Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1938 — Page 11

£. 0.P. ANTILYNCHING TACTICS QUESTIONED BY POLITICIANS WINTON FIGATS FLIBUSTER

McNary Strategy on Cloture May Lose Negro Votes, Politicians Say.

By MAX STERN Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—In the | Senate's political poker game over |

the Wegner-VanNuys Antilynching Bill th: Republicans are believed by some politicians to have misplayed their hand when they joined with Southern Democrats to beat a cloture move that would have halted the 24-day-old filibuster. The Negro vote, which the Re-

publicans lost under President Hoover, is no mean prize, since in a close Presidential race it might be a controlling factor in 17 pivotal states that have 281 electoral votes. This vote may also be vital in many areas in the coming Congressional elections. Nevertheless, Minority Leader McNary led every Senate Republican except two to vote against cloture, enough to defeat the move. The exceptions were Senators Capper of Kansas, who voted for cloture, and Davis of Pennsylvania, who paired for it. Defeat of cloture virtually kills the antilynching bill. With 24 Senators apparently banded in a battalion of death to talk the measure into its grave, its sponsors realize they cannot hold out much longer. Pressure of accumulated business, logjammed behind the filibuster, is too strong. Senator McNary's strategy is this: To defend the anticloture vote on the ground that the Republicans believe in free and unlimited debate; to await the expected move by the bill's authors to call quits; and then to blame the defeat of the measure on Southern filibuster. Since it is well known that upwards of 70 Senators would have voted to pass the measure had a vote been permitted, Senator McNary’s strategy does not appeal to Negro leaders. Unofficially they are saying the Republicans could have won the bill for them. Actually, cloture would have been defeated even had the additional 14 Republicans all voted for it. The names of the 37 Senators who voted for cloture will be heralded widely in the Negro press as friends of the Negro cause. Ali of these, except Senators Capper and Davis and Senator La Follette (Prog. Wis.), are Democrats. Both Indiana Senators voted for cloture.

SCHRICKER PRAISES STATE'S FLOOD AID

Indiana’s humanitarian spirit was at its best when the State rallied to the aid of flood sufferers a year ago, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker today had told a Northwood Chris-

tian Church fellowship meeting. His subject was ‘“Neighborhoed Spirit.” Mr. Schricker cited the many letters received by State officials and other Indiana citizens from flood sufferers of several states. Wallace O. Lee presided.

YOUNG G. O. P. HEAD RESIGNS BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 28 (U. P.) —J. Kenneth Bradley said today he had resigned as national chairman of the Young Republican Federation and as director of Young Republican activities for the National Committee.

TSoutherners Resent Both Hoosier Senators’ Actions On Bill.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Senator Minton has taken the play away from his senior colleague, Senator VanNuys, in the fight for passage of the Wagner-VanNuys Antilynching Bill, it appeared today.

For Senator Minton remains on the Senate floor combating the filibustering Southern Senators when both Senators VanNuys and Wagner (D. N. Y.), co-authors of the measure, are absent. So prominent has been Senator Minton’s part in the scrap that when there was a Supreme Court vacancy, he was told that certain Southern Senators would oppose his confirmation if he got the appointment from President Roosevelt. In a semiserious vein they have also warned him that he can’t ever be a presidential possibility in the Democratic Party if he keeps up this fight.

Helped With Petition

“I am for the bill and I think it is constitutional,” Senator Minton remarked. “Since it will put the United States Government on record as backing the provisions of the Bill of Rights for an oppressed minority, I am for it. I do not see how anyone can be progressive and be otherwise.” The junior Senator from Indiana was one of the first to join with Senator Neely (D. W. Va.) in circulating the petition which brought cloture to a vote. He got Senator VanNuys to sign. But the debate goes on, cloture being voted down, 51 to 37, with Republican help. As soon as the vote was over Senator Wagner explained that he intended to continue the fight for passage and felt that his colleague, Senator VanNuys, would join in this stand. Senator VanNuys said nothing from the floor and later declined to comment.

Enraged by Report

He became enraged the other day, however, when a ~fittsburgh Negro newspaper carried a front-page streamer headline saying that he was laying down on the bill. “That is not true,” Senator VanNuys said at that time. “I am for it 100 per cent and hope to see it pass.” However, there is talk here that certain Southern Senators, who have been very friendly with Senator VanNuys because of his fight against the President's Court plan, have suggested seeking suport of former Governor McNutt on behalf of his renomination. When the High Commissioner of

‘the Philippines arrives here they

intend to tell him he will hurt his 1940 presidential aspirations by permitting the Indiana organization to oust Senater VanNuys. Since the antilynching fight,

these Southerners are said to be!

cooling off on the plan and this may or may not account for Senator Van Nuys’ inaction, it has been pointed out.

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F.D.R.’s Defense Message Text

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (U. P.).—Following is the text of President Roosevelt's special message to Congress on national defense expansion

plans:

To the Congress of the United States:

The Congress knows that for many years this Government has sought in many capitals with the leaders of many governments to find a way to limit and reduce armaments and to establish at least the probability of world peace. The Congress is aware also that while these efforts, supported by the hopes of the American people, continue and will continue they have nevertheless failed up to the present time. We, as a peaceful nation, cannot and will not abandon active search for an agreement among the nations to limit armaments and end aggression. But it is clear that until such agreement is reached—and I have not given up hope of it—we are compelled to think of our own national safety. It is with the deepest regret that I report to you that armaments increase today at an unprecedented and alarming rate. It is an ominous fact that at least one-fourth of the world’s population is involved in merciless devastating conflict in spite of the fact that most people in most countries, including those where conflict rages, wish to live in peace. Armies are fighting in the Far East and in Europe; thousands of civilians are being driven from their homes and bombed from the air. Tension throughout the world is high.

CALLS DEFENSE INADEQUATE

As Commander-in-Chief of the

Army and Navy of the United States

it is my constitutional duty to report to the Congress that our national defense is, in the light of the increasing armaments of other nations, inadequate for purposes of national security and requires increase for that reason. In spite of the well-known fact that the American standard of living makes our ships, our guns and our planes cost more for construction than in any other nation and that the maintenance of them and of our Army and Navy personnel is more expensive than in any other nation, it is also true that the proportion of the cost of our military and naval] forces to the total income of our citizens or to the total vost of our Government is far lower than in the case of any other great nation. Specifically and solely because of the piling up of additional land and sea armaments in other countries, in such manner as to involve a threat to world peace and security, I make the following recommendation to the Congress. 1. That there be authorized for the Army of the United States addi-

tions to antiaircraft material in the sum of $8,800,000 and that of this sum $6,800,000 be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939. 92. That there be authorized and appropriated for the better establishment of an enlisted reserve for the Army the sum of $450,000. 3. That there be authorized the expenditure of $6,080,000 for the manufacture of gauges, dies and other aids to manufacture of Army material, the sum of $5,000,000 thereof to be expended during the fiscal year 1939.

ASKS TWO BATTLESHIPS

4. That the sum of $2,000,000 be authorized and appropriated toward the making up of deficiencies in ammunition for the Army. 5. That the existing authorized building program for increases and replacements in the Navy be increased by 20 per cent. 6. That this Congress authorize

and appropriate for the laying down of two additional battleships and

two additional cruisers during the |E

calendar year 1938. This will call for the expenditure of a very small amount of Government funds during the fiscal year 1939.

7. That the Congress authorize and appropriate a sum not to exceed $15,000,000 for the construction of a number of new types of small vessels, such construction to be regarded as experimental in the light of new developments among navies and to include the preparation of plans for other types of ships in the event that it may be necessary to construct such ships in the future. I believe also that the time has come for the Congress to enact legislation aimed at the prevention of profiteering in time of war and the equalization of the burdens of possible war. Such legislation has been the subject for many years of full study in this and previous Congresses.

MENTIONS PANAMA CANAL

It is necessary for all of us to realize that the unfortunate world conditions of today have resulted too often in the discarding of those principles and treaties which underlie international law and order; and in the entrance of many new factors into the actual conduct of war, Adequate defense means that for

the protection not only of our coasts but also of our communities far removed from the coast, we must keep any potential enemy many hundred miles away from our continental limits. We cannot assume that our defense would be limited to one ocean and one coast and that the other ocean and the other coast would with certainty be safe. We cannot be certain that the connecting link

—the Panama Canal—would be safe.

Adequate defense affects therefore the simultaneous defense of every part of the United States of America. It is our clear duty to further every effort toward peace, but at the same time to protect our nation. That is the purpose of these recommendations. Such protection is and will be based not on aggression, but on defense.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

SEEKS DIVORCE LAW T0 PAY SCHOOL FEES

Slack Says Divorced Pairs Should Be Held Liable.

Divorce court judges should be empowered to order divorced parents to establish a trust fund for the college education of their children, Superior Court Judge L. Ert Slack believes. Addressing principals in 36 divorce cases who appeared before him yesterdsay, Judge Slack described court orders forcing hus=bands to pay for support of their minor children 3 as “insufficient.” “Quarreling Judge Slack parents who break up their homes and who have the means should coniribute a monthly allowance to a fund to pay for their children’s higher education,” he said. “I also believe that support order records would show the need for legislation to empower divorce court judges to order employers of divorced parents to deduct the money from the parents’ salaries,” he said. Records show that only about 50 per cent of child support payments ever are completed, he explained. “Because the children are the real victims of broken homes, such legislation protecting their future should be enacted,” he said.

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2 GROUPS TO AID INDUSTRY HERE

One Committee to Seek New Firms; Other to Help Existing Companies.

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committee which is to serve existing,

industries are: S. C. Wasson, chairman; Brodehurst Elsey, vice chairman; F. W. Abke, Carl N. Angst, William B. Ansted, R. Norman Baxter, R. W. Beach, Garvin M. Brown, Joseph E. Cain, G. L. Canfield, E. C.

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