Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 266.

Kennedy Prepares For Orderly Takeover Os National Government

De Gaulle Suffers Assembly Setback PARBS (UPI) - President Charles de GauHe suffered a setback early today in his controversial effort to set up an independent French nuclear striking force. After an all-night debate, the Senate voted 186 to 83 against the plan, which had been rammed through the National Assembly as a confidence issue. The effect of the Senate vote was to delay but probably not to kill the project. A joint SenateAssembly committee will now work out a compromise version which could be voted into law by the assembly. Meanwhile, political observers predicted De Gaulle soon would announce new measures to deal with the perennially troublesome Algerian question.* Informed sources said he might invoke article 16 of the Constitution, giving himself absolute power to crack down on dissidents before he submits his “Algerian Algeria** plan to a national referendum. Widespread reports of disaffection In the army, among French government workers in Algeria and among the Arab papulation of the North African territory intensified concern about the situation. Rightwing "French Algeria*’ agitators were reported increasing efforts to organize all-out opposition to De Gaulle’s plan to make the territory a semi-independent republic. INDIANA WEATHER Meetly fair and cold tonight. Friday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight 18 to 28. High Friday 38 to 44. Sunset today 5:34 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:24 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Lows 28 to 35. Highs 45 to 55.

U nemploy ment Is 3.6 Million

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Unemployment in October reached 3.6 million, an increase of 200,000 over the previous month, the Labor Department announced today. Total employment fell by about 300,000 in October for a total of 67.5 million, “mainly as a result of post-harvest reductions in agriculture,” the department said. The report on unemployment was toe subject of a heated preelection clash between the administration and the Democrats. Democratic National Chairman Henry M. Jackson and AFLCIO President George Meany accused the administration of withholding toe monthly figures until after Tuesday's election. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell said the report would be released when it was ready and denied that the gloomy news was being held back. The department attributed toe increase in toe jobless rate primarily to cutbacks in manufacturing, especially in the steel and electronics industries. These figures represented a rvensal of the normal October Improvment in employment. They pushed the unemployment rate from September’s 5.7 to 6.4 per cent, toe highest level since December, 1966, when the nation was recovering from an economic recession. In discussing toe Democratic Charges about the figures, Seymour Wolfbein, the Labor Department’s manpower statistics chief, said that the reports had been released prior to election day in 19M, 1966 and 1656. But he told a news conference

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Rural Youth Win Honors In State

Top honors were won by the Adams county rural youth club at the Indiana rural youth state convention held Wednesday in Indianapolis. First place was won by the local club in all three of the community service projects, public relations for agriculture, safety and citizenship contests. Adams county now becomes only the second county in rural youth history to make a dean sweep of the top placings in the community service areas, the other one being Henry county three years ago. A four day trip to Washington, D.C. for one dub member is the award for placing first in the citizenship contest. This will be a legislative and sightseeing trip sometime after the first at next year for the Adams county representative. A plaque and certificate was awarded to the club for first placing in the safety contest and a duplicate award for first place in the public relations for agriculture contest The awards were made at the joint session of Indiana Farm Bureau and Indiana rural youth Wednesday night. The club also received recognition at the awards program for winning the state championship in the basketball tournament the mixed B team in the bowling tournament and for receiving a blue ribbon award certificate in the newsletter contest. The convention day program was presided over by John Rahe, state president. George Doup, president, Indiana Farm Bureau, spoke to the delegates at the morning session and the section contests in the talk meet were held. The afternoon session featured the election of the 1961 state rural youth officers who are: president, Dave Salomon, Allen county; first vice president, Jack Schriefer, Spencer county; second vice president, Carroll Thurston, Shelby county; secretary, Nancy Shaffer, Boone county; and treasurer, Kathy Edwards, Tippecanoe county.

that the department’s complete report on the unemployment picture is normally released after the election. WoMbein said he believed the increase in unemployment was “significant” because it was contrary to the normal pattern for this time of year. But he declined to speculate on whether it constituted an indication that the nation was in a recession. The number of non-farm workers in Ocober remained virtually unchanged at 53.7 million since cutbacks in factory jobs were offset by gains in trade and public school employment. The number of workers on factory payrolls fell by 165,000 over the month to 16.4 million in October. Unemployment in manufacturing plants has been rising since early this year, with about one-third of them accounted for by layoffs of steel mill hands. In October government employment rose by 165,000 as a result of school expansion. Employment in the trades rose by 800,000 and jobs in construction fell, as they normally do, at this season, by 65,000. The report also showed an employment increase in the automobile industry of about 25,000 workers. Wolfbein said the "big push in the auto industry” was primarily responsible for the fact that the factory work week moved from an average of 38.5 hours in September to 39.6 hours in October. This reversed a decline in the work weak reported over recent months.

The finals of the state talk meet contest were held in the afternoon and Dave Salomon, Allen county, was declared the winner. He will now represent Indiana in the national talk meet contest to be held at the national convention in Denver. Colo., in December. Adams county members attending the convention were Carolyn Moore, Kathryn Shaffer, Gloria Koeneman, Sally McCullough, Ray Miller, Farm Bureau advisor, and Leo Seltenright, extension advisor. Handley Calls For Probe Os Possible Fraud | INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)-Gover-nor Handley today caled on the State Election Board to “make a thorough investigation to see if fraud hasw been committed” in Tuesday’s election. Handley made the decision after conferring with Edwin Steers, Sr., long-time member of the election board, and Frank Spencer, a deputy attorney general. “W fraud is found, the board wlil not hesitate to have suits filed for recounts and contesting elections,*’ Handley told a news conference. Prior to his meeting with Steers and Spencer, Handley waved a handful of telegrams in the faces of newsmen and said they were from persons complaining about irregularities. He mentioned Lake County specifically and said Republicans never lost that county by such a big margin. He also mentioned Vigo and Clark Counties. Handley said the major complaint was that “the moveaways, vacant lots and tombstones are voting.” Says Not Entitled Handley, who is chairman of the state election board, said persons who complained “felt a lot of people voted who were not entitled to vote.” He blamed Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker’s defeat in the gubernatorial race on “certain interests who were out to get him.” Although Handley had “no comment” when asked to identify the interests, there was little doubt amoung newsmen present at a news conference that he referred to organized labor. Labor generally gave Democratic governorelect Matthew E. Welsh its support and turned its back on Parker, a staunch advocate of the controversial “right to work” law. Handley also Named "certain interests” for Philip Willkie’s defeat in his bid for state school superintendent. Willkie’s chief opponent was Robert Wyatt, head of the Indiana State Teachers Association. Parker and Willkie apparently were the only Republicans to lose on the state ticket in Tuesday’s general election as Vice President Richard M. Nixon carried the state by well over 200,000. "I don’t have to name those out to get Parker," Handley said. “When they saw they couldn’t get Nixon, they made Crawford the scapegoat. "Lost The Pitcher” “It’s hard to take when you lose the top spot. We had a mighty fine Republican victory. But we lost the pitcher and when you lose the pitcher, it hurts your ball club. We lost our pitcher both nationally and in Indiana." Handley credited “an excellent state organization" for Tuesday’s victory. “We won the Indiana House and held our own in the state Senate," he said. "We reversed the political affiliation of the Hoosier congressional delegation. That makes me proud of all Rtpublicans who worked hard to give us victory.” In answer to a question, Handley said, he did not believe his administration hurt Parker.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Nov. 10, 1960.

WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi-dent-elect John F. Kennedy won pledges of Democratic congressional leaders’ support for Ms “new frontiers" legislative program today as he prepared an orderly takeover of the national administration. At his Hyannis Port, Mass., summer home where he was renting after his suspense-laden victory in Tuesday’s election, the nation’s first Roman Catholic president promised to name liaison agents today to work with the Eisenhower administration. They will try to insure a smooth transition when the new administration takes over after Kennedy’s inauguration Jan. 20. He also must prepare a legislative program, including an enlarged defense budget and domestic economic legislation, on which he wants action during Ms first three months in office. Speaker Sam Rayburn and Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield both told UPI they would do their utmost to pass a Kennedy legislative program. ■ _ Mansfield is heir apparent to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, who was elected vice president with Kennedy. Johnson probably will be Kennedy’s chief lieutenant in working with Congress. No Republican voices had been raised — yet at least — to question what kind of a mandate Kennedy won in polling a paper-thin plurality over Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the presidential election. Kennedy carried 22 states with 334 electoral votes and led in an undecided state with three votes for an indicated total of 337. He needed 269 to win. Nixon took 25 states with 188 electoral votes and led in an undecided state with four votes for an indicated total of 192. Still incomplete returns showed that Kennedy had polled 33,330.889 popular votes to 33,005,051 for Nixon. Kennedy’s percentage of the two-party vote total was only 50.25. Counting ballots coast for minor party candidates and for independent electors in Mississippi, he received Jess than 50 per cent of tiie vote. Nixon and his running mate, Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Johnson also called for national unity behind a Kennedy administration in post-election statements Wednesday. President Eisenhower wired congratulations and promised cooperation in the transition period. Kennedy himself said he thought everyone agreed that “a supreme national effort” would be needed to carry the United States safely through the 1960’5. He also announced that he would not be ready to announce cabinet and other appointments until after the Thaksgiving holiday. Monroe Native Dies At Fort Wayne Home I Mrs. Laura E. Saum, 74, a native of Monroe, died Wednesday at her home. 536 Hawthorn street. Fort Wayne, following an extended illness. She was born at Monroe but had lived in Fort Wayne since 1929 Mrs. Saum is survived by her husband, Charles C. Saum; two sons, Ronald and Robert Saum, both of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Carnes of Warsaw, and Mrs. Carmine Fiedler of Hamilton; five grandchildren; two brothers, Fred Roe of Geneva, and Rolla Roe of Fort Wayne, and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Coptock of Albion, Midi., Mrs. Elmo Johnson of Aylesbury, Canada, Mrs. Pearl Selbee of Battle Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Orva Carver of Galveston. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the D. O. McComb & Soos funeral home/ the Rev. E. E. Drews officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Red World Leaders Holding Conference MOSCOW (UPD—Leaders of the Communist world were reported starting a week long summit meeting today. There was no public announcement and the arrangements were shrouded in secrecy but reliable sources said a major aim will be to draft a document saying the Communist nations, including Red China, are united under Moscow’s leadership. There was no indication what specific items would be on the agenda but it seemed certain the election of John F. Kennedy as president of the United States would command some attention. Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev cabled his congratulations to Kennedy Wednesday, urging him to follow in the footsteps of Franklin D. Roosevelt on international cooperation. The Soviet press and radio pounced on the defeat of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as justification of previous Red denunciations of the Eisenhower administration. Communist leaders on hand for the celebrationof the 43rd anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution took aU this- in before the start of the summit meeting. The two main figures in Moscow are Khrushchev and Communist Chinese Chairman (president) Liu Shao-chi. Communist China’s top man, Mao Tse-tung, did not come but he sent a message Monday acknowledging Soviet leadership of the Communist wortd. Observers said this would enable the Communist leaders to draft a pledge of solidarity that would help heal the ideological rift between the Soviet Unicm and Communist China. Veterans Day Rites At Legion Friday Decatur Post 43 of the American Legion will hold special Veterans Day services Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the Legion home. Chaplain Ed Bauer will give the prayer and a short talk will follow. After the talk, the guns will be fired in observance ot the day.

Wilson Keeps School Post

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Unofficial returns from all of Indiana’s 92 counties indicated today that the Republican state tciket was elected with the exception of governor and state school superintendent. Matthew Welsh won the governor's office by an unofficial margin of 22,967 votes over Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker, swinging the job of chief executive to the Democrats for the first time in eight years. State Superintendent of Public Instruction William E. Wilson apparently was re-elected by a margin of 12,000 to 15,000 votes over PhiMp H. Willkie. son of the 1940 GOP presidential nominee. Otherwise, tiie GOP state ticket appeared to have triumphed by margins ranging from 6,000 or 7,000 to 50,000 votes. Complete unofficial returns from Indiana's presidential election gave Vice President Richard M. Nixon a margin of 216,502 votes over Sen. John F. Kennedy. The vote was >{ixon 1,166,285, Kennedy 949,783. Nixon’s vote was within 16,000 of President Eisenhower's vote here in 1956 when he carried Indiana over Adlai Stevenson by 398,000 votes. Welsh piled up 1,065,168 votes to 1,-942,201 for Parker. It was the first time in Indiana history a losing candidate gathered more than a million votes. Well over 2,100,000 voters trooped to the polls in Indiana, setting a new voting record, since never before had as many as two million voted. The total vote for the major gubernatorial nominees was 2'116,068, about 9,000 more

Speculate On Kennedy Pick For Cabinet WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. Chester Bowles, Sen. J. William Fulbright and ex-ambassador David Bruce were reported today to be leading possibilities for secretary of state in the Kennedy administration. Although President-elect John F. Kennedy doesn’t Man to announce his cabinet selections until after Thaksgiving or later, speculation was widespread on his probable choices for top government posts. Bowles, who is retiring from Congress, was a foreign policy adviser to Kennedy in the presidential campaign. Fulbright is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Bruce is a former ambassador to Germany. Adlai E. Stevenson, often mentioned as a possible secretary of state, is believed to be out of the running now. But he is reported to be Under consideration as U.S." ambassador to the United Nations. Here is the speculation of other cabinet posts: Defense — Speculation centers around Thomas K. Ftnletter, former Air Force secretary; Dan Kimball, former Navy secretary; Frank Pace, former Army secretary, and Sen. Stuart Symington, D-Mo., another former Air Force secretary. Treasury — Names being mentioned include Jesse W. Tapp, chairman of the Bank of America in San Francisco, and George W. Mitchell, vice president. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. 1 Commerce—Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina is a possibility. Health, edncation and welfare— G. Mennen Williams, outgoing governor of Michigan, apparently is a leading candidate. Attorney general — Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, an early Kennedy supporter, is the center of speculation. Another name being mentioned is former football star Byron, “Whizzer” White, a Denver attorney and prominent in C. Loveless of lowa, Gov. Orville Freeman of Minnesota, Gov. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Loveless lost in his attempt to become senator front lowa, and Freeman was defeated for re-election as Minnesota governor. Nelson was re-elected in Wisconsin. Interior — Gov. Stephen L. R. McNichols of Colorado. Other possibilities are Rep. Stewart L. Udall, D-Ariz., and Sen. Clair Engle, D-Calif. Labor — Some speculation says a major political figure may get the job, such as New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Another possibility is Archibald Cox. a Harvard law professor and Kennedy’s “braintrust” adviser on labor matters. A labor name being mentioned is Arthur J. Goldberg, special AFL-CIO counsel.

than the total for Nixon and Kennedy. Following is the complete unofficial vote for the state ticket as compiled by UPI: Lt. Gov.—Ristine R 1,048,201, Utterback D 1,043,958. Secy. State — Hendricks R 1,058,670, Pastrick D 1,020,388. Auditor—Gardner R 1,055,701, Wilson D 1,036.892. Treasurer—Hughes R 1,062,606, Haymaker D 1,028,152. Atty. Gen—Steers R 1,058,199, Dillon D 1,081,867. School Supt.—Wilson D 1,053,404, Willkie R 1,037,709. Courts Reporter — Caylor R 1,055,969, Schreiner D 1,024,634. Supreme Court Judge—Achor R 1,056,671, McNabb D 1,029,381. Appellate Judges—Cooper R 1,048,589, Martin D 1,024,775, Ryan R 1,057,033, O’Connor D 1,028,390, (Two elected). Appellate Judges — Kelley R 1,065,611, Lysohir D Pfaff R 1,056,786, Smith D 1,028,993. Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (UPD—Vice President Richard M. Nixon today claimed California’s 32 electoral votes. PARIS (UPS) — NATO Secretary - General Paul Henri Spaak wfll meet Presidentelect John F. Kennedy, probably in New York, Nov. 21, reliable sources said today.

Etta Mallonee Is i*' 7 t • Found Dead Today

Miss Etta Louise ' Mallonee, 79, assistant Decatur 11brarian for the past ten years, was found dead this I noon beside her < bed at home, where she had apparently died about 10 a. m. of a heart attack. Miss Mallonee was to have been honored Monday evening at the library with an open house and reception, as she was planning to retire,, and move to Warren. Her nephew, Marion Hoagland, who ate lunch each noon' with her, found her this morning at her home at 1110 West Monroe street. Miss Mallonee was born in Root township September 27, 1881, the daughter of William and Rachel Archbold Mallonee. Three sisters preceded her In death. An active member of the First Methodist church, she taught the Everready Sunday school class. She was also a member of the Adams county Historical society. Survivors include a. number of nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Loren Brentiinger of Decatur, Miss Mabel Hoagland, of Detroit, Mich., and Francis Hoagland, of Bluffton. Taught At Monmouth Miss Mallonee taught school in Root township many years ago, and was employed by the YWCA in Chranton, Pa., for many years before she returned to Decatur in 1950. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Lowell Smith, president of the library board, praised Miss Mallonee for her service to the people of: Decatur, and her untiring efforts at the library six days a week, year in and year out, few a decade. -•— Library Resolution At their last meeting, the library board passed the following resolution in tribute to Miss Mailonee’s work: "The Decatur public library board resolves, and wishes to put cm record in their minutes their -appreciation. of Jfre work at, Miss Etta.Mallonee, assistant to the librarian, who retires this year after ten years of devoted service. “Her helpfulness as a member of the staff, her patience, her gentleness, her kindness to young and old patrons of the library

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characterized all the years of her service. “The library board gratefully realizes how much she has contiibuted to the successful operation and the friendly enthusiastic spirit of our library, “Miss Mallonee carries with her the affectionate good will of all who have known her and sincere wishes that she may long enjoy the blessings of leisure and rejoice in the satUfgctions of her unselfish service to*other people." Welsh And Handley Meet At Capital INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Gov-ernor-elect Matthew E. Welsh met Governor' Handley face to face today and said he will seek Handley’s advice in running state government—but only in a limited way. Handley and Welsh met in Handley’s Statehouse office for the first time since Welsh won a close victory over Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker, Handley’s close friend, in Tuesday’s election. The two, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, appeared ill at ease as they faced each other at an impromptu news conference. Handley sat in his big red leather chair and Welsh pulled up a smaller chair. Welsh came to the governor's office minutes after Handley had ordered the State Election Board to investigate alleged irregularities in Tuesday’s balloting, particularly in Lake County where Welsh built up the margin that carried him to victory. Welsh told newsmen he did not expect to have “any particular difficulty” in working with a politically divided legislature. He said he expects Democrats and Republicans a)ike to work for “the best interests of the state." Welsh said Handley “recommended some very fine Republicans” for minority jobs in his administration. He said he would seek Handley’s advice “along this line.” He said he and Handley talked mostly about “making the necessary transition as smooth as possible.”

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