Gene and his son Herman Talmadge

The Kurt Vonnegut book I am reading now, in the prefix has several pages talking about a strike against a large company in Indiana and the Indiana National Guard was called out to keep order. It reminds me of before I was even born the employees of Callaway Mills, near LaGrange, Georgia, went on strike and the Georgia National Guard was called out to keep order. My Daddy was in the Georgia National Guard. He was assigned to guard the Callaway Family mansion, the president of Callaway Mill. While Daddy was on duty an intruder did try to break in. Daddy disrupted the striker/intruder’s action and they got into a fight on the Callaway Family’ Mansion’s front porch. They had some sort of hold on each other and they rolled off the porch. The mansion was big and the porch was probably high up. When they rolled off Daddy landed on top o he striker. The Striker was instantly killed by Daddy’s forceful impact upon landing upon him. Daddy had to appear in front of Georgia Eugene Talmadge for killing the man. Gene gave Daddy a pardon. Another time Daddy, as a Georgia National Guard, was given guard duty to guard he Georgia Governor’s Mansion*. He was given a list of people to allow in, if hey should show up, and absolutely do not let any one else in. Then the Governor’s son Herman Talmadge approached the Guard House, drunk. Daddy recognized Herman, but he was not on the list so Daddy would not let him pass. The next day Daddy’s immediate up chain of command supervisor changed him to another job, saying he was right but thy needed someone on that pos that was ready to bend the rules for the immediate family. *Then the Governor's Mansion was off Piedmont Road, near Piedmont Park.