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GARY TRAGEDY STIRS WRATH OF W.C.T.U. State Senator Refuses to Conduct Probe Into Girl’s Death. ANSWERS DRY’S LETTER Declares Prohibition Is Not on Trial; Upholds County Officials. United Press GARY, Ind.. Dec. 10.—State Senator Oliver C. Holmes, chairman oi Governor Harry M. Leslie’s law eniorcement commission, declined today the request for a state investigation into the death of Arlene Draves, 18. He notified Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, stale president of the W. C. T. U.. that he dm not believe there was any need for the commission to act. ”Thc prosecuting attorney, prose-cutor-elect and police have acted promptly and efficiently,” he said. ■Prohibition is not on trial in this ease.” Backed by Gary Dry Mrs. Charles A. Swisher, president of the Lake County W. C. T. U.. concurred with Holmes’ opinion. “Local authorities have done everything possible tp see that justice is done," she said. Statements that the death of Miss Draves after a Saturday night drinking party was a result of prohibition drew' a challenge from the temperance groups. Five sons of Gary families have been indicted on charges of murder is a result of Arlene’s death. From national headquarters in Evanston, the W C. T. U. aimed its fire at “spineless” officials in Gary. The statement Included a letter from Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley of Liberty. Ind.. president of the state organization and was addressed to Holmes. Flays “Spineless Officials” “I call your attention,” the letter said, “to press reports and statements made by certain lawyers who condone the crime against Miss Draves and seek to place the reponsibility on prohibition rather i ban on the bootlegger and spineless \ officials who wink at lax enforcement.” Mrs. Stanley referred to statements of attorneys for the five youths w'ho were indicted under a j state law which provides the death j penalty for men found guilty of . fatal attacks on women. “Don’t hlrmc the boys, blame pro- ’ hibitlon. Parties similiar to the one j attended b- Miss Draves are not unusual under present circumstances,” said the defense lawyers. Will Take It to Ogden The W C. T. U. announced it vould place the “facts of the case” ! before Governor Leslie's committee, j Referring to “laxity of law enforce- i ment.” the statement said: “The Christian women of Indiana have stood for this outrage long enough, and we appeal to Senator Holmes to place the facts before the ! law enforcement agencies in Gary ! and if they do not act take it over 'heir heads to Attorney-General lames M. Ogden. “We ask you to see that law abiding mtizens get the protection guaranteed by our state enforcement code and that the bootleggers who furnished the liquor get full justice. Youths in Controversy Too long we have suffered in silence.” Mrs. Stanley wrote, "and I find myself writing to you today in regard to the crime which blotted out the life of a young woman and wrecked the homes of four or five boys who are behind prison bars.” Since a week ago last Sunday when Paul Barton. Virgil Kirkland. David Thompson. Leon Stanford and Henry Shirk drove to a doctor's office with the body of Miss Draves. not knowing she was dead, parents of high school pupils and voung persons have become involved in a controversy over whether such revels as resulted in her death were the rule or the excepiion among the younger set. WINS BACK SIGHT AS 7 TEETH ARE JERKED Woman, Blind in Loft Eye for 14 Ypars, Sees After Extraction. By United Prcts CHICAGO. Dec. 10—Mrs. P. B. Walter, 38. who says she has been blind In her left eye for fourteen years, declared today that she could see clearly with it again after having seven teeth extracted. “I wouldn’t advise evdry one blind to try that, remedy, however.” Mrs. Walter cautioned, "many blind persons have no teeth.” PROTEST BUS ROUTING Residents Object to Line Running Across Fifty-ninth Street. Objections to extension of the Central avenue bus line across Fifty-ninth street from Central to College avenue were voiced today by residents to the works board. Protestors declared the street was narrow, heavily used and without sidewalks. Jeopardizing lives of pe- | destrlana and children, and would be increasingly hazardous with the idditlao of busses.

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JURY NEAR IN PRYOR TRIAL Panel May Be Accepted Late Today in Poison Murder Case. Spectators jammed criminal courtroom today to witness the examining of jurors who will be asked to send Ernest Pryor to the electric chair for allegedly poisoning his young wife in his Martinsville home three months ago. It appeared likely the jury will be impaneled late this afternoon. The defense made inroads in the twenty peremptory challenges allowed them when they excused two | prospective jurymen this morning without cause. Both jurors indii cated they held a prejudice against an insanity defense. The panel was in the hands of the defense the entire morning for examination of persons who replaced the excused talesmen. State's attorneys were to receive the panel in the afternoon. They indicated the defense selection may be satisfactory, and it is probable the trial will get underway Thursday. Quiz Talesmen Carefully Exhaustive examination of almost two scores of persons since Monday morning left twelve jurors seated tentatively when court adjourned Tuesday. With Judge James A. Collins on the bench, the defense for three days has probed meticulously the background of every talesman appearing in the jury box. Particular care has been exercised by Pryor’s attorney to obtain a jury not prejudiced against an insanity defense. This defense, laid after Pryor underwent a twelve-hour psychopathic examination at city hospital, does not constitute an admission to the charge that Pryor put arsenic in his wife's drinking water, his attorney says. Alternate Penalty Provided Under the first degree murder indictment placed against Pryor by the Morgan county grand jury the alternate penalty of life imprisonment or the death sentence is provided by law. The state, through William R. Ringer. Marion county deputy prosecutor, and William Bray, Morgan county prosecutor, will make a stand for imposing of the death penalty. The state's claim that the 32-year-old slayer poisoned his wife. Carrie Thelma Pryor, in order to marry her cousin and to collect $3,000 insurance, will be backed bytestimony of fifty available witnesses, it was indicated.

Free Haircuts Scores of kindly residents of Indianapolis are responding to The Times “Clothe a School Child by Christmas” plea. But The Times campaign isn’t the only one that’ll bring joy to many needy city children. The barbers of Fuller's Friendly Barber Shops are out to make their contribution in a splendid campaign all their own. along the lines of The Times drive. “At our shop meeting last night, your wonderful campaign was discussed, so we decided to do our part.” writes W. P. Fuller, K. of P. building. “Each one of our twelve barbers asked the privilege of giving ten to fifteen haircuts to needy children of the city. If you will send us 150 boys and girls, we’ll provide the haircuts.” The Fuller barbers will get their “clients.” as they so generously request. Thanks.

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PEELING tough? Got the blues? Don't know what to do? Why. the ’blues'' aren't anything but a good man doing nothing. We've got a job for you. It's an "incorpulation” that has as its stockholders men and women who want to fffid that touch, that heart-beat quickened, from making some child happy at Christmas tide. It's the “Clothe a Child for Christmas" campaign of The Times. At noon the campaign check showed 135 persons pledged to care for boys and girls. And you're feeling tough? Got the blues? Don't know what to do?

INSULL CHIEF DEFENDS CITY RAILWAY PLAN Motives of Midland United Explained in Detail by Robert M. Feustel. DENIES -GOUGE’ INTENT Holding Company Will Not Extort Huge Profit, He Declares. “The Midland United Company had nothing possible to gain in the | Indianapolis Street Railway contract except as it gains along with the rest of industry in the improvement of industrial conditions in Indianapolis.” Thus did Robert M. Feustel, Ft. Wayne, executive vice-president of the Midland Unitefi Company and Insull chieftain in Indiana, explain the proposed Insull plan for reorganization and rehabilitation of the Indianapolis Street Railway system today. : Asking for “more light and less I heat on the street railway problem.” i Feustel recited Insull’s motives in j the reorganization proposal at the ; Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Clay- | pool. Says Only Fair Return Wanted 1 'The Midland United Company', ; as a holding company, will not seek rate increases beyond those requisite for a fair return on actual value of the Indianapolis street railway property. Feustel asserted. “The Midland United. Company never has, does not now, and certainly would have no occasion in the future to charge any fee for operation of its subsidiary properties. “No percentage of gross, no percentage for engineering and supervision on construction, no percentage on purchases of materials, and no flat fees of any kind are charged by the Midland United to any of its subsidiary companies in Indiana. “Only the actual out of pocket cost for engineering, accounting, legal services and administrative services are charged to the subsidiary companies.” < ’ites Centralization Ass- trig that centralization service fi these subsidiaries is accompiislieu at lower cost than if each company attempted to employ full time me.t for similar service, and that centralized service combines wide engineering and operating experience with economies of group discounts on purchases, FeustSi continued: “The Midland United's only income from the subsidiary companies is in the form of dividends on common stock of the subsidiraies. and such dividends can not be paid except out of the fair return on the entire property, if there is anything left after paynig bond interest and preferred stock dividends. “The public service commission of Indiana, therefore, has real control over all income of the Midland United Company', which comes from the operating companies in Indiana.” Feustel related that when attempt was made to merge the T. H„ I. & E. Traction Company with the Indiana Electric properties, T. H., I. & E. owned all common stock of lTun, to Page Eleven) ORDER STAND MOVED Neighborhood Battle Ends With Edict, i A neighborhood battle over the use of city property for a vegetable stand operated by Alfred Liskey. 3412 West Washington street, was halted today by a -works board order directing Liskey to remove his stand from the tract. Liskey had extended his wares’ stand to within five feet of the curb and neighbors declared he had not heeded previous city orders for removal. Others claimed they had followed the order, spending several hundred dollars in complying with it. Ernest Frick, board secretary', lni vestigated the situation Tuesday afternoon and ordered the stand moved back. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 40 10 a. m 43 7a. m 40 11 a. m 46 Ba. m 40 12 (noon).. 50 9a. m 40 Ip. m 50

CAY, Mister! there are fathers out of jobs and mothers bending over washboards who feel tough, too, because they can’t give Bobbie-This and Mary-That warm clothing to wear to school. And it's tough on youngsters when they've got to sit around home and hear, day in and day out, “No! You can't have this. You can t have that coat. Your father hasn't a job.” We had the blues today, but got over them quick. The secretary of state's office brought a “Clothe-a-Child” boy to us. He had a watermelon-eating-smile that grinned from ear-flap to ear-flap of his aviator’s helmet. He had a tie and shirt to match. The first he'd ever had. “You ought to have seen him

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Hoover Is Denounced in Senate President, Himself Led Raids on Treasury, Says McKellar. BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—“ Harmony” in the senate today lasted just long enough for Republicans and Democrats to agree to consider at once the $110,000,000 unemployment relief bill passed by the house Tuesday. Once the administration bill was taken up, Democrats under the leadership of Senator Kenneth McKellar (Term.) began a vitrolic attack j on President Hoover. Mr. Hoover’s statement Tuesday | that some members of congress were | “playing politics at the expense of : human misery,” by seeking to inI crease the appropraitions for | drought and unemployment relief, i was denounced by McKellar as j “damnable” and “untrue.” | McKellar charged that the Presi- | dent himself had led series of “raids | on the treasury.” Flays “Raid” Charge | He listed the $4,000,000,000 of tax ! refunds in the last ten years, Mr. : Hoover’s request for a $35,000,000 “ship subsidy” fund, the $160,000,000 tax refunds recommended by the President following the stock market collapse last year, the $150,000,000 now asked for the “gambling, speculating farm board.” “All these receive consideration, but when unemployed farmers and soldiers come before it, it’s a raid on the treasury',” McKellar shouted. He charged the President “filibustered” the Warger unemployment bills in the house after the senate j passed them. j “What has he done to relieve un- ; employment?” he asked. Wage Cutting Assailed “Why, he called a conferen of ! his wealthy friends, and they : pledged themselves not to cut wages | and went home, and have been j cutting wages ever since. Between 200.000 and 300,000 are ! reported discharged by railroads | alone. Mr. Hoover himself through his agencies has been discharging employes of the postoffice, navy and other departments. McKellar said he demanded an apology from the President. “The statement given out by President,” he said, “assaulting and denouncing the senate and its members is unworthy of the chief magistrate of this nation or of any nation. “If he is worthy of his office, he will apologize to the senate. If he is unworthy he will not apologize to the senate.” * Senator Hiram Bingham (Rep., j Conn.) offered the only immediate ! answer to McKellar’s extended in- | dictment. ‘Campaign Fire’ Charged “It is easy to see that the campaign of 1932 is under way,” Bingham said. “One can forgive many things in a political campaign. Therefore, I’m able to forgive the senator for speaking in honor of his partisanship, even though his remarks may not be worthy of the congressional record,” Bingham spoke briefly. Senator Robert F. Wagner (Dem.. N. Y), pointing out that the appropriation ■ bill carried nearly SBO,000,000 for highway work, said steps j preliminary to road construction would require six or seven months. “Tile public ought not to be dei ceived in the belief that this money j is available to put men to work immediately,” Wagner said. Chairman Jones of the finance j committee replied that he expected | all the fund to be expended within : six months. Fail to Force Drought Vote In the house a futile attempt was made by\ Representative Aswell j (Dem., La., to force a vote on the $60,000,Qp0 drought relief bill passed Tuesday by the senate over President Hoover's objections. A $30,000.000 measure has been approved by the house agriculture committee. Aswell was refused .the right to bring up the senate bill, which was ■ referred to the agricultural committee. The committee will meet i Thursday to consider the senate bill. Former Mayor Dies : By Times Special LEBANON, Ind.. Dec. 10. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning for John B. Shelby, 58. a business man here thirty years, who died suddenly of apoplexy. The body will be taken to Philadelphia for burial. He served as mayor of i Lebanon from 1912 to 1916.

Seat sale for the Butler-Cincinnati U. benefit basketball game at the fieldhouse Friday night was boomed today by volunteer salesmen and at downtown sport centers. The tickets are on sale at Spalding’s and Clark & Cade's, downtown. Regular season prices are charged—Sl for reserved, first floor and first balcony and 50 cents for other seats. All proceeds, over necessary expenses, go to The Times “Clothe a School Child by Christmas” fund. It will be Butler's opening cage game of the seasoif. against a speedy foe. You can help. Do it now.

before we clothed him.” whispered a man in charge of the boy. "He didn’t have underwear. His shoes were on their uppers. His shirt was ragged.” he added. Feeling tough? Got the , well, forget them and help some boy, some girl, to know what it

DEMANDS U. S. PROBE TRIAL OF CITY COPS Linthicum of Baltimore to Demand Showdown With Woodcock. POLITICAL ‘FRAME’ SEEN Operation of Speakeasy Here by Dry Sleuths Called Sh:imeful. BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN Times Staff Corresnondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Characterizing the operation of speakeasies by prohibition agents as a “shameful degradation of government,” Congressman J. Charles Linthicum of Baltimore announced today his intention to begin a formal inquiry into the recent conviction of six Indianapolis policemen on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. The Indianapolis case was presented to Linthicum in five letters of protest received from Marion county citizens since publication of the verdict last Saturday, Linthicum said he did not feel at liberty to divulge the names of his petitioners, since* they had written him as individuals. He announced, however, that he formally w'ould demand of Prohibition Commissioner Amos W. Woodcock whether the use of public money for establisning illicit grogshops is sanctioned by federal authorities. Goes After Woodcock Next Tuesday fcinthicum plans to lay the details of the Indianapolis police conspiracy case before the executive committee of the nonofficial house committee on modification of the Volstead act, of which he is chairman. Meanwhile, he hopes to obtain from Woodcock an official utterance as to validity of the methods used to entrap members of the Indianapolis force last summer in the government-operated speakeasy at 1213 East Twenty-second street. In the trial, United States Attorney George Jeffrey told the jury, in his opening statement, that Federal Agents Cronkey and McGrath had opened this establishment as a poolroom. Bpotlegger Jim Taylor worked hand in glove with the federal authorities to trap the police officers, using a Negro attendant, Horace Lyle, to pass $3 in cash on one occasion to a patrolman. The Indianapolis verdict has been followed by reverberations of indignation in congressional circles, not only because of the fact that the operatives admittedly resorted to criminal acts in building up the case, but also because of the fact that the clean-up was developed during the midst of the political campaign. Started in Herbert’s Office Preliminary investigations by a member of the house has developed that the Indianapolis “drive” was initiated in the office of District Administrator J. F. J. Herbert at. Chicago, following word from some unrevealed source in Indianapolis that “matters merited attention.” Linthicum wants to know whether this information came from persons who sought political advantage from a pre-election cleanup in a city under a Democratic administration. All unofficial discussions of the case call up the striking relationship between the date of the drive and the election, together with the fact that only Republican appointees and prosecutors had supervision of the work designed to entrap the police officers. “Every responsible administrative official has stated repeatedly that the prohibition agents must not resort to criminal of enforcement,” Linthicum said. “Yet the cases continue to come along in which federal money actually is used to make crime. It is a shameful degradation of government.” BEAVER TACKLES MULE Small Animal Slain by Hoofs After Fierce Battle, By United Press ALAMOSA, Col, Dec. 10.—A mule and a beaver fought a death battle on a ranch near here Tuesday night and the mule’s hoofs proved more formidable than the beaver’s teeth and claws. When Bain As Word, rancher, walked over to determine the cause of his mule’s strange antics, he found the body of the smaller animal.

means to have wearing apparel that isnt moth-eaten and torn. st n tt TjUSINESS firms, clubs, lodges, " and individuals are aiding. Here’s the plan: We give you the name of a boy or girl and the family’s address. Each boy or girl has been

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SALLEE ACTS IN PARK FEE FIGHT Asks Civic Groups to Hold Meeting With Board. Declaring civic organizations should be permitted free use of local park community structures for business meetings, A. C. Sallee, park superintendent, today stepped into the midst of the conflict raging between various civic leagues and the park board. Civic organizations £re battling for free use of buildings for business meetings*after the park board, on recommendation of David B. Kilgore, recreation director, levied a fee of $2,50 for the first two hours and $1 an hour thereafter. Kilgore's resignation is being demanded by some leagues. Sallee suggested a committee of league representatives work out the matter with the park board, which will meet Thursday. “My personal opinion is that civic organizations should be allowed free use of the recreation centers for meetings called for the betterment or development of their respective communities,” he said. “However, for dances, socials, special entertainments and athletics, a reasonable fee must be charged to help pay maintenance costs or increase the tax rate, accordingly.” Some of the present fees are SSO for dances. CHRISTMAS RUSH ON AT SANTA CLAUS. IND. Hoosier Postmaster Reports Early Flood of Holiday Mail. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Business is looking up in Santa Claus, Ind.. the postoffice department announced today. Reports to the department saic! that Christmas mail in Santa Claus has started feur weeks earlier than a year ago and is ten times heavier. Claus is in southern Indiana and has about 100 residents. Annually increasing thousands of Christmas greeting cards and parcels are sent to the town to obtain the postmark. “Santa Claus.” before being forwarded to their addressee. Each Christmas season Postmaster Jim Martin, who also is village storekeeper, receives about 12.000 letters addressed by hopeful children to Santa Claus.

DRY CONFERENCE TO ACT ON SLAP AT REFERENDA

By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—A resolution assailing prohibition referenda as “unauthorized, unconstitutional and unprecedented” was today placed before the national conference of organizations supporting the eighteenth amendment by its legislative committee. The resolution also would place the conference on record as opposed to all bills to modify or repeal the prohibition amendment. Early adoption was expected. The conference, composed of representatives of virtually all of the nation's dry organizations, opened here today to map a legislative policy for 1931. Another resolution to be acted

checked as carefully as possible by the Christmas Clearing House. You go to see the boy or girl and find out what he or she needs. You outfit him as if he were your own from head to toe. You get his smile, his laugh, his “thank you,” and then you’ll not be feeling tough, blue and not ;know what to do. DON ORS * previously reported totaled 108. New pledges received today to give children warm apparel for the-Yuletide and the New Year are: A VHI avenue friend. Universal Club (a boy and a rirl). Five girls. 328 Chamber of Commerce (cared for two children, took two more). Fellowship and service commissions of the Indianapolis Association of Baptist Tonne People (a boy and a rirl). Pep Unlimited Club (earln* for one

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By United Press STOCKHOLM. Dec. 10.—King Gustaf of Sweden presented the 1930 Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature in an impressive ceremony in Stockholm's vast concert hall here today. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, an Indian and professor of physics-in Calcutta university, received the physics prize: Professor Hans Fischer of Munich i eceived the award for distinguished work in chemistry during the year. The two other Nobel awards were received by Americans. Dr. Karl Landsteiner of the Rockefeller foundation was given the Nobel prize in medicine, and the 1930 literature prize was given to Sinclair Lewis, American author. Le’..is. Boswell for the Babbitts of the world, sat fidgeting on an immense stage for nearly two hours while members of royalty and hundreds of dignitaries gazed at him. His red face grew redder than usual as his three distinguished companions advanced to receive their awards. His name was called last and his acceptance climaxed the program. The noted author from Sauk Center, Minn., appeared to be enduring a sort of celestial Minnesota high school graduation exercises. BOY, 5, ON WAY TO GROCERY, I SHIELD UP’ Youthful Bandit Gets 40 Cents by Forcing ‘Victim’ Up Fence. Police Officer John Morarity, 357 East Minnesota street, telephone operator at police headquarters, reported today his 5-year-old son, Patrick, was the victim in a “holdup.” Morarity’s son sent the alarm to his “daddy" by phone while the latter was on duty. Patrick said his mother sent him to the grocery with 40 cents. “Before I got there another boy made me climb up on a fence and went through my pockets. He got the money. “He was ‘scarder’ than I was,” the child told his father, “he ran and I didn’t.” 44-HOUR BILL PASSED Measure Affecting 300.000 Postal Workers Approved by House. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The house today passed unanimously a bill giving 300,000 postal workers a forty-four-hour week. They will be entitled, if the measure becomes a law, to a Saturday half holiday or its equivalent within the five days following.

upon today contained a blanket indorsement of six administration prohibition measures. Several of these, designed to expedite trial of petty offenders, were suggested last spring by the Wickershaw' law enforcement commission. The conference adopted a resolution asking restoration in the treasury postoffice appropriation bill of appropriations for educational work in the bureau of narcotics and bureau of industrial alcohol. These appropriations were stricken from the bill in the house on a point of order made by Representative Blanton (Dem., Tex.). Blanton, a dry, criticised the proposed expenditure as a waste of money.

child and ask for another). Mrs. Charles C. Mcßee, 1331 North La Salle street. Employes of Paul H. Krauss Cos., t 8 North Pennsylvania street. Kind-Hearted Kentucky avenue. Two Married Women (two girls). Ladies’ Benefit Association. Mr. and Mrs. O, L. Warden, 1323 North Capitol avenue. Harrison MacDouaid, New Fork City. Employes of United Mutual Life Insurance Company, 941 North Meridian street (a boy and a girl). Girls of the second floor at William H. Block Cos. (four children). Aloha Tau chapter. Alpha Zeta Beta rorority. Office and employes of the Indianapolis Engraving Company (a boy and a girl). Kiefer Family. 1448 S. Illinois street. Miss East Washington street (two girls.) Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pollard. 1211 Woodlawn avenue.

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BOARD URGES STATE INCOME, SALES TAXES Lifting of Burden From Property Recommended in Report. SEEK TO HIKE AUTO FEES Survey Committee Makes Advances for Support of Party Heads. Raising of all state revenues by income and sales taxes and thus lifting a $15,000,000 tax burden from property is the outstanding recommendation made by the Indiana tax survey committee in its report, full text of which was made public today by Chairman J. Clyde Hoffman. The recommendations: 1. That the comity shall be the unit of assessment, with a county assessor and deputies to be appointed by the county council, with the approval of the state tax board, after examination as to qualifications. 2. That the four-year assessment of real estate be discontinued and that the valuations on real estatebe adjusted each year. 3. That the state tax board be given pow'er to make corrections in assessment by increasing or decreasing the same at any time before Nov. 1 each yeajx and to make such orders as to any taxing unit where the valuations are out of line with the same or with others in the same class, with right of petition for rehearing by taxpayers. Double Auto Fees 4. That the state levy be discontinued, and in lieu thereof, the foU lowing shall be substituted: A tax on personal net incomes, with exemptions of SI,OOO for single persons and $2,000 for man and wife, and with the following rates: 1 per cent on the first $2,000 of net income: 2 per cent on the next SI,OOO. 3 per cent on the next $7,000, 4 per cent on all incomes over SIO,OOO. A 3 per cent tax on the net income of corporations, except life insurance companies, A retail license tax of 1 per cent on all sales at retail of commodities to the ultimate consumer, with no exemptions, and to be paid by the licensed merchant. That the motor vehicle license fee be increased 100 per cent and the additional revenue produced thereby to be used to replace property tax. That a $2 poll tax be* imposed on all persons over 21. Cite Use of Funds 5. That all funds paid into the state treasury on account of the tax on incomes, the retail license tax and 50 per cent of the motor vehicle license fee. shall be used for the following purposes, and none other: To replace the revenues required for the state government now raised by the state levy on property. The balance remaining thereafter shall be distributed among the several counties on the basis of the assessed valuation of real estate. for the purpose of reducing local tax levies on property. 6. That a deduction of 75 per cent be allowed on the valuation of all tangible prot>erty. the remaining 25 per cent to be taxed at the prevailing rate. % That household goods, libraries, automobiles and money on deposit not bearing interest, be eliminated from the personal pfonerty assessment list. Levy Repeal Is Asked 8. That certain fixed mandatory tax levies be repealed. 9. That the standing of any school shall not be based upon the dompliance with any requirement of any department of the state with reference to the building used by such school. 10. That a permanent commission be created for the purpose of effecting econoiry in state and local government. 11. That there be provided by law a system of efficiency grading of county, township and municipal officials under regulation to be established by the state board of accounts and the Indiana legislative reference bureau, such grades to be made public for the purpose of promoting efficiency and economy. 12. That local expenditures for operating expense, salaries and all other purposes, shall be fixed and determined by local officials charged by law with making the budget of expenditures for the taxing unit and fixing the tax levy therefor. 13. That Section One, Article Ten, of the Indiana Constitution, should be amended to read as follows: "The general assembly shall by law provide for assessment and taxation.” The amendment sought would remove all restrictions on the legislature in regard to taxation, permitting any form of levy without the possibility of its being held unconstitutional by the courts. : Senator Hoffman and Senator Joe Rand Beckett, secretary of the commission, today conferred with R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman, in regard to supporting the plan. Peters stated after the conference that he told them that the Democrat* would stand by their state platform on tax reform, which means passage of an income, but no sales tax.