Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1938 — Page 34

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938

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\ [. S. SURVEY GIVES

ESTIMATES ON, COS

OF HOME

BUILDING

Can Tell You Also How People Live, Work ‘And Where They Go for Recreation; Local Figures Will Be Ready Jan. 1.

By RICHARD LEWIS : If you want to know how people live and work and to what places they go te amuse themselves, or how much it cost to build a home in Indianapolis 10 years ago as com-

pared with today, consult the sometime after Jan. 1, 1939.

U. S. Building Permit Survey

The survey, in progress locally in the Council Chamber

at City Hall, covers 900 U. S.

cities and is being conducted

by the Building Permit Survey as part of the fact-finding work of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In addition to providing facts about costs, the survey will list every type of structure built in the City during the past 17 years. . It is directed locally fro the Seventh Regional office of the Survey in the Indiana Terminal Building. This region is composed of 159 cities in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, where statistics, similar to those being collected here, are being compiled. . Director of the work for this area is Herbert F. Krane, who with a staff of 29 experts and field agents,

has been going quietly about collecting building facts nearly two

years. It'll Show All

When the survey for 1921-1938 is completed, Mr. Krane said, it will show practically everything about construction, building costs, and building trends in the four-state

area. “Other regional offices - through- - out the country,” he said, “are compiling the same material. Even- - tually, it will all be filed with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and we expect it will give us a picture of the places where people live, work, eat and amuse themselves in the United States.” The survey includes such structures as residences, hotels, public institutions, office buildings, amusement places and parks, recreation places, churches, factories, bakeries, jce plants, barns, silos, department stores and police stations. In includes what they cost, what kind of material was used, type of architecture, price range as well as. what corresponding buildings were torn down over the same period. Who is it for?

Requests Pour In

“I don’t know,” Mr. Krane said. *The survey contains so many statistical phases in it, that I couldn't name any individual or group that would be exclusively interested in it. “We have received hundreds of requests from business firms, chambers of commerce, real estate agen-

cies, city planning commissions and individuals at large for our reports.” The last complete report issued by the Survey covered building in the nation between 1929 and 1935. A separate booklet was prepared for Indianapolis. It showed, for example, that between those years the most popular price of houses in Indianapolis was between $1000 and $6000 and the most popular type was the onefamily, detached house. A unique feature about the survey is the way it’s run, Mr. Krane said.

Done by Mail

“All our work is done by mail,” he explained. “We hire, fire, receive reports, send information and pay ‘salaries by mail. I never see the field egents in this division, but I know what they're doing . . . by mail. . ; “As a matter of fact, we can check precisely how’ accurate reports of our field agents are by comparing them with previous reports. “When we receive the reports from the field, we forward them to other regional offices (by mail) for compilation. Everything we do is done by mail. “When we get all our figures together for the past 17 years, we'll summarize and file them with the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington. After that? We keep on making more surveys as long as people build.”

ROOSEVELT STUDIES RELIEF WITH HOPKINS

(Editorial, Page 22)

WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Dec. 2 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt continued his study of foreign affairs and the relief situation today, meeting again . with William C. Bullitt, Ambassador to France, and Harry Hopkins, WPA Administrator. Mr. Roosevelt also will receive today Governor Rivers of Georgia, Lawrence Camp, United States Attorney who was defeated for the Democratic Senatorial nomination by Senator George, and James Gillis, head of the Georgia Democratic Committee. : Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre said their visit would have no political significance.

WRESTLER LOSES 3 WAYS

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 2 (U. P). —Frank Foster, gigantic wrestler, ‘became a three-way loser all in one bout here. First, he lost the match; second, he lost his head and tried

to hit the referee with the wooden

teps leading up to the ring, and en, under the terms of the match, he was shorn of all his Samson-like

ECCLES BACKS U, 3. SPENDING

Tells Bankers Balancing of Budget Must Wait on Increased Income.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (U, P)— Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of ‘the Federal Reserve Board, told the New York chapter of the American Institute of Banking last night that heavy Government spending must continue. A balanced national budget, he said, must wait until the national jntome increases to where tax returns balance it automatically. He said that if our national income reached the same comparative level of Great Britain’s, our annual income would be $88,000,000,000 and we would collect $18,000,000,000 a year ‘in taxes, which would more than balance the budget. “The solution of the bank’s problems lies, as it does with industry, not in distributing a small amount of its product at a high rate, but in expanding the market so that the returns, even at low rates, will exceed what would be earned by the marketing of a restricted high-price product,” he said. He declared an attempt to restrict Government spending now’ would cause the risk of another setback to national recovery, as was expe= rienced in 1937. He sympathized with the bankers’ lack of opportunities to lend or invest money except in Government and municipal securities, but said he had helped remove some of the restrictions on investment policies and bank examinattons. “If banks fail to meet present credit needs, they may not be able to survive,” he said. “The. public is likely to demand, and Congress to enact, legislation setting up Govsinment agencies that will meet the needs.

U.S. STAMP TO USE HARRISON'S PROFILE

Ludlow Gets Honor for Past President, City Resident.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—A 24cent stamp with the profile bust of Benjamin Harrison, 23d President of the United States, was placed on sale here today and will be available at the Indianapolis Postoffice tomorrow, Rep. Louis Ludlow announced. Mr. Ludlow was instrumental in getting the Harrison stamp issued to honor the late President whose home was in Indianapolis. The stamp is gray in color and the issue will be continued for at least 10 years, postal officials said. The bust used ‘in the design is that by sculptor Adolph Weiman in the John Herron Art Institute.

GARDNER SPEAKS ON FILIPINO PROBLEMS

Leo M. Gardner, Indianapolis attorney, spoke at the Exchange Club luncheon today on his experiences in the Philippine Islands, where he served until recently as legal adviser to High “Commissioner Mc-

Nutt.

Mr. Gardner reviewed political development of the islands and dis-

cussed the problems faced by the

United States in the Far East.

WINDSORS TO FETE LABOROR’S FAMILY

LONDON, Dec. 2 (U. P.).—The Evening Star said today that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have invited a London working man and his wife and two children for Christmas at a chateau at Cap d’Antibes on the French Riveria. : The invitation was accepted. The names were kept secret. .

TAX NOTICES MAILED Will H. Smith, U. S. internal revenue collector for Indiana, said today that notices for the past quarterly payment of corporation and individual income taxes were mailed yesterday. These payments are due and payable on or before Dec. 15, Mr. Smith said.

RELEASE FINANCE PLANS WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (U. P.)— The Treasury announced today that the cash offering of its December

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bilities in the Republican

Dr. Gallup

as Presidential nominees.

Before Election— Today— 1—Garner 1—Garner

2—Farley 2—Hull 3—Hull 3—Farley 4—McNutt 4—Clark 5—Earle 5—Lehman 6—Ambassador 6—NMcNutt Kennedy 7—Barkley 7—Wallace 8—Murphy 8—Lehman 9—Hopkins 9—Murphy 10—Ambassador 10—Barkley Kennedy : 2 2 E most notable rises in popularity have been those of Secretary Hull, who moved from third place to second place; Senator Clark, who was not among the leading 10 before election and is today in fourth place, and Governor Lehman, who moved from eighth to fifth place.

Senator Alben W. Barkley, who is widely regarded by many New Dealers in Washington as a logical choice, ranks near the bottom of the list.

Senator Robert F. Wagner and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York each received enough mentions to put them among the second five in the list. Senator Wagner, however, is ineligible for the presidency, having been born in Germany, and Mayor La Guardia, though sympathetic toward the New Deal, is not a registered Democrat. It is a significant fact that more Democratic voters favor President Roosevelt for a third term than any of the prospective candidates named in the current survey.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (U. P.).— An aged millionaire, removed from his home to a hospital because rela-

tives feared he was being poisoned, showed marked improvement today. District Attorney Fitts said this tended to support relatives’ suspicions that the 86-year-old man might have been given daily doses of cumulative poison. , The patient, whose identiy has not been revealed, had been growing steadily weaker for a month while physicians stood by helpless. Mr. Fitts, whose office had been investigating the case several weeks, Tuesday ordered him removed to the hospital. His condition had be-

DR. GEORGE GALLUP

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Whereas the November election pushed into top rank several new Presidential possi-

Party—notably Thomas E.

Dewey of New York and Robert A. Taft of Ohio—it brought into the limelight virtually no new Democratic candidates with any substantial national following. To test whether sentiment for prospective Democratic

candidates has changed since the election, the American : Institute of Public Opinion questioned a .crosssection of Democratic voters in all states. They were asked to name the candidate they: would favor in 1940 if President Roosevelt does not run. No lists were presented; hence the replies were entirely spontaneous. The results show that Vice President John N. Garner is the leading choice, with Secretary Cordell Hull second. These two have been top choices of the rank and file in Institute sur‘veys since early last spring. In third and fourth position, respectively, are Postmaster General James A. Farley, who received prominent mention in previous Institute studies, and Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri. Senator Clark’s rise to joo Yan i en he was returne Nee only the popular following of leaders in the Democratic Party and has no bearing on their so-called “availability

as taken place since the flice by a huge majority.

oo Following are the 10 leading choices in today’s study as compared to the 10 leaders in a survey conducted just before the November election.

The Institute’s last test of third term sentiments before the election, found approximately @onehalf - (47 per cent) of Democrats indorsing Mr, Roosevelt for a third term. 2 ® 2

Y contrast, the highest single

vote for any other prospec- °

tive candidate, Vice President Garner, is only 20 per cent of those who expressed a definite choice for 1940. © Secretary Hull, the second choice, receives 11 per cent, and Farley 10 per cent, while the others have less than 9 per cent. S Party sentiment would be affected, of course, by President Roosevelt's attitude. If he were to indorse Senator Barkley or WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins or one of the other Democratic leaders, sentiment for that candidate would undoubtedly show a great increase. But at the present time it seems clear that the Democratic situa“tion is pretty much an open field, with no one candidate having enough of a popular following to put him very far in front. The Republican Party picture, on the other hand, is radically different. Sentiment is more crystallized. A recent Institute survey found, for example, that one-third of the Republican voters with definite opinions on 1940 favor Mr. Dewey. Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Senatorelect Taft are next with 18 per cent apiece. This puts three can\didates out in front with a combined total of 69 per cent, as compared to a total of only 41 per cent for the three leading

Democrats.

Millionaire Gains in Coast Poison Mystery

come suddenly critical, and his three |;

nurses also had been stricken. “Since the patient was removed to the hospital, and his food care-

fully watched, he has shown marked |$

improvement,” Mr. Fitts said.

“We are still awaiting a chemist’s |} We |3 will take no further action of any [3

report on certain specimens.

kind until we see the report.” Mr. Fitts refused to tell what ma-

terials are being analyzed by the |(&

chemist. The District Attorney said that

during the past month the sick man |} had changed his will, bequeathing |3 $225,000 to relatives and employees | here, and the remainder to 45 East- {¢

ern relatives.

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HOOSIER RESIGNS POST/AT KANSAS U.

. LAWRENCE, Kas., Dec. 2 (U. P.). —Ernest Hiram Lindley resigned today as chancellor of the University SS Hansen, a post he had held since ‘In a letter to the Board: of :Regents, which meets in Topeka : to-

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Secretary Hull

he is approaching the : retirement age of 70 he thought it only fair

to resign at this time to permit se-|

lection of a successor. : He had served as president of the University of Idaho from 1917: to Dr. Lindley was born at: Paoli, Ind. Oct. 2, 1869. He was graduated from Indiana University in 1893. He also received degrees from Clark, Jena, Leipzig, Heidelberg and Harvard universities.

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Senator Barkley

EIGHT DIE AS PLANE CRASHES INTO HILL

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2 (U. P.)— Five ‘passengers and the crew of three were" killed today when a

Lockheed plan of the Compania Mexicana de Aviacion crashed into a hill shortly {fter leaving - Mexico a,

FIRE IN HOTEL

Two Jump From Third Story To Street as Match Causes Blaze.

DENVER, Dec. 2 (U. P.).—Denvel fire department officials said today a lighted match thrown into a waste basket apparently had started: a blaze which gutted the third floor of a downtown hotel and forced twc persons to jump into the street. - Forty residents in the building were trapped by the flames which

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ture. Charles Hall, 36, who suffered ¢ fractured right leg, an injured right leg, an injured right hip and a possible fractured pelvis, was the mos seriously injured. a Mr. Hall, and Grace Hansen, 28 jumped from the third floor of the hotel when trapped by the flames despite warnings of police officers who had summoned all downtown

{fire apparatus. Miss Hansen suf-

fered serious burns, a fractured lefl arm and possible internal injuries. Doctors said she was in “poor” con: dition. | * Ladders placed in position by the firemen were used to lower other occupants to safety. Four other perSons suffered first and second degree urns,

HORSE'S KICK FATAL VINCENNES, Dec. 2 (U. PJ)" John R. Merriel, died last night from injuries received a week ago when he was kicked in the back by a horse.. He was 35. :

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