Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1959 — Page 1

Vol. IVIE No. 113.

Herter Breaks Through Russians’ Propaganda Barrage At Conference

GENEVA (UPD— Secretary of State Christian Herter broke through Russia’s propaganda barrage today to bring the Big Four forein ministers’ conference to grips with its main problems of German unity and European security. Herter was chairman as the third session of the parley began at 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. c.d.t.). By the time it ended at 6:09 p.m. he had hurled a challenge at Russia to join jn "deadly earnest” talks. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko’s two-day filibuster to win admission for Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia as "full and equal” partners of the major powers collapsed—at least temporarily—under a demand from Herter to let the Big Four get down to brass tacks. "I should say the United States is in deadly earnest about wanting to reach agreements,” Herter said. Sets Up Targets He pledged American willingness for a summit conference ?nd proposed these targets for getting there: —Reach agreements right now “over as wide a field as possible.” —"Narrow the differences.” —“Prepare constructive proposals” for President Eisenhower and the other summit leaders to con-1 sider. Before the meeting opened, it was agreed among the Western foreign ministers that Herter would give Gromyko an opportunity to raise the issue of Poland and CWnioslovakia again if he wished. Only if Gromyko failed to flo so would Herter fry to get the parley down to grips with its real problems, the Berlin crisis, Ger-1

Ask Brain Trust To Combat Communism

WASHINGTON (UPD — The State Department wants to set up a "brain trust” whose sole duty would be to master-mind global political and economic warfare against the Communists. The plan was disclosed today when a House appropriations subcommittee made public testimony given last February by State Department officials. Undersecretary of State C. Douglas Dillon, Deputy Undersecretary Loy W. Henderson and others warned that the Communist offensive had picked up to such an extent that the United States had to move fast to counteract it. They urged that Congress provide enough money to create a special staff thjt would devote full-time to analyzing the Red moves and how to combat them. The plan drew a cool reaction from subcommittee Chairman John Rooney (D-N.Y.) who said he thought the State Department

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man unity and European security. The Western foreign minsiters each had readied general opening speeches appealing again to Russia to ease tension by agreeing to an acceptable settlement of the German and European security problems. But Gromyko already had dashed any linerLig hopes that he might permit an early cold war peace settlement which the West could accept. In a o r e-hour talk with West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano this morning, Gromyko declared bluntly that the Kremlin will not permit a reunified Germany now or at any time in the near future except on its own retms. French Minister Bl Right up to the opening of today's session at the Palais des Nations, Gromyko also left little doubt of his determination to ' keep up the fight for the admis- ■ sion of Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia as equals to thfe Big Four. This was the subject that was : argued for 90 minutes without resolution at Tuesday’s session, The West is opposed to seating I either hation as an equal. But it is willing to hear their views, and those of any other interested nations. at a later «tage in the I conference. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville was confined to bed with grippe and was unable to attend today’s conference session. The delegation was led by Charles Lucet, political chief of the French Foreign Office. Valerian Zorin, Gromyko’s deputy, took the unusual step of visiting press headquarters in person 'Tuesday night to tell newsmen

had been doing just that for the past 15 years. Henderson said the State Department has “long felt it was not organized in away which would enable it quickly to ascertain what the various columns of international Communism were trying to do everywhere to take steps to thwart their efforts.” "We feel the time has come ni view of the growing aggressiveness of international Communism in the economic field that we should have a global approach,” he declared. Dillon warned it has become “perfectly clear” the Russians are now making major use of economic weapons “to bring the World under Communist domination.” Dillon said there was “no place in the government—in the State Department, or anywhere else — concerned solely with this problem and what to do about it.”

the “success of the whole conference will to a large extent depend on a decision on this problem.” French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville and British Foreign Secretary Sel wy n Lloyd were reported dubious about Herter’s planned tactics. They were said to feel it would be better to let Gromyko talk himself out. Reject Soviet Demand France, Britain and the United! States have rejected the Soviet demand though they expressed willingness to hear the satellite nations if matters affecting them came up. Couve de Murville and Lloyd also insisted Italy and possibly such nations as Holland, Belgium and Denmark be invited. High American officials said Herter was convinced that Gromyko, despite his harsh -words, was prepared to give ground soon in order to permit the conference to proceed with its work. The new American secretary/ who so far has shown himself to be a tough negotiator, was reported to be operating on the assumption the Russians are too anxious for a summit meeting to jeopardize the chances of holding one. Plan Taking Shape The shape of a possible arrangement for hearing the Poles and Czechs — as well as Western European countries — was beginning to emerge in diplomatic conversations. Three Men Arrested For Aiding Bandit FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD— Three Canton, Ohio men were arrested by FBI agents Tuesday on charges of helping an accused bank robber shoot his way out of the Allen County Jail last June 10. Held in. lieu of $50,000 dollar bond were Robert N. Parker, 30; Robert P. Payne, 31, and James Pobas, Jr., 31, all of Canton. Payne and Pobas were held in Cleveland and Parker is in jail at Wheeling, W. Va. The three men were arrested after Payne and Pobas were indicted by a federal grand jury at Hammond Monday on charges of aiding the escape of Dari D. Parker, 29. Canton, Ohio, from the jail here. Robert is Dari Parker’s brother. Parker, accused of robbing a Fort Wayne bank of more than $50,000 in Oct., 1957, made his way to Hicksville, Ohio, before being shot by a state trooper. He is slated to stand trial May 18 on bank robbery charges, and also face kidnaping and assault charges stemming from his escape. Parker offered to plead guilty to robbery and assault Tuesday, but the plea was denied by Federal Judge Robert A. Grant.

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Gov. Handley Urges Pori In Indiana Dunes k WASHINGTON (UPD —Gov. Harold W. Handley said today a Lake Michigan seaport in Indianas Dunes area si would provide for “many industrial workers in various midwestern localities.” In a statement prepared for delivery before a Senate subcommittee which is studying a bill to make the dunes a recreation site, the Hoosier governor said the port is “badly needed” by thousands of farm families through the midwest to expand export markets through the St. Lawrence Waterway. He said he speaks in behalf of the coal miners of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and other midwestern states, in behalf of the building trades, industrial workers, economically distressed areas “wherever they might be in the midWest...and for all the people of Indiana, regardless of political affiliation or econimc status, who have been working for this port for almost three decades...” Indiana officials are strongly opposed to a bill by Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.), to turn the dunes into a national park. “There are many locations op lakes and national wooded terrain throughout the midwest that could, be developed into a national park" said Handley. “But there is only one expanse of virgin land left for the development of a deepwater port.” * Handley said the crux of the entire controversy “between the people of Indiana and thouse pushing S. 1001 is more jobs and taxable income versus picnic areas.” “The American who has a job will be able to find a picnic area anywhere in the midwest,” h e said, “if he'also has an automobile to transport his family and the money to buy the groceries.” Handley said Indiana has never proposed to establish the port simply for use b the steel industry. He submitted a study of traffic

John Lewis Lashes Labor Reform Bill

WASHINGTON (UPD — John L. Lewis, opposing labor reform legislation, told Congress in a booming voice today that it cannot weld “a cast-iron chastity belt around the waists of 16 million men without their consent.” The 79-year-old president of the United Mine Workers said all pending labAr bills stem from “the rich, wealthy, and powerful . . . with axes to grind” and would discriminate against the poor. He also charged that the Sen-ate-approved legislation discrimi* nates against unions by attempting to .regulate the “moral?” of only one segment of the population. Lewis testified before two House Labor subcommittees considering various reform bills. A standing-room-only crowd turned out to hear theXoforful union leader express his views in no uncertain terms; \_/gays Unions No Different He told the congressmen that unions have the same standards of ethics “as any other cross-sec-tion of the population.” Yet, he said, the reform bills would try to make unions responsible for act? of their individual members. “Can the bankers association guarantee the probity of all bankers?” he asked. “The federal government itself cannot be responsible for the acts of individual agents and individual citizens, even in the army — or even in the Capitol.” The union leader ridiculed "widespread cries” that one union or one leader “can throttle the country.” “That just isn’t true, that can’t

flow through the proposed seaport made by Indiana University’s School of Business last fall. Handley said the study estimates an annual volume through the port of 10.8 million hundredweight of grain to be transported through the St. Lawrence Seaway, along with millions of tons of cao, stone and general cargo, in addition to 14 million tons of iron re. “The advcqtes of S. 1001 call this a matter of regional concern With regard to recreation,” said Handley, "but I submit it also a matter of regional concerns as far Its the economy of the entire midwest and the nation is concerned.” Handley pointed out that Indiana now has 19 State parks and will shortly add another, in the Fort Wayne area. "There is not an Indiana community w’hich is very many miles from a state park, and moreover, our facilities are so ample that we entertain thousands of out-of-state visitors each year.” He said the Indiana Dunes Park is one of the "most popular of the parks, with a magnificent 3-mile frontage of the choicest beach along Lake Michigan.” “This nature area has never been used to nearly its full potential, since it i£ being developed according to need. "Yet, S. 1001 would affect the area three miles west of the park which for almost 30 years the citizens of Indiana have dreamed of. as our port of access to the great lake area and the seven seas. “Ironically, the area under consideration by this bill is - almost denuded of dunes formation, the sand having been hauled over the ■ years to the City of Chicago and its' environs for industrial uses, as well as the building of Chicago beaches.” INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy through Thursday. Scattered showers and thundershowers south portion this afternoon, much cooler tonight and Thursday. Sunset 7:50 p. m. Low tonight 42 to 50 north, in the 50s south. Sunrise Thursday 5:32 a. m. High Thursday 56 to 64, low Thursday night in low 40s north to the mid-50s south. Outlook for Friday: Fair and quite <cool, high in low, 50s north to near 60 south.

be done,” he said. Calls Reform Bills Punitive He called all the reform bills “punitive” and “oppressive” to unions. “The poor, such as we have, are in labor unions,” he said. “Because they are poor, they are more vulnerable.” Lewis described the Eisenhower administration’s proposed labor reform bill as “88 pages of misery.” The Senate-approved bill, he said, represented 66 pages of misery that is not quite so pronounced. Lewis pulled his miners out of the American Federation of Labor in 1947 over the AFL’s decision to comply with the Taft - Hartley law. He called Taft-Hartley the “first ugly, savage thrust of Facism in America” at the AFL convention 12 years ago. The mine workers have been unaffiliated since then and Lewis has never filed a non-Com munist affidavit required to qualify the UMW for services of the National Labor Relations Board. UMW legislative director Robert E. Howe declared recently the mine union is “against every word, every line and every paragraph” of the Senate-approved KennedyErvin bill. Howe said it would hog-tie unions and give the federal government the power to “rule or ruin” them. Lewis, who lasi testified before Congress in 1957 on welfare plan disclosure legislation, is known to hold the same views. Teamsters’ president James R. Hoffa is going over the heads of AFL-CIO leaders to appeal for labor support in his fight against the bill- — '

Dr. John H. Furbay • Speaker ar < i t 1 ' s 1 . i t i I i 1 I i Dr. John H. Furbay < ’“' \ < Dr. John H? Furbay, internation- < ally known lecturer, author and i global air commuter, will deliver ,i the commencement'address at the 1 annual graduation exercises ,of the 1 Decatur high school Thursday eve- * ning, May 21. The exercises will be held in the j school auditorium at 8 p.m. W. j Guy - Brown, superintendent of the . Decatur public schools, has an- j nounced. 1 Dr. Furbay, director of the 1 world-wide educational program of Trans World Airlines on four con- ( tinents, is rated one of America’s ’ most dynamic interpreters of the world scene, and is probably the ( busiest speaker on the American , platform today. He recently returned from a global lecture tour, addressing 66 organizations in 22 countries. During World War II he carried out special assignments for the war department relating to the invasion and occupation of North Africa, and is now one of the national advisors to the civil air patrol, U. S. Air Force. Dr. Furbay was one dean of the • summer session of Mills College, Oakland, Calif.; has taught in Connecticut, Indiana and Kansas; has been guest lecturer at the University of Hawaii, the University of , Geneva, Switzerland, the AmeriJ can University, Cairo, Egypt, and I the National University of the Phil- ,' ippines. | A native of Mt. Gilead, 0., he j attended Otterbein and Asbury ! Colleges, received his master’s degree from New York University,’ became a doctor of philosophy from Yale in 1931, and has done research at the Sorbonne, Paris, and the University of London. i Former Geneva Man Is Taken By Death Walter David Cross, Jr., of Glen Ellyn, 111., a native and former resident of Geneva, died of carcinoma Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Elmhurst, 111., hospital. He was vice president of the Sinclair Oil Refining Co. Mr. Cross, a resident of the Chicago suburb since 1952, was a member of the Geneva Methodist church. Surviving are the widow, Marguerite; a son, Michael David Cross, with the Army in Turkey; and a brother, Wilson Cross, of South Bend. Services will be conducted Thursday in Wheaton, 111., after which the body will be brought to the Hardy and Hardy funeral home in Geneva. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening. Second services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, the Rev. Robert Bickel, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside cemetery. Sheriffs Posse In • < I Parade Here May 30 The Adams county shcrlff'S”department mounted posse will take part in the annual Memorial Day parade slated for May~3o, sheriff Merle Affolder, said today. As a request of the American , Legion, the members of the posse were asked to participate in the annual event, A meeting was held last evening at Saddle Lake to discuss plans for the parade, according to Affolder. It was also announced today that the posse members are requested to meet at Saddle Lake June 2 at 7 p.m. for a practice session for the peony festival which is scheduled to be held in Van Wert June 6, Four names were submitted as new members to the association at last night’s meeting. All four pent sons were approved; their names!

33 Die In Two Plane Crashes

BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD — • Capital Airlines revealed today that the weather radar of its 1 Viscount airliner was not operat- 1 ing at the time it crashed in a ; severe thunderstorm near here Tuesday, killing 31 persons. The plane, en route from New * York to Atlanta, exploded in the air. A Capital official said the > radar equipment which warns pilots of storm turbulence as far ! as 150 miles ahead was “inopera- 1 tive” uecause of mechanical trou- ' ble. This was brought out as govern- . ment investigators sifted the scat- : tered wreckage of the jet pow- ; ered transport, seeking the cause ‘ of the explosion. They were alert for any signs that the disaster was caused by sabotage or structural failure although Civil Aeronautics Board Safety Director Oscar Bakke said "It’s too early to speculate.” Eyewittness stories indicated the British-built plane may have suffered structural failure in the violent turbulence. One report from the scene said one wing of the plane was found some distance from the wreckage. Thunderstorms are regarded as one of an aircraft's deadliest enemies, and airborne radar as the best weapon against them. ,! The CAB called a morning conference of investigative teams to analyze the findings of experts who were rushed to the scene 17 miles northeast of Baltimore hosrtly after the crash yesterday afternoon. . The jet-prop plane, Capital’s flight 75 from New York to Atlanta, disintegrated in the air. The mangled bodies of its 27 passengers and four crew members were scattered over a quartermile area. It was the second disaster to strike the airline in less than an hour. A Capital-operated Constel- ■ lation, also bound for Atlanta, ; skidded and crashed on landing at . Charleston, W. Va„ killing two of f the 43 persons aboard. The plane fell off a 250-foot embankment j and burned. Twenty-eight occupants were injured. Tell Graphic .Story This was believed to have been ‘ the first time that a commercial ’ air carrier suffered two fatal ■ crashes in the dame day. Eyewitnesses to the Baltimore crash recounted a graphic . story of how the airliner broke up into flames at 14,000-feet altitude and fragments began falling to the ! ground. I Bernard Pope, an 18-year-old volunteer fireman, witnessed the accident while riding in the back of a pickup truck.

Ike Discusses Money Problem

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower said today that he wants not only a balanced budget from Congress, but enough federal revenue to start reducing the staggerin public debt. In discussing federal revenues at his news conference he did not ask for any new income taxes.

He told reporters he was sending an immediate request to the House and Senate for speedier action on badly needed legislation to incraase the federal lending authority for insuring mortgages, raising the gasoline tax for hihway construction and leislation to cope with the mounting wheat surplus. The President said that unless Congress speeded it up its action in these three vitSl areas, the country would suffer. In talking about the budget, Eisenhower called on not only Congress, but labor and business management for sensible, reasonable action to combat inflation, hold down government spending and start reducing the towering fedral debt. Says Russ Making Propaganda Latest Treasury figures show that as of May 8 the public debt was $284,824,191,460.18. Eisenhower said his balanced budget proposed for fiscal 1960 actually was a minimum target. He said that the government, without delay, ought to be building up a surplus to whittle down the debt and thus reduce what he called the unconscionable annual cost of interest on the public, debt. Other news conference highlights: —Die President felt that some of the Russian tactics in the opening phases of the Geneva foreign ministers conference were motivated by propaganda goals. He expressed the hope that this stage would pass quickly so the minis-

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“We were driving along and I was looking skyward and I saw this plane suddenly break up in. a big ball of flame/’ he said. “The fragments began falling in flame, leaving a cone-shaped area of smoke in the Sky.” Edgar Amos, 32, another occupant of the pickup truck, said, “There was a lot of smoke and several pieces of the plane appeared to flutter down and burn out on the way.” Had Perfect Record The plane was piloted by Capt. N. C. Paddock, 52. of Grosse Pointe, Mich., a veteran of nearly 29 years service with the airline. Capital said he had never been in an accident. The co-pilot, M. J. Flahaven of Dearborn, Mich., also had an accident-free record. The four-engine airliner apparently was flying through "high turbulence” — extreme up and down air drafts—just before the crash. There also was lightning and rain. But CAB officials discounted the possibility that lightening might have caused the accident. The only recorded accident in which lightning has figured was the crash or an airliner near Lovettsville, Va., in 1940. In that instance, lightning did not strike the plane but flashed in front of the ship, probably blinding or disabling the pilots. Prior to the two accidents Tuesday, Capital said it had operated more than 850 million passenger miles without a passenger fatality. The last previous disaster involving one of its planes was at Brunswick, Md., in May 1956 when a military jet crashed into a Viscount killing all 11 aboard the airliner. Misunderstanding Over Teacher Pay Scale j Some misunderstanding is re- , ported to have arisen over the salt ary schedules in effect in the De- - catur public schools, as published in Tuesday’s Decatur Daily Democrat. ! The new schedule, adopted by 1 the city school board and announcl ed Tuesday, is based on the new state minimum. However, the De- ■ catur pay range, both at the mini- z ’ mum and maximum, is well above the state minimum in all classifi- , cations. Minimum here is $4,350 for bachelor’s degree with no experience, to $5,430 after 12 years of service. Minimum for master’s degree, no experience, is $4,550. ranging to $6,350 after 20 years of service.

tors could get down to fruitful negotiation. President Is Baffled —He said continued Senate opposition to confirmation of some of his major nominations was baffling and obviously was a delaying tactic based on something other than searching out the competanae of his selections for high federal, offioe. —He summarized his feelings on proposed repeal of the 22nd Amendment, which prohibits more than two terms for a president, by saying that he thought the amendment should be left in force for the time being to test its workability. Speaks Against Discrimination —On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling outlawing racial segregation in public schools he acknowledged that the decision had produced resentment. But he said that it was the duty of all Americans to work toward the goal of no discrimination because of race, color or origin. Mel Liechty Heads Monroe Lions Club Mel Liechty, realtor and auctioneer, was elected president of the Monroe Lions club at the annual election meeting Tuesday evening. He succeeds Glen Workinger, who has served for the past year. Other officers are: Floyd En- ' gle, first vice president; James' McCullough, second vice president; William Brandenburg, secretary; Wayne Hirschy, treasurer; Ray Miller, tail twister; Gale Cook, Lion tamer; Paul Zurcher and Russell Mitchel, new directors. Hold-over directors are Wayne Minnich and Kenneth Mitchel.