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Mallory's Union Leader Rebuffs Indiana

57th YEAR—NUMBER 232

Ft. Harrison To Be Given Up As Army Post

Gates,” Capehart To Fight Plan

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Weiter WASHINGTON, Dee. 6—When Governor Ralph Gates called on Lt. Gen. Leroy Lutes of the army service forces today he was informed that the army has definite plans to completely abandon Ft. Benjamin Harrison af Indianapolis by June 30. The governor was accompanied by Senator Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.), whose office had earlier been informed of the abandonment plan. Both officials said they would fight to maintain this long established old army post. They had called on Gen. Lutes, accompanied by Clark Springer, Indiana state Republican chairman, and two state health department doctors in an effort to obtain at least a portion of Wakeman hospital at Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Ind., for state use. Retain Camp Atterbury Dr. Leroy Burney, Indiana state health commissioner, and Dr. C. L. Williams, head of the mental health division, were on hand to testify that the army hospital could be used for mental cases in the state. Instead they were informed that ‘Camp Atterbury is to be retained intact for use of the Indiana Nanal Guard and Forces. This includes Wakeman hos-

army reserve)

Gen. Lutes ac Al ¢ the plam is. C J Harrison, 12 disciplifiary barracks and two brick buildings might be obtained there for state hospital use through the war assets administration. Confer on Flood Control The governor and senator also conferred with Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, chief of army engineers. They were told that $560,000 is ready for expenditure on the Cannelton flood control wall as soon as Reconversion Director John Steelman approves. Senator Capehart said he would press for approval at once, as Governor Gates wants the work to give employment to persons who worked in a Cannelton factory which burned to the ground recently. Present plans are to transfer

SPARKS “INDIANA PLAN"—Charles Kern,

Indiana labor

commissioner, returned from Washington today and immediately sought to settle the state's coal strike by adoption of the Indiana plan.

prisoners at the disciplinary barracks at Ft. Harrison to Camp Cooke, Cal, ing only the station complement of troops at Ft. Harrison. Will Move Troops

These troops will then be moved elsewhere and Pt. Harrison “inactivated,’ according to present plans. Beyond “inactivation,” no plans exist for the fort's future, the army said. The post currently is under the command of Brig. Gen. Clifford Bluemel, Bataan death march survivor, who twice previously served at the fort. Although the question of abandonment has been of an off-again-on-again subject for months, the disciplinary barracks under Col. B. B. Albert was made the Midwestern branch only recently, This gave observers reason to believe the barracks would be maintained more or less permanently. The fort dates from June 20, 1905, when contracts for the permanent buildings were awarded. Before that, however, it had been » subject of much discusion. Back in 1899 the state legislature ceded Jurisdiction to the federal government of any lands bought or to be bought for an army post. In 1903 a board of army officers inspected various sites and announced the government would purchase the land near Lawrence,

EX-PREMIER DIES OTTAWA, Dec. 6 (U. P).— Charles Stewart, 78, chairman for Canada of the International Joint fommission, and former federal government minister of Alberta, died today after a lengthy illness.

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Youths Face Murder Charge

In State Trooper's Slaying

Evansville Boy Confesses Firing Shots After Capture With Three Companions

Times State Service

SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6.—First degree. murder charges will be

filed against two 17-year-old Evansville youths for the brutal slaying of Indiana State Police Trooper, Herbert Smith, Shelby County Prosecutor Harold Meloy said today.

A posse of more than 200 Shelby county residents, state police officers

and deputy sheriffs captured the youths huddled in the mud of ud of a |

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1946

Further Talks

Saturday Conference

By ROBERT BLOEM The “Indiana Plan” to bring peace to Indiana's coal mines received its first direct | rebuff today. A major union official politely declined an offer to Be) gotiate at the state level. Labor Commissioner Charles Kern returned today from Wash- | ington, where he received orders, from Governor Gates to proceed | with plans for a state settlement of the coal crisis. | He said bluntly the first setback would not slow down efforts to make such a settlement. Mr. Kern said he talked this morning with Louis Austin of Terre Haute, president of District 11, U. M. W., who said he had no authority to negotiate with operators as the government had requested. To Talk to Austin ‘ Mr. Kern said he would go to Terre Haute for further talks with! Mr. Austin tomorrow. Mr. Kern also was working to contact Harvey Cartwright, executive secretary of the Indiana Coal ‘Operators association, and Qra Gas-

Off Temporarily

In tomorrow's meeting, Mr. Eern said, he hopes to arrange For the district 11 chief to contact international mineworkers officials to determine whether or not authority

Kern Remains The Indiana Plan Hopeful, Plans Can Work

could be obtained to enter into Indiana negotiations. The district 11 office governs the | activities of approximately 90 per cent of all the mine workers employed in the state. ‘No Authority’—Austin Describing his telephone conversation with Mr.’ Austin, Mr. Kern said: “Mr. Austin informed me he had no authority to change the policy | adopted at the national U. M. W. convention in Atlantic City and by the national policy committee in Washington that all negotiations would be conducted on a national level. “He added that he would have no ‘authority to negotiate on a state level ‘even if he were to meet with { Indiana operators, but said he would be happy to meet with this office

cornfield with. two irl. Srienas,. J 4 sr — and 15 years old, two miles north of Shelbyville. They are William Francis Price, 17, who confessed he fired the shots | that killed Trooper Smith; his sol-| dier companion, Pvt. William Virgil Johnson, 17, their girl friends, Vera Hornbeck, 15, Anderson, and Mary Ruth Ward, 14, Evansville. Stole Car in Anderson Riding in a car they had stolen in Anderson, the teen-agers were stopped by Trooper Smith when they violated a traffic law in making a turn at highways 52 and 9. Apparently Trooper Smith suspected the car had been stoien and ordered the youths to follow him into Shelbyville for a further check. State police call records show that Trooper Smith radioed for information on the license number and learned that the car was stolen before the shooting occurred.

at any time he could be of any assistance.”

Chicago ‘L' Trains Crash; 4 Injured

CHICAGO, Dec. (U. P)—A southbound’ oe train was rammed by a-North Shore line train at an elevated station at the north city limits today. The accident occurred about 400

Mr, Kern implied that he had interpreted Mr. Austin’s statements as precluding any immediate discussion directly with Hoosier mine operdtors. He said the outlook for getting union officials and owners together on a state basis tomorrow was “not encouraging.” He had been instructed to call an immediate session of mine and union officials for Saturday.

Plans Other Talks

feet north of the city limits. Police said that four persons had

been taken to the hospital for

treatment. They said two of them | were in serious condition. Fog hung over the city at the | time of the crash.

| morrow, Mr.

While he is in Terre Haute toKern said he hoped also to contact Mr. Cartwright, He expressed no hope for bringing Mr.

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Entered aa Becond-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Bunday

"PRICE FIVE CENTS

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(An Editorial) | AMERICA coal mines are idle because union mine workers believe they have no contract under which to work and they are not willing to work without one. The owners of the mines can make no contract with

the miners because the federal government holds the

mines, which it seized last spring.

The federal government has failed to keep the mines in operation because it is unable to agree with John L. Lewis, the mine union chief, on the terms of a contract. Shorn of all the dramatics and all issues of what is right or what is wrong, there is the coal dispute in a nutshell. - ” - ® ~ » HE “Indiana Plan” which Governor Gates will propose to Indiana's coal industry tomorrow holds an answer to each phase of the dispute as it exists in Indiana. It would take the Indiana coal mines out of the hands of the federal government and place them back in the hands of their private owners where we believe they should be. It would immediately give to Indiana union mine workers a contract under which they could go back to work, right now, with full assurance that they could lose | nothing while final details of a settlement of all issues are being worked out. E It offers these advantages: Indiana union miners, who have lost 74 days work, or more than $800 each so far this year over contract disputes, can immediately start drawing wages they desperately need. The union itself, in greater danger of complete destruction with every passing day the mine shutdown continues, can preserve itself intact. Hoosier mine owners, with the federal government entirely out of the coal business in Indiana, can operate their own properties, under satisfactory agreements with their employees. Most of all, Indiana would get 100,000 tons of coal a day. Not enough to answer every coal need, of course. But enough to prevent the most serious hardship, to keep schools, institutions, and essential utilities running, to keep thousands upon thousands of Indiana workmen from being laid off, and scores of Indiana factories from closing. Governor Gates has undertaken a tremendous piece of puklic service to the unions, the business interests, and the people of Indiana in persuading the federal government to step out of the mine picture in this state, and in calling on operators and union representatives to meet with him tomorrow and work out a sane, fair, and above all a quick, solution to the mine problem in his state. He should have the full support of the people of Indiana in this project. He should have the complete cooperation of mine operators and mine union officers in making this plan work. If union officers and mine operators are sincere—as we believe they are—in their expressed desires to get the mines back into production he

will have such co-operation. "

» =» » » » WITH public sentiment running as it is today, it would be a rash and short-sighted man indeed who would -fail to answer the governor's call to the conference tomorrow.

Collegiate Skiing Party

Turns Into Frozen Terror

Girl Student Dead, 2 Men Hurt Seriously On Treacherous Glacier in Colorado

WARD, Colo, Dec. 6 (U. P.).—A gay collegiate skiing party, which | | turned into. frozen terror high in the white-capped Rockies, was over

today. It left one girl dead and two men injured seriously. The body of Hazel Jeanette Martin, 22, New Providence, Iowa, lay frozen on wind-whipped, deserted and treacherous Isabel glacier. The

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Other Industries % Here Watch, Wait; Schools Threatened

By RICHARD LEWIS The P. R. Mallory Co., Inc, was the first major in{dustrial victim of the coal strike today, | Meanwhile, the Indianapolis public schools announced

‘they may not re-open after Christmas vacation.

The Mallory company wil

1 close both of its E. Wash-

ington st. plants next Wednesday, laying off 3400 employees

until after Christmas,

This was Yoniced by Joseph M. Cain, Mallory presi-

te Tyndall's cou) conserva | tion commitiee appealed to In- | dianapolis coal dealers to limit all future household deliveries to one ton. The committee met this morning with the mayor and will meet again tomorrow to map further conservation plans, |

Capehart Reveals Offer by Lewis

Says U. S. Rejected | Negotiation Plan

By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Staft Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—S8enator

Homer E. Capehart (R, Ind.) said {today he had been ‘reliably informed” that the government had

{the world.

dent, at noon following a meeting of executives and

union officials all morning. The Mallory company has the most complete facilities for ‘the manufacture. of electronic and metallurgical component parts in Its closing will affect - the entire radio and electronics he dustry. As the industrial economy of Indianapolis began to reel under the coal strike and railway freight embargo, these were today's other developments: ONE: Night and utter school activities including evening classes were canceled by the public schools. Schools will close for ‘Christmas vacation Dec. 20. Unless: they receive more coal before Jan. 8, they will not reopen, Supt. Virgil Stine. baugh said. TWO: The Citizens Gas & Coke Utility learned today that an anticipated shipment o 18,000 tons of

Mine Workers’ chief had proposed to Federal Judge T. Alan Goldg-

sentence be postponed for 24 hours.

been informed, would give Mr. Lewis

rejected an offer by nL. Lewis to negotiate for 3 le end ob the coal strike. ’ ‘Mr. Capehart said the United

borough that Wednesday's contempt.

This, Mr. Capehart said he had

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SOUTH BEND, ), Ind, Dec. 6 (U. P.)~Mayor F. Kenneth Demp-

sey today proclaimed of time to start negotiations Levis Ey in this ly sists ol “would have resulted in a complete | dered rationing of . present. coal 2d Sulistutony eHement of the | Subplies and cancelistion of all * ‘ public gatherings. Submitted Through Attorneys

Terming the strike “the most im-

| coal was cut © 4000 tons by the

portant matter before the American ‘solid fuels administration. The

| people, * Mr. Capehart said he had utility's coal was sidetracked at {been reliably informed that Mr.' {Addison, O., where it was being

Lewis had made his proposal for a transferred from river barges to settlement in a written memoran- 081 cars. This means that presdum. It was submitted through his|ent gas service by the utility can

|attorneys to Judge Goldsborough, lst only until Dec. 21. { Mr, Capehart said he was told.

THREE: The Marion County Meanwhile, with the strike in its Residential Builders, Inc, an16th day, there were these develop- nounced that home construction ments: | was being delayed by the rail emONE: John L. Lewis and the bargo which was holding up shipUnited Mine Workers today posted ments of building materials.

appeal bonds for the full amount] FOUR: One: bright note in‘ the

|of their $3,510,000 contempt fines drab picture was struck by the |as the government promised to keep announcement that the embargo

on slugging in its battle to break had been modified to permit railthe coal strike on the administra- roads to handle shipments on their

Passengers on both the North Shore train and the Rapid Transit

China Reds Spurn

You, Too, Can Help— Children's Basement Show

By ART WRIGHT List of Donors There's a wealth of Christmas » spirit in a $1.50 gift on today’s list|Sew of .Clothe-A-Child contributions, Maybe it isn’t big in the human comparison of values beside $100, or $1000 checks.

Xi-lota Exemplar Chapter of Beis Sigma Phi Sorority 10.

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4 | Chas, M. nd. Beat. d, he Maybe it won't The “Late Book Ci Clu ord, Ind.

Earns Clothe-A-Child $1.50

According to confessions made by |train, a shoppers’ special, were both youths, they decided while |shaken up. M driving along behind the officer to eter dr S A an fake motor trouble and stop. LOCAL TEMPERATURES After stopping on highway 9 va m..... 4 } am... 51 NANKING, Dec. 6.—Communist about two miles north of Shelby- 3 > n os an yD ++ 55 1 China today rejected what was ex(Continued on Page 4—Column 7)' 9a. m. ...46 1p. m..... 59 [pected to be Gen. George C. Mar-

shall’s final offer to mediate be-

tween Chinese Nationalists

Communists. It was feared by responsible quarters that all-out civil war in China is now virtually inevitable, It was believed that Gen, Marshall now will return to the United States for consultation with President Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and a possible complete reorientation of American policy in China. Gen. Marshall, it was believed, would leave for the United States as soon as the national asembly, which is meeting without Communist participation, completes the

and

Child stands for. The contribution came from four little girls and two boys, all of more fortunate circumstances than those

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the $150 is intended to make

happy. The group planned a way “to help

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buy a pair of shoes for a needy |No Name PI ease .. 8 child, or outfit an unfortunate|Delpha Glampett Lovie fescue family. LEE But this $1.50 is mighty important| _ © OTY Henstpcen to Clothe-A-Child . . .“because it| Toial 70 Bate 11111111010 doae00 represents much that Clothe-A« |e

50 draft of China's new constitution. ww | ‘The .Communist reply to Cien. 606.00] Marshall's final mediation bid was dispatched .from Communist headquarters in Yenan by Chou En-Lai, chief Communist negotiator in Gen. Marshall's unsuccessful mediation attempt, Chou’s reply said flatly that “there exists no bagis for negotiations between the two: parties.”

the poor kids.” They pooled their talents, rehearsed a show, and charged 5 .cents admission to see the performance in the basement of one ‘of the little girl's home, The

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Meehlieb, 20, Peoria, Ill. They were rushed by ambulance to Boulder, Colo., for ergency hospital treatment. 8 The three University of Colorado students had been missing since Tuesday. Weary rescuers, aldéd by dogs flown from the air rescue base at Fi. .Robinson, Neb, ‘found them just before dusk yesterday. Searchers who stumbled

two survivors said the skiiers must have been caught in either a landslide or a snowslide, Mr. Waddington was faintly conscious and Mr. Meehleib was unconscious.

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into Miller's store early today with he energy controls today.

youths were David Waddington, 22, Westcliffe, Colo.,

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and Deforrest W.

Doubt Russ Atom Concessions

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y,, Dec. 6 (U P.) —Britain and the United States expressed serious doubts about Russia’s recent concessions on atomic

They asked Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to state frankly whether he favors an “adequate system” of international inspection to

| prohibit atomic warfare, Both youths were suffering from)

(Another story, Page 33)

Debate Equal Rights

For Japan's Empress TOKYO, Dec. 6 (U. P.)~—The Social Democratic party has no intention of insisting the empress be given equal rights with the emperor as a symbol of the Japanese state, a party spokesman said today. The Japanese Diet currently is debating imperial house laws to implement the new constitution. The question of the empress’ legal status is being discussed. “The empress should be just as good as the emperor,” sald Tetsu Katayama, executive chairman of the Social Democrats,

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tion's terms. The contempt case seemed head- |

{own lines without transfer. The {chamber of commerce interpreted

ed for fast appeal through the) this as a sign that some plants

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Trustees Oppose J. §. School Aid

By NOBLE REED Proposed federal aid for public | schools was opposed by the Indiana Trustees association in a resolution adopted at its annual convention here today. The resolution stated that any federal grants for township schools would be against “our principles of home rule.” It pledged all Indiana township trustees to oppose any legislation that would provide U. 8. ald to schools. The association also adoped resolutions urging: ‘ ONE: Smaller teaching units— now 35 pupils per teacher in the grade schools as a standard-—for state tuition support. TWO: Amendments to present laws to eliminate the notification date in teachers’ contracts. At present trustees are required to notify teachers of their new contracts by May 1. Convention Closes THREE: Representation of trustees on the state board of educa tion and the state welfare board. FOUR: An increase in the distribution ‘of state aid money to schools. FIVE: An increase in the expense account allowances for trustees. The association closed its threeday convention, held with the Indiana County and Township Officials association, at noon today with election of officers. They are W. 8. Nisbet, Clinton, president; Theodore Hedrick, sec-retary-treasurer, and four vice presidents, Henry Laudenbeck, Knightstown; W. C. Brummett, Jeffersonville, George C. Bond, Ft. Wayne, and Peter on Gary.

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could keep operating, A Little More Optimism With the closing of Mallory's, industries watched the fuel picture closely. Because of a variety of factors developing in the situation — the Indiana Plan for one-they were not prepared to admit the worst.

dianapolis area, however, would have to close before Christmas. Easing of the freight embargo will postpone shutdowns in some cases, Nearly every industrial executive watched for a break in the eco~ nomic overcast. Some thought the Indiana Plan was that break. There was a little more optimism today. Mallory’s informed all employees

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or-| Offers $1000 to Aid

Lewis Fine Payment BALTIMORE, Dec. 6 (U. P.).— Temus Bright, 29-year-old used car dealer here, is ready to put up $1000 of his own money toward payment of John L. Lewis’ $10,000 contempt fine. He telegraphed his offer to Mr. Lewis yesterday and today received from the mine workers’ president a note of thanks for his “expression of sympathy.”

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