Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1937 — Page 9

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THURSDAY, JAN. 21,

1937

STATE TAX MORATORIUM BILL

IS RUSHED TO APPROVAL

SENATE AFTER BY HOUSE, 83-0

Adoption by Upper Branch of Legislature Expected This ‘Afternoon; Employers Study Mass of Labor Measures.

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the proposed bill was urged by the United Automobile Workers of America locals in South Bend, it was said.

Sewer Bill Passed

The only other bill passed in the House and sent to the Senate was a measure introduced by Rep. Herman Modisett (D. Terre Haute), which gives County Commissioners the power to acquire sewer rights-of-way for county institutions. The vote was 94 to 0. 8

“Efforis to amend a measure calling for quadrennial reassessment of real estate failed on second reading after the majority Democratic ranks remained firm against a G. O. P. minority voice vote.

The amendment, sought by Rep. Benjamin Harris (R. Richmond), attempted to fix the costs for reassessing real estate on the basis of the 1932 reassessment cost in Indiana, Majority Leader Frank G. Thompson (D: Bluffton) told House members that the cost of reassessment would be kept down by State Tax Commissioners and urged defeat of othe amendment on a tabling motion. * Defeat of the motion sent the bill to third reading.

Tax Moratorium

The Tax Moratorium Bill reached passage today after the House yesterday suspended rules and had amended copies of the measure _ printed. The amended bill, in brief, would

provide that sheriffs’ sales on de- |.

linquent property—orginally scheduled for Feb. 8—be held March 15 and that taxpayers delinquent in payments may take advantage of the moratorium iff the current spring taxes are paidi by March 15. The bill also provides payment in installments, semi-annually, for a period of six years beginning in 1938. Four per cent interest plus accrued interest charges would be added to delinquencies. During debate, Rep. Robert A. Hoover (R. Goshen) asked Demdcratic spokesmen if any delinquencies were excluded. “No exemptions of delinquencies are provided for in the bill,” de-

clared Rep. Bennett H. Rockey (D. Sharpsville). Floor Leader Thompson pointed out the need for a tax moratorium to protect homes in coal-mining counties of the state.

Move to Delay Fails

Rep. Hoover then attempted to delay a vote on the bill by urging that it be made a special order of business for 11 a. m. tomorrow. Mr. Thompson said: “The bill is ready to be passed. It is. desired that it be on the desk’ of Governor Townsend for his signature upon his return from Washington. I move tabling of Mr. Hoover's motion.” A voice vote defeated the Republican motion. On receiving the bill, the Senate County and Township Business Committee made a hasty analysis and prepared to report it out.

Other Senate Bills Other Senate bills introduced today would: 1. Provide that township assessors make their calls between March 1! and May 15. Purpose is to prevent sequestering of taxable. 2. Provide = consolidated school facilities for pupils in towns of less than 2000 where township schools have been abandoned. 3. Repeal an 1891 act providing for tax rebates when the taxable property is destroyed by a natural casualty. 4. Remove liability from municipal officers when funds in a public depository are lost in closed banks.

Welfare Board Measure

A Senate bill providing per diem expenses for. members of County Welfare Boards was placed for special business tomorrow after” Senator Walter R. Arnold (D. South Bend) proposed an amendment providing that board members be appointed by county commissioners instead of by Circuit Court judges. Senator Arnold said there was some legal doubt as to whether a judge could appoint an administrative officer. Meredith Nicholson, Minister to Venezuela, is to address a joint session at 11 a. m. Wednesday.

Floor Leader Thompson intro-

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duced an Administration bill in the House to permit the State Treasurer to wipe his books clean of money owed the State from insolvent banks. Deposits, totaling $201,099.77 not protected by the State Sinking Fund, are involved. Any returns received by the State Auditor from the frozen deposits are to go into the general fund. Other bills introduced in the House today would: 1. Allow unclaimed bank deposits to be inherited by the State. 2. Create a Superior Court for Madison County. 3. Require only a majority vote of town boards to place policemen on the pension rolls. 4. Forbid ‘hunting on posted farms and providing a fine of $25 to $100.

Committee Action

Senate committees today approved bills which would prescribe ethical regulations for attormeys, transfer patients from the Marion County Insane Hospital, Julietta, to the Central State Hospital, and provide

for deeding of land and equipment of the County Infirmary to the State. The Senate Finance Committee sent the Julietta Bill to Wayne Coy, State Welfare Director, and Edward Brennan, State Budget Director, for recommendations. Senator I. Floyd, Garrott (R. Battle Ground), a committee member, said if the bill was passed, the transfer. of patients would not be made until a year from July. The State expects to construct new buildings at Logansport and Richmond Hospitals and make repairs at Central State, so that construction of State buildings on the County Infirmary grounds must be postponed for at least a year, Senator Garrott said.

Study Labor Bills

H. M. Cochrane, Indiana Manufacturers Association’s secretarymanager, said a directors’ meeting is to be called next week to consider

labor and other proposed legislation

affecting manufacturers. “T just received the bill which would create a State Labor Department. I'm going to read it. Copies are going to be printed and are going to be sent to members of our association. I don't know as yet what will be done,” he said. A Chamber of Commerce official said employers may not oppose the pending bill to establish a State Labor Department, but probably would fight the labor-sponsored measure which would force all plants involved in strikes or lockouts to close when martial law is declared. The proposed “antistrike-hreak-ing” measure would provide for: 1. Licensing of all - detective agencies and their employees. Applications would be accompanied by photographs, fingerprints and affi-

davits of good moral character by reputable citizens. 2. Authorizing 'the Secretary of State to hold hearings on applications and to post list of appiicants. 3. Setting out penalties for violations of the act. 4. Requiring license fees and surety bonds for detective agencies and their employees.

Felonies to Bar License

5. Prohibiting the grant of a license to anyone convicted of a

felony or any of eight specifically |

mentioned misdemeanors. 6. Permitting persons or organizations damaged by a detective agency or its employees to sue for funds in surety. 7. Prohibiting detective agencies or their employees from soliciting employers in anticipation of strikes. It also would bar interference with peaceful picketing, workers joining a labor organization of their own choosing or collective bargaining. Agencies would not be allowed to furnish armed guards as strike breakers. Carl Mullen, ‘State Federation of

Labor president, said he had tele--

graphed the La Follette Committee for evidence to present at legislative committee hearings here.

WILDMAN DECRIES ‘SUFFOCATED IDEAS’

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Jan. 21.— Deploring what he termed ‘the suffocation of single ideas” in education, Dr. C. E. Wildman, DePauw

University president, said a cultural background and continuous educational growth are replacing curriculum. He spoke at the 66th annual state Y. M. C. A. meeting yesterday. Other speakers were Roy Sorensen, national Y. M. C. A. council secretary; B. ‘A. Schnell, Indianapolis, state organization secretary and D. S. Ritter, Indianapolis, state treasurer. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, Indiana University president and nationally known Y. M. C. A. officials also were on the program.

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Butler Trustee Says Proposed Legislation Would Cripple Colleges.

Proposed legislation to remove in-

come-producing property of private educational, charitable and religious institutions from State tax exemption would seriously cripple them, John W. Atherton, secretary for the newly organized clergy-layman’s group to protest the movement, said today. The legislation would bring approximately $100,000 annually to taxing units, but would place in danger of confiscation more than $43,000,000 in property investment, he said. A bill introduced in the Legislature attacks the spirit of tax exemption meant to encourage charity and private educational institutions, Mr. Atherton declared. If hospitals now supported by the churches were to be administered by the State, costs would approximate $100 for every dollar now expended, the Butler University trustee asserted. Pension funds established by many churches for retired preachers would be destroyed, he claimed. Preachers would be forced to resort to a public “dole,” instead of being taken care of by their churches, he said. Mr. Atherton described the pro-

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