Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 66.

■ I ■' -7'Jflßhk' ? ’■ -i KEHHHBK. Wll ■"'• 2x lfc^£ MOST HAPPY FELLOW— Scientific brains who masterminded the Vanguard into orbit, after many heartrending snafus, look real happy at their press conference at Cape Canaveral, Fla., after die successful launching. Front, from left: J. Paul Walsh, operations manager; Robert H. Gray, test director; Daniel Mazzur, deputy operations manager. Rear, from left: Milton W. Rosen, technical director; R. L. Schlecter, Martin operation manager.

G.E. Factory Is Still Idle Over Dispute One Department In Decatur Plant Still On Sitdown Strike Production workers at the Decatur General Electric Co. plant were sent home again this moning, as the “sitdown strike” in one department continued for the third consecutive day. Workers in the rotor die casting and stacking department on both shifts at the plant began their 13 strike,which has been termed “unauthorized," at 10 o'clock Monday morning. When they did pot return to work after the lunch period. aU workers were sent home at 1 p.m. Second shift workers reported at the regular time “both Monday ahd Tuesday afternoons, and when this one department was still idle, they were sent home after one hour. The same condition prevailed this morning, and workers left the plant after one hour. George W. Auer, manager of the Decatur plant, mailed letters to all employes Tuesday, explaining the company’s position. His letter follows, in part: “I am deeply concerned, as I know you are, with the w’ork stoppage in our rotor casting and stacking area which is causing you to lose wages. This interruption of work is also seriously jeopardizing our relations with our ’ customers due to our inability to deliver motors. "In this period of general business recession, competition is exceedlingly keen. The orders we have are subject to almost Immedidate cancellation. Upless this work stoppage ends immediately, we stand to have our orders cancelled and thus lose our jib security, which we all have worked so hard to protect and improve. “Several years ago an entirely new method of casting rotors was developed. The new casting presses were capable of casting two cores at a time. At this was a new development, many technical difficulties were experienced which made the establishing of incentive rates infeasible and almost impossible, so during this time the employes in this group have been paid day work, that is, the job rate of their assignments. * "Recently, employes in this group requested incentive pay and the company is giving it serious consideration. The piece prices for casting and stacking rotors have been under negotiation for several weeks. Very recently the company assigned a man full time to study the difficulties experienced by the casters and stackers and these were taken into consideration in the new proposed piece prices. “The operators were told Monday, if they wanted to go on fa- ” centive, these were the piece prices (Continued on page four) INDIANA WEATHER Consideable cloudiness tonight and Thursday. A few brief periods of snow or rain north portion, mainly on Thursday. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 25 40. Sunset today 0:50 p.m. to 32. High Thursday is the Sunrise Thursday 0:49 a.m. ~ Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Low Thursday night around 30. High Friday in the 40s.

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Two Food Handling Ordinances Studied Submit Ordinances To Council Tuesday Two new ordinances which refer to food handling and restaurants were discussed at Tuesday’ night’s city council meeting. The new ordinances were passed on their first reading and then referred to the ordinance committee for a complete study before they will be put into effect. Both ordinances will be pub’ishec* in full in a later issue of the Democrat and detailed copies vill be made available to all restaurants and food handling establishment proprietors when the ordinance is put into effect. The first ordinance is tided, “An ordinance defining restaurant, food, itinerant restaurant, employe, utensil, health officer, and other* items: requiring permits, licenses, license fees for the operation of restaurants and itinerant restaurants; prohibiting the sale of adulterated, unwholesome, or misbranded food; regulating the inspection of restaurants and itinerant restaurants; providing for the enforcement of this ordinance; and fixing penalties.” All restaurants operating in Decatur must possess a valid permit.from the health officer. "Die fee for the permit, which may* be obtained from the city clerk upon presentation of the certificate of approval from the health officer, is $2 per year, or $1 if the application is made after June 1. 7 The fee for the operation of an itinerant restaurant, which includes establishments selling food for a temporary period in connection with a fair, carnival or publie exhibition, is $1 per day for each day of operation. Section three of the ordinance governs the sanitation requirements for restaurants including floors, walls_ and ceilings, doors and windows? lighting, ventilation, toilet facilities, water-supply, lavatory facilities, construction of utensils and equipment, cleaning and bactericidal treatment of utensils and equipment, storage and handling of utensils and equipment, disposal of wastes, refrigeration, wholesomeness of food, storage, display and serving of food, and cleanliness of employes. Every employe of any restaurant must obtain a health certificate -from a licensed physician in the state of Indiana, showing the employe to be free from any infectuous or contagious disease, and the certificate must be renewed annually. Section seven deals with the inspection of restaurants. At least once each six months, the health officer shall inspect each restaurant for which a permit or license is required. A placard stattag "sanitation approved" will be issued to each restaurant which meets the requirements of the ordinance and this placard must be displayed in a conspicuous place. Penalties are noted in section 11 of the new ordinance. This section states that any person who violates provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of hot more than S3OO for the first offense, and for the second o and each subsequent offense by a fine of not more than S3OO, to which may be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. The second ordinance dealing with food handling markets is titled, “an ordinance defining food market, employe, food, utensil, person, health officer, and other items; requiring permits, licenses, license fees for the operation (Continued on page four)

U. Studies Summit Talks In Early Fall East-West Summit Conference May Be Held In Sptember WASHINGTON (IP) — The United States is thinking about an East-West summit conference in late September or early October at Geneva, Switzerland, officials disclosed today. The three-part issue of a heads-if-goverament “summit” conference, American disarmament oolicy and a new free-swinging argument with Moscow over outer space problems was due for discussion by President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at a White House meeting today. Crucially important foreign policy business picked up while Dulles was at Manila attending the Southeast Asian Treaty organization conference. While in the Pacific he held private talks on a summit conference with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Christian Ptaeau. New moves to sound out the Russians on summit possibilities already are under way. The North Atlantic Treaty Council in Paris is reviewing prospects for a worthwhile summit meeting. The council is expected to agree that the next best move will be to propose a foreign ministers conference to discuss disarmament, Germany and other questions prior to a summit meeting. On his return to Washington Tuesday, Dulles emphasized the gap between East and West on moves to agree on using outer space for peaceful purposes. Asked about Moscow’s latest proposals on outer space, Dulles said they contained “m>thiifg new.”He objected to Russia's renewed effort to link outer space control with abandonment of American overseas bases. The Russians last weekend proposed establishment of a United Nations agency to assure use of outer space for peaceful purposes and liquidation of foreign military bases. The tie-up of bases to outer space made the Moscow proposal “wholly unacceptable” to the United States. However interest was shown here in the fact that the Russians _.fen...ps«a »ix). __ Stale Speech Final In Decatur Friday Legion Oratorical Contest On Friday Four speech contestants, their parents and teachers, and American legion officials will arrive ’ in Decatur at noon Friday for the state finals of the American Le- ' gion oratorical contest, sponsored : by the Americanism committee. Speakers will be last year's state champion, Reed M. Stewart, of , Brazil, who defeated Decatur’s Paul Schmidt in the final match at French Lick last year; Robert V. Morris, of Gary; Dan Roby, of Chesterfield, a student at Ander- ; son high school; and David Dieg- i er, of Richmond. The public is invited to attend ♦he speech finals at the Decatur high school gym at 2 p.m. Friday, Hugh J. Andrews, chairman of the event, said today. Each oration will be from 10 to 12 minute long on some phase of the constitution. The oration will be followed by a four tp six minute extemporaneous talk on a phase of the constitution assigned at the meeting. Each contestant in the finals will receive a certificate of scholarship to Indiana University, which will be good for tuition for four years. The state winner will receive a $l5O cash award. Trophies will also be awarded. There will be 15 in the speakers’ party, and at least two state Legion officials will be present. Richard C. Smidley, of Indianapolis, director of Americanism of the Indiana department of the American Legion, will present the awards, and he will be accompanied by Bud Ewbank, national alternate executive comitteeman for the Legion, of Winchester. Following the contest, the speakers and their friends will enjoy a tour of the city of Decatur, followed by a banquet at the American Legion home, and a dance at tiie Decatur Youth and Community Center. Tickets are still available at the Legion for the dinner which is open to the public.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 19, 1958

Ike Loosens Treasury’s Purse Strings In Move To Speed Job-Producing

Kohler Charges Terrorism By Auto Workers Company's Version Os Lengthy Dispute Given In Statement WASHINGTON (UP)-The Kohler Co. of Sheboygan, Wis., charged today that the United Auto Workers subjected it to "a reign of terror one would have thought possible only behind the Iron Curtain.’’ The company’s version of its bitter 4-year-old dispute with the UAW was presented to the Senate Rackets Committee in a 50-page statement by Lyman C. Conger, chairman of the firm's bargaining committee. Conger told the senators that “this reign of terror proceeded according to plan, the standard plan of the UAW-CIO.” He said that “what has happened to this peaceful community will happen to any. community that dares to disagree with the dictates of this all-power-ful oligarchy.” He testified as the committee neared agreement* ’em-a * report critical of both labor and management which will recommend several legislative steps to correct alleged abuses The report ,is expected to be issued within a week. Committee Prepares Report Chief Counsel Robert F. Kennedy has been conferring with Republican committee members on language to be used on several controversial points. Sen. Pat McNamara (D-Mich.), one of the four Democratic members, already has said he will file a dissenting report. It was ’ disclosed that the committee report will accuse officials of several unions investigated last year of misusing more than 10 million dollars jn union funds. On management's side, it was said, there will be charges that some companies were in cahoots with labor leaders and used underhand tactics to fight unions. Conger, Kohler attorney and its labor relations chief, reviewed the already told stories of violence and vandalism that swept Sheboygan in the early months of the strike. He charged that the union instigated the trouble when forced by a court order to halt mass picketing at the plumbing ware plant. “Employes who dared to exercise their right not to strike," he said, “had their cars dynamited, their homes and cars wrecked with acid, ind paint bombs thrown tiu'.“ gh their windows, shotgun L sts through windows and every conceivable type of terrorism." Willtag to Bargain Charging that the UAW “almost XCcnttoued or. HU'LL.'ETTX WASHINGTON (IP) — T h e Army announced today it will place about 100 million dollars in defense contracts with the depressed auto industry almost immediately. Nearly all of the job-making contracts will be for production of military trucks and trailers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania {Hants.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. C. W. Wilson, Antioch United Missionary Church) “FOUR LETTER WORD” “LOVE”—Rom. 5:3-5 “Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts” we have the most solid and convincing testimony of God’s love to us. It is sent to us to be poured out, spread abroad, and told to others. This love is the spring behind all our actions, it is the motive of our obedience. Every action arising from this love will be pleasing in His sight, for He has commanded us to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. The flame from this fire consumes the unholy, and refines every passion and pride. We know this love is of God because it differs widely from anything earthly or fleshly. The Spirit of God mrnes with it and in it, causing it to bum deeplv into our hearts. “If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:12. We may not be perfect in man’s sight but In the eyes of God we can be.

r Ike's Policies Are Assailed By Truman Foreign, Economic Policies Assailed DENVER — Former President Truman predicted Tuesday night that Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will cost the Republicans the elections in 1958 and 1960. 'la a speech before the National Farmers Union, the nation’s top Democrat bitterly attacked the Eisenhower administration’s foreign and economic policies. Truman deviated from his prepared text repeatedly to blame president Eisenhower and the GOP for skidding farm income, soaring consumer prices, the recession and a "total record of failure” in international affairs. _ The former Chief Executive scolded his farm audience for .heir “present predicament.” “If you'farmers make that mistake again (of voting Republican), I don’t care what happens to you,” he warned. ' ■ • But Truman said he thought “farmers have learned their lesson.” “They voted for Ike and got Ezra,” he said. “And after five years of Ezra Taft Benson, 'thefe are very few American farmers who have not come to their political senses.” But Benson alone shouldn’t be blamed for the farmers’ plight, Truman added. He said he wouldn’t be surprised to see “another Republican president" veto a farm bill this year. “Ike sounds more like an old- time Republican president every day,” he said. “Never before can I remember when we had skyrocketing prices to the consumer and a depression at the same time?’ Truman said? “It takes an administrative genius at the top of the government to accomplish that." Truman blamed the administration’s policy of “high interest rates and tight money” for the recession. And, he said, the Republicans have been “just as wrong in foreign policies and defense policies.” Earlier, a dairy spokesman told the group that milk prices are too low in relation to the price dairy farmers must pay for their goods E. M. Norton, secretary of the National Milk Producers Federation, said his group is supporting bills to ,raise milk support prices. But lie said he expected such legislation would not be signed by Eisenhower if it is passed. Two Are Killed In Gary Area Wrecks GARY (W — Two Gary area traffic accidents killed two persons within a five-hour span Tuesday night and early today. George Lehman, 37, Hobart, was killed when he was struck by ah automobile oh U. S. 6 about 1% miles west of here. Driver George Spout, Hobart, told police Lehman walked into his car’s path. Francis Vigezzi, 56, Leroy, was killed in a, three-car collision at the intersection of Ind. 55 and U. S. 30 about 10 miles south of here shortly after midnight. The other motorists escaped unhurt.

Another Move To Add Funds For Economy Bankers Hail New Action By Federal Reserve's System NEW YORK (UP) — Bankers today hailed the latest move of the Federal Reserve System in reducing reserve requirements as a jolting shot in the arm for the economy. The move, a cut of a half percentage point in the amount of money banks must keep in reserve against deposits, will release 490 million dollars in reserves. This can be blown up at least six times to around three billion dollars in credit. That jump brings to six billion dollars additional credit released in less than a month. At the end of February, the Federal Reserve System cut reserve requirements by a similar amount. This vast sum will have a chain reaction on the economy, bankers said. The process may take some time —two .or three months—to gef iritoSwing? But rt is expected to be one of the biggest levers possible to lift the economy out of Its slump. Biggest beneficiaries are expected to be the municipalities now raising funds ata record rate for the construction of new schools, roads, sewers, and other public works. The housing eventually will benefit through release of new funds for mortgages at moderate rates. And it is held in high circles that this industry could be the one which lifts the nation out of its recession. The U.S. government be a big beneficiary sincte itSaay be able to float new money bonds next month at a lower rate. The bond market will benefit, the experts hold. And they see some spilling over of investment demand into the stock market as a result of the move. Purchases of short-term municipal bond maturities by banks will put new money into the hands of the sellers who in turn will buy longer term, new municipals. The purchase of municipal bonds gives the banks an added profit in that these, issues are tax-exempt. Four Damage Suits Ask For $135,000 Residents Os County Suing For Damages Four damages suits by Adams county persons totaling $135,000 have been filed in Wells circuit court against Guy E. Engle of route 2, Bluffton. All of the suits arose from an accident on state highway 118 three miles west of Berne March 29, 1956 in Which Galdys Liechty, of route one, Berne, and Lena G. Reynolds, of Linn Grove, were injured. Two of the suits were filed by the two women, asking damages for personal injuries and medical fees. Mrs. Liechty’s complaint asks $25,000 and Mrs. Reynolds asks $75,000 In addition to those two suits, hte women's husbands have filed suits asking damages for loss of the wives while they from their injpfies and other expenses resulting from those injuries. Franklin Liechty’s suit for loss of services asks SIO,OOO and the suit filed by Lester Reynold aaks $25,000 damages. Each complaint alleges that Engle was negligent in the operation erf his vehicle and that his negligence was directly responsible for the injuries suffered by the two women. Attorneys for the four plantiffs are Jenkins and Fitly of Portland.

One 01 Fori Wayne Bank Bandits Held Ex-Convict Seized In Home In Ohio INDIANAPOLIS TO — The FBI seized in Ohio today an ex-convict they said was one of two Halloween masked bandits who held up a Fort Wayne bank last October and fled with more than $50,000 in Indiana's biggest robbery in 1957. Dari Dee Parker, 27. was arrested this morning at his home in Canton, Ohio, on a federal warrant charging him with robbery of the Southside Branch of the Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co. In the holdup last Oct. 18, two men wearing gloves and comic masks barged into the bank and robbed it after threatening to “blow the head off” anyone who moved. They also threatened to take hostages if police interrupted their crime, the FBI said. Parker was identified as one of the bandits during an investigation by the FBI arid Fort Wayne police, according to Harvey G. Foster, special agent in charge of the Indianapolis FBI office. Foster said Parker offered no resistance when agents approached him in his home. Parker has a record of convictions on robbery, auto larceny and house-breaking charge*. He was released from the Lorton, Va., Reformatory in November, 1956, and since last April has been managing a restaurant at Louisville, Ohio, the FBI said. Parker was scheduled to appear before a U. S. commissioner at Canton today to face charges which could draw him 25 years in prison and a SIO,OOO tine. -The Fort Wayne bandits Hed in , car, later found abandonedXafter ripping off their masks as they' ran from the bank. They eluded tight police blockades. The FBI did not say whether they have anyone else in mind as a suspect in the crime, most lucrative of eight Indiana bank holdups during 1957 j. Reports On Heart Fund Contributions 728.40 Contributed To Date In County The Adams county heart foundation has received $728.40 so far, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, president, announced today. The following organizations in the county contributed: Decatur American Legion, $10; Decatur Lions club, $10; Psi lota XI, $5; Monroe fire department, sls; Delta Theta Tau, $5; Decatur Woman’s club, $10; Ladies of the Moose, $5; Decatur American Legion Auxiliary, $5; Business and Professional Women, $9; Hartford Home Demonstration club, $5; Good Neighbors home demonstration club, $5; Decatur junior-sen-ior basketball game, $47.53; Better homes club, $2; Decatur home demonstration club, $2; Merry Matrons club, $2; Wabash Valley home demonstration club, $5; MWF home demonstration club, 92; Limberlost home demonstration club, $1; Geneva Knights of Pythias lodge 514, $5; Friendship village home demonstration club, $2; Catholic school, $9.26; memorial, $5; American Legion, Berne, $10; Berne American Legion auxiliary, $5; Local 222 Berne, $5; Berne Lions club, $5; collections at Bern* $183.50, Anyone wishing to contribute may still do so, Mrs. Hersh emphasized. Contributions should be mailed to Heart, 344 South First street, Decatur. Memorials that are given go directly for heart research, and they can be given any time, in the name of some one to be remembered. The Adams county heart assosiation wishes to thank the public for its personal gifts and also thank the organizations for their many gifts.

Asks Speedup For Housing, RE Projects Directs Benson And Cole To Accelerate Work On Projects BULLETIN 'WASHINGTON (IP) — T h e House without debate today passed and sent ot the White House Congress' first big antirecession bill—a $1,850,000,000 housing bill. The measure is designed to create 500,000 new jobs by adding an estimated 200,000 houses to those which otherwise might be built fhfe, year. WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower loosened the Treasury’s purse strings today in an effort to speed job-producing work on $2,255,000,000 worth of public housing and rural electrification projects. He directed Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole and Agriculture Secretary Ezra T, Benson to do their utrnost .to ’ accelerate ’ work on projects financed at least in part by federal loans and grants. The total construction he is trying to speed up includes: , 75 million dollars for sewer and water projects and similar public ’facilities. '' ■ 300 million dollars for college housing. One billion dollars for slum 1 clearance and urban renewal s 140 million dollars for public > housing. 740 million dollars on rural eleci. Public Facility Projects ; All told the federal government , will put up 133 million dollars in direct grants for the time being. . It will provide $1,389,000,000 in , loans which would have to be paid ’ back by local communities. The balance would be put up by the ’ local governments. Benson was told to encourage Rural Electrification Administration borrowers “to accelerate necessary construction ... under already approved loans” totaling 740 million dollars. The President also directed Benson to encourage additional loans for installation of electrical services for farm and rural homes. Budget Director Maurice H. Stans was directed to release 75 million dollars for loans to finance construction of such public facility projects as sewer and water sys--1 terns. In granting loans from this fund, the President told Cole that “preference should be given to loans for projects ready for immediate construction.” -— . -■ Review Public Housing “You should launch a vigorous program to expedite construction on some 30 million doll Oars in college housing loans on which planning is complete or substantially under way," the President said. The federal government would furnish as a grant 133 million dol- ■ lars toward the one billion dollars worth of slum clearance and urban renewal. Cities would have to raise the rest. The federal grant is for installation of public Utilities facilities such as gas, elec- ' tricity, sewer and water systems, r Cole waS told to “take all neees- . sary steps to assure” that the federal aid is available “when required and that the necessary construction is undertaken „at toe ear- ; liest feasible and appropriate time. , Cole also was directed to review ’ the status of all public housing projects on which construction is 1 not started and, “in cooperation ’ with local officials, take aU rea--1 sonable and feasible steps to. see 1 that any obstacles remaining are eliminated and the construction of ; such projects is promptly begun.” 1 ' The federal government partial--Ily subsidizes such projects to ’ make possible low rentals for the benefit of poorer families. Warns Against Tax Cut : The n?w administration move to > check the recession came amid ‘ these developments: (Continued on pa«a flva)

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