Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1933 — Page 3

MAY 20, 1933

GENEVA TO GET U. S. TERMS ON PEACE TREATY Conditions for Joining in Pact Sent to Envoy Davis in Europe. BY STEWART BROWN I'nited Vrr% Stiff Corrrupondrnt GENEVA, May 20.—The longawaited definition of how far America will go in a consultative pact to guarantee the peace of Europe will be delivered to the general commission of the disarmament conference Monday, the United Press learned authoritatively today. United States Ambassador Norman H. Davis received an eightpage cable from the state department in Washington, setting forth in detail the type of treaty the United States would be willing to Bign. American willingness to enter such pact, however, is predicated entirely upon thorough disarmament by the European powers. Davis, it was understood, will urge the Europeans Monday to reduce their military establishments, stressing necessity for rigid international control of armaments after a non-aggression, consultative treaty is signed. Asks U. S. Leadership The statement of definition will be issued simultaneously in Washington and Geneva when "Davis begins speaking, the United Press learned. When the general commission oi the disarmament conference met today, Giuseppe Mota, head of the Swiss delegation, demanded that the United States define its position on security, to save the conference. Looking at United States Delegate Hugh Wilson, he exclaimed: "Let the United States pronounce the liberating words!” He said it would be more difficult to reach an agreement on either reduction of armies or of war weapons until "we find out how far the United States will participate in a consultative pact in the event of aggression.” Must Define Aggression He declared that before reductions of man power and armament could be discussed, the conference would have to define what was meant by aggression and draw up a list of measures that could be taken against an aggressor by nations entering into the treaty. When Mota finished, the commission heard the delegates of Holland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Lithuania demand substantial disarmament. The commission then adjourned until Monday.

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Thi i* the lat of a utriei on the life and artiritira of Governor Paul V. McNutt. BY ARC If STEINEL Time* staff Writer 'T'HICK drapes gown the stage. Shades are half-drawn. The room is always at dawning or dusk. OverstufTed chairs and ash trays corner each other in cozy spots, flags flank a desk. President Roosevelt juts in photo from a fireplace facing the desk. The curtain rises at Newsboys yell, "McNutt beats Springer. Landslide elects McNutt.” Five months go by. Secretaries beat a path to the desk in that room—the Governor's office in the Indiana statehouse. Sometimes they go diffidently. In and out —out to a worn mob in the outermost office wearily waiting to get by a gate w r ith a pushbutton complex to that JOB promised by Precinct-Committeeman Blank. In and out—for five months. Outer sanctums are passed. Secretaries clear the way for a visitor. The heavy-holste red bodyguard w r ith a state police badge gives you the once-over and the "go ahead.” At the desk in the veiled room is a white shock of hair, contrasted deeply by copper-hued skin, wheeling back and forth in a swivel chair. Tie contrasts shirt, suit contrasts hair. Suiting of deep brown today; a blue doublebreasted pattern tomorrow. There’s much of the actor in the swivel-chaired man—the circus ballyhooer from the days when he played "King of France” in a drama club at Indiana university. ana T T AND gestures co-ordinate with voice in directing underlings. Fingers point, thumbs tilt upward in referring to “So-and-So's” county, fists meet palms, papers are shuffled, the swivel chair is leaned backward and the hands of the man cup the head, with arms akimbo, like a rest in a dentist’s chair. The man’s eyes stare at the ceiling, then shift to the visitor. They darken, they lighten, smile, scowl. Hands move again. They fidget with the face, cup the chin, words come from between fingers half-drawn over the mouth. The W'ords are high-pitched at times, resonant and soft at others, muffled when the fingers play with ehin. The play is on. "New Deal” is the name. The hero, father, juvenile, and villain, too, some think, are enacted by the man in the swivel chair at the desk—Governor Paul V. McNutt. Election is a memory. Raymond S. Springer, Connersville legionnaire and first state commander of the American Legion, was defeated 860.000 to 671,000 for the governorship The donkey kicked the elephant into a middle of Sundays. Legion votes split on party lines, not on the rival legionnaires. McNutt ran abreast with Roosevelt for the ticket's lead.

A WET always, and liberal, he brought a heavy personal following in the legion to the Democrats. Roosevelt did the rest —and Hoover. The inaugural was a blare of legion bands. McNutt was sworn in with his grandfather's Bible of 1815 dating. Pomp, splendor, and cutaways were as prominent as flags. The sixty-first biennial legislature met. McNutt cracked the whip and refused patronage until the administrative measures were passed and in the printer’s hands. Then he had a job to do. Ruthlessly, without qualms, he did it. Frank Mayr Jr., elected secretary of the state, for a second term, had promised that if he were nominated and elected he would discharge three key men in his organization who battled R. Earl Peters for the chairmanship—so the story goes. Mayr discharged Robert Codd, assistant secretary of state, but the other men, Grover Garrott, state police head, and James Carpenter, auto license executive, were kept. m m tt M NUTT put them on the spot. He backed Mayr up against his wall of patronage—state policemen. auto license clerks, 1,500 jobs in all—and blew the wall out from under him and Carpenter and Garrott with it. It was the St. Valentine's day massacre of Hoosierland this spring. A reorganization and “ripper” bill that banished bureaus and created commissions took Mayr’s patronage and delivered it. via the legislative platter, to McNutt. Garrett and Carpenter were fired. The 1.500 trembled under new bosses. Friends of Mayr squawked. Mayr said nothing He did not defend charges of failure to keep a campaign promise. McNutt's only comment, reported by those close to him, w f as, “I don't like a man who doesn't keep his promise." In some quarters, as patronage yowls increased, and with the Mayr incident known, it was charged that the Governor was unscrupulous in dealing with friends or enemies in attaining an objective.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to. Frank Higgins. Thirtieth street and Lafatette road. Peerless sedan. 128-947. from Thirtieth street and Lafavette road. Harrv Hoseman. Muncie, Ind . Chevrolet coupe, from La Salle. Ind. Helen King. 1469 North Alabama street. Chrysler coupe 30-991. from Washington street and Virginia avenue. Henry Harnening. 1628 W’oodlawn avenue. Ford coach. 28-768. from Chadwick and McCarty streets.

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Stolen a u tonic biles recovered bv police belong to: George Townsend. 423 East Michigan street. Kissel sedan, found at McKim and Bates street. Wiliiam Renk, 102 North Traub avenue. Chrysler sedan, found at Thirty-eighth street and Fall Creek boulevard. „ I _ Ar, i}V r Quaroni. 739 Terrace avenue. Chevrolet coupe, found at Thirty-fourth and Dearborn streets.

JLN v \ w.. . runti -Tim 1 !* m Ml brushes by the governor's wife in £ the knowledge of lus innate clean living. "He is a very handsome man. isn't he?" she says. His white Hk hair? Ah' It is a family cliaracHk ten.'tic to gray early. Hk She believes he ran do anything Tr .• ; he sees out to do She believes, as his friends do. that if the PrcsiIkdency is his goal that he'll reach * Im" ' She car.'- forget the unexpectedness of her greatest thrill his i „ election, in the town of their ro>l;,p of the nr,t..<n MHBI JnH .**<** T in the governor's office || W&& |jlt -t 1 - His whnish hair is ruffled out 1 U : 1 •> Jf The nian some term a Hitler the wßm rls l JJHHrw w Second eyes his visitor lukewarmly. MflflfljfliP n.. >i\ mAlpr 7 ik|jV|>jflk ; M, ■ l "Governor, your enemies say you wbbbM , t HR N m> .M got your honors, fame, the goverfather credits destiny. Your friends W tyin el . Mll l’ I ', J 1 ’ 1 , '* V Nm** 1 ' snvr :I,m money.'' was tlie ‘Everyone says you have your eves on the Presidency. That your goal is the White House. What about it?" he was queried. y His eyes chilled momentarily. Then they brightened, either at Upper Left—lndiana's First Lady, Mrs. Paul V. McNutt. dianapolis. On the Governor’s left is Senator Frederick Van Nuys and the impertinence of it or the Upper Center—Governor McNutt in a characteristic pose in his in the rear, peeking over shoulders, is young Tom Taggart, hailed as knowledge that his answer could office at the statehouse wdiile hearing pleas for executive clemency, the state's up-and-coming Democratic boss. be only what it was. patronage, or talking with Democratic party leaders or the press. Lower Right—McNutt being sworn into office as the state’s execu- Between those fingers that Upper Right—Louise, 12-year-old daughter of the McNutts. tive by Chief Justice Walter E. Treanor of the supreme court. The cupped chin, muffled mouth, Lower Left—Governor McNutt greeting his party's leader shortly Bible used belonged to the Governor's grandfather and dates back to came the staccato, "letting events before the November election, when President Roosevelt spoke in In- 1815. take their own course.”

“"I YTHILE others sleep, he is W awake, carefully plotting his course, so he will grasp the thing he seeks,” vouched one politician who knows him. “There's no steering a course between two streams with Governor McNutt. He's either liked or hated. No middle ground,” estimated another man. One pet saying attributed to the Governor is: “When you go out to hunt elephants, be sure you've got the right-sized gun." “And Mayr got a load of the caliber of shells he uses,” added the commentator. From the last drum-note of the inauguration to today, legionnaires who backed him for state commander, wheelhorsed for him at the San Antonio contention, and saw him made national commander attended his privy councils and got star spots in his administration. Prominent legionnaires in key posts are A1 Feeney, head of the department of safety; Pleas Greenlee, secretary; Wayne Coy, secretary; Frank M. McHale, who nominated him at San Antonio, representative of the Governor in the beer excise control division; Sherman Minton, public counselor of the public service body; Virgil “Skits” Simmons, conservation director; Adjutant-General Elmer F. Straub; Harry McClain, state insurance commissioner, and Paul Fry. state excise director and socalled beer baron. a a tt Ten million dollars saved in governmental costs, old age pension system, revamping utilities regulation to make public ownership easier, anti-in-junction in labor disputes, repeal of the dryest of dry acts—the Wright bone dry law—beer control act for the 3.2 beverage, the state in power in banks with Indiana charters, were a few of the major legislative and administrative actions of Governor McNutt. And just last week he saw his efforts to reopen the Fletcher American National bank, closed by the Roosevelt holiday, near success in Indianapolis. But with it he saw attacks were made daily in courts and newspapers against the charge of • monopoly" in the handling of 3.2 beer under the act he created. The tide for draught beer grows. “Down with the bottle, up with the mug and the growler,” are the cries. Accusations are made that the importers, the middlemen in handling the beer, are keeping the brew's price up and their abolition is sought. tt tt tt MILDNESS was not his nature. He had had tiffs with newspapermen. One day he kept them waiting fifty minutes, heel-cooling in an outer office, for a press conference. The statehouse boys said an embarrassing question asked by one reporter at a morning press meeting caused the wait. The next day the press circle walked out on his scheduled

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meeting with them when he prolonged conversation with a party crown prince thirty minutes past their appointed hour for seeing him. The next day he saw them on time. He outworks his secretaries and is daisy-fresh, or apparently so, after hours of conferences. Paced by a bodyguard he visits other state offices. Goes to the Indianapolis Athletic Club, hangout of McNutt branch of the party, and when the day, or it may be even-ng, is done, he’s chauffeured home to the Governor’s mansion on Fall Creek boulevard. tt tt IN that English-styled dwelling with big caves is a real home with a real wife to meet him. She never talks shop to him. “He’s fed up with talking to people about the state. I try to make home a haven for him,'’ Mrs. McNutt says, with gracious simplicity. “He likes his meals on time, like other men—and eats beartyily, and everything that’s set before him. “He’s not a bit domestic. He couldn’t cook! I’ve been having the garden made over and I took him out to see it and he just walked through it and I don’t believe he saw a thing. “I don't bother him with the house,” continued the woman, mother, wife to a governor, as her misty face, a face with character wells, drifted about the room. “I’m the chatterbox,” she smiled her serenity, “he’s the quiet one. Yes, it’s true few people, none that I know, ever get past a certain friendship with him—never any closer. a a “T'VO I take him shopping with M.J me? Mercy! No! he never liked that. Most men don’t—do they? If he sees a new r dress, he's quietly appreciative of it while I have it on,” she said.

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radio, and read biographies,” she explains. "His hobby? I'd say work. He generally lets me read his speeches for criticism and I always like them.” she smiles wisely. The admiration he receives from the feminine contacts in his life

brushes by the governor's wife in the knowledge of his innate clean living. "He is a very handsome man, isn't he?” she says. "His white hair? Ah! It is a family characteristic to gray early. She believes he can do anything he sets out to do. She believes, as his friends do, that if the Presidency is his goal that he’ll reach it.” She can't forget the unexpectedness of her greatest thrill—his election, in the town of their romance, to the legion commandership of the nation. a a THE day has been a hectic one in the governor's office. His whitish hair is ruffled out of its "roach.” The man some term a Hitler the Second eyes his visitor lukewarmly. "Governor, your enemies say you got your honors, fame, the governorship—through luck. Your father credits destiny. Your friends say, 'Hard work.’ What's your answ-er?” Quickly, without pause, comes, "A combination of all three, probably.” “What's your aim for the people of Indiana as governor?” “To save them money,” was the retort. "Everyone says you have your eyes on the Presidency. That your goal is the White House. What about it?” he was queried. His eyes chilled momentarily. Then they brightened, either at the impertinence of it or the knowledge that his answer could be only what it w-as. Between those fingers that cupped chin, muffled mouth, came the staccato, “letting events take their own course.” And in a room at the executive mansion hangs the framed crest of the McNutt family and the Latin words, "Omnia fortunae committo,” that could have said the same thing, hours, days before in its literal translation of "I commit everything to fortune.” THE END

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REBELS PERIL CUBANTROOPS Small Details Are Ordered to Be Concentrated to Avert Annihilation. BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS I'nitfd Prrss Staff Corretondent HAVANA. May 20 —Small detachments of government troops and rural guards stationed at isolated posts in Santa Clara and Camaguey provinces have been ordered concentrated in larger groups to save them from ajuiihilation by rebels, it was learned today. Another desperate attempt to halt guerilla warfare in the provinces was seen in an order requisitioning all horse* in troubled zones to keep them from rebel hands. Havina was nervous under a deluge of contradictory rumors and reports. A rigid guard was maintained by troops and police to prevent an uprising. YOUTHS ARE SENTENCED Two Given Six Months on State Farm for Auto Theft Charges. Two 16-year-old youths were sentenced to six months each on the state farm Friday by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker on auto theft charges. Both youths. Charles Murphy. 2908 East Tenth street, and Earl Stroube, admitted stealing a car belonging to Inez Enfield, 242 North Beville avenue.

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