Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1948 — Page 1

JHiXLVI. No. 79.

CONGRESS OVERRIDES TRUMAN TAX VETO

{House Passes Foreign Aid Bill

Fteign Aid ■ Passed, J To Senate ■I! Designed For I World Recovery And ! ficp Rc " S A PP rove “ I ißhmrton Apr 2 HP' I mK„ u ... today approved a JC foreign aid liilT to !><-U ' t<‘-ov»>ry and atop the of communism The Nil to voe wan 317 to 75. house vote wan 317 to 75. ail for 15 western Euro 3BTountr»e* in the Marshall SSLii.I anticommunist help for qA., Turkey and China. senate wa« expected to up it by nightfall and have it ggßr.--.id--in Truman* desk for a»l John M Vorya. R . 0.. preflKi the bill to the house, lie aaK.zed to the OOP leadership h the bill had failed of fint! tt»< nn r.t by the April 1 dead 3 he Republican* had set for elves. wever." Vory* said, "we are nt a week ahead *f the tine mr critics said it would re was little debate before mse began the roll call vote ! bill Chairman Charles A. H . N. J., Os the foreign committee said he consid t "a historic moment " m thankful to say that *0 with a bill that is worthy of congress and tjMAincri< an people he said ■c final versios of the bill Vw worked out last night by a O i**in senate-house conference Mjßn:t'<-c They beat a ml Inight dsaline bv minutes in compro SBnz differences between thMB previously approved by the ‘ ■T® 8 * 1 ’ an d senate. fSSßi'tt'K through the day and the night, the conferee* Mffc! by senate president Ar tW II Vandenberg, acted with MB*st unprecedented speed In an ■■sphere made tenae by new ■Bian pressure in Berlin and iMcrliH al nature of the ap Mb'hing Italian election* ■fre ik what America* great postwar foreign commitment S European Recovery Program se f help program of 51IMths for 16 western European | asH-ns The bill authorize* a year expenditure of J'>.3oo. " Product* from rice to will be sent Europe pledge of mutual coopera for common recovery. The dropped a house pro t<> include Franco Spain ■ C,recce and Turkey—A sec- ■ in«'allmsnt of 1275.000.0 cw on ■ "quarantine communism" pro The two countries will get gun* ammunition and W J T ' lrn T " Two! ■me Boys' Quartet ■tertains Rotarians ■r' 4 " lr Rotarian* were treated excellent musical treat at weekly meeting Thursday ■Bling, when the Berne boy*' high ■tK>i quartet *ang a number of ■fll-nt selections Members of quartet ar» Tom Zehr. Boh ■indler Fred Stauffer and 1-e sprunger They were accom-l ■led at the piano by Mis* Mari ■■Smith Ivan Stucky wa» chair *■ °f >he program ■ McK White, of Elkhart, dis ■ governor, paid a surprise visit '-W h *’ <lub. and urged member* to ,h * annual district confernext week a' Nxansport Two Jy 1 " 1, members ot the . lub. Paul and James Murphy. Jr. aw* reinst* ed to active member The Rotary and Lion* club* W b,,1 'l “ Joint ladle* night meet '■ next Thursday evening at the ■of P horns. ® "*— WCATHCR ■ Fa.r tonight and Saturday ■ >9l»r tonight. Heavy frost ■" south portion.

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Hog Prices Tumble On Livestock Marts Chicago. April 2 tl'Pl— Hog price* tumbled to the lowest level in more than a year today a* receipt* flooded facilities tied Up by the nationwide meat strike. Some 38,00(1 hog* poured into 12 large terminal*, causing prices to plunge St cent* to more than sl. Omaha traders were hardest hit where hog* sold for us much ar 11.50 lower. Department of agriculture official* said hog prices are the lowest they have been since Jan. 6. 1047. o Americans In Berlin Are Fed From The Air — Attempt To Resume Railroad Shipments To Berlin Tonight Berlin. Apr. 2 — H'Pi — The 10.000 Americans in Her in were fed from the air today, hut U. S commander Gen Lucius It Clay announced that an attempt will be made to resume rail shipment of supplies to the Ger nan capital tonight. The military governor said a train would be made up In Brun* wick tonight, and should arrive here sometime tomorrow. unl<-** the Russians turned it back under th«*ir new blockade or ler*. Clay emphasized that he was not surrendering his previous' “no search" policy under which, he had ruled that no Russian soldier was to lie allowed aboard any American train But he Haiti the Americans always had been prepared to furnish waybi'l* for American freight, and would do so now. He said the Russian*, before their new clamp-down which was effec-j tlve at midnight Wednesday, had neglected to check such waybill*. ( British food trains, carrying* supplies for both the 10.000 Brit Ish in Berlin and the German* ln| the British zoae of the city, have been passing through the Russian zone of Germany, west of the city, without difficulty after routine inspection of papers It was be’ieved in American source* that I*. 8. military trains ■oming into Berlin also would he “- —■"■■■n —— — I • Turn To Page Hi*l 0 Communism Issue In Bogota Parley i I I Marshall Scotches Economic Aid Hope Bogota. Columbia. April 2.--tl'Pl—Attention turned to the Communist issue in the liter . > American conference today after?' secretary of state George C. Mar ? shall killed Latin American hopes I for major IT. 8. economic aid Marshall slammed the door on an American financed recovery plan for l-atin America In hi* opening speech before the conference yesterday. He told the delegates the bad news in a statement he read before| the conference The statement ' wa* not too effective. It could have been interpreted a* subject 1 to bargaining. I Then Marshall took off his t glasses and spoke for 15 minute*, i "personally and directly" to the delegates. That wa* effective He t left no doubt the Cnited States cannot assume the burden of aiding Latin America In addition to i the 7 European burden. < Marshall emphasized that the United State* was spending bil , Hons for the European recovery ( program and additional billion* ( for military purposes designed to j. end "the subversion of democratic 4 governments in western Europe" | This, he said would help preserve peace and aecurity tn the ( western hemisphere He reminded , th Latin American delegatee their ( (Turn To Pag* Mtas I*

Russians Block Streets Br ju 1 > . —-u *lk <Mmaia>u . RUSSIANS *ei up the street barrier pictured above where their zone join* that occiipie-d by the Ameri can* in Berlin. Roadblocks set up by the Soviet* on the boundaries of their zone were abandoned after two hour* However, the Russians cut off all rail traffic frost the German capital city to the Ameri can. BritiKh. and French iM-cupation zones.

Dewey Fighting For Wisconsin Support Warns Against Vote For Military Men En Route With Gov. Dewey in Wisconsin April 2— (UPI-Oov. Thomas E Dewey pressed his cam- . paign Tor Wisconsin's 27 Republican convention votes today with a ' warning against placing control of the nation's foreign policy In the hand* of military men "who think only in terms of war." The New York governor couched his warning against military diplomats in a bitter attack on the Truman administration's handling of international affairs He will pit hi* political strength against G»n Douglas MacArthur • and Harold Stassen in the Wisconsin primary next Tuesday. Speaking to an overflow crowd at a Milwaukee theater last night. Dewey eaid the country Is facing a "peace crisis" rather than a I "war crisis " He said he was confident peace could be guaranteed : "without war." "If we are to continue leaving ; the afairs of our country in the hands of military men we shall virtually confess to all the world I that we cannot solve the prate lems of warld peace by peaceful means." he added "The answer to the threat of this hour in our nation's history lies In » wholly different approach." Th.- governor proposed a broad foreign policy, backed by military might, as the solution of world ' problems. He charpr-d that Presi i dent Truman's program can lead I 'Turn To F*gr Two) One Auto Accident Reported To Police Little Damage Done When Autos Collide — - One accident was reported to- ; day hy city police. Car* driven by James Egly. 23. Decatur, and Ralph L. Reef. 21. also of th!* city, were damaged In the 3M» block on North Second street about 6 10 pm Thursday when the former attempted to turn into a driveway. Officer Robert Schmits, who investigated. estimated damage to the Egly car at 215 and that to the other vehicle at 520 Carl V. Ausdall. Überty. plead ed not guilty to a charge of speed Ing. when arraigned before justice of peace Floyd B Hunter late Thursday snd hl* trial wa* set for April 5. He posted a 225 cash bond Ausdall was greeted Tuesday night by officer Ed Miller, who charged him with driving 50 miles per hour la a SO- ml la bone on Thirteenth street

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 2, 1948

Chester K. Watson Congress Candidate Fort Wayne, Ind., April 2 —(t’Pi Chester K Watson. Fort Wayne? attorney. I**t night announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congrats from the fourth district. Watson was joint representative from Allen and Whitley counties to' the state legislature in 1931 and 1932 and wa* joint state senator from Allen mid Noble counties for four year*. O— Chief Os Air Force Goes In Retirement Gen. Spoatz Quits Effective July 1 Washington, April 2 (t'PI « Tooay of the air force Is shucking hU four-star uniform to follow hi* beloved B-17's into retirement. Tooey is Gen. Cail Andrew Spsatz He I* the great American master of the use of strategic lam ■ her* In time of war What Miller Huggins and John McGraw were to the golden ag« ot baseball. Spaatz wa* to tlie art of stategic' bombing The general and a lot of other able air officers invented strategic bombing. They dreamed-up the fa mou* B-17 to fit their plan When the time came, it was Spaatz who directed the strategic air force of the Cnited States — find In Africa, later from headquarters in England and France, and finally from a | Pacific Island wherit he issued the order that sent the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima. Spaatz and the B-17 were a dead ly pair. It wa* his favorite airplane Although his last combat command in the Pacific was a big B-29 affair. Spaatz wa* true to the old flying fortress He used one a* hie air headquart ers. His B-17 wa* named "The Hoops. ' after his youngest daughter. and he is mighty fond of both ot them. "The Boops" Is prettv well Iwat up now and probably headed for the junk heap, but no* Spaatz. He is 57 year* old and after 38 year* of military service his waistline len t much larger than when he was graduated from West Point 34 years ago. Spaatz is looking around now for s place where fish and poker players are plentiful If the poker player* are Just abouz average. *<■ Much the better. A really sharp player usually can take him The job Spaatz is quitting is chief of staff of the United States air force. He will be succeeded effective July 1 by Gen Hoyt S. Van denlrerg, a nephew of the famous Michigan senator and an air officer of distinction in bis own right. The big moment Spaatz will look back upon is the one when thei United States army air force be-| came a separate organization eqval In all respecta and superior in | many to the annr and the navy | (Turn To Pag, Five)

Workers Strike In Brokerage Houses 200 Called Out In Financial Strike New York. April 2.— (l'P>— AFL financial union officials 'ailed out 200 workers in two major Wall Street brokerage house* today to support their strike against the New York Stock and Curb Ex I changes. The official* said the walkout now In B* fifth day may spread ? and tie up the entire financial di*t- . rict Some 1.100 members of the i’nlt«d Financial Employe* Union (AFL) have been on strike against ! the two exchange* since Monday in an effort to obtain |9 to 915 a we<-k wage increases and union *e*<urity. The two brokerage* struck today were Shields A- Company and E. F Hutton and Company Meanwhile, the union appealed to the secisritie* exchange commission to close down both the stock and < urb exchanges because their present operation by an I "undermanned crew" was unsat is- : factory to investor*. M. David Keefe, president of local 295 of the i'FE. said In a telegram to the SEC t|at the two exchange* were not being run in an orderly manner, although they were attempting to "maintain the fiction of business as usual " tTurn To Twnl o Columbus Hard Hit By Coa! Shortage Water Supply For City Endangered Co'umbus, Ind Apr 2 —(UP) — Engineers rushed work today to complete a new city we'l as a mean* of helping relieve the coal shortage here City official* *aid that because of the nation wide strike of soft coal miner*, the municipality had only a nine-day supply of fuel left in Its bins. Most of that supply, they said, would be used for power in pumping the citv'* regu'ar water sup ply from the east fork of White river, unless the electrically driven well wa* completed soon The well originally was drilled a* an experiment However, engineers estimated that with some rushe!. last minrte work it could be put into service to pump l.oon, 000 gallons of water per day to Columbus homes and industries. Meanwhile. Mayor Robert L. I Stephenson urged President Tru | man and Sen Homer E Oapehart. i R., Ini., to do all they could to : expedite the end of the coal I strike. (Turn To !•*<» Two)

Overwhelming Margin In Congress Votes To Enact Tax Reduction Over Veto

Exped Injundion Use In Coal Strike President Expected To Resort To Court Washington. April 2—(UP) — Governent labor expert* said today President Truman probably will order the justice department to seek a court injunction early next week to end the soft coal strike These sources said Mr. Truman "ha* about concluded" that a TaftHartley law injunction is the only way the walkout can be stopped Such an order would be effective for about W> day*. Mr. Truman is expected to make public tomorrow the report of a presidential factfinding hoard which studied the 19-day-old soft coal walkout. The board reportedly advised him that the strike "endangers the national health and safety." Mr Truman. It wa* »*id. hope* an injunction will get the tnln-r* hack to work while John L Lewi* and the soft coal operator*, through government-sponsored negotiations. attempt to settle their dispute over pension* for aged miners. Government official* »aid there was "little hope" the dispute could be settled in private negotiations between l.ewl* and the operators Mr. Truman met for over an hour yesterday with tot; labor and fuel experts to talk over the coal strike but the White House announced that no decisions w-r« reached Charles G Rom. prestd-ntia! pre** secretary, said the walkout wa* discussed from "every conceivable angle" but that Mr Tru man wanted more time before making a decision Ross had Indicat od previously, however, the fact-1 finding board report would be issued tomorrow Meanwhile, James Boyd, director of the I'. 8 bureau of mines, told a reporter that if the walkout 1 continue* into next week "a lot of the nation's basic industries will i Turn To »**<* Two) 0 — Annual Report Made On Christmas Seals Adorns County Quota Well Oversubscribed Proceed* from the sale of Christmas seal* by the Adams county tuherciilosi* association totalled 13.314 *6. according to a report made today by the association secretary. Mr* W Guy Brown, in closing the hook* of the organiza fion‘» fiscal year Os this amount. 17 percent wa* forwarded to state and national organizations and the other 83 percent semained here for use in carrying out the local program The county's quota had been set at 13.000 and wa* thus oversub scribed. The proceeds will enable the as nociation to expand its program o' health education and •»«* finding The latter will include patch test ing In the schools within the next year. Mr* Brown reported that 1.208 X rav* were taken while the mobi!< unit was here recently and that o' this number only seven personwere found to have chest condi tlon* that need further study to eliminate the possibility of tuber culosi* Th!* group i« bjJng check ed through family physician* to eliminate the possibility of infection. Nine other non tuberculosis condition* were found and family phy siclans notified in each case None In the group was found to have ar active, open and contagious tuber rnioais a( this time. Plan* for the annual meeting April 2* at the Decatur junZir(Turn To Page Fivot

Grace Coffee Dies Suddenly This Morning Prominent Decotur School Teacher Dies Early This Morning Mis* Grace Coffee, 67. for many years a Decatur school teacher and well known civic and social leader, died suddenly this morning at 12 25 o'clock at her home,? 345 Winchester street Although Miss Coffee had been in ill health, her death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to the community. She had been ill for three days previous to the recent Easter school vacation and was absent from her duties st the Lincoln school during those three day*, a* well a* Monday and Tuesday of this week She returned to classes. however. Wednesday and Thursday |j»st evening she went to her home as usual, and wklie it was known that she had been ailing, her condition was not thought serious. Shortly before midnight I she summoned a physician and he called a sister. Mrs Francis J Schmitt. Her death at 12:25 a m was attributed to a heart condition. Taught Many Year* Miss Coffee's career a* a teacher covered nearly lialf a century and her student* during these years numbered into the thou sands. Her entire teaching career was centered around the younger student* in the elementary grade* After receiving her elementary education in the St Joseph grade school here, she went to Marion Normal college in I*B7 and then attendei Ball State teachers college. Her first teaching assignment was at the (lain rural school, three miles south of Itecatur. 47 years ago in 1901. Two years later in 1903, she began teaching in the Itecatur school system During her career in the Iteca fur system she taught at each of the former ward buildings and at 'he o'd Central school in recent years she had been teaching English and spelling in the departmental fourth, fifth and sixth grade* at the Lincoln grade (Turn T-. I'ag.- T» ~ 0 20 Families Made Homeless By Flood Lowland Areas In Illinois Flooded Mt Carmel. 111. April 2 fl’Pt City officials estimated at least 2o families in lowland areas near here had been forced to leave 'heir home* today because of ri» Ing Wabash river flood water* The rtver had risen to 23 7 feet Flood stage here is 17 feet Some of the temporarily home less were getting ready to move •rv'o empty railroad box cars »ent here hy the Southern Railway Other* had moved into hotels, but some were staying with their homes in the hope of weathering 'he flood crest.’expected this week end One flood casualty w*« a new '•oncrete block home built in the lowland area hy William Rease He built the house himself and com Dieted it only recently It was gone today It sank and brake apart after the river current wash ed out the earth beneath the foundation The Wabash county fait grounds were almost completely covered ( turn T-i I'sge i'ourt

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President's Veto Message Says Cut Now Would Weaken Nation's Position Washington. April 2 —fl !*) Congress today enacted the Republican 14.500.00n.000 income tax reduction bill into law over a presidential veto. It gave 55.000.000 Arnctleans their first major tax reduction in nearly 20 year*. Some 7 ioo.ooo of them were 'ak»-n completely off federal tax rolle Both the house and senate voted by better than the two-third* majority necessary to put the tax cut Into effect despite the veto President Truman slapped on It today. The senate vote was 77 to 10 19 over tlie necessary two thirds. The senate vote followed the house vote of 311 to 88. or 45 more than the twothird* majority. Members of Mr Truman’* own party deserled him in sufficient numbers to override the veto Republicans did not have enough votes in either house to do it by themselves The veto w;w a stinging one Mr. Truman said it would imperii world peace ami prosperity at home. He said it would "undermine" government finances. He said it was inequitable by giving more relief to the wealthier than to the poor. But both houses conscious of the election year gave short shrift tu Mr. Truman's arguments. Less than an hour after the house heard the veto meM&ge it voted 311 to 88 to override the veto. That was 45 vote* more than th/ necessarv two-third majority. The bill then was sped to the senate Action there was almost a* swift Tlie bill automatically became law when senate president Arthur II Vandenberg. R . Mich., announced that the upper house hud voted to override. Mr Truman's third time at bat on the income tax * sue thus was a strike-out His two previous vetoes last year were sustained by congress. The vote In ttte house was 311 to 88 (5 more than the two-thirds nece-sary to override the veto. Only two Republican* Reps. II Carl Andersen of Minnesota and Thruston Ballard Morton of Kentucky voted to sustain the presidential veto. There were 82 Demorats who <?e*erted their party leadership ami voted for tax reduction. Mr Truman argued in hie veto message that tax re«|u< tlon now would weaken the nation in a time of world pert!, feed inflation, and run the government into debt. But an election year congress was determined otherwise Both houses had to approve the bill by twothird* majorities to make it a law over Ilia president's >bjr t ion. It appeared certain that the new lower income tax rates would lie <<n t!;e statute i*M>ks before nightfall The measure will take 7.400.too peisotie off the tax rolls and cut the levies against those left on The first effect* ot the <Ut will be felt May 1 when withholding 'axes on wages and salaries are cut. President Truman told congress n his veto nieHsage that the tax ut "would materially weaken this tation'a efforts to taaintain peace •broad anil prosperity at home." But the great majority of congressmen rejected hi* argument*, douse Republican leader Charles \ Halleck called the president'* veto "an extension of his stubborn pposltion to much-needed tax re:et and equalization." Referring to Mr Truman’s action .n twice vetoing tax <ut* in the .ast Muston, and making them stick. Halleck said: "this is the hird time he has sought to thwart the will of the elected representatives of the people who have the first responsibility in this matter." The house vote was taken a* ■toon a* a clerk finished reading the veto message Titer was no debate The president'* 1.700 - word veto message was sent to the house while he was attending Canadian(Turn To ¥lvs>