Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 136.

AMBULANCE TAKES PRESIDENT TO HOSPITAL AN ARMY AMBULANCE swings through the gates of the White House to take President Elsenhower Cd Walter Reed hospital early Friday morning. Eleven doctors at the famous army hospital conferred following his arrival and agreed in the initial diagnosis of an intestinal disorder. - - - - - - - — ■ ---. ■■ ■■-- '■■■ 11 "■> —■ — — an ■■■■_ I >llll-1

Illness Poses New Angles On Election Year Political Impact Os Ike's Illness On Campaign Year WASHINGTON (UP) — President Eisenhower's illness will put new muscle into campaign issues which Democrats believe are basic in their effort to defeat him this year. No. 1 is the charge that the Republicans are seeking to elect a part-time president—a man physically unequal to the demands of that office. No. 2 is the fact that Vice President Richard M. Nixon sure will be Mr. Elsenhower’s running mate and would succeed him if-he failed to complete a second term. Whether those issues cbuld be as effective as many Democrats hope and believe is debatable. There is not much doubt, however, thAt any physical difficulties, permanent or temporary, would serve during this presidential campaign to remind voters that Mr. Eisenhower did suffer last September a serious heart seizure. • .— The stumbling fall of stock quotations and the wild rumors such as swept Washington Friday do not mean much. The basic political importance of Mr. Eisenhower’s illness depends now on how soon and successfully he recovers. It depends, also, on the manner in which he stands up to the pressure of the campaign and the presidential office between now and next November. Mr. Eisenhower made one of the controlling decisions of his varied career last winter when he appeared before the nation by television on Feb. 28 to announce that he was fit and ready to run again. A halting recovery form his present illness or a series of such attacks could pose to him again a decision of the utmost personal and political significance. Persons who know the President best believe he would stand aside if he felt unequal to his responsibilities. He has firmly said as much. Such talk is enough to make Republican party strategists arise screaming in their beds at night. It could happen, although the nature of Mr. Eisenhower's illness as so far disclosed falls far short of any threat of serious disability or protracted convalescence. There is, however, the vital statistic of the President’s age. He will be 66 by election day. The President himself has remarked that np man elected at that age has completed a second term. The thought that Mr. Eisenhower might step aside, however remote that possibility may be, naturally chills Republican party leaders. They almost never have had it so good as since last Feb. 29 when the President said he could run. again. AU of that could change in the wink of an eye, and they know it. Legion Will Name Officers Monday The annual election of officers of Adams Post 43. American Legion, will be held at the Legion home Monday, with the polls open from 12 noon until 8 p.m. Following closing of the polls, the regular meeting of the post will be held, with all members urged to attend.

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Nation Hopeful Os Recovery For Ike Concern Expressed From Both Parties The nation forgot party differences today and expressed its concern and hope fro President Eisenhower’s quick recovery. Leaders of both parties have refrained from any statements as to the political implications of the - President’s operation for an intest tinal ailment. # Former. President Truman, vaca- ■ tioning in Paris, declared for himi self and Democrats: “ I sure hope it’s not serious. I sure hope not.” Vice President Richard M. Nixon 1 told 306 Young Republicans that ■ the President ‘‘is going to be back f on the firing line very soon." licans at their leadership conferNixon joined the young RepubI cern and hope for President Eis Eisenhower’s recovery. He stood - during the ceremony with eyes closed and his hands clenched 5 tightly behind his back. ’ The vice president had spent the • day inconspicously in the back- ’ ground when the President's iil- ’ ness and hospiatlixation were an- ’ nounced. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Estes ’ Kefauver, both vacationing following their hard California primary 1 campaign, expressed hopes for a speedy recovery. “I share the concern of every--1 one and their hope the President 1 will recovery speedily and completely,” Stevenson said at the ' r Santa Barbara guest ranch where he is relaxing. Kefauver, at Palm Springs on . the California desert, said, “ I hope i and pray that the President is not seriously ill and 1 join with all American in wishing him a speedy , recovery.” z Gov. Averall Harriman said in . Albany, N.Y., that he was ’concerned to hear about the President’s illness.” "He hasmy prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery.” said. Sen. Styles Bridges (R-NH chairman of the senate Republican policy committee, said he was "sorry to hear the President is indisposed.” (Continued on Pag* Four) Moose To Sponsor Dance Friday For School Graduates Adams Lodge 1811, Loyal Order of Moose, announced today that its -members had voted to sponsor a dance for all 1956 high school graduates next Friday night at 8:30 p.m. The dance will be held at the local Moose home, which is located at the corner of First and Jackson Streets. Music for this dance will be paid for through the cooperation of Local 607 of the American Federation of Musicians. A grant from the music performance trust fund of the recording industry will make this event possible. The local lodge pointed out that all 1956 graduates are invited and that each is permitted to bring a high school guest or other graduate of this year. It was also noted that free hot dogs and soft drinks will be provided. Gomm.ittee members are completing plans for a large crowd for this first annual "Adame county graduates dance.” General chairman for the event is Frank Hebble, others on the steering committee are Louis Sheets, Robert Gerber and Carl Sheets. Music for the occasion wfll be provided by the "Keynoters'’, “a fine musical 1 unit,” as one of the committee, members put it

- — ■ Dulles Warns Against Cuts In Foreign Aid Says Aid Program . Is Vital Part Os ; Peace Insurance AMES, lowa (UP)—Secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned - today that deep foreign aid cuts - may increase “the risk of war.” : He said the foreign aid program. ’ which the house cut by 81,100,000,- > 000, is a vital part of this country’s t 40-billion-dollar "peace Insurance t policy” which includes national defense as well as overseas aid. Both are expensive but necessa- - ry, he declared. Dulles made no direct reference 1 to the house cut but he made an s impassioned plea for the aid pro--1 gram. The administration hopes the cut will be at least partly res stored by the senate. Dulles also said “a new day may - be dawning” in Russia that will - lead eventually to a decent Soviet government. « s But he cautioned that “it won’t ■ come this year or the next.” He emphasized the United States must i keep its guard up for the time betag, ~ Commenting on foreign aid cuts, : Dulles said: , "When dealing with the peace i and security of this nation, it is - risky to seek bargain - counter prices. Cut prices may not save money—except by increasing the risk of war." Dulles made the statements In a major 'foreign policy address prepared for commencement exercises at lowa State College. His speech was entitled “The Cost of . Peace.” President Eisenhower told his news conference last Wednesday that he had read the speech in advance and strongly endorsed it. Dulles said no responsibile U.S. administration ever will put faith in “protestations of peace and goodwill that have no dependable foundation,” obviously referring to Russia. “But there are signs that a new day may be dawning," e he said. “The Soviet rulers now profess to renounce the doctrine that violence is a necessary part of their foreign policy.” He noted that Stalin is being desanctified, the Christian Bible is being published again in Russia for the first time in years and the Russian people are getting more personal security. Both in Russia and the captive nations, he said, there is an “intense” demand for more freedom from fear. “Out of all of this there may come—not this year, or next year, (Gonthwed, on Page Six) Veteran Printer Dies At Bluffton C. Frank Ulmer, 75. printer and newspaper pressman for 59 years at Bluffton, died Friday evening in the Wells county hospital following an extended illness. He was a member of the First Baptist church, the Moose and IOOF lodges. Surviving are the widow, Ethel; four daughters, the Misses Martha and Helen Ulmer of Bluffton, Mrs. Glenn Wheeler Os Hartford City and Mrs. Robert Eichhorn of Hunttagton. and a brother, Martin Ulmer of Kilgore, Tex. Funeral services will be heM at 2 p.m. Monday at the Thoma funeral home, with burial' in the Six Mile cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 9, 1956.

Eisenhower Undergoes Surgery, Condition Is Reported As Excellent — . —■ . ■ '■ ■

- House Delays Final Vole On Foreign Aid Tentatively Votes w s Huge Slash In Bill Fof Foreign Aid /WASHINGTON (UP) — house, after tentatively approving a deep • slashed 83.8 billion version of the administration’s foreign aid bill, put off until Monday, a final vote off the measure. The 84.9 billion program asked, by President Eisenhower was cut I virtually largely on the word oS, Rep. James Richards (D-S.C.), chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, who assured memf bers the smaller sum was all that I was needed. j Late Friday the house tentatively approved the bill giving 54 American allfes 82 billion i» mili- . tary aid and 81-8 billion in eco--9 nomic aid. Final action was posts poned until Monday because many ~ members were absent. However, the house was all but . certain Jo ratify the bill agreed on Friday. e The fight will then shift to the n senate where the administration plans a major effort- to restore B of the 81.1 billion the hw»%s cut. The house also voted to halt U.S. , aid to Yugoslavia unless President ] Eisenhower personally decides to t continue it. This was a victory for Mr. Eisenhower in the sense that t he had urged a wait-and-see atti- > tude toward Marshal Tito at his t last news conference. The bill originally carried 815 mfllfon In economic aid and a secret amount of military aid for Communist Yugoslavia. , Most of the house cut — 81 bili lion of it — was in military equip- . ment and weapons for free world , nations. This was 8600 million ’ more than the amount President Eisenhower set as the bare minimum needed to offset the dangers , of Russian aggression. Summer Recreation Program Underway Worthman Field To Be Opened Monday Steve Everhart, city park supervisor, today announced that Worthman field will be officially opened Monday for the summer recreation program. "... . The summer program is under the joint sponsorship of the city of Decatur and the public school >ystem, and provides much needed recreation for youngsters and adults alike. The field will be open from 9 a.m until 4:30 five days each week. Monday through Friday. Craft work will £e offered each of these days from 1 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Robert Worthman is in charge of boys recreation, which Includes Minor league baseball league ( games each Monday and Wedneslay morning. Miss Janet Everhart will be in charge of the craft work, assisted by Miss Dorcas Sumau. In addition to the baseball and craft activities, the field also has many other recreation facilities, including horseshoes, shufileboard. tennis, washer game, basketball, rides, slides, swings and sandboxes. The tennis and basketball courts are also equipped with lights, making them available for night recreation, particularly ,for adults. In addition to these activities, the field is busy nearly every night with baseball. There are Pony League games every Monday night. Little League games every Tuesday and Friday night, some Little League and Pony League games on Saturday nights, Klenk’s semi-pro team utilizes the field for Sunday (Con tinned on Pare Four) ' ■ v <

Pilton Eisenhower aits College Post Quits As Prexy Os Pennsylvania State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UP) —Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, who -served the federal government in advisory capacities under three presidents, Friday night announced his resignation as president \.x>f Pennsylvania State University for : "personal reasons.” • ■ • The educator’s announcement was disclosed shortly after he left. Penn State campus by plane for' the bedside 6f his ailing brothPresident Eisenhower, at WaiIter Reed Army Hospital. I Eisenhower told university trusU tees in a letter dated June 7 his resignation will be effective "no , later than December 31.” He said he was resigning with “utmost re- ; gret.” Dr. Eisenhower explained verbally he had reached his decision , as long as a month ago. He said he hoped the public would not ■ link the action with the illness of . his brother. r • The letter of resignation emphasized Dr. Eisenhower had not de- : cided upon his future professional i responsibility. To forestall “needless speculation,” he said he had » “no intention of joining the staff i of the federal government." »- George H. Deike, president of J tag Jmard of trustees, expressed regret and said the board will ask . Dr. Eisenhower to reconsider hito t decision. > “There is nothing this board • would not do to keep the services . of Dr. Deike said. ■ ‘The educator’s close associates i confirmed his resignation was motivated by personal convictions, which were not disclosed. They said his decision bore no connection with Eisenhower’s advisory role in Washington. Eisenhower has been one of his brother's closest advisors. He is an agricultural expert, and in 1945 was appointed by 'then secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson to reorganize the U. S. agriculture department. Eisenhower has acquired a reputation as a skillful government trouble-shooter, and is known for his political versatility and organ izing talent. During his vacation in 1953, Eisenhower.. conducted , a 20.600 mile tour of 10 South American coun tries as a goodwills ambassador of his brother. He also served in recent years on a committee headed by Nelson Rockefeller which studied ways and means of improving organization of the federal government. Soviet Labor Chief Resigns Position No Reason Is Given For Kaganovich Act MOSCOW (UP) — First deputy: premier Lzar Kaganovich, veteran economic trouble-shooter of the Soviet Union, has relinquished his post as chairman of the state com- / mittee ca labor and wages, it wa» I announce* today. No reason was given. Alexander Volkov, chairman of the Soviet of the Union, one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet, succeeded him as Soviet labor chief. The announcement, published In the official Communist party newspaper Pravda, said Kaganovich was relieved of the committee post at his own request. He is the second of the “old Bolsheviks” to give up a majoY post in the Soviet government in little more than a week. Vyacheslav M. Molotov resigned as foreign minister oti June 1. Both Kaganovich and Molotov were closely identified with tfye late Josef Stalin. There have been reports that Kaganovich .was StuHu’s brotherdu-law. ~ e Kaganovich was. appointed chairman of the committee in 1955 with (Continued on Pago-Four)

Pin Propaganda Label On New Bulganin Note ; American Officials i Label Latest Note r As Mere Propaganda WASHINGTON (UP) — Amerit can officials today pinned a "pure” t- propaganda” label on Soviet Pre- ‘ mier Nikolai Bulganin's new disarmanment letter to President Ei- ■ senhower. Authorities said Bulganin's let- ■ ter contained no new proposal to 1 break the long-standing U.S.-Soviet 1 deadlock on disarmament Instead, 1 the Soviet premier claimed great credit for Russia's announced plan to lop 1.2 million men from her armed forces and challenged tiie > United States to follow the Soviet 1 lead with a “significant contribution” toward world peace. r Bulganin’s letter, delivered to the President Thursday, was made public Friday night by the White ' House. It appealed to the United 1 States to cut American forces in • Germany as a first step toward I ending the arms race. f The Sbviet premier noted that Russia recently announced plans f to demobilize 1.2 million men and 4 jlast ypar said she would cut 000 men from her military mk8 chine. He said it is “hard” to place 1 faith in current United Nations 5 disarmament efforts. Thus, he urged the United States, Britain ’ and France to join Russia in a ■ “new approach to the adjustment ■ of the disarmament problem” outside the United Nations. This new approach, he said, would require individual actions of the various nations with big armed forces. Bulganin also noted that Russia plans to remove 30,000 men from Soviet forces now stationed in East Germany and suggested that the United States, Brtain and France do the same thing. American authorities said the I (lOontljiued on Page Six) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warm today and Sunday. Fair, little change in temperature tonight,. Low tonight 55-62. High Sunday SASS. Mondey: Continued mostly fair with little change In temperature. Eleclric Power Line Torn Down By Truck J Bakery Truck Hits Pole This Morning An Indiana-Michigan electric power line was torn down this morning in Root township north of Decatur when a Stewart Bakery truck operated by Kenneth Conrad, 38, of Decatur, went out of control. *»■. The steering apparatus w-ent out on the truck when it hit a deep chuck hole on a county road. The truck swerved off the road hitting the utility pole afid damaging some fencing on the ' Herman WebeY property. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at 8300. The accident yas investigated by deputy sheriff Charles Arnold. Two vehicles were damaged in an accident Friday at 2:30 p.m. at a county road intersection a mile south and seven miles east of Berne. Herbert Schaadt, 45, of Berne route two, was headed east and Frederick Lehman, 18, of Berne route two, was going south when the vehicles collided at the unmarked intersection. Damage was estimated at 8400 to the lonian car. The other vehicle was listed as a total loss. Lehman wap-arrested for operating a motor vefwele without a valid Operator:# .jiceqse. -Deputy atjeriff Arnold and state trooper Dan Kwasaeski investigated.

Benson Announces About Face Policy Reverses Stand On Soil Bank Payments WASHINGTON (UP) — The agriculture department has changed : its mind and will make soil bank payments to farmers on 1956 crops that are damaged or destroyed by drought or other natural causes. Payments also will be made on . immature crops that are plowed up. Secretary of agriculture Ezri T. Benson announced the about face in policy Friday in a statement outlining soil bank rules for producers of 1956 crops. Earlier this week Benson had said in a speech at Beaver Dam, Wis., that reports the soil bank is a “drought relief and plow-up program" are “largely untrue.” A department official added at that time that "We won’t pay for any (production) reduction that has been accomplished by accident — drought, floods, hailstorms, or insects.” , This tough policy brought pro- , tests from Democratic and Repub- [ lican congressmen and farmers ( from mid western states. The pro- [ tests reached such a height that Benson charged publicly that chairman Harold D. Cooley (D- --’ N. C.) of the house agriculture I committee was "grasping at political straws" when tfce North Caro- ; lina Demmrit UireuSed him ot stalling soil bank operations. , Undersecretary of agriculture . True D. Morse was asked about ’ change in interpretation of the new farm law, which was signed by the President May 28. “We did not know as much about the law then as we know now'” Morse sMd. Benson said the special rules ave 1 for the 1956 crop only. He said l 1956 “will not present a fair trial of what the program can accomplish” in reduction of surplus prt>ductlon. safeguarding soil and water resources, and boosting farm prices. Benson has not disclbsed the 1957 regulations. Truce Inspectors Flown Into Exile 16 Neutral Nations Inspectors Ousted SEOUL, Korea (UP)—The United Nations flew 16 neutral nations truce inspectors into “exile” at demilitarized Panmunjom today In against the Communist arms buildup in North Korea. The inspectors left quietly and without incident. It was disclosed that the five other inspectors had gone to Panmunjom earlier in the week. U.S. army helicopters and air force transports flew the 16 remaining Polish, Czech, Swiss and Swedish officers, their records and baggage, from three South Korean ports of entry cities to the Panmunjom headquarte-s of the neutral nations supervisory commission. - There was no indication any ot the inspectors put up resistance to their eviction but newsmen, were not permitted to interview them before they were whisked away. The U.N. allies ordered the Inspectors out of the Republic of Korea’s territory. They said the inspection system had become a farce with the Communists in North Korea evading inspectors and violating the truce at will. The neutral commission offered to pull he three inspection teams out of North Korea, too, but the Communist high command Insisted the inspectors be permitted to go back to either side for spot ' checks on reports of illegal arms imports. The U.N. command refused to agree to the condition.

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Major Surgery Is Performed Early Today President's Heart Withstands Ordeal Os 2-Hour Surgery WASHINGTON (UP) — President Eisenhower underwent a major operation today to relieve a “non-malignant” intestinal obstruction. His heart stood up well and his condition was reported “most satisfactory.” Six hours after the two-hpur ordeal, the President came ouj from under the ether. ""'"v “What a bellyache" were among 1 his first words to his doctor. A four-man team of crack military and civilian surgeons performed the surgery in operating room No. 5. at Walter Reed army hospital. It was slightly more than 24 hours after Mr. Eisenhower was stricken at the White House with an attack of ileitis or inflammation of the lower small intestine. White. House press secretary James C. Hagerty announced at 10:55 a. m. EDT that the doctors had reported the President’s condition was “continuing most satisfactorily.” ' “His spirits, were good-his morale high.** Hagerty said. He had announced fn two earl-' ier bulletins that the operation had been a success. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower “is conscious of pain when he is awako.” The doctors, he said, reported that this pain may continue for several days. Hagerty announced he would issue a more detailed medical bulletin later. The physicians, who were up most of the night, were beginning to arrive at 10 a.m. for some consultations,” he said. The operation began at 2:59 a. m. EDT after long consultations during the night among more than a dozen attending physicians. It ended at 4:52 a. m. Mr. Elsenhower was on the operating table, under ether, for one hour and 53 minutes while 9 an anxious world waited. Hagerty flashed the first news of the operation’s success shortly before 5 a. m, EDT, By the time of his 10:55 a. m. i eport, Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower had been awake “three or four times.” As an indication of the President's morale, Hagerty said Maj. Arthur Cohen, an attending surgeon, “told this little story:” "One of the times the President was awake, he smiled at him (Cohen) and said—-'What a bellyache I ’’ Hagerty said that Dr. Isador Ravdin, Philadelphia surgeon who performed the operation, and Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton, Walter Reed commander, thought the President's three-word comment typified his morale. The White House said it received “a considerable number” of telephone calls throughout the night from persons asking how the President is and expressing hope for his speedy recovery. Around the world statesmen and ordinary fotks likewise expressed sympathy and hope. In his first announcement shortly before 5 a. m., Hagerty said “the operation was successful” and Mr. Eisenhower “left the operating table in excellent condition.” In a slightly more detailed bulletin at 5:53 a. m., Hagerty said the doctors had reported the operation had “relieved” an intestinal obstruction "due to ileitis, a non-malignant disease.” ■ In the early morning bulletins, there were no official details on the nature of the President's operation beyond that it "relieved” the intestinal obstruction. However, it was learned from one of the attending surgeons that the procedure used is called an "entero-enterostomy.” - A leading eurgeou told the United Press this involves ereat(Contlnued on Page Four) r

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