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VOL. 51 No. 148

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, July 27, 1949

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ability to use the facilities of the National Labor Relations Board in its present non-complying status," the resolution said.

Mrs. FDR Replies To Spellman's Bigotry Charge NEW YORK, July 27. (UP) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt replied today to Francis Cardinal Spellman's charge that she was an "unworthy American mother" by writing him that the final judgment "of the worthiness of all human beings is in the hands of God." Mrs. Roosevelt wrote him in a letter dated last Saturday in an

swer to the open letter Cardinal

Spellman wrote her last week in which he charged her with being anti-Catholic in her 'stand on proposed Federal aid to education. , ;"If you carefully studied my record," Mrs. , Roosevelt replied,

"I think you, would not find it one of anti-Catholic or anti-any-religious group. "I assure you that I have no

sense of being an 'Unworthy ' Am

erican mother.' The, fihaR448-

ed cases,

The State Board listed 40 confirmed cases in Jay County the home of . the newest victim, but the Jay County "chapter of the

1 lived four miles southwest of ( Portland, died today in St. Josi eph's Hospital at Fort Wayne.

Funk was stricken during last weekend, and taken to Fort Wayne Sunday. Doctors s2.id he died of bulbar polio. Third Death , It was the third death this summer from polio in Fort Wayne hospitals. The other two deaths were those of a Fort Wayne resident and a Berne businessman. The Portland City Board Of Health asked that no children

INDIANAPOLIS, July 27

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Live uuaiu ui uie uiiiuju pieeiwurtteis ui nmcnta ivday directed the union's officers to file non-Communist affidavits with the National Labor Relations Board. The board's action on the resolution containing the directive was unanimous.

"In order to safeguard the interests of the membership National infantile Paralysis cf the union and to go forward with the organization of the Foundation listed 46 active cases. linnrrronivorl iri-Hiin nitv iiiriof-liptinn tVio l'nPvnn'Hrmnl PYPMl.! Ernest W. Funk, age 22, who

Vi(;)M.uHvu " j v-...wv.. v, " " . tive board directs the international officers of this union and such officers of the various local unions as may be designed by the- international officers to file the non-Commur ist affidavits required by the Taft-Hartley Act," the resolution said. .

The Taft-Hartley Act specifies that Labor Board services are available only to unions whose officers file non-Communist affidavits. Non-filing unions are not eligible to petition for Labor Board elections. . The executive' board's action . came as union leaders and representatives of the steel industry , gathered here to present their case before President Truman's fact-finding board, which is seeking to avert a September steel

strike. ' , Still Seek Repeal. The resolution said the . union would pledge the resources of its 1,000,000 members and would dedicate the membership "to the unfinished task of repealing the Taft-Hartley Act and restoring the Wagner Act with improvements designed to safeguard labor's basic rights." In complying with the TaftHartley Act requirement, the resolution said, the union reiter'ated its objection, in principle, to the stipulation' that officers file non-Communist affidavits. The resolution directed all district directors, staff representatives, and local unions "tp utilize 'every . legitimate means within Cheir power to oppose the , antiunion activities of employers and other groups." The resolution said the union and its officers repeated their "unalterable opposition to Communism." List Objections. It said the union objected to the Taft-Hartley requirement because: (1) It is an unconstitutional invasion of union political freedom; (2) It is one-sided in applying to union and not to corporate officials and does not encompass Fascist and other subversive organizations; (3) It is part of "a viciously anti-union statute"; and (4) It has "no legitimate place" in a labor-management relations act. "Under the Taft-Hartley Act the NLRB has recently, in direct , disregard of its own established precedents, directed elections in so-called craft units in various industries encompassed within the jurisdiction of our union," the resolution said. It ' said the NLRB had excluded the United Steelworkers from the ballot of such elections because of its noncomplying status.' "The activities of anti-union employers have reached such proportions that the continued progressive growth of the United Steelworkers of America is being challenged by the union's in-

Under 18 years of ageIS unless they were close relatives of Funk, attend his funeral scheduled for Sunday. Elkhart also reported a victim of polio today. But the victim was a Michigan resident and the name will not be added to the Hoosier toll, according to State Health Board authorities. The victim was Edwin Charles Ryan, age 19, Union, Mich., who died this morning less than 24 hours after admission to the Elkhart General Hospital. The eight new cases reported to the State Board this morning were mostly from Delaware County. Five were reported in Muncie, raising the Delaware total to 27, and one each was reported from Blackford, Rush and Hamilton Counties.

Chicago Bound Train Is Derailed

ALMA, Fla., July 27 (UP)

ment, my dear Cardinal Spell-Five cars. 'Of the,; northbound man, of the worthiness of-all hu- Florida-to-Chicago train, the man beings is in the hands of Southland", were derailed here

Shakamak Park Gaining Favor INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July . 27

One of Indiana's younger state parks, Shakamak, located near Jasonville, is rapidly gaining favor with the Hoosier recreation-minded public, K. R. Cougill, Parks Director announced. For the first time in the history

of the Indiana State Park System, ' Shakamak captured third olace in park attendance, Mr. Cougill said. Up to July 10th, 70,874 persons had visited the

park.

Ever-popular Indiana Dunes State Park, of course, , still occupies first place with a record number of 149.067 visitors having attended since the first of the year, while Spring Mill State

Park, near Mitchell was second

with an attendance of 95,020. Other parks, and the number of persons who attended since

January, are as follows: Turkey Run, 69,945; Brown County, 63,-

852; Pokagon, 62,497; McCormirk's 0-ek, 61,873 and Clifty

Falls, 54,522.

The remaining parks in the

system are Bass . Lake Beacn

State Park with 10,086; Lincoln State Park, 30,904; Mounds, 22,909: Muscatatuck, 3,088; Shades, 9,792; Tippecanoe River, 4,667 and Versailles, 6,118.

Hot, Sticky Weather Stays East Oi Rockies

Denies Charges. . Mrs. Roosevelt tolcf the cardinal that she would "continue to stand for the things in our government which I think are right." She denied point by point the charges in Cardinal Spellman's open letter which he made public last Friday, that she had previously shown prejudice toward Catholics, particuarly in the Cardinal Mindszenty case, and that she had attacked him personally in comments in her daily newspaper column on the Barden bill. Mrs. Roosevelt added in a postscript that she hadn't then, last Saturday, given copies of her letter to the press but the cardinal was welcome to do so if he wished. Copies arrived at headquarters of the press associations early today, mailed special delivery in envelopes bearing Mrs. Roosevelt's return address. Cardinal Spellman,' however, had stated specifically in his open letter that "I shall not again publicly acknowledge you."

early today when a switch , was thrown accidentally as the train passed over it. No one was seriously injured. '

Bill Burns, yardmaster for the

Atlantic Coast Line railroad at

nearby Thomasville, Ga., said the derailed cars included four

pullman cars and a diner.

A few pullman passengers

were snaKen up ana scratcnea

little," Burns said, but they

were treated immediately oy a railroad doctor aboard the train and transferred to the day coaches, which continued on to Atlanta after a short delay.

The first seven cars of the 12-

car tram had passed over tne

switch when it "flipped over,"

Burns said," causing the last five out a $10oo insurance policy

House -Approved Poll Tax Bill Headed For Senate Piaeonhole

By Raymond Lahr . United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 27 (U.R) The House-approved bill to outlaw poll taxes appeared to be headed for a Senate pigeonhole, at least for, this session of the Congress. The measure was passed by the House late yesterday, 273 to 116,' and sent to the Senate where it was referred to the rules committee. It was the first of the recommendations in President Truman's civil rights program to be passed by either House this year. Faces Filibuster In the unlikely event that the Senate committee should approve it before adjournment, it still would face a Southern Democratic filibuster which . almost certainly would block action at . this session. Sen. John C. Stennis, D., . of Miss., a foe of the anti-poll tax legislation, ( is chairman of the rules subcommittee in charge of such bills. The subcommittee has

held no hearings this year on Senate bills to outlaw the tax. Stennis told a reporter that nc hearings are scheduled and hi has "no . red hot plans" for any. However, Senate Republican Leader Kenneth S. Wherry. Neb., a member of the subcommittee, expressed hope for committee action so the Senate might consider the bill this year Senate Democratic Leader Scott W. Lucas, 111., declined, to comment on the measure's chances. Fifth Attempt The House action marked the fifth time in the past 10 years that that body has passed bill to ban payment of poll taxes as

a voting requirement in Federal

elections. The previous four died

in the Senate, where freer rules

of debate have enabled the

Southern Democratic bloc to kill

such legislation by filibuster,

The House-approved bill would

affect seven Southern . states

Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, Miss-

issippi, Alabama, Tennessee and

South Carolina. .

Senate Rejects Contests Against Three Senators WASHINGTON, July 27 (UP) The Senate Rules Committee unanimously agreed today to recommend that the Senate dismiss the contests against1 the seats of Sen. Homer Ferguson R., Mich., Harley M. Kilgore D.. W. Va., Robert S. Kerr, D.. Okla., and Lyndon B. Johnson. D., Tex. . ' Kilfrore's seat ha been contested by Republican Tom Sweeney since the 1946 elections. The other contests involved the November, 1948 election of Ferguson and the 1948 primary contests in which Kerr and Johnson were nominated. Briefly, the findings of the rules subcommittee on elections, confirmed by the full committee, were: . 1. Ferguson There is no indication that he was directly or indirectly responsible for any ol the irregularities and illegalities barged by Democrat Frank E. Hook, his opponent, on which the subcommittee found evidence. 2. Kilgore There- were numerous instances of "gross irregularities and violations" but they were a series of isolated acts by local officials of which neither Kilgore nor Sweeney were aware, and were indulged in by both Democrats and Republicans. ; 3. Kerr Virtually all the expenditures . in the primaries charged in affidavits filed with the committee to be over the state 'legal limit were made by Kerr for Senate clubs. There is

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More hot, sticky weather tor-1 . . .

tured Americans living east of pended such funds t0 obtain' his the Rockies today. nomination. - Weathermen said 'the only 4. Johnson-There is no evisoots with genuinely comfortable 1 dence to suonort the allegations tlt wprp in the Far by former Gov. Coke Stevenson

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land irregularities in -certain (Texas counties in the run-off

Temperatures would " hot be' primary in which Johnson ' won record-breaking, they said, but by an 87-vote margin, there was high humidity nearly (

everywhere. A few widely-scattered showers were predicted for Minnesota,, northwest Iowa and the Dakotas, but it was doubted they would bring much relief. . Deluged With Rain. , Rochester, Minn., was deluged with a 5V4, inch rain within a few hours last night, and at Bismarck, N. D.,' hail smashed windows, damaged crops and upset communication lines. - But practically everywhere else there was just routine summer weather the kind that put Richard Hack of Madison, Wis., in jail for wading in Lake Monona and John Jansen of Flint, Mich., in the hospital for treatment of thorn punctures received when he fell off his porch, where he was sleeping, into a rosebush. Prospects of rain worried members of the Vasa Hope Swe

dish Lodge at Seattle. They took

Policy Racket Suspect May Be

West and parts of

Wyoming and Montana.

which will pay off it if rains on

cars to jump the track.

The engine and front cars tneir out(ioor smoreashord

remained uprigm on tne raus.

Burns said there was no ex

planation as yet for the accidental throwing of the switch.

The Southland originates at

Tampa, Fla., and operates on

Atlantic Coast Line tracks as

ar north as Albany, Ga. From here it continues to Chicago on

Central of Georgia and Louisville and Nashville tracks.

Burns said the derailment oc

curred at 1:25 a. m. EST.

K. B. Smith Buys The Dixie

K. B, Smith and Cliff Pyles

have purchased the Dixie Grill

m South Section Street, it was

announced today.

The restaurant was purchased

from Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Briles last Monday with the new

wners taking over Tuesday

morning. The Briles purchased

he Grill from Mr. and Mrs.

Rudy Weil last December. ;

Mr. Smith said today that

ilans-are being made to com

pletely rearrange the Grill in the

near future. Mr. Pyles will be

the manager of the restaurant.

Melon, Svee! Nafo Growers To Meet All Sullivan County melon and sweet potato growers are urged to attend a field day on the Purdue University Sand Farm at Johnson, Indiana, Friday afternoon, August 5, beginping at 1:00 P. M. This little town is located in Gibson County, west of Owensville. Dr. Fred Warren, Prof. E. T. Bullard and W. B. Ward, afl of the Purdue University Horticulture Department, will be on hand to discuss problems concerning melons, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corn, and other truck crops.

FILES COMPLAINT FOR POSSESSION Bertha Ann Lee has filed, a complaint for immediate possession against Alice Shelton in the Sullivan Circut Court.

tale Witness

CINCINNATI, O.,' July 27 (UP) Dennison Duble, civil and social leader suspected as one' of the key figures in a $50,000,000 policy racket swindle, will turn state's evidence against Eastern racketeers who allegedly paid him to juggle Cincinnati Clearing House figures, unconfirmed reports said today. ' The reports stemnjed from the abrupt way in which Duble changed his mind about fighting extradition to New York City. The former secretary of the Cincinnati Clearing Hou.to Association will fly to New York his afternoon to "determine the basis of charges" against him in the policy swindle. Changes ' Mind Sfnrp h's aTPst-here Monday by Augustus Marchetti, assistant district attorney of New York County. Duble has been held incommunicado in a suite of the swank Netherlands-Plaza Hotel. He first agreed to accompany Marchetti to New York but later changed his mind after talking to his attorneys. Just as abruptly last night, he changed his mind again and said he would go. Earlier, his attorneys, Robert F. Beckman and Frank E. Wood, Jr said they would fight extradition if Duble was to be prosecuted on charges of conspiracy in New York:'; -,7 If Duble" goes" merely" as a ?rand jury witness he will be immune from prosecution. Violation of gambling laws' charges were filed against him in New York but were not served on him here.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 27. (UP) An ex-GI told 'Governor Schricker today at a conference with labor union. spokesmen on the unemployment situation that "if something isn't done soon for us war veterans, you know what a mob can do." John C. Schulze, Evansville, was a member of a delegation of CIO United Electrical Workers who asked Schricker to take action to help Indiana's jobless. He said he was in the service seven years. Schulze charged that war veterans were the first to be laid off in industries because they lacked seniority. . "It's time for the legislature to do something for us," Schulze said. "If it isn't done soon, you know what a mob can do." The 18-member delegation, largely from Evansville and Fort Wayne, asked Schricker to call a special session of the ' legislature to liberalize jobless benefits and seek prompt '. Federal aid for public works projects.

Schricker said he was sympa-

BONUS BLANKS A representative of Veterans Affairswill be in the following places with typists to assist in filling out state bonus . papers. All veterans are reminded to bring original discharge papers and all separation papers with them. The meetings will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock each evening: . ' Veterans must have their award of compensation or pension papers and their Veterans Administration C number to apply for the extra 100 clause. , Wednesday, July 27, Fairbanks Legion Home. . Thursday, July 28, Hymera Leeion Post. Wednesday, Aug. 3, Carlisle Legion Home.

Typhoon Wreckage In Okinawa

SULLIVAN TEACHER IN HOSPITAL

Miss Fayette McKinley, a teacher in the Sullivan schools, is confined to St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute where she underwent an operation on her foot. v

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thetic. "I am just as concerned as you are because I've seen this coming for three years," said the governor. He said he would "consider" calling the legislature, which adjourned its biennial session only four months ago. Schricker said what Indiana needed was "a building program." "Increasing jobless benefits is not the answer," he said. "Sooner

4-H Junior, Adult Leaders Meet

Approximately seventy 4-H junior and adult leaders and parents of 4-H members attended the regular meeting of the 4-H Junior Leaders held at the Farmersburg Park Tuesday night, July 25. The movie "1947 Indiana State Fair"-was shown. Plans for the County 4-H Fair were discussed by the Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Faye Spiece, and the Assistant County Agent, Dave Grimes. A special number was sung by Dorothy Jean and Doris Ruth Lathrop. ; Plans were made for a softball game between the Junior Leaders and the Sullivan County Rural Couples Club. The game is to be played Monday night, August 1 at the Carlisle Park at the regular meeting of the Couples Club. Since this was "Parents Night" for the Junior Leaders, the parents present were individually introduced and recognized. Refreshments were served by

the Farmersburg Junior Leaders.

FILES COMPLAINT ON BANK CHECK W. A. League, John and the League and Lumber Company have

complaint on a bank check gainst Mason Bedwell.

League, Gamble filed . a

SALVATION ARMY HERE NEXT WEEK The Salvation Army will be in Sullivan next Wednesday to gather used furniture, clothing, or papers. Persons having things to' be picked up are asked to call 509.

or later, we are going to scrape the bottom of the barrel." Ask More Benefits. The delegates, claiming . jobs were scarcer in Fort Wayne and Evansville than any other area in the state, urged action to liberalize the jobless benefits from the present $20 for 20 weeks to $30 for 30' weeks. . Spokesmen said the unemployed who have exhausted their benefits "have no place now to turn except to couniy relief." They said they believed the legislature would be more "sensitive", now to the situation than last winter when it turned down a liberalization bill. " They said "some people" believe the situation will be worse next fall. But Schricker said he also had heard that "some people" believe it will be better. The delegation included two Evansville legislators, Rep. ' Leo Meagher, D., and Sen. Leslie Thompson, R. There also were five women in the group.' . , The delegation estimated unemployment in Fort Wayne at12,000 and Evansville at 10,000. They urged -that Schricker summon the state legislature into special session to liberalize unemployment compensation benefits and that the governor ask Federal funds .immediately for public works projects. . . Officials Not Alert. . John Gojack, Fort Wayne, District 9 director of the UEW, said, he was alarmed by parallels between the present job situation and 1929. . . "We feel that responsible officials are not yet sufficiently alert to the situation we now face," Gojack said. Gojack and others in the delegation said the true picture of Hoosier unemployment was not shown in "official" figures released by the State Employment Security Division. These, he said, did not include persons dropped from compensation rolls or who never were eligible for checks in the first place. The delegation carried two placards. One read: "We need jobs more than Europe needs guns." The other: "Indiana's unemployed need 'Marshall plan' dollars for jobs." Members also carried a petition they said bore thousands of names of unemployed persons supporting their two-point action plan.

Republicans Plan New Bill On Federal Education Aid

"GLORIA OKINAWA" the roaring typhoon that lashed at the China Coast on Tuesday leaving Shanghai virtually paralyzed, left a trail of destruction in Okinawa before its over-water jump. Above is the wreckage of the Army's Ryukus hea iquarters command in the, wake of the July 23 blow, its guest house flattened and several deaths and injuries reported. (International Soundphoto via U. .S. Army Radio.)

By George E. Reedy, Jr. United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 27 (UP) A Republican bill based on recommendations by former President Herbert Hoover today threatened to complicate the already bitter scrap over Federal aid-to-education. Rep. Thurston Ballard Morton, R., Ky., planned to have the measure ready for introduction Friday. He refused to state

whether it has the blessings of the House GOP leadership. "I know that it is not possible to get any kind of Federal aid bill' before the House at this session," Morton said. "But I am going to put this measure in and let the educators mull it over

until next . year." . Morton said he believes the religious dispute kicked up over

the issue of aid to parochial

schools has killed any chance for a bill this year. He said his measure will seek to avoid the controversy by permitting the individual states to decide how

they will use the money. An education bill, already approved bv

the Senate, also would put the question up to the states.

"I do not think, it is .the pro

vince of the Federal government to conrtact or expand relation

ships between the several state governments and the public and private school systems of. those states," Morton said. The Hoover recommendations; made public in a letter on June 27, said that Federal funds to aid education should go only to "needy" states. The $300,000,000 bill pending before the House Labor Committee would provide a minimum of $5 per pupil for each state regardless of need. Hoover called the $5 provision a "pork-barrel appendage." Morton declined to discuss the

specific provisions of his bill other than to say that Federal grants would be based upon

need. He said the specific provi

sions will be available later to

day.