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12 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1956 PRICE: DAILY, 5c; SUNDAY, 15 1 arional Guardsmen ircyit Jod Ru To Pensacola ra Integration Hit By Gen. Lowry; Negroes Exi GOP Blamed In Address To Committee Gov. ins Eligible; High Court ssu I yc 'awn Ike Asks Total Of $12 Billion For School Aid Also Seeks Authority To Buy $750 Million In Bond Issues Holds Executive May Run Again By DON MEIKLEJON Democrat Staff Wrltar Gov. LeRoy Collins yesterday was ruled eligible run. for governor this year by Circuit Judge Hugh M.

Taylor. The ruling was that the constitution ban against Governors succeeding themselves applies only to full term Governors, and not to part-term Governors lik Collins. The decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court. -J; ft 1 I L.JL i WASHINGTON (AP) President Eisenhower asked Congress today to provide 14 billion dollars in federal grants over the next five years to help conquer the nation's critical school shortage. In a special message, the President also asked authority for federal purchase of up to 750 million dollars worth of local school bonds if school districts cannot sell them in private markets at reasonable interest rates and 20 million dollars for grants to the states for school planning.

AMERICANS REPORTED HELD BY SAVAGES--Here are pictures of four Protestant American missionaries reported seized by savage Indians in the Amaion jungle of Ecuador, South America. Top, left to right: James Elliott, 27, from Portland, and Peter Flemming, 26, formerly of Seattle. Bottom: Nathanlal Saint (left) from Huntingdon Valley, holding one of his children; and T. Edward McCully from Wauwa-tosa, with his small child. They and another missionary in a small plane flew into the jungle area last week to do religious work among primitive tribesmen.

Later the IT. S. Air Force reported the body of one man was seen lying near the missionary plane which had been stripped. No trace of the other missionaries was found immediately, but two men were reported sighted waving a white flag In the area today. (AP 7T Message In Brief WASHINGTON UKHers to the words of President Eisenhower's message to Congress, is his plan for federal school construction aid: A program of federal grants amounting to VA billion dollars, at a rate of 250 million annually for five years, matched with state funds, to supplement local construction efforts In the neediest school districts.

A program to authorize 750 million over five years for federal purchase of local school construe hon bonds when school districts cennot sell them in private markets at reasonable Interest rates. A five-year program of advances tc help provide reserves for bonds issued by state school financing agencies. These bonds would finance local construction of schools to be rented and eventually owned by the local school systems. A five-year, 20 million dollar program of matching grants to states for planning to help communities and states overcome obstacles to their financing of school construction. If speedily and fully utilized, this federal program added to the Increased basic efforts of states and communities should overcome the nation's critical classroom shortage within five years.

Once this shortage is overcome, the federal grant program can and must terminate. Called 300 On Duty In Mill Row PENSACOLA Ufl National tuardsmen kept watch today over uneasy quiet at the Chemstrand big nylon plant where several persona have been beaten In dispute over construction labor. 'About 300 guardsmen arrived yesterday at the order of Gov. Col. Una and dispersed about 250 pickets.

Shortly before the governor's order, Circuit Judge E. E. Mason Issued an Injunction' banning picketing at the plant entrance, the blocking of roads leading to the plant, any congregating near the entrance and any acts of violence or intimidation of employes or their families. The injunction was asked by Chemstrand and Daniel Construe tion Co. of Greenville, S.

which has about 600 workers on an expansion at the plant. The order named the plumbers and steamfltters local union, and business agent J. C. Jernagln. A Daniel spokesman said both union and nonunion labor Is being hired by the firm.

OBJECT TO HIRING Pickets said they did not represent any union but were objecting to the hiring of out-of-state workers. '-I- Four personstwo pickets and two construction workers were arrested by deputies yesterday. Picket Lamar Carnley, 28, of Mc-Davld was charged with inciting to riot, obstructing Justice and interfering with an officer. He was released under $100 bond. Picket George, E.

Peterson of Pensacola was charged with obstructing Justice and Interfering with an officer. Deputies said he tried to block the road with his pickup truck. The construction workers were charged with reckless display of firearms. Officers said Thomas J. Cheek, 29.

and Lexie James Stover, 62. drove through the picket lines displaying pistols. They were placed under $250 bond each. LITTLE DIFFICULTY The guardsmen, from units of the 265th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion at Pensacola, Crestview and Cbipley, had little difficulty, dispersing the crowd. They were Issued live ammunition and had their, bayonets fixed.

Construction workers later left the plant without Incident, Earl Harrison, Daniel project manager, reported. Asst. Adj. Gen. Robert G.

White aid at St. Augustine that Sheriff R. L. Kendrick requested guard help after several persons were beaten, automobiles overturned and car windows smashed Tuesday. Gov.

Collins Issued the call from Los Angeles where he Is on va business trip. Two; Reported Seen Waving White Flags NEW YORK mK radio report from Quito, Ecuador, today said two men waving white flags were S'ghted on a sandy river beach In the Amazon jungle area where five U. S. missionaries were seized by savage Auca Indians. Dr.

Clarence W. Jones, president of the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, related the report in a radiotelephone interview with Dave Garroway of the National Broadcasting terming it "the best word we've had In the last lew days." Jones said the men were sighted late yesterday by a local commercial pilot who photographed them. They could not be identified from the photographs, however. He said a U. S.

Air Force rescue helicopter which arrived yesterday at Shell Mera, Ecuador, headquarters for the search, would fly over the spot to Investigate. Air Force and missionary pilots previously have spotted two bodies Hear the stripped Piper plane in which the missionaries had flown to the jungle site In an effort to contact the Aucas. The bodies were not Identified. The five are Saint, Huntingdon Valley, James Elliott. Portland.

Edward McCuUey, Milwaukee, Roger Youderian, Lansing, and Peter Fleming, Seattle, Wash. Lighter Side Fellow Officials Question Mayor Mayor J. T. Williams, pressed for details by fellow officials about his statement that he had reports of "something wrong" at the city warehouse, said today he has no knowledge of any wrongdoing but he still intends to "look into" the operation. In summary, this would mean a federal outlay over five years of some two billion with 730 million to be returned through eventual payment of bonds.

The states would be required to match the federal grants for construction. The matching, however, would be under a formula whereby the wealthiest states put up $2 for each $1 of federal money while the poor er states would get $2 for each $1 they put out. TEDERAL GRANTS' Eisenhower said a cardinal principle of his program is that "fed eral grants must not' reduce the incentive for state and local ef forts but rather should stimulate an increase in such efforts." "With this program," Eisenhower said in bis 2600-word message, "we can lay the basis for better education in America In the years ahead. In this way keep faith with our children." He made no mention of a question already stirring Congress whether federal education aid should go only to states adhering to the Supreme Court's ruling barring race segregation. SPLIT ON QUESTION One reason Congress got nowhere in the last session on school aid was a split over this question.

Eisenhower's plan for needier states to get the biggest share of federal money collides with a bill by Rep. Kelley D-Pa) which would supply IVt billion in federal grants over a four-year period. This bill, already approved by the House Education Committee, is due for early action. The Kelley plan would provide money to the states on the basis (ontuwed on Page 2, Col. 4) JACKSONVILLE CffU-A retired V.

Army general blasted the movement toward racial integration and laid it at the door of the Republican Party last night In a talk to the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee. Negro members walked out In protest. Lt. Gen. Sumter L.

Lowry of Tampa said "historically the Republican Party Is the party of Integration and while there are some fanatical Integrators in the northern wing of our party the Republicans and the Republican Supreme Court must bear the direct responsibility for the integration attack which threatens the way of life in the South." He also said the movement to Integrate the races was "thought up and organized years ago by the international communist conspiracy. "It is part and parcel of their three-pronged attack to destroy our national independence through world government; to destroy our Christian church through Infiltration; and to destroy our race by mixing it with the blood of the Negro race," Lowry said. LOUD AND ARROGANT He called the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People "loud and arrogant" and a "nationwide propaganda machine" that "has arisen in the South and the nation talking about equal opportunities, human rights, education and religion. "But they fall to tell you that their real interest is to fuse the white and Negro blood; to create a mongrel race without courage, morals or principles, which In the end will mean the disintegration of our nation and the complete victory of the communist movement," he said.

After Lowry's talk, Isadore Singleton, Negro committeeman, asked Chairman Edgar W. Way bright Sr. If the official meeting had ended. "''It has." Waybrlght replied. BE TALKED ABOUT "Then we Negro members of the committee do not wish to sit, in the meeting any longer and be talked about," Singleton said.

"We feel everything that the general has said has been vulgar and against us as members of the committee." -The 22 Negro members present (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) Bits Of Life Pointless Point JACKSON, Tenn. Note to Dominic A. Tata of Niagara Falls, N. That gift you left In Jackson yesterday turned out to be pointless.

As service station attendant K. C. Hanklns tells it: Tata drove his sputtering car into Hankins' service station, asked for a fountain pen, asked Hanklns' name and then signed over the title of the car to him. Tata asked and got a lift to the bus station for himself, his wife and their luggage. Said Hanklns later as he polished his car: "I put a new set of points In the distributor and now It runs like a sewing Colorful TOKYO JPi Miyoshi Mit-suboshi, 32, arrested yesterday on a charge of damage property, told police he doesn't like red, in the past year had slashed more than a dozen red dresses worn by women train passengers.

'fingered' WITE PLAINS, N. T. A Westchester County grand jury "put the finger" yesterday on 21-year-old Lollice Holley of Port Chester, N. indicting him on charges of stealing the bank book of 77-year-old Tony Dennis. Holley Is accused of taking the book and signing Dennis' name to a $96 withdrawal slip.

-What Holley didn't know, police said, was that Dennis cannot write. He "signs' his withdrawal slips with his thumb print. i 5 i Iffllhn'i'nuJ doing. He did say, however, that he felt Information he had was serious enough to warrant his inquiry. Commissioners Joe Cordell, John Humphress and Fred Winterle asked Williams to attend the meeting and explain to them what he had in mind.

All said they had no knowledge of what the mayor intended to do, except for what they read in The Democrat. Williams explained his statement of Wednesday that "We might find something very shocking" by saying that "there Is always the possibility of finding something shocking." The Mayor still would not identify a man who has given him information which caused him to "look into" what was going on. Other Commissioners (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) move was said to have reassured many Conservatives who were openly critical of Britain's departure from the canal zone. The possibility Britain may slow down its Suez Canal evacuation came barely a month before the previously expected completion of the project.

More than 65 per cent of the garrison already has moved out under terms of the British-Egyptian Suez agreement and at the present rate it was anticipated the whole force would be out by the end of next month, months ahead of schedule. The pact provides, however, that only 75 per cent of the original force must be out by Feb. 19 and the other 20.000 can stay until June 19. Informants said that in view of the troubled situation, the British may revert to the original schedule. The Egyptian government has not commented on the possible change.

i The deployment of the airborne I force to Cyprus and the possible! canal slowdown reflected the Eden government's deep concern over the anti-British riots in normally pro-British Jordan. -J' Williams attended a hur riedly called informal meeting of the City Commission this morning at the request of other Commissioners to explain his statement to the Democrat Wednesday that he was going to make an investigation of the warehouse. He told the other commissioners he felt it was his duty as Mayor to look into a re-por he had that certain policy procedures at the warehouse weren't being followed. Williams He emphasized that he did not know of any theft, possible theft or other serious wrong Am In arriving at the decision, principal points made by Judge Taylor 1. If the constitutional framera had meant to ban a part-term Governor from seeking reelection, they would have said so in specific terms.

2. It would.be Inconsistent to ban a' Governor, who is elected to a part-term, and allow an acting Governor, who could serve two months longer, to run for a 4-year term while in office. The Supreme Court two years ago permitted Acting Gov. Charley E. Johns to run for the office.

Collins has said he would be a candidate if ruled eligible by the courts. It was this statement that made Judge Taylor's ruling possible. REFUSED TO RULE Previously, Judge Taylor had refused to rule on Collins eligibility because he hal not stated his Intention. Judge Taylor's ruling was on a suit brought by Peaslee Streets of Lake Park, an announced candidate. A second suit, In which Taylor refused to rule, been appealed to the Supreme Court by House Speaker Ted David.

The Constitution specifically bans a four-year Governor from succeeding himself. But there had been no eojirt ruling on the eligibility of a part-term Governor, such as Collins, to seek reelection. Collins was elected to serve out the last two years of the late Gov. Dan McCarty's term. Judge Taylor carefully analyzed the wording of the Constitution and arguments of attorneys on the wording.

Basically those arguments were: 1. Streets The reelection ban applies to any governor, no matter how long his term the purpose being to prevent anyone from being a candidate for Governor while holding the 2. Collins The reelection ban applies only to a person who holds the office for a 4-year term. -LIMITATION NEED Judge Taylor said the drafters of the Constitution felt there should be a limitation on the continuous occupancy of the office by the same person, but he found nothing indicating this was meant to apply to part-time Governors. "If they had intended to make all persons occupying the office during any part of one term Ineligible for reelection In the next ensuing term.

It would have been the simple, natural, and logical thing to have put a clause to that effect In section 3 which deals exclusively with eligibility to the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 6) HOME GROWN lis a Oil out of season for butterflies, but four-year-old Judy Win-nik has one in her Milwaukee, Wis. home. The butterfly emerged from a cocoon which has been kept in the Winnik's kitcben since last September. (NEA Telephoto) GOP Uncertain Of Ike's Intent After Refusal WASHINGTON President Elsenhower's refusal to give assent or dissent to the entry of his same in the Illinois preferential primary left Republicans as uncertain to day as before about his second-term intentions.

There were some new predictions that he will seek re-election, but no one claimed to see In the Whits House statement any clearer indication than Eisenhower gave a news conference Sunday at Key West. He said then his mind Is not se fixed that lt cannot be changed. The clear implication was that be has made a tentative decision one way or the other, but he was careful not to say what it was. His doctors have said it will be mid-February before they can say whether his recovery from a Sept. 24 heart attack is complete enough for him to run.

WILL BE ENTERED When Gov. William G. Stratton announced at Springfield, yesterday that Eisenhower's name will be entered In the Illinois pres idential preference voting April 10, the White House said there would be no statement "signifying either assent or dissent." The statement was issued by Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, who said he had Eisenhower's ap proval. Hagerty stressed that El senhower did not know in advance of Stratton's plans.

Stratton said. too, he had not consulted Eisenhower. He added: "This is our way of saying, Mr. President, we hope you run again." The state's preference primary is advisory only not binding on delegates. Miami Reading Is Down To 41 By The Associated Press The cold northerly wind that has monotonously blasted Florida for six consecutive days dropped Mi ami's temperature to 41 early this morning, the low mark of the winter, and weather forecasters still could promise no definite relief.

In the vegetable-growing area surrounding Miami, temperatures skidded as low as 31. This minimum was reported in the muck-lands north of Homestead. There was scattered frost through the area, Miami Beach had a low of 45. lt will be cold again tomorrow morning, the Weather Bureau said, and after that only a very gradual warming may be expected. The cold wave, one of the longest although not the most severe in south Florida history, is caused by a gigantic Atlantic Ocean storm which has hovered off the east cuast for several days, whirling polar air southward all the way into the tropics.

Leonard Pardue, meteorologist at the Miami Weather Bureau, said that while the temperature has been below normal here every day this month, "We can't call this a major league cold spell Just Double A or Triple It got much colder In 1940. when a freeze killed many Florida citrus fruit trees, and there were periods of more severe cold in 1917 and 1918. Today's high temperatures are expected to be 55-60 In north Florida and 60-65 in the south. I British Show Of Strength Late News WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of Defense Wilson told Congress today he has ordered the high command to make a "complete and careful" new study of the military setup in view of changes in the weapons field and in the international situation. He wants the picture of what may be needed in the next three years.

2,000 Paratroops Going To Mid-East LONDON (AP) Britain began speeding some 2,000 paratroops toward Cyprus today as a show of strength FORREST CITY. Ark. (AP) Pollc spread a statewide network of roadblocks this morning, seeking to trap two men believed to be dangerous escapees from the Mississippi penitentiary. The men were believed to be nick George Mon-tos, who was serving seven years for burglary, and Robert L. Jones, who was serving a life term for his part in the murder of a fellow convict.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) The General Board of Evangelism of the Methodist Church today ordered an end to administration of its program on a racially segregated basis. in the tense Middle East. Dispatch of the airborne "fire brigade" to Britain's Middle East headquarters on Cyprus came amid reports the government was considering slowing down troop evacuations from the Suez Canal zone because of the restless situation In the area.

Giant transport planes began ferrying the special combat group eartward through heavy rain clouds to reinforce Britain's estimated garrison on Cyprus of men, many of whom are tied down by disorders arising out of demands for union of the island with Greece. TO BE COMPLETED The giant airlift is due to be completed by tomorrow night. Dressed In camouflaged uniform, the paratroopers' 42-year-old commander. Brig. A.

M. H. Butler, took off In the lead plane. "We are going to be ready for anything." he told newsmen. The airborne troops' main mission is to serve as a mobile force that can be rushed to any trouble spot in the Middle East where British lives and property are threatened.

Prime Minister Eden's INSIDE THE DEMOCRAT Drugs Can Prevent Strokes 10 County Business Up in 1955 1. Sec 2 Hospital to Buy X-Ray Unit 1. Sec. 2 Where Did Boys Goof? 1, Sec. 2 The dignified dowager watched with, growing distaste as the TV comic bounced his way through a slapstick routine of very questionable taste.

Finally, with a slight shudder, she snapped the program off. "I'm afraid," she sighed disapprovingly, "that channel needs dredging." I..