Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 30*

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Amendments To Reorganization Bill Proposed < Craig's Measure , [ Is Tempered Dawn J By INDIANAPOLIS. UM—governor Craig's bill to establish (, “cabinet” of 11 department d hectors, the nucleus of his roorgcfriization 'program* moved to tile flndiana, ihouse floor _ today temip|red by amendments aimed at redilcing Opposition. 1 The bill camp put of ite ju(li clary “A” committee wit| a rpc- ! ommendation it be passed with • amendments removing the- governor's requested authority |to “pre-: scrrbe powers and duties’! of ;s£v-' eral departments now in the gOV-j ernmental structure. I The house accepted thi report and the bill moved on to? second reading, adhere it can be again, or killed. But it was unlikely the' bill would: be crippled badly or kilje<j. \Rep. John Harlan (R4Ri<Jbmohd\, pro-Craig chairman of the Committee, said the amendments were! largely to prevent a, dividefl rflbort from the committee. f Harlan said Democrats a id some Republicans on the commij Jtee felt the'right of the legislature to dei scribe powers and dirtiest of the i existing departments Involved Li should be preserved., | | Harlan said the amendments |*were “acceptable to the goj>rnor.” I The thinking appeared tc| be tjhat [the amendments would lessen thA tlireaf of strong opposition which might hurt chances 'of ty bill’s passage. g . :? I Earlier, the lawmakers Revived Ja demand for “home rule'konwel?fare matters and pushed Jtoward ilaW a portion of their\ for Improving care of mental i|atients. b Meanwhile, Republicans^stalled f showdowns on GovernoiOCraig’s organization proposals, folding them up in committee wwe caukusing'to test what s trench they fan muster on the floor, f | But the' showdowns Wetfg inevitable. - g I The welfare “home rules issue, spotlighted in the 1951 regijar and Especial sessions, was revifid Wednesday in a resolution ;|d'opted n the hduse by voice votei|lt 4»k---d .congress to chahge urity laws. "A- . | Reps. W. O. _ Hughes JR-Fort Wayne) said new federal directives require inspection’ of homes or tlhe aged, including; tfose of fraternal organizations. |>’ith ’ a (Tarn To Pagre Wt*| C boiler Funeral On! Saturday Morning | Funeral* services for N»s-. Mfe-; issa Jane’ Baller, who dieil Tueslay night, will be held 4 10:40 .. m. Saturday at the f)ecat.ur Missionary the 'Ref'. H. J. ¥elty officiating. 1 Burial Swill be d the. Decatur cemetery, friends lay call at, the Gilli'g & Ifhan, fii.era! home until time of |he ra • ices. Date: erf the riti& was (hanged to permit relativ&A from i distance to attend. | 4 ~ I'. ' . I

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Eisenhower Joins . .Id’’ 11 J.J ■ I In Prayer Service . ■ - 11, 1 Hr"’ Joins Congressmen In Breakfast Prayer \UP -president Eisenhower tok| a morning, prayer breakfast of and government leaders today that a government without a foundation of deep faith “makes no ' I ' ] In a solemn, reverent mood, Mr, Elsenhower joined with 500 Republicans and Democrats in paying for divine guidance for this nation. The breakfast was sponsored by the international’council foj Christian leadership. House and senate members of the international organization have -been meeting weekly for years to pray in* an effort to religion more prominently into the conduct ; of business and i governmental affairs. The President treated the occasion as he would a qliurch sprvice. There was “no fanfare” at the breakfast given at tlje Mayflower hotel, I . Mr. Eisenhower spoke i briefly, comparing the confused world situation today with the prqblemS faced by the founding fathers in 1775 and 1776. 1 He that what was true at the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence is even more true tpday: “jThat free government is imbedded soundly ,in a deeply-felt religious faith or it makes no sense, I “Prayer is just simply: 4 necessity . . . ‘T have the profound 'belief that n we remind ourselves once in a while of the ilxaiiic truths p. ... of our forefathers . . . w,e can preserve this government and; pass it on as’free and as sound as ever.” The President spoke aftpr joining in prayers led by Rep* Katherine St. George (R-N. IV.). andjAbrahani Verdide, executive director of the international organization. Chairman for the meeting this morning was Sen. Frank Carlson' (R-Kan.J,i one of Mr. Eisenhower's closest. campaign associated- He has long been active in the council. .-\ : '.4 A ! ' ’l-1 ■ \ Among the more tham S(TQ dignitaries attendlrfg the prayer breakfast at the M&yflowei Hotel were members of\- the supreme court and the cabinet and repreof ea« h of the i ajrmed services. ' ’ i i' j i The President was scheduled to speak briefly after prayers by Rep. Katherine St George (R-N. Y.), Abraham Bereide, executive director of the Christian leadership couricll, and 1 several other participants. N Gonrad Hilton, president of the rtilton Hotel; chain which operates the Mayflower and an active member of the j Christian leadership thovement. ajso was'scheduled for a brief talk. I ll | . . The Rev. Edward H. Pruden of the First Baptist church of Washington, former President,. Truman's ppstor,\ was tasked to deliver the closing prayqr. Mr. Eiseritjbwer and his wife last Sunday in a private cereriony became members of the Nat! onal Presbyterian r c'hnrcb,. where the President worshipped Jan. Jo a few hours before his Inauguration. Mr. Eisenhower treated today’s (Twn T* Page Six) J 1 1

Dulles Appeals To West Germans To Ratify Pad Urgent Appeal Made To Government For I Pact Ratification ®ONN, Germany UP — Secretary of stake John Foster Dulles appealed''urgently to the West German government today to ratify the pact which will bring German troops into a six-natijon European army. Dulles said that the organization of a powerful ' and united Western Europe will lead; ultimately to the peaceful unification’ of Germany itself, now divided between eastern and ' western zones. I" 1 \ Arriving here froni London, Dulles opened negotiations with West German leaders at a lunch given 'by Acting U. S. High! Commissioner 'Samuel Rebber, with West German Chancellor KonradAdenauer and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Walter Hallstein as fellow guests. ; Dulles was understood to have emphasized to Adenauer, that a six-nation European army including 12 German divisions; inust become a reality this) year. He was believed also to have warded the 4?erman leaders, as he warned the British, that Western Europe must make substantial progress toward unity within the next 75 days or face the prospect of cuts in American aid. Informed sources said the secretary of stats! \ informed the allies he must know what they are going to ori the subject by the time he returns to Paris for a meeting lot the \ N\\.TO (ministers April 23. After tljiri meeting he will have to give a; conclusive report to congress ih order to get new 4efense aid, the informants said, y ' This was reported to be whaij prirhe minister Winston Churchill jvas told Wednesday in London by Dulles arid Mutual Security Administrator Harold ®. Stassen. Presumably Dulles intended to make the | same points in Bonn in hopes w|st will start raising arid arming its 500,000-man contribution to the six-nation army before hie e\nd of the year. He and i Stassen continue on to Holland Friday and then! to Belgium and Luxembourg to complete their nine-day aour. They are scheduled to return to Washington next Monday. / In London, Dulles asked —and go{ — assurances from Churchill that Britain will associate itself as 'closely possible with the European J defense community, \it was reported. British sources said Duilek also told Churchill the U. S. is deter--4 Tarn To Pace stx) ' *—i VINDIANA WEATHER \ Showers and mild tonight. Friday partly cloudy and a little colder, with showers ending In early morning. Low tonioWftxj 35-40 north, 40-50 south. High Friday 38-45 north, 45-52 south.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 5, f 953.

CIO President Urges Eisenhower To Scrap Wage Controls At Once

Report Formosa Fleet Order Is Now In Effect . I 1 Neutrality Patrol Abandoned Shortly h After Ike's Order WASHINGTON UP — President Elsenhower’s order that the U. js. seventh fleet stop , shielding Red Chini has been put into effect, iit was learned today. H . ■ ! J Authoritative source!) said formal Instructions to abandon the “rflOti trail ty patrol”;' of Formosa were dispatched to the Far East a fear hours after Mr. Eisenhower informed congress of his plan. | U senate leader suggested meanwhile that removal of the seventh fleet bartiei* to Chines? National Ist operations might result in For-mosa-based’air attacks on Hed rail lines. > Mr. Eisenhower announced in his State of the union message Monday that he was ‘issuing instruc thwis that the seventh flpet To lony-,; er be employed to shield Communist China.” . . • ; \JH I * press secretary. James. $.- Hftgerty paid Wednesday that White House policy Was to »sa|>nothing about actual \ issuance Os the'jjmder. But it was learned froi|i other sources that the joint chietjs of Staff dispatched the order to the Seventh Fleet late Monday.': Adrti. Arthur W. Radford, Pacific [fleet commander, who has tiSdd to see reporters since hip itd[ House visit Monday morijirtg; to be, working bti injfitte|is related to the seventh £&t , order. An advocate of a naval blockade of the Red jChinJ cdast,! Radford is scheduled to r® t/irii j|b jpis Pearl lliarbor, Hawaiij headquarters in a few days.. 4 f J suggestion that “de-neutralj of Formosa might resylt in Nationalist Chinese air against mainland cbminunicatiphi came from chairman Alexander of the senate foreign tel latiohs committee. He referred t\u a rail line which he said supplies Comnninists in Korea and IndoChina. i - j?'if| Chiang Kai-Shek has any at all-and he's getting planei-he’ll disrupt that railroad.”! Wiley said. ; [Nationalist Cliina at present has b <Tura Tn Pace Five) Lift Secrecy Ban On Night Fighter rd." li’ ! ( . ,1 L" ■' ,L H Korean Trench War j (s Reported Quiet * SEOUL. Korea UP—The U. navy |lfted the secrecy ban today on tn|| new Manne “Skyknight" 'OTylhs-jit night fighter and said It; already had knocked sirt Commjinist MIG-15$ and a propellerdriven war plane out of the Kbrean skies. | y However, a chugging propellerdriven Corsair stole the show in Korea today when its * pilot damd aged a speedy Russian-built MIG 16 Jet.; . I p- '■ ■ HOdfpL Carlton Green, of Presque; Isle,? Me., was credited with dain< .«Sns;th« wte dreen and threeH other comparatively slow fighter? bombers tangled with four jet?. "4 looked like his tail came offt”; Green said. “He didn’t. go down, j He disappeared into the sdn and--1 lost him.” j ' The, navy said the new “Sky ; : knight 1 " was capable of flying 600 miles an ho|ir and had been in action !in Korea for seven It: carries a crew of two men. [Fifth air force Shooting Stars.’ meanwhile, bombed a ship In Chin-b ; nampo harbor bn Korea’s westp coast while other fighter-bombers: , (Tm To I’»»e Six)

Top British Officials To Visit Washington Eden, Butler Plan . Economic Talks WASHINGTON UP — British foreign minister Anthony Eden and chancellor of the exchequer R. A. Butler will come here in March for “exploratory" economic discussions, the state department said today. ' The visit will\ be made at the : invitation of secretary of state John Faster Dulles and secretary! of ! treasury George M. Humphrey. ; Dulles extended the invitation while in London on his unity- • prodding visit of European nations f allied with the-United States. . Eden and Butler will open their talks here March 4. Cpnferences ■ are expected to last four days. Eden then will attend the Unjted Nations general assembly in New York. \ The state department announcement said the conferences will be informal 'and there is no intention at this stage to negotiate any agreements with the United States. However, the British apparently . stole a march on other 1 ! foreign - governments which depend in sopie ineasurt- on aid from trie United States. , Shortly before Dulles left with foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen for Europe it was disclosed that one of the reasons for the -trip would be to persuade foreign officials to hold off I any visits to Washington until the Eisenhower administration has a chance to get settled. , ‘ ■ ' The state department announcejnent indicated' the British would get a chanjce to propound their views mine fully first. j| . . h__ Hk ■ J . Final Performance Os Minstrel Tonight Big Crowd Attends Opening Wednesday ‘ “Who dat, man?” “Dem is Lions. Mushmout”* “Ah never see’d a Lion wit a 'girdle, boy.” ? “Yeah, you am right, son. Dose Is strahge breed o' Lion.” ? Righto! Last night at Decatur high school, the gym to be precise, Lions galore yukked it upi in the best of Minstrel tradition,. They performed the’ first edition of the bit called “Everything Goes).” Running 'time about two hours. , ■ Afteh only a week’s rehearsal, and pretty fractious at that, it was agreed by one and all\ that the Dions; and their non Lion confreres, did a real good job. Os course it wasn’t really in the sqri'pt for dainty damsel Dave Raye to fall off' Bob Wofthman’s lap in the first act, but the thunder of Kaye’s posterior coming in contact with the hard stage deck was entirely too much. The house came down. About 1.200 people filled the stands and the floor seats to enjoy the rakish get-ups of the feminine, though hairy. Lions. Frank Lybarger busted out and would have been perfect if the hair on his -chest didn't get in thf way. To a man, all agreed Roscoe Glepdening’s ’’Juliet,” add neiv depth — and width — to Shakespeare’s immortal character. I The Rev. —Vhbops, Mr. X’i rendition of “Carolina in the Morning” Was one of the sweetest of th< eve-' nlng and received warm applause. Can’t leave out that darling. Medford “pecilia” Spilth, whose golden adorned her 5 o’clock shadow and left all the men weak and enchanted. And now for a parting word from those famed darkies of elegant and splendiferous wit, from those masters of the Uptake and repartee, Messrs. Anspaugh, Sittman, Schwarts, Maddox, Macklin. Bum*gerdnef, Endmen Ebenezer, Jambo, .Josephus, Plato, \ Jerico and Mush(Tara Ta Pace Six) / . ; ..... .

More Deaths Are Feared In Flooded Areas Both s, Planes And Amphibious Vehicles jV Rushing Rescue Work i . y. f AMS’TEIDAM, The Netherlands ■ UP —• Boats, planes and amphibi--1 ous vehic es poured into flooded southwestern Holland today to eii-> ! sure the safety of thousands of survivors wbo, it was feared, could not surviv j another day and night ’ of exposure '! J The floods, which last Sunday 1 hit the kingdoms of the Netherlands, Belgium and Britain, already have an unofficial total of ’ 2.002 deaths. It was estimated the ’ final total might be as high as |,- 1 000. t \ r The Dutch newspaper Devolks- • knant .quoted rescue workers as ’ saying there were an estimated 1 1,000 dgad on the\ little island of i Schouwen-Duivteiand alone. \ 1 I Gen. Mwtthew BJ Ridgway, Allied supreme commander in Europe « flew bver the flooded area of Hol- - land enroute from his Paris, headI quarters to the Hague to discuss the effects of the flood on Holi land’s diefense budget. \' Z 1 » The floods caused millions of • dollars \worth of damage to property arid loss of livestock. This probably will fofee The Netherlands to reconsider its commitments to the North Atlantic treaty’ organization defense setup. The most Impressive international operation ever undertaken in peace time sent an army of men, ships, planes and vehicles rolling into the flood areq again today on the heels of a dying ne<w storm. American officers, aiding the huge rescue operation believed all the marrnmed survivors — 1 some of whom have been exposed to oold, winejs, rain and hiinger for five daysi —'would have to be rescued by tonight? They said they’ did not believe, the survivors could live through another freezing day and nigh i. , i . Th|e Dutch radio announced the official death ;otl was i,273. Britain listed official 418 dead from last Sunday’s hurricane force winds and floods. Fifteen Americans died on Britain’s east coast and 3wo others are listed as missing ?.nd presumed dead. The unofficial British death Toll is 4sß. Belgium listed 20 dead and Germany \\' (Turn To Pnxe Four) Gambling Crackdown Is Ordered By Craig Orders Inspection By Excise Police INDIANAPOLIS UP—lndiana’s excise police had orders today to , inspect all places holding alcoholic 'beverage permits for evi- ' dence of gambling. . The state beverage y gom>disßton 1 issued the instructions to the police and ordered them to\ report any evidehce> to the commission. . The order was issued, the ABC said, in' response .to a directive , from Governor Craig. . i ' Craig said st a news conference ’ Tuesday he favored a complete | erkekdown on gambling and believed 90 percent of it could be ( eliminated by threatening liquor ’ license holders with revocation of s their permits! if they allow gam- J bling. ! * ■; ■ 1 ■ “•Permittees' found <n violation , will, 'be cited before the commis- * eion to show cause why their permits shall ndt be revoked,” the ( commission announced. '\Any { paraphernalia, equipment, de- f vices used lb gambling will be confiscated and used as evidence.”

t ■ \ Rush Installation Os New Plant Crane Plan Diesel Engine Shipment Next Week Since the 20-ton crane for the new light and power plant arrived last week, about 50 percent has already been installed; said L. C. Pettibone, ligjjt nnd power superintendent, today. As was previously stated, that the diesel engine »itself would be delivered on the heels of the completion of the\ installation of the crane, Pettibone learned this week , that Lima-Hamilton, builders of the engine, are preparing the engine for shipment next week. __The reason the diesel has not been already, despite the fact it has been rejady for months, is the crane. And now that the crane is almost complete, nothing stands in the way. The . diesel will be shipped by Pennsylvania railroad. It is estimated that four or five flat edrs will to be used io haul the 380,000 pound latest Vroid in diesels. , ' 1 ; y ' To give some idea of the huge bulk of the engine, take the crankshaft: 16 feet long; the bearings which serve it are 16 inches in dipmeter and lOft.dnchee long. The wristpins of the gfarit pistons, unerelythe size of thick pencils on pleasure cats, are 9% inches in diameter and inches ling. A wrist pin that's over a foot long! The engine is a 2 cycle reciprocating {type using hsgh pressure to ignite oil in the cylinder. The fuel injection is of the solid type. The overall dimensions of the engine are as follows: 58 feet six inches long, 12 feet high and employs tlie most modern | coricepts of diesels. It employs a three-chamber muffler that is designed to quiet operations to a maximum. Some grumbling has been heard recently, now that > the - engine is almost ready for delivery; regarding the vibration of the ehgirie and how the foundations of homeC nearby will react to the new neighbor. | Several figures supplied, by Pet(Turn Tq P»«r M*) * Lower Farm Income Predicted In 1953 To Force Farmers To Tighten Belts ’ CHICAGO UP .- —Farm expert# said today, that falling farm prices will force farmers to “tighten their 'belts,’’ and one said the tread “could start ft depression” if it continues. A department o/ agriculture economist at Washington said farm income this year will run about § percent below 195.2. Frank Atchley, director of research for the- Illinois agriculture association, said he was inclined to agree with the forecast. He said farmers try to cut their expenses and thus increase their net income. Most farmers,' he said, are "pretty well stocked up” on farm machinery, and may cut their put chases. Howard Roach, head of the lowa Republican farm council, said he believes farm income this year will fall 10 to 15 percent below 1952. He said the 5 percent drop predicted by O. V. Weils, chief of the bureau of agricultural econom- , tea, was “pretty conservative.” I Atchley and Fred Hatch, presi-, dent of the Chicago livestock' exchange, agreed that farm prices always fall first in any period of decline. Hatch said the mep. who feed ' and fatten the nation’s livestock ' already have been bard hit. ' Some have been forced to cancel orders for new tractors, farm ’ implements and’ automobiles, he said. “If this trend continues long 1 (Tsra To Page Six) ’ ■ \

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Report Wages Out From Under Control Soon ' ; J x ' ‘ i Wage Decontrol Is > Expected Within 48-Hour Period BULLETIN MIAMI BEACH, Fla., UP—AFL President George Meany said today that many labor contrasts will be “immediately reopened” if wage controls are scrapped. Meany coupled the statement with a warning that there is a “grave possibility” of a depression within a year. WASHINGTON. UP—CIO President Waiter, P. Reuther today 1 urged president Eisenhower to scrap wjage Controls immediately 1 —a move expected within 48 hours ! unless Mr. Eisenhower objects. It was learned that government 3 stabilization officials plan to decontrol wages in. all industries I within 48 hours unless ike White . j House vetoes" their' plans. Reuther’s request ’went to Mr. Eisenhower as these plans were in\ ‘ the works. However, White House! press secretary James G. Hagerty would say ojily that termination of controls is “still under study and consideration” and that ho definite orders had been issued yet. Reuther wrote Mr. [Eisenhower that the wage stabilization board has “virtually ceased tb functiori.” He restated the CTO's view that wage controls should be doned. Reuther said “hundreds of thousands of workers are being denied wage •beenfits” because the wage stabilization board, anticipating the end of controls, has stopped work on pending contract considerations. a 1 "U “In view of the pending termination of controls,” Reuther said, “cohtinued processing of petitions by ihe board would appear to be futile .... \' j ’ “I urge you most emphatically,, therefore, to take affirmative action to end this unfortunate situation! by promptly issuing an executive order terminating all wage controls. Time is of the essence, and I am confident you share our desire to avoid further injustices to American workers and their families.", " ' . -*■ Lift Price Ceiling* Informed sources said orders also are in,the works—again subject, to presidential approval-!-to lift price ceilings by the end of this week on cattle, ftlji kinds of meat, restaurant meals, household textiles, children’s clothing and numerous other department store Items, Most of them are now seining well below ceilings. Price stabilizer Joseph Ffeehlll Announced Wednesday that controls will be taken off meats at all levels and a “ijumbet” of other commodities this week, probably* J Friday, in line with President Eiieenhower’s policy for an orderely end to price-wage curbs by April 30* ( Informed sources said the stabilization agencies feet it is impractical to decontrol any large number «rs consumer prices without lifting all wage controls at the same time. But there wris some feeling that the White House may order a de lay in wage decontrol because of Tuesday’s snafu over the matter. Otn Tuesday White House preset secretary James C. Hagerty charged Harry Weiss, executive director of the wage stabilization committee, with “unwarranted assumption of authority 1 ’ in saying that wage controls would be ended "immediately.” The decontrol of meats is not. expected to bring any general price rise since all but veal are selling well below .ceilings/