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Defense of Europe High on Agenda

By HARRISON SALISBURY,

The

“that there is no plan for a meeting between M. Bidauit, Mr. Bevin and Mr. Marshall. It is hoped, however, that the three goversments will establish the closest consultation on all matters of mutual interest. «Whether this consultation will take the form of a meeting bethe three secretaries or some other method cannot be determined at the mojt" gr Many Problems state Department spokesman ¢ Tubby refused to make any further comment. The three foreign ministers have many things they could discuss, such as putting the Marshall Plan into effect, U. 8. supfor the new five-power Western Europe defense pact, the recent talks between France and Italy, the crisis created by Western efforts to stop the spread of communism, and the threats that the Soviet Union may seek to spread its influence into such strategic areas as Scandinavia, Jtaly and France. , : Meanwhile, the northern Adriati port city of Trieste, an international sore spot since the days before World War I, emerged today as the temporary focal point of an international crisis of global dimensions. So swiftly was the diplomatic and. power-politics conflict between the western powers and Russia developing, however, that half a dozen other smouldering] issues might at any moment take the No. 1 position away from Trieste.

At a glance the world situation in the light of today’s dispatches disclosed these crisis points:

aly

All ‘interest was centered mo-

« mentarily on Trieste. Premier

Alcide de Gasperi’s chances of winning the Apr. 18 Italian election were believed sharply strengthened by’ the western Jowers offer to give Trieste pack

. Yugoslavia count with’ a Jrovosat to yiem claim to este in return ‘for the lesser city of Gorizia. Italy at once rejected the proposal.

Washington also let it te known that it would oppose any barter with Yugoslavia and vouid seek to freeze Belgrade out of any discussions of the question. However, Russia was regar as certain to reject the Trieste Plan~leaving the issue . deadlocked,

In Trieste itself there was sion sparked by a running battle between Yugoslav and allied patrols. Washington was Prepared for further propaganda Support of Premier De Gasperi in the form of a new effort to win Italy's admittance to the Jnited Nations—a move almost certain to provoke Soviet opposition.

Palestine

There was every indieationh that Within weeks Palestine ‘will be shattered by civil war between ova 2 Arabs on a scale apating that mal g of the Spanish For the moment no new major clashes were reported, but British forces were taking major precautions preliminary to their May 15 withdrawal,

Washington

Secretary of State George C. Marshall was reported to have declined to draw a specific “war deadline” against the Russians— 2 deadline Which if crossed by the rather proud call for military an di ler ti plomatic opposition His statement came as. the Souse launched debate of the i; 03,000,000 over-all foreign aid ope Parked by a charge from o airman Charles A. Eaton (R. ih J) of the House Foreign Af- § Committee. that ‘Russia

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State Department indicated officially today that’ foreign isters of the United States, Britain and France may meet soon. The State Department, in an official statement following refrom abroad that such a meeting was in prospect, left the door for such a meeting but said there were no present plans for “The Department of State today announced,” the statement

ded|military activity of all kinds by

FORECAST: Rain ends this evening, partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight, lower 40’s; high tomorrow, 50 to 55.

59th YEAR—NUMBER 10 Hint U. S., Britain and

france May Hold Talks In Washington Soon

for Conference;

United Press Foreign Editor

Dewey Attacks Truman Policy

Charges Inadequate Foreign Program ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 23 (UP) —Gov. Thomas E, Dewey charged today that President Truman's foreign policy has been “vacillating and inadequate.” He called for immediate expansion of our Air Force and intelligence service, and acceleration of aid to Europe. The presidential aspirant also charged thé administration with “bungling” the Palestine issue, and said the United States decision to shelve partitioning of the Holy Land would weaken American prestige throughout the world. : War Not Necessary The avo candidate for the Republican presidential nomination said he would discuss the issues in speeches during the next

when his active.campaign would tart other than that it would be “soon.” Dewey said that he does not believe that war is the only recourse. ening our armed forces, and said diplomatic activities could avert another catastrophe. “The administration has either failed to recognize the nature of the Soviet movement in the past, or has been unwilling to admit it,” he added. “In either case the American people are entitled to know the full story.” He charged that the Soviets had sent agents, arms and money to Italy in an effort to gain control of that country. He said the Communists were counting on 40 to 45 per cent of the Italian vote, thus imperiling our relations with

0K Ban on Jap Military Action

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 (UP) —The 1l-nation Far Eastern

Commission has unanimously approved a plan to prohibit future

Japan, it was announced today. The commission said that arms, ammunition and implements of war will be prohibited in Japan, except for small arms for the police and full registered ‘“hunting weapons.” It said the important policy decision was approved Feb. 12. A directive based on the decision has been forwarded to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme allied commander, for implementation ; Under the new policy, all military and semi-military organizations “which were used for making propaganda and ultra-nation-alism” in Japan would be prohibited. Measures also would be taken to prevent revival of the Japanese army, navy, gendarmerie, secret police and their administrative organs.

Officials Stumped By Dead Fish

The mystery of the floating hickory shad in Oaklandon reservoir northeast of Indianapolis is receiving its annual investigation. : Each March hundreds of the dead fish are found floating on the surface. They are there this March as usual. Officials of . the - Indianapolis Water Co. said today they are as baffled this year as in the past. They are planning to ask the state conservation department w enter the investigation.

On the Insi

Jenner becomes ‘available’ . here ,,

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two months. He declined to say].

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you today, if you can properly i Can you determine his age, build » = »

Spot ‘Man of Win $100 for

Downtown Streets in

the prize. Here's how to win the $100 today: Say to this average Hoosier, “You are the Man of The Times” —say it just like that-—and-hand him the LATEST edition of The Times. He will be in the downtown streets, E. and W. Washington Sts.—and vicinity—and on the Circle, between 10 a.m. and 2pm. ' Between 4 p. m. and '5 p. m., he will be in that same general area

vania Sts. ® 8s 8 HE WILL reveal his identity

streets. If he goes indoors, wait for him to come out, for he will be inside only a short time. When properly identified — by saying to him, “You are The Man of The Times” and handing him a copy of the VERY LATEST edition of The Times—he will readily admit his identity. In fact, he will escort you right away to The Times offices where you will receive your $100. Here is the schedule of when the various editions of The Times appear on the downtown newsstands: 10 a. m., Capital edition; 11:30 a.m., Hoosier Home edition; 1 p. m., Final Home edition; 4 p.m. Final (Red Streak) edition. $ The policeman on the cdrner of Fennsylvania and Washington Sts., shortly before 10:30 a.m. yesterday, talked to “The Man of The Times” about the prospects of rain . . . but apparently he didn’t know it. He failed to identify this average Hoosier.

” » ” A MOTHER and her daughter also talked to him, in front of L. 8S. Ayres & Co., but they didn't win yesterday's $75, either. When “The Man of The Times” admired the little girl's red dress, the mother said she was going to buy a red ribbon to go with it. That young man who stopped a passer-by at Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. to ask the location of the Lemcke Building got his directions from “The Man of The Times.”

” 2 o THE AVERAGE Hoosier was a much-hunted man yesterday, according to telephone calls received at The Times. Some asked for clues—which we . couldn't give—others told of their experiences in the hunt. Like the man who said: “I tagged four people myself, but they were the wrong ones... and T°got tagged once, myself.”

Launch Air Tests In ‘Purple’ Area

‘Price on His Head’ Doubled as He Roams

—between Illinois and Pennsyl-|

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1948

IT'S 'THE MAN OF THE TIMES'—Here are more clues to the appearance of "The Man of The Times" who has $100 for

dentify him in downtown streets. «+ « or spot any other clues now?

The Times'— Easter Togs

Rain or Fair Weather

By ART WRIGHT THE ELUSIVE “Man of The Times” walked the

streets of downtown Indianapolis again today . , . this time ready to hand out $100 to the person who could identify him. He is the same average Hoosier who started a tour of the business area on Saturday with $50 “on his head.” Each day he has not been identified, $25 has been added to

Is Ed Sovola “The Man of The Times”? Read his “Inside Indianapolis” Column on Page 1.

Safer Indianapolis Planned by Police

Cite Special Need For Traffic Vigilance

A campaign for a safer Indian-

apolis was planned at a meeting today of Police Chief Edward Rouls and heads of the traffic department and uniform divisi “In view of the high traffic toll last year we feel a special need for - traffic enforcement,” Chief Rouls declared. - - He added that this would not be a campaign by the traffic department alone, but by the entire force. While the general theme of the campaign is to be courtesy and education, crackdowns are an eventuality if initial warnings are ignored, he asserted. : The chief said that for a short time warnings to motorists will be of a courtesy nature for violation of ordinances dealing with hand signals, but that arrests would follow later on.

Use Traffic Blockade Cdpt. Audry Jacobs, head of the traffic department, said no more ' courtesy stickers will be issued to factory workers who have violated parking ordinances in the vicinity of thelr work. He said that traffic blockades will continue to be used in an effort to reduce drunken driving, | and ‘to’ detect vehicles with me- | chanical defects.

The department added that the drive to speed up traffic in the city, especially during heavy rush hours, will be increased. : Both Chief Rouls and Capt. Jacobs . emphasized that the safety campaign will apply to everyone—motorists and pedestrians alike, since the average age of pedestians killed is 65, and 75 per cent of those killed are in violation of some ordinance.

Chief Rouls announced that letters are being mailed to all clergymen in the city asking them to appeal to their congregations to co-operate in the campaign, and that the department is also

to enlist their aid in the driva,

Hurts Shoulder, Eye In. Auto Accident

N. Grant Ave. was struck today at the corner of Alabama and

Eight test stations will be established on the South Side to

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determine tke exact chemical contents of the atmosphere around Prospect St. where scores of homes were turned a “deep purple” by fumes last week. City Combustion Engineer Robert Wolf will make the tests in what he described as a ‘“vigorous investigation into the entire atmospheric pollution problem.” The chemical fumes which colored houses on tae South Side were believed to have come from the Prospect St. plant of the Citizens Gas and Coke Utility.

——— somtimes Discuss Military Budget WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 (UP) ~—President Truman today called a conference of the military high command and Budget Director James E. Webb to discuss budgetary problems of the armed services. Summoned besides Webb were the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary James Forrestal. A

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

House Group

Members Urged To Speed Passage

version of the $4.8 billion income tax reduction bill.

Knutson (R. Minn.) said he would ask the House later today to approve the Senate bill. This would complete congressional ac-

{tion and put it up to Mr. Tru-

man.

The House last month passed a bill calling for an income tax reduction of $6.5 billion. Republican leaders went along with the lower Senate figure because they believe it can be enacted over the expected veto. They got substantial Democratic support for that relief. Will Delay Action Since Republicans must obtain unanimous consent to obtain immediate House approval Jf the Senate bill, it was expected tnat their attempt to do this today would be blocked by a Democratic objection. This will delay final congressional action on the tax reduction measure until tomorrow. «The new community property or income-splitting feature of the Senate tax reduction bill is designed to even things up for the taxpayers of all states. It permits a husband and wife to divide their combined income equally between them for tax purposes, no matter who earns it. This means lower taxes for many

ready may do this. The present bill will let taxpayers in the other 36 states do the same

thing. = . Big Senate Vote Unless the income of a couple is more than $3000, they will get

a couple with an income of $1 million will gain a reduction of only 2,93 per cent by dividing it. The Senate approved the $45 billion cut 78 to 11 yesterday or 18 more than the two-thirds needed to kill a veto. GOP leaders believed the House margin would be about the .ame. The legislation provides for a

lion taxpayers retroactive to Jan. 1. New withholding tax raies would become effective May 1.

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Steaks May Fly

With Merry Ease

In Gee-Whiz Era

Ea? CHICAGO, Mar. 23 (UP)—A radio executive said today that the day may come when porterhouse steaks are transmitted by television and served up rare, medium, or well-done .in the American home. Walter H. Stellner, vice president in charge of home radio at Motorola, Inc. of Chicago, told the Chicago Technical Conference there was nothing fantastic about the idea,

» = #” IT'S SIMPLE,” he said. “Every-| thing's made of molecules. Molecules are atoms. Atoms are electrons in specific patterns. So maybe someday we can put a steak in a transmitter, break it down, send the electron pattern, and, presto, it comes out in the home transmitter.” |

out any way you want it,” said, “and serve it to your family. No fuss or bother.” BB BANDITS GET 42 CENTS DETROIT, Mar. 23 (UP)—Four heavily armed bandits—teenagers equipped with BB guns— staged a daring holdup today in

Backs Tax Cut 0K'd hy Senate

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 (UP)—The House ‘Ways and Means Committee voted 18 to 5 today to accept the Senate

Committee ‘Chairman Harold

"Taxpayers in the 12" so-called community property states al-

no benefit from splitting it. And]

tax cut for tae nation's 47 mil-y

than the coal diggers’ big boss. : . ” .

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less, president of U. 8. Steel Corp.,

Pollard Continues Denials at Trial

Defendant Repudiates Charges by Police

By ROBERT BLOEM Times Staff Writer GREENFIELD, Mar. 23—Howlard Pollard continued systemat- | ically today to repudiate every| |statement attributed’ to him by| {the prosecution in his trial for the “hand and foot" murder of Le-| land Paul Miller, 8o .far, however, objections by | the prosecution have successfully blocked his efforts to contend that his confessions were obtained under duress. Repeatedly Defense Attorney Waldo Ging of Greenfield has

sought to lead the witness into a Statement that police had told Pollard they would arrest his father and mother if he did not make a full confession. In today's testimony the defendant repudiated all parts of statements in which he was said to have described how he chopped off Leland Miller's hands and one foot and burned the body.

Summed up, Pollard admits

“You'll bi ke t only the actual shooting and de- meeting and their own private ou ® apie 1 lake the med I nies any part of the disposition room. They did it several times,

of the body. Going through one of the con-|

|tessions step by step, Pollard de-|:

{nied ever having the gasoline can { ———

{(Continued on Page 2—Col. 2)

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Milligan, . War II veteran.

tonight or tomorrow.

Selection of Jury

Attorneys indicated they prob- shrugged off most of the gquesably would agree on a jury by tions directed to her.

As her trial began, the bespec- blamed her avid reading of detectacled Mrs. Milligan sat #®mposed tive stories for the alleged poi-

and chewed gum steadily, dodged photographers

She and

Once, when told her husband

Is Expécted by Tonight

In Rushville Poison Murder Plot Case

4 of 16 Excused After Admitting Knowing Mrs. Milligan or Crippled Veteran Husband

By DONNA MIKELS, Times Staft Writer RUSHVILLE, Mar. 23—8election of a jury to try Mrs. Maxine Milligan, 23, on a charge of attempting to kill her husband with poison, was complicated here today by close relationship of prospective jurors and the principals in the case. Four of 16 prospective jurors were excused when they said they had known either Mrs. Milligan or her husband, Raymond a crippled World

soning, she laughed and said: “Did he tell you that?” She sat alone much of the time, as attorneys huddled in conferences. Alone on the opposite side of the room, her estranged husband leaned on a cane and stared into space. The veteran, hospitalized for two years as the result of arsenic poisoning, is on 15 days leave from Billings Veterans Hospital to be chief prosecution witness against the mother of his two children. The children are now in

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|strik provi

OWN SPOKESMAN—When John L. Lewis' aids speak of

their ‘associates,’ they mean. only one man, and he is none other

How Lewis

p as "Plural" When His 3 Poket-Faced Negotiators + Confer With ‘Associates,’ It's John L. By FRED W. PERKINS, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Mar. 23—The big boss of the United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis, has now withdrawn from all but the highest

official and industrial levels in current efforts to end the coal strike. ; He might talk with President Truman or with Benjamin F. Fair-

or with several other big indus

trialists he has named as in control of the bituminous coal mining

industry, but he won't talk with anybody he considers of lesser importance. The outcome is expected to be

{a government effort to invoke against Mr. Lewis and his coal

e ‘the “public emergency” sions of the Taft-Hartley

law, unless Mr. Lewis yields uniexpectedly.

The meeting yesterday which

Cyrus 8. Ching, director of the {Federal Mediation and Concilia{tion Service, hoped would end the {coal strike, lasted more than |three hours. }

Condemned in Advance Present were eight spokesmen for the operators and three for the United Mine Workers. The eight were the men who signed a letter last week to Mr. Lewis asking the reason for the strike and offering to talk it over with him if he would send his men back to work. The three union men were Mr.

a job which Mr. Lewis had condemned in advance as ‘‘preposterous,” from the standpoint of producing results. The Lewis men were John Owens, international secretarytreasurer of the union; John T. Jones, president of the Maryland coal district, and W. A. Boyle of Billings, Mont., president and sec-retary-treasurer of the Montana imining district. { These three poker-faced nego- | tiators solemnly stalked back and forth between the main

{and finally #aid they would have [to report to their “associates.” Singular Meaning The term “associates”

was

Lewis Flatly Balks

At Reopening Mines

Rejects Offer 0f U.S. to End Coal Walkout

Freight Service Faces 25%, Cut

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 (UP) —John L. Lewis today rejected a government formula for settling the soft coal pension strike. Meanwhile, the Office of Defense Transporttaion declared that freight service, hauled by coal-burning locomotives, would be curtailed 25 per cent if the pension strike failed to end this week. His rejection cleared the way for the White House to step in and seek to halt the walkout une der the Taft-Hartley law. The rejection was made in a letter to Federal Mediation Direc tor Cyrus Ching. It was signed by the three United Mine Workers’ representatives who received the formula from Mr. Ching at a conference last night. ‘Grotesque Offer’ “We advise you further in relation to your grotesque offer of yesterday,” the three union representatives wrote. “The United Mine Workets of America consider that the offer was made to aid the coal operators who have dishonored their agreement, and to further defraud the beneficiaries of the wel« fare fund. 3 “We could not, therefore, rece ommend its acceptance by the individual mine workers.” The letter was delivered to Mr. Ching 35 minutes before the noon deadline he had set for the miners’ answer. Within 10 minutes Mr. Ching was on his way to the White House to report to President

an. Had Until Noon, | Informed sources said in ad. {vance that President “ale jmost certainly” would | an in [junction under the Taft-Hartley jact if Mr. Lewis turned déwn he Ching proposal

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Under that proposal Mr. Lewis had until noon to eall off the nine-day walkout and try: to set tle the pension controversy by negotiations with the mine owners. Mr. Truman now is expected to name a‘ board: of inquiry to investigate the dispute. That is a necessary preliminary before ine voking the strike injunction procedure of the law, °

RR EA IEEE EE emer] Wyoming Badman Bungles Choice of Burglarizin’ Buddy

DENVER, Mar, 23 (UP)—Two men were sitting side-by-side at the counter of a Denver cafe. After closely eyeing the other, the man identified as Albert Hu. ett, 54, Rawlings, Wyo., spoke up. “Packing a rod?” “Yep,” the other replied. “Gotta car?” “Yep.” “Come with me,” Huett said in a low voice, “I know where there's a ‘drug store in Fowler we can knock off for $1500 or $2000.” “Okay,” the man with the gun

Lewis’ subordinates, assigned to|agreed

The pair went out and got in the car. The driver immediately headed for the police building, where he identified himself to Huett as Detective Fred H. Cur-

rier of the Denver police department. s

3 Overcome Here By Gas Fumes

A grandmother and her two children were taken to the General Hospital today when they were overcome by gas fumes in their home, 768 N. Ketcham St, They-are not in serious condition. The victims were Robert Webb, 3; Saundra Sue Webb, 5, and their grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Davis,

{plural—but the meaning was| |singular, one man, John L. Lewis, | | Mr. Ching’s proposition was {that (1) the miners’ union get] {ite men back to work, and (2) {that the miners and the operators agree on a three-man fact finding board to settle all the issues. The operators, with Charles ‘Neill as the chief spokesman, agreed—but only if the scheme were conditioned upon immediate “resumption of work” by the coal miners. This was written in. The coal operators said last week they wouldn't negotiate so ‘long as the mines were on strike.

Begin Lobby Probes

WASHINGTON, Mar, 23 (UP) —A. Federal grand. jury today begins a sweeping investigation into operations of illegal lobbyists, the Justice Department announced. It will be the first grand jury lobby investigation since the new lobbying law went on the statute

66. The small boy became {ll this

{morning and fell to the floor un

conscious. His father and mothe er, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Webb, took him to the General Hospital in their car. A short time later his sister, Saundra Sue, and her grandmother became ill. They managed to reach the front porch. A passerby called police who took them to the General Hospital. Police believe that the fumes came from the exhaust pipe of the stove whici. has never been connected.

5 Die, 7 Hurt

In Omaha Fire

OMAHA, Neb, Mar. 23 (UP)— Fire swept through a private home for aged persons today | killed five men. : k Seven other po igtes of the home were hospitalized. The fire was in Wards' Rest

Home, in the north side of

Omaha. Cause was mot deter

‘books in August, 1946.

mined.