Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1939 — Page 34

PAGE 32 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939

PTS ir P, 0, CHIEFS FOR somes ove

(U.P) — Joseph Carbone, a fugitive from]

1 y and forgery cha Benefits paid to totally and part | ng ny bezzl eS y Tres, time unemployed Indiana workers | RY aS NIN > wth as lin April dropped $354,000 below |

$500,000 while working as a $50-a- March payments, the Indiana Un-| week cashier for the publishing firm lemployment Compensation Division |

f Doubleday Do thoriti jentoviiced today. The report said | 14,800 Postmasters Are in Say TSH, StS Sag ast month's payments were the |

ss : | The authorities said they had | lowest since last May. | Warned by Civil Service, found that Carbone owned two mo- | April payments were $745404.05,

x tion picture houses, had a controll- | compared with $1,099,816.64 during | But Doubt Arises. ing interest in a third when he dis- | March. appeared, owned two big homes—| Insured employees in this district, | Times Special there was a $40,000 marble fireplace which includes Marion and sur-| WASHINGTON, Mav 5 — The in one—three automobiles, two rounding counties, received $122,- | Civil Service Commission today no- ¥ achts and entertained at exclusive |311.31 for last month, against $179, |

rem > beach clubs. 1966. 16 during March. | tified 21] POSIMASIErS SNE BOLI ees ————— ps ce——

postmasters of the first, second and 9 third classes, numbering about 14.800, that they are subject to civilservice rules promulgated last year, which forbid them to take part in political management or in political ; \ campaigns. : \ A Fine These instructions, however, are 3 " " not as far-reaching in striking at Bulova this part of the powerful Dem ocratic political machine as might seem. The Postoffice Department interprets this rule as applying only to postmasters appointed or to be appointed since the new Civil Service Law went into effect. Thus far

440 have been so appointed. T= ; P. 0. Has Enforcement Power : Ee 113% a | & The Postoffice Department alone | {| : has power to enforce the regula- 111 y tion. The Civil Service Commission A LRT ENE 5) ) has no enforcement authority. \ pe | Ra? The Commission said its an- : FS nouncement was issued “because yh ; E these postmasters were not subject ; : sig > |

to the political activity rule in its

entirety prior to the act of June ; A : ; S T W A S H | M & T 0 N 5 T R E PE T 25, 1938, which placed the positions i : | ; | 0 E A of first, second and third-class post- 4 \ a masters within the classified civil service.” Postmasters long have been a potent political factor for the party in power, despite long-standing Post-| office Department regulations which forbid any activity for “the purpose of interfering with an election or effecting the results thereof.” These regulations are virtually dead letter.

Hatch Bill Pending in House

The Postoffice Department's attitude does not promise any real diminution of political activity by

i * ; Rd EN E n ES oni osm) ay Ri . suo Ny : \ nd] aso gu aodeiiqie: Fe | s Foy \ S$ \ i SEN { <5. . nse | P n SA o \ A - r atehes from 75. RI ¢ ys E 4 S - 3 a Democratic postmasters between : J % now and the 1940 elections, unless g B NY = this is achieved through the Hatch ; \ ay . ; Bill, passed by the Senate and pend- Jb h 0) ! ] = MSE mg in the House, which as it now i po : : stands would reach postmasters. 9 oun ro TN se atic losderslhi A other's Day, May ae Tiouse Bg aie le Sergiy ” A Gift for Mother! nas manifested hostility to this Ke measure which forbids WPA polit- AS gO \&- 5 DIAMONDS i ical activity and circumscribes po- un Soones , IEG ad” RS

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Herb Hovey Harrison, convicted of Account assaulting Katie Henzel, 54, his Pav In $1 83 spinster employer, today was under Easy a sentence of from five to 21 years Weekly Pal on the CIRC y in the Indiana State Prison at or Monthly Michigan City. Sentence was im- Amounts’ posed yesterday.

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