Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 281.

NAMED TO INDIA POST r ' - -- ■■ - —-W—'ig S r«FW>ur "■nm I JwWywMi. >it * ,O -'M** ><dOiyb I Bg> ■ ' Ng »* » I e Jjfc VH ■'*.y'-f %W tr V i '>-'"•?? J BmHD» ELLSWORTH BUNKER, former head of the American Red Cross, talks to reporters at United Nations following his appointment as Ambassador to India by President Eisenhower. The 62-year-old Bunker, of Putney, Vt., replaces John Sherman Cooper, now Sen-ator-elect from Kentucky. Work Stoppage Is Continuing At G. E. Plant A work stoppage by a comparative handful of employes at the Decatur General Electric company continued today and for the second consecutive day, all workers were sent home as the result of a production standstill. The stoppage resulted Wednesday morning when 10 members of the flange assembly section staged a sit-down strike over a grievance Concerning the piece price standard on a new job. Lack of production in this section prevented further production throughout both buildings of the plant. ’ The trouble spread to the second shift and Continued this morning when the refusal to produce was repeated and all employes were once again sent home. General Electric company officials issued a statement Wednesday afternoon indicating that they were willing to negotiate as soon as the employes participating in the work stoppage return to- work. The statement emphasized that the grievance would not be discussed until work had been resumed. Officials of U. E. local 924 today distributed pamphlets to all employes as they reported for work. The pamphlets presented the union stand on the current problem G. E. employes also received letters today from the company.

Union Statement The following statement was issued today by UE Local 924, representing the production workers at the General Electric plant here to Decatur. _ “The present situation was caused by the latest in a long line of rate cuts the company has put into effect. The company has reported to the paper that they are willing tomeet with the union when the employes return to their jobs; however, when union officials attempted to set up a meeting, they were told that it would be impossible because the workers were sent home. This attitude on the part of the company does make it impossible to work out a settlement of the dispute. “An indication of the company’s lack of good faith in bargaining is the problem of the people in the ‘‘typing" department. This is an issue where the company agreed to restudy a job but has made no change. While the company leads people to believe that only ten people are involved in this present dispute, the facts are that many workers, in many departments, are forced to fight against this speed-up policy imposed upon them by General Electric. “The difficulty in meeting fe caused by the company. The employes who are directly involved have said that they are ready and willing to resume their regular production when the company agrees to meet with the union to work out a settlement. Instead of agreeing to meet, the company sent other workers home. The union contends that this tactic by GE is an attempt to play one group off against another when the real cause of the trouble is the policy of cutting rates and setting standards that are unfair to the people and which is a violation of the contract between the company and the union. ! “In the handbill passed out this morning to the employes the union stated; ‘the committee and the national representative are waiting at 7 a.m. or any time after that hour to meet and work out this problem.’ In spite of the company refusal the union has said that this is still the union policy. “The union is anxious to have the workers returned to their jobs. Every hour lost creates a heavy burden on the wage earners and in the end hurts every member of the community, such as the merchants and all other business people, as well as other wage earners in the area. The General Elec(Continued on Pace Seven)

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Company Statement A management representative of the G. E. company has advised that a letter has been sent to each employe as of Wednesday explaining the company position in the grievance. The letter follows: ‘‘We regret that the illegal work stoppage in the flange group made it necessary to send so many of you home today. This is what happened: “Ten employes in the flange assembly section refused to start work at 7 a. m. this morning over the piece prices on assembly operations on the new designed KCP flange. ~ "We are very much disturbed by the fact that a group of employes decided to take things into its own hands. As you know, we have a contract with the union representing all hourly rated employes which sets forth a very specific and orderly method of settling grievances. Your union has signed this contract which binds all employes and it specifically states in part; and we quote, “The union or local or their representatives will not cause or sanction their members to cause or take part in any strike, sitdown, stay-in, or slowdown or other stoppage of work, in any of the works of the company coming within the terms of this agreement, in connection with any grievance or dispute until all the bargaining steps mentioned in the grievance procedure shall have been employed without success . " “It is the position of the company that it should not discuss or negotiate with union representatives any grievance until employes who participate in an illegal work stoppage have resumed their work and normal operations are in progress. This position is one practiced in industry and throughout the General Electric company and it in no way forecasts or predicts the outcome of negotiations when they are resumed. “Company representatives have studied the piece prices very carefully and have reviewed them with the union representatives at step I and step 2 of the grievance procedures; but there are further steps which in this case have not been followed. While we feel that these prices are right, you have our assurance that we will continue to give careful attention and study to this grievance as well as any grievance that may be presented. But the grievance proce(Continued on Pace Two)

Hungary Halts Issuing Visas Or Passports Puppet Government Returns Today To Hard-Line Stalinism VIENNA (UP)—The Hungarian puppet government returned all the way today to hard-line Stalinism. A government announcement said the cabinet of Premier Janos Kadar had decided not ,to issue any more passports or exit visas. At the same time, refugees reported that Russian soldiers were laying minefields again along the Austrian frontier across which 96,000 Hungarians have fled to freedom since Oct. 28. "The new rigid ruling on passports and exit visas represented a return to the inflexible Stalinist line which the East European satellites had hoped was gone forever. After Stalin’s death, the Hungarian government lifted the iron curtain for thousands of elderly citizens who had relatives in the West. The return to the hard line inside Hungary was signalled by the government earlier this week with indications of mass arrests and. preparation of show trials for leaders of the rebellion. A Moscow dispatch today denied news agency reports—not carried by United Press—that the Kadar regime was receiving advice on its new tough line from former Russian Premier Georgi Malenkov. A spokesman in the press department of the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow said toe report that Malenkov was in Budapest was “pure fabrication.” Russia Protests Shooting Refugees reported the Russian mine-layers most active in the region of Rechnitz, 60 miles southeast of Vienna. It was in that region that Austrian frontier police shot and killed a Russian infantryman who chased and mdlested a fleeing Hungarian girl inside the flagraerked Austrian tier,-Russia formally protested the Nov. 23 shooting, charging that the Austrian police “virtually murdered” the Russian. Already Russian patrol activity was so intense that only 3,700 refugees crossed into Austria during the'past 24 hours. A week ago the 24-hour total averaged 10,000. The Kadar regime stoutly defended Soviet armed intervention in Hungary in an interview in today’s Pravda, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper. The interview was broadcast by Radio Moscow. Several Candidates File Election Cost Deadline On Filing Expenses December 6 Accounts of election expenses have been filed by several .of the candidates in the Nov. 6 general election. These reports must be filed by each candidate even if there were no expenses incurred during the campaign. The deadline for filing is 30 days after the election, which is Dec 6. County clerk Richard Lewton issued a reminder today to all candidates who have not yet filed their campaign accounts to do so on or before the deadline. Those who have already filed on the Democratic ticket are Elmer Winteregg, Jr., for county coroner, (unopposed), sll 65; Mabel D. Striker, for county recorder, (unopposed), $18.35; Ed Jaberg, for county auditor, $199.81; John Kintz, for second district commissioner, $62, and Lewis H. Worthman, for first district commissioner, $65. Republican candidates who have filed accounts of their expenses are Frank Kitson, for county auditor, $159.55, and Waldo D. Neal, for county treasurer, $325.80. The Democratic central committee spent more money in the general election than did the Republican central group, according to the committee financial reports filed with county clerk Lewton by the party treasurers. The Democratic report, filed by Wendell Macklin, shows donations to the party ranging from $1 to S3OO by about 170 individuals. It also shows donations of $1,046.50 and $811.87 which were the proceeds from two banquets sponsored by Democrats Total contributions were $5,289.72. Disbursements by the central committee on behalf of the Democratic campaign for the Nov. 6 election came to a total of $4,837.08. The various expenditures range from SI.BO for a printing bill to $585. for precinct expenses. (Continued on es Vty) .

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 29, 1956

Egypt Reports Troops Strafed By Two Enemy Aircraft Over Desert

Await Word On Withdrawal Os Allied Troops Await Timetable Os Troop Withdrawals By Britain, France WASHINGTON (UP)— U.S. officials said today they expect word momentarily from London and Paris on a timetable for withdrawal of Anglo-Freneh forces from Egypt. They said receipt of information on withdrawal plans would open the way for improvement of American relations with its two principal allies within three days or less. The officials said President Eisenhower and the State Department are prepared to act quickly to buoy sagging Anglo-French and American ties. These moves were said to be in the works: May Supply Oil —An early announcement the United States will help improve transportation of oil to ration-rid-den Europe. But, this awaits assurances British and French military forces will be withdrawn from the Suez area. —Friendly consideration of a 17nation report on Europe’s oil needs (and how the United States might help to make up fuel deficits. This undoubtedly will involve American loans by the Export-Import Bank, and perhaps some other U.S. financial Help." , —New American expressions—public and private —of this nation’s determination to, keep the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance intact despite differences over Middle Eastern policy. • Moves Require Cooperation —Support in the United Nations for impending moves to settle the Suez controversy and make a start on easing Arab-Israeli tensions. These moves will require the closest allied cooperation. The Eisenhower administration is avoiding any name-calling in the present state of relations with Britain and France. Officials said the absence of back-talk should be regarded overseas as an effort to avoid more trouble. As viewed here, the British and French reaction against the United States is to be expected. Those two powers set out alone on the (Continued on Page Sevetf; Mrs. Opal Collins Seeking Hew Trial Woman Sentenced To Chair In February CROWN POINT, Ind. (UP)—A motion for a new trial has been filed in behalf of Mrs. Opal Collins, who’ is under sentence to die in the electric chair Feb. 15 for killing her crippled husband and three members of his family. T.C. Stenhouse, pauper attorney who defended Mrs. Collins in her trial here last month on one of four murder charges, charged in the petition that judge William J. Murray erred in permitting 6-year-old Bobby Collins to testify against his sister-in-law. Meanwhile, chief deputy prosecutor Floyd C. Vance, who demanded that Mrs. Collins become the first woman in Indiana history to be executed for a crime, wrote letters to Governor Craig and state corrections chief Hugh O’Brien. Vance urged Craig and O’Brien not to interfere with the Lake County jury's verdict recommending death for Mrs. Collins. He told, O’Brien he should supervise paroles and "not get yourself too much concerned about such cases as the Collins case-.” He asked O’Brien “what moral right you have of interceding in this case at this stage of the proceedings in making any recommendations to the governor on a commutation.” Vance told Craig if he opposes capital punishment “you have had nearly four years to present to the state legislature a bill amending the first degree murder statute.”

Sell Grand Champ Steer Al Auction Highlight Os Day's International Show BULLETIN CHICAGO (UP)—P. 8. Troubador 11. grand champion steer of the International Livestock Exposition, was sold today for a record price of $20.50 a pound or $20,397.50. The champion strawberry roan shorthorn, raised by Pennsylvania State University, was bought by the Greenbrier Hotel of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. CHICAGO (UP) — The grand champion steer and reserve champion parade in the auction ring today at the International Livestock Exposition, headed for eventual slaughter and dining room tables. Pennsylvania State University’s two prize winners, the champ “P.S. Troubador” and the runnerup “P.S. Eileen Mere,” will be handed over to the highest bidder by Herman Purdy, livestock instructor at Penn State. Troubador, a strawberry roan Shorthorn, was not expected to bring a record price. Veteran cattlemen doubted whether die 985-pound steer would approach the price of last year’s grand champion, an Aberdeen Aifgus owned by Nancy. Turner, 17. Champaign, 111., who'received sls a pound or a total of $16,125. Record price paid for the “king” of fat cattle at the exposition was $20,100, or S2O a pound, to Sue White, 18, Big Spring, Tex., in 1953. Purdy received only $4.55 in 1952 when he exhibited another Shorthorn which won the grand championship while he was on the staff of Ohio State University. Also, the grand champion showed in 1951 by lowa State College only netted $6.75 a pound. The reserve champion, an Aberdeen Angus, might even bring a smaller price. Last year’s champion, a Shorthorn, exhibited by the University of Kentucky was sold for $1.50 a pound. Basking in the spotlight today before heading to the auction block Friday was "Half-and-Half,” a 220-pound Berkshire barrow which was judged the grand champion hog Wednesday. The barrow, named because it was born with half a left ear, was shown by Kenneth Johnson, 32, of Father Flanagan’s Boys Home, Boys Town, Neb. Proceeds of the auction will go to the some 1,000 boys at the school, Johnson said. (Oouunuea on Page Seven) Five-Inch Snowfall Over North Indiana Hoosierland Cloaked By New Cold Spell By UNITED PRESS A five-inch snow lay across the extreme northern tip of Indiana today and new snow flurries cast a thinner blanket of white over other areas. Temperatures plummeted even after daybreak as a new cold spell cloaked Hoosierland. The weather bureau reported five inches of snow on the ground at South Bend. New snow also fell this morning at Indianapolis, Evansville and areas of £ou t h Central Indiana. . s After hitting highs ranging from 34 at South Bend to 46 at Evansville Wednesday, the mercury fell to 16 at Lafayette this morning, 22 at Indianapolis and South Bend, 25 at Fort Wayne and 26 at Evansville. s But after the daily 7:30 a.m. report of the weather bureau from these representative cities, the temperatures dropped further. It was 20 at Indianapolis at 8:30 a.m. The snow flurries were diminishing gradually this morning and no more were expected before Saturday. The outlook for Friday was mostly cloudy and warmer, after highs today ranging from 28 to 34 and lows tonight from 16 to 23. Friday highs will range from 38 to 40. It will grow colder by Saturday night.

Phone Workers Stay On Jobs After Deadline More Bargaining Talks Scheduled On Phone Dispute NEW YORK (UP)— Telephone workers in 42 states and the District of Columbia stayed on their jobs today after their contract with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company expired at midnight. Further bargaining talks were scheduled and spokesmen for both sides were “very optimistic” that a contract agreement would be reached without a strike. The 25,000 members of the Communications Workers of America earlier authorized union officials to call a walkout at any time. A 16-hour bargaining sessionended shortly before 2 a.m. EST today. Both sides agreed to meet again this afternoon. The CWA (AFL-CIO) Tuesday night voted “overwhelming” au thorization to its officials to call out 10,500 long distance operators, 8,200 maintenance men and 6,300 other workers if no agreement could be reached. No strike orders went out with tae passage of the deadline. Union officials indicated they would continue negotiations as long as progress was being made in the bargaining talks. — The negotiations which began Nov. 5 with the AT&T, cover every state and the District of Columbia except Vermont, New Hampshire, Montana, Oregon, Nevada and Delaware. Details of the union’s demands and the company’s offers have not been disclosed- Key issues included wages, working conditions and administrative procedures. Ask Donations For Good Fellows Club Appeal Is Issued By Delta Theta Tau An appeal for donations to the Good Fellows club was issued today by members of Delta Theta Tau sorority, which annually sponsors the project to give Christmas help to needy Decatur families. All money contributed will be used to purchase food which will be distributed at Christmas time. The donations may be sent to the sorority treasurer, Miss Rosemary Spangler at Decatur route two. The Good fellows club will also accept toys but not clothing. Clothing will not be distributed this year as it has in the past. All toys are to be taken to the fire station. Any repairs which are necessary to the donated toys will be made by members of the Decatur Air Scouts. Mrs. Robert Tracy today announced two of the chairmen who will assist her. Mrs. Leo. Teeple will serve as food chairman and Mrs. Don Stover will be chairman in charge of toy donations. All members of the sorority participate in the project. Milton Swearingen Heads Shrine Club Milton Swearingen was elected president of the Adams county Shrine club at a meeting of the organization Wednesday evening at the American Legion home. Swearingen will succeed Hugh J. Andrews, who has served for the past year. Other new officers are W. E. Petrie, vice president; Doyle Rich, secretary, and Al Brushwiller, treasurer. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and colder in the south tonight. Friday partly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 18-23. High Friday Sell. Sunset 5:22 p. m., sunrise Friday 7:45 a... m. 14 Pages

Outright Grants To Schools Proposed Asks Legislature Study Proposals BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UP)— The Indiana Legislature was asked today to consider appropriating funds as direct grants to some Hoosier communities faced with critical school classroom shortages. | State school superintendent Wilbur Young told a governmental conference that certain poor areas require outright gifts of money for new school building construction. “A specific example,” Young said, “is Hobart Township of Lake County. This school corporation has been told by Hobart city school officials that their transferred high school pupil enrollment totaling 486 cannot be accepted in the future due to the lack of space.” Young said Hobart Twp, had borrowed heavily already from two state loan funds. Will Furnish Names “I would suggest,” he said, “that in cases like Hobart Twp. that the Legislature itself make outright state grants based upon need and increased enrollment and that the money be provided for classroom construction only.” YoUng said his office will furnish the names of deserving school corporations to the Legislature. Young also urged salary increases fbr teachers, saying "the picture is not good” regarding a supply of adequately trained teachers and “we are losing the fight.” State motor vehicles commissioner Norris Carter said he will propose to the Legislature that a flat registration fee for passenger cars be approved to replace a $7 to sl2 schedule depending on horsepower and weight. Carter also recommended that drivers be barred from getting licenses through the mail or through agents. "We are of the firm belief,” he said, “that all persons should be required to apply in person and take rules of the road and vision tests." Cites Hammond Test Carter said a special test was conducted recently at a Hammond license branch. “We found a great percentage of drivers who needed corrective glasses,” he sad, “and some who were in such condition as to be eligible for blind benefits.” State police superintendent Frank A. Jessup reported that criminals and traffic accidents cost Hoosiers 160 million dollars in 1955. Kidnaping Os Baby Described In Court Tell Os Abandoning Infant In Thicket MINEOLA, N. Y. (UP) — Angelo La Marca‘faces cross-exam-ination today about his admitted kidnaping of infant Peter Weinberger. The 31-year-old taxi driver described the actual kidnaping Wednesday for the first time at his trial on kidnaping and murder charges. La Marca, speaking in an emotionless monotone, said lie abandoned Peter in a thicket near a busy parkway almost immediately after kidnaping the 32-day-old baby from his parents’ home last July 4. In an earlier confession to police, he said he left the baby in bushes on the day after the kidnaping. Peter’s body was found the day after La Marca’s arrest. La Marca sajd he intended to return the baby after driving to the home of Morris and Beatrice Weinberegr July sth in a vain attempt to collect $2,000 ransom. He said he was “very much upset” by the crowd of newsmen and police at the home. “I stopped at exit 37 of the northern state parkway to get the baby and return it, but I got too scared and then I kept right on driving. I don't know where I went.”

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Uneasy Cease Fire In Suez May Explode Increasing Signs Os More Troubles ' From Middle East LONDON (UP)—Egypt reported that two “enemy” aircraft strafed Egyptian troops in the Sinai Desert today, and there were increasing signs the uneasy cease fire might explode into a general Middle East war. Israeli sources accused the Soviet Union of conspiring with Syria to wreck the Baghdad Pact and overthrow the government of Iraq. Moscow retorted that Israel was "digging its own grave” by preparing a new conflict in the Middle East. The threat to the Baghdad Pact was so grave a top-level Turkish mission flew to London to seek means of counteracting the rapid buildup of Soviet arms in Syria which Turkey saw as a threat to it and its Baghdad Pact partner, Iraq. Washington was increasingly concerned over shipments of the Soviet arms to Syria. Riots in Iraq New Communist - inspired riots were reported sweeping Iraq, y r the official Egyptian press stepped tip its offensive against the Baghdad Pact with a slashing attack on Pakistan and said that nation wps conducting a hostile campaign against Egypt. In Amman, Jordan, the government announced plans to "start immediately” to break the AngloJordan treaty which for years gave Britain important military bases in that kingdom. Jordan! plans called for ousting all remaining British troops there. Egyptian Brigadier Amin Hilmy, chief of staff of the eastern command, announced the air attacks. He said two planes strafed Egyptian trucks and gun positions in the Sinai Desert 7 miles east of Ismailia. and that two others flew over Ismailia and were driven off by Egyptian anti-aircraft batteries. No Casualties Reported He said the air attack was carried out by “enemy” Venoms and My steres — British- and French-x built aircraft used by the Israeli airforce. He said casualties had not been reported. The Soviet attack on Israel—the second in two days—was printed in the official government newspaper Izvestia. It said Israel was acting as a “pawn and puppet of Anglo-American imperialists" and hinted Israel was preparing to attack Syria and Jordan. Norway was heading toward a diplomatic struggle with Egypt over Egypt's refusal to allow trapped Norwegian ships to leave the blocked Suez Canal through a passage cleared in the Port Said area by Anglo-French forces. A Norwegian source said Egypt was clearly violating the international traffic rights on the canaL Miss Fannie M. Winch Dies At Fort Wayne Miss Fannie M. Winch. 89, Fort Wayne’s first policewoman, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday after a serious illness of several weeks. She served in the police department for 20 years, retiring in 1930. Miss Winch was well known in Decatur, having a number of relatives here and also having visited in the city on many occasions. The body was taken to the Chal-fant-Perry funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. - —zr w ewwmwu mu