Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1938 — Page 1

FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight, becoming unsettled with probably: showers tomorrow: .somewhat warmer,

FINAL

[Scere owasny VOLUME 50—NUMBER 37

21 DEAD AND 2 MISSING AFTER BLAST IN MINE

No Hope Held for Survival Of Men Still Buried in Virginia Shaft.

DUST, SPARK BLAMED

Explosion Wrecks Homes in Remote Mountain Community.

HANGER, Va., April 23 (U.P) .~

Twenty-one charred’ and mangled |

bodies were removed from a Keen Mountain coal mine today, two men were recovering from burns and 22 others were missing after an explosion and fire.

Company officials said a total of 45 men were believed to have been in the mine when it was . rocked by a terrific blast yesterday afternoon. ;Rescue workers believed the 22 still missing could not have survived the fire and explosion. More - than 100 trained rescue workers fought their way through intense heat to recover the bodies. Twelve bodies were carried from the mine during the night. The others were removed shortly after daylight. Dead Are Identified’

All 21 bodies were taken to the Richlands Funeral Parlor, at Richlands, Va. 15 miles southeast of

here. lows: O. OC. Owen, E. Willis, Marcus Thacker, Walter Sutherland, W. H. Grant, O. Hitchcock, Harold Keen, .~Lee Marshall, Ernest Boyd, Hammond Barney, Orville Street, K. L. Reed, J. L. Blevins, Kilmer Patrick, Ed “Gilley, Claud Dollar, J. W. Combs, Glen Ratcliff, Orville Norris and F. L. Buckler. : B: G. Buchanan, Hanger police , officer, said: “There is no chance in the world that any of the men in the mine will come out alive.”

Coal company officials said they believed the missing men were buried near the main entrance of the mine under tons of rock loosed by the blast. The 21 bodies were removed from “B” entrance, several hundred feet from the main tunnel. Rescue crews then turned to the main entrance in search of the remaining: men. Fire which shot from. the mine entrances burned "itself out early today, but the blast left huge rock slides covering the entrances and apparently had demolished the mine

tunnels. : Fire Shoots From Mine

Eye-witnesses said force of the explosion was felt nearly a mile away. Fred Springer, Virginia State Highway Patrolman, was standing beside his automobile half a mile . from the main entrance when the blast occurred. “A great gush of fire came from the mouth of the mine,” he said, “and two.seconds later there was a loud explosion. “The force of the blast caused several automobiles hundreds of yards . farther away from the mine to sway wildly. I thought the drivers were going into the ditch. “I rushed to the mine and began to rope off the entrance to prevent anyone but rescue workers from entering. . “There was ‘nothing anyone could do for the men who were trapped. It was impossible to get in. The _mine entrances were covered with rock and slate.” Mike Lilly, member: of the night crew which had just gone into the mine, owed his life to the fact that he returned to an equipment house for ‘a mine light a few seconds before the blast. “A mine car was thrown 50 feet into the air by the explosion,’ Mr. Lilly said. “It killed one man that I saw and may have crushed others. Nobody knows what happened, but there was no gas in the mine so it must have been dust set off by a spark from a mine cable.” : State Police today requested wives and children of the trapped miners to return to their homes. They had watched the rescue work all night. It was estimated that the crowd gathered at the scene reached 10,000 by midnight. It was reduced to a few hundred by 8 a. m,, when it was apparent there was no chance any men remaining in the mine were alive,

Bodies Charred

Bodies removed from the mine were charred so badly identifization was difficult. The miners’ clothing was burned off. Many apparently were killed by the force of the explosion before flames reached them. At the mine entrance Maj. H B. Nicholas, superintendent of the State Police Supervised 32 State Troopers who attemp keep the narrow: mountain roads

; Clear. was a ‘wgurface” type mine that has been in operation only since the De oor It is in the Buchanan County coal fields, which have been developed only about

Be Soar Is the nearest village to the mine—about three miles away. 1t is located in one of the most isolated sections of the central eastern section of the country—not far from where the States of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky meet. Several homes were wrecked by the

explosion 50 miles from Bluefield, i city, and slightly west. or the Sandry Ridge Mpountains,

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They were identified as fol-

‘Whoa, Nancy Switch Engine Goes on

Spree, but Gets Caught.

EW ALBANY, April 23 (U.P.). N —Trainmen were wondering today just what kind of puttishment they can give Nancy, a switch engine, after her unchaperoned spree from Kentucky into Indiana. When the engineer and the fireman left Nancy’s cab and turned their backs for a minute, she gently slid out of the Louisville yards of the Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad Co., and" headed straight for Indiana. Dispatchers along the line frantically cleared the track as Nancy chugged along at 12 miles an hour through part of Louisville and across the K. & I. Bridge “into Indiana. Trainmen finally caught up with her in an automobile and stopped the spree as Nancy puffed and chugged on the up-grade leading to the Edwardsville tunnel.

TAXBILL SEEN AS FACE-SAVER

" NATIONAL AFFAIRS

PROFITS TAX to be campaign issue, says Vandenberg.

GOVERNOR LA FOLLETTE hits New Deal “scarcity” policy. WAGE-HOUR BILL aid asked from Rules Committee.

COL. KNOX asks spending of Social Security reserves.

VANNUYS says Roosevelt spending program. is ‘socialistic.” SUPREME COURT to consider maritime labor issue. GARNER virtually admits disagreement with Roosevelt.

Capital Gains Levy

Survives Compromise Editorial, Page 10)

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, April 23.—President Roosevelt's half-victory on the

undivided profits tax in the HouseSenate conference was called a “face-saver” by Senator Vandenberg (R.:Mich.) today. As the President met with ChairTe Harrison (D. Miss.) of the Senate Finance Committee before leaving on a week-end cruise, Senator Vandenberg declared the New Deal’s tax policy would become a campaign ‘issue this fall. It was presumed that President Roosevelt's conference with Senator Harrison concerned. yesterday's tax bill compromise and the tax exemption message he is to send to Congress Monday. The action of the conference was the first concession to the White House on Capitol Hill in some time. The conference committee limited the tax to two years, after which Congress again must wrestle with the corporation tax problem. It may then continue the sliding scale on undistributed profits or adopt a flat rate on corporation incomes as was sought by the Senate—an 18 per cent rate—when the body some weeks ago rejected the undistributed profits tax, lock, stock and barrel.’ Mr. Roosevelt’s mild success was nearly obscured when the Senate conferees, guided by the skillful Senator Harrison (D. Miss.), persuaded their House colleagues to accept the form of capital-gains tax which the Senate had voted and which’ the President opposed. Half a Victory

In his recent letter to the tax conferees, which stirred up so much ill feeling, the President demanded not only retention of the undis-tributed-profits tax principle but also—and with more emphasis—the stiffer House form of the capitalgains tax. The President thus emerged with half, or perhaps a little less. Businessmen have clamored for changes in the two business taxes on the ground that they have restricted business operations and clogged the flow of capital into new enterprises. These were the two principal controversies in the 1938 revenue bill. Now that a compromise has been reached on them, the dozen Senate and House conferees have settled down to adjust other differences. The forecast is that ap agreement will be reached on all” points by Tuesday or Wednesday. The conferee’s report will go first to the Senate and then to the House for final approval before the bill can g0 to the to the White House. Senator Harrison said he expected to have no trouble getting Senate approval for retention of the undistributed-profits tax principle. He was weary. So were the 11 other members of the conference committee. They locked themselves in a room at 10:30 in the morning and worked, without even an inter(Turn to Page Three)

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SUPERCOUNCIL OF EDUCATORS MAPPED HERE

Noted School Leaders Push Plan to Effect State Co-ordination.

WANT POLICIES CLEARED

Williams Hails Proposal as “Greatest Thing in 20 Years.’

Noted Indiana school leaders to-

day launched a drive to establish

a supercouncil of education.

Meeting at the Hotel Lincoln, 11 educators agreed on a plan to form the Indiana Council on Education, which would serve as a master organization to co-ordinate the activities of all educators’ groups in the State. They announced they will invite about 50 organizations to send delegates to a May meeting to perfect the Council. It was the crystalization of a plan. studied for more than six months.

‘Greatest Thing in 20 Years’

Charles O. Williams, Indiana State Teachers’ Association secretary, said, “This is the greatest thing that has happened in Indiana education in the last 20 years.” Mr. Williams said the Council was proposed because, in the past, State educational policies have not

| been clearcut. He pointed out that

each individual organization has advocated its own proposal. Under the new plan, he said, it is hoped

fect co-operation. In a joint statement issued with Karl V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple High School principal, Mr. Williams said: “Where so many educational organizations, each with its own particular interests, are at work, there is frequent need for an agency to

‘| facilitate co-operation among them.

This is the purpose of the Indiana Council on Education. .. . Not only educational practices but also the larger purposes of education come within the province of the In- ,. Council. ‘Council will act ‘in an advit capacity.” “It will not’ minimize the importance of any one of our various organizations, as it does not have the .right to dictate the programs or policies of any of these organizations. The Coyncil - will, however, furnish a means of bringing to bea on common problems the force of the opinion of our profession as developed through discussion.” :

Meeting Held Today

Meeting today were L. V. Phillips, Indiana State Teachers’ Association executive committee chairman; E. B. Wetherow, La Porte school superintendent; DeWitt S. Morgan, Indianapolis school superintendent: Ralph N. Tirey, Indiana State Teachers College president: H. E. Binford, Bloomington school superintendent; Mr. Ammerman; L. A. Pittenger, Ball. State Teachers College president; Henry Lester Smith, Indiana ‘University education department dean; Floyd I. McMurray, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Robert B. Hougham, State Retirement Pund Board executive secretary, and Mr. Williams. It was proposed to invite 30 organizations to active membership. Each would pay $100 annually for membership in the Council and each would have three delegates with one vote each. They were: Indiana State Teachers’ Association, First District Teachers’ Association, North Central Teachers’ Association, Northeastern Teachers’ Association, Southwestern Teachers’ Association, County School Superintendents’ ‘ Association, Town and City Superintendents’ Associaon. Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Indiana Federation of Public School Teachers, Phi Delta Kappa, Indiana School Men’s Club, Indiana School Women’s Club, Hoosier Schoolmasters’ Club, National Education Association, State Department of Public Instruction. The Indiana Teacher, Executive Committee of I. S. T. A. Northern Indiana Teachers’ Federation, Legislative Committee of I. S. T. A,, Indianapolis Teachers’ Federation, State Teachers’ _ Retirement Fund Board. Business Rducation Department, I. S. T. A, Classroom Teachers Department, I. S. T. A, Educational Research Department, I. S. T. A, Indiana Academy of Social Sciences, Practical Arts Department, I. 8S. T. A, Secondary Principles Department, I. S. T. A, Social Studies Department, I. S. T. A, Teacher Training Department, I. S. T. A. Vocational Education Department, I. S. T. A.

Universities Invited

Eighteen colleges and universities were invited to send delegates. Each would pay $50 annually and have two delegates with one vote each. They were: Ball Sgate Teachers College, Butler University, DePauw University, Earlham College, Evansville College, Franklin College, Hanover College, Indiana State Teachers College. Indiana University, Manchester College, Purdue University, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, University of Notre

bash College, Central Normal College, Indiana Central College. Twenty departments of state and

| district teachers’ assciations were to

be invited to nonvoting, nonpaying associate membership, with ‘8 “fpos-

Sibjlity 60.40 ottiets,"

that the superorganization will ef- |

Dame, Valparaiso University, Wa-

interest rates to the common bingrensing his purchasing

SATURDAY, APRIL

Millionaire Shirley Is 9 Today

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23, 1938

Starlet Asks 300 Friends to Birthday Fete

HOLLYWOOD, April 23 (U. P.. —sShirley Temple. a millionaire on her ninth birthday, was given the day off today so she would have plenty of time to open her. hundreds of present and to be host at two parties. Shirley will report at her studio today but not for work. On the studio lot she will be host to the children of all Hollywood Dene: permen. More than 300 invita were sent out. a Tonight there will be a snllér party at the home of Shirley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Temple. Only her closest friends will attend. Presents for Shirléy have been arriving at her studio.for days. They came from every State and from

#| many foreign countries.

Shirley reportedly earns $5000 a week in the movies and possibly that much again by indorsing: dolls, breakfast food and other items. Every cent of her salary for the. five years she has been in the movies has gone into a trust fund, her parents said. Her father supports the family from his: salarv as a bank manager. Mrs. Temple is paid by Shirley’s studio as her manager. Shirley will begin a tour in a few weeks. ' She will make no appearances at which admission ‘will: be charged, her mother said. “We already have more money: than we need,” Mrs. Temple said.:

CROPS UNDAMAGED BY LIGHT FROST HERE

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Fruit trees and crops escaped damage when only a light frost coated the lndianapolis area early today, the Weather Bureau said. A predicted “probably heavy frost” failed to materialize in this district, the Bureau said.

northern part of Indiana, but ‘was: not of killing proportions, according to reports to the Bureau. The forecast today was increasing cloudiness

morrow during somewhat warmer weather.

JUDGE, ANDERSON'S | CONDITION. IS. ‘GRAVE’

Former Federal - Judge Albert B. Anderson was: in grave condition at the<st, Vincent's Hospital, where he -has been confined for two weeks: ;

‘The spread of the credit. “union movement as a means of combatting economic depressions and providing -social security was urged here today by R. F. Bergengren, Madison, Wis.,, Credit Union National Association executive ‘secreta He spoke before 400 deiogates attending the annual meeting of

the Hotel Antlers. Mr. Bergengren, with Edward A. Filene, the Boston merchant prince, who died last September, wrote the Indiana Credit Union Law and was associated with Mr. Filene in the organization of credit unions. He declared that the credit organizations loan money ‘at normal D man,

The frost was heavier in the Postmaster General.James A. Far-

tonight, with: probably showers er Rickenbacker for $3, 500,000. -

MOTHER, INFANT ESCAPE FLAMES

Two Firemen and Woman Injured in Two-House E. 13th St. Fire.

Three persons were injured slightly and a mother and her six-months-old infant were rescued this afternoon as ‘a two-alarm blaze

| swept two frame homes at. WoT

and 709 E. 13th st. : Those imjured were Lieut. Hewes White of Engine House 8, Fireman William Ribble of Engine House 7, who suffered minor burns, and: Mrs. Bert Proctor, of the 709 address, who was bruised in a fall while fleeing the flames. They were treated by the Fire Department Rescue Squad at the scene. Fifteen persons fled the blaze. Mrs. ‘Eleanor White was tra ape in the kitchen of her home, 7 13th St., after she had picked E her baby, Eitel, and started toward the door. Several neighbors rushed in and helped her out. : The flames shot about 50 feet into the air, attracted a crowd of about 500 and blocked traffic in the neighborhood for more than half an hour. Firemen said the blaze started in the ‘attic of a rooming house at 709 E..13th St. .The fire spread rapidly and, sparks ignited the double house at "705-709. ; Five families lived in the rooming house and-all occupants fled. . . They include Mrs. Myrtle Owens and her children,.Ivan and .Ilene; Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, and - Mrs. Lillian Brandberry and. her daughter, Lorain, “Those driven out of the 707. side of the double included - Mrs.-Mary Margaret Stephens, her son; Robert, and her father, John. L. Schooley. Besides Mrs. White and the infant, her daughter, ‘Harriett. also fled the other side. #

RICKENBACKER. BUYS - EASTERN. AIRLINES

; "WASHINGTON, April ‘23 (U. PJ.

ley today approved the sale of the Eastern Airlines division ‘of North American Aviation, Inc, to a new ‘corporation ‘headed by Capt. Eddie

. Simultaneously = Mr.’ “Farley approved the transfer of four air mail

| contfacts to the new company.

"FLYING RECORD CLAIMED | WASHINGTON, April 23 (U..P.). —Lieut. Col. Robert Olds, piloting one of the Army’s new. four-engined flying fortresses, established: a' new transcontinental record today of 10

the Credit League of Indiana at

hours and 45 minutes, the War De-

partment disclosed. :

and . thereby. ‘economic conditions. The speaker said fhat employees

‘by pay day savings build up a fund

which is owned by. them and invested in loans to th , and at the credit unions, gene rate their .ranks a talent for leadership

| ard management.

* Mr. Bergengren said it was “unethical and improper” that em-| ployees, unable to get bank credit, should have to pay exorbitant interest rates on loans : from ot! agencies, | while employers obtained loans at low interest rates.

"The credit. union movement 18

the stronghold of democracy,” he said, “because it is based on Demo= ‘cratic ideals and looks toward the

-Olass Matter

Entered as Second at oe "“Trdandoons, Ind,

PRICE THREE CENTS

ALL MAYOR CANDIDATES PLEDGE EFFORT TO CURB CITY'S SMOKE NUISANCE

‘No Intimidation,” Clauor Warns Party Workers; Wolff, Henry to Speak

Bradshaw Stresses Human Phases of Juvenile Court Work.

County Chairman William E. Clauer this afternoon warned Democratic organization workers against any intimidation of primary voters, and instructed them to “obey the law to the letter, but demand your legal rights. a His demand for a clean election was voiced at a meeting of ward chairmen, vice chairmen, precinct committeemen and vice committeemen at Democratic headquarters. “The Democratic County Committee desires and insists upon a clean election,” Mr. Clauer told the group.

All Have “Equal Right” “Every candidate in the primary

| deserves an equal right to muster

every vote he can get by fair and legal means. ' We intend to see that every candidate geis that right. “That was the purpose of the primary ° originally. A clean orderly primary ‘election is as essential to the good name of the Democratic Party as the selection of the strongest and best qualified candidates for every office. “We intend to’ give the voters the full protection provided them by law to vote for their candidates. There will be no brow beating or intimidation of voters or party workers in this primary.”

‘Heavy Vote Sought

Russell Ryan was scheduled to address the group in behalf of Reginald H. Sullivan's mayoralty candidacy. Other, PEAR urged the comuhitteemen to make every effort to get| out a heavy vote on primary day, a week from Tuesday. : Other Detar onic political developments “include: 1. “The Juvenile Court has degenerated into a step-child of the judicial system,” Municipal Court

‘| Judge Wilfred Bradshaw, candidate

for ‘judge of Juvenile Court, said in cainpaign talks last night at 1236 N. Belle Vieu Place and at Tabernacle A. M. E.. Church. 2. “The reputation of an: entire political party may be enthanced or wrecked in Criminal Court, Alvin C. Johnson, former deputy attorney general, said in an address last night in support of Dewey E. Myers’ candidacy for judge of that court. 3. Sherif Otto Ray, mayoralty candidate, defended his right to name special deputy sheriffs for service primary day, in an address last ht. 4. Edward O. Snethen, Democratic candidate for Mayor, reiterated his indorsement of the City Manager plan for: Indianapolis in an ‘address at 1825 N, Capitol Ave. 5. Chalmer Schlosser, speaking at Te > Indiana ‘Ave., declared the can people are against “dictatorship in any form” and urged the Democratic organization to declare in favor of an open primary.

Juvenile Court Tasks Cited

In his talks, Judge Bradshaw said: . “The . Juvenile Court, created to turn the groping steps of wayward youth into the paths of good citizenship, has degenerated into a stepchild of the judicial system. “Judges in the courts set up to interpret laws as they are written are in the spotlight of their profession and of the public. Even if they were so inclined they could not for long disport themselves in a stupid and unseemly manner. “The public, unfortunately, is inclined to look upon the Juvenile Court as a unit of the judicial system. Under analysis, however, it can be seen that far more than knowledge of the law is demanded of the man who presides over this most important court. “Day after day its problems approach that which taxed the wisdom of Solomon. It is the court of hu(Turn to Page Two)

Credit Unions Called Depression Cure "And Guard Against Radicalism in U. S.

combatting ‘adverse

The credit union movement presents stanch opposition to fascism and communism, he said, “There are 6782 unions in the United States, and new ones. are ‘being formed ‘at. the rate of 100. a month.” ' C. E. Oldham, Indiana League managing - director, said there are 195 in Indiana with 65,000 members ‘of whom 32,000 ‘belong i 80 Indianapolis unions.

Eight new directors were to be

other | elected to the board of directors of

17 who later were to elect officers. Walter 8. Samphell,: Indiana ‘League president, ‘ presiding. ‘Other ‘speakers rs include P.

‘perfection of democracy. It is one| tor

of the few movements ‘of the peo-|

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Teckemeyer Censures City Tax Burden; Haerle Urges Efficiency.

An overflow audience is expected tonight when two Republican mayoralty candidates, George A. Henry and Herman C. Wolff, speak from the same platform at a meeting sponsored by the Republican Veterans of Marion County.

The meeting is to be at 8 p. m. at the Hotel Washington. In accepting the invitation to speak, Mr. WoT emphasized that he was not accepting Mr. Henry’s earlier request for a public debate. Each candidate will be allotted 40 minutes to speak. William E. Reiley, chairman of the group, said the meeting is open to all veterans and friends of veterans, and invited all candidates who are war veterans to attend. Other Republican political developments include: 1. Edwin Haerle, Republican candidate for Prosecutor, outlined his policies in an address at 3737 N, Capitol ' Ave. last night. 2. Nomination of Wilbur A. Royse as judge of Superior Court 1 was urged in an address by Frank C. Turrell, attorney, at 1505 W. Ohio St. 3. An intensive last-week drive on behalf of Mr. Wolff was outlined by leaders of the Young-Voters-for-Wolff Club. In address last night, Mr. Wolff repeated his determination not to engage in a “mudslinging” contest with any candidate, and outlingd his attitude toward appointments and promotions

iri’ the Police and Fire Departments]

Urges City Economy

4. Earl B, Teckemeyer, mayoralty candidate, declared in a statement today that. the city could be operated on a third less than now is being. spent, without overlooking anything deserving of attention. 5. Mr. Henry declared himself in favor of the union scale as a fair and decent living wage, in an address at McClain’s Hall, Hoyt and State Aves. - 6. Russell I. Richardson, candidate for Prosecutor, deciared in a South Side address last night that the Prosecutor must know the background of the underprivileged ' to understand fully the many problems of juvenile or near juvenile delinquency, and its connection with crime.

Appeal to Young Voters

William S. McMaster Jr., head of the Wolff young voter club, told members yesterday that one of the objects of the club is to break down the customary lack of interest in young voters exercising their voting rights for the first time. He said first voters will be urged to go to the polls, regardless of their political beliefs. A group of members of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church who are supporting Mr. Wolff's candidacy will give a luncheon for him Monday noon at the Hotel Lincoln, (1urn to age ve) Two)

MAJ. T.E, CATHRO IS DEAD HERE AT 59

Retired Officer Former Head Of R: 0. T. C. Here.

Maj. Thomas E. Cathro, retired U. S. Army officer who directed high school R. O. T. C. units here for six years, died today at Methodist Hospital. He was 59.

Funeral services are to be held at 3 p. m. Monday at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Burial is to be at Crown Hill. Maj. Cathro, who lived at the Columbia Club since 1925, was a life-

long resident of Indianapolis. He

attended Shortridge High School where he organized the first military unit there called the “Cadets.” _ While a young man, he left high school to serve in Company D, 158th Infantry, during the Spanish American War. After the war he returned, finished school and then reenlisted in the Army. Served in Philippines From 1901 to 1916 he served in the Philippines bp nes and on.the Mexican border. He retired with the rank of captain in 1916 but was recalled to duty the same year. During Amerca’s ‘participation in the World War, he was promoted to major and. was in charge of training recruits at Columbus, O. Following the war, he became active in R. O. T. Ck was 8 of the Indianapolis units in head o t he held until 1931. He re from the

E.| Beverly it of a sister, |

; : : cated. He is survived by daughter, Miss| Ge Cathro of Los and | Wi

League s Queries on Abatement Plans Answered ‘Yes.

OTHERS QUIZZED

Several Cite Menace To Health in Soot Conditions.

Each of the seven mayoralty cans didates today pledged himself, if elected, to sponsor an adequate smoke abatement program for the city. Everyone of the seven replied in the affirmative to six questions asked them by the Smoke Abatement League. Roy O. Johnson, League attorney, said: “The Smoke Abatement League is very glad to see that all candis dates for Mayor have pledged themselves tc an adequate smoke control program. The League plans to send a similar questionnaire to all candidates for the City Council.” The Council candidates’ replies will be due next Saturday, Mr. Johnson said. The questions sent the mayoralty candidates were: 1. Do you. favor an adequate smoke abatement program for the city? 2. If you are elected Mayor of Indianapolis, will you recommend to the Council that an appropriation be made sufficient to finance an adequate smoke abatement program? 3. Will you in other ways use your influence to aid the Smoke Abatement League and its allied organizations in their efforts to have estab« lished an adequate smoke abatement program? 4. Do you favor reasonable law enforcement - where - necessary, in order to abate the smoke nuisance? * Quizzed on Enforcement

ments to our Smoke Ordinance as may. be nece to bring about the enforcement of the law and the abatement of the smoke evil. 6. Will you advocate smoke abate< ment in your campaign for. eléction? To question No. 5, Reginald H. Sullivan, Democrat, replied: . “I am in favor of an adequate law, but of course, if Mayor, reserve the right to carefully scrutinize any amendments to existing law.” His answer to question No. 6 was: “I regard the smoke nuisance as one of the serious problems of the City. On certain days we have a pollution of the atmosphere which affects the health of our citizens. This is a health and economic problem and should be discussed inthe campaign. On certain days and at certain times of the year the situation is very bad due to the smoke, and we should do everything within reason to correct this cone dition.” Emphasizes Health Menace Ward B. Hiner, Republican, com mented on the questionnaire as follows: » “ .. I have read considerable of this nuisance, I have experienced the dirty condition of our property, and even though we forget the loss of damage to property, our health is certainly impaired. “Should I pe ia. and elected to the Mayor's office. you may rest assured this matter would receive attention the first day I am in office. . . . There seems to have been a lot of talk about this and I wonder why our present officials have been so cowardly that they, would not take action.” Earl B. ~ Teckemeyer, Republican, said: “1 sincerely consider the -abate« ment of the smoke nuisance one of the very first things that should be given attention. Present conditions are a-positive menace to the health of our citizens. We do not permit garbage . . . to be scattered throughout our streets; we do not permit open sewers to exist; but we have been standing idly by, allowing the air to be polluted, knowing full well that this is the very air that our children and families must breathe. This ought to be stopped if the Mayor really has the welfare of all the citizens at heart.” Ray Cites Record Sheriff Otto Ray, Democrat. coms mented: © “I think you ‘will find my record shows that I always have been for smoke abatement as my record as a City Councilman shows.” Siyard O, Snethen, Democrat, Sa. i “I have always been interested in smoke abatement and in an adequate smoke control program for the City of Indianapolis. Prior to the incorporation of the Smoke Abatement League I was chairman of the Smoke Abatement Commite tee for the Chamber of Commerce and we tried to carry through a program for several years prior to ‘the organization - of the Smoke Abatement League. _ After the league was organized I have heen, 8 continuous director in the

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