Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 153.

HEADS TOGETHER ON STEEL NEGOTIATIONS '”' Ji A >r Sf gL ,«QH '■ A 'we Mt ■)> ' Jfi < X-JAh *TI £. fV >» r X K . A iMBtl B I BTECL NEGOTIATORS get their heads together in New York. From left: John A. Stephen*, U. 8. Steel; Thomae Patfbn. Republic Steel; John Morse, Bethlehem Steel; David J. McDonald, United Steelworkers president.

No Progress Reported In Steel Talks President Os Union Suggests Talk With Management Heads NEW YORK (UP) — A last ditch negotiating session between the United Steelworkers Union and the big three steel producers broke up today with no apparent progress just 36 hours before a strike deadline. Negotiators met for more than an hour. They left the meeting with grim faces. They reported “no momment” to questions on I’togyess in. overcoming a dead; lock on a new contract for the steel industry. Some hope was pinned on a union move to meet with the industry’s “summit" leaders and on continued negotiating sessions. A top spokesman for the union said no answer has been received from any of the 12 major companies for the “summit" meeting aimed at averting an economycrippling strike. The strike deadline is midnight Saturday. Union President David J. McDonald said he would be in touch with the industry’s chief negotiator, John A. Stephens, during the day to arrange another negotiating meeting. McDonald indicated the negotiators may meet again tonight, but said no time had been set McDonald went immediately into a meeting with his international execiitive board. He will meet this afternoon with his wage policy committee to report on the negotiations. Thursday night McDonald urged the top executives of a dozen steel companies to meet with him personally today in a dramatic effort to head off a strike by 650,000 steelworkers. Industry spokesmen said the chairmen or presidents of the major steel producers, who are in New York, would give “serious consideration to McDonald’s request.” \ McDonald’s request came as the steel industry cooled its multibillion dollar furnaces in anticipation of the walkout which threatens to be the longest in the his.., tory of the steel Industry. Hopes of averting such a catastrophe appeared very grim and across the nation businessmen and consumers girded for the korst. The threat of a strike became more ponderous Thursday when negotiators broke up with the announcement, “We are right where we were when we began negotiating on May 24." McDonald made his request for a meeting “at the summit" late Thursday night after Adm. Ben Moreell. chairman of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., defended the industry’s five-year contract offer on a coast-to-coast TV program. McDonald told reporters he agreed with Adm. Moreell’s remark that "men of good will” could hammer out an agreement even though less than 48 hours remain before the strike deadline. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Chance of scattered thundershowers north and central portions by Saturday night. Low tonight In the 60s. High Saturday 84-88 north, 88-92 south. Sunset 8:17 p. m„ sunrise Saturday 5:20 a. m.

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President To Quit Hospital Saturday Slated To Motor To Farm Home Saturday WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower plans to leave the hospital Saturday morning and spend “at least two weeks” convalescing at his Gettysburg. Pa.,, farm, the White House announced today. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said so far as he knows the President “will not make a statement” when he leaves the army’s Walter Reed medical center about 6:30 a.m. CST. Reporters had asked Hagerty about a statement, on the possibility that the President might have something to say about his second term Hagerty said he plans to issue a "final medical bulletin” on the President's condition just before Mr. Eisenhower leaves the hospital. The President entered the hospital June 8 and underwent major surgery the following day for an. intestinal block. Mrs. Eisenhower will accompany the President to the farm. Hagerty said present plans are for Mr. Eisenhower “to stay at Gettysburg for at least two weeks.” Hagerty said there will not be any last-minute news conference with the President’s physicians. Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, the President's personal physician, will accompany Mr. Elsenhower to remain there with him. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Leonard D, Heaton will be the President’s house guests during the weekend. Heaton, commander of Walter Reed medical center, performed the surgery on the President. Hagerty explained that the Heatons are accompanying the Eisenhowers to the farm for a double wedding anniversary celebration. The Heatons will have been married 30 years on Saturday. The President and the first lady celeanniversary on Sunday. The President worked for about ♦Continued on Page Twol Collection Os Trash In City Next Week First Collection To Be Made Monday The city street department will conduct its second trash and tin can collection of the year starting Monday morning, it was announced today by Bernard J. Clark, city street commissioner. Collections will start in the southeast part of the city next Monday morning and residents of that area are asked to have their trash and cans in containers early so the\collection can be made as quicklyhs possible. When the first areft'collection is completed the collection will be cohtinued in the southwest part of the city. Collections from Monroe street northwest will start Thursday and on July 6 the work will be completed in the northeast part of Decatur. There will be no collection work July 4, Clark announced. Containers of a temporary variety such as cardboard boxes will be hauled away but permanent containers of metal will be emptied into the truck and left at the property, Clark said, Cooperation of all residents of Decatur is asked.

New Fighting Reported From City In Poland Anti-Reds Stage Riots In Poznan, 38 Persons Dead

POZNAN, Poland (UP) — Gunfire crackled fn the streets of Poznan until morning today but the Polish army slowly restored order and crushed anti-govern-ment riots which caused more than 300 casualties. The rest of the country was quiet. Police imposed a curfew from 9 p. m. to 4 a. m. to keep the streets of Puzoan ciear of residents. Members of tie armed forces and the militia crowded the thoroughfares. The government reported 38 persons killed and 270 wounded, including rioters, Communist officials and troops in the uprising that started Thursday morning with a strike. Order returned slowly. Shops that had closed because of strikes and disorders were beginning td’ reopen Troops crushed the major part of the outbreak late Thursday night after daylong clashes. But shots continued to sound through the streets of the industrial city after midnight, finally ceasing this morning. The gunfire took the major toll tn casualties. a Thirteen more persons died than in the last major uprising in eastern Europe, the East Berlin workers’ rebellion of June 17, 1953. Officials in both Washington and London doubted that the uprising was anything more than a demonstration. They said they did not expect a full-scale revolt. Earlier dispatches received in Berlin quoted witnesses as saying the disorders had spread. The Communist press and radio reported the incident Moscow Radio broke a night-long silence on the Poznan troubles calling them a “hostile provocation committed by imperialist agents.” The broadcast was heard in London. In Berlin, it was reported antiCommunist demonstrations also had occurred in the Sovietoccupied Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. ----- Anti-Communist uprisings also were reported in Tibet. a m. on the 29th, the overwhelming majority bf workers in those establishments which interrupted work yesterday bad come to work. “Tramway and bus transport has been restored. “Thirty-eight killed and 270 wounded are the victims of the bloody provocation. Among those killed are soldiers of the Polish (Continued on Page Bight)

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Indiana Republicans To Select Nominees At State Convention

Secy. Wilson | Says Defense j Plan Adequate Defense Secretary States Program Os Defense Adequate WASHINGTON (UP) — Defense secretary Charles E. Wilson said today that the administration's defense program is adequate. "It would be a serious disservice to our country and ,tjte morale of the free world to belittle it,” he said. He made the statements as both senate and house gave final approval to a 134.600,009.000 defense budget for fiscal 1957. Thia inair force's budget to a total of eluded a 6900,009,000 boost in the 116,500,000,009 —a boost which the administration had opposed. The big appropriation now goes to the White House for President Eisenhower’s signature. In hard-hitting testimony before the senate air power subcommittee. Wilson used such terms as “fantastic” and “defies the imagination” to describe the atomic punch of American air power. He said the nation can expect to have intercontinental ballistic missiles in the “relatively near future.” Wilson appeared before the subcommittee on the heels of claims from air force commanders that America may lose its air power leadership to Russia in a few years. Democrats have contended administration policies are frittering away the nation’s air leadership. Only Thursday senate-house conferees agreed to boost the air force's budget by 900 million dollars despite the administration’s claim that its original $15,600,000,000 request was adequate. Wilson said that every claim the committee heard from advocates of more air power was carefully studied before the new defense budget was presented to congress last January. “We deplore efforts to belittle the capacity and resolve of this government to be prepared to meet any recognized threat,” Wilson said. "We do not need or wish to flaunt" American military power he said, “but it would be a serious disservice to our country and the (Continued on Page Eight)

City's Critical Power Situation Is Discussed

(Editor’s Note: this is the second in a series of four articles discussing the critical power situation in the city of Decatur and the possible methods and costs of correcting the situation. Facts presented in this series are based on a report compiled by L. E. Pettibone, superintendent of the light and power department.) In the first of this series it was shown what it would cost the city of Decatur to expand its own equipment for the purpose of Increasing the electrical output of tlje city’s light and pow«c department. Also pointed out was the need for the increased capacity. * Today’s article will be concerned with another way of increasing Decatur’s power supply—purchased power from a private utility. Purchasing power will hot eliminate expenditures for equipment, according to Pettibone’s report. Pettibone points out, “In order to jwake it possible to receive and "properly distribute purchased power to the industries, rural districts and several parts of the city, it will be necessary to make certain changes and to purchase some new equipment” At present all power is distributed, from two switchboards at the steam plant Eveo the ppwar generated at the diesel plan* is passed

Explosion, Fire |t San Francisco Million Dollars In Damages Reported gBAN FRANCISCO (UP) — A fire, touched off by an expk>«ion and fed by thousands of glllons of gasoline, heavily damaged a pier and A machine shop on the San Francisco water front early today. Fire chief Frank Kelly said he knew of no dead, but damage "might be a million dollars.” At least five men were injured in the blaze. The fire broke out shortly before 11 o’clock Thursday night when a gasoline barge pumping fuel into three Tidewater Associated storage tanks at Pier 64 exploded with a “whoosh." The barge and storage tanks caught fire. The flames destroyed two Tidewater buildings on the pier and heavily damaged the pier itself and the big Triple A machine shop on the pier. There were 75 men working the night shift at the machine shop and its drydock. It could not be learned immediately whether any gs them were missing. ’ 1 ' » One man on the barge, Fred Witter, 55, Oakland, wu hospiutftzed with second degree burns. ’ Police and fire officials' were ' checking reports there were six men on the barge. Witter told fire officials some gasoline spilled onto the water as 1 he was preparing to pump it into ; the lines. The gasoline apparently was carried under the pier and to the other side, where welders were working on a small navy gasoline tanker. (ContlaueW Pace Eight) £>* Joe Kaehr Reports Rotary Convention Joe Kaehr, Jr., president-elect of the Decatur Rotary club, presented an interesting report on the annual convention of Rotary International, at the weekly dinner meeting of the local club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Kaehr and his wife attended the convention, held in Philadelphia earlier this month. The presidentelect and other officers will be formally Installed at next Thursday’s meeting. The club will observe ladies night and an interesting program has been arranged. William Schnepf was chairman of last night’s program.

through a transformer to the steam plant. There are eleven circuits. Six of them—Krick-Tyndall, West End, residence, old business, new business and Union township circuits—are connected to the old, slate open-type switchboard. The other five circuits, including two to the General Electric company, one to Central Soya company, one to Root township and one to the Casting company and Yost Construction company, are connected to a newer metal clad switchboard. The old board receives its power through a solid bus tie from the newer board. ; 1 ,< The old switchboard is inadequate and. In the opinion of Pettibone, should be discontinued -as soon as possible. Pettibone also suggests that any new power lines should connect to a 13,809 volt switchgear at the diesel plant. In* order to make use of additional power, either purchased Or generated here, two methods must be considered. Outside power must be brought into the Third street plant metal clad switch gear or through the Dayton street plant new switchgear. Pettibone advises the latter procedure because it will entail a shorter transmission line, a better,, location relative to load center, a new type higher capacity switchgear and powur eonfeoatinuei dn‘ 2*ag« * Eight) ’’

GOP Platform Praises Craig Administration Claims Credit For Staving Off Right To Work Measures INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—The Im diana Republican party platform today gave credit to the GOP for staving oft campaigns to enact a so-called "right to work” law in Hoosierland. In its plank on labor, the platformform did not mention the controversial supplemental unemployment pay plan which the iGOP attorney general recently ruled is illegal in Indiana. But it pointed out that 13 of the 17 states ip which the “right ’ to work” law is in effect are “governed by Democrat governors , and Democrat controlled legislatures.” » ( “The Republican controlled leg- , islatures of the past 17 years in Indiana have not permitted legislation outlawing the ’union shop to be passed,” the platform said. "The Republican party, however, reiterates its stand that onion fth&p privileges for both employer and employes shall not be abused to the extent that basic individual rights and freedoms are violated.” The Democratic platform earlier this week endorsed the supplemental pay plan and took a firm stand against the “right to work” law. The Republican document took a strong stand against compulsory use of union dues for political purposes, and pledged it will not use state police or national guardsmen as strikebreakers. The platform praised the administrations of President Eisenhower and Governor Craig. “George Craig has brought to the office of governor the rare combination of practical common sense and high ideals,” the platform said. "In addition he has injected into his administration vigor,, determination and forthrightness.” The platform also: •Endorsed some form of relief’ (Conunueo eq Pars Bight) Carl Gerber Heads Recreation Board Annual Recreation > Board Meeting Held 1 Carl Gerber, Decatur merchant , and member of the city council , and recreation board, will start j July 1 as president of the latter j board. The annual reorganization ; was held this -week and Gerber j will serve as president until July, c 1957. Glenn RJlis was elected vicepresident and Miss Frances Du- c gan was elected secretary. Other t members Include Dr. James Burk and Lloyd Cowens. O. M. McGeath i is general director of operations. * Cowens was appointed recently t to succeed Al Beavers, whose term expired in June. Dr. Burk is the ( school board repreeentative on the board.) -:rL- / >.<• The recreation board has charge of the operation of the Youth and, * Community Center. The board received a tax draw equivalent to a 5 cents on each hundred dollars 1 of valuation and it also receives the profits from rentals and food c sales at the Center. In the first full year of opera- 1 tion of the Center, the financial * records reveal that the total cost 1 w-as almost offset by the income. Any shortage will be made up * from the funds being collected by s the Decatur Memorial Foundation, ' the group which conducted the I driwp for funds and erected the t building. Balance of money held t by the Foundation wtu be used for J building i and grounds improve- a ments - - t

Trallic Toll Heads Toward New Record Multiple Fatalities Boost Traffic Toll By UNITED PRESS The nation’s traffic toll climbed at headlong pace toward a new record today, spurred upward by a flurry of multiple death accidents. Safety experts, studying recordbreaking figures for the first five months, predicted the possibility that motorists would set a new high in traffic fatalities this year. The national safety council said last month was the bloodiest May in history with 3,170 persons killed on the highways compared with 3,100 last year. This pushed the year’s total to 14,720, 9 per cent above the fivemonth figure in 1955. A safety council spokesman said the climbing death rate may also mean the July Fourth holiday will produce a tragically heavy toll. He said about 80 persons could expect to die on a Wednesday during almost any other week. Memorial Day, however, took 56 percent more deaths than on a “normal" Wednesday, he said. Accidents in which several persons died together accounted for a considerable number of the national toil. iMisbaps such as the April 6 collision of a truck and a farm tractor near Normal, Di., which killed eight farmers, sent the national doll rocketing upward. Two train-auto collisions killed 12 persons in Ohio. Six died Thursday when ft train struck their auto near Hamilton. Ohio, after another train killed six in a car near Elyria. Also Thursday, two women and (Oontinuta on Bight) Girl Bicyclist Is Sought By Police Lady Injured When Struck By Bicycle Decatur police are searching for a young girl with a blue bicycle who struck a pedestrian, Delle Brunner, of 504 Patterson street, in front of her home Wednesday afternoon at about 2 o'clock. The woman is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital suffering a broken right leg as a result of the accident. The young girl on the bicycle fled without giving her name. She had blonde hair and is believed to be 12 or 13 years of age. It is also believed that her arm was skinned in the accident. She was evidently going to, or returning from the library, since she had two library books with her. Any person who might’ know the identity of the girl is asked to contact the police. A young boy was injured Thursday when he -ran into the path of a car on Mercer avenue. The boy, David EUgene Tester, four-year-old son of Harold Tester of Studebaker street, sustained multiple abrasions and a small laceration on his forehead. The accident occurred when David ran into the street into the path of a state highway commission car driven Ujy Raymond W. Haynes, 42, of Garrett route one. Haynes slammed on his brakes and skidded several feet but was unable to avoid hitting the boy. Another accident occurred Thursday afternoon when a car driven by Earl E. Johnson, 22, of Monroe route one, hit the rear of a car driven by Charles S. Smith, 54, of Decatur. Smith had stopped on 13th street to make a left turn and Johnson struck the. rear of the Smith vehicle. Damage was estimated at SIOO to the Smith car and $75 tq the Johnson'’car. Johnson was arrested on a charge of failure to yield the right of way. He will appear in justice of the peace court* tonight.

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Balloting On Candidates Is Opened At Noon Fight For Governor Nomination Holds Session Spotlight INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Lt.‘ Gov. Harold W. Handley’s cam-, paign leaders said today Handley !ed four rivals on the first ballot I for the governor nomination at the Indiana Republican state convention with 971 votes, only 46 chort of the number necessary to win. Handley’s spokesmen figured the vote form totals tallied on 40 voting machines, while convention committees were busy slowly | tabulating ballots in the races for lesser offices. I The unofficial Handley-tabulated ( ; figures gave Frank T. Millls 560, Frank Sparks 241, John Scott i 173 and Dan Cravens 48. ' The first official tabulation I showed that Wilbur Young was renominated for state school superintendent with 1,347 votes to T. 85 for B. W. Johnson, his opponent. -1 Word of the Handley figures apread around the convention hall quickly and set off a big demonI st ration which lasted while committees were counting the ballots. Voting began shortly before noon. Preliminaries including adop- ’ tion of a platform and a keynote j speech by Illinois Rep. William |X>. Springer were shoved out of I the way with dispatch less than two hours after the convention was called to order. The delegates began voting at 11:56 a. m. CDT, after nominatI fng six unopposed candidates for lesser offices by acclamation. Under convention rules, delegates voted on all eight contests at the same time. However, the heavy interest was in the governor race, which was a fight for control between Governor Craig and his opponents. Craig won an opening round on a rules committee decision which, intentional or not, slightly handicapped Lt. Gov. Harold Handley who was considered the front-runner in the gubcrnatorial sprint. The plauorm praised the Eisenhower and Craig administrations end gave the GOP credit for keeping a ‘‘right to work” law —a nemesis to organized labor — off the Indiana lawbooks. Springer said in his keynoter the nation was plagued by “scandal and dishonesty,’.’ a complac(Contlnuea oa Fare Eight) Spray City Area To Eliminate Insects Health Safeguard By City Officials As a health safeguard for everyone, city officials today announced that the entire Decatur area would be sprayed in the next few days to eliminate insects, including flies and/uiosqultoes. ■All streets and alleys in the city will be included in the treatment, and a truck with an air spray will be used. Residents are assured that there Will be no damage to property • or human life. If the weather permits the work wil be completed this week, but if it rains, the spraying will be delayed until the first of next week. The method of eliminating summer bugs and insects is approved by the various health departments and cities which have used the system report that elimination of insects is more than 76 per cent. Affects of the spraying are said to last several weeks. The work for Decatur has been contracted for and official* state they have been, informed the work will take about two days.