Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1955 — Page 1

Vol. kill. No. 134.

FROM THE PRESIDENT ■ iH W§gL lH HONOR MAN of the 1955 West Point graduating class and commander of the Cadet Corps, Lee D. Olvey of Hinesville, Ga., is the first to receive his diploma from President Eisenhower in ceremonies at the Academy Field House. Mr. Eisenhower left immediately after the ceremony, returning to Washington. '■

- Polio Experts Meet To Pass On Vaccine Dr. Salk Other Experts Confer On Testing Reports WASHINGTON (INS)—Dr„Jonas E. Salk and other top polio experts met today in hopes of passing upon the safety of several million doses of polio vaccine reported ready for release to the public'. The scientists are members of a special government advisory panel set up to evaluate manufaeturhig anil testing reports "from, vaccine producing companies. They make their recommendations to surgeon general Leonard A. Scheele. A spokesman for the public health service said it was “possible” but "not likely" that Scheele would clear additional batches of vaccine today for public use. The government refused to confirm or deny reports that the panel would take up clearance of more than three million doses produced and safety checked by the Eli Ully Co.. Indianapolis, and possibly other companies. The government lifted a veil of secrecy today on the polio vaccine program. Officials Admitted that some mistakes have been made in production and testing of vaccine previously released but empha- -> sized their continued faith in the Salk product. U. S. surgeon general Leonard A. Scheele began what amounted to a "truth” campaign before the American medical association. He followed it up Tuesday night with a national radio television address, along with welfare secretary ©veta Culp Hobby. But major disclosures were ex-' pected to be still in the making. They will be contained in a unique “white paper” on the vaccine situ ation which will be made public later this week. In his two appearances Tuesday. Scheele reemphasized his belief in the Salk vaccine, its usefulness and its future safety. But he also reminded doctors and the public of these facts: 1. Routine safety testing under standards for production of vaccine already used on millions of Ambrican youngsters gave no "reasonable assurance” that the shots were free of dangerous live virus. 2. Even under the new rigid standards, there "is always the possibility of very minute amounts of active virus” of vaccine being distributed now and in the future. 3. The new safety standards, designed to eliminate lots of vaccine L .containing more than a certain concentration of live virus, do not bear on the amount of such virus which can infect a human being, because there is no direct way for scientists to measure this Dr. Jonas Salk and other polio Experts were slated to meet at the national institutes, of health today for the second meeting of their committee named tp pass on the safety of every batch of vac* cine before it is released. . . INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this afternono and tonight. Thursday partly cloudy ’ arid cool. Low tonight In the 50s. High Thursday 65 70.

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British Labor Party Leader May Retire Clement Attlee May Retire By October LONDON (INS) — British political press circles widely predicted today that Clement Attlee will retire as leader of the British Labor party by next October at the latest. The formal announcement Jfas . expected tn come at the party's - annual conference next October, ■ but some reports said the 72-year- ■ old Socialist will step down after I parliament recesses at the end pf - July. Attlee was re-elected as leader of the Parliamentary Labor party , Tuesday as the Laborites and govArning Conservatives organized for ' .the ,n<jw parliament which opens II Wrmally Thursday. The Laborite Daily Herald said ’ Attlee made it ’clear he would continue in leadership as long as the party wishes. But the paper point- ■ ed out there would be new elpc- ’ tlons this autumn for leaders of • the “shadow cabinet" — the group which would take over the British government in the event the Conservatives lost power. • Seek Improvement At Pleasant Mills School > • I Hearing for an additional appropriation of $3,000 for improves ments at Pleasant Mills school has i been scheduled by the advisory board and trustee, L. H. Bruner , for June 18. Legal notice appears ' in today's Daily Democrat. , The board, including William . Noll, Glenn W. Foor and Lyle , Bailey, in addition to the trustee, plan to purchase nearby land for a playground and parking facilitI .ies. The hearing will be public. Railroad History ' Detailed To Lions Erie Official Is Speaker Tuesday The history and growth of the Erie railroad company was pre- - sented by E. J. Robisch of Hunt- ■ ington at. th eregular meeting of - the Lions club Tuesday evening » in the K. of P. home. : Robisch also discussed some of the precautions to be taken at the • railroad crossings. He stated that - carelessness caused 375 deaths in f the nation at crossings last year. > His talk included a brief discus- > sion of the government controls > on railroads. Weldon Bumgerdner, local agent I tor the Erie railroad, was program ; chairman for the evening. His i guests w ere Harold Johnson and : Vince Abrams, both of the rail- . road company. Other guests who attended > were Ed Flack of the Laketon i Lions club,. W. Guy Brown, .J. • Ward Calland, Dan Tyndall, Joe i Kaehr, Gene Rydefl, Mike Pryor, , Lowell Harper and Orval Baugh- - man. Robert Schmitz was admitted as. a new member of the club. BULLE T. I N ( WASHINGTON (INS) —The j house commerce committee tol day approved legislation cut- • ting down the federal power . commission’s control over rates charged by producers of natural gas. The 16 to 15 vote sends the measure to the house floor where a bitter battle is expected over the effect of the bill on 25 million users of natural gas.

Ford Workers Ask Additional Wage Increase Some Os Company's Skilled Employes Balk At GAW Pact DETROIT (INS) —The Detroit Times reported today that Ford has been asked to grant an additional .five cent raise to thousands of skilled workers whose defiance of the new guaranteed wage pact threatens to paralyze the nation’s second largest auto producer.' The newspaper said the company has taken the appeal by the CIO United Auto Workers "under advisement.”' *' •••■-----•• ■ — A final answer was expected today when the two sides meet to sign the historic 20 cent an hour package agreed upon Monday which averted a full scale strike by the 140,000 Ford workers. The current revolt, led by 4,500 disgruntled tool and die men who had voted for a flat 30 cent pay boost rather tban a guaranteed wage, choked off car assembly at the Rouge plaint Tuesday and spread to the Lincoln Mercury assembly plant in Wayne, Mich., this morning. Protecting tool and die and maintenance men put nearly two thirds of the Rouge plant’s day and afternoon shifts out of work Tuesday and virtually halted out put again tday. General Motors, given new hope of peace with the CIO United Auto Workers by a five day contract extension, also was harassed by •trikes: ' - Strikes di- closings because of strikes idled nearly 39,000 GM workers today. A total of 12 GM plants were down from coast to cast. The truble spts were in Los Angeles: Cleveland. Norwood and Euclid, Ohio; Pittsburgh; St. Louis; Kansas City and Linden and New Brunswick. N. J. The move -came amid speculation that the two giants of labor and capital are not far apart on a new contract agreement. The UAW said a nationwide strike of 350,000 General Motors employes at 119 plants in 64 cities will begin at one minute past midnight Sunday “if a satisfactory agreement is not reached.’’ Some 18,000 GM workers jumped the gun Tuesday and walked off the job while negotiators for the union and the nation’s top autrnobile manufacturer cntinued detract talks. Negotiators for GM and the UAW refused to indicate whether a guaranteed wage plan fa near acceptance. The strike deadline extension was seen as a good sign that GM may have given the UAW at least verbal assurance that it would match or better the Ford settlement. The extension of the strike deadline also gave GM officials more time to study the historic GAW gains won by the UAW from the Ford Motor Co.

Workers In Indiana Keep Eye On Talks Over 44,000 To Be Affected By Talks INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — More than 44,000 workers in Indiana kept a sharp eye on the General Motors Corporation talks to see whether it will be feast or famine. - Anderson would be hardest hit with 20,000 CIO-UAW employes at Delco Remy and Guide Lamp divisions of GM; Indianapolis with 16,000 Allison and Chevrolet plants; Muncie 2,500 Delco Battery ; Kokomo 4,000 at Delco Radio and Bedford 1,700 in Fabricant division. In addition to these immediate union members who might be thrown out of work in the event of a strike was the possible chain reaction shutdown of these supplier plants might cause. CIO officials already have announced intentions of making guaranteed annual wage a condition of nqw contracts at Studebaker-Pack-ard, 10,000 workers, Aug. 30> South Bend, and Bendlx Corporation, 10,000 workers Aug. 27, South Bend. And the provision also will be an integral part of renegotiations at the LaPorte and Terre Haute Allis Chalmers Corporation. plants. Notice also is expected to be served on International Harvester stating demands for a guaranteed annual wage when the five-year contract expires Aug. 23.

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West Germans’ Leader Conditionally Accepts Bid For Moscow Visit

No Inflexible Time Limit On 1 Parley - Ike Willing To Stay At Big Four Meeting Reasonable Length WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower said today he is willing to stag at a Big Four meeting for any reasonable length of time as long as the Russians don’t try to turn it into a propaganda mill. Mr. Eisenhower also said the Soviet invitation to West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer to visit Moscow is a logical gesture which gives no cause for concert) to the west. He expressed supreme confidence that Adenauer will stand by his allies and friends, praising the German leader in the highest terms. The President, who previously had spoken of three or four days for the Big Four meeting, sai| today he didn't mean to impose any inflexible time limit. He told a news conference hi would be perfectly willing to stay on the scene five or six days of longer, if there were reasons fJr it. . - The chief executive noted, however, that it is more difficult for him to absent himself from Washington for a lengthy period than it would be for the other participants to leave their capitals. He declared emphatically, however, that he is not going to stand on a matter of 24 hours when he has indicated he is willing to go anywhere from Timbuctu to the North Pole to improve prospects for peace. Nevertheless, the President said there must be some definite time limit for the chiefs of state meeting. Pravda, the official organ of the Soviet Communist party, had assailed Mr. Eisenhower’s earlier statement that he thought three days would be sufficient for the heads of government meeting. The Communist publication asserted that it would be impossible to "consider seriously any mature international problem” in such a short time. Mr. Eisenhower spoke in optimistic terms about recent Soviet overtures to Yugoslavia, West Germany and India’s prime minister Nehru. All of this indicates, he said, that there is a change going (Continued on Page Eight) One Man Killed In Five-Car Collision Stop At Cemetery Causes Collision AUSTIN, Ind. (INS) —.Awl-year-old man was killed late Tuesday in a five car collision caused when a woman stopped to place flowers on a relative’s grave in the Austin The victim was Everett Leroy Sipe, 21, of Deputy, Ind. He was killed in an unusual series of accidents which started when Dorothy Taylor, 32, of Paris Crossing, parked her car on Ind. 256 with part of the car still on the highway. . ... Gerald Shelton, 21, of Deputy, stopped to let oncoming traffic pass before swerving around Miss Taylor's car. Howevet, before Shelton could move on his car was struck from behind by a car driven by Miss Sonia Nell Nay, 17, of Deputy. Sipes came over a slight rise, saw the accident and swerved to miss it. However, he lost control on the' rain-swept road and slid broadside into the path of an oncoming car driven by Clarence Hammond, 45, of Scottsburg, who whs taken to Madison clinic for treatment. The others were not injured seriously.

Strike Negotiation Up To Government British Hove Hope Os Ending Strike LONDON (INS) — The start of new negotiations on ending the 11-day-old British rail -strike was up to the government today. The hopes for Settling the dispute brightened Tuesday when the striking locomotive men’s union agreed to talks along the lines suggested by the Trades Union Congress, the giant British labor federation. The’ National Union of Railwaymen, which is not striking but is involved in a rivalry with the locomotive men, also accepted the TUC formula — with some reservations. But the British transport commission, which runs the nationalized railroads, has refused to negotiate while the strike is in progress. . The commission has been backed in this stand by Sir Anthony Eden’s govef niiiehE The' TUC was studying the unions’ replies to its peace offer this morning. It was expected the congress would then approach the minister of labor and ask him to urge the prime minister to agree to negotiations while the walkout was still on. One possible face saving formula would be to have talks ort procedure for negotiations take place under the auspices of the labor ministry. These talks would not be regarded as “negotiations" but would enable the union to call off the strike. % Then, the real negotiations could be started. a . Report Ford Stock On Sale in Fall DETROIT (INS) —-The Detroit Times said today that Ford Motor Co. stock will be put on sale for the first time some time between Oct. 16 and Nov. 16 and that the first issue offered publicly in 61 years is almost certain to carry voting rights. The times said the Ford family reportedly is convinced that working control can be assured with a 16 per cent ownership of all stock by the family and management. The Fords currently hold about 10 per cent of the stock; the remainder is held by the Ford Foundation. Wide Publicity To Dedication Week Fact Sheets Given Radio, TV Stations Roy Kalver, manager of Kalver theaters and co-chairman of the publicity committee of the dedication week program of the Youth and Community Center, June 19 to 25, said today that fact sheets, relating the history of the seven years of endeavor of the people of Decatur to realize the new building. had been given to radio and television stations of this area. 7*he fact sheets will be used to acquaint people of northeastern Indiana with the dedication week program. Several radio and television stations have agreed to announce the various programs planned for the public during dedication week. at Kalver also contacted feature writers on the two Fort Wayne newspapers, and reporters and photographers plan to visit the new Decatur building prior to the dedication Sunday afternoon, June 19. Programs for the entire week will be distributed to all Decatur homes next week, it was reported and the complete program also will appear in the Daily Democrat June 18 along with many other highlights pertaining to the seven-year Job of. soliciting the funds and erecting the quarter million dollar building. " Other members of the publicity committee include Dick Heller, Marlene Laurent, Karen Striker and Polly Lobsiger. • v

Talks Opened With Bethlehem On Steel Pact Bargaining Talks Also Resume With U. S. Steel Today •PITTSBURGH (INS) — Bethlehem Steel opened wage negotiations with the CIO United Steelworkers today while a separate union team' resumed bargaining talks with U. S. Steel. Joseph Larkin, vice president in charge of industrial relations for Bethlehem, said that the objectives of the nation's No. 2 steel producer is to “work out a settlement fair to all concerned.” The corporation employes some 80,000 of the 600,000 steelworkers who will be affected by bargaining talks with the top industry producers this week. David J. McDonald, president of the USW, told newsmen that the union will present the same demands to Bethlehem as were handed to U. S. Steel Tuesday in the opening round of talks dealing with wages. 1 Pensions, Insurance, the so-called ’ >gaaran|eed annual wage and other ‘ fringe issues afe~*fct open for bar--1 gaining under terms of the union’s two-year contract with the industry. The talks got underway as Iron Age Magazine, an authoritative reporter on industry affairs, predicted that steel negotiations.will be more difficult for the industry than was expected because of the auto workers settlement with Ford. The magazine stated that the generous settlement in automotive combined with steel industry prosperity puts the union in its best bargaining position in years. The magazine referred to Industry leaders who are revising their earlier estimates of a ten cents hourly pay increase. Now, the magazine states, the boost is expected to be higher. Talks open Thursday with Jones and Laughlin and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. In all, the USW will hold bargain ing sessions with the top six producers of the industry this week in ,PittsburghLabor observers are optimistic and believe that the union will achieve ita goal without a strike. The two year contract with the steel industry expires next year. The current talks are under the terms of a wage reopening clause. International News Service has (Continuum on Page Eight) Governor Hits At Delinquent Parents Primary Target In General Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Gov. George N. Craig named “delin- , quent parents” as his primary target in the 1957 general assembly. The governor said a check of . Indiana girls school records disclosed that his contention that “juvenile delinquency actually is adult delinquency" is pretty close to the truth. , He said case histories at CleN mont and at the boys’ school at ! Plainfield will be studied, filled , out with family background and used as individual brochures to convince legislators. Craig said false econbmy is just ; as dangerous as “delinquent par- ' ents” and he will ask the legisla- ' ture also to strengthen the law 1 which already requires county ’ courts to appoint probation offi- ’ cers. Thirty-one county court# have 1 ignored the law. The governor said he will do his utmost in the four days the legis- ' lature is in session before his . term in office ends to encourage - action agajnst parents and in favor of stricter probation.

Irwin Reelected To City School Board City Council Again Names Harry Irwin Harry O. Irwin, Decatur auto dealer, was reelected for a threeyear term on the Decatur school board by members of the city council at their regular meeting Tuesday night in the city hall. Irwin, whose first term as a member of the board expires this year, was the only applicant for the post. In electing him, counctlmen commented that he had done- excellent work as a member of the board for the past three years. Al Beavers, the senior member of the council, was elected president pro tern in the absence of Mayor John Doan, who attended the graduation of his son. Robert, from Ball State "Teachers College Tuesday. .... A notice from the stream pollution control board ordering representatives of. the city to- attend hearing June 16 in Indianapolis to determine whether the city is polluting the St. Mary’s river was read and made a matter of record. Also read was a letter from the city of Marion telling how that city disposes of sludge from their sewage disposal plant by selling it to the farmers in liquid form. The city of Decatur has been under mandate for several years to build a sewage disposal plant to prevent pollution of St. Mary’s river. The letter from Marion Is part of the study being conducted by city officials to determine how other cities are handling the problem. In other action Tuesday night, a petition for a street light at the corner of East street and Parkview Drive filed by the residents of that neighborhood was referred to the electric light committee. Also referred to that committee were several petitions for rural line extensions filed by Earl Mounsey of Union township, Weldon L. Zehr of near Clem’s Like, Dwight Whitacre of Washington township and Robert Rider of route five. Contracts between the city and Loren Jones in Root township and between the city and Robert DeLong in Root township for rural line extensions were approved by the council. (Continued on Page XMgbt) Temperatures Will Stay On Chili Side Pressure Systems Moving Slightly CHICAGO (INS) — The persistence of pressure systems over the country with little day to day movement continues today. The low center near Chicago is proving very reluctant to move on although Thursday morning it should cross lower Michigan and reach Lake Huron. In the meantime, high pressure and partly cloudy weather which is crested over the Northwestern great plains and central Canada will continue slowly southeastward. The area of rain which extends over most of Illinois, eastern Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana will continue today, ending tonight in Illinois and Wisconsin and gradually ending Thursday through Michigan and Indiana. To the west, fair, cool and drier weather already covering lowa and Minnesota will gradually extend eastward as the northwestern high center -moves to the northern plains. By Thursday, mostly fair to partly cloudy cool weather will spread into Illinois and Wisconsin with the fair weather continuing over lowa and Minnesota. Temperatures will be on the chilly side tonight partciularly in northwestern Minnesota, where by early Thursday readings will be near 40. For Indiana, the low tonight is expected to be 55-60 with a high today of 65-72.

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Surprise Bid / From Russia To Adenauer Propose Discussion On Restoration Os Normal Relations BONN (INS)—The West German ‘government announced today its conditional acceptance of Russia’s invitation to chancellor Konrad Adenauer to visit Moscow and discuss restoration of normal relations. An authoritative source said the Bonn government wants to consult Its western allies before formal acceptance of the invitation. It was letyned U. .8. secretary of state John Foster Dulles already has approved an Adenauer mission to Moscow. It was understood the British and French governments are being sounded on their attitude. Informants said Dulles and British and French officials have been assured that the Moscow talks i contemplated by Adenauer would ; not jeopardize the Bonn govern- ■ ment.'s commitments to the weatf ern powers. Most Christian Democratic mem- . bers of the Bona cabinet approved , acceptance of the Soviet invite i Hon. i It was understood other coalition parties also support the idea. The Paris agreements reserve to the allies the right to deal with Russia on the unification problem. But the German experts- stress that if Adenauer agrees to the Soviet request to negotiate resumption of trade and diplomatic relations, this would be “outside” the limitations on sovereignty imposed tn Paris. -a. . _ Authoritative informants said Adenauer is expected to go to ! Moscow before the projected Big . Four conference at the summit this summer. The western powers have proposed the Big Four , chiefs of government meet in Geneva July 18. I The 79 year old leader of the I Federal Republic withheld com- . ment on the surprising Russian ofI fer to play host to the man who , has devoted all his energies in the last six years to tieing West Germany securely to the allied world. A Bonn spokesman did say Tuesday night that the government was ready to enter diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union as Moscow's note also proposed. The Russian communication, relayed Tuesday through the Paris embassies of the two nations, hit -Bonn like a bombshell. But there was a general feeling that the offer to restore normal relations was completely in line with Moscow’s recent foreign policy and was a bold move towards its apparent goal of a neutral Germany as one of a belt of buffer states across central Europe. Looming over the invitation was the prospect that Moscow would offer the unification of the divided nation in return for a pledge of neutrality. The chancellor, however, already has rejected such a bargain. Adenauer’s decision on whether (Continues on Page Eight) No Objections To Fund Appropriation N<j remonstrators appeared at the public hearing held Tuesday by the state board of tax commissioners, preliminary to approval of the request for additional appro-priation*-of |76,225. Money transferred is to be used for completion of the Northwest elementary school. Superintendent of schools, W. Guy Brown, represented the school city at hearing. Formal approval of the request will ? come in the next few days from thq full board, following receipt ,of the representative’s report /(hat there were no objections to the request. The hearing was scheduled for the office of county auditor Frank Kltson.