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PAY BILL FIGHT MAY POSTPONE ADJOURNMENT

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

CONGRESSMEN fear necessity for summer session. MONOPOLY probe approval be- " lieved certain. PRESIDENT starts on cruise in new warship. MINTON to let press falsehood bill die. 16 BUSINESSMEN asked for specific suggestion. EARMARKING defeat predicted.

Pay Bill Discharge Petition Delayed

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, April 30.—Con- " gressmen were faced today with the painful prospect of sitting well into the summer. Unless action is- taken on the Wage-Hour Bill, on legislation to help the railroads, and on President Roosevelt's request for a monopoly investigation, the legislators fear they will be asked some embarrassing questions back home during their campaigns for renomination and re-election. The President for the time being is leaving Congress to its own devices, apparently confident that its members will hear from home if they show signs of adjourning without cleaning up the slate. On returning next week from his sea trip, however, he is expected to renew pressure for these measures. The last-ditch tactic of a discharge, petition to force the WageHour Bill before the House cannot bring a House vote before May 23. Even this is conditional upon obtaining 218 signatures within a week after the petition is inaugurated, which because of a parlia- - mentary technicality cannot be done until late next week.

Greenwood Votes Aye

Rep. Mary T. Norton (D. N. J), * House Labor Committee chairman and author of the bill, prepared to introduce the petition as soon as possible. She accused the Rules Committee of employing “undemocratic procedure” . in. pigeon<holing « her bill yesterday by an 8 to 6 vote and declared: “We'll just prevent adjournment untill this bill is passed. In a last-minute attempt to get clearance for the bill, she had told the Committee that President Roosevelt had expressed his approval of the bill. Rep. Arthur Greenwood (D. Ind.) was among the Rules Committee members who -voted - for House consideration of the measure. The resolution for a ° monopoly investigation will take considerable time and debate, judging by ‘the history of the TVA resolution.

Strategic Move Seen

The railroad legislation which is to include huge loans for re-employ-«ment of an estimated 200,000 laidoff railroad men, also will take time. The railroads’ order for a 15 per cent pay cut, effective July 1, puts the heat behind the railroad program. Insiders here regard the paycut move as a strategic threat to force passage of the loan legislaon

The railroad workers are perhaps the most cohesive group of voters in the country, and any act of omission by Congress which-led to a pay cut would be dangerous to the Democratic Party in many Congressional districts.

Senate Filibuster Likely

House leaders are loath to take up all these burdens—particularly the Wage-Hour Bill—in addition to the spending-lending program, but rank-and-file sentiment for completion of the program appears to be mounting. The Wage-Hour Bill, if passed late in May or early in June is almost certain to run into a Southern filibuster when the conference report on the bill comes up in the Senate. Labor's Nonpartisan League, the C. I. O’s political arm, announced today that the eight Rules Committee members who voted down a rule gor the Wage-Hour Bill will be opvigorously in the primaries. e C. I. O. also is putting a candi“date up against Rep. John J. O’Connor (D. N. Y.), Committee chairmen, although he voted for the rule.

Prompt Approval of Trust Probe Expected

WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P.). —Congressional leaders indicated today that President Roosevelt’s request for a $500,000 study of the problem of monopoly would get prompt approval. nators Borah (R. Ida) and O'Mahoney (DP. Wyo.) joint authors

of a pending bill to require Federal ‘licensing of corporations, applauded the President's recommendations, but said that legislative action should not be delayed beyond next year. “I have no objections to the investigation proposed in view cf the fact that it will be very difficult to legislate before next session,” Senator Borah said. : “The great fear I have is that investigation will string along ond finally reach a dusty shelf in the form of 10 or 20 volumes which few ever will consult. We cught cer‘tainly to be ready to act by next Session.” ~ _ Senator O'Mahoney said that the i Presidents message fepresented a (Turn to Page Thee) :

The Indianapolis Tim

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 43

All Except Cecile Gain Weight

With the exception of Cecile, all the Dionne. quintuplets gained in height and weight during the last month. Cecile weighs 35% pounds and is 38 Yvonne weighs 37% pounds, stands 38

inches tall.

.U SENIOR DIES IN AUTO WRECK

Car Hits Bridge Railing Near Martinsville; 3 Recovering Here.

MARTINSVILLE, April 30 (U. P.).—Charles Kennedy, 21, Indiana University senior; was killed today when his auto left the road and crashed into a concrete bridge railing on State Road 37 three and onehalf miles south of here. Four Indianapolis men on a fishing trip found the wrecked car with the body behind the wheel. Mr. Kennedy had attended a dance and had taken some friends ‘to their homes in Bloomington. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Kennedy, two brothers and a sister, survive,

16 Drivers Fined $33 By Judge Fahey Here

As two men and a boy recovered from traffic accident injuries, Municipal Judge Pro Tem. William J. Fahey today fined 16 violators $33. : They- included .six. speeders, fined $24. Judge Fahey suspended a $1 fine and a total of $160 in costs. He suspended all costs in the speeding cases, a total of $60. Thirteen cases were continued.

Everett Beasley, 21, of 929 Living-

ston St., suffered a cut finger on his left hand when he crashed into a railroad signal at a crossing in the 3000 block on W. Michigan St. Mrs. Elizabeth Green of 630 Alton Ave. reported she struck and injured Billy Selzer, 5, of 1108 N. Tibbs Ave., when the child ran into the path of her car in front of his home. Cecil Beatty, 30, of Kokomo, truck driver, narrowly escaped: injury when his truck struck an elevation at the Big Four Railroad crossing in W. Washington St. at Rockville Road. The truck overturned. . Lewis Schultz of 351 N. Audubon Rd. was charged with speeding and reckless driving after his machine struck a car driven by Mrs. Helen Schmidt, 22, of E. 71st st. and Johnson Road, at 38th St. and N. Sherman Drive.

Driver Killed When. Train Hits Car

DECATUR, April 30 (U, P).— Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Bert W. Bears, 62, Adams County resident who was killed when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train at Geneva.

Boy, 8, Killed When Struck by Auto

SOUTH BEND, April 30 (U. P.).— Joseph Varda, 8, was killed last night when he was struck by an automobile driven by Owen Shingledecker, 38, of Mishawaka. The boy

.was riding a bicycle near his home:

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow.

Dr, health.

U.S. Files Suit For Return of Its Lost Mules

The U. S. Government, through U. S. District Attorney Val Nolan, vowed today that it was going to get back two of its mules and went to the trouble of filing a Federal Court action to do so. The action, against Ralph IL. Arnold, Morgan County farmer, contends the Government is being deprived of property, to-wit:

One male mule named “Jack,”

blind in right eye, 12 years, old,

weighing 1050 pounds, white belly, drags rear legs slightly when walking, and another male mule named “Jim,” 11 years old, weighing 1250 pounds, bay color, and with a crook in the tail on the right side next to the body. A value of $262.50 was put on “Jack” and “Jim.” The Government claims the Farm Relief | Administration gave the mules to one Morgan County farmer, unnamed in the action, and that he sold them to Farmer Arnold, who has no right to them.

46:GOOKIE BOOTHS OPENED DOWNTOWN

Girl Scouts Aim : Aim at Goal of

50,000 Dozen.

Indianapolis Girl Scouts today extended their sale of cookies into the downtown district in an effort to reach their goal of 50,000 dozens before the campaign ends this evening. { Forty-six booths were maintained downtown while the sale also was continued at 25 neighborhood stands. The sale had reached 42,000 dozens last night. Scouts in charge of the booths were accompanied by their mothers or chaperons. Mrs. Marvin E, Curle, general chairman, said 50 senior Girl Scouts were assigned to headquarters and to transportation cars. Mrs. Roy Bain and Mrs. Oliver Stout were in charge of transportation. Mrs. P. R.

Sylvester and Scout leaders ar-|

ranged exhibits in nine downtown windows.

BUILDING ACTIVITY DOWN 50 PER CENT

Valuation of building permits in Indianavolis decreased nearly 50 per cent in April as compared with March, Building Commissioner George Popp Jr. announced today. " He said April permit valuations totaled $537,720 compared to $1,008,866 in March. Last year, a similar decline was shown, when valuations totaled $607,090 in April compared to $1,108,918 in March.

Chemists’ Work Creates Plenty, Convention Told

(Editorial, Page 10.)

Accustomed to living in a society of scarcity, America has failed to

adjust itself to a new society of plénty, Dean Frank C. Whitmore, American Chemical Society president, said today.

Dean Whitmore addressed the society’s Indiana section at a luncheon session today which closed the group’s two-day student meeting. He delivered a technical paper on hydrocarbons, and discussed the work being done in this field to produce ‘synthetic products. He pointed out that chemists are seeking to make Germany selfsufficient. “It is possible to make a country the size of Germany self-sufficient if the country is willing to pay the price,” he declared. Then he said that modern chemists have increased the world’s abundance. “In the United States before 1900, we were resigned to life in an economy of scarcity,” he said. “If one man was to have enough to eat, another man had. to starve. “But now we have economy of abundance. Chemistry and other sciences have increased production tremendously. “However, we have bel learned hav to use the plenty we have. We ve:

failed to adjust ourselves. Our,

knowledge has. increased faster than our wisdom.” While college professors attending the Society’s meeting earlier held a symposium on organic chemistry, their students made inspection trips to the Indianapolis sanitation plant and the Reilly Tar and Chemical Co. The two-day ninth biennial student meeting closed with Dean Whitmore’s address.

Dr. N. J. Harrar, Franklin College, | led the faculty symposium. Speak-|

ers were Dean Whitmore; Dean William Blanchard, DePauw; Dr. E. A. Wildeman, Earlham College, and

‘Prof. E. F. Degering, Purdue.

Alpha Chi Sigma’s Indianapolis professional chapter is to sponsor a dinner for Dean Whitmore at the Hotel Washington at 6 o'clock tonight. The student chemists yesterday visited several Indianapolis business places, saw a motion picture, “Bromine From Sea Water,” and heard

an address by Dr. Francis C. Frary, a3

Aluminum Company of Americasresearch director, at a dinner last night. “Business generally is bad and most organizations are finding it a problem to hold on to the staffs they now have,” he said. “However. the field of chemistry has been less affected throughout the fepression {han mos} 9 oF folds." Tt

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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1938

inches; : Anneite, 36% pounds. 38 mches; Emilie, 35% pounds, 38 inches; Marie, 32% pounds, 37% inches. Allan R. Dafoe. says theyre in

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CHINESE SMASH NEW JAP DRIVE

- THE FOREIGN SITUATION SHANGHAI—Chinese claim re= capture of Tancheng, LONDON--Britain to buy planes to strengthen alliance. BERLIN—Hitler speech may reveal reaction to alliance. ROME—Italy sees Italo-French pact aided. BARCELONA—50 killed i in Rebel air raids. WASHINGTON—Myron Taylor named on refugee group.

700 Killed in

Hankow Bombing

SHANGHAI, April 30 (U. P.)— The Chinese have smashed: a new Japanese drive and have - retaken the city of Tancheng on the central front after a battle in which the Japanese left 2000 dead on the field, it was asserted officially today at Hankow, the Chinese emergency capital. Coincidently, Chinese airplanes, in a raid avenging a terrible Japanese “Emperor's birthday” attack

on Hankow yesterday, raided Jap-{Pro

anese-held Wuhu on the Yangtze River and, it was asserted, shot down three Japanese planes. The Chinese reports of the battle of Tancheng made it appear that they had won a most impor-

tant victory. The Japanese, under

orders to take Hsuchow, junction point of the Tientsin-Nanking and Lunghai railroads, by May 9, had started a vigorous offensive. They hoped to retrieve their recent dethe most severe in their history, and force | the Chinese to evacuate the entire area. It had been known that the Chinese resistance was stiffening.

Japanese Confirm Attack

According to the official statements issued at Hankow, the Chinese, smashing with ali their strength into the Japanese 70 miles northeast of Hsuchow, broke the drive and took Tancheng. Japanese Army spokesmen had no news of the situation except that their men were “attacking on all fronts ‘while reinforcements move up.” It was officially estimated at Hankow that 700 were wounded or killed in yesterday’s raid, with which the Japanese celebrated the 37th birthday of Emperor Hirohito. Unfortunately, the Chinese knew the date of the birthday and figured that the Japanese would seek to honor their emperor by attacking the Chinese emergency capital. Hence all the strength the Chinese could muster in the Hankow ares, in antiaircraft guns and pursuit airplanes, were awaiting. Eighteen Japanese bombing planes protected by 22 pursuit planes appeared. They were met by 70 Chinese pursuit planes and the roar of antiaircraft guns. Correspondents watching the battle saw Japanese and Chinese planes shoot each other down and ntiaircraft guns shoot down Japnese planes—the Japanese aviators bravely keeping their flaming planes in formation until they could unload their bombs, then crashing to earth. The correspondents reported to-

day that 13 Japanese planes had

been found, shot down, in the Hankow area. The Chinese asserted that they downed 20 in all. They admitted they lost eight—three shot down, one which made a forced landing and three which were miss(Turn to Page Three)

FAIR WEATHER FOR WEEK-END FORECAST

TEMPERATURES

53 10a m.... oi 56 11a m.... .M.... 57 12 (Noon). 64 9 a. m.. 60 Lp me 64

May Day will be made to order for motoring and other oufdoor activities, the Weather Bureau promised today. The forecast was that the weather tonight and tomorrow would be fair with higher temperatures tomorrow. The Bureau said the mercury might soar as high

62 a. 62 a

————————————————————— > 13 MISSING IN BOAT ST. JOHNS, N. F. April 30 (U. P.) —Thirteen persons were missing today on a motorboat trip from Englee, on the northeast coast to St. Anthony, a distance of 50 miles. ‘Among theme were a nurse and five Dita at ee were The to a hosa thony. oy ave not been : for

M.E. FACTION TOFIGHT UNITY

Legality of Consolidation Vote to Be Ruled on Soon; Hailed. Here.

110- YEAR SCHISM ENDS

Tentative Plans Drafted for Merger Conference + Within Year.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 30 (U. P.).—A dissenting faction of the Methodist Episcopal Church South today - threatened court action against the majority which voted to unite with two other branches of Methodism. The minority protested that unification “would place Negfoes side by side with whites.” : Two of the 13 Southern bishops joined in the protest. The other 11

the Methodist Episcopal Church (the Northern branch) and the Methodist Protestant Church, healing a schism 110 years old and forming the Methodist Church .of America with 8,000,000 members and resources of one billion dollars. The 23d quadrennial conference of the Southern church voted 434 to 26 for the merger last night after daylong debate. The other two branches had approved unification previously.

Split Over Slavery

The Southern Church’s secession was over the slavery question in 1844, and most of the debate yesterday was on whether to admit Negroes with equal rights. The Methodist Protestant schism came in 1828 over the question on church government. Unless the minority interferes, the Church’s Judicial Council will rule on the legality of the vote, probably before the end of the conference next week. The Council is the highest authority within the church. Tentative plans are for a uniting conference within a year, with 400 delegates from the Northern and Southern churches and 100 from the t-unit. The new unifietl church then would be divided into six districts, five for whites and one for Negroes with a general conference every four years. Opponents were led by Bishops Collins Denny Sr., Richmond, Va., and Warren A. Candler, Atlanta. They objected. to Negroes being admitted to individual churches where whites worshiped, and said that the Northern branch would control the united church because of its greater membership. ainst these arguments, T. D. El s of Memphis told of the “isms” in world politics and said “a young world with outstretched hands looks to lus here in Birmingham today.”

Methodists Here ~~ ° Hail Consolidation

Representatives of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Protestant Church in Indianapolis today greeted the union of the denominations at the Birmingham meeting “with gratification.” Dr. W. C. Hartinger, Methodist Episcopal district superintendent, said he was glad to hear the news and predicted that legal action threatened by the defeated minority would not be effective. The Rev. R. Gerald Skidmore, Victory Memorial Methodist Protestant Church pastor, and the Rev. J. Ray Stanton, Unity Methodist Protestant Church pastor; also declared they were gratified. When the Unifying Conference creates the new church government, they and all Methodist Episcopal Churches will be known simply as Methodist Churches, the pastors said. . The congregations probably will remain exactly as they are, the pastors said. Colored Methodist = Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal, and African Methodist Episcopal Zion denominations will not be affected, they said.

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. April 30 (U. P.).—John W. Vaughn, convinced that God would save him from the electric chair, talked desperately against time for nine minutes in the execution chamber early today. Then, when it was evident to him

‘| that neither. divine , nor earthly

powers would intervene, he burst into tears and permitted himself to be executed. "It was the fourth time that Texas, had undertaken to execute Vaughn. A week ago yesterday, Vaughn was led into the execution chamber twice, but each time the generator that produces the electricity for the chair broke down. Vaughn believed that the hand of God had stopped it, Early yesterday the chair was ‘prepared for him again, but a court order saved h When he was I akon from his cell in ‘death Tow a few minutes after midnight this morning, he little feared imminence of death. Vaughn, 32, killer of a San Antonio policeman, small, inclined to tered the

OF 8 MILLION

bishops voted .to consolidate with |

victory in the fall’ and he urged

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BOBBITT HITS PRESS BILL

Supreme Court Sets Aside Ban on Democratic Slate;

Remy Pledges Best Effort

Minton Measure Is Termed Blow at Freedom of = Publication,”

Archie N. Bobbitt, Republican state chairman, announced today that in a radio interview *fonight he will charge U. S. Senator Minton of Indiana with attemptihg to suppress the freedom of the press. The state chairman’s attack on Senator Minton is based on the Senator’s introduction of a bill in the Senate to impose 4 fine of from $1000 to $5000 on any newspaper or publisher for publishing “as a fact anything known to be false.” Mr. Bobbitt is scheduled to speak at 6:45 p. m. over WIRE. Other Republican political developments included: : 1. Earl B. Teckemeyer, mayoralty candidate, asked voters not to let paid workers at the polls “influence your choice. 2

‘Hiner to Talk on Air 3

2. Ward Hiner, mayoralty candidate, announced he would outline his platform in a 15-minute talk over WIRE at 2:15 p. m. tomorrow. 3. George A. Henry, mayoralty candidate, asserted he is an “unbossed and uncontrolled candidate,” and said his campaign expenses “are coming out of my own pocket.” 4. Herman C. Wolff, mayoralty candidate, told an audience last night that “the most important thing for all of us is a Republican

primary voters Tuesday to nominate Sandivaies who can lead the party

Juvenile Court judge, told an audience that a : properly conducted Juvenile Court will save many, times its own cost by stopuing lawlessness at its source.

Rally at Civic Theater

A group of candidates, including three for Mayor, attended a Republican meeting last night at the Civic Theater, held under auspices of the American Constitution Association. Mayoralty candidates speaking were Mr. Henry, Mr. Teckemeyer and Mr. Hiner. Engagements. at other meetings prevented Mr. Wolff from attending. Charles W. Jewett, unopposed G. 0. P. candidate for Congress, 12th District, was the principal speaker. Henry M. Dowling, attorney, presided and introduced the primary candidates. Mr. Jewett criticized Senator Minton for what he described as an attack on freedom of the press. He asserted the Republica Party is assured of success in the fall election because its forces are unified. : In his talk at the Civic Theater, Mr. Teckemeyer said his campaign has not been financed or supported by any groups or cliques who “might want to control me,” adding he entered the race to do what he could to aid in making Indianapolis a better place to live. :

Urges Clean Campaign

“Ours has not been a campaign. of money-spending, mud-slinging or villification,” he said. “We must not supply our Democratic opponents with ammunition this fall by offering men whose records politically are questionable or whose personal or business life will not bear the closest examination. “Men offering themselves as candidates must be subjected to such examination and their supporters likewise must be men and women

whose motives are pure and unques(Turn to Page Two)

the room. The executioner waited at his board; guards stood by the chair to strap him in, the witnesses were in place. The warden asked if he

Vaughn seemed to gulp; wetted his lips. “Gentlemen,” he began, “is Governor Allred in the crowd? I guess not. Is anyone from the Prison Board in the crowd? I guess not. I sent them a message inviting them here to-

he

“Pirst of all, gentlemen, let us have a prayer.” ; He recited the Lord's Prayer and glanced around the room. Obviously nothing had happened to the machinery. He took a puff from his cigar and assured the witnesses that the State was about to kill an innocent man. He recalled that yesterday morning, when a court order saved him, he had watched Johnny Banks, a Negro, leave the cell and go to his death. He extemporized on this subject for 4 while. He discussed religion, his childhood, rambling along, glancing around as though SEperi-

Support Organization, State Employees Told; Ray Attacks ‘Bossism.’

The Marion County - Democratic organization today was at liberty to issue a primary slate as the result of an Indiana Supreme Court order setting aside a temporary restraining order issued in Superior Court 2 yesterday. The Superior Court temporary restrainer was issued late yesterday by Royal A. Nicholas, judge pro tem., on the request of Andrew Jacobs candidate for Prosecutor, who contended it is unconstitutional for a party organization to slate candidates. Hearing Set for Monday

Served with notice of the order, Democratic organization leaders got busy and began a countermove. Several hours later they obtained a Supreme Court writ taking jurisdiction of the case and, in effect, prohibiting Judge Pro Tem. Nicholas, the five Superior Court judges and ‘all others concerned” from interfering with the committee slate until after a Supreme Court hearing on a permanent writ at 9 a. m. Monday. The writ also named Sheriff Otto Ray, candidate for Mayor, who as Sheriff would enforce the lower court restraining order. Notice of the high court action was given the Sheriff by State Police at the conclusion of a Machine Busters Inc. mass meeting at Cadle Tabernacle.

“State Employees Ingtructed ~~

Other Democratic political developments included: 1. State employees who vote in Marion County were instructed at a meeting late yesterday afternoon to vote for the Democratic organization’s candidates and to work at the polls during the primary. The order was issued by Dick Heller, Governor Townsend's executive secretary. 2. James E. Perry, manager of Edward O. Snethen’s mayoralty campaign, reported that a straw vote taken by phone this week by Mr. Snethen’s suporters indicated he would receive “approximately 40 per cent of the vote for the three Democratic mayoralty candidates.” 3. The Marion County Criminal Court disposes of more cases in a year than any other criminal court in the United Sfates, Judge Frank P. Baker, candidate for renomination to the court, said in a radio talk last night. 4. Two broadcasts urging Reginald H. Sullivan’s nomination as the Democratic candidate for Mayor are scheduled for tonight, one over WFBM from 645 to 7 p. m. and other over WIRE from 7:45 to 8 p. m. Speakers, it was announced, will be Samuel E. Garrison, attorney and former School Board member; John E. Smith, former Central Labor Union president, and Dr. F. S. C. Wieks, pastor. of All Souls Episcopal

Discrimination Claimed

Mr. Jacobs’ petition in Superior Court contended the Democratic County Central Committee members had violated their duties and the State - Constitution by “obstructing, interfering with and discriminating against the candidacies of a great

number of candidates on the Demo--

cratic ticket by using the power and influence of their positions in advising - and directing Democratic (Turn to Page Two)

Thrice-Saved Killer Looks Vainly for 4th ‘Act of God’ and Then Dies in Chair

“can’t I have a little more time?” Waid stepped back. Vaughn drew on the cigar, tinued:“There® is no doubt but that the chair was made to kill criminals. But tonight it is killing an innocent man. Last week I was in here, facing death. If I had been guilty I would have said it. I hdve a wife and daughter in San Antonio

that I am leaving destitute. I want

all of the Christian people of Texas to help them. He held up the three roses. “I have a little bouquet of roses here. One is for my wife. Another is for my daughter. The other is for myself. “I am carrying my own bouquet to my maker.” Quickly Warden Waid stepped forward

again. “Have a seat,” he said, nodding b

toward the chair.

Vaughn wasn’t finished, but, still |

talking, he walked over and sat down in the chair. A-guard removed the cigar from his lips. His expression changed. He burst in into tears. He Sted out

Warden Waid stepped forward. 0 ou. PU a

| Grin, Bear It 14] Society Indpis... 8

Is Add Own Comment To League's Query On Soot Curb.

2 FAIL TO REPLY,

Nuisance Called Peril ‘To Citizens’ Health And Property.

Twenty-one of the 23 candidates for the City Council have pledged themselves to support a smoke abatement program, Roy O. John= son, Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League counselor, said today. The pledges were contained in replies to the league's questionnaires. Candidates who did not reply were Joseph G. Wood and Ernest OC. Ropkey, both Democrats, Mr. John son said. Two of the seven Democratic candidates and six of the 14 Republicans added comment to the form replies. They cited the health hazards of smoke and soot and the

need of an appropriation to combat the evil. Those Replying ‘Yes’ Democratic candidates answering “yes” to all questions were William C. McCarthy, Albert O. Deluse, Guy O. Ross, Ollie A. Bach, John W. Freeman, F. B. Ransom Rd Virgil H. Fox. » Republicans who made all affire mative replies were Carl H. Bude denbaum, Ernest Ambuhl, Carter W. Eltzroth Sr., Harmon Campbell, Frank R. Beckwith, William M. Gruner, Herman E. Bowers, Duke E, Hanna, Roy J. Bess, Ralph F, Moore, James C. Smock, Frank M. Reid, Walter E Hemphill and John F, Gaeth.

“1 pelle: it only reasonable,” he said, “that I with all the citizens of Indianapolis should know all the facts before saying a positive ‘yes’ on something he don’t fully understand. Other comments included: MR. M'CARTHY—The expende iture of $20,000 a year for an adee quate program, including six fulle time, qualified men with the necessary office help and equipment. is inconsiderable compared to the good that can be accomplishad and the money saved for our citizens. MR. GRUNER—If an expenditure of from $20,000 to $25,000 a year would eliminate this nuisance, I would, if elected, certainly be in favor ‘of it.

Sees Need for Choice

MR. BECKWITH—. . . There has been some adverse sentiment to the smoke of some industry, but the community is compelled to ch between open resentment of the nuisance on the one hand and tolerating it for the sake of the ems ployment which the neighbors receive from the particular industry on ‘the other hand. MR. ELTZRCTH—I know of fame illes who have moved away from Indianapolis because of the filthy atmosphere and I am aware that hundreds of people are suffering from sinus infections which would be eliminated if the Smoke Abatement League is enabled to carry out its full abatement program. You can count on me to help this worthy cause. MR. HANNA—The smoke evil in this city should be abolished, Through simple educational meth

ods this can be done. ...

Promises Study -

MR. DELUSE— . . . I realize that a serious health problem is involved. If elected I promise to make a thorough study of this condition and pledge myself to do all in my power to correct the evil. : MR. SMOCK—I am in favor of an adequate smoke abatement program and will support an ordinance and establishment of an appropriae tion of a sufficient amount to ene force an abatement of the smoke ev MR. HEMPHILL—I think all of us in the heavy soot districts should favor reasonable smoke abatement

‘programs, providing they do not

hinder industry, cost too much and work any hardship on the low-wage’ group. ;

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