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Spokesmen See No Crisis Here

By VICTOR PETERSON Indianapolis tables will not go meatless even though the United packinghouse Workers of Amerjea (CIO) strikes at Monday, industry spekesmen here said today, ’ x te last minute efforts are being made to halt a nation-wide walkout of ‘workers, the country's large packers are preparing for the shutdown. The strike would affect about 100,000 CIO mempers and 100 plants throughout the country. °° Those locally affected would be Kingan & Co. with 2500 CIO employees and Armour & Co. with

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lle no meat would flow from these plants if the strike is carried out, the housewife still would find a normal supply on butchers’ counters for a week from non-| CIO packinghouse workers. Other Suppliers ,One industry spokesman said

that small packers in Indianap- from School 2.

| HARD DAY AT SCHOOL — After a hard'day at school, Billy Warren, 6, and his brother, Bobby, 5, of 513 E. 10th St., relax on the streetcar as they go home

today, high 36 to 40.

‘SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1948

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towns could keep the city supplied with a “fairly liberal” amount of meat. { Packers here, Anderson and Terre Haute could go on a 24-| hour-a-day basis and supply local needs, it was estimated. If any shortage evolved, it would be in prepared meats, the industry men said. : There is no reason they could not pour in a sizeable amount of {fresh meat, one spokesman said. Sto Buying Meanwhile, Kingan's ceased buying - at Indianapolis Union Stockyards Thursday. The same day they completed slaughtering of all stock on hand. ‘Current operations are routine curing and packaging. The last shipments are expected to be made Monday with plans to tidy up the premises the same day. The plant does not expect to operate after Monday. ¥ the strike is averted, normal operaion could resume, Tuesday. At the time of any settlement, the firm could swing into preduction he following day. Armour’s announced they plan o kill, pack and ship’ through face: the viet said. a Monday, but the plant is ready to| C5 e suey and ran, ‘the ease production if the strike 'VO.PUISUINE Bm. takes effect as planned. Hear Cries for Help No Price Boosts Industry: spokesmen, however, saw two good omens. To date there has been virtually no upward movement in prices in anticipation of a possible shortage. Housewives also have

Bandit Suspect

Holdup Thwarted; Policemen Cited

Mayor Feeney today commended two walking patrolmen who fatally shot one bandit suspect and captured another in a downtown chase on foot.. He commented that “people who run from a police officer's command to halt are likely to get shot.”

‘Shell Out” The patrolmen were walking their beat when they heard a cry for help from Ralph Blasier, 29, of 1125 N. Senate Ave. Mr. Blasier told police he was walking toward his parked car in the 200 block, W. Vermont 8t., when two men seized him and told him to “shell out.” One madan threw an arm around his throat, while the other beat him in the

his aid.

g policemen.

supplies of meat. Over the nation many of the big cornbelt' stockyards notified farmers not to ship animals to market unless they contact the buyers first. As the strike deadline neared, Federal labor conciliators continued their meetings in Chicago with representatives of the union and the packers in a last-ditch attempt to head off the walkout. Conciliators said they were keeping Washington headqaurters informed of developments. Under the Taft-Hartley Law, there still

shots.

403 Muskingum St. Patrolman Booth raised his gun and fired. Victim Identified

1531 Yandes St., fell to ground, fatally wounded. lance arrived.

fired by the two patrolmen.

could be averted by referring the| dispute to President Truman.

Ellis H Bell Seeks igan and Illinois Sts. Seat in Congress |William , Anglin, 44, Ellis H. Bell, former deputy | Rortheoriein Ave. state superintendent of public in-|Narg th vagrancy. struction, said today he would] Brought to Scene announce his candidacy for the

representative in Congress tomorrow. gr of the two stickup men.

Mr. Bell, an attorney, served| Another witness to the affair

as deputy state superintendent of schools under Clement T. Malan from 1941 to 1943. He resides in 60 N. Tremont ‘Ave. Mr. Bell's son, Harold J. Bell, is an attorney examiner for the Indiana Public Service Commis-|2nd McFarland sion. Another son, Edward B., is|8round. an accounting instructor at But-| ler University.

ing the fleeing pair to halt. Mr

fall to

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SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13/ARABS, HAGANAH CLASH (UP)’—American Airlines will be-| TEL AVIV, Mar. 13

they were grounded last fall. ‘attacked with strong gunfire.

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trolman Albert R. Booth and es E. Jewell heard Mr. Blasier's cries for help and ran to

The “men had again caught their victim and were beating him when they saw thé approach-

|in CO-0P-| Patrolmen Booth and Jewell erated by not rushing the coun-\ grew near the fleeing pair at ters and laying in unusually large Muskingum and Vermont Sts. meanwhile having fired several

They saw one man attempting to climb a fence in the rear of

The fleeing man, identified by police as Willie McFarland, 29, of the

He was dead when an ambuA total of eight shots had been

While Patroiman Booth stayed was a possibility that a strike with the wounded man, his part- | ner continued after the other {suspect and caught him at Mich-

He was identified by police as of 2147 was

Mr. Blasier was brought to the

GOP n h district| Shooting scene by a squad car OE and identified McFarland as one|

the |

Mr. Blasier received treatment] | for minor bruises and cuts on the|

|face where the bandits had vest- Taxpayer's Note==!cent—from the first year’s spend-|

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y ® x's» r = =» { W. Morris St. Church dreams of construction . . . other Thies anise sirsnsrns reve Page qd; 1 Commissioner 'L..V. Phillips starts knife-fork circuit traine m. Tg. Hoosie} Urofile . . . by Bob §tranahan «++ Pge B)4iu0q of present inmates revealing other shocking conditions. » . Expect Ballet Theater sell out here this week . . . a full page

......Page 9|been a pa once a month. When he is too ill to feed himself, she says,

his food remains untouched because no one feeds him. 3 Other complaints confirm in detail disclosures in The Times. 7! Relatives of one inmate were never informed when the inmate died.

"Round Corner as Cold Bows Out

" LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m.. 15 10a m.. 29 7a mi. 16 11 a m.. 30 8 a.m... 20 12 (Noon) 34 9a m..25 1p m.. 34

You can tip your hat to the snow. It's on its way out. The weather got in step with the calendar today and the weatherman promised that Old

over, Sunny and warmer today with a possible balmy 40 degrees is forecast compared with the his-tory-making low of 5 below zero at the Weir Cook Municipal Airport yesterday. ’ Tonight's temperature will drop back to 20 or 25 degrees, but will rise again tomorrow, the bureau promises. Yes, sir, spring is just around the corner. |

Termed ‘Childish’

Neighbors Receive

Demands From ‘Claws’ Two extortion notes written by “The Twisted Claw” placed under East Side doors last night were described today by Detective Inspector John J. (Jack) O'Neal as:‘“childish, the work of 10-year-old kids.” One note demanded $2000 from a real estate man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carr, 4530 E. New York St. The money was to be left a block away from the Carr home or “you will not see the light of day again,” the neatly typed message said. ; Brings Note to Police The “Claw" also left a note under the door at 105 N. Bosart Ave., the home of Everett Welmer. This is only a few houses from the intersection where Mr. Cdrr was told to leave the money. Mr. Welmer, who brought the note to police headquarters this morning, was told “do not leave your house between 7 and 11 p. m. Friday.” Told to ‘Come Alone’ | Mrs. Carr said she noticed a note under the front door about ,18:30 p. m. Investigating, - she

Vence Miller, 19, of 130 W. Ver- |found the extortion demand. mont St., said he was standing oa his porch and saw the police-jleave the money at Bosart and

man be the cha f .{New York Sts., but failed to spe- : Pe {man begin se after order cify the exact location. He was ut” from under Republican “re-|

The note ordered Mr. Carr to

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Miller said he saw the shots fired told to “come alone.” Mr. Carr, a retired employee of

perates a real estate business in his home.

the Edson T. Wood Co.,

flights with DC-6 transport planes|cabi quarter in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv|pected Monday, deadline for pay-| Monday, bringing the 52-passen- border area today with fire bombs ing 1947 income taxes. ger giants back into commercial|and ‘mortars, setting 40 houses! service for the first time since|ablaze. Haganah units counter- the Internal Revenue Collector ish troops evacuated from Paleswere closed today, after a busy|Wne are expected to start arriving

week.

from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m.

Man Winter's latest backlash 1s apartment,

and|

A recofd jam of last-minute] gin scheduled cross-country/Arab bands. attacked the Mac- | Federal income taxpayers was ex-| for.

Offices of the tax division of}

The offices will open Monday |British military authorities re-

28 Flee From

! 1 Apartment Fire [ores tude?

he said.

Battalion Chief

Rescues Woman, 64 |

One woman was rescued and 27 others fled to the street in sub-freezing temperatures early this morning from a fire in a newly remodeled apartment house in 646 Ft. Wayne Ave. Battalion Chief Bert Unversaw, scaling a ladder to a third floor carried Mrs. Eva Nickols,. 64, to safety after she was overcome by smoke billowing up through the registers. Other tenants, some in nightdress, huddled shivering in the street as the building became blanketed with dense smoke. Firemen said they could hardly see the structure for the smoke when they arrived. Cause Undetermined The fire started in a basement room where furniture was stored, according to’ the building owners, Mr, and Mrs. Walter McVey, The cause of ‘the. blaze which ‘sent {smoke billowing through the remodeled three-story house was not determined immediately. Some of the tenants were at breakfast - when smoke began pouring into their rooms. Firemen said the blaze had already crept between the walls {When they arrived. They tore {out wall sections and poured gal{lons of water to quench the spreading flames. Mrs. Nickols, a widow, was revived at the scene by a General Hospital ambulance physician and was mot taken to the hospital. She and other tenants sought refuge with neighbors. She said she was awakened by smoke pouring through the registers. When shutting off the registers failed to stop the smoke,

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Marshall Plan OK

| WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (UP)| | —The Senate squared ‘off today] |for a final round of oratory on| |the Marshall Plan. Its backers) | predicted passage by midnight {with only a score of votes in op-| | position. ’ | So confident were those favor-| {ing the 51-month European re-| {covery program that Sen. Tom| {Connally (D. Tex.) told a re-| {porter “we’ve knocked the props!

visionists” efforts to alter the! plan. The Senate last night voted down, 56 to 31, an amendment by| {Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) to]

{slash $1,200,000,000—about 23 per|

“Revisionists”

admitted the 31 votes they got

|ing authorization.

| |on the Taft amendment were! about the most they could hope! | : . |BRITISH OFF TO TRIPOLI TRIPOLI, Mar. 13 (UP)-Brit-

here within the next two weeks,

ported today.

Our Fair City—

———— eee | Pollard jury seleeted . . . trial begins Monday. ......Page 2 Letters Confirm Shocking

» ” » 8. . . Rumpus room party . . . a Teen Topics photo-story . . . in

7| They learned of the death from

8 F. C. Othman 6 Washington: 10|body from the institution. Tavs 3 Weathes aap 11 10. iy

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Another ci ; i ntinued on

Conditions at Julietta

Former Inmates, Relatives Support Statements In Times Series, Urge Civic Investigation SINCE PUBLICATION of its series on Julietta, The es has received letters from former inmates and rela-|

An East Side,woman related that her father who has

tient in the Julietta Hospital section is bathed

a funeral home which removed the

when she complained about condi-

now.”

books already.

sion” of any of these countries. But the said there was ‘no important differencé in the direct methods of Hitler in 1938 and the indirect method 1948.”

and several other members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said Byrnes is “talking alittle too belligerently, and too much as an alarmist—especially for one who went along with the appeasers at Yalta.”

anniversary of the famed Citadel Military College. 1t was his first speech in many weeks and came on the heels of President Truman's and George C. Marshall's grave warnings of a “very, crisis.

frpm offipials—ars, “alarming words.” He reiterated their appeals for ‘cool judgment,” but added:

Secretary. of State so describe world condjtions, it is time for those of us who are private citizens to think not only calmly, but seriously, about the situation.

are we doing about it? world crisis? I say we are not. hope so. 1 pray so.”

haps the strongest that have been spoken during the mounting tension since the fall of Czechoslovakia, although they echoed similar demands in some quarters she said she began groping for °f Congress for “action.”

Minister V. M. Molotov) does not understand English,”

‘

than words in any language.”

Predicted Today 0100 French Miners Strike

(today in the coal fields of north-

Urges Big Air Force | To Meet Possible Crisis

CHARLESTON, 8. C., Mar. 13 UP)—Former Secretary of State)

James F. Byrnes — emphasizing your own s he had no official information — today called for immediate ree | pol

nactment of selective service

xist four or five weeks from

under the guise of the Italian) Communist Party, might “act” | in Italy before the April 18| elections. . {

tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warmer.

Entered -as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

/ ‘s Advice’ To U. S.—'Be Tough’ Byrnes Calls

For Renewal Of Draft

Foreign Minister's Interview in June, '46 | Released After Suicide

America Is a Giant and Russia -

Respects Giants, He

By HAL LEHRMAN, Written for NEA Service

(Copyright, 18, by

“Look, you fellows are just about beginning to realize trength., America is a giant, and Russia respects ‘giants. If I were an American I'd go all out for a tough | policy toward Russia. That's the only way for you to keep and a much larger air force to hep in line: get tough.” Meet. the world srisis that may The speaker was Jan Garrigue Masaryk, Czech foreign| minister-—son of the founder of the Czech republic, Thomas| He predicted that the Russians. |x ys. 0rule and Charlotte Garrigue of Brooklyn, U. 8. A. The scene was his apartment in Czernin Palace, from

which he hurtled to his death from a third-story window

He marked Finland off the|on Wednesday.

“We have every reason to bejeve the Soviets covet control of

Cites Hitler Methods

‘He foresaw “no armed inva-

of Stalin in

Rep. Karl E>*Mundt (R. 8. D.)

in Washington that Mr,

Mr. Byrnes spoke at the 105th

Secretary of State

very serious”

Mr. Byrnes said those words. America’s top

“When the President and the

“Are We Prepared” “It is time ‘for us to ask-—what

“Are we prepared to meet a

1 Mr. Byrnes’ words were per-

“Are we going to prepare?

“Mr. Molotov (Boviet Foreign

he said, ‘but to him actions speak louder

PARIS, Mar. 13 (UP)—Thirty thousand miners walked out

ern France, hotbed of communism, in what might prove be the Communist Party's first shot in a spring offensive against the Marshall Plan. i The flareup of labor trouble came two days before the 16-| nation conference on the Euro- | pean Recovery Program or Marshall Plan was scheduled to open here. Widespread

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figures in the self-help portions!

of the ERP. General strikes all but paralpyzed France late last

{year

Anderson Enters

Race for Senate

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (UP) —8ecfetary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson today announced he will be a candidate for Senate from New Mexico. Mr = Anderson said that “if President Truman is willing, 1 will remain as Secretary of Agriculture until the summer adjournment of Congress.” Adjournment is expected in June, Mr. Anderson said his decision to run as a Democratic senatorial candidate in New Mexico's pri-

tantly.” “I have service in the cabinet of President Truman and will continue my support of him by working for his renomination and election,” he said.

BURNED IN BOILER BLAST Times State Service ANDERSON, Mar. 13 — Mrs.

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ploded.

bet. Early Wednesday morning,

strikes would- be| hard on French industry, which

mary in June was made “reluc-|

greatly. enjoyed my|

Marjorie Welches, 26, of Anderson is in serious condition at St. John's Hospital here as the result of burns on the face, hands and arms, suffered when a boiler ex-

Speaking frankly because his remarks, so long as he lived, were off-the-record, Jan gave me what amounted to his political testament and his feelings regarding America’s role in international affairs. The interview took place June 20, 1948, long before most Americans were talking about a tough policy toward

Russia. His words today are

“We Czechoslovaks,” ‘he said, “aren't in the giant league. We can't get tough. All we can hope is that the Russians will know we can do them more good as their friends than as their puppets. and I are going to have our hands full with the local comrades. It'll be a hard fight all a

50-50 chance.” Two weeks ago, when the

Communists grabbed Crzecho-

slovakia, Jan Masaryk lost his

Mr. Masaryk lost Ms life. His tragic passing cancels the pledge of secrecy and ‘releases for publication” these notes of a conversation, I had just arrived in Prague from a year and a half of report-

ing in asters Busops when tas

+ nad ho un the time been ! Communists and the Red Army operating in ‘totalitarian style over half a “liberated” continent: As soon as he could see me, I visited the Foreign Minister, I had known him well since the wartime years. Most of us correspondents called him Jan, because that was the kind of a man he was. The Czechoslovak people's pet name for him was Honza—Little Jan. He was tall and sturdy, but for them he was always old Thomas Masaryk's boy, and they loved him. : “Up to America”, I told the Foreign Minister something of what I had seen. He listened hard, and then sald: “America is the only country left in the world that can make the Russians go slow. This war we've just finished is the first one you've really put your muscle into. “Some of the things you guys accomplished were amazing. And you're finally beginning to understand that you are a great power. That realization is coming just in time. “Don’t worry about Czech feel-

lings toward America. Disregard !all. the hollering in the Commu-

nist press. Don't pay any attention to the way I speechify and

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is Jan Masaryk's advice fo. America on how to keep Russia in line. It comes after his mysterious death in Prague, through a previously off-record interview with Hal

the world a previously unpublished intervisw with Crech President Eduard Benes. Mr. Lehrman is author of "Russia's Europe" (published by Appleten-Cen-tury)

a warning from the grave.

(President Eduard) Benes

the way. We've got maybe

What else can I do? If I stood up against Russian policy publicly, it would be like belching in church. Ovation for Yke

we all love Amaegica. Ask Gen. Eisenhower; Wheqn he came to

“But way down, deep down, Mr.

Masaryk Tribute

Paid by Millions Red Regime Provides Elaborate Funeral PRAGUE, Mar, 13 (UP)—Mil-

sorrowing tribute today to Jan Masaryk, hailing him as one of the nation's immortals, The new

peasant, ti people joined im the massive demonstration of honor and

statues of the nation's After ters

Prague on a visit recently, the ovation he got bowled him over.

er could have seen it.’

you y " “we love Russia too: Soviet Union particularly, Russia. It's in our blood. We're instinctively pro-Russian. Why, I was reading Turgeniev before I'd ever heard of Shakespeare. My first governess was Russian. Right from the cradle I was taught to think of myself as a Slav. And the same goes for the rest of our people. “We're never going to do anything to hurt Russia. - I think the Russians know this, That's why I can live with hope. That's why I'm glad I survived Hitler.” Need Peace tq Bulld Jan said he was willing to rely on Soviet “horse sense.” He felt the Russians understood “they have everything to lose and nothing to gain by destroying our democracy.” . “If the Communists get out of line here,” he told me, “there will be a helluva lot of disorder. We won't take it lying down. There isn't a country in the world, including the USSR, that can profit from trouble here, The Russians realize that, with our technical equipment and ability, we can co a great deal for their economy. To build up our industries, we need peace and quiet. That's an-

other reason I'm hopeful.”

the way I vote with the Soviet]! Jan Masaryk has found final bloc at international meetings. peace—if not hope.

Washington Calling—

Top Military Leaders Map Uniform Defense Policy

Forrestal to Enforce Own Plans If Second Talks

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conference since end of war All our top officers are

It's no secret Mr. Forrestal

Universal military training, stockpiling, air power, etc.—has been on long-range basis. It assumed war was 10 to 15 years | off. * | Now military is thinking in ‘terms of immediate mo.wdization. Apr. 18-—date of Italian giections — represents possible new D-day to them. It may not mean war now, but could make war inevitable. Immediate problem is agreement on general strategic plan, assignment of roles and missions. Until now we've had an Army plan, Navy plan, Air Force plan, Marine Corps plan, There’s been no defense plan. At Key West, joint chiefs—or Mr. Forrestal — will assign

weapons and men to earry ‘them out; same with Navy Air Force. #

ried sick at imminent threat of war,

Army certain. duties and | ture.

At Key West Fail; Italy Election Awaited By BScripps-Hewsard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13—Most important military

is taking place now. secluded in Key West Navy

Yard. Defense Secretary Forrestal is there with them. He has given them until tomorrow night to produce an integrated military policy. If they car’t agree, he'll hand them a policy, order them to enforce it. Present are Navy's Adm. Denfeld, Air's Gen. Spaatz, Army's

Gen. Bradley. White House’s Adm. Leahy and otiiers, including Army Planner Gen. Wedemeyer.

and joint chiefs of staff are worSince 1945, all planning—

| Await 3 Key Decisions these decisions |

LOOK FOR soon from defense heads: ONE: Congress will be asked for a draft law, plus universal military training. TWO: Joint chiefs drastically will revise manpower requirements, THREE: Services will move fast to step up voluntary. enlistments.

Mr. Forrestal's advisers are

pressing him to make UMTdraft decision before Senate Armed Services Committee goes too far with UMT hearings, which start Tuesday. commitfee won't have

"Last year joint chiefs | (Continued om Page 2—Col. §

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Right here in this room the General told mes with tears in his eyes: ‘I've never had a reception like this before. I wish my moth-

“Kfiow* Jan went on,

full ple~ § ter

Trumpe sounded final requiem at the Pantheon, Mr, Masaryk's body was carried

Premier Klemént Gottwald livered the funeral oration at Pantheon, standing near Coffin draped with a Czech flag and a single bouquet of the care loads of floral offerings. . Praises : :

Masaryk’s patriotism, of the love his people gave him, of the “cir. cumstances which pressed him to.

ward his tragic " - - end,” and con

with the people.” After he spoke, a choir

proceedings to Bedrich Seatana’s Tabor from the fatherland ‘suite, with the theme, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.”

announcement said the 10 tickets available were allotted to *Slav'” newsmen, SS

16 Teams Clash In State for

‘Big Four" Berths

BERTHS IN Hoosierdom’'s Big Four” of basketball are the prizes sought today in four semifinal centers of the annual state high school tourney. The four survivors of today's meets will come to the Butler Fieldhouse next Saturday for the fianls, The big Fairview fieldhouse was sold out for the third straight week ‘>day as Madison, Anderson, Lawrcicebirg and Crawfordsville fought to survive,

» ~ » WHILE INTEREST ran high locally in the meet, the attention of the state centered somewhat on Bloomington and the IL U. gym where such downstate powers as | Evansviile Central, Bloemhington, New Albany and Jasper were pitted. At Lafayette, the Purdue Field house also was sold out for the

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