Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1938 — Page 1

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The Indianapolis Times

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 53

FORECAST: Fair tonight and probably tomorrow; not much change in temperature,

JAPS MASS FOR NEW INVASION INSOUTH CHINA

THE FOREIGN SITUATION

SHANGHAI — Japanese mass troops to invade South China. RIO DE JANEIRO—Seven officials of German bank arrested after revolt, GENEVA—League tacitly rec- | ognizes conquest of Ethiopia. WASHINGTON — U. S.-South American axis proposed. HENDAYE — Spanish Rebels

Clarence Godfrey, 43, of 4608

after midnight.

quested an examination of himself The examination revealed Mr. appendicitis.

12:25 the father was wheeled in.

sides.

60,000 Japanese Prepare for Attack

SHANGHAI, May 12 (U. Sixty thousand Japanese troops were massed on the island of For- | mosa while a large Japanese fleet | steamed off the ports of Foochow, | Swatow and Macao, prepared for a | large-scale invasion of South China, it was reported here today. With the occupation of Amoy, | Chinese island port, 125 miles west |

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drive toward Valencia. | | |

{ fingers crossed. where he underwent

operation.

pital—for an appendectomy.

Rushes Son to Hospital For Appendix Removal, Then Has Own ‘Lifted’

FATHER who took his 11-year-old son to St. Francis Hospital for an emergency appendicitis operation early today, underwent a similar operation himself less than half an hour later.

critically ill from a ruptured appendix, into the hospital shortly

As the child was rushed to the surgery room for an immediate operation, the father, who complained he was not feeling well, re-

At 12:20 a. m. the boy was taken from the operating room. At

Father anc son lay side by side today. critical and the father's fair, while Mrs. Anna Godfrey, who had accompanied them to the hospital, maintained vigil at their bed-

Don’t Blame Her for Crossing Fingers | OLUMBIA CITY, May 12 (U. Her son, Kendall, has just returned from a Ft. Wayne hospital,

an appendectomy. home, his sister, Kathryn, entered the same hospital for a similar

Last week Mr. Kyler was burned severely. Yesterday the hired man, Robert Leffel, was taken to the hos-

E. 10th St. took his son Robert,

Godfrey was suffering from acute

the child's condition

» » »

P.).—Mrs. Millar Kyler has her

Shortly after he came

of Formosa, foreign military ob- | servers said there was every indica- | tion that the Japanese intended to | extend the occupation up and down | the coast to Foochow in the north | and Macao in the south. United States warships of the Pacific fleet prepared to go to the protection of Americans in the big

already is en route to Foochow and |__| . the Asheville is standing by at| Nine New Members Amoy. { . . It was expected that the Asheville | On Democratic Commitwould leave for Macao, Portuguese possession opposite Hongkong, in| tee Here Saturday. the event of hostilities. The cruiser Marblehead probably would be dis- |

patched to Swatow. Great Battle in North | Democratic State Committee when [it meets here Saturday to reorgan-

> north Japanese _ forces | ; eal a the Eom, | ize. Six were elected at 10 district

ing attacks of the war along the | meetings yesterday and three at

Nine new members will sit on the

G. O. P. Retains Bobbitt; Democrats Are

Chinese ports. The U. S. S. Edsell | a to Sit’ Emison

Uniting

Faction Tri-| umphs as Republicans Break Deadlock.

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The Republican State Committee today moved to heal sore spots within its ranks as State organization |

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938

PIONEER LOCAL

WOMAN, SOCIAL

LEADER, DEAD

Mrs. Ella Martindale Was Daughter of Van Camp Company Founder.

FUNERAL IS SATURDAY

Her Great-Grandfather Constructed First Frame House in City.

Mrs. Ella Martindale, widow of John T. Martindale and daughter of Cortland Van Camp, founder of the Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co., died today at her home, 1354 N. Delaware St. Private funeral services are to be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the residence. The Rev. Jean S. Milner is to be in charge. Burial is to be at Crown Hill Mrs. Martindale was a greatgranddaughter of Isaac Wilson of Virginia, a pioneer settler, whbd came to Indianapolis in 1812 after serving in the Revolutionary War, Mr. Wilson built the first frame house in the city in 1814 on the

present site of Riley Hospital. Mrs. Martindale was prominent for many years in the Indianapolis social and civic life. She attended the Girls’ Classical School of Indianapolis, Mt. Vernon Seminary at Washington and Mrs. Ely's School in New York. She was a member of the D. A R., Woodstock and Indianapolis Country Clubs, the Propylaeum, the

| Civic Theater and the Surf Club of

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,

Heavy Frosts Damage North | Indiana Wheat

TEMPERATURES

x 10am... Wh. AY Naw... 36 12 (Noon) 57 1pm... 56

KINNEY ASKS STATE. PROBE IN FUND CASE

Requests Accounts Board Investigation in Alleged Mishandling Episode.

REPORT EMPLOYEE GONE

While Indianapolis chilled in the fifth consecutive day of subnormal | temperatures, up-state farmers re- |

ported heavy frosts and some damage to their wheat fields. The Weather Bureau forecast that

The heavy frosts occurred in the vicinity of South Bend, Angola and Lafayette, while residents of Cambridge City reported a killing frost. Although May frosts are not rare, the average final date for freezing | temperatures is April 16, the Bureau said. FRANKLIN, Pa, May 12 (U. P.).—A May cold snap brought a five-minute snowfall today to Franklin.

At the same time, Horace Abbott, Marion County agricultural agent, said that County farm land in crop production needs an inch of rain to recover from a deficiency of precipitation that has existed since April 9. Mr. Abbott made a survey vesterday of County crops and reported that already the oats crop has heen damaged 50 per cent and that wheat is at a standstill, threatening to head out short | The principal trouble, he said. is | that heavy March rains packed the The man's wife, however, has re-

| topsoil and now hard clods prevent | planting of corn. Very little corn {quested City police to look for him | has been planted he said, and can- [as a missing person. (not be until a soaking rain softens The sum involved was said to [Te clods. have heen $12,500 in one fund and $7500 in intangible stamps. Cosgrove Makes Statement

Mr. Cosgrove's statement lows: “My office is not I was called in when it was

Good by Treasurer and Books Balance.

Alleged mishandling of public funds by a missing employee of the Marion County Treasurer's Office was revealed today by William P. Cosgrove, chief examiner of the State Board of Accounts.

Frank E. McKinney, County Treasurer, requested the investigation and made good the missing funds, Mr. Cosgrove said. The

balance, Mr. Cosgrove emphasized. Mr. McKinney was reported out of town today and could not be reached for comment. Because the missing

stead of to the State or County and because Mr. McKinney's books are in balance, no action has been taken against the missing employee, according to police.

BIGGEST PEACE

fol-

Matter Indianapolis, Ind.

HOME

FINAL

PRICE THREE CENTS

Treasurer's books are absolutely in |

employee | was bonded to Mr. McKinney in- |

preparing any |

Asks Obliteration

ELIMINATION OF 5000 ELECTIVE OFFICES URGED

Cosgrove, Indiana Accounts Board Examiner,

of Township Lines

om omar mob be much | 5ocarove Says Funds Made | To Become Effective in 1943,

‘HOME RULE SAFEGUARDED, HE SAYS

‘County Administrativ

e Board Made Up of

Seven Constitutional Officials Proposed As Sweeping Economy Move.

By TOM OCHILTREE

Elimination of approximately 5000 elective local offices

through abolition of townships and reorganization of county

government was suggested today by William P. Cosgrove,

|State Accounts Board chief examiner,

Primary purpose of the plan, he said, is to reduce cost ‘and improve administration of local government.

Agreeing that the principle of “home rule” should be

HUGHES URGES IMPARTIALITY

‘Raps ‘Inept’ Judges and Bias on Quasi-Judicial

——% maintained,

Mr. business

Cosgrove said that all now lconducted hy and townships would be centered in the counties under his pro posal, “There would be no interference with home rule,” ‘The people still would have the same control over local affairs they have None of the rights, duties or

counties

he declared

now,

| control remained in the hands of | Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt and a

| Miami, #la., where she maintained

Lunghai railway line in an effort | two earlier district reorganizations. a winter home. She also was an ac-

to break through to Suchow. A doz- | Only one dispute developed at [ privileges would be taken from the

ing. I found, however, | counties and given to any other

en squadrons, numbering 30 planes |

each, blasted Chinese communications and munition dumps. Chinese reported that Suchow was bombed six times. Some of the bombs, they said, blasted out holes 30 feet deep and 80 feet wide. Devastating casualties were caused by ceaseless air raids on 10,000 Chinese troops. Chinese reports said that the most sanguinary fighting took place during the last 48 hours along a 100-mile front in the Shantung sector. Using bayonets and big swords the Chinese engaged the Japanese in hand-to-hand fighting. The veports said that thousands of a and wounded were trampled underfoot in the see-saw battle. Foreign naval authorities confirmed that the island of Amoy, once the world's greatest tea export, center, was under the complete domination of the Japanese and that all refugees in the tional settlement were safe.

Seven German Bank Officials Held in Revolt

RIO DE JANEIRO, (U. P.).—Seven officials of a branch of a Berlin banking institution were under arrest today, charged with participating in the abortive Fascist green-shirt revolt to over-

throw the Government and assassi- |

nate President Getulio Vargas. The suspects were members of the staff of the Banco Germanico America do Sul, a branch of the Deutsch - Sudamerikanische engesellschaft of Berlin. they were all members of the Integralistas and had been linked with the revolt. They were Harry Schaeffer, Arnold Federico Voige, Arnado Ethrat, Eugenio Lyria, Eduardo Pereira, Armando Luiz Menna Barreto. It was believed that all were Brazilians. The suspects were among more than 600 who were rounded up and faced trial. Newspapers were violent in their demand for the application of the death penalty, permitted for the first time under the new constitution. Loyalist forces, under the Presi(Turn te Page Six,

HUNT FOR MISSING CHILD 1S CONTINUED

southeast |

interna- |

May 12}

Akti- | Police said |

Carvalho and Cesar |

yesterday's meetings. During the | Ninth District meeting at Seymour, | Floyd E. James and Zella Jones claimed chairmanship and vice | chairmanship for Scott County. | William 8. Griffith and Mrs. Ber- [ nice Houghland demanded [their credentials be accepted. When | feated in a 16-to-11 Griffith said an appeal (taken to the State Committee. | The district re-elected L.

vote. Mr

Reeves, chairman.

said to have been in accord with tion. Harry P. Schultz, Lafayette, was retired as Second District chairman in favor of George Stevens, while Mrs. Margaret Affis, Delphi, was renamed vice chairman. The Third District picked new members, M. Edward Doran, South Bend, to succeed Orlo Deahl, ence Smith, to succeed Mrs. Anna Gardner. Goshen. Chairmen Re-Elected The Sixth District also elected

the latter group was de-|

that | tering sufficient votes to seat its

would be! Vice chairinan.

E | and election of committee officers Columbus. chairman. and | came yesterday almost three hours

Miss Eudora Kelley, Nashville, vice | after schedule. : | early in the morning and continued

Elections at all the meetings were | throughout the day.

the wishes of the State Administra- | list of

tWO | of the

also of South Bend. and Miss Flor- |

| two new members. Roy Etter, Craw- |

| fordsville, was named to succeed | Alden Baker, Noblesville, and Mrs. | Lawrence Arnsman, Lebanon, to [succeed Mrs, D. S. | Clinton. The Eighth District re-elected | Ernest Weatherholt, Canneiton, but selected Mrs. Mayme Koerner, | Jasper, vice chairman to succeed | Mrs. Gertha Powers, Boonville, The First District previously had | elected new state committee mem bers, Chester Foster, Gary, and Mrs. Rose Emerson, Whiting. The | Twelfth District's new chairman is | City Controller H. Nathan Swaim. Mrs. Nannette Dowd has been renamed vice chairman. District chairmen and vice chairmen re-elected yesterday were: Fourth — Virgil M. Simmons, Bluffton, and Mrs. Anna Grady, Lagrange. | Fifth—Alex N. | City, and Mrs. Esther I'isher, Frank- | fort. ville, and Mrs. Princeton. Ninth—L. E. Reeves, Columbus, and Miss Eudora Kelley, Nashville. | Tenth -— Anderson Ketchum, | Greensburg, and Miss Dorothy Lambert, Connersville.

Eleventh--J. C. Kuch, Anderson,

Swinehart, | nominated Mr. Bobbitt. Mr. Gates

"| bers met

| 1 |

Seventh—Frank Finney, Martins- | Sanford Trippet,

BRADFORD. Pa. May 12 (Up) and Mrs. Marcia Murphy, Indian- |

—The search for 4-vear-old Mar-|

jory West continued today with renewed vigor despite a growing fear that the child hardly could have survived hardships in Allegheny National Forest, where she disappeared Sunday. Mayor Hugh J. Ray of Bradford, marshaled a force of nearly 1000 men for another search. The army of searchers came in response to an appeal by the Mayor for “men who are physically fit to hike through heavy brush for miles.” American Legion Post 105, whose members have participated in the search from the start, offered a $200 reward for information leading to discovery of the girl “dead or alive.”

DEAN, I. U. COACH, MAY GET COAST JOB

PALO ALTO, Cal, May 12 (U. P.) —Everett Dean, head coach of basketball at Indiana University, and William Hubbard, San Jose State College coach, were candidates today for the basketball coaching position at Stanford University. . The Board of Athletic Control, seeking a successor to John Bunn,

apolis.

Reports are that the committee

| will re-elect State Chairman Omer |

| Stokes Jackson and James L. Beat- | tey as secretary. Mrs. Beldon Lewis, Indianapolis, {1s said to be slated for the vice | chairmanship to suceed Mrs. Emory | Scholl, Connersville, and Clarence | Gremelspacher, Jasper, to succeed Willia Storen as treasurer.

‘BOY, 8, ‘FAVORITE’

|| OF DOCTORS, IS DEAD

ing today because the 8-yvear-old lad who had been their “pet” and patient for more that two years was dead. Ronald Lindner, admitted at the hospital April 15, 1936, had been undergoing treatment for an intestinal obstruction. Until three months, ago when his condition be"came worse and he was confined to bed, he was the mascot of doctors, internes and nurses.

| George Lindner, 338 Beauty Ave.

U. A. W. AND G. M. TALK | DETROIT, May 12 (U, P,).—Offi-

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. |

City Hospital staff was in mourn- |

| |

who resigned to become dean of |cials of General Motors Corp. and |

men at the school, announced that

a final selection would be made | Union meet around a conference

June 8. Mr. Dean has been coach at Indiana for 13 years.

| the United Autbmobile Workers’ table today to negotiate a dispute which has resulted in a strike vote

at five plants,

| and member of the Gates faction, | was

nig,

faction headed by Ewing Emison, Seventh District chairman. The Emison faction defeated the block headed by Ralph Gates, Fourth District chairman, by mus-

own members when the committee | voted to break deadlocks for Sixth | and Eighth District chairmen and | |

Settlement of the district disputes Caucusing began

Only one change was made in the officers. Neil McCallum, Batesville, Indiana Republican Editorial Association secretary, was elected secretary to succeed James A. Slane, Lafayette.

Gates Supported Slane

Mr. Slane, who had the sapport Gates faction and had made an early struggle to retain his post,’ was not placed in nomination. Mrs. Eleanor B. Snodgrass, Nashville, Ninth District vice chairman

unopposed for re-election as state vice chairman. Felix McWhirter was re-elected treasurer without opposition. The entire slate of officers was elected by acclamation. Mr. Emison

nominated the vice chairman. Ivan C. Morgan, former state chairman and Ninth District chairman, nominated Mr, McCallum, and Ralph B. Gregg, new 12th District chairman, nominated Mr. McWhirter. As the 20 seated committee memto settle the Sixth District tie, Mr, Gates nominated Jehn Taylor, Danville, former State chairman, and Mrs. Esther Bray, Martinsville, vice chairman in Mr. Emison’s district, nominated Dr. Byron L. Jones, Lebanon. District delegates had deadlocked (Turn to Page Three)

tive member of the Second Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by a son, Elijah | NATIONAL AFFAIRS

treasurer had made this cash good. I checked the cash book and found it was absolutely in balance.

BUDGET LIKELY :==- discovered that this m was miss- | : wever, that te Bureaus. | |

B. Martindale, and two nieces, Mrs. | Rosamond Van Camp Hill and Mrs. | Henry Lanctot of Buffalo, N. Y,

APPROPRIATIONS record for peacetime likely in Congress | session. SPENDING BILL debated in House. WAGE-HOUR BILL defeat with amendments sought by Southerners. | NAVY BILL conference report | due for Senate vote today, | MINTON attacks Dr. Frank in radio talk. | TAX BILL sent to White House | by 242 to 89 House vote. |

GOVERNOR TALKS TO PASTORS ON GAMING,

Delegation Asks Townsend To Order Cleanup. |

amendments

Eleven ministers today conferred | 11-Billion Dollar | with Governor Townsend, at his in- ‘Appropriations Seen

vitation, on complaints of gambling | in Indianapolis and other parts of | WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P).| Indiana —President Roosevelt's spending-

lending progr ; t ? | The conference followed an ex- | 8 Drosrain appeared today W

an | be establishing a new peace-time change of letters between minister - | appropriations record pt eleven | fal groups and the Governor in pjlljon dollars for one session of which the former urged a State- | congress. supervised cleanup. . | The program was proceeding toThe Governor repeated his ex- ward enactment today despite Re- | planation that State agencies were [ publican protests that it was “a ready to aid in cleaning up gamb- | threat to national solvency.” | ling in any city if requests were | Appropriations bills passed, pendmade by local authorities. {ing and prospective for this session The ministers said they did not [may aggregate close to eleven bilmeet the Governor as a committee [lion dollars. That figure would inrepresenting any organization, | clude permanent reappropriations They refused to say who acted as |aggregating $2,718,000,000. The leader of the group. | 82.516.425,000 of actual new approen priations for relief and recovery 6 DIE IN FARM FIRE | Probably will raise the appropriations record for this Congress been |yond the $10,336.000,000 appropriDIXON, Ky, May 12 (U. P.).— |ations voted in 1936. Six persons burned to death in a Appropriations dropped approxifarmhouse north of here last night | mately one billion dollars last year it was revealed today. [from the 1936 peak. But each of The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Elliott | the last five sessions of Congress Gibson and their four children. [has appropriated sums in excess of | Another child, Helen Louise, es- anv other vears except 1917-18-19 | caped from the burnng house un- | when the nation was at war. Apinjured. The fire broke out while | propriations in 1918 added up to the family was asleep. (Turn to Page Four)

“The man involved is a bonded employee but he is bonded to County Treasurer McKinney and not to the County or State. “The County Treasurer and not

in that office under bond to the

State and County. “As far as I know the Accounts Board has no further jurisdiction

nations.”

RAILROADS DEMAND WAGE CUT ON JULY 1

Action Starts Complex Mediation Machinery.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P) —American railroads today formally

| notified railway labor that they will

reduce basic wages 15 per cent on July 1. The wage cuts, which rail labor leaders have announced they will resist, would affect an estimated one million workers. The action was announced by the joint conference committee representing the entire railroad industry and was said by the committee to be “compelled by conditions now confronting the railroad industry.” The action invokes the machinery of a lengthy arbitration and mediation system provided by the Railway Labor Act. That statute provides for conferences between management and labor.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P).

| —Chief Evans

Justice Charles | Hughes of the Supreme Court ad- | monished Government quasi-judi- | cial agencies today to temper their “spirit of the just

[ sons as judges. He said the bar should exercise (a “potent influence” for the selec[tion of “able and industrious”

(in the matter until such time as it | judges. makes the regular routine exami- |

The Chief Justice, who spoke | without reference to his manuscript, was given a standing ovation by | American Law. Institute

plause. It was his frst public address | since the defeat last year of Presi- | dent Roosevelt's Court Reorganiza-

tion Bill and since the appointment |

| by Mr. Roosevelt of Associate Justices | Huge L. Black and Stanley F. Reed. | “Still the prime necessity in mak[ing the judicial machinery work to [the best advantage,” he continued, “is the able and industrious judge, qualified by training, experience and temperament for his office. | Chief Justice Hughes’ warning to | quasi-judicial agencies followed by

[less than three weeks his majority | rates |

| promulgated by Secretary of Agri-|

| decision which set aside | culture Wallace for livestock serv- | ices at the Kansas City stockyards.

| The court held that Secretary Wal-

lace's procedure had not afforded | the stockyards a fair trial. His address today came as the National Labor Relations Board— [De Government's newest quasi- | judicial agency—sought to withdraw | some of its pending decisons from | circuit courts. The Board believes | that it may not have complied with | the procedural requirements laid down by the Supreme Court in the stockyards case.

Y HEN a deep voice bids you enter, you open the door of Rex Stout's room onto as elegant a set of trained whiskers as you are apt to find this side of Russia. Rex Stout is the Indiana-born author who created the very fat and very lazy Nero Woife, champion swivel-chair sleuth. He was at the Indianapolis ‘Athletic Club today with a troupe of American Magazine writers and executives who were hosts at a luncheon for Indianapolis industrialists.

Others in the party were Gene Sarazen, Betty Hapworth, who modeled the cover of the June issue of the magazine, and several others. At 10:30 a. m. Mr. Stout had just breakfasted in his room and was brushing his beard which is gray and about six inches long, trained in a sort of crescent that Mr. Stout must have made up out of his own head.

Even for a one-night stand, Mr. Stout had everything in his room in a definitely ordered place. Nothing awry. That's because, he says, he was an accountant before he started writing and has “that orderly mind of an accountant.” » » » FTER 1 had made what was a good deal of money for me,” he said, “I retired and wrote so-called serious novels. Aldous Huxley praised one of them and I got a letter from George Bernard Shaw on another.

“Then the depression came and I had to write some kind of book that would sell more than 10 copies. So I took up detective fiction. “I imagine that Nero Wolfe is

Betty Hapworth, the magazine cover model,

| time, T had to have something for him to do. So I had him grow orchids, I grow them.

of many people I have known. He eats like a Count Rosetti I once knew in Paris. And I suppose he drinks beer all the time as an eccentricity that probably stemmed from the shots in the arm Sherlock Holmes alwavs took.

” ”n » EALLY, I like Archie better than Nero Tn mv next

book, as vet unprinted, Nero gets to upstate New York because |

I decided he was going to stay at

a combination of characteristics

“He raises orchids because, after |

home and not run around all the | some fellow he doesn't like

Rex Stout, the author . . , and his beard.

claims to have him beat on orchid growing.” Mr. Stout said he was born in Noblesville ané& that his father once went to school under James Whitcomb Riley, His father and mother were Quakers and both were graduated from Earlham College. The best detective book ever

mae ‘Nero Wolte’s’ Creator Grows Orchids, Elegant Beard

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written in America, he said, was “The Maltese Falcon,” by Dashiell Hammett. Any police reporter knows fifty thousand times more about solving a crime than he does, Mr. Stout readily admitted, He turns each book oul in under 40 days, writing five hours

and budgeting 2000 woygds a day,

members | | and interrupted by prolonged ap-|

{ governmental unit.” | Specifically, the plan provides that township lines would be oblit« erated for all except the levying of taxes for the retirement of obliga« tions incurred by the township prior to the effective date of (he change. As the bonded indebteds ness was paid off, these taxes would be abolished.

County Board Proposed

All present County administrative offices except the seven provided for in the Indiana Constitution would | be abolished. These seven officers, | the auditor, treasurer, clerk, ree corder, sheriff, coroner and surveyor, would be organized into a board of county administration

This board would be empowered to appoint administrative officers in charge of schools, highways, poor | relief, property assessment and | other functions The offices of the three county commissioners and county assessor would be abolished. These offices are not, provided for in the Constitution, but were established by statutes No change would be made in the County Council which would remain the legislative or appropriate ing body. The county judicial syse [tem also would continue in its press ent form. A total of 368 elective offices would be abolished in the State's 92 counties by this county reorganizas tion plan. Elimination of the 1018 townships would mean abolition of that many township trustees and three-member advisory boards, | Many townships also have asses (sors. Their duties would be come [bined into a county office | Mr. Cosgrove's survey showed that abolition of county commissioners alone would bring an annual save | ing to Indiana taxpayers of $125,580 {in salaries paid these officials Sees Election Cost Cut In addition to the direct savings | through reduction of local gOVeIne mental payrolls and office maine | tenance costs. Mr. Cosgrove said such ¢ reorganization would result Im a considerabie decrease in eleg= tion expenses, The legislation necessary ta | bring about the proposed changes should be very deliberate,” he said. “This plan proposes tha: while the necessary legislation could be taken in the 1939 regular session of the General Assembly, the effective date would be placed at Jan 1, 1943 “Reason for this extended effec. live date is to permit all elected officials whose office might be effected by the change to fully come plete the terms for which they have been elected.

“It also would afford the pecple an opportunity to study the pros posed changes and through an ine tervening session of the Legislature modify or repeal the new plan.” Explaining his reasons for seeks ing establishment of the proposed boards of county administration, Mr Cosgrove said: : “The seven elected officials who would be made to constitute the board are now provided for in the Constitution. Some are elected for four years and some for two years, All are located in the Court Mouse (Turn to Page Three)

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