Republican Leaders
Set Campaign Goal
Of 30 House Seats
Washington (U.R) Republi
can Party leaders set up another
1956 campaign goal today by
calling for a minimum pickup of
30. House seats in their drive to
regain controll of Congress.
This goal was announced by
Rep. Richard M. Simpson (Pa.),
cheirman of the GOP congres
sional campaign committee,' in
the monthly publication of the
Republican National Committee.
With the GOP facing no con
test over the renomination of
President Eisenhower, Republi
cans were giving much attention
to their congressional problems.
'Do-Nothing' Congress
One part of the GOP strategy
in the battle for Congress was
reflected today in a charge by
the Republican National Com
mittee that the present session
of the Democratic-controlled
Congress is a "do-nothing" Con
gress. It said the "semi-paralysis"
in Congress "is a mani
festation of the mounting ten-
Truman Striving
For Neutral Role
Washington (U.R) Former
President Harry S. Truman said
today he's "trying to be neutral"
in the heated battle for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination.
The ex-President, whose nod
could be worth a lot to a candi
date, also told reporters that he
doesn't think the party will be
split or harmed in any way by
the current political slugiest be
tween Adlai E. Stevenson and
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.).
On the contrary, Mr. Truman
said, the Stevenson - Kefauver
race can help the Democrats by
"working up the people's inter
est" iri the coming presidential
election.
Mr. Truman talked to news
men while taking an early morn
ing stroll around Times Square
in New York, where he is visit
ing. He steadfastly refused to say
whether he personally favors
Stevenson, Kefauver or Gov.
Averell Harriman, an "inactive"
candidate for the nomination.
"I shall support whomever the
Democrats nominate as their
candidate," he replied to all
questions designed to flush out
the secret of his preference.
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On the Democratic side, where
interest in the contest for the
presidential nomination is still
paramount, there were these de
velopments: Sen. Estes Kefauver, who has
displaced Adlai E. Stevenson as
the front-running contender for
the nomination, returned to
Florida Sunday night for a four
day tour. He faces Stevenson in
the Florida presidential primary
May 29 with 28 national con
vention delegate votes at stake.
Showing of Attitude
Kefauver said before his de
parture from Washington that
his showing in the Florida pri
mary will "certainly be a re
flection" of the attitude of the
people of the South toward his
candidacy. Kefauver has be
littled contentions that he would
be unacceptable to southerners
because of his anti-segregation
stand.
Stevenson today was confront
ed with a "scrap-Stevenson"
drive in his home state of
Illinois. The 1952 Democratic
nominee was scheduled to ad
dress a regular Democratic or
ganization rally at Springfield,
111., tonight. At the same time
and in the same city, John Asher,
an Illinois county Democratic
chairman who has switched to
Kefauver, will launch his anti
Stevenson campaign.
Portland Police
Thwart Suicide Leap
Portland (U.R Police
grabbed a man from behind as
he sat atop the fourth floor of a
downtown hotel, threatening to
jump to the street below.
Officers arrested 24-year-old
James O'Neal on a charge of dis
orderly conduct.
Police said the man had been
at a tavern across from the hotel
where he lived and returned to
his room in the afternoon. He
called the desk clerk he was go
ing to jump then went to the
roof of the building.
As a crowd gathered in the
street below, police crept up be
hind the man and subdued him
after a minor struggle.
Four-fifths of the old cigar
store Indian statues were said
to be those of squaws.
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Air Force Plans
Giant Runway To
Test Atom Planes
Washington (U.R) The Air
Force plans to build a giant run
way, probably the nation's long
est, for testing an atomic-powered
plane at the National Re
actor Testing Station near Idaho
Falls, Ida., it was learned today.
The House has passed and sent
to the Senate an $11,400,000 au
thorization to start the project.
The sum is included in a $2,000,
000,000 military construction au
thorization. Site Said Ideal
Informed sources said the iso
lated Idaho Falls area, with its
sparsely populated mountainous
and desert terrain, is considered
ideal for testing the atomic
plane. An accident conceivably
might spew heavy radiation over
the scene of a crash.
The Air Force, in conjunction
with Convair, has been flying
an atomic reactor in a B36 over
Texas' to test problems of shield
ing and radiation. But the re
actor has not been operated dur
ing take-offs or landings.
The Air Force in its. request
for $11,400,000 said it plans an
experimental runway" with sup
porting facilities "such as a taxi
way, dispersal hardstand, air
craft wash rack, communications
and navigational facilities, a fire
station, an operations building,
a control tower, a decontamina
tion facility and the necessary
utilities."
Informed sources said the run
way will be 15,000 feet or long
er. It will be used not only for
takeoffs and landings, but for
working on problems of taxiing
the atomic-powered craft on the
ground.
Truman's Florida Church
Destroyed in Big Fire
Key West, Fla. (U.R) The
church where Harry Truman
worshipped during his presi
dential vacations here was de
stroyed by fire early today. The
$250,000 blaze also damaged
the home of artist Gene Otto, a
a modern motel, and souvenir
shop.
The First Baptist church, one
of the city's oldest, was razed
by the fire which broke out
about 4 a.m. The fire burned out
of control for an hour as 25
mile-an-hour winds fanned the
flames all the way across the
street to the Trade Winds Mo
tel.
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Convoys Bring Milk
Into Detroit Area
As Strike Continues
Detroit (U.R) Milk trans
ports convoyedjsy sheriff's dep
uties and individual farmers
using back roads defied roving
bands of pickets today to bring
quantities of milk into Detroit.
The milk brought into the city
past pickets and other supplies
sent into the state from Ohio
and Indiana raised the city's
milk supply enough to permit
the , city to call off plans for
emergency rationing. Some
sources estimated the supply as
high as 75 per cent of normal.
It was reported one flying
farmer in the blockading group
was scouting the state's roads
by air to spot milk trucks head
ing to Detroit, then signalling
their location to roving bands
of pickets in automobiles.
But the situation around out
side milk receiving depots and
along the state's highways grew
more tense.
Billy Rose Home
Gutted by Flames
Mount Kisc, N. Y. (U.R) The
28-room mansion of showman
Billy Rose was gutted by fire
today, destroying all the furnish
ings which included antique
furniture and a world famous
collection of paintings.
Four servants escaped un
harmed. Only the four walls of the red
brick Georgian building were
standing when Rose and bride-to-be
Joyce Mathews, arrived at
the scene shortly after dawn.
Volunteer firemen were pow
erless to halt the blaze which
roared through the house on the
54-acre estate.
The volunteers from Mount
Kisco, Armonk and Chappaqua
tried to string their hoses to a
pond nearly one mile from the
huge house. The estate's swim
ming pool, the pride of Rose's
former wife, swimmer Eleanor
Holm, was dry.
Rose and Miss Mathews,
comedian Milton Berle's former
wife, arrived at the scene about
5:30 a.m., when only a smould
ering shell remained.
Firemen said the loss was
"well up into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars." It was not
known whether the house and its
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Violence was reported at sev
eral spots Sunday.
State police were called out
to stop a rock throwing melee
at Ovid and Elsie in Clinton
county. Trucks heading for De
troit with milk were forced off
the highway in three or fouf
spots and the milk was dumped.
Some transports had to run a
barricade of sawhorses and fire
pots across one of the main
highways, U.S. 16, near subur
ban Farmington.
State police were placed on
12-hour shifts as a precaution
against further violence. Sher
iff's deputies, once milk trucks
were on public roads, convoyed
trucks on public roads, convoy
ed trucks to county lines where
deputies from the next county
picked them up. At the Detroit
city limits, Detroit police
brought the trucks to dairies
under guard. The trouble area
extended as far as 150 miles
from Deiroit.
Seek Higher Prices
The pickets represented the
Fair Share Bargaining associ
ation. This is a rebel group
within the Michigan Milk Pro
ducers' association. It wants $6
a hundredweight for milk. It
originally had wanted $6.50, but
scaled its demands down after
the producers' association sign
ed new contracts with Detroit's
major dairies for $5 a hundred
weight last week. The old price
was $4.41.
The rebel group's leaders also
indicated dissatisfaction with
the way the producers' group
has represented them, charging
collusion with dairies and ask
ing an election to establish it is
the bargaining group for the far
mers instead of the producers'
association.
The fight appeared to be turn
ing as much into a battle over
which group will control milk
coming into Detroit as a fight
over prices.
Autherine Lucy Has
Role in Passion Play
Chicago (U.R) Autherine
Lucy, the Negro woman whose
attempt to enter the University
of Alabama set off riots last
month, appeared in an Easter
passion play yesterday.
She played the role of "The
Spirit of Forgiveness."
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Florida Vote Seen
As Convention Sign
Jacksonville, Fla. (U.R)
Sen. Estes Kefauver said today
Florida's May 29 presidential
primary may indicate the path
the South will take at the Dem
ocratic National convention this
summer.
Florida is the only Southern
state where Kefauver and Adlai
E. Stevenson are battling head
on for the democratic nomina
tion. :-
"The primary vote here will
indicate the attitude of -the
Southern people in general,"
the Tennessee senator said at a
breakfast for campaign sup
porters "It will have a great
deal to do with the outcome of
the convention."
Kefauver began a three - day
stumping tour down Florida's
east coast to lest his Southern
strength. Stevenson, who flies
in here tomorrow briefly en
route to a Southern Georgia re
treat, will resume his campaign
in Florida Friday.
The Tennessee senator, who
came from behind to sweep the
Minnesota primary two weeks
ago, admitted Stevenson "may
be running ahead at the mo
ment" in Florida and in Cali
fornia where the two battle on
June 5.
"With plenty of hard work
out campaign here will grow
and grow and grow,' he told
his supporters. "And in Calif
ornia we are gaining fast and
I believe we have a mighty good
chance of winning there."
SI. Helens Pickets
Enter Second Year
St. Helens (U.R) The some
times stormy picketing of the
Fir-Tex plant here went into its
second year today.
No violence marked the Easter
morning anniversary. Pickets in
stead appeared grinning and of
fering free coffee to all comers.
Management of the plant,
which has been operating with
non-striking help, apparently
had feared violence might break
out when the early morning
shift changed yesterday.
Shortly before the night crew
was released, state police cars
converged on the scene. As the
officers stepped out of their cars
they were greeted with shouts of
"Come on in and have some cof
fee" from the laughing pickets.
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Pope Appears on TV
To Demonstrate Faith
In Modern Technology
Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius
XII appears today on a Europe
wide television concert of Easter
music- to demonstrate his faith
in modern technology as a means
of propagating Christian ideals.
Sunday he made use of televis
ion to gain the widest possible
transmission of his address urg
ing the world's leaders to aban
don the nuclear race before "this
suicidal madness" destroys man
kind. The Pope today, flanked by
the cardinals of the Roman Curia
and other top Vatican officials,
planned to watch the musical
concert in the Hall of Benedic
tions from a small throne set up
on the side.
Religious Themes
The concert includes religious
choral themes such as "The Birth
of the Redeemer" and ranges
through Mendelssohn and . Wag
ner's Parsifal to Bach. The con
cert rounds off an Easter which
follows the Pontiff's celebration
of his 80th birthday a month
ago today xand the 17th anni
versary of his coronation.
In his solemn Easter message,
the Pontiff said the human race
was almost losing hope that its
statesmen could stop the day-by-day
march toward total destruc
tion. His words appeared ad
dressed to the five-power dis
armament conference in London.
Appeals for Peace
An estimated 200,000 persons
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from many lands stood in St.
Peters Square as the Pope ap
pealed for peace and bestowed
his blessings from the open-air
central balcony of St. Peters
Basilica.
The Pope said the advent of
long range guided missiles had
spread new alarm and terror on
the earth and prayed for "the
light and strength of the risen
Christ" to inspire statesmen to
halt the race toward the abyss
of war.
He also referred to Moscow's
down-with-Stalin campaign when
he said the "enemy of peace"
uses man's weak points to sow
confusion, "today exalting his
myths, tomorrow deriding
them."
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