Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 154, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 August 1948 — Page 1
WEATHER COOL THURSDAY . Indiana: Cloudy tonight, cooler. Thursday generally fair and cool. SULLIVAN COUNTY, , CENTER OF .1 POPULATION VOL. 50 No. 154 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4, 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS
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Investigators for the House unAmerican activities com -
mittee testified that White House intervention kept the Russian-born Silvermaster in the government despite the dis
closures. Earlier Silvermaster himself tcld the House committee that Naval intelligence protested his wartime employment by . the Board of Economic Warfare. Cleared By Currie. j He said he was cleared after the personal intervention of Laughlin Currie, administrative assistant to the late President Roosevelt. '
Committee investigators said,'that Currie appealed to Robert P. ( Patterson, then Assistant Secre-1 The
tary of War, and thefCivil Service ban against Silvermaster was ig - nored. Patterson wrote a letter to Milo Perkins, then a higfi Economic Warfare official, on July 3, 1942. At that time Silvermaster was on the Farm Security Administra-' tion payroll, but was working for the Board of Economic Warfare, The Civil Service report, said that, investigators showed tnat JJ ULlltl lllt lyiadJI. tning irom a tellow traveler to a member of the OGPU (Russian secret police)." Silvermaster denied as "false and fantastic" charges that he directed a wartime espionage group among government officials, call us, canneurotic ed his chief accuser "a -liar" anH Hpflnrrf "I am not and, nnvw havf hfn a SDvior agent pfapy foreign, .governrnet)t." ' - ,' Reported Ineligible. Louis Russell, committee inves-
tiagtor, said the 1942 Civil fT- Dallas first set out to show vice report declared Silvermaster that the law of supply and de"ineligible" and recommended mand works in two directions, that he be barred from govern- geek Help ment employment "for the dura- Women's committees at Daltion of the national emergency." ' las, Corpus Christi, Orange, Chief Investigator Robert E. Fort, W,orth, Waco and Austin Stripling said he has subpoenaed were calling townswomen and a Civil Service investigator who pledging them to stop buying is prepared to testify, he said, that meat for at. least a week. Mrs. Currie told him Silvermaster was l. A. Rex, conducting the "all right." . Orange campaign, said women Patterson's letter saving Silver- at Beaumont and Port Arthur
master, was written peiore. tnei Civil Service attempted its ban. i Accuses Silvermaster. Miss Elizabeth Bentley, selfaccused courier for the alleged! Red spy network, told the com-' miuee oaiuruay uiai duvcuimsici headed a group of Federal officials who gathered wartime secrets I f ' pl. : j u:- i: i ior nussia. one saiu ins iuie extended even into the White House. She said Currie was a source of information for Silvermaster. In refusing to say whether he is a Communist, Silvermaster said he was standing on his Constitutional right not to give evidei that might incriminate him. . MUNCIE MAN HELD IN JAIL WEST UNION, la., Ang. 4 (UP) A 21-year-old Muncis, Ind., man was held in Fayette County jail today, in connection with an alleged attemot to shoot his estranged wife. Mrs. William Joseph told police that her husband tried twice to wreck their car as she rode with him near Sumner. la. He tried to shoot her, but his shotgun failed to fire and she escaped, she said. ARREST HOOSIER BANK SUSPECT DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 4 (UP) Federal authorities said today they will return Fred Bruce Pate, age 28, to Indiana to face charges of robbing the Hebron, Ind., Citizen's National Bank last A,prU .29. fate was arrestea here last night by FBI agents. He was the last of sought in connection $2,968 holdup. four men the I with INDIANA QUOTA IS ANNOUNCED FORT MEADE, Md., Aug. 4 (UP) A quota of 11 men has been assigned Indiana in the program to return World War II dead, Second Army head - quarters announced today. Enlisted reservists may volunteer for the duty . at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio.
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a prouauie memoer oi me itust trike Spre Across Coui (By United Press) housewives' rebellion against high meat prices was j spreading across the country i today. In city after city women were organizing to force meat I prices down by refusing to buv. Menfolk -were joining the battie by setting up heir own buyers strikes or lending moral support. in some cases meat dealers pitched in too. Wholesale meat sales fell to the lowest point in months yesterday at New York, although, prices remained steady. The Safeway Ct'TQc nf C ! n 17 ; i '"V at " , -1 ,7U ed an "unexplainable" droD in f . . , . , , ,i Pfhases of certain high priced ' The fight was Waged Strong"l a.lli ,w origin ; in . s' one of the nation's bigjgest - meat-producing states,, where Mrs. R. D. Vaughn of t cauea tor neip in strikes. 6 s, .Police reporters at San Antonio became disgusted because women there were not joining the movement. So they began . own telephone campaign the motto: "Meat's too with , . . pay's too low. and these ' xnree buck steaks have got to ! go." Consumers At Memphis, the Advisory Committee" uJli. urging consumers to stop buying meat until Aug. 15 and to lisp millr cnprirtrrlv "tthj n w wi-, , a u- i Kn nnn ! uoii iiinanuu Al KtU XLS X iJV.VJUU members at New Orleans to stop buying meat until ' prices ' fall. At Springfield, Mass., 10 Kosher meat markets decided to close tomorrow for two weeks to force beef prices back to "a level people can afford." Managers estimated they would in ,have sold 10 tons of meat the two weeks period. MilwniilrPP Minnpannlis and " " I
Salt Lake City markets report- water. In the near future a bated that customers were refusing tery of tanks to hold the en-'
to buy higher priced cuts. Search Continued For Two Escapees PETERSBURG, Ind., Aug. 4 (UP) Authorities continued a search for two escaped prisoners from the Indiana State Priron today following the capture of a third fugitive here yesterday. Police nabbed Hallie Dillon, age 22, as he walked along a city street near the bus station. State Policeman Cloyd France said Dillon was intoxicated. Authorities questioned him ths morning about Maurice Russell, 31-year-old life termer from Shelbyville, and Dethel Hamer. age 37, Indianapolis, still at large. The trio drove away from the prison farm Sat1 urday in a dump truck It was found later near Piper . City, 111. Dillion was sentenced to a two-to-14 year term for forgery.
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Today At 4-H air Judging in the annual I County Fair began today with the girls judging on clothing, canning, handicraft,, and home improvement. Tha 1 f, lne regular lair will begin ! -inursaay, wnen omer luagine : mt' i i . ... ... . ... be takgn care Qn ist for Thursday are girls judg. iing in bakinff and food DreDara- ' tion. Boys judging will also tatces, wildlife, wheat, poultry, and rabbits will be taken care. of. ' - . When the fair officially opens on Thursday, the large exhibits by commercial concerns and1 the various 4-H exhibits will be open to the public. Today's Times carries advertising by the various local commercial firms that will have exhibits at the fair. Some fifty steers will be exhibited Friday morning and a grand champion will be selected by Prof. J. A. Hoeffer, of Purdue University Following the beef show, the sheep will be judged, and then the swine will be judged. The judging will be completed Saturday morning with the dairy show, Arrangements have been made for entertainment in connection with the 4-H Fair. A talent show wiU be ot'fere.d Thursday nigiii, au u v tiutiv, nun - ucipanis ueing uiawii uum throughout the county. On Fri day night, the 4-H dress revue will be given. Both of these shows will be held outdoors, unless-, inclement weather makes it necessary for them to be held inside. xnis years iair promises to ue - ythe outstndinJf evnts Pn,,ntv wrsnns nrp iirflfH tn atoi me year in ouinvan, anu tend w see. what the 4-H Clubs are accomplishing in the county. Hew Oil Well In Jackson Jwp. I till Producin (By Euleta Slover) The oil gusher brought in last j
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of oil Times' representatives la"u uuctiur ui u. uihu-mu- youngsters on luesaay mornwere told when visiting the tuckv region for the electrical ing, August 31 with the "new 'well site last evening. Reports workers, said last night's meet- look." had been circulated that the ing 'was not for asking further
iflow had stopped. It was said I that mechanical trouble in the ' pipe had caused considerable . i a.1 1 J rtni- I loss oi unit: anu iuuiicy iu gt;itinS the oiL During thfr r.fpair Mncr nmrpQ? .pvppss pas. oil and water pressure in the line had open been sidetracked adjacent pits. into While the Times reporter was on tho srenp the renair iob was pomnlPtPd and the flow to nearby storage tanks was resumed. -To date the workers 1 havp. hppn unable to set UD tanKS sufficient to accommodate a full
flow of the line and last night rived here for a visit on July the flow was hold at 116 of 27, and was taken to the hostile one inch pipe. ' pital on July 28. He suffered The second load of oil is ex- from a heart attack and dianPPtpH tn hp rpadv for shipment betes. He was a musician and
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, tire flow will be erected and large water and gas separation facilities are being installed. ,Mrs. Sylvia Conqer Dies In Hospilal Mrs. Sylvia Conger, age 53, of Merom, R. 1, died at the Mary Sherman Hospital at 9:20 o'clock Tuesday night. She was a mem ber of the Pentecostal Church on North Court Street. She is survived by the husband Ben; a daughter, Mrs. Lu cille Rusher of Sullivan; a son, Harold Conger of Sullivan; five grandchildren; the Darents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McClure of Sullivan, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur Potter of Sullivan. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the Rev. R. E. Pavy officiating. Burial will be in Center ! Ridge Cemetery.
Kidnapers Given Life Sentence
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind.,' 4 (UP) Two men who Aug. kid-
, naped, beat and robbed a prospective bridegroom ' near here last week were on their way to 4H Indiana State Prison today to
begin life sentences for their crime. , Morris McMannaman, the penalty yesterday i Juage imposed on James Lacey, age .22, Phoe- : A5 3 1- TT- :u mm., anu iiaun miiuuuii, age 25t Memphis, Tenn. They were accused of kidnaping 23-year-oia Arinur iaui on tne day he was scheduled to be married. Taul was beaten and seriously injured. His wedding - to Miss Kathleen rope,-- i.awrenceburg, was postponed was also robbed of $40 during a wild ride. , , Lacey and Hamilton were caught near Bedford later the same day in Taul's automobile. They ok the car after forcing TauI out on a highway near nere Production At Struck Dayton Plant Increases DAYTON, O., . Aug. 4 (UP) With the National Guard maintainine order. Droduction nt iu0 ctriirA-hmmd Tiniuio T.ono plant reached 50 per cent of caoacitv today and Vicc-Presi j... Frank Welling said 4C4 of the company's 650 employes had returned to work. Guardsmen, who used armored equipment, bayonets and tear
gas to break up a jeering crowd ted and M floQrs and desks at the plant yesterday were ac- inted and sealed cused of "police brutality by , M Qu G mnasium the out. he striking CIO United Elec- side trim .has been painted a trical Workers union. . , , chrome green; the corridors Te The union lodged a Jormal decorated, and the floors desks,' protest with Gov. Thomas J.tfnd furniture repainted fend reHerbert for , ordering -out "Ihe;.seaied Extensive work has been guard- , ; ! done at the Jr. High Grade The UEW ended a policy School. The office has been re-
meeting shortly after midnight and announced another session at CIO headquarters, today, Leaders of the two largest UEW union locals here Delco and Frigidaire said they would urge their members to attend, However,, Chairman George Moyer of the Montgomery County Council of industrial unions said he would have . nothing to do with the meeting his group to it. Herbert Herschberg, Cleve-' i s j: i. r .1 : t nfgouauoiis out m vuuisi PlCKel fcneauies ana io mwivy actlvltlesJohn W. Campbell Dies In Hospital John W. Campbell, age 53, of Richmond. Va.. died at the Mary! Sherman Hospital at midnight, ..." last night. He was visiting a step-daughter, Mrs. Edgar Chanley. suiiivan, n. i, wnen ne was taken ill. He and his wife armsic instructor by profession. is survwea uy u wuC, Marion; two aaugnters, Jac queline and Patricia, both of i Richmond; the step-daughter, i Chanlev a steo-son Thounaniey, a step son, mo
mas Harley Stone, of Richmond,!"" -TK t A. v""""f ,and a brother, N K. Campbell j mld-Auust Wlth. he lament. As a result salaries and
of Pittsburgh, Pa - The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home at Pleasantville, and will be returned to Richmond for funeral services and burial. Fred E. Ford Funeral Held
Funeral services for Fred E. of them immigrants from MexiFord, who died at his home co and Southern states. ThouSaturday . night, were held sands rf additional workers will Tuesday afternoon at the Rails- be employed in the fields, pickback Funeral Home with the ( ing what is hailed as the best Rev. R. E. Pavy officiating. j quality tomato grown anywhere. The song service was by Jim I Canners hoped to equal the
Brown, Pete McCreery, John Taylor, and John Harbaugh, with Mrs. Ralph Adams at the piano. The Sullivan Lodge F. & A. M. held graveside ' services, and furnished the pallbearers. Burial was in the Palmer Prairie Cemetery.
Sullivan City Schools Opening Date Given
Superintendent Campbell 0f has the Sullivan City Schools released the following calendar for the 1948-'9 school year, Teachers will report for organization and enrollment pre- ' . : -n rr 1 . . m r, jjcuauuii vu iviunaay, vugusi au. All teachers will report at 9:00 a. m. to the Jr.-Sr. High School UDrary. . . The schools will open for f"" J !l U1'mi- , 7QT1 nn arts? 4hi hinHirrt nul nt -"""" wauoaoK. nsis, on luesaay ugusi oi, at o.ju. The buses will make their regular routes on this date and!
classes will be dismissed at ly to have speed limits were noon so that textbooks may be U. S. Highways 40, from Richprocured in the afternoon. Reg- mond to Terre Haute; 31, from Ular classes and a full day South Bend to New Albany and
' schedule will begin on Wednesi day. The following holidays are f listed for he school year: September 6, Labor Day; October 21 , ' and 22, State Teachers' Con-1 i vention; November 11, Armistice Day; November 25 and 26, Thanksgiving vacation;' December 18 to January 2, Christmas holidays; February 25, Sectional i Tournament, and April 15 to 18, Easter vacation. - ! The school plants have undand ergone extensive repair cuctuiotwn uui uic summer noimays. ine roui of the waae scnooi nas Deen repaired ard the sash and outside trim painted a chrome green. A number of rooms in the high decorated, all pupils' desks have hson canHoH anH aalpd anrl the floors have been powerscrubbed, sealed, and waxed. A new elementary classroom has been opened by removing the 'partition in the old commerce room on the second floor. Elm Park has been given decoration and renovation as needed. Every effort has been made : to make each classroom as so j ciean ana iigni as possioie .that the Sullivan schools may greet some twelve hundred . , m j State Tomato Crop May Set A New Record INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 (U.R) f11 ' J J. L -Shiny red tomatoes, one of Indiana s chief claims to fame, ' """"s ouuc 1" state's 200 canning plants today as Hoosiers got ready for the annual "pack." Farmers and canners said the prospects for a bumper crop and for a new record production of canned tomatoes were very good. Canning factories in Southern Indiana were already in operai tion' Air plants in the state i Qr,tj .9nmr oi operations coming aoout Sept. 1. The familiar odor of cooking, tomatoes, a traditional sign of the harvest season in scores of Indiana cities and towns, was in the air already1 in a few downstate communities Secretary A. E. Dreyer of the Indiana Canners Association said the annual pack would give seasonal employment to about 1 50,000 men and women, many peak production of about 12,000,000 cases of canned tomatoes set in 1946. They said if it didn't rain too much from now on, the tomatoes now ripening in the fields might enable them to reach that goal. Total acreage, however, is slightly under the 1946 figure.
Plan To Limit Speed On U.S. 41
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 (U.R) ' C(ni A-l X ! put a speed limit on Indiana's ; most heavily traveled highways, . in an effort to cut the number ! cf traffic fatalities, Attorney General Cleon Foust told Governor Gates that the State Highway Commission had the power to set speed limits for whole highways. Previously, the commission has limited speeds only at certain hazardus portions Hignway commission sources said that speed limits would be set soon as possibIe; They would go as low as 40 miles an . hour in some sections, and probabl wi1 have , to o 6Q miles per hour, a spokesman said. Among roads considered likeJeffersonville; 52, from North- , western Benton County to Cin cinnati; 4i, trom Hammond to Evansville, and 6 and 20, both running east from Hammond to the Indiana-Ohio state line. The State Traffic Safety Com mission, cauea into emergency session by the Governor yester - aay, recommenaed that the 1949 General Assembly pass a flat bO-mile per hour speed law. ussia Moves Fo Protect Its , Army BERLIN, Aug. 4 (UP) New barbed wire road blocks and extra forces of armed guards have been thrown around Russian military headquarters and housing areas for Soviet soldiers' families as a result of increased tension .in.Berlin, it was reported today. Germans living in the Karls"""t area OI xne KUSSian sector, lwher troops and their families are housed, said that all streets entrances have bt-en blockaded and guarded since Monday's attack on Soviet sector .police by German civilians. One Communist - dominated policeman was injured in the attack, launched by the Ger-! mans on suspicion that the 1 Soviet police were trying to abduct one' of their number. I The Soviets said the Germans were being arrested in a black market raid. Intensify Struggle At the same time the Russians intensified the East-West struggle in the German capital by serving demands on the Berlin city assembly which would be tantamount to complete .financial and economic control of Berlin and its government. Unofficial sources said the Russians told the city assembly that blocked funds of the Westem sector would be released if authorities in Western Berlin agreed to grant complete fin ancial authority to the. Sovietdominated German note bank. The Russians froze all Soviet east Deutsche mark accounts of the city government and private ,inaustry in tne western zones 1 as of Aug 1. These funds are deposited in the Central Bank in the Soviet sector, The freezing order was a heavy financial blow to the Western sectors because 75 per cent of all salaries in the Western sectors must be paid T-t i, j;-- - wages for 7DU.UU0 workers in the Western zone for the last half of July, due Aug. 1, have not been paid. I.T.U. BOARD APPROVES CONTRACT NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (UP) The International TvnosraDhical Union (AFL) said today its executive board had approved a proposed contract between Local 6 and the Publishers Association of New York City. The board's approval removed the major obstacle in settling a sixmonth dispute between 2,500 composing room employes and 12- daily newspapers. CONFINED TO HOSPITAL Bill Bishop, age . 46, of Sullivan, R. 2, is confined to the Mary Sherman Hospital with back injuries sustained in a mine accident at the Little Betty mine last week. ,
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WASHINGTON, Aug. today abandoned efforts to
rendering to a determined Southern filibuster and to the; GOP desire to adjourn the special session quickly. . Chairman Eugene D. Millikin of the Republican conference said the GOP next year will try to change the Senate rules in an effort to break future Southern filibusters on civil rights legislation.
ixiecrats Count U Electoral Votes in South (By Joseph Nolan) United Press Staff Correspondent The Dixiecrats counted 24 electoral votes in the bag today in their bid to draw the Presidential election into the House '0f Representatives where the South could around. toss its weight Mississippi electors are the latest to pledge their support to ithe' States' rights ticket of Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South j Carolina and Gov. Fieldinf i Wright of Mississippi. The state has nine votes. The Dixiecrats are hoping to get 138 electoral votes in the South and 43 in the Border States. If they can deprive President Truman of the South's
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votes and if the Republicans . The Republican Senators mado fail to get a majority of the 531 it clear they will go all-out next ballots, then the House would year to change the Senate freedecide the issue. debate rules, which they say enIn addition to Mississippi's ables a minority of Southerners nine votes, the Dixiecrats have to talk any proposal to death, been assured of 11 from Ala- jf Sen Wayland Brooks, R., 111., bama and at least four from was named chairman of a special Florida Xbey. are counting on committee prepare- a revision of support, too, from North Carw ne ruies . .. . , , , lina (14) and Louisiana (10). i ' . ' ' '' The Dixiecrats' strategy is to Ready Friday. . try to get state conventions to Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., said
reconvene and new , new slates of Presidential electors pledged to the Thurmond-Wright ticket. In other political developments: DEWEY If elected, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Presidential nominee, reportedly will recommend a complete reorganization of the State Department. Dewey is said to favor an extensive "trained" diplomatic corps. He believes that the nation should employ about 1,000 young ! career diplomats to serve an apprenticeship in various State Department posts throughout I the world. LABOR C IO and A F L spokesmen said a Connecticut judge's recent decision, , upholding the Taft-Hartley act's ban 0n political expenditures will have no effect whatsoever on their plans to campaign for a n-hMr ratmorpes rm Prpsident Philip Murray was said to be planning a new test of the ban's constitutionality, Cub Packs Hold Day Camp Tuesday Some 65 Cub Scouts and leaders participated in a Cub day camp at the Sullivan City Park Tuesday. Registration for the camD began at 9 a. m., after which' the Cubs were organized into groups for the games and handicraft periods that followed. Each Cub made handicraft articles of leather in the form of key chains, coin purses, or neckerchief slides. Singing, ball games, and handicraft instruction were the . activities that followed a picnic lunch. Mayor Guy Biddle and Harold Campbell, of Pack 51. Sullivan, were in charge of the ar rangements. Den mothers from the Carlisle. Sullivan, and Farmersburg Cub packs assisted Field Executive Francis Wilcoxin in the handicraft instruction. WILLIAM LINDLEY IN DENTAL SCHOOL William H. Lindley, of Sullivan, has been selected for admission in September to the Indiana University School of Dentistry. The university's freshman dental '. class will number 90 members, chosen from hundreds of applicants.
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pass the anti-poll tax bill, sur A "frontal" attack on the filibuster weapon will be the first order of Senate business in January, he said. To Hurry Action. The Republicans decided to hurry, action on a limited bill to restrict credit and a modified housing rrnram. and to trv for adjourn ment this week-end. Millikin said that if Congress cannot finish "in an orderly fashion" on Saturday it will quit early next week. The Republican bills to restrict credit and promote housing construction bear little resemblance to the measures asked by Presi dent Truman when he called the special session. Only two of the President's proposals controls on consumer credit and on bank lending are included. The housing bill mainly I will give credit aids to private builders. It does not contain tne controversial slum clearance, publie housing and other features of the Taft-EllenderWagner bill, which Mr. Truman endorsed. the GOP bill to tighten bank and consumer credit somewhat will day by the banking committee. ben. unanes w. looey, k., in. H., banking committee chairman, ' said he urged the Republicans to grant virtually all of Mr. Truman's anti-inflation program on grounds it would be "good poliircM nnH in iYit nntinnal inprpat Some Senators reportedly favored action at the special session ' on a Constitutional amendment to abolish the poll tax. The Southerners, who have been filibustering against a bill to abolish the poll tax by law, were ready to go for that. They agreed at a meeting today to accept such a plan if the Republicans offered it.. . -A Constitutional amendment wouia nave to De approvea oy a two-thirds vote in each House and ratified by three-fourths of the states before it became effective. Woman's Driver's License Suspended; INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 (U.R) New "get tough" policy against automobile speeders was heartily endorsed today by state officials. Both Secretary of State Thomas Bath and Director H. Dale Brown of the Motor Vehicle Bureau approved the action of a state hearing judge in suspending a Linden woman's drivers' license for six months. TVfre TVTarCTarot Vyh- titqo n rested early last month for speeding 70 miles per hour on an Indianapolis street. The case received wide Dublicitv when the arresting officer reported Mrs. Erk, the wife of a physic cian. offered to bet him $10 she wouldn't be convicted. A n-innioinal fnnrt -indtjo . on J qujtted her on a reckless driv ing charge. But police took the case to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Hearing Judge Victor Walmer suspended her license for six months. i "I'm surprised," said Brown, "that enforcement agencies haven't availed themselves of the authority to bring offenders before our hearing judge before this." "Our prime interest is . to curb reckless driving and save lives," said Bath, "if we have to be the ones to get tough, we'll do it and gladly." .