Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1946 — Page 1

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fele Debate mOoened On Lii Measure K Gumcy Warns K-o>e Situation K u Facing World IM Hm I" 1 ' ■■ ' I"'' WII lied ■W '•lt th.m ‘i ' V |! ii ha- ■ i i'iiy 'ii • > Sh& ■ 11 and . ..I t <. ■ li.di ■■ 1111 '*• ■•.!(;>:• SHa . ' i’ .' I■■ 111 ■. . the ll so \ 'i t' of I draft bill? ■K . ••• 'i>ii' ii> < ■ "ii on affairs. -p.IM:. .Ille HHL ' , ‘*' h v '"" a^H,’; .i. HHr. (oniiiiiii th. HK ... my a hi. h. ' Hl l)|||> ■■ 'l"’" l!i 1 i \ i .. •. . K.. . d., .d i lie ; no *'' ■ • h the Hoi.. 'l ip '* nt |M| . - )'* II .Ii |M. A . |K ratikit.-■ War <i"|i.ir:;iii o' 1 f'i •■!•■ ■ I .<i th ii di- ■ of oil? . ITdraft » With Ii '.-■(' '(-W Weeks. seivhei ./.<■ of Rnse.a'iiuiiii v de. hired RR. •in tin ' fol no 1 A 'll p( Kief'll of ■■••'■■ I 'I. io lh.it would; H P- rm i di.HiHi- of |s and Hi ■ "'I '■!' limit service all ;ei I* month period BH ' '.I ' i. > i nil ■■ with ■"A ’ I nidation.- to ■ i< i:m: ■■ iHi-i i„ j, ty ( () r enli-ted (bliii.y , nd, would :i, di I'm- 11. Hid (/ President and ; ..fat y ~f Stalo Hr' f Byri,. - in adiniiiii.fi-rinu |B ''lrii -iff.iir.-4. assure mainin iimy strong enough ' H-. ii. ,| tusji, and j.xiir.. i H l '- -"Hl: l> iint:| the united' H ; " d.'.elop j tK fn|| strength l|| a- - Bulletins ■H ■" » j une 3_ (UP) _ Mik . Klimin, former president of died today, the Moscow *itflounced. June 3—(UPI — ,u P f »me court today revers(■‘’"tempt of court convictions H'"” the Miami Herald and ■ “*>«'«« editor, John D. ■ *« Mw.pjp-- wat fin#(J j, . ’’ennekamp $250 on a ■ Z* 1 Citation by Dade coun ■ /*»"» court judges Paul D. Kb* »"d Marshall C. Wise■^f''« ,n g in Miami, for two B '•« and a cartoon critical tßur< s handling of varRX.?— 9amb,, " B ■tiu°J?. at th ermometer B’perature readings Kv m - - “ Bkr • m> -- - 54 Kp - - —- 50 ■ Co.. Wea ther ■"''Oni . loUlh * nd - xtr C’”C B, ( tonight; scattered very Bm, low Places in exKise rtH: Tue *ay <«lr and

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Dissolve Injunction On Board 01 Trade Opening Os Groin Markets Delayed Chii'iiuo, Juiip ;; i( pi \ f,.| H fiuriiry r;iltiit>c* ord. i d.'htyi'd ! lli<' oiwtiiir.' of the I'tiiiii fiitiirnmurknt tdt the t hii hoard of trade for two ho it - tmhiy The ord«a.wii i«-m.d hy I s' |di-triif jiKl'.'e Willi.mi II Holly (.ho tly Ih fore the hoard - opi -nir tit !t::in ,i in. < iiT Th. . ni, v.,!- i dIM-odved by di tn. t judin Elwyni It. Shaw .it II a m ( li'l and liu.ird I |ire-i<|eti! Harry t s. h.i.u k o ri | tiered Ii ullir.. r. -u:n. d al 11 hi ii. in < l>T. The Itidiert W Hinkley Ho train Innker.irhou-.’ .< i..'d tie reMtraining ord. r on kioiiuiln ihai hoard rek'dlatioiot fm the -mi.. I meiit of May . rain > ituri- i . i tract* would <a i < him "ir i-pai able" loxk and miciit dine many! brokers Olli Ilf bllt-lne In di-MolvinK the iiijnni tiim aft | ’r a heated hearing. Shaw infiuin ed Joseph II Taylor, a'torney foi , Hinkley, that "your .medy i ilanuiKe Milt and not an injuin lion." He said it. wn« a m rioits matter to hold up trading on the world'* I greafe.l hoard of trade hiiau-e fine man had a iirievaiin ’ Howard Kill-, board of trade atioiney, informed Shaw at th* opening of the iieiiinv that the damage rexitltiiiK from the re ; Htminina order wax "enormmt-" and that no bond Would be abb- to meet it. Taylor an wered that ' hundred of loiicernx will lose millions oil dollaril" if compelled to setlie tlieii 1 grain fuiureit contract- along the lini’H laid down by board ruling-, | which were i hanged frequently .in tile past month- He churged I that board rogul.itionM gave hr.ik I els no chance to lemiip After brief tirgiimeiits on th. I question of jurisdiction. Shaw in ■ dicated that he would ilk-olh . t lie order In iHxiilni’ the restraining order | Holly had made dear that it was j to be effective only until argil i menu on the matter were heard ' In another court. Harry Sihamk. board pre*! dint aid it w.is necessary to u ' pend trading until the injunction j was modified or clarified. A brief i special meeting of board direct.>rs' i wa» called and then recessed to |M*rmit members to attend feder i ill court hearing « •• 11 .* <I — W— w ■ ss— — — Foreign War Vets Open New Home Here Stores of veteran ♦ from World Wars I and Ii and Hie Spanish Ameiic.in War alien led the official opening S.i'u <l..y n tiirot the n-w home of Limberl's ! po-t. Veteran* of k'orelgn War. Brief <■<-remonie were followed by a fie- lunch and | refreshments, served by officer-1 of the new pout, located at If' Sorth Second street Commander Harry Martz tilted that tile (hatter of th.- new post will Im chuted fills evening Charter inetilbeiHhip tit th" po t. organized a few months ago. is expected l'»| total about 27a, he -aid. The re gular meeting <f the post will b<held tonight at s o’clock, during] which final plana for dosing the| charter will be made —.l - .is. - - Former Local Lady's Son Accident Victim Philip Rhoda Dies As Auto Hits Cycle Philip Ithoda, 13. s<>n of Mr and Mrs. Fred Ithoda Maysville road. Fmt Wuyne. and grandson of the late Judge l» B Erwin of Decat ! ur. died Sunday night at tin Meth I odist hospital from Injuries sustained Sunday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile while riding hl* bl< y> le near his home The car was driven by Neal Parks, 17, 333!' (Jractdand avenue. Foil Wayne. The lad received sc vere head injuries which caused his death. His mother. .Mrs Betty Erwin Ithoda was a patient at the same hospital at the time of the' accident. The Parks auto skidded follow Ing the mishap and went into a ditch but the occupant* were uninjured. The Kboda lad was a pupil at St. Joseph's Central township school, where he was a member of the school's basketball team. He also waw-a memlier of the First Presbyterian church and Boy Scout Troop No. 4i» in Fort Wayne. Surviving are the parents and a brother. F. David, at home. The body was removed to a Fort Wayuu fuueral home Fuuaral services have not yet been arrapged

Early Italian Vote In Favor Os Republic Communists Poor Third In Early Italian Returns Home, June 3- il’pi - Early returns in the Italian election count j tonight showed the communists running a poor third while the i fir i trend was towarl abolition (if the monarchy in favor of a t« public. The first sizeable block of (ounter votes was reported from Milan, heart of this Industrial ‘ 1 region of northern Italy The t. lmla'ori were counting the con ; -'itu«-nt assembly voles first and then those on tin- monarchy rei public referendum. of ;;.",.mm assembly votes count-, ed in Milan, the socialists polled | | IJ.imo, the demoi rat-< hristians H""", ami the communistH k.imn. Ui’h tin- remainder scattered { ~inong smaller parties. When .'..mm referendum votes had been counted, the republic i had 3,51.1 and Hie monarchy M 55. | The first report in the country came from the Rome suburban village of Trevi Del Lazio. It gave 2.4<ttf for the republic and 77 I for the monarchy. In the final phase of the election. a gang of submachine gun--1 i its trie I to steal the ballot! boxes at Savona near (lenoa Th<-y were driven off in a gun i fight with police. Police wounded one attacker | and arrested three during tiie ■ shooting fray al the polling place. Several gunmen escaped When asked about Hie attack- j cis' politic . fiolice said only.' ! "there have been a number of: I arrests of neofascists in the Geroa area recently." The gun battle was the only M-rious incident iii tiie day and' i half of voting which ended at noon today. An estimated Sft to fm percent of tile eligiIde voters cast ballots. Women voted for the first lime in a naf-, iona! election Some Milan polling places reported I't'i percent . turnouts Results of the voting, expected ; tonight, will show whether Italy will have a monarchy or republic They also will show the effectiveness of the appeal By Pope Pius Nil for Italy to reject left wing political philosophy. A Milan city official stated ilii'ii To Piae 2. t'ol'im" Hi — o Star! Distribution Os Steele Estate — Churches Benefit From Estate Funds Distribution of the estate of the late Willard Steele was underway today in the offices of county ! clerk Clyde O. Troutmi. after the fund* had been deposited In that ! office by the administrator with will annexed, Eugene Runyon Two of the churches the First ■ Presbyterian and the First Evangeli.al Ind already received their checks for $1,200 eai-I'. under terms of a compromise made in thei Welle circuit court I Payments of $1.2"" are still to; be made t > the following churchiw: Fii <t Methodist. First I'nited Brei threti. Nuttman Ave I'. B . St. Mary's Catholic. Church of God. Church of the Nazarene, Zion Luth eran. Zion Evangelical and Reformed. The First Baptist church, which, along w ith the other < hurches win bequeathed $2.000 undet terms of the will, rejected the compromise settlement of $1,200 cat n according to a reject! in clip filed with the administrator's report, and the fund is being held in ala-yance. oilier distributions are -to be ; made an follows: Decatur cemetery association, sl,2t)P; Decatur library. S3OO and Adams county I memorial hwpital, S3OO. The clerk’s office made out a I check to attorney Nathan ('. NelI.ton f r the following distribution to heirs: Jesse Swartz, $3,195; Nina M. Light, $3,135; Dorothy Spuller-Eichenauer. $1,065; Clarence Spuller, $1,065; Paul Spuller. $1,065. The report also shows the following distributions: Dayton Steele, $2,000; Emma Koos. s’.mto; Jacob Klpfer. $707 15 (two reduction* were shown t taling $292.65) In a summary, total receipt* were j listed as $45.860 03 and expense*' $7,573.71. with a balance of s3s,(Turn To Paus 3, Column 6) 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 3, 1946.

' - f ff < ’ Busman’s Holiday — - - - ■SHKtZML * wBLK' - Bk 54 SFw f /BB 1 * .— ———— SOME OF THE 75.000 ANTHRACITE MINERS who tay.-d away I from work to await the signing of a new contract with the operators, I ] dig and hoe a garden in Scranton. Pa. to pass the time Only maintenance men went to the pits to man pumps. I ntil the men return to their jobs, tin* country will lose 206.000 ions of coal a day. I -■ - - , t- -■ — I l■ I 111 »I I »11. l»» I <"'■■"( " ' ■ '

Holiday Dealh Toll Mounts To Over 325 I I I Bad Weather Adds Hazards To Roads By United Press More than 325 peisons met violI <-nt dealh during the four day Memorial day weekend. At least 112 person- were killed in traffic accidents as had weathi er added hazards on most of the ' nations highway- Eighty five per 1 <Oll- drowned and 99 died in other accidents. T .(flic fatalities showed a sharp iiierensc over war-time Memorial ' ial holidays of 1913 15. and it was estimated that tin- total number of persons killed would equal or surpass the toll of 1912, the last .Memorial day that motorists were out in great number Deaths from all causes during tin- 1942 Memorial day holiday totaled 35a Th'- national safety council esti mated that 329 would be killed in 'traffic ac< ideni* during Hu- font ! days. These figures Include per I sons who die later a- a ('suit of | Injuries received in holiday aceji dents, tiie council said In Pennsylvania. 35 per-ons were killed in the four day period Thirteen dii <| In traffic accidents and an equal number drowm-d Nine died of other causes. Califo:nia had the -ecotjd high est number of deaths Thirty two persons were killed there. II in traffic ai cidents, eight by drowning and 13 from other causes. New York had 22 deaths Inclml Ing five automobile fatalities, one drowning and -even suicides Michigan had 17 and Ohio had 15 o Circuit Court Judge Becomes 111 Today Judge J Fred Friichte left his hem h at the Adams circuit court this morning when Im became 111, .llld i-i testing at his home. He is Hot believed seriously 111. — o Mandate Suit Is Set For Trial Saturday Dredge Bond Issue Is Set For Trial The suit to mandate the county commissioners to issue s3o,mm in bonds for the proposed dredging of the Wabash liver has been set for trial tn Adams circuit court on Saturday, June X. The mandamus action is an outgrowth of the original and perhaps more widely known original Wabash dredge case, which has been the object of litigation here fori years. The mandamus suit was first filed in September. 1942 and William Endicott of Auburn was nam ed special judge Since that time a number of jurists have been named special judge in th<» case and it was sent to the supreme court of Indiana once before being returned here. Earl B. Adams. Decatur attorney, Is the latest to be named special judge, having Iteen appointed by Governor Ralph Gales in December. 1915 He hit-, tisstim- : ed jurisdiction. William H Schannen and C. Dyron Hayes, both of Fort Wayne, ! are among other* to have served ,

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No City Fires Here During Month Os May Firemen recalled today that for the first time in many months there were no city fine reported during tin- month of May. 13 Scout Patrols Win Blue Ribbons Boy Scout Camporee Held Over Weekend Thirteen of the I t patrols ent-i (■red in the annual Adams county Loy Scout camporee. held at Shroyer Lake Saturday and Sunday. were awarded blue ribbons in the judging, it was announced today by Sieve Everhart, camp master. Tiie patrols will participate Hex' Saturday in the area cam poree to lie held at Franke park in Fort Wayne. Following i» a list of the patrols and patrol members, who participated In the county event here last weekend Cobra patrol. 61: Kenneth Grant, leader; Grover Odle, Kenneth Nash. Merwin Johnson. Dwight Sheets, Blue ribbon Swallow patrol. 61: Nell Thom ns, leader; Norman Stlngely, Gene Ziner. Dan Freeby. Gerald Schultz. Blue ribbon. Fox patrol. 61: Dave Mi Lean, lea'li*r; Don Mi Lean. Sheldon Daniels. Sammy Gillfert. Ralph Bollinger, Herb Kit son, Norman Leonardson Blue ribbon Crow patrol. 62: Roger Gent is. leader; Tony Nagel. Dick Hott. David Blackburn. Burdette Cits ter. Roger Cole. Balmer Johnson. Blue Tibbon Kangaroo patrol. 62: Don Smith, leader; Dan Mills. John Doan. Jim Bassett. David Owens, Floyd M< Bride, Bob Doatt and Bob Grimm. Blue ribbon Eagle patrol. 62: Med Smith, leader; Victor Porter. Byford Smith. Dick McConnell. Ralph Smith, Jr . George Bair. Edward ' Stockdale. Jerry Koller. Blue' ribbon. Indian patrol. 63: Sam Bogner, leader; Kay Runyon. Neil Hesher, Bob Lenhart, Bob Strickler. T>* I Wemhoff. Glen Rowden, John Lang Blue riblion. Flar.ting Arrow patrol. 63: Norris Blocker, leader; Dick John *on. Charles Joht:|otq Norbert Let*, Arthur Roop. Jerry Gehrig. Dan Kltson, Robert Sudduth Blue ribbon. Wolf patrol, 65; Bruce Macy, i leader; Dmitri Hendricks. Howard Rich, Donald Haines. Bruce Hirschy Blue ribbon. Bear patrol. 67: David Nuss baum leader; Fred Stauffer. Howard Habegger, Junior Hawk 1 inc, Dan Mazelin. Blue ribbon Eagh l patrol, 67: Harry Eckrote. Jr., leader: Walter Mazelin. Dick Aflspaw, l/>gan Sprungor. (Turn To Page 2, Column 7) —O Session Is Opened By Review Board The Adams county board of review opened it a session in the court j hotuie this morning, reviewing mortgage exempt lone and tax assessment*. Later in the 28-day session of the board it will hear objections. if any. to tax asseßsmente made this year. Members of the hoard are Harry Daily. Dee Fryhack. Auditor Thurman I Drew, treasurer R>y Price and Assessor Erncd Worthman, the Utcer three servlnj in an ex joffklo capacity. •

Seven Maritime Unions Seeking Foreign Aid In Threatened Ship Strike

Soli Coal Industry Seeks Price Boost Operators Studying New Coal Contract Washington. June 3 —ll'ptThe soft coal Industry today he i gan a fight for price Increases to cover the cost of pay raises granted in the new contract be tween the government and I'nlt(d MinA Workers (AFL) one industry spok<-man said tile price boost Would have to lie more than the 27cents per ton forecast by fuel administrator J A. Krug, The national coal association said the industry reeded at least 77 cents a ton more. Operators representing every coal producing dlstrli t in the country assembled here to study tin- new coal contract signed last Wednesday at the White House ■ I'nder the agreement. Ico.mio I'MW members re-tinted volume coal pro ht( lion today for the first time since the strike began on April 1 Tin- government be gait collecting a tiveeents a ton - assessment on ail production ' Saturday for the health and we|- j fare fund established by the coni "act. Meanwhile, the government returned more than l.btio small mines to their owners. These represent less than two percent !of total coal production and are not organized by the I'MW Major operators were pessimistic about any early return of their properties. Too malty de-1 tails of the new contract and j pt ices have to be settled first, they said. The national coal association claimed that the new agreement together with increased cost of operating supplies "will add probably three times 2.7 cents a ton h: operating costs and in some instances not < veil that amount will cover it ” The association in its weekend bulletin to bituminous producers sail that “there is not a single (Turn To Page (. Column ") o Leaving Scene Os Accident Charged Local Man Injured In Accident Sunday Robert DeVore, 3S, local rest intrant employe, was to be arraigned before Mayor John B Stulls in city court late this afternoon to answer to a (barge of having the scene of an accident, it: which one person was injured I’olice chief Ed »niier said DeVore was to be charged with : leaving the acene by officers Robert Hill and Roy f'hilcote after his car allegedly struck Max Heare, 22. son of Mr. and Mrs Charles Heare. and his auto, on West Monroe street near Sev-1 enth street about 2:05 a. m l Sunday Police said 'Heare was just | stepping into bls car. parked on the south side of Monroe street, east of Seventh, when the car | driven by DeVore swung to the ' i» ft side of the street, enroute west, and strm k him. They said Heare was "sand Wiched" between the two cars A bone in his left leg was broken, bis jaw was badly bruised and | he suffered other minor cuts and ; bruises He was taken to the , hospital. Officers said passersby saw De- , Vore leave Ihe scene and con j Unite west. They said they trailed him to Adams and Thirteenth streets, where he parked the car and walked to his home some distance away The car. police said had been borrowed by I >«• Vore from Ward Bowman, game warden. City police were called and after learning of DeVore's Identity ordered him to appear in <oiirt this afternoon. Heare, an employe of the Security Cartage offices in Fort Wayne, was taken to Ihe hospital for a preliminary examination, then released He was returned to the hospital later Sunday when it was learned that ' the leg l>one was fractured. Meanwhile. DeVore remained at liberty on his own recognlx- | at'ce

French Smash Bid For Power By Communists Moderate Popular Republican Party Election Winner Paris. June .3 (I Pt The inml ( • rate popular Republican party] smashed the Communist hid for; power in Frame today r< pla in: tiie t'oiiiillllsl- a- the nation'strongest isdltical party with uh statitiul gains in Sunday's <b ( thm. Foreign inhtlste; George Bid (tilt, leader of the vi< torimts p<jp I ttlar Repuldhans, may lunitni ■ next president of Frame at tin head of a coalition government itt( hiding Co:nmtini-t and S x lal ' Ist memberITtdcr the temporary postwar ; setiiji the office- of p (-sidciil and ; premier have been comldm-d. and i will (ontimii- as one until the m-w i constitution is adopted if will ' spe( ify whether Frame will hav< i both a figurehead president and .( premiet wliu is (hairman of the| cabinet, as before ihe wat or a single offx i- handling tlx- fiimtiimof both. With 7.73 of the 7m; .-a'- in tin j ( oii-tituent a- • inldy a( counted ' l for. itu hiding al! of metrop ditan I Frame. Corsica and part of Alec . eria. Mot'oct (> and Tunisia the pat ' I ty standing wus Popular Republican. |63, a gain of 2 ' over Ihe last assembly. Com mitnlst* 111 a gain nf <m« S<>< t.il ists 12". a lo*- of I", left Reptibli tans 11. mixed light whig partie 26. Republican patty of Liberty 37. Ab-ge lan Demm rati union • extreme Nationalistsi 11, Peasant party seven, unified reslstem.movement foin Semi-official tabulations of the popular vote in metropolitan France. Corsica and part* of North Africa -howed a popular vote to popular Repitblhan . .7.5X9 313 | Communists, .7.11.7 :;?.7. Sm lalists I I 1*7.717 In the previous elm thm last October, the popular Republicatis teceived -1..710.(‘ |.J votes, th'- Com tnitnists and their affiliates I mil 121 and the Socialist- 1.’7 Nln The surprising popul.u Rcputi (lean victory stiengthened the < I",-ervative tide in Frem h |m>l Itics The swing toward the right In can in the r<->«>nt national ref erendum when the pro|ms>>d i >n stitlltion formulated by the Com niunist Socialist bloc was r> je( fed by more than I """ < ••(• votes Nevei Iheles*, the combined strength of the Communist- and Socialist), was so great that both parties niidoiibtedlv will part id pale hi tin next govi rnmetit The popular Repitliliians will be the (Turn To t’aa** 2. Column 7) ' Youth Accidentally Shot Last Evening Kintz Lad Wounded Shooting Sparrows William Billy Kintz 11. son of Mr and Mrs John Kintz, of west of Decatur. Is believed Io lie recovering at the Adam county memorial hospital aft<- being acI (Mentally shot with a 22 calibre rifle al his home about a 3ft p m Sunday The lad. who was In the bam at the KillfZ resideioe at the time, had been shooting sparrows while tending an automatic milker. In laying the gun down on the barn floor it was discharged The 22 calibre -big entered the righ' side of his neck, traveled upward, shattering the earbone, and lodged below his right ear The youth was able to walk to the house where he informed relatives that "I have been shot." He was taken to the hospital and never lost consciousness. Late last night an operation was pet formed to remove the slug and hospital attaches today re- < ported his condition as • fair." Members of the family -aid that i they believed lie would recover

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Seek World-Wide Picketing Os U. S. Ships In Event Os Strike On June 15 By I'nited Press The breach between organized labor and th<> administration widened today as seven inarilinK* unions sought foreign aid in :i thxaiened shipping "trike. The unions appealed to sh<* world federation <>f trade unions to pi( k< t Ann man ships In foreign ports in (ase President Truman (al l ies out his threat to let the coast guard and the navy man th<- ships The unions have m heduled a strike sot June 15. Other labor developments rellected tin widening gap between President Truman and the nation's labor leaders. In (ongresx, p; ntatives arranged for iop labor chieftains to testify against Mr Truman's emergency strike (ontrol bill. At St Petersburg. Fla. president James <■ Petrillo of the American Federation of Musi- • lans. iAFLi. was conalderlng a ban on .ill further recording* by hi* musicians '« retaliate against th. LEA. or anti Petrillo law The seven maritime unions, all hut "tie of which are affiliated with th. cio sent a . aldegram to the world federation* executive M-iietary. laiul* Saillant, a' Paris. The message said that ship own1■ is had been given "every encoliragefnen to .(Void settlement l.y Presideti' Truman's thieat t>» “use armed forces to smash 11ts- ! maritime strike.’’ In the event negotiations fail, i ask maximum support in strike j by refusal to work ships manned by government." the lablegrant ] said. However. It Was learned that ihe unions had modified their demands and submitted counter proposals to th.- -hip owners. Whether the development eased the threat of a strike however, could not be ascertained. Tin- I'l i .ingt. tn * arrange I an informal hearing and invited the whole house to listen to argilntetits by presidents William Green of the American Fed. rat'oii of Labor. Philip Murray of tin- Congress of Industrial Organizations, aiid H.irvey Brown of 'he Independent International .'(•.-<(( i.ition of Machini-tx Th<> congressional group was lid by Rep Hugh De Lacy. I>. Wash All <>f the 16 but one are Democrats R>'Piibli< ans, meanwhile pl.tnn<d to h-t Mr Tinman "stew in his own juice" They said that the diastii fas.- anti strike bill, which las been -. nt to him to sign, put him on a spot If h« -igtts it or his it le-coine law In- will lose labors support. Republicans said. It he vetoes j they said, the public would "lose faith in hi* sin- • erity " Republicans said they would not attempt to overrate a veto. Thus they would not he classed a* anti-labor But President Truman will lose either way. they said On the brighter side of the labor ledger was the resumption ot full volume soft coal production for the first time since April 1. when the coal strike began. Meanwhile, soft ioal producers met to fight for price relief high • rough to cover increased costs risulting front the contract between the government and John I Lewis’ I’nited Mine Workers Government ottrees predicted prne relief wattld be set at 25 (i-nts per ton, but industry spokesmen said many miners would be forced to close uni ts operators were granted as high ar 75 cents a ton. it was believed (Turn T<> Pag.- .7. Column 7) — . I, Commissioners Meet In Monthly Session The county board of (ommissiott(■r« late this afternoon was to receive bids for gasoline for the highway department, covering a «dx months period, beginning June 1. The Itoard also was expected to hear a report from Walter H. Gili liom, civil engineer, on the proposed construction of a new Wech- ■ ter bridge in Blue ('reek township. Mr Gilliom was expected to submit an estimated coot of the proIHMed replai Ing of the present bridge, which kr said to be crumbling During early morning session* ot the board, hills were allowed and other routine hti*ine<w con- . dm ted