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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1938 .

Text of Governor Townsend's Message to Special Session of the Legislature

The text of Governor Town-

send's message to the special session of the Legislature, follows:

I have taken the serious step of calling a special session of the General Assembly to fulfill the ob-

i ligation of Government to the peo- |

ple You, as members of the General Assembly, and I, as Governor, share

a heavy responsibility for the wel- |

fare and security of the people of Indiana Our acts and decisions are determining factors in the destiny of Indiana and its people. I realize that the General Assembly should not be called together to enact legislation for which there is no immediate need. But, on the other hand, a Governor should not hesitate to call a special session {if there is real public need for action. The Constitution of the State provides that the Governor may at any time call a special session, if, in his opinion, the public welfare shall re-

quire it. I should like to empha-

ize that phrase, “If the public wel- |

fare shall require it.” Today, the nation and are just beginning to recover from | a sudden and serious economic | shock. Thousands of our people are | still without regular employment, | without any independent means of | themselves and their Many businesses are still sufficient orders to justify |

dollars.

jobs,

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CO-OPERATION NEEDED

| initiated by |

requires |

The recovery drive Federal Government the co-operation of every American every unit of Government, And we in Indiana wish to do our part This session has been called to enact a 1938 Indiana Recovery and | Rel

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1ef program | istics of the State Board of Accounts over a long period of vears show that expenditures for improvements are an essen- | the State's prosperity. | er words, money expended | ywernment has a direct and beneficial influence upon the general prosperity of the community. ] e a balance of $24500000 and I beshould be thriftiI helieve that it would be fair | and just to return them in a | recovery program a portion of the have so thoughtfully

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We the State has a balance sufficient to pay between five and six million dollars now as our share of the recovery | program, and to assume an addi- | tional two million dollars annually | to further reduce property taxes. | Any amount greater than this, | however, would soon lead to an un- | balanced budget, as our Income would be less than our budgeted expenses | The administrative departments | of State Government have been at work since early May studying how Indiana could best co-operate with Federal Government and aid ur own people. We now have a nrogram which I believe will ecov benefit every citizen In

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IT am recommending to vou (1) provide funds for needed public construction, (2) equalize the property tax load further. and (3) consider amendments to the motor vehicle title-holder

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Indiana | ndian | building program to submit to vou.

| several separate classifications. The

| haven't got the room to care for

| thousand patients are crowded into

Hospital and Richmond State Hos-

{ real

| lic charity springs from the homes

administrative branches of Govern: » ment have made an earnest effort to discharge this constitutional (duty. But we have been seriously handicapped, because the physical equipment of our institutions is in- Na adequate to meet the need. We \ have had to turn away hundreds of N sick and afflicted and insane. Na Every community in Indiana to- | day has some unfortunates who | should be receiving the best of care | and treatment in a State institution, { Hundreds of families are bearing the heavy burden of trving to care | for someone who should be receiving expert treatment, You and I | know what despair there must be in { the hearts of those who watch | their loved ones struggle feebly and | vainly against sickness and insanity | At the 1937 regular session you | took effective steps to correct this | condition. You approved an insti- { tutional building program, which | necessarily was limited by the State | funds available then, Now you are given an unusual opportunity | through Federal aid to advance our program at a saving to the taxpayers. The Budget Committee and 1 after long study have approved a

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We have tried to include only imperative needs.

BUILDINGS OBSOLETE Tama

The building program falls into| aD y

first is building needs for our mental hospitals. Today, with the aid of science, society is able to bring many mentally afflicted out of the darkness that has clouded their lives. Although our mental institutions are among the most modern in technique in the nation, we just

enables us to always look ahead with confidence in the ability of the people to solve their own problems.

URGES I. U. AID

those who really need treatment. The mental hospitals are overcrowded. Many of the buildings are obsolete, and one dormitory has been condemned as unsafe. Eight

Therefore, IT am recommending that you provide funds to match Federal aid for construction at Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State Teachers’ College, Terre Haute Normal School and the Indiana Deaf School, and for the construction of a 4-H Club Building at crowded by 500, while on the outside | the State Fairgrounds, the State to we have 350 waiting in Marion [assume 30 per cent of the cost of County to be transferred to the |the college construction. The other State and more than 150 who are | 25 per cent of the non-Federal share being held in county jails and poor- | will be provided by the schools houses. | tntoush service charges. I recommend to vou that you ap- | As a State Government interested | propriate funds for construction at | the welfare of the people, we Central State Hospital, Logansport | have been seriously concerned about | State Hospital, Evansville State |the lack of proper care for tuberculosis victims in Indiana. While we have modern facilities | | for hospital isolation of curable and | infectious cases, which, including | the Rockville State Sanatorium, pro- |

five mental hospitals which were built to accomodate no more than 7500 patients, That means the mental hospitals already are over-

pital. In a second group are the building needs for care of feeble-minded

and epileptic. { vide 1628 beds, we also have a five- | Daily my office and other depart- | year record of 1730 deaths. Sanato- | ments of Government are beseiged | yjum facilities now available give the by the courts for admission of |, qihearn half of the State 12 beds feeble-minded patients, and there is | go). avery 10 deaths in southern In- | no room unless a patient already | giana Actually, it can be said that | admitted dies. There are 10.000 | 35 counties of southern Indiana, ly- | feeble-minded persons in Indiana in | 4,0 jci4e the highest tuberculosis | need of institutional treal-|pa) in the nation, have no hospital ment, and about 10,000 others, Who, | taeiiities for isolation and treatalthough feeble-minded, can 8€t|,.n¢ of {he white plague. Eleven along in their own communities. |, ,nqred and ninety cases were reAbout 20 per cent of the population | oan this May from those 35 counin our penal and correctional insti- ties with no ‘sanatorium facilities tutions are feeble-minded and need Is there anv wonder that the dread such institutional care rather than disease continues to spread? : imprisonment. A large percentage | wy eroulosis takes from our soof crime, habitual poverty and pub-| iio ite ost valuable members Fifty per cent of all tuberculosis deaths occur between the ages of 15 and 39, an age period of greatest economic importance. The Indiana Tuberculosis Association, the State Welfare Department, and the State Board of Health, as well as prominent medical authorities, agree that there is an immediate, imperative need for a tuberculosis hospital in this infected area. All of Indiana would benefit by a | sanitorium in southern Indiana, be- | cause tuberculosis is not a sectional |

of the uncontrolled feeble-minded

Indiana up to last year was trying to handle the feeble-minded problem with only one training institution, just as it did 50 years ago. Yet, during the same period the population has increased 50 per cent. We will be able at least to meet the minimum obligation of the State toward the training of the feeble-minded if we make a complete institution of the Muscatatuck Colony Although there is a waiting list of

certificate law Indiana we have both economic and a social problem. f us are familiar with the economic problem. At the same time we are faced with an entirely different sort | of a problem, a social problem. We have adequate facilities to care for the sick and mentally afflicted State Government does not have the physical equipment to carry on necessary social services, An {deal program would provide employment, put money back into circulation and make available funds r much needed institutional

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c fo v, Congress has appropriated some $965,000000 for the Public Works Administration. These funds are available for construction works This immediately can of Ally needed pubworks at a to the State of on the dollar of value

of needed public means that if we

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NEEDS CHECKED

We have checked and rechecked our needs for public works. We could spend unlimited funds to improve our State institutions. But we have, instead, taken the most imperative, most necessary projects to submit to you for your approva.. We must act now, because Congress specifically provided that Federal funds cannot be allocated for public works construction unless actual work shall have been undertaken on or before Jan. 1, 1939. If we neglect the clear duty that

is before us, the State would eventu- |

ally have to pay the full cost of the necessary institutional building. The total cost of the proposed building program is estimated to be $10,730,000. Under this proposed program the Federal Government would pay $5,430,000 and the State's share would be $5,300,000, because the State is assuming only 30 per cent of construction costs at the four State colleges. I hope that you the State's share to an amount not exceeding $6.000.000. That would assure continuation of our balanced fiscal program Indiana The Indiana Constitution savs, It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the support of institutions for the education of the deaf and dumb. and of the blind, and also, for the treatinsane.” Assembly and

ment of the The General the

| Newcastle is so crowded that no pew |

200 epileptic persons who should re- | problem. An active case from one | ceive skilled treatment and care at | county may infect a person from |

| pectant mothers,

Calls Upper House to Order

Times Photo,

Lieut. Gov. Henry Schricker swings into action.

regation of serious cases in the proposed hospital would be a vital factor in the control of the spread of the disease,

Therefore, I am recommending to |

you, under our classification for health, that you appropriate funds for the construction of a second State tuberculosis sanatorium, During the last several years we

have extended State public health |

services, because we realized that Government is obligated to be interested in the health of the community. Health is an important factor in the general security and prosperity of the State. The State Board of Health has been taking on new and vital serv. ices, medical and nursing aid to exvenereal disease control, community sanitation and local health administration. Yet, it has been forced to occupy crowded quarters in an old-fashioned office building not equipped for medical

| research and far away from Indi-

ana's medical center. It has been the hope of many physicians that Indiana State Gov-

| ernment would recognize that this

scientific department of Government should have quarters where it could adequately carry on its services.

WORK AT HAZARD

At the present time, the Board of Health must conduct its laboratory work at a hazard to the occupants of the State House Annex. The annex is not properly equipped for bacteriological research. I am recommending that you appropriate funds for the construction of a separate structure for the Board of Health at the Indiana University Medical Center at Indianapolis. Obviously the best place for a Board of Health building is at the medical center, where many of the facilities for research and study are already available The Indiana National Guard demonstrated to us during the

INDIANA LAW SCHOOL

Day and evening classes, This school conforms with the rules of the Supreme Court of Indiana and the American Bar Association. The catalogue is mailed upon request.

this time, the Epileptic Village at| another part of the State. The seg- |

1346 N. Delaware St., Indpls.

admissions can be made. Therefore, I recommend that you appropriate | funds for construction at Muscata- | tuck Colony and the Epileptic Vil- | lage Today, we realize that Government can and must rehabilitate a portion of those who have erred against society. Particularly, we are |

of the boys and girls and women, who, often through chance environmental factors, have violated the law. Our Girls’ School and Bovs' School and Women's Prison have untangled the moral twists in many lives, and I believe they should have the equipment to carry on this humane and sociallv-valuable work. There- | fore, T am recommending, thirdly, | that vou provide funds for construetion at the Women's Prison, Boys’, School and Girls’ School This | | construction will replace dangerous | | and obsolete buildings. | | Fourth, we need new construction | | to carry on the educational services of State Government. Education is | the most powerful force in our world | to insure a continuation of democ-

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We HAVE NEVER FAILED THEM!

Those who have turned to us have never 1y been disappointed. They have received calm, | anxious to make useful citizens out sensible recommendations on the types of

their needs and finances. WE HAVE NEVER FAILED

My Guarantee Protects You

HARRY W. MOORE

2050 E. MICHIGAN ST. You All Know This Undertaker

service best suited to

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tragic flood of 1037 its services to the people. In times of great emergency, the National Guard is perhaps the most essential division of State Government. The National Guard is operated on a co-operative basis. The Federal Government provides the pay and equipment, and the State must provide the personnel and housing to meet standards set by the Federa. Government. The Federal Government outlined a “must” building program for the Indiana National Guard, which has been almost completed. The remainder of the construction must be under- | taken, and the PWA program gives us an opportunity to save 45 per { cent of the cost. If the building program recommended by General Straub is ap- | proved, all units of the National Guard will be adequately housed and the military construction program will be absolutely completed. Therefore, I am recommending that you provide funds for the construction of armory facilities for National Guard units at Attica, Spencer, Lebanon and Indianapolis. The last item on our public improvement program includes walks, drives and landscaping for our State institutions. This project is par- | ticularly valuable, for it will pro- | vide healthful, gainful employment [at a minimum cost to the State. | The State will furnish the materials and the Works Progress Administration the personnel. The building program is in part a rehabilitation program for the underprivileged the lower

of our population. Those who have the most difficult struggle for existence, who face an uncertain economic future, are always menaced by sickness, disease, crime for economic reasons and mental affliction, As an example, 64 out of every 100,000 unskilled workers die of tuberculosis.

The recovery value of the program is obvious. Thousands of men will be employed in all parts of the State on construction work. Expenditures for materials and supplies will create jobs for workers in the durable goods industries—steel, stone and building materials. This money will spread throughout the State to those who need it most. The second phase of our 1938 Indiana recovery and relief program will provide tax relief for those who are now paying excessive levies

for a very necessary service, public |

welfare,

By careful economy in State

Government and by the thoughtful- |

ness of the 1933 and 1935 Legislatures in spreading the base of the tax system, we have accumulated a State balance. If we have money in’ the Treasury beyond our needs and bevond a necessary surplus, it should be returned to the people at this time when they need it.

ADVISES TAX RELIEF

We find that we can, in addition

savings an additional $2,000,000 an-' nually, and yet maintain a balanced budget. I am therefore, proposing that the General Assembly enact legislation that will return to the taxpayers in local units of government $2,000,000 annually in the form of welcome tax relief, We have found that property tax rates for welfare are excessive in some counties, particularly in those counties where the economic stress has increased the need of the aged {and dependent and handicapped children for assistance out of proportion to the local ability to meet the county share of welfare costs. The Indiana Tax Study Commission, which has been analyzing Indiana’'s tax structure, reported to me last month that its latest study indicated that attention should be

given to the problem of equalizing taxes among the various sections of | the State, rather than considering | property taxation as a single State | matter, So on the basis of this qualified | advice we have tried to determine | how we could best equalize property taxes. This recommendation is our | answer. You and I have been working sue- | cessfully for a number of years to reduce property taxes, and this proposal will reduce them still further. | And, it will do more. It will he a

| beginning in the equalization of

| sections of our State. While we are considering an ad-

Vehicles shall continue to receive steady revenue from the sale of windshield certificate containers. This problem must be met now, be=cause under the law the sale of licenses for 1939 begins in December,

Thus, the third proposal, amend= ments to the titleholder certificate (law, I bring to you at the suggestion of many members of the Legislature and because we must have a decision now. I feel that if it is unsatisfac= | tory in any way, it should be amend= (ed. That is the democratic way to operate Government. I sincerely believe that this entire program will enable us to take full advantage of the recovery drive land bring greater security to every | home, without disturbing the finan- | cial security of State Government, | Labor, business and agriculture will |all benefit through some phase of this program. I believe that every | legislator, regardless of his political affiliation, will want to put his | shoulder to the wheel of recovery and tax relief, | I hope that all of you realize thak | we have undertaken this program {only after a great deal of research {and study. We have selected only | the legislation which we believe is imperative Of course, we have many other | problems which should be conside | ered at the regular session. I prome ise you that they will be considered,

property taxes among the different | However, in turn I hope that you

will confine your consideration at this special session to the imperative

to the appropriation necessary to|justment of the finances of State | task at hand.

| meet Federal contributions to our

third ! building program, spare from these

| Government we should determine

| now whether the Bureau of Motor

| I wish you God speed in this ime | portant business!

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