Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1945 — Page 3
"FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1945
Bilbo's Filibuster rcae i Senate to Midnight Session
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he used to refer to himself as “The Man Bilbo” in his campaign
speeches — resumed the floor which he had relinquished -to Connally and began the second day of his talkathon. 8 8 = ye IT WAS a warm afternoon.-The eloquent Mississippian mopped his brow with two handkerchiefs as he continued his tirade— drawing upon letters, books and ‘pamphlets spread out oyer four desks. » “Is there anyone in this senate so foolish as to think we can legislate the appetites, tastes, loves or hates of the American people?” he demanded. And again: “Who says segregation is discrimination. We segregate the Republicans on the other side of the aisle. Is that discrimination?” » » ” THE southerner granted time in mid-afternoon for a quick vote on the $39,000,000,000 army appropriation bill. It passed in three minutes flat. At one point Bilbo asked, “I'm not boring you?” At another he complained, “You know, s$peaking's hard work. I don’t like to speak.” The chamber echoed with laughter. Bilbo's voice was definitely beginning to crack when Senator Robert F. Wagner (D. N, Y.) got permission to bring up the OPA bill. Bilbo got a glass of milk and sat down, the chair ruled he had lost the floor and The Man went to supper. But the ginning.
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fun was just be- ” ” o THERE was a debate over the OPA and it finally got passed.
There was some .discussion of.
the world security charter. At 9 p. m. Bilbo returned— ‘rested after a nap—in time to hear Democratic Leader Alben W Barkley (D. Ky.) propose his compromise on the FEPC—cutting its proposed funds to $250,000 with no “death sentence” clause Senator Dennis Chavez (D. N. M.), who's leading the fight for FEPC, agreed. Bilbo said he'd talk it over with his fellow anti-
FECPers in the morning and let |
Barkley know, : By then it was around 10 p. m. and Barkley tried to get the senate to adjourn. Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O.) objected, saying
he wanted to introduce a peti- |
tion to invoke the “gag” rule. . » n n THERE was a parliamentary snarl in which no one seemed to know what was happening. The senate tound it lacked a quorum to vote on anything including the
ordered Sergeant-at-arms Wall Doxey to go out and bring in enough lawmakers to do business, At 10:40 there was a quorum-— but Barkley unexpectedly withdrew his motion to adjourn. The anti-FEPC Southerners— knowing that meant an attempt to let Taft get his “gag” petition across—began slipping out. And presently Senator Walter F. George (D. Ga.) absence of a querum again. » n 8 HE WAS right. was called there were again too
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suggested the | : {this shortage is and what can be |done about it,” When the roll |Hewitt, executive secretary of the
few senators to do business. Among the missing were George himself and “The Man” Bilbo. By this time the senators were really angry—those of them that ‘weren't asleep. Taft denounced the southerners’ efforts to stall his petition as “outrageous proceedings.” At 11:40 Doxey was ordered to bring in enough senators to make up a quorum by force is necessary. _No one know just how he did 1t but at 12:12 a. m. in the morning —an almost unheard of hour for the senate—the 48th sleepy member straggled in and there was again a quorum, \ " " " TAFT, thoroughly angry over the long delay, got his petition in, exclaiming: “The senate is not a hopeless body. The rules provide was to bring matters to a close.” : At 12:32 Barkley moved for a recess and sald he hoped Bilbo would accept his compromise today. At 12:33 in the morning the senators, went home for the rest of the night.
POTATO ‘BUYS’ MADE BY OPA
| Secret NTE Prying Into
Black Market.
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but heretofore other parts of the country have received most of it.
OPA authorities hope criminal action can be brought soon against several known local wholesalers in the black market. Hangers-on at the South side market openly talk f “plenty of potatoes at the right price.” The right price, it seems, is from | $6 to $8.50 a 100-pound sack. Of] | course, even «fo get this in many | cases it is said to be necessary to | buy a sizable quantity of cabbage, | onions or other produce. Newspaper publicity, in the opin- | {jon of Mr. Trippeer and his aids— | who must retain their “passion for| has driven some of {the black marketeers deeper un- | derground.
“They are getting wary and
| cagy now,” Mr. Trippeer observed. | | He was visibly displeased at the! publicity being given to the agency's |
investigative efforts. The chief sleuth was placated, to some ex-
(tent, when assured the identity of
motion to adjourn, so the chair | nis corps of “gumshoes” would be
respected. Two government attorneys, John
| Scott and George Kistler, were pro- | viding legal guidance to the sleuths (as the latter broadened their “buy- { ing” program. Other food shortages, as well as| potatoes, dinner-meeting of the Indianapo! { hotel | Claypool. | dealers will be present.
will be discussed at a
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FOUR CITIES IN JAPAN BU BURNING
Tokyo Says ye War Industry Moving to Manchuria.
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the sky around us,” 8. Sgt. Edward S. Ordon, Schenectady, * ‘N. Y., said. He observed the target area through a camera hatch. . Lt. Robert J. McFarland, Fort Madison, ¥a., bombardier, said he could see the fires in the pre-dawn darkness about 75 miles away. Fires that looked like a great “orange. ball” were touched off at Nabeoka, explosive-manufacturing seaport, and sent a column of smoke 15,000 feet high, Sgt. J. L. Baskin, Greenville, Pa, reported. Capt. Patrick J. Martin, Detroit, Mich,, said he saw five strings of bombs “walk” across the target area. : Other crewmen of the pronged mass attack said many fires also were kindled at Moji, major port city,.and at Okayama— the only target of the group where visual bombing was possible. Radio Tokyo said Japanese industrial plants were being shifted from the homeland to Manchuria on a big scale. By this means, it added, the Japanese hoped to set up a defense system to withstand a long war and to provide the means for seizing the {initiative when possible. Japs Feel Blockade The transfer to Manchuria was | described as even more vital to Japan's war effort than the dispersal of war industries on the home islands in an attempt to escape American air raids. The Japanese lamented the inroads on their shipping by the tightening blockade. They said the best possible use of their remaining sea transport was a key cog in the whole war problem and a major factor in the industrial move to the continent, Indicating that the transfer already had begun, the Japanese said that the main weight of industrial production in Manchuria already {had been turned to the output of | weapons, Tokyo hinted at a iting tide of resistance in occupied territories lon the continent. A broadcast conceded that “lack of political co|ordination” had hampered Japa-
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| nese efforts there.
Other broadcasts admitted damage to major installations in the latest bombardment of Japan, but {said the resulting fires were brought under control this morning. Other developments in the Pacific war included: ONE: Japanese Home Minister |Genki Abe announced that the evacuation of women, children and the aged from important cities was speeded in anticipation of an American invasion of the homeland. TWO: Radio Tokyo reported the deaths of four more admirals—Vice Admirals Jooji Nishimura and
# Yoshio Suzuki and Rear Admirals
Yushiro Wada and Kenei Ando— without elaboration. THREE—Tokyo said an allied submarine had appear off the Japanese Pacific coast and had been sunk by a Japanese plane. FOUR—A Pacific fleet communique announced that American army, navy and marine planes sank or damaged 23 Japanese ships and small craft in Ryukyus and Korean waters Wednesday and Thursday. FIVE—A kondon broadcast said France will place an expeditionary [ofce of 11 divisions, including the veteran 13th armored, under famed Gen. Jacques Le Clerc at the disposition of the American Pacific command. Getting Borneo Oil
On tiny Tarakan island the allies Began getting back the oil the Japanese stole in 1941—the oil needed now to power an invasion of Japan. As the pumps on Tarakan began to spout rich, black oil, which can be piped right into ships without refining, Tokyo continued to fear an imminent invasion of the oil lands around Balikpapan on Borneo’s east coast. The Japanese reported that the three-weeks’ long naval bombardment of Balikpapan continued, and that minesweepers still were operating in the bay there. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters at Manila confirmed that the Tth U. S. fleet, led by Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid, was on the prowl in the Macassar strait between Borneo and Celebes.
BOY SCOUTS PLAN WEEK-END CAMPING
The Buffalo patrol of Boy Scout troop 83, composed of patients in the Rotary Convalescent home of the James Whitcomb Riley hospital for children, is going camping this week-end, The boys will be taken to the
campus of the Indiana University Medical Center, through the sponsorship of the Marion County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Arthur F, G. Gemmer, scoutmaster, will be assisted by Herman Wheeler, Guy Scofield, James Fugate, Paul Young and Richard Radford.
OLD FOLKS TO HEAR ELDEST PREACHER
The Rev. Robert Darius Leonard, who is thought to be the oldest Baptist preacher in Indiana, will give the address for Old Folks’ day tomorrow morning at the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Leonard is 86. Aged persons will be furnished transportation to the service which will be, followed by a basket dinner at noon. The Rev, Mr, Leonard is known nationally as a former
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