Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1939 — Page 4

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Lewis

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Gre en

“In Opening Round; . Tobin Qui s Parley

Tose Bill’ Outsmarted, But Odds Are Still In His Favor.

- By LUDWELL DENNY. Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, March 2.—This is. a story of the President’s pals . “Dear Bill” and “Dear John,” and what they are doing about it. Bill isn’t doing so well. John is moving in so fast for position in the Roosevelt A. F, of L.-C. I. O. truce negotiations it is enoyeh to make a fellow dizzy.

This man Lewis has a way of whittling down his opponent. That is what has been happening almost every day since the President sum-< moned the warring leaders. Each man is trying to get a sympathetic public gallery, get the Gov~ ernment in his corner; and build up his own strength. So far Green has

odds are definitely on him. ‘Green Advances Quickly Green stepped out. first. Always

- sensitive ae jibes about his slowness, he accépted the President’s

Garment Workers Head Named to Vacancy n Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. PJ). —Senator Walsh (D. Mass.), who introduced, the A. F. oi L. amendments to the Wagner Labor Relations Act in the Senate, told a pro-

fight the proposals if he becomes convinced they are injurious to labor. He made his statement as A. F. of L. President William: Green appointed Thomas A. Rickert, 4. F. of L. vice president and liead of the United Garment Workers Union, to replace Daniel J. Tobin. of Indianapolis, Teamsters’ ‘Union president, who declined to serve oi the threeman A. P, of L. labor peace committee that will negotiate with the

. 1.0. . Mr. Tobin, Teamsters’ Union president whose peace efforts won at-

tention of both President Roose-

velt- and Labor Secretary Perkins,

declined late yesterday to serve on the federation’s peace coramitiee because of the press of other business.

«Mr. Tobin’s eleventh-hour re-

fusal to serve came as a surprise

testing group today he himself will.

invitation at once. and an obvious disappointment to He made a “strong” statementiMr. Green. It threatened to delay that he would meet, but certainlyTthe new peace talks, wiich Miss . would not give an inch on funda-|Perkins. hopes fo open A within a mentals—no compromise on A. F. of (week. It was believed that Mr.

Ii: basic structure and policy. Then, Roosevelt might participate in the with a squint at the gallery, he

first meeting shortly after he re-

sideswiped his opponent with a press turns to the White House March 4. statement about communism -in C.|A definite date for the first conferI. O. being the rub. With that|ence/may be announced at Miss

effective jab he rested.

active, While Green was waving his arms about what he would and would not do, Lewis was quietly taking care. of several little chores which were slipping out of Green's hands. First there was that matter of Homer Martin wrenching the auto dnion out of C. I. O, and delivering

Pe; Still Lewis kept silent—but not in-| —

good director of C. I. O.'s United Shoe Workers, who asked him to withdraw the amendments:

ins’ press conference tomorrow. Hapgood Turned Down

Senator Wash told Powers Hapof Indianapolis, national

“I'll give you my word that if

I'm convinced that these amendments will interfere with the funda#4 in part to Green, very important imental objectives of the

Wagner

additional strength for the tug|Act, I'll be as militant against them ’ ahead. Well, Lewis grabbed here. and as you are.” £8

there around Detroit until Martin

He said he could not withdraw

bas much less to deliver at his con-|they; “before I've had a chance to yention this week-end—less than 10 hear the arguments of both sides.”

per cent of the dues-paying members if Lewis’ calculations click. So Green is now seeking. his -spinach €lsewhere.

Lewis Answer Brief ~~ Still the speedy C. I. O. chieftain

Mr. Powers charged that A. ¥. of

L. leaders were using Senator Walsh as a “lever in an attempt to destroy the greatest labor act in the world.”

was silent—no answer to the Presi- Tobin Calls Lontract

dent, no rumbling in reply to Green for the reporters. He was too busy up on the hill in the Congressional cloakrooms sidetracking the Gree ~~ amendments to the Wagner Labo : Relations Act. Bygthe time he ha . | fnished this job, fhe Senate leader had broken their J with @reen for hearings on March 10,

Expiration His Reason

From; the headquarters of the

Teamsters’ Union here, President Danijel J. Tobin telegraphed his refusal yesterday’to serve as AFL negotiator in peace discussions with

ahd postponed the anti-C. I. O. con- the CIO to President Green.

sideration indefinitely so it would |:

Mr. Tobin said the “enormous

not embarrass the A. F. of L-C. I. O.|amount of work involved in the in-

negotiations.

numerable wage contracts expiring

aioe Green heard about it, it|in this large international union”

was all over. failed to move the

and Mme. Perkins. So Lewis re-

His furious protests compelled him to decline the “apSenate leaders |pointment. -

Mr. Tobin made no further com-

moved the worst danger of Congres-|ment.

glonal attack on C. I. O. during the velt negotiations. =Only then did the burly gentleman with the big eyebrows sap Ns se ength by public utterance : tated an acceptance to ®e He dent—to the extent of one sentence. And nothing more for. the press, no rebuttal of Green, and nothing for the gallery. Public May Decide

But that one sentence, took so many days to think up, was

The telegram in'full to Mr. Green

read:

“Because of the enormous amount

of work involved and the innumer- € able wage contracts expiring in this large international union, it is absolutely and utterly impossible for me to serve as a member of the committee representing the American Federation of Labor in discussions with the representatives of which the Congress for Industrial Organization.

“I am therefore compelled to de~

not bad. Of course it was com- cline your appointment of ine as a pared with the earlier and longer member of that eommittee.”

reply -of “Dear Bill,” as the master of backslapping so felicitously hailed the humble head of the mighty A. F. of L. When : the two replies were put down side by side, they seemed to show that Dear Bill—what with all

" his unwillingness to attend the];

President’s party in person—was not . ‘50 co-operative as Dear Jonn, For Dear John merely said of course he would come himself, without even making a single condition. Dear old John, such a simple, straightforward, friendly fellow — so easy to _ deal with, and all that sort of thing! Not at all like selfish, suspicious Bill. All of which is what Dear John has tried to convey to the Dear Public, whose opinion may determine the outcome o is long * A. PF of L-C I O. war before it is over. That is etiohgit to try the patience of the really gentle and peace-seek-ing Green. But he is worried even ‘more by what he considers the devious dissent which the not-so-dear John is spreading in the A. PF. of L. corner. - A growing number of A. F. of L. bodies are protesting the Green amendments. The Lewis hoys—cooperative as ever—are whooping up ‘in the labor press and elsewhere the sad news that the A, F. of L. is split on the eve of the A. F. of L.I. O. negotiations.

Green’s Second Quits

They even point out ‘that the A. P. of L. negotiators were divided with Daniel Tobin of Indianapolis on one side and Matthew Woll on . the other until Mr, Tobin resigned last night because of other dutics The A. F. of L. committee is without authority; while the Lewis-Murra, | Hillman committee is the C. I works. ~~ But all this fast footwork and brilliant preliminary strategy by Lewis has merely improved his position against a much stronger op- _ ponent. By sheer weight, blunder- - ing tenacity and ably. to take it,

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out soon. He also has the advantage of criticism; always he is hearing what is wrong with him. With Dear John it is different. Even his best friends won’t tell him

when he is in Sanger of oufsmart-

ing himself.

. Daniel J, Tobin

HEALTH COUNCIL T0 TAKE ACTION

Group to Request Senate Passage of Board Expansion Bill.

The Indiana Advisvory- Health Council, a commission appointed by the Governor, today was expected to asiz the State Senate to give its approval to the bill increasing the size of the State Health Board to 10 members. Under provisions of this bill*'which alteady has passed the House, the board would be composed of six physicians, one veterinarian,’a druggist, an engineer and a dentist. The board now is composed of five physicians., - The Advisory Health Council indorsed the proposed Health Board change at a meeting last night at which Dr. L. A. Pittenger, president of Ball state Teachers’ College, was the principal speaker. “Thirty-one teacher training institutions now have health courses,” Dr. Pittenger said. “The: prineipal responsibility of the State Board of Education and public health officials is arriving at a standard for accrediting such institutions.” Cleon Nafe, chairman of the executive committee of the Indiana State Medical Association, was appointed chairman of a committee to make recommendations for accrediting. Other members are Dr.

[Verne Harv | director;

‘Saito,

State Health Board Dr. Thurman B. Rice, director of the Bureau of Health and physical Education, and Miss Hunt, president of the Indiana State Nursing Association.

CRUISER TO CARRY SAITO’S ASHES HOME

TOKYO, March 2 (U. P.).—Japan

‘accepted today “with great appreci-

ation” ithe offer of President Roosevelt to send the ashes of Hiroshi former Japanese ambassador to the United States, home from Washington on a Navy cruiser. The acceptance was made by Sei-

-jiro ‘¥oshizawa, director of the For-

eign Office’s American Bureau during a visit to the United States Embassy. High Japanese officials said they felt that the United States was transcending ordinary friendliness by the gesture, particularly since Mr. Saito had retired from the embassy

fore he died last week. ¢

SON ENDS HUNT AS

The search for William Day, 51-

year-old New Castle farmer, was over today and a misunderstood message was blamed for the citywide hunt. Mr. Day brought three carloads of cattle to Indianapolis Tuesday and was paid between $1000 and $1400 for them, did not retdrn home that night, His son, Robert Day, Middletown farmer, began a search for him. Mr. Day said he sent a message by a friend that he would not be home Tuesday night but the

message. had been misunderstood.

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ILLINOIS BATTLE

NATIONAL POLITICS ILLINOIS may be New DealMe¢Nutt battlefield. :

NEW YORK and Ohio favored for 1940 ticket posts.

ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT station cuts anti-Garner talk off air.

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By THOMAS L, STOKES - : Times Special Writer

early harbinger of 1940 was the decisive victory in a mayoralty pri-

{mary of the famed, if not notorious,

Kelly-Nash Democratic machine in

‘| Chicago, which has close ties with

the New Deal. Mayor Edward J. Kelly's triumph by a vote of nearly 2 to 1 over a reform “movement within the Democratic Party, led by State’s Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, indicated that the Chicago boss still rules the waves along Lake Michigan “and should be influential in the Illinois delegation to the 1940 convention.

Ed Kelly is one of President Roosevelt's warmest admirers—he literally goes into ecstacies ‘strange to the hard-boiled politician—even though he is most cordially disliked by one of the New Deal satellites, Interior Secretary Ickes. Mr, Ickes was besought by reform elements a few weeks ago to leave his Cabinet post and run for Mayor against the boss. McNutt Forces Busy

It is assumed that Mayor Kelly will hew to the Roosevelt line at the 1940 convention,

is a friend of the Chicago Mayor and now is regarded as the President’s first choice for the nomination next year, is reported to be eyeing Illinois as a potential source of delegates. He is not alone of course. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner of the Philippines and exGovernor of Indiana, also is active in Ilinois. Senator Scott Lucas (D. 111.) is a personal ‘friend of Commissioner McNutt and an associate in the "American ‘Legion. Senator Lucas himself has been mentioned as a possible favorite son.

Farley May Enier

Postmaster General Farley has strong claims on Mayor Kelly, and if he is pulling in a different direction from President Roosevelt in 1940—which is regarded now as more than a possibility—the mayor may become a key figure at the convention. Governor Horner, who gave the

is ill in Miami and took no part in the mayoralty campaign. He is also a stanch supporter of the President. Most of his Chicago leaders ran to cover with the Kelly crowd to protect their interests. : Senator Liuicas said today it is: yet too early to tell anything about Illinois’ preference in 1940. He denied that he was committed to Commissioner MeNuis.

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MAIDSTONE, KENT, England, March 2 (U. P.).—Princess Anna Ilyinsky, third daughter of the late John Amery, Cincinnati, multi-millionaire, today married Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, Georgian nobleman, at the registry office here and left for Paris on a honeymoon. From there they will go to Africa. The princess formerly was married to the Grand Duke Dimitri of Russia.

GARNER CRITIC CUT OFF RADIO

Station on Texas State Network Halts Pastor in Middle of Sentence.

FT. WORTH, Tex., March 2 (U, P.).—The Rev. John Lovell planned today to continue his radio broadcasts despite his “muzzling” yes-| terday by Radio Station KTAT in the middle of an attack on Vice President Garner, a Texan and prospective Presidential candidate for 1940. A Calvary Baptist minister of Ranger, Tex., known here as the “radio preacher,” Dr. Lovell planned to. fill several radio engagements on other stations. His first scheduled was at Dublin, Tex. today. = In his sermon broadcast by Station KTAT yesterday, he deviated from his prepared text and apparently attempted to link Mr. Garner with Wall Street interests. “As’ long as ‘a bunch of. bankers are for Mr. Garner, he will not make a good President,” he said. “If there’s nothing else wrong with Mr. Garner, and I don’t think there

‘Kelly-Nash machine a thumping in |is— nominating Senator Lucas last year, |.

“Mike” Becomes Dead

At this point the Rev. Mr. Lovell}

was cut off the air. Speaking into a “dead” microphone he continued: “That would be enough.” Then

an announcer grasped the micro-

phone,

said the minister's remarks. were shut off the air because “we considered them against public welfare, Had he purchased broadcast

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NEW YORK, OHIO | GIVEN EDGE FOR

'40 SELECTIONS

Empire State Has Three Prominent Candidates, Buckeyes Two. WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P.).

—New York and Ohio are heavy favorites today over other states to

obtain representation ‘on = major

party Presidential tickets in. the: 1940 campaign, The position of those states is

| helped by their high Electoral Col-

lege rank. New York casts 47 elecforal votes, more than any other slate. Ohio is in fourth place with 26. The others in the top electoral bracket are Pennsylvania, 36; Texas, 23, and California, 22.

contenders for national convention recognition next year, Thomas E. Dewey, the Repliblican District Attorney of New York (Manhattan) County; Presidnet Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley. Ohio offers two Republicans promoted to first political rank by last November's general election: - -Senator Taft and Governor Bricker.

Dewey Rising Again

on again now in recognition of his successful prosecution in New York of James J. Hines, Tammany Hall district leader, on charges of providing political protection for the notorious “Dutch” Shultz gang of numbers racketeers. A Dewey boom was somewhat

time for political purposes he would have been allowed . . to speak on any subject so long as it was not libelous, but not under the name of a religious program that was just a. false front.” He said his action was not moHivated simply because the subject of the Rev. Mr. Lovell’s attack was Mr. Garner. “He might have been discussing Hitler,” he said.

New York has three outstanding

The Dewey-for-President boom is |

deflated last autumn when the young prosecutor was defeated for Governor of New York by Governor Lehman, who squeezed through by a 67,000 plurality as the Democratic candidate with the support of the American Labor Party. But prose-

cution and conviction of Hines considerably improved Mr. Dewey's chances. Many political observers believe. the 1940 Republican Vice Presidential nomination would be his fdr. the taking and he is not counted'out of the running for first

Place | on the ticket.

olls and surveys demonstrate that Mr. Dewey has captured popular imagination. ‘He was first choice of Republicans whose sentiments

the American Institute of Public Opinion, and before the Hines conviction.

Roosevelt Is Riddle

‘Democratic political prospects are shaded by uncertainty over President Roosevelt’s intentions. His closest associates apparently do not know whether he will be a thirdterm candidate. But the opinion is

SDAY,

were sampled in a midwinter poll by

MARCH 2, expressed here that Mr. must take himself out of the Ta by public announcement after this session of Congress or suffer such

annoyance as may follow belief among politicians that he is a cane

didate.

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If he is not himself a candidate, the

President is expected to attempt to nominate a successor who will carry

on the New Deal tradition. On x

that question he will aggravate a party split in which he will be op-

posed by a conservative Democratic _

group to. be led by Vice President Garner, Mr. Farley, who also is chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and by local and state pargw bosses scattered through the natign. The conservatives believe they can prevent Mr. Roosevelt hand-picking his successor but they doubt their ability to elect their own nominee

unless he is sufficiently new-Deal= *

ish to compel Mr. Roosevelt5s sup= port. If the President bolted a conservative ' Democratic nominee, the following Presidential election

would be mere formality preliminary ‘si

to the inauguration of a Republican.

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