Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1938 — Page 5

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U.S. AUDITORS

BALKED BY TVA, PROBERS TOLD

Acting Controller General Claims Interference, Says Files Closed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (U. P.). —=Stuart -V. Tulloss, chief of the division of investigation of the Con-troller-General’s office, charged before the joint committee investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority - today that the TVA withheld cerhin documents from Federal audiTs. He read into the record a letter from acting Controller-General R. N. Elliott, formerly of Connersville, Ind.,, to Committee Chairman Donahey (D. O.), listing alleged interferences with the audit of TVA accounts. The letter said the auditors: 1. Met opposition in verifying rentals paid for land occupied by CCC camps. 2. Were refused files relating to expenses of a “strawberry project.” 3. Were refused data and access to files relating to payment of $19,000 to a Boston engineering firm on an analysis of electrical stability. 4. Were delayed for weeks in investigating the finances involved in the sale of a dairy herd, and the files were withdrawn the day after auditors were given access to them. 5. Auditors were refused personnel files verifying administrative promotions prohibited by the economy acts. “The interference at various points in the field and at the various offices in Knoxville tended to slow up the audit and make the * work of the field party very difficult,” Mr, Elliott wrote.

$6,157,000 in Queestion Mr. Elliott's letter showed that the auditors first questioned a total of approximateely 18 million dollars involved in TVA accounts but that upon submission of additional evidence by TVA they recommended that 12 million dollars of the expenditures be passed, leaving a total of approximately $6,157,000 of TVA expenditures still in question. “The principal phases of interference have to do with the attitude of the treasurer of the Authority in his early refusal to submit accounts as required by law and the failure of the treasurer of the Authority and the Treasurer of the United States to forward the paid checks of the Authority to the General Accounting Office as required by law,” the letter continued. “. .. In the outset the Tennessee Valley Authority assumed the position of not being amenable to provisions of the law and regulations issued pursuant thereto governing the audit and settlement of accounts of the TVA by the General Accounting Office . . . To sustain such contention would in effect nullify the plain provisions of the law.”

Utility Head Questioned Mr. Tulloss said “We found it very difficult to find the records and to obtain from representatives of the TVA information needed to support accounts.”

He related that an agreement

finally was made that the TVA render its accounts to Washington, but said they were “not complete. Documents are still withheld from us, particularly checks, and the accounting in certain phases is une satisfactory.” Earlier, the committee questioned J. T. W. Brown, Nashville, Tenn, vice president of the Tennessee Electric Power Co., a subsidiary of the Commonwealth & Southern Corp. Mr. Brown had caused to be printed and distributed with bills and in street cars 70,000 cards entitled “Bare-Face Facts vs. Loose Talk and Estimates.” The card re-

- _Jated that an engineering. firm esti-

mated $7,800,000 would build a complete electric system for Mem-

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would be $17,500,000 and “that’s not all—the people of Memphi$ voted for TVA rates, but they are paying a 15 per cent surcharge added on.” Mr. Brown contended that the card was not calculated to affect negotiations between Memphis and the Electric Bond & Share for purchase of the electric system in that city.

SURVEY OF LABOR ~ UNIONS PLANNED

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (U. P.).—A survey of labor conditions, looking toward improvement in ‘industrial relations, has been started by the ywentieth Century Fund, it was announced today. Evans Clark, executive director of the Fund, said its labor committee would seek a factual account of the present status of collective bargaining in industry. Several groups will be singled out for the study, including clothing, automobiles, longshoremen, rubber, radio and electrical workers, printing, hosiery, railroads, shoes, iron and steel and retail trade. In some of these fields, the Fund said, unions are operating smoothly, while

“4n others’ organization is new and

there is friction.

REPORTS CYCLOTRON TECHNIQUE ADVANCES

(Copyright, 1938, by Science Service) CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Newimprovements in cyclotron technique are now enabling scientists to bombard ' hitherto difficult targets like metallic sodium, Dr. Franz N. D. Kurie of Indiana University had

_ 4old. the concluding meeting of the

. American Physical Society here to-

Steviously, Dr. Kurie pointed out, nad been impossible to work with ine materials because they spat-] 11d or could not be cooled when J were bombarded with the full er of the beam in the University

of California cyclotron. New ad-

vances have stepped up the power in this beam, at the point where it strikes the target, to a kilowatt,

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Guest Speaker Named—Miss Lela E. Taylor, United Christian Missionary Society vice president, will be guest speaker for the Woman's. Day service ab the Downey Avenue Christian Church next Sunday morning. Miss Taylor, who was a delegate to the Montevideo Convention in South | America in p28; i recently returne from ond Miss Taylor visit to Argentina and Paraguay. She is executive secretary for Latin America in the division of foreign missions, a member of the executive committee of the Committee on Co-operation in Latin America and of the Committee on Women’s Work of the Foreign Conference of North America.

Rotary Head to Visit—John R. Stemm of Lafayette, governor of the 155th district of Rotary International, will visit the Indianapolis chapter of the organization at its noon luncheon tomorrow at the Claypool Hotel. Mr. Stemm is division superintendent for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway.

Bible Programs Listed—Dr. D. H. Gilliatt, head of the Bible department at- Indiana Central Normal College, will conduct a series of discussions on “Vital Personal Religion” at the Wednesday. night meetings of the Y. M. C. A. Bible Investigation Club. The first discussion will be next Wednesday on “Spiritual Need.”

Civic League to Meet—Nominees for directors of the Brookside Civic League ‘will be elected at a meeting of the League Dec. 5. Committees will give summaries of the year’s work. William Calvin is League president.

C. of C. Magazine Planned—A monthly magazine of Indiana State Junior Chamber of Commerce activities is to be published beginning Jan. 1, Wallace Howe of Vincennes. president of the organization, announced today. Neal O. Hines of Terre Haute will be editor of the publication and S. Ernest Owens of Evansville will have charge of circulation.

Suffers Bullet Wound—William Flora, 14, of 2219 Miller St. was confined to his home today by a bullet wound in his ankle. He was wounded yesterday when a shot from a 22-caliber target rifle being fired by a pal, 14-year-old James Ball, 2301 Miller St., went wild and struck him, police were told. The accident occurred along Eagle Creek.

Church Discussion Set.—A discussion of special days in the church school will be held by the children’s workers and superintendents of the Sunday Schools of Ma-

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rion County at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Second Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania and E. Vermont Sts. Miss Vivian Hathaway, Christian education director of the First Bap‘tist Church, will discuss “Christmas Programs in the Church,” and Miss Nellie C. Young, director of work with children for the Indiana Council of Christian Education, will speak on “The Value of Special Days in the Church.” The Rev. E. E. Aldrich, Robert Park Methodist

Church pastor, will lead devotions.

Author to Speak—“Jewish life In Europe Today and World Fascism” is the subject of a lecture to be given by Calmen Marmer, New York author, at Kirschbaum Center, 2314 N. Meridian St., tonight. -Mr. Marmer, who is an authority on Jewish problems, is to speak in Yiddish. The, publfe is invited.

Scientific Farming Urged—Marion County rural areas comprise the richest ‘agricultural section in Indiana, according to Horace Abbott, County Agent. He declared that the farming industry in. Marion County is valued at 85 million dollars and stressed the necessity of using scientific methods entirely to meet increasing competition. “Because Marion County farmers have higher labor costs and taxes, the use of scientific methods has been found to be of great advantage,” he said.

*Symposivm Scheduled — A symposium on “Hypertension” will be held by the Indianapolis Medical Society at 8:15 p. m. tomorrow at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Members of the Lilly Laboratory for Clinical Research staff will conduct the meeting.

Butler Alumni to Meet—The first regular luncheon of the Butler University Indianapolis Alumni Club will be held Friday noon at the Canary Cottage, according to Evan B. Walker, president. Approximately 75 persons already have members ship cards in the club and an additional enrollment is expected at the Friday meeting.

Church to Give Play—“The Devil to Pay,” a play depicting Christian stewardship and tithing, will be presented at 8:15 p. m. Wedneseday by the Hillside Christian Church, Ingram and Nevada Sts.

Russia Is Lecture Topic — Dr. Harry N. Howard, former member of the Indiana University history department and now a member of the Miami University history faculty, will discuss “Russia” Thursday night at the I. U. Extension center here as the sixth of a series of lectures on European history.

OSWALD MOSELEY WED BERLIN, Nov. 28 (U. P.)—Sir Oswald Moseley, . British Fascist leader, and Diana Freeman-Mitford were married almost a year ago, it was revealed today. Adolf Hitler

was the best man.

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SENTENCED TO 135-YEAR TERM

Hits ‘Rich Man’s Justice’ as Judge Sets Penalty for Slayings.

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (U. P)— Robert Irwin, 31-year-old former asylum inmate, shouted in General

Sessions Court today that he was a victim of “rich man’s = justice” as James C. Wallace sentenced him to a minimum term of 139 years in prison for the triple Gedeon murder of Easter Sunday, 1937. The slight-statured sculptor who snuffed out three lives in a Beekman Hill apartment because he was disappointed in love, his sunken face contorted with rage, pounded the rail and screamed at Judge Wallace that the proceedings were “just a farce.” “You say you represent justice,” he shouted. “I say to you that you do not, You represent a rich man’s justice.” : Talks to Judge

Irwin had pleaded guilty to the|

second degree murder of beautiful Veronica Gedeon, 20-year-old artist’s model; her 54-year-old mother, Mary, and Frank Byrnes, a lodger in their homes. He was sentenced to 9:.years to life for the Byrnes slaying and to 20 years to life for each of the other two slayings, the sentences to run consecutively. When Judge Wallace asked if he wished to speak, Irwin began a long harangue. Judge Wallace displayed impatience. “You have pleaded guilty to murder in the second ‘degree,” he snapped, “and this Court does not wish to hear any tirades from you.”

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|Increased Attent

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Problems Expected in Congress

By THOMAS

L. STOKES

Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 session to what President Roosevelt

28.—Attention by Congress in the forthcoming

has termed “the nation’s No. 1 eco-

nomic problem” is forecast as a result of the creation of an active and aggressive group of progressive-minded and representative Southerners

to campaign for social and economic

reforms, state and national.

This group, known as the Southern Council, grew out of last week’s Southern Conference for Human Welfare at Birmingham which was fea-

tured by the presence, among¢ others, of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Associate Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court, former U. S. Senator from Alabama. Frank Graham, President of the University of North Carolina, was named chairman of the council which is to establish permanent committees in various fields—legislation, industrial relations, farm problems, civil liberties, youth, public health, education, housing, race relations and suffrage.

Opportunities Revealed in Report

This movement, which holds promise of vitality, drew its spark from the intense interest of President Roosevelt in Southern problems and the .recent report of the National Emergency Committee, headed by Lowell Mellett, former Washington and Indianapolis news-

paperman. This report depicted in graphic strokes the economic and social delinquencies of the South. At the same time, it revealed the great opportunities there for development

the country a market for their products. The story was not new to many who attended the conference and who, for years, in their localities, have sought to change the old pattern. They have worked through various ‘groups. This new council affords an opportunity for a Southwide attack which is expected to be directed both at Congress and at state legislatures. This movement, like others, hardly gets under way before an appar-

(D. Tex.), chairman of the Committee Investigating un-American Activities, is planning to investigate the conference onthe request of be Albums Democratic Women’s Club. The conference, among numerous other matters, adopted a resolution in favor of the Antilynching Bill and protested against Southern “Jim Crow” laws. Rep. Dies was one of the little band of Southerners on the House Rules Committee which bottled up the Wage-Hour Bill for months and also was one of the leaders against the measure in the fight on the floor, Participating in the conference in addition to Mrs. Roosevelt, who attended numerous group sessions and addressed the entire conference, and President Graham, were such others as Governor-elect Burnett: May-

Hays, Democratic. National Committeeman from Arkansas; Senator Pepper of Florida, and Barry Bingham, publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Black Addresses Meeting

Justice Black addressed the conference upon being presented with the Thomas Jefferson medal for distinguished accomplishment by a Southerner. Mr. Dies may find himself up against some rather important Southern figures. The conference condemned the Dies Committee for “its obvious use of Congressional investigating powers to discredit the present Adminis-

ent attempt to hamstring it apCongressman Martin Dies

tration.” The impact of the new Southern

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social and economic reform group is expected to be felt in Congress on Major matters covered in discussions and expert reports to the conference and resolutions, including: Removel of freight rate discriminations against the South, which Congressmen and others from that area have used in arguing for wage differentials, Increased Federal aid for education, with “elimination of all racial or sectional differentials in the allocation of money for education.” Expansion of the Bankhead-Jones Tenancy Act to provide Government insured loans for farm home-owner-ship. Increased appropriations for a widespread campaign to eradicate slums, both city and rural, in the South. Increased funds for health nrograms in the South. The conference also carved out numerous other tasks for its future endeavor, including removal of polltaxes in eight Southern states which still have them and establishment of the right to vote “for all citizens, regardless of race or class:” Enactment of wage-hour laws and “little Wagner acts” for states; outlaw of state’ and municipal antipicketing

ordinances and statutes;

conditions for women.

FEDERAL BUILDING

pay for Negro teachers equal to that of white teachers; abolition of ‘child labor and improvement of working

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A central phone switchboard for Federal Building offices will be put

in service Wednesday, Postmaster ‘Adolph Seidensticker said today.

The exchange, located on the

third floor, . will employ two opere ators and will handle all incoming calls. Outgoing calls will be made directly from the offices, Mr. Sei=

.densticker explained. Three offices,

those of the Federal Bureau of In= vestigation, the Secret Service and

the Alcohol Tax Unit, will have di=

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came a mask of fury. He cried: “I have a real and definite reason to Speak. You say you represent jusijce. 2 say to you that you do no ” Judge Wallace, grimacing, began to read from papers on his desk, but Irwin would not subside. “You represent a rich man’s justice,” he screamed.

ENOCH ARDEN IN REVERSE DECOTO, Cal.,, Nov. 28 (U. P.).— Modern streamlining of the Enoch Arden saga has reduced it to this: When Thomas Garcia, absent for 13

vears and believed to be dead, returned to his home here, instead of finding another man occupying his place in his home and his wife’s affections, he found awaiting him a justice court complaint for ‘non-

support over the 13 years.

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