Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1938 — Page 1

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TOPIC OF FORD TALK WITH FOR STILL SECRET

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

. FORD White House visit follows capitalists’ co = operation ~~ Pledge. hg WAGE-HOUR BILL blacklists threatened. ROOSEVELT to attack “sticky” prices and monopoly. NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. . signed. ‘RAIL REORGANIZATION court to be proposed.

Fords Arrive for for

White House Luncheon (Editorial and Cartoon, Page 10)

WASHINGTON, April 27 (U. P.). —Henry Ford came to the White House today to discuss the nation’s economic crisis with President Roosevelt. The billionaire motor magnate and severe critic of the New Deal arrived at the White House at five minutes before his luricheon engagement. He was accompanied by his son, ‘Edsel Ford, and W. J. Cameron, official Ford Motor Co. spokesman. Mr, Ford and his aids came to the White House at the invitation of President Roosevelt for a discussion of economic and business conditions. Chairman Marriner S. Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board and Hall Roosevelt, brother-in-law.

of the President who arranged the meeting, completed the conference

group. The historic meeting of Mr. Roosevelt and the industrialists who has been the spearhead of frequent clashes with the New Deal was held in the family dining room of the White House.

Calls on Edison

Before going to the White House, the Ford “party called at the Navy Department for a brief visit with Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison, whose father, the inventor, was one of Ford's closest friends. The White House was astir with excitement as the Ford party ar-

rived. A crowd of curious spectators, |. UU. P.).—Seven miners were brought

swelled by Government clerks freed for their lunch hour, idled on the White House grounds. : It was the first time since President Roosevelt took office in 1933 that Mr. Ford—a frequent visitor during the terms of Presidents Coolidge and Hoover—had come to the White House. The tall, gaunt motor magnate, had no comment as he stalked across the front porch of the mansion. The sight-seers, several hundred strong, dpplauded as Mr. Ford drew up to the White House in a gleaming limousine, product of his factory. Edsel Ford, hatless, emerged first from the car. He pushed through a throng of camera men and newspapermen, waving aside pleas for an interview. He was followed by Mr. Cameron and his father. In the spacious marble lobby of the mansion the Fords were greeted by Hall Roosevelt. “I'm only a passenger,’ he said. The Fords came to the’ capital soon after 16 men, high in Amerjca’s industrial and financial life, headed by Owen D. Young of the General Electric Co. and Winthrop Aldrich; head of the Chase National Bank of New York and brother-in-law of ‘John D. Rockefeller Jr. pledged full co-operation with the Federal Government in its fight on the depression.

16 Pledge ‘Support

The public assurance of co-opera-tion from -the 16 leading business- . men was delivered to Mr. Roosevelt by Securities and Exchange Commissioner John W. Hanes, a former Wali Street broker. Mr. Hanes personally contacted the 16 men, asking their assurances. White House. officials said that no definite plan had been made for a meeting between the 16 and the President. However, they indicated that an effort might be made soon to arrange such a meeting. The presence of Mr. Eccles at today’s luncheon aroused speculation as to the topics that will be discussed... Mr. Eccles is a proponent of the Administration's plan to increase consumer purchasing power through Government spending. Observers, familiar with Mr. Ford's economic and business beliefs and with the President's policies and objectives, believe the discussion would be based on the folJowing matters: 1. The President’s ideas on the stabilization of employment and production in seasonally-affected industries, such as the automobile

industry. 2. Administration labor policies, particularly as they affect massproduction industries. 3. Administration monetary, bankand tax policies. Although a Roosevelt was pleased with the statement issued by the 16 business leaders, some Government officials believed that (Turn to Page Four)

48-UNIT APARTMENT ~ BUILDING IS PLANNED

_ Plans for construction of a 48t apartment building at Cenont and Fairfield Aves. were dis-

closed today in an application for a | St.

Jariance permit filed with the Zon-

g Board. "The application was filed by T. A. and J. R. Moynahan. The former said the py of the PROpOgcH ¢ strucsure had not been estimated.

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 40

Dirt-y Trick

Wallace Left and Now His Pet Worms Are Hungry.

BOUT 500,000 worms today had a crow to pick with Frank Wallace, State entomologist, who ran off to Washington and forgot to leave instructions that they be supported in the style to which he had accustomed them. Mr. Wallace went to Washington to seek $3,000,000 for battling the Dutch elm disease in this country, has been gone a week, and will not be back until Monday. For more than two years he has been raising little white worms in a tin can. In Europe they are called angle worms but they are not what is known as angle worms in this country.

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R. WALLACE raises them with an ulterior motive. He feeds them to fish. That also is done with an ulterior motive, because he catches fish, with an ulterior motive. Anyway, Mr. Wallace dashed off on his mission without assigning some one to feed the worms. They are fed by putting crumbs of dry bread in the dirt in the can that they call home. Only today Edna Wilson, who works in the office, thought of the worms. Mr. Wallace's associates called the Riverside Hatchery and asked if Mr. Wallace's worms were there and they said no. They called his home, and got the same answer. Then they searched the office and found, after some difficulty, the can. So they are feeding and watering the creatures until Mr. Wallace returns.

1 DIE, 11 HURT IN MINE BLAST

Four Still Missing in Pennsylvania Shaft May Be Dead.

POTTSVILLE,

Pa, April 27 to the surface dead, two were believed near death; #ight more were"

in hospitals, and four were miss-

ing today after an explosion 500 feet ynderground at the St. Clair Coal Co. mine.

Known dead were Frank Montgomery, 30, St. Clair; Paul Sikra, 42, St. Clair, and Wassil Holobiak, 45, Dieners Hill. Andrew Potts, 42, a fire boss, and Nicholas Panco, io hein of St. Clair, were in such critical condition at Pottsville Hospital that physicians held slight hope for their recovery. They were burned. Also in the Pottsville Hospital suffering from burns and other injuries were Steve Trusow, 40; Peter Zulick, 40; Nick Bucksar, 45; Michael Shaeffer, Mike Tomko and Joe Ocelis, all of St. Clair. John Griba, 50, of Pottsville, and Adam Harnadeck, 47, of St. Clair, were brought to Warren Hospital here. Their condition was described as less serious. Three of the rescued men were able to walk the mile to the bottom of the shaft and then ascend the cage unassisted. The blast occurred nearly 500 feet below the surface and a mile from the shaft bottom. It was feared that the others might be dead and that it would be several hours before their fate was

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$510,000 PWA BRIDGE GRANT TURNED DOWN

County: Commissioners Say State Laws Prevent Acceptance.

FUNDS LACKING HERE

Committee Named to Set Wage Scale for Hospital Project.

Marion County Commissioners have rejected an offer of the PWA to grant about $510,000 for the construction of six County bridges, Dow W. Vorhies, president, announced today. At the same time Mr. Vorhies said a committee of three has been named to determine wage scales to be paid workers on the alteration

Julietta. Hospital. The Commissioners informed: D. R. Kennicott, regional PWA director at Chicago, that laws passed by Indiana since the project was filed in 1934 preclude “our acceptance at this time.” Mr. Vorhies said that it was pos-

would be accepted later if the project is kept on file by the WPA. The laws to which he referred were the $1.50 tax ‘limit law and that which provides for petition by taxpayers for the sale of bonds, he said. Nene of the commissioners has favored construction of the bridges, explaining that one of them was built by the State a few years ago. The main objection, Commissioners said, is that the County would be unable to provide its share of the $1,000,000 project.” Those named on the wage committee were A. Kiefer Mayer, wholesale druggist, .appointed by the commissioners; Thomas Hutson, State Labor Commissioner, appointed by Governor Townsend, and Robert Wilcox, business agent : of Engineers’ Local 103, . appaintet. : by the State Federation of Labor. © No time has been set for thei to

GAR'WOOD WORKERS TO SHARE DIVIDENDS

DETROIT, “April 27 ( 27 (U. P.).—Gar Wood Industries today announced a profit-sharing plan" under which workers will receive 20 per cent of all dividends paid by the company. Announcement of the plan came simultaneously with agreement between the company and the United Automobile Workers’ Union on a: new contract, ending a two-day strike which closed two factories.

THREE DIE IN PLANE

VISALIA, Cal. April 27 (U. P.).— The bodies of three women and a man were found today in the wreckage of their private airplane, for which search had been made since Monday when they failed to arrive here on a flight from Death Valley. The dead were Dr. O. L. Lambert, his wife, Miss Dorothy Davis and Mrs. Frank Blain, all of Visalia.

REV. MR. NOE TO PREACH BEAUFORT, N. C. April 27 (U. P.).—The Rev. Israel Harding Nee, former dean of Gracé Episcopal Church, Memphis, Tenn., whose religious fast attracted nation-wide attention, will deliver the sermon at St. Paul's Church here next Sun-

known.

day, it was announced Yoder.

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report a recommended wage: scale.

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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by thunder showers; somewhat cooler tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1938

A New Queen

Countess Geraldine

. "King Zog

_ "TIRANA; Albania, April 27 (U. P)—A . BYDsy fortune teller’s prophesy was fulfilled today when the 21- year-old Hungarian-Amer-ican, Countess Geraldine Apponyi, became a queen—the hride of Achmed Zog, 42-year-old King of the Albanians. The Roman Catholic countess and the Moslem King were married in & simple civil ceremony in the library of the royal palace before prominent foreign, civil and. royal guests, the King’s six sisters, the bride’s mother, the former Gladys Virginia Stewart of New York, and her uncle and aunt.” After the ceremony, King Zog led his beautiful bride to a balcony overlooking a huge square ‘to receive the acclaim of his subjects. A 10l-gun salute and the cheers of thousands greeted them.

Peace Officers Ruled Away From Polls: Henry ( Charges Open Primary Violation

12 Independent Republicans) To Map Slate; Nelson Hits New Deal.

A charge that the Marion County Republican organization’s “open primary” pledge is being violated was made today by George A. Henry, Republican mayoralty sandidate, as several G. O. P, groups filed lists of slate consents given by candidates. The election law prohibits distribution of slates unless the candidates slated have given written consent. - The consents must be filed with the Election Board five days before the primary, today being the

deadline.

Mr. Henry, in a campaign address last night at 4337 N. Pennsylvania St., said he, as a candidate, had been refused admittance to Republican meetings at which other candidates were permitted to speak. Other Republican political developments include: 1. Earl B. Teckemeyer, mayoralty candidate, reaffirmed his stand for immediate slashing of the tax'rate, and said a Republican victory in the fall can be assured if the voters refuse to be herded into following hand-picked, machine-made candidates next Tuesday. He spoke at 2230 College Ave. and 2238 Pierson

2. William O. Nelson, Anderson, candidate for Congress, 11th District, told the Irvington Women’s Republican Club last night that “after we have spent 20 billion dol«Turn to Page Three)

COUNTY DEMOCRATS GET MORE CONSENTS

Snethen Asks Street Work; Essay Winners Listed.

The Marion County Democratic Central Committee today filed with the Election Board an additional

sented to being slated by the or-

ganization. A similar list was filed by the group yesterday, and it was expected a few more consents might be filed

Meanwhile, Edward O. Snethen, mayoralty candidate, urged imme«diate improvement of Indianapolis streets, both as to repair and elimination of confusing traffic signs. The official Democratic organization slate, which is to be prepared from those whose consents have been filed with the Election Board, is not to-be revealed until a few hours before the -polls open Tuesday, it was reported. .Consents of more than one candidate have been filed in several races. . Those filed today included: Reginald H. Sullivan, for Mayor; Glenn B. Ralston, Auditor; Virgil H. Fox, City Councilman: Russell J. Ryan, Superior Court 3; Henry O. Goett, Superior Court 4; Charley Lutz, Sheriff; Paul Russe, County Clerk; Arnold C. Nahand, Laurence ; (Turn te Pare Three)

list of candidates who have con-

before the deadline this afternoon. -

[50-Foat Distance Ordered Unless Help Is Asked By Voting Heads.

Atty. Gen. Omer .Stokes Jackson ruled today that it is illegal for peace officers to go within 50 feet of any polling place unless assistance is asked by a, regularly constituted election official. Sheriff * Otto Ray, who in campaigning for the mayoralty nomination, :said his men would keep a sharp watch at the polls primary

|day. He said he would abide by the | ruling.

He said, however, that his depu[ties will be armed with warrants

officials. Hori Ray ded that he has affidavits charg ulty registration of voters. Ive. Sully. Tog Informed of the Sheriff's assertion, Charles ‘R. Ettinger, supervisor of Elections said he had received Ho evidence of fraudulent registraon.. He’ cited the election law which provides that any voter may. challenge the registration of any other voter by submitting affidavits to the County Clerk as least two weeks before an election. Mr. Jackson’s opinion, given at the request of W. W. Spencer, State Election, Cimmissioner, said in part: “It will be noted from a reading of the statiife that a peace officer of the State or any subdivision thereof is not allowed within 50 feet

of the polls except to serve court (Turn

and will be ready to respond immediately if called by election board

AUTOIST, TAKE

(CASH AND CAR|

Victim Robbed of $2 at Gunpoint and Forced Out on Road.

UNION OFFICE HELD UP

Vandal Sought-After Greens At Woodstock Club Are Damaged. -

Wallace Whiffing, 32, of 16 S. Harris Ave. a paper salesman, told police today that two young men seized him at gun point, forced him to drive them eight miles west of Indianapolis, robbed him, left him

: § on a country roadside and fled with

his auto. He said he left a restaurant at Holmes Ave. and W. Washington St. about. 11:30 o'clock last night and got into his car. A blond youth who appeared to be about 20, put his head in the car and asked, “Are you going east?” Mr. Whiffing said, “No, I'm going west.” Just then another youth pushed the blond aside; shoved a gun in Mr. Whiffing’s ribs and said: “This is a stickup.” . “0. K., Buddy” .

Mr. Whiffing replied, “0. K., Buddy,” and the two youths got into the auto. The man with the gun sat in back and the blond in front. They forced the salesman to drive around the block once then head

| west out Washington St., Mr. Whif-

fing told officers. When they

reached the city limits, they went’

through his pockets, taking about $2. Mr. Whiffing asked if he could smoke, and the blond bandit lighted ‘a cigaret for him, telling him to “keep your hands on the wheel.” The youth with the gun asked

‘| the salesman if he were married,

and, when he replied he was not, told him they were going to take him to the edge of town and take his car. . : As they drove .on, Mr, Whiffing aid he laughed. “What's so funny?” the gunman manded. = . “Well this never has happened to

|: me: before,” Mr. Whiffing said, “and |" the car’s my livelihood.”

“We'll take good care of the car,”

Near Bridgeport, Mr. Whiffing said ‘he asked the bandits not to

‘| the gunman: said.

| take him too far because he would

have to walk back. They replied that they were forced to take him beyond the string of night clubs that line the National Road near town. When they reached the Pennsylvania Railroad overhead crossing eight miles from the city limits, they stopped,- waited for a bus to pass, took Mr. Whiffing's cigarets but gave him a sample case, and forced him to get out. He walked three miles back to Ben Dayis where he telephoned deputy sheriffs from an American

Legion Post headquarters at 6566

W. Washington St.

Seek Four Bandits In Office Holdup Three bandits, one armed with a revolver and’ another with a blackjack, held up the offices of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters on at 522 W. Maryland St. yesterday and escaped with $170. Anthony Glassick, 29, of 49 S. Warman Ave. union headquarters manager, told officers. - Police sought vandals reported to have caused $5000 damages to the Woodstock Country Club golf greens. Chester Cones, Woodstock Club manager, told police last night that ammonia sulphate had been spread on the greens some time Monday night. . Loot valued at more than $200 was obtained by burglars at the Rachel Drugstore and Post Office substation at 40th St. and Boulevard Place. Mrs. Ruth Rachel told police that the thieves took about $200 worth of liquor, $5 worth of stamps and $10 in cash. A white man who entered two filling stations and asked to borrow money, offering to leave security, and who then robbed each place of

$15, was sought by police. |

The filling stations were locate at 2202 Central Ave. and at 2416 E New York St. The thug, who w not armed, grabbed the station attendant in eachscase and. forced to turn over the money. Burglars entered the apartment of Mrs. R. C. Weisenberger, 32, at 1142 N. Pennsylvania St., last night and took $8 in money and toflel articles valued at $2.

NLRB PREJUDICED, i A. F.L.COUNSEL SAYS

WASHINGTON, TON, April 27 w. P). —Joseph A. Padway, counsel for the A. P. of Li, today the NLRB of bias and prejudice in administering the Wagner Labor Act. : Mr. Padway m his -accusation before a House Judiciary Subcommittee studying the Walsh-Healey Bill, which would require persons holding ny contracts or obtaining Government loans or grants to abide by the act.

SIDEWALKS AUTHORIZED Replacement of curbing and sidewalks on both sides of Broadway between 42nd and 44th Sts. at an estimated cost of $4256 was author-

| ized by the Works Board today.

BANDITS SECE

. ors Entered at Postotfice, Indianapo

New 67-Year Heat Record Likely Today

TEMPERATURES

63 10 a. m.... 66 11 a. m.... 70 12 (Noon). 1pm...

77 79 80 81

* A 67-year-old heat record for April 27 is likely to be broken this afternoon, the Weather Bureau said today. The Bureau predicted the mercury may soar to between 84 and 85 degrees, surpassing yesterday’s 84, high for the year. The Bureau said the record high for any April 27 since the Bureau was opened in 1871 was 83, re‘corded on April 27, 1914. The forecast was for increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by thundershowers with somewhat cooler weather tomorrow.

PENNSYLVANIA B. 0. P. HOPEFUL

NATIONAL POLITICS PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Democratic fight likely to mean G. O. P. victory. MADISON—Governor La Follette may give full time to third party. FRESNO—Hoover says New Deal destroys pride in America. CHICAGO — Dr. Frank says .. liberalism turns authoritarian. NEW YORK — William Allen . White sees menace fo de- . mocracy.

Times Special PITTSBURGH, April 26.—Pennsylvania Democrats are engaged in a three-cornered primary fight of

such unparalleled bitterness that the contending parties are in danger of knocking themselves but and

knocking the state back into the

Republican column. ‘Meanwhile, former Governor Gifford Pinchot, seeking a third term in that office, and Senator Davis, candidate for re-election, are taking things quictly, secure in the belief that they will easily win the Republican nominations on May 17 and that the Democrats are furhishing them a wealth of ammunition to fire in the fall election campaign. a “The Democratic. state. machine and organized labor, which combined four years ago to capture the state for the Democrats for the first time since the Civil War, are both split wide open.

“Little New Deal” Split

To make things merrier for the Republicans, the opposing forces— which until a few months ago were teamed together in what was known as “Pennsylvania’s Little New Deal” —are hurling accusations of corruption, intimidation, bribery ‘and other scandalous conditions which, whether true or not, are so serious that Republican count on them to besmirch the entire party. There are two major Democratic tickets in the battle, one supported by the state Democratic organization and the other backed by John L. Lewis and the C. I. O. and by Senator Joseph F. Guffey, who has fallen out with the organization he once led. Much of the fireworks is being furnished by the State's Attorney General, running as an independent candidate for Governor and using his office to threaten: his opponents with all sorts of dire investigations. Organization Democrats, fearful that a C. I. O. candidate could not be elected, and antagonistic to the aspirations of Senator Guffey, threw their support behind a Pittsburgh lawyer, Charles Alvin Jones, for Governor, and Governor Earle for Senator. Another reason for their (Turn to Page Two)

MEREDITH NICHOLSON GETS INSTRUCTIONS

Times Special WASHINGTON, April 17—Meredith Nicholson, Indiana author, arrived - here today for State Department instructions regarding his new asignment as envoy’ extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary

to Nicaragua.

Accompanied by Mrs. Nicholson, who remained in New York City today, the Hoosier diplomat left his recent post as Minister to Venezuela to come here en route ‘from Caracas to Managua. He and Mrs. Nicholson may visit Indianapolis, it was reported.

CONDITION UNCHANGED Condition of Albert B. Anderson, former Federal District Court judge here, remained critical today at the St. Vincents Hospital.

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James L. Murray, chairman

The resolution, read at annual state convention, said:

enforce the antigambling law

PTA IS URGED

STATE

GAMBLING DRIVE

Resolution Proposes Taking Over of Local Law Enforcement; Chairman Asks for

’ Election of Honest Public Officials. POSITION OF MINISTERS SUPPORTED

Dr. Knight Stresses Importance of Strategy; - Board to Give Wise ‘and Sometimes Hard’ Advice; Fee Increase Debated. (Phetes, Page Page Five)

: By ROSEMARY ARY REDDING Backing a proposed resolution aimed at gambling, Mrs.

of the Indiana Congress of

Parents and Teachers legislation department, today called upon the organization’s members to vote for officials “pledged to honest and efficient law enforcement.”

today’s’ meeting of the 27th

“The Congress again urges that the State take steps to

in the communities in which

enforcement officers have failed to uphold the statute.” & Debate and action on the

STATE TO CHECK ABSENT DRIVERS

Eight Autoists Are Fined $21; 798 Motorists Lose Permits Since Jan. 1.

reau will watch the safety records of Hoosier motorists while they are driving in other states, Frank Finney, Bureau .Commissioner, announced today. © At the same time, Roberts Cs Hill, Bureau chief hearing judge, reported the suspension or revocation of 403 more drivers’ licenses during the first quarter of 1938 than in the same period of last year. In Municipal Court today, eight ‘motorists were fined $21 on traffic violation charges after three accidents were reported to police overnight. Three men injured in a fatal crash Monday remained in a critical condition today. Mahaney, 18, of 539 Birch Ave., was reported “weaker” at City Hospital.

Drivers’ Records Noted

Young Mahaney, a well-known softball pitcher, was given a blood transfusion last night. Mr. Finey said Indiana motorists having accidents in other staies will have those crashes reported against their records here. The Bureau is establishing individual records for each of the State's 1,050,000 drivers under terms of a 1937 statute. The purpose of the record, Mr. Finey said, is to eliminate dangerous drivers from the roads by revoking their present operator's licenses or refusing to issue them new ones. . During January, February and March, 798 licenses were revoked or suspended by State officials and local judges. The total for the first quarter of 1937 was 395. Suspensions during the last 1937 quarter totaled 715. ; Wesley Plummer, 708 E. Georgia St., was held by police today on charges of drunken operating after police said he drove into a taxicab at New York St. and White River Blvd. last night. Police sought a hit-and-run driver in the only other accident reported overnight. Ray Rumford, 34, of 4311 E. 34th St., reported his car was struck by an unidentified motorist at Sugar Grove Ave. and 18th St. last night. James E. Powers, Batesville, Ky. who lives part of the time in Indianapolis, was bound over to the} Grand Jury on a charge of drunken driving by Judge Charles Karabell in Municipal Court. He also was fined $10 and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail on a drunk charge, and fined $15 for failure to have a driver’s license. He was convicted previously on a drunk driving charge,

| police records show.

Dionne Action May Balk

Reunion in ‘Dream Home’

NORTH BAY, Ontario, April 27 (U. P).—Oliva Dionne’s demand for a judicial investigation of the affairs of his quintuplet daughters may spoil “a beautiful idea” for reuniting the babies and their parents under one roof, ghe of the quins’ guardians said

The guardians, ie J. A. Valin |

said, had been planning “for a long time” to bring all the Dionnes together in a modern, specially designed “dream home.” He said the little girls “loved” the frequent visits of papa and mama

Dionne at the Dafoe Nursery and

were making “such rapid progress that they are almost asking” for the long-planned reunion. “We had a beautiful idea, » Judge Valin said, “but now that the father is asking a judicial investigation

into the quins’ affairs we do not| cig

know whether the parents will go along with it.” He said the quins bad’ outgrown the nursery bedroom they share and “need a much larger place.” “We had in mind securing a large

farm, fenced, with ponds, trees and | Fo

good soil,” he said. “We planned to build them a home with their parents and brothers and sisters.

‘The Indiana Motor Vehicle Bu-

One, Dessie.

resolution are scheduled for tomorrow. The resolution, 1f passed, will be mailed to Governor Townsend, who declined to comment today on the reso-

lution. The Indianapolis Methodist Ministers’ Association sent a letter to the Governor Monday in which it said it would carry the fight against “vice and lawlessness” to the prie mary polls, !

Pastor Praises P.-T. A.

The Rev. Guy O. Carpenter, Cene< tral Avenue Methodist Church pase tor,. who drafted the letter for the Association, said today: “I am very glad the Parente

| Teacher: Association is joining us in

the fight against gambling. The parents should be most interested because the children are the ones most seriously injured by the prev=alency of gambling.” He said the Governor had not ree plied to the letter. : “Last year,” said Mrs. Murray in a statement, “the Indiana Congress included in its resolutions adopted at convention a request that the Governor use his influence to stop gambling in Indiana. Several com=munities over the State were very much interested in the resolution and some improvement in the situ ation did follow. “However, as soon as pressure of local organiaztions relaxed, the same old gambling devices were in evidence. “The enforcement of the antie gambling law is the duty of the local officials and the Congress was especially interested in including

the resolution this spring as a re--

minder that local officials will be elected this year and the surest way to end the evil is to elect officials pledged to honest and efficient law enforcement. “The committee is in accord with the recent action taken by the Ine dianapolis Methodist Ministers’ Ase sociation.”

Urges State Enforcement Mrs. Robert F. Shank, a member of the P.-T. A. resolutions committee and legislative chairman of the Seventh District Federation of Women's Clubs, said: “In talking over this ‘resolution with the committee, the consensus seemed to be that the Congress ask the Governor to use State enforcement officers in those communities in which local officials had failed.” The Seventh District Federation recently voted to send to the Indiana Ministerial Association a letter commending it for its attack ‘on gambling. Another resolution presented toe day raised the question of the sete ting of a maximum for school exe penditures by the State. The resolution would indorse the principle (of State aid in so far as it establishes a certain minimum standard of education. - It would uphold the right of each community to fit its ewn school program to the needs of the commue nity, according to its ability to pay, “The potential power of the Pare ent-Teacher mdvement is just now being found out,” Mrs. Fred M., Raymond, National P-T. A. Congress publications chairman, told delegates this morning. “With a simple Restianies) setup,” (Turn to Page Five

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