Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1939 — Page 4

"HATCH ACT NIPS SPOILS SYSTEM, AUTHOR CLAIMS

Foes Afraid Law Will Hurt Machine, Democrats in Indiana Told. |

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY - Times Special Writer | WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — Answering a recent Indiana Democratic Committee statement attacking the Hatch law, Senator Carl A. Hatch (D. N. M.) today asserted that opposition is based upon “fear that the law will prove a blow against the machine-type of politics.” | Last week the Indiana Democratic Committee statement charged that the law, “is a blow at| the two-party system of government in our nation” and that it results in the “partial disfranchisement?” of WPA workers. | The Hatch Law bars from active participation in politics Federal Government employees with a few exceptions. |

. Says Situation Unchanged

The text of Senator Hatch’s written reply follows: “| “The statement of the Democratic State Committee of Indiana relative to the recent Act of Congress presents the same arguments urged during debate on the passage of the measure. “The passage of time has neither improved nor changed the | real grounds of opposition to the| real purposes-of the law. “Such opposition arises in some places upon a very -well-grounded fear that the law will prove to be a most severe blow against what is commonly called the machinetype of politics.

Hopes Spoils Combatted

“My own hope is that the bill will have exactly that effect and that the law will be a most effective weapon with which to combat many evils arising from the vicious spoils system in making appointment to office, a system to which both major political parties have long been committed. “Disfranchisement of no voter or group of voters is provided by the terms of the law. However, it is a well known fact of political history that millions of voters have been in a sense disfranchised for many years in this country through the activities of political bosses dominating conventions and party affairs by means of tight organizations made up in large part by the political jobholders whose political jobs are owed to the political boss and are held at his pleasure. . “All students of government have long agreed that an efficient, impartial and incorruptible civil service can only be developed by a completed divorce of the civil service from partisan politics. “That divorce is what some of us seek to bring about.

Claims WPA Protected “Perhaps it is small wonder that the first and loudest cries should come from organizations which feed upon the thing we seek to suppress. “Sg far as the WPA worker is concerned, the law protects and safeguards him against all who would intimidate, coerce or exploit *him, or who would make the needs of the unfortunate worker on relief a means to control his vote or suffrage. “The charge that the measure “s aimed at those who are employed on WPA’ will not mislead any person who reads the law. It is designed for their protection. It is already protecting them. Its repeal will not be tolerated by the public, who wholeheartedly approve the real purposes of the measure, I regret unfounded criticisms. “I cannot help but wonder what the committee thinks of the recent speech by former Governor Paul V. McNuft before the Federal Bar in which he advocated quite an extension of the Federal Civil Service regulations.”

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Society for Hard-of-Hearing Holds Exhibit; -Gardner Speaks Tomorrow.

Trumpets, tubes and funnels—50 years ago modern hearing aids but nothing more now than antique “gadgets”—are being displayed this week by the Indianapolis Society for the Hard of Hearing. They are being shown, along with modern electrical instruments, at 110 N. Pennsylvania St. to interest the Indianapolis public in the society’s work. The exhibit will be open from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. each day this week, which has been designated as National Hearing

week, Classes Held Semi-Weekly

The society is an agency of the Indianapolis Foundation which provides office space and salaries of two lip-reading teachers. Other expenses are paid from the $2 annual dues of the society's members. . Two lip-reading classes a week are held by the society at its offices, 318 Board of Trade Building. The society believes every person who has difficulty hearing should practice lip reading, whether .or not he wears a hearing aid. A beginning pupils class is held at 7:30 p. m. each Monady, directed by Mrs. George B. Katzenberger. The other, held at 7:30 p. m. each Thursday, is for advanced pupils under Mrs. Katzenberger and Miss Louise ‘Padou, lip reading teacher in the Indianapolis public schools.

this week. Many Suffer Deafness

The society has helped in the public schools’ battle against hearing deficiencies by loaning a group audiometer to the Indianapolis School Board. The audiometer is a device which tests the degree of deafness. A phonograph record of a man and woman speaking is played to a class through earphones. Each pupil writes down what he hears. As the voice becomes softer and softer and the pupils no longer hear it, they stop writing. Between 10 and 12 per cent of In-

3 INQUIRIES SET IN “FT. WAYNE WRECK

FT. WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 25 (U. P.). —Three separate probes into the cause of a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad here yesterday were to begin today. The wreck claimed two lives and injured a dozen other persons, at least two of them seriously. As railroad officials began their investigation, Coroner Walter E. Kruse said he would question those injured as soon as they had recovered sufficiently. The third investi-. gation will be made by Interstate Commerce Commission officials. The wreck occurred when the MidCity Express out of Chicago was pulling into Ft. Wayne. A switch engine and tender backed into the third car. Erven B. Salkeld, 46, Birmingham, Mich., and Robert Brydon, 50, Windsor, Canada, were killed almost instantly. A. R. Deihl, 63, Cresson, Pa., and Tony Giovanini, Chisholm, Minn, are not expected to live.

OPIE READ IS NEAR DEATH AT CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Oct. 25 (U. P.).—Opie Read, 86, humorist, philosopher and author, the last of a group that included Mark Twain, Eugene Field and Josh Billings, was near death today. b A nurse at his home said he has been sinking rapidly since complications due to his age developed several days ago. His condition today

was described as “very critical.”

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dianapolis school children require some aid in hearing and 6 per cent are sufficiently deficient to require medical attention, the Society reports. Dr. Warren Gardner, who is in charge of the testing in the public schools, is to speak at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the Board of Trade

Plans for restoration of historic buildings in New Harmony, Ind., the first center of culture in the Middle West, will be made at a meeting of the New Harmony Memorial Commission here Oct. 31. The Commission was created by the 1939 Legislature which appropriated $150,000 over a four-year period for restoration of the old buildings in the historic. southern Indiana community. At the next meeting of the Commission, of which Mrs. Frederick G. Balz, 32 W. Hampton Drive, is president, the dead to the old Fauntleroy home will be transferred to the State by the Indiana Federation of Clubs. The Commission already has purchased the historic Rappite Tavern, the original home and headquarters of Robert Dale Owen, who headed

Building offices as part of the openhouse. Miss Eva B. Heizer is society president. Members of the committee arranging the observance are Mrs. Minnie Collins and Mrs. A. W. Brayton Jr., co-chairmen; Miss Janet Shaw, Miss Heizer and Dr. Latham Breunig.

New Harmony Planners To Meet Here on Oct. 31

the first white settlement at New Harmony. Mr. Owen’s expedition was known as the “zboatload of knowledge.” The settlers came down the Ohio River in a boat and started their community of culture on the Wabash River. Other buildings of historic interest in the town will be acquired gradually and restored to their original condition, according to Mrs. Balz, at whose home, the Commission- will meet.

CLOCK TICKS OFF CENTURY SYDNEY, Ill, Oct. 25 (U. P.).— A grandfather hall clock which still keeps good time, an old fashioned melodeon and a - spinning wheel, each more than 100 years old, are proud possessions of Miss Helen A.

Smith, who owns a rare antique collection here. .

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HIRE FULL-TIME PLAY LEADERS, BOARD IS ASKED

Mayor’s Group Declares Trained Personnel at : Parks Is Lacking.

The development of trained, permanent leadership in the Park Department’s winter. program was urged by the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Recreation at a meeting with the Park Board last night.

The City has enough grounds and buildings for recreation activities, but lacks a trained personnel to supervise programs, Committee members said. ; “Too much money has been spent on bricks and mortar and not enough on leadership,” Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin, Committee chairman, said, adding that recreation salaries are too low. to attract experienced personnel.

Pay Termed Inadequate

Pay increases would encourage the development of permanent key recreation leaders in each community, Mrs. Joseph A. Miner, Committee member, declared. In her opinion the present salaries, which range from $65 to $85 a month, are inadequate. Park Board members agreed, pointing out that some increases already’ have been provided in the proposed 1940 budget. Further increases will be made, Jackiel W. Joseph, Board president, said. The Board appointed Roy E. Seyferth, 25, of 952 N. Delaware St., as Rhodius Park Community House recreation director and James Reed, 25, of 3245 N. Illinois St., as Brookside Community House director. Committee members approved the appointments. H. W. Middlesworth, recreation director, said six more leaders will be appointed as soon as applicants can be interviewed.

Working With WPA

The Board agreed to allow the WPA to set up a part time recreation prograrh at Municipal Gardens. A program of night dances, games, craft instruction and dramatic classes, will be worked out by Mr. Middlesworth and Quentin Hartke, State WPA Recreation supervisor. Committee members said development of community recreation councils at the Brookside Community House would begin in a Jew weeks. The councils, which will assist the Board in planning recreation activities, will be composed of ParentTeacher Associations and other community groups. If the Brookside council proves successful, other councils will be organized in five more community centers, according to Mrs. Miner. Advisory group members who attended last night's meeting, besides Mrs. Miner and Mrs. Sheerin, were Mrs. Carl'J. Manthei, Mrs. Meredith Nicholson Jr. and Miss Grace V. Brown.

KANSANS GO TO COLLEGE LAWRENCE, Kas, Oct. 25 (U. P.).—Final enrollment figures at the University of Kansas reached 4613, a final check announced by the chancellor's office revealed. The number represented an all-time high with 4345 at Lawrence and 268 enrolled in the School of Medicine

in Kansas City, Kas.

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State Conference to Continue for Four Days at Claypool Hotel.

The Indiana State Conference on Social Work, with its theme, “Social Justice and Social Work,” will open its sessions at the Claypool Hotel Nov. 1 and will continue

through Nov. 4.

The opening session will be ad-

dressed by Dr. James director of the Juvenile Clinic, Newark, N. J,

S. Plant

Dr. Plant will discuss “Dynamics He is the author of “Personality and the CulFollowing his lecture, round table discussions of his talk will be held by 24 specialized groups attending the annual con-

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Included among the special speakers on the program will be Raymond Clapper, columnist for The Times, who will discuss “Social Work and Dr. ‘E. Vernon Hahn,

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RATTLER IN PLAYBOX MIDDLETON, Cal, Oct. 256 (U

P).—Two little sons of Mrs. Nancy Gardner reported to her that there was ‘“an electric wire buzzing in Mrs. Gardner inShe found it was a

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Local Resident Is Elected To Secretarial Position; McCormick President.

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 25.—H. B. McCormick, Cleveland, O. was elected president of the Disciples of Christ at the international convention here. H. E. Holloway, Indianapolis, was named transportation secretary. Others named were: Vice presidents—M. E. Sadler, Austin, Tex., Mrs. Carroll O. Spruekenbruck, Wichita, Kas., and C. C. Pantele, St. Louis, Mo.; general secretary, William Graham Frank, Dallas, Tex.; secretary, Elizabeth Jameston, St. Louis, Mo.; treasurer, J.. H. Nance, Dallas, Tex. : A resolution adopted at the convention urges the United States to stay out of the European conflict. Executive committee members named are the Rev. John Paul Pack, Huntington, Ind., and Mrs. Ruth

the Association of Christian Unity committee are George W. Buckner Jr, Indianapolis, treasurer; H. OQ, Armstrong, Anderson, Ind. secre tary; Doyle Mullen, Lafayette, Ind, and Mr. Pack. : - Federal. Couneil represen are Mr. Armstrong, the Rev. A. E. Cory, Mrs. O. H. Greist, the §

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Rev. W. A. Shullenberger and the Rev. James A. Crain, all of Indianapolis, and Ben T. Smith of Shelbyville, Ind.

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