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. States Government to a French Air

'D.); Bridges, (R. N. H.), and Gur-

. gency defense program to increase the fighting strength of the air

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‘Week of Defense Debate Opens;

a Follette Committee Urges| estraint of Industrial Police

Hull Indorses Policies, Calls Armament ‘Sacred Duty.’

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. PJ). —The Senate Military Affairs Committee today rejected, 10 to 6, a proposal to make public its record concerning. the aid given by the United

Mission that proposes to buy about 600 new American-made fighting

planes. Chairman Sheppard (D. Tex.) said that the Committee's action was based upon the belief ‘that “faith should be kept” with witnesses who had testified in secret. Senator Bennett Champ Clark (D. Mo.) who led a bipartisan group seeking to disclose details of the aid given France, offered the motion. : Senators = supporting Senator Clark here were Lundeen (F.-L. Minn.); Austin (R. Vt.); Nye (R.N.

ney (R. S. D.). : The other Democrats, including Senator Minton (D. Ind.), voted against the motion, along with Senator Holman (R. Ore.). The meeting of the Military Affairs Committee today began a week in which the House is expected to complete work on President Roosevelt’s request for an emer-

force to 5500 planes within 18 months.

Debate Starts Today

Debate on the 376-million-dollar bill providing for more than 3000 new planes, additional fortifications for the Panama Canal Zone, placing of “educational” orders with indus-

ing program for new pilots, was scheduled to begin today. But leaders’ plans to adjourn the House a few minutes after meeting at noon in tribute to the late Pope Pius Xl will postpone action until tomorrow. In a radio address last night, sponsored by the United States New York World's Fair Commission and broadcast nation-wide and by short wave abroad by the National Broadcasting Co., Mr. Hull declared that it was a “sacred duty” to strengthen defense forces when the specter of a major war “haunts the world.”

Supreme Court Film

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U.P) .— The Supreme Cpurt, in a decision characterized by Government officials as of far-reaching significance today upheld validity of an’ anti~ trust decree enjoining movie distributors from enforcing price restrictions on exhibitors. The decree was _ issued by the Northern Texas Federal District Court. It enjoined eight major distributors from enforcing contractual prohibitions against exhibiting certain “A” films as part of double feature programs or in theaters charging less than 25 cents for evening performances. “The decision,” Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson declared, “upholding the application of the antitrust laws to agreements affecting copyrighted and, by inference, patented articles is one of the most significant to the enforcement of the ‘antitrust laws ever handed down.” Mr. Jagkson explained that he believed the ruling might open the way toward application of antitrust laws to numerous copyrighted and patented articles previously held by the Supreme Court to be legal monopolies. subject to complete control of the copyright or patent

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

CLARK move to publicize phone deal defeated.

MARITIME Commission reveals strides in Merchant Marine rehabilitation, ROOSEVELT captivated by Ft. Wayne housing experiment.

LA FOLLETTE committee asks curb on private police. ‘' LUDLOW. lodges protests on Southern rail ‘rates, putting churches under social security. SUPREME COURT upholds injunction against double feature bans. RESOURCES planning on permanent basis asked.

DR. TOWNSEND to appear before House Committee. ” ”® ”

( (Tow They Voted, » Page 16)

U.S. REPORTED GAINING ON SEAS

Maritime Commission Says ‘Long and Dangerous’. Decline Checked.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.) — The Maritime Commission reported to Congress today that the United States was well on the' way to be-

coming a first-rate maritime power and re-emphasized the importance of a merchant fleet as a naval auxiliary in time of war. “Rehabilitation of the merchant marine is definitely under way,” the Commission's annual report said. “The long and dangerous decline of our merchant fleet has been checked, the process reversed, and. progress forward has begun. “prospects for the return of the American flag to a place upon the seas commensurate with our country’s position as a world power are the brightest in many years.” ~

Proposals Come Later

The report contained no recommendations for legislation, but the commission indicated it would suggest some later. In the first full year of its operation, the Commission declared it had more than fulfilled its self-im-posed quota of 50 new ships a year for 10 years. At the end of the calendar year, 1938, the report disclosed, the commission had 52 new ships of 425, 000 gross tons under construction in conjunction with private operators «or for its own account. The majority of these probably will be launched this year and will be ready to take their place on trade routes by 1940.

Ludlow Lodges Double Protest

Trmes Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. — Rep. ouis Ludlow (D. Ind.) made a ouble protest in Congress today, first against a series of bills designed - to reduce southern freight rates and secondly against placing employees of churches and religious organizations under the: Social Security Act. “Unless our industrialists in, Indiana and other northern states wake up to this so-called movement to ‘life interterritorial freight rate barriers they may find themselves badly hurt,” Rep. Ludlow declared. “In the South the manufacturers

holders.

have natural and statutory ad-

| Reports on Study of}?

Harlan and “Little Steel” Strike.

WASHINGTON, Feb, 13 (U. P.).—

. |The Senate Civil Liberties Commit-

tee today recommended that Congress enact legislation to restrick the functioning of industrial police systems and prohibit labor espionage, shadowing, coercing and intimidation of workers. The recommendations were based on the Committee’s inquiry into industrial strife and particularly its examination of conditions in Harlan County, Ky., and the Republic Steel Corp., prior to and during the socalled “Little Steel” strike of 1937. The committee, headed by Sen‘ator Robert M. La Follette Jr., (Prog. Wis.), advised the Senate that it is drafting legislation to cover its recommendations. The report is the second of a series by the committee. " “Functions of private police systems must be restricted to the protection of plant and property,” the Committee said. “Employers using the channels of interstate commerce should not be permitted to spread and perpetuate a system of repressing the civil rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and Federal legislation.” The committee said it did not seek to curtail rights of employers to police and protect Industrial property and premises.

Hits Criminal Guards

“In only cone respect does it seem advisable to regulate the personnel which employers may hire,” the committee said, “and that is to prohibit the employment as armed guards of persons who have previous criminal records showing a tendency toward violence or the gsngerons use of deadly weapons.

“Legislative remedies, in the opinion of the committe, should be aimed to prohibit the .practice of labor espionage and the shadowing, coercion and intimidation of workers in ordinary times and to restrict company police to company property in times of strike. “A statutory prohibition of these practices by private police systems, carefully defined, will also cover the similar practices of detective and strikebreaking agencies. “ “Where private police systems are used as instruments of antiunion policy they .abridge and violate the rights of labor guaranteed by Federal statutes, result in riots and bloodshed and endanger the public safety,” the Committee

‘reported.

Roosevelt Urges

Resources Planning

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U, P.). —President Roosevelt today asked Congress to provide legislation establishing Government resources planning on a permanent basis.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.). —The House Ways and Means Committee today agreed to hear Dr. Francis E. Townsend, advocate of more liberal old-age pensions, and two Senators backing his plan. They will testify on Thursday. The Senators Pepper (D. Fla.) who introduced the Townsend bill in the Senate, and Nye &. N. D).

vantages which northern manufacturers do not have.” His protest against . placing church and religious employees under social security was filed with the Ways and Means Committee. Such action would violate the American principle of separation of

‘church and state, Rep. Ludlow con-

tends.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record! 25.

(To Date) 7| Reckless

driving ...

Running preferential streets .

City Deaths (To Date) 1939 1938 -..

Feb. 11-12 Injured : Accidents .... Dead .....cen Arrests ...:.. MEETINGS TODAY

Observance of Lincoln's BirthFR and public buildings closed. Apparel Club, convention, ClayClub,’ luncheon, Board of Service” Cia. Hotel Lincoln, oon. Republican Clap, Washington St., 8 p Hid OE a. Board. ‘of Trade,

dinner, 48

Drunken driving ....

Others ..

0 31

1 24 0 87

ntec luncheon, meeting,

is | Prose Jiup,

Circle, Sid

e ea or, Muncheon, Canary /| Ho

Coylage. Dame Club, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. - Central Labok Union, meeting, Plumbers

inaustrial Union Council, meeting, Amal- &

diana. University Club, luncheon, Co-

lumbia Club,

MEETII:GS TOMORROW Men’s Apparel Club, convention, ClayPoa ha on Social Work, meet-

oe S ilon of Credit Men,

0 p. m. Association of Ingis a, Fai Sa 370 10 aur r Bullding. tate Fair r il ders’ ASS. dinner, a He

aS olary Ciub, ahs, TM e1aypool Hotel,

Bo sha Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of

Tey fo. Clu Club. luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,

nM oMercator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, BO miversal Club. luncheon, Columbia Club, TD niversit Lof Mi Michigan Club, luncheon;

Board mi oh of Cola OO ws, juncheon, Hotel

0 washiision. n Shavio Club, Cottage, noon.

— MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records ‘ _in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.) : :

a of Pn wright ;

130th St.

luncheon, Canary | J

John Paul Gessner, 29, of Indianapolis; {Margaret Alice Porter, 30, of Indianapolis. Morris Ambrose Ludwig,

R..R. 3, B ‘Harold H. Sudmeyer, 31. of 37 N. Ban. croft St.; Lounetts Lovell, 33;. 01 2805 E Michigan’ St. William Thomas Stewari. 29, of «44 W. Vermont St.; Ollie Belle Terry, 23, _ 549 Locke St. William Robert Prim, 26. of 718 W, 25th St.; Catherine Marie Laine, 19, of 245 Columbia Ave. Norman Foster Conway, 22, of Muness, Ind.; Mary Jane Kemer, 21, of 2106 E

James Howard Sinecla‘r. 26, of 616 Oakiand Ave.; Evelyn Bernice Venitz, 23, of 1018 St. Paul St. Ernest Elwuvod ‘Roberts, 34, of Anderson, nes wBernice | Eleanor: Meredith, 27, of 1819 Herman Albert Schmink, 24, of 446 Good let St.; Bathara Delores Farcas, 20, of 712

Arnold Alfor "Mallory, 30, ot 1620 N, Pennsylvania a: Mary P. “Johnson; 217, of 1620 N Pennsylvania St Paul McDonald Artis, 24, of 3341 College Ave.; Margaret Edith Pfenning, 29, of 3445 Winthrop Ave John William Protey. 22, of 1618 Asbury St.; Madge Norma Yarb:ough, 21, of 1312 ‘Guilford Ave. George Andrew Crook, ot 2728 W. mont St.; Jessie P. Mitchell, 27, of N. Tibbs Ave, ) : Raymond A LaBote. ~of Detroit, Mich.s Florence E. Posi 29, of Antlers

Charles Park Jr... 20, of Needham, ind: Reba Jean Polland, 18: of New Bethe Ri t Bradshav. 3 ot 114 13% ol East St.

Harden Johnson N. ‘Ta:

J arviele” ad er, i i i338 N.

John” Francis. Smith, 30; of 1809 Westview give: Esther Elizabeth’ Morris; 29, of

ilfor Koers, 22, of 635 N

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Aymo! f Rober rta O'Connell,

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23, of Oxterd of

N a alc. 23. of 2158 Ransdell Si: Iva Mae Studebaker. 31.

Thaddeus Williamé McFall. 39. of Flint. Mich: Ol Gladys Elizabet Rollins, 39, of Phillip Mn McVickers. , 20. of R. R. 10. Box 167: 1ols Mary Borden, 25, of 1522 Broadwa4)

ford

BIRTHS . Boys Russell, Mary Arbuckle, at Methodist. Francis. Crisella Hoadley. at Methodist. ohn, Bobbye Colyer, at Methodis William, Ruth Dugan, at Metho ise William, Ms aret Moeller, at Methodist. William uline yaughn, at City. Alfred. Pal Haley, Walter. Donald, Ratan Homeie:, at St. Thomas, Minnie Roberts at St. Francis, Lucille, Cecil Shutters, al St. Francis. ames, Mary Farar, at St. Francis. Girls Kenneth, Grace Tou iL at Coleman, Marion, Lavalda Gli den, at § Chlem n. Charles, Mildred Rusher. at leman Nick, Edna Schmaltz. at Seman, : Henry, Irene Baker, at Boyan, yelma Smee. ai at oline Bee.

Raul. ' Helen Oren, at ‘Metnodist:

Thomas, Joan Arnold, at" Methodist

of R. R. 3, gorporate. halle T Box 898; Leona Elizabeth Starkey, 21, of | Ass Grand 0X

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ity. agdalen Sackwell at Coleman. | Bost Prancis. | Chi

Atucles of reorganization of The Gran View etery Assn. Judor Sa View Best Caond ometery

te, fal a “30 shares of 3560 par par Ln? mendment of articles of incorpor ~{of 2 Walsrove orp. , increasing capital Bion 1am S$ common no par value;

Dissolution of H. B. & L. Realty Corp.,

Articles of, JJISor polation.

ales, Ine. dianapolis;’ RE Miller, same address:

business; on Jane;

William A, Mirdo ck.

Milles Motor mgton St, In agent,

William capital stock. 1000 general automobile iller, Rose E. Miller,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. 5. Weather Bureau______|

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Increasing cloudiness with temperatures above freezing tonighi; tomorgow, rain or snow and colder.

Sunrise

ermine 6:41 | Sunset .....

' TEMPERATURE ‘ .. ==Feb. 13, 1938— Ta m.... oo. B9 1p m

BAROMETER 7 a m..... 30.13

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending Total precipitation since Xcess since Jan.

J MIDWEST WEATHER diana—Increasing cloudiness and conHinge mild temperature tonight; iomorrow ‘rain: or sncw and colder. Hlikois—Mustly cloudy, occasional rain or snow and colder tomorrow and extreme northwest, portion tonighs. Lower. Michigan — Mostly cloudy, snow and “colder OMOrrow and i Ui - tion tonight, d 4B orth por

Ohio—Increasing cloudiness followed by rain in northwest portion, ‘warmer in central and south portions Jonig ht: toEo on "natu Bofibh. CoLGEF” I and north portio; portion. -colaes in

Kentueky— Increasing cloudiness dollowed w

5:18

8 west

by rain in ‘east portion to west portion . ate tonight ‘or 1uesday,

night, Soide Right, at r in west and central portions

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather,

Amarillo, Bismarck,

i — 8]

warmer in ceniral and cast portions to-

LER

| SENATE GROUP REFUSES TO REVEAL PLA

[E SALE DETAILS

Movies of F t Wayne Fsine Prompt Roosevelt TI 0 Propose Similar Project for Poughkeepsie, NY.

Built by WPA labor and financed by the Ft. Wayne Housing Authority, this low-cost, four-room house is the first to be put up for Ft. Wayne’s relief .

families.

: | houses,

The houses rent for $2.50 a week, and cost approximately $900 to construct, not EOUning expense for labor.

1,200,000 VIEW POPE PIUS’ BODY

Burial Set for Tomorrow; Italians Oppose Choice Of Foreigner.

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City Pays Lincoln Tribitte; Taft Aims at Presidency

Bobbitt Asks Return of Philosophy That Guided Emancipator.

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at the last of the nine-day series of masses, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Antonio Bacci to make the funeral oration after Mass of the Holy Ghost.

: Many Offices Closed

Many offices were forced to close today because employees took an unofficial holiday in their determination to pay homage. Many thousands could not get into the chapel yesterday, after waiting for hours, because of the tremendous crowd. So unmanageable did it become that after troop cordons had been broken, the doors of St. Peter’s were closed at 5 p. m. instead of 7 p. m. It was planned to keep the church and chapel open

{until 7 o'clock tonight and close it

at noon tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.).—Both Houses of Congress adjourned a few minutes after noon today in memory of His Holiness Pope Pius XI. The action was most unusual, taken technically in respect for the head of a foreign state, - though the United States ‘does not have formal diplomatic relations with the Vatican. :

Italians, discussing possible suecessors as the 262d Pope, seemed to exclude the idea that any but an Italian could or. should be elected. For ‘instance, the well-informed newspaper, Popolo di Roma, discussing the possibilities, named only Italians—their Eminences Giovonni Cardinal Nasalli-Rocca, archbishop of Bologna; ‘Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano, archbishop of Palermo; Freerico Cardinal Tedeschini, Francesco Cardinal Marmaggi, Luigi Cardinal Maglione, prefect of the council congregation, Massimo Cardinal Massimi, Committee for Oriental Codification president, and Adcodato Cardinal Piazza, patriarch of Venice. | It was emphasized that 2 lists were purely speculative. ere is a saying, for which there is considerable basis, that “who enters

c.|the conclave as Pope comes out a

Cardinal”—that candidate who are most .prominently mentioned are not elected. Though there were more than 40 Cardinals here when the Pope died—come for the celebrations of the Lateran signing and the 17th year of Pope Pius's reign—several- of them hastened home as soon as he died. This was because tradition holds that whoever is elected Pope must remain at the Vatican and renounce all thought of returning home.

Compromise Expected

Hence some of the Cardinals went at once to wind up their personal affairs, After the nine days of masses: for

0 the dead Pope, the Cardinals begin 16) exchanging visits and discussing

the elective conclave. Then names of men who will be voted for—and will be most likely eleminated in favor of a compromise candidate— are mentioned. It was suggested that this conclave might last four or-five days, during which the Cardinals will “be completely isolated from the world. News that United States’ and South ‘ American Cardinals were coming to the conclave caused al most favorable impression in church circles. It was said that their pres ence in such times as this was essential. The feeling was that this conclave might be a difficult one "| because of the delicate international ‘situation. The presence * of the ‘American Cardinals, particularly, it was said, would be valuable because of discussion whether the new Pope | ought to be a “religious” rather than a “political” one—that is, one ‘would would steer a middle course in all international questions.

PARK SERVICE MAY END WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,(U. P.).—

| The National Park Service has in-

the State heard the New Deal severely criticized. At a meeting in Bedford "Arch N. Bobbitt, Republican State chairman, declared Governor Townsend “to be utterly unfitted for the governorship.” Declaring that “conditions in Indiana are but a reflection of those in the United States,” Mr. Bobbitt asked “for the return to the principles and philosophy that guided the ‘Great Emancipator.’” Homer Capehart, host to the Republican “cornfield rally” last year, asked for a leadership in which the people can have confidence, in an address at Columbus. . Congressman Gerald W. Landis spoke Saturday at Linton and is to speak tonight at Vincennes. - State Senator William E. Jenner was principal. speaker at a Madison County rally at Anderson. Congressman Charles A. Halleck, dean of the Indiana 7 delegation, spoke at the Buckeye Republican 0.,

Club banquet at Columbus,

Saturday. Congressman Forest A.

|Harness spoke today at a G. O. P.

gathering at Kokomo. Lincoln programs were to be held in public and parochial schools and several commemorative services were to be held by political and other organizations. Programs will be given tonight by the Irvington Republican Club, by the Marion County Republican League and the Ninth Ward G. O. P. Club. At the Columbia Club's annual beefsteak dinner tonight addresses will be devoted to reviews of Lincoln’s career. The Fourth Degree dinner meeting of the Knights of Columbus at 6:30 p. m. in the K. of C. clubhouse also will be in the form of a Lincoln’s birthday observance. A costume recital of the Civil War President’s Gettysburg address will be given by George Hill, local attorney, at the Lions Club Lincoln party tomorrow night at the Riviera Club. Yesterday, members of Broad Ripple Post No. 312, American Legion, split rails in a Linéoln contest and Ross E. Lockridge, State historian, addressed post members. The City’s art lore on Lincoln has been placed on display at the John Herron Art Museum as a special February exhibit. ]

Lauds ‘Common Sense’ Adoption of Lincoln's creed for labor, his advice for economy in government and his common sense attitude in foreign diplomacy was advocated by Congressman Harness in his address. * “Everything basic in the creed of Lincoln and his Republican Party

is the direct antithesis of the New Deal,” he declared as he urged In-

'|diana. Republicans to honor the

Great Emancipator “by action,” where we cannot add to his greatness through lip service.” Leadership based on Lincolnian justice, patience and courage is needed to restore internal harmony, he said, “but the total net result of American statesmanship in the past six years has served merely to aggravate and magnify the disturbances. “We must show every laboring man that. the leader who follows Lincoln is the Jest friend of labor. To secure to each laborer the whole ‘product of his labor... is a worthy. subject of any government, and labor is the superior of capital and de es the much higher considng “and the strongest bond of fellowship should be the one e uniting all working people. i “If we can apply the same ‘Justice and patience, as followers of Lincoln, the unrest and uncertainty which have been hampering recov-. ery can be removed as mere incidents in our national life.” ; Harness attacked

Congressman the “pell-mell extension of govern-|

ment, boot-strap economics” and the “skyrocketing of Federal debt and taxes” as exactly opposite to “every

J}principle of Lincoln.” The New Deal

“borrow and. spend your way to prosperi ” is a violation of arithmetic and common sense, he de-

clared - | The President greats. erstressed

Ohio Senator Thinks Change In ‘Executive Control’ in 1940 Essential.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb, 13. — In a

1Lincoln Day address assailing the

New Deal's spending philosophy, Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O.) said at one point: “The only solution seems to lie in a change of executive control in 1940.” That is very much on the Senator’'s mind. No one is working more actively to become the beneficiary of such a possible change of control— that is, become President—than this same Senator Taft, son of the late ex-President and Chief Justice. Unless, of course, it be young Tom Dewey of New York, who continues to ride the headlines in his fight against‘ crime - and corruption. A Taft-Dewey parlay is being widely discussed for the 1940 “Republican sweepstakes. ? Proceeds Cautiously ‘Mr. Taft observes all the amenities of the freshman Senator; that is, he lets others do the talking on the Senate floor. But his office is a beehive of activity looking toward 1940, and he carefully weighs his every move. Though keeping quiet in the Senate, he lets no opportunity go by to speak from the public platiorra. He is making two other Lincecin addresses this week, in addition to the one in Cincinnati last night, and is boldly invading the state of a rival for the 1940 nomination, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Mich.). He is speaking Wednesday night at Pontiac and Thursday night at Jackson, Mich. But this is only a curtain raiser. Beginning the night:of Feb. 21,

Senator Taft enters the arena as|

a radio performer in a series of 13 debates, one a week with Rep. T. V. Snfith (D. IIL), former University of Chicago professor. Mr. Smith won his way to the Illinois Legislature and then to Congress this year largely on the basis of an effective radio delivery. He will uphold the New Deal side of the argument. Tackles an Expert Senator Taft is tackling an expert when he takes on “T. V.” who achieved quite a reputation in the 1936 campaign by his broadcasts’ as “Tom Smith of Texas,” and who delighted his university students by broadcasting his lectures and telling

them they could stay home and}

listen to them in bed if they wanted. to. But the Ohio Senator did all right

in his debates with Senator Robert

J. Bulkley (D. O.), in the last campaign, which retired Mr. Bulkley to private life. The Taft-Smith debates should leave nothing concealed about the Senator’s views on present-day problems. The subjects for the first six indicate that the whole field will be canvassed. They are: “The American Way of Life”; “The Constitution—written and unwritten”; “Congress — Showmanship a n d Statesmanship”; “The Executive— Tradition = or: Initiative”; “The Courts—Umpire or Guide”; “The States—Sovereigh or - Subsidiary. » Subsequent debates will deal with labor, agriculture, relief, spending and social security. The debates be broadcast nationally. Shuns Liberal. Cloak Senator Taff, himself does not try to pose as a liberal, though some ‘of his friends are seeking to throw such a cloak about him. He ac-

cepts some of the Roosevelt re-|

forms, but he believes most of them should be overhauled, and at every opportunity he lights into the spending policy. He makes quite a point of the centralization of Pn in the executive. During the ‘Ohio campaign he raked the New Deal from practically every angle. 46 once? The New Dealers haven't tried them.” : This statement during the opening debate with Senator Bulkley at

Marietta gives: a clue, to his Philoss :

ophy.

dence appears, we. sory accept the heated denial of the President that he. did not place the Ame An frontier in France,” he said, : ing the denial “a cl “of tt

[experiment in housing at Ft. : | Wayne, Ind, has so intrested Presi-

i |keepsie, N. Y. near Hyde Park. : [Movies of the Ft. Wayne experi-

saw the possibilities in the opera-

‘offered as no competition to the

not try the ‘old - method}

40 Homes Built t Built to Pay for Themselves at $2.50 A Week.

By RAYMOND CLAPPER Times Special Writer

- WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—A small

dent Roosevelt that he is urging the Federal Housing Administration to undertake a similar plan at Pough-

ment were shown at the White House and Mr. Roosevelt instantly

tion, More than 40 houses have been

four-room houses, modern and better insulated than many $20,000 They are built with WPA labor. Frank Watson, a young Indiana builder, . developed * the idea. He rented an old building in Ft. Waynes —_ installed a few pieces of machinery such as a power saw, wood-drilling and thread-cutting ‘machines, | ordered a supply of 2-by-4 timbers, large sheets of plywood and rock wool for. insulation. | Mr. Watson made his preliminary drawings in Indianapolis and erected the first experimental house of the type there.

Made Up in Panels

The trick was to devise a kind of construction that didn’t require the services of expert carpenters. The WPA workmen make these materials up into panels, or sections of walls, all of uniform size. These sections are hauled to the site and bolted together over a concrete floor and the house is practically done. Materials cost $900. WPA pays the labor, Two local

banks and an insurance company finance the project. FHA guarantees the mortgage, which is on a 4%; per. cent tax-exempt -basis. The rent, $2.50 a week, is designed to pay out in 15 years. ' The Ft. Wayne Housing Authority holds title to the houses and thus insures upkeep of the property. As the houses are practically® indestructible, it is only necessary to put on a coat of paint occasionally. Any family living in a house without modern plumbing is eligible to rent. Thus the enterprise is

regular real estate market because it operates in the level below, appealing to families forced by poverty to stay out of the normal market. A. PF. of L. leaders in Ft. Wayne cbjected to the use of WPA lapbr. But the C. I. O. was agreeable, on the grounds that if prevailing wages had to be paid, the houses wouldn't be built and labor could gain nothing by opposing this use of WPA labor. Motion pictures the houses show them to be simple, practical and . attractive - substitutes for the unhealthy shacks previously occupied by the renters. believed to have large possibilities in the South and in medium-sized communities where land cost does not interpose a prohibitive item of

of the Government’s fumbling with low-cost housing has been caused by inability to get construction costs down to the level that the submerged one-third could afford, The Ft. Wayne method may

Ex-Convict, Detained for Investigation

The idea is]

be the answer.

Strauss Says: —

TWO ARE HELD, GEMS CHECKED

IN ROMIG CASE

Stepdaughter

Without Bond.

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have had at least one interview. with Mrs. Romig relative to the sale of her restaurant at 209 Massachusetts Ave,

records show, police said, that the

‘man’s criminal career began more

than] 20 years ago and that. he has served sentences in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin on charges of cone ducting confidence games, robbery

land bad checks.

Persons living at the Romig apartment building told police after - the crime that she had had several callers during the morning. One person told police she saw & man who asked to be directed to the

apartment of the woman who had _

the restaurant for sale, and another said she had answered a phone call in the Romig apartment during the morning and had heard a man’s

talking business.’ Mrs. Romig was a native of Ran-

dolph, Ill, and spent the early years

of her life in Bloomington, Hl. In recent years she lived in Indianapolis and Shelbyville. She left personal property and money valued at more than $50,000 to her husband and other relatives.

SEEK CLUES HERE IN CINCINNATI DEATH

Prosecutor and Aids Plan . To Interview Widow.

Prosecutor Carl w. Rich of Cincinnati and two. assistants came here this afternoon in their investi= gation of the mysterious death Feb. 5 of Willard H. Armstrong, 38, for mer Indianapolis man.

Federal Bureau of Identification 4

Prd ly Ce

Mr. Armstrong’s body was found ° 5

in a heavy paper bag by his widow, Mrs. Jessie Armstorng, when she re= turned fr Morristown where she had, attended a christening. Mr,

Armstrong had been asphyxiated by a ’

gas carried into the bag by means of a rubber hose attached to a kitchen stove burner. The Cincinnati prosecutor said he planned to interview Mrs. Armestrong, who is in Indianapolis, in an effort to obtain clues. The prosecutor said he was uncertain whether Mr. Armstrong had committed sui-

cide or had been slain. He said &

physician informed him Mrs. Armstrong, suffering from shock, has been confined to bed since Thursday. WARNS

“OF MENACE

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MILTON, Mass., Feb. 13 (U. P.).—

A communistic plot to separate the South and form it into a Soviet state was charged by Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, author of “The Red Net~ work,” yesterday. Speaking at annual Lincoln Dayexercises at the log cabin replica of

Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace on the . :

estate of Miss Mary Bowditch Forbes, Mrs. Dilling said the country was facing a crisis comparable to that existing during the martyred President’s regime.

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_ that gives such amazing service . . . and such a lot of general satisfaction. Perhaps you know the cloth! It was developed by Admiral Byrd. . . and proved so durable and efficient in his Antarctic voyages. It combines lightness

. . with almost indestructible

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