Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 174, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1931 — Page 4

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—War Profiteering, No. 1

PRICE-FREEZING MAY BE MADE WARTIME LAW 9 Commission Soon to Bare Its Report for Drafting of Wealth. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON; Nov. 30.—1f we should go to war again what would happen? Are we any better prepared than we were fourteen years ago? Would there be war profiteering? Is there any plan for drafting wealth as well as man power? Within the next few weeks members of the war policies commission, created by the last congress, which considered these questions during the summer, will meet to formulate their report and recommendation*. When they began their work in the spring the task was decidedly abstract; but they will write their report under the shadow' of trouble in the far east which conceivably might involve the world in warfare again. Created to (dualize Burdens The war policies commission was created by a joint resolution “to promote peace and to equalize the burdens and to minimize the profits of war. ’ in spite of the peaceful injunction in the title the resolution itself ordered the commission “to study and consider amending the Constitution of the United States to provide that private property may be taken by congress for public use during war and methods of equalizing the burdens and to remove the profits of war, together with a study of policies to be pursued in event of war.” Secretary of War Patrick Hurley presided over the sessions of the commission, as chairman, and sitting with him wore Secretaries Francis Adams, Arthur Hyde, Robert Lamont and William N. Doak and Attorney-General William Mitchell; Senators David A. Reed, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Joseph T. Robinson and Claude A. Swanson, and Representatives Lindley H. Hadley, William P. Koladay, Ross A. Collins and John J. McSwain. A variety of suggestions were made at hearings held by the commission. Admiral Samuel McGowan, retired, proposed that a nation-wide popular referendum be held before war is declared. Freezing Is Proposed Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the war industries board of 1918, proposed an elaborate plan, including freezing of all prices by presidential order, at a “normal level” upon the outbreak of war. Representative C. William Ramseyer ad- j vocated that war be put on a pay- | as-you-go policy. Congressman Fiorclla H. La Guardia proposed that all indus-1 tries be taken over at the beginning s of a war and the population put on a ration basic. Senator Smith W. Brookhart favored limited returns on all investments to onehalf of 1 per cent. Representative James A. Frear proposed an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit conscription of soldiers for war in foreign countries. Representative Royal Johnson suggested conscripting all property and all men in war times. Norman Thomas was skeptical that threats against private property actually would prevent war, but pointed out that the many suggestions for socializing the property in war times were equally valuable for peace times. Submitted Own Plan Finally the war department submitted its own plan, put into effect under the national defense act, which became law shortly after the close of war. This plan, already in effect so far as preliminary organiaztion is concerned, resembled the Baruch plan closely. None of the proposals made to the commission called forth wholehearted enthusiasm from its members, and it is difficult to forecast what its final recommendations may include. Recently Representative Collins, in a speech reviewing the commisison's work suggested that the war department would prefer to have no report made because, if there is no further legislation, “they will be able to carry on as they have been doing in planning the mobilization of industry, and then if war comes the industries of the country can be mobilized through the war department and under regular army officers.” However, Collins is writing a report of his own. and if it is not adopted by the majority of the commission it probably will be submitted as a minority finding.

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MIX IS IMPROVING Cowboy-Actor Is Recovering From Illness. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30.—Tom Mix, famous cowboy motion picture actor, aparently had won his fight for life today, and was recovering from peritonitis which set in after an emergency appendicitis operation a week ago. Dr. R. Nichol Smith, his physician, said he believed the actor would recover, unless additional complications set in. An official bulletin said: “We are very optimistic in being able to report a definite improvement in Tom Mix’s condition.” Gone, but Not Forgotten befon t R r to“ iIeS reDorted to pollce as stolen Edwin Esther. R. R. io. Box 4n on Rawles road. Ford coupe, from Washington and Meridian streets. K st£n} lie L PC H dlcton ' 13 i, 3 North New Jersev street, in the rear. Nash sedan. 63-119 from Twelfth and Favette streets. Arthur E. Smith. 1064 West Thirtv-flfth Wrst Thir t vfth C Street^°' 210 ' 355 Harry Thicksten 81 North Addison street Addison street ‘ 38 ' 495 ’ fr ° m 81 North Leslie Chastain. Mitchell. Ind Ford roadster, from 1159 Coneress avenue. BACK HOME AGAIN brk)na Cn to aUtolnoblleS recovered bv nolice Everett Taylor 721 Elm street. Ford seda xn' !n Ulld at South Alabama street. ( J°rdl coupe, 25-350. no certificate of title, found at 122 West New York street; Wait, Brethren, Just Wait By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—The Polar Bear Club, whose. aim is to take a dip in icy Lake Michigan once a week all winter long, has inaugurated the 1931-32 season with some disappointment. Due to the abnormal heat in November the water, members say, isn’t fit to swim In. It’s too warm.

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ANNUAL STATE HISTORY PARLEY PROGRAM MADE Conference to Be Held at Claypool Dec. 11-12: Speakers Named. Programs of the thirteenth annual Indiana history conference were being issued today from the office of C. B. Coleman, chief of the state historical bureau at the statehouse, where reservations for the Indiana Historical Society luncheon and dinner can be made. The conference is scheduled for the Claypool, Dec. 11 and 12. First event is the Indiana Historical Society luncheon, at which Professor James A. Woodburn, Blocmingtcn, will preside. Speaker is Anton Scherrer, Indianapolis, whose subject is “Finding Indiana in Europe.” Following luncheon at noon, Dec. 11, the annual business session will be held. Evans Woollen, president of the society, will preside. There will be reports of officers and committees and election. General sessions, open to the public, will start in the late afternoon with Grafton Johnson, Greenwood, presiding. Denzil Doggett of the state conservation department will tell the story of the Spring Mill park water wheel. A discussion of old flour mills will follow. Newspapers and history also will be a topic for general discussion. Mrs. Harvey Morris, Salem, will talk on early Indiana newspapers, and Mrs. Kate Milner Rabb on “Adventures in History of Old Newspapers.’ Dinner for members, visitors and guests is on the evening program with Dean Stanley Coulter presiding. “America and the World Tomorrow” will be the subject of a dinner address by John J. Haramy,

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Indianapolis. The dinner will be informal and followed by another general session at which William C. Lynch will preside. “Samuel J. Tilden in the Civil War” will be the subject of an address by Charles B. Murphy, Lafayette. Paul M. Angles, Springfield, 111., will talk on possibilities of the Lincoln memorial highway, and John F. Cady, Franklin, on the early Baptist church history in Indiana. A breakfast for college history teachers will be held Dec. 12, at the University Club with Albert L. Kohlmeier, Bloomington, presiding. A conference of the history and social science sections of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association will be held at 10 a. m. at the Claypool. George B. Manhart will preside. “The Churches as the Moral Courts of the Frontier” wall be the topic of an address by William W. Sweet, Chicago. Logan Esarey, Bloomington, will talk on “Our Indiana Home.” Luncheon for the history and social science sections will be at noon, with Manhart presiding. Former Judge James A. Collins will speak on “The Juvenile Court Movement in Indiana.” Reservations for this luncheon are in charge of Rosa Williams at Manual Training high school. Luncheon and annual business meeting of the Society of Indiana Pioneers will be held at the same hour, with President William H. Insley presiding. Mrs. Walter H. Montgomery, 129 Downey avenue, is in charge of reservations. General session of the society will be held on the afternoon of Dec. 12, in charge of Hugh McK. Landon. Formal dinner of the Pioneers’ Society is at night with Claude G. Bowers, former Ft. Wayne newspaper man and author of “Jefferson and Hamilton” and “The Tragic Era” as principal speaker.

QUIZ SLUGGER IN AUTO DEATH OF FIRST WIFE Trend of Police InvestigaPoints to Possible Jury Action. Probe into the auto death of Mrs. Clara Jackson, first wife of Loren Jackson, 35, of 3517 North Butler avenue, alleged wife slugger, was launched by the Marion county grand jury today. Jackson was quizzed by deputy sheriffs over the week-end in the county jail where he is awaiting jury action for his alleged attempt to slay his second wife, Goldie Jackson, three weeks ago. The suspect denied implication in his first wife’s death, maintaining she was injured fatally when struck by a hit-and-run auto at Eaton avenue and the National road a year ago. His son-in-law, Leonard Shepherd, 949 Ewing street, told deputies Saturday that he washed blood from Jackson’s car following Mrs.'Clara Jackson’s death. He said Jackson had driven her to a mail box on the National road when the purported accident occurred. Shepherd will appear before the grand jury this week. j Jackson was arrested on charges 1 of assault and battery with intent j to kill, after he had attacked his I second wife while she slept. He has admitted to deputies he slugged her on the head and then slashed his throat and wrists in a suicide attempt. Mrs. Goldie Jackson is in serious condition at city hospital. Plane Forced Down LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 30. Motor trouble forced a plane piloted by A. F. Francis. Milwaukee, Wis., down in a plowed field near here Sunday. The ship was damaged, but Francis was uninjured. i

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ed, Charles O. Harris, deputy county treasurer, announced today. The fall installment showed collections of $10,203,800. which in-* eluded approximately $75,000 brought) in during the two-day grace period set aside by Clyde R. Robinson, county treasurer. These two days gave taxpayers an opportunity to settle their debts without paying the usual delinquency penalty. Approximately $10,893,875 was collected in the spring installment.