Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. Na. 116.

PUT BRAKES ON ALL HONEY LEGISLATION

Eisenhower, Harriman Top s. ■ List For Job Os Defoam Under Atlantic Treaty Lobjtoa. May 17-(UP)-Gea Dwight H Eisenhower and W Avereß Harriman today topped the Ret of Americana being emsigered tor the new Jab of coord Inal Ing the tnilUaty and ecymonrie defenses of the Atlantic trea t y countries agauist Uommunhu aggresalon Foreign mlateters of the 12 fount rles llahed by the treaty will announce their plana to create a “little security council" within the pact before they adjourn tomorrow They hoped to be able to name by then the man who will heed the pew setup The desire la for an American endian of great prestige at home and abroad Ktsenhrrwer fits all the qualifies lions eacept for his military bar k- ‘ around He now Is president of Co- i himMa university I Harriman, rosing ambassador fori the MaaehalF--ptattr;-matetritM meutj other civilian* insofar as TtnowH olrr of the problem is concerned Whoever is named will hare the ditto nil task, !<. trying to ,:ourdi natr the ocoaomh recovery and be 1 armament program* M the wear so that good job* raa be done on both sit lout undue harm to either I hr Awewsa-nffuasteJS’-.-uf *h* .Arf'-r land, treaty nations la the second hay of their cttufereace. agreed toJ »•' ip a naw high level group to, administer military and noiitimhd piiAMMltMl The council would alt all the Um* and be «<snposed of men with nothority to make decisions The minis- 1 Irr* themtwdv** ran meet only in-. fie<iu>nlly The cold war has , >»< bed the stage where Important dechrton* nje«i be made almost , daily • | .. • The major.probl, m w to find a chairman Th- foreign ' mMlsier* ' at tied that the chairman should be —trn Arnertrah httr wmr did not- warn - a military man — I The«e nations agreed that the chalrniatj should be a civilian so n<> one could have the Impeasrion that the West wa* preparing for ar gtrnslve war ~AII sides agreed that Eisenhower, now a civilian and president of Jy’ew Yorks Columbia university.J has th- nr ed e d International stature Conference authorities thought that the main task of the Atlantic adiiuiusiraiixe.. juinntll chairman: WoilUr-WF-TO -elFiTHfy 'The Western" world into decisive action He also mu«t persuade the 12 At- f lantlc pact nations to agree on an overall defense plan which calls for such difficult decision* as: ; 1 Possible scrapping of the bat-1 lieships of the British fleet. g lietiuiries France and the other European countries to sup i ply troops '.for the minimum 38[ division* called for by defense plans —— ( .1 European acceptance that the fnited States wHI be responsible only for strategic long range air craft, the use of the atomic bomb If necessary, and defense of the seas with battleships and large aircraft carrier* 4 Coordination of the economies of the 12 Atlantic pact countries to finance the defense program Dr. J. E. Morris Is Association Trustee Indianapolis. May IT. — Dr >■ E. Morri* of Decatur was officially installed today as a trustee of the Indiana state dental association tor the next three year*. He took office al the close of the 93rd annual meeting at the Claypool hotel. , / I Dr Morris completed a term this year as president of the Isaac Knapp penial society and'was. elected to the state office at the society's snnual meeting last month. As trustee from the Isaac Knapp society.HS succeeds, Dr H T Berkey of Fort Wayne. WEATHER Partly cloudy this afterneee through Thursday with legal showers er thundarMarms south portion this afternoon W 9*l f TOvi V “ I ant tempeeutoee e^vange. L *ai tonight 42 to Ad north, W to M south. High Thursday dS to n north, and around 78 south.

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Give Lewis Second Chmte To Testify Secret Order Charge Repeated Ry Sideaer Washington. May 17—(VPI — A house lalmr subcommittee today gave John L Lewis "another chance" to answer under oath a charge that he secretly ordered his miner* to Ignore a fedeol mart’s bsck towork order during last winter's coal strike. Chairman Andrew Jacoba. ».. Ind. said he would set another date “reasonably soon” for the United Mine- Workers chief to appear voluntarily and reply to the charge. Lewis turned down the subcommittee's. invitation to be present last night. He advised the group that the charge was false but he did not care to testify publicly “at this time' ~ Lloyd SMener. an ousted UMW local official from Canton. 111., repealed the charge M a public hearing last night. He said levin undercut the no-strike Injunction ' tig SSfldtng Th. miner* a *w iel signal-- ’‘the whistle blew once"— I to stay out of the pits. Republican committeemen failed. on a 2 to 2 vote, to head off ■ the Inquiry until Lewi* could he I forced to Attend The «<ib<onv :• miller Has no stihpena power Jacobs hinted -he Is considering I the need for legislation to assure union member* that they can’VTie ousted arbltrsrlty and that their official* shall he elected In free, democratic -lection*. Rldener said not hint- -short of free election* would help him t ” 17e"f< ,; *tlfhid''thW'Jfe‘was oti'tftW . from his union post, fined 1.’10.000 and barred froth bls mine job sfb*uJ*d an.unsuccessful back’’’iXwork movement In compliance with the federal court order. ' Neversl hoar* after the court enjoined the Strike on Fell 11 he saM he got a phone -call from - n I’MW dhttrirt official named Bernard J Beasley. "Well. John L just said The whlafle bl- w once for -Monday- ' ibe quoted Beasley .1* saying He explained that this was a mining term . meant the pits would nd operate Mine whistles lie said:'eominorilv blow (hr- e times as a signal they will l>e open He said Buaifipy also told him to call all maintenance men out of the I’nlted- Electrical Coni comtTsrs To. r,r. Too,) Deposed President OF Haiti In Exile | !*' New York. May 17. (VP) — ; Haiti* deposed president Dumareals for exile In - Fram-e-'vwtthin -a few days."' diplomatic Rources indicated today f Ousted by an army Junta last week he arrived by plane from Haiti last night, accompanied by . hi* wife and three children. English Physician Here Next Tuesday Discuss Socialized Medical Program Plan* are being completed for the appearance of Dr. Ralph J Gampell at the Idncoln school next Tuesday evening Dr. (lampetl is the English physician who practlc rd under England's socialised medical program for two year* and came to the United States to escape the ' scheme" a* it Is commonly called in England , “Dr Gampell recently spoke In Bluffton to an audience of over l.taHt people." said Eart Caaton. Chamber ot Commerce director in charge of the meeting. “W« ar* confident that Decatur citiaens are a* Interested in this subect " Dr dampen graduated from i medical school in IMO and then | •pent one year in hospital real dency He thtn went Into the royal r*dr force -and grow- disrhuntwd tn l*4fi He went into general medical practice tn an industrial city of .■ohmi popular AWrionut heittti aervW law was enacted Under this plan each < En*ll«h physician I* expected to • care for 4 see pattents. "H this same plan were adopted Ila the United Plates Deeat ur would be allotted two physician* to i cure r our population -et ! said > Casio* The mevtiu* i« open to the pub :lk- at no charge and will be hehl fin tbe Uncola frfamd gym at * • o < ha-k Tuesday

Hewßainfall Perils Dikes AlHLmmram Al w mpeg 50,000 Volunteers And Soldier* Watch Danger To Winnipeg Winnipeg. Man.. May 17—(UPI —New rain* lashed the flood •trained dike* of Winnipeg today while M.OOO volunteer* and S.ffM 1 soMlers kept anxious watch. Light rain began failing yesterday afternoon and continued intermittently through the night Md morning. "The rain is exceedingly dangerous." D. M. Stephens, deputy resource* minister,- said. 'And the condition of the dike* will worsen if it continue*. ■ During this period will be our greatent Crisis a* dikes protecting our power, transportation and thousands of homes face, their moot serious strain." More than 220.000 of Winnipeg's 220.000 resident* still remained In the city, waiting to flee If the dikes begin to crumble Floods already have covered some 111.jwiiare mjle* ot the <o square mite city. The weather bureau said the new rains ■ were expected to amount to one-fourth of an inch of rainfall by noon. This will add. million* pf gallons of water to Hie 50.2 flood treat of the Red river Which has pounded the , f ttyjs, dike®., singe 4ta*d*p,.. The unsettled weather conditions will 1 .last for two or three more day*. the weather'bureau said. lied Cross officials said they ' hojted the new threat of disaster would «pur voluntary evaouaUon which has 10-Ai lagging Since the river dropped a tenth of a foot Bunday night. The army had a reserve of 535.000 sandbags to throw into any sudden breaks Export dtkesmen kept a wary eye on an accumulation of oily flood silt whit h menaced.. The shaky base of the earthwork* The flood crest now stand* two feet to IS lni-)i< • below the top of most of the dike* Oanqer* Increase St. Paul Minn, May .17—(Uf’l ! New rain* soaked Minnesota nn<l the Dakota* today. incroa-inK Hoaml ilaiiKer* on th»« Mlto*i*alppi. | and Jam»R river* and alonr <Tar« Th r««*. Sen. Taft Answers Truman's Charges Battle For Votes Is On Between Parties Washington. May 17 (UPt — The Democrats and Republican* dashed head on today in their I battle for votes In the 1950 r-on-1 gressional election. The sharp•pill between them was clearly outlined by President Truman ami Ben Holier! A Taft. R xj Here were tbe issues a* they saw them: Mr. Truman—His "fair deal" and prosperity vs. Republican ob•tructloniam and lso,ationi*m Taft—The Democrats' socialism and the "handout stale" vs GOP prosperity under the American way of life. Mr. Truman presented the Democrats’ view* during hi* recent S.OUtj-mlle "whistle atop” cross-country tour. He extolled the virtue* of hi* legislative program, challenged the Republicans to offer something better and called upon the voters to rid congress pf Isolationists and obstructionists so hi* “fair deal" propoals can be passed. Taft, chairman of the senate GOP policy committee, answered for the Republican* in a nationwjde radio address last night. ..:— He accused th* president of "political immorality" and said Mr Truman is trying to elect a "FufiW--damp congress" which would spend the nation Into *'a false boom and a depression." Smiling and confident at the end ot hl* tour. Mr. Truman said he had given the people "ptoce by piece just what the Democratic party stand* for and what th* Democratic party is trying to do." Taft, himself a candidate for re-election, urged the voter* to elect a GOP congress whh-h would back up an anti-communist for tTwea T* Fama Mai

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Sea. Lkk Scoffs At McCarthy's Chmes . Without Any Proof Washington. May 17-(W> — Bea. Joeeph R. McCarthy. ‘ ■.. Wla . eHed a statement by aeaat* Democratic leader Bcotl W Luca* today aa evidence the admialatratioa ta not iaterested in ousting commnniata from tbe government He noted that Lucas said after a tour ot hia home state ot Illi not* that McCarthy'* charge* against the state department wilt bare "very little effect" on the November election*. The voter*. Lucas said, simply are not aroused by McCarthy’s campaign _ Th* Wisconsin Republican retorted that, in view of Lacaa' statement, the question of communist* in government apparently interests Democratic lender* only when it arouses the voter* "They think it is not disturbing tbe voters ao they will continue 'operation whitewash'." McCarthy said in reference to a senate for elgn relkfloh* trnbcommiitee’s in vestlgation ot Ala charge that the state department is Infested with Reds. Lucas made the statement yesterday He told newsmen that "McCarthy h*s msjle m> n«aj charges without supplying proof —one on top of another-- that the people are not paying attention any longer,” He was asked whether the > Democrat* plan »nV further- Hour attacks on McCarthy. " "We'll have one mere blast at him and then we. will laugh him off " Lucas- replied* It - wa* Uke■umed that thl last attack on McCarthy would coincide With the subcommittee's coming report. ' Besides asealllng the state department. McCarthy' has singled out Owen Lattimore, a tar eastern expert now with Johns Hopkins , university, -as a communist. A Russian spy and the chief architect of U. 8. policy In the far east Lattimore bus dialed the charge under oath In a Baltimore speech . last n»r» Fa*. *,*, Denies Any Fraud In Overpayments Investigating Pay For Gl Dependents Washington: May 17 — (UPI — The army said today its 'em paid policy” during the war was the reason for millions of dollars' In overpayments to GI dependent* However, the army said there I I* "no fraud in the ! overpyament* from the army finance eenter in St Louis and most of the money ha* been or is being recovered The army’s statement was made I by assistant secretary of army Karl R. Bendetsen to the bouse armed service* sulx-ommlttee which Is Investigating alleged improper and Illegal operation* at the army finance center in St Louia The subcommittee opened hearings on the case after a house postoffice and civil service subcommittee said the finance center's overpayments totaled about IK 000 000. and that there was communist infiltration at- the center. Os the 11W.000.000. Bendetsen •aid that "all but W 5.000.000 has been collected or adjusted, representing les* than one-fifth of one -percent of the total payments di* parsed Mach of thia sum may also be recovered." Bendetsen said the army paid 5i0.000.000.000 in the last seven and one half years In allotment* and allowances. Most of this, he said, was paid during th* war and under pressure from congress and elsewhere to take care of servicemen's dependent* first and worry about possible errors latej A house civil service subcommittee said In a report last week that the ceater's overpayment totaled some tIW.OOO.MU> It al o accused a group of a r my officers of turning in fraudulent expense accounts for a trip to Cleveland. At the time, subcommittee chairman Raymond Karst. D. Mo. describe,! the situation at the renter as "one of tbe worst meases f've ever seen" Another subcommittee member. Mnp. Edward H Rees. R. Kan*., accused the army of "dragging Its feet" in it* investigation of condition* at St Louis.

Favor Boost For OM Age Benefit Pay tSooata Committee favors Doubting • Benefit Payments Washington. May 17—fUPI— Tim acuate finance committee compl4M action today on a bill U> doable aM-age-insurance beaenta an* bring 10.we.000 more persons Into tbe social security program Chairman Walter F George. D . da.. aaM tbe MH will be ready for senate aethm next Tuesday Hut be said it can't be called up until th* senate finishes delmte on tbe a*miSUetration'* fair employment bIH. whiffh *>• and other southerners, mwnuwt > Me aaM 11 committee members! vole* for tbe bill on which hear la** begaa la January Two ban Os U-t lat- Tlli boas* aqr pr*ve* a similar bill last year "The aenste bill would 4 bring la on, a compulsory bask non farm self-employed. I.SMAM demteotk aervaats; SW.UBU farm wwrker*. and llua.MW employes of M*i-prdfn orgaaisatlous About l.MW.uou state and Meal governmerit employe* would be Included ow a voluntary ba*!* Tbe committee also voted to freese the ll*, percent payroll.lax. until l»&« . Tbe bone*-approved bill would, bring in about tI.dMW more per *«»•? false the payroll tax to- two percent next Jan 1. and increase benefit< about 7» percent.. -. . | Two Youngsters Are DVowwtng Victims Indianapolis. May 17. —(tTPI — Indiana's IMU drowning death toll mounted today with th* addition of two youngsters. Two-year-old.’ Donald Ooten. son of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Ooten, New Castle, wandered away from hl* I parents and drowned in tbe bafkH I waters of a creek on hl* parents I farm near there yesterday: | The second victim was stx-year old Robert Glenn Adams. Newburgh He drowned in the Ohio river while his father. Willie Ad ! am* hunted worms for fishing o; Cypres* beach near their home. I Robert's body was recovered later I but effort* to revive him failed.- | Legion Asks Stale Department Probe Non-Partisan Probe Demanded By Craig Chicago. May i"—(Ul’i— National commander George N Craig of the American legion demands a sweeping notv pal Haan Invest igation to determine If there is com munDm in the slate department Craig told a meeting of the Chicago accident and health asstK-ia-' tlon last night that secretary of state Dean Acheson "has played with tbe leftist* too lung " He said the public want* to know “what is wrong with our state department" Deploring the politics which he said ha* enter ed into the current -senate investigation of Ren. Joseph McCarthy's! charge* against the state department. Craig said: "Events of the past weeks have afforded u* ample evidene* of the ramifications involved in pressing charges against those in our government's highest office* who palpably are enemies ot the American way . ” Craig said the American people should- demand the immediate resignation of such official* Craig said that “competent authorities" believe that half of the •tate department’s 7.MMI employes "serve no useful purpose" and eould be fired :" ~ ' "It is the honest opinion of many Americana that our department of jrtkte falrty rWS'WtHi ddcelL pruvity and double-talk." Craig said, "that it is a veritable snake pit' in which powderpuff diplomats are playing at a game of demimonda diplomacy." The Legion head demanded that th* "entire madodorol* Amerasia case" be reopened and that former ambassador, Joseph Grew and Wil Ham C Bullitt "be asked to tell their storie* ” Tbe Ametaxia case Involved tbe theft of classified doc umenta from the state department

Senate Committee Halts Action On House-Passed Bill For Overall Study

Urge Residents To Repair Sidewalks Appeal Is Issued By City Officials Belief that more personal ar-| tion should be taken by property, owners to correct "broken down" •idewalks - prompted Mayor John Doan and the city council at their meeting Tuesday—on the eve of the city's clean-up campaign — Jo again issue aa appeal tor this work to be done. Th,- subject was touched off by city engineer Ralph Koop, who re to lhe council that safferal people ha* approached Mas to date with request* for »pe.lfk-at lons fleveral months ago members of th* council and other city official* made a lour of the city. Inape, ting the sidewalks and noting that In too many case* they were tn "haaavdous" condition City attorney Robert 8 Ander Mtn'ha* prepared letter* to many Ml tbe propejxy aywnerw and w>me ot them have lieeh sent dewriblhg the finding* of the inspection 1 tour, and reminding them of The liability -consequence* The council stressed that point; that for safely'* sake, something should be done about the aidewalks that In pome instance* can be likened to the obstacle course that I* sometime* referred to »s We«t Monroe street. J Mayor Doan stated that he would like to see this work completed by next fall, and he cautioned that "It's later than we think: these summer month* go awfully fast " i The council had .Issued an ulti- ■ matum earlier, following the Initial inspection, to the effect that It the property -owners -fait-rrr-fhr thp sidewalks, then the chy will do no, then Send an itemized bill I to the property owner of thh 'malt eriat and labor used I However, no time limit has been set as the time such- action will . Im> taken other than indicating' [that the work should he done by I I next fall. City muncilmen also made a matter ot record a letter received from L C Pettibone which explained that offitdal slate approval... had been obtained a* regards-! .Twew V.. On.- «•*, Roadside Council Is Organized Here District Meeting Set For Next Week l .Mrs. Sophie Dietenbaugh. of Andrews. was the principal speaker iat the organisational meeting of the roadside council of Adam* county. which was held Tuesday In the Decatur high school. The purpoue of tbe society is to "add to the safety and beauty of the highways." In conjunct lon with this, the council made plan* for beautification sttd conservation of Indiana's highway*. In addition to Mrs. Diefenbaugh. county highway superintendent Phil Sauer, county agent L E Archoold and ' county demonstration agent Anna K William* also gave abort talks. Mrs. Wilbur Stanley, general chairman of tbe local council, set an,Ober meeting of the tion for next June. Plan* were also made for members to attend the '■ firot district meeting nf the Fort Wayne division of the roadside council to be held in Hier park. In Huntington. May 2< B U L L E Tl N Lak* Success. N. V.. May 17 —(UR)— Units* NaMan* sac- '• f*tary-»*ebeal TrygveTle Mid in Moscow today that he has “ns reason* to b« dl*«atl*ft*d" with hl* conversation* with Premier Joaef Stalin and other Ruseian leader* in an effort to ease th* eoM war. But Lie emphaeiaed at a Meecow pres* conference that he did not expect Immediate result* from hl* effsrt* te end the eaaawest deadlock in th* UN and break the cold war tension.

Republican OM Guard Whipped i in rMisyivsnH Grundy's Machine Decisively Beaten In Primary Election Philadelphia. May IT—(I’Pl —! Gov. James H Duff and hi* entire statewide fleket clashed lhetr way through "old guard" rank* to seise undisputed conlroi «f Pennsylvania Republicanism today in the state's Mtlereat GOP primary since 1*24 -— Bluff "Big Jim" Duff. U 8 sen atnrisi cwndldat*: and bl* 'tuber natorial running mate, John 8. Fine, dealt former V. 8. Sen Joseph R Grundy's G O. P conservatives their first major defeat In nearly two decade* their flrst at the hand* <>f'"!lWr al” Republican* , Politics! -observer* believed puff'.s smashing victory . would lend connlderable weight to the liberal GOP forces in the 1952 presidential campaign Duff was [ a bitter foe of thie faction that nominated Gov. Thomas E Bswey ‘ at the last Republican convention Republican voter* at" yester , day's primary heeded Duff's pre .'primary warning to "destroy Grundyism In the primary or the 'Democrats will! destroy It In the fall" by giving the red-haired gmr- ’ I emor and his 'running male* a I hig margin for she entire ticket and a "no contest" personal victory over millionaire congressman . . C KunkeJ of .Harrisburg, tar rthe senatorial nomination Fine. I former' state superior court judge, defeated Jay Cooke. Philadelphia hanker, for the gubernatorial nomination With «.Sd« of the state's 9.550 precincts tabulated. Renultilcans ‘ gave, for U 8 senator. Duff W 7.I'4OK: Kunkel 241 .107 For rover Her. Fine ««S.9S»: Cooke 47C772. The major candidates on the Democratic party'* ticket. U. 8 Sen Francis J Myers for renotn inwt ioyi, and Philadelphia dry . [ treasurer Richardson Dilworth for | eovernor faced no real oppose 1 tlon. Myers, a seasoned .cam- ! paigner who will he fighting for I re-election, will face Duff in the j fall, and Fine will oppose Dll worth, a fiery orator who led the Democrats to a smashing city hall victory In Republican Philadelphia last year. Firm Work Behind Schedule In Stole Bad Weather Slows Formers In Indiana fndianapoll*. May 17—(UPI — Hoosier farmers were counting on the weatherman today for more cooperation than in past weeks, so they could catch up bn spring planting and plowing. They were about two weeks behind schedule in farm chores because of bad weather, the weekly crop bulletin of the U. 8 weaiber bureau said Chief nirtenrologt«t Paul A Miller said there was too much rain in ihe southern part of the state last week and not enough in upstate areas. Miller coetraated the rainfall at Lafayette »02 inebea last week with that ar Efan»vilD ffuri*g the same period—2,B2 inchea "The heavy rains in the south caused • coamMereble damage in Working ground and some damage to planted corn " he said "Most crops and vegetation except corn continue about two weeks behind schedule" Corn was a week behind Millet said a few soybeans aad oats wet* pleated In southern dietrict*. and were coming along aatle factortly although late But he added a laeh of rain caused slow germlnaikm in th* north The report oa other grains. ’ tTwew Te IXawe asal

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ano— Soaatc Laarfars Ask Figure Oa Complete Definite Action Waabtafftim. Map (7 — <UP» — Tkm an—ta apprepetattsm* commute* today put the brake* oa *H meaey. towHlattoa uarii M oa* revenue and deficit figures By who! waa reported a* a uaauimiMM •,*• It halted a, iron by autoommß t earn ,m tbe housepassed Mil to give defense aad other Sgeucle* gyu.aoe.eoc.aeo for the year starting July I Member* pointed out that the toeuaii bOl deaneT toclnde h? .* Ibaff atom afl tbe spending that the government propose* to do, and they want to see *ll tbe figAire* before they net on just pert of them. The big houae bill left eat around ' |.l 12,, ihu> <uhi ltl p,.posed foreign Aid spending. The decision te hold, up the* house bill te in line with demand* by Republican floor leader Kenneth s: Wherry. Neb. aad, other senators who hare insisted on *u allembratins »ppf6pri*fion MU Tbeae senators also waul to know what the government 1* likely .to take in and what the prospective deficit -to before they okay any spending measure Other congressional develop menta: ~ I Taxeo—Honae tax writeqp vot- " ed tentatively to cut the maximum long-term capital gains tax oa ts- ' dividual* from 25 to 1* percent. PEP! -Senate Democratic leadr *>r. Scott W. Lacas, 111., filed a * petition signed by him*elf and - .19 other senators demanding a vote Friday on a move to choke 1 off a southern filibuster against a motion to consider fair employment legislation. RFC --A senate banking spb- " TMSinirtee proposed, that the sen ate Veto President Truman's reorganisation plan to put the re construction finance corp, under commerce department jurlsdtvrilon : : Rents—AFL and CIO spokesmen told congress that I*l«>r will ask wage boosts If rent conlri'l* are abandoned Highways—The U. 8. chamber of commerce sahi state governments sbbuM have to keep on foot-, tng at least half tbe bill for highways buttt wtth federal aid ' A spokesman. Robert H. Walker of Keokuk, la., also opposed a senate proposal to increase federal highway spending in 1952 from JSIJ,580.000 a year to 1829.000.000 , Revenue — House tax experts have tentatively approved proposal* which they estimate would lioost tax collections by som* |.135.f , '> 000 a year , v Men ere of the bouse ways and .means committee said they hive discovered other “loopholes" ta, the tax law* which are meting th* treasury an additional *240,000.000 In yearly revenues They plan to consider these provision* in the next few days. The committee wants to find means of additional revenue in order to compensate for about half the ir.IWMMO.W cwt h> ex else taxes already approved tentatively President Truman recommend ed that excise taxes M cut only <Twr* T* Wfßie Secretory Os State Lions Club Speaker Uncovering about 8T5.0M.0e0 of taxable truck property was tbe principal topic at aa address to the Decatur Lions club given by secretary of state Charles Flemtnc Tuesday night. Dr N A- Bixler was chairman, ofyibe meeting.- - Secretary Flemlag told bow hi* otftfe had discovered that hundreds of ont of-state truck owmses yere glrtng Indiana addresses because of the small an wst of fees tequired for licenses but that thev would give other addressee when »*ee«sment time arrived Fleming Mated that hte office planned to urge mor* Mrtngeat track registration legtetatMn He steo Mid that he felt there waa need for mor* drastic speed tears ia Indiana sad be Mated that he felt there was aa especial need -for slower night travel on th* highway*