Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-02 | Page 18 | Writ is Sought in Georgia Row

WRIT IS SOUGHT fiN IN INV GEORGIA ROW y 4 ATLANTA Ga March March a ciz 2 WP UP- UP Governor E Eugene gene Talmadge newly po possessed of of ot a war warl chest l 5 st f found und ms h himself lt c confronted today y tod y with a vs lawsuit i attempting to block k him from spending it Ity and aid he challenging the dictatorship has set Bet up 1 in G Georgia Injunction proceedings accepted for filing yesterday by Superior V Judge B. B P P. GallI GaIllard rd at Gainesville attack the whole structure of ot the gove governors governor's ors or's o man one e- e enan nan control of ft the i tate tati 4 The action unable to reach the I governor directly because ho hes he's is i immune from G Georgia courts under the law Jaw was w brought against his three man n highway board and D De Facto Treasurer J J. B. B Daniel J Judge dge GallIard ord ordered red the highway highway high high- V V way ay b b board ard members and Daniel t to toV Appear before a three judge superior V court March 14 1 at G Gainesville to how show cause ause wh why the they should not be benj benj Enjoined nj ined W VW V. IV Lance a former state legislator legis legis- lator who lator who owns owns a highway certificate certificate te for which funds funda have been beena a t aside J t to meet tho first payment t of worth of t the e paper Mar March h 25 ask asked d the restraining cH Groer r Lance claimed that Talmadge under un un- 6 der r his hL dict dictatorship Is diverting highway funds illegally to other Departments V Trouble uble from other quarters still threatened ened V Talmadge's Talmadga s determination t tI tion torun to run the state stata without an appropriations ap ap- bill The 1935 legisla legislature ture ue failed f to pass one I V State Stat tate Senator Allen Chappell leader in a a. movement for a a self- self convened M assembly m y to look into the financial situation lon wired Talmadge asking him wh whether ther he ho would call callam am extra session to tOI pass an n appropriations appropriations bill if legislators would erve erv without pay pay V National guardsmen carrying pistols pistols pis pis- pis- pis this machine and guns are guardIng guarding guarding guard guard- ing the e Talmadge says saysie he lie ie h has in the treasury vaults at l e. e capitol V