Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 284.

Ike’s Cabinet' Completed As Two Appointed Sinclair Weeks And Martin Durkin Are. Appointed By Ike NEWYORK, (UP) — Sinclair -Weeks, newly named secretary of commerce in Dwight b> Eisenhtlwer’s cabinet, said today he Would seek to promote conditions ■ industry and commerce . can '■ 'The wealthy chairman of the Republican national finance committee said the ’‘primary objec--tive” of the department of comshould be “to promote in : transportation, and commence.” ’ Weeks expressed his views as he [entered the Eisenhower residfcnce at 'Columbia University for < scheduled conference. A<tked if he had specific plans for the department of commerce, he told reporters: . _j. “I hhve no particular plan as yet. I’ve, got to get my feet wet f first." He added: “We mpat, create a business climate in which industry and commerce dan thrive ... can do well. Weeks, Boston business then, and top Republican political strategist, was the first at the [ Eisenhower home to* Hfi arrived at,9:80 a. m. and left about 10:30 with Dr. Gabriel Hauge newly Appointed Administrative assistant to . Eisenhower. The secretary -of commerce-des-ignate depttned to say specifically what fpe conferences in the Eisenhoover residence concerned. “Any announcement should come from Eisenhower headquarters,” he said. he said the discussions centered generally - on the problems of his department'. ‘ i Hauge reported George M. Humphrey, secretary of the treas-ury-designate, had been delayed in his scheduled conference at the .’Eisenhower home. He said Humphrey would-prob-’ ably not Arrive until laite this afternoon. .. . Eisenhower's , cabinet was com- ... pie ted Monday with the appointment Os Weeks and the naming of Martin P. Durkin, president of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States anji Canada AFL as secretary of labor. ' . » The , appointments were announced late Monday by Arthur * ’H. Vandenberg, Jr., Eisenhower’s secretary. Vandenberg said Eisr enhower also had appointed' Waiter . iy.HHa.ms of Seattle, Wash., undersecretary of commerce. “ The appointment of .Durkin was a surprise because the Chicago labor leader has been a lifelong Democrat. He voted for Gov. Adl|H lELi Stevensorj. Eisenhower’s opponent Tor president in the recent election, ‘ \ Duridn said in Washington his Domination was “quite a surprise” and that he may~flnd it necessary to become a Republican “now that J I'm,in the cab’inet.” < He had served a similar capac-, \ity in state government, as Illi- * hois’ director Os labor, under both Republican and Democratic administrations: y* LATE BULLETINS SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. • UP —• An air force transport plane with 13 persons aboard h was. reported : missing today and rescue chews Investigated two reports wreckage was sighted high in tpe mountains ? . near here. ' WASHINGTON, UP—A special federal grand "jury in > Brooklyn, N. Y., Indicted former 'lnternal revenue.' comissloner Joseph S D. Nunan, Jr., today on charges of evading >91,086 in Income taxes.. —,—_ Erect Christmas Lights In Decatur City light department started the annual task today of erecting Chrisitmas lights in \the business section. The colored lights soon will become a part of * the local Christmas spirit. Almost all at the local stored are decorated for the annua? Christmas shopping activities and ■today’s snow also added to the niode. »

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Sees Her jHome-To-Be Be. w* W | g| • jl--■ k - Y jfi'A ■ g|| *■ » H ik I r ’ I MynrM % JI" I’M MRS. HARRY 8. TRUMAN greets Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower at the front door of the White; House as the latter called for a housekeeping tour of the recently refurnished chief executive home. The visit lasted 90 minutes. ' ’ ■

Reuther Gains Support Needed For CIO Post Two Unions Pledge Support To Retmet As CIO President ATLANTIC CITY, N. |.< UP — Walter B. Reiitt|ier, AS-’jtiear-old boss of tre United Auto iWorkers, appeared certain today <j>f Victory In liis fight to becorme j president of CICh i Heuiffie'r gained t|he aqpporf he needed early today whep two big unions, previously unpledged, cast their lot with the red-hai[red! union ■ chief. . . Support by the two unions, the United Rubber at(d the Oil Workers union, gavs ReuTßer an additional 365,438 votes in his fight with executive vdie president Allan S. Haywood :tp succeed jt!he late Philip Murray. : j The two untons’ support boosted Reuther’s pledged total well over the 2,800,000 vptes[ required for his election. I[. d “This assures ah Overwhelming victory,” Reuther tQld ireporters. “It is a shape-up I tjxpeipted.” - The election is scheduled for Thursday, the final Session of the With annual 010 convention. In its second session today, the! 700 delegates were scheduled to hear addresses \by 'Sen. Thayne Mprse of Oregon' .and. actijng bivil | defense aministrator ■ James J. Wadswarth. The election issue overshadowed all other 'events in the crucial eonvention and the fight was not over, as Haywood force| plediged t<> .Carry the issue to t.hte convention floor.'- , ! David /MacDonald, president of r th.e 1.100.00 b-member ’.United Steelworkers, asserted that “everything is stilt the same,”- and Haywood backers would fight to the finish in support of the 64-year-old CIO organiser. However, therte were recurring reports that the Haywood forces should back down at the last minute in Order to; avoid ,an open fight on the contention fnbor. The unton chiefies fqlt oijen fight ; might lead to a [permanent breakup bf the 35 OK) unions, i \ Until today, Reuther Und Haywood had been runningJneek and neck in a bitter become the ClO’s, third president. The CIO, founded 15 years jago, was fipst headed by John L. Lewis who * ' (.Tara Ta Paca blm) .y- ' ;< — : : South Korean Guard Shoots War Prisoner PUSAN, Korea, UP — A South Korean guardlihot and wounded a North Korean war prisoner on Ko-' je Island last Saturday, (the U. N. Prisoner Command reported today. Thk Communist was trying to retrlve a. note tossed intbl his compound from another prisoner en»closure. The guard had warned the prisoner against picking up the Mte. •' ■ - . J

Open Winter Term Os Auction School | 58 Are Registered At Schodl Opening The famous Reppert auction school, of which Decatur has been proud for the past 31 years, this of auctioneering of the year, j Dean of Instructors, Col. Quentin Chaffee, will again take up his position as guiding spirit through the hectic days ahead. Uol- Chaffee reports that thus far 58 studentst are registered and he expects figure to become ! augmented by the end of the week. The July session was reported to bb a, complete success and Col. Chaffee expects the present group to do just as well or better. The students have already been fired with the tradition and spirit of the nationally known school and are already buckling down to learning the ABC’s from the best men In the business. \ ' Col. Chaffee' released the following faculty list and the Specialty of each: Col. Guy Johnson, a former Decatur resident now of Columbus, O„ will teach \the salients' of real estate at auction. h ■ 001. Guy Pettit, an old-timer with Repperts, will Jbnd counsel in the art of voice/culture. His 'dynamic personality wins over I students immediately. Col. Clyde Williams of Marion, 0., will do ths honors on the fine points Os selling furniture at auction. 1 ' . | . Homer Pollock of Delphos, will cram his specialty, farm sale and real estate jat auction, into the avid students. ‘ \ - Don Rolfe of Mt. Sterling, O. — who has the distinction- of being .the youngest fnnslhictof tj the school—will cover the field 1 of registered -hog sales. Ray Elliott of, Portland, -will plot the course of study in the field of selling registered dairy ■ cattle. - , [ j| • 'T- . Earl Wright of Gilead, 0., [will take over the chores on selling sheep and commercial sale barn technique. George Borum of Centralia, 111., will cry sales oh tobacco. C. B. Drake of Decatur, 11l J — known as the father of automobile auction sales—will show hpw he has made himself famous. Herman Sigrist of Fort Wayne will demonstrate his knoW-how in' the of auction of antiques and oriental rugs, fpr which he is well known in Fort Wayne and its environs. * H. B. Sager of Bozeman, Mont., is “the man”, when iLcomes to auctioning registered dairy beef cattle. Sagefi is tops west. , CoL Chaffee stated that the (Tant To Pace stx) 'v- '■ ' INDIANA WEATHER I Cloudy with little change In terriperoture tonight and Wednesday; rain spreading over the south and chin or snow over the north late Wednesday. Low tonight 2&-30. High Wed nee- . day 3M2. , , ’ j

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 2, 1952.

United Nations Throws Out Soviet Resolution On Peace In Korea War

Report White House Okay Os Full Wage Hike Complete Increase Os $1.90 Daily Ta Soft Coal Miners WASHINGTON UP — A high administration source said today thb 55fhitb House has decided to apphbve' thb full il.Sb-a-day wage increase negotiated by John L. Lewis for 350,000 soft coal miners. The informant said the decision will bie announced, probably by ecenonji'e stabilizer Rogeir L. Putnam,; Within a few days. I He, Said coal producers will be granted price increases to cover the fhll amount of the wage boost, and the arrangement w 111 “amount to decontrol” ■' of coal wages and prices although “it will not lie called that.” The Wage Stabilization Bo a, sought to place a 31.50-a-day ceiling On the miners’ wage increase, contendtng ttMit the addlrtohaPfft cents negotiated by Lewis would be “unstabilizing.” | I Lewis countered by appealing to Putnim to overrule the board. He \warned that “confusion and unrest” — presumably meaning a strike—would hit the ipdustVy if the full increase were defiled. Putnam has had the appeal “under advisement” for several weeks, and, has repeatedly postponed a promised rulmg. Informed sources sajd Putnam Was stallihg to give the adminiStratlon time to work out some ormula which would avoid a coal trike, without openly scrapping wage centrals. There .were reports that industry and public members of the Wage Stabilization Board, who voted for the $1.50 ceiling oVer labor mem- 1 bers’ protests, would resign if over-, ruled. ! .. The high official said the ad, ministration wilj follow “an unusual procedure” in granting the full $11.90 boost to Lewis’* but declined to specify what it will be. It is known that the administration has even considered decontrolling all wages and prices as one (Tara Ta rase School Officials To Attend State Meet Brown, School Board Members To Meeting The members of the Decatur ' school board will attend the annual meeting at Indianapolis of the Indiana school boards association Thursday. - ! Members the board, Gerald CoTe, Jack Irwin and George Helm, together with school superintendent W. Guy Brown, will, with other school boards throughout the state, hear addresses by luminaries of the educational scene. One of the impatiently awaited highlights of the sessions—*to take place at the ballroom and gold • room, of the Antlers Hotel —will be an address by Dr. -George S. Benson, president of Harding college of Searcy, Ark.; long recognized as a militant wroker for personal freedom and dignity of man, having lived under the flgg of 15 foreign countries And seeing many of then! fall before the rple of totalitarian rulers, his talk Will deal with “Education for American Citizenship.’’ j Also on the program will be Gov. Henry F. Schricker, who will make the third presentation for outstanding service as a; school board member. w The Butler University Madrigal Singers,, under the direction of Prof. fßichard T. • Whittington, will provide tjie musical interludes. •

First Heavy Snow Os Season In City Over Three Inches Os Snowfall Here Decaturites arose as usual this mofning, did the normql morning Honors, gulped their breakfast . . and stepped out into three and a half inches of Mother Nature’s grade A white . . . snow. . Shortly after 9 o’clock last night the snow stunted falling and continued until 8 this morning, leaving th® Hare trees all Crocked out in beautiful [flummery i and the homes bedecked Christmas card fashion. Kids trudged off to school casting a Wistful eye at ye old sleigh while visions of hookey danced in their heads arid snowball fights loomed up as, a definite possibility in the daily recreation agendas of tfie very young set. The snow was the kind that Veally “sticks.” Highway 27, for .example, has a blanket of hardpacked/ snow that provides little or no traction to vehicles. Turns are 1 hazardous and more tbaja otie_Jiiver has found hhnself ptf on the wrpfeff the road because' lieJm'ade hl’s turn a little too tgirt. N9' s’flplw -caused accidents have ; been reported in the city a# yet but, police Officials urge the use of caution when venturing out by; car. If. are handy it is Suggested they be -I» stalled quickly — if not drive slowly, better late than wrecked and possibly Injured. State policeman Walter Schindler reported a skid mishap near Bprne this morning. Slim D. Nussbaum. Oif route 1, Monroe, was heading south of U. S. highway 27, juat north of Berne, driving a pickup truck followed by Ivan Booher > of Geneva driving another truck of; the same type. Nussbaum went into a skid and was tTara Ta Pave Five> 'V . | 7 —: Sen. Tass Denounces Durkin Appointment Voices Disapproval Os Labor Secretary CINCINNATI, O. UP — Sen. Robert A. Taft said today the appointment; of Martin P. Durkirf as secretary of labor an “affront” to union members who Voted asl they chose. ' , The, leader of the senate Republican pollriy committee in his first' ppbliC; disapproval of Presidentelect Dwight Eisenhower’s cabinet appointments called Durkin’s selection “an.; incredible appointment.” The senator in a statement said that in talks with Herbert Brownell, “a key pian in cabinet appointments*” said he had “made several recommendations of Qualified men” for the Ipbor post i Durkin’S appointment, Taft skid, “is an affront to millions of upion members and officers who had the courage to defy, the edict of Officials like: Mr. DUfkin that they vote for Stevenson." -j Duffin, a registered Democrat in Chicago, supported Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential candidate, in the campaign against Eisenhowier. _ “It was never suggested, ’* the coauthor of the Taft-Hartley get said, “that a man would be. appointed who has always been a partisap of Truman Democrats, Who fought General Eisenhower’s election, and the repeal of the TaftHartley law." Taft had conferred with Eisenhower in New York and said Eisenhower invited Him to make, recommendations fbr cabinet officers and he did. : “This appointment leaves without representation In the cabinet,” Taft said, “those millions of Democrats, north and sonth, who left their party to support General Eisen(Tarn To Pase Six) t

6.0. P. Solon Favors Cut In Income Taxes Five Percent Slash Next June Favored By Rep. Daniel Reed WASHINGTON UP — A Republican move to cut personal income taxes by about 5 per cent next June 30 picked up Democratic sapport in congress today. High-ranking Democrats on the tax-framing house ways and means committee said they would*be glad to coopefate with the Republicans in reducing taxes. They also pointed out that legislation approved by the Dem'ocratlc-cOntrolled congress in 1951 already provides for personal income tax reduction of about 11 pep cent on Dec. 31, 1953. The proposal to grant some tax relief the middle of next year was advanced by Rep. Daniel A. Reed R-N.Y., who will become chairman of the ways gnd means commKteet* when the new congress meets Jan. 3.** ' Reed said he will introduce his tax cut bill on the opening day of the session. J ' The effect of Reed’s proposal jyould be. to advance from Dec. 31 to June 30 half of the tax reduction program provided under presept law. Wiis Would be done at a cost to-the, federal treasury of an estimated $1,800,000,00tt The rest of the tax cut, an additional 6 per cent, would, take scheduled on Dec. 31, 1953. \Y “My bill is the first stpp in the Republican tax and spending reduction program,” Reed said. “Although I will introduce this measure on my oWn behalf only, I am confident It will have the strong support not only of members of the ways and means committee but of the other, members of both parties in and out of congress.” It is possible that Reed’s proposal may run into powerful opposition within his own party. While all Republican .congressional leaders favor tax cuts “as soon as possible,’’ several of them, including Sen. Robert A. Taft R-O think lower taxes may have to wait until 1954. They contend the first objective is to cut \ federal spending and insure a balanced (Tara Ta Paa* Six) J ' . V— : i 'i■ : 1 Memorial Service At Elks On Sunday Annual Services Sunday Afternoon Annual memorial services for deceased members will be held by the Decatur Elks lodge at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the lodge home on North Second street. The memorial service is held annually on the first Sunday in December in Elks lodges throughout the nation as tribute to the deceased members of the order. R. C. Parrish, | prominent Fort Wayne attorney, will deliver the memorial gddress. The speaker is well known in Decatur, where formerly resided, at one time serving as Adams county prosecuting attorney. , The service' will be conducted by George F. Laurent, exjalted ruler of (he lodge, and his staff of officers. Special music during (he service will be presented by a prominent male quartet from Berne, composed of C. T. Habegger, E. D. Neuen, Arley Habegger and Milo Habegger. The processional will be played by Mrs. L. A. Holthouse; who will, also act as accompanist for the closing ode. All members of the lodged and their families are urged to attend and the public is invited.

Craig To Take Over | Auto License Bureau Remove Bureau From Secretary Os State INDIANAPOLIS, UP—Governorelect George N. Graig’s staff aninounced > today he will assume control over the state bureau of motor vehicles, a rich patronage agency. The Announcement said the bureau wiH be removed from the control of the secretary of state’s office in the interests of placing it onX“A business-like, long-time basis.” A 1945 law gives Craig power to take over the bureau by executive order when he becomes governor. He plans to appoint a commissioner to head the bureau for a four-year term, place 450 recordkeeping employes on a merit system, and transfer driver's license examinations to the state police. “To reduce automobile fatalities, we inust place the supervision of licensing of automobiles and their drivers on a business-like, longtime basis ” Craig’s announcement said. ' There are about 1,000 patronage jobs in the bureau, topped by 157 aufo license branch managerships. Republican state chairajan N°i and C. Wright said the latter will be filled through |gop headquarters, requiring formal application and endorsement by party officials from the precinct level up. The bureau is a $28,000,000-aj-' year business, collecting license and registration fees and keeping tab on about 5,000,000 licenses and registrations. ■ -V Secretary of state Crawford E. Parker, who took office Monday, said thid was the first he had heard the bureau would be rifcnoved from his cohtrol. He declined comment. j- * Urge Elimination Os State Money Waste < Urges Screening Os State Publications INDIANAPOLIS i UP —lndiana’s “Little Hoover” commission recommended today the state budget committee be given power tb screen all state publications to eliminate waste of- “thousands of dollars" of taxpayers’ money. The commission, which will recommend ways of streamlining state government to the 1953 state legislature, said the screening process should apply to all publications except those of state, educational institutions. v " The report said [the state spent $650,000 for all types of publications during the twq years ending last June 30. Noble R. director of the commission, said he couldn’t edtimalte- how much money .would be saved if the recommendations are put into effect. | “I do know this,” he said'. “Thousands of dollars can be saved’ through t|ie proper screening;” The-report said screening was necessary tp eliminate duplication, consolidate costs, and eliminate publications no longer useful. The commission noted that the state published six major magazines, at a cost of $141,910.01 in 1951-52. “Outdoor Indiana,” it said, cost two-thirds of this amount. Only one of the six hhs a subscription rate, the report said. It said persons who are interested in these magazines should pay for them. The commission recommended discontinuance of printing rosters and directories for boards issuing licenses. It would require licensees to display 'their licenses ijir certificates. The report said publication of the governor’s yearbook and the statistical report, both authorized by law, should not be allowed to lag behind. Shaw said the former (Tura Ta Page Six)

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UN Committee Overwhelmingly For India Plan Only Soviet Bloc Votes Opposition To Indio Proposal UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP— The United Nations political committee threw out Russia’s Korean peace resolution today and , added one more vote to its overwhelming majority for India’s compromise plan, k . ''* ’ Lebanon, absent when the committee ballotted on the Indian plan Monday night, today asked that its vote be recorded as favoring the India plan., That m.ade the final official count on India’s resolution 54-5. Only the Soviet bloc-Russia, Poland. Ctechoslovakia. Byelorussia and the Ukraine—-voted against it and Nationalist China abstained because parts of the measure gave cognisance to. the Chinese Communist regime. • . 1 V - Despite the landslide vote for the Indian measure, Soviet foreign minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky insisted the committed vote today on Russia’s plan. The committee „ rejected it, 41-5, with 12 abstentions. . .4 ' z > Once again, only the Soviet bloc rallied behind Russia. Argentina joined the Arab-Asian bloc in abstaining,, The Philippines bolted the bloc to vote against, the measure and Yemen was absent. t ’ TIU I Russian resolution would have had general assembly establish a Communist-p ack ed commission for “the peaceful settlement ofJtJa,e Korean question,” the upifieatrem of Korea ? ‘by the Koreans themselves” and the repatriation of all prisoners Os war, e regardless of their desires. x The Indian plan noir goes4o the .general Wed- , nesbay morning—for final approval. Assembly President Lester- B. PearsonVof Canada then will be instructea\to communicate the proposal to the „Chinese and North Korean Communists and to invite their acceptance of these proposals and to make a report to the general assembly “as soon as possible.” The Korean war probably would not be debated here again this year. Current plans call for the assembly to recess for Christmas Dec. 20, meeting again probably in (February. The Indian plan is based on the principle that war prisoners shall not be forced to return home. In the vote Monday night Russia ancl her four Communist partners < voted against the resolution and Nationalist China abstained. l The resolution puts the United Nations on record as favoring nonforcible repatriation of war prisoners, but this is expected to have little if any immediate effect on the deadlocked truce negotiations at Panmunjom. Communist China already has announced it would not agree to the formula. - r Adoption of the compromise Indian proposal by the political com- — mittee marked the first tinje tn more years that Asian in the U.N; have voted solidly with the United States ' (Turn To Pace Five) .\ a-fGW Z 1 f * U CV** ' 11 • M 11”* SELsnoprng I-