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[GOP Charges . be Truman Leads | U.S. Into hed |

Spending Scored By Senator Taft

By LYLE C. WILSON ee ’ United Press Staff Correspondent : : - WASHINGTON, Jan, 6 «= Re publicans today assailed President Truman's campaign-promjse legis lative program on charges that it ored government economy and!

» MN = = |would bankrupt the nation. 3 OLD | Sa +! To pay the bill, Mr. Truman

{will propose to Congress Monday | |a spending budget of $41.9 billion | ‘for the fiscal year beginning July,

EG 75 “The United Press was informed that If the new budget was com-! puted on the same basis as pre-

Read Dan Kidney, Page 26; Charles T: Lucey, Page 17; Editorial and Marquis Childs, Page 18. |

vious. ones the “spending figure | {would be approximately $43 bil] ftion. That ‘sum compares with $37.7 billion at which Mr. Truman a year ago estimated expenditures for the current fiscal vear. The Ayear before thiit the cost of gove| rernment-came to exactly $42, B03, - 1045,529.

Asks $4 Billion Taxes 5 The spending. .trend therefore| | is upward and Mr. Truman has had to ask for $4 billion in more! = taxes which apparently did not! please either Democrats or Re-| publicans in Congress. In- general, however; congres

¥~ v i cumulus mass—appeared over south suburban Indianapolis ‘about |gional to Mr. T noon yesterdey. U.S. dO here ‘said the front moved |annual gos sin the State of

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Did you ever see a cold front? Times

Photographer Bill Oates.

caught one with his camera yesterday as it m into Indianapolis from the west. The ig air mais is sweeping alfo cumulus clouds . on a long, diagonal slope extending to Columbus, O. In the wake |the Union delivered yesterday was| eastward, clearing the skies in its wake, at 10,000 feet. The of the front, temperatures dropped and the threat of more rain Strictly, Sutiaan. Remar]

“break '—that line between the feathered sky and the scudding

Flood Waters - |Car Makers Tight Lipped.

Tells Fhe 0f Need for Co-operation

State Legislature Opens Session Here

ROBERT BLO Robert Heller of LO

{Democratic Speaker of the

House of Representatives,

told the legislature today its + INo.. 1 job would be to give

Hoosier veterans a fast bonus without borrowing money, - Hé laid it on the table as the General Assembly, its control divided between Senate Repub licans and Mouse Democrats, kicked off on its biennial 61-day law passing marathon The bonus, Mr. Heller said; ‘must not only be paid quickly 80 the veterans will have it

“Wacts and figures on the Seth “Indiana genes) assembly which

Length of Sessfon—61 days.

Force Evacuation About Truman's Tax Hike

Auto Union Pleased by Message 300 Families Leave

That Laid Stress on Its Own Goals ' By HAROLD HARTLEY, Times Business Editor Homes at Columbus DETROIT, Jan. 6—The high brass of the automotive industry, LOCAL TEMPERATURES . |4),054y huddling on the effect of rising material and labor costs|

New lawmaker Mark L. Hinkle of Marion tries out his new

and further flooding was dissipated. ee > Congressional tax experts Railroad Battles agreed that higher taxes are in ithe offing for business and pos|sibly for individuals making $3000} a year or more. ) Smoke Charges | Republicans found more cause for complaint in Democratic al-| Attorney for NYC {lotment “of SoumEtAe embed : {ships, especially in the Senate. Files. Demure Republica. membership WAS. chair inithe Indiana House of Reprasertatives and finds it a~perfect : i trimmed all along the line. The New York Central Sen. Irving M. Ines ( (R. N. Y)!

Rail-| and Grant Counties. i

6a m..28 10a m..31 [on car prices, sat tight-lipped today on the President's request for| twisted in a new direction iwas booted off the ‘Senate Labor, ug 2 Tam. 28 11s m..3% [$40 y of ena mostly ayo business. Tequea tohay in its efforts to defeat. City and Public Welfare Committee, hs 8 a m.. 2 12 (Noon) 34 have been holding cost-whittling sessions. n rliSen Wayne Morse (R. Ore.) was 3

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s of 27 smoke ordi9a m..3N 1pm... 35 18 much of the a Ee aes Tu Ite fons aginst it. bated Irom he Senate Foreign Flood waters woutherr car, — ee and shrink theo his big motor union (1,000,000 In Municipal Court this morn-| Jn the case of the Seiiate For. and: east cen & today, ® © + (members). Karl v NYC “attorney, Relations na the ° % 5 bordéring To show how well the Presi-| flea demurrer to the ta Democrats ordered , White fork and fore- GAL te United Auta w arkers dent's thinking dovetails with 2 Vor oka dea be’ sign tent of thelt A 2 I 0 Reuther ; Tr ing more than 300 families at Co- story. The President's ne, dS the y before ng | Page 1 fiver of the =

Arthur H. Vandenbe (R, after Judge oseoh M. Howard Mag } retiring committee air “What we are concerned with overruled a previous plea in man. condemned the maneuver as “ih the auto industry’ié more pur- abatement filed by the railroad’s a blow to our bipartisan foreiga the upper and lower Wabash President Truman had asked: chasing power for. he ollar; Yi ontenticd. in his policy. River. {Congress to do exactly what they # y Phe committee shake-up come i thie ‘in. POY envelope, . Ir, all, industry ‘demurrer this morning that the ug tn whip up ~ considerable Seymour, practically surround- {have been’ asking’ motor in| .uiq achieve & substantial roli- combustion engineer's charges, ry feeling in the*first week of ed by water, feared another White 'dustry’ to do, namely, provide Sack in prices, we'd prefer that. [failed to state the density of &

lumbus from their homes, : could not have suited UAW Jead- President's Waters, were: reported . Above ers, more .if they had written -it| flood stage all'along the east and |¢hamselves. west forks of White River and

River crest would bring the Tiver|thém with a wide range of wel- “In 1949 our emphasis will be shioke the road was .charged| Hew, foug reas: Spmbding x six feet Above flood fare benefits, . including sickness on such issues as hospitalization, | with making and was [imperfect | Ben. Taft. and others com

plained the big spending Truman] program would fead to bank. ._|ruptcy, totalitarian ‘government or some degree of socialism. Ors \ganized labor was quick with its cheers for the. President's mes:

Paul A. Miller, chief meteor- and hospital benefits, higher old medical and health . benefits in other details. ologist.of the Indianapolis Weath-/age pensions, . medical , services financed by employers. This in-| Judge Howard continued. the er Bureau, ss ve oe ide 5 and life. insurance. cludes life insurance, sickness and Case 5s. until next Thursday. days are predicted, c Walter Reuther, UAW Presi- health benefits and increased old help get the water out of the riv-| 405 gi} carrying his gunshot/age pensions.” Court Order Ends . hs Sites and shightly shattered right arm in a sling, Y Fo arme tures were wired President Truman his. con- - : cated for tonight and tomorrow. a a . = Convicted Killers 6 ear Stretc re is some typical comment: Waters rose 13 3 13 Inchey in five) G F rth Of ¢ Ph T » BY ie : | Mr. Reuther immediately Get Fou Stay | one Torture’ Rep. Eugene E. Cox (D. Ga): (Continued on n Page 3—Ool. 2) pledged the whole-hearted support! m. 1 4000 Supreme Court to-| 4 “It looks as if we are going the “lday granted a fourth stay of exe-' PROVIDENCE. R. L. Jan. 6/Way England went and without ° cution to.” Robert’ . Brown 4 (UP) —Mrs. Eva Parness was or- the restraint or caution. We are] 5 | d {Frank Badgley, convicted of kill- dered today not to telephone four going into a socialistic state.” i n nsi e ing two Hammond policemen. neighbors who accused her of a CIO President Philip Murray: ~— 1" Latest ‘stay of .execution, an- six-year stretch of alleged “tele- “The Presiden has kept full faith Hoosiers discover automobile is- strictly a “landlub- aoinied by Chief Justice Oliver| J a Walter Curry with the Pople whi’ ele isd h sl ber” . . . a photo-strip on traveling rain-swollén [SIALY Jat3 tha $0 Men's appoivi; enjoined Mrs. Parness from mak-'Seph W. Martin Jr. Mass.: “The roads : Joe Page 3 from Jan. 11 to Feb. 23. ing “any telephone calls whatso-|President has yjmmended that : 3 Originally scheduled to die on Girl, fiance rescued after 45 hours in snowbound Mirch 15, 040 are Evan car , . , huddle in blankets ‘to keep warm in successive stays until June 19, to blizzard ordeal ...oeeeesueismmssinsssninsos.:Paged Nov. 20 and to Jan. 11, 1049.

ever” to Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Congress shall provide many bil- 5 F 4 Kaplan ahd Mr. and Mrs.. Samuel lions of doftlars to pay for his $d oiff. jo + 48 promises.” Democratic Lead eri THE TWO couples had testified Sceft pais D IIL: “It would be my

|during a four-day Tearing thatlhope that we ean enact into legis: Higher Rape Penalties |Mrs. Parness assatied them with lation the greater part of thi

| “ jcurses, “Bronx cheers” and the program which is designed to Decreed by Russia {like several times -a ‘day when prog the needs of the great maPp 5 MOSCOW, a 6 (UP)—The they answe:iéd the telephione.— Lijority In this country.” ¥inkering, ‘to Age 9 supreme: Soviet today decreed Judge Curry wdrned - Mrs.

w to deduct business expenses , , . your income higher penalties for rape. jParness that if she violated his ; 3 1 Ho pe ov The normal penalty was placed order “punishmént will be . sure Former Marine Kills

tax primer No. 4 .....ocoivevsssesioniaiian Page "1g 0 18 vears nea “correc-| and te 1 Bandit, Wounds 2d Rites tomorrow for Mrs. Myers , . . mother of as- {tive labor camp.” NEW CASTLE. Del. Jan.

If the victim is ‘a“minor, If the RED PROPOSAL SPURNED Y sistant ‘postmaster general . . . other local (assault As committed collectively] WASHINGTON, ‘Jan. 6 (UP) (UP)-~A masked bandit was shot

children first ............co0iviiiiiiiii Pages Petition New York legislature to authorize mercy

deaths

Dale Back of Young America engages in some legislative | oo A is od a Representing Cass re Fulton |

| Howe

. Gates Asks for Sales Tax

¥ is obituaries ......ccieeeveens “it hernias Pagé 7 uy a group of men, or if an “ag- —The Far Eastern Commission jana led “and 2. SompABIoR To Finance Soldiers’ - Bonus Daughter worries about dad's drinking « vu ASK oan at at oe sian Proposal that It veto. the bullets fired by a gasoline station| Urges New T Power for Cities, Counties maximum penalty was set a xin ow ’ Mrs. Mannérs . . . a regular feature RRP Page 10 years imprisonment. Japanese anti-strike law. attendant during an attempted) rges New laxing ’

robbery last night. pee Joseph Desmond, 29, a former State Crackdown on Highway 5 ders

‘marine corps military policeman, Gov. Gates today made his last requests of the Stage Legislature told state police he fired six shots in a speech prepared for delivery at 11 a. m.

Army Clears 11 Germans | 'B | M U $- at the gunmen. The dead man He asked for a sales tax we which to pay He olters’ bonus. | identified i wers for cities and cou n u ge’ assacre pse [Kiebose, "57 as Stephen C.|(He asked for new taxing powers

Wilmington. “His! He proposed a state law cracking down on threw de apesders.) nl 3 of ledged h rew demands for Men, Three Originally Under Death Sentence, [sk Wilm was Stanley Glascew-(Into the faces of economy-p Democrats he nand

: : AA , . Wilmington, a nephew of more money for state police, for| 1950 Politics hinges on Congress . Marquis Childs Still in Prison; Action Taken Last Year { Kieboss. [state universities, for institutions. looks at the Democratic record + « «+ Other edi- | FRANKFURT, Jan. 6 (UP)—A review board has reversed the

“Cycle man” foretells 1049", . ."It Happened Last - Night , . . with Earl Wilson handling the chores Newcomers to legislative halls learn lessons about gadgets . . . a photo-story . . . other section page features .........ccoeveveaein ...Page 17

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Choice seats for the ringside, and first row balcony ($2 for either) and ~ doWHStairs res

. {for teachers’ retirement, for high- Get Choice Gloves : ways. torial ODSCIVORIONE «<<» «xssassssanveress Page 18{convition. of 11 Germans sentenced $0 death of Wife in prison for Rita and-Prince |™X i ike a tather pleading tor Seats in Advance Purdue to cite Walt Disney . . . Simfonietta review Battle of the Bulge, it was learned today. Travel, but Not J a Hang You can get your ringside and 21 by Henry Butler . . . other amusement notes. , . Page 20 A memorandum from Washington, dated Oct. 27, 1048, sald cratic legislators to give the Me.| reserved seats for The Timesi are announced American Military Governor Gen. Lucius | D. Clay had approved the So Incognito publican Utilities: Compusory Are Legion Golden Gloves Tourna Tvs engagements, iW Marriages i Sndings of a review Jibatrd Shat vocate general ' of the. United eu ment in advance until 4:30 p. m. . an illustrated story: ... other news of inter- | vidence did nik. aun - in their| gy States Army's’ European Com- GBSTA AD, Switzerland, Jan. 8 Highlights of Message, Page 26 | tomorrow at: OSL LO WOMB yo yi ssevonorsanssnansssosnsvnses Page 21 eonvictions oa ng or at mand, confirmed that the 11 men (UP): Rita Hayworth and Prince bitration Law one. more Chance. ° Go ts’ gall . a regular Thursday feature on ity." had been cleared. . Aly Khan came to this Swiss The Governor used the soldiers’ Bush -Callahan Sporting upmets’ galiey 8 \® th diets iiist | Col. Harbaugh said he thought mountain ski resort town separ honus question as a lever to try’ Goods Co. 136 E. Washington foods . . . preparation and eating . . . for the aithougn thie verdit Jgaiist the announcement had been made 2tely With their children today, to save the GOP-sponsored state! St, and at The Sportsman's ladies ......oooiviiiins cveveresessiiinare Page 22 fat year ihe Germans are still in /1ast March and that the men had oy Junin in a hotel. department of xeterans' affairs, 1 0 cage set. Landsberg prison, it was learned. been released from Landsberg. en Aly Khan left Muerren gnother Republican —fAnovation Rumors hint new alignment ooms in pro cag gp ' But-Capt-Guraid- Wilson: pHsont two_hours._ahead of Rita this|siated by many Democrats for the! up . .. Bill Eggert reports on the sports page... Page 24 Thee hac been sentenced 10 But Capt: Pr®ON morning, rumors spread that they [ash can.

death and eight to life terms. {officer of the penitentiary, sald All| might have had a tiff, Their re«| « i {lable, Ferd'nand gets a television set « . . check tiie . The information that, Gen. Clay 11 men were still there. No orders’ dé 1.0 ed Awl [yo The question of ne Ja served, $1.50, st i are availa comics .....cv0en veasalis sien nnna . Page 31 had approved the reversal of the for their release or change of'%iher ruse in an attempt to one” he sald. ~*B" was sub-

The N, Pennsylvania Armory | ‘pox office apenas at 7 p. m, to4) morrow—one hour before the

United States war crimes tri- status have ever been recelv ed, evade the re U, 8. atomic clock called n more e accurate than stars. Page 82. Al's verdicts was confirmed by Capt. Wilson said. press, responsible officials here. | The men are:

mitted to the people through a

p. | ALY KHAN was ‘accompariied| (Continued on Page 3—Col. Other Features on Inside Pages | Gen. Clay himself, reached in. Anton - Motzheim, Fritz Eck- by his two children, fair-hafred " first bout. Amusements - 20/Food «..... 22) Movies ..... 20 Bide Glances 18 Berlin, said he had not taken any mann and Werner Sternbeck; Sona Amin and Karis while Rita | ® : Bridge vesan 33 Forum vibes 18) My Day.... 21 Boclety ‘e+. 21 action in the cases “since last sentenced io death. brought her daughter, Rebecca, Israeli Invasion Cited General admission tickets are |

Business ... 26 Meta Given. 22 Obituaries . 7 Sports....24, 25 March” but that he had “eom+| Firtz flebauer, Fritz Rau, Heinz|{ Rita was recognized immedi- LONDON, Jan. 8 (UP) WhiteChilds ..... 18/In Indpls... 8 Othman .... 17 Teen Prob... 22/muted a number of death sen- ke, Armin Hecht, Woif-|ately at the railway stations, but hall quarters charged Israel to-| Comics .... 31|Inside Indpls. 17| Pattern .... 23 Earl Wilson. 11|tences and reduced the prison gang Richter, Wolf Ritzer, Erwin|Aly Khan passed unnoticed. day with establishing a permanCrossword .. 10/Dr. Jordan.. 23| Radio ...+. 26) Weather Ua 26 sentences of several others.” ki and Herbert Stock, alll Gstaad lies half-way between ent Israeli stronghold five miles) Editorials . " 8/Mrs. Manners 10 Ruark ess 17 Women's 22 23) Col. James Harbaugh, judge ad- tenced to life in prison,

fight night. Prices are adults; $1, "and children. 12 years and under, 50 cents.

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fit. Mr, Hinkle, a Democrat, was ‘slected last fall from Blackford |

| Counties, he rode last November's Democratic tide to the State |

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Political Division—House. 60 | Democrats: 40 Republicans. Senate, 28 ‘Republicans; 21 Democrats. Presiding Officers — House, Rep. Robert H, Heller, Decatur, Democrat. Senate, It. Gov, James, Portland, presidWatkins,

speaker sald, “we: Accepted responsibility Tor meeting this problem He warned that doth parties

| must te in sorting out the many bonus bills expected to

| be introduced.

A hopeless deadlock would reflect on the earnest intentions of members of both parties,” he said. * Meanwhile, Houses went

both went according to routine plan, = Mr, Heller's elecDemocratic House majority of 60 members. Steps Down In the Senate, former Lt. Gov.

_| Richard T. James, appointed only

yesterday to succeed the late Rue J. Alexander and insure that a lcan would preside at the opening, stepped down again as soon as the GOP control was assured. He turned the gavel over to Senator John Van Ness (R. Valparaiso), elected president pro | tem, who will. preside over the Senate until Lt. Gov. John Wat- | kins takes office’ Monday. At the close of the organiza- | tion séssions the two houses went

| silence in memory of Mr, Alexan- | der who died last Sunday. As the —-Benate organization was completed, Republicans denied that Mr. James had been appointed to insure their. control, They'd have run the show anyway, they insisted, and Mr. James was given the honor of opening the Senate simply because he headed the committee which remodeled the chambers, The new streamlined chambers |were proving one of the major |attractions of the opening. The \galleries were fairly well filled, {with many of the opening day {visitors as much concerned with he swank new quarters as they ere with the Legislature itself. Tan was only about normal despite the fact that the new streamlined chambers were (strange to all members of the | two Houses, * * | Pass Ont - Plans for setting up ommities organizations both in the Senate and the Demosrat soutrolisd Ifouss * were completed late | caucuses last night, Bmployes of ? he two Houses | were » y morning passing out in ‘which were durnied

organization of