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Flanders Plea
Near Failure
Carr Links
□ecic
WASHINGTON (n—A hands-off
policy adopted by the Senate Dem-
ocratic leadership today apparent-
ly all but doomed a move by Sen.
Flanders (R-VU) to strip Sen. Mc-
Carthy (R-Wis) of his investigat-
in# chairmanships.
Sen. Knowland of California, the
ate they might face a challenge to
their own organisation control.
One of the customs is that the
majority party shall control the
chairmanships. With only one ex-
ception, when a chairman has
been removed in the past it has
been done on the initiative of the
controlling party.
Republican leader, has already
made it abundantly clear that— _ „ . . ,
as a representative of the GOP .The exception came in 1924 when
administration — he does not want " 5
to move against McCarthy in the
way Flanders suggested on the
floor of the Senate last Friday.
However, a remaining key fac-
tor. In a Senate where Democrats
actually outnumber Republicans
48-47, was the attitude to be taken
by members of the minority
party.
Republican Problem
While Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson
of Texas, the Democratic leader,
would make no public statement
on the issue, be was reliably re-
ported today to have told party
colleagues he regards McCarthy
as a "Republican problem "
Apparently Johnson is advising
Democrats not to give any encour-
agement to Flanders, who has said
he will move by mid-July for ac-
tion on a motion to strip McCarthy
of his chairmanship unless the
Wisconsin senator answers ques-
tions raised in 1952 by a Senate
elections subcommittee about his
financial affairs.
The Flanders motion, which
could be called up by any senator
at any time, would remove Mc-
Carthy as chairman of the Gov-
ernment Operations Committee, as
well as head of its Investigations
subcommittee. Such a step is rare
in Senate history.
McCarthy termed Flanders' crit-
icism of hun a "smear" and said
the Vermont senator may be
senile.
Capper Agrees
Progressive Republicans revolted
against their party's leadership
and eventually forced a floor vote
in which the late E. D. (Cotton Ed)
Smith, South Carolina Democrat,
won out.
SEN. RALPH FLANDERS
.... key factor remains
AT $1,000 PER ACRE -
Board May Purchase Site
For Hew School Near ACC
Possible purchase of site for a
new elementary school near Abi-
lene Christian College will be dis-
cussed Monday night.
Abilene School Board is to con-
sider buying the land from the
Miller Estate of Athens, Tex. It
Tye to Pick
City Heads
On June 28
Taylor County Commissioners
Monday morning passed an order
calling for a city election at Tye.
voted approval for a new insur-
ance contract covering county pro-
perty and authorized purchase of
about $2,000 worth of radio equip-
ment.
A mayor, five aldermen and a
city marshal are to be elected by
the City of Tye, which voted June
1 to incorporate. The election is
called for Monday, June 28 at the
Tyo School, with the polls to be
open from 7am until. 8 p. m
Theo Newton was appointed to
serve as election judge.
The commissioners approved a
new insurance contract which will
give the country more extensive
coverage on county buildings at a
lower premium than the last con-
tract.
The new contract provides for a
total coverage of $476,000 at a to-
tal premium of $1,043.58 for three
rAgm or
o l s • I’hol
450 Methodist
I Youths Meet
- At McMurry
- • McMurry College's campus will
lies juat south of the ACC campus.
Owners have agreed to sell one-
half of the 27-acre tract at $1,000
an acre. Supt. A. E. Wells said.
Other matters on the agenda for
the 7:30 p.m. meeting in Wells’
office are:
<1> Efforts to set a salary scale
for teachers for the 1954-55 term.
(2) Preparation of the calendar
for the school term which opens
in September.
Bonham Addition
(3) Discussion of building an ad-1
dition to Bonham Elementary1
School, Elmwood West.
I (4) Conference with Tucker &
Lindberg, architects, regarding re-
modeling of the old North Park
Elementary School.
(5) Resignations and election of
teachers.
At an informal meeting last Mon-
day night, school board members
agreed to make personal inspec-
tion of the Miller land near ACC.
Texas Legislature has raised the
minimum required teacher salary
by $402 per year over the old mini-
mum. However. Abilene schools
were already paying $300 above
the old minimum.
Need for more classroom space
at Bonham Elementary School may
make it necessary to build an addi-
tion there. Wells said. That pos-
sibility will be discussed Monday
So far only one senator - Cooper
of Kentucky, a Republican - has
publicly lined up behind Flanders’
move.
Sen Hennings of Missouri, a
Democrat, yesterday issued what
was regarded as an attack on Mc-
Carthy in a speech criticizing “out-
rageous conduct” of "a public of-
\ ficial.” He declared at Valley
Forge. Pa :
“The American people can no
longer write it off as just poll
ties.’ The Democrats in the Con-
gress cannot shift the responsi-
bility to the Republicans on the
grounds that it is solely their
probtom. And the Republicans can
no longer indulge in the luxury of
appeasement at any price "
Whether this foreshadowed any
general Democratic movement to
support Flanders remained to be
seen, but immediate indications
were such would not be the case
Democratic leaders were said to * break-down of the contract | ham right now," Wells said Mon-
feel that any time the Republican showed the following amounts on day. Whereas the need for a school
leadership wants to try to chas various county property: $300,- in over Place isn’t felt yet.”
tise McCarthy it can have Demo- 000 on the courthouse and $25,000 ______________________________
years The last insurance contract
provided coverage of $377,500 at a.. _. __.
premium Of $1,082.37 for the same Bonham school.
period.
_ .A break-down of the contract
feel that any time the Republican showed the following amounts on
cratic help. But many Senate pre-
cedents and customs are involved
that the Democrats don’t want to
upset for fear that if or when
they return to control of the Sen-
000 on the courthouse and $25,000
on the contents: $34,000 on the
agriculture building and $5,000 on
the contents, $112,000 on the coun-
C-C Panel Heads
To Meet Tuesday
Second annual meeting of the
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
committee chairmen has been set
for Tuesday.
The meeting, a luncheon, is to
Hotel.
Thirty-five active committees
are included in the Chamber’s or-
ganization.
CC president George Minter
said of the luncheon that ‘accom-
plishments of the chamber are is
direct proportion to committee ac-
tivities, since the chairmen are a
guiding factor in work of utmost
importance to the entire commun-
Uy."
ty jail.
The contract is with the Abilene
Fire & Casualty Insurance Ex-
change Agencies issuing the poli-
cies are Boney Insurance Agency,
Shores Insurance Agency, Doyle
Taylor Agency and Odrian &
Wilks Agency.
The commissioners authorized
Deputy Sheriff Leroy Arnold to
purchase radio equipment for the
sheriffs department at an estimat-
ed cost of $2,000. One-half at the
total cost of the equipment to to
be refunded to Taylor County by
the federal government through
the Civil Defence Administration.
A first estimate on cost of the
equipment was $2,209.95 but Are
old said Monday that he expects
the actual cost to be slightly less
than $2,000. William McGill, state
co-ordinator of Civil Defense, has
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already given the county as
surance that one-half of the first
estimate would be paid by the
Civil Defense Administration
Equipment that Arnold was
authorized to buy includes two 2
way mobile radio units for can
used by the sheriff’s department
and the Liquor Control Board; one
mobile receiver on the sheriff’s
department radio frequency for
Texas Ranger Jim Paulk’s car:
one station receiver for the sher
iff’s department on the Depart
ment of Public Safety frequency,
and one walkie-talkie on the sher-
Sum P. M.
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today
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for M4 Moure
iff’s department frequency.
The commissioners also author
ized County Judge Reed Ingaishe
to ask for architects’ estimates
on the cost of installing cells on
the third and fourth floors of the
jail. Cells have been installed to
only one-half of the third floor and
none has ever been installed an
the fourth floor
Jailer Doyle Weedy has reported
that during the last six weeks
the number of prisoners has re-
mained constantly “from 55 to 50
and sometimes more. As a re-
suit, prisoners have had to be kept
in the unfinished pert of the third
floor and trusties stay on the
fourth floor.
be overrun Monday afternoon
when 450 young people gather here
for the Methodirt Youth Assembly
of the Northwest Texas Conference.
The youth are to register at 1
p.m. Monday in McMurry's Rad-
ford Student Life Center.
This is the 38th annual assem-
bly.
Dr. Marvin Boyd, pastor of the
First Methodist Church in Midland,
is to speak at 7:45 p.m. in Rad-
ford Auditorium.
Wesley Movie Tonight
Following his talk. "John Wes-
ley," color movie of John Wesley’s
life, will be shown. The public is
invited to attend the movie.
Dr. Boyd will be the main speak-
er all six evenings of the assemb-
ly. Theme of the meeting is "Find-
ing Life in the Will of God."
Dean of the assembly's teach-
ing staff is the Rev. Frank Perry,
pastor of Trinity Methodist in
Amarillo. The staff includes 22
Methodist ministers and youth
workers from all over northwest
Texas.
Director of the conference is the
Rev. Charlee Lutrick of Lubbock,
executive secretary of the confer-
ence board of education
He is assisted by Ruth Emory
of Lubbock, conference youth di-
rector. and Fae Marie Beck of
Perryton, Christian fellowship
chairman.
Special Consultants
Special consultants will be Mil-
dred Young of Dallas, associate
editor of the Texas Christian Ad-
vocate. and A. C. Wimpee of the
Texas Narcotics Education Bureau
of Garland.
Assembly courses will include:
What it means to be a Christian:
Protestant beliefs: personal Chris-
tian living; youth friendships;
Christian action: Christian com-
munity ideals: home Missions and
human rights, meaning of Meth-
odistm, and choosing a vocation.
night.
School bonds voted in 1952, pro-
vided. among other things, for a
new elementary school near ACC
and one in Over Place Recently
a citizens’ committee appointed by
the school board surveyed needs
for future buildings. It said that
possibly the money earmarked for
Over Place could be used to bet-
ter advantage as an addition to .
.... need more room at Bon Due Lafe Today
Scattered Showers
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LAYING FIRST BRICKS—Mayor C. E. Gallin, left, George Minter, Jr., center, presi-
dent of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce, and W. P. Wright, chairman of the C-C
national defense committee, are shown laying first bricks at Abilene Air Force Base.
The brick work is part of a dormitory being constructed by Robert E. McKee, Inc.
W. M. Edwards, construction superintendent, said the dorm will go up-fast now that
brick laying has begun. (Staff Photo)
CALAMITY COMES AT 7 P.M.
700 CD Workers to Move
Into Local Disaster Area
Says Schine
Used to Hail
Investigation
WASHINGTON an - Francis P.
Carr testified today Army officials
repeatedly linked talk of special
Army treatment for Pvt. G. David
Schine with efforts to stop Sen.
McCarthy's investigation of Reds
in the Army, then turned to speak-
ing of Schine as a "hostage.''
The chubby chief of staff for Me-
Carthy’s Investigations subcommit-
tee named Secretary of the Army
Stevens as having engaged in talk
of preferential treatment for
Schine.
But he said only Army Counselor
John G. Adams, to his knowledge,
spoke of Schine as a “hostage.”
Carr disputed much testimony
given earlier in the McCarthy-
Army hearings by Adams and by
Stevens.
Adams Charge Not True
He said it was not true, as Adams
charged, that Roy M. Cohn once
threatened to “wreck the Army”
and to see to it that Secretary
Stevens was "through'' if Schine
were sent overseas.
Adams had testified thal when
he told Cohn Jan. 14 that Schine,
a former subcommittee consultant,
might face overseas duty, Cohn
exploded with the threats.
Carr, who said ha was in the
room at the time, swore that "Mr.
Cohn did not make these state-
ments.”
“I don’t recall him saying any-
thing like that,” Carr said.
He did recall. Carr said, that
Cohn told Adams it seemed pre-
mature to be talking of Schine’s
going overseas since Schine had
not completed his baste Army
training.
Preparations for Monday night’s
disaster practice are complete,
Scott Hays, coordinator, said Mon-
day morning.
A full-scale “dress rehearsal"
for handling calamities will be
held from 7 to 8 p.m.
Persons who don’t have assign-
ments in the "disaster area" are
begged to stay out. Hays said.
Roughly 700 persons are expert- aster area,
ed to perform their various tasks
hearsal project will be at the
Naval armory.
Communications division will set
up network headquarters in the
armory. Mobile radio cars will re-
port to assigned divisions. The ra-
dio teams include mobile units.
walkie-talkie and messengers, all
of which will move into the “dis-
as
Denies Threat
Carr denied also ‘ that Cotai
‘of all residents of their blocks.
They will compile lists of places
' where the people of their blocks threatened he would "get" Maj.
would take refuge in event of ac- Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan, command-
tual disaster.
Boy Scouts are to act
if casualties"
WHAT'S NEWS
ON THE INSIDE
CONSERVATION Soil experts
six drought states will meet to
talk over means of stopping
wind erosion. Pope 2-A.
KLU KLUXERS—Cross burning
organization operating in
Orange. Page 3-A.
SIGNIFICANT SIGNS— Flowers,
cigaret butts show Berlin's re-
covery Pope 9.A.
BLIND CORNERS—City emin-
ence provides control of traffic
hazards on public and private
property. Pope 1-B.
Widely scattered thundershowers
late Monday afternoon were fore-
cast‘by the U. S Weather Bureau.
The showers are expected to
move in just ahead of an instable
air mass from the west that will
have little effect on temperatures,
a forecaster said.
A high of 95 degrees was pre-
dieted for Monday and Tuesday,
with a low Monday night of 70 to
75.
GOP Convention
Set in Fort Worth
DALLAS, June+14 —The Re-
publican state executive committee
today chose Fort Worth for the
Sept 14 state Republican conven-
tion.
ITS OFFICIAL
Young Wins HY Central
Control by Million Votes
ALBANY, N. V. un—Financier
Robert R. Young was officially cer-
tilted today as the winner of the
bitter war for control of the New
York Central Railroad. %
The election inspectors an-
TSTCS2
of directors put®
up by the Young- 3 7
forces had won byres $E7
a margin of 1.064 ST E
188 over the CenSW, T KL
1 ent $.
present ho ar d MA
he dd i Ps Mel
dir wane
White
The Young group
received an aver-
age of more than 3,407,000 and
the management group slightly
less than 2,340,000. ‘
White, who presided at the re
convened session of the annual
meeting of the stockholders, an-
Bounced that "I will not remain as
president of New York Central. I
wiB nevertheless cooperate with
YOUNG
$120,000 a year, was asked by a
reporter whether he intended to
resign. He replied, "do you think
that is necessary?"
He obviously was referring to
a prior announcement by Young
that the new slate of 14 men and
one woman would meet in New
York City into this afternoon and
elect a new president.
Young’s choice to expected to be
Alfred E. Perlman, executive vice
president of the Denver and Rio
Grande Western railroad.
A calm, reserved man of medi-
um height, with blue eyes and thin-
ning grey hair, Perlman joined the
D&RGW in 1935 on loan from the
Burlington. The loan was to, be
for ten years but has stretched to
Perthian A Gedted with playing
a large pert in putting the Rto
Grande on its feet. When he joined,
the road had a net deficit of four
within the "disaster area" proper.
Many thousands of Abilenians
will take part in the city wide
project. The program includes
meetings of block wardens with
all residents of their respective
blocks.
Horns Sound Disaster
The a disaster warning horns
will sound simultaneously, begin-
ning at 7 p m. There will be three
series of blasts, each three sec-
intervals
“Disaster area" will extend
from South nth St to South 20th
St. and from Butternut St to
Sayles Blvd
Rescue teams will find 24 "cas-
ualties' within the area. -
The “injured” will be taken to
the “field hospital,” in Alta Vista
School, 1929 South nth St. Those
found to be "the worst hurt” will
be transferred to Hendrick Me-
morial Hospital
An all-clear signal will end the
alert. This will sound at 8 p.m.
and will consist of three long blasts
with 10 seconds between them.
as Rescue Teams
All of the approximate M roe-
ewe teams are due to perform
their duties within the "disaster
area." Captains were fold several
days ago the locations at which
their respective teams should as
semble. Hays said
The teems will move in, equip-
ped with gloves, raincoats, flash-
lights, fire extinguishers, axes,
crowbars, hammers, saws and
first aid equipment
Medical staffs will work in the
“disaster area” and at the field
hospital.”
Headquarters for the whole re-
Administrative teams will report
to assigned locations.
The engineer division will report
lo the disaster area’’ without
heavy equipment. However, each
man will have a list of equipment
which he would normally have with
him and the source of supply.
Each block warden will meet
the people of his or her block. At
those meetings, inventories will be
made of first aid equipment in
the block for future use.
Block wardens will make lists
Transportation division Will func-
tion by opening all three truck as-
sembly points. It will have all
crews report for instructions. Not
all vehicles will report, but only
one vehicle from each firm that
will be furnishing trucks in case
of a real disaster.
All divisions will set up head-
quarters at the Naval armory
They will be assigned their par-
ticular pieces in the building
The military units assigned to
streets for control purposes will
report at their proper intersections.
No attempt will be made to con-
trol traffic except in the territory
surrounding the disaster area.”
er of Ft. Dix, N. J., for the "ob-
the parts scene way be had permitted'’
Schine to be treated while taking
basic training at that post.
Carr, a rotund former FBI man.
was called to the witness chair
when the hearings subcommittee
convened for its 13rd day. Sen.
McCarthy had been the witness,
with his cross-examination incom-
the new group in effecting aa or-
derly transition.” ---
*** ** *** * " *
million dollars yearly. Last year
it made $9,800,000.
Young has promised his adminis-
tration will tackle the Central’s No.
1 problem: passenger service,
which baa rolled up deficits year
FLAGS SCARCE
ON FLAG DAY
Few Abilenians Monday took
part in observing Flag Day by
displaying the Stars and
Stripes.
The occasion was the 177th
anniversary of the resolution
adopting the I’ S flag
Marine Reserve unit bore
joined the others to the Notion
in reminding the public to dis-
play Old Glory on this day.
MILLIONS KILLED'
Life Skips Beat
As 'Bombs' Fall
plete, when the bearings were re-
cessed Friday
Chairman Mundt (R-SD) ex-
plained McCarthy was ‘catching
up on his sleep" after a speech-
making trip to the mid-west over
the weekend
McCarthy came in midway in
the morning session of the hear-
ings sod took a seat and listened
as Carr went on with his testi-
mony
Conducted by Prewitt
The examination of Carr was
conducted by Thomas B. Prewitt,
assistant counsel for the hearings
subcommittee He had concluded
both his direct examination and
cross questioning of Carr when the
luncheon recess was taken. It was
1 not immediately indicated whether
I Can would continue in the witness
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSS
Life skipped a bent today as mil-
lions of Americans and Canadians
‘heeded wailing air raid sirens in
the continent's first international
civil defense exercise
with grim, disciplined make-be-
lieve, young and old abruptly
dropped their daily pursuits and,
in city after city, sought shelter
against the fury of mock atomic
annihilation.
Early reports indicated that the
public’s brief participation, no
mere than M minutes in most
cases, was successful.
But here and there a hitch de-
veloped. The alarm system didn’t
go off properly, so there was some
confusion in the Pentagon, nerve
center of America's military
might, as to whether or net the
test had started. Wardens passed
the word.
President Eisenhower led the
surge toward shelter With the en-
tire White House staff, he hurried
to basement refuge arena
The vast exercise assumed that
widespread havoc was wrought by
successful enemy bomb drops over
M American and Canadian cities
from Puerto Rico to Hawaii.
While the public’s rote was
limited to taking shelter briefly,
the exercise continued for hours
and days for tons of thousands of
civil defense corpsmen.
Officially, “Operation Alert” be-
gan II am EDT Federal civil
defense authorities, however, left
the public s time of participation
up to local officials.
| chair in the afternoon, or whether
in Boston New York sad other McCarthy would return to it.
Eastern cities, the sirens screamed
One of the many points on which
at 1 am .several hours in ad Carr disputed testimony from Ad-
ams was an account Adams had
vance of the presumed bomb
drops. .
For defense workers, millions caruny from his car in New York
perished to a flash of consuming civ
fire, while hundreds of thousands Cirrsaid he was in the car and
* n net o * * ES SMAto
given of Cohn’s ousting Sen. Me-
New York‘City ateue was ---------------------====
sumed to be the target of three Laughs Will Pep Up You
atomic weapons, one “Ground *
Zero” in the heart of midtown
Manhattan, one in downtown
Brooklyn and one in the Bronx.
Each was supposed to be eight
times as powerful as the one that
demolished Hiroshima.
New York’s death toll was put at
2,175,000.
87,000 won
FORT WORTH W—More than
87,000 Fort Worth residents were
.-Aust? today as the city took
part in a mock atom bomb attack.
A wanting signal at 9:46 a.m.
from 13 air-raid aiteiie was sup-
posed to halt autos, sending their
drivers to buildings in the down-
town section Shoppers were to
have stayed off the sidewalks for
10 minutes.
The people, though, just ignored
the whole thing.
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