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Vandenberg. “May we always be friends.” ; Mr. Hopkins declared that since his nomination he has held daily conferences with business leaders, seeking a practical understanding of their problems. He believed that he could carry the duties of Secretary of Commerce “well.”

“If there hss been anyone who}

has had intimate experience with business, that’s myself,” he said. “I have bought and sold millions and millions" of dollars’ of goods from business. I havz been intimately in touch and acqusinted with the practical problems cf business.” “I think I cai do a good job in the commerce cepartment,” he declared. 2 He said that to the best of his knowledge he naver had registered as a Socialist in New York City. “I ‘get my politics from my father, and he was a Bryan Democrat.”

Grilléd on Sinclair

“Did you ever support Upton Sintlair and say taat ‘He is one of us'?” asked Mr. Vandenberg. “I can’t answer that,” Hopkins replied. Mr. Vandenber: read an excerpt from a book, entiiled “Jefferson, the Forgotten Man,” written by former Rep. Samuel E. Eettengill (D. Ind), which said that Mr. Hopkins “for years has -been a registered Socialist.” “Is that true?” ae asked. “To the best oi my knowledge I never was,” Mr. Hopkins said. “However, I do not wi-h to deny it.” Mr. Vandenberg recalled a press statement that M1. Hopkins had opposed a Vandenbe: 2 relief bill simply Jbscause Mr, Vandenberg was a Republican. : “I naturally assiime that the. bill is no good. Of fourse, I am opposed to anything ‘hat Senator Vandenberg would int:oduce,” Mr. Vandenberg quoted Hookins as saying. Mr. Hopkins sail that he “really didn’t recall it,” Eut that probably the quotation was “pretty close” to correct, “How are you ging to deal with business that has some Republicans in its ranks?” Mr. Vandenberg asked.

Certain Things Political

“My answer is that certain things are political,” Mr. Hopkins said, adding hastily that “rvzclief isn’t political.” : : Mr. Vandenberg znd Senator Ben-

nett C. Clark (D. Mo.) charged that relief rolls were increased in some states before last year’s election campaigns and decreased after the elections. : : “Of course,” Mr. Hopkins said slowly, “I know tha’ there are some persons so cynica® about public business that they would believe that relief rolls hac been increased for political purposes.” Mr. Hopkins’ voice trembled as he declared he “strongly resented” any implication tha: he believed that’ “people on r¢lief should be Subjeta: to petty | partisan poliics.” 3 “I have done my best to keep petty politics out of relief,” Mr. Hopkins said. :

TRANSOCEAN SERVICE BEGINS ST. JOHNS, New: oundland, Jan.

--11 (U. P.).—Wireless telephone serv-

ice from Newfoundland to England and Canada was inaugurated last night. Officials of Great Britain, Newfoundland and Canada exchanged greetings in the first conversation.

1 House Clears Way for Test | Vote on Relief Cut Friday;

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‘FREE SPEFCH REIGNS DESPITE TIME WASTE

Frankfurter Charged With Communist Leawings at Senate Hezring.

By RAYMOND ( LAPPER

Times Special V riter - : WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Free speech and the right o! petition are gréat cornersto our system of govern:uent and we stick to them, even wien it seems a waste of time. That is how it came about that cight United States Senators have ‘o give some hours of their time i: useless listening to witnesses opposing Dr, Felix Frankfurter for the Supreme Court. : The first witness tc appear before the Senate Judic: ry Subcommittee which sat soleiunly around its horseshoe dais, was 2 thin, elderly man, who iniroduc:d himself as Collis Redd, head of -the Constitutional Crusaders of ‘\merica. The Senators asked him wiom he represented. : : The old fellow replied that he was a committee of c¢ne, self-ap-pointed to represent tiie consumers, the unemployed, the cid-age pensioners—in fact everybody, he said, except the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. “You doc represent them?” one Senator zsked. “Not guilty,” the old fellow replied.

Hopes for Me: ling

‘The Senators let hin: talk a while and then asked him again about his “Constitutional ¢rusaders of America.” How mally members? Well, he hadn't com::ercialized it as yet. Ever have a meetin: of your organization? No, but ne hopes to have one soon. Seniors pressed him a little further and finally Mr. Redd said, “I am the whole works myself.” : The orie-man constitutional cru- . sader said Mr. Frankfu: ter was unfit to be on the Supreme Court because he wrote the NRA law. When senators asked him how 14 knew Mr. Frankfurter wrote the bill, he said everybody knew it. Some of the senators said they didn’t know it and what was his prooi. Mr. Redd fumbled helplessly amc:g his papers and promised to bring convincing proof later, That closed his case against Mr. Frankfurter,

Charge Frankfurter Is Communist Sympathizer

WASHINGTON, Jan. i1 (U, P.)— Two witnesses charged today that Prof. Felix Frankfurier supports Communist doctrines antagonistic to American Governme:ii and urged a Senate Judiciary subcommittee to reject his nomination to the Supreme Court. Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling. author of a book which listed many prominent officials as “Reds” and John B. Snow of New York, who identified himself as a director of the League for Constitutional Government, told the committee Prof. Frankfurter is a Communist sympathizer and unqualified for the court post. Senators,! however, continued to predict early confirmation of the 56-year-old Harvard Iaw School

professor.

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Hopkins Defends WPA Record

Subcommittee Challenges Roosevelt on Reduced Welfare Funds.

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indicated the cut would result in the discharge of 665,000 persons Feb. 1. Rep. Jerry Voorhis (D. Cal.) estimated the number at approximately 500,000.

Dual Attack: Certain

The present $725,000,000 figure was certain to be subjected to attacks from both sides. Mr. Voorhis said that unless some committee member acted first, he intended to offer an amendment returning the figure to $8175,000,000. : Rep. Clarence Cannon (D. Mo.) a committee member who said his own plans were indefinite, said the House was “full of members who: will seek to change the figure.” He predicted that amendments would range all the way from $300,000,000 to $2,000,000,000. . : But a strong Administration supporter admitted privately that the committee’s selection of $725,000,000 probably doomed any efforts to raise it to the President’s figure.

Pope Nomination Favorably Reported

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U.P). —The Senate Agriculture Committee in a five-minute session today favorably reported the nomination of former Senator James P. Pope (D. Idaho) to be a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Senator Elmer Thomas (D. Okla.,) said he will ask immediate consideration of the nomination when he presents the committee’s recommendation to the Senate tomorrow.

l. U. HEARS HILLIS CITE LEGION’S CHILD AIDS

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 11.—-Glen R. Hillis, Kakomo, American Legion National Child Welfare chairman, today told the Indiana University convocation that the Legion «last year spent $4.025,850 on 323,327 children in need of welfare. ‘He said there was a “growing mistaken tendency among our citizens” that the Government now cares for all child welfare problems. He said thai “all Governmental facilities have their limitations and no amount of money can overcome them.” ; Mr. Hillis was awarded honorary membership in the Blue Key Society “for outstanding services to the University.” The society is an honorary undergraduate organization for men.

DELIBERATES MONTH, THEN TAKES LIFE

NEW YORK, Jan. 11. (U. B.). — Deliberation failed to change Hans Frost's mind about living, and he has Joined his young wife and two children in death. He jumped under a subway train last Friday, was not identified for two days, and it was only today that the circumstances of his tragedy were recognized. : Frost, 35, came home a month ago to find his wife and two sons asphyxiated. One of the boys had strayed to the kitchen while his mother was asleep and playfully turned the stove jets on. Frost, griefstricken, drank a bottle of iodine but physicians saved him. He

waited a month, then jumped under a train.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County Deaths 3 (To Date)

1939 o00 0000s 1938 ..... ...

City Deaths ¢ (To Date) 5939 ......... 1938 . ....

Speeding ese

Reckless Driving ....

Running \ preferential sireets eee Running red lights ...... Jan. 9 Accidents .... Injured ...... Dead ........ Arrests .,..... 31

22 9 0

Drunken

driving soce 2

Others ....... 12

MEETINGS TODAY

Indiana Lumber and Builders’ Supply Association, state convenfion, Claypool Hotel, all day. Kiwanis Club, luncheor. Columbia Club,

noon. Lions Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington,

noon. : Indianapolis Apartment! Owners’ Associsation, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon.

Yous Men's Discussicn Club, dinner,

.M.C.A, 6p m. z : Purdue Alumni Associftion, luncheon, Severin Hotel, noon. Twelfth District American Legion, luncheon, Board of Trade, noor. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, luicheon, Board of Trade, noon. Delta Theta Tau, lunchzon, Seville Tavern, noon. Beverage Credit Group, luncheon, Hotel Warren, noon. Co-operative Club of Indianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. ’ Indiana Motor Traffic Association, lunchgon, Hotel Antlers, noon. = Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon,

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indiana Lumber and 3uilders’ Supply Association, state convention, Claypool

Public Nursing Assoclatio f Indi c Nursing Association of Indiana juncheon, Claypool Hotel, no na,

. Sigma Nu, luncheon, Hote! Washington,

oon. Adverlising Club of Indianzpolis, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. gma Chi, luncheon, Board of Trade, oon. American Business Club, iuncheon, Co-

{lumbia Club, noon

ne Paper Credit Group, - luncheon, Men’s Grille, the Willlam XI. Block Co,

noon. Acacia, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple, on. Radio Engineery Guild, meeting, Hotel Antlers, 8 p. m, Oil Club, luncheon, Severin Hotel, noon. Construction League o Indianapolis, luncheon, Architects and Builders Building,

noon. Indianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110 E. Ninth

3 +. 8 p. m. Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Cottage, | El noon.

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names of addressés.)

Sam J. Wagner, 29, Dana, Ind.; Qlive Jane Blythe, 18, Indianapolis. Louis Schoolcraft, 38, Martinsville; Orpha Watson, 36, of R. R. 7, Indianapolis. James M. Stutsman, 31, of 1952 Lawrence St.; Marjorie Aileen Durham, 24, of 2122 N. Rural St. §

BIRTHS } Boys Lloyd, Arvilva Burton, at City. Ralph, Esther Coffey, at Methodist. Cecil. Edna Matthews. at Methodist. Norval, Dorothy. Sharp, at Methodist. Robert, Anna Denny, at 840 S. omar. Sidney. Wilma Ellis. at 1731 N. Alton. Earl, Doris Miller, at 322 Villa, Girls jaromas, Martha Stafford, at St. Fran-

cis. Ben, Ruth Paller, Coleman. William, Margare owell, ‘at

ph, Herschel, Blanche Glenn, Ruth Juppeit, at Herbert. Francis Brookside.

"2263 Pierpornt,

DEATHS Ella A. Wells, 72, at City, cerebral

Indiana; eon, Hotel Washington, noon.

on. lis Real Estate Board, lunch-| FI n

thrombosis. Flora Clark, 71, at 1508 Barth, carci-

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EI EF ACT | ~ HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE?

mo A AAAAAS 22S:

OF 12 BABIES BORN ALIVE

Eliza Bowman Mill, 77, at 1 x York, cardio vascular renal aT Hew Sida DeLong, %2, at City, chronic nepH-

I Lawrence Taylor Foster . - cent's, brain Ay » 59, 8% 51 Vin harles ‘E. Herbert, 73, at 426 N. Noble vaidio Yasculge uel disease. ? y . reek, s - static pnemonia, at 53 Park: hypo Fred Mootz, 60, at Veterans, cornary Hetsis M. Reel, 53, at City, arterioscle-

thrombosis. Joseph Botts, 62, at Methodist, influenza. Florence Stine, 43, at 3419 W. wWashing-

ton, carcinoma 38, at 917 Maple, broncho-

Elijah Nelson, pneumonia. | Nancy Mize, 73, at 11612 S. Noble, cerebral apoplexy. JDanneker, 53, at 335

sie onora Nozthes, Sarjenol a. eneva Clark, 32, at 40 . - monary Luberéulois, 463 N. Ojney, pul arl E. De s 41, ar loon 41, at 1237 Cenrtal, Robert Eugene Briscoe, 9 months, at ony. bropchosphieumonia, av aylock, 9, at 2225 No mitral insufficiency. Northwestern,

OFFICIAL ‘WEATHER

By U. 8S. Weather Bureau INDIANAPOLIS, FORECAST — Partly cloudy tonight ard tomorrow; mot much

change in temperature; lowest tonight about 30. |

Sunrise

7:07 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —Jan, 11, 1938— . Ya.m........ 52 1p. meoseees. 8%

BAROMETER a

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 p, m... T Total precipitation sin hese Excess ‘since. Jan, Ente Jan Le ot MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Much cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; possibly rain or Snow tomorrow in extreme southwest portion; slightly colder tonight in extreme north portion. Illinois—Much cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; possibly rain or snow in extreme south portion; no decided change in tem-

perature.

Lower Michigan—Much cloudiness toBight and tomorrow; somewhat colder to-

Ohio—Cloudy tonight followed by rain {omorrow; not mich change in temperaKentucky—Cloucdy, followed by rain beginning late tonight or ro: slightly warmer in south portion tonight.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 Amarillo, Tex. ..... Cloudy 2044

Bismarck . Boston ... N

A. M. Temp. 34

his home near Lebanon.

Times Photo.

The day's session of the Legislature ended, Senator Ben Herr hurries to Municipal Airport, wheels out his own

plane, and flies to

The next day, he reverses the operation. The Senator, a farmer and grain dealer, learned to fly during his World War service and has operated his own plane 20 years. :

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (U. P.)— Albert N. Chaperau entered a surprise plea of guilty today to the indictment in which ny and Jack Benny, $12,000 a week radio comedian, are named on smuggling and conspiracy charges. The plea—Mr. Benny declared his

own innocence yesterday—led to reports Mr. Chaperau may testify for the Government when the comedian goes on trial Jan. 24. : Mr. Chaperau now faces a possible

.U. AIDIS GIVEN SERVICE AWARD

Junior Commerce Chamber Presents Citation to - Medical Artist.

James F. Glore, 30-year-old artist at the Indiana Medical Center, this afternoon was awarded the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce annual citation for outstanding civic service. The presentation was made at a combined luncheon of the Junior Chamber and the Kiwanis Club at the Columbia Club. The group was addressed by Philip C. Ebeling, ‘Dayton, president of the United States Junior Chamber on the significance of the Junior Chamber of Commerce movement. Mr. Glore, who has been connected with the Medical Center since 1932, has gained national recognition for his illustrations of medical subjects in magazines and textbooks. ig

‘Faith in Future’

“The young men of America have faith and confidence in the future of their country, and are not asking any subsidies,” Mr. Ebeling - said. “They have great faith in the system of individual enterprise and initiative.” Mr. Ebeling defined the Junior Chamber as an organization “wherein young men of Indianapolis may join in a friendly spirit to inculcate civic consciousness in its membership by means of active participation in constructive projects which will improve the City, State and Nation.” “The young men of Russia,” he sad, “are marching under the red banner of sommunism. The young men of Ttaly are wearing the black shirts of fascism, while the young men in Germany wear brown shirts of fascism. :

‘Effort and Peace’

“Thank God, the young men of America are wearing the white shirts of constructive effort and peace in the civic service organizations of and by young men both for a better Indianapolis, a finer Indiana and a greater America.” Among special guests invited to the luncheon were Herman B Wells, Indiana Univer president, who received the Indj§na Junior Chamber citation last September, and Dr. Clyde Culbertson and Henry T. Davis, Indianapolis Convention Bureau secretary-manager, both of whom are previous recipients of the local citation. : Others were Mayor Sullivan; WalI Howe, Vincennes, Indiana Junio amber president; heads of the Rotary, Exchange, Optimist and Lions Clubs; Dr. W. D. Gatch and J. H. B. Martin.

High school seniors who want to be aeronautical engineers should concentrate on their studies if competing for one of the Scripps-How-ard aviation scholarships just announced by The Indianapolis Times. There are no additional examinaions. No extra work will be required unless students themselves choose to make the most of their time by concentrating on their studies. Their scholastic records at the end of the school year will be a major factor in the competition. : ] The competition, therefore, will

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Chaperau Pleads Guilty; - Benny to Fight in Court

maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment . and a $40,000 fine through his plea of guilty in the Benny case and his conviction on similar charges involving Mrs. Edgar J. Lauer, wife of the State Supreme Court Justice. Mrs. Lauer also pleaded guilty. He has been scheduled fo go on trial today on a smuggling charge to which George Burns, stage and screen comedian, and member of the team of Burns and Allen, pleaded guilty. Chaperau plied the Atlantic carrying diplomatic papers from the Nicaraguan consul general which exempted him from customs inspection. He allegedly had his trunks packed with costly European clothes and jewels which he peddled to wealthy persons in the United States. Mr. Benny did not deny that he had received from Chaperau two gold, diamond-studded clips and one gold, diamond-studded bracelet, which he presumably presented his wife and partner in comedy, Mary Livingstone. He did deny that he had “knowingly committed any wrong” or that he. was “guilty of any criminal intent.” This defense was made in a typewritten statement handed out by Walter N. Thayer III, one of his lawyers. Mr. Benny himself said little. On his way into the Federal Building to appear before a Grand Jury he paused to accommodate autograph seekers but kept his lips clamped tightly around an unlighted cigar, :

NEW, YORK, Jan. 11 (U.P).— The three brothers of the late Philip Musica obtain their freedom on bail today, having promised to aid the Federal Government in unraveling the tangled affairs of McKesson & Robbins, Inc. Pleading guilty to violation of the Securities and Exchange Act, the brothers, who masqueraded as George Varnard and George and Robert Dietrich, said they wanted to help “in every possible way.” TU. S.|

would have complete liberty to obtain corroborating evidence for the story they promised to tell a Federal Grand Jury. Their pleas of guilty were said to have been arranged after Federal investigators had recovered certain private files Philip Musica, as F. Donald Coster, president of McKesson & Robbins, had removed from his Bridgeport, Conn., office before he committed suicide last month.

GERMAN PAPER HITS MOONEY’S RELEASE

BERLIN, Jan. 11 (U. P))—The Voelkischer Beobachtfer referred to the pardon of Thomas J. Mooney as a “deal” today and said “curious conditions” surrounded his release. “Since it is recalled that Tom Mooney, despite his demonstrated innocence spent his life in jail because he supposedly protested against incitement to war in the United States, his liberation seems to have been the result of a deal,” the newspaper said. : . Quoting Mooney as saying that he would devote himself to fighting reactionary elements, the newspaper said his release was not “a sense of justice on the part of the new California Governor Olson and not the liberation campaign carried out with popular festivals and film stars,” but his “promise to place himself, after his liberation, at the

by day standings, which make up the of :

disposal of American propaganda.”

When—at the end of the school year—the records of all competing students are turned over to the local Scholarship Board, character and the ability to carry on in the aeronautical industry will be considered along with the scholastic record. The decision of the judges shall be final. Because of differences in the number of credits required to enter various institutions, competing boys are urged to watch | entrance requirements of the colleges and schools participating in the scholarship plan. These will be carried in The Times. .

Attorney Lamar Hardy said they|

| Fireworks Ban Is Sought

In Bill Introduced In House.

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states. Residents of the State who “feel aggrieved” by any orders of the Commission may file an appeal within 30 days of the orders. : The original Anti-Nepotism Act was passed in 1921. It reportedly was repealed in the last Legislature to enable Goyernor Townsend to appoint his son, Max, to a State office. Two of the House bills to repeal the truck weight tax law and to appropriate $625,000 for refund to truckers who have paid the fax under this act were recommitted from the Roads to the Ways and Means Committee. i A total of 24 bills were introduced befofe the two houses recessed until 10 a. m, tomorrow. Other House measures introduced would: Enable townships to procure insurance policies for members of volunteer fire departments. Pre-

' | miums would be paid from fownship funds. .The policies would

provide that firemen injured in line of duty would receive a weekly indemnity of not less than $15, but the aggregate amount of indemnity could not exceed $1000. In event of death of a fireman in line of duty his dependents would receive not less than $2000. Amend the gross income tax to reduce the rate paid by retailers from 1 per cent to one-half of one per cent and fix the retailers exemption at $1000, the exemption now granted to every one else. At present retailers have a $3000 exemption. Require that women pay the same poll tax as men. \ : Enable all persons graduated from accredited law schools to be admitted to the bar. At present graduates are required to pass the examination conducted by the State Board of Bar Examiners before the Indiana Supreme = Court - admits them to practice. :

Provides I. U. Branch

Provide for the establishment of a branch of Indiana University in Lake County. : Grant an exemption of $1000 for payment of gross income tax on money inherited or derived from court sales of real estate. Reduce the yearly hunting and fishing license for women who are residents of the state from $1.50 to 50 cents. Require county officials to cut down all weeds growing within the limits of county highway rights-of-way. The act would apply only between June 15 and Sept. 1. Bring mines employing 10 men or less under supervision of the State Labor Division. Operators of these miners would have to obtain an annual $2 license. Before the license would be issued the operators would have to show that workers were adequately protected by workmen’s compensation, These mines also would be subject to the same inspetcion provisions now exercised against larger mines. i Increase workmen’s compensation payments for specific injuries to workers. In cases where a person is receiving yment for an injury which later develops into total disability, the amount of money received before the total disability would not be deducted from the amount he would receive for total disability. ; Enable persons who have filed their candidacy for a primary election to withdraw their names by filing notice any time up to 25 days of the primary election. At present the final date for withdrawing is the same as the final date for declarnig candidacy. Other Senate bills would: . Cut interest rates on judgments to a maximum of 6 per cent per annum. Clear titles on county, real estate to permit the county to sell land regardless of judgments against the land. Give school trustees the right to dispose of obsolete school buildings after the property has reverted to the original owners. Allow married women to be sued on the same basis as single women. Aholish certain restrictions under present law. Compel apportionment for Senators every six years as provided by the Constitution.

Encourages Volunteers

Encourage formation of volunteer fire departments by allowing a tax exemption for members and requires municipalities to carry insurance on them. Provide that County treasurers remit to schools $800 a year for each elementary instructor and $1000 a year for each high school instructor. Meanwhile, the Senate Public Policy Committee planned a meeting next week to consider further a bill to abolish the beer importer system. The committee disagreed yesterday over a provision to move up tavern closing hours. At the meeting Senator Walter S. Chambers (D. New Castle) predicted that “local option” would be forced on Indiana if the tavern closing hour was not changed from 1 a. m. to midnight. } Another bill, designed to relieve congestion of court dockets and to guarantee that all cases be heard by

Remember, Seniors! Your Grade Cards Count Plenty in Times Air Scholarship

address and the name of his high school to the Aviation Scholarship Editor of The Indianapolis Times before Jan. 23. Seniors who will be graduated either in February or in June this year are eligible. The aviation industry offers fine possibilities for future careers, especially to young men with sound technical training. With interest increasing in aviation, both civil and military, the future should open new opportunities to boys with a flair for mechanics and science. : No person connected with The

Boys who are seniors in Marion

tion, or any

. {nounced. It is being sponsored by

Indianapolis Times or any Scripps-(] Howard organiza : |

Senate Unanimously Motion to Sift Textbook Sale; Awaits Attack on Gross Ta

Passes

qualified judges, is being prepared for introduction soon, Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D. Evansville) an-

the Indiana Judicial Council. The bill would provide that all county court judges in each of five districts to be set up would name one among their number to serve as presiding judge. : . The presiding judge would be authorized to transfer judges from one court to another to serve either as judge pro tem. or to aid a court in clearing up its dockets. Upon request of the Appellate Court, the presiding judges also could assign judges from their districts to aid that court in clearing the cases from its calendar. It would be impossible under the measure for a judge to name some lawyer in his circuit to sit during his absence. Rep. Denton, who is an attorney, said this provision ‘would guarantee that a properly qualified jurist was on the bench at all times. Municipal courts in Indiahapolis are expected to be included under provisions of the bill, buf police and mayor’s courts of other cities would be exempt. The Indiana Judicial Council, which was established by a previous Legislature, is composed of one Supreme and one Appellate Court judge, one Republican and one Democratic Circuit Court judge, a Republican: and a Democratic attorney and the chairmen of the Judiciary “A” committees of both the House and the Senate.

Sight G. O. P. Move

Further moves. to change the method of collecting the gross income tax probably will come from the Republican side with another Senate measure to that effect already in the process of being drafted, it was réported. t The move to change the method of collecting the gross income tax probably will come from the Republican side with a Senate measure to that effect already in the process of being drafted, it was reported. The change in the method of distribution” probably will come from large city delegations and will be opposed by rural Legislators, it was said. The Senate bill being planned would take the collection from the hands of a central division and place it under jurisdiction of various County Treasurers. This would save $500,000 in administrative costs annually, its proponents claim. Under the present setup, the gross tax receipts are placed in the general fund and then distributed to counties according to teaching units. A teaching unit consists of 25 high school or 35 elementary pupils. This method of distribution will be under fire in measures reportedly being prepared by leaders of the urban delegations. The three Republican election reform measures were written by a committee headed by George L. Denny, Indianapolis attorney and former Marion County Election Commissioner. ‘ A bill providing for central counting of primary ballots would require each ballot box to be delivered to the precinct board after voting has stopped, The box then would be closed with a seal issued’ by the County Election Board for that purpose.

The boxes thén would be delivered

cluding those mutilated or um would be locked in the box af they are - counted. They would available for recount proceedings other investigations. Central counting board employees would be evenly divided between the

‘a member of the Board cf Election Commissioners. The precinct board members would not have to live in the precinct but only in the. town ship where they serve. : The recount measure provides that any candidate may petition for a recount in any precinct where he believes there has been an unfair count, : % Under the registration bill the County Clerk must notify any per son whose name is to be removed from the registration lis: because of failure to vote in the last primary or general election. : ; 2 If the voter did not register, his name would be taken from the lists, = The measure also provides that registration lists must be given to the party chairman within 10 days preceding the election. Corrections then could be made only by affidavit by the County Clerk stating that there has been ‘a clerical error.

Get Election Bills

Three election bills already have been introduced in the Senate. Like Two of them, introduced by Democrats and providing for a central recount bureau and giving the Supreme Court jurisdiction over re= counts, have been reported out of committee and recommeded for passage. The third would amend the pri= mary law to provide that signatures on candidate petitions would be counted only on. the first petition. - This measure is still in committee. Senator Chambers, in advocating the change in tavern closing time contained in the liquor bill of Senator Walter Arnold (I). South’ Bend), told the Public Policy Com=: mittee, of which he is a member, that “If smaller cities are not allowed to close their taverns at midnight, the people will force us to push through a measure for local option.” : Senators Chambers, Bruce Lane (R. Bainbridge) and William: Jenner (R. Shoals) supported the proposed change while Senators Victor Aldridge (D. Terre Haute) and Joseph E. Sexton (D. Indianapolis) opposed moving up the closing time. The closing hour point is one of several in a bill sponsored by Senator Arnold which would also’ allow wholesalers to import and sell’ anywhere in the state. {

Would Restrict Sales

The committee did agree that no liquor should be sold “on time.” “This will keep WPA workers from

spending money on liquor which should be going to their femilies,”: Senator Lane said. The Senate Labor Committee rec=ommended that a bill repealing ob=: solete indenture laws which permit. children to be “bound out” be reported out for passage. A : to amend the Workmen's Compens=, sation Law increasing benefits to a $24.75 a week maximum was held. by the Committee for further con-: sideration as was Senator Jacob Weiss’ .25-cent minimum wage pmeasure.

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