Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. VLII. No. 84.

Ike Tersely Rejects Labor Suggestion To Tour Hard-Hit Areas

To Mobilize Labor Forces

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Organized labor's leadership, with a mandate from the rank-and-file, went to work today to mobilize union forces for a war on unemployment. AFL-CIO president George Meany summoned about 600 top union officers and labor lobbyists to discuss battle plans at an allday legislative meeting. Meany said Wednesday's giant rally here to forcus national attention on problems of America’s 4,362.000 jobless workers was a big success. The 7.000 delegates to the mass conference on unemployment approved resolutions calling for action by the federal government to reduce unemployment. AFL-CIO vice president Joseph A. Beirne said the mass meeting probably inspired Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson to propose a federal commission to study the jobless problem. Become 11l The big rally was marred somewhat by the illness from food poisoning of more than 100 Ohio delegates, who attributed the attacks to* a turkey dinner or water aboard a train Tuesday night. Twenty two were hospitalized, but none was in serious condition and all were to be released today: Meany indicated he would discuss with the union leaders how to, encourage rank-and-file members to apply pressure on Congress for legislation supported by the AFL-CIO. Meany said he favors a massive letter-w rit i n g campaign as a starter. The delegates voted to dramatize the plight of jobless workers with community rallies in their home towns, and demanded that President Eisenhower call an immediate conference on labor, business, farm and government leaders to map plans for reducing unemployment. Predicts Better Times The twin resolutions were approved after Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell promised to eat his hat on the Labor Department steps if the job picture failed to improve greatly by fall. But MitcheU criticized both the administration and Congress for not doing enough. The secretary predicted that employment would rise to 67 million and that unemployment

Sen. Kennedy In City Monday |

Sen. John F. Kennedy's party will include 15 persons when they arrive from Lafayette Monday afternoon by air, Dr. Harry H. Hebble, Democratic county chairman, announced this morning. Kennedy will speak at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Monday evening to the largest dinner crowd to ever assemble there. Arrangements are now complete for the dinner and entertainment. Nearly all of the tickets have already been sold, Mrs. Mabel Striker, ticket chairman, said. Speaks with Senator Dr.. Hebble spoke with Sen. Kennedy at his Washington office by telephone Wednesday to ascertain the time of arrival. The local central committee had petitioned the district, state, and national committees, and Sen. Vance Hartke, right after the November elections, to bring Sen. Kennedy to Decatur. Sen. Kennedy included Decatur among his three stops in the Hoosier state— Indianapolis and Lafayette being the other two. Included in the party - will be four assistants, and ten newspapermen assigned by United Press International, Associated Press, and metropolitan eastern dailies to cover the potential presidential candidate. Not since William Jennings

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would drop to three million by October. At mid-March there were 62,828,000 persons at work and 4,362,000 jobless. Johnson then announced his plan to set up a federal commisr sion of business and labor leaders who would visit areas of high un‘employment and report back to Congress in 60 days. Leaving the hall, Johnson returned to the Senate and promptly introduced his proposal, which he originally planned to offer today. More Flood Relief Funds To Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (UPP — President Eisenhower today allocated an additional $250,000 in federal funds for flood relief in Indiana. The allocation was announced' at Augusta, Ga., where Eisenhower is on vacation. The chief executive declared portions of Indiana a major disaster area on Jan. 29 following a rash of winter floods. In February, he gave a similar designation to another group of counties when a second flood swept the Wabash River and its tributaries and forced more than 2,000 families from their homes. Eisenhower made a $250,000 federal fund allocation earlier as a result of the two floods. Pre-School Roundup At Monmouth Tuesday The Monmouth school PTA is planning a pre-school roundup program for all children of Root, Union and Preble townships who will start school in September. Public school children must be six years old or on before Sept. 30, 1958. The roundup will be held Tuesday morning from 8 to 10 o’clock at the Monmouth school, with complete physical examinations given by several Decatur doctors. There will be no charge for this examination.

Bryan spoke from the court house square here 50 years ago has a presidential hopeful visited Decatur. Arrival At Airport Kennedy will arrive about 6:15 p. m. at the Fort Wayne airport. Four cars from Decatur will meet him, led by sheriff Merle Affolder, county chairman and vicechairman Dr. Harry H. Hebble •and Mrs. Edith V. Beer, Mayor Robert D. Cole, and newspaper publisher Dick Heller, Jr. At Fort Wayne Sen. Kennedy will be briefly interviewed by Hal Cessna, news director of WOWO, and the interview will be tape recorded. Photographs will be taken by the . local newspapers including shots of Kennedy with Fort Wayne and fourth district Democrats before the party leaves for Decatur. Dr. Hebble will meet this afternoon with Ed Jaberg, general chairman of the dinner, Robert H. Heller, and' Mayor Cole to complete the arrangements ' here locally. Heads Group Heading the fourth district delegation meeting the famous senator will be James L. Koons, of Avilla, district chairman, and Mrs. Dorothy Huffman, of Bluffton, , vice-chairman. James R. Fleming, president

Unseasonable Snow Flurries Across Nation United Press International The weather appeared reluctant to “play ball’* Thursday, threatening the nation east of the Rockies with scattered snow flurries, thundershowers and overcast skies. In Washington, where Vice President Richard M. Nixon limbered up as the diamond season’s first hurler, the Senators were slated to take the field against the Baltimore Oriole'; in a race against showers moving in from the Midwest. Early morning readings in the nation’s capital hovered around 70, under clear skies, however. The most serious weather disturbances were centered in the Ohio Valley and west to Wyoming and New Mexico. Another 3 inches of snow dumped on Denver Wednesday night brought the winter-spring total to an unofficial 91 inches, third highest in the city’s history, ad left 8 inches on the ground. Evanston, Wyo., also picked up 3 inches. The rain belt was heaviest from the Gulf Coast nortow»rd to the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley. A Texas downpour saturated Brownsville with 1.7 inches within an hour late Wednesday, and two Louisiana cities, < Lafayette and Lake Charles, also were hard hit. Parts of eastern lowa skidded in up to two inches of snow, but prospects for Wednesday were for cloudy skies and wafmer air. Traverse City, Mich., and Milwaukee, Wis., filled out the unseasonal snow picture, each with about an inch of snow overnight. There were scattered showers in New York state and southern New England. A drop in readings through the south central states and upper Great Lakes plummeted Fort Worth, Tex., to 49 degrees, 22 degrees under Wednesday. Little Rock, Ark., also had 49 and in Milwaukee, it was only a degree above freezing. • Oklahoma, which' became wet with Tuesday’s vote to repeal 51 years of prohibition, was due to be wetter today from rains that stretched from Arizona northward through the central Plains and into western North Dakota.

and publisher of The Journal-Ga-zette, Henry L. Roxberger and Mrs. George Morris, Fort Wayne, also will be present with the welcoming group, along with Sr. M. Rosanna, president of St. Francis College. Byron McCammon, joint state representative! from Whitley and Allen counties, will head a legislative welcoming delegation, and Mayor Cole will lead a delegation of mayors. Butler city Democratic chairman James Tombowwill head a group of city officials and Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker, fourth district secretary will also be present. Will Form Motorcade The entire group will form a motorcade when leaving the airport, and drive to the Decatur centeF>, Other 1 representatives on hand for the wettome will be the chairmen and vice chairmen of the participating counties, they are, respectively: Allen-Alex M. Campbell and Mrs. Cara Horton; De-Kalb-Celve Grube and Mrs. Monica Dunn; LaGrange-Mrs. Vincent Sisler and Harold Yates; NobleJames L. Koons and Mrs. Hazel Luckey; Steuben — Russell Sprague and Mrs. Mary Burns; Wells—Joseph Eichhorn and Mrs. Dorothy Huffman, and WhitleyJohn W. Whiteleather and Mrs. Georgia Stickler.

"MAKE DECATUR GREATER”

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 9,1959.

Brushes Aside Labor Proposal

Officers Named By Music Booster Club The second meeting of the newly organized Music booster club of the Decatur public schools was held Tuesday evening in the music room at Decatur high school with W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools. Permanent* officers were elected to relieve the temporary officers elected last week at the first club meeting, and the constitution recently drawn up by a committee appointed last Tuesday, was read and approved. Officers elected Tuesday night include: president, John Mays; vice president, Mrs. Frank Grice; secretary, Mrs. Doris Heath: treasurer, Mrs. Chalmer Bollenbacher; and publicity director, James C. Webb. A membership committee was also elected to decide on a drive to acquire members, and to make plans when the drive should be held. They consist of the following: Chalmer BoHenhacber. Ch"W Chew, and Mr. and Mrs. James C7 Webb. Webb said today that the first project being planned by the club is the fine arts festival which will be held at Decatur high school April 24 by the music and art departments. Details and announcements of the promotion of the first project will be released later. Helen Haubold, vocal instructor and choir director, and Clint Reed, band and orchestra instructor, attended the Tuesday night meeting. Both are music department leaders at Decatur high school. They discussed with the group of interested persons in music from this community, the future plans and functions of, the hew organization. The next meeting* of the Music Booster club will be held Monday night at 7:30 o’clock In the music room at Decatur high school to discuss the plans on promoting the festival. Anyone wishing tp attend is invited. Widow Named As Clerk Os Marion County JNDI AN A POLIS <UPD—A weeping widow whose husband has not yet been buried was sworn in today as Marion County clerk, 24 hours after, a man her husband defeated was appointed to the office. The state’s largest county was placed in a unique situation of having two county clerks when two of the three Marion County commissioners appointed Mrs. Louise Gasper to the office. Governor Handley appointted Edwin McClure to the- office Wednesday to succeed Harry J. Gasper, 51. who died unexpectedly Tuesday night. McClure was sworn in immediately after his appointment and took over the office this morning. Gasper, a Democrat, defeated McClure, a Republican, at the 1958 election. But a Republican and a Democrat on the three-member commission decided Handley had no right to appoint Gasper’s successor. They contended they are responsible for filling the vacancy. The clash over a successor to Continue <xn page elx, 12 Pages

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — The White House today tersely rejected a labor suggestion that President Eisenhower end his golfing holiday here and undertake a personal inspection tour of areas where unemployment is severe. —Press Secretary James C. Hagerty brushed aside the suggestion which was made at Wednesday’s AFL-CIO Washington conference on unemployment, saying “I have no comment whatsoever.” Hagerty at the same time made it plain that Eisenhower intends to return to Augusta after his overnight speaking date in Washington next Monday. < Eisenhower worked in his office at the Augusta National Golf Club early today, then played golf during the morning because of slwwers forecast for the afternoon. Hagerty at a news conference also, in response to questions, emphasized that Eisenhower and ailing Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had not come to any decision or agreement on whether the Cabinet officer, convalescing in Florida from his latest bout with cancer, would return to his post. Hagerty said such a decision would await completion of Dulles’ rest. ■ teOullps figured in the news conat White House headquarters in the Richmond Hotel here because of a story published in Washington to the effect that Dulles would return to his post

Adenauer Planning Strong Presidency

BONN, Germany (UPI) —Chancellor Konrad Adenauer intends to be a strong federal president on the pattern of his new friend, French President Charles de Gaulle, poliitcal sources said today. Until now the West Germany presidency has been mainly a symbolic and ceremonial office. But apparently De Gaulle has given the Germ mi leader ideas, although Adenauer was once suspicious of his motives. Informed sources said Adenauer is fascinated by the manner in which De Gaulle managed to rise above party politics by becoming president yet retained the essential powers in his own hand. The French presidency had virtually ino political powers until De Gaulle took over. Adenauer was understood to have ordered the Interior Ministry to prepare a detailed study of the possible powers of the presidency if it were occupied by a strong man. This move coincided with the opposition Socialist Party’s decision to name Carlo Schmid as its presidential candidate. Can Be Effective 'ln the first instance, Adenauer intimates reported, he wanted to determine precisely to what extent Schmid could block the government if he were elected president. Schmid opposes the present government’s policies. The Interior Ministry study showed that a strong man could in fact use the presidency quite effectively. At 'this stage, and under pressure from close friends to slow down, because of his age, Adenauer decided he had better take the presidency himself. Adenauer surprised the wtorld two days ago by announcing he will be the Christian Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidency when the Federal Assembly meets in West Berlin July 11. Adenauer’s party strength is great enough to assure him of victory. Nominate Succesor His first public act upon becoming president will be to nominate his own successor in the Chancellory, a choice expected to receive parliamentary approval.

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and handle the May 11 foreign ministers meeting because of favorable medical reports on the effectiveness of radiation therapy on his cancer condition. Before playing golf today, Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Ivan L. Willis of Chicago as a member of the President’s committee guarding against racial discrimination in work on government contracts. Willis told him that the "increased pressures” of his job as vice prejdent of the International Harvester Co. made his resignation necessary. Eisenhower accepted with regret.

INDIANA WEATHER

Considerable cloudiness and continued quite cool tonight and Friday. Occasional drizzle or rain extreme south. Low tonight 30 to 35 north, 35 to 40 south. High Friday mostly in the 40s. Sunset today, 7:17 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Friday 6:15 a.m. c.d.l. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy north, mostly cloudy south, possibly some light rain extreme south. Lows in 30s. Highs in 40s.

At the top of the form sheets were Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, 62, and Finance Minister Franz Etzel, 56. Adenauer departed Wednesday night for a four-week vacation on the shores of Lake Como in Italy and probably will spend the next month considering his choice. Political hopefuls were expected to visit him in Italy. In the meantime Adenauer has every intention of personally shaping the broad policies of the government for at least the next two years. He gave the country fair warning in a national radio and television address Wednesday night when he said the “rights and duties” of the presidency were vastly underrated, both here and abroad.

Indian Opposition To Red Drive Grows

NEW DELHI (UPD—lndian opposition to the Chinese Communist campaign in Tibet increased today and there were demands in parliament that India’s military forces be strengthened to meet any Communist threat to India. Tibetan patriots set up a provisional government outside Lhasa to oppose the Chinese Communist puppet regime headed by the Panchen Lama, and fierce fighting was reported raging at the top of the world with both sides pleged to “liberate” Tibet. The Indian government’s AllIndia Radio increased the volume of its broadcasts to tell the Tibetans their Dalai Lama was safe in India and the broadcast detailed speeches on the Tibetan situation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Peiping Radio stepped up its broadcasts earlier. All political parties in India except the Communists denounced the Chinese Communist supression in Tibet as a “blood bath,” a “second Hungary” and an exam-

Connie Trial Again Halted

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)-Connie Nicholas identified at her murder trial today a letter she wrote to a friend but never mailed, asking her to take care of arrangements after her suicide. The little divorcee took the witness stand again after a day’s postponement of her trial for the slaying of wealthy Forrest Teel. Within 15 minutes, the trial was halted again in the political hassle over the appointment of a clerk of the County Court. Mrs. Nicholas was calm and apparently not nervous as she looked at the letter, but she began to cry when it was read to the all-husband jury. It asked a Mrs. Harold King to notify Mrs. Nicholas’ former husband. Curt, and members of her family and said: , "Don’t forget my request that I be cremated as soon as possible and the ashes scattered over the runway of local airports.” The defense also introduced an envelope addressed to Teel—also never mailed—-with a card which read: "Because no one is perfect', let the past be a guide to what one should do in the/ future.” Judge Thomas J. Faulcener then adjourned the trial when he received word that Secretary of State John Walsh had not signed j the appointment of a new clerk of !the County Court, made Wednesday by Gov. Harold W. Handley. Faulconer said he would not proceed until the dispute was entirely clegrxt up. The court then adjourned until afternoon. Faulconer ordered the trial resumed when attorneys for both sides agreed to acknowledge Eldwin McClure, appointed by Handley to fill a vacancy created by the death of Harry J. Gasper, 51, ' as the court's clerk pro tempore. But a political battle over McClure's appointment raged on. Mrs. Louise Gasper, widow of the

ple of “Chinese imperialism.” Many members of parliament saw the action in Tibet as a threat to India and to the two Indian protectorates of Sikkim and Buhtan and the ’ independent kingdom of Nepal, which serve as buffer states between India and Tibet. There were demands that Nehru should have more vigilance on India’s 1,200-mile Himalayan border and increase border troops. Other members of parliament said they doubted Peiping’s integrity and asked Nehru to screen new Indian army recruits to see there was no danger of their turning Communist. One of the major developments to jolt Indian parliament members was Peiping's stoop on the Dalai Lama’s arrival in India, an announcement made many hours before Nehru confirmed it in parliament. Members asked the government to inquire into this and to investigate Red China’s vast espionage system in India.

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duly elected clerk, was sworn red-eyed and weeping in as her husband’s successor, 22 hours before his funeral.-Mrs. Gasper was appointed by Marion County commissioners, who contended they and not the governor are responsible for filling the vacancy. The Board of Commissioners Is 2-to-l Republican but one of the two Republicans balked at McClure’s appointment, and he and the Democratic minority member of the board refused to sign McClure’s bond. Commissioners’ signatures on the bond were considered necessary Before McClure could take over the clerk’s office. The GOP commissioner who refused to sign the bond and thereby bucked the Republican governor was Lester Durham. Fine Arts Festival Planned At School The music and art departments of Decatur high school will hold a fine arts festival Friday, April 24, in the high school auditorium, , Miss Kathryn Kauffman, art director, announced today. The event is sponsored annually by the Color Wheel, an art organization of Decatur high school. The 1959 festival will mark the fifth year the art department has been featured on the program, and will also mark the third year the two departments have combined for the presentation. An art exhibit will be on display in the auditorium for interested persons either before or after the music program is completed. Featured at the exhibit will be paintings. both oil and water, ceramics, pastels, charcoals, mosaics, toys, and many other forms of art work. The exhibit is open to any Decatur resident or anyone from the surrounding area. Anyone who cares to display his or her art work is asked to contact Miss Kauffman by Friday, April 17, so that plans can be completed in arranging the displays. New Memberships In Decatur C. Os C. Five new memberships to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce were reported today by chairman, L. A. Anspaugh, and co-chairman, Roy Kalver and Dave Moore. New members and new memberships sold by captain Bob Holthouse include the following business men and establishments: Ralph Habegger, of Habegger Hardware; Tom Lutes, of Lutes Flower Shop; and Don Koos, of Riverview Gardens. New members acquired by captain E. E. RydeU include: Paul Warthman, of the Commercial Print Shop; and Louis Walter, of Smith Iron and Metal company. Attempts to complete the drive are set for Saturday depending on the report of the captains by the end of the week. The drive started Monday with a kick-off breakfast held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center.