Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1940 — Page 2
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~ HATCH BILL FIGHT
PRESSED
IN HOUSE
Revolt in Judiciary Committee Expected to Break in Open
Tomorrow; 103 Sign D
ischarge Petition; Rules
Group May Get Plea.
Times Special
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Sponsors of the Hatch Bill
opened an intensive campaign reform measure from the grip
today to extract this politicalof a reluctant Judiciary Com-
mittee and get it before the House for a vote. Encouraged by rank-and-file sentiment in the House for
the measure, demonstrated ii petition by 103 members at the first opportunity last week, they organized to get the necessary 218 signatures to force the bill from the Committee. The job was al-
most half done the first day.
Meanwhile, they watched with interest the revolt in the Judiciary Committee itself, which will break open at the committee session tomorrow with a move to reconsider the secret vote—cast into Chairman Hatton Sumners’ hat—by which the measure was tabled last week.
Dempsey Is Confident |
Rep. John J. Dempsey (D. N. M.),!
House sponsor of the bill which | would curb political exploitation of | state agencies supported by Federal funds, feels confident of success for | the motion to reconsider.
Meanwhile, he plans another] move in event the Judiciary Com-| mittee fails to act. He has intro-| duced a resolution to brilg the bill to the floor. The House Rules] Committee, of which he is a mem-| ber, meets Wednesday. If the) Judiciary Committee doesn't act to-| morrow he wiil ask the Rules Commjttes to approve his resolution. | "Pressure is beginning to come from constituents who are unable to understand why Congressmen try to bottle up such a reform meas- | A i Some members reply that the hill Is not in satisfactory form—al-| though the fact remains that the] Committee itself, as well as the] House, has full power to revise it. | The bill was in the process of amendment in the Judiciary Com-|
mittee when it was sidetracked sud-| denly by the queer, secret tabling procedure. | The reaction against such tactics] is now demonstrated in the move for reconsideration, which draws! support from both parties, as well] as by the rush of members to sign | the discharge petition. Democrats Fearful of Reaction
Some Democrats are fearful that) the hostility of their House leader-| ship to the Hatch Bill will react] against the party in the coming campaign, particularly since Republicans are ready to make an is-| sue of it. Already Thomas E.| Dewey has been campaighing effec- | tively on the political-corruption | issue and citing exploitation of Fed- | eral agencies by the Democrats in some states in the last campaign, ” n ”
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WASHINGTON, May 6.—The offi-| cial list of signers to the Hatch|
Bill discharge petition will not be available until, and if, the 218 names are obtained. However, the 1056 members believed to have signed the petition as it lay on the clerk's desk, included: DEMOCRATS — Louis ‘Ludlow (Ind.), John J. Dempsey (N. M), John K. Grifith (La), Joachim O. Fernandez (La.), John M. Houston (Kas), T. V. Smith ll), Leslie Disney (Okla), Charles H. Leavy (Wash.), Robert G. Allen (Pa), Martin Dies (Tex.), Joe Hendricks (Fla), Lee E. Geyer (Cal), J. Joseph Smith (Conn), John M. Coffee (Wash.), Knute Hill (Wash.), Franck R. Havenner (Cal), Wil-| liam H. Sutphin (N. J), Matthew A. Dunn (Pa.), Jed Johnson (Okla), ! C. Arthur Anderson (Mo.), Overton | Brooks (La.), Rene De Rouen (La.), Mike Monroney (Okla), Robert T. Secrest (0.), Jerry Voorhis (Cal), John H. Tolan (Cal), Robert L.| Mouton (La), A. J. Elliott (Cal), Leonard Allen (La.), Wilburn Cartwright (Okla), William R. Poage | (Tex.), Hany Sheppard (Cal.), Phil Perguson (Okla.), B. C. Gathings! (Ark), Thomas C. Henning Jr. (Mo), Lyle H. Boren (Okla), R.|
Ewing Thomason (Tex), James G.|
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‘mittee is quite militant. going forward manfully. If no one| —
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1 the signing of a discharge
PREDICT JUNE ADJOURNMENT
Congress Leaders Trim Agenda to Bills on Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (U. P).— Congressional leaders trimmed the legislative agenda for the remainder of this session to relief and other appropriation bills today, and predicted adjournment the first week in June. . House decision to send Wage-Hour Law amendments back to Commit-
tee, indications that the Senate would refuse to become involved in a controversy over Wagner Labor Relations Act changes and the apparent willingness of supporters of anti-lynching legislation not to
press for action on their bill at this |
late date presented an optimistic picture for Administration chieftains. Silver Vote Likely Today
Chief controversies for the early part of the week are in the Senate, where a vote is likely today on a bill by Senator John G. Townsend (R. Del.) to repeal the foreign Silver Purchasing Act. Another Senate controversy may develop after the Special Reorganization Committee considers a resolution by Senator Pat McCarran
| (D. Nev.) to kill the President's lat-
est reorganization plan which would put the Civil Aeronautics Authority under the Department of Commerce.
La Follette Hearings Resume
The Senate Civil Liberties (La Follette) Committee resumes its study of migratory farm labor today by calling Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. Problems of national defense get further consideration this week when the Senate Naval Affairs Committee reopens hearings on the proposed 11 per cent expansion of the Navy's authorized tonnage. Meanwhile, a Senate appropriations subcommittee was. expected to conclude hearings on a House-ap-proved $965.000.000 Army supply bill. The committee will hold tests to demonstrate the effectiveness of new style rifles compared with the old Springfield which has been
| standard equipment since the World
War.
COMMITTEE PUSHES LOGAN-WALTER BILL
WASHINGTON, May 6 (U.P) .— Rejecting an appeal by Democratic
| Leader Alben W. Barkiey, the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee agreed unanimously today that action should be taken at this session on the House-approved Logan-Walter Bill subjecting rulings by administrative agencies to judicial review, Senator Barkley made a personal appeal to the Committee to permit the legisiation to go over until next year. He said it should be studied more thoroughly by Government agencies. He then left the committee room. Later, Chairman Henry F. Ashurst (D. Ariz.) announced: “The Committee w uhanimously of the judgment at this legislation should be acted upon at this session. We were of the opinion that this responsibility should be met and not dodged. The comWe are
likes the bill, he will have privilege of voting against it.” The committee appointed a subcommittee to consider certain perfecting amenaments to the House measure. A report will be made to the full committee
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Ask New Library Building
The Broadway Branch Library, 615 E. 42d St., is overcrowded, its patrons say . . . here Barbara Hawkins of 4225 Broadway stands on a chair and reaches over head of James Commons, 4237 Central Ave, to get a book she wants.
17,000 Books in Space for 3600 af Broadway Branch
The folk .around 42d St. and; Five branches were built with Car-
‘Broadway want a new branch li-|negie funds between 1909 and 1812.
brary Two other branches besides the one rary. at -Broadway are housed in buildThey claim that in 18 years they | ings purchased ‘by the Board and have proved they have sufficient other branches are in school buildinterest in books to justify building N8S. th : br as 0 Jusuily 8 A School Board committee is ® new branch. {studying the petition. In 1924 the Broadway branch was| — opened in a small frame building
(at 615 E, 42d St. with three tables land 16 chairs.
At that time it was] intended that the former residence! should be used for the branch only| temporarily and replaced if the] community expressed sufficient in-| terest. That year there were 400 borrowers from the library and they borrowed 3500 books. Last year the branch had 9000 borrowers and a total circulation of 95.345 volumes.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940
TWO HELD AFTER STORE ROBBERY
Shelby St. Grocer Slugged, $600 Taken; Looted Safe Recovered.
An 18-year-old youth is being held by police under $5000 bond and a companion, 20, under $3000 bond as suspects in the $600 robbery of a South Side grocer yesterday. John Kistner, 1521 Lawton Ave. told police a man walked into his store at 1859 Shelby St. and purchased a can of soup. A few minutes later, the man returned, struck the grocer with a pair of brass knuckles, knocking him down, and took from $600 to $700 from a billfold Mr. Kistner had.
Safe Found on Road
The grocer and a 13-year-old youth chased the bandit several blocks but were outdistanced. The suspects were arrested a short time later by Detective John Glenn, whe received a tip they were displaying a large amount of money. Deputy sheriffs yesterday recovered an 800-pound safe which had been taken from a tavern at 1543 Shelby St. sometime Saturday. Nearly $400 was stolen from the safe and liquor valued at $50 also was taken in the burglary. The emptied safe was found a quarter of a mile south of Thompson Road on the Five Points Road by Tony Maio and Harry Cook.
Cab Driver Held Up
Jewelry valued at $500 was taken {from the home of Edgar Diederich, 942 E. 58th St, last night, police reported. Eugene Kelsey, a Red Cab driver, told police he was held up today by 3 passenger he had picked up at Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. The holdup occurred on Lansing St. near. Michigan St. The bandit brandished a .38-caliber pistol, the driver said, and took $5.15 and the Keys to the taxi. The man escaped in a machine which had followed the cab.
Juror Pays $216 To Deliberate
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., May 6 (U. P.) —Clayton Kessler, member of the jury that sentenced Thomas A. Bays to life imprisonment for the slaying of Elizabeth DeBruicker of Attica, today cori sidered the $34 he received for jury duty inadequate. While Mr. Kessler was locked up for deliberation, 42 head of sheep, valued at $260, died in the pasture of exposure because he could not get home to hig farm to put the recently shorn: -animals in shelter. :
RED CROSS DRIVE FOR EUROPE HINTED
WASHINGTON, May 6 (U. P.).—| Chairman Norman H. Davis of the American Red Cross said today that “ever-increasing needs” of relief in Burope may compel the organization to seek a ‘substantial relief fund” from the American people. Mr. Davis was the keynote speaker opening a three-day, annual convention of the Red Cross. “Although we have so far conducted no relief fupd campaign,” he said, “we have received nearly $800,000 in voluntary contribyfions for European war sufferers. We have also set aside a million dollars from our own funds for this purpose. Most of this money is spent.” Meanwhile, President Roosevelt in a letter to Mr. Davis, reiterated his abhorrence of aerial bombing of civilians. He said he regretted that the powers have not acted on the Red Cross’ proposal to prohibit “such inhuman practices.” He did not say specifically that any helligerent has or is indulging in civilian bombing.
ACQUIT CONGRESSMAN
GAINESVILLE, Ga., May 6 (U. P).—Fep. B. Frank Whelchel (D. Ga.), today was acquitted of graft charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Rep. Whelchel and his co-defendant, H. Grady Jones, also acquitted, were accused of conspiring to sell postal service
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It ranked 12th among the 21 libraries in the city. At the end of 1925 the librarian reported that “the branch has already reached the limit of its shelving capacity’—3600 books. | Now Miss Lois Zimmerman, the present librarian. and her three assistants must shelve 17.000 hooks lin the same space. As a result, according to Miss Zimmerman, hooks {are stacked “every-which-way” on | top of each other. | This week a group of 416 resi{dents of the area, led by Arthur D. Pratt, 4110 Guilford Ave. presented | petition to the School Board ask[ing for a new: building to house the branch. | In support of their petition, they, | pointed out that of the 3004 children | (in the three schools of the com-| | munity, Public Schools 66 and 70| (and St. Joan of Arc School, 93 per| {cent held cards from the library,|
{but that the children’s room con-| [tains only one table and six chairs. | They said, indeed, that the li-| brary was still furnished only with] [the three tables and 16 chairs placed | [in it in 1924, | The petitioners said that be{cause the building is so crowded | reading groups of children such as] {are arranged at other branches are| impossible at the Broadway branch] land school library periods cannot) ‘be held. | The petitioners added that “the] | building is so crowded with adulls |in the evenings that about all the (reader can do is to find his books, (get them charged and take them] [for reading elsewhere.” | Monday night, when borrowers {bring back the week-end reading and try to find new hooks is “bedlam,” Miss Zimmerman said. | Luther Dickerson, City Librarian, {said today that it would cost “not more than $50000" to build a new branch. He said that the School Board had built only one library branch at its own expense—the Riverside Branch, built in 1806.
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