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Bail News SHOWERS (TEARS?) Mostly cloudy today, followed by scattered showers this Tomorrow, partly cloudy and little change in temperature. Temperature by the hour today: 48 48 48 48,48 47 46 47 51 55,56 62 Yesterday: 55; 48 xiOM Middlesex Edition For a Greater. New Brunswick Founded in 1879. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1947.

32 Pagea- FIVE CENTS pSTY IMA AliJ UJ DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MILLTOWN SWEEP scans oeatesi Repubi if A i- i i i Margin of 1 0, 00 A State Votes NewCharter By 466,751 Constitution Question Wins In All But One County; Changes State Setup DRISC0LL, CLOTHIER PRAISE RESULTS NEWARK, Nov. 5 (JP) A nonpartisan display of unanimity among New Jersey voters gave the state a new Constitution today to replace its 103-year-old charter. Unofficial returns from all but 134 of the state's 3,678 districts in yesterday's election gave a whopping 466,751 majority for adoption of the new, streamlined Constitution. The vote was: Yes 654,373. No 187,622.

Tax Slash Faces Veto By Truman Democrat Predicts President Will Wield Axe On G. O.P.Bill REDUCTION PLANNED AT SPECIAL SESSION WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (JP). Rep.

Doughton (D-NC) predicted today that the renewed Republican attempt to slash income taxes 4,000,000,000 a year will run into another killing Presidential veto. The North Carolii? Housj vet- eran, who managed tax legislation when his party controlled Congress, said the new proposal will fail because: ''Unless the Republicans can show that we can meet our domestic needs, pay for foreign relief commitments and pay the debt, J. EDWARD CRAB1EL Milltown Democrats Upset Republicans Crabiel Leads Party to First Triumph in Borough Since 1937, Seizing Mayoralty and Two Council Seats; G. 0. P.

to Retain Voting Majority County Election Results The results of the general ejection In Middlesex county follow, with the winners listed in bold face type: CONSTITUTION QUESTION Yes .38.087 No 7,548 GENERAL ASSEMBLY John J. Brlxle (D) 39,701 William II. Dickson (D) 39,800 Bernard W. Vogel (D) 40.309 J. Randolph Appleby 3d (R) 29,071 Alex Eger Jr.

(R) 28,582 Henry S. Thomas (R) 28,351 Mae E. Tera Nova (I) 560 Bessie Zajac (I) 578 Jean Green (I) 518 SHERIFF Cornelius A. Wall (D) 38,533 Walter P. Richter (R) 28,896 William H.

Kltin Jr. (I) 546 SURROGATE Samuel V. Convery (D) 39,196 A. Clayton Hollender (R) 27,863 Clayde R. Schofield (I) 577 FREEHOLDERS Elmer E.

Brown (D) 39,308 Leon A. Campbell (D) 39,500 Anthony S. Gadek (D) 39,83 James F. Coan (R) 27,819 Harry J. Rockafellec (R) 29,895 Morris Spritzer (R) 27,260 Carmelia M.

Leone (I) 451 Garrett Bonkenburg (I) 435 William J. Dailey (I) 570 CORONERS F. Herdman Harding CD) 39,525 Frank Kurzawa (D) 39,093 Peter W. Borden (R) 27,763 John J. Lyman (R) 27,305 William H.

Jaqui (I) 1,330 C. Frank Ryan (I) 777 Surrogate and Sheriff to Take Office Next Wednesday Morning Terming it "an historic achievement," Governor Alfred E. Dris-coll, who instituted the movement for the new charter, said the vote ended "a 75-year search for a modern constitution." The present charter was adopted in 1844, and amended only four times. Hudson county, Democratic stronghold of former Mayor Frank Hague, paced the affirmative vote with a thumping 136,317 plurality. In 1944 Hague successfully opposed adoption, of a proposed charter which had been drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The 1947 version, modernizing legislative and judicial practices and strengthening the authority of the governor, was written by a convention of 81 delegates elected last June 3 on a basis of non-partisanship. Approved by an 80 to 1 vote in the convention at New Brunswick, the new charter had the backing of both the Republican and Democratic state organizations. The new Constitution changes the state's bill of rights to ban segregation by reason of race or color in the schools or militia and guarantees labor's right to bar gain collectively with private employers. It strengthens the executive department by increasing the governor's term from three to four years and permitting him to succeed himself, prohibited under the old Constitution. It completely revises the state's judicial system, establishing a new state supreme court with a chief justice and six associates instead of a 16-member court of Continued on Page Six G.

O.P. Sweeps Vogel Leads Democratic Ticket The proposed new State Constitution was approved by a margin of five to one in another Democratic sweep at the general election yesterday in Middlesex county which resulted in the reelection of three Democratic freeholders, three Assemblymen and the election of a Democratic sheriff, surrogate and two coroners by pluralities ranging from 10,000 to 12,000. The Democrats rolled up their overwhelming pluralities against the strongest slate of candidates nominated by the Republican party in the last 17 years despite the early torrential rainfall which kept thousands of voters at home. Less than 70,000 out of an eligible list of 126,288 voters went to the polls. The victorious Democratic candidates on the county ticket were Cornelius A.

Wall of Madison township who defeated Mayor Walter F. Richter of Milltown in the race for sheriff by a vote of 38,535 to Deputy Surrogate Samuel V. Convery of Perth Amboy who won the Surrogate job over his Republican opponent, A. Clayton Hollender of Metuchen by 39,196 to 27,865 votes. Assemblymen John J.

Brixie of Perth Amboy, William H. Dickson of Metuchen and Bernard W. Vo gel of Woodbridge won with ease over J. Randolph Appleby 3d of Spotswood, Alex Eger Jr. of Perth Amboy and Henry S.

Thomas of Highland Park. Vogel Tops All Candidates Vogel, who was minority leader in the House this year, topped all the candidates with 40,309 votes. Dickson polled 39,800 and Brixie, 39,701. Appleby topped his Republican ticket with 29,071 votes. Eger came next with 28,582 and Thomas finished with 23,351 votes.

As was expected Harry J. Rock- afeller of Piscataway township, member of Rutgers faculty, was top man on the G. O. P. ticket in his endeavor to win a seat in the Board of Freeholders.

He polled 29,395 votes while James F. Coan of South Amboy trailed with votes and Morris Spritzer of this city, third man on the G. O. P. freeholder slate finished last In the freeholder race and was low man on the county ticket.

Freeholder Anthony W. Gadek of Perth Amboy led the freeholder race with 39,834 votes with Free holder Leon A. Campbell of High land Park second with 39,500 votes and Freeholder Elmer E. Brown of Carteret third with 39,308 votes. Although the coroner posts will come to the end of the trail in New Jersey next September, Mid dlesex voters elected two men to serve until the deadline is is reached.

F. Herdman Harding of this city, who previously has ser ved as coroner and also as sheriff of the county, was elected with Frank Kurzawa of South Amboy who also served as coroner in the past. Harding polled 39,525 votes and Kurzawa, 39,093 votes. Peter W. Borden of Perth Amboy and John J.

Lyman of Carteret, the Reoub- lican nominees polled 27,763 and 27,305 votes, respectively. Independents Get Few Votes The Independent ticket com posed of Republicans and Demo-. crats, entered by former Coroner William H. Jaqui of Highland Park polled a negligible amount of votes. Instead of the 5.000.

Jaqui had predicted the Indepen dents would poll, he was high man jvith 1,330 votes. i William Dailey of this city. Continued on Page Six CONSTITUTION VOTE New Jersey's referendum on whether to approve the proposed new constitution written this past summer by 81 delegates in convention, gave these unofficial MILLTOWN, Nov. 5. The ma- jw.

upset in municipal elections of Middlesex county took place here yesterday when three Democratic candidates, a mayor and two councilmen, were elected to office. The Democrats invaded the Republican stronghold for the first time in 10 years. Control of the borough government will still re- VETERANS BONUS APPROVED IN N. Y. Expansion of State Housing Program Also Voted In Election NEW YORK.

Nov. 5 (P) A $400,000,000 bonus for World War II veterans and propositions to expand the state public housing program at a cost of $135,000,000. won the smashing approval of New York State voters yesterday in an off-year election: The bonus proposal, the largest overall sum ever voted by a state as a reward to its servicemen, swept through by a margin of nearly three to one even though the payments will mean a 20 per cent boost in the state income tax and an additional one- cent levy on each package of cigarettes. New York City shelved its 11-year-old proportional representation method of electing city councilmen, voting nearly two to one to end its tenure in favor of a system of electing one council man from each of the metropolis' 25 state Senate districts. Two previous repeal attempts had failed.

PR, supported by the minority parties and several conservative civic organizations, was vigorously fought by both Republicans and Democrats largely on their contention that it had enabled Communists to obtain a foothold in the city government. The present city council includes two Communists. Democratic success in Buffalo, where the party won control of the city council, and several other cities as well as in New York, were hailed jubilantly by Paul E. Fitzpatrlck, Democratic State Chairman, as "definitely" indicating a New York State majority for President Truman in 1948. Samuel V.

Convery of Perth Amboy and Cornelius A. Wall of Madison township, who were elected to the offices of surrogate and sheriff, respectively, at yesterday's general election in Middlesex county, will be inducted next Wednesday morning at the court house, County Clerk Edward J. Patten announced today. Convery will succeed Surrogate Frank A. Connolly of this city, who has served three terms of five years each.

Immediately after his induction, Convery will appoint Connolly as his deputy at a salary of $5,000 per year. In exchanging places with Connolly, Convery will move into the top job in the surrogate's office which now pays $7,500 a year and beginning January 1 will pay $8,000. Connolly appointed Convery as his deputy nine years ago when Joseph T. Karcher of Sayreville, who was then deputy, Somerset Again; Kingston in Closest Fight; State Senate, Leads Ticket tnrncd to office for a five-year term by better than a two to one vote over Charles Craig of Som-erville, Democrat. Zimmerman received 14,422 to Craig's 7,038, a majority of 7,384 votes.

It was the Van Cleef-Kingston contest that stole the show. The Continued on Page Six WARREN BRINDLE main under the Republican regime, however. J. Edward Crabiel, of 38 Highland drive, who defeated Councilman John Keller in the mayoralty contest, will head a six-man council, of which four will be Republicans, in 1948. Crabiel received a total of 904 votes and his opponent 673.

Warren Brindle, high man on the ballot, received 955 votes, and his colleague, Frank J. Reilly 819. Both Crabiel and Reilly have tried to crack the solid Republican council before, but it was Brin dle first attempt at politics. Two Rep- licans Unopposed The defeated councilmanic can-, didates are William Ochs, who was seeking reelection, and Jan.es Toth. Ochs polled a total of 703 votes and Toth 660.

Tax Collector John W. Dorn and Tax Assessor John H. Lins, both Republicans, were reelected without opposition. Dorn received 907 votes and Lins, 902. Mayor Walter.

P. Richter, Republican, bowed out of local politics to seek election as sheriff of Middlesex county, only to be defeated by Cornelius Wall, re- Continued on Page Six RESIGNATION OFFERED BY DANISH PREMIER COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Nov. 5 (JP) Premier Knud Kristen-sen submitted his-resignation to King Frederik today, but agreed to keep his coalition government in office until a new cabinet is approved by the king. The premier arranged to meet the king again tomorrow to give him an assessment of the political situation in the light of meetings today and tonight of all political parties, at which efforts will be made to formulate blocs as a basis for organization of a new government.

MIKOLAJCZYK EXCLUDED WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 5 W) The provisional executive committee of the Polish Peasant now controlled by left-wingers, formally excluded Stan-islaw Mikolajczyk from membership today. Three members of the party who fled Poland with Mikolajczyk last month also were ousted. Mikolajczyk, the party's former leader, now is in London. By Republicans As Party I ALVAH IL COLE FRANK J.

REILLY SR. Judge Gains In Senate Vote In Mississippi Democrats Sweep Back to Control in Kentucky; U. S. Highlights By the Associated John A. Stennis, 46-year-old circuit judge who played down the race issue, was pulling away from two close-running opponents early tpday for the S.

Senate seat of the late Theodore G. Bilbo, Mississippi's "white su- premacy" advocate. Veteran Congressman John E. Rankin, who promised to "out-Bilbo Bilbo" if elected, was run ning last in the five-man Democratic contest. His House seat was not at stake.

The Mississippi Senate race shared interest in yesterday's off-year; and municipal elections with a return of the Kentucky governorship to tyie Democratic fold after four years of Republican rule at Frankfort. Democrats Win in Kentucky Democrats swept back into control in this "border" state by easily electing U. S. Rep. Earle C.

Clements as chief executive over Republican State Attorney General Eldon S. Dummit and taking over control of Louisville's Board of Aldermen. Incumbent Gov. Simeon S. Willis was not eligible to succeed himself.

The Kentucky governorship was top prize in yesterday's two-party scraps. Clements had the support of organized labor because of his vote against the Taft-Hartley labor law. Republicans raised this as a main issue in the campaign, but Clements soft-pedaled it. Democrats will claim this a major upset, although Republi cans, who have had only live Continued on Page Six MARSHALL PLAN HEADS FOR FIGHT House Committee Gathers For Preliminary Hearing on Program WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (P) A controversy boiled up today over whether Congress should vote help for Europe without tying political strings to the assistance program.

The issue was due for prelimi nary airing at a closed session of the special House committee on foreign aid, gathering for its first formal meeting since members returned from an extended European inspection tour. The "no strings recommenda tion was part of a tentative re port drafted by Rep. Herter who served as acting chairman of the 19-man study committee. The group hopes to have some recommendations ready for the House foreign affairs committee before it meets with the Senate foreign relations committee next Monday to hear Secretary of State Marshall outline his plan to bulwark a European self-help program with American goods and money. Because it was created spe cifically to deal with the problem of global needs, the so-called Herter committee's final recommendations may form the basis for House action on the Marshall plan or whatever substitute program is suggested for countering Communism in Europe.

1 As vice chairman, Herted acted as head of the committee abroad in the absence of 79-year old chairman Eaton who remained in this country. Although contents of the tentative report became generally known on Capitol Hill today, committee members were reluctant to discuss it openly on the grounds that it was not an official document. Steamships, Airlines. Hotels. Tours, Cruises.

See Jennie Jelin, N. B. 2-1323. o.2S-suu.-wed.Tif Van Cleefls Returned to Board it is my opinion that they cannot override another Presidential veto of their tax bill." And there is no way of knowing now, he said, how mucli eventually will be needed to help Europe. Two attempts to override tax cut vetoes failed last year.

The House voted to override the veto of a revised measure, but its sponsors were unable to muster the needed two-thirds majority in the Senate. Doughton made his statement to reporters after Chairman Knutson (R-Minn) of the House Ways and committee outlined plans for a double-barreled tax cut a $4,000,000,000 "quickie" slash at the special session which convenes November 17, and more reductions in an overall revision of tax statutes next spring. Cites Tax Study Knutsort told newsmen the report submitted yesterday by a ten-man citizens' tax study group, calling for tax cuts for all the 48,500,000 individual taxpayers and for corporations as well, "def-inately supports my contention for immediate tax relief." The citizens' group, set up by the ways and means and headed by Roswell Magill, former undersecretary of the treasury, proposed: 1. First priority for relief fcr in lividuals. It made no exact proposals on rates.

2. Universal application of the community property principle, whereby husbands and wives can divide the family income equally for tax reporting purposes. This would lower the tax for middle incomes an reduce Federal revenues by about $600,000,000. The; ysterrt now applies by local law in 13 states. 3.

Corporation tax reduction, with special consioerations "to foster and promote small business enterprises." Corporate net incomes under $50,000 should be taxed at lower rates than corporate net incomes of grci ter amounts, the report said. 4. Curtailment of double taxation on dividends, as when the government levies on corporation income and again when that income is paid in dividends to stockholders. The study group said an individual bhould be given "an appropriate credit or offset agsinst his own tax. for the tax paid by the corporation with respect to his dividends." Mcithew Woll, me iber of the AFL executive board and labor's member of the study group, filing a dissenting minority report say ing the program would shift the tax load from those best able to those least able to pay.

Moreover, he said the plan would drastically reduce Federal revenues and ignore revenue needs for European relief. ELECT DEMOCRATIC MAYOR DC BOIS, Nov. 5 (P) Pat rick Dillman, nominated on the of 19 write-in votes after the Democratic party had failed to put up a candidate in the September primary, was elected mayor of this northwest Pennsylvania town of 12,080 citizens yes terday its first Democratic mayor in 23 years. The unofficial count gave Dill man 1.878 votes to 1,133 for his Republican opponent, Frank I Giliung, Du Bois newspaper man HERE'S EGO-FATTENING FOOD FOR THE LADIES According to recrnt University experiments, it appear that women re able to do more mental work in a given time, more accurately than men. But whether a man or a woman.

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to 10 I. M. resigned to devote his entire time to the practice of law. Wall will succeed Sheriff William Nehrkorn of South Amboy, who was barred from being a candidate to succed himself by virtue of the state Constitution which provides that a sheriff may not succeed himself. The incoming sheriff, who is a newspaper publisher in Madison township and also a former member of the General Assembly, will reappoint Mayor Julius En gel of Raritan Township, as un der sheriff at $5,000 per year.

Engel has served as under sher iff under former Sheriffs F. Herd man Harding of this city, William A. Allgair of South River. He was renamed by Sheriff Nehrkorn three years ago. Engel also served as sheriff from 1938 to 1941.

Sheriff-elect Wall will continue the present staff it was indi cated today. It was also disclosed there would be no change In the Middlesex county jail personnel ine salary oi sneriti is now C7.500 and will be $8,000 after January 1. The under sheriff's salary is $5,000 a year. me new coroners who were elected yesterday, F. Herdman Harding of New Brunswick and Frank Kurzawa of South Amboy, will take the oath of office Wed nesday to serve until next Sep tember when the office of coroner In New Jersey will expire under the provisions of the new State Constitution which was approved yesterday by New Jerse: voters, Harding and Kurzawa are for mer coroners of Middlesex county and both are in the undertaking business in their respective communities.

They will serve on a fee basis. Mayoral Race Captures Council Seat MATTHEW A. MALISZEWSKI 1 Za. A 1 I A -H Maliszewski Outruns Applegate Cole Is Elected Highland Park Mayor as G.O.P. Ticket Carries In South River Big Majorities Chalked Up Democratic Incumbent Defeats Republican Opponent By Sweeps Over Democratic Opposition Freeholder Defeats George Freas L.

Hess, Named to KOMERVILLE, Nov. 5 Cornelius I. Van Clcef, Republican, of Hillsborough township, was elected to the Somerset County Board of Freeholders for his fourth straight term yesterday in another G. O. P.

sweep which saw Assemblyman Freas L. Hess ele vated to the State Senate, Anderson Fowler of Peapack placed in the Assembly and Surrogate Clarence A. Zimmerman of South Bound Brook returned to office. Freeholder Van Cleef defeated George C. Kingston, Democrat, of Bridgewater township, 12,213 to 9,111, a majority of 3,102.

Van Cleef's slogan had been "Let's Keep the Board of Freeholders Republican." Van reelection vindicated members of the freeholder board in their 1947 salary increase which they voted earlier this year to the tune of 50 per cent for all members plus an additional $500 for the director. Kingston had said he would serve, if elected, at the old salary rate of $4,000. If the electorate of Somerset county, of which 55 per cent turned out to vote, wanted to save the county $2,000, they ignored the oppor-unity because they wanted Van Cleef again in office. Constitution Approved The proposed new state constitution was approved 13,677 to This referendum did not receive the greatest number of votes. That honor went, as it usually does when he runs, to benator-elect Hess of faomervule.

Hess defeated former Judge Anthony P. Kearns of Basking Ridge, 14,673 to 7,305. His majority of 7,368 was bettered by Anderson Fowler who had a 7,924 vote advantage over Alphonse Makew-ski of Watchung, his Democratic opponent for the Assembly. Fowler's plurality was 7,924. Surrogate Zimmerman was re- Before remodeling your building.

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265 Votes; G. 0. P. SOUTH RIVER, Nov. 5.

Mayor Matthew A. Maliszewski was returned to the head of the borough government by a slim margin of 265 out of 4,734 votes polled in yesterday's election here, following one of the bitterest campaigns in local history. Two of his Democratic running mates also succeeded in gaining victories, while the hard-fighting G. O. landed one councilmanic berth as John Giera, running third in total votes, defeated William Weis.

In winning, Maliszewski drew a total of 2,423 ballots, as against 2,158 for George S. Applegate while as number two man in total votes cast Henry O. Schlegel polled an aggregate of 2,325, to trim his opponent, Walter Schack, by 244 votes, the latter registering 2,081. Third high man on the ballot was Giera, who led his best Dem ocratic opponent, Peter Domi- niecki, by 107 votes, with the in cumbent receiving a total of 2,193. Fifty votes behind was Alex Mon- drick, the other Republican choice Continued on Page Ten Alvah H.

Cole, former Republi can president of the Highland Park borough council and one of the community's foremost civic workers, who went down to de feat when he ran for the borough council last year, was elected mayor yesterday by a majority of 674 votes over his Democratic opponent, Alfred H. Buschhorn. With approximately 77 per cent of the 5,919 registered voters voicing their choices at the polls and the Republican organization striving to reverse its defeat of last year, when Joseph C. DeCos-ter, Democrat, won a seat on the council, the complete Republican ticket went Into office by sizable majorities. Elected to council seats were Condit S.

Atkinson former instructor of instrumental music in the Highland Park schools and now teaching music in Metuchen, and Horace G. Wright, a veteran of World War II and a long time resident of the Park. Keen interest in the election was indicated by the fact that Cole, who led the entire ticket, Yes No 21,875 12.120 75,281 17,727 10,593 8.343 30,406 23,224 5.197 4.163 10,322 7,332 15.699 8,017 9,502 .152,724 16.407 5,788 3.3S3 27.982 12.944 33.037 7.543 29,356 9.176 18,543 3,637 6,207 3.963 30.856 9,136 4,707 4,054 13,255 4.033 4,477 1,762 53,046 9.155 53.046 9,155 6,452 4,309 187,622 Burlington Mercer Morris Salem Airlines Steamship gents. Kosa Agcyn 203 Somerset Sb Charter 7-0X20. svtd-trl-aua-U Continued on Page Three.