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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Georgia legislature debates controversial bills on voting tests and poll taxes, abolishing the Citizens Council, and extending secret ballots, facing opposition from newspapers, labor, and civic groups; one bill on state records custody passed.
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would be paid biennially, and a test which shall not be "arbitrary or capricious. Opponents of the measure were mobilizing to fight the adoption of the bill. Newspaper opposing the move editorially include the Atlanta Journal, World, Macon News and many others. Labor organizations have assailed the subterfuge. An official statement issued by the State Board of the League of Women Voters has expressed concern over the proposed legislative changes in Georgia. Other civic, labor and voter groups have expressed equal concern over the bill.
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Also facing the legislature is the bill to abolish the Georgia Citizens Council. Fighting to save the measure is Sen. Roy Le Crow, who has had hundreds of telegrams urging that the Council be retained. Another bill on the calendar this week is one to extend the secret ballot to every county in Georgia. Talmadge supporters are seeking to circumvent the ruling of a three-judge Federal court in Alabama on the Boswell Amendment. By rewording the language and eliminating references to race, color and subterfuge some legislators hope to bar Negroes from the polls. Only one bill has been passed by the Legislature so far and this measure permitted the Secretary of State to have custody of records of the Governor's office.
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only one bill has been passed by the legislature so far and this measure permitted the secretary of state to have custody of records of the governor's office.
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Opponents of a measure on biennial poll tax payment and non-arbitrary voting test are mobilizing against its adoption, with opposition from newspapers like the Atlanta Journal, World, Macon News, labor organizations, the State Board of the League of Women Voters, and other civic, labor, and voter groups. Also facing the legislature is the bill to abolish the Georgia Citizens Council, with Sen. Roy Le Crow fighting to save it amid telegrams urging retention. Another bill seeks to extend the secret ballot to every county in Georgia, with Talmadge supporters rewording to circumvent a Federal court ruling on the Boswell Amendment by eliminating references to race, color, and subterfuge to bar Negroes from polls.