Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1939 — Page 2
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1939
WPA Sponsored Outdoor IR. MORGAN WARNS Concerts Begin Next Week OF WHOOPING GOUGH
Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City summer Solely plays sponsored by the Park health officer, today warned parents : | Board, the Police Department and that there is a prevalency of whoop=
the WPA recreational division. |ing cough among chilren of pre~
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'WPA WORKERS | 1S HINTED FOR J} FACING LAYOFF: MNUTT'S DRIVE cic oo
| i | ; : ; : : of WPA-sponsored free outdoor; Not more than five Park Board- school age, 25,000 on Relief 18 Months § SS Feeling Grows That F. D. R. concerts beginning next week, Wil-/sponsored concerts by the Indian-| A 7-month-old baby died of the - | : . ' liam Pelz, Federal Music Project apolis Concert Band are planned for disease last week, he said. A total To Make Way for Others, | May Back Hoosier if He's director for Indiana, said today. this summer. The Park Board's an-|0f 75 cases has been reported to the | : New-Dealish Enough. provided nightly except Saturday was augmented by a $195 gift from |
Band and orchestra music will be nual appropriation of $500 recently Health Board thus far this month, Jennings Says. : but, there are probably many more at least through August, Mr. Pelz'Mrs. Anna S. Elliott of the Spink said. {Arms Hotel,
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that have not been reported. “Tt it a mistake to regard whoop=
One-third of Indiana's WPA| workers will be required to take 30-| day vacations mn accordance with a provision of the 1940 relief Wil] passed by Congress, John K, Jen-| nings, State Administrator, said to-| day. ‘* Phere are 73.000 on WPA in the | state now, he said, and of this] number 25.000 have been on WPA| continuously for more than 18] mdhths, necessitating the required | vacation. | Nr. Jennings also announced that] the total on WPA will be cut to 65,000 By Atie. 1 and then to 55.900 by Sept. 1. He alco revealed that many oft those on the rolls now may be replaced by others as there are ow! an estimated 25.000 who are eligible for WPA and who have been certi- | fied but who have not been able to] get on the rolls. | Their chance will come, Mr. Jennings said, through the fact that all thdse taking the vacations will have
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Dramatic photo of actnal rescue of five survivors ! of U. S. Coast Guard ambulance plane V-164, which crashed and sank as it took off after removing a |
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but the two pilots and a sick man.
wei me on no HOPE FOR PEACE F.D.R. Sees Leaders of IN STRIKE HERE 2 Parties on Neutrality
700 workers today and an equal number will be dismissed each working "day until Sept. 1, Mr. Jennings stated { He said he had not heen advised that any strike against the new regulations would be attempted in tHe state. although national leaders of the Workers Alliance, an organization of relief clients. have said] that the current strikes through the | country will “look like a tea party” compared to the protest they plan. Drive to Revise Law Is Renewed WASHINGTON, July 18 (U. P.O. —Congressional advocates of the prevailing wage today renewed their efforts to revise the 1940 relief law, Senator Murray (D. Mont), author of a bill to restore the prevailing wage which Congress replaced .with the ‘security wage,” called a meeting of his supporters. including Senator VanNuys (D. Ind). and announced he would press for action at this session. Senator Murray said he had announced Saturday that he was abandoning his efforts because he wanted to help stop the current strikes of WPA workers protesting the “security wage.” “The_ #trikes were having a bad effect on the legislation,” he said. “This is a legislative matter and is not to be settled bv strikes.” He said he thought the strike situation was now “settling down.” A survey today showed between 30.000 and 50.000 workers still idle at 3 result of the walkouts. ‘Strategy for obtaining a Senate appropriations Committee nearing oh ‘relief law revision wiil be worked out at today's conference. | “Senator Murray is supported by the | A. F. of L. and the C. 1. O.,, whose’ leaders have protested the ‘security wage” which required skilled workers: td work 130 hours a month for the same pav received under the prevailing wage for less than hall that time,
SEARS CATALOG LISTS _ PRICES BELOW 1938
CHICAGO, July 18 (U. P.).— Sears, Roshuck & Co. today issued the largest fall and winter catalog in many vears: with average price reductichs 1.09 per cent under a year ago. Most decreases were shown in cotton pirce goods and domestics which were 2.25 par cent lower than last vear. and cotton clathing which was off 2.07 ver cent. Linens averaged 4.23 nar cent lower. while wool clothing. klenkets and other woolprocessed items were off 1.92 per cent. Rubber tire and tubes were down 391 per eent and sporting 2004s were 2.27 per cent lower. - Compared with the spring and summer catalog issued about six months agd the new prices were up a5 per cent.
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Labor Leaders to Resume Talks With Hutson On Coliseum. i
Possibility that the carpeniers’ strike at the State Fair Grounds settled today was seen as labor leaders prepared to resume their conferences witn Thomas R. Hutson, State labor commissioner. The conference was to be attended bv a national representative of the piasterers’ union, en route from St. Louis. A plan for settling the jurisdictional dispute between the carpenters and plasters, which precipitated the walkout, was discussed at a meeting of labor leaders last night.
No Action Taken
No action was taken. however, and business agents of the various building crafts were empowered 10 act. on the plan after their conference with the plasterers’ representative today. The dispute arose when carpenters protested against plasterers erecting accoustical materials at the Broad Ripple High Schooi addition. The J. L. Simmons Co.. which has the contract for the school, also is erecting the Coliseum! and the carpenters left the Coliseum job as a demonstration against the contracting firm.
Green Reply Waited
Meanwhile, & reply was awaited from William Green, A. FP. of L. president, to a letter from the Marion County Contractors’ As-| sociation asking him to intervene in | the jurisdictional dispute. Pointing out that the association members employ only union members of crafts affiliated with the A. F. of 1. the letter said “our members have heen harassed, annhoved and damaged for the past several years by fights between the various crafts over jurisdictional claims.”
HOOSIERS BACK NLRB
AT SENATE HEARING
Times Special WASHINGTON. D. C.. Julv 18 — Retention of the National Labor Relations Act is favored by Labor's Nonpartisan League of Indiana, State Chairman John J. Souter, told the Senate Education and Labor Committee today. Appearing as a witness opposing proposed amendments to the Labor Act, Mr. Souter praised Governor Townsend of Indiana for settling
‘the Little Steel Strike in the Calu‘met
District, which he said was|
brought on by employers refusing | to abide bv the act's provisions,
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WASHINGTON, July 18 (U. P.).—Republican and Democratic Sen-
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leaders will review the Administration's neutrality proposals with
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull tonight. The conference was expected ta determine th fat of neutrality revision at this session of Congres sand with it establish whether adjourn-
ment may be anticipated shortly. Meanwhile, the House Affairs Committee agreed unanimously to report a hill authorizing the United States to build warships and other armaments {or Latin American republics. The bill was revised to prevent divulging national defense secrets. In the Senate Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) introduced a resolution expressing the Senate's opinion that the should renounce its 1911 treaty of amity and commerce with Japan and request an international conferenuce to determine whether Japan is guilty .of violating the Nine-Power Treaty guaranteeing the integrity of China.
Claims Changed Condition
Senator Vandenberg said it was time to recognize that conditions have changed materially since the 1911 pact was signed and that something should be done to formulate a new treaty. “This is no proposal to use an ax on Japanese-United States relations,” he said. “It is the only logical, legal way to deal with the situation.” Last week Senator Pittman (D. Nev.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, introduced a resolution asking an arms embargo Japan on the grounds of Nine-Power Treaty violation. but it is being held up pending an opinion from Secretary Hull whether it would violate the 1911 treaty.
Republicans Agreeable
Tonight's joint. discussion was arranged bv Senate Democratic Leader Barkley, according to White House Secretary Stephen T. Early.
Mr. Early said that Senate Repub-|
lican Leader McNary (R. Ore.) and Senator Austin, (R. Vt.) assistant Republican Leader. had advised Senator Barklev thev were agreeable to discussing the situation with Mr. Roosevelt,
that he was returning te his home early next week regardless of the neutrality situation. Senator Pittman, whose commit-
| tee voted 12 to 11 to shelve neutral-
ity for this session, was expected to participate. Mr. Early said that Senator Barkley is arranging all details and the White House has not been informed of what other leaders mav
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LABOR WAGING 5-WAY BATTLE
Four Other Issues Besides | WPA Are Debated on | Congress Fronts.
ie Ry LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, July 18.—While | pressing for revision of the new | WPA law in line with strike de‘mands and urging an increase in PWA jobs, organized labor today fought on four other Congressional fronts. The C. I. O. and A. F. of L. were , fighting each other on the NLRB issue, but on others were standing together. In addition ta the WPA-PWA and Labor Board-Wagner Law battles the other struggles were over WageHour Law amendments, WalshHealey Public contracts Law amendments, and the Civil Liberties Bill and investigation. Today the House Labor Committee will consider the Barden amendment to emasculate the Wage-Hour Law. The Committee earlier re-
| ported favorably the Norton-Admin- |
| istration bill, which was blocked by {an anti-labor majority in the House. The anti-labor majority now hopes to push the Barden bill through the House this week. with the help of the Rules Committee,
Cuts Wage-Hour List
By exempting all workers receiving $150 a month and certain workers in the dairy, fruit and vegetable packing and canning, poultry and
livestock handling, and logging inSenator McNary yesterday said dustries, the Barden bill would re-
move wage protection from an esti‘mated million employees and hours ‘protection from an estimated million and a half workers. Senate action at this session is improbable. The Administration amendment to the Walsh-Healey law, passed vesterday by the Senate, is bottled up in the House Judiciary Committee. It would blacklist from Government contracts all companies
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tablished for Paul V, | Presidential campaign, it was said ‘here today on the best of authority.
man who already is being described
as a “captive candidate” is probably several months off. The fact that jit is to be set up, however, coincides with all other evidence that Mr. McNutt has a green light from the Administration. In his new capacity as Federal Security Administrator, Mr. McNutt is nder no restraint in his Presidentia campaign, the United Press is informed, except with respeet to his own actions. He will have no public part in the campaign activity carried on by his friends. but he prob‘ably will be in the public eye rather consistently. He is now on a brief speaking trip. Future Rests on New Deal
Political Washington still is not |agreed on the significance of Me- | Nutt’s New Deal appomtment. | The term “captive candidate” ms applied to Mr. McNutt is designed [to suggest that Mr. Roosevelt has taken him in or over and that, henceforth. Mr. MeNutt's political future depends entirely on the New Deal. That may be true, but some | persons believe it does not greatly [alter the situation prevailing before the appointment. Furthermore, | Administrator McNutt easily may ‘be in a stronger position now than | previously. | He has committed himself to support Mr, Roosevelt il the President seeks another term. All the evidence except Mr. Roosevelt's | statement that there was ne polities in the appointment suggests that the White House does not look unkindly on Mr. MeNutt's Presidential campaign. Some persons feel that [the President is giving Mr. McNutt la run and might get behind his candidacy if he made a good prelimina1y showing and evinced some | New Dealish symptoms. Others See Only F. D. R,
But among hard-headed and conservative and Southern statesmen in Congress are those who insist that Mr. Roosevelt, himself, will end in seeking a third term nomination and that he will get it. Whether he would be elected is a subject on which there is more disagreement. That ~might depend, finally, on Postmaster General Farley who is a mighty power in the Democratic Party. If Mv. Farley and the President have broken they are keeping it to themselves. But if Mr. McNutt's appointment is the forerunner of a White House trend, they might come apart. Mr. Farley knew nothing ‘of the coming appointment. He may or may not have resented it but the fact that he is politically antagonistic to Mr. McNutt is just about indisputable. Eastern and lake states will tell the tale in 1940 whether Mr. MeNutt or Mr. Roosevelt is the ecandidate. It can he set down as of now that the President as a third term candidacy probably would carry the |South with a question mark put (after Virginia. Democrats [should be familiar with the prob‘lems 1940 will bring, believe the battle will come in such states as Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois and Michigan.
Politics Avoided In Oshkosh Speech
| OSHKOSH, Wis. July 18 (U. P)). —Paul V. McNutt, head of the Federal Security Administration, made only fleeting reference to political issues in a speech to 1800 at the Oshkosh State Teachers summer school today. Mr. McNutt said that the prob-
participate and will not know until found by courts to have violated lems of labor, poverty and housing
Senator Barkley completes his plans. A Republican Senator said Senator Borah, (R. Ida.) ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, would be there,
Claims Strong Racking
Mr. Early said that Senator Barkley telephoned Mr. Roosevelt last night suggesting the conference. Mr. I*oosevelt agieed and set 8:30 p. m. for the discussion. Mr. Early said that the White
ing him to believe that national reaction has not heen favorable to the
collective bargaining laws, and would apply the prevailing miaimum wage requirement to all contracts and subcontracts over $4000. "fhe present application is only to | contracts of $10.000 and over—which has applied to 14,777 contracts valued at more than a billion dollars since the law became effective In Sentember, 1936. Today the House Labor Committee will consider the Wood bill, com-
G : panion to the Senatew La Folletteaise ys vochived indisions lao. Thomas bill. to outlaw emplover nse
of labor spies. strikebreakers, and industrial munitions. Although
need concerted study so that America may avoid the “backlash” of the slums. Such problems, he said, cannot be attacked with dynamite and bloodshed, but need ‘instead intelligent consideration, | The former Governor of Indizna spoke mostly of the Philippine Islands, of which he was High Commissioner until recently. “As long as the American Flag flies over the Philippines they will be at peace,” he said.
F. D. R. and McNutt in
action of the Senate Committee in fayarable reports are expected trom 1940, Winchell Says
chelving neutrality. Mr. Barly said that Mr. Roosevelt's neutrality plans ave supported hy the whale foreign service of the United States “innot
“Se far a= T know.” Mr.
also for it.”
ALFALFA SEED CROP INDICATIONS GOOD
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LAFAYETTE, Ind, July 18.—A
| good alfalfa seed crop is in prospect | for Indiana, according to samples
received here by Purdue University extension agronomists. The first crop, where it was not
cut for hay, set seed pods heavily and the riper pods are well filled with seed. The good seed crop on
| the first growth resulted from the members of
dry weather in May.
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House and Senate Committee, floor action is improbable this session. Therefore labor is trying te hiast out of the hostile Senate Audit and Control Committee the Schwellenbach resolution for $100,000 to ex-
liberties investigation.
TWINS TRAIL SAME
~ PATH FOR 16 YEAR | oi ot il
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. July 18 {(U. P.)—William S. Burke and his identical twin brother, Walter E., are wondering when their paths will part.
| The two vouths have completed | 16 years of schooling together dur- | ON ‘GRAVE CHARGES’ ing which they had like interests. |
Both received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Union College, where they belonged to the same clubs, studied like courses, and became the same athletic taams.
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| anese might suspect Mr, Holland of
| NEW YORK. July 18 (U, P). Walter Winchell said today in =a copyrighted dispatch in the Daily Mirror that ‘the 1940 New Deal ticket will be Roosevelt and Me- | Nutt, if the President has his way
Farly tend the La Follette-Thomas civil ) | said, “the whole Army and Navy are about the matter.
Mr. Winchell said a source “known | to every voter during the world war” | asserted that Mr. Raosevelt told him recently that he “positively would run for a third term” and that Paul | V. McNutt, former Governor of In- | diana, was his present choice for the Vice Presidential nomination.
MISSIONARY IS HELD
HANKOW, China, July 18 (U. P.). —Japanese Army authorities are holding L. W. Holland, of the American Methodist Church at Nanchang, on suspicion of “grave acts” against the Japanese Army, it was said today on high atthority. American consular officials had been unable to learn anything of Mr. Holland since his seizure by the Japanese June 13. Japanese authorities were reported to be withholding information even from American diplomatic o?ficials because they did not want to provoke Congressional action on the Pittman bill which would permit imposition of an embargo on essential goods against Japan as a violator of the Nine-Power Treaty which i= supposed to guarantee China's integrity. Tt was believed here that the Jap-
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A series of six twilight concerts by the Federal Orchestra, Paul Fid- {from the Mayor's contingency fund WASHINGTON, July 18 (U. P.).— lar conducting, will begin Sunday made a more extended series pos- | Eastern headquarters are to he es- on
| lawn MeNutt's | . ‘from 5 to 6 p. m. The library 1s
sponsoring the programs. TWO OF OLDEST Park concerts will be given on| An Eastern operating base for the | Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights throughout the jummer by the Federal Band, Danvers Julian, conductor. . concerts are scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Pearsall's News Bureau, Inc,
Last vear a $1500 appropriation
the Rauh Memorial Libraryigible.
The performances will be
) OF OLDEST NEWS BUREAUS COMBINE
NEW YORK, July 18 (U. P).— and
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The hour-long |
Monday programs will be held in Russell's Commercial News,
| Eagle Creek Park, W. Michigan St. two of the oldest commodity news land Grande Ave.; Tuesday concerts organizations in Wall Street, today
| at Washington Park on E. 30th St. announced their consolidation into
land Friday concerts at Christian Russell-Pearsail News, Inc,
{Park on English Ave.
The Thurs-| John C. Morrow, former president
| day performances will be given at of Pearsall's, will be president of lone of two parks to be selected by the new company and Thomas C.
the Park Board.
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ing cough as a slight ailment,” Dr, Morgan said. “It is highly cone tagious and frequently leads to dan- | gerous complications, such as pneu= [monia and mastoid.” . He urged parents to report cases (to the Health Board at once so [that adequate steps could be taken, if need be, to check further spread. The prevalency of the disease which is unusually high this summer, probably will continue until fall, he said. It begins like a common cold {and paroxysms of coughing start in about. the second or third week.
PARADE STOPS FAST FREIGHT FRANKLIN, Pa.. July 18 (U. P.. —A Sunday school parade stopped a through freight here. Engineer C. D. Hendershot, halted it tu watch the boys and girls march over a crossing.
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