Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1940 — Page 4

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+ chieftans become. so. hold as. to, make it a political battleground | against the age-old traditions of, its | founder, the late Thomas Taggart, | Sr. the most powerful Democratic | leader Indiana ever had.

| diana today and tomorrow.

| say, have been “broken down” in

| command of the Democratic party | met here in the comforting’ parlors | of Taggart tradition and ‘opened . their campaign with the zest of old.

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and candidates from all. parts of | Indiana.

| luncheon. Republican women lead-7 [ers will stage a style show tomorrow | afternoon and the convention will * | close with a banquet at night.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 25; 1940

6 0 ] LEADERS OPEN WEEK-END SESSION TODAY

tvaie Most Sanctimonius Of All Democrat Sanctumis At French Lick.

Br NOBLE REED Times Staff Writer : FRENCH LICK, Ind, Oct. 25— Republican leaders arriving here by the hundreds today for a week-end convention, were invading the por-

tals of the most sanctimonious of all | Democratic retreats in Hoosierland.

Never before in the" history of this famous’ resort have Republican

But party lines, the Republicans

this “new crusade” of 1940. and so party leaders strutted through the ,old Democratic halls here with an "air of new triumph.

Democrats Opened Here Only- six weeks ago, the high

The occasion today was the anconvention of the ‘Indiana Association which is host to Republican leaders

Headlining the speaking program tomorrow afternoon will be Raymond E. Willis, Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate, whose political career was sponsored’ by the Republican’ editors several years ago. Mr. Willis is one of them, having been editor and publisher of a newspaper in Angola, for many years. Glen R. Hillis, the G. O. P. gubernatorial candidate, also is expected to visit the convention between speeches in Southern In-

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Other dignitaries, especially those working “behind the scenes to put Indiana into the winning column at the polls Nov. 5, were here ‘to co-

week of campaigning. Presiding at the editors’ sessions this afternoon and tonight will be James E. Montgomery, of New Albany, association president, who will call upon the editors to adopt resolutions, taking a collective stand on current campaign issues. Tomorrow the editors will hold their business sessions preceding a

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The Schricker Plaque . . . “for , What he has accomplished.”

EASTERN ARTIST DESIGNS PLAQUE

70 Clubs, 400 Persons in Lake County Donate Bas-Relief.

An elaborate bas-relief plaque, designed by a famous sculptor, will be presented to Lieut. Gov. Henry | F. Schricker by Lake County admirers when he goes to Gary to ad-| dress a county-wide rally a. week

Trom tonight.

Seventy Democratic clubs and more than 400 persons contributed to the fund for the plaque. It was designed, without charge, by Anthony de Francisci, professor. of sculpture . at Columbia University and designer of the present silver dollar. Although Mr. Schricker is the Democratic nominee for Governor, sponsors of the tribute explain he is not. being honored for “what he may become” but as a “token of heartfelt esteem for what he has accomplished” in four years as Lieutenant Governor. The plaque, bronze mounted on a walnut panel, is 13 inches across and 22 inches deep. In the upper right hand is the state flag with 19/ stars. The bas-relief likeness of Mr. Schricker is centered and in the lower left is a replica of the Indiana Seal of State.

LEWIS.TALK TONIGHT MAY 0. K, WILLKIE ¢

WASHINGTON, Oct.- 25 (U. ~—President John L. Lewis of Bh {C. 1. O. énters the political battle tonight on the most costly radio

network ever organized for a labor | leader and it was generally believed | that he would indorse Wendell L.! Willkie. Supporters of both President] Rooseveit and Mr. Willkie predicted that he would attack Mr. Roosevelt's relations with labor. They differed as to whegher he would indorse Mr,

an attack on the New Weal. Mr. Lewis speaks Yrom 8 to 8:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time), over more than 322 radio stations of the] three networks.

$60,000. Included in the hookup | will be 92 Red .network stations of| the National Broadcasting So- 112] Columbia Broadcasting System sta-| tions, and between 120 and 150 outlets affiliated with tHe Mutual Broadcasting System. Mr. Lewis expects to reach between 30,000,000 and 35,000,000 listeners. Half an hour after he speaks, he will be answered by Daniel J. Tobin of Indianapolis, president of the A.. PF. of L. Teamsters Union and director of the labor division of the

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EMPHASIS PUT ON HOME RULE BY SCHRICKER

Pledges ‘State Won’t Overstep Line Into Losal Responsibility.” The right of self-government in local communities today became an emphasized issue in the Democratic

Party's state campaign. Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker,

speeches last night, pledged that if elected Governor “the State Government will not overstep the line into the field of local governmental responsibilities.” He told six different audiences, from afternoon teas to night rally meetings, that “home rule is essentially a tradition of the Democratic Party, and I stand pledged to respect and maintain®the duties and powers of local self-govern-ment in all its relations to the people.” Cites Tax Laws He said Indiana citizens now enjoy a greater measure of home rule government than ever pefore in the state’s history. “We especially approve the home rule provisions of our present tax (laws which delegate authority to the peaple over the expenditure of public moneys,” he said. “As long las the people have the right to act | effectively either for or against { public indebtedness or proposed tax {levies we need not $& seriously con[cerned about the limitation of local governmentdl responsibilities.” The Governor candidate referred to the State’s welfare and social security program, “launched by the Democratic Party during one of the most trying. periods in the nation’s history.” Supports Free Text Books “Indiana was one of the first states to join the Federal Government in this great ‘humanitarian work. This year $6,800,000 is being distributed by the State to the counties in support of the welfare program.” Mr. Schricker emphasized his-in-tentions to work for legislation to | inaugurate free textbooks in the | public schools “without additional cost to the taxpayers.” | He reviewed other accomplish- | ments of the present Democratic administration and urged the voters to elect a Democratic Legislature in prides So Sontine the social reforms

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ministration, C. Anderson Ketchum | said at a Democratic rally last night at Washington, Ind. Mr. Ketchum, the present State Budget Director, is the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. “The large saving in the costs of operating the state and all its governmental subdivisions, including cities, towns, counties, town- | ships, schools, etc.” he said, ‘was made in spite of the increased demands for service and.new activities.” | He said 21 state institutions with a total population of more than 23,000 are being operated this year lat a saving of about $275,000 under | expenditures of 1932, when there were but 19 institutions and about 21,000 to be cared for. : Mr. Ketchum also asserted that while Secretary of State James M. Tucker, the only elected Republican officeholder in the State House, had promised to conduct his office at a great saving to the state, he really had increased his department's expenditures by more than 10 per cent.

Peace Preparation Lauded

Preparation for peace in order that there shall be no war has marke Roosevelt's foreign policy, Judge William Fitzgerald, Democratic neminee for the Supreme Court, told a Clay County audience last night. “The President, if he had .wished to play politics as those who hate him have charged,” Judge Fitzgerald said, “could just” as well have delayed the registration for peace time conscription until after the election. But Mr. Roosevelt, as usual, placed

| the safety and future of the United

States and its people ahead of everything else. “The great conscience of the United States has demanded that there shall be no repetition of disasters of the first World War which were the result of lack of training. If the time comes when invasion of our shores seems imminent, it is undoubtedly the wish of the people as well as of the President that we be prepared in every possible way.”

Mrs. Scholl at Loogootee

The destiny of America lies in continuance of the present democratic form of government, Mrs. Inez Scholl, '"Connersville, said at a Democratic rally last night at Loogootee, ~ Mrs. Scholl, the Democratic nominee for reporter of the State Supreme and: Appellate Courts, said the New Deal had “put the farmer back on his feet and brought about an increase in’ national income

welfare and reform.” She dismissed the third term issue with the statement that when Wendell Willkie quit as president of Commonwealth and Southern, the utility replaced him with a man of 28 years’ experience. “Why didn’t they hire a farmer?” she asked.

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‘In Heat of the Campaign

One of the most spectacular pictures of the heated Presidential campaign is this study of Wendell Willkie lunging vengefully toward the man who had just thrown an egg that gplattered him and his wife. The incident, which occurred as Mr. Willkie was about to beard his train in Chicago, was deplored by political leaders, Republican and Democratic alike.

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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25 (U. P.).

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Administrator, charged last night that Wendell: L. Wilkie indorsed most of the policies of the Roosevelt Administration “because he could not challenge them.” “Fearing to chdllenge,” Mr. MecNutt declared, “Willkie now offers to do it ‘better.” His speech, a.continuanceé of the Democratic campaign for Pennsylvania’s 36 electqral votes, was made only 24 hours after President Roosevelt spoke here. Mr. McNutt praised Mr. Roosevelt’s national defense measures and termed the Republican Party, “by inclination and by tradition, the defenders of the status quo.”

“The next President of the United States will face problems as momentcus as any eyer faced by the leader of a free people,” Mr. M:Nutt said. “The next President of the United States will have to ex-

have jxtraordinary responsibilities. “The next President of the United States will be allowed no second guesses. He wil have to 'bé right the first time.” Mr. McNutt said that in contrast with Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Willkie was without essential experience in gqveriment—“an unknown quantity.”

State Speakers

TODAY —Henry F. Schricker at Connersville and New Castle; Senator Minton at Rensselaer; U. 8S. Seuator Scott W. Lucas of Jllinois at Marion; ‘Governor Townsend at Shelbyville; Anderson Ketchum at 1240 Reisner St., Indianapolis ¢afternoon) and Boswell at night; Clarence J. Donovan at Greentown; William Fitzgerald at Wadesville; Paul E. Laymon ‘at Milan; Fred

F. Bays at Wabash; Oliver Cannon

at Buffalo; Mrs. Inez M. Scholl ‘at Ft, Wayne; Mrs. Hettie Dunkin at Campbellsburg; Ralph Hanna at Owensville; ‘Floyd Hemmer at Linton; Alex Gordon at Franifort Mrs. Olive Belden Lewis at Indianapolis and Greencastle; Clarence Manion at Ft. Wayne; Manford Nelson at Garrett; Louis Needier in Jay County; Willett Parr Jr. in Carroll County; Mrs. Samuel Ralston at Acton; Joseph McNamara in Harrison Township, Bartholomew County; Albert Stump at Madison; A. J. Stevenson at Tippecanoe; Mrs. Pearl Lee Vernon at Milltown; Mrs. Ann Walterhouse at Wabash; Senator Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana at Shelbyville. REPUBLICANS

TODAY —Glen R. Hillis at Petersburg and Washington; Raymond E. Willis at Winchester and Anderson; James M, Tuckgr at Medora; Emsley W. Johnson Sr. at’ Mooreland; Wilbur Grant at Brazil; William E. Jenner at Mitchell; Mrs. Mary E. Benadum at Angola; Richard T. James at radio station WIRE; George: N. Craig at Florence Thacker at Avilla; William F. Remy at Churubusco; Robert H. Loring at Anderson; Genevieve Brown at Kewanna; Edgar

Blessing at Bloomington; Dr. C. T, |pa

Malan at West Lebanon; James E. Watson at Fortville; Dan C. Flanagan at Wolcottville; Miss Vashti Burr at Peru. '

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LINKS NEW DEAL T0 COMMUNISTS

Willis ‘Says It Has ‘Shown - Warmest ‘Cordiality’ Toward Reds.

The New Deal has “shown the warmest cordiality” toward Communist and Communist sympathiz= ers, Raymond E’ Willis, G. O. P., nominee for U. 8. Sepatne mhariged in addre a Xepuklicen rally a%2 Shelbyville last night. Mr, willis asserted that the “New Deal Administration rails and rants at Germany and Italy and Japan,” but “far some treason has been fit to , soft-pedal Russia.’ : “I don’t believe,” he. said, “you . have forgotten that after thrée Reublican Administrations had re-. used to recognize and establish, diplomatic relations with this gang of bloody butchers in Moscow, the New Deal hastened to accord such

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“There were promises of ‘great’ trade’ with Russia, but the trade never materfalized.” “The Dies Committee,” He added, “has disclosed™ that nearly 3000 known Communists are on the Fed~ . eral payroll, yet not one move hasy been made to remove them.” ———————————————— + ~

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