Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - January 7, 1957, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mostly fair low 17 cloudy and mild with southeast wind high VOLUME 364 CITY FINAL 5 CENTS CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA MONDAY JANUARY 7 1957 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS ivr IKt Dual Labor Racket Quiz Bid Staged McClellan and Ives ol Senate Ask Probes Be Authorized By William WASHINGTON was asked Monday for two senate committees to launch tions of labor racketeering Senator McClellan said such racketeering may be seriously impairing federal government operations He said his senate tions subcommittee has already uncovered specific evidences of collusion between dishonest em- and union officials in a four-month preliminary inquiry in New York Chicago Seattle Portland Los Angeles Philadelphia and other areas McClellan asked an additional to conduct his inquiry and said it would prevent losses to our government exceeding the costs of such investigation Ives Resolution Senator Ives a similar resolution ing the senate to authorize an investigation of labor ing by the senate labor tee He that jurisdiction over the inquiry already by M c C1 e 11 a n's group lies within the province o the labor committee He It Is regrettable but true tha an investigation of this nature will have difficulty in avoiding charges that it Is baiting labor or bringing politics Into management relations We are dealing here however with a subject which is far too serious to permit any ing for political advantage or any attempt to persecute labor Dishonest Elements McClellan said the tion involves infiltration of and hoodlums and dishonest elements into the field of labor He In one instance we have evidence indicating that dis- honest teamster officers sought to use their union power to take over control of a municipal for the purpose of con- trolling vice including gambling and prostitution He added tnat he had a letter from the city council of Portland Ore formally requesting tha my committee investigate this McClellan snid the evidence so far uncovered involves tions use of violence by certain segments of labor leadership di- version and misuse of labor union funds by high-ranking union officials for their own fit and gain and large scale frauds in income taxes Hungary Invites Dag Reds Claim MOSCOW AP Pravda quoted Hungarian Foreign ter Imre Horvath as saying that U N Secretary General has been invited to visit Hungary in the spring The U N secretariat and the Hungarian delegation in New York indicated neither had re- the invitation Stevenson Urges Sustained WASHINGTON AP Adlai Stevenson called Monday for a four-year sustained offensive by the Democrats against the Republicans in an effort to win back the White House Stevenson said he believes the best way to get ready for the 1908 end 1960 elections is for in and out of con- gress to work together of he said from which we can in ors mayors and other official as well as members of congress Bonds To Be Sold by City Cedar Steps to sell worth sewer water fire and park drew approval Monday from dar Rapids cily council Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank and City Attorney C W Garberson were authorized U initiate proceedings lor sale ol these separate in sewer bonds with most of the money earmarked Tor construction of the first ion of a sanitary sewer in the Prairie creek valley in water revenue the last part of a 000 issue authorized Aug 1 1955 to cover construction of a voir and some major water main extensions in fire bonds to pay or two new fire stations now under construction on Wilson avenue SW and Mt Vernon road IE in park bonds to nance development of a nine-hole olf course in the city's new south side park Commissioner Shank said all issues will be sold together in the latter part of February if plans go according to The water sewer and park will cover the cost of ects ordered by the city council on its own initiative The fire -ion bond issue was the only one public approval at a election It passed by a to vote last June 4 15 Years To Pay The sewer park and fire issues vill be retired over a period of about 15 years with money raised by a tax levy against all city property owners Funds to pay the water revenue interest and principal will come from earnings of the city waterworks department The sewer bond sue according to Public Im- Commissioner Swede will pay for the first half of sewer system la cost about Detailed plans for this arc now In preparation The first section will not include a lift station and high pressure line which would complete the project A number of smaller fied storm or sanitary sewer ects also may be financed by part of the issue Halverson indicated The water revenue sue will cover costs of work un- der the previous including a new reservoir in west Cedar Rapids Also ed are water main im- and expansion of the Astern in the rea Golf Course Although Monday's move au sale of in fire Commissioner Shank that the actual sale ably will total only worth The full amount apparently will not be needed to cover fire station construction and ment costs as they now shape up e explained Parks Commissioner Don ner said the park bond will pay for development of a nine-hole golf course in the new park cast of Bowling street SW and north of Prairie creek Plans are being drawn now for he layout he reported Work will start this year ner said noting that if growth Conditions are favorable the golf may be ready for use late n the season of The next step on all four bond will be a trip by Shank and Sarberson to Chicago to line up Dond proceedings with Bond At- Chapman and Cutler After that a sale date will be set January Thaw Hodge Gains Two More Months for Theft Repayment CHICAGO UP O r v i 11 e Hodge Monday won another two months to repay some of the We must have a broad base million dollars in Today's Index Comics Courthouse Crossword Dally Record Deaths Editorial Features Farm Foto Facts Inez Robb Marlon Movies Radio and TV Society Sports Want Ads Women's Features 4 11 4 4 6 5 3 20 11 9 16 H state funds he stole while state auditor Guards brought Hodge here from Menard state prison fur a hearing before Federal Judge John Barnes on whether Hodge is restoring the money to the state treasury Barnes continued the cast to March 4 after warning Hodge that whether he spends an tional 10 years behind bars hinges on how he restores the funds When he sentenced Hodge last summer Barnes gave him terms totaling 20 years but said 10 years of that would be on probation if Hodge made restitution of as much money as he could No figures were given In the hearing Monday on how much Hodge has repaid so far ever state officials have reported they have recovered only about Jse of Soil Bank For Farmer Vote Denied by Benson WASHINGTON UP Sec of Agriculture Benso denied harges that the administrate scd soil bank payments to tr o influence the farn ote in the election He told the house that it should not b articularly surprising that ajor share of payments last fa ent to rs He said Iowa and put large acreages int he program because their cro seriously threatened b roulh in much of the two states Benson appeared before th committee as it launched a pub lie study o the soil bank unde which the government pay farmers to leave land idle Benson said the pattern of paj ments was influenced by th drouth and by the fact the pro gram became effective too lat to be attractive to farmers ii the Southeast where planting are seasonally earlier than in the Midwest He said last year's operation that in some cases whole arms are being put into the soi He defended the decision to limit payments o any one farmer to serting it will help spread and make the program available to more farmers He noted that farmers have cady contracted to put acres of 1957 crop percent of the tola the soi jank the soil bank can help reduce surpluses and con- serve our resources Benson said we must not load it up with responsibility for drouth relief flood relief or credit needs He said the administration will w ready later this month to ad- ance its proposals for ng the corn production and will also make for changing the oil bank Weeks Reports Road Plan Sped WASHINGTON INS Com- merce Secretary Weeks told ate investigators Monday lhat extraordinary progress has been made on the highway construction program Weeks gave a report on the first six months of the project to the senate roads subcommittee headed by Senator Gore D- who said he is concerned about repeated reports of ness in getting the program un- der way Weeks said that despite ages of construction and equipment the program is moving along very He In thr nx months sinoe sage of the we have allotted more funds to projects than in any previous four-year period in Six Perish in Pair of Blasts EMPORIUM Pa UP A dynamite mixing house nt the Pennsylvania Power Company works blew Up Monday killing three men injuring eight and breaking windows for miles around The explosion set a fire which destroyed a nearby guncotton building RIDGWAY AP An explosion Sunday killed men and injured IB other people among a crowd of more than 150 watching a fire at a county way garage Police the blast caused by gasoline or powder or maybe a combination of both we just don't know Sponsors Civil Rights WASHINGTON INS tor Dirksen Monday sponsored a four-point em- bracing President Eisenhower's civil rights program Dirksen told a reporter he has 30 co-sponsors for the legislation which he said he is asking held on the senate desk so others may add their signatures The 1 Create a bipartisan sion to investigate racial ion complaints 2 Set up 3 civil rights division n the justice department 3 Expand the authority of the attorney general to protect rights of through civil action n the courts 4 Protect voting rights of in- I Missing in Four Breakins Fifth a Failure RIP Loss was pegged at about Monday following investigations of four breakins nnd one at- tempted breakin in Cedar Rapids over the weekend A Vinton msn accused of com- one of the breakins and the attempted breakin was in custody Monday He had been arrested on suspicion of ing and entering before the tual breakin was discovered with the heaviest loss was at the Cecil Brothers service station 1529 Sixth street SW where the burglars took 515 from a cash register and from a safe Other breakins were at Ba- restaurant 124 Firs avenue NE where more than was taken Auto Parts Company 808 Third avenue SE where nothing was missing and Lumber Company Sixth street road SW where ly nothing was taken The unsuccessful attempt was at Babyland 126 First avenue ME where police had found marks but no evidence that en- ry was gained The service station breakin was discovered shortly after 7 Monday The owners re- ported that ii had occurred ime between then and 6 p.m Sunday evening Investigation showed that the gained entrance by breaking a window in the washroom then unlocking he window They broke open the Continued on Page 4 Col 3 Nine Chamber Goals for 1957 Outlined by Durham American Woman Held In Hungary U S Demands Release Of Photographer for Life Magazine WASHINGTON state department said day that It has reliable re- ports that an American an photographer Is being held In a Hungarian prison The department demanded prompt release of Mrs Dickie Chapelle 37 who in Hungary Dec 5 Mrs Chapelle had been on from the National Business Service New York to Hungarian escapees or Life magazine Stalinist Rule For Hungary BUDAPEST AP Premier anos Kadar's Soviet installed taking wraps off its ong promised new o m b i n e s Stalinism vith an appeal to the West foi aid In Washington the state de- made clear lhat the will extend no loans or eco- lomic aid to the Kadar The program probably got inal drafting last week whilt Soviet Communist Khrushchev looked on Thi led by some inform ants to expect a mild declaration were told among other There Is a dictatorship of the proletariat in Hungary The end ons who attack the legal order and the basic of the people's democracy have no dom even if they mask their efforts by democratic slogans The law wil always punish them severely Coalition Govt The statement said the is planning talks with arious public figures and non- partisan experts aimed at their in leading slate airs with the government This some sort of coalition government The government pledged a continuation of the socialization of agriculture and asserted that steps will be taken with all the of the dictatorship of the proletariat against people who damage agricultural ions The statement blasted Stalinist waders Matyas Rakosi and Ernt Gero as well as Imry Nagy who them and was is premier by Kadar and his with Russian help It said lakosi and Gero must never re- blaming them for such hings as the cult of the and the in- erests of the masses Led Way for Revolt The government asserted that the treason of the Imre Nagy had paved the way or a This vas the most serious charge the regime has made against Tagy last reported in exile in Romania The Kadar regime promised to the freedom of each author and artist of his politica Demo Named Aide to Ike On Mid-East WASHINGTON AP dent Eisenhower Monday pointed James P Richards for- mer chairman of the house for- eign affairs committee as a cial assistant on the Middle East program He will head up a mission to that area The South Carolina Democrat who retired from congress last week will serve with the rank of personal ambassador the White House announced Selection of Richards marks the second time in recent weeks the President has reached into the ranks of Democrats in con- gress for a special assistant on foreign policy Walter F George of Georgia who retired last week as man of the senate foreign tions committee is serving as Mr Eisenhower's representative with the rank of ambassador on problems dealing with the NATO and coordination of bipartisan foreign policy The Richards duties will be to advise arui sist the President and the tary of state on problems of the Middle East area Charge Dropped Against Man 22 Accused in Fight A disturbance charge against a Marion mnn was dropped day after it became apparent he was an innocent bystander during the assault which led to filing ol le charge He is Charles T Sweet 22 who pled innocent to the charge when he appeared in court and was re- leased on bond Judge ald Barnes after talking Monday morning to two men who had pled guilty ordered tho charge dismissed find Sweet's bond re- turned to him The two who had pled of assaulting four dar Rapids boys last Friday night were Eugene A Shurtz 18 who lives at Forty-fourth street and Mt Vernon road SK and Kenneth E Hanzlik 21 of 1214 Nineteenth street NE They told Judge Barnes Sweet ind taken no part in the affair that he had just been drinking coffee in the same restaurant as and that he stepped outside when he heard tho commotion They said they didn't even know im Shurtz and Hanzlik who had een in the city jail since day night were released Monday Judge Barnes suspended the re- mainder of their sentences during uod Perils from Middle East Doubt Told Geared To Stop Third War Before It Starts WASHINGTON of State Dulles fied Monday that President Eisenhower's Middle East doctrine would Increase sions with Russia but would stop World war III before it starts Appearing before a crowded of the house foreign fairs committee Dulles appealed for quick congressional approval of a rounded program of eco- nomic and military including advance authority for Ihc President to use U.S military forces against any overt armed aggression spawned by com- in the Middle East He was the first of a parade of administration witnesses called to detail the proposal which Mr Eisenhower presented at a Joint session of congress Saturday Soviet Aim In an exchange with Chairman Gordon Dulles said sia is to make Bit of turbulence out of the Middle East and he I think Mr Chairman we must recognize that this action may temporarily at least increase tensions with the Soviet Union But he said the purpose of the President's proposal is to stop World war III before it starts Referring to tho proviso Dulles said he has no doubt what gress would do If international communism set out on R meal conquest of the world by war But until the actually he said there is doubt In the Middle East and there may be doubt In the viet Union He noted that in the Middle is suspicion against outside force lest it a device to colonialism This and the other discords and difficulties in the area make it hard for the U.S to help In one direction without creating suspicion in he said Unmistakably Clear By Russ Wiley What's in store for Cedar ds this terms of er of Commerce takes on tiese prospects and push for approval of a highway spur ng Cedar Rapids with the interstate superhighway ear Iowa City push for more street re- try to more truck to Cedar Rapids seek a direct with Kansas City work to brine n natural gas into the industrial growth On each he Transportation The results of the Iowa Highway or i survey taken last vill be- come known Among other things it will tell us a spur connecting with the expand water and sewer main projects seek a coordination of chool district ana city continue to have land vailable for industrial create jobs for young These were among the ects laid out Monday by President Harry D Durham and Executive Secretary Robert lews with the exception of those rho are enemies of freedom am f socialism It said only those workers and intellectuals wh ledge loyalty to the Communis will have the right freedom The government also claimed that it respects the freedom of belief of all citizens and considers the standpoint o religious questions a private Lcr II Caldwell before the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board Durham told about 90 realtors at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon that Chamber efforts will be in four tion utilities affairs and in the schools It secures full freedom o the churches and confessions It recognizes agreements con- cluded between state and church Religious classes are the government ex- loyalty from the heads of the confessions It does not tolerate that any of the sions places itself at the disposal of reaction Billion Damage The statement the revolt wrought damage of nearly a wrou OI n state highway should come into ion tne In recent years Durham said street work emphasis has been placed on new construction In 1957 the Chamber feels the city do more resurfacing of old streets On parking the Chamber will push for more downtown parking facilities ham pointed out that the erty now housing the Stemlar will become a parking lot next spring The Chamber will host the Continued on Page 4 CoL 7 The Western capitalists stress that Hungary cannot be cured without Western credits We accept of course any credit even from capitalist countries if no political conditions are attached We will ask for no credits ever which arc tied tc political conditions Also after the liberation Hungary has received not a single in credits by the but nevertheless has re- covered friend ly through nations the help of especially through help of the Soviet Union Federal Traffic Action Is Hinted K CHICAGO UP The excel vice-president of the Safety Council has warm that the federal government ma in with regulatory ion unless the American peop net to halt the h i g h w B slaughter Major Gen George Stewa that if the government ir that legislation may g ar beyond restricting the horse power of automobiles He said the modern ear is vehicle in history to driv and also the easiest t dangerously The modern car with its grea and of speed is a factor L the traffic he said But the manufacturers are mak ing the car the American peopl want They are going to go a far as they can to be successfu in business and at the same tim to build safest car they can Florida Nightclub Booty Is MIAMI BEACH made off with some n weekend receipts from nightclub Monday threaten ng the manager and an with a revolver George Weinger manager o he Cotton club said he am Terry Hirsch stage manager o he show which stir Singer Cab Calloway had re to the club at when they were accosted by the two gunmen Weinger described one bandi is tall and tne other as chunky Both wore engineer's caps am used money bags as masks he aid An estimated 3 6.000 belonging o Calloway was among the loot the entertainer hat eft Ihc money with Weinger for Today's Chuckle Never miss an opportunity to happy even if you have to let them alone to do it But he added the lon plan would first of all make unmistakably clear that it is the policy of tho U.S declared by tne congress and the President f with lne aliens the Middle East to maintain their independence He noted that the U.S would commit its only on the invitation of a nation under attack And lie emphasized that any U.S use of force would be consonant with the actions and recommendations of the Reps Bolton and both asked what the U.S would do if the Com- look over a Middle East country by subversive not overt aggression The U.S Dulles replied would not invade any country to over- blow its government however t gets there It Is Necessary This may be said to be a but it is necessary in he world we live he added Dulles said any use of armed would be subject to the article recognizing the inherent right of collective self- lefense if an armed attack but providing that the hority and responsibility of the Security Council continue Dulles said the geographical rea to bo served by the lower plan has been deliberately ept vague in public discussion He said he would be happy to ell committee members in con- what countries were in- and what were not But hs aid this information should be ept secret lest the Communists ct the idea they could safely ake over a country not included Other Danglers The way to keep peace In the East he said is to make clear that armed Communist would have to be met if ecd be by the armed forces of he U.S Dulles said the President's ram recognizes there are other angers in the restless and underdeveloped areas besides ie possibility of an armed Com- COUp There is the possibility of a danger which is In- if there oe a sense ol in- he said He there is a danger that conditions could be such as to make communism eem an attractive choice
