Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1947 — Page 5
hn New Congress
House Is Organized; Senate Is Sharled (Continued From Page One)
estimated it would cut federal revenue by . $3,350,000,000. this year. Immediately afterward a bill to ‘grant statehood to Hawall was introduced.
Presidential Message Due Monday
The Bilbo ouster move threatened to postpone organization of the senate. If there is no long delay 4n . organizing congress, President "Truman will deliver his state of the union message in person at a joint session on Monday. The White House sald the address would take 50 minutes to deliver. ’
The President also plans-if circumstances permit to send a report on the national ececnomy to the house and senate on Wednesday, following up with. his annual budget message on Friday. The ‘house was called to order by retiring Doorkeeper Ralph Roberts of Indiana and proceeded to the selection of Rep. Joseph W. Martin-Jr. (R. Mass.) as speaker. Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana then became Republican leader of the house, succeeding Mr. Martin, Outgoing Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas became Democratic leader.
Balanced Budget Goal The senate was called to order by retiring Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle. This Republican congress is committed with the voters to economy, tax reduction and improved administration of government. The general financial objective is a balanced budget. The Republicans plan hurry-up legislation to check the wave of portal-to-portal pay suits by labor unions. And they expect to enact
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Cold Wave Strikes Here: "Tnohate 10 Above Zero Forecast
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damage, crediting Jack of ‘strong winds, “County schools over the state also were reported closed, In many cases school busses were unable to negotiate ice-bound side roads. Teachers spending holidays in other parts of the: county have ‘been ended by the transportation 'tieup. The same cold wave which. hit Indiana has the rest of the nation shivering. A cold front has settled over - the Dakotas and Minnesota and Is spreading over Michigan, Illinois, Indfina, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. State police expressed fear that
treacherous’ roads will send “Indi-
dents took & toll of four lives-yes-terday. bh City oMcials today feported In-{-dianapolis’ main streets almost
occasional icy spots, Lightly traveled side | streets, however, are. stil’ ‘icy. The city passed-the night safely, with only one traffic accident re-| ported. Mother, Son’ Hurt Mrs. Catherine Carrigan, 1121 Church st, and her son, Robert were slightly injured when her car was in collision with an auto driven by Joseph Rossetto, 842 S. Missouri st. last night. The cars collided at Capitol ave. and Ray st. iniersection, Wiley Jones, 743 N. New. Jersey st., suffered a broken leg' when he fell on the ice at 8th and Delaware sts. last night. He is in City » | hospital, ( Yesterday's traffic fatalities were: Jack Wright and Miss Betty The house also will adopt new|yeapn Oliver, both of Terre Haute. rules imposed by the‘congressional| gtranded in a ditch after a minor reorganization act of 1946. That | gecident the pair started ‘the motor was the streamlining La Follette-| i keep warm as they waited for Monroney bill which Sought tolq tow car. Their bodies were found
: when a farmer arrived to pull them cumbersome and more efficient. |,u¢ gt daylight.
The bill hiked congressional sal- Lt. Col. Garfield Linquist, Ft. aries from $10,000 to $12,500 and yeqvensworth, Kas. killed near Pt. gave each member a tax-free $2500 wayne when his-car skidded down | expense account. House commit-|,, embankment.
tees were reduced from 48 to 19 and Wayne Phillips, 23, Dugger, whose senate committees from 33 to 15... skidded into the path of a
legislation to give employers better standing before the national labor relations board and to impose upon unions certain responsibilities with respect to contracts and the conduct of their financial affairs.
Committees Cut Sharply
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reorganization improvements will | greatly strengthen the government | of the United States.
‘Stock Market Dull
Significantly, the naval and mili-| NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (U. P.).=Retary affairs. committees will be opening of congress brought dullmerged in each house of congress ness into the stock market today —a move which almost inevitably|/and the list generally was down | will lead to the unification of the|fractions to more than 2 points.
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leare The st S with] . ; \ ¢ he. Streets are. welt with son. Senator Taylor said He wanted |
to. address the senate on his own : resolution. He was permitted to
[ready to lead a “40-day discussion”
Duster Does
Democrat Assists "GOP ‘in Fight
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Raps for Quiet
Mr. Biffle repeatedly rapped for order to check conversation in the jammed senate galleries, “The fact that at least one Democrat, Senator Taylor, was speaking against Senator Bilbo Seemed to assuré that the Republicans will be successful in barring the Mississippian if a vote can be obtained.
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have the right to vote, on the case and 31 Democrats. SenatqQrs .not sworn in cannot vote, T “sides Sen-
cratic vote,
Filibuster Threatened A vote may be far off, however, | because of the threats of a filibuster. Fourteen southern senators met just before the new congress convened to map their strategy in de{fense of Senator Bilbo. They met 'in the office of Senator Allen J. Ellender (D®La)), who said he was
if necessary to permit Senator Bilbo to take his seat. 3 As chairman of the senate campaign’ investigating committee which probed Senator Bilbo’s re-election,
Including Senator Baldwin, there| are 29 Republican senators who!’
ator Taylor, the Republicans would}: need to get only one other Demo-
Senator Ellender filed a majority report clearing the Mississippian of anti-Negro ‘charges. = He recom-: mended that Senator Bilbo be seated. >
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{clusions are. as follows: . ONE. The majority report:of the
= | Blender . committee: Charges that
Senator Bilbo preveated Negroes from voting in the July’? Missis- | sippi primary “are net sustained by the evidence”; Senator Bilbo should be seated bécause “he has been duly and jJegally elected to! represent the state of Mississippi | in the senate” TWO. THe minority report of the Ellender fommittee, presented by | Republican Senators Styles Bridges | (N.H) and Bourke B. Hickenlooper | (Ia): "In his primary campaign, Senator Bilbo “violated the federal | constitution, the federal criminal
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One Committee Agreed THREE. The bi-partisan report: committee: Senator Bilbo used his|
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Senator Bridges and Rickeaiousor sadi they found an “inescapable | conclusion” that Senator Bilbo, by | his campaign conduct, was guilty |
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“Are contrary to sound public policy, harmful to the dignity and honor of the senate, dangerous to the perpetuity of free government, | and taint with fraud and corrup- | tion the credentials for a seat in| the senate presented by the said] Theodore G. Bilbo.”
Hoosier 6. 0. P. Honors Jenner
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the future with confidence that! the G. O. P. is well on the road | back. The Road Back
It is the road back, in one sense,! for Senator Jenner. Just two years ago he gave up his interim- senate seat to Indiana's senior senator, Homer E. Capehart. Mr. Jenner was appointed. to fill the unexpired, | term of the late Senator Frederick VanNuys.
In January, 1945, when he was fo | welcome Mr, Capehart to the sen-| ate, his train was seven hours ate. Senator Capehart was sworn in as Mr. Jenner paced the train in Bal-| timore, Md. Today, however, Mr. Jenner was, on time for the swearing in cere-| monies. He arrived in Washing- | ton several days ago.
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Fire: Gus Brick Mine Blast ils Apartment Here 2 at Bicknell
Believe Blaze Started (Continued Fréin Page One) Flames spread in a shallow attic feét below the surface, delayed res-
By Defective Wiring | under the flat roof. Firemen were One squads from Terre Haute and Fire gutted a two-story brick hampered temporarily because they state police more than two hours® apartment building at 2151 Central could not get in to fight the flames i, recovering the bodies. ave, today before firemen ‘could until portions. of the roof had fgen Both of the men, burned by the |
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