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~ "BACK MANION PLEA IS MADE 10 TOWNSEND

Governor, Noncommittal on Candidacy, Says Senate Race Is Wide Open.

4 MAYORS HEAD GROUP

Backers Cite ‘Geographical’ Reason in Support of South Bend Man.

Governor Townsend today repeated his declaration that the Democratic Senatorial race “was still | wide open,” after a delegation of | candidates and businessmen urged |

HICAGO, May 6 (U. P.).—The parents of five-weeks-old Helaine Judith Colan today faced the dilemma of choosing between blindness or death for their baby. Diagnosis revealed that Helaine, daughter of Dr. Herman Colan, 30, a dentist, and his 23-vear-old wife, Estelle, 1s suffering from glioma of the retina, a malignant growth of cancerous nature which attacks the sight-giving tissues and spreads to the brain. Specialists who examined Helaine at Garfield Hospital said her left eye already is blind and that her right eve appears to be sightless. They said nothing could save her sight and that her only hope of life was an operation to remove the eyes. Some estimated that without an operation Helaine cannot live more than two months. Apparently normal at birth, Helaine was found to be suffering from the malignant growth by her maternal grandfather, Dr. Morris Hershman. He withheld his tragic discovery from the baby's mother. Meanwhile he and Dr. Colan took the child to specialists who told of the decision that must be made. Later, when she learned of her baby's affliction, Mrs. Colan collapsed.

FRIDAY, MAY 6,

Agonized Parents Debate Death For Infant or Life—

R. BE. V. L. BROWN, specialist at the Albert Merritt Billings Memorial Hospital, urged that the parents consent to an operation.

“No operation possible can save the child's sight,” he said, “and only an opertion can prevent the tumor from spreading to the brain.” Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, said records show 44 similiar cases were reported from Memorial Hospital, New York City over a 25year period. “A few years ago,” he said, “Dr. Algernon Reese reported six cases in three years which were treated and diagnosed under his direction. He used surgery or X-Ray, or both, in treating the cases. “Some recovered and lived in blindness after the operation. Some died after the operation and some died later of the disease which con= tinued to progress after the operation or X-Ray treatments.”

Dr. Fishbein said the longer an operation on Helaine was delayed the less the chances of success.

“A matter of a month might make a consider= able difference.” he said. Helaine is the second daughter born to the Colans. The other child, Sharlene, is 3.

that he support Clarence Manion. Indiana director of the National Emergency Council. | Delegation members, who met | with the Governor vesterdav, said they believed Mr. Manion “would add strength to the Democratic ticket in November.” Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, | has been reported recently as the man most likely to have the State Administration's support in the convention here July 11 and 12. Townsend Noncommittal The Governor publicly has ob- | posed the renomination of U. S| Senator VanNuys, who has an-| nounced he would run as an in- |

Elects Second, Dauber Third and Menow

Sore Nose Williams Picks The Fox—by a Sore Nose

Bull lea,

(Other Stories, Photos, Page 27) By JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Writer

Kentuckiang® Choice,

CIRCUS LAWYER ‘TOPROTEST BAN

to Run

Fourth. Scheduled Tomorrow,

None on Sunday.

(Photo, Page 24)

of Blindness

Three Performances of Show

1938

PAY HERE UP .5 OF 1 PER CENT; DIPS FOR STATE

April Reports of Local Firms Show Weekly Average Of $625,524.

EASTER ACTIVITY HELPS

Jeffersonville, New Albany Report Decline in Employment.

An increase of .5 per cent in In=dianapolis payrolls in April over March was reported today after a preliminary survey by Martin F. Carpenter, Indiana State Employ= ment Service director. Employment and payrolls for Indiana, however, showed declines for the seventh consecutive month. Five hundred thirty-eight Indianapolis firms, reporting April ems ployment of 27,527 persons, revealed that the average weekly payroll for the month is $625,524. Easter activity brought a 9.5 per cent gain in the state's retail trade employment, with an accompanying payroll increase of 6 per cent. Baster also was held responsible for gains of 17.3 per cent in employ= ment and 40.1 per cent in payrolls for the dyeing and cleaning indus= try. 2271 Firms Surveyed

Rntered as Second-Olase Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

PRICE THREE CENTS

WAGE-HOUR BILL FORCED OUT FOR ACTION IN HOUSE;

ICKES CLEARS A

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D'S OFFICE

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

WAGE-HOUR BILL backed by Speaker Bankhead. CITY AUDITORIUM may be aided by Beiter bill ICKES removes Undersecre tary’s nameplate from door, SPENDING BILL amendments to be considered. MONOPOLY PROBE resolution lacks Administration approval, MINTON reveals Ball loan to Glenn Frank's magazine, BOND LIMIT increase posed.

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BULLETIN WASHINGTON, May 6 (U. P.).~The House, in an une precedented band-wagon rush, completed a petition forcing the Wage-Hour Bill to the House floor less than two and a half hours after the petition was filed,

Mrs. Jenckes Flies To Sign Petition

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The Southern leadership of the House today threw its support behind the

Formal protest is to be presented to the General Ministerial Associa= tion of Indianapolis against its ac= tion which resulted in banning Sunday performances of Cole Bros. circus here, Frederick Schortemeier, attorney for the circus, announced today.

dependent. For a time, Samuel Jackson, Ft. Wayne attorney, was reported to have Administration | backing, but the opposition of labor

OUISVILLE, May 6—In case anybody is interested. this corre-

spondent is picking Fighting Fox first in the Kentucky Derby, Bull Lea second, Dauber third and Menow fourth. MD said lo have forced I am picking Fighting Fox because he is practically a stable mate withdrawal of ‘this support. {of mine. The Fox has somethihg wrong with his nose. So have I, The delegation pointed out that among other things. Something called sinus, in this instance. My, Nr. Manion, whose home is in South | Jim Fitzsimmons, who trains the Fox, has perfected a magic salve.

Administration's effort to blast the ’ Norton wage-hour bill out of the Rules Committee and on to the floor for a vote on May 23.

Chairman Mary T. Norton (D. N, J) at noon today laid on the

Indiana totals for the 2271 manus= facturing and nonmanufacturing establishments covered in the sur vey showed a decrease of 2.1 per cent in employment and of 2.2 per cent in payrolls, Mr. Carpenter said, The figures were from March

Bend, is “geographically right” for | the nomination since Senator Min-

At the moment the sun comes¥®

He said the circus would present

15 to April 15. All of the eight major groups of

Speaker's desk a petition to force a vote on the bill. A long line of Rep-

three shows tomorrow at 2 p,. m, 7 p. m. and 9 p. m. Matinee and eve= ning performances both tomorrow and Sunday, Mother's Day, origins ally were scheduled. Mr. Schortemeier met today with a committee of the Indianapolis’ Orphans’ Home Auxiliary, which was to share in the proceeds of the Sunday shows. He explained it would be impossible for the circus to remain here Monday and proposed an additional performance Saturday, with the Or= phans’ Home sharing in the pro=

[over the halyard, when the lilacs | | caress the rambling rose, when the, i - i s i the can for | he had a “high persoal regard for | final putt dribbles into Mr. Manion's ability,” but made no | @ birdie—that’s when you apply the further comment. Some sources magic salve, and, presto you feel have predicted that State leaders |great. It worked out all right for

THREE RE-ELECTED AS |. U. TRUSTEES might not make a final selection of | the Fox when he won the Wood — a candidate until shortly before the | Memorial a week ago and that was|

convention is called to order July 12, [the time when Mr. Fitzsimmons \'a| Nolan, William Kunkel, Four mayors, all running for re- | persuaded me to use the stuff. : Paul Feltus'Named

resentatives extending out into the Speaker's lobby started signing the petition as soon as it was introe duced. After about an hour and a half, 191 Representatives had signed the petition and new signatures were be ing added about three a minute, The petition requires 218 signatures, Speaker Bankhead, in a wheelchair because of a broken toe, has been talking with Southern meme bers, reputedly urging them to help get the bill out.

They would still have two oppors tunities—on the House floor and in the Senate-House conference coms mittee—to fight for Southern wage preferentials, it was pointed out. So far, however, few converts from the deep South have been obtained. Although proponents of the bill claimed additional Republican support for it, so few Republicans had signed the bill that it appeared they were waiting to come in strategicale ly at the last.

Many Members Absent

Mrs. Norton was not optimistic of obtaining all the 218 names required in a single afternoon. Many mems bers, perhaps 100, are absent for the week-end. A number of House members remained in town today especially to sign the petition. Rep. Virginia E, Jenckes (D, Ind), who has been campaigning in Indiana, was to are rive by plane, sign and take off for home again two hours later. Rep. William H. Larrabee (D,

nonmanufacturing industries fol= lowed seasonal trends and, except for coal mining, showed increasing employment and payrolls. The 1427 establishments employing 43,257 persons, reported a 4.7 employment gain and an increase of 2.2 in pay= rolls, Manufacturing establishments and coal mining, showed drops. The mining employment figures were off 8.1 per cent from the preceding month, and payroll totals dropped 213 per cent, Mr. Carpenter said. Factory Jobs Decrease Manufacturing employment de= [creased 46 per cent and payrolls 3.8 per cent. The 844 plants which reported employed 107,362 persons in April. Thirteen of the 14 major groups in this classification showed declines in both emplovment and payrolls. The exception was in the nonferrous metals and products group, which showed an increase of 1 per cent. Payrolls for the chemi= cal and petroleum refiners were up 2 per cent. New Albany and Jeffersonville re ported the greatest drop in ems ployment-—32.8 per cent, accompansied by a 24.9 per cent drop in payrolls. Connersville's payroll decline was greatest—=27.2 per cent. The employment decline there was 20.3 per cent. The greatest gain in employment was reported at Terre Haute, where 69 firms showed a 4.9 per cent pain, accompanied by an increase of 4.8 in payrolls. Bloomington's payroll gain was the largest in the state—

ton is from southern Indiana. They said the Governor told them

Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terre Haute, Democratic member of the national House of Representatives, today flew to Washington for the sole purpose of signing her name to a document, The document was a petition to bring the Wage-Hours Bill out of committee and onto the House floor for debate. Mrs. Jenckes was to fly back to Indianapolis tonight. Mrs. Jenckes left here at 10:14 a. m, was due in Washington at 2:30 p. m., and had from then until 4 p. m. to get from the airport to the Capitol, walk to the Speaker's desk, sign the petition, and return

to the airport. She is due back in Indianapolis at 8:10 p. m.

Auditorium Plan Pushed; Minton Hits ‘Propaganda’ : ou

George Ball Made Loan to Coliseum Without Local Farm Magazine, Dr. Cash May Be Made Frank Says. Possible.

election headed the delegation. They | “You cant miss” the veteran are W. H. Dress, Evansville; Wil- [trainer said and he insisted that I

: : seville : < i hat a entlinger, Connersville; Clell [make him a bet of a $10 hat t a : Ja oe ; Goshen, and Henry the next time I saw him I would| U.S. District Attorney Val Nolan, Murray, Bedford * | have no complaints about anything | william Kunkel, Ft. Wayne publish- ) © Judee Dewev Mvers. Democratic | Yhatsoever, including my five-horse| er, and Paul Feltus, Bloomington ceeds of the 9 o'clock exhibit. A ° . Marion County | parlays. Well to get this personal] = > 0 0 Th FUT 1 | “1 expect the same demands to be hominee oy Marie oar © matter out of the way quickly, the | Publisher, were re-elected as In: | ade against Sunday movie and A ua gl a M IFariand | Fox and I have been here the last| diana University trustees by the | burlesque shows,” Mr. Schortemeier Be incited nn Bf the | several days training on Fitasim- | State Board of Education today. |said. “I will keep after the Minis« or c ’ a A : s “4 % $ i Forte Grdat of Mechanics: Frank | mons’ secret formula and doing all] The new terms, which are to be | terial Association until it does.

ia ) ¢ ‘ Hossler, Lake Cireuit Court attache; Wo a ASL UI rm us diffi= | for three years, Py begin uly L Mike Ryan, Evansville contractor; ‘cult at the moment to tell the Fox | : Kunkel an y Ar olan ave Edward Dumas, Fowler, Bentoh | from me. Last night, for instance, | elt Tes Bri aon 2 TUE County Prosecutor; James Halligan, | the Fox stayed in my room in the | : e1tus, 1000 Wok Rr er oc that Muncie attorney; Marshall Kizer, | Kentucky Hotel and 1 slept in the ! oe ? as reMarshall County Prosecutor: Al-|parn out at the track, and if this | Nhe State Board of Education bert Heeb, Fayette County Prose-|keeps up the chances are Jimmy | elects five of the eight members of cutor. Stout will ride me in the Derby and | the Universit v's trustee board, and Mark Storen. La Porte County the Fox will write the story from | te other three are named by the Prosecutor; Allen Twyman, East|the press box. In the latter

Case | alumni. Chicago attorney; Robert Smith, the readers will get a pleasant| Mys Nellie 8. Teter, Blooming= Jay County Prosecutor: Oscar | break. ton; Ora L. Wildermuth, Gary, Haney, Hammond attorney: BEd| To be more serious about the big | hoard president, and Jack Hastings, Rvan, Valparaiso attorney; William | race which will again attract a | Washington, are the alumni tirus= Harrigan and Frank MeCoy, Lake | tremendous crowd from many parts | tees. County labor leaders: Dr. E. A.|of the country you can forget all] Albert Rabb and J. Dwight Peter= Stefles. Bast Chicago physician; | about Stagehand. son, Indianapolis, are the other Victor O'Shaughnessy, =

Lawrence- | ® = board members. burg distiller; Joseph Becker, Lake

HE official entry iist was closed | = Superior Court judge: Ezra Stoner, | WEATHER T0 REMAIN

this afternoon without StagePorter County Auditor; Richard

Auxiliary's Statement

“T will make formal protest to the ministers before their next meeting to correct this injustice. The ministers have been unfair.” Sunday performances of the Cole Brothers cireus were prohibited by the Safety Board and the ban was upheld by Mayor Boetcher. The action was requested by Indianapo= lis ministers, who protested that the show was not in keeping with the Mother's Day spirit. “We have ade arrangements with the Cole Brothers circus to give a charity benefit performance at 9 p. m. Saturday at the eircus lot at Keystone Ave. and Southeastern Aves. in lieu of the proposed benefit performance on Sunday,” Mrs. John Mason Moore, Auxiliary president, said.

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By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, May 6.-A way may be found to build the proposed $2,000,000 municipal auditorium in Indianapolis as a Public Works Administration project without the

WASHINGTON, May 6 (U, P.)Dr. Edward A. Rumely, executive secretary of the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Govern ment, lent $12,500 to Rural Proggress, distributed to two million

hand, the game colt that defeated | farm families, the magazine's pub-

the famed Seabiscuit in the Santa |

Tandgrave, Miami County Prosecutor Two Manion sent Fred Frick, Jarrett David Day. Spencer Counties Prosecutor.

Grand Jury to Study

Evansville Vote EVANSVILLE, May 8 (U, P).— The grand jury will convene here Monday to open an investigation into charges of vote buying and other irregularities at Tu.sday’s primary Circuit Judge John W. Spencer Jr. ordered the investigation at the request of the Rev. Joseph G. Moore, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here. The Rev. Mr. Moore was chairman of a nonpartisan citizens’ committee which acted as ob= servers at the polls. He charged votes were bought “openly.”

STATE PRISON GUARD OUSTED AFTER BREAK

Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, May 6-—Jack Cunningbam, of LaPorte, Indiana State Prison guard, has been dis= missed by Warden Louis Kunkel, following the escape of four longterm convicts Mondav night. Thurman A. Gottschalk, Supervisor of State Institutions, made a personal the break, had said that laxity on the part of guards was responsible and that at least one would be dis charged. The convicts were recaptured Tuesday night near Mahomet, Ii. and have been returned to the peni= tentiary.

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| days ago Stagehand probably would |

not start. This was after the Derby | and tomorrow, with slightly lower | this trial in which he started for the | temperatures tomorrow, was forecast circus was not permitted to open first time since his fabulous Cali= | by the Weather Bureau today. To- | Baster after ministers protested.

fornia invasion. He ran third. Yesterday it was announced that | (Turn to Page Three)

FAIR, SAYS BUREAU

6 66 or | 69

10 a. mo... | 11 a. m. | 12 (Noon)

1pm...

Continued fair weather tonight |

were about | the Bureau |

day's temperatures normal for early May, reported.

Lutz and Ralston Win; Haerle and Royse Victors

Wolff's Plurality Over Henry Is Tabulated at 14,222.

Edwin Haerle won the Republican | nomination for Prosecutor over Russell I. Richardson by a plurality of 1438 votes, it was disclosed to- | day in official figures of the pri-

who | investigation of |

| margin of 2027 votes. David Smith

mary, unofficially tabulated. The count showed 17.905 Haerle, 16,557 for Richardson. Wilbur A. Royse defeated Joseph Milner for the nomination for Superio Court One, 8408 to 6381, a

for

ran third with 5370. Herman C. Wolfiff's plurality over George A. Henry reached 14,222, the final figures showed. Mr. Wolff polled 23,371 to Mr. Henry's 9149, William H. Remy apparently led the entire ticket. Mr. Remy, Juvenile Court candidate, polled 30,766 votes. The 11 Republican State Representative nominees and their vote follow: BRIEIS coccecsesstcenicicanes Wilson Mercer ...iciiess Tutewiler ...... Heller

20,203 19,305 19,026 18974 18,940

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18.910 Gases 18.7889 vers JOM ove 17.80% 15.742 | . 14,535 |

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[ Criminal Court race was 6604, the

Ray Runs 18,002 Behind Sullivan; Myers’ Edge Exceeds 6600.

Charley Lutz ran 1617 votes ahead of Al Feeney in the race for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff, the unofficial tabulation of com-

plete County returns, showed today. Glenn B. Ralston finished 3264, votes ahead of Martin H. Walpole | in the County Auditor race and | Judge Dewey E. Myers’ plurality |

over Judge Frank P, Baker in the |

unofficial tabulation showed. The vote on the three races was: Lutz, 22,930: Feeney, 21,313. Ralston, 29,312; Walpole, 26,048, Myers, 33,020; Baker, 26,326. Sheriff Otto Ray ran 18,002 behind Reginald H. Sullivan in the mayoralty contest. The vote was 38,824 to 20.822. The unofficial tabulation of the complete official returns follow: CONGRESS (Eeventh District) (127 Precincts Complete)

Wiliam H. Larrabee ........ 18,710 CONGRESS

(Twelfth District) (209 Precincts Complete) Louis Ludow . sess 32,338 JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT Earl BR. Cox ,.......... veaes 45,885 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Andrew Jacobs

David M. Lewis

"We desire to accede to the wishes !

of the Indianapolis officials and at the same time we are anxious to! obtain finances to assist the children under the care of the Indianapolis Orphans’ Home.” Cole Brothers circus is the second show to be banned here on Sunday |r season. Hagenbeck-Wallace

The Sunday ban, however, did not extend to theaters, amusement parks and other amusement and recreals tional centers. c

FEAR CALLED BAR T0 LABOR PARLEYS

Restoration of Confidence Urged by C. of C. Head.

1 per cent.

MORRISSEY LEAVE REPORT IS DENIED

A report that Police Chief Morissey and the Safety Board had

discussed a leave of absence for Mr. Morrissey yesterday was denied by Theodore Dammeyer, Safety Board president, today.

The report stated a leave of abe

sence for the Chief had been dis

ussed by the Board, and that Chief

Morrissey was to take a leave of absence.

“The Safety Board has not disussed the matter and it has never

been mentioned to me,” Mr. Dammeyer pipedream and there is not a word of truth in it.”

said. “It is nothing but a

Chief Morrissey said he had not

discussed with anyone the prospects of a leave of absence.

“I haven't even planned a vacafon,” he said.

lisher told the Senate Lobby Committee today. Dr. Rumely has refused to answer a Committee subpena to supply books of his organization in an investigation of its activities in connection with the Byrnes-Cochran Government Reorganization Bill. Committee Chairman Minton (D. Ind.) charged that the publication was a “propaganda magazine.” Dr. Glenn Frank, Republican National Policy Committee chairman, editor otf the magazine, was present in the hearing room. He offered tc testify but was not called. Senator Schwellenbach (D. Wash.) brought out that the magazine lost $237,000 up to March 31 in the present fiscal year, bringing its total losses up to $961,000, “Where did the money come from to make up the loss?” Schwellenbach asked. “It came from Mrs. Reynolds and (Turn to Page Three)

WASHINGTON, May 6 (U, P.) = George H. Davis, U, 8. Chamber of Commerce president, said today in an interview that there was no possibility of labor and industry get ting together until national confidence had been restored. “Repeal the Wagner Labor Relations Act, defeat the Wage<Hour Bill, get the tax and the appropria« tions bills out of the way and send | Congress home,” he said. “Then, maybe confidence will begin to return. “There wouldn't be any point in getting around a table with labor so long as fear continues to beset employer and employees alike. What is needed first is confidence.” The proposal that labor and ine dustry “get together” to end indus trial strife and aid in restoring pros perity was made at the 26th annual meeting of the chamber, which closed last night, The 2500 delegates adopted unanimously a resolution calling upon management and labor to “work to gether without recourse to the Fed-

eral Government on those things of | pa

common coneern.” Earlier the American Federation of Labor had proposed that industry discard “weapons of industrial warfare” and adopt a program of go-operation with labor, Delegates adopted a 13-point recovery program that called upon |f labor, business and Government to co-operate, but criticized most of the Roosevelt Administration policles. \. w

Eagle Martin, man and production manager of The Cleveland Plain Cleveland News, was dead today.

Earle Martin, Ex-Hoosier Newspaperman, Is Dead

CLEVELAND, May veteran

Dealer and The

He died at his suburban South

Euclid home last night after a five month illness. He was 63.

Often called one of the most ad-

mired newspaper executives in the country, Mr, Martin had held important positions on four Cleveland dailies in the past 20 years—as reporter, editor and publisher,

He had become production manager

of The Plain Dealer and News in January, 1937. vamped the type face and make-up of The Plain Dealer,

Immediately, he re-

& morning per. Mr. Martin was a Hoosier, the son of

a college president. He worked in a print shop during his high school days and entered Moores Hill College in 1894, determined to become a newspaperman.

His first job of reporting paid $1 or a week's work, when he covered

a Methodist conference in Madison, at the age of 14.

Upon graduation from Moores

8 (U. P).—\ Indianapolis News and worked there newgpaper

Hill, he was given a job on The

with burial in Norwood Cemtery in

for a year as a reporter before he bought two rural Indiana weeklies. This venture into the publishing business failed after a year, and he took a job on The Cincinnati Post. There he made a reputation by helping to solve the murder of a young woman, the famous Pearl Bryan murder case, and, at the age of 25, was named managing editor. Subsequently, Mr. Martin became managing editor of The Indianapolis News, editorial director of The Indianapolis Star, The Muncie Star and The Terre Haute Star. In 1905, he came to Cleveland as editor of The Press, and later became editor-in-chief of the ScrippsMcRae Ohio Newspapers. Before becoming editor of The Cleveland News in 1932, he was affilated with NEA Service, The Washington Daily News and The Cleveland Times, which he published. In all his posts, he went about in a crumpled alpaca coat, wearing a battered straw hat in all seasons. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p. m. from the Cleveland First Unitarian Church,

City putting up a cent in actual

cash, it appeared today. This could be brought about by Congress adopting the provisions of the Beiter Bill which provides for PWA amortizing the 55 per cent community contribution through a long term lease. Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. Ind), member of the appropriations subcommittee handling the new recovery measure, heard Rep. Alfred Beiter (D, N. Y.) explain his proposal at the subcommittee hearings, he said today.

He expects to look into it further, but asserted that he would not want anything done which might keep Indianapolis from obtaining PWA funds for the South Side track eclevation project. Mr, Beiter claims he has 200 Congressmen lined up in support of his leasing plan and will offer it as an amendment from the floor, if it is not incorporated in the PWA provisions of the recovery bill when reported from committee. Should the City decide to build the auditorium under the Beiter plan the entire cost would be financed by PWA, but the City would make annual payments under the lease-contract. These payments could be worked out so that such a building could be self-liquidating, it is said. It might also permit building by states where the Constitution forbids indebtedness, such as does the Indiana Constitution, it was pointed out,

Mayor Still Opposes Auditorium Proposal

Mayor Boetcher, who has opposed plans for a municipal auditorium, said today that any PWA funds which might be obtained under the proposed amortization plan, should be used for other improvement projects here instead of an auditorium. Available PWA grants should be used for the South Side track elevation, the S. East St. paving and for construction of a new police station, the Mayor said, * The Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis Convention and Publicity Bureau have been leaders in the movement to build an auditorium to attract more conventions to the city. Edward Green, new president of the Junie: Chamber, declined comment on whether the proposed new

Ind.) was the first Hoosier to sign and Rep. Finly Gray (D.) the secs ond. All but Reps. Halleck (R.) and Boehne and Pettengill (D.) were expected to sign.

Ickes Moves Assistant Out of His Office

By NED BROOKS Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 6 —Secre« tary of the Interior Ickes today completed the purge he started three months ago in the office of Undersecretary Charles West of Ohio, nominally his right-hand

man, At Mr. Ickes’ order, workmen res

moved Mr. West's nameplate from the entrance to his spacious four room suite in the new Interior Building and began renovating the quarters for a new occupant. Mr. West's belongings were stored and his receptionist—the only meme ber of his staff remaining after Mr, Ickes’ first raid—was transferred to another office. The Undersecretary retains his title, his $10,000 salary, the use of a department automobile and gare age space in the Interior Building basement, Otherwise his connec= tion with the Department is lime ited to a telephone line from the main switchboard to his ex-recep= tionist's new desk. Mr. West displayed no surprise when told of the latest development in the feud, which dates almost from the time President Roosevelt made him Undersecretary in 1935, Mr. Ickes had another candidate for the job. “I've rather expected some such move,” Mr. West commented. He said he had not visited his office since his return a few days ago from the West Coast. At the Department it was said Mr, West had not visited his office since December. In January he began a series of speaking tours under Democratic National Come mittee auspices, and in three months he has traveled more than 25,000 miles in 42 states. On his brief visits to Washington he has made his headquarters at the White House. During the Reorganization Bill fight he acted as President Roosevelt's contact man on Capitol Hill, The new occupant of his former suite will be Assistant Secretary

plan of PWA loans would spur the fight to obtain. the a um.

Ebert K. Burlew, who is having the walls. redone in ivory. .