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60th YEAR—NUMBER 323
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Can Ruth Curl's weight be matched in dimes? Ed Sovola, Times columnist, is going to try tomorrow at the Wishing Well at
11 E. Washington St. Mrs. Frances Ekstam, head of the physical therapy department of Riley Hospital, tells the 7oyear-old d polio victim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Curl, 23 N. Addison St., how the March of Dimes is going fo help her get well. Read Inside Indianégolis on Page 17,
Largest Mine Local Votes | To Continue on Strike
Won't Return Tomorrow Without Contract; | Pickets Step Up Drive; Pit Dynamited PITTSBURGH, Jan, 28 (UP)—The United Mine Workers largest
strike. Monday when the nation’s soft goal mines are scheduled to reope
More than 1000 members of Local 8321 at U. 8. Steel's Robena Mine near Uniontown, Pa. cheered when the vote was taken. The local, regarded as a bell- - wether in UMW Dist. 4, has not worked for the past three weeks. Statehouse Annex “There's no use in talking any BE: more about it,” a union spokes- Fires Probed man said. “We're out and we're) Four separate fires believed ingoing 10 stay out until we get a! cendiary in the Statehouse annex gontract.” | A {were being investigated by Fire Step Up Picketing | Department officials last night. The vote came as pickets | stepped up their drive to halt all Watchmen first smelled smoke coal production and dynamited|in the basement and put out a a western Pennsylvania non- trash fire. A few minutes later union mine. another trash fire started in the Pennsylvania police pat ro Is basement were preparing to cope with new | ’ violence after a band of pickets, As--they arrived, dynamited “the entrance tothe fires started on the first, third and Askey Brothers Coal Co. mine.! fourth floors of the annex. State South, Philipsburg, and returned Highway Department records are later to blow up a truck. stored on the fourth floor. They The blast sealed thé entrance .... quickly put out. to the mine which was not Work-| water from three lines of hose ing at the time. Police sald picK-/y,5 directed into the various ets also dynamited a blacksmith g,,.e and all ,windows were shop at the mine on Thursday opened. The firemen were seeknight and blasted a mine tipple jo 3 motive for the fires they at a union operation near Brock- pejjeved were incendiary.
way, Pa. wre — Confer Wednesday BIDS CLIFFORD GOODBY Reports from UMW District) gu ,gyiNGTON, Jan. 28 (UP)
Four, where the Salvation Army i began distribution of free pota- -President Truman has sent a toes from . government surplus farewell letter to his special counstocks, indicated that practically ge) (Clark Clifford, who legves
all mines will be closed Monday. Mr. Lewis and Northern and his White House post next Tues-
Western soft coal operators will day to be succeeded by Charles
meet next Wednesday in Wash- S° Murphy, a presidential asington in an attempt to write a sistant néew contract which would end the seven-month-old coal dispute. Neither Mr. Lewis nor the operators have retreated from their original demands but publi: and government pressure made it ilkely that serious cfforts will be George Lupear ca made to reach an agreement
Reopening of coal talks was
Steckler
Indiana Democratic Congress-| men are smiling today over| Indianapolis stories about Na-| tional Committeeman Frank M. McHale going to Miami to get National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr. to back William E.|
Steckler, southern district judgeship.
Boyle has been giving the White | House {trying to get the McHale candi-| | date the J Robert C. Baltzell. As one of the {Congressmen put it:
| Castle.”
{final say in the matter of selectling a judge is considered an insult! {to the President himself. politician who offered such a sug{gestion was frankly told by Presi{dent Truman that under the A {Constitution only the President {names judges and that he (Tru-| 'man) wanted to select the best | {man he could find.
crat, just as the previous appoint-| ments in the district have been] | Republican because that party | then was in power. And Rep. Win-|
is being mentioned as quite likely ito be named.
{
local today voted unanimously to continue the “no contract-no work to
____|dire effect of not naming Steck-
|out {$100 per plate Washington Dinner |
{trouble filling the seats whether,
Firemen were called. the Indiana national committee-|
three more, have ducked out on such dinners.
On Inside Pages
First Section Profile of a new councilman. .. Honor rolls at Manual, Howe and Shortridge. ...
tories hui
Canital Mit
Big Question ls: Why Did McHale Go to Miami?
By DAN KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—
Indianapolis, for the
They all know that Chairman
the business for weeks
job as successor tol
“It’s like carrying coal to New|
That Mr. Boyle will have the
One
Carson Emmons, 5446 College
ve. ...
nd."
"We should have it on ha
Denton in Running Of course, it will go to a Demo-|
field K. Denton of Evansville still}
He says, however, that he has| received no final assurance in the, matter and deplored stories thay
his candidacy is some sort of antiMcHale plot. One such yarn reached here which seemed to {suggest that unless the President! |accepts Mr. McHale's man Steck-| {ler, the whole party in the state, will go to pot. | That caused the Congressmen. change their smiles into laughter. It was suggested that! the story read like McHale wrote! : " it himself. “If that story of the! t. Lester Nassip . . . "Naturally we have it . . . {ler is true,” one of the Congress- and quickly. men who refusgd to be named, . declared “then no two Democrats! | 3 will ever be speaking to each oth-| ; er again.” { Laugh on FEPC Another guffa came from the report that Mr. McHale will sit! the Jefferson-Fackson Day!
Fo
down in Florida. He always has] been a good customer of such | fetes, but the dinner chairman, | Charles Luckman, expects no|
man comes or Dixiecrats
not. previously. But Mr." McHale heads! the committee which took away their national committee seats. Even the most ardent supporters of FEPC got a laugh out of a postcard from Houston, Tex., received by Senators and Congressmen. It reads: “The best argument against Truman's FEPC is his own blast at Drew Pearson. ‘No SOB is
Earl Fisher, Bloomington. . . . “In case of war we need
{going to tell me who to hire or
one prs wus. O8YS PIANG OTaSH Shook His House
News Spurs Hunt for Craft and 44 Aboard
WHITEHORSE, Yukon (tory, Jan. 28 (UP) A ranger said today that he heard a crash which shook shortly after he saw a large plane Page 2 pass overhead Thursday afterPages 4.5 noon, the day a missing U. S. sranspor plane disappeared with
DE GASPERI TAKES OATH ROME, Jan. 28 (UP)-—Italy's new government, the sixth formed since the war by Premier Alcide de Gasperi, was sworn in today. It will go Before Parliament Monday for a vote of confidence Terriforest
his house
believed to have postponed any New Bethel Cub Scouts dress up in shining armor. Page 6 44 persons aboard © White House action In the dispute IU Symphony and the story of Director Ernst | Remne repost from Ranger L. at least until the latter half o equa, posted at the small town Bext week. Hoffman. ...............coviviin coll Page 8 = Minto on the route over which However, Mr. Lewis is sched- (Other local and world news, Pages 2-12) the C-34 would pass, spurred vled to face a Federal Judge * x {American and Canadian search Wednesday morning to answer ) Second Section planes to center their hunt in the charges wf unfair Brond ny First of a series of four on the Marott Hotel. .... Page 13 |Sountains Just. wy of the tices several hours aska-Canada border meet with the operators. Reporter explores Naval Ordnance Plant. ........ Page 13 Up Fert | 4 Basic Issues {Washington Calling, Our Fair City, State Politics | The missing plane had aboard a The new negotiations, the first and World Report. ......... coi. Page 15 woman and her small son, a crew since last NO nite Inside Indianapolis. Chapter One of “The of elent and 4 U. S. soldiers comoperators bro s ’ . ome from. Alasks - Sulphur Springs, were expected to Mudlark,” newest Times novel. .. ......... Page 17 lough or being moved to another revolve around four basic issues. (Editorials, Hoosier Forum, Dan Kidney's column, assignment. The C-54 was headONE. The miners are demand- Radio Log, Mrs. Manners, Sports, Pages 14-26) ing for Great Falls, Mont, ing a 95-cents-per-day increase. . Cat The report from the ranger The operators believe wages Third Section tallied with the Hime schedule and ' : - . It's last mes0 Fhe operators want a Pleats for spring, says Counter Spy. . . . Katy: sage was radioed at 5:09 p. m. fong-term contract which will in- Atkins’ column. ........coviivinnirnnnnans Page 27|(Indianapolis Time) Thursday as
clude a no-strike agreement. Mr. Lewis insists the “willing and able” clause which permits him to control production be retained. THREE. The union wants royalty payments to its welfare! and retirement fund increased
and Garden News, Pages 28-38)
The
a new board of trustees. — ments ........ crews ive operators want stricter contro Pen the fund, the right to name Other Features their own trustee and the present orients .....cuvs. 36,37 rate of payment continued. Business crearnrsss 30-41 FOUR. The union Wants 8 opurches .ovveveeesessas. 18 union shop. The operators are cigegified .....v0v0eq. 42-51 willing to grant it only if their ou 0... 34 employees vote for it in 8 NLRB crossword ...oevvvnnnn.. 22 election. Editorials .....con00004. 14 Meanwhile, the Baltimore ANd Fashions «.ccovervecresss 30 Ohio Railroad annvunced that it. pooq .......vieirenneees 35
on furlough 3800 employees Feb. 2-3 because of the coal strike. {
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Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Dally
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Photos by Bob Wallace,
Mrs. Teresa Boerner of Anderson and children Joseph Rex, 8,
and Terry Ann 4... . "| don't th
ink it would be very good, it's
dangerous . . . but we should have it if anybody does.”
Mrs. M. K. Huff, 245 W, Maple Rd. . ... "It's a dangerous chance."
Mr. and M¥s. Virgil Wray, R. as well start making them now."
‘Beat Russia to It'—
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R. 4, Greenfield . . .
J. B. Messler, 5532 Broadway. eo." Army wan it we should have it."
"We might
PRICE TEN CENTS
With H- Bomb, U.S. Told
‘If We Don’t the Russians will’ Connally Asks
Times Staff Photographer
Patrolman John McKee, 217 Fall Creek Parkway. . .. "If we don't make it they will."
Archie Hamilton, 2721 Eng-
lish Ave. "We should make it, Russia will. "
225 E. Michi"Russia will make it."
H. A. Pense, gan St.
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Hoosiers Dread Idea of Hydrogen Bomb
But They Want Weapon in U. S. Arsenal
Voice Fears That If Un
cle Sam Fails
To Build It ‘They’ (the Soviets) Will
By CLIFFORD BUILD the Hell bomb That,
Hoosiers interviewed on
ig the ma )« Hse want
in four words Indianap«
And they'll tell you why they
deadly hydrogen superbomb “If we don't make it apolis man. "If they have it and we don't ’ then kitty close the door.” The man, and woman. on the street, know little about the mighty bomb that can destroy nations. They don't want to know anything about it, They
Russia
its
| DO want it to belong to Amer-
ica. If the Hell bomb must be
{ manufactured they want Uncle
Sam to be the builder. , Fear of what's going on behind the. Iron Curtain seems to be the motivating power of opinion on the hydrogen superbomb. citizens the man on the street—do not trust Russia. Most of them see the USSR As a potential enemy that's got to be whipped. When the time for the whipping comes they want Uncle Sam to hold the handle. ~
Indianapolis
L J HERE'S the story as they tell it, The story as Mr. and Mrs. Indianapolis sees the Hell
bomb: tre enssa . Pages 40-51 There's a good chance snow| “I think we should go ahead , | flurries tonight will follow o0c-| and make the H-bomb,” Dr. casional light rain or drizzle T. F Schlaegel of R. R. 2 Mrs, Manners ........... 21 today, according to the weather- Mooresville, declared. “We Novel ...... eveseceseses 17 man, : wouldn't. misuse it and it should Othman ..cesevsvesrsenes 17 “In his forecast last night, he pe a benefit to defense.’ RAdI0 ... vevvnvssvoneans 19 * sald a cold front would dip down’ Fwy Tom "es. Real Estate ........v0 39-41 from the north tonight lowering Virgil Wray of Gracniibie, des RECOFdS ......veesessssss 37 |temperatures in Indianapolis lleves Uncle Sam s ra . an RUAPK .11esevssssassasss 17 [from an expected afternoon high Making the H-bomb at the earli- | SchOOIS ..vsvessensssesse 5 lof 55 to near freezing. est moment. | Soclety sivesnsecsvacvias Statewide ‘showers or drizzle “Yes, by all means, ‘we shoyld Sports ..ccesvivveies 23-26 [may turn to ice on highways in have the Hell bomb,’ Mr. Wray Teens ..covsvvsissnseasss 38 [the northern portion of the state) declared. “They might as well
Earl Wilson ....ieee0e00 36 WORMS cossssesnsstnses 37
b
as the cold air moves south, said,
: weather
get started on it... If we don't Russia is going to and we
THURMAN
rity opinion of large numbers street
Uncle Sam to m
will, said on typical Indian
needn't wait until be
hind.” Earl Fisaner Bloomington favors the H-bomb in case of war
were
of
“If we can avoid such des truction the world will be better off,” Mr. Fisher said, “but in case of war we need the H-bomb. We should have it.” “There is a lot of good and a lot of bad in the H-bomb.” in the opinion of R. A. Baker, 1820 Marlowe St. “If the United States doesn’t manufacture the H-bomb our scientists should at least know all about it. We should be able to start production at a moment's notice.” ~ v WILLIAM SMITH of Vincennes would like to see the H-bomb made . . . and used. “What's the use of making the bomb if we don't use it,” he asked. “We haven't used the Atom bomb as we should have. If America has the nerve to use the A-bomb or the H-bomb . then we'll get some: peace. We are taking too much from those guys over there.” Indianapolis Policeman John McKee thinks the H-bomb should be developed for use in national defense and the prevention of future wars, “If we don't develop the Hbomb, Russia will,” the traffic officer declared. “We might as well be prepared to meet any emergency,” “ “We shohild have the H-bomb
on hand. We should develop any d
inventions we have. We shoul
{
of
ake the
*
H-bombs
If we don't have
have H-bombs when are to be had them ‘somebody else will,” Carson Emuons, 5446 College Ave declared Archie Hamilton of 2721 Eng lish Ave
others that
with many if
H-bomb,
agrees
it is a case of
we don't make the Russia will ‘If we manutacture it it will’ held to guard for peace.” Mr. Hamilton said. It will eventually be made in Russia anyway, and we might as well
be first.”
be
» ENTHUSIASTICALLY in favor of the H-bomb is Sgt. LesNassip, 1536 E. Tabor St. stationed at Ft. Harrison. “Naturally, I want to have the H-bomb,” sip declared.
” Ld
ter
America Sgt. Nas“If we don’t have
it, they will have it and then it will be just too bad. Whq do I
mean, they? Why Russia, of course. They'll have it, so we must have it quicker.” J. B. Messler of 5532 Broadway is squarely behind the Army. “If the Army wants it, I want it," he said simply.
A mother huddled with her two small children on Monument Circle. She was Mrs. Teresa Boerner of Anderson. “I do not think it would be very good, it is too dangerous,” she said. protection, to then America
keep the peace,
the Circle, in hotel lobbles and in long lines waiting for busses, The question was always the | same. . “Do you think the United | States should manufacture, store or use the Hell bomb?" “Yes,” they answered . all of them, “If we don't they will”
New Weanon
| peace of the world.”
jour people requires that we pro-
(with Japan “and gave us peace.” | The hydrogen bomb, he said, will
,old C, 4
“But if it's needed for |
should have it.” | And so it went, up and down | crowded Washington 8t., around |
Approval for
Capital Awaits Truman Decision; Expected Soon WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP)—Chairman Tom Connally (D. Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged today that this country
“arm itself” with the hydrogen superbomb “to preserve the
“The security of the nation and
vide our armed services with the best possible weapons,” he said. “We must remain strong.” Mr. Connally, also a member of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, said the present atomic bomb ended the war
“serve that cause.” . The question of building the weapon — which scientists say might be several times more destructive than the current A-bomb {—is before President Truman. An impressive list of dignatar{les has urged him to say “yes” {but the President has made it {clear that the decision is his and his alone.
Refuses Comment
Mr. Truman has refused to comment directly on the hydrogen bomb or even to use the phrase. But he has reminded reporters sharply that he is the only man who can make ultimate decisions on atomic weapons. Some members of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee believe" that decision will be made “in a little while.” After a closed meeting with
Atomic Energy Commissioners yesterday, one of them told a | reporter:
“I have an idea that your questions will be answered in a little | while. “Beyond that, I can't tell | you anything.” The Congressional Atomic Committee will discuss the H-bomb {at a closed meeting Monday. | Sen. Styles Bridges of New | Hampshire, top ranking Republi{can on the Senate Armed Serve ices Committee, said he believes the President “must give “go Tahead™ on production ofthe super bomb. He said military officials unanimously assert it must be built. Mr. Bridges described the hydrogen bomb as a weapon sO dreadful “it might be the instru[ment for stopping all wars.” He said its costs would be ‘“‘tremendous” and that it would strengthen the need for cutting out “nonessential expenditures.” Byrd Favors Bomb Costs of constructing the bomb have been estimated at from. $100 million to $4 billion. Infiitled sources say the higher estimates are ' grossly exaggerated. But there seems to be no doubt that Congress ready to authorize the money that is needed. Even Sen. Harry F. Byrd, (D. Va.) most militant of congressional economy advocates, said the H-bomb should be built ime mediately. Furthermore, he said, we should have a plentiful sup= ply of them.” Those who advocate construction of the bomb include Dr. HarUrey, physicist who helped develop the early A-bomb, Bernard Baruch, elder statesman and author of the American Atomic Control Plan rejected by Russia, and Chairman Carl Vinson, (D. Va.) of the House Armed Services jcommittee.
Bricker Says Truman Has No Right to Decide
| COLUMBUS, 0. Jan. 28 (UP) The newest member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic ‘Energy today chal lenged the right of President Truman to decide whether or not a hydrogen bomb will be produced. Sen. John W. Bricker (R. Ohio) declared it was the job of Congress. “It is not his
a
1s
(Mr. Truman's)
decision to make,” Mr. Bricker said “We have gone through the
New Deal and the Fair Deal, and ow we are going through the | ordeal,” he ‘added.
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