Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1939 — Page 8

BSenate Kills Move to Repeal

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yndicalism Law, 46 to 2;

| : Upper House Overrides | Arnold, Payton Pleas for “Free Speech.’

The Senate today killed on second reading the bill to repeal the 1919 Syndicalism Law, 46 to 2, overriding pleas of Senators Walter Arnold and Eugene | Payton, both South Bend

mocrats. De ouse, meanwhile, adopted favorable committee reports on three of five Republican-indorsed election! law reform measures, including the controversial recount bill. | The Senate Public Health Com--mitte recommended for passage the House bill which would authorize the State Health Board to purchase and disttibute pneumonia, smallpox, diphtheria and typhoid serum to - needy persons. The 1919 Syndicalism Law prohibits issuing of any statement, political or otherwise, which advocates a change [of government. The bill to repeal this act was considered by the Senate on second reading today. Senator Arnold, its author, spoke in defense of the measure. “This/ law was passed in 1919 when we were all in a dither,” he said. “The aftermath of the law was almost unpredictable. Whenever a fanatical organization heard of a leftist speech it turned the wheels of ‘court prosecution into persecution. | : OE ‘pereon who spoke in the northeastern part of the state some time ago was convicted under this law and the Supreme Court of Indiana reversed the decision of the lower court saying ‘If the interpretation of the trial court were to prevail, the | ‘act itself would be unconstitutional.’ ? The motion to kill the bill was introduced by Senator O. Bruce Lane (R. Bainbridge), who said: “We must protect the Stars and Stripes.” Senator. Elliott Conroy (D. Hammond) |asked that the motion prevail “in the name of the American Legion. |

: { ? | Affects Patronage

Two major measures introduced yesterday afternoon were being studied in Senate committees. One

of these would remove the Governor’s appointive power over personnel of State institutions and place nearly 5000 employees on a merit basis. The other was the Democratic Senate, Caucus liquor bill which would abolish the importer system and remove the distribution of wholesale licenses from the present - political patronage basis. Although no local option liquor laws have been introduced, one has been drafted and may be brought into the House from the Republican side within the next few days. The; Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference joined the Anti-Saloon League in asking for the passage of a local option law. A letter. sent by the Conference yesterday pointed out that the organization represented 123,000 members, approxinately 70,000 of whom are voters in the State. Many Republican Representatives are said to be dissatisfied with the liquor measure introduced by their State Committee, and this bill is expected to be subject to revision on the fioor of the House.

Senate Gets Measures

‘Other Senate bills introduced today would: Require all candidates for judicial offices in the State to be admitted to practice at the bar of the State Supreme Court. _ Abolish County Tax Adjustment Boards and return their duties fo the county council. Clarify law exempting from prope..y taxation real estate obtained on forclosure. Provide for licensing and regulation of plumbers (indorsed by the State Health Board). Regulate dry cleaning establishments. Amend the law to permit credit companies to petition by writing instead of personally in establishing a corporation. Give fire marshal power to arrest and to exact penalties in violations of State fire laws.

Tax Bill Reported

Reported favorably by the House Ways and Means Committee today was the measure introduced by Rep. Chester V. Parker (R. Pittsboro) to provide a new method of distributing State-collected: motor vehicle and gasoline tax funds back to cities, towns and counties. Representatives from metropolitan areas are expected to oppose this measure which provides the largest proportional benefits to small counties. This bill would prohibit diversion of $1,225,000 annually from the highway account to the State general fund and would reduce the amount of money available to the State Highway Commission approximately $1,376,000 annually, After distribution was made | to cities and towns which would be 25 per cent larger than at present, the bill would split the amount oo lected evenly between the State Highway Commission and the coun es. |

P.-T. A. Opposes Bills

The Marion County ParentTeacher Associations announced their opposition to bills to license vending machines, which now are pending in House committees, According to Rep. Paul S. Brady (R. Muncie), chairman of the Criminal Codes Committee, one of these measures actually would legalize slot machines, while the other ~ would merely license vending ma-

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chines and return the State an estimated $500,000 annually in revenue. To lessen the pressure from outside groups, members of the House Ways and Means Committee decided yesterday afternoon to smother in committee, various bills calling for increased appropriations. Committee records show that these bills were continued for definite stated periods, but members indicated that none would be reported to the floor of the House. Included in this list is the measure to require transfer of two million dollars from the State general fund to the State Highway

DISCUSS STATE. SPENDING CUT

Party Leaders, Townsend Confer on Ways to Increase Income.

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schools and the payments to public school teachers, the budget .committee’s proposed appropriation for the next biennium aciually shows a reduction in the amount set aside for other departments,” the Governor said. . >

‘Partisan’ Charge Made ~

The Senate Republican resolution asking a flat 10 per cent cut in appropriations allowed state departments, exclusive of penal, educational, benevolent and welfare aid, brought protests from the Democratic side: that the resolution was “partisan.” f Senator Walter Vermillion (D. Anderson),- member of the State Budget Committee, asked that a bipartisan group from both Senate and House get together and “instigate a bipartisan investigation of the budget.” He charged Senator Jenner with engineering a minority report on a bill to increase the State cost by $2,000,000.” “Let’s get members from both houses and meet with the Governor,” Senator Vermillion said. : Senator Eugene Payton (D. South Bend) also charged that the move was partisan. Senator Vermillion moved the resolution ‘be made -a special order of business “until we know something about the budget and state costs.” Senator Jenner replied to the Democratic Senators that “you know you can’t spend more than you take in and isn’t it true that the people of Indiana are demanding relief from appalling expenses.” Senator E. Curtis White (D. Indianapolis), majority floor leader, also charged it was a partisan measure. He asked that the resolution be sent to the Finance Committee. . ¥en : Senator. William D. Hardy (D. Evansville) said “this resolution is not the business-like way to approach the problem.” On the motion of Senator John Webb (D. Indianapolis) the resolution was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration. *

Shows Income Insufficient

Total estimated income of the State for the fiscal year 1939-40 would be $34,049,541 as compared with proposed budgeted expenditures of $41,759,171. For the fiscal year 1940-41, income would be $35,330,681 as compared with budgeted expenditures of $40,855,085. Edward P. Brennan, State Board of Accounts chief examiner, who aided in drafting the proposed new biennial budget, said that income estimates were based on the amount now being collected by the State. “There was no gamble in our figures that the estimated amount to be collected under the Gross Incomg Tax would be greater than the‘ amount now being collected,” he said. While the new biennium budget does not contain the $3,000,000 building program item which was in 1937-39 biennial appropriation measure, it has the following biennial increases: $1,800,000 for colleges; $1,772,000 for institution maintenance, and $1,900,000 increase in payments to public school teachers, 2

Cites Teacher Expense

In explaining the gradual reductions of the State’s balance, especially since the 1937 legislative session, the Governor pointed out that that session increased the State's distribution to teachers from $500 to $700, resulting in an added annual expense to the State of $4,000,000. In addition, that session reduced the age limit for old-age pensioners from 70 to 65 years, with an added expenditure for the current year of $2,000,000. This portion of the welfare program, Mr. Brennan said, is expected to increase some for several years before leveling off.

Commission account. Rep. Edward H. Stein (D. Bloomfield) attempted to prohibit the introduction of this bill on the grounds that “it would seriously endanger the = State’s financial position.” sg The amount in question was borrowed from the State Highway Commission account and placed in the general fund several years ago, and the measure would require pay=ment of this loan. - Other measures scheduled to die in the Ways and Means Committee are House bills to reduce the number of students forming a unit for the purpose of distributing State aid to teachers from 35 to 30, changing the method of recording students from the average attendance to the enrollment basis, and to provide an,annual appropriation of $3700 from State funds for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

$700 a Unit

The State now pays $700 a unit to defray part of the expenses of teachers’ salaries. Robert H. Wyatt, of the State Teachers Association, explained that the bill to reduce the number, of students in a unit would result in the establishment of 1338 units and cost the State $936,000 annually, which amount would be taken off of local property’ taxes. . 3 Propenents of this measure explained that the bill would “correct existing inequalities in the distribution system” and would benefit progressive counties which have hired more teachers than they have

units, Killed outright by the committee was the bill to appropriate $250,000 a year for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries in public schools.. Half of

from State funds. Measures: to be reported out favorably by the committee in the House today were House bills to: Create a new method of distributing State-collected gasoline and motor vehicle tax funds to local governmental units.

$12 a Week for Handicapped

Amend the. vocational rehabilitation act to, enable the State to provide $12 a week for 36 weeks for

sons taking vocational training. Tire State and Federal Governments now pay the actual cost of the training courses, but it explained that many persons /cannot take advantage of this program because they lack funds upon'which to live while they are studying.

Provide for the licensing and regulation of watchmakers by a board of five members to be appointed by the Governor.

Appropriate money necessary to

records as required by law. Representatives from larger cities did not support the Parker bill on distribution of motor vehicle funds. A second measure on this subject introduced by Rep. Daniel L. Bower (D. Indianapolis) would return the

method which gavé more populous counties a gréater share of the funds. Under the Parker bill the counties’ share of the distribution would be divided two-fifths on basis of registration of motor vehicles, twofifths on the actual road mileage in each county and one-fifth equally among all the counties. The measure would prohibit the diversion of $1,225,000 into the general fund, and would ignore any distribution on the basis of number of vehicular miles traveled.

“An Involved Process”

“The computing of the vehicular miles is an involved process that uses .up funds which could better be used for actual construction work. By figuring registration and miles of roads it is possible to estimate the vehicular miles very closely,” he said. Marion County Attorney John Linder, speaking for the County Commissioner’s Association, suggested a compromise method of distributing the counties’ share on a basis of one-third for road mileage, one-third for registration and onethird for vehicular registration. It was indicated that Rep. Bower’s bill may. be withdrawn and a measure containing Mr. Linder’s proposal be introduced in the House within the next few days. Contending Marion County is in need of additional road funcls, Mr. Linder said there were 70,000 people living on 12,000: of County roads located outside Indianapolis. Some of these roads have a vehicular count of 400 automobiles a day. It was explained .that by basing the distribution in part on vehicular miles the more populous counties benefit.

WHELDEN REAPPOINTED

Mayor Sullivan today reappointed George T. Whelden, 2128 N. Alabama St., a real estate broker, to the Board of Zoning Appeals for four-year term.

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Measure Defeated, 53 to 46; Broadening of Inquiry Wins in Committee.

A resolution to refer “Adventures in Appreciation,” schoolbook under attack in the House, to a committee of clergymen was turned down today by the lower chamber, 53 to 46, after a floor fight interspersed with cheers and “boos.” Another resolution asking that the Senate Investigating Committee extend its inquiry to include teaching methods and textbooks) with particular attention to “Adventures in Appreciation,” has been approved by the House Public Morals Committee. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee

. {announced it has called L. A. Pit-

tenger, Ball State Teachers’ College president and State Board of Education member, to testify on textbook adoption methods this afternoon. ; ‘Today’s measure, introduced by Rep. Edward Stein (D. Bloomfield), minority floor leader, would have referred the book to. a committee composed of a Catholic priest, Protestant minister and a Jewish Rabbi to be appointed by the Speaker."

Backs Brady Move

In defense of the resolution of Rep. Paul S. Brady (R. Muncie) to extend the Senate textbook investigation to include alleged immoral statements in school texts, Rep. Glenn ‘A. Markland ' (R. Zionsville) said: “I am sure every member of the House was shocked by the passages

read - the text ‘Adven Appreciation’ by Rep. Brady. Most of the objections came to a play, ‘Yellow Jack’ which seems to concommunistic propaganda.” ‘ ? He read speeches of a character

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Karl Marx. “I am opposed to the resolution of Rep. Stein since it seems to. be a step to delay action on this matter,” Rep. Markland said. : Rep. Arnold S. Nahand (D. Indianapolis) then asked if Rep. Markland objected to the teachings of Shakesperean plays in: the schools, and Rep. Markland said he thought these classical works were all right.

Asks for Fairness

“Let us be fair about this thing,” Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D. Evans-! ville) said. “You can take passages; out of any book, even the works of Shakespeare, and find similar passages. “Before we condemn anyone let us have a further study. Let the persons responsible have their day in court.” - 0 Rep. Stein in defense of his motion to refer the text to a special committee said: “There is a political flavor to this thing. I am asking you to handle this question in a statesmanlike manner. That was the purpose of my resolution. That is why I want this book referred to experts. I am not opposed. to the attempt to extend | this investigation. I will vote for the Brady resolution and I think most of us over here will.” The chair put the question not on the motion of Rep. Evans to refer the Stein resolution to committee but upon the Stein resolution itself, which calls for the study by the special committee. Democratic members said they sought to prevent the Republicans from capitalizing politically on the Brady resolution since this text was

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The 1937 Legislature also refunded to non-residents inheritance tax-payments of $701,591. The State’s balance was further reduced by the Special Session of 1938 .which set aside $5,329,750 of State funds to match Federal grants for an institutions building program and returned $2,000,000 for that year to counties as a reimbursement for a portion of the counties’ welfare costs. The reduction in the State’s balance resulting from actions of the 1937 regular and 1938 special sessions, and from the anticipated increases this session in State university and institutional mainten-

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