Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1934 — Page 7

MARCH 28, 1934-

Jury System May Fail in Child Cases Present Judge Method Appears to Be Best Yet Devised. BY GRETTA PALMER Times Special Writer NEW YORK. Marcn 28.—Assemblyman Moran of Brooklyn has Introduced in the legislature a bill which would remove the paternity cases from the hands of the three judges who now decide them and would turn the problem of the unmarried mother over to a jury. A

u n a nimous agreement of the Jurors would be essential before a decision could be reached. Now, there is p r o b ably no more touchy or difficult type ol case brought before the court than that in which it must be decided w h e ther the sheepish or brazen young man on the stand, as the case may be, is the father of

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the extremely vocal infant brought in as evidence. The mother announces, with dates, places and elaborate details, that he is. The young man, ten to one, denies it all. In most paternity cases it is quite evident that somebody is a perjurer. The man involved is inclined to produce his best friends to damage the reputation of the plaintiff. She, in turn, has no hestitation in putting the young on the spot and attempting to separate him from as large a portion of his weekly salary as the traffic will bear. The one person about whom no witness has, apparently, the faintest qualm, is the child. Well, the child is the crux of the matter from the point of view of society and of the judge. For the entire purpose of the paternity court is the protection of the child. Child in Paramount It is not held to punish the father for having become involved in an illicit love affair. It is not held to give the woman heart balm for her suffering. It is held to insure that the youngster shall have a decent chance at health and happiness. And if the mother is not economically equipped to do it, why, then, the father must. It is the duty of the court to ascertain for this purpose just who the father may be. This is a realistic duty—a matter of determining fact, not a question of passing moral judgment. And the three judges in special sessions who do the job now recognize it as such. They have been through the legal mill. They know that their personal prejudices have no place in court. Society has decided that a child, legitimate or not, has rights. And it is the job of the judge to see that they are granted. But is the average jury capable of so impersonal a view? Even in this emancipated age and state it is highly doubtful. Your juror is very apt to get all tangled up in the moral issues, with which he has no proper concern. Prejudice Rules Jurors Either he will weep crocodile tears for the poor little girl who has been betrayed and will grant her a fabulous portion of the alleged father’s income or else he will decide that any woman who would bear an illegitimate baby is nothing but a baggage, anyway, and deserves nothing at all. Jurors, no matter how well instructed, can ohly with difficulty disassociate themselves from a lifetime of prejudices at a moment's notice. And in the meanwhile what happens to the child whom the law was designed to protect? He is generally at the mercy of the moral bias of a number of men who have had neither experience nor training in dealing with some of the most difficult and heartbreaking cases with which the law is forced to cope. The judges of special sessions have had to pass on some fifty paternity problems a week

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A Woman's Viewpoint : BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BEFORE Governor Paul V. McNutt had a chance to sputter, Sheriff Lillian Holley of Lake county, Indiana, from whose prison John Dillinger escaped with a wooden revolver, announced she would step out of office and out of politics. Whatever you may think of her, she has set a precedent men would do well to follow. Harvey Bailey sauntered out of his Dallas jail; a bevy of desperadoes got out of Lansing’s penitentiary; the carelessness and incompetence of male sheriff's has often been demonstrated —but they have not resigned for all that. And of the gentlemen who now are howling about Mrs. Holley,

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none so far has captured the wily Dillinger. They should demonstrate their prowess before they indulge in jokes about women’s weakness. The unfairness of public condemnation wliich has followed the unfortunate Lake county affair is evident when we recall how many trousered jailers scarcely have lifted a finger to prevent some of our lynching bees and how many scores of others have failed ignominiously. It vmuld be a good thing if every sheriff who lost a prisoner had to resign. Probably it would mean fewer desperadoes at large. But the Indiana incident shows how much more we expect of w r omen than of men. We forgive women less easily, and we demand from them a higher devotion to duty. Perhaps Dillinger’s escape will be a good thing in one way. It may deter other women from a desire to hold a sheriff job. It is a work that is not suited to feminine talent and for which no woman should become ambitious. However sincerely we may wish to defend ourselves, it is rather stupid to compete with men in such a field. It does not prove our equality. It merely shows our wrong conception of what equality should mean. There always will be plenty of work particularly fitted to the nature of women. That work women should do. And when women or men attempt that which is outside the scope of their natural ability, they may expect to fail. Socialist Open Forum Set Open forum meeting of the Ninth ward Socialist party will be held tonight at 8 in the Dearborn hotel, 3208 East Michigan street. The public is invited.

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Opening of Season to Be Marked Dinner Dance Scheduled for Highland Club for April 14. Highland Golf and Country Club will celebrate its formal spring opening Saturday night, April 14, with a dinner dance. Hosts and hostesses for the evening will be directors, officers and committee chairmen and their wives. In charge of the event will be Messrs, and Mesdames Russell White, William Mooney Jr., John J. Kennedy, Roy F. Hartz, J. E. Bartlett, Frank L. Binford, Homer C. Lathrop, George E. Pierson, Ralph Burdick, John Rau, Carl Weyl, Ray Reed and William Umphrey. Others in charge of hospitalities will be Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Pruitt, Albert Feeney and Messrs, and Mesdames A. R. C. Kipp, J. V. Stout, Ralph Young, Vern Law, John Lange, R. H. Crane and R. C. Fox. Miss Thompson, Bride-Elect, to Be Honor Guest Mrs. George Dailey will entertain tonight at her home, 34 West Fortyninth street, for Miss Dorothy Thompson. Miss Thompson, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harrison, 3628 North Illinois street, will return Saturday to her home in Hammond. The marriage of Miss Thompson and Harold Burch, Evansville, which will take place in Hammond, April 15, will be attended by many Indianapolis friends and relatives. Mrs. Dailey will use the brideelect’s colors, violet and blue, in the party appointments. Guests will include Miss Thompson, Mrs. Allen Shimer, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Blanche Bradford and Mrs. Robert Douglas; Misses Ruth Bradford, Kathryn Lyzott, Betty Hodges, Betty Jane Barrett, Virginia Fleming and Dolly Birk. LODGE SPONSORS RITE Good Friday Revival Scheduled by Golden Eagles. Capitol Order, Knights of the Golden Eagles of America will hold a one-hour Good Friday service at Union Congregational church, Seventeenth and Rembrandt streets, Friday. This ceremony will be open to members and candidates only. The Rev. H. J. Kieser of Riverside Methodist church will speak on “Significance of the Cross in Our Lives Today.” Service will last from 8 to 9.

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ACCIDENT MARS JOB OF POURING 20-TONMIRROR Fifteen Pylons Break Away From Mold; Recasting May Be Necessary. By United Press CORNING, N. Y„ March 28. Fear that failure attended the first attempt to mold a gigantic telescope eye with which scientists hoped to scan a billion light years into the universe was expressed today by officials of the Coming glass works. The officials were doubtful of the success of the pouring of the molten glass Sunday because of the dislodgment of fifteen pylons in the huge mold. Parts of the pylons might have remained in the special glass mixture, they admitted, and might jeopardize perfection of she mirror, planned for a $6,000,000 telescope to be mounted on a peak in California. The intense heat of the glass mixture prevents a thorough examination at present. In about three months they will be able to tell whether the glass disc has been damaged. Scientists and officials were not disheartened. All work has been experimental, they pointed out. Only a slight setback will be realized if the glass has to be recast, the officials believed, and the cost

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EASTER DANCE WILJJE GIVEN Knights of Columbus to Be Hosts Monday for Annual Ball. Indianapolis Council. Knights of Columbus, will hold its annual Easter ball Monday night in the K. of C. auditorium, 1305 North Delaware street. Music will be provided by Joe Dux and his Indiana Vagabond orchestra. This ball has been sponsored by the council for more than thirty years. Many members already have applied for table reservations*which may be made by calling Riley 3052.