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Senate Likely To Pigeonhole Flanders' Move Senior Republican Senators Doubt If Any Action Likely Washington <tns> — senior GOP senators predicted privately today that Sen. Ralph E. Flanders' move to strip Sen. Joseph R. 'McCarthy (R-Wis.) of his committee chairmanships will be pigeon-holed •because it challenges the “seniority system." j The Vermont Republican admitted in an interview that h$ would “not be surprised" to see his antiiMcCarthy motion sent to the senate rules committee where it "might be kept indefinitely." But he declared: “It is still clear to me that logic, justice and honor are on the side of my motion." One ranking Republican said he thought Flanders’ motion would have a better chance of passage it it went "all the way" for McCarthy’s expulsion from the senate, because this would not raise the seniority issue which is so sacrosanct in that body., • Flanders’ motion would take away McCarthy's investigating chairmanships if he fails to “dryclean" dr “purge” himself in a reasonable time on senate charges questioning his financial honesty. The charges were raised by a senate elections subcommittee in 1952 before which McCarthy refusd to testify. Flanders told the senate this amounted to “contempt”-, or, the subcommittee and the senate. Although most senior members declined to comment on the issue so" bluntly raised by Flanders, some members did not hesitate; 'McCarthy himself suggested only this concerning Flanders: “1 think they should get a man with a net and take him to a good quiet place." Sen. John S. Cooper (R-Ky„) ■said of Flanders’ move: “I think he has raised the ultimate issue and properly so, because that is the only way 'the whole problem can be brought to an issue in the senate. 1 think there would be a good many votes in support of ij., Most people in the senate have made up their minds.” Sen. Harley Kilgore (D-W. Va.,l said: "I think he's right. I’d support his motion—there’s no question about that." Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.,l declined to comment other than say he believed “some Democrats” would support Flanders on a showdown. Flanders said that by “reasonable tlpie’; he Meant a period which would still -permit him to get the issue before the senate with time for consideration before congress adjourns. He explained that if the army(Tar® T® P««e Five) ~ NOON EDITION

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Robert Young Wins Railroad Control Young Winner Over President Os NYC NEW YORK (INS) —Financier Robert R. Young, who likes his nickname “the smallest Texan in the world.” has won his fight for control of the New York Central Rrilroad, the second largest rail system in the nation. The battle of the proxies ended wfth Young victorious over the forces of William Wjhjte, president of the Central, by a* margin of 1,062.000 votes. thus ending an -85 year reign over the company by the Vanderbilt and Morgan families, and eastern banking interests. Neither spokesmen for Young nor White would officially confirm or deny the change in management. However, both camps unofficially agreed it was a fact tijat Young had won the long and bitter struggle. ~ The official results of the voting will be announced Monday by the three judges of the proxy count when the thrice-recessed annual meeting of the Railroad’s stockhcldere reconvenes at 10 a. m„ (EDT) in Albany, N. Y. The official tally could then be appealed to the courts. Such a move is not expected, however, since even should the courts nufiify the disputed 800,000 shares voted to young by Texas oil millionaires Cline Murchison and Sid Rk-hardson, Younjj would still have a lead of more than 200,000 votes. The white-thatched Young, -who stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and whose birthplace is - Canadian. Texas, exuded confidence in the outcome of his proxy fight from the very outset and became more assured as the contest progressed. Young and-the 13 men and a woman who /Will be directors of the Central under his chairmanship are scheduled to meet Monday ih Youftg’s midtown New York office to await the official announcement of their election from Albany.' " _ t-; . ; When word comes, the group will walk to the nearby Central board room and hold the meeting that will officially elect Young chairman. , The newly-constituted board of directors also is expected to name Alfred E. Perlman, vice-president of the Denver and Rio drande Western Railroad, to succeed White as president of the Central. Open House Sunday At Catholic Church The public is invited to visit new St- Mary’s church ' Sunday after- ( noon. Visitors will be shown through the church between 1 and 3 o’clock, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. , Seimetz, pastor, announced. Linton Man Killed In Traffic Crash TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (INS)— John Wilson, 77, of Linton, was killed late Friday when his pickup truck crashed into a semi-trailer at the intersection of Ind. 246 and U. S. 41, pbout 16 miles south of, Terre Haute.

Mundt Plans Hearing End By Next Week Sidelines Fracas Enlivens Friday Hearing Session WASHINGTON (INS)—A side-lines-fracas that almost led to blows lent new bitterness to the army-McOarthy hearings today as the marathon inquiry rounded into what seemed to be the home stretch. Blazltig words exchanged by Roy M. Cohn and Robert F. Kennedy after Friday’s session over-shadow-ed other developments and appeared to be the forerunner of new battles to come next week. Cohn, 27, is chief counsel, and Kennedy, 28, is Democratic counsel of the senate investigations subcommittee, which is conducting the televised hearings. Kennedy told Newsmen he became enraged when Cohn threatened to “get” Sen. Henry M. Jackson after the latter ridiculed a psychological warfare plan by Pvt. G. David Sehlne, former subcommittee consultant. Acting chairman Karl E. Mundt R S.D.) told newsmen that he will call night sessions if necessary to complete the investigation next week. It already has covered 32 days in seven weeks. The Cohn - Kennedy shouting spree, which took place in full view of newsmen and astonished other observers, was a direct result of the cross-examination of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy by Jackson. Cohn denied making any threat and maintained he only said Jackson “was unfair about the questions he was asking about the report.” He said he asked Kennedy if he felt qualified to take part in the hearings when he has “hatjed" for one of the principals. Asked later to explain this, Cobn said: "Before the hearings, he sought out somebody in Sen. McCarthy’s office and sttßfhe hated me and was going to get me iff these hearings." After telling newsmen that he is “one senator who is not going to be intimidated by anybody,” Jackson issued a statement saying that the Cohn-Kennedy clash stemmed from Cohn’s “threat to take retaliatory action because of my interrogation this afternoon.” Jackson said: “This is not the first threat Mr. Cohn has made during these proceedings.". He would not amplify his remarks and neither would Kennedy. wh<v said that Cohn had threatened "Democratic senatojrp” at various times "sipce these proceedings began.” < The imbroglio was the aftermath of Jackson’s sarcastic questioning of McCarthy about Schine’s report. The Report, which Schine sub(Tnra T® Pane Five) Two Decatur Lads Attend Boys State Trip Is Sponsored By American Legion Decatur’s two entries in Boys State left this morning for one week’s practical experience in representative government. Representing Decatur are Thomas F. Aurand. of 229 Grant street, sponsored by the American Legion, and Bill Hancher, of 42 Homestead, sponsored by the Lions club. Jerry L. Rhodes, originally scheduled to attend, was unable to make the trip. H. Vernon Aurand, chairman of the Decatur American Legion committee for Boys State, took the two boys to Fort Wayne this morning, where they will meet the other youths from the fourth district, and travel to Indianapolis by chartered bus. Both boys have just completed their junior year at Decatur high school. At Boys State the 416 delegates will set up cities named for famous Americans, and study the city government; also, they will be divided into "’counties, with all county officials, boards and commissions. Fiscal problems, including budgets and taxes, are often featured. From the basic structure of Boys State, senators and representatives are elected, and state government is formed. A governor is elected, and the governor will be one of two state representatives to the Boys Nation, in Washington. The Boys State and Boya Nation programs are supported by ths American Legion. It originated in ! Illinois in 1935, and by 1948 all | states were participating.

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Laniel Is Defeated On Vote Os Confidence On Policy In Indo-China

Six Persons Die In Chicago Fire Last Night Fire Races Through Tenement Building In Chicago Friday CHICAGO (INS)—Six persons—two men, two women and two children —died Friday night when Are i raced through a four-story tenement building on Chicago’s north- ! west side. Firemen who finally battled their way into the ruined eightflat building found bodies in eevi enal sections of the burned-out . structure. Red Cross workers at the scene ‘ field at least eight persons were injured. Police identified the dead as Leo Weeks, 25; his daughter, Linda. l , 2; Mrs. Ellender Borden, 23; her daughter, June, 3; Elicia Partin, ' 18. and Willy Partin, 25. First deputy fire marshal Al- ! bert Peterson said an Investlga- • tlon will be made to determine the cause of the tire. He added: “It dosn’t look too good. It 1 spread much too fast. It could 5 g touch-off. (arson.)” * « ’ One of the* Injured was a woL G}an who leaped three floors to •fF.e ground before firemen could readi her. 3 Firemen rescued*at least 10 per--1 sons, including two babies-in-arms. Two policemen who were cruist ing near the scene when the extra--1 alarm call was received said the • building already was an inferno • when they arrived. 5 3 25-Year Sentence . For Bank Robbery ST. PAUL. Minn. (INS)—Muri , R. Jarvis. 30-year-old convict from Richmond, Ind,, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for robbing a Minnesota bank last De--1 cember. : Jarvis, who escaped from the • Ramsey county jail in St’ Paul • on March 28 and was recaptured in lowa, was given the maximum sentence by Judge Robert C. Bell in federal cdiirt. c ' I Three Drowned As Indiana Swelters I Continued Warm Is Indiana Forecast. prostration and drownings pin- ■ pointed the weather story of Indi- . ana to the mid-90 degree tempera- , ture readings. ’ Some cooling is expected for Sun--1 day hut it is not expected to change 1 the total picture tor the next four . days which calls for continued warm conditions. Betty Jo Griffith. 11, in the Wa- ! bash River, near her home; Stanley Hines, 11, in a private lake, ; near his Columbia City home, and Delvin McConeghy, 48, in Clear Lake offshore from his boat livery docks, were the three drowning vlcj tims. __ i A number of persons were strick- . en by the high heat in scattered . reports from throughout the state. , Highs today are expected to . range from 90 to 96 degrees with I tonight's "lows" 4 expected at 67 to . 72. Water levels throughout the state i were said to be low with the conservation department reporting i that subterranean supplies were i not replenished during May and : there is danger o£ new water short- , ages this summer unless conditions > improve. i Some water will fall tonighfe according to the forecast which calls i for thundershowers In the north I and central lections tonight; Scati tered thundershowers are scheduled I for the south and central sections Sunday.

House Rebuffs Ike On Trade Agreement Reciprocal Trade Continuance Voted WASHINGTON (INS) — The house, by-passing President Eiserihcwer, voted 281 to 53 Friday to continue the reciprocal trade act for another year. >?' Senate approval seems assured, but majority leader William F. K row land (R-Calif.) said that action probably will be deferred until the last week of June. The present law expires at midnight today However, the lapse will not affect agreements already negotiated. On the docket when the bill is finally passed is a proposed trade pact with Japan. The house vote was a rebuff for Mr. Eisenhower who had sought a more liberalised program, including a three-year extension and a 15 percent overall tariff cut during this period. Knowland said the trade measure will be sidetracked until the senate dieposes of the pendint*tax revision bill. House passage came after four hours of debate, spearheaded by chairman Daniel A. Reed (RN. Y..) of the ways and means committee, who warned thftt failure to extend the act would jeopardize 'U. S. foreign trade? With an eye on the projected Japanese treaty. Reed said that rejection of the program could cause repercussions in the Far East. Reed said he hoped his committee would act on the President’s proposals as its first order of business when congress reconvenes in January. Hints Eisenhower May Not Run Again Sherman Adams Says Ike May Not Run HINTS EISENHOWER ’ ’ WASHINGTON (INS) — Presidential assistant Sherman Adams has hinted that President Eisenhower might not run for reelection in 1956. Adams told a conference of the citizens for "Eisenhower congressional committee Friday that the President might bow out if lhe Republicans lose control of congress next November. Emphasizing that he does not know Mr. Eisenhowers intentions, Adams said: “ . . . I can think of certain conditions Qiat might malv his Pennsylvania farm an attractive place to retire. One of these is loss of congress. Adams made no mention of the army-McCarthy dispute, but he said that “certain things have occurred—during the present admin-, ■fetratton that have been a little less than satisfactory to the President.” Adams, former governor of New Hampshire, said that Democratic control of congress would he “a journey to the left.” Accident Victims -- Taken From Hospital Miss Mary Lou Stewart,, one of the student nurses injured in an accident Thursday night, was dismissed from the' Adams county memorial hospital Friday and taken to Rochester tor further treatment. She 4s. suffering from a broken back. - . Nancy Kirsh, daughter of postmaster and Mrs. Leo Kirsh, has also been dismissed. She received a broken collar bone and minor cuts and bruises in the accident. The girls, with two of their fellow students at Ball Memorial hospital, had been swimming at Pine Lake and wup returning to Muncie Thursday evening when the accident occurred. The other two were not seriously injured. ——■

Dulles Stales Conditions For Action By U. S. Outlines Stand Os United States On Indo-China War WASHINGTON, (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles left the door open today for a possible U. S. decision to Tight alongside French forces in Indo-China. In a speech made in Los Angeles only 12(4 hours before the French national assembly was to decide the fate of the Laniel government, Dulles forcefully re-stated the conditions which would make U. S. intervention possible. Dulles said there has been no change in U. S. demands for collective action in Southeast Asia and, by devoting the major part df his speech to Indo-China, made is clear that he felt there still may be time for effective U. S. intervention. The timing was Important. I-an-iel, who favors most of the measures the U. S. believes are necessary for collective security in Europe and Asia, entered the test as the underdog. Tn that situation Dulles laid it on the- line for the French by stating precisely what they would have'to do to win- direct XT. armed assistance in Indo-China. There have been increasing reports that -the French have told their Allies that without direct help they cannot hope to hold on to the Red River Delta with its Important rice-producing land and the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. Dulles said the conditions for U. S. intervention “were and are”: 1. “An invitation from the present lawful authorities." 2. “Clear assurance of complete independence to Itaos, Cambodia. and Vietnam.”'”* 3. “Evidence of concern by the United Nations.” 4. “A joining in the collective ' effort of some of the other nations of the area, and assurance that France will not itself withdraw- from the battle until it is tTura To Paae Five) . —— < — Lewis L. Clark Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Lewis L. Clark, 74, retired farmer, died suddenly at 5 o’clock this morning at the hofne of a daughter, Mrs. Opal Hamrick. Decatur, following a stroke. He was born in Darge county. 0., Aug. 14, 1879, a son of Reuben -a-mt~~Beti tnarfr?—but"-trad-resided in plains county most of his life. His wife. Verna, preceded him in death. Mr. Clark was a member of the Spring Hill Methodist church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hamrick and Mrs. Ferry Hill, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Mary Garwood of Willshire, O.; one son. Henry Clark of Decatur; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rufus Clark of Peru, Hi., and a sister, Mrs. John Farlow of Bryan, O. Two daughters preceded him in death. Funhral •'•services will he conducted ht 2 p. m. Monday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, the Rev. Paul Parker officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o’clock this evening. INDIANA WEATHER Thundershower* north portion* thi* evening and in north and central portion* tonight. Sunday partly cloudy mattered thunderahower* <«outh ' and central portion*. Coolifnorth and central Sunday and* in northwe* 4 portion tonight. Low tonight #7-72.

Races Apparent At Democrat Conclave Three Convention Races Appear Sure INDIANAPOILS (INS)—At least three races seem assured when the Indiana Democratic state party convention delegates convene June 22 in Indianapolis to nominate six candidates. State chairman Charles E. Skillen said that while only two candidates have thus far publicly toesed their hats in the ring, a number of others have indicated they plan to do so soon. At least five men have indicated they may seek the nomination for 1 secretary of state, including Tom R. Johnston, of Lafayette, Purdue University public relations expert who has been mentioned at various times as a gubernatorial possibility two years hence. Other possible contenders for the secretary of state nomination are Floyd R. Harper, Tipton; Alfred Fisher, Paragon; Walter F. Jones. Indianapolis, and Graybill McFarland, Indianapolis. Three men have shown interest in the appellate court judgeship tor district 1. They are Warren W. Majtin, Boonville; Bernard Korbley, Indianapolis, and Charles O'Conner, Indianapolis. Severin H. Schurger, of Decatur, has publicly announced his candidacy for appellate court judge of district 2, but three other men „ are considered likely opponents. * They are Samuel F. Fiewell, South Bend; William B. Smith, Delphi, and Russell Gordon, Monticello. Herbert Lamb, of Terre Haute, 1 is the other candidate already on 1 record. He seeks the superintend--1 ent of public instruction notnina- ’ tion. Skillen said these men also have ‘ expressed intentions to seek office, but have made no formal announoement: Art Kinser, of Bedford, for state ’ treasurer; James J. Murphy, Fort Wayne, for supreme tourt judge, and Joe Klein, Gary, for clerk of supreme and appellate courts. Adams Circuit Court In Summer Vacation Today is the final day of the April term of the Adams circuit court. The court will be recessed until after Labor Day in September. It will reconvene Sept. 7, Judge Myles Parrish has announced that he will be in court each Friday during the current vacation to handle necessary matters. He also stated that he would be available at other times if necessary. Larry Schwartz Is Tops In Judging Leads Individual Honors At Purdue Larry Schwartz, son of Mrs. C. W. R. Schwartz of Monroe township, won top individual honors in crop judging at the 4-H club roundup at Purdue, it was announced today. Schwartz, a member of the Adams Central judging team, outjudged 176 other boys from all parts of Indiana. Marvin Grote and Lisle Knittie, of the Decatur team, placed third and fourth, respectively. ' Both crops judging teams, which - placed first and second in the state contest between 44 crops judging teams of the Future Farmers of ! America, will now be eligible to - enter the state fair judging contest. Also eligible will be the two poultry judging teams coached by Leonard Kingsley of Berne, which placed 11th and 17tb. The Adams Central team judged on Thursday, and returned home i that evening: on Friday they were i notified that they were the state champions, and then returned to 1 Purdue to receive their award’ at the roundup dinner Friday noon. < t

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New Crisis As Joseph Laniel Cabinet Falls France Is Weakened By Confidence Vote Loss In Assembly <■ PARIS (INS)—French premier Joseph Laniel was defeated 306 to 293 on a vote of confidence on his Indo-China policy today and his cabinet a tew hours later resigned. It is now up to President Rene Coty to decide whether to accept the resignation. The French ministers visited Coty at the Elysee Palace to hand in their collective resignation and discuss the new political crisis. The crisis was . precipitated despite Laniel’s warning to the national assembly that Communists would exploit a no-eonfidence vote as “a prelude to unconditional surrender” in the Far East. -"* The vote was eight ballots short of an absolute 314 majority needed to force the Laniel government’s resignation. , But his government appeared to be doomed. The vote, which’ further weakened the French at a critical time in the stalled Geneva peace conference, could result in dissolution of Parliament and new elections. But mapy parties oppose that step. Amid shouts of "resign” the glum Laniel —who also has been fighting .for ratification of the European defense community treaty —called on president Rene Coty. He talked for an hour with Coty, and then called a cabinet meeting at 3 p,m. 10 a.m. EDT to decide what to do. The situation was uncertain because Itahiel could resign and Coty could refuse to accept the resignation.'if that happens then individual ministers, such as the former Gaullists, might quit the cabinet and wreck it. any rate the French political situation obviously favored the waiting Communist negotiators at Geneva. The Reds naturally r are hoping that a new French governmetnt will emerge and sue for peace at almost Laniel’s warning about a possible “Asiatic Munich” . failed to sway the assembly decision. The actual vote was. on a technical point in parliamentary procedure, but plainly was one in which the deputies declared no confidence in the government. It came after a governmentapproved motion to conclude deibate on Indo-China was defeated early Friday morning by a 322 to ‘263 vote. ‘ The national assembly recessed until afternoon pending a decision by Laniel and his ministers. Laniel walked glumly through the corridor outside the national UMemßTy chamber after The voting was completed to confer with Letroquer at the latter’s official residence. j There was some indication that the premier’s strong appeal to the deputies just before the vote of confidence was take nmay have swung some support to his side. Laniel warned the assembly today that defeat of his government would be exploited by world Communism as “a prelude to unconditional surrender.”,. Laniel appealed to the deputies to support his government and its efforts to reach a workable settlement of the Indo-China war in the negotiations at Geneva. But his 20- ' minute speech got a cold reception and only members of his own party applauded. —■ ■- The premier warned of the effects of a non-confidence motion on the embattled people of Vietnam. one of the three associated states of Indo-China. In a forceful, last-minute effort to avert his expected defeat Laniel asked:, "Is there anyone in this assembly who would favor an Asiatic Munich and French renunciation of the Atlantic pact’’’ — - u