Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1955 — Page 1

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_ rr __ PRESENT VIEWS ON FOREIGN AID ■ BEFORE APPEARING at an executive session of the house foreign affairs committee. Gen. Alfred Gruenther (left), supreme commander, Allied PoWers; and assistant defense secretary Struve Hensel (right), confer with Rep. James Richards, (D-S.C.), the committee chairman. They presented their views on the foreign aid program.

Rapid Rush To Mass Output Os Vaccine Blamed Scheele Declares Confidence In Salk Polio Vaccine Shots WASHINGTON (INS) — The rapid rush to mass production of Salk vaeeine, combined with inadequate tests and regulations, was blamed by the government today for the breakdown of the nationwide polio inoculation program. U< S. surgeon general Leonard A. Scheele disclosed these points in a “white paper” released early today detailing the long and complex series of difficulties which from the start plagued the "bright promise" of protection against polio. Rut he emphasized in the detailed scientific report the government's confidence in the anti-polio shots and predicted they foreshadow the prevention of other equally baffling diseases. In the frank, self-critical “white paper,” Scheele traced the stop and go confusion over Salk vaccine to these “unexpected” stumbling blocks: 1. The rapid rush to mass production. 2. Tests that weren't sensitive enough. 3. Government regulations that weren't strict enough. But Scheele said the lessons learned in recent weeks have already had important results: the establishment of rigid new safety standards, and a sweeping reorganization of the government's medical laboratory set-up. . The surgeon general admitted in his report to welfare secretary Oveta Culp Hobby that tragic ,experience forcibly demonstrated that “inadequate” tests provided “poor evidence” of safety. Scheel explained that “inactivation’' of dangerous live virus during the normal course of production was he key to the safety of the vaccine as outlined by Dr. JpndS E. Salk, its developer. But he said that every one of the six manufacturers departed from the original theories as they moved from small to large scale production. This, he indicated, threw many of Salk's built-in safeguards out of kilter. Complicating the problem, he declared, was the fact that safety tests were “less sensitive.and consistent than desired" — so that live virus could slip through undetected. Summing up he original safety standards under which four to five million children received vaccinations Scheele declared: “There is inadequate assurance that vaccine so produced and tested will with any degree of certainty be consistently below some given level of virus content.” The surgeon general said the government still does not know wheher any of these faults explain the growing list of polio cases among children incoulated with vaccine from the Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley, Calif. Taking up the government's role in the program, the surgeon general said the original requirements harided down by the laboratory of biologies control also contributed to the vaccine crisis. He admitted that these regulations did not require manufacturers to reveal that trouble was plaguing the production line, that inactivation procedures failed “for (Continued on Page KlgUt)

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Total Solar Eclipse Is Due On June 20 Eclipse Will Not Be Visible Here NEW YORK (INS) — A couple of celestial headliners revive the oldest shbw on earth June 20 for an international audience of several score experts and millions of curious, • Admission is free, but if Americans want to see it, they’ll have to travel half way around the globe —and-be sure to get there on time. The longest total solar eclipse of this century will last less than eight minutes. Many astronomers say it will be the longest in 1,238 years, which goes back to- the year 717, in the Middle Ages. In those days, calculations were souiewlnu haphazard But today’s experts at New York's Hayden Planetarium have figured the June 20 spectacle down to the fraction of a second. Even though the sun will be at least 94,500,000 miles from the earth and the moon about 222,500, the Hayden pinpointers have been able to figure that the moon will blot out the sun completely along a narrow strip running eastward from the Indian Ocean. Their map calculations show the blackout strip will stretch across little Ceylon, Thailand and part of the Philippines and extend into the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Island jungles where U.S. marines launched America's first ground offensive of World War II nearly 13 years ago. On the outer fringes—such as Arabia and New Zealand—observers will see what will appear to be a partial eclipse—depending on their distance from the blackout path. Eclipse time will come during the night of Sunday-Monday—June 19-20 —in the United States, but it won’t be worthwhile waiting up. No part of the blackout will be visible from any part of North of South America. But a photographic record, in eluding a color documentary motion picture, will be made by a special four man team from the American Museum Hayden Planetarium in New York. About 20 American scientists and photographers are making special flying “eclipse” expeditions. They will join the several thousand Americans already in the Far East and Pacific areas and the millions of local residents in watching the “once in a lifetime” spectacle. The rest of this year’s schedule shows, in addition to the June 20 phenomenon, a partial eclipse of the moon due on Nov. 29 and an “annular” eclipse of the sun on Dec. 14. None will be visible in any part of the U. S. The next total solor eclipse visible in this country is due on Oct. 2, 1959. It Will black out the sun completely in parts of Connect!(Continued on Page Five) BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—The congressional chairman of military atomic matters declared today the U. S. will have to step up its production of atomic weapons to meet the new threat of Soviet military superiority. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (DWash.) chairman of the joint atomic subcommittee on military applications, made the prediction after hearing testimony by Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther on condition* in his NATO defense setup.

Dixon - Yates Fund Rejected By House Group Key Money Request Os Eisenhower Cut By Group In House WASHINGTON (INS) — The house appropriations committee today rejected one of President Eisenhower's key money requests for the controversial Dixon • Yates power project. In an effort to kill the project, the house group turned thumbs down on construction of transmission lines between the Dixon-Yates plant at West Memphis, Ark., and the Tennessee Valley Authority's system. « At the same time, the committee diverted the $6.5 million proposed by Mr. Eisenhower for the transmission lines to TVA construction of a steam generating plant at Fulton, Tenn., an administration opposed project. The Dixon-Yates combine has a contract with the atomic energy commission to construct the SIOO million West Memphis plant with private funds. The contract was negotiated at the President’s direction over Democratic protests. Power from the Dixon-Yates plant would be fed into the TVA system to compensate for electricity now being furnished by the TVA for atomic installations. The house committee, in recommending against the President’s proposal stated that "the DixonYates arrangements are in litigation at the present time and there is no indication it will be settled soon.” The state of Tennessee and the city of Memphis have gone to court in an effort to block the project. The committee asserted that the TVA-system faces a power shortage by 1958 unless facilities for increased production of electricity are begun immediately. It instructed the TVA to proceed “at once” with the Fulton plant, which will cost S9O million. American Priest Released By Reds . . . ... ‘ Catholic Missionary iFreed-ln Hong Kong HONG KONG (INS) —American Roman Catholic missionary Father Frederick A. Wonaghy was released in Hong Kong today by communist China. 1 The 51-year-o!d Maryknoll priest from New Bedford,,Mass., looked thin and pale as he crossed the border to freedom. , Unofficial Catholic sources said Fr. Dpnaghy toM British authorities he was summoned before a Chinese Communist official three days ago and was told he would be expelled for ‘‘subversion.’* It was known that the American priest was jailed about' Christmas time in 1950 and then released in July, 1951. He was refused permission to leave the country after that. Fr. Doriaghy was a missionary in China for 20 years and was serving as bishlp of Wouchow in Kwangsi Province before he was imprisoned by the Reds. The priest is the fifth American to be released by the RetU in the (Continue*! on Pag* Five)

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Radford, Wilson Urge Congress Pass Measure On Military Reserves

U. S. Will Help To Arm Austria Under Treaty Dulles Urges Senate Ratify Pact Before Big Four Meeting WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles told Congress today the U. S. will help arm Austria to “defend its independence and neutrality” under the Austrian treaty. Dulles urged the senate to ratify the Austrian pact in advance of the Big Four conference in order to “open the way” to further Soviet cooperation. Testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, Dulles was asked by chairman Walter F. George (D Ga.), if the U.S. plans to give assistance to Austria in rearming for its own protection. Dulles replied: “If it is requested, and we think it will be, we will give some assistance to Austria in equipping forces allowed by the treaty.” The secretary said Americans “scarcely dare hope” that Russia will take its military forces out of Rumania and Hungary, a» previously indicated, now that the Austria treaty is a reality. Dulles pledges that before the U. S. enters into a guarantee of Austrian neutrality, as proposed in the Soviet Austrian understanding of April 15, the administration “will consult the senate.” He told the senate foreign relations committee: "It may open the way to further cooperation to fulfill other wartime pledges. It is the hope of the President and myself that the United States will complete its ratification processes promptly and prior to the forthcoming meeting of the heads of government of the ‘Big Four’. “We hope that this will be done (Continued on Page Eight) Cold Weather To Continue In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The cold wave will linger a spell in Indiana according to the five day weather forecasT. Temperatures during the next five days wil laverage six to 12 degrees below normal highs -‘Of 82. to 85 degrees and lows of 58 Jo 62. Weathermen warned it will be unseasonably cool throughout the period with only minor day to day changes.

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Asks Million Dollars To Pay Parley Cos! Cover U. S. Cost Os Big Four Meeting WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower asked congress today for one million dollars to cover the U' S. cost of the forthcoming Big Four conference. Mr. Eisenhower requested another* supplemental appropriation of $1)036,000 to pay for a recent increase in state departmenj'overseas cables charges and an unexpected step up in passports issued to Americans traveling abroad. Part of the rise in the communications bill is due to the heavy flow of words to and from the State Department during recent foreign ministers meetings in Paris and Vienna. The one million dollars will cover the cost of the foreign ministers sessions which will follow (he Big Four "summit” meeting, as well as the conference of the chiefs of state. The money will pay for such Items as transportation, hotel bills and expense allowances for State Departmnet experts and other aides who will accompany Mt, Eisenhower to the conference in Geneva. —

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Proposes Lev Case To Justice Dept. Senate Committee Continues Hearing WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. George Bender (R-Ohio) proposed ■ today that the senate investigations subcommittee toss the fabulous case of hatmaker Harry Lev to the justice department. The Ohioan — Lev’s severest critic and foremost straight man at hearings on charges of graft in military procurement — made the suggestion as Lev was called to testify for the fourth day. The subcommittee was scheduled to question two unidentified witnesses privately at 10 a. m. (EDT) prior to a public session a half hour later. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) told newsmen evidence “conclusively establishes” t h at Lev is in error when he claims he had a go ahead to revise one army cap contract for a net gain Ok 126,000. Lev said two officers gave him permission to pack two hats in a box instead of one' before he got the contract for 577,000 pieces of headgear. They denied it. * But Thursday's session was highlighted more by Leifs antics and ad libs than by hii serious points of testimony. * He revealed, for example, that he was told Mrs. Melia Hort, his former government girl friend, was demanding 615,000 from him although he said he never heard it called “blackmail.” A new light was shed on the Chicago millionaire's ties with the former military contracts administrator, too, when the subcommittee produced an exchange of notes between them in Yiddish. In one note, written on a train or plane, the raven haired Mrs. Hort told the balding, 53-year-old manufacturer: “To bad that you are there and that I am sitting here and that we cannot hold hands.” And Lev, according to a translation, sent a note back saying: “I’ll change seats." Lev said they broke up soon afterward, and about a year later (Oontinueu on Page Slight) Noon Appreciation Luncheon June 21 Explorer Scouts To Assist At Luncheon Clarence Ziner, chairman of the luncheon arrangements for the appreciation program, being sponsored at noon Tuesday, June 21, by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, as part of the dedicatory activities for the Decatur Youth and Community center, has announced that Explorer scouts have volunteered their services in assisting with the crowd. The luncheon is to be buffet style, starting at 11:30! and continuing through 42:30 o’clock. The Scouts will see that the crowd is properly seated and will serve the water and other incidentals. Ziner is being assisted by Cliff Brown and Ted Hill in this part of the program. The speaker for this event is to be Lisle D. Hodell, of Fort Wayne, general manager of the general purpose motor department of the General Electric company, of which the Decatur plant is a part. He has been a teacher of a large Fort Wayne Bible class for 36 years and as president of the Fort Wayne YrM.C.A. and the Fort Wayne Rescue Mission is an authority on youth. He is also considered one of the best and most informed speakers connected with industry in the middle west. Tickets now being distributed through the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to local and out of city guests are selling for $1.25. Those persons with tickets are asked to report by next Tuesday. Those who do not have tickets and wish to attend may purchase them at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce offices. 1 .<■

Pay Raise For Postal Workers f , Signed By Ike Eisenhower Signs 8.1 Per Cent Pay Raise For Workers 1 WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower today signed into ■ law an 8.1 percent pay raise for the nation's 500,000 postal workers. Mr. Eisenhower hailed the measure, approved by congress Tuesday, as the “greatest forward 1 step” for postal employes in more than a century. 1 The President, who had vetoed ’ a previous bill calling for an 8.8 percent increase, said the revised J meaure grants a fair pay raise ’ to “each and every employe.” 1 He said it will also place the wages for postal jobs in proper 1 relationship to each other, elimin--1 ating inequities .in the present 1 law. r Postmaster general Arthur E. Summerfield promised that the ’ new pay plan will be put into op1 eration “promptly.” • He said a general increase of ‘six percent will be mad-J effective ’ for the payroll- period beginning 1 June 16. Retroactive checks for ■ the increase between March 1 and ' June 16 will be given to employes 1 on July 15. Summerfield said the additional ' increases, provided through re- ' classification provisions of the new law, probably will go into ■ effect in December. ; . Flag Day Service l : Next Tuesday Night Annual Services At Elks Home Tuesday t The annual Flag Day services, . sponsored by the Decatur Elks lodge, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars of this city, will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock on the lawn of the Elks home on North Second street. John G. Relber, prominent Fort Wayne attorney, will deliver the address. Reiber, a former prosecuting attorney of Allen county, is now deputy prosecutor. A graduate of the Indiana University law school in 1940, he is a lieutenantcolonel in the air force reserves, and is a member of the Fort Wayne Elks lodge. The Flag Day ritualistic service will be conducted by Hubert P. Schmitt, Jr., exalted ruler of the local Elks, and his staff of officers. The history of the Hag will be read by George F. Laurent, a former exalted ruler of the lodge. The Decatur high school band will lead the line of march to the Elks, and will also provide special ■ music during the service. Both veterans’ organizations will provide cblor guards. Laurent Is Speaker ' At Rotary Meeting George F. Laurent, personnel and lab relations director at the Decatur General Electric plant, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. The speaker discussed the guaranteed annual wage plari and its relations tt> the local industry. Following his discussion, Laurent and John Welch, manager of the G. E. plant aiTd chairman of the program, conducted a question and answer period on GAW. Attlee Retained As Labor Party Head LONDON (INS) — Clement Attlee, 72, was retained as chairman of the British Labor party today by labor members of parliament. There was no opposition to his re-election. , l

State Police Probe Republican Charges Concern Operation Os State Hospital INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A state police investigation was underway today into charges made by three Jefferson county Republican officials concerning operation of the Madison state hospital. Gov. George N. Craig told news- . men that he did not wish to dis- > cuss the charges, which he said • were “of a criminal nature” until - after they had been investigated. Jefferson county GOP chairman - Baxter McGee, the county’s vlce- - chairman. Miss Dorothy Co, and I Bernard Rahe, Madison city Res publican chairman, conferred for an hour and a half Thursday afterI noon with Doxie Moore, Gov. I Craig’s patronage secretary. I The Jefferson county Republican > committee last month adopted a resolution asking that Dr. Otto B. s McAtee, Madison hospital superin- ' tendent, and Douglas Crenshaw, • personnel director, be fire because they hired a Democrat for hospital fire chief. The governor’s office called the i Jefferson county party officials earlier this week, and set up the conference with Moore. No date was given tor complettß of the sute police investigation info the charges made at Thursday afternoon’s session. Horace Coats, Gov. Craig’s des--1 ignated spokesman, said that so far as he knew, the charges dealt with a condition that existed before Dr. McAtee came to the hos- ' pital and that the superintendent ' had been trying to clear up the matter. Craig praised Dr. McAtee for doing a good job at Madison, but commented that possibly his public relations with the townspeople may not have been good. McGee said frankly that his chief concern was the fact that John Armstrong, Madison Democrat, was named to the hospital job instead of a "deserving Republican.” The GOP of Jefferson county » have charged before that Democrats hold down many of the jobs (Continued on Page Eight) Spring Festival To Open Here Monday Festival Will Run All Os Next Week Glen Wyble’s Hiawatha Shows with 50 concessions will move into Decatur Sunday afternoon to prepare for the annual spring festival June 13 through 18 sponsored by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Lyle Mallonee, general chairman of arrangements for the festival, has announced that any person who wishes to work setting up the various stands and rides may do so by contacting Wyble on the midway at about 3 p.m. Sunday. The fair will feature several sidoshows and displays, four rides for adults and several kiddie rides and free acts. Among the free acts scheduled is that In which “Happy Jack” Lewis will tow a car with hia4eeth down main street. One of the main events of the fair each evening beginning Tuesday will be the amateur show which will start at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. It will be held on the court house ramp. Judges will select a winner in each of the two age groups each evening. The nightly winners will compete Saturday for the grand prize. All entrants under 12 years of age have been placed in one group and those over 12 in another group. Kenneth Shannon is chairman of the amateur show. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable oloudlnese and local thunderstorms mostly in south portion, a little cooler Saturday. Low tonight In the 50s. High Saturday 6MB.

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Deficiency In U. S. Defenses If Bill Fails Back Continuation Os Draft, Passage Os Reserve Measure WASHINGTON (INS) —Adm. Arthur W. Radford said today there will be an “important deficiency” in the nation’s defenses if congress fails to pass the houseshelved military reserves bill. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and defense secretary Charles E. Wilson sent the senate armed services committee statements endorsing continuation of the draft law on which the committee is holding hearings. But they, as weft as assistant defense secretary Carter L. Burgess, who appeared in person, used the occasion as a forum to urge action on President Elsenhower’s reserves bill. ' The reserves measure is bogged down in the house because’ of ananti • . segregation amendment. House leaders believe they can defeat the rider if they get a “fresh” bill froxn jhe sengtp. ' ... ... . ~ ■Radterd.. draft act is continued, “there will still remain an important deficiency in our defense program which must be remied, namely the serious shortcomings in our reserve program.” He said the Improvement of the reserve forces to “meet today’s requirements for rapid mobilisation” is a “must.” Burgess said he appeared “to support as strongly and clearly as my heart and mind will permit the realistically conceived- and equitable reserve program of the President” Senate GOP leader William F. Knowland predicted that a bill can get through the senate without the anti - segregation provision. Still under discussion, however, is how the senate shall proceed. There has been talk of combining the reserve bill—which Mr. Eisenhower urgently asked for Wednesday — with legislation to continue the draft. But opponents fear that a combination bill might endanger extension of the draft act, which otherwise will expire June 30. The senate armed services committee was to call Pentagon witnesses today in a drive to complete hearings by nightfall on the draft bill. Craig Blasis Mass I Production Justice Woman With Cancer Sentenced To Term INDIANAPOLIS (INS) -— A gubernatorial blast at “mass production justice” which permitted the arrest and sentencing to prison of a woman in advanced stages of cancer brought a weary reply today of "overcrowded court dockets.” Governor George N. Craig waa informed of the case when he viaited the Indiana woman’s prison Thursday. Superintendent Helen K. Hudson said the illness es the woman was apparent when she was brought to the prison on a drunk conviction. Mrs. Hudson said she arranged for admission of the prisoner to Robert Long hospital where a major operation was performed, but her condition was reported “not encouraging.” The woman told Mrs. Hudson that she informed the two Indianapolis officers who arrested her as she stood on a street corner in her night gown, covered by a coat, that she was on her way to the hospital for treatment of canoer. However, the officers took her to city jail, where she Waa held without treatment until her trial, (Continuea ea Pare Eight)