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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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Monday—Little Change
52ND YEAR — NO. 22
Aodlt BarMMi «f CIrcntatlon
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1958
VNITED PRESS
PRICE 20 CENTS
20% IF AND WHEN'TAX CUT ADVOCATED
iBulganin Seen On the Way Out In Soviet Union
His Removal Would Strengthen Power Of Nikita Khrushchev
Congressional Mail Stresses More Jobs; Few Favor Tax Cuts
Reflects Growing Public Concern With Climbing Unemployment Data; East and West Show High Interest
WASHINGTON (IP)—A random check of Senate offices showed yesterday that congressional mail is reflecting growing public concern about the recession but is not yet indicating a general clamor for tax cuts.
Some   senators'   offices*	
reported mail from consti- tuent.s running heavier than last year when congres sional mail saclis were bursting with letters demanding a cut back in the federal budget. The budget Is larger this year than last but (he mall indicates a de¬ sire for more, not less, federal spending.
Tlvat portion of the mail deal-' Ing with the economic situation j touches on many subjects—farm! income, public works, unemploy-] ment benefits, taxes and imports;
Telltr^^'o^u'' i    W A S H I N G T 0 N (LP)
The"offi^ <J 'sen. Irving M.—Nikolai   Bulganin   may Ives (R-N. Y.), which makes a be ousted soon as Russian daily analysis of mail, received [premier in the continuing 2.860 letters during five days of battle for power in  the Soviet last  week.    Of those,   only  36iy„i^   ^gygHy reliable diplomat- called for a general tax reduc-;ic quarters reported yesterday. I tion  while 41  others asked for     His   removal   would   increase! repeal  of taxes on  freight  andjthe already great authority con-j travel icentrated In the hands of Nikita!
Letter-wrHers   in   Texas   andL^hrushchev,   first   secretery   of ,,        .    . . . jthe Communi.st Party. There wasi
other oil-produomg states *reUpeculatiwi that Khru^ichev will complaining about the impact ofj take over the premiership. The oil imports on dcmiestic produc-late Josef Stalin held both tWRts ^^^ I at the time of his death in 19S3.
The   off!ca   of   Sen,   Paul   H.i,  Experts following the came of
_       ,      ,_. ,,, V _.^ .u„„, -Kremlin ix>litic<; are bettme that
Douglas (D-ni.) reported about •iBuIranin. despite his close b-so- third of his mail mvolves the cjatjon with a pos^iiWe Fa^t-We.'st economic situation and most of summit parlev. will be »idelined.
Sought Gin Rummy Players
Todd Concerned Before He Died in Plane Crash How He Would Spend $100,000,000 Profit
Good Opportuplty
They said that if Khru.shchev wants to makie a change he will have a perfect opportunitv next Thursday when the Supreme Soviet parliament meets in thc wake of the recent Soviet elec- from a constituent calling for a tion Under the election laws and
this relates to taxes. Demaada for Action
But another Democratic sena¬ tor from a populous southern atata said he had not yet re¬ ceived a single letter this year
Kirk Douglas Refused Bid To Make Trip
By VERNON SCOTT UP Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD (LP)—Ten hours before he died yes¬ terday in a plane crash in New Mexico, jaunty Mike Todd sat in his plush MGM Studio office at¬ tempting to locate com¬ panions for his fatal flight.
Feet propped up on his desk, Todd telephoned Producer Joseph Mankie- wicz:
"Ah, c'mon," he said. "It's a good safe plane. I wouldn't let it crash. I'm taking along a picture of Elizabeth Taylor, (his wife), and I wouldn't let anything happen to her.
"Besides, I got $.3,000,-
000 worth of insurance. You'd be covered, too."
Mankiewicz begged off and thereby preserved his life. Todd also called actor Kirk Douglas, who couldn't make it either.
The flamboyant showman, who made and lost one fortune after anotlrer during his dazzling career in the entertainment world, was flying to New York ]City   to   accept   the   tribute   of
1 show business at a testimonial jdinner in the Waldorf-Astoria iHotJel tomorrow.
Also killed in the crash were two pilots and screen writer Art Cohn, who was writing a book! [about the producer's fabulousi ;career entitled "The Nine Lives of Michael Todd." ' Todd's six-passenger Lockheed Lodestar plane, which had "iced up," exploded into flame after
Dazzling Career Ends
i
S3 Million In Insurance Was Taken Oui
in only 204 theaters, but its made $,30,000,000," he said. "It only cost $6,000,000.
"It will be the first movie ever to make $100,000,000—and I don't know how I'm going tol spend it all." '
Todd interrupted himself to' pick up a life-size portrait of his screen star wife and kissed it. "She's the greatest," ha ob¬ served.
His office door opened and Todd's biographer. Art Cohn who was killed in the crash with Todd, stepped in to ask what time their plane would leave. Planned New Picture
"At 11 tomorrow moming, un¬ less the weather looks bad. If so, we'll take off late tonight," Todd said. Cohn nodded and said he was going home to pack.
"I'm flying East to accept the showman of the year award," Mike went on. "If I can talk Elizabeth into it, I hope to stop by Chicago to see the Robinson- Ba.silio fight on the way back."
He said Miss Taylor would not accompany him because she was working the movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." She also was suffering from an attack bronchitis.
Todd planned to begin pro¬ duction work on a new picture "Don Quixote," on his retum to
Business Executives Call for Lower Rate If Decline Continues
WASHINGTON (IP)—A 20% across-the-board cut in individual income taxes for about nine months was advocated .vesterday by the Committee for Economic Development if the national economy at the end of  —^May drops below Feb¬ ruary levels.
Most February econom¬ ic indicators showed a steady slump from last August when many economists agree the cur- rent recession started.
The CED, a committee of 150 bu.i^ines.s executives and econo¬ mists seeking to promote na¬ tional economic growth, said it was not actually recommending a tax cut al present. But a spokesman said the congres¬ sional tax committees should start tax reduction studies im¬ mediately and be ready to move quickly "if there are two months of decline below tha February level."
July 1 was suggested as a possible effective date for tha
Rebel Planes Bomb Indonesia Capital City
3 U. S. Warships Ready to Evacuate American Citizens
SINGAPORE (IP)—The rebel radio claimed yester¬ day two revolutionary government planes bombed the Indonesian central govern¬ ment "Summer capital" of Ban¬ dung. It was the first reported I "(.yt attack on  the  home  island  of'    .^^ ^4^,^ f^^^^f i„ the CED
proposal followed generally tha attitude   of   the   Eisen-
MIKE TODD
A Fabulous Operator
Tension  was  building  up  in the  big American  oil  and  rub- known
ber  centers  of   Pakanbaru   and hower administration.  The Pres- Medan   in   Sumatra   and   three jjjent and his chief economic ad- of U. S. warships stood by at Sing-|  j ^ ^^ ^3,^  u„,e8, ,^0-
apore, a few hours saiUng time   '    .
away, to evacuate Americans if nomic conditions worsen unex- necessary. pectedly.   until   late   April   and
The   rebel   radio   said   two! possibly Mjy before shaping tax Hollywood. The film was to starlbombers flying from Menado, inreduction proposals, his 26-year old wife. French ac- rebellious    North    Celebes,    at-     ^dmimstration    leaders tor Femandel  in the title role, tacked   and   damaged   the   air     '^"" r,>„orr..   .fter  i<«
Sancho field «t Bandung, scene of the realire that Congress, after its
and    Jerry    Lewis    as Panza.
well
the crash.  The four bodies werelTodd's   first   attempt   at   moviej Mad Frequent Spats burned beyond recognition. jmaking,  "Around the  Worid inj    Todd's marriage to the beau
Todd's last interview was wkhlSO Dav>s," won him an Academyltiful actress who was only half
this reporter. Needed a Player
He looked at me. "Why don^t
Award. He followed this success his age, was marked by a whiri-
iast Fall with a birthday party for the film in Madison Square
you come along?" he asked.  "I Garden, want    somebody   to   play   ginj    He flipped out a sheaf of pa- rummy with." pers and read off the figures. A colorfui, fJamboyant figure,!    "So far the picture's shown
wind courtship, public spats and frequent embraces for photogra¬ phers
Their romance began In the Fall   of   1956   when   the   dark-
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personal income tax eut. An¬ other said the mail was heavy with demands for action by Congress to create jobs but light on tha question of tax reduc¬ tion.
the Sloviet Constitution Bulpanin and his government are required to resign. The answer to Ws fate will come when the new govem¬ ment is formed. Relations between Khrushchev
Sen. Frank Carlson (R., Kan.);and Bulganin were strained dur- is receiving 20 to 25 letters Sjing the last Kremlin shakeup in day on taxes, most of them sup-June. 1957, when Khrushchev porting his proposal of last week jousted  bigwigs V.  M.  Molotov.
to halve withholding taxes dur¬ ing tha last half of 1958 if Con gress decides to go for tax re¬
duction. Previously ha had ra- ceivad llttia mail on taxes or on the economic situation general¬ ly, except for a continuing flow of complaints from critics of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson.
Tha offica of Sen. Warren O. Magnuson (D., Wash.) said the recession has become the domi nant  subject state,   where
Georgi M. Malenkov, and Lazar M. Kaganovioh. Khrushchev further tightened
his power in the Fall when he fired Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov as Soviet defense minister and a member of the Presidium.
Diplomats said evidence has been accumulating that Bulga¬ nin's prestige has been skidding since the June power struggle. The split between him and Khrushchev apparently devel- In mail from his [oped wlien Bulganin sided with unemployment   is his old cronies who were fired.
relatively high. Much of this was reported to deal with pub¬ lic  works and  unemployment Korea Reds Charge
benefits and llttia with tax re- _      .       .._   .     .      ^
duction.
Good Weather Expected Today
The region will enjoy a good day weather-wise today, accord¬ ing to the U. S. Weather Bureau at Avoca Airport. The forecast is mostly fair with a high of 46 to 53 degrees.
No rain is likely before Mon¬ day night, according to the fed¬ eral meteorologists.
Monday's forecast is Increas¬ ing cloudiness with little tem¬ perature change, a high of 46 to SO degrees.
Border Violations
PANMUNJOM, Korea m — North Korea yesterday charged that more United Nations com¬ mand jet planes have violated the frontier where Red gunners shot down a U. S. Air Force fighter last month
At tha 184th meeting of the Military Armistice Commission secretariat in the Panmunjom neutral zone. North Korean Col. Kim Joon Kyung demanded from U. S. Col. Frank F. Carr that the pilots be punished.
Carr in tum demanded for the fifth time that the Reds retum tha DC-3 South Korean airiiner they hijacked last Feb. 16.
Millionaire Hotef-Owirer Jailed For Fasi One on Sioekholders
LONDON m — Leonard P. Jaclnon, a high-living million¬ aire and self-styled ''Napoleon of high finance," found his Waterloo in a woman and went to jail for nine months yesterday on charges of fraud.
An Old Bailey Court jury Friday found the 57-year-old Jackson guilty of two counts of defrauding Gordon Hotels, Ltd., into buying a awank restaurant for $168,000 when he knew It waa losing $1,400
ger week. tunned by Verdict Jackson was stunned. He had been so sure of acquittal he had arranged a champagne party at the Mayfair Hotel to celebrate.
It was a woman who did him in. Zena Daniels, race¬ horse owner and business¬ woman, led a group of stock- bolden   in    Gordoa    Hotels
against Jackson and helped put police on his trail.
It was a bitter pill for the man whose slogan waa "noth¬ ing but the best for L.P.J."
Borp poor, he parlayed a business in ra^ to the direc¬ torships of 30 companies, and the chairmanship of Gordon Hotels, whidi owna the plush Mayfair Hotel in Loodon^a Weat End.
Witii his immaculata dreai, tortoise ahell glasses, taste for champagne and free-spending ways he lived up to his title of "Napoleon of West Lc«- don's high finance."
But the jury decided that he tried to make a killing on the Cascade Restaurant, in which he held conpxilhng it»terest. According to police, the sale to Gordons Hotels would have saved Jackson $106,400 io li- abiUties.
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Dewey Greets Ike in Georgia
AUGUSTA. Ga. (IP)— President Eisenhower flew south yesterday for a golfing week end under the Georgia sun and, to his pleasant surprise, found former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York on the scene.
Dewey and his wifa arrived at the Augusta National Golf Club, the President's week-end head¬ quarters, on Thursday but Eisen¬ hower did not know they were here until he arrived.
Dewey, who^n twice unsuc- cesfsfully for the office that Eisenhower captured twice, is an old political friend of the Presi¬ dent.
After a am ooth two-hour flight from Washington, the President stepped down from the presidential plane Columbine III into bright, early-Spring weath¬ er. It was a sharp contrast to the dismal slush ha left in the nation's capital.
Tha President lost no tima in getting out on the golf course.
Whita House Press Secretary Jame C. Hagerty said the Presi¬ dent would leave here about 4:30 P. M. (EST) Sunday on the re¬ turn flight to Washington. He has an appointment Monday moming with Dr. Ludwig Er^ bard, West German vice chancel lor and minister of economics.
Soviet Record Malces U. S. Doubt Motives
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (IB — A Stata Department official said yesterday that the "black rec- ord^^ of the Soviet regime makes the United States more than suspicious over the motives be hind Russian pressure for an East-West summit meeting.
Robert S. McCollum, deputy administrator for refugee pro¬ grams, said that the United States believes negotiations can be worthwhile only if the par¬ ties involved truly want agree¬ ment and ara willing to accept compromises.
Reds Accuse U. S.
LONDON (m—Radio Moscow accused the United States yes¬ terday of "relying on feudal and treacherous separatist ele¬ ments"  in  Indonesia.
A Moscow broadcast heard here quoted the Soviet govem¬ ment organ Izvestia as saying the U. S. press is waging a concerted campaign against the Central Indonesian govemmant ia Jakarta.
Mother and Five Children Perish
New Cut in Oil Imports Coming From President
WASHINGTON (IP>—President Eisenhower's cabi¬ net committee on fuels resources has recommended a deeper cutback in petroleum imports to protect the depressed domestic oil industry, an informed source said yesterday. <^
The decision, which may be announced this week, would ba a victoiy for oil state congressmen and a defeat for the Stata Department, which al¬ ready ia ooncei^nad over bitter reaction in Canada and Vene¬ zuela to tha present voluntary import curb system. Delay Urged
The State Department has urged the White House to hold off the announcement until aft¬ er the Canadian parliamentary elections March 31.
The United Press informants said the administration intends to keep the curt>s on a voluntary basis, deapite tha refusal of aev- eral big companies to stay with¬ in their present assigned qtiotas.
The President, in a letter to Senate Democratic leader Lyn¬ don B. Johnson of Texas, aaid the cabinet committee has been
GASPORT,  N,  Y.   (IPI—A 44-
Kohler Firm Not Without Blame, Goldwater Says
WASHINGTON (IP) —Sen. Barry Goldwater suggested yesterday that the marathon Kohler strike might have been settled years ago if the company had
tried harder to coma to terms with the strikers.
year-old mother and five of herij^J^ ;^J''^«/"th'^^''m^'i"«v!l?2 ;-kii,!..^-   ..--;. I I   . I... been   one  of  the   most   severe
critics    of    the    United    Auto
children   perished  yesterday
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fet^n''^ ""'¦"^ ^'^"" o^figatfo^'o^hrsTrikr^Burh; J:        ¦     . .    . .told   newsmen   he   had   "never
Trapped   m  one   bedroom   of absolved" the company, either.
the   tiny   structure   were   Mrs.     r-^u,.,,* -   ^u.,...»<..i..<^   tu..
Gladys    Burrows,    a    daughter,, ^°'"^^*'^,^ ,<^t*'^*S'*"^   *''*
Josephine.   iT^d  four !ons. K?"'"'"?":" "^ '"bor dispute as a
»e  Ji' JiTla^6e^^^2>-'-  H-^^"  "k^^^'^.^^ Bonnie  «x, and Gary Gene, 20 ^^^^^ Reuthtr." Kohler.
months.
Two other sons, John, 19, and Robert, 17, were in the kitchen when they became aware of the fire. They made repeated but vain efforts to reach those trapped in the bedroom.
Lyman Burrows, hustMnd and
presi¬ dent of a Sheboygan, Wis., plumbingware company, and Reuther, head of the UAW, may
1955 Afro-Asian Conference. Itj 10-day Easter recess, may re¬ did not say when. jturn in a mood to move mora J.k'a^,^'""L*''JJut'tlo^^'a^(Vigorously against the rece«Jon
north coast of Java. i^."**-'^*^°"i T","'''*.^^^!;.^
The reported  attack was  the tmuing   and   later   analysis   of first   indication   the  rebels   had economic trends, planes.     Just   Friday   they   an-j    There   are   some   govemmerit nounced they had an operating financial advisers who believe it navy.   • jmight be possible for the admin-
The broadcast did not say 1 istration to "sweat out" the re- where the rebels got the planes, (cession without tax reductiona It said they flew the 1,125 milesjby relying on govemment spend- from Menado to Bandung and jing for defense and stiepped-up were believed to have gone on ipublic works programs, to Sumatra. I    The 20% tax cut, to be re-
RevcHutionary sources in Sing- stored as rapidly as recovery apore said Maj. Boyke Nang-( permits, was not the only golan's troops had b r o k e n j "strong action " advocated by the through a trap in the mountains ced. It said the tax reduction south of Medan, the North Su-could not in itself tum the reces- matra capital, and had linked up gjon but that acceleration of with Maj. Zita^Pohan's three bat-federal    purchases    and    public
works would  be needed — "but
talions from Tapanuli Province.
Reds Conducf 9th Nuclear Weapon Test
WASHINGTON (IB — The
Atomic Energy Commission an nounced ye^rday that Russia has tested another nuclear weapon "in the medium range." The test explosion was the third in the last three days and the sixth in the last nine days. It was the ninth time since the anticipated "treasurv~loss of reV'
only in situations in which tha major impact upon the economy would be felt within a year or so."
The if-and-when tax proposal would expire on March 31, 1959. The committee stressed the ne¬ cessity of specifying that the cut be only temporary on the theory that to continue it after tha ¦ economy turrw upward would be " an invitation to inflation, aa would continuance of long-term and massive public works pro¬ grams.
The 20%  cut would amount to  $7,500,000,000  but  the CED
current Soviet test series began Feb. 22.
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said themedium range burst occurred at the "usual test site." A small burst occurred Thursday at the Soviet Union's "usual Siberian testing grounds." A test burst Friday was reported to   have   occurred    somewhere
take the witness stand late next ,,^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ Circle
¦There was no official indica
week.
The senator said he did not accept the union's claim that the
discussing    the    possibility    of, .  j    . . .    ,
making the  import restrictions iP?«''^,f^«l P'"* »* *«
compulsory. Bills to do this are'** "^ ¦*'***•
pending in Congress.
Some Questions
We may be compelled to adopt some such solution," tlie President said, "although there are some constitutional and legal questions that may prevent."
TTie oil producing states and the domestic industry have kept up a steady pressure campaign on the White House and Con¬ gress for stronger action to pro¬ tect them against what they call a "flood" of lower-priced foreign oil.
The present voluntary import
fath'eV""^' ^'7^^: w« wWng I'^J^fZu'^'l^f he° ^T^^ as a night watchman in a u£^ ^.^^^^ 'iSr." Kohfer'^s
^^ place, 1 would have been more conciliatorj'" after the courts prohibited   mass   picketing   in
desired to limit foreign oil to 10% of total U. S. consumption, based on 1954 atatistica.
Statehood Bills Due For Alaska, Hawaii
SAN FRANCISCO API — The administration is "doing every¬ thing it can" to push passage of the Alaska and Hawaii state¬ hood bills, according to Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton.
He said he received commit¬ ments from House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) and Senate Mapority Leader Lyndon John¬ son   (D-Texas)   to   call   up   the
controls,  started last July, areLbiHs  this   session.   Seaton   said
he was "optimistic" that both would be passed in the current sessiwi of Congress.
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
Section Page
Amusement Three 9
Around the Town... Three 7
Better English Two 7
City Hall News Six 2
Classified  Seven 1-4
County News Six 3
Crossword Puzzla... Three 10
Drew Pearson .Three 6
Editorial Three 6
FrankTripp Three 7
House Doctor .Seven 3
HewCulTr? 1^ t
1954.
"I would have sat down with the union and tried to reach an agreement,^' Goldwater, a de partment store owner,  said.
Judging from his own busi¬ ness experience, the senator added, he thought the Kohler Co. may have been "too patern- alistic^' before the UAW organ¬ ized the plant in 19,52.
A face-to-face meeting be¬ tween Goldwater and Reuther is expected to be the highlight of the Kohler hearings, which en¬ ter their fifth week tomrtrow.
Chief counsel Robert F. Ken¬ nedy said he still hoped the committee could finish taking other testimony and question Kohler and Reuther late this week.
t ^     r- ^  ,    H"**" ''**^ Blast Iniures Two
Indoor Gardening.. Four 7      l_   ._ .     _
Look and Leam Two
enue would be less than that because "the reduction would stimulate business activity and hence tax collectiona."
TV Chaitnel 10 Probe Report Due Next Week
tion as to the kind of nuclear' weapons involved. WASHINGTON (W—Chairman
There has been speculation the.Oren Harris said yesterday Wa Russians have been testing both j House Commerce subcommittee smaller atomic weapons for tac-has concluded its investigation tical battlefield use and larger ©f the Miami Channel 10 TV warheads    for    strategic     use case  and   hopes  to  submit  by
Easter proposed "Iwjislaitiva changes" in the Federal Commu¬ nications Commission.
He said that aithou^ tha committee is through wjth tha ^channel 10 inquiry, it wiH call next week present FCC membera and former members who voted on the case.
He said the current coounla- sions and former membere would be quesioned about 51 charges of "misconduct" origin
against  cities  and other  major targets.
Would Reduce staff Chiefs
WASHINGTON (IP — Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mans¬ field said yesterday he and Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) will in¬ troduce legislation tomorrow to        -  -
reduce the number of assistantjaHy   brought   against   thcm^ secretaries for the armed forces!Bernard Schwartz, the subcom-
The Male Comer... One
Obituary. One
Politics Three
Radio .Three
Robert C. Ruark.... Three
State Capital Five
State News Five
Sports Ilirea
TV  Three
Womaa'a Sactloo... four
and to strengthen the present Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Montana Democrat said the bill is identical with one sponscned in the House by chair¬ man Cari Vinson (D-Ga.) of the Military Affairs Committee, and others.
Tlie Pentagon streaiWining pro¬ posal wwild lop off 15 of the assistant secretaries in the vari- Two ous   military   departments   and
mittee's ousted counsel.
Valley Scenes
Sign in window of Kingt¬ ton rtstaurant: "Come in and eat or we will both itarvt."
Wife of young Bureau of Police eandidjite wondering whether hr will he able to get "nicer lapels" on his unif6rm blouse coat if he it appointed to force.
After calling  him on tele- 2 blown apart and remnants werejthe  Army,   Navy  and  Marines,; phone for six hourt.M'ife g«-
9     SUPERIOR,  Wis.  (IP)
4 men were injured when a seriesisharply reduce personnel in the 8 of explosions at a crude oil re-ioffice of the secretary of de-l 6ifinery  rocked  this  city  yester-If^nse. '
10 day. Mansfield,   the   only   member
7     A semi-trailer tank truck was of Congress who has served in
3jthrown  150 feet. Two fires re-|told  the  United  Press  he was! l-5|sulting from the explosion were especially  concerned   over  "the 10-lIjquickly   brougiM   under  control|growing civilian bureaucracy" ifii
1-9 by f^reoMO.
I
ing to hutband't club to drift him home and being told: "I love you, dear, but you know
I tha DeteoM Departmeot. s / don't Uca ta 6a kwj^itd.''