Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1938 — Page 5

abor Measure May sause Social Security : Board Penalty.

Dec. tug-of-war and labor’s rights [is iring a climax today.

1 of each year the Social

y ard must by law reSem as acceptable all state unemJ ment-compensation laws that tinue to comply with the Social ty Act. Tomorrow being Dec. 31, it is unthe Board will stamp its . on all state laws except OreSs, which it is expected to. pass

~ though “without prejudice”—for|

present: If this omission is not quickly ed, Oregon employers will haye y extra taxes to the tune of ve million dollars or more a year. The Siiuf tion: arose this way: On Nov. 8 Oregon voters adopted t the boils an initiative statute, spoasored | by antilabor groups, ‘which officially defines the phrase “labor dispute” in an unusual way. Lawyers for the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O., making common cause for a change, charged at a recent hearing before the Social Security Board that Oregon’s Unemployment ‘Compensation Law was so amended by the initiative measure as to be‘come legally unacceptable under the Social Security Act. :

Sympathetic Strikes Banned

The Federal act forbids the Board to accept a state law which denies unemployment benefits to any per- ' son, otherwise eligible, because he Tefuses to accept a job that is “va- ~ cant due directly to a strike, lock3 * out or other labor dispute.” Now ‘the Oregon initiative measure says that wherever the term © “labor dispute” is used in any ‘Oregon law (including. the Unemploy- . ment Compensation Law) it shall ‘ mean only a dispute between an myer “and the majority of his _ employees” .over “wages, hours or é working conditions of the employees * of the particular employer directly - involved.” ke? The measure forbids the picketing or boycotting of any employer not directly involved in such a labor = dispute. Jurisdictional and sympathetic strikes are declared not to be “labor disputes.” : These and other | provisions, ac- © cording to labor lawyers, would fos- _ ter company unions| and yellow-dog contracts. ] {15.7 Per Cent Tax:Possible

These lawyers told the Board that the measure, if eventually upheld in court, would nullify in Oregon not only the Social Security Act, but also the Wagner Labor Relations ~ Act and the Norris-La Guardia : Anti-Injunction Act. They demanded that the Board refuse certification. This would © mean that Oregon employers, who © now pay a total unemploymentcompensation tax of 3 per cent on + their payrolls, would have to pay 5.7 per cent. (The state tax is 2.7 © per cent and the Federal tax 3 per . cent, but 2.7 per cent of the Fed- * eral tax is remitted if the state law is acceptable.) - Besides this added tax burden, ~ Pederal funds for administering unemployment benefits would be withheld. These run to nearly $750,000 a year. ~~ Governor-elect Charles Sprague of Oregon has asked the Board not to cut off his state until his new Keir has had a chance to i adopt amendments satisfactory to the Board. Accordingly the Board is said to ‘be planning to defer any ruling on the merits of the controversy, hoping that the Legislature will act ‘speedily. When it finally rules on * the merits, the ruling will be retroactive. In the meantime labor groups are challenging the constitutionality of the initiative measure in the courts, but this will probably take months. “Eighteen additional states will ' begin paying unemployment benefits in January, bringing the Social Security Act into full operation erywhere except in Illinois and ontana, where benefits will be ayable beginning in July. In Oregon more than $500,000 was ‘paid out in such benefits’ in September and October.

JOLLEGE PRESIDENT DIES AFTER ACCIDENT

FINDLAY, O., Dec. 30 (U. P).— . Roy E. Offenhauer, president of wling Green State Univer:ity, dead today of a fractured sxzull ered in an automobile accicznt.

Mrs. Offenhauer, 55, who was with n, was in the Findlay hospital ffering a brain concussion, scalp rations and shock. Physicians she would recover.

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FEDERAL BANK

Home Loan Will Dishurse $68,334 to Member Institutions.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis has declared a semiannual dividend at the rate of 1% per cent a year, it was ahnounced

today by Fred T. Greene, president. On Jan. 5 the bank will disburse $68.334 to 210 member institutions, including savings and building and loan associations, an insurance company and the Federal Government. Mr. Greene said the six months period has been as satisfactory, from the standpoint of earnings, as any in the bank’s six years. “Aside from the fact that we were handling a larger total volume of loans than in any previous period,” he said, “earnings were influenced by the cheaper financing which was available to the system through the use: for the first time of debentures

ital. “Earnings 'were such that the bank’s directors were able to allocate to surplus a substantial amount over and above the legal requirement of 20 per cent of net. “Altogether with this dividend payment the Indianapolis bank will have paid to the United States Government $574,959 in the six years that it has been ‘using funds from that source. Today more than 65 per cent of the funds in use by the bank are from private sources, only $6,577,400 cut of total liabilities and capital of $18,546,631 being from the Treasury.”

Prison Bars Sometimes a

Haven Make

FT. WORTH, Tex., Dec. 30 (U. P.).—A 25-year-old man who said he was wanted by State and Federal authorities for burglaries in Pennsylvania had surrendered to police today so he could “get out of the cold.” The shivering young man walked into police station and told the desk sergeant: “I'm wanted in Pennsylvania and I want to give up.” He signed a waiver of extradition. Police said the man told them he had served a oneyear term for burglary in the Pennsylvania State Industrial School, and had participated in several burglaries in western. Pennsylvania. He said that he and two companions stole several pistols from ga National Guard armory at Butler, Pa., but threw the weapons away because it was found they had no firing pins.

SCHOOL OFFICE LOOTED The office of Emery A. James, principal of Junior High School 17, at 1102 N, West St., was ransacked last night according to police. Nothling was reported taken.

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CIRCLING THE CITY

C. Smith is new worshipful master of Southport Lodge 270, F. & A. M.

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monies at the lodge hall. installed are: William H. Eohne, senior warden; John E. Swords, junior warden; Leonard H. McAlpin, treasurer; Otto O. Gustin, secretary; Leon H. Roquet, senior deacon; B. L. Parham, junior deacon; the Rev. Jonas E. Collins, chaplain; R. Emerson Whalen, senior steward; William Porter Talbert, junior steward; Delbert Waymire, tyler, and Charles W. Miller, trustee.

Tavern Owners Fined—The Indiana Alcoholic Beverages Commniission today had levied $25 fines against two Indianapolis tavern proprietors for alleged Sunday selling. Those fined were John Bolint, 613 W. Washington St., and Mike Nicologg, 36 Kentucky Ave.

Union Leader to Speak—W. C. Birthright, president of -the Journeymen Barbers’ International Union, is to speak on “Labor Unionism and the Churches” before the Indianapolis Ministerial Association Monday at Roberts Park M. E. Chruch. The Dev. Ralph L. Holland will lead devotions. An executive meeting is to be held before “he talk.

Orphans Get Treat—Orphan chijldren of Indianapolis were guests of A. C. Zaring of the Zaring Theater yesterday at the 13th annual free movie and stage show. Approximetely 1200 orphans attended.

Classmates Gather—Reunion of students and faculty advisors of the Hilltop School for Boys and Girls near Nashville is to be an annual affair, it was announced today. Approximately 75 former students met in Hotel Washington to. renew old acquaintances of the last 14 years and to honor Miss Kate Andrews, founder and head of the school. She was presented with- a framed color etching executed by Lester C. Nag-

ley, Brown County artist.

Club to Hold “Fun Night”—The annual fun night and business meeting of the Men’s Fellowship Club of the Wallace Street Presbyterian Church is to be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the church.

City C. of C. Honored—Three members of the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce have heen named on committees of the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Glenn Duttenhaver was named state chairman and national public health committee member. C. Irwin Sutton was named to the -citycounty relationships committee and Mayburn Landgraf to the governmental affairs committee:

Paint Sales Encouraging — The business outlook for 1939 is encouraging, based on sales of paint, particularly. for farm homes and barns,

according to Ward H. Cullan, sales]

manager of the Burdsal Paint Co. Salesmen of the company met here to report sales had been exceptionally good this year.

KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 30 (U.P.).--The death of Warren Lee Martin, 45-year-old building contractor, was recorded as suicide today by police, who said a witness saw Mr. Martin throw himself under the wheels of a moving freight train yesterday. He had been ill for - several months, police learned.

Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight

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HOOSIERS AGREE T0325 DINNER

Finally Yield to Quayle, but Sponsorship Is Yet to Be Determined.

Times Special : WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Indiana Democrats will have a $25 a plate Jackson Day dinner at Indianapolis Jan, 7, it was announced today by Oliver Quayle, treasurer of the National Committee and National Jackson Day Dinner chairman. Up until last night, the Hoosier Democrats had held out on agreeing to take part in this annual fundraising event for the National Committee. Only repeated telephone calls by Mr. Quayle finally brought the assurance that they will do so, he said. The assurance that Indiana Democrats would participate came from James L. Beattey Jr., State Committee secretary, who announced by telephone last night that Indiana would “be present” in in the national event.

Dinners in 46 States

“With the Indiana dinner assured, there will be Jackson Day dinners in 46 of the 48 states,” Mr. Quayle declared. He declined to say which states have refused to take part. As is customary, President Roose-

velt will attend the $100 a plate Jackson ‘Day dinner at the Mayflower Hotel here and his speech will be broadcast to the various state dinners and the nation. Under National Committee rules, the state dinners are sponsored by the Democratic National committeemen, committeewomen and the State chairmen. In Indiana, this would mean that Frank, McHale, Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston and Omer Stokes Jackson would be sponsors, but Mr. Quayle said that he had not been able to get them to agree on sponsoring the affair. He said he had telephone Senajor Minton at his home in New Albany and had solicited the aid of Senator VanNuys here in an effort to get Indiana lined up. The Hoosier Democrats failed to sponsor such a dinner last year, although they were held in 32 other states, he said.

EPIDEMIC HITS 3,500,000 WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 30 (U.P.). —A least 3,500,000 Poles or onetenth. of the population, have been aflicted by an epidemic of grip which apparently resulted from the recent unusual 'changes of temperature, medical authorities estimated today.

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