Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1938 — Page 3
Roosevelt Studies Issues for F all Election, Stresses Need for More Purchasing Power:
‘Supreme Court Reverses Itself on Taxes
Patman Proposes Ban on All Munitions Profits. .
By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer : WASHINGTON, March 7.—President Roosevelt, during the next few weeks, will devote much attention building up. issues for the fall Congressional elections—issues involving further points in his New Deal program which he can not get from the present session. The first step was taken in his fifth-anniversary restatement of his fundamental objectives, from which he has not deviated but which he has set aside temporarily because of an unfavorable situation in Congress, due to a cohesion among recalcitrant Democrats of the conservative stamp and ‘a chilliness among New-‘Deal supporters toward further reforms on the eve of election campaigns. Further steps will be: 1. Another demand on Congress for enactment of a wage-hour bill, either by a message or in letters to officials of the House, where the bill is stymied. "The President is not hopeful of final action on wages and hours at this session. His immediate object is to fix responsibility for failure of this measure for which he has appealed repeatedly, so that the voters may be guided accordingly. 2. A general message to Congress explaining the monopoly problem and asking for a detailed study by Congressional committees preparatory to enactment of legislation by the new Congress which assembles next January. , Fights Holding Companies In various ways, also, Mr. Roosevelt is expected to stress an allied problem, the further restriction and regulation of holding companies outside the public-utility field, a subject already raised by the introduction of a measure to prevent further expansion of hank holding companies. This bill is not to be pushed at this session. Senator Glass (D. Va.), its sponsor, is leaving soon on a protracted ocean voyage. Altogether, in these various measures, the President is seeking to emphasize a fundamental economic issue which at the bottom, in such measures as the new farm act and the wage-hour bill, concerns increased purchasing power for the masses and, at the top, involves diminution of control by a few over wages and prices through regulation of monopolies and holding companies.
Patman Proposes
Arms Profits Ban
WASHINGTON, March 7 ¢U. P). ~—REp. Wright Patman (D. Tex.)
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"NATIONAL AFFAIRS TODAY
ROOSEVELT prepares for elections. ARMS PROFITS ban proposed. WAGE-HOUR BILL passage seen.
TAX BILL attached.
FLOOD CONTROL aid asked. PROF. ARNOLD accepts trust post. SUPREME COURT reyerses self. PACIFIC ISLANDS claimed by U. S.
war manufacturers—from pullets to battleships—in time of peace as well as war. A preview of the expected bitter battle on the measure in the Senate was given by Senator Borah (R. Ida.), senior ete of the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee. He described the bill as an unjustified step toward “the beginning of another world war.” He criticised expenditure of such a huge sum “at a time when the people are in sore distress to find means to carry on” and charged that “something more is contemplated” other than national defense if the program is judged on the basis of recent hearings before the House Naval Afiairs
Committee.
Thomas Warns
Manufacturers
WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P.). —Senator Thomas (D. Utah) today warned the National Associaton: of Manufacturers that it might destroy itself by uncompromising resistance to America’s labor and economic/ evolution.
Pacific Island Claims Held Unmilitary
WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. PJ). ~The White House today “said President Roosevelt's order claiming Canton and Enderbury Islands in the Pacific was motivated by commercial aviation needs and not war reasons or plans. The White House statement regarding the islands came after it was revealed that President Roosevelt has issued an executive order claiming title to the tiny atolls of the South Pacific.
Roosevelt Asked to Aid Flood Control
WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt today canvassed proposals for flood control measures with a House delegation, placing emphasis on need for a program in the Ohio River valley. Present at today’s White House conference were Reps. Eugene B. Crowe, (D. Ind.), Peter J. Demuth (D. Pa), Joserh A. Dixon and
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Here Is the Traffic Record County Deaths (To Date) 1938 ieoivees 21 1937 S00 esen 35
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MEETINGS TODAY
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BIRTHS Boys Hanley. Mildred pushes, at Methodist. » Chesetr, Ellen Russell, at Methodis Forest, ‘Margaret Hilligoss, at Methodist Henry, Katherine Harris, at Methodis yivalter, Catherine Woempuer, at nce. Richard, Alta Martin, at Coleman. Charles, Nanna Lyons, at Coleman. Milo, Margaret Manion, at Coleman. = Marshal, Flossie Rhoades, 920 Camp. Robert, "Esther Eaker, 825 S. Sadie Harry, Mildred Dennemann, fois “Villa. Girls Ernest, Rose Brewer, at City Martin, Florence Anderson, at ity. Carlos, Louisa Buck, at Methodist.
rgiana Tinsley, at Methodist. Mathew, Det ght Aleska, at Methodist. gover, Garrett Burkhardt, at Methos William, Helen Demaree, at Methodist. Richard, Gladys Dodd, at St. Vincent's. Florence Irwin, at St. vin-
S. Cari, Rita Buchanan, at St. Yincent's. Charles, Myrtle Harter, at Colem Charles, Dorothy Cadwell, at Coranan. Charles, Alice Bond, at Coleman Joseph, Dortha Mills, 328 Spring.
DEATHS Jack Ronald Berry, 5, Methodist, lobar pneumonia. Martin Kollman, 47, at Methodist, rheumatic heart disease. Naomi Stephenson, 2, at Riley, influenza. Jessie Woodson Adki ns, 18, at 1317 Spann, lobar pneumo! Martin Luther Cline. ss, at 92 Walnut, coronary thrombosis. Sylvia Ann Nash, 52, at 2447 N. Dearborn, carcinoma. Dorothy 8. Ryan, 15, at City, bronchopneumonia. Elizabeth E. Woodward, 80, at 3460 W. Michigan, arteriosclerosis. n Fost Boggett, 26, at City, rheumatic ear Francis M. ® French, 94, at 821 Lexington, cardio vascular renal disease Mary Ellen Berg, 64, at St. Vincent's, coronary thrombosi Caroline Sue et, 22 hours, at Coleman, atelectasis. Jennie Page, 75, at 812 W. Michigan, cerebral! hemorrhage.
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (D. O.), and Fred M. Vinson (D. Ky.) The delegation aslkgd Mr. Roosevelt to support an 80 million dollar program for Ohio valley flood control.
At conclusion of the conference, :
Rep. Crowe said the President appeared sympathetic and favorable but wanted to make sure that there would be sufficient revenue from the new tax bill for the preferential projects that are desired.
Prof. Arnold
Accepts Post
WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. £5. —Prof. Thurman W. Arnold of Yale University tdday accented an appointment as Assistant Attorney General—the Administration's key trust-busting post—subject to confirmation by the Senate. Prof. Arnold, a liberal and critic of the capitalistic system, informed Attorney General Homer S. Cummings of his willingness to accept the post.
Congressmen Attack Tax Bill
. WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P)). —Rep. hur P. Lamneck (D. 0), Ways and Means Committee member, today attacked the Administration’s proposed tax on closely-held corporations as violating the principle of taxation in accordance with ability to pay. Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y) charged that the tax bill will leave the burden of paying for Government expenditures—including the billion-dollar naval expansion—on persons in the income class from $2500 to $50,000 a year.
SPENCER BILLS STATE FOR TRIAL EXPENSES
Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer announced today that he would ask the Legislature to reimburse him for $2000 personal funds he spent last summer in the assault and battery trials of Peter Cancilla and Joel A, Baker. No county funds were available to bring the prosecuting. witness, Wayne Coy, High Commissioner | Paul V. McNutt’s executive secre"tary, back from the Philippines to testify, so Mr. Spencer borrowed $2000 from the Fidelity Trust Co. on a personal note. Mr. Coy testified that he wee slugged and severely injured a year ago by Cancilla. Baker and Cancilla were convicted and fined $1000 each in Criminal Court.
BOY, 17, WEDS GIRL, 15 WEYMOUTH, Mass, March 7 (U. P.).—Paul Victor Gould, 17, today sought a WPA job to support his 15-year-old bride. His marriage to Bernice Velma Derbyshire Feb. 13 at South Royalston, Vt., was revealed when he applied for a relief job. Parents of both consented to the. wedding.
2 IIhdiana Congressman
Asks White House Flood Control Aid.
WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P). —The Supreme Court today specifically reversed itself in two longstanding landmarks of tax law by ruling that profits derived by private companies from state-owned oil lands operated under lease are subject to Federal taxation.
The tax decision approving levies by the Internal Revenue Bureau
against the Mountain Producers ‘Corp. was expected to have far-
reaching effects. It was reached by a 5-to-2 vote and its importance was emphasized by a strong dissent by Justice Pierce Butler, speaking for himself and Justice James C. McReynolds. ‘The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice Hughes. He stated in his decision that the Court was expressly overruling principles laid down in the Gillespie vs. Oklahoma | and Burnett vs. Coronado Oil & Gas Co., cases which have controlled major phases of tax law. The tax decision highlighted a session of the Court at which was presented an - opinion holding Charles E. Mitchell, former National City Bank chairman, liable for fraud penalties on his 1929 income tax return.
Dr. Morgan Again Asks TVA Probe
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WASHINGTON, March 7 (U.P). —Arthur E. Morgan, Tennessee Valley Authority chairman, rejected the demand .of his codirectors for his resignation today and accused them of making “explicity false reports” to the President, to Congress and to the public.” He renewed his demand for a Congressional investigation. He charged David E. Lilienthal and Harcourt A. Morgan, his associates on the Board, with pursuing a policy that is “a menace to good Government,” and. with “evasion, deceit and misrepresentation.” Dr. Morgan's statements were made in a letter written Feb. 14 to Rep. Maury Maverick (D. Tex.) who had attacked TVA. policies in the House. He authorized publication of the letter because the other directors’ made statements to the press last week asking his resigna-
CLAIM CONFESSION IN NURSE’S SLAYING
CHICAGO, March 7 (U. P.)—An ex-convict was said to have confessed today to the murder last August of Anne Kuchta, 18-year-old student nurse at Chicago Hospital, Police Capt. John Cartan said Mack Hickerson, 49, admitted he clubbed the girl to death with a
‘hair leg after climbing a fire escape
and entering her dormitory room while she was napping.
NAYLOR TO ASSUME 5TH AREA COMMAND
Brig. Gen. William K. Naylor, Ft. Harrison commanding officer, was notified today that he will assume acting command of the 5th Army Corps Area. Maj. Gen. William E. Cole, commanding officer, has been ordered to Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Ark.
_ Atlanta, Ga., physicians in a huddle around Jack Grant Jr. in efforts to.learn the cause of the strange
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tick-tocking sound that beats regularly in the boy’s head. They could determine no scientific regson,
400 Spanish Rebels Rescued As Loyalists Torpedo Cruiser
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said. It was read by Attorney General Andrew _Vishinsky. Earlier Nikolai Ivanovitch Bukharin testified that he and his codefendants plotted to seize the entire membership of the Communist
+] Party Congress which assembled
here in 1934. Dismissal and probably arrest of 600 key State Farms Commissariat officials was disclosed today as the trial was resumed,
Hirota Warns U. U.S.
Of Communist Peril
TOKYO, March 7 (U. P.).—When the American people awaken to the dangers of communism, Japan may open conversations with the United States on the question, Koki Hirota, Foreign Minister, said in the Diet today. Replying to questions in the Lower House, ‘as to whether Japan has been negotiating with the United States regarding communism and its dangers, Minister Hirota said the American people apparently are not aware of the evils of communism, - although American capitalists oppose it.
Economics Wins
War, Commons Told
LONDON, March 7 (U. P)— Economic staying power is the key to winning a war, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons today in debate on Britain’s huge rearmarment program. Mr. Chamberlain, defending Britain’s defense estimates of. $1,664,635,000 for the fiscal year beginning April 1, said: “Wars are won not only by men of arms. It is necessary also to have reserves, resources and credit. . . Economic staying power is a powerful deterrent against attack.
U. S. Citizen Tried In Holy Land Bombing
JERUSALEM, March 7 (U. P.).— George Katimy, 38, a naturalized U.- 8. citizen and Columbia Uni-
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Czechs to Sign U. S. Trade Treaty
: WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P.). —-A reciprocal trade treaty with Czechoslovakia which has been under negotiation for months will be signed formally at 2 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) today. Details of the treaty were withheld pending the formal signature.
Friends Work for
Pastor’s Release
BERLIN, March 7 (U. P.)~— Friends of the Rev. Martin Niemoeller, Evangelical Church leader, sought the aid of influential per-
sons today to attempt to secure the
preacher’s release from a Nazi concentration camp. The church is unable to defend itself against political attacks and the only recourse left is prayer, the Rev. Fritz Mueller told parishioners . of the Rev. Mr. Niemoeller’s church when they gathered yesterday to pray for him and 30 other confessional ministers under arrest.
TEMPLE U. ELECTS ‘DOHERTY TRUSTEE
‘PHILADELPHIA, March 7 (U. P)). ~-Temple University announced today the election of Henry L. Doherty, Cities Service Co. president, to its board of trustees. Mr. Doherty is’ a patient in the university’s hospital. He has a throat ailment.
|OFFICIALS BEGIN FIRE INSPECTION
‘Tournament Sites Will Be].
Emphasized in StateWide Survey.
Inspection of all public buildings in Indiana was started today by State Fire Marshal Clem Smith. He said particular stress would be placed on inspection of high school gymnasiums in which basketball tournaments will be held during the next two weeks. . He urged school authorities to refrain from erecting extra seats unless there are sufficient exits. He said local fire officials should be consulted in such cases. The inspection is to include hotels. i
1500-HORSEPOWER PLANE ENGINE MADE
NEW YORK, March March 7 (U. P.).— Thé U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce and the Army Air Corps have approved the designs of a 14-cylinder, double-row, Wright Cyclone engine of 2600 cubic inches displacement, the Wright Aeronautical Corp., subsidiary of Curtis-Wright, announced today. Company officials said the engines called for a “higher rating than has ever before been accorded an American-built aircraft engine of any type.” The engine was reported to have passed the type tests at ratings of 1500 h, p.
HOOSIER~ SLAYS SELF ROCHESTER, March 7 (U. P.).— Ill health was blamed today for the suicide of Earle E. Burns, 52, a traveling salesman and formerly of Bammond, Indianapolis and Miami, Fla. Mr. Burns shot himself in the abdomen with g shotgun. Surviving are his wife, son, daughter and two nieces.
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W. Smith, Michigan City, La Porte County Superior Court; Harold Hide inger, Hammond, State Senator from Lake County. Republicans—Lewis L. Heidt, In. dianapolis, state representative from ‘Marion .County; Fred W. Green, Ft. Wayne, U, S. Represent ative from the Fourth Congressional District; Clara A. Mason, Terre Haute, state representative from Vigo County; William C. Pentecost, Knox, Stark’ County Circuit Court; James O. Ballou, Ft, Wayne, Allen County prosecutor; George A. Allen, Martinsville, Morgan County Prosecutor. Eighteen more candidates, 16 Democrats and 12 Republicans; filed declarations today.with Coune ty Clerk Glenn B. Ralston. All but one, Mr. Stevens, were for precinct committee. A total of 61 Republicans and 98 Democrats have filed so far.
E. Curtis White
Feted at Dinner Several hundred friends of State Senator E. Curtis White (D. Indianapolis) last night gave him a testis monial dinner in the Claypool Hotel and praised his legislative record. Representatives of agricluture, education, labor and government service were present. U. S. Senator George L. Berry (D. Tenn.), presis dent of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, and a friend for 30 years of Mr, White, who is a member of the: union, was the principal speaker. Among other speakers were Gove ernor Townsend, Mayor Boetcher, and Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, “Curtis White,” Senator Berry said, “to my mind, represents the essence of American trade unionism, He has stood for the processes of conciliation and arbitration, in the settlement of differences betwesn management and industry. peaceful means. He thus a ty the community of interest between the investor, management and labor. “This policy he stands for, if gene erally applied, would not only mean tranquillity, but would go farther in the establishment of economic justice and stability than all the laws that might be conceived.” Senator White in reply to the tributes said: “You have made me the richest man in the state—rich in <he thoughts of tonight and rich in all these loyal friends.”
McNutt May Meet
Farley, Report WASHINGTON, March 7.—+Both Paul V. McNutt and Postmaster Jim Farley are in New York City today and may meet there during the week, according to reports here today. : Should they do so, it may mean the first step toward ending a political feud that has been carried on since the Chicago Democratic convention of 1932 when the Indi. ana delegation, with McNutt forces in command, failed to indorse Ms.
Roosevelt for Presi on the first ballot. ;
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