Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1938 — Page 4

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Presi ent Keeps His Favor . With Masses Despite - Cld Line Leaders.

B: THOMAS L. STOKES ; | Times Special Writer . ATL/ NTA, March 29.—A survey "of the South after five years of the 3 -al reveals a section in ferment,

New orces released by the Roose"welt Administration are clashing _ with bulwarks of the old economic . and ‘social order — industrialists; landlords of big holdings, especialy 4n the Mississippi delta country; en- ' trenched economic interests such as powsr companies. : Tt i= a conflict that must eventually bring fundamental changes. The unionization movement set

| off by ‘he Wagner Labor Relations

Act is causing friction in towns % and cities. The vast economic and " ‘social -xperiment in the Tennessee Valley has inflamed the power interests, long dominant in Southern The attempt to raise farm prices ‘arough Crop control is having its repercussions, though widely popular among the farmers. Land--Jords are looking warily upen Fed>rts to lift the farm tenant Airtual bondage. Workers Take Hope large segment of the popuinat has long been neglected orker in the South’s mills, .nd factories, the tenant on .2t lowland plantations, and mer. , struggling with his rating ’ hillside acres—these 1ave given new hope. They -eated among the masses a o the ident, a sort of : ct religion,- which persists despite the mistakes that have been made and despite the business setpack with its destruction of jobs. (The recession is not yet so severe in the South as in the industrial East and Midwest.) This basic loyalty to the New Deal is seldom reflected of late by .the South’s representatives in Congress. The masses are ineffective politically. When they do get a voice they demonstrate their continued New-Deal support, as in ‘the recont overwhelming vote for the cot:on program. Similarly, they have imprssed their support of TVA upon the politicians of that area. But :he bigger industrial and financiz! elements in the South, some o° them emissaries of Northern fin: nciers and industrialists, are fightin: back with a vengeance. : Some Attack F. D. R. I ha = heard on this trip through the South vituperative outpourings which are reminiscent of Wall Street. Above all, Some persons are jnicense:. about the Roosevelt labor policies. - John L. Lewis parades in horns =nd a tail through drawingroom conversations. In contrast to the President’s early popularity among the upper crust 21d the middle crust of the South, some of the critics go so far as 0 say they would prefer -a Republican—and that’s strong language orf Southerners. Thes: people have prospered under th: New: Deal, and most of them :zre still prospering. Their bitterness is intensified by the knowledge that the President still has wice popular support in the South, 2ven though it is not mirrored ir Congress. ‘They derive satisfactio:: from the anti-Administra-tion ba fles led by such figures as Senator; George (Ga.), Bailey (N. C.), H-rrison (Miss), Byrd and Glass (7a.), who are their heroes. ~ The wvage-hour bill, which they despise. is being put forward by Mr. Roosevelt as a dominant issue in the South. But ‘it does not appear that it will take hold. The reason s that candidates for Congress, caallenging incumbents who oppose “he bill, are not making it an issu. Trogressivism Growing - Lister Hill, who supported - the measur:,, was elected to the Senate recentls in Alabama, but candidate for the House in Alabama are not

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today in connection with the Roache St., late yesterday. The

. His Eye Is Open for Gunman

Joe Scheff, who yesterday was held up in his store, 1252 Roche St, by a gunman who escaped with $150 cash, today was asked by police to view a suspect in whose home four guns were found.

Proprietor to Face Suspeet

Seized After Store Holdup

A bandit suspect in whose room police found four guns was held holdup of Joe Scheff at his store, 1252 gunman escaped with $150 in cash and

Mr. and Mrs. Scheff and a customer, Mrs. Nellie Apple, of 1326 Roache St., were in the store when the Negro bandit entered and displayed a revolver. ‘He forced the proprietor and the two women to the rear dfter looting the cash register and taking Mr. Scheff’s billfold. : Police traced him to a home in the 2600 block Annette St. where they found him asleep. He said the guns in his room were given him in payment for gasoline.

Cab Driver Is Robbed

Roy Pennock, of the Pierson Hotel, a cab driver, reported he was robbed of $4 and his cab by three men he picked up at East and Washington Sts. He said they forced him to move from the driver's seat and drove him to Raymond St. and White River Blvd., where they forced him out, taking his money. The car later was found abandoned in the 500 block Jones St. ‘ . Joseph B. Wade, 27, of St. Paul, told police he was robbed of $75 by a taxicab driver with whom he had made a tour. : Wade said the driver took him-to the 2100 E. Michigan St, where he took $75 from his shirt pocket. Police held Wade on intoxication charges. Mrs. Ruth Morgan, of 2127 Barth Ave. reported her purse containing $4.35 snatched from her by a youth on Shelby St. near Finley St.

’ Two Boys Held

William James Sloss, of 604° N. Senate Ave, told police his wardrobe, packed preparatory to leaving for a trip to French Liek, had been

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stolen from his apartment. It contained articles valued at $75. Two youths, 12 and 10, were held by.the Crime Prevention Bureau, for stripping autos in the 2100 block Pleasant Ave. Police found several radiator ornaments in the home of one of the boys nearby. Mary Brown, 32, Negro, of 2401 Hovey St., was charged with fatally stabbing Damon Graham, 30, of 2209 Martindale St., last night at a tavern in the 2800 block Ruckle St. Graham died several hours later in City Hospital of a wound in his abdomen.

ee as vtisteniamber— CHICKEN THIEVES BURN CAR RUSHVILLE, March 29 (U. P.. —Police today sought the thieves who wrecked a stolen automobile near Mays yesterday after looting a chicken house on the Joe Deerin farm. The auto, stolen at Richmond, March 15, was destroyed by fire apparently started by the thieves to cover up evidence.

tural. Conservation Funds Announced.

LAFAYETTE, March 29 (U.P)— Approximately $250,000,000 has been

i | paid ‘Indiana farmers who co-oper-

ated in the 1937 Agricultural Con-

servation Program, L. M. Vogler, |

State Agricultural Committee chairman, announced today. More than 25,000 summaries of performance now are being checked by the committee and will be sent to respective counties for signatures, Mr. Vogler said. Already the committee has checked and approved for payment 381,569 summaries, and 17,694 additional summaries have been audited and are being signed by Hoosier farmers. To date a total of 74,501 summaries, representing 81 counties, have been received by the state committee, Mr. Vogler said. Counties which have received payments and their respective amounts are: ' Allen, $77,721.15; Benton, $56,122.21; Boone, $71,767.29; Bartholomew, $42,233.64; Blackford, . $15,432.20; Clinton, $86,073.22; Decatur, $66,041.35; Dekalb, $38,806.29; Delaware, $66,529.92; Fayette, $46,859.12; Fountain, $7,180.60; Fulton, $36,032.33: Hamilton, $42,581.12; Hancock, $45,471.50; Howard, $32,505.65; Huntington, $44,073.39; Jasper, $62,~ 330.08; Jay, $42,419.74; Johnson, $33,992.06; Lagrange, $56,372.53; Lake, $47,198.65; La Porte, $51,347.40; Maclison, $42,549.05; Martin, $24,767.00: Miami, $64,222.76. Montgomery, $85,906.26; Morgan, $35,228.54; Newton, $97,486.40; Noble, $60,678.19; Owen, $15,008.17; Parke, $21,885.44; Porter, $49,680.91; Putnam, $40,214.00; Rush, $85,469.35;

St. Joseph, $31,201.85; Shelby, $72,-

708.23; Starke, $37,574.97; Steuben, $42,728.58; Tippecanoe, $90,321.66; Tipton, $26,218.74; Union, $30,511.82; Vanderburgh, $21,862.70; Vigo, $14,-

517.76; Wabash, $45,108.82; Warren, |

$61,282.07; Wayne, $39,924.61; Wells, $52,514.03; White, $103,400.72, and Whitley, $39,059.00. :

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mandate in the South's Congressional 'clections unless something unforescen happens. There is a growing progressive movement in the South—still, however, in its ancy—reflected in organizations - which include some few college professors, some few lawyers. some editors, a few busi- | nessmer. They have emerged re- | cently irom the status of secret so- | “cties and have come out into the open, here and there making them- - | selves i-1t in the labor movement, " in campaigns for better labor laws and for reforms in state and city government. But they are not yet effective politically.

TOYI'IG WITH FIRE, BOY, 2, KILLS BABY

POR” CHESTER, N. Y., March 29 (U. P.)—Harry - Schroeder, 2%: years od, crawled from bed before other. embers of the family were awake and began playing with . matches. He lighted one ‘tossed > into the crib of Charles, 'g§ montis old. The crib was .in flames hen Harry called his parents, sa ing “Charlie’s burning up.” {The baby died last night in a hos‘pital.

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