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GEORGE ROBSON SPEEDS 125.541

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» » =» » " n I I Here's What It's All About (An Editorial ; it DP MORE than 300,000 American youths die for this? For strife and chaos here at home? For disrepute and impotence abroad? These youths were from your homes, your neighborhoods. They gave their lives for you. What have we done with their Vicor L og yA. » prong LESS than a year since that Sietors was won.

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Strikers Make New

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Await Truman Decision

HERE SAY ‘NO

T0 PRESIDENT

Declare Last Night's Talk

Was ‘Kiss of Death’ to Labor Support.

Indiana railroad strikers today said “No” to President Truman's ultimatum to get back on the job by 4 p. m. “They'll go back only if they get word from their chiefs that a satisfactory settlement has been made,” declared Ray G. Gilbert, state legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train. men and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. “The men will not let President | Truman blackjack them into going back to work,” Mr. Gilbert asserted “His speech last night was the |kiss of death for future labor { support.” Unemployment Looms Meanwhile in Indianapolis: Large scale unemployment loomed in the city with the announcement by Citizens Gas & Coke Utility that 600 industrial and 1800 commercial firms in Indianapolis will have their gas shut off. Householders will not be affected, although they were warned to be conservative in -gas usage. . All over Indiana, industry and commerce were threatened with virtually a complete shutdown unless the railroad and coal disputes are settled. Housewives began to stock up on groceries although no abnormal

Man in Street Is Looking | | To Truman for Action.

By LARRY STILLERMAN INDIANAPOLIS citizens interviewed at random today tagged President Truman as a { with a big problem” and termed his actions promised in an address last night as “inevitable and about time.” The man-on-the-siwest did not criticize the chief emsoutive for his delayed actions.

They praised the President for | abandoning what they termed his

President Truman... fighting mad.

“do-nothing” policy and looked upon him as the only person who could lift the counfry from the paralysis caused by the railroad tieup,

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“It’s about time

AWAIT ORDERS FROM LEADERS

‘Union Workers Refuse to Comply With Truman Plea to Return.

By UNITED PRESS Rank and file members of the

striking railroad brotherhoods

brusquely refused today to comply with President Truman's pléa to go back to work and end “the terrifying situation” of the nation-wide rail walkout. Across the 227,000-mile American rail network there were only scattered instances of strikers coming back to the job of running the trains in response to the President's request, Generally, the 250000 strikers awaited orders from the leaders of the brotherhoods of locomotive engineers and trainmen as the hour drew near for the government to attempt to operate the railroads under military protection.

4 P. M. Deadline

The strikers had until 4 p. m. to get back to work or see the army step in and move as many trains as possible. But the response of the striking railroad men across the country indicated they were merely angered by the address last night of Mr. Truman who appealed over the heads of the union leaders for a back-to-work movement because an “extraordinary emergency exists.” More factories were closing, more commercial enterprises were blacked out, and more thousands were affected by the crisis with each pass-

lette deli sh me lletter was vered shortly after noon, hut

Proposal to End Tieup Comes as President Tells

Union: Take It or Leave It

BULLETINS

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P.).—~President Truman will ask congress for legislation making it a felony to strike against the government, and giving the executive power to draft men in peacetime to operate government controlled railroads, mines and plants, it was reported today.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P.).—~Railroad management and 18 non-striking unions today reached an ggreement embodying President Truman's recommendations for _ settlement of their railway wage dispute. However, this had no immediate~direct bearing on the situation of the two unions that caused the present strike—the engineers and the trainmen.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P.).~The senate, while awaiting President Truman's emergency message an the national strike emergency, voted today to impose a 60 day cooling off period in labor disputes.

CLEVELAND, May 25 (U. P.).—A spokesman for striking railroad brotherhoods said at 12:35 p. m. today that the Cleveland headquarters had been “alerted” for a possible development in the rail strike.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P.).—~The two striking railroad brotherhoods today offered to end their nationwide walkout under a temporary government contract grant ing part of their demands and leaving the door open to further negotiation. They submitted their proposal ‘to President Truman less than four hours before the 4 p. m. deadline fixed by the President for military operation of the crippled railroads. The proposal was in a letter to the President from Alvanley Johnston, of the locomotive engineers, and A. F. Whitney of the railway trainmen. The dohuston-Whitaey oo

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race track officials announced that the Georgetown rd. would be open for southbound traffic only between 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. tomorrow. Both gates on 16th st, the main gate and the Georgetown rd. gate will be open for fans attending tomorrow's scheduled qualifying time trials,

George Robson, California driver, today became the 15th to qualify for the Memorial Day race when he whirled the Thorne Engineering

Special around the Speedway track |

at a four-lap average of 125541] miles per hour. Shortly after he completed his run, rain called a halt to the qualifications. His first lap, at 127.262 miles per hour, was the second best lap turned in during the first five days of qualifications. There was only a fair size crowd present to see Robson qualify. Joel Thorne, owner of the Art Sparks six-cylinder creation, was at the pits in a wheel chair to send Robson off. The traditional 33-car starting lineup for Memorial day still had 19 vacancies, but these weren't likely to be filled either today or tomorrow, At the most, a bare dozen cars were reddy to roll This week has been a discouragIng one in. Gasoline Alley. There have been inferior parts to contend with; there have been engine

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George Robson, Tho Thorne Eng. Spel. Time MPH 1:10.7 127.262 1:11.65 125.611 1:10.77 125.401 1:12.62 123.933 Total 4:46.76 Av. 125.541

TRUCK PRIORITIES CHIEF NAMED HERE

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U., P.). «Howard E. Fairweather, 257 Federal bldg., Indianapolis, was among motor carrier officials of the interstate commerce commission authorized today to issue permits for moving priority traffic by truck. Also named by the office of defense transportation was Harold C. Sanford, Federal bldg., Ft. Wayne.

REPORTS QUINTS BORN

BOGOTA, Colombia, May 25 (U. P.) ~The newspaper El Liberal reported yesterday that a woman in the town of Cucuta has given birth to quintuplets, The babies, born in a hospital here were sald to be in perfect health,

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We were strong then; today we are weak. We were united then; today we are paralyzed by diaunity. A torrent of production was rolling then from our shops and factories and farms; today it is a stagnant trickle. Less than a year ago we stood before the world, its strongest power and its greatest hope. How do we stand before the world today? What can it be thinking as it watches us?

In 1941 a world menaced by tyranny saw America gal- |

vanized into a miracle of action. In 1946 it sees a phenomenon almost as sudden and equally as startling. It sees America throwing everything away in a sudden agony of self-annihilation. Our factories were not destroyed, our cities blasted, our railroads wrecked in war. We ourselves are” shutting down our factories, imperiling our cities, stilling our railroads in the peace our dead had won for us. No alien force does this to us. We do it to ourselves. Democracy, we proved, can win a global war.

Must we confess it cannot win a peace? » » w » » -

HIS GOVERNMENT was formed to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” Last year we were victorious in two awful wars fought on two far-flung fronts to preserve this government. But lately Americans have grown heartsick as they saw this government kneeling in craven impotence before a few arrogant men—pleading, appeasing, begging for a chance that people might work and eat. It has submitted. to being pushed around, abandoning | the ideals of the war, failing in the mighty responsibilities | America accepted—too cowardly to maintain the force nec- | essary to carry out those responsibilities and keep the | world's respect. And why afraid to uphold the constitution at home and our commitments abroad—to win the peace so that there need be no world war III? Votes. The fear of selfish pressure groups. Yellow submission to organized greed for gain and power. Putting oft to some vague tomorrow any action that might offend someone today. That policy has brought us very near the brink. The President has spoken just in time. Unless we rally suddenly, unless we here and now -highly resolve that the

| dead shall not have died in vain, ourggovernment of and by

and for the people can perish from the earth.

Report Ounce of Deadly New Poison Would Kill 200 Million

as high as two-thirds of the normal supply of perishable goods, particularly -potatoes, will be shut off. Commission men and railroad officials began to attempt to locate box cars of perishable goods in the Indianapolis district in an effort to {consign these goods to the local market. Bus travel mounted and a jamup later in the day was predicted with people who ordinarily take trains augmenting the week-end crowds which are always at capacity. Some trains still continued to operate in and out of Indianapolis although the majority of schedules | had been abandoned. Gasoline and oil supplies remain plentiful despite some “scare’

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GOVERNOR RELAXES TRUCK REGULATIONS!

Extends Temporary Permits’ To Out-of-State Vehicles.

Governor Gates today issued orders to the public service commission of Indiana to issue temporary permits to trucking agencies from within and without the state of Indiana. The order also applies to all others who might apply to use the highways in the state in moving foodstuffs and perishable goods during the railroad strike emergency. The governor said appeals had been directed to him along this line from governors-of otherҤtates asking permission for trucks from their respective states to use the Indiana highways in order to keep large quantities of perishable foodstuffs from spoiling. The governor said permits also were being issued to railroads who own and operate trucks to use them for these same purposes. Temporary permits also had been

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“WALKOUT TONIGHT

J. E. Krug, Lewis Attempt To Halt Shutdown.

WASHINGTON, May 256 (U. P). «—Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug

Southern Rallway— Two union engineers volunteered for work. Louisville and Nashville—Only two of 72 engineers responded tb the railroad’s request to come back to work. ; Union Pacific Railroad Practically no response” to its call for the strikers to return. Reading Railroad—Seventy-eight engineers and trainmen were on the job at noon and more were expected "8 = later, “THIS I8 a vastly different com-| Pennsylvania Railroad—Officials mitment on the part of the chief|at Philadelphia reported one man | executive,” asserted Curtis Shake,| had reported for work today. {former Indiana supreme court judge; New York Central—Superintenland Vincennes attorney in Indian-| dent of the Buffalo division report|apolis on business. 1 ‘| “I thoroughly approve of his ac{tions. He is: .showing more capacity {for leadership than at any time in [the past, Congress was floundering Lanta a positive stand was taken by [Lhe President; now theyll act ... land not too , either, | “It's all polities, ‘but rm glad Mr. Tm ok . a position in Ted Chandler, [ihe 2 lie" 10 tard s mailman. ‘F. D. R. would heave handled the

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have handled the situation long ago, but Truman's O. K. and I'm for him in his action.” Mrs, Glen Star, a typist said: “Mr, Truman is a very unusual man and he did the only (hing that {he could. I favor his action very {much; it's too bad Truman isn't a more experienced man. Roosevelt would have been more quick in his action, I think.”

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Save Rail Fare on

Freed Prisoner

OSSINING, N. Y., May 25 (U. PJ). —QGeorge Harris didn't want to wait until the railroad strike was ended. His prison term expired yesterday and instead of waiting until the trains started running again, he told the Sing Sing prison warden {he would pay his own way home— | by taxi. It was the first time in 97 years that the state of New York was excused from paying a released prisoner's fare home.

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THE TIMES appears today greatly reduced in size and without advertising in order to conserve newsprint and provide the utmost in service {6 the community during the railroad strike emergency. Stocks of newsprint paper actually in Indianapolis already had been made dangerously low by the prolonged coal mine strike, which interrupted both manufacture and delivery. The railroad strike now has stopped all further shipments to. this city for a period of unpredictable length. We hope that period is brief, but neither we nor anyone else can. at this time foretell how long it may continue. ~ . . - » » RATHER than risk a complete exhaustion of local newsprint supplies, that might deprive the people of Indianapolis of a vital service, THE TIMES has immediately made this drastic curtailment. By so doing it is possible to assure TIMES readers of the full, accurate, complefe information for which they depend on their daily newspaper until. normal deliveries of newsprint are resumed.

on hiz“desk. It was assumed he would see it as soon as he returned to his office. Stipulate Conditions Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johnston said they would send their men back to work, for the government under these conditions: 1. That they be granted the recommendation of the original emergency fact-finding board for a 16 cents an hour increase and seven changes in rules retroactive to

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All miitary personnel in Indiana have been placed on an “alert” in event the army takes over the trains at 4 p. m., Fifth Service Command officials at Columbus announced today. No furloughs or leaves were granted and enlisted men’s passes allowed them to be absent from " their posts only for a three-hour period. Meanwhile Adj. Gen. Ben H. Watt of the Indiana State Guard reported the organization was standing by “as always,” awaiting any possible orders from the governor’s office.

Jan. 1. The two unions had rejected Mr. Truman's personal proposal for an 181% cent increase and no rules changes. 2. That during the period of government operation, the unions be allowed to negotiate with the President or his representatives “concerning any other fair wage increases.” “Our men await only your word,” the union leaders told the President. Want Rules Changed Mr. Truman's original railroad seizure order stipulated that any agreement should be between the unions and the carriers=not- between. the unions and the government. In their letter to the President, Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johnston said the President's settlement proposal of only an 181% cent raise would deprive them of the seven rules changes recommended by his emergency board. Rules changes also involve money since they define terms of work. Defending the patriotism of their members, the union chiefs reiterated that they would “co-operate with you in every possible way in the maintenance of rail service” under terms of their return-to-work proposal, Defend Request { “We know that you would not ask us to surrender our deep convictions that the carriers have not given our peo-

ple the consideration they deserve,” they sald in defending their request for further negotia-|: tions. Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johnston sent their proposal to the White] gy House about two hours after Mr. Truman, in a curt take-it-or-leave~ it statement, ordered a halt to further government mediation efforts with their two unions.

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By JANE STAFFORD Science Service Stall Wyller WASHINGTON, May 25.—The

United States has a weapon of germ warfare so powerful that one

a| ounce of it would wipe but almost

the ‘entire population eof North and South America combined. This is the botulinus toxin. Until recently it was known chiefly as” the cause of particularly dangerous food poisoning against which home and commercial canners carefully guard thelr canned vegetables

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¥ The poison has been obtained in pure form by our biological warfare expects working at Camp Detrick, Md. Figures given with the scientific report of the method of purifying the toxin show that one ounce of the pure white, needle-shaped crystals could kill 200,000,000 men each weighing 165 pounds. For women and children, the killing dose would probably be smaller. : These are facts behind the undetailed revelations of naval bio-

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today scheduled a conference with x 5 United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis in an: 11th-hour effort to avert another complete shutdown of the nation’s soft coal mines at midnight. ‘ Mr, Krug planned to meet withy Mr. Lewis at 10:30 a. m. Indianapolis time. - The miners’ two-week work truce expires at midnight and unless a settlement or a new understanding for an extension of the truce is reached by then, the mine workers

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He said it would be useless to continue since only they among the 20 rail brotherhoods had seen fit to reject his 18'2-cent proposal. The carriers and the other 18 unions went into immediate conference aimed at concluding agreements on the basis of ‘the President's proposal. The President issued his nomediation statement while Mr, whitney and Mr. Johnston met this morning with Secretary of State

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