Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1955 — Page 1

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UAW-FORD COME TO “LARGEST ECONOMIC AGREEMENT’ — .. .._— — —7— T ■ - - iI ■ ' f r _ JLx . -*ww "'" Ikm 1>?1 L > jPWnMb%vk 3 * wuHH Ei jEIw ' hjg fc-' w - . JdkM S. BlldAS, Ford vice-president' for industrial relations 'and - Walter L P?”Reuther/president""of the CIO-United Auto Workers, shake hands as they reached a meeting of the minds on what Reuther called “the greatest economic package we’ve ever negotiated.” The agreement embodying a historic guaranteed wage plan and other contract terms put the 200,000 Ford workers across the nation back on a working basis. '. .»■ A, ‘ ', '-'' '■ ;

Blunt Advice From Ike To Soviet Union Eisenhower Speaks At West Point's Graduation Rites WEST POINT, N.Y. (INS) — President Eisenhower bluntly advised the Soviet Union today that the free world has no intention of dropping its guard at a Big Four meeting just because the Kremlin has suddenly assumed a “smiling face and a soft voice.” He also warned against “fatuous” expectations that the forthcoming conference “at the summit” will miraculously cure the world’s ills, in a commencement address to the 469 members of the West Point graduating class. Mr. Eisenhower, who received his own second lieutenant’s bars at the military academy 40 years ago. presented the diplomas to each of the graduates, along With a personal word of congratulations. He stressed in his prepared speech that the Big Four “summit” meeting is only a beginning, and said it may take a “generation" to work out a formula for peace with the Communists. The big West Point field house was packed to its 10,000 capacity with families and sweethearts of the graduates for the colorful commencement ceremonies attended by defense secretary Charles E. Wilson and army secretary Robert Stevens. The President told the fledging officers they must prepare them* selves for peace as well as war, declaring: “Your enduring contribution to America may well be at a council table far removed from war.” First to receive his diploma was Lee D. Olvey, of Hinesville, Ga.. cne of the few cadets in West Point history who was both honor man of his class and student commander of the cadet corps. Despite the words of caution. Mr. Eisenhower’s speech carried a strong undertone of confidence that "humanity’s hunger for peace 'and justice” will eventually be satisfied. But the Chief Executive emphav sized that the Big Four meeting is only a beginning in a task which may result in a “long series of conferences” stretching over years. He said it is a time for the west to proceed with caution. And by caution, he said, he means “a stern determination that we shall not be reckless and witless, relaxing our posture merely because a persistent foe may assume a smiling face and a soft voice." Vice President Richard M. Nixon provoked some criticism recently with a speech asserting the Big Four meeting may be the world’s last chance to settle its differences without a catastrophic war. This, some critics said, ran counter to the administration position that we mustn't expect too rguch from the meeting with the Reds. Mr. Eisenhower declared we must maintain “a prudent guard against fatuous expectations that a world, sick with ignorance, mutual fears and hates* can be miraculously cured by a single meeting." We need only proceed calmly, he said, in'the awareness that our vuontinuea on Page Six)

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Shipping Os Vaccine Resumed By Eli Lilly Shipping Os Million Shots Is Underway INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The long federally ordered drought in the supply of Salk polio vaccine appeared to be ending today. The work of shipping 1,050,000 shots of the vaccine, from the Indianapolis plant of Eli Lilly & Company was underway today after clearance by the national institutes of health. This was the first release of vaccine awaiting shipment since the halt called at the end of April by federal health officials. Other ‘V-learateces” announced by U.S. surgeon genera) Leonard AScheele in the six-week interval represented re-approval of vaccine already shipped, and in many cases, already used. First order to leave the Lilly plant this morning was 199,980 shots to Trenton, N. J. The National Foundation for Infantile Paraylsis, for whom the shipments are being made, said New Jersey, Maine, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota get first preference. These states never received the vaccine with which to start the scheduled NFIP program for immunizing first and second grade school pupils in all 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii. t Most states were able to administer the first of the two shots which the NFIP ordered without charge, and now are awaiting sufficient vaccine to give the second shots, already overdue under the original schedule proposed by Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the vaccine. A spokesman for Ell Lilly & Company said that the firm has one half million cubic centimeters of vaccine awaiting clearance* from the national vaccine committee named to pass on release of all batches of the new- product. He said Lilly hopes to have results of exhaustive tests on another three million shots before the committee by Wednesday. UTE BULLETINS BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IN8) — The house swiftly approved to- ' day an 8.1 percent pay boost for the nation's 500,000 postal employes and the measure may reach President Eisenhower by nightfall. The vote was 407 to 1. The lone opposition vote was cast by Rep. W. sterling Cole , (R-N. Y.) WASHINGTON (INS)—The senate labor committee today approved legislation to boost the 75 cent national minimum wage to one dollar an hour, effective next Jan. 1. Chairman Lister Hill (DAla.) announced the action and said .the senate expects to take up and pass the Democratic sponsored bill Wednesday. WASHINGTON (INS)—The house merchant marine committee today authorized construction of two atomic-pow-ered merchant ships, Including the vessel proposed by President Elsenhower to. tour the world.

Dulles Says Reds May Ease Satellite Grip Says United States To Press Russia To Abide By Promises WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said today it is possible that Russia now may be willing to loosen its grip on its Eastern European satellites. Dulles made < it dear that the U. S. intends to presh ''the Soviet Union to live up to its World War II agreements to grant freedom and independence to nations which were the victims of Hitler’s aggression. The secretary also told a news conference that a de facto cease fire exists in the Formosa Straits. He said that although this is not completely satisfactory, it is sometimes better not to do too much about a situation. He pointed out that a number of interested countries have explored the problem of finding a settlement and it is true that the situation is more calm around Formosa than it was a few months ago. • ---a- -- Dulles said a big factor in this is the fact that the Chinese Communists learned at the Bandung conference of Afro-Asians nations in April that their Asian neighbors strongly oppose war over Formosa. The cabinet member said Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov has just accepted an invitation to dine with him and the British and French foreign ministers in San Francisco on June 20. He said it is conceivable that at this dinner and in other meetings at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the United Nations that the foreign ministers might be able to arrange all the preliminaries for the July meeting of the Big Four chiefs of state. Dulles said he does not expect the chiefs of government of the U .S., Russia, Britain and France to discuss Far East problems during their “meeting at the summit". Dulles said his meeting with the British and French foreign ministers in New York on Thursday and Friday of next week will be held to coordinate views on problems that will be discussed with Moltov in San Francisco. He said tne main problems expected to be discussed at the big four meeting at the summit will be the unification of Germany, the situation of the satellite nations, general European security, and the problem of the workings of international Communism in the free world.

Teen Council Will Meet On Wednesday The Teen council) governing body of the youth section of the Youth and Community Center, will roeeuWednesday night at the Center at 7:30 o’clock, Tom Titus, president, announced today. Final plans will be made at the meeting for the young peoples' part in dedication week at the Center.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesd ay, June 7, 1955.

Auto Workers Extend GM Contract To Avert Walkout Set Tonight

Steelworkers Open Talks On Wage Increase Open Negotiations With U. S. Steel On New Wage Contract PITTSBURGH (INS) — The CIO United Steelworkers opened wage talks with U. S. Steel today in Pittsburgh and a top union officer said that the USW leadership is “thinking of asking for a 16 to 20 cents per hour pay increase.”— r~- - - The U. S. Stool negotiators—led by John A. Stephens, vice president in charge of industrial relations —sat down with the forces of USW President David J. McDonald. The officer, who asked that his name not be used, told International News Service that the union leadership has not yet decided on the exact figure to demand of 96 basic steel and iron ore companies which employ about 600,000 workers. Only wages can be negotiated under terms of the USW’s two-j year contract which expires next year. He explained that this week’s opening talks with-the six tedur try pace setters will be very general and formal and hardly likely to produce any quick settlement. The officer said: "We will submit a general request with substantiations to show that the industry’s position is financially healthy. Then the companies probably will ask for a week or two-week recess to study our proposal. The actual bargaining doesn’t start until after the recess.’’ The steelworkers may strike if settlement is not achieved by midnight June 30. But the officer said that there are no indications that a walkout will be needed to get a wage increase. He said : “We expect a very friendly ex(Oontlnued on Page Six) Request Elevator In County Court House Bar Association Offers Resolution A resolution requesting consideration of the installation of an elevator in the county court house was presented to the Adams county commissioner Monday afternoon by repreentative of the Adams county bar association. The resolution stated that many crippled or infirm persons are unable to transact business on the second floor of, the court house building which Includes the court room, judge’s office, sheriff’s office, attendance office, and the office of the county school superintendent. The commissioners awarded the six-month contract for gasoline to Beavers’ Oil Service, whose bid of 19.98 was low. Other bids on the gasoline contract were received from Standard Oil, Petrie Oil and Shell Gasoline Co. In other business Monday afternoon the county commissioners accepted a petition to blacktop a road in Wabash township. L. A. Mann filed the petition, which was signed by other residents of the area. Frank Harkless, of Root township, appeared abo< a ditch _ in that township and was referred to the county surveyor. A request by George Fosnaugh to purchase a mowing machine for the county home was approved. INDIANA WEATHER Occasional showers and pos- ■ sijble thunderstorms this evening, becoming partly cloudy and a little cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy. Low tonight 50*58, high Wednesday 70-75.

Calland Reelected Head Os Foundation Annual Election Is Held Monday Night J. Ward Calland was reelected ♦resident of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., at the annual election of officers of that organization held Monday night at the First State bank building. 1 C. I. Finlayson was reelected first vice-president and Glenn Hill was named second vicepresident. Theodore F. Graliker was reelected treasurer and Mrs. Roy Kalver was renamed secretary. The Memorial Foundation has charge of the erection of Decar tur’s quarter million dollar Youth and Community Center, which will be turned over to the people of the community June 19 to 25 with a series of dedication programs. Four directors were reelected by the Foundation members prior to the reorganization of the board. Named to serve for four years were Robert S. Anderson, J. Ward Calland, John Welch and Dick Heller. The nominating committee was composed of Harry Maddox, Wilbur Petrie and Carl C. Pumphrey and there was no opposition filed against any of the four directors named. Final plans for dedication week were discussed by the board in regular meeting followtag the two elections and general chairman Glenn Hill and director O. M. McGeath presented the complete program of seven days of varied activities. President Calland said that the program would be printed immediately and would be distributed to every home in Decatur next Monday and Tuesday by members of local Boy Scout troops under supervision of Steve. Everhart. Report on the grading of the ground adjacent to the new Center over last week end was made by the grounds committee. Trucks furnished by Burk Elevator, Central Soya, Yost Construction., Meshberger and Krick - Tyndall Co. were used to haul fill dirt to the area east and north of the Center. Bulldozers for the project were furnished by Soya and Bill Scbnepf. The entire area has been, graded and levelled off and the east side eventually will be a parking ground for the building. The entire front yard of the build(Continued on Wage six) Review Os Loyalty Program In Store Supreme Court Sets Stage For Appeals WASHINGTON (INSI — The stage was set today for a future full scale Judicial review of the government's loyalty program. _ As the supreme court ended its 1954-55 it left behind what appeared to be an invitation to any person declared a security risk on the basis of secret Information to carry ( an appeal to the high court and force a decision. Monday, the. tribunal cleared Yale university professor Dr? John P. Peters of loyalty taint — but the decision was on a technicality. Left undecided, however, was the key question raised by Peters’ attorneys of the legality of Information provided the loyalty review board from informants who were not identified. Nevertheless, four justices—two of whom concurred in the 7 to 2 decision, and two who dissented—held that the basic constitutional question of the use of secret Informers should have been decided. The majority decision declared tjiat the Truman administration loyalty review board acted improperly tn labeling the Yald professor a security risk. It said the board, no longer in existence, had no right to reopen the case after two public health service review groups had found him loyal. Peters was a temporary consultant for the health service.

British Given Hopes For End Os Rail Strike Spokesman For One * Union In Favor Os Compromise Plan - LONDON (INS) —A spokesman for striking locomotive engineers and firemen late today accepted a compromise peace formula aimed at ending Britain's ten day old rail strike. The rival union involved still had to be heard from. But the development gave Britain its first hopeful break in the costly interunion dispute. James Baty, general secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) announced his union’s acceptance of the peace plan after a two-hour meeting with officials of the non-striking National Union of Railwaymen (NUR). The face saving peace formula was proposed by the general council of the powerful Trades Union Congress. If the NUR accepts, a period of tough bargaiinng will still lie ahead before the trains begin rolling again. The 67.000 members of ASLEF nave halted about 80 percent ot railway traffic in walkouts to preserve “prestige” pay differentials over unskilled workers in NUR. Prime minister Sir Anthany Eden discussed the strike situation with his cabinet and other meetings were expected later in the day to speed termination of the costly strike. Color Bar Dropped In Oklahoma Colleges OKLAHOMA CITY (INS) —Negro students will be able to enroll in state supported colleges and universities in Oklahoma at the start of the September term.* The state regents of higher education dropped all color bars by a vote of 8 to 1 late Monday. Former Fort Wayne Judge Pleads Guilty INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —A presentence investigation was ordered today for a former Fort Wayne city judge who has pleaded guilty to charges of evading 82,400 in income taxes. „ Wayne L. Miller, 49. father of eix sons, pleaded guilty to paying $1,771.86 in taxes on a 1050 income of $32,258. The government then dropped charges of alleged evasion in 1948 and 1949. Miller faces a possible five-year prison sentence and/or SIO,OOO fine. McCuddy To Receive Achievement Award Hospital Attache To Receive Award Announcement has been made that Ralph E. McCuddy, medical technologist at the Adams county memorial hospital, will receive the national distinguished achievement award for 1955 from the American medical technologists society. He will receive the award at a breakfast Sunday morning. July 3, which will be held in conjunction with the 1955 national convention of the society in Indianapolis July 1, 2 arid 3. Dr. C. A. Bartholomew, chairman of the awards committee, will present the awards. McCuddy, who is formerly from Mishawaka, Is a graduate of Elkhart university. He ‘has been associated with the local hospital tor the past three years. An active member of the Indiana society of> medical technologists, he Is a past president of that group and is now state legislative chairman of the society. He is also serving as publicity chairman for the 1955 national convention.

Spring Festival To Open Next Monday Event Sponsored By Retail Merchants XT* —- Lyle Mallonee, general chairman of the Decatur spring festival sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, June 13 through 18, announced today that Decatur merchants are completing plans tor the six-day event Mallonee stated that Glen Wyble’s Hiawatha Shows will bring in the concessions and rides. All have been thoroughly checked, according to Mallonee. There will be six rides for adults and several for the. children. Free acts have also been scheduled. The complete schedule for the fair will be announced soon. One of the highlights of the festival will be the annual amateur show, which is under the direction of Kenneth Shannon. The show will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Shannon has stated that there are about 30 entries, including talent from Monroeville, Huntertown, Wren, 0., and other area towns in addition to entries from Adams county. The entrants have been divided into two groups, one including those up to 12 years of age and the other including those over 12 years of age. One winner win be named each night in each group on the first four nights and these will compete for the grand prize on Saturday night. The show will take place on the court house ramp at 7. p.m. each night except Saturday, when itwill begin at 9:15 p.m. Assisting Mallonee with arrangements for. the festival are Frank LyMrger, who is in charge of electrical hook-ups and the Decatur Boy Scouts, who put out the window cards advertising the affair. All Decatur merchants will participate by decorating their store fronts for the festival. These decorations will remain during the following week when the Youth and Community Center is dedicated.

Capehart Planning Mobilization Bill Two-Year Extension Os Program Planned WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.), said today he will Introduce a bill this week to extend for two-years the defense mobilization program without standby wage price controls. Capehart declared, however, he still favors giving the President the emergency controls authority but that the administration “evidently has abandoned” any previous plans it had to request the powers. He said: “If they don't want them, I’m not going to cram them down their throats.” Earlier this year, thert were persistent reports that administration leaders were considering proposals to give the White House power to invoke controls on wages and prices tn any future war emergency. The controls could only be used with the outbreak of hostilities and they would be designed to help the economy switch smoothly from a peace to a war footing. > Defense secretary Charles E. Wilson told his news conference Monday he favors standby controls including authority to permit the President tp clamp a 90 day wage price freeze in case of war. Wilson emphasized, however, that be was speaking only for himself. ■ Last week, however, President Eisenhower said he thought such legislation might be “unwise,” although “it would be a good thing to have certain controls if they could be strictly limited and quiet people’s fears in times of peace." The President commented: “but the fears do exist on the part of (uonunuea on rage Six)

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Ford And GM Plants Hit By Walkouts Today Some Ford Workers Are Dissatisfied By Guaranteed Wage - BULLETIN DETROIT (INS)—The CIO United Auto Workers today extended Its contract with General Motors until Sunday, averting a strike of 350,000 workers at midnight. The union said if no agreement is reached by then, a strike will be on. DETROIT (INS) — The nation’s No. 1 and 2 automakers were peppered by a rash of walkouts today —Ford by workers dissatisfied with Monday’s historic guaranteed wage agreement and General Motors by employes who jumped the gun on tonight’s strike deadline at midnight. Work stoppages at GM plants in the Cleveland suburb of Parma and St Louis idled 12,000, the advance guard of 350,000 workers ready to strike if not granted a contract equalling or bettering the new Ford pact, worth “an estimated 20 cents an hour per man. ■ The Feed seUlsmeut. bailed t>y“ CIO President Walter Reuther as the best ever achieved by the uqlon, failed to please tool and die workers at the River Rouge plant in Dearborn. About 200 cranemen also refused to work. Nor did it settle local issues at other Ford plants, notably in Monroe, Mich., Kansas City, Buffalo and St. Louts where more than 13,000 were out. Carl Stellato, president of Local 600 at the Rouge, called an executive board meeting and said he would ask the strikers to go back to work pending a vote on ratification of the contract But by'late morning, the walkouts had spread like wildfire through the entire Rouge plant and threatened to close it entirely. More than a third of Ford’s 140,000 employes work there. Meanwhile. GM and UAW negotiators worked until after 2:30 a.m. this morning. Six hours later they were back at the bargaining table, trying to avert a walkout at 111 ( GM plants in 63 cities. John Livingston, head of the UAW’s GM department, said his union hoped to “do better than we did at Ford,” where the UAW won an agreement from the nation's No. 2 automaker to suppleme n t unemployment insurance benefits for 26 weeks during layoffs. Walter P. Reuther, UAW head and also president of the CIO, said following the Ford agreement Monday that a Ford in General Motors’ future,” indicating ha expected the giant corporation at least to match the Ford pact The Ford contract, which will run for three years, fell short of the UAW’s demand for a guaranteed wage for a full year but it was the first break in labor’s drive for assured income status for hourly workers. Ford countered the UAW demands with its own plan and sold the union on it. It provides a company — financed $55,000,000 fund, built up over the next three years to provide an employe with 65 per cent of his take home pay for the first four weeks following a waiting week and 60 per cent, including state unemployment compensation, for the next 22. Observers foresaw a possible rush to buy the new 1955 models in advance of an expected price hike in the 1956 lines as a result of the settlement. The UAW’s success in achieving a modified guaranteed annual wage from Ford is expected to have fdperctlssl6ns in future labor negotiations In other industries, such as steel, where contract talks opened today. The Ford agreement drew a (Continued eu Page Eight)