European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 28, 1959 the stars and stripes tog waste claim Over de luxe trips backed Washington urn an air line organization has backed up congressman s charge that govern ment employees Are wasting tax payers dollars by travelling on de luxe caviar and Champagne air plane flights instead of Economy flights. Clayton l. Burwell executive director of the Independent airlineassn., sent a letter to rep. Thor c. Tollefson a Wash  Tol Lefson s Call for a congressional investigation into the subject. Burwell whose organization rep resents 20 nonscheduled carriers which run Only air coach or econ omy flights cited figures indicating that most military travel at least is on de luxe planes. Cites statistic she said defense department statistics showed that in 1957, 858,000military passengers flew first class compared with 120,800 by air  figures covered air travel Only within the . Burwell said first class travel costs 5.5 cents per mile compared with 4.6 cents for Economy flights. He said $7.5 million could have Bee saved in 1957 alone had All domes tic military travel been by air coach. Burwell s charges were disclose Das rep. Thomas p. Kelly a Wash moved against certain travel arrangements by congressmen them selves As Well As other Federal officials. Curb introduced he introduced a Bill that would ban congressmen administration officials and other Federal employees and. Their relatives from travelling free or at reduced rates on Ocean liners. He said the practice is very very  present congressmen can ride free on the government owned Panama line s ships which make15-Day luxury cruises to the Panama canal  Bill similar to Kelly s has been introduced in the  said a realistic figure on total savings the government could make on air coach flights could not be reached without data on non military travel and overseas  said much coach travel is in the same plane with the same Crew and the same schedule Ashe so called first class or de luxe  superhighway work tied to Gas tax hike contrasting experiences of turncoat Otho Bell left and Samuel David Hawkins onetime turncoat of the korean War who later renounced communism have had varied experiences since returning Home. Bell in ,Wash., jail blames drinking for four brushes with 2 killed 2 injured in Auto collision Perth Amboy . Up two men were killed and two others were injured critically when their automobile struck a halted tractor trailer so hard the trailer was disconnected and shoved 160  dead were identified As Joseph Lavin 32, of Elizabeth,., owner of the automobile and his father Martin 62, also of Elizabeth. Joseph Lavin was the father of five children police  automobile in which the four men were Riding was drive by Roland Woodruff 32, of Perth Amboy he required 100 stitches for lacerations of the head. The other injured Man was Frederic Ahern 32, of Menlo Park Terrace . Chrysler hits loan ban bid Washington up Chrysler corp., smallest of the Auto making big three is opposed to legislative proposals designed to ban Automo bile manufacturers from Auto financing. F. W. Misch Chrysler s vice president for finance took that stand in testimony before the sen ate anti monopoly subcommittee. Chairman Estes Kefauver d Tenn and other subcommittee member s Are sponsors of the proposals. Misch said however that the measures Are based on erroneous premises notions that the pres ence of Auto makers in the financing Field threatens Competition and that elimination of the manufacturer would promote Competition and give the Auto buyer better financing and insurance at lower to posts. We do not believe any new legislation is needed to preserve Competition in Auto financing Misch said. He added that Chrys Ler thinks the effects of the Bill would be harmful. He argued that automobile financing is one of the most competitive areas of business activity in the  he said the num Ber of credit sources for car buyer increased during the period when most major Auto makers had direct interests in lending companies. Smarter maniac i Chicago up Nicholas c. Metropolis is working on a new maniac that will think harder and faster than its two predecessors. Metropolis is director of the University of Chicago s Institute for computer research and Developer of maniac i and ii. The letters stand for mathematical analyser numerical indicator and computer. The Law the latest a charge he took indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl. Hawkins Here with Foster Mother mrs. Carley Jones lives i Oklahoma City where he attends night school and Hopes to enter Oklahoma University. A photo frees suspect who charged brutality judge scores handling of $4 mail theft Case Houston a . District judge Joe Ingraham sharply criticized Federal investigators As he freed a mail Carrier charged with taking Money from a  accepted a defense motion for acquittal of Rufus e. Lindsey who 6no work no eat wife decrees As mate 74, retires Detroit a after 40 years of working for one company an Tonas Waitkunas retired in june1954. He testified his wife then is sued an edict no work no  Waitkunas 74, said he turned his$150-a-month pension Check Over to his wife Josephine who Cash edit and gave him $10 a month. She also Cut him to one meal a Dayan made him move into the base ment of their Home he added. She rented my room wait Kunas said i could hear her up there entertaining a boy Friend having lunch and Beer while i was Only getting one meal a  circuit judge Miles n. Culehan granted Waitkunas a divorce com menting you should t have married such a Young . Waitkunas is 64. 1st woman Wall Street Boss adds steamship line to list new York up mrs. Jose Phine perfect Bay assumed control of the american Export lines and became the first of her sex to head a major steamship line. Mrs. Bay 58, was elected to the Board chairmanship of the line which operates the Constitution and Independence and Many other liners and freighters in Oversea Commerce. She had previously been chairman of the line s executive  Iowa born business woman inherited vast financial interest when her husband Charles Ulrick Bay former . Ambassador to Norway died in 1955. Since 1956 she has been chairman and presi Dent of the brokerage firm a. Kidder & co., and is the first woman to head a major Wall Street . Bay married c. Michae Paul a Texas and California financier last month but retains her previous married name for business purposes. Paul succeeds her As chairman of the american Export lines executive committee the couple has increased their holdings in the line considerably in recent months and mrs. Bay Isnow the principal stockholder. Vas indicted feb. 3 for taking four1 Bills from an envelope mailed o the West Texas methodist Church. I want to prove that this is poorly prepared Case Ingraham Aid. I m not speaking of the . Attorney s office. I m speaking of he Post office department. We hear a lot of Public rela ions about the infallibility of our government bureaus the Post of ice department the Fri and t Lien and these men and those men. But i find that what most of hem want to do is in some Way r another get a confession and hat s their Case. I want to Dis courage the filing of this kind of Case in this  Ingraham said he did t Thinkie could submit the Case to a jury As Long As there was Only a reason Able probability the Man took the Money. Lindsey testified that a Post of ice employee hit him a couple of Udo chops to the body while try no to get a confession. The postal investigation started after Church officials reported six envelopes had been released before delivery. Several test letters including one containing four $1 Bills dusted with a powder visible under special Light were sent by investigators. They testified that traces of the powder appeared in l i n d s e y s Wallet and trouser pocket but they could t find the Bills. Slowdown seen unless alternate source is found Washington a administration officials told Congress that work on the 41,080-mile superhighway system would be Cut Bac severely unless the gasoline tax is boosted or an alternative Money source is found. Democrats and republicans on the Senate Public roads subcommittee both said that there is Little Chance thai Congress will approve the i cents a gallon boost in the present Federal Gas tax recommended by president. Eisen Hower. They urged John j. Allen jr.,under Secretary of Commerce for transportation to suggest alternative sources for needed Money. But Allen said he had no suggestions to offer now. / to said it would be inappropriate for him to do so when or. Eisenhower Iliad not for Mally submitted the Gas tax proposal to Congress. Allocation bloc however Allen said that under present Law not a Penny of the$2.5 billion scheduled to be divided among the states for the super highways this summer could be  also testified that Only $500 million of the $2.2 billion schedule to be apportioned next year could be parcelled out. Thereafter he said the apportionment for the interstate system would amount to about $1.7 billion or $1.8 billion annually about three fourths of the authorized sums. Bertram d. Tallamy Federal Highway administrator said these reductions would seriously disrupt construction of the super Highway network now scheduled to be finished in 1972. The Federal government pays 90 per cent of the  suspended the reason that the cutback would be necessary is the pay As you go amendment put in the Origi Nal 1956 Highway act by sen. Harry f. Byrd a a and George , then Secretary of the Treasury. Congress last year suspended the pay As you go provision for one year so that i960 fiscal year apportionment for interstate roads could be made on schedule in the summer of 1958. The Highway Trust fund will Start running a deficit in the 19go fiscal year beginning next july 1.mr. Eisenhower s proposal for a Gas tax increase from 3 to 4%cents a gallon would bring in about $800 million a year in new Revenue and he said this would make the fund solvent. Indiana legislature gets earthy criticism Indianapolis a rep. Carl Tyner s opinion of the in Diana legislature has t changed much during the 48 Days of the current session. When the democratic member from Russiaville was asked what he thought of the general As Sembly after his first Day there he replied Damn  his latest comment on the legislature i d rather be Home spreading  Hoffa snaps Back at gov. Collins Miami Beach up Jamesr. Hoffa says gov. Leroy Collins should worry More about the Liv ing Standard of the people of Florida and less about the team sters Union. He should worry about the great wealth that is Here on one hand and the poverty that is on theother the teamsters president  was answering a state ment Collins issued saying he wished Hoffa and the teamsters would get out of Florida and  Hoffa said if Collins would just raise the living standards of the working people he won t have to be worried about Hoffa and the team sters Union who Are merely trying to get a living wage for these  is entitled to relax in the Florida Sun. But the people need something with which to enjoy it the teamster Leader cleared