Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              Air Products Firm To Begin Operation In Vulcan Plant
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A Paper For Thc Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Hot, Humid
Possible Showera^ Monday: Cooler
49th YEAR — No. 37 — 68 PAGES
MraibOT Audit Baraaa of Clraalatlaa
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1955
WIr* X*wi Bervto*
PRICE 15 CENTS
Birthday Tuesday
At 104, Kingston Woman Requests Airplane Ride
Turncoat GIs Reach Hong Kong
Three Face Retum
To U. S. They Chose     ;
To Reject As POWs       j
HONG KONG. Sunday (IP)| Three   American   turncoat!
\90-Degree Temperature Is forecast tor Today
High Humidify Assists In Bringing Discomfort; Heavy Crop Loss Feared
W'X
—Paul   Bl.l.T
Mrs. IJu Welckert  Beeso of  KlnRitton  nashes  a happy  104th birtlidmy amUe for a Sunday Independent photographer.
By SHELDO.V C. WLNTERJ\n.TTE
Sunday  Independent .Staff  Writer
She'd love to go for an airplane ride, but her persona! physician, Dr. John Carey, whom she shyly calls her "boy friend," has ruled that Mrs. Lizu Weickert Beese of 597 Market St., Kingston, must quietly observe her 104th birthday anniversary on Tuesday.
Mri. Beese,  who  waa  10  years ts^	
old   when   Abraliam  I>infH>ln   be-'
cam* preaident, waa interviewed fAMffAf AfilW%i4K in lier flower-decked room on one, ^*'*'**' ^•Wflll»» of the bliatering dajig of Uie fixim- fcl^^A   C L
mer.   Her calm, cool and gracious fv Oi   CflOU^ll
Gli arrive here from Red'    Scorching temperatures and high humidity combined China today, enroute to anj^? ^^}% yesterday one of the most uncomfortable days uncertain    future    in    the'°\ff« '^"'^Pl^^^'^h-*/'^^ '* ^''°'^ *^* weatherman-the United States they once re-i^^5 ^'"^^''^^^o^^t^'^ay- jected. j    T^® Weather Bureau saw only "chances for showers"
which mig'ht end the oppressive heat of the past week
b«f fl^i^^ILT ^tX "?' i"^^^'^ '^^" «° ^"'° history as one of the most continuous
extremely warm periods m the area Weather Bureau's 55-year history.
A 90-degree reading Is fore¬ cast for today.
While the high reading of 88 degrees was recorded between] the hours of 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.j vestei'day relative humidity ofj 60% made the day most uncom-i fortable to all except those at
rect.
During their brief Btapover In Hong Kong they will ba In police cuitody and then, with paaaport* good only for a one-way trip to tha United States, they are ex¬ pected to Ko aboard tha 3. S. President Cleveland for the trip home.
Originally, they had been sched¬ uled to reach Hong Kong yeater¬ day from Canton but at the laat moment the Red Chineae an¬ nounced ther* would ba a delay. Bed* Delay Arrival |
Weatern obaervera believed the
WOW I !!
lakes   or   mountain   resorts.   A,
bri^ shower in Wilkes-Barre shortly before 4:30 P. M.
^^ dropped the mercury a degree or two but offered little,
CommunUU     deliberately     poat-j^^ *'*y» relief. 	
poned   their  arrival   In  a  propa-|    Yeaterday'a    official    88-degree
FACTORY SITE—
ganda effort to convince the 18|reading waa not the highest of remaining tumcoata it would be;the week. It alao fell far short of unwiaa to try to go home. jthe record for the day. That came
Tha    Hong    Kong    government!'*'*'«"   ^^  temperature  soared  to aaid the three Americana who had^l"? ^;5"*!« ?^ ^'f^^" ^^?k}} "^^"^
enough of Red China after 18 months would arrive at the bor¬ der between 12 midnight and 1 A.  M. EDT today.
The Hong Kong government an¬ nouncement aaid the Chinese Red Croaa gave tha new arrival time and the British charge d'affaires in Peiping waa notified.
No mention was made of two Belgian aoidiera who aaked to leave Red China along with the three Americans.
The   three  Americana  are  Wil-
into the books July 9, 1936.
The continuctd hot apell waa viewed with alarm hy J. D. HutehiHon,   count.v   farm   agent,
"Its injuring crops, nil rrops," >lr. HutrhiHon i'ninnipnt«>d yen- terday. "Corn is starting to roll. It does this before it wilts. While it eould recover with rain it is harmed nevertheless. The  drougnt  is  terrific."
Official Readings
Yesterday's Official Readings (U.S.   Weather  Bureau,  Avoca)
8:S0 A.M 71 degrees
8:30 \M. 7« degreea
9:30 A.M. 76 degrees
10:30 \.M. 78 degrees
11:30 A.M 83 degrees
12:30 P..\L 8A degrees
1:30 P..H. 88 degrees
2:30 P.M. 88 degrees
Here  is an  exterior  view  of the   Vulran   Iron   Works   Steel Foundry, Hanover Township, which will become the new home of Air Products Ine., » new Wyoming VaUey Industry that w ill employ 12.5.
Red Attacks j*^®^ indusiry Is Third Are Viewed  ^^*^'"^^ ''* ^ Months;
But He's Certain
He Gets it Through:    *
Then it's up to GOP
PITTSBURGH (iPi^-Gov. George M. Leader haa expreased confi¬ dence that he can muster enough votes to push hJa income tax pro¬ gram through tbe state Houae of Repreaentatlvea, although candid¬ ly admitting 'two or three" wav¬ ering Democrats must be brought
attitude brought relief to the huff- ,. •       as
l.ig, puffing and perspiring report- V0(65   III   HOUSG
er and pbotograpiier. w«-^«»
Wilh the exception of failing! vision and occasional apelia of; wesakncss, Mrs Beese enjoya e.x-; ceptlonaily good ht .1th for a' woman h"r a?-.
Slie transacted afl hrr own hus- liie.»a unul abs waa »2 yeawa of age.
for the kwt 30 yearn--since the death of her huMband, William Bases alie haa resided at the Kingston address with her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Greas.
In ftdnition to Ver "boy  -•--*«." Dr. Car^y,  wiho       mit.^  his  calls are more social th«n profes-sional: mt-j line, beoause of her good  health, Mrs '
Beem   haa   a   "'"¦rl   friend,"   Mrs. „    ,       . , impnt«
Minnie Howej-. her nur*' /iork said his UX propoaaU at one ""^n"-
Until   recenUy,   .Mrs.   Beese  en- time had   the aupport of the  re- Joyed Jon« automobile rides.    Herj quired 106 member* of the House son-in-law,    Mr    Gresa,    like, toj They Wave, relate how ahe "Vyved to go in the     ,. ' „   .    f      .        . ^ etr and the tonser the trip the       ^"* '*>• number of thoee favor- better."    He   Jokte«3v    remarked '"*   P»«»*8:«  walvered   from   time
• to time," he aaid. "I doubt if we have enough votes now. but w-« •hall  In  the very  near future."
The   Democratic   party,   which elected    I.,ead«r    last    November, controla the houae by 112-96 mar- .,       ^. ., igi".   But   five   Alleghenv   County
.^ow  the  radio  Is   her  favorit* Democratic legi.slators havo open- means of pasaimg the houra.  She ly opi>osed  Leader's  tax program
and othfr party members were on the   border   line.
The hot spoil ian't the farmers only     problem.     Mr.     Hutchison „        .   „ . ,..,.-.      added that entire fruit and vege-l
Ham A Cowart, 22, of Dalton, Ca-i.t^ble crops were wiped out by the Otho C Bell, 24, of Hiilsboro f^eak hail storm in the Orange! Siiss., and Olym«))a, Wash.; and,area on Tuesday. Harold Bracr! Lewis VV. Griggs of Neches, Tex. i^nd Sons and Gt>orge Berlew and Britain Clears Way iSons,  prominent fruit growers of
Peiping   radio   hw   Quotfd   Bell I t>ran««.  '"st  their entire crop of tad Gngga as saying they wanted!fru't consisting of apples, pt-aches, to   return   to   the   United   States. ?'"""¦¦ Ifapes, etc.. with consider- Cowart waa said to want to go toja^le damage to trtos. Japan. | Tomato Plants Ruined
The way apparently waa cleared! Diamond Bros., extensive vege- for their return after Britain In- table growers, hdd 98 or 78 acres formed the Chinese Communistaiof tomatoea completely ruined, in writing that the trio would be! When the atorm was over only the
bruised  atalks  remained.  It
3:30 P..M..
4:30 P..M...
5:30 P.M..
6-."to P.M..
7:30  P.M...
8:30 P.M...
9:80  P.M.. 10:30 P.M. 11:30  P.M...
88 degrees
.87 degrees
.86 degrees
86 degrees
.88 degrees
.82 degrees
80 degrees
78 degrees
,77  degrees
X2:S0 AM. 76 degrees
1:00 A.M.  73 degrees
2 Reporters Held by Reds
As Serious
Dampen Optimism On Big-4 Summit Meeting at Geneva
WASpiNGTON OP)— A State Department spokes man said yesterday that heavy new Communist at¬ tacks in Laos are especially serious coming almost on the eve of the Big: Four Summit conference at Ge¬ neva.
The four-naitlon parley is de¬ signed to find new waya for eas¬ ing; teneione between the fr«« and Communlat worlds. Some oiftfioiala, including Preeident Eiaenhoiwer htonaelf, have exipreaeed Increaa- progreaa  wi'l!  bc
The    youthful    executive
that Mm. Beeee would have madJ the world'a greateat endurance driver.
Until her vision started to fWl, Mra. Beeee waa an avid reader. Ukes Detective Storiea
admitted to the crwwn colony. But;bare, 	
Britain  stiil   refused  to isaue  the|was worse than a hurricane, resi-     VTONNA «P>—Commainiat Hun-jj       hopea  that transit viaaa requested by the Chi-denU said. ggjy announced yesterdav it haaimade
"*•*• ¦    Other growers have other prob-Lrr^^g^ ^^^ Budapest correspond-l      „ ,  ^
Under   Hong   Kong   regulations lems.  all  reiated   to  the  weather.' ,   ^    i,  ,., j r> j  a    i      "*•'*  t**"  "^'^  Communist  at-
Itransit  visas   cannat.   be  given   to.Much of the trouble, said Hutchl-i^** °' *« Vnite6 Press and As-j  j^,,, ^^ ^ao, seemed to dampen from'persona without valid travel docu-'son, is attributed to the fact that'sociated Press and two employee!  some of that optimism.
ithe water level is continually go-,of the American Legation in Hu.n- The   three   former   prisoners  of jing: down. igary.
the Korean  war will be admittedj    Incidentally, while a brief shower! n police cuatodv until the Ameri-iwas recorded here yesterday after
largest mlHtaty <totion tbe Coon- munlsts have yet undertaken" in Laoe sin>ce the Indocihdneee armi-
wouldn't miss "One Man's Fam¬ ily" for anything, «ays Mrs. Beese, •«! will strongly protest turning of a g'x>d detective eion-
Leader said that if hia tax meaa urea are passed by th© House, the
Born in Sohwerln, M«<'kleniburg, i program   then  will   "become  par- 'Vrtrmany, Mra. Beese came to thistially a Republican problem," be- wuntry with her parents, Mr. and cause the GOP holda a 26-24 mar- 'Cootinued on Page 2, Section 1)   gin in the Senate.
The depariime'nit epokeeiman aaid
1 reiports   from   Inc: ;oiiii'n«   indloaite
A   comm'unique   eaid   aU   fourithe   Red   aitt*ck,   whioh   bectume
can   consulate   here   issuea   them,noon,   no   precipiution   whatever!Person- were "under au«picion of Imowm    here    Friday,   wa.   "the
paasporta  for a one-way paasageiwas noted at Avoca Airport where!working for a iMig time for the
home. ithe  Weather  Bureau   ia  now  lo-American secret Informaition eerv
If they were given entry visas'cated. they would then be able to coti-i    Showers,
tlaue on to any other country.
Dixon-Yaies Issue Boils
forecast   earlier,   ap¬ peared to have been widely scat¬ tered aa well as few and brief in duration, reported waa at Klmira, N. Y.
Man, 5 Ciiildren Die In Human ChainDrowning
MODESTO, Cal. (IPX—Six persons—including two in- rants—were swept to their deaths yesterday beneath tht
W.ViHINGTON -tP^-Democratic leadera uaed a fresh spate of; words yesterd.iy over Presidenti Eiaenhower'a part In the boilingi Dixon-Yates power contract con¬ troversy, j
Democratic National Chairman j r^^g wide variation between the Paul M. Butler called oo thejoffipi^i ^.nd unofficial readings is President to "open the files and [attributed to the fact that let the public read the oomplete •^ygat^p.f Bure«u Instruments are uncensored record." He termed ij^^intainW in a shelter covered the contract "a major mistake ofin„ ^11 four sides with a double 'Mr. Eiaenhower'a adminiatration.":jQp j,^ ro{,(^ while the others, are
Sen.   Albert   Gore   (D.,   Tenn.)'exposed   in   most   Instances.   The followed  by aaying that "for the
The correspondents are Dr, Dlo- na Nyilas of the United Preaa and NeaTesrthunder"sai^er>er husband. Endre Marton, of the Associated Press. The U. S. j legation employees were listed as ¦Cornelius Balas, and Baliant Kap- ozsi.    All four are Bulgarians.
UP Asks Fall Report
Tlie United Pres.i said It was .asking the State Department to obtain a full report on the arrest of   Dr.   Nyilas.
Marton waa arrested last Febru. ary, but the Communists did not acknowledge until yesterday that they had seized him. His wife vanished June 24. The couple has two children, both of them girla.
Tnofficial temperatures re¬ ported ill Wilkeit-Biirre were five to stisc degreen higher than the official readinKs, with the mercury climbing to the M6 mark on {'eiitral City thermometers at 8:30 P. M. The. unofficial readings dropped to 89 degrees following the shower hut were listed as 96 at 0 P. M. again.
Stice was signed a year ago. Re¬ ports from Saigon said ait least three battalions of Communist; trooipe opened tJiie at.tack againet Laotian government foirces in the mounbaine of e<U(tem Laoe.
OHIO INDUSTRIALIST
Will Provide 125 Jobs
The third new industry to be brought into Wyoming Valley in three months was announced vesterday by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial Fund. '
  Part of an expansion plan
Firm*8 President    ?^ ^''' P^^ucts. inc., whose
headquarters are in Em¬ maus, Pa., the new industry, which will start operations with 125 local men —a figure that may be tripled in the future—will use the former .steel foundry of thc Vulcan Iron Works in Han¬ over Township.
Highly pleased that announce- ment of this new addition to tha Valley's job-creating forcea, oould be made on the eve of the In¬ duatrial Fund's new drive ftor funds, William O. Sword, presi¬ dent of the fund, gave high praise to the co-operation the Fund had received.
Air Product*. Inc. will expand Us manuf icturing facilitiea to the .'^teel foundry of the Vulcan Iron Works which recently cloeed. This company manufacturea gaa pro- c esaing equipment and cutting and welding equipment for a worid- wide market. Other Industries
The other two induatries r». cently brought to Wilkee-Barre hy the Induatrial Fund were th* Valley Moccasin Co. and tlie fti»« niture factory to be operated hf Mendel Nelson and sons, CtwrlM and  Joeeph.
Air Products, Ine. win begte operations with 12S local men. Ak a later date they hope to exp«a4 joperations  by  including an
IJF'X)N.4KD POOL
German Bride Of Gl Claims Red Jailing
neering division.    While it will be-
BERLIN (IP)--A  German|™«^"t to 125 Wyoming Valley me«
'i-T u   -J -J i.     J 1     K'" operations by giving emplojp-
Ai-rroi-n   r>ci-irMce   OACTi        ^^^ ^^'^  .vesterday shejthey hope to    double or triple twi
OFrLntD UcFcNSh POST spent six weeks in a Commu-figure in a comparatively shoit
nist jail rather than re-^^^ fJZv ^^so H^ . p^^ nounce her American hus-iat Allentown. The Wllkes-Barr* {)g]]^^ plan will be An expanaion of prea-
T.   1.     <• ..   «.       • .       k"* facilities.
Pretty   18-ye»r-<KM   Rit*  Adams i    when   the   deciaion   waa  m*d«
^d   «h«   was   arre^e^.bj'  East ti,;,  spring   to  close  the  Vulc«
Berlin pohce wiien she Jiaited tiielsteel    Foundry.    Lloyd    Dou^lM.
the city  to   »eCi president of the firm, immediatriy
contacted    the    Greater    Wilke
ASHVILLB, N. C. (IP)--Reuiben Robertson Jr., president of Cham¬ pion Paper and Fibre Co., Hamil¬ ton, Ohio, said yeaterday he haa Men offered and "la seriously amsidering" the post ot deputy secretary of defenae.
He eeJd, however, that "some very real problems," miiti. be worked   out   before   It  would   be
On^  D^od    }  Hlf r^ I ^''"''^''' ^ accept the poet aoon to
a tragic hu-
•woUen waters of the San Joaquin River iii man chain. ^
«hsriff'a deputies *t the scene •"»• 12 miles west of here said Me victims, members of t^vo De- .77' ^^- 'w»"iM, were pulled «Msr the swift, muddy waters at »» isolated bathin* area when «• ohlldren   kwt  their  footing.
tP** j*"""*  '"^•'¦»  Wetitified   aa'    "t next looked up," she told the "no Hernandei Ramlrei. 26; hisideputiea,    "and    they   had   dlsap- J^o_ohlldreB.   Peter,   three,   and jpeared aa If they had atepped off two;    and    three    aistera.la ledge.
Gloria Villa, seven, Henrietta Villa, IS, and Santos Villa, 18.
A witness to the tragedy. Mrs, Rose Mcintosh of Modesto, said .¦jhe saw the children wadinp' 'it into the river, linked together hand-to-hand.
Maty,
Tofces More Than Bartenders' Strike To Moke fot and Mike Miss Grog
n^^f^' ^'^O W-Them's aJ^'^ ^'* •«<' Mike wiien
^^r^.' • •*'** ''"• «*  * •>«'
S«ne   2,000   DuWin   bartenders tnea to yetterday when they went
UrZT t^'"«: Dublin wa, euf-
lJ7i^'"i^"' "»« c»P»tal of Ire- pX ,.-h *' than rtrike-bound »"•'/ his wa«,t*    Uke  fanuly-
owned saloons, hotels, cluhe, ree- taurant-bars in the oity center, for instance.
Pat and Mike and their friends flocked to theee place* and didn't seem to mind that 450 pub* were lacking bartenders Strikers Ijioh Sympathy
The situation saddened many barkeeps who wanted that extra 25 shillings a week they etruck for. Said Michacl Kane, a bar¬ man  for 20 years:
"You can get away wiuh any sort of atrike action over here aa long as it doesn't affect a nutn's beer. We'r getting no sympathy at all from patrons."
Dixon-Yates contract. President Eisenhower Is officially and per¬ sonally responsible and officially and personally culpable."
Sen. Estes Kefauver <D.. Tenn.) assailed a IW report by Adolphe- H. Wenzell which recommended methods to curUil power func¬ tions of the Tennessee VaUey Au¬ thority. Kefauver said the report showed how "T\'A was attacked in the dark, behind its back with no chance to reply."
Falls Beneath Train, Escapes
PHILADHJLPHIA OP) — George Wharton, 61, euffered a dliiy epell and fell to the tracka of the Broad St. subway, yesterday, but he es¬ caped aerious injury by lying be¬ tween the rails aa a three-car train   pulled   into   the   Btation.
Other pervona In the station screamed in horror when they saw
Bureau's   thermometer   has   free |f| rOCOflO ^rOSil
access to air and is standard the world over. It is of the same type as that used In ell countries where weather forecast facilities are maintained.
be vacated with ths resignation of iRobert Anderson.
YeRterda>''« wann. nmUt and », unfttable air came from the Uulf of .Mexico and "smothered" most of PwinHylvaiiia. The weather bureau said there iiiiKht be a break in the prevailing pattern by tomorrow an cooler air pushed its way eastward.
BUSHKILL FAU^. Pa. (IPH-A New York man was killed and three other persons we're Injured, one critically, yeaterday when their automobile went out of control on a rural road and crarfied into a retaining wall and a tree near here.
The dead man was identifled es Bernard    Nitiburg,    28.    of    li>.'i6 Crotona   Parkway,   Bronx,   N.   Y. Police   said    he   apparently   wus thrown to the roadway when the The   Bureau   looks   for   a   high;car   bounced   off   the   wall    and reading (official"  of 90 today.       j crashed head-on into the tree. A front, separating cooler mld-j    j^^jj^  Brooks.  25,  Union.  N.  J,
suffered a poeslble fractured skull and severe cuts of the face. She
western air from the hot south¬ ern air was headed eastward and moved into Ohio last night. Winds of up to 70 miles per hour ripped into Lima, Ohio. Resulting de¬ crease in mercury levels for PennsjUvania were prom I sediBemard Diamond, 30, the Bronx, should the cool air mass arrivejand Leatlce Aaronaon, 2S, Kew here sometime today. j Gardens, I.* I., N. Y.
was admitted in critical condition to Stroudsburg General Hoepital. Also  injuured  were  the  driver,
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
Section P«ge|
the    train    paaa   over   Wharton, i^^^g^ment    „. Four
Patrolman  Louis  Monacello,  who;A.round the Town.....„. Three
waa on duty nearby, rushed to thel^ijjy  j^^jj 1^^,^,  'iVo
platform and climbed to the tracksJQjaggified    ].1"I!." Five
aa the train ground to a halt. HelQjy^ty   News   „.-... Tw©
met  Wharton  crawling  from  »>e-|Crosaword  Puxjtie .....Six
neath the laet car. [Drew   Peareon   „. I'liree
^^^larton aaid the train ac raped; Editorial      Three
his back, but his only injury waejFrank  Tripp  Three
a be*d cut suffered in the fall.     'Obituary  „..„.... One
Section Page
8-9,George   M.   Adama Three 6
7;Home Buildena  ...-.Six 4
10: Poiitica    -.Three 6
l-s{Radio  Four 7
iij Robert C, Ruarit Three 7
4! Stiate Capitol   Two «
«! State   News   Two »
6 Sport*   Three 1-5
7ITV Four 7
Sl Women's Section....... Fotir !¦«,
Valley Scenes
Beautifully engraved wooden plaque on cottage at nearby re¬ sort, which reads:
I'm not denyiv' Women are foolish. God A'mighty Made  'em To match the mtn.
Young diner in Central City restaurant complaining of no meat in the cheeseburg¬ er he ordered and getting explanation "they put some in" from waitress.
Central City establishment employee starting kis week's vaeation by visiting his col¬ leagues to tell them he was enroute to the' cool, eool Poconos while others sweated.
Truck driver going through red light at I^'orth Kiver and Unix)n Sts. and vointing to signal light to let stopped vehicle drivers know he was aware of violation.
A neighborhood municipal¬ ity policeman tossing lighted firecrackerg through an open tavern door for laughs on In- de^ndenee Day,- after the chief had publicly warned that he would arrest all per¬ sons setting off firework* in the borough.
Soviet  sector  of
her sister'a new baby.
The Oomimuniata aentenced herj Barre "industrial Fundwith hopeii to aix weeka in a crowded. dirty|of ueing the foundry as a locaU«m jail   after   she   denied   It   «¦«   a for a new or expanding industry.
Mr.   Dougiats  told   representative*
after   she   denied   It   «'«a "crime  to   marry  *n   American," abe reported.
Her husband is Earl Ad«un8 of Harrison, Ohio. He married Rita | happy to cooperate by making H« Jan.  2«,   one  day   before  he   leftiiand. buildings and improvemewUl
of  the  Industrial  Fund  that th« Vulcan Iron Works would be
for the  United Statea to be dis- eituitiged from the Army.
Mrs.  Adams  saad   the  Conunu nists sentenced her to jail on the
available to the Industrial Fund at a very reaaonable cost. Attor¬ ney Robert Doran, member of ttM. Committee of 100, immediately
I
pretext aiie  had  not  surrendered^tereeted  one   of   his  clients,   Air' her   East   German   identity   caTdjProducta,   Inc.   in   acquiring   tUs when aihe moved  to Weet Berlin jmajiufacturing; plant. to be n«»r Adams, an Army pri-|    Mr.  Douglas  said  that he Mkl vate at the time. ,   (Continued on Page 2, Section 1>
Seif-Appointed Censors Attacked By Head of Library Association
PHILADICLJPHIA (UV-John S.jaoroea a "very incluirive ltat *t Richsrda, librarian of the Seattle,:authors" bearing tfae oaptleah Wsj*., Public Library, took office ["What to look for In the llbrwrjr
aa president of the American Library Aaaociation with an attack on the "gangsterism" of self-ap¬ pointed consora.
Richards, speaking at the ALA'rf 74th annual conference here, aaid
of your school." This list, of mxf- poeedly dangerous material, be •¦- plaaed, "would exclude many titlea which are claasios and which ao library could  get along without"
"Several  of  the   Hated   authon
it was important for librarians to ^ •=''""»' "^ "'" '"^=" T ™ t*aMze tfee threat of censors hip P»^'^.''°"«'«<1 th« sssociattoa hf exist,   in   the  United   SUtes  „d 'P**"'"*. *'°" **"*"* •*^**^
exist.
may continue to come.
"Perhaps we must get used living ivlth these pressures aa we *i^'tage do with high taxes," he said. "In¬ dividuals and groups still claim the right to determine what books shall be included In the library and what our patrons shall read."
he added to' "This asiiauit on our etdtura] must be recogniaed for the gangsterism that it ia and must be com batted whenever and wherever met." Ricshards said.
He praised tbe activity of tbo ALA   Intellectual   Freedom   Comr
Richarde aaid be recently. oameloUttee (or IU work In «bl« tMA, k i