Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - August 22, 1954, Reno, Nevada A COMMUNITY JOB HOP BUILD THE EIGHTY-FOURTH 229 PHONE Nevada's Largest Morning and Sunday Newspaper RENO NEVADA SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 15 15 CENTS ON NEWSSTANDS FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY TAV Rll I accomplishing what is described as the greatest tax revision in United States history I MA DI UL is signed into law in the White House by President Eisenhower while congressmen look on Flanking the President are Rep Daniel A Reed chairman of the House ways and means com- and Sen Eugene D chairman of the Senate finance committee Standing from Sen Styles Bridges Rep Leo E Allen House Majority Leader Joseph Martin Rep Leslie C Arends Sen Homer Ferguson Rep Charles A Sen and Undersecretary of the Treasury Marion Folsom International U.S REINFORCES FAR EAST FLEET Political Salvos Fired in Capitol Democratic Republican Chiefs Admit Control of Congress at Stake WASHINGTON Aug 21 Senate Republican and Democratic leaderships traded political salvos today on the record of the Congress They agreed but for sharply conflicting reasons that the record would determine which party captures control of the next Congress in November GOP Leader William F Knowland Calif said the first Republican Congress in 20 years wrote a long list of notable achievements But Ike Begins Summer Rest Greeted On Denver Visit cratic Leader Lyndon B son Tex countered that it was up to the voters to decide that la how Knowland and Johnson viewed the work of Con- gress on major issues in ments they entered in the Con- gressional Record last night shortly before We cut taxes by nearly reducing in- dividual income tax payments ex- cise taxes on goods consumers buy providing substantial benefits in other deductions and allowances or Individuals and enterprise A Republican tax re- vision granted relief to tions and stockholders and over- rode Democratic efforts to obtain relief for people in low income brackets Agriculture Knowland We acted to end the shameful waste of farm pluses and to provide farmers with a long-range program for an in- dependent self-reliant agriculture with government providing a shield against destructive forces beyond farmer control Johnson A Republican farm designed to solve the problem farm surpluses by driving farm Income down even lower than it has gone already Foreign Policy ended the fighting and sacrifice of American lives in Korea kept the United Stales out of war in Indochina liquidated the Communist foothold in Guatemala strengthened the free nations and confronted sian imperialism and Communist aggression with the firm de- termination to safeguard freedom and attain genuine peace do not believe that foreign policy will enter too much into the final Judgment There are few clear cut votes in this session which highlight differences in basic philosophy in this field National Defense Knowland We reorganized pnd strengthened the nation's tip fense by policies and programs capable of providing security over the long pull at substantial savings and without undue strain on national economy Johnson The administration cut down the strength of our de- fenses Internal Security Knowland We acted de- to safeguard the nation from enemies within its borders and to rid government labor cation and all other phases of American life from Communist filtration apri subversion to con- trol subversion featured by a Democratic amendment to outlaw the Communist party in the United States DENVER Aug 21 dent Eisenhower arrived by plane at the summer White House here today for a delayed vacation ex- to be interspersed with work bills passed by tho Congress and speaking en- The government plane carrying the President ant Mrs Eisenhower landed at Air Force Base here where the chief executive will maintain hii temporary offices at p m EDT after a six-hour flight from Washington The who were met at airbase by Mrs John don Doud the President's in-law drove in a red Lincoln con- vertible to the latter's home after a brief welcoming ceremony They will make the Doud residence at 750 Lafayette St their homo ing their stay here A crowd of about mostly Air Force personnel and their families state and local officials and personal friends were on hand to greet the as they stepped down from their plane The welcoming group was ed by Gov Dan Thornton of rado a close friend and golfing companion of Mr Eisenhower Lt Gov Gordon Allott Mayor Quigg Newton of Denver and Brig Gen John T Sprague Lowry Base com- manding general Mr Eisenhower wearing a brown suit and brown style hat was preceded off the plane by carrying several bags of golf clubs fishing gear A honor guard of Lowry airmen saluted the chief executive who then stood at attention as the base band played the national an- them Airliner Strike Conferences Set WASHINGTON Aug 21 American Airlines today agreed to meet tomorrow with tho National Mediation Board to discuss a board proposal for halting the three-week strike of AFL pilots In a statement issued shortly the board made public its offer the airline said the proposal is under study and will be dis- cussed with the mediation board tomorrow by officials of the com- pany in Clarence Sayen president of tho AFL pilots union said the Speedy Trial Thrill Killer Youths Face Indictment NEW YORK Aug 21 district attorney's office today promised a speedy indictment of four Brooklyn after the attorney tor tho psychopathic gang leader laid the ground work for an Insanity plea A spokesman lor Kings county district attorney Edward S ver's office said evidence of committed by the youths would be presented to the grand Jury u quickly as possible probably on Monday board proposal was under study by union officials He said he die not know whether the union have a yes or no answer for the board today Sayen he had no ate plans to attend the mediation board meeting with company tomorrow to discuss the posal but would attend if asked The board called for an ate end to the strike pending for settlement o the dispute by a neutral person Tho board also that the striking AFL airline pilots return to their jobs on the disputed tal flights and fly them as sched uled by the company pending set the issue In its brief statement the line said that on the basis of union suggestions for ending the strike there is no indication that it has changed its fundamental which brought on the strike The airline said the union's tion is that American should be required by the ALPA to abandon its transcontinental ice or any recognition by the pilots or their obligations under the ex- isting contract between ALPA anc the AA The board in making public Its proposal urged both the union and the airline to indicate their prompt acceptance Bureau Opens Atom Energy Project File GOP Leaders Favored Private Contract Record Shows Crew Works Joyfully But With Slight Mistake THOROLD Out Aug 21 IP A wrecking crew moved in on a century-old frame house day and got right to work ing it down They ripped off half the roof yanked off the doors smashed the windows and bashed tho plaster off the walls of the stairs rooms Then they discovered that the house they were supposed to tear down was a block away WASHINGTON Aug 21 The Budget Bureau said today that Republican congressional leaders without exception had endorsed President Eisenhower's proposal that the utility group ae a power contract with the Atomic Energy Commission Disclosure that the loaders in Congress favored the contract over a second private power proposal and over government construction of new federal power facilities was made by the Budget Bureau and the Atomic Energy Commission It was part of a two-inch stack of documents released by the two agencies about the contract President hower personally had ordered the documents made public The President had ordered the documents made public after National Chairman Stephen A Mitchell called the and commented that a close friend of the identified as golfer Bobby is a director of one of two utility companies associated in the Yates group The documents also disclosed 1 Former Budget Director seph M Dodge asked last ber if It would be possible to have private industry augment thr capacity of the Valley Authority 2 Adm Lewis L Strauss man of the Atomic Energy Com- mission was asked to find out if that could be done Ho the aid of J W McAfee president of Electric Energy Inc a power group already supplying the Atomic Energy ducah Ky installation 3 McAfee discovered that gar H Dixon president ol Middle South Utilities Inc was interested and would try to work up a posal 4 In January 1954 President Eisenhower in his budget message noted that arrangements arc be- ing to provide new generating facilities for the Valley in a way that would eliminate the need for further ex- of government funds 5 But not until late in Apri when Rowland Hughes present budget director sent a dum to the President did Mr hower know the actual names persons who by that date hat offered and then revised the proposal School Boycott Attempt May Be Made On Race Issue Professors Return To Work Students Threaten to Strike MEXICO CITY Aug 21 Classes resumed at the National University law school today after 76 professors returned from a strike over how many classes their students could cut The students had threatened a strike of their own if unlimited class skipping was curbed The issue was resolved when sity authorities gave teachers permission to give slitter final examinations to students who don't attend half of their uled classes Hunts Honey Source Private Funds Hinted For Use In Probe WASHINGTON AUE 21 Chairman William Langer of the Senate judiciary committee started hunting for four good lawsuits today in an attempt to get money operational command of an Yoshida Schedules Tour TOKYO Aug 21 Minister Shigeru Yoshida will leave on his long-planned world tour Sept 25 with Canada his first stop it was reported today The premier's itinerary includes Canada Britain France West Germany and the United States He also hopes to visit Italy though arrangements have not been completed Diplomatic officials said Yo would pay a one-week visit to the United States beginning Nov 10 Red Bluff Strikers To Return to Mills RED BLUFF Calif Aug 21 Members of Local 2850 of the ing AFL Lumber Sawmill ers Union voted today to end their walkout in three mills in Tehama county and go back to work Monday By an undisclosed vote union members accepted a negotiated settlement which for no increase in wages although striking union members will be permitted to return to their Jobs HOBBS N M Aug 21 Authorities said today they had no choice but to proceed with an orde eliminating segregation in thi school system as a boycot move a group of parents opposing the action gathered momentum We are just hoping it will work out Charles Mills of the system since 1947 said W feel the less said right now the bet tcr it will be Meanwhile in Albuquerque state officials of the Baptist Church dis claimed any part in the fight A Hobbs Baptist minister the Rev Carter has led the forces op- posing elimination of segregation in the schools although he said he plans 1 o step down from the move ment after August 28 Eisenhower Signs Two Veterans Bills WASHINGTON Aug 21 President Eisenhower today signed into law two veterans benefit bills One concerns education The other deals with home and farm house loan authority The education law gives icemen of the Korean war three years after discharge instead of as present law to begin the four 5 ears of training to which they become entitled after two years military duty The other law extends for an- other year the authority of the erans Administration to make di- rect home loans to veterans when they cannot get private loans on as favorable terms It also vides increased funds for the loans Chiang Builds Landing Graft For Invasion Increase in Strength Follows Threats By MANILA P I Aug 21 The United States today greatly strengthened the U S 7th Fleet which is committed to defending Formosa from a possible Chinese Communist invasion Announcement of the increase in strength followed repeated Com- munist announcements they were ready to liberate the Nationalist island stronghold The units of undisclosed number were turned over to Vice Adm fred M Pride 7th Fleet der by Vice Adm William K lips commander of the 1st Fleet which has been operating in waters to the south Pride in a brief but impressive ceremony aboard the carrier Yorktown in Manila Bay acquired Army Intelligence Denies War Plot East Germany Propaganda Broadcast Termed Ridiculous by U S WASHINGTON Aug 21 Gen John M Willems deputy chief of Army Intelligence denied today that he ever told Dr Otto John that the United States is plotting war against the Communist Kast A Communist broadcast monitored in quoted John former West German security chief as identify his alleged informant as Gen Daniel or Samuel Williams deputy chief of the Pentagon Apparently he re- ferred to Gen Willems Amy Senate Speeds Army Report Hearings on Censure Set Aug 30 to finance a congressional gation The North Dakota Republican said he believes his plan outlined briefly on the Senate floor adjournment last night is without precedent But he said sees nothing wrong in using his own private attorney's fees to bankroll the inquiry ot his Senate subcommittee which is in- among oilier things the controversial power contract in Tennessee Valley As long as I pay the bills who's going to stop Langer asked of newsmen who questioned him after his announcement But Sen Everett M Dirksen R 111 said Langer's plan would raise a number of questions Dirksen a member of the judiciary on monopoly told newsmen Hie use of private funds for an of- investigation would become a matter of public interest Would the donors to the fund have an interest in the Dirksen inquired Langer told tha Senate that lie has never before laken private law cases during his tenure as a ator although there is nothing wrong with that practice He criticized the Senate lican for blocking which would have supplied government funds to finance the nationwide inquiry of the Langer later told newsmen that his protest was not directed at Senate Republican Leader William F Knowland of California I said the Republican ship That means the Republican policy Langer said when asked to elaborate on his complaint that funds for the sub committee had been blocked Chairman Stephen A Mitchell of the Democratic national tee told a Chicago audience earlier this week that funds to investigate the scandal had been cut-off Gardner Nomination Blocked in Senate WASHINGTON Aug 21 Chairman Leverott Saltonstal indicated Friday the Senate Armed Services ted will take no action at this sion on the nomination of Trevor Gardner to be assistant secretary of air force Defense officials Indicated thai Gardner's nomination was blocked on the Senate floor because of his alleged interest in the defense of atomic scientist J Robert heimer against security risk charges Gardner's nomination had been cleared once by the Senate Armed Service Committee It was tracked when it came up for ate approval by Sen Bourke B Hickenlooper a member of the Joint Congressional tee on Atomic Energy number of units including fast Carriers and destroyers with their supporting supply and repair ships The vessels have been engaged or several months in intensive raining exercises in the Philippine area and the South China Sea in to maintain combat readiness The British Admiralty recently an- that its ships had been operating with the Americans who is returning to his headquarters at San Diego Calif told the crew of the he was witli the results thus far obtained but emphasized that continuous training would be sary A Navy spokesman at Sangley Point said the 1st Fleet combat units in Philippine bases could be quickly moved as required to tect the interests of the United States and its Allies ASSAULT FLEET WORK SPEEDED TAIPEH Formosa Aug 21 Nationalist China was reported day to be speeding the construction assault landing craft lor an attack on China using parts shipped from the United States President Eisenhower announced that 100 craft had been contracted for in Formosa but local press re- ports today said sufficient parts had been shipped her to build 200 and that several shipyards were constructing the vessels The reports followed declarations by Nationalist leaders that an in- vasion of the China mainland by Generalissimo Chiang was Hearing Foreign observers said a lack of landing ships and American support had prevented such an at- tack Envoys Confer U S Weight Behind EDO Plan Flu Vaccination Planned for WASHINGTON Aug 21 U S servicemen throughout the world will be vaccinated soon to immunize them against influenza The Defense Department said they will be vaccinated before Nov 15 the date the disease ly starts appearing The vaccine a recently Isolated virus the department said Previously only overseas troops were vaccinated and then only after a severe cold Willems said he had talked with John during the latter's recent trip to the United States but that the conversation con- merely of amenities In a radio broadcast from East Berlin John who defected cently to the Communists charged that he had been told by the j deputy chief of Army Intelligence that the United States was paring to make war on the Com- munist East Willems told a reporter that John's assertion was ridiculous Nothing like that was ever mentioned in our he said During John's visit in ton Willems said the German WASHINGTON 21 The Senate subcommittee that in- the dis- voted to allow to submit individual views until August 30 to issue a report a few days puled 111 attempt to file the which would he made public as soon alter 30 as it can be printed and corrected lie said pi called on him in capacity j ubly akp uo ol as official representative of the Army for intelligence Willems said it was a formal courtesy call and that the con- versation consisted of tho usual amenities exchanged with visiting foreign I Willems emphasized there was no discussion of intelligence j matters Willems also pointed out that he was not alone with John BRUSSELS Belgium Aug 21 United States threw its full weight today behind the minute efforts to save the Euro- pean Defense Community EDO plan from disaster David K E Bruce U S sador for European unity matters rushed here from Paris for urgent talks with West German lor Konrad Adenauer and Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak Bruce was reported to have de- livered a message from U S of State John Foster Dulles to French Premier Pierre France at midnight through Jean Riviere French ambassador to Belgium why John should mention hit name Willems said he assumed John wants to pin something on the Army in an attempt to give some substance to his earlier charge that war hysteria prevails in the United States To give substance to his charge said John has got to tie it to someone in the military service John was in the United States for about five weeks in May and June He talked with Allen W Dulles chief of the Central Agency FBI Chief J gar Hoover and State and De- fense department Government officials denying that the United States is pre- paring any war against the said it is clear that U S policy is based on defensive strategy They cited President Eisenhower's re- cent statement deploring move towards preventive wur against Russia West Reich Officer Deserts to Commies BERLIN Aug 21 ond prominent West German lic official to defect to ism in the last month has been given political asylum in thp j vict zone of Germany the Soviet Jurors Convict 22 In Political Death MANILA Aug 21 persons including Rafael Lacson suspended Liberty party governor of Negros Occidental Province were sentenced to death today for a political murder in 1951 Five others were acquitted in connection with the slaying of Moises Padilla candidate for or of Town following the 1951 elections Lacson and the others an- they would appeal to the supreme court following their con- viction after a trial the longest in province the history of the Meanwhile Sen Arthur V kins chahman of special commit tec u Inch will censure Sen Joseph R McCarthy conferred with he Wisconsin Republican's announced lint public begin on schedule August 30 announced the pointment il Guy G tie of Chester Pa MS assistant counsel of the committee DC Funa 49 former assistant district attorney will aid his friend 11 Wallace wick chiel counsel said the sin en of his special subcommittee will have until 3 pm KUT August 30 lo submit statements or individual views for inclusion in the report on the hearings on the dispute He said that while the plans no more ings there is nothing lo prevent two or more members irom con- their views He hoped they would do so Sen Stuart Mid We hope seven members don't seven reports Survivors Returned In Indochina HANOI Indochina AUK 21 Recently released French said today the or their comrades lino of the mile death mardi fiom the of Dion Rien Phil The thin but none radio said today The East German interior min said Karl Franz Wittmack a prominent member ot Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union in the Bundestag fled to East Germany an fo for himself his wife and daughter The reported defection followed by one month that of Dr Otto John former chief of West security force Death Cell Inmate Beats Gas Chamber SAN QUENTIN Calif Aug 21 Little Navajo ers 27 of Los Angeles hanged himself in his San Quentin death cell last night He tied a six-foot strip of ing from his mattress around his neck stepped on a toilet fastened the other end to an air grating and stepped off before the guard completed his round Rogers entered San Quentin in March 1931 for second degree burglary In December 1952 his sentence was extended to life for possession of a knife and in March year he was death for killing a sentenced to fellow inmate in an argument over division of their jam gem rally and liny been lood tin their release in an effort to fatten them up Soon alter the fall of Dien Bien Phu they said mortality was heavy from in Ceded wounds dysentery and jungle fever They said lie Reds kept up an in- tense propaganda and tried to get them to Communist hymns but that few European responded to the Communist propaganda Senators to Attend Pacific Conference WASHINGTON Aug 21 Sens II Alexander Smith R-N and Mike Mansfield will accompany of John Foster Dulles to the coming conference that will draw up a Southeast Asian liance against communism The Stale D p p n r I m e n t last that bulks in- he Uvn senators to go him congressional They will attend both the eight-nation Southeast Asian Pact conference starting Sept 6 and the U Council meeting Sept 4 in the Philippine Islands
