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PANEL EXHAUSTED FOR‘LYNCH’TRIAL Nine Jurors Accepted For Service In Case Of Taxi Drivers In Greenville GREENVILLE, S. C., May 12 (JP)—Nine jurors, each of whom swore he had no objection to cap ital punishment, were seated to day as the State of South Caro lina put 31 Greenville men on trial for the lynch slaying of Willie Earle, 24-year-old Negro, near here February 17. With the acceptance of the ninth juror, the regular panel was ex hausted and a special venire of S6 was drawn. Presiding Judge J. Robert Martin, Jr., ordered them to be in court tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. (EST> Seating of three additional jurors will pave the way for the atate to begin presentation of the evidence upon which it will try to prove that the defendants, 28 Greenville taxi drivers and three business men, were members of the mob which forcibly removed Earle from the nearby Pickens county jail a few hours before his battered and shot body was found beside a Greenville country road. Seven of me jurors accepted are textile workers, another is a •hipping clerk in a textile mill, and the ninth is a farmer. medicaTsociety (Continued From Page One) North Carolina city, to b e an nounced, had been obtained for the 1948 convention. Dr. McMillan said the society had no financial liabilities and re ceipts last year exceeded ex penses by $9,915.47. He said the society now had $34,884, invested in government bonas. An officers’ breakfast will be held tomorrow morning, followed by the first general session. At the breakfast Dr. William M. Coppridge of Durham, outgoing president, will review activities of the state officers during the past year. Dr. Frank A. Sharpe of Greensboro, who will be installed as president Wednesday, will pre sent a preview of the society’s program for 1947-48. Objectives Realized Dr. John A. Ferrell, executive secretary of the State Medical Care commission, told the house delegates tonight that the in itial objectives of the Medical Care commission have been achieved. He made public for the first time the report of a survey on hospital facilities an,j needs in North Carolina, which said in part: “1. Of the 100 counties, 31 have no general or allied hospitals. The remaining 69 h a v e 145 hospitals designed to accommodate 9,214 beds, of which 7,591 are for white and 1,623 for Negro patients. The aim of the national hospital pro gram is at least an average of 4.5 beds for 1,000 population or 15,063 for the state of which 10, 877 should be for white and 4,126 for Negro patients. Situation Improved ‘‘2.* There are seven mental hos pitals in North Carolina, three of which are state owned, designed to accommodate a total of 8,180 patients. With the acquisition of Camp Butner, with its 3,374 beds, the situation has improved. More than 1,500 more beds will be need ed to meet the national program. “3. Tuberculosis: By U.S. Pub lic Health Service standards, there should be at least 3.490 beds In the state whereas only 2,339 are available.” Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service Fresh, Delicious SHAD ROE WITH BACON ★ STACYS Carolina Beach Road TIE IAN «m MATS TNE WfKTEST TMMFET IN TNE WORLO* MAY 15 * Thursday ... 9 to 1:00 , Sp<Hisored by JAMES A. MANLEY Post 2573 Yeterans of Foreign Wars New Building Fund e e e To Officially Herald The Opening of The SUMMER BEACH SEASON • • • admission . . . $2.00 per person Tax Included TICKETS on SALE AT: • Reed's Jewelers POSITIONS OPEN FOR DIETITIANS The United States Civil Service Commission announced yesterday that employment opportunities for Dietitians exist in St. Elizabeths hospital. Freedmen’s hospital, Gai linger hospital, and Glenn Dale sanatoriums in Washington, and U. S. Public Health Service hos pitals throughout the country with salaries ranging from $2,664 to $4,902 a year. Applicants must have completed at least 36 semester hours of col lege study which has included 12 semester hours in chemistry, 6 semester hours in biology, 6 se mester hourg in foods, 6 semester hours in nutrition and diet in disease, and 6 semester hours in institution management. In addition to meeting the edu cational requirements, applicants must have had from 1 to 4 years experience as a dietitian in a hos pital. Twelve months of training in a hospital training course for stu dent dietitians will be accepted for one year experience. No written test is required but the age limits, eighteen to sixty two, are waived for veteran pref erence applicants. Further iniomauon ana appli cation forms may be obtained from the Commission's Local Secretary, Mr. Martin, located at Post Office, or from most first and second-class post offices, Civil Service Regional Offices, or the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Applications will be accepted by the Civil Service Commission in Washington until further notice. Turkey (Continued From Page One) ther democratization programs planned at present and would you be able to say what they are? Answer — The endeavors made in Turkey to develop democratic institutions and the democratic way of life are earnest anj sin cere. Great accomplishments have already been achieved. The democratic evolution will continue its course without interruption un til it reaches its ideal form. Question—How do you envisage the future of the Dardanelles, and does Turkey propose to submit to any future conference any speci fic plan on the question of pass age through the straits? Answer—as sxaxeo in notes xo the Soviet government dated Aug. 8 and Oct. 18, 1946, Turkey is con vinced that the present regime of the straits is the most just and best balanced system that can be devise^ to give satisfaction to all parties. Should any power find some reason of complaint about this regime, that power can al ways ask for a conference to be convened in order to make altera tions according to procedure es tablished by the Montreux con vention. $250,000 (Continued From Page One) and putting in new fixtures, wiring, etc. The first shipment of training equipment, valued at around $30, 000, will arrive shortly. It will consist of machine tools, hand tools and testbooks. Items in cluded are both precision and machine lathes, drill presses, dif ferent sorts of hobby shop equip ment such and planers and saws and other tools. When the new armory is com pleted, there will be all sorts of equipment — electronic, fire fight ing, radio, ordinance and gunnery, and damage control included. The armory will consist of two stories and will house shops, classrooms, lounges for enlisted men, petty of ficers and officers and adminis trative offices. From here, Cmdr. de Fay will swing up through North Carolina, back through the western part of the state down to Georgia, and will finish his tour in South Caro lina, returning to Charleston. His next stop is Raleigh. UN DELEGATES (Continued From Page One) mend Palestine independence, and when. A series of Arab spokesmen warned earlier to day that Jews must abandon their “fatal dream of Zionism,’’ or face open fighting in the Holy land and the Middle East. The investigating commission in September will recommend to the General assembly possible permanent solutions for the Holy Land problem. CAPE FEAR (Continued From Page One) battle. But its value will be felt by every industry doing business on a competitive baisis with north' ern and eastern firms. The importance of the court de cision to the south may be seen in the fact that it was fought through all the lower courts and to the nation's highest tribunal by the nine northern states. The decision may mean a new era of business for the south. A LOCAL LADY SPIT UP ACID LIQUIDS FOR HOURS AFTER EATING For hours after every meal, a / Local lady used to spit up a strong, acidulous liquid mixed with pieces of half-digested food. She says it was awful. At times she would nearly strangle. She had stomach bloat, daily headaches and constant irregular bowel action. Today, this lady eats her meals and enjoys them, And she says the change is due to taking INNER AID. Her food agrees with her. No gas, bloat or spitting up after eating. She is also free of head aches now, and bowels are regular thanks to this Remarkable New Compound. INNER-AID contains 12 Great Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, act on sluggish liver and kidneys. Miserable peo ple soon feel different all over. So don’t go on suffering! Get INNER AID. Sold by all drug stores. Port City Items The demise of Selective Service yesterday provided larger offices for the local Veterans Administra tion, which has been given permis sion to switch headquarters "just aci’oss the hall” from room 125 to 124 in the U. S. Customs house, according to Robert S. Matthews, Jr., senior contact representative. Selective Service closed up all re maining business and vacated “the offices last Friday. John M. Walker, since the war attached to the office of Veterans Housing, OPA, is the latest mem ber of the New Hanover county bar. Walker, residing at 1401! Grace street and a native of Kentucky, was sworn in yesterday by -Judge Clawson L. Williams. During the war, the attorney served in the army air force and has been a resident of Wilmington since June 1943. Company I of the 119th Infantry regiment, local group of the North Carolina National Guard, will be inspected for federal recognition today by Colonel David L. Hardee. Raleigh, executive officer to the senior instructor of North Carolina National Guard and chairman of the ROTC committee for the N.C. Department of the American Le gion. Positions for meat inspector, vir us serum inspector, and inspector of imported animal fats for the bureau of Animal Industry located in North Carolina, are open, and examinations for probational ap pointments, leading to permanent placement, have been announced according to G. W. Martin, Civil Service commission secretary of Wilmington. Lt. Comdr. D. W. Defay, di rector of training from the Sixth Naval district. Charleston, is in Wilmington meeting with Lt. Henry E. Bost, district representa tive for Naval Reserve on the pro posed armory to be constructed for Wilmington reservists at the North Carolina shipyards. Ken Noble, chairman of Vet erans Homes, Inc., announced yes terday that there would be a meet ing of all members of VH1, Tues day, May 20, in the auditorium of the Lake Forest community build ing. E. L. White, newly elected city councilman, was given assurance yesterday by the New Hanover county commissioners that the road to the old Martindale farm, off the Carolina Beach road, would be repaired. The detention room in the county court house will be used by mili tary police from Camp Lejeune, following a request by Lt. Col. C. W. Kelly', Jr., provost marshal. An official protest was voiced yesterday' by the New Hanover county board of commissioners against the proposed elimination of Civil Aeronautic administration funds for the operation of airport control towers throughout the country'. The Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting, to be held in Southern Pines, Wednesday, May 14 will not include any representatives from this area, as it is a district meeting only, Ken Noble, com mander of local VFW post, said yesterday. E. C. Snead, assistant collector of customs for the Wilmington port was yesterday reported to be in Winston-Salem- on .matter of business. The Wilmington Veterans Ad ministration serving Southeastern North Carolina was today au thorized to move their offices from Room 125 to Room 124 in the cus tomhouse, Robert Matthews. Jr., senior contact representative, re ported yesterday. The authoriza tion came in the form of a letter from the regional headquarters in Winston-Salem, he said. A surplus sale, conducted in “sealed bid’’ form will be held at the Wilmington Shipyard, May 16. at 3 p. m. on materials offered by the United States Maritime com mission, according to C. Leonard Barton, disposal agent. Parents who live at Maffitt Vil lage and have children who will enter school next year are urged to take them to the pre-school clinic to be conducted at the Maf fitt Village school by Dr. Paul L. Stuck, May 16, at 2 p. m. Mrs. J. C. Williams and Mrs. Elliot O’Neill, chairman and as sistant chairman for the convention of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s clubs which is to be held May 21-23 at Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beach, have re quested full attendance of all com mittee chairmen at a meeting to night at 8 o’clock at the Sorosis clubroom. All Junior hostesses are invited to attend the Camp Lejeune dance to be held Thursday, May 15, at the Marston Pavillion. AB junior hostesses who wish to go must sign up at the Community center previous to" the dance and busses will leave promptly at 5:40 p. m. from the back of the Woodrow Wil son Hut, it was announced yester day by Miss Gloria Matkins, as sistant director of tae Community center. Dr. Fred Coleman will be ad ministered the oath of office as assistant New Hanover county coroner by clerk of Superior court August L. Meyland, this morning at 9 a. m., it was announced last night. Dr. Coleman, a dentist, was appointed by Gordon Doran, coroner, last wees and officially approved Saturday morning by Judge John J. Burney. The state-wide clothing cam paign that officially ended May 10, will continue until May 18, due to the success of the campaign, it was announced yesterday by W. B. Spivey, chairmanof the local committee. Charles Casteen, former chief of the Wilmington police depart ment was a visitor in Superior court yesterday. The former chief, who resigned several months ago on orders of his physician, has been a patient at a hospital in the western part of the state, said yesterday that he was feeling tine. HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley r 71 iW'eHMAH HAiD £A(N' ' H£'p OOTE-N A Tight fix, I Kin AU.uz PEPEN' OH MAH FEET’S • (Rtleaacd by TM *•» **£ —■» pirate. Inc ) • Tr*d*Mtr* R« u 5 P“' °* The Weather Weather bureau report of tempera ture and rainfall for the 24 hours end ing 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Precip. WILMINGTON _ 77 48 — Alpena - 82 46 —r Asheville _;---- 80 40 — Atlanta _— 81 48 — Atlantic City- 62 54 — Birmingham - 83 53 — Boston _ '48 58 — Buffalo _71 47 — Burlington_: 82 55 '■— Chattanooga _ 81 42 — Chicago - 85 56 .25 Cincinnati _ 79 52 — Cleveland _ 80 54 — Dallas _ 88 70 — Denver _ 63 41 .47 Detroit _ 80 54 — Duluth _ 67 55 .04 El Paso_._ 83 59 — Fort Worth _ 86 70 — Galveston _ 83 74 — Jacksonville _ 78 80 — Kansas City_ 79 61 — Key West ___81 75 .03 Knoxville _ 80 47 — Little Rock _ 80 62 — Los Angeles_ 74 54 — Louisville _ 82 54 — Memphis_ 86 59 — Meridian _ 85 55 — Miami _ 82 72 — Minn.-St. Paul_ 71 58 .05 Mobile _ 80 64 _ Montgomery _ 85 56 — New Orleans _ 84 65 .01 New York_ 81 52 _ Norfolk _4_ 83 49 _ Philadelphia_ 82 47 — Phoenix _ 87 52 _ Pittsburgh _ 79 48 _ Portland, Me._ 82 47 _ Richmond_.._ 86 45 _ St. Louis - 82 60 . 06 San Antonio__ 89 70 _ San Francisco_-_ 58 52 _ Savannah _•__ 77 51 _ Seattle - 62 49 — Tampa - 83 63 — Vicksburg _ 89 52 _ Washington _ 84 44 — RESERVE OFFICERS (Continued From Page One) Carolina and other southern states. Surf bathing, fishing and other recreation will be provided for guests the afternoon of the two days. In addition, bridge parties likely will be held for wives of the officers. A luncheon will be served Sunday noon for dis tinguished guests. Col. H. E. Boyd, commander of the local chapter, emphasised at last night’s sessions, that all of ficers attending will be urged to weai uniforms and that the ban quet will be a distinct military af fair. Senator William B. Umstead has accepted an invitation to at tend and will be a speaker at one of the sessions, Col. Hill said. Committees were named last night to work out further details and report at a meeting at 7:45 p. m., Thursday at the courthouse. Heading the convention commit tee is Col. Boyd, assisted by Lt. ~ol. William Burns, Majors Hug/ Plowden, Carl V. Merrill and Lieuts. Francis Malloy and Isaac Reynolds. Lieut. E. L. Mathews is chair man of the dance group witn Capt. Melvin Kaster and Lieut. L. W. Preston, assisting. On the banquet and luncheon committee are Lieut. Col. Edwin Schaefer, chairman with Capt. J. pc. Dickson and Lieut. Dirk Swart. Major William E. Luck heads the registration and has as assist ants Major Earl B. Mayer and Lieuts. Francis Malloy and Ernest Whitaker Jr. In charge of billeting visitors is Lieut. William Brooks. Col. Andrew Harris is chairman of the distinguished guest commit tee. His assistants are Lieut. Coi W. L. Blanchard, Colonels Royce McClelland, Beverly Snow, Larry Simpson and Capt. William Bean, Jr. Taking charge of entertaining ii Capt. Lawrence Lee, Capt. Mars den Bellamy Jr., is assistant. Cancer Drive Exceeds Quota In New Hanover The final tabluations in the recent New Hanover county Cancer drive reveal that the funds collected during the campaign went eyen farther over the top than did last year’s. v; Total collection this year amount, ed to $7,179.63, according to Mrs. N. L. Foy, general chairman of the drive which was sponsored by the local chapter of the N. C. Sorosis. This year’s quota was $4,500. With a quota of $4,750, total con tributions to the cancer fund last year amounte 1 to over $6,000. GEN. WHITEHEAD (Continued' From Page One) their height, they were so -similar and persistent that observers said they appeared to be planted, but no sources was evident. Several times in the past Mos cow has recapitulated rumors which were locally attributable to the Japanese Communists. Today’s Moscow accounts quot ing “reports available through Tokyo press circles,” apparently referred to a dispatch bf April 25 by this correspondent on Japanese reaction to the failure of the Mos cow conference of foreign minis ters: STATE COMPLETES (Continued From Page One) Moore said he was prepared to try the case and did not want to put it off, due to the crowded dock et already slated for the June term. Judge Williams refused to allow the request of Goldberg ar.d Rhodes and the case was started shortly after 3 p. m. The first witness called was J. C. Rogers, who stated he was an engineer of a boat and had worked with Batson. Rogers said he had between $80 and $90 in his wallet, which was in his hip pocket and the pocket buttoned when he went to bed at the Brunswick hotel on the night of April 24, 1947. Wallet Open Under cross examination by Solicitor Moore. Rogers said he had “one drink” and layed down on the bed to read a newspaper. He said he dropped off to sleep, and awoke about 6 a. m. to find his wallet on the bed, open and the contents missing. He immedi ately reported the loss to the hotel clerk, he said. C. M. Snooks who said he was an engineer on the same boat, had been invited to Batson’s home for supper. He said he, Rogers and Batson had visited the defen dant’s home for supper on the night of April 24. “We had several dritiks and Batson asked me to loan him $10,” Snooks told the court. He said he told Batson he would let him have any amount he want ed and that Batson only wanted to borrow the $10. After supper, Snooks said he and Rogers went to the hotef, where they roomed to gether. “We keep our money to gether and I only had six dollars after I loaned Batson the $10,” he testified. $15 Removed He said he had “six dollars left in my pockets and I put that in the dresser drawer.” He later said he had placed $15 under a piece of paper in the same drawer. In answer to a question by Judge Williams. Snooks said the $15 had not been removed from the drawer Snooks said that he, Rogers and Batson had been drinking at the home of Batson. G. C. Dean, night clerk at the hotel, testified that Jack Batson came to the hotel shortly after midnight in the company of E. G. Wells. He testified that Batson asked the room number of the two engineers, Rogers and Snooks. “I told him not to go up, that the men were asleep,” Dean said. The night clerk testified that Batson and Wells went up the steps and Wells returned in a second or two. Under question by Batson. Dean said that he (Batson! was only gone ‘‘four or five minutes.” He further testified that when Bat son came down stairs, he stopped and talked a few minutes with the clerk. “He had some money in his hands at that time and asked me if he owed me anything,” Dean said. Met At Cafe E. G. Wells testified that he met Batson, for the first time, at a local cafe, they became friendly and Batson paid for his food. “He invited me to go over to the hotel to see if his friends wanted to go with us to Brunswick county,” Wells said. Wells said they went to the ho tel and he only went to the top of the stairs, from where he saw two men lying on the bed asleep. “I then went back down stairs, be cause I felt funny about being up there,” he testified. Paul Adams, Raleigh native, was sentenced to five to eight years on four charges and from eighteen months to three years on four other charges of false pretense in connection with the obtaining of over a dozen sewing machine heads. The sentences are to run concurrently. Adams was charged with obtain ing sewing machae heads from Wilmington residens under the pre tense that he would repair them and return the repaired machines to the owners. He was apprehended in Raleign after hiring a local taxi, operated by William Bass to take him and his wife to Winston-Salem. Two-Year Term James “Geech” White, Negro, was found not guilty on charges of housebreaking and larceny. However, he was found guilty on a third charge of receiving and sentenced to two years on the roads. A 24-year-old seaman, Elwood Taylor, tendered a plea of nolo Contendere to a charge of assault and attempted criminal assault, but Judge Williams has not passed sentence on him. Taylor, who gave his address as Hampstead, was charged with en tering the home of a local woman and attempting to criminally as sault her. Melvin Isaac, Negro, 1101 Prin cess street, pleaded guilty to lar ceny of a watch from Sadie Len non. Judge Williams has not pass ed sentence on Issac. In the Taylor case testimony was presented to the effect that the young ex-serviceman was mental ly incompetent. Evidence was en tered that he had been treated at a mental ward of a Jacksonville naval hospitl. Taylor had been arrested on December 17 after he was found in the room of Mrs. Ruth Smith. J. B. Thompson, who lived in the same house, testified that Taylor made no resistance and didn’t have much to say when he con fronted him with a fishing gig'. Barrett Testifies Leonard Barrett, of the North Carolina Veteran’s commission, testified and revealed that Taylor had told him about being detain ed in a mental ward. Barett also showed the discharge which had had a portion torn from it. After testimony had been given j by a Negro woman whom Issai was accused of stealing a watch Judge Williams said “he must have had great confidence in his persuasive power if ne thought he could tell her he had thrown the watch in the heater. He ought to have 12 months.” Judge Williams, however re served his decision. Isaac had testified that he had only kept the watch for six days “to tease her.” Following the testimony of the first Mrs. S. E. Long that her divorced husband was $325 behind on his weekly payments of $15 toward the support of her and her two children, Judge Williams said “I should indict you for failure to comply with the court order which would mean two more years on the road, but I’ll issue judgement on the $300 bond. When this was announced, J. C. Long who had signed the bond pleaded “he’s my step son. I didn’t know what I was signing when I signed the bond.” PHO INDUSTRY (Continued From Page One) their jobs despite local settlements in some cities. May Respond Mayer said that if an arbitration proposal comes directly from the government, “the company offi cials who normally live in an ivory tower might respond.” He declared that Western Electric’s “refusal to move toward actual bargaining” is due to “the monop olistic character of the business.” Mayer said that when the com pany rejected the union’s proposal to arbitrate all issues, the union countered with a new proposal to withdraw all demands and extend the entire present contract for one year except for arbitration of the wage issue alone. This, too, was turned down, he reported. Fred Schmidt, Western Electric labor relations manager, subse uently issued a statement declar ing the company sees “no reason” why wages and all ether issues cannot be settled through collective bargaining instead ol arbitration. Local settlements of partial set tlements were reported in North ern California, Nevada, the state of Washington and the District ol Columbia. HIGH COURT (Continued From Page One) “exception rates” covering cer tain other items. Back Findings The court majority, with Justice Douglas as spokesman, generally backed up the ICC findings that the old rates put manufacturers outside the “official” rate terri tory at a competitive disadvant age and have been a factor in hold ing the South and West back in economic development. The court also accepted ICC con clusions that the differential charg ed outside the “official” territory is not justified by differences in handling costs, the makeup of the traffic load in the different parts of the country, or the relative revenue positions of the railroads. The rates in other areas, with wide variations and some excep tions, average materially higher than those in “official” territory which generally takes in the area Northeast of the Potomac, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Sharp dissents to the .court’s rul ing were registered by Justices Jackson and Frankfurter. Jackson, with Frankfurter’s con currence, argued principally against the 10 percent boost for “official territory.” In impromptu remarks from the bench, Jackson termed it an appli cation of the same theory as when you put lead on a fast horse to “slow it down” for a race with slower horses. He referred several times to "handicap rates.” Also informally, Frankfurter compared the ICC’s remedy for the situation to “burning down a bam to roast a pig.” The flat percentage shift in railroad rates is designed by the ICC as an interim measure pend ing creation of a whole new structure of class rates and a uni form system of classification. At present an article shipped from one area to another may fall in a different classification and thereby take a lower or higher rate than a similar article shipped there from another section. Justice Douglas wrote that rate comparisons show an “obvious” average disadvantage to Southern and Western shippers whose mar kets are in the East. 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Governor Cherry said that the state's action in upholding an or der of the Interstate Commerce commission under which class freight rates in the South will be reduced 10 per cent and those in the North will be increased 10 per cent was "a definite step toward the south getting some relief from discriminatory freight rates.” "Undoubtedly a great deal of discrimination existed down in this area,” the governor continued, “and the court’s decision ought to be helpful to the region and not detrimental to any other section.” Said Stanley Winbourne, chair man of the State Utilities commis sion: "I think the decision of the U. S. Supreme court handed down to day marks a great step forward for the South and will enable the south to progress industrially as it has never done before. Recognizes Right “This decision fully recognizes the contention long made by the South that it is entitled to equal freight rates with the Northeast and the same recognition is given to the Western states East of the Rocky Mountains.” Winbourne said that the fight for equality in class rates began in 1934 at a conference in Atlanta of Utility commissioners of the Southeastern states and represen tatives of various traffic organiza tions in the Southeast when plans were discussed for instituting a class rate proceeding before the ICC. A committee of the Utility com missioners succeeded in persuad ing the ICC to make a study of the costs of railroad operation, Win borne added. "This study revealed for the first time that the contention of the railroads that it costs more to ope rate in the South than in the North was fallacious,” he added. FORMER GOVERNORS HAIL DECISION WASHINGTON, May 12. -(^Pi Three Senators, all former Caro linas Governors were “jubilant” tonight over the 7-2 decision of the Supreme court favoring reduction of Southern freight rates. Earlier this year they predict ed the decision. Senators Maybank (D.-S.C.), Hoey (D.-N.C.) and Johnston (D. S. C.) as governors of their states were instrumental in starting the “fight toward equalization of freight rates,” they recalled. Maybank told a reporter “it will mean millions to the South. It fin ally puts us on a parity with the region North of Ohio. It took a long time for Southern governors to get adjustment of rates. I am delighted over this justice for our section of the country.” Johnston said “the voice of eco nomic justice has spoken clearly in this 7-2 decision. Now the South can emerge from her colonial stat us to an industrial era. Only Equality “We have not needed nor have we sought special advantages — only equality. The removal of these penalties through equalization of rates will be followed by a greater development of industry than was imagined possible by the average citizen a generation ago.” Hoey commented: “This is the second time the South has receiv ed relief against freight rate dis criminations. The first case was the Commodity rates case in which ICC gave a decision favorable to thte South and saved consumers of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee at least $10,000,000 a year as rates changed on certain commodities. “This case — often called the classifications case — has also been a tedious effort, but the pro posed changes involved will go a much longer way toward correct ing the uneven situation.” senate READY Wiley (R-Wis.) in Sunn Taft Bill. He declared iL °L ^ Purpose “is to protect welfare from the arbitral, ^ of power bv ‘labor mnn sb'J!ti racketeering.” monopoly Sr<! Denounces Riu A few minutes earlie. c Pepper (D-Flat hari Hen!' 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