Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1941 — Page 3

‘WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1941

"TRUST ACT CURBON | PROFITEERS URGED

Armold Asks Fines Ranging to $50,000 in Fight on lilegal Price Fixing: German Control of U. S. Defense Industries Bared, He Says.

- WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U. P.).—Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, the Government’s chief “trust|} buster,” recommended today that special legislation be enacted to make profiteering on national defense contracts sub-

HERE'S THE REAL BENGHAZI STORY

Italians Went East Well Dressed and Spirited; Came Back in Tatters.

By ROBERT J. CASEY

ON THE LIBYAN FRONT, Feb. 12.—British tanks were still rolling up the waterless miles toward Tripoli today with no indication where —if at all—they might halt.

YOU DON'T NEED a crystal ball to foresee that our legislators are heading for a no-holds-barred battle royal on two subjects—liquor and textbooks. ; The battle lines already are forming between Republicans wha don’t like their leaders’ proposals and the party bosses. On the liquor control question, the proposal of Senator Orville Stout is the rallying point for those opposing the leaders. The Vincennes Senator’s measure resembles the brain-trust’s bill in several ways. But it sets up real bi-partisan county boards and a

reduced to bring earlier tax rate reductions. Several technical changes Suge gested by the Board are not men= tioned in the Republican bill, but

ject to penalties similar to man Anti-Trust Act.

WAGE-HOUR LAW SHUNNED BY GOP

Party High Command Sends Problem Into Next Legislature.

The Republican “high command” moved today to end agitation for a State wage-hour law by asking for a commission to study the problem and report at the 1943 session of the Legislature. A resolution introduced by Rep. J. Otto Lee (R. Indianapolis), House Labor 7 Ren, F Chairman,

and signed by Rep. Frank Millis (R. Campbellsburg), floor leader, provided - that ja six-member commission be appointed this year to review “all phases” of wage-hour legislation. The resolution is indorsed by the Republican State Committee and the G. O. P. Wage Earners organization, it is understood. Under its provisions the, Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House each would appoint two members, one representing employees and one employers. It was passed on ga voice vate, with only a scattering of ayes a no opposition votes, and sent to the Senate for concurrence. An appropriation of $1000 is provided for the commission’s expenses and a report ordered by Dec, 1, 1942. Two public hearings—one on a Senate Wage-Hour bili and another on a House measure—have been held since the Legislature opened. Both the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. have demanded the Legislature take action on the sion o at this session.

SELF- DEFENSE PLEA VOICED BY ACCUSED

Bible in hand, Oscar Johnson took the stand in Criminal Court today and testified that he was attacked by the man he is accused of killing and that he stabbed in self-defense, The man slain was John! Shriver, 50, restaurant operator and employer of Johnson. The slaying occurred _ in Mr. Shriver’s room at 827 Park Avt. last Aug. 25. The accused man, who has spent his time at the defense table reading the Bible and scarcely ever uttering a word to his attorneys, said he feared his employer for some time before the killing. Johnson said that Shriver had owed him $6 in wages and that on the night of the slaying he left his own room, also at 827 Park Ave. and had gone to Shriver’s room. He called through the closed door to Shriver’'s room, he said, and asked about the money and Shriver told him to come in, Shriver, he testified, said he had no money and beat him. Then, Johnson testified, he reached: in his hip pocket, took out his knife and opened it with his teeth. He said he jabbed twice with it, got free, and ran.

GOVERNOR APPOINTS 5 TO ARMORY BOARD

Governor Henry F. Schricker today named five men to the State Armory Board. They are Brig. Gen. D. Wray DePrez, Shelbyville; Dr. A. C. Arnett, Lafayette; Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchcock, Gerald B. Ely, and Maj. Oliver H. Stout, all of Indianapolis. t The .Governor and .Adj. .Gen. Elmer F. Straub are ex-officio members of the board which controls all the State Armory properties. i

those contained in the Sher-

Economic Committee to as-

port, said that taxpayers will

| be forced to pay “tribute” un-

less defense expenditures are protected by more strihgent

legislation. Under the statute proposed by Mr. Arnold persons guilty of ‘“conspir-

acies” to raise the cost of goods or services purchased by the Federa. Government or of monopolizing the labor and materials necessary to produce them, would be liable to the penalties carried in the Sherman Act. Proposes $50,000 Fine

One of his recommendations was that the maximum fine of $5000 under the statute be increased to $50,000 because “some of the most persistent offenders . . . are groups of ‘businessmen whose incomes are in the millions or even in the hundreds of millions.” : At the same time, Mr. Arnold called for increased appropriations for his division to combat illegal

price-fixing and other practices tending to raise the cost of both (defense and non-defense materials. "He also recommended abolition of state and local trade barriers tending to impede trade. The special statute recommended by Mr. Arnold would invoke “the same rule of reason, the same procedure, the same penalties and the same special exemptions for labor as now exist under the Sherman Act,” he said. He added that its “sole effect would: be to permit the use of the anti-trust laws in cases of national importance which do not involve interstate commerce.”

Claims Charges Excessive

Regarding the defense situation, Mr." Arnold said investigations by his division indicated that: 1. The Government has been charged excessive and unreasonable. prices for essential war materials as a result of agreements between domestic and foreign companies, and collusive bidding on Army and Navy contracts. 2. Foreign companies have taken out patents and entered into cartel arrangements in the United States on essential war materials to block

serious shortages. “3. Divisions of world markets by patent agreements between domestic and foreign companies gave foreign interests the right to determine where and how the American companies may sell certain military supplies. 4. It seems probable that vital military information has been dis-

’|closed to foreign companies through

the requirement of detailed descriptions of items covered by royalty payments in patent license agreements.

Criminal Actions Started

Crimjnal or civil actions have been started in the aluminum, military optical goods, tungsten, carbide, airplane fabric, bentonite, and magnesium industries, Mr. Arnold said, and investigations are underway involving drugs, aviation precision equipment, surgical instruments and equipment. “Startling instances” of partial German control of American defense industries, as well as illegal price-fixing among American concerns, have been uncovered before a grand jury in New York, Mr. Arhold addd. ~ At least 31 industries producing vital war materials are awaiting investigation because the anti-trust division lacks facilities to deal with them, he explained. For “obvious reasons,” he added, full details cannot be given, but he volunteered to furnish the committee information

Mr. Arnold, appearing be-|§ fore the Temporary National

sist in drafting its final re-|§

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| Across the sands of Livre winds this modern road from Benghazi, latest of the Italian bases to fall to the British, to Tripoli, perhaps the next on the British blitzkrieg itinerary. Few of the Italian forces at Benghazi were able to eseape via this highway, as the British closed in too fast.

SENATE PASSES BILL ON HEALTH

Measure Sets Up Council Of [17 to Replace Present State Board.

e Senate today passed, 33 to 10, a bill to revamp public administration of health in Indiana. Under its terms, a State Council of Public Health wotilld be set up, composed of 17 members in place of the present, State Health Board. "hese 17 members, to be named by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor. and "Treasurer, would include nine doctors, two laymen, one dentist, one engineer, one pharmacist, one veterinarian, one registered nurse and one hospital superintendent. Four of the 17 members, two of them to be surgeons, would constitute a Stafe Bogard of Health. They would appoint a secretary to conduct the department at a salary not to exceed $9000 a year.

¥ Similar Bill Vetoed

The measure is designed to. give persons other than surgeons who are interested in public (health a voice in ‘public health policy, according to| Senator Davies Batterton (R. Greensburg), its author. A similar measure passed by the 1939 Legislature, was vetoed by former Governor Townsend. Senator William E. Jenner (R. Shoals) introduced a measure today which would give persons finding delinguent taxes for the counties one-third of the amount collected as the result of their discovery. ‘“I'ax ferrets” now are illegal in the state.

Pass Ripper Backstops

By strittly party vote of 29 ta 15, he Senals today passed two “backstop ripper measures” to the House. One would provide that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State Treasurer appoint the State nemployment Compensation Board of five members in place of the Governor who now does the appointing. The Board membership is to be composed. of two representatives of labor, one representative of the public, cne of large employers and one representative of smail employers. “The other

“backstop” measure

|provides that the Sta surance Commissioner shall appointed by

a Board composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Auditor. The Insurance Commissioner ig now appointed by the Governor.

DIES COMMITTEE PROBE EXTENDED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U. P.).— The Dies Committee, having obtained | $150,000 and a 15 months’ extension of authority to investigate un-American activities, planned today to begin an investigation of Nazi-Fascist and Communist “front” organizations. Rep. Joe Starnes (D. Ala), «4 committee member, announced the

(D. Tex.) rested at a private hospital after collapsing in his office

{late Yesterday.

on the subject in secret session.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record Conny City Total 3 7 : “11 —Feb. 11—

'4°| Accidents . 0 | Arrests TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid 12 $11 5 28

Violations Speeding Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at through street 12 Disobeying traffic

12 13 20 20 66

7 1: 69

signs Drunken driving. 2 All others ....... 74

116

106 $218

Totals ...

MEETINGS TODAY

Y. M. C. A. Camera Club, meeting, ¥. M. + C. A, 1:30. p. m. Lions Sun, Claypool Hotel,

noon. . Young Men’s Discussion Club, dinner, Y.

m. Purdue Alumni luncheon, Hotsl Severin. on. 12th District ‘American Legion, luncheon, Bay of Be ma Alpha Epsilon, luncheon, Board

Tau, Seville Tavern,

neon. Co-gperative Club of indianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club. noo Junior Chamber of Commerce. luncheon, Canary Cottage, n 9: J19-Plus: Meeting, amber of Commerce, irae Chub, ‘luncheon, Columbir. Club,

on. Temple Brotherhood, father and son meeting, temple ve B. C. Sepyice Bureau. Shia. Hotel Washington, 12:15 erica Communications Association, meeting, Hote

Washingto Indiana Farm Bureau, oil ELE Hotel

Severin. all morning & oo Indiana University

Eli Selo of "Medicine, dinner, Hotel Severin,

luncheon,

Association,

luncheon,

yment Compensation Division, master Horst Save

Optome diner nd i ing Hotel i Soil

rrises nr a lis Real Estbte B Board, lunch-

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A Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,

League of Indianabelis, luncheon, N. Pensylvania St., Oil Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin. Oaon. g Indianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110

Construction

Nr ab da Chi Alpha Alumni Association, luncheon, Russet Cafeteria, noon. dianapolis Motor Transportation Club, lugcheon, Sons Steak House, noon Sisma Nu, luncheon, Columbia Club, noo. John Hancock Life Insurance Ls. breaktoe hotel Vashingion, 7:30 a Lilly Co. Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. oS 2nd dinner, Hotel Severin, noon and op e n Compensation Division, , Hotel Severin, 9 a B Union 53. meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p. 1g Electric L League, Mincheon, Hotel Severin,

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for errors in names snd addresses.)

Ursel R. Todd, 23, yFupnsside; Anne Mae Conley, TU 1605 Ala

ar one trice 6 Piping, 18, of 2250 N. Ars Morehouse, 22, of 4574 Guilford; Mi ae Porter. 21. of 3805 N. lawar

Gertrude M. ‘Keininger, 17, of 1843 Mc-

Doug: rd A. Regula, 29, of 1930 Houston: "Marie Ogez, 26, of 328 S. Lyons

ne Bra 22, 708 Betty E. Flint. 90: Richard B. Higg

Roselens Froije.’ 8s 0 Ralph arri ok ‘ y or: Mary PM. Lowery, 22, of Urbana, Ill.

BIRTHS

Twin Girls ? Joseph, Mary Boesnbury, at Methodist. Girls

John, Harriet Click. at Methecdist. Joseph, Violet Saales, at Methodist. - Stanley, Catherine 8kiles, at Coleman. Charles, coleman.

oe bent, Mary Haskett, at St. Vincent's. Boys

Cleo, Mae: Philli t gi icnard Jacque ne *Ric

hodist. io at Metho-

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8 aa Theta Pi, fincheon, Canary Cottage, :

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OFFICIAL WEATHER |

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—M os tl v cloudy: occasional light rain late tonight or tomorrow; warmer tonight with tem+ perature above fresming: colder tomorrow night. : :

Sunrise

ium? 6:42 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE . —Feb. 12, 1940—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation ag Jan. & Caen aes Deficiency since Jan. 1........c00000ves 2

MIDWEST WEATHER

IND! IANA--Cloudy, occasional light rain beginning tonight y Lg changing to snow in. northwest portion tomorrow night; warmer tonight Decomiy much colder tomorrow HIER, and in wes portion tomerrow afternoon. 'Mlineis-—Cloudy, Pri Ah rain toi to light snow or snow r in central and becoming muh

ho tonight, order tomorrow. . Lower Michigan—Rain or snow_in north, in south portion tonight) and t morrow, changing to snow in west portion Orrow; warmer tonight, becoming colar in southwest and = reme west portions tomorrow afte Ohio--Fair, Slightly OD mer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer, followetl by showers at night. Kentticky—Increasin ® lbadiness and ; tomorrow cloudy warmer in east portion followed by show 8 and in west portion tomorrow

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. Station eather Bay Te Amarillo, Tex. .. ay .24 a5 Bismarck, N, D BOSION ceoeuoaens . Chicago Cincinnati”

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President?

Willkie: Smiles and Senator .Clark’s Face Is Red.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U.P). —The crowded Senate caucus room rang with applause when Wendell L. Willkie, unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, was

addressed as “Mr. President” as he testified on the lend-lease bill yesterday. Senator Bennett C. Clark (D. Mo.) opened a question to Mr. Willkie with that salutation. The crowd laughed and clapped, and many stamped their feet. “That’s ‘what should have been,” Mr. Willkie said smilingly. “No, Mr. Willkie,” Senator Clark replied, his face red, “that’s consolation for what happened at the polls last November.”

REP. CREIGHTON FEARS NEW LEVY

Chances Are 4 to 1 for Sales or Net Income Tax, He Predicts. (Continued from Page One)

would be able to get along without a sales tax if the gross tax bill passed. Rep. Creighton replied: “We've been - introducing and passing bills to raise the costs and reduce the revenues. We're paving our road straight to a.sales tax or a net income tax. . “I'm going to vote for this bill, but I'm voting with my eyes wide open. This session or a special session will have to vote on a sales tax.” The gross tax bill passed the House 94 to 0 and was sent to the Senate. : Some members of the Ways and Means Committee are gathering data on the revenue-raising possibility of the State’s operation of the retail liquor business. Others object to this on the grounds that many businesses would be destroyed and investments ruined. ‘The sales tax is favored because most of Indiana’s neighboring states have adopted this form and its revenue-raising possibilities are fairly easy to determine. At this afternoon’s conference, the Committee is expected to ask the Governor how he would balance the budget will still provide the tax relief promised by both party platforms,

34,500 MORE GUARDS TO GET CALL BY JULY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U. P.).— The War Department announced plans today to call approximately 134,500 more National Guard officers and men to duty for a year of train-

ing before July 1.

The schedules call for induction of 28,00 in March, 6000 in April, and about 500 in June. More than 200,000 of the 242,402 officers and men in the Guard already are in Federal service and others are slated to follow this month. The only Guard units now for which mobilization dates have not been set are nine Air Corps observation squadrons, comprising a total of 1500 officers and men.

INDIANA ‘GOOL’ T0 LEASE-LEND

4 of 5 U. S. Sections Now Support Measure, Poll By Gallup Shows.

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP.

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 12—The East Central states—Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan—remain the one section of the United States in which the verdict on the President’s lease-lend bill remains in doubt. In the other four sections of the country, the Gallup Poll today shows strong support for the lease-lend measure. The question put to a cross-sec-tion of voters in each area was: “Do you think Congress should pass the President's lease-lend bill?” The replies fall into four distinct categories—those definitely favoring the bill as it now stands, those definitely opposed, those who attach a qualification to their reply. and those who have not yet formed on opinion about the bill.

Qualified No Ans- OpinXes No wer ion New England and Mid-At lantic States 54% 21% 16% 9% East Central... 39 1 9 West Central.. 53 15 10 South : 10 5 Far West ...... 55 16 9

Nation ....... 54 15 9

It can be seen from the above table that, on an issue as controversial and complex as the lease-lend issue, opinion cannot be boiled down to a straight “yes” or “no.” Many" voters, ranging in number from 10 per cent in the South to nearly 20° per cent in the East Central area, attach limitations to their answers, including a number of desired niodifications in the bill. If the nation-wide results of the Institute’s “sampling” are applied against the total of 50 million voters in the last Presidential election, the situation is approximately as follows: Favor the bill ...27,000,000 voters Opposed to the bill 11,000,000 voters Qualified opinions 7,500,000 voters No opinion ....... 4,500,000 voters

If all those who now give a qualified answer, plus those who have not yet formed an opinion, were eventually to side with the ‘“noes,” the total opposed would be 23,000,000 —still less than a majority. The East Central States, with Chicago as the hub, have always been the least in favor of aid to Britain, judging by other Institute surveys.

HARMONY COMES TO THE LEGISLATURE

Sixty pupils from Elmhurst High School of Ft. Wayne, resplendent in bright red uniforms, serenaded the Legislature with an hour’s band concert in the State House rotunda today. The band was scheduled to appear in the House and Senate chambers for further concerts later today.

‘DEFENSE WEEK’ SET

Indiana citizens have been asked to observe the period from today to Feb. 22 as “National Defense Week,” in-a proclamation issued by Governor Henry F. Schricker. Patriotic organizations were urged to arrange programs honoring Indiana youths now in training camps.

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With no dissenting vote * from Mussolini, Gen. Henry Maitland Wilson, commander of the Army of the Nile, took office as military governor of Cyrenaica. And with swift —and bewildering — peace settling down along the Gulf of Sidre, it began to be possible to tell something of what had happened in the last battle, the most incredible of an incredible campaign. The taking of Benghazi, which some day may rate as one of history’s most important military episodes, has been a somewhat shadowy § affair with little news even from those who watched the Italian flag come down filtering the dust. now one gets de- gi Mr. Casey actions — fierce and bloody messes—along the north road out of Cirene, of the spectacular battle between tanks in the heat and dust of the desert trail to the south. One hears plenty of evidence to substantiate the belief that the chief talent of the British strategists is to know when one battle is over and so proceed gaily to the next. Certainly, the mechanized units swept past Benghazi as if they had never been there, ignoring sun‘dry battered regiments that stood with both hands in the air in a sort of double Fascist salute. That is why they are out in the desert today, seeking new wonders to perform, harassing what is left of the demoralized and thirsty mob that once was Italian Commander-in-Chief Marshal Rodolfo Graziani’s Imperial African Legion.

Slaughter Is Slaughter

There has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not the Italians intended to defend Benghazi—neat academic discussion in which the British tank pilots, Australian machine-gunners and about 60,000 civilians take no part. Slaughter is slaughter, no matter what is the philosophical background. It is from civilians you get the most vivid picture of the last days of II Duce’s hopes in Cyrenaica. Months ago, Italian hosts had gone east behind the eagles of the new Rome—the best equipped army the region had ever seen, the best dressed army in the world. It was directed jointly by Marshal Graziani and destiny, and flagwavers who saw it go forth from Benghazi knew it would presently be camped along the Suez Canal. Later came some discussion that destiny had got bogged down, somewhere around Mersa Matruh, but nobody thought it made much difference. It would pick up again when the engineers could extend Victory Highway and make the going easier across the Egyptian sands, . The Tide Turns

Recently it was noticeable that the tide" of battle was turning. Troop movements no longer were forward. Trains and trucks began to bring large numbers of dirty, unshaven, virtually unarmed men, all of whom seemed to be on their way back to Tripoli. There were rumors that all was not going so well up in front, that the Australians and the British were bad enough but that the tribesmen of the Senussi sect had risen in a holy war, not only against the hated | Ipalians but against all who had dealings with them—even other Moslems. In the days after the fall of Tobruk, the terror in Benghazi approached panic. Red Cross ambulances, whose paint had been blasted off by desert sandstorms, began to rell up out of the dust. Methodically they stopped at the edge of the salt marsh where the isthmus road leads to the town. There attendants dispassionately sorted out their loads and piled the corpses in the ditch.

COL. ESTABROOK DEAD

Col. Albert C. Estabrook, father of Mrs. Oscar Konzen, 5882 Central Ave., died today in St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich. A Civil War veteran, Col. Estabrook was commander of the Michigan Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a native of Allegheny County, New

York.

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as a hostler, plowman, wood chopper, carpenter and occasionally minded children at 25 cents a day, the money being paid directly to his father. Lincoln told the story of the first dollar he ever earned. He had built a flat boat on the Ohio River and was preparing to take some produce down to New Orleans. He was looking over ‘his boat one day and two strangers asked him to ferry them outstream to a steamboat. When they were safely boarded, and the steamer was about to pull away, Lincoln reminded them they had not paid him, whereupon each threw a half dollar into the boat. 2 ” ‘® LINCOLN’S WORDS were. “I could scarcely believe my eyes as I picked up the money. You may think it was a very little thing . . . that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work I had earned a

dollar. I was a more hopeful and Toughiel boy from that time.” other

I could scarcely credit -

by a man who said he was an eye witness, that a man, Lincoln’s el-

about his horse. “Abe,” he said, “I have the best horse in the world; he won a race and never drew a long breath.” Lincoln did not answer or give any indication of hearing. The man repeated his assertion and Lincoln looked at him and drawled: “Well, why don’t you tell us how many short breaths he drew?” This made the man angry and he offered to fight but Lincoln said: “Now, if you don’t shut up, I'll throw you in that water.” Lincoln told a friend, years aft-. er he had won fame, that he " “read through every book I heard of in that country (Indiana), for a circuit of 50 miles.” - And it is related by biographers that he would make long excerpts from each of the books he read with a turkey buzzard pen and briar root ink.” ” ” 8

WHEN HE HAD no paper, he on a

der at the time (boasted excitedly

rd notes on Walls and he did

‘Lincoln Split Rails and Cut Social Capers In 'Pinching' Years He Spent in Indiana

shovel. Years later his stepmother is quoted as saying: “We took particular care when he was reading not to disturb him. We would let him read on and on til he quit of his own accord.” And then there is the testimony of Gran’pa Abigail Evans, a crusty old codger, as reported by the Indianapolis Journal in 1892. Says he: “Abe wuz ther laziest chap in this neck of woods and how the likes of sech as him ever kem ter be President is mor’n yer granpap kin understand. Abe Lincoln maul rails? Waal, I guess not. He could hold his own swinging the girls on the corners at a barn dance, or at a spellin’ school but he didn’t maul no rails. Leastwise, there’s no recollection in my mind. of him doin’ it.”

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IT ALSO IS KNOWN that Lincoln once felt socially slighted when he was not invited to a wedding and that he rebuked the guilty parties by writing a sly verse about them. { Most young men of the times and place, biographers pointed out, would have been thoroughly incapable of writing verse at.all. d have

bi-partisan State Board in fact as well as name. It also retains a State excise police force ‘on a two-party basis under a merit system instead of leaving enforcement to local police and their political shenanigans. On .the textbook problem, the big slugfest will he waged on the question of multiple or uniform adoptions. Senator O. Bruce Lane ills party chiefs to the

a G. O. P. statement says “it is suggested that they be taken from the Board’s bill and added by amendment to this bill” Which leads to the question: Why all the fuss A Why didn't the G. O. P. accept the Board’s carefully-considered amendments and make the changes it wanted to in committee? ;

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Dausman Gets 'Enuf’ ,!

ONE REPUBLICAN finally got all he could stand. While some others just as disgruntled write letters to editors, talk out of the corner of their mouth or sullenly stay in line just to land a State job, Rep. Guy Dausman (R. Gosh en) has struck out on his own. And the warning he gave, thdt Governor Schricker will be “a king” if the ‘decentralization™ bills are tossed out by the courts, jolted some of his colleagues. Some G. O. P. leaders passed off Mr. Dausman’s blast as a ‘“pere sonal feud” with one of the “seven best legal minds” . Led by “back when” Rep. H. H Evans of New Castle, the Republ= licans are openly chortling now that “we're shoving it down tie throats of you Democrats just like you did it to us in 1933.” Eveh Rep. Carl Roell, the conscientious Shelbyville Democrat who: makes speeches, finally ded the G. O. P. that “two wron don’t make a right as far as

people are concerned.” ” EJ ”

Did you Know—? “

NOTE TO APARTMENT dwell= ers: If any room in which you live (except the bath) has less than 100 square feet of floor space and-ceilings lowers than nine feet, you have been illegally overs erowded under a 1913 law which set up these figures as minimum

draw wi a multiple adoption bill. TheMeaders came right back with one for uniform adoptions in the grades and multiple adoptions in the high schools, and a fight that will start on the Senate floor and rage through the House was on. " ” »

Why All the Fuss?

AFTER TWO YEARS of study, a special committee representing employers, labor and the Indiana Unemployment Compensation Board agreed unanimously on ‘a series of amendments for the compensation law. They took their proposals to the Legislature and attempted to obtain bi-partisan sponsorship. The G. O. P. balked. So the Democrats signed the bill alone. Now the Republicans have come forth with their own bill, Like the Board, they propose a $1 increase to $16 in the maxis mum weekly benefits. The Board" asked reduction of the waiting period for benefits from two weeks to one and extension of maximum benefits from 15 weeks to 16 weeks. The Republicans propose extending the maximum period to 17 weeks, ‘but don’t mention the waiting period. The Board says that under the present system, it usually is four weeks or more before a man or woman who loses a job gets the first check. They need the money earlier than that, and most of them are back at another job before the maximum period has expired, the Board claims. But the Republicans say that “liberal ization at the other end is preferable from the workers’ standpoint.” The Board also proposed extending coverage to employers of four or more persons, instead of eight as at present. The G. O. P. omits this, saying that it would add a great many small employers, primarily retailers, and greatly increase administrative costs and difficulties. The Republican bill also suggests that the percentages of previous annual payrolls required in the employers’ reserve accounts be

has caught up, and a bill g through now provides that the kitchen floor space may be 50 square feet and all other rooms 80 square feet, with ceilings down to eight feet. . . . Note to local golfers, anglers, etc. If Indianapolis wants daylight saving time in the summer, which it can’t have now because the Legislature passed ‘a law against it back in 1929, Reps. Charles Ehler and Thomas Grinslade, local Repube licans, believe we should have it, They have introduced a bill to re. peal the ’29 act. It appears to be a harmless piece of legislation, but will it catch plenty of scorching.

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