Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 58.

First To Ratify Europe Defense

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ACTING U. S. Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith (left) and Netherlands Ambassador J. H. van Roijen are shown at State department, Washington, as Van Roijen deposited instruments of ratification of the European Defense treaty with the U. S. The Netherlands thus becomes first nation to ratify.

Ike Deplores Party Warfare Over McCarthy Soys Warfare Is Danger To Program Os Administration WASHINGTON, UP —President Eisenhower today deplored internal Republican party warfare as endangering the basic program of his administration. He said he agreed substantially ■with the speech Tuesday by Sen. Ralph Hander, R-Vt. ■■ Mr. Eisenhower emphasized that he did not necessarily underwrite every word of the speech—which waa highly critical of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy — but he said he thought Flanders performed a public service in calling attention to' the “grave error of ntteinpttng to split the Republican party. Other news conference highlights generally involving the controversy over the junior senator from Wisconsin: 1. The President dismissed as nonsense the assertion by Adlai E. Stevenson that the Republican party is now’ one-half McCarthy, one-half Eisenhower. 2. He thought the radio and television networks had discharged their responsibility of fairness in giving Vice President Richard M. Nixon time in which to reply to Stevenson. McCarthy has demanded time for himself, personally. 3. The President said he saw noneed for any other GOP speaker on a national basis to reply to Stevenson. Mr. Eisenhower expressed great confidence in Nixon’s ability to state the facts for the American public. Asked how he felt about Flanders’ speech in the senate, Mr. Eisenhower said he had thought about it on the way to the news conference and agreed first with the senator that the Republican party is now the party of'respon slbillty. He said the Vermont senator performed a public service ir pointing up the danger of internal - warfare and the magnification of questions of procedure and person al aggrandizement to the point of gaiirl n i r> thp nil min iQtrn t inn UUUUllgt?! XTtX7 gltlllllilinit ct Iturl program. He added that when the senator of splitting the party, he consid — ered this a good service. As for the controversy ovei whether the networks had done a fair thing in giving the Republican party time to answer Stevensor with Nixon’s speech, the President said tt was not his rule to make decisions for the federal commu nications commission or the net works. But, he added, he thought the networks had discharged thei responsibility. Furthermore, he posted a hypo thetical situation. Suppose, he said, there was a speech in which (Turn To Paar Eifflit) Loren Little Dies Early Last Evening Loren Little, 77, a resident of the Adams county home since 1934, died at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He was born in Shelby county, O„ March 30, 1876, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Little, . and formerly lived in St. Mary's township. There are no known B u rv i vors . — Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Ord Gehman officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Tabor cemetery.

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Program Listed For Annual Farm Banquet Adams Central Gym Scene Os Banquet -- Harold V. Schwartz, county corn club champion, will be master of ceremonies tor the 32nd annual farmers achievement banquet Tuesday, March 16. at the Adams Central high school. The banquet will be prepared by the Adams Central P.T.A. The Rev. Ralph Johnson of Monroe will offer the prayer. Jack Loos, organist, will play during the dinner period. Loos will appear through the courtesy of the Adams County Farm Bureau co-op. Group singing will be led by Leo Kirsch. Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, county home demonstration president, will present the home demonstration speakers including Mrs. Albert Beineke, Helen Kenny, Mrs. Holman Egly. Mrs. Alva Lawson, Mtsa icel Shanks and Mrs. Carl Frey. Elmer Baumgartner will recognize the crops project winners. In tomatoes Holman Egly. was tops for the county with 17.5 ton yield. The county green pasture contest winners were Edison Lehman, first; Ben Gerke, second, and Elza Lynch, third. Gold awards in the five-acre corn club go to Harold Schwartz. Ezra Kaehr, Sylvan Habegger, Harve Ineichen, Edison Lehmann, L. Ruben Schwartz, Leonard Schwartz. Ramon Stoller, Elmer Beer. Dan Habegger, Roselyn Lynch, Ralph Berning. Martin Habegger, Eli Kipfer, Elza Lynch, Helen Egly. Benjamin Mazelin, Sherman VonGunten, Elmer Isch, Dan Striker, Ervin Schuller, Walter Thieme, Urban Linn and Harry Beavers. _ Recipients of silver awards in the corn club are Holman Egly, Herbert Schaadt, Ivan Huse. John Kipfer, Harold Moser, Mrs. Herbert Schaadt. Lores Steury, Robsrt Gerber and Harry Erwin. Junior awards of the corn club were won by Richard Kaehr, Rog--3T Habegger, Leo Busick, Roger Koeneman, Colleen Egly, Michael Thieme. Philip Moser, Harry Mazelin, Gerald Grote and Marvin Jrote. The corn club is sponsored by the First State Bank of Oecatur and the First Bank of Berne. —Ralph S. Myers will make the awards in the swine testing project. Paul Yoder will receive five will jet three gold certificates and Ralph Bluhm has qualified for a " diver certificate. — Gold dairy awards to be presented by Everett Rice, county herd rupervisor, will go to Eugene Cafee. Martin Habegger, Paul Liechy and sons. Rolahdes Liechty, Elta Lynch and Franklin Steury. Silver dairy awards were earned * >y Albert Ewel and Albert S. Leh nan. Bronze awards will be pre rented to Henry Aschleman, Paul 3rehm, Adrian Lortie, Chris Stahy, C. P. Steury and son and Dan striker. Martin Habegger will receive the dairy efficiency <gward. Paul Kohnp, chairman of the >eef project committee, will make the awards to gold medal calf club members. They ere Henry Rumple, and William Kohne and sons. The sheep .and poultry commitees have no adult awards to.make but their respective chairmen, Al(Turn To Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Occasional rain over most of the state late ton!get and Thursday, possibly mixed with sleet or snow north- and east. Not much change in teniiperature. Low tonlgnt 28-38. High Thursday 40-45 north, 45-50 south.

Benson To Ask Veto Os High Price Support Ag Secretary Seeks Congress' Backing For Flexible Plan WASHINGTON UP —Secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Jenson said today he probably would ask President Eisenhower to veto high farm price supports on basic crops if congress votes to continue them next year. Benson made the statement before the house agriculture committee as he began a campaign to get congress to approve the administration's program of flexible supports. If no new legislation is enacted, flexible supports will go into operation on 1955 crops. Farm law which expires at the end of this crop year requires that prices of six basic crops be supported at 90 per cent of parity. Unless this law is extended, a program of flexible supports ranging from 75 to 90 per cent of parity will go into force automatically, starting with 1955 crops. The administration has recommended this flexible program, with some modifications calculated to prevent sharp and immediate drops in price guarantees. Parity is a legal standard' cal culated to measure a price- fair to farmers and consumers alike. The basic crops affected are wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts and rice. Tobacco, the sixth so - called basic, is assured continuation of 90 per cent supports under permanent law. Earlier Benson testified the nation can remain prosperous with farmers receiving a gradually declining percentage of national income. He challenged the thesis that national income is dependent upon farm income, at a seven to one ratio. Members of the congressional farm bloc have argued the govern-, ment should seek to keep farm income at a high level to assure high national income. “There is a relationship between farm income and national income, but it is not always seven to one, there is nothing automatic abotff it, and causation does not necessarily lie with farm income ...” Benson testified. He said the government should try to maintain farm income at high, levels in the Interest of -both farmers and non-farmers. but should do it through programs which do not pile up government surpluses as high rigid price supports do. While Benson appeared before the house committee, President Alan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation endorsed t?.e (Turn To Paxe Tw») Council Approves Transfer Os Fund State Rules Board Has No Authority The county council in a meeting his morning unanimously resolved to approve the proposed transfer of $5,739.89 from the county park and recreation board to the county 4-H recreation fund. Howe ver, .CQUXty. David Macklin advised the council that the state board has ruled that the council has no authority to make such a transfer. Macklin advised council members to contact recreational trustees who form the county board for permission to dissolve the board and to recommend that the funds be used for the 4-H fund 'The board has been inactive since December of 1949. This board, headed by Leonard Grandlieuard. includes Mrs. Doyle Hoffman, treasurer, and Mrs. Irvin Lochner. The county superintendent of public instruction and the county extension agent, by virtue of their offices, are also members of the board. The council this morning refused a request for an additional S3OO for janitor's salary and SIBO for matron's salary. A request for $52 for subscription to a magazine, ‘County Commissioner Speaks” was turned down. Approved requests included $3020 for surveyor equipment, S3OO for 6 percent delinquent fee, S3OO for property and S3OO for labor at the city dump. Charlie Jones, a member of the council, was unable to be present for today’s session. He is a. patient at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne.

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Fix Proposals For Curbing Probe Powers Senate Republican Leaders Plan Curb On Committees WASHINGTON. (UP)Senate Republican leaders today handed committee chairmen seven recommendations to govern the conduct of investigating committees and subcommittees. The proposals are aimed primarily at curbing the power of committee ctaHrmen, particularly chairman Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis.. of the senate’s permanent subcommittee on investigations. Some of the recommendations however, are already part of the rules adopted by McCarthy’s subcommittee. The leadership recommendations were made public by chairman’ Homer Ferguson, Mich., of the senate Republican policy committee, which drafted them in response to criticism by President Eisenhower and bthers. . One objwuve is to end one-man subcommittees, a frequent technique of McCarthy. j These are the policy committee recommendations: "1. An investigating subcommittee of any committee may be authorized only by the action of a majority of the committee. “A. No investigating committee or subcommittee is authorized to hold a hearing to hear subpenaed witnesses or take sworn testimony unless a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee are present: Provided, however, that the committee may authorize the presence of a majority and a minority member to constitute a quorum. “3. An investigating committee or subcommittee may not delegate Its authority to issue subpoenas except by a vote of the committee or subcommittee. “4. No hearing shall be initiated unless the investigating committee or subcommittee has specifically authorized such hearing. “5. No hearing of an investigating committee or subcommittee shall be scheduled outside of the District of Columbia except by the majority vote of the committee or '.ubcominittee. “6. No confidential testimony aken or confidential material preenter in an executive hearing of ;n investigating committee or subcommittee or any report of the proceedings of such an executive hearing shall be made public? either in whole or in part of by zed by a majority of the members of the -committee or subcomnittee. "7. Any witness summoned to i public*or executive hearing may >e accompanied by counsel of his >wn choosing who shall be per-' (Tarn T» I’nxe Two)

'beaten TlteUfatcM (By Rev. John D. Mishler, - « Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren> Hidden Supports Os Life •' “I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.” ■ . — Isaiah 45:5 'ln Isaiah 45, Cyrus, king of Media, was chosen to release the Israelites from captivity in Babylon. God promised to lead him by the right hand and to open the gates of the city before him. He would preceed him and break down all barriers. The treasures of darkness shall be given to him in the conquest. K Such experience between God and man come from hidden support from God. .Man should acknowledge this. As God supported Cyrus in conquest and victory there was little resistance from others. In 539 B. C. he came to Babylon and the gates were thrown open without a battle. The vast wealth was his for, the taking. I . In the face of God’s continued support. Cyrus did not clAlm Him as the one true God. He did notjcnow the one who had bteen his .hidden support of life. ° . . St — God’s hidden supports of life lay in His son today. Do r“>n and nations know Him? Yet today he says, “Have I been so 1 ig time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?”

News Commentator Assails McCarthy Charges Powec Used 1 For 'Persecution' NEW YORK UP—CBS television commentator -Edward R. Morrow accused Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy Tuesday jiigfet of using his investigative powers for “perstcution” and offered the. senator chance to reply on a later program. . . . ■ Murrow, a member of the CBS board of directors, devoted his “See it Now” news program to a summary of the Wisconsin RepubJJcan’s career Since 1952.' He Charged that McCarthy's “primary achievement has beeh in confusing the public mind as between the internal and external tlfieats of Communism.” A Columbia Broadcasting System spokesman said a wave of telephone calls and telegrams hit CBS headquarters after the broadcast. He said they were overwhelming hi praise of the program. in Washington, McCarthy’s wife laid the senator went to bed early Tuesday night and did not sde the program. She refused to wake him lip to talk to reporters. The CBS official said the halfpour program had been in preparation for several weeks and had no mMieetten with the attack by Me-' Carthy Tuesday against CBS and 1 the National Broadcasting Co. McCarthy denounced CBS and NBC as “immoral’’ and “completely dishonest” for refusing to grant him free equal television time to answer what he described as a 'personal attack” against him last Saturday night by Democrat Adlai Stevqpson. McCarthy flew to Washington Tuesday after telling reporters in New York he would hire lawyers to challenge the network refusal in court or before the FCU. CBS headquarters in New York reported early today it had received 1,046 telegrams congratulating Murrow for his program and 13 protesting it as “unfair.” The network also received 2.211 congratulatory telephone calls and 149 telephoned protests. A CBS official said those telephoning congratulations included Margaret Truman, daughter of former President Harry S. Truman and Sen. Mjke Monroney D.-Okla. Murrow opened hiS program with an acknowledgment that it would be “controversial.” “If the senator believes we have done violence to his words or pictures and desires to speak, to answer for himself, an opportunity will be afford him on this program,” Murrow said. The program included film clips of McCarthy speeches and a sequence from a hearing by his permanent investigations subcommittee. H Murrow said NJcCarthy had “investigated and substantially demoralized the present state department” and had made charges of espionage at Fprt Monmouth. N. J., while the army "has been i unable to find..anythii)g._rfilated_tp. (Turn To Page KtKht)

Atomic Energy Group Seeks To Cut Power Cost Tackle Problem Os Reducing Cost For Uses In Peacetime WASHINGTON UP — The atomic energy commission is mounting a broad-front scientific assault on the problem of cutting the cost of atomic power <for peacetime use. ' A' new reasearch program under which the commission will build fiVe experimental atomic reactors over the next five years was announced >by Dr. Henry D. Smyth, scientist member of the commission, in a speech Tuesday night before the American institute of chemical engineers. He pointed out that scientists already know how to produce electric power from atomic furnaces. It is being done in several existing reactors, including the engine for the recently launched atomic submarine Nautilus.. But Smyth said power thus produced now costs about 10 times as much per kilowatt as conventional electric power from coal or oil-burning steam • plants,' ... " e: “The question that has not been answered . is whether this atomic power can be produced cheaply enough to he of general use,” Smyth said. “The atomic energy commission believes It can be done.’* ■ . But Smyth warned that there are many other ‘formidable’ technical problems to be solved before atomic power costs are brought down to competitive levels. For this reason, Smyth said, the government must continue its own research even though the administration has asked congress to authorize private industrial firms to own or lease atomic materials for power development. “it is a mistake to think that private industry can or will pick up the burden of development of nuclear power plants in the present state of the art,” Smyth said. "The financial risks are still too great for private industry to carry Hone.” Smyth did not put a price tag on the five experimental reactors the commission plans to build in the next five years. He said, however, that the power experiments would be in addition to the commission’s continuing research on atomic engines for submarines and airplanes. Broom Sale Planned By Decatur Lions Proceeds Used For Lions' Charities Don Brewer, Decatur high school magician, entertained the members of the Lions club last evening'with his legerdemain tricks, presenting many slight-of-fiand acts for the crowd. Preliminary plans were completed during the club meeting for the “Lions Broom Sale, March 26 and 27." This activity, which has the sponsorship of the service club, replaces the annual minstrel show which the Lions staged every year. It is a charitable activitiy, club members explained. Proceeds will be used for local civic programs and charity projects supported by ‘.he Lions. Lions will make a house-to-house canvass for the sale of the brooms, “We are not attempting to interfere with the regular retail outlets for this household article, because every home can use two brooms,” spokesmen for the club stated. “It will be fun to see which team or individual Lion/SaH sell the most -brooms. With the advent of the house-cleaning season, we (Tara Ta Pace Eight)

March 25 Deadline To File Candidacies Political Interest Expected To Grow Political speculation in Adams county, which has taken.a back seat the last several weeks because of basketball tourneys, is about to become the topic of the day again. Several prospective candidates in both the Democrat . and Republican parties are con- , tacting political leaders with a i view to announcing candidacies, f So far there are oniy two con- . tests for major county offices and • both of these are in the Democrat I primary. G. Remy Bierly, Decatur i attorney, is contesting incumbent . Judge Myles F. Parrish for judgeship of the 26th judicial district. ’ Merle Affolder, deputy sheriff is : opposed for the Democrat nomina- '■ tion for sheriff by Jay Minch, Decatur. Several other possible can- , didgtes have been mentioned but so far no others have filed their intentions. J Candidates for the 12 township ’ trustee posts are beginning to file intentions of candidacy and it is I likely that several of these con--5 tests will become heated in both •parties. * .’*'*■ r March 25 is the last day on „ which a candidate may tHe for a township, county, or state office and April 5 is the last day on n which a voter may register to be--3 come eligible to vote in.the May a primary elections. 1 The county board of election c commissioners already has held 1 several meetings in preparation for the elections and ballots will 3 be printed shortly after--the dead- ■ line for filing. . It is not believed that any of the precincts will be changed for the primary elections. The county commissioners recently shelved 1 the problem of placing some 500 ‘ voters from Monroe township into Wabash township. ’ The problem arose when the exact location of the township line in the south part of Berne, known ; as Berne C, was questioned. These ‘ people always have voted in Mon- ■ roe township and also have paid the Monroe township tax it was ’ said. Several Berne people say ■ that two surveys contradict each other and Berne C always has been considered part of Monroe ; township, at least for voting and 1 tax paying purposes. i —— Junior Town Meet I Held This Morning Broadcast Program Saturday Morning Students of Decatur and Port* land high schools discussed the question “Are there too many frills and extra-curricular activities in our high schools?” this morning in a junior town meeting at Decatur high school. Kathryn Bodie, a junior from Portland high school, and Anita Smith, a junior at Decatur high school argued the affirmative side of the question. The negative side was upheld by James Engle, a Decatur senior, and Shirley Gillette, a Portland senior. Roger Pollock, of Decatur, was announcer for the program which will be broadcast oyer radio station WOWO Saturday at 9 a.m. Ronald Ross of WOWQ served as moderator.» Miss Bodie and Miss Smith ' pointed out that too many ‘extras’ cut down time spent at home and i at studies. They maintained that extrai curricular activities had become too Important in the minds i of many students. • On the negative side, Engle and ■ Miss Gillette argued that such ac- , tivlties boost student morale, dei velop personality, social adaptibllity and better relationships. “A question period from the floor concluded the program. Portland t high school students were guests ’ of the Decatur speech club at a noon luncheon.

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Nearly Billion Dollar Cut In Excise Taxes / - Eisenhower Plans Radio, TV Address To Explain Stand WASHINGTON UP The house was expected to gi\e enthusiastic and perhaps unanimous approval today to a bill to cut federal excise taxes on jewelry, furs, movie tickets, telephone tolls and other items by almost one billion dollars a year. The cuts asp scheduled to become effective April 1. Although the administration has vigorously opposed the bill, it has the solid support of both Republican and Democratic leaders. Congressmen, generally speaking, welcome any opportunity to go on record In favor of tax reduction. In addition to providing for cuts in many excise —or sales — taxes, ' the bill also provides for continuation of the present excise tax rates on liquor, beer, wines, clgarets, gasoline and automobiles. Existing law provides for an au» . tomatic cut In these items April 1 unless congress acts before then. ’ The revenue yield, from continuing these items at present rates is esti- ' mated at $1,070,000,000 a year, somewhat more than offsetting the loss in the other reductions. The legislation that came up for approval today would put a celllag of 10 per cent on all excises except liquor and tobacco. This would cut in half the present taxes on luggage, women's handbags, furs. admission tickets, electric light bulbs, photographic equipment, safety deposit boxes and club dues. It would cut from 15 per cent to 10 the tax rates on travel tickets. local telephone tolls, mechanical pencils and pens, cigaret lighters, telegrams, and sporting goods. It would cut from 25 per cent to 10 the tax on long distance telephone tolls. The revenue loss is estimated at $912,000,000 a year. -• Liquor would continue to be taxed at $10,50 per 100 proof gallon: beer at $9 per barrel: cigarets at 8 cents per pack;’ gasoline at 2 cents a gallon; automobiles at 10 per cent of the manuafcturer’s price; and wines at varying rates, depending on the alcoholic content. President Eisenhower and secretary of treasury George M. Humphrey are opposed to any excise cuts at this time. They argue that the government can't afford the revenue loss. Ta Prortrarw WASHINGTON UP — President Eisenhower will make a radio and television speech nextweek to explain the administration’s tax program to the people. An exact date has not yet been set. Mr. Eisenhower told a news conference he wants to explain the administration's tax program as __ .nformally and simply as he can to the people and to explain its underlying philosophy. He said the tax talk will be nonpartisan. The President previously has expressed opposition to the Republi-can-sponsored excise tax cut and (Turn To Pace Eight) ”ight Youths Leave “or Armed Services Eight Adams county young men left today for induction into the armed forces, according to an announcement from the selective service board. This month’s inductees were Ronald Eugene Price, Thomas Carrol Cole. Walter Wayne Bertsch, Charles Edward Kaehr, Robert Frederick Sprunger, Stanley J. Gallogly, Gordon Lee Rice and Robert Keith Wolfe. Two others, Meredith L. Sprunger and Donald Corwin Barkley, left with the contingent to report at Indianapolis for physical examinations.