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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Martin Luther Bible Glass

The Martin Luther Bible Class of
the Trinity Lutheran church will hold
their regular monthly meeting at the
home of Don Ream on Thursday eve
ming, March 25, ats8:OO o'clock. Paul
DeItler will lead the. discussion on the
lst book of Samuel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
TWO NEW HOUSES
lCmtinlIed IRON Inage I

tSN4LIiiIgEG AIOAd page
at the iatArsection Of ISandusky and
Herr roadsN 1t will be of concrete
block and frame construction. Locat-
ed on a slope, it will afford a two
level plan. The roof will be a con-
temporary fat type of built-up roof
ing materials.
The new business building will be
located in Beaverdam8 just north of
the Nickel Plate RAILROAD and is all
ready under construction. When
completed early in May it will be oc-
cupied by the owner Wayne Triple
horn who will move his auto body
shop into it.
The main structure is 40 by so feet
with a concrete block foundation and
wood frame construction above waist
level A smaller addition to the main
building will be used rs a paint shop.
An arch type girder-supported roof
will cover the building without the
need for supporting posts.
Glenn Phillips an9 associates are
the builders.
Among remodeirIg projects now
well underway is the old Mosiman
home which is being remodeled by the
college to serve as the home of DR..
L. L. Ramseyer and family.
A porch in the rear of the house is
being enclosed as a utility room, the
kitchen is being rerhodeled and mod
ernized, and the living room is being
enlarged by the removal of one wall.
At the American Legion hall extern
sive remodeling work is also nearing
completion, The former council
chamber has been transformed into a
modern streamlinedE kitchen equipped
with new cabinets and all the modern
appliances. The remodeling work al
so provides new festTooms and a
cloak room.
The Mennonite church roof is being
insulated with blanket-type insulat-
ing material.
At the NormanI Edinger home on
Jefferson street, d new bathroom is
being installed and the kitchen is be-
ing enlarged by hn addition to the
house.
Recently work was completed in
undermining the kitchen and remOy-
ing a partition inEthe Robert Benroth
home on South Main street, and at
the Gene Benroth home on South
Jackson street diningroom wall was
removed to make modern living
diningroom combination. a.-
The Ben Schiffke's also recently
completed large new garage
workshop building at the rear of
their home on South Main street.
Constructed with wooden floors and
a heating SYSTEM the building is
| serving as residence for Mr..
Schiffke's parentsI Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.
Powell.
Another kitchen remodeling project
has been underway at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hankish Jr.
on North jackson street. New cab
inets have been installed and other
improvements made. The home of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Amstutz off
the County Line road is being inn
proved with the enclosure of front
porch. .4 ..5h
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Delta Kappa Gamma Society

DeItd hdppd UdhHia oOSiSty
The Alpha Delta Alpha Tau Chap
ter will meet at Founders Hall for
tea at 300 p. m. on March 21. Sub
ject of the meeting will be Teacher
Recruitment" Committee in charge
of the meeting includes Stella Geiger,
Chairman; Helen Edstrand, Marguer-
ite Bishoff, Mary Belle Linnell and
Mabel Lantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Neiswander and the topic was
Strengthening Protestant Stakes in
Latin America. The president, Miss
Fern Koch, conducted the business
session.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Friendly Glass

The Friendly Glass of the Metho-
dist church will meet this Thursday
evening in the church basement. Prof.
Klasson will give a talk and demon
stration with his potter's wheel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Troop 125

Thursday in our Girl Scout meet
ing, we received our world wide
friendship pins for Girl Scouts of
America. We also tried to pick out
some badges to work on. We turned
in our cookie orders, so if you order
ed cookies you will get them in few
weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Mothers Study Club

The Mothers Study club will meet
Tuesday, March %, at the home of
Carolyn Alderman. Program will be
given by Verna Diller on Housekeep-
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Builders Glass

Methodist church Builders Glass
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Augsburger, Thursday,
March 25, at 500 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Home Demonstration Club
The March meeting of the Home
Demonstration club has been cancell-
ed in favor of 3 trip to Columbus
March 23 or "a to attend Home Dem
onstration Days at Farmers week, by
members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Blutfton Boys All meeting will be
held Friday, March 19, at 7:3O p. m.
IN the high school Ag room Any boy
between the ages of 1920 may join.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

To compare c bst of orange coneen-
trate, fresh d dranges and canned
orange juice, fl cure the cost per serv-
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Richland Grange

Richland Grange
Members of Richl,nnd Grange will
meet next Tuesday evening, March
23' at the Grange Hall. The program
includes a reading by Mrs. Addie
Graber and Wilford Gratz will pre-
sent interesting facts about Ohio
blngo will be played and each fam
lily is asked to bring two "white ele-
phant" prizes. ---
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
lie giOn Auxiliary

Legion Auxiliary e-ss-
Next regular meeting will be held
next Tuesday, March %, at 500 D,
m. The following committees have
been announced for the Birthday
Banquet honoring the 34th birthday
of the American Legion Post 382:
Gen. Chairman, Velnal Corson and
Marie Stonehill; Program, Augusta
Steiner and Marcene Martz, Co.
Chairman; Decorating, Geneva Ram
MEL Chr; Kitchen, Goldie Weiss and
Gaynelle Rockey, .co-ehairman. Tick
cts may be obtained from Mary
Burkholder or at Swank's Barber
Shop. Banquet will be held at the
Legion Hall on March "a at $50 u
nj.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Entries in the junior chicken-of-
tomorrow contest close April B.
Blanks are available from county ex-
tension agents, Vocational agriculture
teachers and hatcheries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Fineness and neutralizing power
are two factors to consider when buy
ing lining materials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Cincinnati put its first water
system into operation in 1926.
Evening star., 1954-05-12

those representing Mr.. Ste
vens or Mr.. Adams who slg-
gested these changes. / think
! am entitled to that. ! was
led to believe it was Mr.. WEIGH.
If that is untrue, ! should
know who they were. I am
not asking for that on the rec
ord. Mr.. Chairman, but I do
think I am entitled to that
information. because when I
am dealing with my fellow
Senators. I have complete con-
fidence and trust in them:
! still have.
If there is q misunderstand-
ing. If it wasn't Mr.. Welch
who. was making the sugges-
ton. / would like to know who
it was. If the Chair would do
that after the session is over
period.
Senator Mundt-The Chair
is not much of an investigator:
he is not much of q Judge.
He viii see what he can do to.
determine it.
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Demands Chairman
Consider Chorgee
s ena tor Mundt -

Senator Mundt - TIL e
chair
Senator McCarthy-Just a
minute. Mr.. Chairman. Is it
too much to ask that the chair
consult with. his colleagues
and then either confirm or
deny the fact that I was
standing by my phone for two
hours and received repeated
calls and was led to believe
that these suggested changes
were made at the suggestion Of
Mr.. Welch? I think that is a
reasonable request, Mr.. Chair
man.
Senator Mundt-The chair
does not believe anybody's
veracity is at stake. I think
Mr.. Welch adequately ex-
planned that at the beginning
when he said he did not have
an opportunity to consult with
his client during the lunch
hour. We recessed the COM
mitteeq twice this afternoon so
he could consult with his client
on the proposed changes and
advised the committee that
his client felt that they would
be unfair to his interests 4
we were to adopt them.
Senator McCarthy-One
further question, Mr. Chair
man. Will the chair ask Mr..
st. Clair whether he was the
man? I would like to know
who it was who made these
suggested changes.
Senator Mundt II don't
think it is the purpose or the
part of the chair to iiterro-
gate counsel for any of the
entities to this dispute. We
have tried diligently all around
the table to try to find some
workable formula for expedit-
ing the hearings which all
entities would say they consid-
cred fair. I will say that Sem
ator Mccarthy did agree
openly and publicly and pri-
vately to accept it. So did MI.
Hensel, speaking through Mr.
Bryan, exercising his right.
Mr.. Welch advised the chair
that his client had told him
on the second phone call that
he thought the proceeding
would be unfair and that is
what the chair was trying to
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titled to be heard at least to
this extent
Senator Mundt- i think so.
sir.
Mr.. Welch Unless my ears
deceived me, the Senator from
Wisconsin said I was on the
telephone with him for some
thing like an hour at adjourn
ment. The Senator from Wis
consin knows ! did not talk to
him at adjournment or at any
other time. I did not talk to
Mr.. Cohn. I did not talk to MIR.
jenkins. I need not say I did
not talk to any Senator sitting
on that side Of the table.
Senator McCarthy-May I
ask Mr.. Welch this, with the
Chairs permission. May I ask
Mr.. Welch this: Certain
changes were made in this
document. Were those changes
made at your suggestion to
any one else?
Mr.. Welch-Th were not.
Senator Mccarthy: You
mean you knew nothing about
these?
Mr.. Welch-They were not.
I did not even hear Of any of
those changes until I came
to this room. If you would like
to know what I did. ! ate some
lunch and I lay down ON a
good. long couch in my room
with my head on my arm and
rested.
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Asks Chair Disclose
Who Urqed Chances

Senator Nice Carthy-Just one
question. Mr.. Chairman.
Senator Mundt-You may
ask it.
Senator McC Carthy-If I may
ask the Chair this question. ;.
I assume there is no doubt in
the Chairs mind but what I
was led to believe that Mr..
WEIGH had made these sug-
gested changes?
Senator Mundt-I am not
sure that it would be fair to
say Mr.. Welch was involved.
I think that it was brought to
the Senator's attention that
this resolution had gone
through a series of evolutions,
and that its author felt and
hoped. as did some of the
other members of the COM
mittee, that it was in such a
form that those involved would
think it was a fair and honest
and just approach.
Senator McCarthy-AS a
final question, Mr.. Chairman,
after the session is over, I
wonder if the Chair would do
this for me: I wonder If he
would give me the names of
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Mccarthy Insists
On Finishing Remarks

Senator Mccarthy have a
very important point here, Mr..
Chairman. I have made the
statement that I have received
telephone calls, that I stood by
my phone this noon, and I was
led to believe-I am not going
to name the Senators or who
did it-let me finish this, Mr..
Chairman. I insist on finish
ing my sentence.
Senator Mundt-One at a
time.
Senator McCarthy-I insist
on finishing. Mr.. Chairman.
May l finish this, Mr.. Chair
man?
Senator Mundt-Proceed.
Senator Mccarthy have
made the statement that over
two hours this noon I was be-
ing called repeatedly by Sena-
tors and others who led me to
believe that these changes
were suggested by Mr.. Welch:
that he wanted, for example.
the word ."rebuttal" removed;
that he wanted other words
inserted. And if Mr.. WEIGH
was lying on his couch asleep,
I am not going to ask that the
Senator take the stand, but !
do think it should be made
very clear by the Chair, who
knows about the conversation
Il am not saying the Chair
himself made the calls-I
think it should be made very
clear that I had no indication
that this was not coming di-
rectly from Mr.. Welch, and I
think that should be cleared
up. because I spent a lot of
time accepting what I thought
were Welch's proposals.
AS I say, ! don't want any
one to take the stand and give
me details about it, but I think
in fairness to me those calls
that were made should be
summarized by some one so it
is very clear that ! was led to
believe that I was accepting
an offer by Mr.. WEIGH.
I think that is reasonable,
Mr.. Chairman. ! think it Is
very reasonable.
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Chairman Presses
For Committee Vote

Senator Mundt-The Chair
believes we should proceed
with the vote.
Senator McCarthy-No. no,
Mr.. Chairman. Here is q very
important point. Mr.. Chair
man, may I have the Chairs
attention?
Senator Mundt-The Chair
has recognized Mr.. Jenkins.
The Chair has recognized the
committee counsel, Mr.. Jen-
kinS.
Senator Mccarthy have
not concluded.
Mr.. JenkinS-Do I have the
floor, Mr.. Chairman?
This colloquy between the
Senator, the statements made
are wholly out of order. Mr..
Chairman, it seems to me that
we should now proceed to take
a vote on the resolution or on
the motion, and then act ac-
cordingly and proceed with
the presentation of the proof,
which I assure the Chair and
the committee I am ready to
do.
Senator Mundt-The Chair
is prepared to call the roll. .
Senator Mccarthy - Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mundt-The Chair
will state in response to the
Senator from Wisconsin
Senator Mccarthy - Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mundt-The Chair
is about to answer the Sena-
tors request. The Chair has
consistently held that when
ever any of the members Of the
subcommittee or counsel for
any individual requests that
q meeting of subcommittee be,
called to consider matters that
they want to bring before us,
he will call that meeting and
he will call the meeting the
Senator has requested, and
listen to his suggestion at that
time. @
Senator Mccarthy - Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mundt-I would like
to have the vote.
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Would Resume Probe
OF Defense Plants

Mr.. Chairman, I urge that
after this motion is acted upon
that we, have no more deal
ings, no more conversations,
about how we can close the
hearings. Let's hear all the
witnesses, hear all of them in
public. and I will ask that
Mr.. Welch be called. And, also,
Mr. Chairman, ] would like to
make this request. and you
perhaps may not be able to do
this today, but, Mr.. Chairman,
in view of the fact that this
committee is acting only in
the hearings about four hours
a day, in view of the fact that
we have an investigation that
we have been working on for
six or eight months which the
statute Of limitations on GRIM
inal prosecutions is about to
run out on, in view Of the fact
that as of this very moment.
at 4:10, on May 10, 1854, there
are roughly 100 and some 80
Communists in defense plants.
I am going to ask the Chair
to call a meeting of the COM
mittee, and I will ask the per-
mission then that we revoke
the rule we originally made.
We originally passed a rule
that there be no hearings
while this was in progress. I
am sure that all Of US who
voted on that, and I voted for
it, felt that we could dispose
of these hearings in a matter
of week. Now, we realize
that with the f1libustering,
procrastination, it may take
months.
Mr.. Chairman, I think it is
urgent that 1 have the per-
mission of the committee. I
am not asking for it here, but
I would like to have an exec
utive session, but the permis-
sion of the committee to hold
hearings every evening, every
Saturday, not on the military.
but on Communists In defense
plants which have nothing to
do with the military. ! ask
the Chair to call that execu-
tive session at his earliest con-
venience so that even while
this circus is going on we may
be able to defeat the purpose
of Mr.. Welch, Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Stevens, and proceed to
dig out Communists even dur
ing this circus. ! think that
is of the utmost Importance,
period.
Senator Mundt-Are you
ready to vote?
Mr.. Welch-Mr. Chairman.
Senator Mundt-Mr. Welch?
Mr.. Welch-I think I am en-
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consultation with him that it
was acceptable to others. Ap-
parently we. know now that 1t
was not.
Senator Mccarthy Mr..
{ Chairman.
Mr.. WEIGH May I correct
the record IN one respect. MIR.
Chairman. I did not say I
was asleep on my couch. ] was
not that lucky. But ! was re-
Ginning on it..
Senator Mundt-Very good,
sir. We stand corrected.
The chair win now rule that
the time has come to vote on
this motion which is before
the committee. unless some
other voting member wants to
be heard.
Senator McCarthy-A point
of personal privilege, Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mundt = Senator
Mccarthy
Senator Mccarthy think
in decency and honesty it
should be made clear that
representatives of this COM
mittee did lead me to believe
in at least half a dozen phone
calls that some one from the
military-Mr. WEIGH is the
man they indicated - was
making these suggestions and
that that is why ! accepted
them. Unless that is made
clear, Mr.. Chairman, the inn
preston will go out that there
is no basis for this I think
it is just common decency, Mr..
Chairman. I wish you would
talk to your counsel. If it
was Mr.. st. Clair and not Mr..
Welch, we should know that.
Either somebody was deceiving
the committee or some one on
the committee was being over
ly jealous in urging me what
to do.
Mr.. Chairman, may 7 finish?
I think this Is awfuly i'm
portant. It is a question of my
veracity at stake. .
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determine from the very be-
ginning.
I suggest now that we have
o vote on Senator
Mcclellan Roises
Point OF Identity
Senator Mcclellan = Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mccarthy - Mr..
Chairman.
Senator Mundt - Senator
Mcclellan.
Senator cClellan-First a
point Of personal privilege.
When Senator Mccarthy re-
ferS to "some Senators" / have
no way of knowing definitely
whether I am included. I wish
to say for myself that ! had
no conversation with either
Senator Mccarthy or Mr..
Welch during the noon hour.
I trust the Senator will make
clear, if we are trying to clear
this up. that he did~ not in
clude me when he said "some
Senators"
Senator Mccarthy - Will
Senator Mcclellan yield?.
Senator McClellan-In all
fairness I think you should do
that.
Senator Mccarthy - May I
make it very clear, Senator
Mcclellan, that neither you
nor Senator Jackson nor Sem
ator Symington has ever in
dicated at any time that they
wanted to cut these hearings
short, to me or in my hearing.
You have had no contact with
me for that purpose. You have
had no contact with me this
noon, no contact other than
here at the committee table
today.
Senator Mcclellan thank
the Senator. I was simply try
ing to clear it up. I don't
think you should leave it
"some Senator'S"
Senator Mundt Are we
ready for the vote?
Senator Mccarthy - Mr..
Chairman. a point Of personal
privilege.
Senator Mundt-State your
point of personal privilege.
Senator Mccarthy - The
chairman knows, not from his
own personal conversations
with me-the chairman knows
the urging that I was under at
noon to accept these changes.
The chairman knows that it
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Rules Out Debate
On Lunchtime Talks

Senator Mundt-The Chair
cannot 60 into all the colo
quies that all the Senators and
all the people interested In this
discussion had during the
lunch hour. You will have to
take Mr.. Welch's word for it
that he was asleep on his
couch.
The Chair win say that Sen
ator Mccarthy advised him
that he felt that this pro-
posal would be acceptable to
him and that the Chair had
been led to believe by those In
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Transcript Exchonge DnsenPon

:
Following is the transcript
OF the dramatic exchange
touched OF at yesterdays
Army-McCGrthy hearing By
Senator McCGTthy's attack on
Army Counsel Joseph, WEIGH:
Senator McCarthy-Mr.
Chairman, I would like to be
heard on this. AS the Chair
knows, some days ago Mr..
WEIGH made a suggestion.
reluctantly accepted that.
During the noon hour, and If
I am wrong on this I wish the
Chair would tell me, I was
contacted, I was by the phone
and I was contacted at least
a half dozen times with the
the request that I accept the
changes that Mr.. Welch Sug-
gested in this document. ]
reluctantly accepted them. /
think I made it clear that !
felt that while I did not favor
his changes, if these were his
conditions for cutting down
the hearings, I would reluc-
family accept. I was urged to
accept by members of the
committee. I was shocked, and
I have seen a great number Of
different types of lawyers in
my career as a judge and as
a lawyer, I was shocked beyond
words when I found Mr.. WEIGH
come in here and make the
statement that this resolution
was new to him, after he had
been making suggestions dur
ing the noon hour, and after
he had approved, apparently
approved, the document.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, / am
not going to say he was acting
in bad faith. That is up to
the Senators who work with
him to decide that. I would
like to make a suggestion, Mr..
Chairman. All before noon,
we spent our time discussing
the question of how we could
shorten the hearings. We never
asked a single question Of a
witness, It Is now 4:10 in the
afternoon, so at most, even II
the vote is taken Immediately,
we have 20 minutes all day
today to ask questions. I
would suggest that you just
cannot deal in any manner,
shape or form with a Welch
who consistently makes offers
and then comes in here and
puts on this act before tele-
vision. I think, Mr.. Chairman,
that when this vote is taken,
Mr.. Welch should be put on
the stand, he should be asked
why he made the original sug-
geStion and then "welched"
on that; why he made the sug-
geStionS for the changes which
was urged to accept and I
reluctantly did, and why,
after I accepted those changes,
he came before this committee
and told this committee that
this was a new document to
him, that he knew nothing
about it.
Mr.. Chairman, may I say
that I think it is a complete
waste of time, from now on,
to try to do anything except
to go right straight through
this, hear all the witnesses,
unless the molten of the Sem
ater from Illinois is accepted.
I think it is a waste of time
to do any attempted dealing
with Mr.. Welch. The purpose
of Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Adams
is now clear. They succeeded 4
in calling the investigation Of
Communists off by making
their smear attack upon my
staff and upon me. It is now
clear that Mr.. WEIGH, the at
torney for Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Adams. is not acting in what
I would call good faith when
he keeps me at the phone for
two hours, and I finally ac-
cept, accept what he thinks is
a proper document and he
comes in here and says, II
never saw it before"
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was represented to me that
they were Mr.. Welch's. I wish
the chairman would make
that clear for the record.
Senator Mundt-E1e has
tried to make it as clear as he
can from the paucity of in
formation which is his that
the chairman himself asked
Senator Mccarthy whether he
felt that these proposals would
be acceptable to him. He was
the only one the chairman
contacted. He did not contact
Mr.. WEIGH. He did not contact
Mr.. Hensel or Mr.. Bryan.
I can say only that, because
! know no more about it ex-
cept that.I do say that Senator
Mccarthy was acting in good
faith when he was led to be-
lieye that perhaps there had
come about a meeting of
minds. Unhappily, that meet
ing Of minds has not been
brought about. It seems to me
that now we should proceed
with the vote. Maybe there has
been a meeting of the minds.
We will have to have a vote to
determine that.
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determine from the very be-
ginning.
I suggest now that we have
o vote on Senator