Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1931 — Page 10

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SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS UR6ENT, SAYS C. OF C. Book Answers Criticism With Suggestions for Paring Expense. Cutting of the school year to eight months and closing of branch libraries are two suggestions received by the Chamber'of Commerce for reducing the Indianapolis school city 1931-1932 budget. These two methods are included in an answer to the school board’s criticism of Chamber of Commerce budget, reduction suggestions written by William H. Book, secretary of the civic affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce. No concrete suggestion regarding the curtailing of the school year are contained in the answer, however. Calls Reduction Urgent Pointing out that the position of the chamber "with regard to all local budgets, not that of the school city alone, simply is that an unprecedenttd economic, situation makes urgent a reduction in local taxes,” Book’s statement says. Although declaring that the committee recommended no immediate cuts in teachers’ salaries, the answer quotes a business man as follows. "It, is decidedly unfair that public salaries should continue on the old basis when every one engaged in private enterprise has suffered a reduction in income. It is the opinion of most taxpayers that the tax rates will not. be reduced appreciably until the pay roll is slashed.” Regarding restriction of free kindergartens, which the school board said ootild not be done legally, Book cited an Indiana statute under which, he contends, these appropriations could be slashed. Defends Tech Action He urged use for operating expenses of $275,000 the board put in the sinking fund June 30, which the commissioners had approved because it would be unbusinesslike. Book said that heretofore the sinking fund deposit has been made annually Dec. 31. instead of semi-an-nually, and that deposit, of this cash into the sinking fund was an unprecedented diversion of cash on hand. He defended abolition of the day vocational school for adults at Arsenal Technical high school from the charge of the school board that with such abolition the grounds would revert to the government, and again urged reduction of the proposed $70,000 maintenance fund on grounds that that amount under depression prices would be 25 pfer rent, more effective than in previous vea rs.

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BY BEN STERN PROBABLY the most unimport tant candidate on a political ticket, as far as pay and patronage go, is the Lieutenant-Governor. At least, that is the opinion of the party heads. Rarely is much selectivity exercised in choosing the ! second highest official of the state. Usually the period of nominating ! this figure on the ticket is used as a recess after the fierce battles for | the senatorial and gubernatorial I nominations in order to regain vij tality for the contests for secretary of state and other offices. 000 The public impression concerning ■ this office is hazy in the extreme. i A Lieutenant-Governor does not j merely sit around waiting for death |or some other act of fate to remove the Governor so that he can ! step into the post, as many suppose. To the contrary, the duties are vitally important to the welfare of ; the state, as the Lieutenant-Gov- | ernor presides over the senate and appoints the personnel and chairmen of the various committees. It is of the utmost importance that this official be both honest and capable, for, if he is not, shakedown bills galore and class legislation of every type and description will be passed, to the ill effect of the public. t The kind of Lieutenant-Governor we have is directly reflected in the sort of legislation passed and party leaders are awakening to a realizaof this. 000 Experience of the last eight years should, by now', have impressed deeply upon the consciousness of the people of Indiana the need for outstanding men in this important post. In this period now drawing to a close we have had a mountebank, whose only ambition was to wisecrack and entertain, and a grandstander whose position on any pubj lie question is as uncertain as the $240 IN CLOTHING IS LOOT IN HOME THEFT Glass Is Broken From Rear Door of North Side House. Breaking the glass from the rear door of the residence of Mrs Fauvre, 3837 North Delaware street, burglars Wednesday night stole clothing valued at $240, police were informed. Neighbors said they saw’ a Negro in the Fauvre yard during the afternoon. Dresses and other women’s apparel valued at $75 was stolen from the residence of Mrs. Paul Daugherty, 5942 Ralls avenue, she informed officers. Entering a rear window, thieves I early today smashed a pay telei phone, stealing its contents, and fled with $lO and merchandise valued at $25 from the grocery of S. Glick, 1001 Maple street.

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SHIP SHUOTIN6 BLAME DENIED BY DRY^FORGE Customs Gunmen Insist Bullet Came From Rum Runner. By United Frets DETROIT. July 23.--Sendee revolvers of two customs border patrol inspectors w’ere to be examined today to determine whether they or the crew of an armored rum boat fired the shot that wounded an excursion steamer passenger in a gun battle on the Detroit river Sunday night. A steel-jacketed .45-caliber bullet was taken from the arm of the victim, Arthur Garjeski, 23, who was a member of a church party on the excursion ship Ste. Clair. The two customs guardsmen, Wal,ter Wesolowski and Lawrence Fish, admit firing more than thirty shots at the rum runner in a wild chase

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from the rum runner, which took i refuge under the big steamer’s rail, ! and escaped to Canadian shores. Walter S. Petty, assistant customs collector, in his report of the shooting to Washington, said he did not know whether a bullet from the inspectors guns or from the rum craft struck Garjeski. Petty intimated, however, that one of the officers’ bullets might have glanced I from the steel armor of the rum 1 boat.

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