —— Res. Phone _________ _ . ,..,,. '-6 p~- fO rue Vn3-'1B»J Cli'Xfc:-;?i -r. ;('T>I BusinessLaddress -__= ———————— L___ ——— ^l___l_-_____Bus. Phone ____ ^_ T f now registered and eligible to vote in •{ I am not ,,,J , t , ., _ _.k , jT;. -./HriMuHJ C' Ï-'1 City ward __________ 'Gountjr• district ________ (If apt please state reason ——————————_——————_—_—_——————) D Please send me information which will enable me to register. '.;. D .Please enroll me in the Augusta Citizens Union. '' MAIL THIS CARD TO AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION P. O. BOX 331 AUGUSTA» 'GEORGIA. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION PRESIDENT . DR. REGNALD MAXWELL VICE-PRESIDENT . GWINN H. NIXON SECRETARY . D. LEE BALLARD TREASURER . BERRY FLEMING FORMER PRESIDENTS . BERRY FLEMING A CITIZENS' LEAGUE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 504 MARION BUILDING AUGUSTA, GEORGIA DIRECTORS J. T. ANDERSON J. G. BAILIE OTIS M. BENTON OWEN R. CHEATHAM E. M. CROZIER R. E. LOGAN HENRY M. NORTH STEWART PHINIZY BUTLER RHODES JOHN Z. SPEER HENRY W. POTEET I94S-47 Augusta Citizens Union We believe in good goverment. In the City Charter City Manager form of goverment. We believe every person qualified to do so should register and vote in every election. It is your duty. We think all offices of the city and county goverments should be housed in one building and that by degrees the two goverments should be consolidated for the purpose of efficiency and economy. We believe in good hospitals but we believe the state should pay its part in the operation of the University Hospital. We believe in good streets and side walks and think a long range program should be planned to provide them. We believe in a re-assessment of all property in the city and county, that it should all be put on the same basis and that each person should pay their pro-rata share of taxes. We believe in slum clearance and smoke control. We believe the developed areas adjacent to the city should either be taken into the incorporated limits of the city or that they should be incorporated into Districts and make contracts with the city for municipal services. We believe the citizens should have frequent and frank reports from the goverments as to what is taking place and being planned for the future. We believe that honest, compétent, interested citizens should be elected to public offices, not for personal glory or power but for the purpose of serving the corainunity. •Ae believe in a two party system in politics and are willing to work for any partïthat will work for the things we believe in. We believe that YOU BELIEVE in all or most of these things. If vte are right why not join us?? We can have the kind of goverment we want if WE WANT IT BAD ENOUGH TO DO OUR PART. f V j The City Council of Augusta 1945 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HON. W. D. PAGE, Mayor (Mayor's Office 2-8164) FIRST WARD: Reis. Phone Bus. Phone 2-7468 2-8204 2-7468 1944-46 H. M. Thompson 1945-47 Arthur Balk SECOND WARD: 1944-46 Jack S. Skinner 2-E274 2-7321 1945-47 Frank P. Loyal 2-6684 2-9952 THIRD WARD: 1944-46 Harry Shapiro 2-6970 2-6616 1945-47 H. A. Giebner 2-5186 2-5364 FOURTH WARD 1944-46 W. W. Hewett 2-2521 2-6704 1945-47 John W. Burke 2-6897 2-7848 FIFTH WARD 1944-46 H. EL Kernaghan 2-3549 2-9190 1945-47 H. S. Cook 3-3042 3-3042 SIXTH WARD 1944-46 M. A. Beckum 3-4637 2-6707 1945-47 F. N. Sizemore 3-4340 2-4623 SEVENTH WARD 1944-46 F. F. Kennedy 3-6534 2-7752 1945-47 A. H. Lehmaim 3-4949 2-7288 J. W. WEISTMORELAND, Clerk of Council (Telephone 2-7683; Residence 3-6791) (Miss) CECILIA B. McEWEN, Deputy Clerk of Council (Telephone 2-7683; Residence 3-5817 C. WESLEY KILLEBREW, City Attorney (Telephone 2-4182; Residence 3-6879) STANDING COMMITTEES Approved by Council REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 1st, 1945 AIRPORT:—Cook, Chairman; Kennedy, Beckum Balk, Sizemore. , CANAL:—Hewett, Chairman; Kernaghan, Loyal, Shapiro, Thompson. CEMETERY:—Bal'k, Chairman; Thompson, Shapiro, Skinner, Cook. CHARITY:—Burke, Chairman; Cook, Lehmann, Balk Loyal. FINANCE & APPROPRIATIONS:—KENNEDY, Chairman; Beckum, Kernaghan, Hewett, Giebner, HOUSE:—Lehmann, Chairman; Burke, Cook, Loyal, Shapiro. PUBLIC SAFETY:—Giebner, Chairman; Shapiro, BuTke, Kennedy, Beckum. RAILROADS & ELECTRIC UTILITIES:—Loyal, Chairman; Hewett, Skinner, Giebner, Kernaghan. RECORDER'S COURT:—Skinner, Chairman; Cook, Sizemore, Thompson, Lehmann. RIVERS & WHARVES:—Thompson, Chairman; Balk, Skinner, Burke, Lehmann. STREETS & DRAINS & PERMANENT PAVING & CIVIC IMPROVEMENT:—Kernagan, Chair man; Sizemore, Giebner, Hewett, iSkmner. STOCKADE :—Shapiro, Chairman ;Kernaghan,Thom- pson, Beckum, Burke. TREE & PARKS:—Sizemore, Chairman; Kennedy, Loyal, Giebner, Lehmann. WATER WORKS:—Beckum, Chairman; Kennedy, Hewett, Sizemore, Balk. GENERAL OFFICERS Phone No. Comptroller, C. G. Paschal____________2-7084 Comptroller Deputy, (Miss) Marguerite A. Pearre __.______________________2-7084 City Assessor, C. Gordon Lamback__————2-7486 Mayor's (Secretary, E. M. Wilder_______„.2-8164 City Engineer and Commissioner of Public Works, E. E. Pu-nd__________.2-8683 City Engineer Assistant, Jno. D. Twiggs__ 2-2308 Collector and Paymaster, W. H. Bagby___. 2-2244 City Sheriff, O. B. Palmer..___________2-4068 Supt. Canal and Water Works, M. B. Cooper_2-4866 Inspector of Water Works, J. F. Seoggins_2-7511 Inspector of Plumbing, W. K. Whittle_____2-7973 City Electrician, R. L. Crawford________2-2196 Inspector of Buildings, Jno. W. Siibert.__.2-7973 License Inspector, W. A. Rowe_————————2-6188 City Sexton, Morgan Newman__________2-8688 Keeper of Westview Cemetery, E. H. Hutcheson, Sr.______________3-6741 Superintendent of Stockade, Chester Jones__2-9862 Superintendant of Streets and Drains M. P. Phillips____________________2-8762 Recorder, B. H. Ellison______________2-4641 Clerk of Recorder's Court, C. McDaniel___2-4641 Chief of Police Department, C. J. Wilson__2-4641 Chief of Fire Department, Geo. W. Scott__2-8278 Commissioner of Public Safety, John B. Kennedy_________________2-9538 Recreation Director, Oka T. Hester______2-3835 BOARD OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSORS Messrs. Albert D. Hemstreet, L. B. Furtick, Robert J. Watson, J. L. Scully, Leo F. Cotter. BOARD OF PERSONALTY ASSESSORS Messrs. C, Y. Kreps, W. A. Drost, E. Walter King Homer Baston, O. W. Perkins. CIVIL SERVICE COMMMISSION Messrs. C. Y. Kreps, Chairman, E. A. Lamar, Edwin L. Douglass, Meyer W. Edelstein, G. Cleve Smith. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUGUSTA Messrs. R. H. Daniel, Chairman, 5 year term; W. D. Pag-e, Mayor, 5 year term; F. F. Kennedy, 5 year term; D. R. McRae, 4 year term; Wm. P. Congdon, 4 year Herrn; Carl T. (Sanders, 4 year term; Dr. F. ." Lansing Lee, 3 year term; R. E. Allen, Jr., 3 year term; W. A. Drost, 3 year term. All terms beginn ing May 1st, 1944'. SINKING FUND COMMISSION Messrs. *Leroy Lyeth, 5 year term; Hal D. Beman, 4 year term; and H. 'Hal Hill, 4 year term; All terms 'beginning January 8, 1944. *To fill unexpired term of Lansing B. Lee, deceased. AUDITORIUM COMMISSION Messrs. Guy H. Merry, 5 year (term beginning Jan- nary 25,1940 ; *J. F. Luke, 5 year terra beginning- January 9, 1943 *Geo. L. Füller, 4 year term beg inning Jamluary 9, 1943; M. A. Beckum and W. W. Hewett, term of officie as Councilman; W. D. Page Mayor, and C. W. Killebrew, CSty Attorney. *J. F. Luke to fill unexpired term of George Sancken. *Geo. L. Fuller, to fill unexpired term of D. B. Home. LEVEE COMMISSION Messrs. Ferdinand Phinizy, Chairman-; Paul H, Dun- bar, Vice-Chairman; David Slusky, J. H. Wilkin- son, J. M. Wolfe, W. D. Page, Mayor and F. F. Kennedy, Member from Council. RECREATION COMMISSION Messrs. W. D. Page, Mayor and Chairman; term of office as Mayor and an additional 5 years; Wilmer D. Lanier, 5 year term; Mrs. IS. H. Swint, 4 year term; F. F. Kennedy, 3 year term: all (terms beg inning October 4, 1943; W,m. W. Helley, 4 year term beginning October 4, 1944; and Oka T. Hester Director. Stated Meetings Inaugural Meeting, 12 o'clock noon, First Monday in January. (Sec. 741). To elect City Officers: Second Saturday in Jan- uairy. (Sec. 520). To Fix Subjec/t and Rates of Taxation upon bus iness and professional occupations, regular or seme called meeting in December. Regular Meetings Regular monthly meetings are held first Monday in, each month ait 8:30 o'clock p. m., April to Octo ber, inclusive; 8:00 o'clock p. m., November to March inclusive. (Sec. 744). CITIZENS UNION CONDEMNS MASKED DEMONSTRATIONS The Directors of the Augusta Citizens Union yesterday passed the following resolution: RESOLVED: That the recent demonstrations of masked organizations in the public parks of this city constitute an underhanded threat to the fundamental decencies of American life; That such irresponsible gatherings are an affront to *hw our Ideals of fair play and good will, are a dangerous step down the road of terrorism followed toy the fascist, nazi and communist mobs of other countries and are harmful to the peace and welfare of all the men, women and children of t£is community; That such meetings are an insult to the intelligence of the overwhelming majority of Augustans, who have no sympathy with such tactics; that they are a blot on the good name and reputation of this city and this State and hold us up to the ridicule and condem- toatlon of thé national press; that the symbol under which they are held is an impious mockery of the cross of Christianity: The Augusta Citizens Union therefore denounces such meetings and demonstrations, and affirms its belief that power without res ponsibility is a social evil which this self-respecting community will not countenance. GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Personally appeared before the undersigned authority.___..._______ --- who being duly sworn ——————— ————— _ —— ——————————————————— _..,_- ™ ,_, Q ».u..^^ w »I ».-*..*. 4 in answer to a complaint as to his qualifications as a registered voter in the ________.Ward of the City of Augusta and says that he is a duly qualified voter in the said Ward and that he is a bona fide resident of said Ward having said residence at__.____________________________________, and deponent says that he is maintaining his temporary domicile outside of said Ward for the following reason: Deponent further says that it is his intention to return to said Ward as soon as practicable but that it is necessary for him to maintain his domicile at his present address and that Deponent has not exercised his voting privilege in any other Ward. Sworn to and Subscribed before the undersigned; Notary Public, Richmond County, Georgia. .cuacuacuacuacuacuacuacuacuacuacuacu > p ; u O Good Government for £' _„,__..„ Augusta* p suacuacuacv *A — date f O It It' *~. is AUGUSTA h a Contributing Memberp of the g CITIZENS UNION P u P o 0 Secretary Name_ -Address- _No.. (The application set forth below Is not a return of real property as required by law, but Is an application for homestead exemption solely, and must accompany a tax return as provided by law.) HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION RICHMOND To the Tax Receiver or Tax Commissioner of. -County, Georgia. Pursuant to the provisions of an Act approved December 16th, 1937, authorizing exemption of homesteads not to exceed $2,000.00 in value, I hereby make application for tax exemption for the year 19_____ on property exempted by said Act, as follows ; Number of Acres Size Lot Land Lot Number District Number No. and Section Street or Road Name of Street Kind of House No. Rooms Market Value Land and Bldgs. Date of Purchase- Kind of Title Held- _From Whom?- -Is your title recorded?- Is there a lien of any kind against this property?———— Amount of lien $______ . To whom due?_ What kind?_ AFFIDAVIT OF APPLICANT I, the undersigned applicant, do swear that the value set forth above Is the fair market value of the property listed, as Is provided by the Laws of this State. I further swear that the property was owned and occupied by me as a home on January 1st of the year for which exemption Is requested, and I further swear that this is not a false or fraudulent claim, and no collusion has been entered Into for the purpose of obtaining homestead exemption contrary to the Laws providing same. Sworn to and subscribed before me this _day of- Applicant— Address- Approved for homestead exemption as authorized by the Act approved December 16th, 1937, In the amount of $_ NOTE. If value of Homestead exceeds $2,000.00, It Is to be credited with $2,000.00 Tax Receiver or Tax Commissioner. i IF YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS THIS TIME, COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA IS OUT THE WINDOW ! ! The ACU believes—has believed for 6 years—that if you give COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT a fair try, you will never again be satisfied with COUNCIL-COMMITTEE- BOSS GOVERNMENT; less than 1 % of the cities that try it slide back to BOSS1SM. BUT COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA IS ON THE WAY OUT— UNLESS—YOU AND ABOUT 7,500 OTHERS GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE TO KEEP IT The question is not, "Are there 7,500 Augustans who believe in COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT?" There are many more than that. The question is, "ARE THERE 7,500 AUGUSTANS WHO WILL VOTE FOR IT NEXT WEDNESDAY?" You believe in it, BUT WILL YOU VOTE FOR IT? This Is Your Chance - YOUR LAST CHANGE - For a Long Long Time ! IF YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS THIS TIME, COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA is OUT THE WINDOW ! ! ! IF YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS THIS TIME, COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA IS OUT THE WINDOW ! ! The ACU believes—has believed for 6 years—that if you ...-...- ,,,__.__ again be satisfied w ______ _ BOSS GOVERNMENT; less than }% of the cities that try it slide back to BOSSISM. give COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT a fair try, you will never again be satisfied with COUNCIL-COMMITTEE- iUT COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA IS ON THE WAY OUT— UNLESS— YOU AND ABOUT 7f500 OTHERS GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE TO KEEP IT The question is not, "Are there 7,500 Augustans who believe in COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT?" There are many more than that. The question is, "ARE THERE 7,500 AUGUSTANS WHO WILL VOTE FOR IT NEXT WEDNESDAY?" You believe in it, BUT WILL YOU VOTE FOR IT? This Is Your Chance-YOUR LAST CHANCE - For a Long Long Time! IF YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS THIS TIME, COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT FOR AUGUSTA is OUT THE WINDOW ! ! ! INSTRUCTIONS i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. See that the ballot boxes are empty. See that the- numbers on the tickets are Numbered Consecutively. Get the startling1 No. on the ballot at each window, so as to check the No. votes cast at the window at the close. When Voter returns with,' ballot see that No. on back of ticket corresponds with the voters name on stub, check voters No. See that you are divided equal at each table, at each entrance have tlo Mana gers and UEO Clerks at each opening. Get the total number of votes cast at each box as quick as the polls close and add the total and announce that so many votes have been cast and at the final return they must balance out correctly to this total. Immediately after the polls close the managers shall assemble at one table all ballot boxes (also all ballots) and proceed to count the ballots, counting only One box at a time, starting with "A" box. All boxes at all times must remain in full view of all managers and clerks until they have been counted and results determined, and the managers must check the calling and the tally ing and see that the ballots, are strung as fast as they are called and tallied. IF THE ABOVE IS NOT CARRIED OUT NOTIFY THE MANAGERS AND CLERKS THAT YOU, AS MANAGER WILL NOT SIGN THE FINAL RETURNS It is the intention of the undersigned Augusta Citizens Union, after thirty days from January 10, 1945, to apply to the General Assembly of Georgia of 1945 for the passage of a bill entitled: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND TO REGULATE WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF ANY COUNTY IN THIS STATE HAVING A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 31,000 and 82,000, ACCORD ING TO THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1940 OR ANY FUTURE UNITED STATES CENSUS, THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES FOR MY PERSON OR PROPOSITION; TO PROHIBIT LOITERING IN THE VICINITY OF THE POLLS; TO RESTRICT THE HANDING OUT OF CARDS OR PAMPHLETS FOR ANY PERSON OR PROPOSITION TO BE VOTED ON; TO PROVIDE FOR POLICE PROTECTION AT THE POLLS IN THE COUNTY OUTSIDE THE LIMITATION OF MUNICIPALITY; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION Henry W. Poteet, President John P. Cooney, Vice President Henry M. North, Secretary Berry Fleming, Treasurer January 10^ 1945 It is the intention of tho undersigned Augusta Citizens union, after thirty days from January 10, 1945, to apply to the General Assembly of Georgia of 1945 for the passage of a bill entitled: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ABOLISH IN COUNTIES OF THIS STATE HAVING A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 81,000 AND 82,000 AC CORDING TO THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1940, OR ANY FUTURE UNITED STATES CENSUS* THE BOARD OF COUNTY REGISTRARS AS FORMERLY CREATED BY THE ELECTION 'LAWS OF THIS STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR OR THE COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL BE THE COUNTY REGIS TRAR IN SUCH COUNTIES; TO TRANSFER TO SUCH COUNTY TAX COL LECTOR OR TAX COMMISSIONER IN SUCH COUNTIES ALL DUTIES NOW OR HEREAFTER IMPOSED BY LAW UPON THE COUNTY REGISTRY} TO REQUIRE SUCH TAX COLLECTOR OR COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER TO TAKE THE OATH AS NOW PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR COUNTY REGISTRARS; TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN SUCH COUNTIES? TO PRESCRIBE THE FORM AND USE TO BE MADE OF THE VOTERS' BOOK IN SUCH COUNTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM THE VOTERS' LIST IN SUCH COUN TIES; TO PRESCRIBE ADDITIONAL DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED BY MANAGERS OF ELECTIONS AND OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN SUCH COUNTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE REGISTRATION LIST; TO PRO* VIDE A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND FOR • OTHER PURPOSES. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION Henry W. Poteet, President John P. Cooney, Vice President r Henry M» North, Secretary Berry Fleming, Treasurer January 10, 1945 It is the intention of the undersigned Augusta Citizens Union, after thirty days from January 22, 1945, to apply to the General Assembly of Georgia of 1945 for the passage of A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICES AND DUTIES OF TAX RECEIVER AND TAX COLLECTOR OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA, SO THAT THERE SHALL NO LONGER EXIST ANY INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR OR TAX RECEIVER III SAID COUNTY; TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX COMMISSIONER OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA, TOO SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF SAID WO OFFICERS ÏÎHEN SO CONSOLIDATED; TO FIX THE TERM AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE FIXING OF COMPENSATION OF SAID OFFICE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE COM PENSATION OF SAID OFFICER WHEN SO FIXED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LAWS NOW OR HEREAFTER III FORCE RELATING TO TAX RECEIVERS AND TAX COLLECTORS, EXCEPT LAWS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF A TAX RECEIVER AND A TAX COLLECTOR, SHALL BE OF FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS TO SAID TAX COMMISSIONER, SO FAR AS SAME ARE APPLICABLE; TO PROVIDE THAT All, TAXES DUE AT THE TIME THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT BECOME EFFECTIVE AND ALL FI.FAS. THERETOFORE ISSUED SHALL HAVE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND BE COLLECTIBLE AS ISSUED; TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY ASSISTANTS FOR SAID TAX COMMISSIONER AND THEIR SALARIES AND FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF SAID OFFICE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY ING OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY TIE SALARY OF TAX COMMISSIONER AND HIS ASSISTANTS AND NECESSARY EXPENSES OF SAID OFFICE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF SAID TAX COMMISSIONER AND THE METHOD OF FILLING VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF SAID TAX COM MISSIONER; TO PROVIDE FOR SAID TAX COMMISSIONER GIVING BOND OR BONDS FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR PUTTING INTO EFFECT IN RICHMOND COUNTY, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE II, SECTION 3, PARAGRAPH 1, RELATING TO THE CON SOLIDATION OF THE OFFICES OF TAX RECEIVER AND TAX COLLECTOR IN ANY OR ALL COUNTIES OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE "WHEN THIS ACT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION Henry W. Poteet^ President John P. Cooney, Vice President Henry M. North, Secretary Berry Fleming, Treasurer January 22, 1945 I IT'S UP TO YOU! For some time, thousands of Augustans have resented the mounting evidence that our city is dominated by a political clique which is ruthlessly running rough shod over the rights of independent citizens. So far, our resentment has only reached the talking stage. Many stand on the street corners and over adjoining fences and blow off that something should be done about it. Something IS being done about it .... FRANK O. CXAFFEY an independent thinking citizen, solicits your support in opposition to the Machine Candidate for the office of COUNTY TREASURER To prevent this political oligarchy being perpetuated VOTE FOR CLAFFEY ON APRIL 27 Let's not permit our public servants to be hand-picked by a poli tical boss. Vote for CSaffey. Those who hold office should not be subject to the whims and dictation of such bosses. Vote for Claffey. Just talking can gain nothing. It is YOUR VOTE that is needed. It may prove to be another nail in the coffin of the dictatorial Crac\er Party. All those affiliated with the Cracker Party, in any capacity, vote on election day. Shall we not be as loyal to our city as they are to their Political Machine? If you don't like our public business being run (down) as it is today, then VOTE FOR CLAFFEY Our boys who are fighting dictatorship OVERSEAS will be greatly encouraged to know that a fight is being made to preserve AT HOME the democracy they are dying for in distant foxholes. VOTE .. . YOUR VOTE MAY BE DECISIVE! Frank Claffey Campaign Committee The Ballot is SECRET . . . now no man can know how you vote. Sec. 562 P. L. & R. U. S. Postage PAID Permit No. 7 Augusta, Georgia Mr. Berry Fleming, 2242 Piokens fioad, Augusta, Georgia 1 895 ^^" 1 945 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stirling McCall request the pleasure of your company at the Fiftieth Anniversary of their marriage Sunday afternoon, the twenty-sixth of August / from four until eight o'clock At their home Ogeechee, Georgia No presents July, 1945 REPORT TO THE CITIZENS APPENDIX I: TRAVELLING EXPENSES Itemized Statement of "Travelling Expenses: $5,560.59," Year Book of the City Council of Augusta, 1943, page 57.* The following figures, from the office of the Comptroller, are printed and distributed by the ACU for the information of the citizens. They are in reference to paragraph three, Section 8, Chapter XVIII of Dr. Reed's Report, which reads: "A third practice which requires im mediate correction is that of paying traveiiing expenses of the mayor and other oity officiais, and even persons outside the city government, without the fiiing of properly itemized expense accounts. The travel item . . . for 1943 . . . was almost wholiy unsupported by evidence of the amounts actually spent. The only excuse offered is that on trips to Atlanta and Washington it is necessary to entertain legislators and members of Congress, and that biiis for cigars and such other things wouid not iook weli on the city records. We can only say that such items would not iook half so bad as no items at all." Jan. 13 C. W. Kiiiebrew, to Atlanta. Re. Revenue Com._$ 25.92 21 John B. Kennedy. Reimbursement for sundry ex penses to Atlanta, Jan. 10-11-12, in Interest of City of Augusta: Water Control___________ 21 W. D. Page. Same as above___________________ 26 John B. Kennedy. To Atlanta. Re: Water Control.. 26 W. D. Page and party (8) to Atlanta. Re: Water Control _______________________________ Feb. 10 W. D. Page. Reimbursement for expenses of mayor and party to Atlanta, Jan. 26-27-28, to confer with legislative body relative to legislative acts in which City of Augusta is vitally in terested, and to confer with Government offi cials for additional grant on waterworks project ______________________________ 33.00 75.00 32.25 46.53 175.00 * Travelling Expenses as listed in year Book of 1944, $8,579.45. 2 Appendix I: Travelling Expenses Apr. 2 W. D. Page. Reimbursement for expenses incurred and paid during months of February and March __________________________ 164.75 June 7 W. D. Page. Reimbursement for expenses attend ing American Society of Planning Officials An nual Conference in N. Y., May 15 through May 22; also attending American Institute of Planners in N. Y. C., preparing for postwar period ___:______________________ 300.00 8 W. D. Page. Pullman. Washington, D. C. City Busi ness ___________________________ 16.10 10 W. H. Bagby. Atlanta __________________ 25.00 July 15 W. D. Page. Reimbursement for personal payment of expenses of city officials attending legis lature in Atlanta, Jan. 26-28____________ 103.60 19 W. D. Page and party. Washington, D. C., tickets 109.75 24 Reimbursement for cash advanced and expenses paid for the following: July 8 W. D. Page and party, Columbia, S. C., re: recreation pro gram, etc. ._________.$ 90.00 10 W. D. Page and party, At lanta to confer with govern ment officials re: projects in Augusta _________ 260.00 16 W. D. Page and party, At lanta, re: V. D. Hospital in Augusta ____________ 115.00 18 W. D. Page and party to Washington re: V. D. Hos pital in Augusta______ 295.00 760.00 27 W. D. Page. Atlanta, railroad tickets. Re: Water works __________________________ 42.15 Aug. 2 Reimbursement for cash expenses of Page, Ken nedy, Killebrew, and Pund to Atlanta, July 26 through 29, re: waterworks projects and re creational facilities, with government officials in Atlanta. (This also includes expenses of en tertaining Federal Representative in Augusta July 29 inspecting vice conditions)_______ 250.00 7 Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Page and L. S. Moody to Savannah on August 5-6 conferring with government engineers re lative to Augusta projects.____________ 100.00 31 31 Appendix I: Travelling Expenses Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Page for sundry expenses in accompanying L. S. Moody to Washington, August 23-27, re: farm labor in Augusta and vicinity_____ Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Page and party of four to Atlanta, August 10, 11, 12, conferring with government officials re: waterworks project ___ Sept. 1 C. W. Killebrew. Atlanta. Re: Waterworks.. 8 Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Page party of four to Atlanta, Sept. 2, 3, conferring with government officials on proposed water works project 100.00 200.00 12.50 150.00 22 W. D. Page. Reimbursement for expenses of Mayor and party to Vienna, Ga., Sept. 9 to confer with Senator George re: farm labor situation in Augusta and Richmond County_______ 35.00 Oct. 1 W. D. Page. Cash advanced for expenses of Mayor and City Attorney to Washington and New York beginning Oct. 2, to confer with officials re: Hospital Addition certificates, Hospital Ad dition and other projects for Augusta, also waterworks project ________________ 500.00 13. Atlantic Coast Line.. 78.95 13 W. D. Page. Cash advanced for expenses of Mayor and One to Washington, re: Federal Projects in Augusta _______________________ 200.00 25 Reimbursement for cash advanced for balance of expenses for following: Sept. 27 W. D. Page and party to confer with FWA and Governor re: Augusta projects. Oct. 2-17 W. D. Page and City Attorney to New York re: financing Hospital addition; "Revenue Certificates." Oct. 13-16 W. D. Page and L. S. Moody re: Oliver General Hospital and Daniel Field ___________ __ 550.00 Nov. 13 Reimbursement of W. D. Page and party to Macon, No\". 10, to confer with Col. O'Connor, Maj. Kemp, Capt. Layless, and other army officials re: Augusta military centers. (This expense includes transportation, dinners, and sundry expenditures) ___________________ 60.00 Appendix I: Travelling Expenses 27 Reimbursement for cash expenses as follows: Oct. 30, Nov. 3. W. D. Page and L. S. Moody to Cincinnati and Dayton, re: mili tary posts in Augusta. Nov. 10 and 11. W. D. Page and party of two to Atlanta re: Hospital and Water works projects. Nov. 18-23. W. D. Page and F. F. Kennedy in Washington and also to Washing ton re: Hospital and Waterworks projects __ 26 Reimbursement for cash expenses of following: Sept. 11 City Attorney and O. C. Wheeler to Panama City, Fla., to take depositions of A. B. O'Connor in Sheehan vs. City Council of Augusta, suit pending in Richmond Superior Court _______$ 100.00 Nov. 16 To Atlanta re: FWA on Waterworks project and Hospital project ________ Dec. 15 18 Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Pa_ge and party to Atlanta, Dec. 1-2, to confer with Government officials re: Waterworks and Hospital _ Reimbursement for cash expenses of W. D. Page and party to Atlanta, Dec. 16, to confer with Governor and other State officials re: speci fic licenses and gross sales licenses in Augusta __________________________________ 20 Reimbursement for cash expenses paid by P. D. T. to C. W. Killebrew to Atlanta during month of February attending Georgia State Legis lature __________________________________ 27 C. W. Killebrew. Atlanta ____________________ 944.36 25.00 125.00 150.00 140.00 50.00 .. 15.00 $5,569.86 * Slight discrepancy in totals due to refund in one of items. October, 1945 EPORT TO THE CITIZENS APPENDIX II: COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT In reply to inquiries as to the nature of council-manager government, the Augusta Citizens Union submits the following list of questions and answers as compiled by the National Municipal League. Dr. Thomas H. Reed, In the Report to the Citizens published by the ACU in May, has pointed out "the imperative need of setting up some form of executive authority which can be held responsible for the con duct of the city government." The question of whether this authority should be concentrated in a mayor or a manager is one, Dr. Reed writes, to be settled by Augustans for Augusta. "We believe," he states, "that the weight of evidence favors the latter solution, especial ly for cities the size of Augusta." i ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COUNCIL - MANAGER PLAN. 1. What Is the council-manager plan? It is the most efficient and at the same time most democratic form of local government. It [resembles closely the organization of modern school systems and modern corporations, public and private. The voters (stockholders) choose a city council (board of directors) to de termine policy and to hire a trained man as chief administrator.* 2. How does the manager plan differ from the mayor-council and the commission forms? The manager plan is superior to both old forms because it unifies or ganization (whereas the commission form sets up five or more little governments) and makes possible expert, non-political administration (whereas the mayor-council form supplies a partisan executive saddled with political obligations). 3. Why does the council-manager plan work better? Because it remedies the defects in other forms which experience has shown up. It is simple and is understood by the voter. It facilitates getting capable executives in the public business. It makes non-parti san elections practical and thereby facilitates non-partisan adminis tration. It centralizes responsibility. »The National Municipal League's "Model City Charter" prescribes the manager plan and is used as a guide by cities adopting this form. Price $1.00. 2 Council-Manager Government 4. How many cities have the council-manager plan? More than 600. About 200 others have some variation of it. More than 11,000,000 Americans live in communities which have the man ager plan. 5. What size are these communities? They range from towns with populations of a few hundred to Cin cinnati, with a population of half a million. One out of every five cities (over 10,000) has this form of government. 6. Is the plan growing rapidly? Four of every five cities which have drawn up new charters in re cent years have adopted the manager plan. Abroad it is known as the typically American form of government and is considered this coun try's principal contribution to the science of local government. 7. What has been the experience of the cities now having this form of government? Almost uniformly the reports show citizens are well satisfied. Con sistent records of improved service and reduced cost have been made by these cities.* 8. Why not elect the manager instead of appointing him? Whenever an administrative executive is elected, his office is thrown into politics. Men who are not at all Qualified will seek the position because it has a good salary. In order to be elected even a Qualified man will have to make promises—or his campaign managers will do so. That means appointments on a patronage basis instead of on merit. When the manager is appointed by a council, it is to his interest to make good appointments because he must make a good record to hold his job. 9. Will' not the pian result in autocratic government by the manager instead of democratic government? Quite the contrary. Democracy consists in controlling public of ficers, not necessarily in electing them, and that way is most demo cratic which gives the people the surest control. The most effective way for the people to control their public officers is to choose a rep resentative group of citizens (the council) with power to hire the chief executive of the city. The council, if it is representative, can be re lied on to keep a check on what he is doing and fire him any time he is unsatisfactory. 10. Since it is frequently impossible to find a trained city manager re siding in a city which adopts the plan, is not an out-of-town man ager likely to be out of touch with local sentiment? The city council, composed as it is of local men and women elected by the people, determines all matters of policy and the manager carries out its orders. The problems of all cities are similar from an administrative standpoint. Hence, the manager need not be in close touch with the community prior to accepting office for he has nothing to do with the policy of the community. In fact, if he comes from out-of-town he has none of the local entanglements that arise inevita bly from a residence in a city. He is identified with no faction or politi cal party and has no obligations which might lead him to grant favors or special privileges. His freedom to make decisions independent of local influence and his broader experience more than make up for his initial lack of intimate acquaintance with the community. Witness a school superintendent or head of a hospital. The positions are parallel. *For further information on this point, write for the National Municipal League pamphlets "The Story of the Oouncil-ManaBer Plan," IBc; "Council-Manager Cities During the Depression," 2Bc ; "How Council-Manager Government Is Working," 2Bc. Council-Manager Government 3 11. Why does the manager plan give us better executives? Because all other forms of city government attempt to elect execu tives whereas the manager plan provides for the appointment of execu tives on the basis of an intimate examination of their qualifications unconfused with questions of their local political strength. In older forms of city government jobs are distributed on a patronage basis. 12. How much are city managers ususlly paid? Salaries range from an average of $2,638 in cities with populations less than 5,000 to an average of $12.657 in cities over 200,000. The lowest is about $600 (part-time), the highest, $20,400. 13. Why are jobs not distributed as patronage under the manager plan? Primarily because it is to the interest of the manager to make ap pointments on the basis of merit. The manager looks upon his job as a profession and hopes for promotion to larger cities. He must there fore qualify as a trained municipal executive, keep out- of factional politics and run the city as efficiently as possible. To do this he has to have men and women on the job who are well qualified. His op portunity for advancement (larger salary or promotion to a larger city) depends entirely upon his record for efficient administration in the city where he is working. 14. Are civil service regulations abandoned under the manager plan? Quite the contrary! Since one of the basic principles of the manager plan is the appointment of municipal employees by merit, administra tion of civil service is usually far more effective than under any othev form of government. 15. If our city adopts the manager plan, what will happen to the pres ent employees of the city?* The universal practice is to retain every employee who is willing to earn his pay. Most employees are delighted at the change since they no longer have to pay a part of their salaries to a political party or work on election days to keep the administration in office. So long as the employees do their work satisfactorily and keep out of politics, their jobs are safe under the manager plan. 16. Will not the manager build a political machine out of the em ployees? The answer is—none of them has done so. It would make the man ager's retention a major issue at each election, and cut off all chance of his promotion to a bigger job in another city. 17. What city officials are elected under the manager plan? The best policy is to elect only the members of the city council, ideal ly by the proportional representation form of voting.** The council appoints the manager who in turn appoints all department heads and other administrative employees.*** 18. Suppose the members of the council are politicians; cannot they appoint a manager who will do their bidding? Certainly. It is up to the voters to see that representative citizens •For further information Bee "What Happens to City Employees Under the Man ager Plan," obtainable from the National Municipal League. Price 5c. "For complete information éee "ProportionaJ Representation—The Key to Democ racy," by George H. Hallett, Ji1). Copies obtainable from the National Municipal League at 26c each. I •««For further details as to the relationship between the voters, the council, the manager and the administrative service, write for "The Best Practice Under the City Manager Plan" by Richard S. Childs, published by the National Municipal League. Price 16c. 4 Council-Manager Government are elected to the council. If the voters do not like the way the city is run, they can throw out the council at the next election, since the council is directly responsible to the voters for the government of the city.. However, the experience of most manager cities is that high grade councilmen are chosen. 19. Why are better councilmen chosen under the manager plan than under other forms of government? When the job of councilman does not take so much time as to in terfere with their private business, representative citizens can be in duced to run for office. Under the old system only the professional politician could afford the time necessarily involved in the job of councilman. Furthermore, the manager plan works best with a non- partisan system of electing the council, thus divorcing national party issues from local elections and giving the non-machine candidate a chance to be elected. The fact that a businesslike administration is possible also makes it appeal to men of high calibre. The position of councilman becomes one of dignity, responsibility and honor. 20. What does the mayor do in a manager city? In manager cities which retain the office, the mayor is the presid ing officer of the council chosen by the council from among its own membership. He is titular head of the city and usually has ample emergency powers. He interprets the government's work to the people through platform and press and assumes leadership of policy. 21. How have city manager administrations treated labor?* Invariably, labor has been well satisfied. Comments by labor leaders : Edward A. de Angelo, Toledo: "Labor is better represented in the present council than ever before and has had better treatment." W. G. Lee, former national president, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen: "I do not see how any working man can oppose the plan after investi gating it." F. B. Hill, former vice-president, West Virginia Federation of Labor: "The city manager plan is the most democratic and efficient form of municipal government we have in America. I think there is no question but that this form of government satisfies the demands of labor far better than any other form." 22. How many cities have abandoned the manager plan? Only 29 out of the more than 600 cities adopting it since 1908 have abandoned the plan by popular vote. 23. What were the reaeons for the plan being abandoned? In all cases local politics or local personalities have been the cause. The small proportion of abandonment testifies to the fact that the manager plan ordinarily provides a businesslike non-political adminis tration. 24. Will the plan cut taxes in our town? The amount of money collected from the citizens is determined by the people's representatives—the council—so that responsibility for the tax rate is definitely not on.the manager but on the council. The manager's job is to spend the money as carefully as he knows how. The manager plan has usually cut governmental costs. 25. Can counties profitably adopt the manager plan? In recent years a number of counties have been greatly benefitted by adopting the county manager plan. *For further information eee "What Happens to Labor Under the Manager Plan," obtainable from the National Municipal League. Price Be. VOTE FOR THESE SPLENDID CITIZENS CHESSER LOYAL COOK SIZEMORE Here is the way a weak A. C. U. committee and desperate hate tries to get candidates to run after all their personal persuasion is turned down by loyal intelligence: "Honest, Intelligent, Concientious citizen as independent candidate" (the kind the Cracker Party elects) "for judge of City Court of Richmond County. Would have backing of Augusta Citizens Union if desired. Must be a lawyer. Light work. Short hours. Good salary. Excellent opening for right party. References. Write for appointment Augusta Citizens Union, 807 Marion Bldg., or phone 2-3563." Want ad Herald. Moral: Run as an Independent if you wish but be sure you are an Indepen dent otherwise under the dictate of the Augusta Chitterling Union you might be with drawn from the race the evening before the election. The Cracker Party Does Not Dictate to Its Candidates Before or After It elects Them. ——Gordon W. Chambers "It is a truism that . . . citizen organization is the only legal tender with which good government can be bought." Government in Essex County, THOMAS H. REED Which do you want to do: 1. Give the ACU a steady financial support and build a citizen organization so strong that you can force an efficient, economical and progressive local government? 2. Let the ACU go by the boards and return Augusta to the conditions of a few years ago. The ACU is your best chance for good government. It is, at present, your only chance. But you can't have the ACU unless you are going to support it, — not only with your vote, but with your dollar. How about it? Is good government worth a few dollars a month to you? How much will you contribute per month to the ACU? $______.____ Or per quarter? $_ Marion Building AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION Your last contribution was ( amount ) ( month ( year ) -19- Will you contribute $ _____ ACU for the present quarter ? . to the operating expenses of the We believe that no right-thinking citizen will deny that the ACU has been worth its nominal cost in the past. But we are handicapped by the smallness of our income. Send us what you can. When you contribute to the ACU you can count on your dollar's being spent one hundred cents for Good Government. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION (Please return this card with your contribution) Your last contribution was (amount) (month) (year) Will you contribute $________ to the operating expenses of the ACTJ for the next six months? The ACU is supported entirely by the semi-annual contributions of public-spirited citizens. We need your help. Send us what you can. When you contribute to the ACU you can count on your dollar's being spent one hundred cents in the interest of Good Government. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION (Please return this card with your contribution) Are Books Essential? *oday millions are deriving help, inspiration, courage and diversion—from looks. Boohs are saving priceless man hours loy making available, to all who can read, all the skills of all the crafts so vital to victory. Books are explaining to a bewildered nation why we fight— how, and where, and whom we fight Books reveal our friends, unmask our enemies. Books help us to understand our country, our world, the history, the geography, the people, their customs, their ambitions. Books take us where our men are fighting and make them better fighting men. Books give us all that mankind has done and dreamed and planned. Whatever man has accomplished or hoves to accomplish is yours—in loooks. Are loooks essential? Try to imagine a democracy at war —-without looks. PRESIDENT, BOOK PUBLISHERS BUREAU, INC. DESIGNED BY W. A. DWIGGINS AND PRINTED BY A. COLISH AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION 807 MARION BUILDING The state legislature meets in January for about two months. It nq,t meet again until 1947. „ « If you believe that changes in our laws are desirable, now is the time to bring that to the attention of our representative», (Roy V. Harris, W. W. Holley, G. Pierce King). The AC U is asking 1,000 representative citizens for their opinions on 5 questions. The result of the poll we will offer to our.represen- vta4£y.Jgs as an indication of citizen opinion. Take time off to vote the attached card. Return it to us at once. THIS SIDE OF CARD IS-FOR ADDRESS AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION 807 MARION BUILDING AUGUSTA, GEORGIA FOR D FOR n FOR D FOR D FOR AGAINST * D AÖ'ÄINST Jrf-& _£ AGAINST D AGAINST D AGAINST D D RpnrarkK! ... "T7V 1: : No loitering or electioneering within 200 feet of the polls on election day. 2: Eligibility for more than one term for mayor and council- ^•m**? **$.&<> * 3: ' Consolidàtjpn pf county tax offices into one office. 4: Election law sirtiilar to Fulton County's — i. e. new regis- • tration on duplicate cards; comparison of voter's signature at the polls'; automatic purging by removal of name from list if voter fails to vote for two successive years; etc. 5: One registry list kept by the county, the city to be furnish ed for a fee that portion of it within the city limits. tEE OF.CARD IS FOR ADDRESS •», I . t?-, ..-e i « -r/ o AUGUSTA, GEORGIA E. MERTO'I Picture Show, Music, Entertainment HEAR Judge John C. Mitchell Speak in behalf of Rivers for Governor "Georgia's Greatest Builder" » Bring the Children- Animated Cartoons For Their Enjoyment WED., JUNE 26, 8 P. M. Courthouse, CALHOUN, GEORGIA (Reprinted from The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, May 19, 1946) A GUIDE MAP IN GEORGIA GEORGIA FACTS IN FIGURES, by the Citizens Fuct-Finding Movement in Georgia (University of Georgia Press). $2. Reviewed by Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia AFTER FOUR years in which military and diplomatic ma neuvers have directed our thinking largely to international matters, I find special signifi cance in the publication this month of a monumental ref erence work in Georgia. Somehow, to me, it re-em phasizes the fundamental para dox of the provincial—the truth that things of seemingly pe culiar concern to a state, a re gion, a person, or a group of persons, in reality are of uni versal importance. For here, in the bald statistics of this vol ume, in the 226 tables, charts, and maps that fill its 179 pages, is the issue of our time, even as a year ago we found it in t>ie victory at Reims or in the strug gle on Okinawa. That issue, as Josephine Wilkins states in the foreword, is "whether self-gov ernment will be forfeited in the middle of the twentieth cen tury." I, of course, have long thought that the answer to that ques tion lay in our ability and in our will to make democracy work. That means democracy in Georgia perhaps even more than it means democracy in America, if only because in Georgia democracy sems to have suffered too long from arrested development. Anyway, it means certainly that democracy begins at home—and home is what this booK is about. There is no text in "Georgia Facts in Figures." There are no interpretative sides from the editor, who happens to be a very capable research man named Lyle R. Chubb. There are only bare, unadulterated fact s— thousands of them. And no fan cies. There are the good facts about Georgia and the bad facts, and, unfortunately, the bad sometimes seem to outweigh the good. But, whatever they stand for —and it's to be expected that they will mean different things to different people—here they are, all the basic facts about Georgia, gathered together for the first time between the cov ers of a single volume and thor oughly indexed for easy refer ence. I should like this book to be come a guide map in Georgia. 1 should like for Georgians to take it today, use it in making their plans, and refer to it constantly as we make our way into the future. Then, in a few years, we might compare the new fig ures with the figures of the book. And we will know if we are doing enough of the things that must be done if Georgia is to be truly great; whether we are on the way toward a bal anced economy; whether we are expanding our educational op portunities, safeguarding the health of our communities, building the highways we need, helping our sharecroppers be come farm owners. Truth is the stuff democracy is made of. Truth is the substance of this book. If we use it wise ly, Georgia can become not only a thriving Southern state, not only a leader among the states in the Union, but a symbol of working self-government aJl over the world. HELP RESTORE WHITE PRIMARY -ENFORCE JIM-CROW LAWS- -ELECT- R. M. BROWN -TO REPRESENT YOU- " CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. No. I Primary July 17th. 1946 AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION A CITIZENS' LEAGUE FOE GOOD GOVERNMENT HENRY Vf. POTEET imENT GWIJSrST H. MTXOSr f I). LEE BALLAHD BR BEBRY FLEMING J. 1. ANI>ERSON J. O. BAILIE OTTä M. BENTON OWEX K. CHEATHAM E. M. CEOZIEE T. J. HAMILTON E. E. LOGAN 11. J. MAXWELL STEW AKT PHINIZTT J. M. ROJESEL I.. W. WELLS 529 GREENE STREET • AUGUSTA, GEORGIA ANNUAL ME3TIÜG November 30, 1947 The 1947 annual meeting of the AGU will be held in the Superior Court Room at the Court House on Thursday, December 4, at 8:00 P. K. The agenda includes (1) election of 7 members to the Board of Directors to serve for two years; (2) discussion of ACU program for 1948; (3) consideration of the advisability of sponsoring a survey of the Richmond County School System. Only members whose dues were paid before July 1, 1947, will be entitled to vote (By-Laws, Sec. 5), but all members are -urged to be present; their ideas and opinions on the subjects under discussion will be most welcome. In line with the ACU's interest in a better Augusta, a short 16mm sound film from the Kuseum of Modern Art Film Library will be shown on the subject of community planning: "THE CITY" - produced by the American Institute of Planners from a scenario by Pare Lorenz who wrote the famous film "The River". Music by Aaron Copeland. The film presents a survey of the problem of community living in America: 1, The New England township, cen tered round school, church and store. 2, The unplanned metropolis with its by-products of slums and unnatural speed-up of daily routine. 3. The new decentralized community,* planned for space and the segregation of work and play. "The turmoil of the planless city and the color and spaciousness of the small planned community are contrasted dramatically and humorously, and The City has become one of the most celebrated and successful of American documentary films." (30 minutes) Though the showing of the film is not open to the public, members of the ACU are invited to bring guests interested in the subject and in the work of the ACU. No admission charge. 1948 DIES The annual 1948 dues for membership in the organization are payable at this meeting; Regular membership, $1,00; Contributing membership, $25.00. Gwinn H. Nixon Acting President AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION A CITIZENS' LEAGUE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT JPHKSIDENT • HENHY W. POTEET VICE-PKESIHENT . GWINX H. NIXO3T SECRETARY . I). LEE BALLAHD • BEßBY FLEMING J. T. ANDEBSOBT J. O. BAILIE OTIS M. BESTOK" OWES B. CHEATHAM E. M. CROZIER T. J. HAMILTON R. E. LOGAN- 1C. J. MAXWELL STEWAKT PHTNIZY J. M. EOESEL L. W. WELLS 529 GREENE STREET - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA BOARD OF EDUCATION ELEC TION, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 In making recommendations for the Board of Education, your Directors have been influenced by the following considera tions: 1. The new School Bill, which the ACU heartily supported in the May referendum, will go into effect in January. In order that the schools may get the most benefit from this bill we must be careful not to elect a Board that is out of sympathy with its provisions. 2. The Cracker faction fought the School Bill in May, and we see no material difference between that Cracker faction and the present one« Though the ACU is not primarily interested in the political affiliations of a Board mem ber so long as he is well qualified to hold the office; we nevertheless belies that it would be short-sighted, at this critical change-over stage, to vote for any candidate put forward by a faction that fought the adoption of the measure. 3» It was the Independent delegation that wrote the bill; it was the Independents who sponsored it at the polls. We believe that each of the Independent can didates is qualified to make a good member of the Board. We, therefore, endorse the Independent slate and recommend that our members and all other civic-minded citizens join in electing thaf slate to office. REMEMBER: YOU ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE FOR 7 NAMES; WARD LINES MAKE NO DIFFERENCE. The Independent candidates are : 4-Year Term - E. 0. A. F, Bentley 0. McGahee Brian Merry E. J. Richards (County) 2-Year Term - C. C. Henderson (County) Mrs. Roy Lazenby Henry W. Poteet ACU PRESIDENT It was with great regret that the Directors at their last meeting accepted the resignation of Henry W» Poteet as President of the ACU, The Board^ however, was fully in sympathy with his position, that officers of the Organization should not be candidates for public office. Board of Directors AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION By Gwinn H. Nixon Acting President October 23, 1947 AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION A CITIZENS' LEAGUE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT • HENHY Vf. POTEET VICB-PHHSIUBNT . GWIN3J H. NIXOW . I). LEE BALLAKD TREASURER DIRECTORS J. T. ANDEUSON J. O. BAILIE OTIS M. BENTOST OWES H. CHKATHAM E. At. CHOZIEK T. J. HAMILTON E. E. LOGA1T H. J. MAXWELL STEWAHT PHINIZT J. M. ROJBSXX L. W. WEI/LS 5SS GREENE STREET • AUGUSTA. GEORGIA We are sending this letter to all members and contributors of the ACU to remind you of two things : 1, THE ELECTION The question, as you are no doubt well aware, is a new city charter providing council-manager government and other im provements, and a bill modernizing our school system. Both are measures implementing reforms for which the ACU has fought since its founding. We believe this to be a great opportunity to clinch the progress toward good government that has already been achieved. We recommend both bill» without qualification« Wednesday, May 7th, is the date. The polls open at 7 a.m., but, since you will not be allowed to vote on the school bill until 8 a.m., we advise you to wait until then to vote. Vote as soon after 8 a«m« as you can« Be sure your family and friends vote« If you live in the city you will be handed two ballots - one for the charter, and one for the school bill« Be sure you vote both ballots. If you live in the county you will be handed one ballot, a ballot for the school bill* 2« ACU DUES The constitution of the ACU provides for two classes of mem- bership: Contributing, $25 ? Regular, $1« Only members whose dues have been paid at least six months before the Annual Meeting are eligible to vote at the meeting or hold office in the ACU« We urge you to send in your dues at this time (if you have not done so)« and we also urge you, in order to facilitate carrying on the work of the organization, to be a Contributing Member if you can« Vue enclose an en velope for your convenience«. Make checks payable to Treasurer, Augusta Citizens Union« PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Your Board is studying the proposed bond issues for Augusta and will make a report and recommendation in the near future. We will make a report to you at the proper time in regard to candidates for the Board of Education to be elected on the first Saturday in November. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Henry W. Poteet PRESIDENT A Message to Project Tenants! YOUR SECURITY IS IN DANGER! The plan of the City Housing Authority to evict 2700 families, if successful, will be followed by the eviction of 8500 more families when the limits are scaled down. apartments available for FIGURES PROVE THERE ARE NO HOMES Mr. Butler has stated that he is talcing this action because there are those who will be evicted. THE FACTS ARE: • Only 10,000 additional housing units were supplied during 1946! • Housing needs have grown. New York City Marriage Bureau issued 107,000 marriage licenses during 1946. At least half of these were New York City people. 53,000 young married couples should start life in their own homes . . . but they can't. • A 1946 survey showed 260,000 veterans in need of homes. Mayor O'Dwyer estimated that we need 750,000 housing units. WHAT ABOUT THE VETERANS? Mr. Butler says he wants veterans in the vacated apartments. BUT HE FAILS TO STATE THAT AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE PROJECTS INCLUDE VETERANS. This is an attempt of Mr. Butler to create antagonism between you and the veterans ... to make it appear to the veterans that it is your fault that the vets do not have homes. The responsibility for lack of homes for vets lies with Governor Dewey — with a 500 million dollar surplus in the State Treasury —• yet only 25 million dollars was appropriated this year for "emergency housing." It lies with the Truman Administration and the Republican Party. They are willing to appropriate eleven billion dollars for military expenditures and to keep on making atom bombs — but give practically nothing for housing. WHAT YOU CAN DO: 1. Join your Tenants' Organization. Stand by your rights. United action can win a victory. 2. Send personal letters of protest to the City Housing Authority, Gov. Dewey, and Mayor O'Dwyer. 3. Send letters and resolutions to the Chairman, City Council Committee on Housing, urging favorable action on Resolution 297 condemning the action of City Housing Authority in this matter. Issued by: PETER V. CACCHIONE and BENJAMIN J. DAVIS, City Councilmen. RENT AND HOUSING COMMITTEE, New York State Communist Party. 35 East 12th Street, New York City. KEEP POSTED ON HOUSING NEWS — READ THE DAILY WORKER WHO RATIFIED THE CHARTER? HERE'S THE VOTE Ward 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Total White For Against 484 277 210 338 495 662 1736 4202 644 254 426 837 1151 1027 648 4987 Colored For Against 112 240 510 616 33 70 227 1808 12 11 50 71 6 5 7 162 Total For Against 596 517 720 954 528 732 1963 6010 656 265 476 908 1157 1032 655 5149 WHITES VOTED AGAINST BY 785 MAJORITY NEGROES VOTED FOR BY 1646 MAJORITY CHARTER RATIFIED BY 861 MAJORITY HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? MAY 13 1947 AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION PRESIDENT . DR. REGNALD MAXWELL VICE-PRESIDENT . GWINN H. NIXON SECRETARY . D. LEE BALLARD TREASURER . BERRY FLEMING FORMER PRESIDENTS . BERRY FLEMING HENRY W. POTEET I9AS-47 A CITIZENS' LEAGUE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 5O4 MARION BUILDING AUGUSTA. GEORGIA February 20, 194-8 DIRECTORS J. T. ANDERSON J. G. BAILIE OTIS M. BENTON OWEN R. CHEATHAM E. M. CROZ1ER R. E. LOGAN HENRY M. NORTH STEWART PHINIZY BUTLER RHODES JOHN Z. SPEER TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE ACU: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS; At the annual meeting the following new direc tors were elected: Butler Rhodes, 1st Ward; Henry M, North, 2nd Ward; Harry F. Spradley, 4th Ward; John Z. Speer, County; Dr. Regnald Maxwell, At Large. At a meeting of the new Board of Directors, Dr. Regnald Maxwell was elected President for 1948. The other three officers were reelected. 1948 ELECTIONS: ___________ In addition to voting for President of the United States ————————— and Governor of Georgia, the registered voters of Richmond County may vote this year upon the following offices: 1. County Sheriff 2. County Tax Collector 3. County Tax Receiver 4. Solicitor, Superior Court 5. Clerk Superior Court 6. Solicitor, City Court 7. Judge, City Court 8. County Ordinary 9. County Treasurer 10. County Coroner 11. County Commissioners (2) 12. State Legislators (3) 13. State Senator 14. United States Congressman The ACU calls attention to the fact that for the first time in many years patriotic citizens may become candidates for these offices without asking the permission of a political boss. This is a healthy condition. We urge conscientious citizens of charac ter and ability to step forward now and offer as candidates« Managing the affairs of our city and county is big business; it deserves the time and thought of our most competent citizens. -2- COUNTY SURVEY; The ACU is planning to publish in mimeograph form Thomas H. Reed's recent survey report of the County government. Only a small number will be mimeographed, but any member of the ACU may receive a copy upon application as long as the supply lasts. "10 POINTS TO PROGRESS" Enclosed is a copy of the immediate and long- range program of objectives, as approved by the Board of Directors, February 10. -- Much thought has been put on this program for the continued steady improvement of the city and county in which we live. We invite your suggestions for further steps to be added in the future. If you are with us on where we stand, JOIN THE ACU.1 If you have not paid your dues for 1948, send them to the Treasurer at once« The Regular Dues have been made small; anybody can afford to be a member of the ACU.1 - If you can afford to be a Contributing Member, we urge you to do so: the organization is financed entirely by the dues of its membership; you may see from the enclosed program the sort of projects your money will be used to further. JOIN THE ACU! GET YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN! - THE STRONGER THE ACU, THE STRONGER ARE YOUR CHANCES OF SEEING AUGUSTA AND RICHMOND COUNTY WELL GOVERNED. AUGUSTA CITIZENS UNION - Treasurer 2242 Pickens Road Augusta, Georgia Please enroll me as a member of the ACU for 1948. I enclose herewith: fl.OO Regulär Membership Dues $25.00 Contributing Membership Dues Name Address • I Communist Spies in Your Government Under Democratic Rule FACTS Here are the facts from the official reports of Committees of the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate Spies on Federal Payroll • Communists have "penetrated the Gov ernment itself" and "hold key positions in Federal agencies." • Over 1700 Federal workers employed by Democratic administrations were Com munists or members of Communist-front groups. Attorney General Protects Communists • The Justice Department investigated only about one-third of the 1700, took ac tion against only three while Democrats controlled Congress. • At least one known Federal worker held high policy positions for 2}^ years after Jus tice Department "had substantial informa tion that he engaged in Soviet espionage activities." What Is The President Hiding? • The Civil Service Commission, as di rected by the President, refused to release files on 128 Federal employees believed en gaged in Communist activity. • A "clear case of conspiracy" by one of several dangerous espionage rings was dis covered operating "in the Government" to "relay to Russia vital information essential to our national defense and security," and the names of the conspirators were pub lished. OPINIONS Here are the opinions of the official U. S. House and Senate Committees and of one leading news paper chain Even The President Covers Up • The Senate Committee charged that "it has been unable to obtain the facts from the executive departments" because of "the order of the President . . . which prohibits the disclosure of information relative" to Federal employees. • The House Committee declared that al though the President and Attorney Gen eral have knowledge of spying in the Gov ernment, the "authorities in Washington have done absolutely nothing" about it. Who Stole the Secrets? • On September 30, 1948, Scripps-How- ard newspapers reported that 89 top war secrets had been revealed to Russia by Com munist spies on the atom bomb, radar, jet propulsion, chemical research and defense plants. • General Groves, war-time head of the atom bomb project, testified that Russian spying was "brought to the attention of President Truman" in 1945, and that "the written memorandum was read by Mr. Truman." • "To date, several enlisted men in the armed forces have been convicted for hav ing in their possession photographs and other data . . . most of which were obvi ously of a souvenir nature." But "those who willfully and deliberately gave to for eign agents some of the very secrets of the atom bomb itself" are still at large. VETERANS! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1939 LET'S CHANGE IT BY VOTING FOR DEWEY AND WARREN Veterans Campaign Division Republican National Committee Washington, D. C. Do Not Honor This To The South with Precious Vote ... Traitor Your Vote Right with THURMOND and Wright for "States Rights" An Exhibition Commemorating the Settlement of Georgia, 1733-1948 ,-îë"*•"•!•:- -ft-; .' ~'r- •l™~v--~ ._ _~è-"-rÈ<=-:3-"-.-r^ V?^-'- -=V^ ''•'- Pl'j I. LLLLLVkl A VIEW OF SAVANNAH AS IT STOOD THE 29ra OF MARCH 1734. Books, manuscripts, photographs, prints, broadsides, music, and maps from the collections of the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Department of Agriculture, the National Gallery of Art, institutions of Georgia, and other sources, have been assembled to trace the history of Georgia. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. February 14 —April 30, 1948 GROUND FLOOR GALLERY AND SECOND FLOOR SOUTH GALLERY, MAIN BUILDING U. I. COVIRNHEMT PRINTING OFFICE 774617 NO ICE! TO TRUE Southern Democrats HEAR Hon. Charles Bloch OF MACON, GEORGIA SPEAK AT THE Court House GRIFFIN. GEORGIA Tuesday, Oct. 26,8 P. M On The Issue of STATES RIGHTS AND THE CANDIDACY OF STROM FIELDING THURMOND & WRIGfT r Democracy Is Principle and Not a Group of People acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu-acu- l l t? EfH s p u o i i l TEN POINTS I "-•• TO ••• ^-^ PROGRESS £ p n fi a I g P c3 £ g g ri ^ » S> The A C U proposes a ? P 10-point program for P modem Augustans. § p o fi § t SMUnuMEJ