Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 183.

Senate Rackets Group Charges Hoffa Paid Off Debt With Union Funds

WASHINGTON (UPD—The Senate Rackets Committee, firing the second blast of a double-barrelled ' attack, charged today that Teamster President James R. Hoffa used union funds “to pay off a » long-standing debt to the Chicago underworld.” The committee also charged by inference that Hoffa received “some or all” of a $17,500 cash payoff made by Detroit laundry owners to obtain a favorable union contract. The accusations were contained in the second chapter of a formal report which the committee filed with the Senate setting forth its findings in hearings conducted last year. The first section, filed prematurely Tuesday after its contents leaked to newsmen, reviewed 21 cases in which Hoffa was linked with crime, corruption and Communist elements. “Betrayal of Trost” The committee predicted that Hoffa “will successfully destroy the decent labor movement in the United States” unless his power is checked by legislation. Advised of the committee’s first round blast, Hoffa said: “To hell with them... This is another attempt to get a headline in Jack Kennedy’s campaign for president at my expense.” Hoffa said ne would "place my record of achievements for the workers beside the record of Jack Kennedy (Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) or Bob Kennedy (Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy) anytime.” The additional material filed today not only added more black marks bjr Hoffa's name but summed up a case of “betrayal of trust” by high-ranking officials of the Butchers Union in New York. The report on the meat-cutters dwelt mainly cm the activities of union officers Max and Louis Block, including their relations with two large retail grocery chains—the A&P and Food Fair. Payoff to Underworld The report reviewed testimony on Hoffa's alleged role in awarding lucrative Teamster insurance business to his friend, Allen Dorfman of Chicago. The committee branded this a form of payoff to the underworld and to Paul Dorfman, Allen’s father, who was described as “the corrupt labor leader who introduced (Hoffa) to midwest mob society.” It said Hoffa made a “collusive arrangement” which netted the Dorfmans more than three million dollars in commissions and fees in eight years. This was about twice the normal sum for such business, it said. “While Teamster members were literally digging into their jeans to assure comfortable living for

—- — i Nikita Expresses His Hope Os Peace

MOSCOW (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today he would visit the United States next month to find a “common language and a common understanding” on questions to be resolved. Khrushchev, in a rare news conference in the Kremlin, expressed confidence that there are real possibilities for solving controversial questions between the United States and the Soviet Union. He declared that the Soviet Union is prepared to do everything inits power so that his meeting in Washington with President Eisenhower would “facilitate the establishment of the best possible understanding between the Soviet Union and the United States and facilitate the cause of peace.” The premiter said he would visit the United States in the middle of September. Washington dispatches reported that Khrushchev would visit the U.S. capital <to Sept. 15. - President Eisenhower will make his exchange trip to Moscow later in the autumn, Khrushchev said. The Soviet leader said he and the President will hold unofficial talks—not negotiations. He also said that “We want to be friends not only with the U.S.A. but also with the friends 42 HfM

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the Dorfmans and their cronies, the benefits available to them under the health and welfare plans were drastically reduced,” the report said. The report also traced a $17,500 payoff which Detroit laundry owners allegedly made to Joe Holtzman, a labor consultant, to influence Hoffa to intercede in a dispute with a Teamster local. “Milked the Treasuries” “Hoffa thereafter did intercede; in the dispute and laundry owners settled the contract on their terms,” the report said. “The testimony leads to the inference that James R. Hoffa received some or all of the $17,500 paid to Joe Holtzman.” Bowling Alley Foes File Court Action The newest action in the MiesDawson fight to erect a $300,000 bowling emporium is a court action by a group of residents in that area, calling for the Adams circuit court to review the ordinance passed by the city council and to decree it as void. The date of the hearing has been set for August 21, at 9 a.m. by Judge Myles F. Parrish. The petition, signed by eight residents represented by Edris and Edris, attorneys from Bluffton, is for a writ of certiorari and to decree as void the ordinance of the city council. The defendants in the case are the city plan commission. Mayor Robert D. Cole, ecunciknen Carl Gerber. Clyde Drake, Norb Aumann, Lawrence Kohne, and Ed Bauer, and the Mies-Dawson Realty, Inc. The city council approved an amended petition by the Mies-Daw-son Realty, Inc., on July 7, passing into ordinance the rezoning of about 3.7 acres of residential land to commercial. The vote of approval was unanimous. The local bowling firm had been denied two previous requests, even though one was approved by the plan commission, because no detailed plans were presented with the petition. The last request was accompanied by a dedicated plat and assurance that all requirements of the zoning board and health board would be met. The proposed bowling establishment would be situated between the Decatur Golf club and Schwartz Motor Sales on U.S. 224 and would have a 60-foot street and ample parking space, for patrons. , Those who signed the petition for court action are: Mr. and Mrs. Raymohd McDougal, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warthman, Mr. and Mrs. Enos Osterman, Oscar Lankenau, and Rose M. Lankenau. i .

of the U.S.A. At the same time we want the United States to maintain good relations not only with us but with our friends.” He said there is no agenda for his meeting with President Eisenhower, but that ht; did not attribute any particular significance to the form of exchanges of views. The important thing, he said, was that at the end of the exchange of views there is found a “common language and a common understanding” of the problems which will have to be settled. Local Man's Sister Is Taken By Death Mrs. Opal Melchi Adams, 52, of near Fremont, died ’Tuesday at an Angola hospital, where she had been a patient two weeks. Surviving are five brothers, Eugene Melchi of Decatur, Earl at Grabill, Jesse of near Fremont, and Virgil and Woodrow of Orland, and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Stetler of Orland, and Mrs. Mary North of Lake James. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Klink funeral home in Orland, the Bev. Gene Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Jamestown cemetery.

Civil Rights Bill Approved

I WASHINGTON (UPD— A fivepoint civil rights bill was ap- , proved today by the House Judi- , ciary Committee. As it now stands, the bill would ) Allow the federal government ( to provide schooling of military personnel when local schools are ; closed to avoid integration; Require state officials to pre- ( serve election records for two . years so there can be federal in- j spection; < Make it a crime to interfere , with school integration by force or threats; Make it a federal crime to flee across state lines to avaid prose- 1 cution for bombing any building , or vehicle; Extend the life of the federal ( Civil Rights commission for an- ' other two years. The reported favorable vote was ( 117-13. The measure now goes to the House Rules Committee where j it faces tough sledding. Other congressional news: Hoffa: The Senate Rackets , Committee fired a second stinging volley at Teamster President James R. Hoffa. The committee ; accused Hoffa of using union : funds "to pay off a long-standing debt tothe Chicago underworld.” The report, the second issued by the Senate group in tvotterys. also charged by inference that the labor leader received "some ; or all” of a $17,500 cash payoff made by Detroit laundry owners to obtain a favorable union contract. Labor Reform: President Eisenhower will make a nationwide radio and television speech Thursday night in an effort to prod Congress into enacting a tougher labor reform bill. Congressional Democrats backmg moderate legislation pending in the House and passed by the Senate demanded that a spokesman for them be given equal air time to present their side. Exchange: Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) advocated that the United States invite several thousand high school age youngsters from Communist countries Crowd Stores For Dollar Day Sales The retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce indicated that early reports from members on the annual Dollar Day sale are extremely gratifying as shoppers crowded the downtown area. Shoppers gathered at several stores minutes before the scheduled 9 a.m. opening and continued to mill up and down the city’s main thoroughfares, seeking dollar-day bargains and getting a full preview of the newest in fall fashions. Mothers, with an eye to the start of school in just about four weeks, scoured the stores with children tagging along, lining up wardrobes for the 1959-60 school term. Don Stafford, sale chairman, assisted by co-chairmen Everett Shauver and David Joiner, were out early this morning covering the parking meters with paper bags, indicating that free parking was available throughout the 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. day. Members of the retail division had their windows plastered with the bright orange and blue Dollar Day signs, beckoning shoppers to at least stop and look. Although the crowd thinned considerably just before and after the noon hour, the influx of shoppers was expected to regain momentum ' later in the afternoon. And if past salesman be used as an indicator, the early evening splurge could keep clerks and shop owners at their posts continuously until clos- . ing time. ' The winners of the prizes, which shoppers registered for, at the various stores, will be ahndunced in tomorrow’s edition. A total of $35 will be presented to several lucky ; shoppers after the drawing later tonight. “

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to visit this country. He said such a program would be just as important as the pending visit here by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Housing: Chairman John Sparkman (D-Ala.) of the Senate housing subcommittee said he expected President Eisenhower to go along with a substitute housing bill cutting 325 million dollars from the measure he vetoed as “inflationary” and “extravagant.” The measure still was 240 million dollars bigger than Eisenhower’s proposal. Cadets: Chairman George H. Mahon (D-Tex.) said he has ordered the staff and investigators of his House defense appropriations subcommittee to find out why it costs so much to train cadets at the Army, Navy and Air Force Academies. Government statistics showed these average costs per cadet in the last bookkeeping year: Air Force, $28,600; Army, $13,078; Navy. $7,115. Defense Bids: Chairman Sparkman of the Senate Small Business Committee said that “wasteful, non-competitive” defense contract practices have helped cut the value of the dollar, increased the cost of living and unbalanced the budget. He suggested to the Senate that President Eisenhower summon his department heads to a, meeting to devise a system of Competitive bidding for government purchases. Labor: House members, facing a showdown next week on labor reform legislation, are under the most intense lobbying pressure in many years. Employers want them to revamp the pending bill to impose stiffer controls. Labor groups are trying to persuade the lawmakers to soften the bill or kill it entirely. It appeared there were not enough votes to make the measure milder. Street Auction By PTA On Saturday Saturday’s stret auction for the Northwest and Lincoln schools PTA will have a display of new merchandise as well as used items. The auction will be Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., on Madison street between First and Second streets. PTA members will visit merchants in Decatur Friday morning, when they will pick up the contributions. PTA members in charge of visiting the merchants are Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Feasel, Mrs. Nelson Doty. Mrs. Roy Friedley. Mrs. James Helm, Mrs. Richard Linn, Mrs. Jerome Ginter, Mrs. Grover Levy, Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mrs. Hollis Bonifas, Mrs. Wesley Lehman, and Mrs. Robert Lord. A gas stove, a baby bassinette, children’s toys, a children’s swimming pool, and window screens are among the articles to be sold. The public will be able to inspect the merchants’ goods and the used articles until 2 p.m. Saturday, when the first session will begin, with the summer students of the Reppert school of auctioneering selling the articles. The cashier and clerk at the auction will be James Beery and Ray Eichenauer, respectively, Clarence Stapleton will be in charge of the refreshment stand. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm and humid this afternoon through Thursday. Some scattered thundershowers likely extreme south this afternoon and north Thursday. Low tonight 68 to 75. High Thursday 88 to 93. Sunset today 7:54 p. m. Sunrise Thursday /5:48 a. m. Outlook for Friday: ' Continued partly cloudy, warm and humid with scattered showers and thundershowers. Lows 68 to 75. Highs 88 to $5.

Mrs. Cecil Harvey Dies This Morning Mrs. Bertha Harvey, 65, wire of Cecil Harvey, of two miles east of Decatur, died at 6:10 o’clock this morning at the Irene Byron hospital in Fort Wayne, where she was admitted Monday. She had been an invalid for the past eight years. She was born in Decatur May 3, 1894, a daughter of Ulysses and Corintha Nelson-Drummond, and was a lifelong resident of this community. She was married to Cecil Harvey Jan. 24, 1920. Mrs. Harvey was a member of die Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church and the Ben Hur lodge. Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters, Mrs. Morris (Naomi) Krueckeberg of Preble, and Mrs. Joshua (Betty) Zurcher of Monroe route 1; four sons ( Calvin Harvey of Garrett, William Harvey of Decatur route 4, Robert Harvey of Decatur route 2, and Richard Harvey of Decatur; two step-daughters, Mrs. Gale (Mabel) Cook of Decatur route 6, and Mrs. Robert (Gladys) Braden of Decatur route 2;. a step-son, Bryce Harvey of Bluffton; 21 grandchildren; one brother, William Drumjnond of Bellemount, Mich., and a twin sister, Mrs. Harry Suman of Decatur route 6. Two daughters and two brothers are deceased. , y ' ‘Funeral services Will/be ' eonWted at 1:3& p. m. Friiay attftw Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. J,. O. Penrod officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until 12 noon Friday, after which the body will lie in state at the church until time of the services. Attend Convention Os Valpo Council Delegates from three Decatur area churches will attend the sixth annual convention of the Valparaiso advisory council to be held on the campus of the university August 7-9. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reinking will represent the Zion Lutheran congregation of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Melcher will represent St John’s, of Monroeville; and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. (Rudy) Meyer will represent St. John’s of Adams county. City Council Meets For Brief Session The city council met in the shortest session of the summer Tuesday evening as it took only 13 minutes to dispatch all the business at hand. Two letters were read and the monthly bank statement were the major items of interest besides the reading of the bills. Steve Gass, of Union township, applied for a rural light extension and his request was forwarded to the city electric plant in conjunction with the superintendent. Clarence Ziner. manager of Culligan Soft Water Service, requested a 5-7 lb. pressure boost on his water supply. Ziner stated in his letter that when he moved to his new location, the standard pressure readied only 38 lbs., and fluctuated between 32-33 lbs. when his larger mains were opened. The city standard pressure is 40 lbs. His problem was referred to the water department in conjunction with the commissioner. The statement from the First State Bank of Decatur shows that $214,150.94 remains in the city’s general fund, while $2,251.90 is in the Barrett law fund. The remaining departments are: Electric light depreciatfon, $253,075.62; electric utility bond, $6,884.69; meter deposits, $18,606.64; parking meter fund, $9,585.97; police pension fund, $9,585.97: firemen pension fund, $12,147.15; sewage works. $8,282.99; sewage works construction, $148,136.54; sewage works depreciation, $5,500, and the sinking fund, $7,649.34. The city budget will be announced next week by August 13, according to an announcement from Mayor Robert D. Cole.

Tickets Available For New York Tour Tickets are still available for the Decatur Daily Democrat-Erie Railroad weekend tour to New York and West Point, leaving on the diesel Lake Cities Friday at 1:34 p. m. • Approximately 45 Decatur and area residents are expected to leave on the tour, but more reservations are still available. Tickets may be bought at the Erie railroad passenger station. Those who want to pay their balances and get their tickets before Friday should contact the railroad aaf soon as possible. Reservations are taken on a first-come, first served basis. In answer to several questions that have popped up about baggage and what to take—the itineraries instruct the travelers to travel light, carrying one bag, which is one piece of luggage that may be carried easily. As both Emily Post and Amy Vanderbilt who have suggestions about travel in their books (which are both available at the public library), the secret is to take along the minimum of articles. Although packing to be comfortable on the barest minimum improves with experience, as Emily Post comments, there are a few tips travelers can take. Recent issues of McCall’s and Good Housekeeping offer some suggestions. Good Housekeeping, March, 1959, emphasizes that clothes should be the most comfortable and the most wrinkle-resistant ones a traveler can find. For train traveling, McCall’s recommends in the July issue, that travel size cosmetics be used, and suggests a small nailbrush, clothes brush, extra gloves, and even small wash-and-dry towelettes and some foot spray for tired feet. New York’s climate is very similar to that in this area, although it may be cooler at night that it is here. Travelers who have gone on the tour, other years recommwid taking light.sweaters or conditioned coach. If the weather continues hot, coolness in clothes will be welcome. The wrinkleresistant cottons or blends of cotton and the new miracle fibers are most absorbent, as are other closely woven materials, such as some knits. Even the color, Good Housekeeping says, may have a psychological effect on the coolnes of a garment, as whites and pastels reflect light, and therefore heat, while dark colors absorb light and heat. The tour this year will also include a boat trip up the Hudson to West Point, as soon as the travelers arrive in New York—which may demand a light sweater or stole to throw over one’s shoulders, or a jacket. Other events on the tour will be open night in Manhattan Saturday night, a free Sunday morning so that travelers may go to the church of their choice, and a guided tour of downtown Manhattan Sunday afternoon. The tour will return to Decatur about 1:28 p. m. Monday.

Secy. Herter Warns Russia

GENEVA (UPI) — Secretary of State Christian Herter Warned the Soviets today that the Western Allies are in Berlin by right of victory in war and that they have no intention of signing away those rights. Herter delivered his blunt warning to the closing plenary session of the deadlocked 10-week-old Big Four foreign ministers’ conference. It was the first public restatement of the tough Western stand on Berlin since the invitation to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to visti the United States. It showed that, despite the sudden easing of cold war tensions, the West has not backed down an inch in its determination to" remain in Berlin. However, Herter came out firmly for resumption of the Big Four talks at some time in the future. He expressed confidence that an East-West agreement still could be reached giving security to 2.500,000 free West Berliners. The actual date and place of a new meeting will be arranged through diplomatic channels. Western sources said the choice of a date presumably will depend on the results of the EisenhowerKhrushchev talks.

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iNixon Enroute Home From Russian Tour

WARSAW (UPD — Vice President Richard M. Nixon, speeded mi his way by a thunderous sendoff from thousands of cheering, ! flower-throwing Poles, headed home today from a historic twoweek tour of the Communist 1 world. j Nixon took off from Babice Air- . base exactly at 4 a.nr. e.d-t. in a ’ Boeing 707 airliner which also ' carried the U.S. newsmen who 1 covered his trip. The vice president was to hold a jet-speed news conference dur- ‘ ing the four-hour flight to Keflavik, Iceland, where he will trans- _ fer to his own military 707 for : the last leg of the journey to ' Washington. Nixon is due this afternoon in I the U.S. capital, where a large ■crowd far expected' to gather it • the airport to welcome him. He i will drive directly from the air- . port to the White House to report to President Eisenhower on his trip. Thousands of Poles jammed-the road to Babice from the U.S. Embassy residence, where Nixon lived during his stay here, and thousand more were waiting at the flag-draped airbase to cheer him on his way. Their cheers recalled the enthusiastic welcome Nixon has received from Poles throughout his stay here. An official party headed by Vice President Oskar Lange, Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz and Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki went to the airbase to see Nixon off. U.S. Ambassador Jacob Beam and most of the other foreign envoys stationed here also were on hand. During his tour, Nixon acquired a wealth of first-hand information about life behind the Iron Curtain which is expected to prove useful in preparing this fal’s historic exchange of visits between Preslident Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

1-- • ----- , t- . ■ -- Herter flies home Thursday. The other Western ministers planned to leave either tonight or Thursday. A decision on how to close out the Geneva talks was reached at t a three-hour secret meeting at , Soviet headquarters which ended ; at 12:30 a.m. today. That meeting and an earlier . one over lunch at the villa of [ British Foreign Secretary Selwyn > Lloyd were devoted entirely to drafting the closing communique. , The West wanted a short com- . munique which would list the , subjects discussed here and anl nounce that the ministers hoped • to meet again during the UN. General Assembly session opening • in New York Sept. 15. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko pressed for a longer i statement, listing points of agreel ment and disagreement and giv- ■ ing a more optimistic picture than the West proposed. t Finally, both sides settled for I a 200-word document which will . state that the ministers met in s Geneva from May 11 to Aug. 5 I and had a “useful exchange of - views" on Germany, Berlin and European security.

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Nixon talked to uncounted Communist officials and “men in the street” during his tour of Russia and Poland, accumulating the impressions of life behind the Iron Curtain that he is taking home with him. In Russia, he was allowed <to visit areas of Siberia which had previously been closed to most Western visitors. A spokesman said Tuesday night that Nixon is “highly satisfied” with the outcome of his tour and that he feels sure Eisenhower Can count on a tumultuous welcome when he visits Russia this fall. DecaiurSchool Tax Levy Is Unchanged The Decatur school system levy of $3.08 per SIOO valuation will remain unch a n g ed, the Decatur school board announced today following its Monday night meeting on the budget. The special fund, which includes the operation of the school buildings, will be increased 17 cents to provide for the operation of the southeast school, to be ready a year from September, insurance increases and for the new building, appraisal of the building, a library for it, etc. The tuition fund will be 17 cents lower, mainly due to the increase in the assessed valuation in the county and the payments to the school from the 25-cent county school levy. Four new teachers will be paid from this fund, because of the opening of the new school, and because of the large classes now entering school, necessitating more teachers as the classes advance through the system. Two cents has been removed from the recreation fund and placed on the special sund, because of the addition of 30 feet to the storage building at Worthman field, to provide space for the bleachers, has been added to the property fund. Two cents was added to the bond fund because the local property tax relief payments from the state were discontinued by the 1959 general assembly, it was explained. The changes will give Pecatur’s school city the following rates: special, 99 cents; tuition, $1.15: bonds, 17 cents; recreation, two cents, and cumulative building, 75 cents, for a total of $3.08. This will raise $366.(959. 74, as compared with $348,162.35 to be raised by the same levy this year. The difference is due to the increased valuation of property in Decatur. Mrs. Olive Templin Dies At Bluffton "" Mrs. Olive C. Templin, 85, lifelong resident of Wells county, died Tuesday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton, where she had been a patient three weeks with a fractured hip. Surviving are a son, Lawrence E. Templin of Bluffton; three brothers, James, Charles and Walter Settle, all of Wells county. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. L. G. Sapp, officiating. Bural will be in Elm Grove cemetery.