Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No .236.

Steel Negotiations Bog Down As Union Leader Disbands Committee

Steelworkers President David J. McDonald today sent home the union's powerful Wage Policy Committee, virtually ending all chances of a quick negotiated settlement of the 85-day steel strike. The 171-member comm i 11 e e must approve any new contract offer. ■No new negotiations were scheduled. McDonald, after a 20-minute meeting with the committee, charged that the steel industry hopes the union’s 500,000 striking workers “will be forced back to work” under the Taft-Hartley law. With the committee disbanded,” government intervention through the injunctive provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act appeared the only way to bring a quick end to the walkout. McDonald said that if the government sought an injunction, the union “would go into court to opjpose it in every way.” P*** »“But if an injunction is issued the United Steelworkers of America will obey the law of the land,” he said. Dispute Wage Offer “The so-called offer to the union was handed us with full knowledge that it could not be accepted or considered seriously,’ McDonald said in a formal statement. “The steel industry is obviously determined to avoid a settlement/ he charged. “It obviously hopes that steel workers will be forced back to work under an injunction.” McDonald flatly contradicted the companies' contention that its last settlement proposal amounted .to 15 cents per hour spread over two years or TH cents for each year. He said the proposal actually was 2 cents in fringe benefits for the first year and about 8 cents in pay the following year. “In actual take-home pay for steel workers the offer means even less since the companies insist that steel workers contribute an extra 2H cent per hour out of their own pockets to cover, the cost of their -insurance,” McDonald said. “Thus steel workers would actually suffer additional cuts in real wages during the next two years because of the abolition of cost-of-living agreements which the companies now demand we scrap.” " Says Nothing Changed McDonald said the industry oft fer was a “piece of camouflage cynically designed to confuse our

Advised To Lie On TV Rig Charges

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The publicity agent for the now-de-funct television quiz show “21” testified today that he was advised ty a lawyer to lie to New York authorities investigating charges that the show was rigged. He added that the attorney later advised him to “get out of town” so that he could not be questioned. Alfred Davis, of Forest Hills, N.Y., told a House subcommittee the ackrtce was given him by Edwta Slote, New York attorney, last year at the time that a New York couny grand jury was conducting an investigation into charges that “21” and other TV quiz shows were rigged. He identified Slote as aq attorney representing the publicity firm for which he worked. In New York, Slote was not Immediately available for comment Davis also told the committee that he knew that at least one contestant had been supplied answers in advance before appearing on the show “21.” He said the contestant, Herbert Stempel, had shown him the answers in advance of his appearance on one show. Two More Testify Stempel and another former ® “21” contestant James E. Snodgrass testified at the opening hearing Tuesday that they were given answers in advance and even coached on what gestures to use. Two additional witnesses testified today that they experienced rigging practices on “21.” Both said they were rehearsed in advance of their one-shot appearances on the show and supposedly

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' members” and the nation. He said the union was ready “to talk business when the companies are ready to talk business.” The union chief said an impartial fact-finding board appointed by President Eisenhower would be far more effective than Taft-Hart-ley action. Government intervention appeared imminent as the result of collapse of llth-hour summit negotiations Tuesday night of McDonald, U.S. Steel Corp. Chairman Roger Blough and the top executives of four other of the nation s biggest steel producers. After Tuesday’s meeting, McDonald reported “nothing has changed.” The companies indicated that matters had gone from bad to worse despite a renewed warning from President Eisenhower. The President, from his vacation retreat in Palm Springs, Calif., said Tuesday that the-Am-erican people would not tolerate much longer the tug of war between unkm and management. It was the second presidential) hint in two days that if the strike was not settled “fast” the TaftHartley Act injunction provision might be invoiced in the steel dispute. This would lead to a return to work for an 80-day “cooling oft” period. The President invoked the TaftHartley provision in the East Coast dock strike Tuesday by creating a fact-finding board to report to him by Saturday. Industry Repeats Offer Blough, who heads the nation’s largest steel company, charged after Tuesday’s 90-minute session that the unions demands amounted to a 60-cent pay increase over a three-year period. He said the industry repeated its offer of a 15cent hike over a two-year period, which was rejected by the union. McDonald confirmed the union's position “as stated by the WagePolicy Committee remains the samp.” The proposal calls for annual wage increases of 15 cents an hour for the next three years. When asked whether he thought Taft-Hartley should be invoked, Blough replied •- “That is something for the government to take care of.” He said he had no specific plan to report to the White House on Tuesday’s session. McDonald, who had requested the meeting with the top executives, said "the industry’s position was not flexible. They remain adamant.”

“sample” questions later bobbed up for cash when the program went on the air. Mrs. Rose Leibbrand of Washington, who won 1130 on Nov. 14, 1956, also testified that she was told by program aide} Albert Freedman not to bid for more than an eight point question “or else ...” „ , Richard Jackman of New York City, an organizer for the Garment Workers Union, said all the questions asked him on the show were covered in advance “practice" sessions. Jackman won $24,500 in a single appearance on Oct. 3, 1956. After hearing Jackman, the investigators planned to switch their sights to “Dotto,’ the first of several quiz shows taken off the airwaves in the wake of charges they were fixed. Say Pannes Planned The subcommittee heard testimony Tuesday from two other former contestants that the “21” program was set up so that even the pauses between answers were planned in advance. At a dosed session tonight, the subcommittee expected to question two men named in testimony as the “fixers’.’ who rigged “21” programs. The lawmakers Tuesday interspersed the showing of two hours of film clips of old "21” shows with testimony purporting to give the inside story of how contestants were coached on answers and gestures. Told TO Mon Brows ~ They heard testimony of how contestants already armed with the answers — were told to mop their brows, to stutter and to breathe hard into the microphone.

Lower Farm Returns Predicted For 1960

Business conditions will be generally good in 1960, but “returns from Indiana farming will be lower,” M. Paul Mitchell, Purdue University agricultural economist, said Tuesday night at the Adams county outlook meeting, reports Leo N. Seltenright, county agent. ■Ninety farmers and business men attended the meeting, one of the 81 being held throughout Indiana. Each fall Purdue agricultural economists give their views on the economic outlook for farming from both the short-range and long-range viewpoint. The. price outlook for crops and livestock depends largely on supplies, the economist asserted, adding: "... I am afraid we will be producing too much for a long time.” Net income per farm is holding up reasonably well, he went on, “because we have 15 to 20 per cent fewer farms than a decade ago. And farmers are going to do more work off the farm." This is largely offsetting the decline in income from farm sources. Production costs must be kept low if farmers are to show a profit, the economist added. Greater efficiency in production is the key to profit in the months aheadOs things the farmer must buy, the economist observed: “Fertilizer prices will be about the same aS last year—Farm machinery will be a little higher . .” Here is an analysis of the. situation: Corn—Prices will average 5 to 10 cents a bushel below 1959. Soybeans—Prices will rise well above the $1.85 loan rate and probably make storage profitable. Hogs—Profits will be extremely low for the next 12 to 18 months . . . Over the long run, however, hogs have paid off a good part of the farm mortgage. Over a period of time hogs, will continue to offer the No. 1 opportunity on many Indiana farms. v Beef cattle—Profits from beef cow herds will be lower, but still fairly good for next year . . . Cattle feeding will be a touch and go proposition in the year ahead. Careful buying and low-cost gains in the feed, lot need be stressed in order to show a profit. Dairy— Milk prices next year will average about the same but Brief Session Held By Decatur Council Four local residents requested a light be installed between 15th and 16th streets, near Monroe street, at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night at the city hall.. Richard L. Hendricks, Richard Ogg, Harold Messicks, and Louis W. Zwick entered the request in writing after a rash of minor pilferings have taken place in the area. They cited the light polenumber as 10549, where the light is necessary. The matter was referred to the proper authority for action. Six parties entered into separate articles of agreement with the city for rural light extensions. Thurmand and Mary Drew signed an agreement for a light extension in Union township at a cost of $413.66, while Aaron Bowen, of Monroe township, Allen county, signed one for $288.45. Robert G. Walters, of Root township, signed his article for the $25 agreement Chester and Eunice Simon, of Root township, had a $92.20. article to sign with the city. W. E. Anderson, of Root township, had a $167.56 agreement to sign. The sixth was Ivan Hakes, of Root township, who had a $204.39 .article of agreement to sign with the city. No new business was entered Into by the council as only city officials attended the meeting, with no local citizens present.

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for the next few will average a little lower thin in 1959 . . . Profits from the dairy enterprise will hold up better than hogs or beef during the next few years. Eggs—Profits from laying flocks should be about the same or slightly better in the year ahead. Broilers—Without a contract that gives the producer a reasonable opportunity for profits, the broiler business is going to be very risky. Turkeys — Prices should Work higher this fall. Sheep—Returns from ewe flocks will probably be slightly lower next year—Lamb prices will weaken a bit in the year ahead and perhaps for the next few years. Farm real estate—Land prices will probably edge up in the year ahead, but they may dip within the next five years. . . Family living — No significant change in th® overall cost of living is expected during 1960. Some items, including taxes, housing, transportation, professional and other personal services, will likely be higher. Most food items, clothing and household furnishings probably will cost no more, perhaps a little less, than in 1959. Rev. Stephenson Is Taken By Death The Rev. James F. Stephenson, 74, of Fort Wayne, retired Methodist minister, died Tuesday morning in Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient tor three weeks. Born near Monroeville, he had been in the ministry for 33 years prior to retiring in 1951. He was a member of the North Indiana Methodist church. Churches he served included Bobo, Shidler, DeSota, Russiaville, Gas City, Montpelier, Akron, Middlebury, Upland, Greenfield and Huntertown. Surviving are his wife, Etta V.; a son, the Rev. Paul B. Stephenson, a minister at Noblesville; a sister, Mrs. Clarence Meads of Delphos, 0., and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Simpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne, with Dr. Byron F. Stroh, Dr. O. W. Paulen, Dr. Evan Bergwall and the Rev. B. D. Nysewanda officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery at Monroeville. Friends may call at the ChalfantPerry funeral home until noon Thursday, when the body will be taken to the church. Daniel Zimmerman Dies This Morning Daniel Zimmerman, 68. of near Curryville, died at 8 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital after an illness of two weeks with a heart ailnqent. He was born in Adams county July 26, 1891, a son of James L. and Ethel Zimmerman, and was a lifelong resident of in or near Decatur. He had never married. For the past seven years he had been a station attendant at the D & T service station, on 13th street. Mr. Zimmerman was a member of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren. Surviving are five brothers, Fred Zimmerman of Warren, Irvin Zimmerman of Preble, William and Benjamin Zimmerman, both of Rapid City, Mich., and Lawrence Zimmerman of Decatur route 4. Orte brother preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, the Rev. John D. Mishler officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Thursday until time of the services.

Steel Strike Cuts Deep In Auto Industry DETROIT (UPD — The nationwide steel strike cut deeper into the outer layers of the auto industry’s production today but the Industry was more alarmed over what it was doing to its sales. General Motors Corp., first of the automakers to feel the pinch of shortages caused by the nationwide walkout, sent 750 workers home at its Ternstedt hardware plant in Flint, Mich., and said 4,400 would ultimately be idled at the pliant if the tteel walkout continued. The layoffs at the plant brought to 8,250 the nuynber of workers GM has laid off becuase of steel shortages in plants which supply fearts and accessories to its final assembly lines. Chryler Resumes Production Chrysler Corp., which returned to full production today after a strike in its key stamping plant at Twinsburg, Ohio, which cost it some production for about a week, expected to be able to continue final assembly of cars until about Nov. 1 before steel shortages forced another shutdown. j Ford Motor to., which produces about half of its own steel but not all of the types heeded for full production, said last week it expected to be able to continue assembly of cars for at least 45 days without outside steel supplies. American Motors and Studebak-er-Packard both expected to be able to continue producing new cars until December with current steel supplies. But the steel walkou apparenly was huring the sales of all the auto makers. Second Worst September Ward’s Automotive Reports, statistical agency for the industry, reported the auto makers recorded their second worst September sales since World War II last month and blamed it largely up on the steel walkout. The drop in sales came just as the auto companies were filling dealer showrooms with the 1960 models they hoped would lead the industry to a sales year second only to the splurge of 1955. Petition Additional Gas Heating Pennits Northern Indiana Public Service Co. filed a petition Tuesday with the Indiana public service commission for authority to issue 2,500 additional gas space heating permits to customers in the utility’s five-county service area. New customers would be located in Decatur, Preble, Tocsin. Ossian, Fort Wayne. New Haven, Roanoke, South Whitley, Columbia City and Bluffton, where NIPSCO now serves 52,025 patrons. Robert L. Kaade, Fort Wayne division manager, commenting on the petition, said: “When the public service commission approves the petition, we will issue permits promptly to the first 2,500 eligible persons now on our gas space heating waiting list.” A check revealed there are currently more than 3,000 persons on the company’s waiting list for gas space heating. Tuesday’s request comes on top of some 2,000 permits authorized by the PSC last August and issued by the Fort Wayne division. Aug. 17. • Late Bulletins LONDON (UPD — Baghdad Radio today reported an attempt to araassinate Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. NEW ORLEANS (UPD - A reconnaissance plane buffeted by winds op to 46 miles an • hoar found a tropical depression—the next thing to a tropical stonato the Gulf of Mexico today and forecasters called It Irene.

Mario Lanza, Noted Singer, Dies In Rome ROME (UPD—Mario Lanza, the one-time piano mover who might have become the greatest singing star in movie history, died of a heart attack today thousands of miles from the Hollywood he hated. He was only 38. For some time his heart had been giving him trouble, but only close friends knew of the ailment. Recently his condition had been complicated by phlebitis—blood clots in the leg. He died in the Giulia Clinic. With his death ended the career that many believed could have placed him among the great operatic tenors second only to the immortal Enrico Caruso, whose screen biography he played. But within the stocky body of the handsome curly haired Philadelphia-born American-Ital-ian were two warring personalities. There was the Lanza whose voice was of such purity, melody and range that the first time he sang to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives they were in the words of produce Joe Pasternak—“almost paralyzed with awe.” And there was the Lanza who fought with producers and scriptwriters against the stories and songs he was given, who complained that Hollywood was trying to force him into a pattern of sickly sentimental films and who moved to Europe rather than debase his voice, as he put it, to these ends. During World War II Lanza served with the U.S. Army’s special services branch, entertaining troops as a singer. He appeared in the, armed forces productions “On the Beam” and “Winged Victory.” In 1946 Lanza became soloist at Grant Park in Chicago and at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947. These appearances led to a movie contract with Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer in 1947, snd he made his home in Hollywood.

Hold Hearings On Dock Strike

WASHINGTON (UPD—A presidentialj fact-finding board held a 90-minute hearing on the dock strike today and prepared to move quickly to pave the way for an 80-day back-to-work injunction. Chairman Guy Farmer said the board expected to submit its report Thursday to President Eisenhower on the facts it uncovered at today’s hearing which was the first government move under the Taft-Hartley law to end the sevenday strike. Once the report is filed, the President may instruct the Justice Department to seek a court order directing the 85,000 East and Gulf coast dock workers- to return to their jobs. Such a step is expected on Friday. The hearing was marked by a wrangle between spokesmen for the International Longshoremen’s Assn, and the New York Shipping Assn, over who was to blame for for the paralyzing walkout. Farmer, reminding both sides that the board could not make recommendations on settling the dispute, advised them to resume negotiations immediately. “Perhaps you are not far apart,” he said after listening to statements from ILA attorney

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IKE APPOINTS DOCK STRIKE FACT-FlNDEßS—Seeking prompt return of longshoremen to docks from Maine to Texas, President Eisenhower has invoked the Taft-Hartley law in creating a three-man factfinding board headed by Guy Farmer (left) of Washington, D. C., former commissioner of the National Labor- Relations Board, to hold hearings and report back to him by Saturday. It was the first step to'~wurd bringing about an 80-day "cooling off” period aimed at ending situations such as (at right) where passengers ended their European vacations after leaving the Queen Elizabeth at New York with interminable waits for luggage to be unloaded.

Believe Lunik Is Near Peak

MOSCOW (UPD—Lunik 111 was believed nearing the top of its “jump over the moon” today amid Soviet scientific indications the rocket already had provided exciting new information on the moon’s structure. No official word on the rocket’s progress had been given since Tuesday night’s announcement that Lunik had zipped within a space-age inch—4,37s miles—of the moon's equatorial region at 5:16 p.m. (946 a m. c.d.t.) Tuesday. An “estimate” was given by M.S. Yarov-Yarovoy, chief of Moscow’s Sternberg Astronomical Institute, that the instrument-loaded Lunik would reach the peak of its three-day outward journey shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday (4 p.m. c.d.t. today.) Soviet scientists speculated on what the rocket was teaching the world about the moon. Prof, Boris Kukarkin, writing in the newspaper Trud, said the information from the rocket suggested “the structure of the moon is apparently unlike that of earth.” Temperature Is Comfortable "The latest discoveries, he said, “are obliging scientists to reconsider many of their old notations, and further confirm the Marxist premise of the unlimited variety of forms of the existence of matter.” Previously, other Soviet scientists have suggested that Lunik might prove that “some lower forms of life” existed in hidden craters of the moon. Astronomer Alexander Sternfeld predicted that in the future Soviet cosmic ships would carry television apparatus and maintain a constant observation of the moon, including the far side. Sternfeld, in the newspaper Literary Life, also said the containers of the Soviet Sputniks thus far have maintained an inner temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit, which “is quite comfortable for future astronauts.” Lunik’s last known position re-

Louis Waldman and Alexa Chopin, chairman of the New York employers group. Waldman said union officials were ready to resume bargaining immediately. But Chopin said the company negotiators would not resume negotiations until an injunction was issued or the dockers return to work volunarily. Both sides accused the other of acting irresponsibly in the strike •that has tied up ports from Maine to Texas. Although the union said it opposed use of the Taft-Hartley law, both sides assumed that an injunction would be issued which would bring about the 80-day “cooling off” period. At the hearing, Chopin accused leaders of tha longshoremen of striking illegally after signing a two-week contract extension for members in northern ports on Sept. 30. Waldman, in turn, accused employers of irresonsibility because they would not urge southern shippers to go along with the same kind of extension agreement. Eliminates early

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ported by Tass, the Soviet ness agency, Tuesday night was 9,370 miles beyond the moon. But beyond the announcement that the Lunik had traveled 9,370 miles past the moon, Russia’s third lunar rocket was an enigma wrapped in a mystery. The answers to what the Lunik did were expected to come between 10 and 11 a.m. e.d.t. today during the scheduled earth - torocket radio communication. Question Unanswered Unanswered was the question whether the Lunik actually skipped across the backside of moon that man has never seen. Further, it is still undetermined whether the Lunik carried camera equipment to photograph the dark side of the moon. Tass Tuesday declined a yes-or-no answer to the camera question. Last Sunday, when the Lunik was launched, a Tass correspondent reported the rocket carried such camera gear, but the news agency declined Tuesday to reconfirm the report. Boy Scout Meeting Held Last Evening All of Decatur’s Boy Scout troops and one Decatur pack were present Tuesday night at Camp .Quinn to hear district executive John Carlson explain the necessity of getting 240 new boys into scouting in Adams, Wells, and Jay counties «by the end of the year. Troop 61 took a goal of 10 additional members, while troops 62 and 63 stated that they would get eight new members each during the three remaining months. Troop 65 and pack 3062 stated that their goals will be four boys each Packs 3061, 3063, and 3064, and post 2062 were not present to announce their personal goals. South district is competing with north, east, and west to see which can best meet the goals set at the annual meeting last January. Souht district, of which Decatur is a part, is leading right now, but must win the membership competition to be certain of the goal. The importance of making certain that every Cub Scout is given an opportunity to visit a troop, and become a Scout if he desires, was stressed. Troop meetings, at which boys will be welcomed if they desire to attend, will be held as follows: troop 61, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club, a week from Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. at the Boy Scout room in the Youth and Community Center; troop 62, sponsored by the Decatur Lions club, next Monday at 6:30 p. m. at the Boy Scout room in the Center; troop 63, sponsored by the American Legion, a week from Thursday at 7 p. m. at the American Legion home. Any boy 11 years of age who is interested in camping, hiking, and outdoor fun, is welcome to join the scouting movement, and advance through the ranks. INDIANA WEATHER Partial clearing this afternoon and tonight. Thursday mostly sunny and warmer. Low tonight 48 to 54. High Thursday mostly in the 70s. Sunset today 5:18 p.m. c.s.t., 6:18 p.m. c.s.t. Sunrise Thugpday 5:47 p.m. e.s.L. 6:47 a.m. e.d.t. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and mild. Lows in the 50s. Highs 75 to 85.

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