Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1933 — Page 6

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JIM FARLEY IS VICTIM OF JOB RACKET GANGS Postmaster - General Finds Path Blocked Daily by Hundreds. BY WALKER STONE Time* Special Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 James A. Farley, postmaster-general, probably has been -sold" more times, for more things and by more people than any other man in the present administration. The good-natured, hand-shaking Democratic national chairman, makes an ideal target for the fixers, j the job racketeers and others who peddle their “influence." No man | in America can call more persons by j | their first names but just the same ! he can t place in his memory one j man out of ten who hails him with, j i "Hello. Jim.” Wherever he goes, men swarm ! about him. Some want jobs, others ! want favors, arid still others merely | want to make a showing of being ! "in with Farley.” Once the latter j have created this impression, they ! )can play on the credulity of others 1 who want something from the gov- j j ernment—jobs, contracts, depart- 1 mental favors. A man who is believed to have the ear of the administrations political manager finds it easy to convince I suckers that the pathway to government favor can be paved for a con- : sideration. “Just Speak to Jim” ‘‘Sure. I’ll speak to Jim about it." | says the man who is “in with Farley.” That. is. he will “speak to Jim,” providing the sucker pays | him for the service. Having obtained the retainer, the racketeer | sometimes operates as follows: He : watches for an opportunity to catch Farley in a crowd, plants friend j Sucker on the sidelines, walks I across the room, grabs Jim by the ! hand and exchanges a few casual j ; remarks, perhaps about the weather. I Then he ambles back to the side- > lines to report to friend Sucker, ”1 spoke to Jim about you and he j | promised to fix it up.” And Jim, j smiling blandly and handshaking j all comers, doesn't know what has 1 taken place. Mr. Farley never can be sure when an impostor is moving in on | him, but twenty-five years in pol- . itics have taught him to be sus- j picious. For that reason, when in | Washington, he seldom eats in pub- i lie. He generally lunches at the postoffice department cafeteria and has his dinners served in his room at J the Mayflower hotel. When he does go to a public restaurant, it | is his practice to take along some j trusted friend and pick a table with only two chairs, so there will be no ! empty chair for someone to slide \ into and start a conversation.

Accosted at Every Torn But try as he does to avoid them. Mr. Farley can not steer entirely clear of the racketeers. He knows, for example, every time he steps out of his automobile in front of the Mayflower that he will be accosted with a “Hello. Jim," a half dozen times while walking across the lobby from the revolving door to the elevator. And if suckers are planted on sofas behind the palms, Jim just can't help it. A story is told here of a Washington police court lawyer who used to thrive defending bootleggers, but whose practice ha* declined since the police have stopped bothering prohibition violators. This lawyer actually has no more influence than a race track tout. But he was able to sell himself to a deserving Democrat who came to Washington seeking appointment to a $5.000-a-year position. For SSOO the lawyer agreed to fjx things—sloo down and S4OO when the appointment was made. To appear to be earning his fee. I the shyster took the jobseeker to the postmaster general's office.' planted him in the reception room j with a score of other jobseekers, ' and slipped mysteriously out a side door. Applicant May Get Job Fifteen minutes later, the lawyer came back into the reception room [ smiling, took friend Democrat in [tow and departed, explaining that ! he had gone into Mr. Farley's inI ner office through a private entrance and had secured Jim's promise to make the appointment. Actually, the door through which the lawyer had disappeared and re-appeared does not lead into Mr. Farley's inner office. The applicant in this case may get that $5,000 job. He apparently |is qualified and is indorsed by the ! Democratic senators, congressmen | and party leaders of his state. He may get the job. that is, unless Mr. Farley finds out about the shyster lawyer. The postmaster-general knows the “influence racket” is widej spread. “You can quote me to this extent,” he said when asked about it. “You can say that, if I ever find out that any one in a government position paid money to anybody to get his | job, then I’ll do everything in my : power to get that person fired. Ho man who will try to buy a government job is qualified to serve.” Racketeer Fails Mr. Farley tells with relish the story of one racketeer who was I thwarted. He met this man at a public gathering about a year ago. Several times later he encountered fthe man, and noticed that always the man seemed a bit overanxious to stay by his side. Claiming close friendship with I the postmaster-general, this man sought employment with a large corporation which has considerable business with the government. The job he sought was that of Washington representative. By accident. Mrs. Farley met an officer oT the corporation while . visiting out of town, j “By the way,” said the officer., “I met Mr. So-and-So the other day. who is a good friend of your j husband.” “Jim knows him, but he is not a friend." replies Mrs. Farley. “Jim would like to wring his neck. He ! suspects Mr. So-and-So is trying ! to sell him out.” The man did not get the job. Photo-electric rays a mile long are being used by Germany to protect its border against smugglers; if a person or automobile crosses the border an alarm is sounded.

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“Lazy, idle parasites." shouted John McGovern, above, fiery laborite, as King George V finished a state speech before the British parliament. Then McGovern continued with a scathing denunciation of the treatment of the poor as the king and queen gazed straight ahead and members of the houses of lords and commons sat in stunned silence.

Fixer Stuck by Sticker Negro Attorney’s Promise to ‘Fix’ Ticket Lands Him in Jail and Client in ‘a Mess.’ A POLICE sticker stuck James C. Hawkins. Negro attorney, in jail today for twe days. It stuck Cleveland Wilson, Negro, 2126 Pleasant street, in what he calls a "mess" and all because his wife wanted a receipt for money paid but of the family budget.

SETTLE RECORD OVER 11 MILES 61,237 Feet Is Official Height of Flight. i By United Prr** WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.—The j stratosphere balloonists, Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. Settle j and Major Chester Fordney, reached | a height of 61.237 feet on their flight, the National Aeronautic Association announced yesterday. Calibration of the barograph used by the balloonists was completed by the United States bureau of standards and the height officially confirmed. The balloonists by ascending approximately eleven and a half miles into the rarified outer regions of the atmosphere, outdistanced by more than a mile the record flight of Auguste Picard, Belgian scientist. The height, however, was approximately 1.000 feet less than that reached by Soviet balloonists. The ' Soviet ascension mark of 62.335 feet has not been confirmed officially as r record. NIGHT WATCHMAN IS SUICIDE VICTIM Shoots Self Through Chest While on Duty. When he. failed to make an A. D. T. call at 6 today, the suicide of Marion i Dunn, 57, of 1935 Prospect street, I night watchman at the W. J. Hoi- j liday <fc Cos. plant, 545 West McCarty street, was discovered by A. D. T. officials who investigated. Mr. Dunn’s body was found on ; the floor of a washroom, shot j through the cest with a, bullet from ! his own .45-caliber revolver. Dr. E. R. Wilson, deputy coroner. ! investigated and pronounced the ! death suicide. The body was sent to city morgue. A raindrop never can attain a speed of more than about thirty) feet per second no matter how far ' it falls.

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CLUBHOUSES ON CITY LINKS TO BE SHUT DEC. 1 Economy Step Is Taken by Park Board at Conference. All clubhouses on municipal golf ' links will be closed Dec. 1. as an economy measure, as result of action taken by the park board yesterday. The board has kept clubhouses at South Grove and Pleasant Run courses open all winter for the last several years, but was forced to order them closed this year to avoid the cost of heating and maintej nance. ! Contract for construction of the base of the proposed Lincoln statue in University square was awarded to the Elliott Myers Construction Company on its low bid of $3,690. •SISO Krin-der Stolen Theft of a grinder, valued at : SIBO, from the Anderson Steam Vul- ! canizing Company. 1109 North Ham- ! ilton avenue, last night. was reported to police today by Thomas , Bemis, manager.

A few days ago Wilson parked his car improperly. He drew a sticker. He went to the traffic department at. police headquarters to answer to the sticker's summons. Outside of the traffic bureau he was hailed by a man he says was Harry Sleets, Negro, 932 Fayette, bondsman. “What you all got there?" Wilson says Sleets asked. “Stieker!" Wilson replied. "I know a lawyer friend of mine that, ran fix that up," Wilson says Sleets told him. Wilson charges he was led by Sleets to a dark corner in one of the headquarters hallways and there introduced to “Mr Hawkins—who can fix this up” He testified in the municipal court of Judge William Sheaffer, at. the trial of Hawkins on a false pretense charge, that he gave the attorney $1 for fixing the sticker. Sleets, it is charged by Wilson and police, received a 50-cent split in the alleged “fixing.” "But when I gets home mv wife gives me Ned. She asks me why I didn't get no receipt for the money, she sends bang back to the police to get a receipt,” Wilson testified. Upon Wilson's return In the traffic bureau for a receipt for the sticker payment, an investigation was begun which ended in the arrest of Hawkins and Sleets on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. The case against Sleets was continued until Nov. 28 as Hawkins was fined $1 and costs by the judge and sentenced to two days in jail. ihe fine and costs suspended, but you’ll have to do the days,” said Judge Sheaffer upon Hawkins’ plea of guilty. In the meantime Wilson stews. and frets wondering what’s going to become of him on the improper parking charge and the sticker that wouldn't stick.

TREASURY AID NAMED Morgcnthau Appoints Professor as Tax Expert. #// f'nitrrl Prrxß WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.—Acting Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. today named Roswell Magill. Columbia university professor, as treasury adviser on tax matters. He will take the place of Harold M. Groves, University of Wisconsin professor, whose appointment was canceled by Morgenthau.