Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1938 — Page 23

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 23. 1988

Handiwork of Man and Nature Twisted by Winds and Water

Typical scene along West Hampton, Long Island, waterfront.

2000 Taxpavers

Auto toppled

Jam Court House

In Protes t Agains t New Budgets

Made

Center

Cut for Outside.

Tentative

Levy

(Continned from Page One)

He said he had and had figures

He yan ARES YE OUnNniy Ccouris

made 8 surta prove that were costin Jess than in any previous

af th then bejudge gave

relirea

e crowd that the

IQ SPeaK anna

SO Rreat ttempt o his chambers One woman, name, took over and demanded that “the mass Xpavers come out and fight the WPA and against public are taking property the poor people.

remarks were cheer

TKS

who refused to give judge's

the

ed by

Hold the Gavel

speech to

of reg

Ul -

c protecti

on tha ntatives, representatives be that

egulations

to eve lesanar then it becomes

them that we sti

( ~omm ensu-

level [ the average

Webster Reads Statement

the Board members were the speaker's upied by the

i ua

one Was

room for several umed its lv approve

for WPA highwe 1838 Cot at

mty rate

Ma TIA Fall ~ auon owed

3 f min Ol

hande

opinion hand

tax money 2 roads Questioned for Two Months

property 1aX

illegal

county

LOANS From

$1 Up to $300 on

SACKS BROS.

pared with the original proposal of

$1.80. 27.000 Behind Mave

address th said he repremore than 27.000 ee given me their manaqate present them here today some of those 27.000 ee to tell thev are requce the

In Boars a. sent

opening his to

Mr. Webster

taxvou by behind taxes

pavers are

their Presents ur every in Marion We

Con have told them.” he said. that you are making a sincere effort effect some reduction and they elieve it incumbent upon them to spend the time and the effort to come here ang indicate forcefully by their presence that

they will support every effort to the very

your

ang Cll, « « «

The committee idea grew from somewhere—just where I am not sure—except that before I realized what was going on, hundreds of taxpavers had me surrounded and were pleading for me to lead them in a loud protest against tax increase in

this community

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“No Strings Tied ta Me" ngs tied me and none. And, 1 Keep my and judgment, this ation w h I represent will be ely independent from any organization, politically or this city we are here to say to you We believ niopren. after some intelligent dy by persons ned tax art, that o&r p ab; IC expendi Now have passed the point bevond which they h have gone—the ability the property owners to pay : When tax rates do that, gentlemen, you reached a situat r whic! community cannot long remain le and solvent We Foals that yo a tremendous problem to fix proper budgets tax rates for public welfare and relief for 1939. There is no doubt that the answer to this problem is most perplexing to you and to all thi nking citizens

Aid

that we are very that, after ecovery, almost population — more ever iS receiving some kind of assistance It is amazing to learn that in 2 this year, Government welfare and relief alas is being spent for 1S of local government rming to because we the shock of it for the much of this for

“T had no stri to have

health

Q RO ea absolut othe otherwise “What

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Claims One-Fourth Get ly say to you taxpayers 0 discover of the bef ore public our

il 1s

us SO COSt

paid with borrowed

been

are repre sented Board need to understand, as I have no doubt they } if this thi ing continues mue h ther 1 be no alternative ] Iv cut the expendifunctions who persist in spending us ruptcy with such a proSome the poor and needy turn. On the other han er \dangering very ; seriously the relief that is nec ESSAY for those who must have public assistance. We are not at all impressed with that only a part of this IS assessed against us as local property taxpayers because we know two things: First. that we are part of the State and Federal governments, and pay our taxes to those Just as much as we vay to the local units; and second that. 1 this new Federal and our property taxes for ¢ already are higher than have been ana are going to pav off bo}

quge that has been piled up

on t hi <

the

Statement

COSt

all units

10S,

even

ov er

the

‘You Have Double Duty’

you as member of helping sanity on to trim arasticaily bhean us for welfare and relief with 1ll reductions for +15 > purpose to this Board ti to reduce ance of bonds

enormous aram

upon el the you can make We members of } Ise

Ne fa rate by

] do not have reming t

it would this tax

he h a1 economy

the issu

to pay

1939 expenses, That tlemen, iS constructive and mental, and to violate the same ule. be poor government, a thing of which I know this Board does not ny to be guilty “When businessmen and individIls are faced with reduced samNet they mmeditely cut expenses Wh should not this principle appl: to taxes? Therefore, the only real Way to reduce taxes IR by cutting expenaltures » eliminating waste ‘What this Board must do, and I mean must exactly we interpret the word in common usage, to eliminate extravagances, place everv municipal office, as well as every other agency charged with relief administra ion an absolute business basis. If do that, gentlemen, we have every reason to believe this tax rate w in be below 83, nearer the legal maximum as set up under the tax limitation law of Indiana, which 1s $2.87 “All The Citizens Committee names Marion County their tax rate

statement, genfunda-

S as

in Dead Earnest” Lx otest ing 27.000 taxpayers who gave the sigha-

Taxpayers petitions

¢ ’ ’ more than Ol more tna

has

as beai

the

regis ered

increased

an inst AA INS

proiest by their ares

aliv add

I am realize that it is

for all

the

sure vou not possible more than 27.000 be at this hearing The vast majority of them are employed hroughout our City, and the hour of the hearing is at a time when must be at work. Those who however sufficient evidence that all the 27000 and a great more whom we never were to reach, in dead earnest their demand tax reduction. We had no Pai solicitors We are a spontaneou voluntary group. These are names of just this many people who mean just what the petition sayvs—they want our taxes reduced—and we know from telephone calls and many personal contacts that there are literally thousands of others whom we were unable to reach with petitions for thelr signature. “There has been considerable talk about a tax strike in this city. I will fight that to the bitter end and will not permit this organization to have anvthing to do with a tax strike. Communities can have naught but harm from such an affair. “I therefore make peal to you, gentiemen, organization to prevent & tax ike the bankrupting of this comby cutting these budgets to bone. The best government is t government most efficiently and economically administered.’

A772 NEW VOTERS ARE REGISTERED

5808

they

are here, are

able are

m tor

this brief apto help this str Ol raunity

the

the 0

Officials Announce Others Transfer.

The list of voters registered during the week at various branch offices over the city reached 4772 today, registration officials announced. In addition to the new 3808 of those previously filed transfers of residences, bringing the total to 10,580. Voters who have moved out of their old precincts, or failed to vote In the last two elections. must reregister to be eligible to vote.

INSTITUTE OPENS . HOBBY WORKSHOP

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 23 (U, P.) —A workshop in which students may pursue hobbies during opened at Tech-

new 3 ast

registered

their

leisure time has been

Massachusetts Institute of nology It Ik equipped with wood and metal working, & circular Saw, jomter, emery wheels, a Jigsaw, drill press. wood and engine lathes, and supplementary maehimery Projects already under construction imclude miniateure airplane engines, ship models, slide rules, a mode! loom and furniture.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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PWA APPROVES

Ground to Be Broken Next Wednesday: Car Tracks To Be Torn Up.

Fact PWA

for St

been approved officials in Chicago, and construetion will begin Wednesday, City Engineer Henry R. Steeg said today Contracts call for paving and lighting the street from South St to Sanders St. at a cost of $119,000 A PWA grant has been made for 45 per cent of the cost. Mr. Steeg obtained final approval of contracts in Chicago yesterday. Mayor Boetcher will break ground on the new proje®® at 10 a. m Wednesday with the Works in attendance. The Indianapolis Railwavs, formerly operated a streetcar line over S. East St., will begin tearing up its tracks Sunday night The Works Board granted the railways permission to operate a substitute bus line in place of the trackless trolley iine now used.

Bus Route Laid Out

The bus route, beginning Monday will be as follows: From Il and Marviand Sts. west on Maryland and Capitol Ave. north on Capitol to Washington 3t., on Washington to Illinois St on Illinois te Marviand St on Maryland to Virginia Ave. on Virginia to New Jeron New Jersey to Prospect St, west on Prospect St. to Madison Ave. south on Madison to Orange St. east on Orange to New Jersev St. south on New Jersey St. to Lincoln St., east coln to East St, north on East to Orange St. west on Orange to MadAve. returning over the same

Contra have

cts paving S

linois

east south East southeast sev St... south

route

The Works Board also approved |

the Indianapolis Railways’ petition to reroute the Illinois St. feeder bus line from Kenwood Ave. to Illinois St., east on 35th St. 36th St. as now opera

DESIGNER IS

NEW YORK, Sept. Mrs. Johanna Bock Hoppe, 30-vear-old designer who was reported missing with $10,000 in jewelry her person, is safe in Chicago. her husband Harry Hoppe. said today. Mr. Hoppe said he had reported to police that his wife was missing she left for their hotel Chicago without leaving of her intention.

SAFE

9% (U.P)

any word

a «) Register

The branch voters’ registration offices open from 10 a. m to 3 p. m. today and tomorrow are: TODAY

Fire Station, 1134 Prospect St.; Fire Station, Tibbs Ave. and Washington St.; Fire Station, 341 N. Sherman Drive; Fire Station, 2918 E. 10th St.: School 72, at 1302 Troy Ave; School 12, McCarty and West Sts ; Registration office, Room 34, Court House.

TOMORROW

Fire Station, 332 S. sey St; Fire Station, 63% E. 11th St.; Fire Station. 352 N. Beville Ave: Fire Station, 1002 Udell St.; Fire Station. 2302 Shelby St.; Fire Station. 128 W. 15th St: Registration Of« fice, Room 34, Court House,

New Jer-

| Beec

| furnishing $44,000 for

Board |

which |

Jnstead of on!

on!

Time ial WASHINGTON, Sept dential approval was given today for a $142.727 WPA grant to construct Reech Grove sewers, Senator Vane Nuys’ office was notified Other large sums authorized were $182,760 for South Bend parks and 8160.485 for Dearborn Countv roads Car! F. RKortepeter. Marion County WPA works director, said application was filed Aug. 28 for blanket approval to continue construction of combined storm and sanitary sewers in various Beech Grove streets The WPA grant covers cost of labor. The city of Beech Grove is cost of materials to be used on this project.

PWA Approves Two State Building Projects State Budget Director Edward P. Brennan said today the PWA has approved two more projects in Indiana’s $11,000,000 institutions building program, The grants are $142,650 for a new power plant at the Boys School, Plainfield. and $40,500 to add a floor

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to the Logansport State Hospital

These grants represent 45 per cent of the total cost and the State will pay the remainder Only one project in the program has as vet failed to receive approval from PWA. Mr. Brennan said his is for new construction totaling €314 404 at the Women's Prison, In-

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WPA Rolls Continue

Steady Increase

WASHINGTON, —Works Progress

Sept. 23 (U.P... Administration

v i {employment reached a new all-time on 1 - . on 4 | peak

fourth consecutive relief workers 10, WPA an-

for the week with 3,102,000 on the rolls Sept nounced today This was an increase of 16300 from the previous week and more than double the 1458830 at work in the corresponding week last vear. The continued increase made it appear likely WPA's $1.425000.000 emergency relief appropriation would not last through February as intended by Congress. In two and a half months, more than onethird has been spent. and the normal peak relief months of winter are ahead. Unless there is a marked increase private employment it was thought President Roosevelt will have to shorten the period for spending the money from eight to seven months The prospect

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