Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1953 — Page 1

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-| Report To President On European Tour

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Predicts State Bonus Checks By Christmas Senate Passes Bill For Reorganization Os Vets Department INDIANAPOLIS UP — Uli In•u. diaoa veterans \"df World wfar ii jnay get their itate soldier jtionus '.checks by next Christmas, a|'iitate senator said today as the j senate passed and sent to the hojtse a bill reorganizing the departrrf|i. of veterans affairs. Sen. John G. Tinder R-«dian-apolls, one of the said that by transferring the hilify for paying the bonus jo the state auditor’s office, payjnents would' be speeded. 1"The auditor believes.” Tinder siaid, “that if the. legtslaturejauthqrises immediate payment qi the bonus he can get all the chedjsout by the end of this year, instead of the end of 1954 as was previously indicated by the department; of veterans affairs," ‘ ' The ‘bill passed 49 to 0. It is an administration measure endorsed .. by'Governor Craig. abolishing |t he .VA department and reconstituting it as\ the veterans’ state service department. ; '. Completion or the bonus paytnentsi. still due:about 250,000 |veterans scheduled to get around Hooi--000,000 by the end of 1953, hinges on house passage of the reorgan ization J bill and Governor Craig’s signature, and passage and f|gn--ing of another pending bill •which orders payment to begin June, 1. The plaa-cou\ld be delayed slightly by a legislative decision toj extend the bonus tiling deadline tlntii later this year 1 . ' f Tinder said thiit taking the bonus* responsibility from the VAD'.wdfil'tf save the state about $220,000 in ,the next two years. He called . H a "streamlining” move aimed Vat "economy .and smooth handling es .veterans* affairsl." ; In the house, a x bill removing discriminatory provisions front.the alcoholic beverage law as it ,> affects wholesalers passed 88 t'o 0 and wens. to the senate. ; « Rep. Norman JMeely. R-Bldlom-ington, one of the authors, said it "eliminates thfeat of reprisal, bringing free and open competjilon among liquor distributors,”:} of which there , are 25 in Indiana, 19 „ of them operated by Democrats. Private sources said it was ed at removing territorial restrictions affecting some wholesalers [ in Manion, St. Joseph, Lake And Vanderburgh counties. . f Meanwhile, Craig held p shaky senate ' endorsement of one legislative proposals while .the heart of his plan was bared for attack in the house. ' Craig polled 30 senate votes: — . Including six from Democrat his first senate te|t of strength Monday. Senators thjereby accepted a majority committee report urging passage of a Craig-endorsed resolution to lower the voting Age. to 19. The spotlight ion progress, of Craig proposals in the 1 legislature then shifted to the house. Eligible •dor second Reading was a bill ere ating ah U-man cabinet to operate state government. Most of Craigs „ fTnrn To P«S» Eiwht) . i - T • -f. t-.-i . INDIANA WEATHER Occasional rain -tonight and Wednesday; warmer j tonight Low tonight 35-40 north, 40-4$ south. High Wednesday 40-52 . north, 52-50 south. < -< . —? ■ ' ' i . VS. ■■ ■ ii'

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Farewell Message By Gen. Van Fleet Tells Troops Reds Defeated In 1951 S|BX)bL, Korea, . (UP) Gen. Jafnes A. Van. Flpqf, retiring after 22 months as commander in Koiiea, said itoday (hat the United Nations had the (Communist field army defeated in il9°sJ “and they knew it.” In a farewell message to U. S. troops of the qighth army, the four star general said tliat two months after M arrived in the spring of 19figs, “you had them asking for an armistice because they- were defeated and knew it.” Van Fleet underlined "defeated” and “they knew it” in his per-. Kon-ally written “put the ysars abe paeslng and Jives are still being ]g*t each day," he said. we tan qnly db our duty and obey orders. But we have faith tha»i Preebdent Eisenhower will find the way lo bri-ng peace to -Korea as well a» toi thej]]. rest of the world.” [ The message was in the strongest language Van has used sined assuming his command in Korea. A'isoutrce close to Van ’Fleet said he “punmseiy weiH just so far" in’ his statement. Tfte source hinted Vin Fleet would have some' critical’ things (td Say later qbout th4 Conduct of' the Korean war. r . Vah Fleet. 60, leaves his com* mand tomorrow. He will returi) to tfee United States for retirement; On many oecas|ojtis. Van Fleet has made clear hijk resentment agaitist being denied support for pushing tihe battered Communist! army northward and destroying ft - T H ].' v j T '! ; . Hty resentment irierdasdd When it became obvious to the world that Communist negotiators were stalling jit the Kaesong and Paninunjom Conference tables. “No gjood will come out of it the armistice a correspbhden tquoted himj\at the time ‘ The only thing those! people! understand is force.” , ]!' .! In.ijhik farewell message. Van Fleet to|d the troops;: "I want you to kpqw that I thank you from t|he bottom o’ my heart for your Iqyalty. devo tion imd patriotism |im supporting me in .everything that I could ask of you ■, ... : ! “Our eighth army believes in service foi- pthets, dfch one gives gladly of his heljl to hie friem' and teammale, whether that friend (Turn To Pag* Six) 15 Inducted Today Into Army Service ; Fifteen young men of Adams county left at 61. Am. today for active induction, ifttq the U. S. army,! according to ft kport released by Ipcfal dijaftT board officials. They are being inducted under the selective smtHCe act, ope, however, is! a volunteer.' Following is ft list of the new ftoldiers: Donald Wayne Harvey, Mation Leroy Deßolt, Eugene Franklin Kiess, Howard James Gerber, James Frederick Mjeyer; Thomas Wayne Robinson, Djapiel Thomas Kitson. Erpest Lelapd Eckrote, , Norman Anthony Kohfte, Jjerry Joe Pan> Russell; Lee Wjalchle. Robert Lee Jpmes! perr,’ Osterman, Franklin Thomas Noll, and the volunteer Richard Otto Winteregg. : ‘ . i j 5 A local draft board source teaffirmed that 29 Adams county yo«ng men will go to Indiahapolis ThursI day for pre-induction ’physical exlaminations. \

——~~~ || Administration Has Doubts On Budget Balance Congress Sources I Say Grave Doubts On Budget Balance WASHINGTON. UP Responsible congressional sources reported today that the EJsehhower- administration has grOfe!! doubts about the possibility mH] balancing the federal budget forwhe! coming 13,54 fiscal year. ' ‘ l l • Informants said high Administration officials now feML that -instead of rushing through tax cut Uills— —it may be necessary to ask congress to postpone.;®|e[]tax relief already scheduled td-iake place during the next 12 \ Under laws passed Rafter the outbreak of the war, the excess profits tax on |||lisjness is due to expire next Juftje 30, and personal Income taxes rare slated to drop 11 percent n<Ht Jan. 1. These two tax cuts wOU&d Cost the treasury i|nore than during the lftf>4 fiscal which begins nest July 1. .M ip \ The fisc tl 1054 former President Truman to congress before leaving of|f|rei. assumed that these tax cuts Houid take place on nchedule. On l t|iai basis. Mr. Truman’s .budget Jrorecast a federal deficit of almqsf $10,000,Of'O.OOO fol the year. j-I | Since hiu administrating took over three weeks ago, PrOdent Eisenhower has ordered ’ |ll federal agencies to economic Tdrastlcally on hiring pnd construetran,; and to review the Truman budget proposals closely with an ejye tWwftrd cutting themj wherever possible. But, informants saidjU administration officials realize.Jthpt this economy drive won’t! beiUnough to balance the-budget. Theme will alio have to be sharp city* defense spending and foreign aid. or postponement of tax relief, or maybe both. \ I] | Any administration ft quest to postpone the 11 percent!^it in personal income taxes duq tp take place next Jan. 1 wot Id b a heavy blow to house leaders. They are already mOl Ing full steam in the opposife d|i ection. Chairman Daniel A.'-Heed (RN. Y.) of the tax- 1 vritfi g house ways and means committee has introduced a bill to adt ante the date of the personal incot le tax cut by six months, to next Jkily: jq. Reed is confident his comm ttqe will approve the bill at a meeting called for next Monday. an|l th|t ft will sail through the house notgtoo long thereafter. > .if! But the present aftitu;k“ of administration and senate leaders indicates ttyit there is little of the bill getting through* the senate. • i ill i LII Boese Funeral Hills' Thursday Afternoon Funeral services i ill 'be held, Thursday afternoon flor .Miss Gertrude Boese, who died Monday at her home four miles northwest of Preble- Services will be i held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the!'Residence and at 2 O’clock at tl e Zlpn Lutheran church at Friedh|eim/|hg Rev. A. A. Fenner officiating. Burial wilt be In the church cemefefy. The body will be removed .Atom the Zwick funeral home to '’the residence, where friends may'xiall after 7 o’clock this evening, i j J

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Dulles Says Eisenhower Has No Immediate Plan For Blockade Os China •t 1 -J® ■ \ < a.: >, 1 .? ■ . ■k ‘ t i . T ~.r \ ’ -v.

Tt v T Taft-Hartley Law Changes Under Study t Congressman Says f Situation Is Not # Favorable To Labor WASHINGTON, (UP)—The Re publican congress went lb wotk today I. on legislation to revise tlrb Taft-Har»tley law end a pro-tadbor Democrat said Hie situation ‘'doesn’t k>dk good- for labor.” 5 Roy W. Weir, D.-Winn.. said, powerful Woe in the hou&e is opposed to any significant relaxation of Taft-Hartley curbs on uniond and will try, instead, to write jin ; more "severe . reetrictkniw».*ii. Weir is a member of the how* labbr tbominiUee. The group opened hearings on the eoptrjovemd«|i. law. 10 a. in. EST., by calling on Rep. Wingate H. Luca«i.' D-Tex4 also a member, to explain his proposed amendment ban iriduetry-wMe . ! Luoqs’ proposal — bitterly 'o» poaed :by organized labor and some gegmentn of managemedtw.oukl outlaw , the present system of negotiiitinK industry-wide < and stfsel contracts. Other congreesmen who have proposed amendments to the law will get a, chance to testify tomorrow add h ext week. Later, labor sixikesmen. management and ihe Eiwenhbwer adndniet ration will lie invited” to make •suggestions. The ii senate tobor < <>nimittee plans tb begin hearings of Its o>wn early i|n March. -Sen. Robert A. Taft hks introduced five bills tn the seijrtite which the CIO and AFL irave denounced as "piddling’\;irevl»ionß qf the labor law he coaidthoredChailiman Samuel K. McConnell. R-FVi., tof the houtje committee, to speculate on the outcome of the hearing's. He said his ( ommltiee will go over the law “frotn 'Mem to. stern" and he doesn’tijj want to ‘'p’rejudice the icsues.’t , 'I ’ 11 . Secretary Os Labor Wins CIO Support - '■ 4; inli! ’ i ■ .' . Advisory Group Is Named By Durkin WASfFINGTOht UP—Secretary of labq®; Martin P. Durkin has won the support of, the CIO and' the promi of the nation’s top labbr leaders.io serve as advisers lo his departniient, it was igprned today. Informed sources reported that Durkan,|k former AFL official, has rounded], up John L. Lewis, 72-year-old chlff of the United Mine Worker#, as well as CIO president Walter Reuther and others to serve on < high-policy advisory committee. These sources also sai<l the Clt) lias finally , submitted to the White House the dame of one of its members to jibe an assistant secretary of taftxtir. This move ended a threaiteried boycott of the department bL the CIO, which had demanded a policy-making voice ln v department operations. The GIO chose John W. Edelman, representative of the 050; Textile Workers, to serve in Durkin’s' top command. Edelman, has held, a number of government posts and set up the labor office in the office of price admitosfination during World War H. jW . It wap reported CIO leaders, were “rig>t entirely satisfied” with the terijks under which Edelman was narrjed. ibut that Durkin promised he ivould be consulted on policy matters in the department. I Besides Lewis and Reuthef, Durkins’i advisory committee will include ttavM J. McDonald, pbeaident of| the CIO Steelworkers. The AFL is expected to be represented bjy president George Meany 4*ara T» Pmm Slx> ' ' 1- ' *

One Red Killed In Prison Camp Riot - ' 38 Others Injured As Prisoners Ribt TOKYO UP -t One North Korean Communist was killed and 38 others were injured Monday in a prisoner Os war riot on Koje Island, th® Far East command announced today. No. U. N. troops who entered the compound to break up the demonstration were hurt, although 13 .of the prisoners seriously injured. » "This was a deliberate attempt by the Communist prisoners to test our strength and create another incident," said Col. C. C. Cadwell, commander of the U. N. prisoner of tarar ctUnmand. Gen. Mark Clark recently accused Red armistice delegates Gen. Nam 11 and Gen. Lee Sang Cho of “masterminding" prisoner incidents in Allied stockades. ■Monday’s riot broke out in an enclosure at Choguri on Koje. Prisoners began shouting Oommunist songs. ? "When prisoners refused to obey the’ specific orders of the enclosure commander and the camp executive officer to stop singing, nontokic Irritants were used,” the Far East command said. -• The FEC did, not explain what It meant by "ndh-toxic irritants.” Presumably tear gas was sprayed on the Reds instead of being shot into the compounds in grenades or gas shells. \| ; v "Despite orders and irritants," the EEC continued, "the abusive shouting and violent singing, continued and some prisoners began to throw rocks at the security troops.” i After thp third attempt to stop the demonstration, Camp commander Lt. Col. Fred A. Taylor ordered V, N. troops, not identified as to pationality, into .the compound. The North Koreans met the troops with a hail of stones. Taylor then ordered the use of concussion grenades and "some individual w-eapons fire.” These, together with the’"lrritatlng spray.” pushed the Reds back into their barracks. , \ The command said an inspection (if the barracks showed the Com■nuiDlHts had prepared for the demonstration by hanging blankets over, the windows to keep out. the spray and by stockpiling , stones* inside the windows to throw at U.'j N. troops. - yj ’-. The prisoners "even had prepared buckets of codpy water with WHich to wash off irritants,” the Far East command said, i .' : I East Germany Seeks To Prevent Flight New Steps To Halt Flight Os Refugees BERLIN UP — East German Communists tqok three new step# today to slow down the flight of refugees into West Berlin. They elected new barbed wire entanglements at two points on the border of East Germany’ knd the American sector of the city. ’ Guards barred residents! of the East German of . Staaken from directly entry into the bordering British sector of Berlin, They closed one main road leading from the Soviet Zone of Germany into Berlin’s Red sector. Communist police also increased the strength of jtheir border patrol as the West prepared to register another 1.200 during the day. The West Berlin news p*a per Nacht Depesche said! Communist border police had arrested 1,124 persons this month on or near the East-West border as suspected refugees. The report Could not be confirmed. i Western officials attributed part of the record flow of refugees to fears of Soviet Zone residents that the Communists may seal the EastWest border, and prevent future flight.

Allied Planes Continue To Blast Enemy, Only Light Patrol Action Reported On ' Korea Ground Front i SEQJL. KOriea UP—The United Nations air force qnd rigvy bombers and fighteV-bombers in roundthe eMck raids, today blasted \C<>mmuniqv supply] centers, bridges, rail liptips and. front line positions. Sixteen Antoricaft \ B-29 Superfortresses delivered the "big punchL’l dumping 320,000 pounds df bomba on twip supply centers near the YalU Rfver. . The] Superiortretsees from Okinawa Charyon-Gwan. a key railwajy hub 25 miles southeast bf Sinuiju on the Manchurian )x>rder Monday night. The B-29’s used radar Ho dump 16 tons of 500ppund! x>ml» through a cloud cover. xAltbqugh 4>hcr big Red air* bake -at Aniting. Manchuria, wiu close by, no Ootniminfet fighters were sighted;. Returning pilot* said anstl-air-cnsft fire ” 1 igM to moderate.” Red oeiarch lights made fulilg alt?mpts to stab through the cloud* to spot]the big raiders. A fl#et Os medium bombers joined! jthe■ Allied raiders and Immbedi one 7(l-acre are* containing 240 supply buildings and another 7p acre area containing 85 bnildings and a freight yard. - Thungerjete. Shooting . Stars. Meteors anti Mustangs plastered Red caves and gun positions iljong the fronts today. The fighter-bombers concentrated along the easterq sector and! rtoar Kdeeopg, home of the Communist arml-Hlce delegation. ** Navy fliers from the American carriers’ Kearsage, Oriskany and Philippine Sea pounded Red centers late Monday with 291 combat sorties, (lying to Within 30 miles of the Manchurian bontjer. Light snow fell across the battleline Monday n l « ht < where light patrol actions were reported. '■ i ' , L- ,» •\— -v Cub Scout Banquet Held Last Evening Annual Banquet Is Held Last Evening The annual blue and gold Cub scout bgpquet w held last evening in the Lincoln school gym with about 200 Cwb Scouts and parents, deh mothers and local scout officers and officials in attendance. ! \ The meeting; (got Underway at 6:30 p.m.,! with the pledge of allegiance to the flag followed by the banquet. The group then adjourned to the school auditorium. Local scout leaders and officials were introduced and s Cu<b master Hubert Zerkei. Jr., and assistant" Cub master Jerry Leitz made a presentation of ’advancement awards to a group of Cui* scouts. S. G. Browman of Kendallville gave a demonstrated lecture on Indian lore and custom. Among his display was a large collection of Indian bead work, buckskin work ; and’ war bonnets. Also Included wbK h pair of moccasins tlMlidhte hack to Chief Sitting Bull of the Black Foot tribe together with peace .pipes, war shirts, arrow shafts and costumes. His talk was highly] informative as well as entertaining. In |930 he was mode an honorary member of the Chippewa tribe in northern Wisconsin, his tribal name being *'Ktoe-Wa-S|t,” mean* ins "the Good Otie." The meeting closed at about 8:30 p.m. and Ml. in attendance were given an opportunity to inspect the large Indian collection.

Soviet Legation In Tel Aviv Is Bombed Six Youths Arrested t By Israeli Police TEL AVIV, Israel UP — Alarmed ’lsraeli officials rounded up six youths today in connection with the bombing of the legation Monday night in which the minister’s wife and two legation employes were injured. Plainclothes police were posted outside all foreign (diplomatic establishments, including the American embassy and consulate, to guard against any possible pro-fcommun-Ist “retaliation.” The attack was the worst of the anti-Soviet incidents in the growing wave of react ioh against purges Os Jews in Communist countries. Israeli officials feared the effect on already strained relations ' with Russia. j, ■. r A full official apology and expression of regtet by the Israeli government was followed by reports of an impending major shakeup in top police posts. i Monday night's blast tore a gaping crater in the. legation grounds, wrecked a ground tlo&r room in , (he building and smashed window* In surrounding buildings within a radius of 500 yards. A Soviet official Insisted a bomb was thrown th roue Ii a window ot the legation which is located on Rothschild Boulevard. However; Israeli police believed 0\ pounds of dynamite or gunpowder was planted at the kitchen door In the rear of the building and electrically detonated. Members of the! Soviet staff were sipping tea in a room next (o the kitchen when the explosion occurred about 1.0 p.m. The wife of Soviet minister Pavlov Ivanovich Yershov and a legation eniploye were permitted to return home from the hospital after treatment for superficial wounds (Tun Tu Pace Kight) Jenner Opens Probe Os Reds In Schools Senate Committee In National Probe WASHINGTON. UP -— The senate internal security subcommittee launched a nationwide investigation of Communist penetration of U. S. schools today with hearings on alleged Red influences among New York teachers. j> Chairman WflHam E. Jenner (RInd.) thus’ stole a march on the house un-American activities committee which had hoped it might take the lekd in the controversial inquiry. ■ ! : ' Jepner- said "several” tegchers from "eastern: schools and colleges" were sumAioned to appear at the opening session ktj 10:30. a.m., (e.s.t.) Itrwas learned these are faculty members of New York schools' who testified secretly before the committee Monday. The. house committee announced more than two weeks ago that it would open its investigation into Communist infiltration of education in mid-Ffebroary. _i... > But Jenner emphasized that his subcommittee was merely picking up where it left off Yogk last fajl when it was headed by Sen. (Pbt MeCarrap (D-Nev.) * ; He said its investigation would not conflict with the work of the> house committee. The senate subcommittee will put the account on "organised subversion,” while chairman Harold H. Velde (R-Hl ) said the un-Americin affairs committee will concentrate on “in*, dlviduals” suspected of subversion. . High GOP leaders) have sought to avoid clashing jurisdictions for fear the investigations Would get “out of hand” and embarrass the new Republican administration. The McCarran subcommittee charged that “many hundreds ot teachers are Reds and that the New York Teachers Union is “an instrument of the Communist party.* — Jenner skid the hearings were (Tot* T» PM* ■»*!*<)

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Tells Senators Policy To Keep Reds Guessing Senate Committee Hears Testimony ‘ To Closed Session WASHINGTON. CP—Secretary of- stale John Foster Dulles tol L Senators today there is no immediate plan to blockade the Comnrnntst China coast and that a major plank in the administration's Korea® war policy is to keep the Reds gueeeing. Dulles, Who returned Mondky from a whirlwind H-day tour of Western. European capitals, testified at a closed session of the senate foreign relations committee. He gave the committee a review of his findings on that (rip and ilso answered questions about President Eisenhower’s new “positive” Par Eastern policy. Committee chairman Alexander Wiley. R-Wis.. (old newsmen that ‘ cr. a basis of Duties' testimony ho 1 Irfdieves that “you can say defU 1 nitely thpt folks have read into President Etoenhower’s recent * statement many things that just ’ weres’t there.” 1 ; This referred to Mr. EiaerfhorfSr's recent anonuncement that he 1 ta ordering the U. S. seventh fleet ’ to stop “shielding” Communist China. * Senators who heard Dullee at a closed-door session said he explicitly stated there Is at present no . decision on whether to try to seal c-tt the China mainland by either a -United Nations or ft U. S. naval bloc kade. C. . They said Dulles “closed no doota” on .future action, but emphasized the blockade matter has not been the subject of a'top-levgl decision. Dulles also Was said to have emphasized the value of keeping the Russian and Chinese Communists “guessing” as to what U. S. policy in Korea may be. . Dulles also testified about delays in ratifying a pact to establish a unified European army with West German participation, saying that without prompt 'ratification “our whole policy will have to be reconsidered.” This was regarded as a warning that unlew the pact is ratified by Germany and. France by April, the United States probably will have to trim its foreign aid spending. Dulles’ ’ appearance followed .sharp part lean debate in the senate last week when Democrats demanded to know whether the administration’s "positive” Far Eastern policy might lead to World - War 111. ( The senate committee also called GeA Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to a closed session to testify on the pew military eir*U<F’lntlf<,!'ling in the Far East. Earlier, Wiley caHed for a speedup of arms shipments to Nationalist China, charging that shipments are “deplorably behind schedule” Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft warned. Monday night of the danger at claim ping a naval blockade on CominiinfaK China without AlHed support. But Sen. Btyiee Bridges, R-N. H. not only called for * blockade, but said he favors allowing United Nations planes so bomb Hed-hefld Manchuria and using atomic weapons to hasten an end to the Korean wari Wiley said he wqtrid urge Bradley to press Tor incrMsed arms deliveries to Chiang Kai Shek. This would make more of an Impression oh the Chinese Reds, hel ” said, than the President'# order lowering the seventh Gert bar toi a Nationalist attack on the China! mainland. M wae Democratic chargee, that this order might lead to World Var IN that touched off the first rajor foreign policy debate in the Repttblfecm - controlled 83rd congreee. But the main interest now centers on the edvtaebUlty of a (Ter* T* r**e IMgM)