European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes june 1949 politics gop answer Truman blast at Congress june 10 Republican congressional leaders reacted quickly and vocally yester Day to president Truman state ment that this is the worst con Gress we have had since the first one Truman made the statement to a reporter in where he called in speeches for an end to Republican control Over Congress in House Republican Leader Charles Halleck countered by saying there Are a lot of people who think Truman is the poorest president have had since George Washington was and there is no doubt fat this Congress has had the worst action from the White House that any Congress has Kenneth Wherry acting Senate majority said that a curious statement from the bipartisan investigation trip that the president he was that just Ward the the decide As to the record of this Congress in no 11 Southern states agree on pre convention caucus june 10 the executive committee of the states rights steering committee unanimously agreed yesterday to Call a pre National convention caucus of 11 Dixie govt Ben Lanry of Arkansas said the purpose of the meeting would be to formulate the souths attitude toward any prearranged demo cratic it is expected to Call for the abolition of president Truman civil rights program and the restoration of the two thirds majority a presidential candidate would have to obtain before receiving the democratic Nomina Dempsey admits defeat in new Mexico primary june 10 Dempsey today con ceded new Mexico democratic nomination for senator to former Secretary of agriculture Clinton when Dempsey issued his state he trailed Anderson to on returns from 416 of the states 86ft Stock issues Rise to 22month Peak june it stocks swung Forward fractions to around a Point yesterday to the highest Levels since but the Advance attracted mild profit taking that pared the gains in some trading swelled on the Price sales in the first four hours reaching the Best level in nearly three weeks at against Only tuesday in the came As the Stock Marker moved farm commodities also forged the exception was hogs in where the Price dipped 25 to 50 cents Hundred weight and the top Price was Down 25 rabbi Liebman Dies june 10 rabbi Joshua loth author of bestseller peace of died at his Home he had been ill with Grippe since sunday and suffered a heart attack yester Day curves in the air Over Miami contestants in the transcontinental air race for women take a stroll after the race with Frances Nolde of Winner of the Nolde flew her plane from Palm to Miami in an elapsed flying time of 17 hours 10 her prize was 3rd Gambler shot to death june 10 known was shot to death in Gangland style yesterday and police believed the slaying was connected with the killings of two other gamblers during the last Polsky was stalked and slain by gunmen As he parked his car and walked toward his Home on Chicago South two of the killers followed him toward the while a third sat at the wheel of getaway Polsky started to one of the gunmen calmly raised his pistol and shot the Gambler in the bringing him to the then the others walked pumped three More shots Inte his head and and fled in the waiting police capt William Touhy said he believed the three slayings from mayor Martin h Kennelly Campaign to clean up the cites gambling he said the heat had driven gamblers forcing them into Tough Competition for the few areas left where joints can House passes Bill cutting a funds june 10 the House yesterday Bill providing to operate she v e t e r a n s atom Rizic Energy commission and four other agencies in the new fiscal year starting july by its the House upheld its appropriations committee in trimming from a tonic Energy commission and Cut Ting from the the appropriation represented a Cut of in president Truman Esti mate the Bill now goes to the Senate where nearly a dozen major Money Bills still must be considered is Voore reaches new York on flight from Europe new june 10 Bryant of arrived yesterday by air from Europe in route to Washington where he will become chief of the information Moore had commanded u occupation troops in Trieste for the ast two and on half he will succeed Floyd Parks a army information t Senate votes to change court martial system june 10 Senate voted 4439 yesterday to overhaul the army and air Force court martial it wrote into the draft Bill an amendment by James Kem which he said is needed to meet bitter criticism of the administration of military Justice under the existing articles of if Congress has time to pass legislation to take Young from their it certainly Treasury to drop simple tax form As too june 10 the Treasury has come to the conclusion that its simplified income form used by wage earners is too it will be abolished As a tax form form w2 is the one wage earners receive from their employers show ing their total salary and with holding tax for the they could fill it mail it in and let the government figure their most of the the treas Ury arose from the fact that so Many wage earners worked for More than one employer during the year and had difficulty deciding How to fill out the Treasury Secretary John Sny Der said that form1040a will be revised and simplified to incorporate the present Good featured form w2 and eliminate its every Effort will be he to simplify language and minimize the number of questions the taxpayers will has time to see that they get a Square the Kem amendment would make certain punishments less would permit enlisted men to sit As members of a court permit the accused to have counsel at pretrial investigations and establish a separate judge advocate generals Kem said the army has no serious objection to the changes except for the provision setting up a separate judge advocate general but said this was the nub of the plan to overcome dangers of commas d chairman Chan Gurney of the armed services opposed he said the Navy should be and the Senate should wait until an Overall study has been made and a uniform code adopted for All planes collide 2 killed june 10 up two persons were killed when two Light planes collided in flight six Miles East of state police Bud manager of flecks identified the dead As Charles and Tom of Eugi admits killing refugee employed commando tactics new 10 family haunting knowledge that their son killed a woman in France led so the admission of his com Mando killing of a new District attorney Karl Grebow said Grebow identified Slayer As was on a charge of Homi acting police Thomas Han Nigan said Samuels told of being convicted Jan 1945 by a court martial in France in connection with the strangling of French girl at lie mans and of serving 16 months of a Hannigan gave this account of Samuels arrest1 for the murder of Frieda a German reported to have lived in the outskirts of Hanover before coming to the six8 months the mans father approached the police said come and look my we have been scared of him Ever since he killed that woman in police questioned who smoked and parried Home was police found stolen including the dead when confronted with this Evi Samuels broke Down and according to Hannigan i gave her a commando i hit her in the Windpipe with the Edge of the Palm of my hand and she fell she started to scream and i jumped on 1 mine owners offer contract without raises june 10 soft Coal operators yesterday offered the miners a new contract without any wage increase but with a plan for Benefit payments from 1 the miners welfare 1 John the miners previously had offered the tors a conditional plan for avoiding a work stoppage july if no new contract is reached by that Date when the present contract he said he would keep the miners on the if the agree to his pension plan for elderly make retroactive to july 1 any new agreement which finally Lewis reserved the right for the Union or the operators to set aside this arrangement on five Days Bill May alter i school act i june 10 the House committee yesterday approved a Bill to give the government More to say about the schools approved for i train under present the states have final authority in selecting june 10 the House passed a Bill yesterday ordering the veterans administration to discontinue so called leis ure time veterans training courses july critics charged that vet Erans Are pursuing hobbies such As dancing and even tending bar at Federal schools to which veterans May go at government Homer Ramey author of the said his gives the veterans administrator the right to Challenge the still would have the last after hearings on the governments they could accept or reject thes veterans administrators in most cases state school Agen cies undoubtedly would follow the governments Ramey no school could stand up in the face of a formal complaint by the government there seems Little Chance for floor action on the Bill before and a Muiir to resign As Marshall Aid june 10 Secretary of state George Marshall confirmed reports today that Norman Veteran career soon As assistant Secretary of state for political he recalled that Armour came out of retirement last in the reorganization of the Dej apartment and had agreed to stay Only for 12 there has been discussion at a successor to Marshall but no decision has been Eugene Meyer to head Polk fund raising group june 10 Eugene chairman of Thel Washington yesterday accepted the chairmanship of a finance co Mittee to provide funds for investigating the murder in Greece George american correspond ent for the Columbia broadcast1 ing the announcement was made Walter chairman of the overseas writers committee to inf quire into the murder of t