Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 24 November 1950 — Page 2

THE POST-DEMOCKAT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 1950.

itiE POST-DEMOCRAT uemocratic v^eouly newspaper repnsaienting the e aocrato of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th oiigressional District. The only Democratic New®per In Delaware Count! .•jutered as second class matter January 15, 1921, < the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of .iH.ch 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEAR MR3. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 316 West Main Street Muncie, Indiana, Friday, November 24, 1950. Truck Firm 'Deserts' Driver A “tear-jerking” story appeared in the daily papers last week, complete with pictures, about the wife and two infant children of a Philadelphia truck driver. They were afraid they were, to go hungry while their husband and father languished in an Indiana jail for driving an overweight truck. The driver, Frank DiDonatis, was employed by the Aiello Brothers Trucking Company of Philadelphia. Apparently he was just obeying orders in driving a load ,18,700 pounds over the legal limit, but Indiana law holds the driver of a truck responsible, rather than its owner. ’ The company washed its hands of the affair, leaving DiDonatis to serve out a fine of $1,870 at $1 a day, until public indignation caused a judge to let him change his plea to not guilty, and to free him without bail pending a trial. DiDonatis quit his job, declaring, “I might have to go back to jail while those guys (his bosses) sit back and take it easy.” With companies like that operating the trucks that pound our/roads to pieces, the law would be fairer and more effective if it allowed police to seize the overweight truck and its contents, rather than the driver. Paging ‘Big Business' Execution by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company of a letter contract with the Atomic Energy Commission “for a project of vital importance to the security and defense of the United States,” involving “an effort fully equal to that required in carrying out the Hanford project in World War II,” leaves little doubt that this signals a jump from purely basic research on the so-called “PIbomb” to engineering processes. It does not put this newly conceived weapon automatically in anyone’s arsenal, but does accent the need to seek out peaceful ways of resolving international conflicts. Not many months ago du Pont, in company with United States Steel, American Telephone^ Telegraph, and others, were before Congress defending their very existence against charges that corporate “bigness” was against the best interests of the United States. How this controversy will eventually be settled remains to be seen. But it shows another facet of the problem, certainly, when the government recognizes that it must rely not only on the technical and managerial resources of “big business” for an undertaking of this scope but upon its patriotism as well. The government will pay all costs; du Pont will receive a fee of one dollar; all patents and discoveries growing out of the work become the property of the government of the United States. This is the same basis on which the Hanford project was undertaken

and is now being administered by General Electric. Could many smaller organizations convince their stockholders that such a use of a concern’s ablest management and technical personnel would not operate to the detriment of normal competitive activities? Management is, after all, obliged to earn a profit on its operations. Perhaps political science will accept on its merits some day one of the basic tenets of natural science — a good researcher never discards the results of well-demon-strated achievement for hypotheses that deny those results. Taxing Profits for Defense , The American Government is going to have to levy more taxes to pay for rearmament; there is no question about that. The main questions before Congress will be what kind of taxes and how heavy. The rates will be indicated more or less by the level at which expenditures run as the program gets in gear and by the degree of willingness the people show to “pay as you

go.”

But the question of whether there shall be an excess profits tax or some other kind of levy to raise the same revenue is one which will face the lawmakers both in the short remaining session of the 81st Congress and in the 82nd, which will convene in January. President Truman’s letter to Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee reminds members of the 81st Congress that in the 1950 Revenue Act, passed before they recessed for election, they declared themselves in favdr of some kind of taxation on excess profits of corporations. Just the name “excess profits tax” has a right and appealing sound about it. It assumes not only that some excessive profits will be made in an era of arming for emergency but also that these profits can be identified and largely recouped to the government. On these latter assumptions, however, the theory has in practice seriously broken down. This is pointed out in a report by the Committee for Economic Development, also just released. To say what profits are excessive involves endless arguments over finding a “normal” base period for comparison. It involves hardships to new and growing firms. And to levy even a 75 per cent tax, such as Secretary Snyder recommends, o^i certain profits would encourage firms to spend that money in ways that aggravate inflation. The CED Research and Policy Committee believes it is sounder to impose an additional tax on all profits than a special tax on certain profits. Thus it would add a defense profits tax of perhaps around 15 per cent to the present 38 per cent corporation income tax rate and a lesser increase to individual income tax rates. Both the CED and the National Association of Manufacturers urge—which makes sense—that it is better to prevent war profiteering by specific firms through careful purchasing policies and contract renegotiations, which worked out well in the last war, than to try to recapture overpayments by a tax. Add to this the fact that “war prosperity” spreads in some measure to almost all kinds of businesses and occupations, and a strong case is to be made for a special defense tax along corporate income tax lines rather than a so-called excess profits tax. —Christian Science Monitor

First Coal Barge at [Tanners Creek Plant

The first barge in a long supply line of coal barges arrived at Tanners Creek, new $33,000,000 power plant of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, located on the Ohio River in southern Indiana. The new plant storage yard was built for a capacity of 250,000 tons of coal, enough for a 90-day supply when the two 150,000 kilowatt units are installed and running. First unit is expected to begin operating in February, 1951. Regarded as one of the most modern and efficient power plants in the country, Tanners Creek will provide an additional power source for Indiana industry, and will achieve efficiencies and economies in the generation of electricity of interest to all I&M customers. Large picture shows C. A. Hartman, Yard Department Foreman; L. E. Peterson, Maintenance Supervisor, and E. E. Clapper, Plant Superintendent, as the first barge arrived at the plant. Smaller picture shows dock facilities and large overhead crane which is equipped to handle coal at the rate of 600 tons per hour. Crane picks up coal from barge in-G 1 ^- ton bites, drops coal into hopper, which feeds it onto conveyor belt carrying it either to storage yard or direct to „ the^plant.

Booklet Gives Facts About Home Employes “Do you have a maid?” Not so very many households these days can answer yes, but those who do have a maid or any other household worker will need a copy of a brief booklet bearing that question as a title. Leslie W. Carson, Manager of the Muncie social security office, began distributing this booklet today. This colorful leaflet sets out, in a few sentences, just how the lady of the house, or any employer of domestic help in or around the homei may tell whether or not the worker is brought under the new social security law which becomes effective on January 1. The work of those regularly employed in private homes will be credited to social security and the employer will be responsibile for reporting wages, along with social security taxes, to the collector of internal revenue. The title of the pamphlet does not stop with “Do You Have a Maid?” but continues”—or a laundress?—a cook?—c h a u f fe u r?— gardner?” Any of these, or any other persons employed regularly for work in or around a private household may come under the new law, and Mrs. Carson urges their employers to request a free copy of the booklet. A simple test in the booklet, in terms of amout of wages paid and regularity of employment, will tell whether a maid or cook or laundress will be the protection of social security—a n d whether the housewife should start making reports next year. If so, there’s a postage-paid postal card in the government-issued booklet which the housewife should mail in for instructions. Copies of the booklet are available at all post offices, or may be secured at offices of the collector of internal revenue. “Here in Muncie,” said Leslie Carson, “if you’ll just call the social security office, telephone 7182, or drop us a post card, asking for the booklet, ’Do You Have a Maid?’ we’ll send it to you by return mail.” Address of the office is Social Security Administration, 300 ^ East Main St. s Muncie, Indiana. The social security -manager said he is arranging with women’s groups to furnish supplies of the booklet for their members. For the domestic worker’s own information about her new social security protection, a special leaflet is available at the social security office. Mr. Carson pointed out that regularly employed domestic workers will need a social security account number card after January 1, 1950. The “Do You Have a Maid?” booklet does not apply to domestic work oh farms operated for profit. Such work is covered by other provisions in the new social security law. The only way we can expect to get better legislation is to elect better legislators—which places the responsibilitiy squarely in the hands of the nation’s voters.

Legal Notice NOTICE FOR RECEIVING BIDS Notice is hereby given that at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, December 7, 1950, at the office of the Superintendent of the School City of Muncie, Room 226, Central High School building in the City of Muncie, Indiana, the Board of Trustees will receive sealed bids on fluorescent lighting fixtures as per specifications on tfile with the Superintendent of the School City. All bids shall be submitted on forms furnished and approved by the Board. A certified check or bank draft payable to Joseph L. Douglas„ Treasurer, Board of School Trustees or a certified bid bond executed by 'the bidder and acceptable surety company, payable as above set put in an amount equal to 5% of the maximum bid shall be submitted with each bid as evidence that the bidder will if awarded the contract enter into the same with the owner upon notification. , The Board of School Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated at Muncie, Indiana, this 22nd

day of November, 1950.

Board of School Trustees, . . Marie W. Owens, President Joseph L. Douglas, Treasurer H. Arthur Tuhey, Secretary R. D. Shaffer, Superintendent

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced” is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, November 26. The^Golden Text is: “Watch ye, stand ‘fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong” (I Corinthians 16:13). Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it” (Numbers 23:11, 12, 20). The Lesson-Sermon also includes the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Neither animal magnetism nor "hypnotism enters into the practice of Christian Science, in which truth cannot be reversed, but the reverse of error is true” (p. 442). “In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain that error cannot destroy error. You will also learn that in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions from one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind, and this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by man and governs the entire universe” (p. 495)

Wounded Given' Better Chance To Survive War In the Korean fighting, say veterans who have lived i through other wars, is tougher than anything they’ve seen. But in one respect the soldier is getting a break—if he is wounded, his chances of survival are bet-

ter.

A unification of effort, between the Medical Corps and the Military Air Transport Service, is responsible for that record. MATS’ planes, used to bring supplies to Korea in the airlift from California, are transformed into flying ambulances when the cargo is unloaded. The real story of the medical airlift, and how it helps save lives, begins on Hill 201, along the Naktong River, or on South Mountain in Seoul, or anywhere American troops are fighting. * * * A man is shot, or a mortar blast fells him, or a grenade rolls into his foxhole and explodes. Then an aid man, such as Sgt. Roberto Cordoba, goes to work. Listen to his company commander, Lt. Nicholas Gombos, of Bakersfield, Calif., talk with pride: “Sometimes I think that Cordoba doesn’t care what happens to himself. I’ve seen him crawl out under enemy machine-gun fire to get a wounded man. He’d lie on top of the guy to protect him, give him first aid', and then, believe it or not, he’d stick around long enough to make out the medical tag and tie it to the man’s uniform. Then he’d drag him down to safety.” All over Korea medical men like Roberto Cordoba are thinking of others first and many of them are getting wounded themselves. Doctors give the man emergency treatment—pain-killers and especially the fabulous new antibiotics to halt infection—then begins the sometimes agonizingly slow trip in an ambulance, truck or jeep, over tortuous mountain dirt roads so narrow that traffic can go only one way. 4: * Korean boys, aided by enlisted men, carry in the litters and put them on the wooden floor, dampened to keep down dust. Tags are quickly examined, in the dim light, to determine priority of treatment. The most urgent cases are carried into an operating room set up between blackboards in what was once a fourth-grade classroom. Ambulatory cases sit in tiny chairs in a corridor, awaiting their turn. Then suddenly all look up, at a whirring, clattering sound. It is an Air Rescue Service helicopter, another arm of MATS, landing to evacuate patients. The doctors quietly point out the cases which have to go out immediately—the others will be taken on a trip lasting almost three hours to a surgical hospital, by ambulance at 10 miles an hour to a railroad station, and then aboard a streetcar powered with a gasoline engine. They call it the “Doodlebug.” But Air Force Lt. Jim Jernigan of Sinton, Tex., is waiting with his ’copter, and liter-bearers are carrying out the two patients who are to fly to that same hospital. They’ll be there in 16 minutes.

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Background Of Detroit Veteran Brings 01 Loan A GI loan obtained by a Detroit veteran has helped ease the plight of thousands of husbands who help their wives with the dishes. The veteran, Gustav. H. Dabringhaus, Jr., 35, was granted an $18,600 guaranteed loan on the strength of his sound mechanical background, a contract and an idea. With the money, he developed a semi-automatic dishwashing machine that rapidly is finding its way into kitchens all over America. The machine has caught on particularly with males who spend part of their evenings with the dishes, because of its low cost, high speed and simplicity of operation, Dabringhaus said. Dabringhaus was assistant master mechanic in charge of producing anti-aircraft guns at an automobile company in Detroit when he entered the Navy in 1943. As an aviation machinist mate, he helped design gauges at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D. C., until his discharge in 1946. < Out of uniform, he moved to Cleveland where he worked as a manufacturer’s agent. While there, he was awarded a contract to make compressed air motor parts on his own. With the contract in his pocket, he returned to Detroit and applied for $1,000 GI loan with which to buy machinery to manufacture the motor parts. He also planned to work on designs for an inexpensive dishwashing machine. He got the loan, was well as an additional loan of $6,600 to purchase a small building. Veterans Administration guaranteed a portion of each loan, under the loan guarantee provisions of the GI Bill. Things went along smoothly for awhile at their machine company when suddenly the motor parts contract was cancelled. “The bank that gave me the loan was wonderful about everything,” Darbinghaus. “It refinanced me and reduced my monthly payments.” But even that that wasn’t enough. Dabringhaus had to get a job, while his father, Gustav, Sr., a tool and die maker, tried to keep the little business afloat. Father and son decided the only way to stay in business was to push ahead with plans for the dishwasher. For eight months they worked on designs—mainly at night and during weekends. They even made dies for the applance. It took eight months. “Those eight months were really tough,” the veteran said. “We lived fraugally-j-and I mean bare subsistence—and all that time we poured wl^at money we could scrape together into payments on the loan.” Finally their dishwashing machine reached the market. From the first it was a success, largely with husbands who saw in it a way to avoid their daily chore. Money doesn’t necessarily bring happiness, but if you have plenty of it you can always choose the misery you enjoy most.

MADISON ST. (Contlnnefl from Face One) construction bids for both these improvements. Efforts are being made to continue the baseball program for Muncie even though the Cincinnati Reds have withdrawn their sponsorship for 1951. Proposals have been sent to both Pittsburgs Pirates and the Cleveland Indians by Mayor Holloway for them to operate a farm club here so Muncie can remain a participant in the Indiana-Ohio Legue. Proper legislation will be requested from the 1951 General Assembly of Indiana with which authorization may be secured for the financing and development of off-street parking lots in Muncie. This operation is considered necessary to provide more adequate parking facilities in the business area of the city. Numerous other improvements for this community also under consideration by Mayor Holloway for the welfare of this city.

BILL (Contiuuca from Paare One) lion. The company contends that a fair valuation would be not less than $121 million. Higher cost of post-war plant

additions have made it impossible to realize earnings contemplated by the Commission in either of the two rate adjustments made since the present inflation began. Plant additions costing $55 million have been made since January 1, 1948, the petition pointed out. The company’s operating expenses have been going up, wage increases alone having been near-r ly double rate increases. Wage increases since 1939 have resulted in paying present employees in excess of $12 million more per year than the same force would have received under 1939 wage levels. Rate increases, based on the current volume of business, have increased company revenues only $6.6 million, it was said. In a move to restore its earnings to a fair level promptly, the company requested the Commission for an early hearing on a temporary basis, pending final determination of the case. Further large additions to plant are needed, according to the petition, to provide: telephone service for waiting applicants; service v/ith fewer parties on the line for those who have requested it; facilities needed for national defense and to enable the company to furnish service without delay where and when needed.

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