Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1940 — Page 8

"TOBIN PLEA FOR

UNITY ADDS TO POLITICAL FIRES

Demand for Rank-and-File Revolt Not Expected to Help Merger.

By LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—Labor Leader Daniel J. Tobin's attack on other labor leaders for continuing the A. F. of L.-C. 1. O. conflict and his appeal for a rank-and-file unity revolt. can pe expected to hasten the political split -between pro-Roose-velt and anti-Roosevelt laborites " rather than help a union merger. Mr. Tobin is not| only head of [the Teamsters’ Union, vice president of the A. P. of L. and member of the A. PF. of L. committee in the ' moribund A. F. of L-C. 1. O. Sd A i | peace negotiaMr, Denny = tions. He alsois “a close political associate of the President, and former chairman of the labor division of the Democratic National ‘Committee.

His sincerity as an| advocate of peace within the labor camp was proved by his leadership in the negotiations with the C. I. O. last winter and’ spring. And neutrals here do not challenge the accuracy of his latest charge that “less than one dozen men on both sides are responsible for the division of eight million workers,” that “reaction has set in, and the only hope for labor is in unity. ” But his demand for a rank-and-file uprising in behalf of unity is not expected to force action by the leaders. - President Roosevelt and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins encouraged and produced last year just such a popular demand. for unity as he envisages. But that clear rank-and-file mandate had no political effect whatever on the A. Fof L. and .C. I. O. conventions last fall. Parleys Controlled Rigidly

The reason is well-known. The A. F. of L. and C. 1. O. conventions are controlled rigidly, and so are most of the individual unions. Mr. Tobin, like- most of his fellow leaders, is a virtual dictator in his union.

- The chahces of a successful rank-

and file revolt in the miners’ union against John L. Lewis, for instance, are as slim as in he case of Mr, Tobin—it has n tried many times, and Bi bases ‘Certainly Mr. Tobin puts President Lewis of the C. 1. O. and President William Green of the A. F. of L., on the spot. But that is no new position for them—as long as they hold on to their jobs and power they are not much disturbed by such statements. Meanwhile, Mr. Tobin’s effectiveness as a negotiator in any future peace conference probably is not helped by his shouting the unsavory truth so all may hear. Messrs. Lewis. and Green. prefer to do the shouting and. Fd ‘name-calling themselves. On the political “side, the Tobin blast may be more significant. Just when the New Deal needs labor's campaign support, there is a falling avay. The C: I. O. is attacking the President for concentrating on foreign affairs and neglecting unemployment, for cutting relief and the social services in his budget, and otherwise swinging to the right. John L. Lewis is against a third term and is’ aiding the candidacy of Senator Burton Wheeler (D. Mont.), who is disliked by some in the White House circle. Even the Workers’ Alliance. which last year at its national convention favored a third term, has just attacked the President at its New York state convention.

He's Not Alone

And of course the Republican Old Guard of the A. F. of L, and Matthew Woll’s higher-tariff outfit, are trying to wreck the Administraion. So it is high time, from the Administration’s point of view, that friendly leaders tell labor the trouble is not with the Administration but with the labor split, which endangers the Wagner Law and other New Deal advances. ’ That is what Mr. Tobin is doing.

> And he is not alone.

- Working more quietly but in some ways more effectively is Sidney Hillman of the Men’s Clothing and Tex-

__ tile Unions, a C. I. O. vice president.

Mr. Hillman has not been able to convert John L. Lewis, any more than Mr. Tobin has been able to move his fellow A. F. of L. bosses. But, despite the failure of Messrs. Hillman and Tobin to win labor peace over the heads of Messrs. Lewis and Green, they may succeed in holding a majority of “the labor vote for Mr.-Roosevelt or his candidate.

DETROIT SHAKEUP JARS POLICE FORCE

DETROIT, Jan. 15 (U. P).—

_ High police officials today awaited

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additional effects of a “purge” which ‘struck the department over the week-end, resulting in the dismissal of Superintendent Fred Frahm and the resignation of John A. Hoffman, Chief of Detectives. In the biggest shakeup of police executives in Detroit's history, Commissioner Frank O. Eaman fired Superintendent Fram after accusing

him of failing to take action in the - sensational Dr. Martin B. Robinson

holdup case; moved Deputy Superintendent Louis L. Berg into Superintendent Frahm'’s job,.and removed two inspectors and a lieutenant. G-Men prepared ‘to aid in the search’ for ‘Detectives Byron Farrish and ‘Wilfred Brouillet, whose disappearance . last Thursday touched off sudden action in the office of the newly appointed

GIVES MEDALS FOR FINNS STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15 (U. P).— Selma Lagerlof, famous Swedish author, donated her: Nobel Prize “medal. and the gold medal of the Swedish Academy to Finland today. It was believed a museum would purchase the medals and that the

proceeds would be used by the

Organize Civic League—A new civic league, open to all persons living north of Pleasant Run Blvd. and east of Ritter Ave, is to be organized at 8 p. m. Wednesday in the Arlington Barbershop, 987 N.

Arlington Ave. Luther H. Manley is the acting chairman.

Butler Alumni to Meet—The Butler University Alumni Club will be addressed by Harry T. Ice, 26, at the club's monthly dinner in the Canary Cottage at 6 p. m. Wednesday. Mr. Ice, an active member of the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, is vice president of the national junior chamber. William Hoffman, ‘33, will be toastmaster. Evan Bs Walker is club president. -

Rev. Baumgartel to Speak—The annual meeting of the East Side Council of Churches will be held at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the Brookside U. B. Church, with the Rev. Howard J. Baumgartel, Church Federation - executive secretary, as the principal speaker. New officers will be elected. The Rev. Golden A, Smith, East Park Methodist Church, is - president.

Lions to Honor Paine—Edward H. Paine, third vice president of Lions epuone, will address the Indianapolis Lions Club Wednesday at the Hotel Claypool. He will show a reel of colored film taken in England last summer.

13 Added to C. of C. List—The names of 13 firms have been added by the Chamber of Commerce to its list of firms in business here a half century or longer. The more than 200 companies now on the list will be honored for their contribution to the community at the Chamber's 50th anniversary meeting Jan. 26. Those added to the original list include the National Casket Co., Capital Paper Co., Piel Bros. division of the National Starch Products, Inc, Railroad Men's Federal Savings and Loan Association, American United Life Insurance Co. Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., Indiana Insurance Co., Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Stone-Stafford & Stone, Union Insurance Co., John R. Welch & Sons, Barrett Hardware Co. and the Newton Todd Investment firm.

Plan Memorial Service—Plans for. memorial services in honor of Tillman Harpole, World War veteran, for whom American Legion Post 249 is named, will be made at a meeting of the post at 8 p. m. tonight. The meeting will be held at post headquarters, 2523 Northwestern Ave.

Native of Ceylon to Sheak--Dr. D. T. Niles, a secretary of the World's Committee of the Y. M. C. A, will speak at the annual meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association

tral Y Building. Fermor S. Cannon,

president, will present the annual

report of the 'association’s: activities. Dr. Niles, a native of Ceylon, is in the United States for a series of meetings with Christian Youth groups. Y. M. C. A. staff, Y Men's Club and will address the chapel at Indiana Central College. Wednesday he is to speak before the Now and Then Club and the Bible Investigation Club. =

‘Rev. Aubrey Installed—The Rev. BE. G. Aubrey was installed as pastor of the Fleming Garden Christian Church yesterday. Following the service a dinner was gixen in honor of the new pastor and his family. He formerly held pastorates in Franklin, Burlington and Converse. The service was directed by the Rev. E. I. Day, executive secretary of the Christian Church Union. Others participating in the ceremony were Dr. G. I. Hoover, executive secretary of the United Christian Missionary Society; the Rev. Thomas Bennett, Dr. Dean E. Walker, Victor Kelly, the Rev. E. E. Russell and the Rev. ~ Joseph L. Craig.

Payne to Play—Charley Payne and his orchestra will play at the President’s Birthday Ball to be sponsored by the Elks Lodge Jan. 30 in the Hotel Antlers. Johnny Sweet will be master of ceremonies. A floor show will be presented. The committee in charge includes Warren P. Todd, chairman; Courtland C. Cohee, Frank W. Spooner, John Morrison, Dr. O. O. Carter, Frank Krause and Dr. Paul C. Beckner.

Pledged at U. of C.—Ted M. Sowders, 419 N. DeQuincy St., has been pledged by the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity chapter at the University of Chicago. A graduate of Tech High School, he is attending the university on a scholarship.

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Hoosier On Program—R. S. Norwood, of L. Strauss & Co., is to be among the speakers at the. convention of the National Association of Retail “Clothiers and Furnishers at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago this afternoon. His subject is to be «Should Merchants Immediately Take Mark-Ups on Carried Stock Upon Notification of: Increased Replacement Costs?”

M. W. Pershing, the only living charter member of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, observed his 91st birthday today at his home, 2549 N. New Jersey St. : E Mr. Pershing, in excellent physical and mental health, spent the day quietly, reading and chatting with friends. He is a former postmaster at Tipton, has been a publisher of newspapers in Tipton ‘and Kokomo, a printer on. Indianapolis newspapers and was manager of the automobile department in the Secretary of State’s office many years,

Four Doctors on Program — Four members will speak at the meeting of the Indianapolis Medical Society of Marion County at the Indianapolis Athletic Club at 8:15 p. m. tomorrow. They are Dr. Murray DeArmond, Dr. E. Vernon Hahn, Dr. LaRue D. Carter and Dr. Robert L. Glass.

League To Install—The East 38th Street Civic League will install 1940 officers tomorrow night at School 1, at 36th apd Gale Sts. They are Charles E. Lindner, president; A. R. McMannus, vice president; W. A, Watson, treasurer; W. B. Leighty, secretary, and Ernest Ross, director. Plans for the new year will be discussed.

CALLS RAIL COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U. P.).— The Railroad Industry Committee authorized under the Fair Labor Standards * Act to recommend a minimum wage up to 40 cents an hour for railroad employees, will meet Feb. 12, Chairman Frank P. Graham, president of the University of Norih Carolina, announced to-

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The Indiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will install a new record system to facilitate the checking of veterans’ claims with the United States Veterans’ Administration:

The announcement was made by Neil H. Kime, Kansas City, executive assistant at national headquarters of the V. F. W., after a two-

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partment officials was held yesterday at the memorial. A The annual banquet for the department and auxiliary was held at the SpinkArms Saturday night. Max Singer, Boston, junior vicecommander in chief of the V. FP. W., spoke. : Officers who participated in the meetings were Merville A. Ray, Evansville, state commander; Mrs. Margaret Murray, Indianapolis, state auxiliary president; H, B. Skinner, Newport, Ky., member of the national council of administratien, and Chrles L. Hopkins, Indianapolis, national deputy chief of staff.

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oy COURSE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS BOOKED

Maurice Williams will conduct a 16-weeks course in effective public relations in connection with the Y.M. C. A. night school, according to Warren Fisher, educational director. The course will begin Jan. 23. ‘Mr, Williams has been a consultant for major business and : professional orWilliams course is designed especially for junior executives, salesmen, clerks and others who come into contact with the public.

DEER HUNTERS EAGER LAS PLUMAS, Cal, Jan. 15 (U. P.) .—Authorities are looking for this section’s two “meanest men.” Under

California laws, each Californian is allowed to shoot two bucks during the open deer season. The two men being sought shot two tame bucks —oné a 6-pointer—on the local

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Seven local and national business associations are co-operating with the Butler University of Business Administration in offering business courses at the Butler second semester evening school. The Indianapolis Chapter of the National Association of Cost Ac-

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