Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 310, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1930 — Page 13

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LAUNCH PROBE ON RUMORS OF BALLOT FRAUD Grand Jury to Act If Vote Steal Is Established, Stark Says. PADDING IS CHARGED Arrests of Three Election Officials Made Basis of Investigation. If any evidence of irregularities in primary vote tabulations is produced, ihowing vote stealing and ballot altering, as charged in widespread rumors, it will be presented to the grand jury for a thorough investigation, Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said today. Definite evidence contained in signed statements of persons having knowledge of elecion frauds will be received and amassed for consideration and submission to the grand jury, Stark asserted. Cognizant of widespread rumors that poll officials have padded and altered ballots in alleged manipulation to bring certain candidates to the foreground, and complaints of uncalled-for delay in return of vote results, Stark issued a general call for information pointing toward fraud. Ready to Clean Up “This office is willing to give every assistance in enforcing the law to keep elections clean,” he declared. Investigation also was under way by George L. Denny, election commissioner, ‘‘as a routine matter,” Denny said. Arrest Wednesday of three members of the election board of the Ninth precinct of the Fourth ward and a Republican candidate for precinct committeeman and unexplained delay in ballot tabulations in many precincts is the basis for the investigation, according to Stark and Denny. Charges that “vote stealing” for Republican and Democratic candidates was being perpetrated in precincts where tabulating had been delayed, were made Wednesday at election commissioners headquarters at courthouse. Receive Many Complaints Reports were current that deputy election commissioners were refused admittance at several polls and that they were greeted with threats of violence if they attempted to enter by force. At Republican headquarters numerous complaints were received Wednesday afternoon that delay was uncalled for in many polling places, but hastily conducted probes by “investigators” failed to disclose reasons for delay. At 4 p. m. Wednesday more than seventy-five precincts had failed to make returns to unofficial tabulators at the party headquarters, and explanations were forthcoming that heavy balloting in larger wards led poll officials to double check the votes. At midnight Wednesday, eighteen hours after the polls closed, fifteen precincts still failed to report, according to Albert Snider, deputy election commissioner. Seven Fail to Report One precinct had made no report at 12 today. It was the First precinct of Decatur township. Four other precinct results were officially returned before noon. “There is absolutely no reason why returns should not have been made on those seven precincts fourteen hours before,” Snider declared. That many reports of corrupt tabulation were false was revealed late Wednesday when Stark, Deputy Prosecutor Paul Rhoadarmer and reporters visited ten polling places in the Eighth ward, where tabulating w: s slow. In two instances, tabulating of votes was being made within view of passersby. and other precincts already had made official reports. Alteration of twenty-five ballots was charged to John L. Bienz. 3425 North Illinois street, Republican candidate handling ballots, by Everett Saxton. 3360 North Meridian street, candidate for delegate to the state convention. Bienz. and E. W. Hoover. 3449 North Illinois street, inspector; two judges. J T Andrews. 3471 North Illinois street, and M. C. Lyons, 3318 North Illinois street, are at liberty, each on a SI,OOO bond posted after they were slated Wednesday at city prison.

New Dairy Plant Opened to Public

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EXPANSION OF NOTRE DAME TAKES FORI Five-Year Program Will Be at Cost of One to Two Millions. tf.V Time* ftrtrrinl SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 8. The University of Notre Dame is to be expanded in a five-year program at a cost between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, it was disclosed by its president, the Rev. Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C., regarding a meeting of the Notre Dame Club of the St. Joseph Valley. The president explained that the university recently came into possession of the first large endowment in its history, expected to amount to about $250,000, through a provision in the will of William P. Green, Ft. Wayne, a member of the university’s lay board of trustees who died two weeks ago. Os this amount, the will directed that $50,000 be used in endowing the Martin J. Regan chair of public speaking. The remainder will be for the college of law. Father O’Donnell announced the expansion plans Include a college of commerce building on a site now occupied by an observatory. Directly across a road from the commerce structure, it is proposed to erect a building for the college of engineering. Shops and engineering laboratories damaged by fire a year ago will be razed to make room for two or three new residence halls. University road will be moved and replaced with a plaza and walks and adjacent ground landscaped. A building for the college of fine arts and an athletic field house are included in plans. JOHN F. ENGELKE IS SCOTTISH RITE CHIEF Succeeds Tine P. Dickinson as Thrice Potent Master. John F. Engelke, lawyer, today succeeded Tine P. Dickinson as thrice potent master of Scottish Rite for the year. Other officers chosen at the annual meeting of Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection, the governing body of the Rite, at the cathedral Wednesday night, were John T. Saulter, re-elected trustee for a three-year term; Vincent V. Smith, to fill the unexpired term of Louis G. Buddenbaum, trustee,, who resigned; David C. Pyke, deputy master; . Elmer Raschig. senior warden; Fae W. Patrick, junior warden; Alfred M. Glossbrenner, orator; Edward D. Moore, treasurer, re-elected, and Fred I. Willis, secretary, reelected. FI G HTING JUDGE WIN S B ti T'nitcd Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., May B.—Circuit Judge Charles P. Bock w r on a bitter primary battle in Vanderburg county by defeating Robert Tracewell for the Republican nomination for circuit Judge. Mayor Frank Griese retained control of the Democratic party by getting a majority of the precinct committeemen in opposition to City Judge Charles Eichel. John W. Boehme Jr. (Dem.) and Representative Harry E. Rowbottom (Rep.) easily won the First district nominations for the office.

New William H. Roberts & S ns dairy office building.

Souvenirs and refreshments will be attractions for all visitors. The business now is operated by the four sons of William H. Roberts, W. Henry, J. Benjamin, Guy L. and Ralph Roberts. Com-

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est resident, feeding her chickens, as Topsy, her dog, looks on. Lower Left—Mary Ann Hittel, 2, the street’s youngest, and her dog, Trixie. BY ARCH STEINEL

HARD TIMES have missed Easy street. Stock crashes, unemployment, tight money, may get wails from other streets in Indianapolis, but on that block-long, half-cindered thoroughfare one squareeast of Tibbs avenue and north of Seventeenth street life is a mite easier. Just ride out on the street some day and you’ll find a sort of restful peace. Youngsters will be in back yards playing at “tea party.” You’ll hear cackling hens and see nine clean homes. Maybe you’ll run into the ice cream cone man and hear the shouts of some of the street’s twenty children to “Wait, mister; we want to buy a cone.” For Easy street has the money with which to buy ice cream cones. Its only unemployment was a few weeks of idleness for Carl Carlson, 67. its oldest resident. But Carlson’s working now at his bricklaying trade.

“Just got a job the other day,” vouched a neighbor. The psychology of the name Easy street seems, at least to some of its residents, to be a charm against trouble. a a tt 'TITE’VE only been here a couVY pie of years, but somehow it seems my husband and I have gotten along better,” declares Mrs. Joy Gillespie, 1808 Easy street. But the street’s families don’t depend on straight psychology to be happy and contented. Lawns in other sections of the city may grow high with weeds, but they’re trimmed close on Easy street. They work to keep on Easy street. Os course, death has touched the street’s hem and so has births, but somehow, well, as Mrs. William Raymer, 1350 Easy street, puts it, “somehow you always seem to do a little better on Easy. Things seem to always come out all right. I’ve four youngsters. They get sick sometimes, just like youngsters always do, but things always turn out all right.” Neighbors really are neighbors on Easy. The philosophy of the street seems to engender kindliness and hospitality, just as it seems to raise plumper hens, better strawberries. n a t> THEY joke about shoving cars in low gear in muddyweather. “Tell the city to come out and give us some more cinders,” shouted one resident and a chorus of calls echoed his words. So some day you folk who live on pavements and never fight mud, drive out on Easy. If you’re down in the cups, got, a grouch, so much the better. SFtep out of your car and lie down in the tvell-sodded parkways and maybe you’ll get a glimpse, a secondhand idea, of why bull and bear marts and bread-lines never have violated the happiness of Easy street.

ATTACK IS CHARGED Man Beaten and Robbed of S4O, Police Are Told. Police today were investigating complaint of William Hale, 23, of 612 North Illinois street, that he was beaten and robbed of S4O and thrown out of an East Pratt street rooming house Wednesday night. Hale said he had been drinking with three taxicab drivers, and they attacked and robbed him. A burglar who removed his shoes and entered the home of Robert L. Dorsey, 4466 Guilford avenue, through a bedroom window Wednesday night, took a S2OO watch and other articles, valued at more than SIOO, FALL INJURIES FATAL Mrs. Nancy Brown Dies as Result of Internal Injuries. Mrs. Nancy Brown, 83, of 1555 Ashland avenue, died at Methodist hospital Wednesday night as a result of a fall on the fioor at her home several weeks ago when she sustained a fractured hip and internal injuries.

pletion of the office buJd ; ng climaxes a $50,000 expansion program. Anew refrigaration plant, reception room, auditorium, auditing department and executive offices are provided by the new structure. (

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930

BLAME FIREBUG IN HOME BLAZE Flames Started in Six Places in One Room. Fire of incendiary origin caused damage, estimated at more than SSOO, to the residence of Chris Bruce, 1702 East Troy avenue, at 4 this morning. The fire was discovered by a passing milk wagon driver. Captain William Stiglemeyer, engine house 29, found blazes had been started in six places in overstuffed furniture in the front room of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce are in Bedford, where Bruce has taken new employment. That the unused but furnished house has been used as a trysting place by some persons who knew of the family’s absence is the belief of Captain Bernard Lynch, Chief Virgil Ferguson of the fire prevention bureau and V. H. Quinn of the state fire marshal’s office, who opened an investigation today.

CONGRESS First District —John W. Boehne Jr. (D), Evansville; Harry E. Rowbottom (Ri. Evansville. Second District —Ray Sisson (R). Decker; Arthur H. Greenwood (D). Washington. Third District —James W. Dunbar (Rl, New Albany, and E. B. Crowe (D), Bedford. Fourth District —Scott Thompson (R). Rising Sun, and Harry C. Canfield (D), Batesville. Fifth District —Noble J. Johnson (R), Terre Haute, and Cortland C. Gillen (Di, Greencastle. Sixth District —Richard N. Elliott (R), Connersville. and William J. Larrabee (D), New Palestine. Seventh District —Republican nomination uncertain: Louis Ludlow (D), Indianapolis. Eighth District —Albert H. Vestal (R). Anderson, and Claude C. Ball (D), Muncie. Ninth District —Fred S. Purnell (R). Attica. and Harry Matlock (D>. Kokomo. Tenth District— Will R. Wood (R). Lafayette. and Charles J. Murphy (Dl, Brookston. Eleventh District —Albert R-. Hall IRI. Marlon, and Glenn Griswold (D). Peru. Twelfth District— David N. Hogg iRI. Ft. Wayne, and James I. Farley (D). Auburn. Thirteenth District —Andrew J. Hickey (R). Laporte. end Samuel B. Pettengill (D). South Bend.

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Elkhart County—Warren Berkcy <R), Goshen, and Dean L. Barnhart (D) Goshen. St. Joseph County—Chester A. Perkins (D). South Bend. Allen County—Fred W. Green (R>. Ft. Wayne, and Harry M Williams (D), Ft. Wavne. Grant County—Oren Dickey (R), Marion, and Jesse M. Ballard (Di. Marion. Wayne County—Claude S. Kitterman (R), Cambridge City, and Crollie W. Druley (D). Boston. Porter. Jasper. Newton and Pulaski Counties—William Brown <R), Hebron. No Democratic candidate. Whitley and Huntington Counties— Oliver Kline (R). Huntington, and R. Frank Raber (D) Columbia City. Adams. Wells and Blackford Counties —Guy Mahornev (R). Hartford City, and Thurman A. Gottschalk (D). Berne. Miami and Howard Counties—Guy Ballard (R). Amboy, and H. K. Culbertson (D). Peru. Jay and Randolph Counties—Herbert V. Tormohlen (R). Portland, and Frank C. Unger (DI. Farmland. Madison. Henry and Hancock Counties— Luther Draper (R), Spiceland, and Walter S. Chambers (D). Newcastle. Tipton. Boone and Hamilton Counties —Lonzo L. Shull (R). Sharpsville and Ben H. Rockey <D), Tipton. Benton and Tippecanoe Counties—L. Floyd Garrett (R), Lafayette. No Democratic candidate. Montgomery and Putnam Counties—J. Frank Chadwick (R). New Richmond, and Ira Clouser (D). Crawfordsville. Union. Bartholomew, Franklin and Decatur Counties—William R. Osborne (R). Brookville. and J. Dwight Wetz ID). Columbus. Sullivan and Vigo Counties—Chester Kizer <R). Terre Haute, and Adison Drake iD'. Terre H&ute. Knox and Daviess Counties—William R. Hill (Ri. Vincennes, and William P. Dennigan <D). Vincennes. Lawrence. Martin and Orange Counties— John C. Sherwood (Rt, Bryantsville, and Guy C. Hanna (D). Burns City. Harrison. Floyd and Crawford Counties —Frank H. Self <Ri. Corydon. and James B. Brewster (D), Corydon. Ripley. Dearborn and Jennings Counties —Edward J. Walker (Ri. Vernon. Democratic returns not reported. Ohio. Switzerland. Jefferson and Clark Counties—Floyd H. Compton (RI. Speeds, and Russell P. Kehoe tDI. Jeffersonville. Dubois. Perry and Spencer Counties— William Ellsworth (RI. Huntingburg, and William V. Doogs (D). Canneßcn. Gibson and Pike Counties—Ferd P. Veeck (Ri. Petersburg, and John O. German (Di. Princeton. _ .

Unofficial Returns in Primary

St. Joseph County—John W. Rlttinger (R). New Carlisle and Chester A. Perkins (D). South Bend. Lake County—William F. Hodges (R), Gary; Democrat uncertain.

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Marion and Johnson Counties—l. New- j ton Brown (R), Franklin, and Roger D. Branigin ID), Franklin. Lake and Porter Counties —Balthaser Hoffman (D), Valparaiso. La Porte County—Zeola H. Mishener (R), Michigan City, and Martin T. Krueger (D), Michigan City. La Porte and Starke Oounties—William Bogan (R), Knox, and Russell W. Smith (D), La Porte. Marshal County—Norman A. Imrie (R), Culver, and D. L. McKesson (D), Plymouth. Elkhart County—Cecil J. Kistler (R), Elkhart; Horace R. Staffer (R), Nappanee; Ira Eshelman (D), Elkhart, and Edward L. Yoder (D), Elkhart. Kosciusko County—Forrest Knepper (R), Etna Green, and Donald Vandeveer (Di, Milford. LaGrange and Steuben Counties—F. G. Smeltzley (R), Howe, and Blaine A. Blosser (DI, Fremont. Noble County—Harvey G. Eshelman (R), Kendallville, and Charles A. Werker (D), Albion. De Kalb County—Howard S. Grimm (R), Auburn, and Edward S. Kelham (D), Garrett. Fulton and Pulaski Counties—Cecil Bachtenkircher (R), Winamac, and William Conn (D), Winamac. Allen and Whitley Counties —Logan Staples (R), Columbia City, and Chester K. Watson (D), Ft. Wayne. Jasper and Newton Counties —William C. Babcock <R). Rensselaer. No Democratic candidates. Benton and White Counties—Ernest Hawkins (Rt, Fowler, and Fred Dahling (D), Reynolds. Cass County—Truman G. Murden (R), Twelve Mile, and John M. Cantley (D>. Logansport. Cass and Carroll Counties—John W. Guard (R). Logansport, and Albert A. Newer (D). Camden. Miami County— George F. Ogden ‘RI. Peru, and Rollin S. Place (D). Denver. Wabash County—Charles W. Thompson (R). La Fontaine, and Edward E. Eikenbary ID), Wabash. Huntington County—Harvey O. Rice (R). Huntington, and Everett S. Priddy (D). Warren. Adams and Wells Counties —Amos Burkhalter (R). Berne, and George L. Saunder (D), Bluffton. Jay County—W. Earl Warnock (Rt. Portland, and Philo W. Journay (D). Portland. Grant County—J. C. Knight (R). Jonesboro. and Peter T. Spence (DI. Marion. Grant and Blackford Counties—Sam J. Farrell (Rt. Hartford City, and William L. Hawkins (DI. Upland. Howard County—George W. Freeman (R). Kokomo. Howard and Tipton Counties —Glen C. Hadley (Ri. Windfall. No Democratic candidate. Clinton County—Wendell B. Montgomery (RI. Frankfort, and Nathan R. Combs (DI. Mulberry. Tippecanoe County—J. Frank Smith (R). Lafayette, and Hettie V. Duncan (D), West Point. „ Tippecanoe and Warren Counties—Roy C. Street (R), Lafayette, No Democratic candidate. Fountain County—Oliver W. McGaughey (Ri. Veedersburg, and Lee Whitehall (D), Attica. Montgomery County—John W. Remley (Ri. Waynetown, and Harry T. Davis (D), Crawfords ville. i Boone County—Briant Edwards (R>, ! Lebanon, and Amos F. Nelson (Di. Thorntown. Hamilton County—Charles Y. Foster j (R). Carmel, and George W. Osborn (D), Sheridan. Madison County—Cromer Alldredge iRI. Anderson; William A. Fisher (R>, Anderson; William J. Black (D), Anderson, and George B. McCamraon (DI. Elwood. Madison and Hancock Counties—Ralph A. Scott (R), Greenfield, and William EWilson (D), Greenfield.

Delaware County—lsaac M. Trent (R), Muncie; Oran W. Cromer (R), Middletown; Paul Bawden (D), Muncie, and I. U. White <D), Muncie. Randolph County—Miles J. Furnas (R), Winchester, and Alden E. Petro (D), Losantsville. Wayne County—James M. Knapp (R), Hagerstown, and John Marksbury (D), Richmond. Wayne and Union Counties —Oliver La Fuze (R), Liberty, and Earl Crawford (D), Milton. Henry County—H. H. Evans (R), Newcastle, and Fred Culp (D), Middletown. Henry and Rush Counties—William S. Coleman IR>. Carthage, and Strod Hayes (Di. Newcastle. Fayette and Franklin Counties—William R. Phillips (R). Glenw’ood. and George M. Fries (D). Connersville. Shelby County—Ray Jones (R). Waldron, and Thomas Hawkins (D), Shelbyville. Hendricks County—Thad, S. Adams (RI. Danville, and James W. Milhon (Di, Clayton. Morgan County—Arthur D. Gray (R), Mooresville, and Frank Finney (D). Martinsville. Putnam and Owen Counties—William T. O’Neal (R). Cloverdale. and Harry Stamp (DI. Roachdale. Vermilion County—Jesse E. Haddon (R), Dana, and Louis R. Douglass <D). Dana. Parke County—James W. Gray <Dt. Rockville. Clay County—Herbert E. Rissler <R • Brazil, and Clarence O. Schlegel (D). Clay City. Greene County—Jack Master (R). field, and Edward H. Stein (D). Bloomfield. Monroe County—Claude G. Malott (Ri. Bloomington, and Ward G. Biddle (Di, Bloomington. Bartholomew County—Edd Marr (RI, Columbus, and Hardin S. Linke (D). Columbus. Floyd County—M. E. Gable (RI, New Albany. and Herbert P. Kenney (D). New Albany. Lawrence County—Elam Y. Guernsey (Rl. Bedford, and Joseph Trobridge '(D), Mitchell. Jackson and Brown Counties— Floyd E. Cosby (R). Seymour, and Dave Fitzgibbon (D). Brownstown. Orange and Washington Counties—William H. Stoner (R). French Lick, and Lee Vellom (D). Saltillo. Crawford and Harrison Counties—John L. Miller (R). Cory don, and Sam Benz ID), English. Martin and Du Bois Counties—Ralph N. Stewart (R), Huntingburg. and Fablus Gwln (D). Shoals. Perry and Spencer Counties —John D. Graves (R). Rome and Edward C. Simpson (D). Rockport. Daviess County—Lafayette Gilley (R). Washington, and Lew S. Core (D). Elnora. Knox County—Henry F. Voile (R), Edwardsport, and David Byers (D), Vincennes. Knox and Pike Counties —Newton Y. Yates IRI, Vipcennes, and Marmaduke Stoops ID), Petersburg. Gibson Counts’—R. S. Munford (R).

O’Hare’s Band Plays for Old Folks

Th“ abov*juptograph shows Husk O’Hare and his band with the residents of the Old Folks home, 2007 North Capßpiavenue. O’Hare and his Stevens Hotel orchestra, appearing this weeL at the Circle theater, played at 1# Jhome Tuesday. This was only one of the four engagements V hat O’Hare filled outside the theater dul 1 his stay in Indianapolis. TTvi others included the, Riley hospital, Lutheran Orphans’ home IT and the Home for Aged Wdfoen. A

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Princeton, and William H. Lee (D). Princeton. Posey, Vanderburg and Warrick Counties —William McClain (D). Evansville. Jefferson and Scott Counties—Roy S. Danner (R) and Samuel B. Wells (Di. Ripley and Switzerland Counties —William H. Oatman (R). and Jesse P. Currv (Di. Tipton County—Gordon C. Hadley. Decatur and Jennings Counties—John W. Holcomb (R). and George C. Ale (D). Dearborn and Ohio Counties —D. Paul Ziegler (R). and H. Curtis Bennett (Di. Clark County—Frank R. Kassa (R) and George W. Stoner (D). Allen County—Harry O. Barr (R), Ft. Wayne; Elmer Koeneman IRI, Ft. Wayne; Perry Rowe (R). Ft. Wayne; George Stolte (D). Ft Wayne; Payne Morgan (D). Ft. Wayne; Eugene Martin (Di. Ft. Wayne. Sullivan County—George McNaughton (R), Sullivan, and Thomas Houck (Di. Sullivan. St. Joseph County—Joseph A. Avery (R). South Bend; John A. Easterday (R). Bremen; Albert R. Bernhardt (Ri. South Bend; Charles J. Allardt (D). South Bend; John B. Kuespert (D). South Bend, and Francis C. Salto (Dl. South Bend. MERGER UNOPPOSED Decide Against Action in Youngstown Case. CLEVELAND, May B.—The United States attorney-general’s office has decided defintely to take no action on the demand of a Youngstown Sheet and Tube stockholder that suit be brought to stop the Youngstown-Bethlehem Steel merger on the grounds of anti-trust law violation. John L. Lord, assistant attorneygeneral, in a letter to Wilfred J. Mahon, district attorney, here, advised Mahon that no suit will be brought. Evidence detailed by the stockholder is not sufficient, the letter said. SLAP U. S. ENVOYCHOICE John Willys Is Anti-Catholic, Polish News Agency Asserts. Bu I'nited Prcs WARSAW, Poland, May B.—The Catholic news agency today criticised the appointment of John N. Willys as the new American ambassador to Poland, on the ground that Willys “is a known militant and antiCatholic.’’ “We hope he will not regard himself as a Protestant missionary to Poland,” the agency said.

LABOR VIEWS PARKER SNUB ASJRiUMPH Senate Action Is Smash at •Yellow Dog’ Contract, Leaders Assert. PARTY LINES BROKEN Decision Is Starting Point of History-Making Controversy. BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May B.—ln rejecting the nomination of Judge John J. Parker for supreme court by a margin of two votes, after a seven weeks’ struggle, the senate has begun another of those great public-policy controversies which are the milestones of United States history. By iocusing public attention on the issue which has agitated labor | for two decades, the vote brings to the front the problem of the socalled “yellow dog” contract, and the powers of the federal judiciary in sustaining such covenants by injunctions. How deep lie the roots of the issue is indicated, according to opponents of the “yellow dog” principle, by the shattering of party lines on the Parker vote. Thirteen Democrats abandoned party leadership to vote or pair | against the nomination, and twentytwo Republicans deserted the administration.

Editorial Started Trend The opposition to Judge Parker began to manifest itself when the nomination reached the senate on March 21. A Scripps-Howard editorial of March 25 emphasized the importance of pre-eminent statesmanship on the supreme bench and concluded, “The President, in our judgment, has not found the right man in John J. Parker.” On March 29, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor announced the opposition of organized labor. Almost simultaneously, the Association for the Advancement of the Colored People presented to the senate judiciary committee the record of Parker's 1920 campaign utterances on the political activities of the Negro in North Carolina. Turned Down by Committee | Two days later the committee re- ' csived a formal protest Judge Parker’s decision in the \ Blrefield Water Company case, in I which he declared, in 1927, that a ! return of 7Vi per cent on invested ! capital was reasonable for the j utility company. The tide of opposition had grown I to such proportion when the judiciary committee began hearings on the nomination, on April 5, that a number of senators already had been besieged with demands for rejection. A group of administration supporters quietly urged President Hoover to withdraw the nomination. A week later—April 21—the judiciary committee by a vote of 10 to 6 reported Parker's name to the senate with the recommendation of nonconcurrence. “Master Political Stroke** On the second day of the debate Senator Walsh of Montana presented to the senate the statement of the trial judge in the war fraud ! prosecution of the United States ! Harness Company, which charged ! Parker with having, as prosecutor, ! neglected to offer certain important evidence from the government's files. The next day Senator McKellar presented the letter from Assistant interior Secretary Dixon upon the appointment of Parker as “a master political stroke” to sustain the Republican organization in North Carolina. The letter had been addressed on March 13 to White House Secretary Newton. It later was denied that President Hoover ever had seen or had knowledge of this recommendation. MISSIONARY GROUPS WILL HOLD MEETING “Christian Fellowship” to Be Theme of Church Societies. “Christian Fellowship” will be the theme of the annual union meeting of missionery socities of the Reformed churches of the city at the Second Reformed church, Pleasant and Shelby streets, Friday, The meeting will be joined by the Federation of Women of City Evangelical Churches. Sessions will open at 10:30 Friday. Luncheon will be served and the afternoon will be devoted to discussion of activities.