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NORTHWESTERN GREATEST NEWSPAPER Vol No 284 LAAYETTE TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 28 1950 18 THREE CENTS THE JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1S29 THE COURIER ESTABLISHED 1831 AIRDEALDEAD cdt diid See' Attitude War' in Korea i RENT CONTROLS is correct Maybank (D (D Tex) declined to Continued on Page 10 Continued on Page 10 Truman Commutes Second Victim Is 7 Continued on Page 10 be Continued on Page 10 Continued on Page 10 Use Koch Denies are Schricker yes THE WEATHER in uprising Phila of the i hlgh until her for the rent law days beyond in in to the saw heavy 5 was re an hour Delaware county jail grand jury session shot to death Ralph Carter in self de they attacked him said he confirmed Lasley of James Cow com' Held for Burglary NEW YORK Nov 28 API Two men were arrested last night on charges of burglarizing' a post office at Sumiton Ala 'Police re ported recovery of most of 'the $277575 woth of money orders and postal savings bonds missing from the office since Nov 9 PLEDGE allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all peak night erup making it available to the and radio in Tokyo HEAR ACHESON George a senior member foreign relations committee was to receive a secret re of on be to oc German prisoners building she had camp 'no Heart Attacks atal INDIANAPOLIS Nov 28 (AP) ambulance driver collapsed and died here an hour after he carried the body of a Marion county investigator victim of a heart attack out of the court house Howard Skaggs 57 collapsed just after taking the body of loyd '(Bobo) Leslie 46 to a mortuary He died half an hour idtet in General hospital Dr Crocker Clegg an in terne in the ambulance said Leslie weighed about 250 pourids and he believed the exertion in moving the body may have been too much for Skaggs Plan World War TAIPEI ormosa Nov 28 (AP) Nationalist sources on the main land today reported new Chinese Communist preparations for World war III on the side of Soviet Russia The China Union Press a small hews agency which claims to have four underground correspondents on the mainland said the Reds are building hangars in the hills pear SuchoW under Russian super vision CONGRESS GLUM OVER WAR NEWS YORK Pa Nov 28 Mrs Leon A Gilbert Jr talked with her imprisoned Army officer hus band in Tokyo by telephone early today and reported he was by President Truman's commutation of his court martial death sentence Mrs Gilbert said her husband first lieutenant with the 25th division had complete exoneration or a prison sentence of about five Bums Prove atal TERRE HAUTE Nov 28 (UP) Andrew Keunecke 83 Terre Haute died yesterday of burns received when his bathrobe caught fjre apparently from fireplace sparks Disaster Testimony NEW YORK Nov 28 Conductors of the two trains in the Long Island rail road disaster that took 77 lives testified yester day that the brakes had not been fully tested They said at an Interstate Com merce commission hearing that brakes of both! trains were not examined in full compliance with ICC rules i Wage Talks Resumed PITTSBURGH Nov 28 Negotiators for the CLO United Steelworkers and the United States Steel corporation were summoned to a wage bargaining talk today amid speculation the ses sions may be nearing a climax Meetings of the million member demand for a healthy and substantial wage increase began Oct 16 They were recessed earlier this month to allow Preslden't Philip Murray of the CLO and the USW to attend the' CLO convention in Chicago War ears Grow PARIS Nov 28 rench diplomatic sources expressed deep concern today over the turn of events In Korea and said the trench and British governments will rfenew appeals to Washington for establishment of a demilita rized zone below the Manchurian border fore the Security council Brothman Sentenced NEW YORK Nov 28 (UP) Abraham Brothman was sen tenced to a maximum seven years in prison and fined $15000 today for conspiring with atom spy Harry Gold to obstruct justice and for inducing Gold to testify false ly in an espionage investigation Brothman's co defendant Miriam Moskowitz was sentenced to the maximum two years and fined $10000 on the one count which charged her with conspiracy to obstruct justice ederal Judge Irving Kauf man said he regretted he could not impose a greater sentence Two Hoosiers ree TOKYO Nov 28 Gen Douglas headquar ters announced today that the 25th Infantry division reported that the following are among 29 American prisoners now in Army hos pitals who were liberated by the Chinese Communists in Korea Nov 24: Pfc William Joseph McKinley Hartford City Ind and Pfc Wil liam Copeland Anderson Ind driving an state held Delay Slaying Probe MUNCIE Nov 28 (INS) A grand jury investigation into the slayings of two brothers has been postponed until Thursday because of hazardous weather conditions Dr Jules La Duron promi nent Muncie physician has been held in the pending the He said he and Siebert fense when after he refused to make further blackmail payments Not 6 Bomb Plant Site ATLANTA Nov 28 The Atomic Energy commission nounced here today that Carolina has been selected site for a hydrogen bomb Sentence WASHINGTON Nov 23 President Truman has commuted the court martial death sentence imposed on Lt Leon A Gilbert York Pa Negro for refusing to obey an order to advance under heavy The terday duced years Election Squabble LANSING Mich Nov 28 (AP) state board of can vassers has invited a court test over the controversial question of who will be governor after Jan if a recount of ballots completed by then The board refused yesterday to certify that Democratic Gov Mennen Williams was re elected in the error plagued Nov 7 elec tion The official canvass showed Wil liams defeated Republican candi date Harry Kelly by just 1154 votes of nearly two million votes cast The all Republican re fusal to certify election tosses the question to the Su preme court A an South as the plant The book exploded in Washing ton with considerable noise Low enthal has been identified as a close associate of President Tru man during his Senate days and as his sponsor i friendships which turned him away from the Democratic conservative elements This association with Mr Tru man although long inactive has caused it to be widely believed here that book had a pre publicatign White House okay The United Press was informed that no such approval was given The book is a free swinging at tack on the BI from Hoover down more than 500 pages of criticism which the friends in Congress already are answer ing Sen Bourke Hickenlooper (R Iowa) told the Senate yester day the book is utterly biased piece of He de scribed Lowenthal as New Deal mystery man of Washing ton" admitted that she to carry but maintained Purdue Entries Win CHICAGO Nov 28 Pur due university entries won a clus ter of blue ribbons at the Interna tional Livestock exposition yester day Purdue pens of Chester White barrows won both the champion ship and the reserve and one mediumweight was champion bar row in the breed A Purdue pen of fat Duroc Jer sey barrows won the reserve cham pionship The grand champion pen of three wether lambs was a Purdue entry of Hampshires Top price in the American Short horn Breeders association sale was $2100 paid for a female Polled Shorthorn from Lynnwood farms Carmel Ind Jail Inmates Riot INDIANAPOLIS Nov 28 (UP) Twenty nine of 255 inmates of the Marion county jail were de prived of all privileges today aft er a short riot during supper last night The 29 described by deputies as started throw ing food and utensils at three guards shortly before they were to sit down for the meal The riot was under control in 10 minutes The guards sounded an alarm and were reinforced by about 50 other deputies and city police The other prisoners took no part the Criticism of BI Official ired on Drinking Charge INDIANAPOLIS Nov 28 (AP) The firing of an Indiana Public Service commission official on charges of drinking on duty and soliciting a bribe was confirmed by Gov' Henry terday The governor that Lester town had solicited a bribe but he added think Lasley would have tried it if he been drinking at the Lasley in his $5100 a year job as director of the PSC railroad tariff bureau reviewed proposed railroad bus and truck rates be fore they were referred to the commission He denied both charges saying is absolutely no in the bribery charge The governor told reporters: simply will not tolerate drink ing on the 'job Our investigation showed Lasley had been drinking at Grim Korean Report Brings Warnings rom Capitol Hill WASHINGTON Nov 28 (INS) Members of Congress took an extremely grave view today of Gen Douglas an nouncement that we face an en tirely new in Asia and Seri Walter George (D Ga) warned that the' may be close to a world war" Officials at the White House Defense and State departments declined to discuss the ominous turn of events apparently waiting until President Truman has had an opportunity to consult on the situation There were indications that Gen MacArthur informed Mr Truman of the contents of his communique late last night Washington time before press Radio Phenomenon CENTERVILLE Tenn Nov 28 AP) Mrs A radio is receiving both local and long st distance telephone calls Telephone and radio engineers at Nashville unable to shed light on the phenomenon today It wduld be easy to explain they said if it was the other way around hearing radio prograins over the telephone Weaver20 irvther Air stationed ritHScotf field Ill' return Plan Inquiry of SACB Members WASHINGTON Nov 28 President appointees to the Subversives Activities Control board today faced a long and cool senatorial study which may end in a complete freeze out A group of Republicans headed by Sen Homer erguson Mich said they would press for ough by the Senate ju diciary committee Extended hear ings might delay confirmation until next year The nominees who would ad minister the McCarran security act already are serving under recess appointments They are headed by Seth Richardson who was chairman of the federal loyalty re view board The other appointees are Peter Campbell Brown of New York Charles Laollette of Virginia David Coddaire of Massa chusetts and Dr Kathryn McHale of Indiana North Korean fire Army announced late 'yes that Mr Truman had re sentence to 20 at hard labor The Arm? also will cashier him from the Gilbert In his own deense maintained it would have been suicide to carry out the order He said it have led me and 12 other men to certain The court martial found that Gilbert in command of Company A 24th Infantry himself before the enemy by re fusing tp advance with his com The court sentenced Gilbert to death wife Kay 27 and his mother Mrs Leon A Gilbert Sr appealed to Mr Truman The case was reviewed by Maj Gen Brown judge advocate' of the Army who recommended a re duction in sentence LAAYETTE and vicinity Most ly cloudy tonight through Wednes day Not much' change in temper ature North to northwesterly winds of 20 to 1 25 miles an hour tonight Low tonight 20 high to morrow 30 INDIANA: Partly cloudy cloudy tonight and Wednesday casional snow I flurries close Lake Michigan i Not much change in temperature Lqw tonight 16 22 High Wednesday 30 35 Extended forecast: Temperatures will average 5 10 degrees below normal Normal maximum 40 north to 50 south Normal minimum 24 north Xo 30 south Cold through out period with coldest weather Thursday and riday moderating a little over the weekend Precipi tation will average one to two tenths of an inch as frequent snow flurries extreme north and rain Jor snow entire area around Saturday Conditions as recorded by the government weather station at Purdue university: Tempera ture at 7 a Monday 25 at 7 a Tuesday 25 High for period 30 low 21 Precipitation: 01 in ches of snow Sun sets tonight at 4:23 rises tomorrow at 6:50 1 Claimed by Mishap An automobile accident early' Nov 20 near Vandalia Ill in which Pvt Leonard Max Brookshire 20 of Chalmers was injured fatally has now also claimed the life of his companion Pvt Lawrence thsrAur orce were returning to tne neia alter visiting their respective parents when the car driven by Brook shire struck a bridge near Van dalia on 40 Both were taken to Vanjalia hospital where Brookshire died Moon afterwards Weaver was later removed to the Scott field hospital where he suc cumbed at 8:30 Sunday to brain injuries Born at West Point Pvt Weaver was a son of Mr and Mrs Sam uel Weaver who still reside there He was graduated from West Point high school in 1947 and for three years was employed here by Vogue Cleaners until he entered the service last Sept 5 He was first sent to Wichita alls Tex and later to Scott field Surviving are the parents with a sister Joan at home The body arrived here Tuesday afternoon over the Wabash railroad Services were set" for Thursday afternoori at 2 in the West Point Methodist church with military burial in West Point cemetery the Ameri can Legion in charge federal Chancellor Konrad Adenau Christian Democrats from power in Bavaria today final Of ficial returns from state election showed It was the third straight ballot box setback for the plan to rearm Germany espoused by party and the most humiliating defeat of all The Christian Democrats have domi nated agricultural conservative Roman Catholic Bavaria since 1946 OTHER DEMANDS It was certain to increase the already vigorous Socialist demand for a new general election based on the rearmament issue to un seat the Adenauer government at Bonn The Socialists were expected to hold 66 seats to 64 to the Chris tian Democrats in the new state legislature Nearly 4000000 votes were cast Adamant Socialist opposition to in any form trans formed a normal state election into a referendum on the West ern proposal to Include German units in the projected At lanti pact defense force In three state elections West Germans have rebuffed that plan to help defend free Europe and made it clear they do not want to take up arms OLLOWS PATTERN Socialist gains and Christian Democratic losses in Bavaria fol lowed the pattern set in two oth er zone state elections last Sunday In Hesse the Socialists rolled up a majority over Adenauer's party In Wuerttemberg Baden the Socialists outpolled the CDU for the first' time since the war Both of those elections also were fought on the rearmament issue Sen of the which port on world affairs from State Secretary Dean Acheson today 7 said the announcement was George declared: that information we are very close to war with China and that might mean we are pretty close to a world Committee Chairman Tom nally May Delay Trial ELKHART Nov 28 Su perior Judge William Wider said today rank trial on charges overloaded truck ways might not ebruary The jury trial delphia truck driver has been postponed twice It was scheduled first for Nov 27 ana then for Dec' 4 IN THIS SESSION Big Portion of 'Lame Congress Against Most Ot Truman Program WASHINGTON Nov 28 A big segment of the Congress today displayed a deter mination to drag its feet on Presi dent 19 point program Among the proposals for the final month of the 81st Congress only his request for more defense funds is sure of congressional approval Chances are good for action on rent control and aid from Yugo slavia but there is only an out side chance for passage of an excess profits tax Most of Mr other proposals stymied when Congress adjourned two months ago for the 1950 political campaign will stick right there 4 POLICY HUDDLES Some conferences scheduled for today were expected to give clear er indications of how much oppo sition there will be to various ad ministration programs Republican policy committees scheduled meetings in both the House and Senate Southern Democratic senators were called into a strategy huddle to discuss House approved bills to grant statehood to Hawaii and Alaska Mr Truman urged Senate action on the statehood bills yesterday in a letter to Vice President Alben Barkley Some Republicans Buchenwald Tale AUGSBURG Germany Nov 28 (AP) Dse Koch denied in court today thatf she had ever heard of the of Buchenwald concentration camp According to charges against the widow of the former commander the "singing were teams of Jewish prisoners required to sing as they pulled heavy wagons at running speed The plump red haired woman who said yesterday she was a in the camp insisted she had nothing to do with any of the cruel punishments at Buchenwald She court forced stones nothing to do with the administration and on the way her husband ran it rau Koch is charged with in citing 45 murders and 135 at tempted murders of camp inmates Germans and Austrians and with responsiblity for scores of other cruelties She already has Served four years of a life sen tence now commuted given by a war crimes court acts against Allied Nationals 6 Stirs Big Clamor WASHINGTON Nov 28 (UP) Grave charges against the BI directed toward removal of Ed gar Hoover are stirring a rising clamor of dispute here Inefficiency invasions of civil rights and police brutality among the complaints made against the BI in a book by Max Lowenthal ederal Bu EAST CLEARING AREAS SNOW Struggle To Return Things To Normal 278 Dead State Toll Is 13 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Storm swept eastern states reel ing from devastating blows from elements struggled to day to get business and produc tion back to normal The herculean job was being waged by thousands They fought to clear areas of snow from the week end storm which struck with paralyzing fury over wide parts of 22 eastern states The death toll from the winds blizzards and cold mounted with 278 fatalities in the storm stricken region Damage to property mounted to astronomical figures estimated in the hundreds of mil lions of dollars MUCH HARDSHIP There was much human misery and great hardship Thousands of homes remained without heat oth ers were Without electricity and telephones Communities were iso lated Schools remained closed in many snowbound areas The weather bureau had a mild note of cheer The intense storm it reported was almost stationary in the vicinity of Lake Huron and was dying very slowly Some light snow fell over parts of the Middle Atlantic states and around the Great Lakes area There were gurries iri Kentucky and Tennes see 'V But temperatures moderated Iri some areas and no below zero cold as reported over the snow belt However they wete below normal under freezing in some areas Ohio and Pennsylvania two of the states hardest hit by the snow 200000 Chinese Enter CAPEHART SEEN OR COMMITTEE Indiana Senator Mentioned As New GOP oreign Relations Member WASHINGTON Nov 28 Sen Homer Capehart (R Ind) was nominated by some Republi cans today as the latest candi date for a forthcoming GOP va cancy on the Senate foreign re lations committee Republican election gains give the party another committee seat in the 82nd Congress convening Jan 3 Senior Republicans said that Capehart long a critic of adminis tration foreign policy has ex pressed interest in the post and it is quite possible he cat get it WHERRY NOT INTERESTED Senate GOP loor Leader Kenneth Wherry (Neb) who had been mentioned 'for the post said yesterday that he had no present Intention of seeking it Associates of Robert A Taft (R O) said that he too would not seek membership on the com mittee Taft was described as most anxious to stay out of any party fight over the issue MORSE WANTS POST ''Sen Wayne Morse (R Ore) with the backing of Sen Arthur Vandenberg' (R Mich) has put in' a claim for the But some Republicans prefer appointment of a senator more critical of the administration Capehart and' Morse were dead locked on the standpoint of strict seniority Both came to the Sen ate Jan 3 1945 But in the alpha oeticai listings wnicn govern such cases Capehart is out front UNDER SCRUTINY Demos Indicate Readiness To Approve Extension but GOP Reluctant WASHINGTON Nov 28 Democrats indicated a willingness today to go along even if re luctantly with President request for a temporary extension of federal rent controls Republi cans showed more resistance The Senate' banking committee called a closed door session to de cide what to do about Mr Tru man request that be continued for 90 Dec 31 Senator Burnet tC) the committee chairman told reporters he not op a stoj) gap extension am going to leave it up to the com he said TRUMAN REQUEST In letters to Maybank and Chairman Brent Spence (D Ky) of the House banking committee Mr Truman asked extension bill from the short session which began yesterday Spence promptly introduced a resolution to continue federal rent ceilings until March 31 His com mittee may begin hearings on it tomorrow Under the present law federal controls will expire Dec 31 ex cept in communities which vote to extend them for another six mohlhs In asking for a day jexten sion Mr Truman noted that the present law WaS passed before the outbreak of the Korean war "We are stepping up our pro duction of defense items' and creasing our industrial he wrote carry out this pro gram successfully and to safe guard our economy it will on the schedule before reau of Investigation' subcommittee opposed the move to halt issuance ot NSLI policies But it favored some changes in the present law The Veterans of oreign Wars was expected to endorse the pro posed $10000 death gratuity plan That plan is embodied in one of a half dozen bills introduced yes terday by Rep John Rankin Miss) chairman of the full veterans committee Rankin en dorsed none of them Mf Etna Eruption 7 Threatens Village CATANIA Siciiy Nov 28 (AP) A molten finger of lava spewed up by Mt worst eruption in 40 years snaked its way toward the hamlet of Milo today while scores of trucks stood ready to evacuate the 600 villagers The smoldering stream ported moving at 130 feet toward the little village on the northeast slope shrivel ing trees and vegetation in its path The creeping I lava head meas ured 5000 feet across and 17 feet high as it roared from 37 fiery holes in side Half way down the mountain it split into smaller streams of molten rock Part headed toward Milo and neighboring Renazzo Another flow moving at only 29 feet an hour coursed down the valley of the Ox New explosions in the torn cra ter of the volcano last night so violent they could be heard in this city 20 miles away sent the lava flowing out with new force Clouds of smoke and steamthrough which flames of fire could be seen continued to billow out of Etna The 10741 foot high came to life again Saturday in the latest of more than 80 tions on record House Unit Studies GI Insurance ate WASHINGTON Nov 28 A House veterans subcommittee opened hearings on shutting off national service life insurance But Chairman James Noland (D Ind) said no final action would be taken at this session of Congress Noland said the subcommittee hoped to leave for the next Con gress its recommendation on wheth er some other form of protection should be substituted for the volun tary insurance program under which close to 20000000 policies were sold to servicemen in World war II A House subcommittee on execu tive expenditures has recommended that the program be scrapped in favor of a $10000 death gratuity to be provided each serviceman American Legion witnesses first Reports iled on Campaign unds INDIANAPOLIS Nov 28 (AP) Indiana Republicans came out of the fall election campaign with a bigger in their treasury than the Democrats inancial reports filed here yes terday with A Jack Tilson Marr ion county clerk showed a Repub lican balance of $59427 a Demo cratic carryover of $33814 While the GOP collected more in contributions the Democratspent more on their campaign rank EL McKinney Democratic state treasurer reported his com mittee spent $234535 Republican expenditures listed by Treasurer Edwin Steers Sr totaled $172215 The GOP received $190189 the Democrats $177386 Among the Democratic contri butions was Governor $400 Steers reported the GOP com mittee received $113593 through its united finance committee and $10 177 from the for Cape As Reds Seize Offensive MacArthur Asks for Authority To Act To Meet China's iill Scale Intervention TOKYO Nov 28 A horde of 200000 Chinese Communists swarmed over North Korea today threatening to trap desperately fight ing Allies in an offensive which Gen Douglas MacArthur said marked the start of entirely new The Chinese pouring like locusts over the countryside as far as the human eye could see rippeds through a widening hole torn in the right flank of the line They could be seen along road every gulley and every a 1st corps spokesman said ISSUES STATEMENT As the Chinese seized the of fensive and rocked the Allies back on the defensive MacArthur is sued a bristling statement ac cusing the Chinese of hurling the major part of their fighting force against the UN MacArthur said full scale intervention in the Korean war posed issues beyond his authority and he asked the what they wanted to do about it In a special signed communique he said Red China had shattered his "high of an early end to the Korean war that would get American troops by SUMMONS GENERALS There was no doubt that the Chinese assault had caused a cris is MacArthur summoned to his headquarters his top field com manders in Korea for an urgent conference They arrived in Tok yo soon after they received his orders Lt Gen Waltort Walker com mander of the Eighth Army which was reeled back on the de fensive under powerful Chinese Communist attacks across north west Korea arrived at 8:20 pm Maj Gen Edward Almond commander of the 10th corps in Northeast Korea arrived at 9:15 a He said call came as a surprise He received it at the front at 3 yesterday The Reds assaulting on the northwest front were moving along a line 13 miles south of the point from which the of fensive started riday US CALLS RED CHINA 'AGGRESSOR Eight Penal arm Escapees Sought BULLETIN MEMPHIS Tenm Nov 28 (UP) Two of eight con victs who slugged prison guards and escaped after a running gun battle were captured today with out a fight A large posse fanned out in search of six others still at large MEMPHIS Tenn Nov 28 (INS) A three state search' is under way today for eight prisoners who escaped last night from the Shelby county penal farm arm Manager Tom Hooker said that no trace of the escapees has been found Police in Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas were alerted The prisoners overpowered two guards and shot their way to freedom while they and eight other prisoners were waiting in a locked and barred visitors' room to get a haircut Hooker said the other eight prisoners made no at tempt to escape The farm manager explained that the escapees made a break foir freedom when the iron gate was unlocked They jumped oh Guards Calhoun and Dempsey wresting a pistol and keys from the officers The pris oners then slugged the guards and locked them in a cell The escapees fled through the penal farm kitchen pumped into dump truck arid smashed through a wooden gkte to free dom Hooker identified the ringleader of the prison break as Norman Eugene Carter 21 of Rockford Ill who was committed Nov 15 to serve two consecutive sentenc es of five years for robbery BAVARIA VOTES OR SOCIALISM German Rearmament Plan Is Given Third Ballot Box Defeat Large Vote Cast I' Discarded by America State Department Acts To Press for Quick Se curity Council Approval of Resolution Ordering Communist Withdrawal LAKE SUCCESS Nov 28 (UP) The United States called the Chinese Communists today and prepared to ask the United Nations Security council to order them immediately to withdraw from Korea The Security council met in an atmosphere of tension that ap proached that of the historic meet ings after the North Koreans pushed across the 38th parallel into South Korea Delegates were excited by a special communique from Gen Douglas MacArthur who charged that Communist China had precip itated entirely new war" by sending more than 200000 troops against the sagging line in North Korea URGENT INSTRUCTIONS The United States delegation re ceived urgent instructions from the State department in Wash ington to press for Security coun cil action today on an American sponsored resolution that would demand that Chinese Communist and any other troops pull out of the Korean' fighting The State department abandon ing its and attitude formally accused the Chinese Reds for the first time of aggression in Korea "This is aggression by the "Com munist China Press Spokesman Michael McDermott said Assistant Secretary of State John Hickerson who handles affairs telephoned the delegation here on instructions of Secretary of State Deari Acheson who went to his Washington office ahead of time to assess the latest grim reports from the front AUSTIN TO SPEAK A delegation spokesman then announced that Warren Austin chief delegate would pin the label on the Chinese Communists when he speaks be The GOP Tax Stand Being Determined WASHINGTON Nov 28 House Republican leaders were to determine today the GOP stand on President $4 billion tax increase proposal Party policy makers headed by Minority Leader Joseph Martin Massachusetts were V5 meet with GOP members of the tax drafting ways and meas com mittee There was talk of sponsoring new tax "legislation as a substitute for Mr proposal which calls for a 75 per cent levy on excess corporation profits designed to bring in $4 billion more to fi nance the defense program The' new bill would presumably be patterned after the plan ad vanced by Rep Daniel A Reed of New York top ranking com mittee Republican It would give corporations the choice of paying a maximum 55 per cent income tax (a 10 per cent boost) in place of the excess profits levy The bill would be offered as a substitute for the excess profits tax bill the committee is expected to approve later this week The committee hopes to have a bill ready for House consideration next Monday Several Republicans reported that they had been ad vised that the Senate will not be able to consider a bill at this ses sion of Congress unless it reaches there by Dec 6 Hoosier 'Greetings' INDIANAPOLIS Nov 28 (UP) Selective service ordered 18073 Hoosiers to report for pre induction examinations during the first four months of the Korean war draft reports indicated today The total includes exams sched uled from July 31 opening day in the mobilization of man power to Thursday Nov 30 Called this week were 461 men from 12 counties quota includes 118 from Tippe canoe county.