Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1953 — Page 1

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Hoosier GOP j May Hedge On No New Taxes \ ( 10 Tax Bills Are [Slated Far Opening Assembly Session , INDIANAPOLIS, VP-Indiana’s. 1953 legislature will be asked to hedge a[ bit on the politicians’! promise of no new taxCs and to offset it -with five tax reductions. Various lawmakers are ready to introduce 10 tax bills in the sesr . sion which convenes Thursday. |>'or the most part; taxpayers should benefit. The bills, writterj in legal form Ey the state’s legislative reference iureau. cprry out recommenda* ions of the Indiana tax study connmission and administrators of the veterans’ bonus. Both tire Republican and Democrat. platforms in the fall campaign Opposed new’ taxes| thereby creit- ; ing a stumbling block to any tax increase legislation barring, an emergency. - Nonetheless. 'two of the measures now' in bill form would increase the financial burden to specific groups and a-?|hird. would make all residents of ifoosier clti&s I, towns susceptible -to a surtax , on their gross income l . FIVe bills contain the good news. These would abolish three taxes altogether and reduce the tax biffden in other instances. Twb„blfis Would affect gross income tax ment methods. .j; ■ >! - ' • .J [■>. [ I Basiqhlly. commission sugI gests that t|ie legislature retain gross income tax state's big money-maker. But it suggests consideration of a retail sales tax or ■ net income fax!' should the state shift from its present tax strm.- : ! tu re. . ... Bills which ‘ would take money' out of somebody’s pocket provide 1 : | 1. Enabling legislation granting titles; towns -and school ' districts the right to levy a surtax “upon the , gjross income tat. with the® su|tax limited jt-o one-fonrth of the per'- . son's gross income, tax. A similar i rhea sure died in cbnfmittee In th# 1961 session. . a .2. . Limiting the exemptions of fraternal, church and cooperative: j groups to contributions. and fees? .Now, many receipts, from commer? cjal activities ai-fe exempt. ? 3. Abolishment of free hunting and fishing licenses for veterans I The taxpa<ygr stands to : gaini; i though, by bills providing: J pl. Abolishment of the 15-cent sjtate property tax rate, leaving the ' property tax a ‘traditional local tax j base. ■ ' ■ , 2. Abolishment of the state poll j> tax. The stated share now icostfe ' males,, aged 21 to ,50, $1.50. \ { 3. ,A .study of personal property -taxes with a view toward placing V them on an equitable standard with real'estate. Land assessed at 1-3; value,, buildmgs as I*3 -replacement [cost, and .personal I property at approximately 70 perj,- cent of value; The commission suggested'the 1-3 ratio also apply to personal property. i J 4.’ Abolishment of veterans 3 bonus tax. This proposal originated With administrators of the bonus, -who expect to Have enough ntoney osh hand to pay the bonus early this year. r fl 5. Exemption of tax receipts on alcoholic beverages from the gross income tax, thereby eliminating a f i tax upon ac tax. Another bill provides for collection of the gross income tax by [' Withholding it from salaries arid Wages. and other criticizes the “complex” gross income tax re* turns now 'jin use and suggests ’ adoption of a short form return. Tumbleson Funeral Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs.,-Jesse Tumble,son! who died Tuesday morning, will b’e held at 1:30 p.m. EST Friday at 4he home in Wrenj 0.. and at 2 o'clock at the Wren Evangelical United Br.e th re h ' chu.rch, the ReV. Donald Martin . 5 . ficiating. Burial will be In ■ the Wren cemetery;. The bodyjwill be removed from thjp Zwick funeral home to the; Residence, 1 , wher? friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. Rotarians To Meet Earlier Thursday Dr. Clyde W. Meadbws,. guest speaker for the. Spiritual Emphases week services now being conducted in Decatur, will speak at the weekly dinner meeting of the Rotary Club at the K. of P. home Thursday evening. In Order that Dr, Meadows may also speak at the \ater services at the Methodist the Rotary club meeting Will start at 6: >5 o’clock. Members are aslged tt» note the earlier meeting time.

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pietviyj. ; | i s ——l 1" -i ---4- I' -I—r- - r-—i —4[fp pT Sen. Douglas Warns Senate On Filibuster Says Civil Rights Law Is Impassible Under Present Rule WASHINGTON Idjpi -Sen. p|ut H. Douglas told the senate today it can fjorget aboufj passing civil rights legislation iinjless it, adopts a new anti-filibuster rule now. The Illinois iJenioirat made the statement in a apedcli pi-eparpd for the second ;dap;. of seriate debate on ri proposal jaimed at p^o- : viding an easier wi|iy to cut off I fllibmUers. Republicans and southern Demdcrats have j teamed tip to kill .the plan. B H .j | ' } , Senate Republican leader Robert A. Tuft hoped jtp bring the t issue to a Vote litb today. The debate may ruh jnjto. Thursday, howet-pr.h| At iisue is thd Question whether the sena{e-with asdiit two-third 3 of itsi each ’ j election-ls ; continuing' bbdy ;jwhileh. does not need, to adopt hew rules ajt tke opening <j>i' eacdt ; congress. Reflecting the views: of mbst Republicans, Taft argued Tuesday. the senate is a continuing body with continuing rules. Douglas replied jtodtjy that tlie sphatfe dies at thfe ?; of each two-year congress, j along with pending bills, noitninations j and treaties, and shod Id adopt nejw rules! for :a' new iqngress'. Mindful that southern Deihocrats use* tjlie filibuster'Ho j blocki civil bills, Douglas ' said there was &t “the [whole qtiestiou of whether congress! vyiil eier l>e able pass c vil! rights legislation.”!: ppi ill ! i ‘‘lf it be beiina|rienlly deiciddd that the rules of the preceding senate apply aufoniaticaiiy hs the new senate organizes,” j Douglas said, T‘we may jad J we: 1 say farewell to any chancy .either for civil rights; legislation dr needed chanjft es in senate procedure.” > Douglas’ speech Was in support of a motion offered by Sen. Clinton 15.I 5 . Anderson li-N- >li- and 13 00-spdnsoris, calling j 0n the senate t 6 adopt a new set Os j-ujes. If the motion should jearry, it would be followed by another tjo readout the old rules' with ja rewritten provision to ctecjk filibusters. The proposed!change would permit the senate to shrit, off debate with the votes of 49j senators —after two weeks c|f talk—instead of the 64 now requ redi. j ' j \j ' Although Taft and other Republicans are! fighting Ariderson proposal, there wdre j iridications they might support a ! Ihss-sVreeii-ing change in senate aiitUfilibuster rules later in the sdssiqnJ Sen.. William [iE. Jerindr [R-Ind., prospective chairman of the rules committee, said he propose a rule under whicl d|b|te could be shut Off by two-thirds of. the senators actually presfenjt at the ! t,hne pf ri roll call, rather than the or th s full| niemberisimi ndw required. ' ’ I,' i Taft said he favored Jenner’s idea, but was not to commit the Gt)P as i a whole to support id > ! i i ■ : —u—| : j INDIANA WgATHfcR Occasional freezing Fiin central and occasional I r|iri ex- j treme south this afterndon and tonight. Cloudy north . tonight. Not' quite set dold to* « night .occasional snow or rain north, ufciri south. 5 ~ Low tonight 25-34 except !15-2O extreme northrHlph Thursday . 25-32 north, 32-39 south* I ;

Spiritual Emphasi Youth Night Tonight '' High School Cho|us To Present Music The union Spiritual wigmasis Week seijvjices being heldkimghtly this week at the First? Methodist church. Dr. Clyde \V.;j Meadows is songleader and preacher. Special music is being provided by the choirs of the various chrirches I of the city and the high school chorus. Twelve different are assisting in the leadership of the serVittyi and a diffeiten||jjgrottp \>f local laymen assist nigwly as ushers. 3s fr'\vIn the ice special musTtxwill be pffoivided ? by the hUh. school the direction ,of Misy Heleri Hanbold. The youth of z the c||y are especially invited Xc> aLteriS: this youth night servicte—are urged to tiring the youth Wj the family with them, * * There drill be an enthudiaSTTc sirigspiration period, the Idikrning of hew sohgs and the simjing of old ones. br. Meadows will the evening sermon, j|j Presiding in thej serv|ci will be the Rev. Robert Hani'inond, and assisting ministers will jfte the Rev. Rotpaine Wood and Rev. Ray J. jWallther. There will lri» Ushers from the Baptist church.'t The text of Dr. Meadows’ Bormon Tuesday evening twas 6:1 “We then as workers together, with God.” The niinistejr made aril’earnest appeal for a stronger ®urichmanship, and illustrated his own effective!pariph afihurch can do when; it is rind each member works for his <- The speaker emphasised sible outreach of d service or a visitation prograni when people , f ‘work| together.” The great assurance wfiirn the speaker declared is that companionship with thds® who work for Him. “We work withibod.” Musical Show Is I Planned By Lions| Annual Production n’ Here February 4-Ji CpAie February 4-5, Di Htur Libns will present what: wi ;l reportedly be the greatest ina s exhibition of roaring, romp I nil’ and general jn|i-making—of whi< ! the Lions have a\ respectable reputation—this side of Chicagd. j.i j ! The ponderous machinery $ '! this third annual musical produrtion, this year called “Everything' Goes” began spinning madly this waek as the Lions pitched in on theift'ti™ l organizational meeting the show. | " i ; :,, If last year can be used ad i any indicator 2,s(oo paid admission last year—this year’s will be a wopperoo, every Central Avenue to StrattOnlWay digging in and taking out any, talent. inert or obvious, kown to; himself or his most qm|iSiiL: General chairman of the Mitire affair is - Leland the pons to perform two days at the iCtecatur high [school auditorium, j® Chairmah of the casting CQti#!mit--tee is Walter Sitfman. He is 'feeing assisted by Glen Hill, Thurman Drew, Dr. Jfie- Morris and ;Lawrence Anspaugh. . ’['j Clark Mayclin is in of properties and he\ will be aided b y Dick Macklin, Norman Steuryj'Robert Worthman and Deane Potwin. Advertising will be taken plcare of by chairman Leland Smith and Lewis Smith, Malcolm Lockl and Al Rlehle. Paul Haneher is ehairman <&!the (Twm T. Page Five) ! :• V !; ! I

OHLY DAILY WKWtPAPKR IN ADAM* COUNTY

—: —:—l|— U 4— ■ Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 7, 1953.

Truman Warns Stalin Os Russia’s Utter Ruin In Event Os 3rd World War

Blunt Warning Is Lauded By Congressmen Members Os Atomic - Energy Commission v Laud Pres. Truman "-t 1 ■ < WASHINGTON UP — President Truinah’s'blunt hydrogen bonb _waming to Premier Josef Stalin drew • waifm support today front members of the jbl nt congressional cdinmitiee on atomic energy. “That’s |why w< have spent al|: these jbillibns of dollars in developing atomic weairiins,’ said Rep, W. Stbrlihg Cole? R-N, Y., prob* able .chairipan of |he committee in the new Republican-Congress.\j f “I have [nothing! but the highest praise fori the President’s, fbrthi tightness In his wjarning p to Staling If the Threat that jwe may use our new weapons canfdeter an aggress sor from starting jatrdnble then thd cost will have beeh fully justified.’’’; Rep, Melvin |rice D-111., Another p committees member, -alsdl praised thje President s sta|emeht. jle lauded Mr. Truman, too, fot< his decision to piit special emphasis on:development of the H-bomb, at a timefwn en success' wav nbt ' P Another ;: GOP [member of the joint . comnpittee. i Rep. James E. Van Zandt just haibk from, seven- weeks actiie navy duty, en-V dorsed Mjr. Trtiman’s adsertioil that all mankind; would suffer in. al general atomicwar but said he is convinced we can use the A-bomb Korea without starting a general war. 1 previously Vai| Zandt .opposed use! of the; atomi<i bomb jti Korea. However, he sai<| his recent tour of duty—dutch of it in Korea - convinced ! him only way to, settle thefdamn [thing .is to sigh» to win it,t and this includes using the ’ Sen. BOurke [B. Hickenlooper R-la., ranking, senate Republican oh the committee, agreed with Mr. (Ttfra To j Six > Highway Department Shows Cash Balance 1 Operated In Black During Past Year The Adams cdunty highway department operafied in the black during last year; and started 1953 with a cabh balance of $248.47, Frdnk: Singleton, superintendent reported today, ‘l'he annual report sets, opt all, expenditures made during thfe year. Monies for all expenditiires'bcome from .the state gasoline tax an<| there is no local tax for county rioad maintenance, it was-pointed but.’ A tqtal .of was on hand rit the start of the year, the discloses, and a total of $226,241.42 ? was | spent during' the 'yeaif- : ! -4 Biggest Items; were salaries, and materials. [ Salaries totalled $64.269.76,; of fwhiefe labor made the biggest tl|at total being sll,700. Other salary expenditures were for JsupervisiQn', and truck drivers. Cqunty highway salaries are hat regarded hs high and the top is;s3,o(lo pgid to the superintend* at.' ■ ; I ' ' A .»M1 of $61,890 was spent bn stone and Asphalt, pipe and gravel ate up moat of J the other material money! Ldss [than $16,000 was spent for npw machinery and tools, the report showed. Singleton has -worked ’ ceaselessly since he became to keep all machinery in good shape and he has insisted that all equipment be protected from| the weathelj at all times It isbnot in use. , \ The money domes to the county from tihe state in quarterly allowances and; is .based on the total amount ofJgasbline tax paid in by the enuntjf pfeis the number of miles iof highway in the system. There [are mote than 715 miles of county- highways in Adams county. r t i"

Truman Budget Goes Under Close Study Ike's Budget Head In Close Scrutiny WASHINGTON, j UP —Top officials of the Incoming Eisenhower administration put President Truman's budget under the magnifying glass today to see w'here it <-rin be cut or otherwise revised. Although Mr. THiman’s - budget for the 1954 fiscal year will not he officially presented to congress until Friday, copie.4 have already J>een made available to Joseph M. Ilodge. who Will be President-elect Eisenhower’s; budget director. . Dodge said he would go over 'the •budget, item by itjerii, with mem•beris of the incohiirig cabinet ,at a series of Conferences beginning today. The purpose pf- the conferences m to decide what changes Eisenhower should recommend td congress after he takes office Jan. ,c?w. I : Informed sources have said Mr. Truman's spending proposals for . the 12 months begirihing next July ; 1 will total about $79,0(70,000,000. Mwjth federal revenue estimated at * about ' $69,009,000,000,000. ! Dodge said it is Eisenhower's ‘■Unqualified deterniination” to baliihi e the budget as soon as possl■jhle, but he! deijined to predict l>U h:-tl'“er that c.jinf he done this [year, or to estimate hotv deeply the” Trtrman budget may be pared by iho incoming! administration. The Detroit banker emphasised, however, that t'he i[954 budget has been “completely developed and prepared by the outgoing* administration,” without any aid or advice from thje Elsenhower tfeafn. The new administration’s suggestions for changes will be submitted 1 , to congress piece-by-piece 7as rapidly as possible,” he said. He indicated the first recommendations will be dispatched early in Awl '' ' U. S. Casualties In Korea Now 123*530 Washington, up — American battle casualties in Korea now total 128,530, an increase of 292 over ikst week’s report, the defense department said today. The casualties include 22,627 deaths, 93,129 wounded, 9,292 missing*, and 2,091 captured, and 1.391 previously missing but returned to military control. First 1953 Meeting Financial Report Is Approved By Council T.Jayor John Doan and the city cbnfepil convened for their first regularly constituted meeting of 1953, the council meeting the first apd third Tuesdays of the month. Mayor Doan. extended an invitation frqm city school superintendent W. Guy Brown to attend a meeting at Decatur high school tonight at 7; 30 o’clock with a survey representative of Indiana University. A financial report of the city for 1952 read and - approved by the couricflmen. (The report appeared in a Daily Democrat news story last gaftirday.) - A 1952 report was presented by the superintendent of zoning. Ralph Roop, and showed that 183 appHcations for building permits were before him last year, 153 of these getting his approval. Total contract costs, estimated fey applicants, for building last year $516,053. Inspection fees came tb »125. >. , |( ’[. [Rejected applications for permits by zoning board and approved by appeals board were 23. Five applications were rejected by the zoning board but riot appealed. Land use permits, applications received, 7; approved, 3; rejected by zoning board, 1; rejected by zoning board and passed by appeals board, 3. j H4 1 - ii j I

I : i V I :I•! ti .ACivilian Plane Missing With 41 On Board J J• ‘ . 37 Os Passengers \ On Missing Plane hAre Servicemen ■. ' M SALT LAKf: CITY, Utah, UP — A civilian C-46 airplane with 41 aboard was reported missing today in southeastern Idaho or western Wyokning. ,\' \ f., The airway traffic control ceritpr at the Salt Lake city airport said the craft, owned and operated by ihe Associated Air Transport Company, last ;j reported at 3:58 a[m. over Malad, Ida., about 100 miles nOrth of Salt Lake city. The plane was flying under contract! to air force. It Was due at Cheyenne, Wyo.. at 5:50! a.in. for a refuel stoy before continuing to ap unknown eastern destination. It also should have reported over Rock Springs, Wyo., about an hour after passing over Malad. put nbver djid.-' Weather over thi rea was de * Merited as heavily ojvercast from Malad -to near Rock Springs. There were! also unusually violent winds blowing aloft. The plane took off late Tuesday night from Boging Field at Seattle, Wash. In addition to the servicemjen passengers, the plane carried a [ crew of foug, George Nelson, Wyoming? state director of aeronautics, said the massing plane carried only enough fuel to last to 7:30! a.m. Carlton Mariner, ,<?AA radio operator at 'Malad, Jjtaid the 3.'58 a.fn. contact with tse twin engine Curtis-built ComfrigfnOo plane was “routine?’ He saidqffee craft was flying at 13,000 minimum fo* flight o>-er area — and the weather “should have been okay.” Mariner said thelfe ;was nothing in the planed last .Sassage to indicate the be in trouble. i J-< For most of miles between Malad and jlftfeck Springs, thft terrain is and the population sparse. plane’s route was over ttye northern end of the Wasilo’h Mountains which has peaks tffe to 11.000 feet and higher. SK? i 1 ' '' i Factory Employment At Post-War f eak WASHINGTON Factory employment yjhit a high, peak of l‘6,500;000 ins|bve'mber, the bureau of labor reported today. - ' ' ‘ Annual Elks Cancer Party January 24 All Proceeds To Go To Cancer Research The Decatur Elks lodge will hold its annual canrier party, open to the public, at the lodge home on North Second street Saturday evening, Jan. 24, it was announced today by George F. Laurent, exalted ruler of the lodge. I Ail proceeds from the party, as in previous years, -will go to the Indiana Elks cancer fund, which, has contributed large sums of money to cancer research through donations from the individual lodges throughout the state. > The January .24 party will open -with a smorgasbord,; served at 6 o’clock, followed by special entertainment at 8 o'clock. The party will wind up -with a dance, starting at 10 o’clock. I j! The event is not limited to Elks arid their wives but is open to the public as part the open house during the evfhing! Tickets for the party will go pn sale shortly, members of the committee stated today.

1 ■ ' ! • ' ' . — ——rrMayer Approved As New French Premier National Assembly In Mayer's Support PARIS. Up i—The French national assembly approved conservative Premier Rene Mayer early today after he won support of Gen. Charles, de Gaulle’s rightist followers with a promise to seek modification of the European army plan, i V The vote was 389 to 205 with Mayet’s support ranging from the left-of-center Popular. Republican movehient to De. Gaulle’s rightwing Rally of the French People (RPFb. 1 Mater began consultations with , leaders of the parties' he hopes will support him in afe effort to fbrm [France’s 18th post-W'ar government. ' ' Thd premier’s promise to the De Gaullists virtually amounted to capitulation, since earlier he had asked the assembly to invest him on a program of solid support for i the European army treats*-—which i would put 12 divisions of German ■ troops under arms in defense of , .West Europe. ’ The 85 De Gaullists voted for Mayeir after he assured RPF Dep - uty Gen. Jacques Ch&ban-Delmas i he would not ratification of s the army treaty until additional J protocol has been added limiting the extent to which the French ■ forced will be integrated.” ■The De Gaullists, along wilh some other political factions,, have been worried that the integration of French forces into the European defense community w-ould weaken France’s defense position in its overseas territories.In outlining his program the 57-year-old financial expert said he would slash $228,560,000 from the 1953 French budget including military and civil credit “other than those for investment and ?re<-op-kstruction?’ The Radical Socialist premier also proposed early constitutional reform to produce a more stable political balance, a fivip-year plan for' housing. modernization of French agriculture and continuation of strong French policy in North Africa and Indd-China. State Withdraws Exception To Rule Pqrrjsh Ruling Is ' Upheld By.State Stating that Judge Myles F. Parrish- of Adams circuit court was “correct in a former ruling,” the state inheritance, (ax division Tuesday withdrew an exception to a rutink in the Theodore Hobrock! estate tn which Judge Parrifeh held thatdrily halt of a number of stocks rind a bank account, held jointly tjy the deceased and his wife, j gnould be appraised for in-. : heritance tax purposes. The .Hobrock estate was opened for probate last May aqd Herbert Hobrock, a son. was named executor. It 1 was found that in the estate there were s<? shares of Citizens Telephone stock, preferred; 30 shares of- the same, common, several' government lionds and a bank account of $13,715, all held jointly by deceased apd his wife, Louise? ' ‘ Albert Harlow, county assessor, .appraised the items at full value for tax determination and Ferd L. Litterer, attorney for the estate, filed ah exception setting out that since the items were in a joint title, the survivor did not gain access to the other half, only half of the amount should be reported for tax purposes. Judge Parrish sustained the exception and ordered a reappraisal of the items held jointly at one half the actual value. On October 27, the state inherL tance tax department filed a motion for a rehearing and the cause • was set for January 6. When the matter was called yesterday, Judge Parrish was informed by the state representative that the department /‘beßeved the original ruling wa« correct" and asked tor a. dismissal (Tara Ta Pa«e Firr) " '

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H-Bomb Era Proclaimed By Pres. Truman 'i" ' - I ■ /Solemn Warning Is Given To Russia In Message To Congress i WASHINGTON UP — President Truman solemnly warned Russian Premier Josef Staljn today that the United States has developed a hydrogen superbomb that would mean “ruin so. your regime antj your homeland" in case of Wold War HI. In his farewell state“ti-thri union message to congress. Mr. i'ruman said the ree’ent H-bomb tpsts at Eniwetok ushered in a “new J >ru. of destructive power.” and Iman i» ! bow “capable of creating explosion* ’ of a new order of Hdwarfing the mushroom clpuds oE * ‘ and Nagasaki.” 1 r | “There, iri something I would say 1 jto Stalin/’i Mr.,Truman said. “You * | claim belief in Lenin’s \piopheciy t that one stage in the development |of Communist society would! be win r | between your world and ours. *■ I -“But •. . . war has changed its ® shape and its dimension. It cannot j now be a stage in the development •of an* thipg save ruin for yorir ? regime and -your homeland.” > 1 He predicted even more jierriblo \ atomic -weapons than H-bombs— J with “unforeseeable peaks of dc- ’ structive .power.” In any future world war, Mr. J'ruman said, the “very structure’* f this civilization would |»e detroyed. j Mr. Truman devoted the major part of his 11.6(H) word message to a review of what he, termed the ‘lvery great" accomplishments o? 10s administration arid a dptenso ojf its policies? both domestic and foreign. [He made no legislative recommendations.! explaining that fee did nqt wisii tp “infringe upoh the responsibility" of ; his-„ succ.essor, Dwight D. Eisenhower; to “chart * tl)e forward\durse” of the riation. , Mr. Truman sent his farewell message to be read by in a--Republican house and senate, in- ■ stead of delivering it in person before a joint session as he done in past years. His grave report bn the H-bomb, and its awesome implications for the world, came near the end of his unusually.!long address. ; While he never referred in so njanv words to \a hydrogen feomb, ne made, his meaning Clear jwhen he said that the recent “thermonuclear tests at Eniwetok” marked the beginning of “another sta|ge in t the world-shaking development of atomic energy.”’ 1 He renewed his plea for effective international’ control of atomic energy, and said both Russia and America must remember that neither side can' win more than a “temporariy” advantage in the atomic arms race. ■ ' But he was frankly pessimisticover the prospects of Stalin and the Kremlin recognizing in the near future that neither Russia,nor any I other natjort could win an all out war in thie new H-bomb era. “We cannot measure how deeprooted are the Kremlin’s illusions about us.’- Mr. Truman said. “We can be' sure, 'however, -that the rulers of the Gomtnunifct world will /' not change ■ tiieir basic lightly or soofe ... 7 “This means there is.ahead of us a long hard test of strength and stamina, between the free world and the Communist domain . . Mr. Truman, said Eisenhower on Jan. 2() will take up the “greatest the most compelling? responsibilities” ever to fall upo\* a . man., . : 7 . , ' “And I,” he said, “with you and all Americans, wish for him all possible success in undertaking the tasks that «o soon will be hts.”? Mr. Truman conceded that there “can rind should be changes and in our programs” under the new Republican administration. ■ “But,” he added, “to desert the ) (T»r« Ta Pa«« Sts) " ' - • '' : :