Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1941 — Page 2

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HOUSE SESSION SPEEDS 34 BILLS

Schricker Vetoes Two Bills; Sees ‘Paralyzed’ State ~ Under ‘Big Ripper.’ * (Continued from Page One)

state government for at least four days. In his fourth veto message rejecting the keystone G. O. P. government reorganization measure Mr. Schricker stated that it is ‘clearly unconstitutional.” :

The vetoed bill would take control of most of the government away from the Democratic Governor and place it under four Republican-dom-inated boards. - The Governor also vetoed another G. O. P. “ripper” bill which would take. control of the Highway Commission away from his office and place it under one of the Republic-an-dominated boards.

Roll Call Postponed

The Republican majority leaders in the House postponed the roll call to pass both bills over the vetoes. Rep. Frank T. Millis (R. Campbellsburg), majority leader, explained that there were not enough Republican members present to complete a constitional majority. Democratic leaders said they had no hope that either of the vetoed bills would be defeated since both houses promptly overrode the Governor’s vetoes of two other G. O. P. bills a week ago. : Discussing his veto of the main G. O. P. “decentralization” bill, Governor Schricker said that its provisions giving him only minority voice on the control boards “must be unconstitutional because it deprives the Governor of the executive authority lodged in him by the organic law of the State.”

Warns of Clashes

He warned the legislators that the Republican program probably would cause “clashes of claims of authority, terminating in litigation.” The message pointed out that under the ‘big ripper” bill, every one of 9300 state employees will be off the payroll automatically at midnight, April 30. (The reorganization bills would become effective on May 1.) ; “Assuming that the chief admin- ) istrative officer of each executive department here created acts with utmost speed, it is clear that no appointments of departmental heads can be made before May 4,” the message stated. “But this does not complete the picture. It is equally clear that such departmental heads as appointed May 4. cannot conceivably fill all the 9300 positions with sober and careful selection of officers and employees to run the State without further delays. :

‘No Authority to Hire or Pay’

“In the meantime, all positions of the former employees will have been terminated. There will be no ‘authority to hire employees or pay them in this interim period. “All employees who remain at their positions after midnight, April 30, therefore, would not only be serving without pay but would be trespassers and usurpers and their actions, being entirely without authority, might render them personally responsible.” Continuing © his: + description of what he termed “collapse” of government functions, the Governor said: “The bill would mean that during the interim period, prisons and penal institutions would be left without guards, insane asylums without attendants; hospitals without nurses and practically all other institutions and departments of government brought to a standstill because of lack of personnel to - handle them.

Wonders About Intent

“It may be said that all of these things can be avoided .but if it does not happen it will be because some officer or group of officers, acting without authority, take the law in their own hands in order to avert a catastrophe, : “I also wonder whether it is the intent of the Assembly to discharge every person now serving under the merit system. Unless the language - of Section 3 of this bill undergoes a strained construction, this is exactly what will happen on April 30.” The Republican legislative steering committee, in an official statement, said “there will be no hiatus in the state government when the entire program has been enacted and there will be no interruption in state services.” The G. O. P. leaders said the Governor’s new veto messages “furnish no new constructive arguments. He simply refers to what he said in his message vetoing the State Tax Board Bill and this has been shown to be fallacious.” ; In his veto of the highway bill, the Governor said that it is a “clear infringement of our State Constitution which lodges the executive power of the State in the Governor alone.” He referred to the provisions that would put the Highway Commission under - a board composed of the Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Republicans, and the Governor.

Called ‘Unconstitutional’

The veto message said this division of executive authority is fatally unconstitutional.” The Governor pointed out that the “intimate connection of the Highway Commission with national defense, its exercise of police power and right of eminent domain all establish the Commission as a purely executive branch.” ‘Sound statecraft and sound governmental policy coupled with the unconstitutionality of Section 2 of the bill, Torce me to the conclusion that this important division of government should be under control of the Governor.” ‘ Other bills vetoed last week were the “ripper” measure to take control of the State Tax Board away from the Governor and the bill to repeal the 1933 McNutt Reorganization Act. The veto of the latter was based upon the Governor's con-

operate.” Both bills were passed over the vetoes and became laws to take effect May 1. .

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BRITISH SEIZE AFRICAN PORT

R. A. F. Halts Nazi Mass Attack; Parachute Raid Confirmed.

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across her soil. This was considered further indication that the Sofia Government has already capitulated to Hitler's demands.

British Leave Rumania

News from Sofia continued to be lacking, but in Berlin it was said that a meeting of German ard Bulgarian statesmen is expected in the near future, but there was no indication as.to where King Boris himself would come to see Hitler, The 145-man staff of the British legation in Rumania sailed froin Costanza, the Rumanian naval hace, in a special Turkish warship en route to Istanbul. British interests in Rumania were taken over by the United States legation. The British Ministry of Information meanwhile confirmed the revélation of the Italian High Command that daredevil parachute squads had landed in southern Italy. London hinted that at least some of the parachutists had carried out attacks against Italian port objectives and escaped.

Hint Some Escaped

There still was no indication how many parachutists had been dropped in strategic southern Italian areds. The British reported that their men had been dressed in recognized military uniforms. This point was important, as Rome

siflering treating the parachutists 45 spies on a claim that they were riot wearing the usual British military costume. ‘ : The fall of Chisimaio put the British on the Indian Ocean and opened up the possibility of a ‘Brit-

capital, Mogadisco, 250 miles away nd to British Somaliland, evacu-| ted by the British last fall. There! is a good 250-mile road linking Chisimaio and the capital and chief!

Was ‘sighted off Mogadisco yestsray. One Ship Scuttled

Chisimaio was captured by troops of the Union of South Africa, pperating out of Kenya Colony. They reported the capture of guns, ar-

said that in the Chisimaio harbor one ship had been scuttled and three others damaged. To the north, where British #olumns are smashing into Italian Eritrea, a Rome communique claimed that successes had been scored against the Imperial troops around Keren,. 35 miles from the Eritrean capital of Asmara, A drive by British troops into Ethiopia in the Blue Nile region also was reported. ; The British reported from Cairo that Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell's fast moving desert columns ‘had pushed into Tripolitania in an apparent drive straight ahead for Tripoli and the Tunisian frontier, |

Puts Losses at 30,000

United Press Staff Corresponderit Richard D. McMillan reported that Italian losses in the Benghazi aren apparently would total about 30,000 trocps. and that there seemed few signs that Marshal Rodolfo Graziani would be able to organize any determined resistance east | of Tripoli. 1 After many days of inactivity or fighting off Italian counter-attaclks, the Greeks claimed today that their fighting men had advanced on the Albanian front again. Probably bolstered by recent heavy shipments of material and supplies from the British, the Greeks were said to have started an offensive pn the whole Albanian front from the seacoast to the Tough mountains north of Pogriec. The offensive, “ht was claimed, made great progress. Many Italinn prisoners—one Greek radio repait, possibly exaggeratedly, estimated them at 7000—were said to have been taken.

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fay , , . the painting is the Aldor “Street Musicians.”

52 Artists in Art Exhibit

Life in Hungary is

in this country. More than 100 paintings, representing 52 artists, are in the showirlg at the Lincoln, which will continue for about nine more days. It is open to the public from 10 a. m. £09 p. m.

Notable for Colors

The collection. as a whole is notable for vivid colors and a highly developed perception of lighting and illuminary effects. Among the works which present an atmospheric picture of life in Hungary is Janos Laszlo Aldor’s "‘Blreet Musicians.” The subjects are two guitar-playidg boys, one of whom dangles a cigaret from his mouth, the other bare-headed, his hat apparently having been laid on the street for contributions. Shown, too, are some American scenes. One is John Viski’s “Roundup in Texas,” a 23x31 canvas painted in 1930. For portrayal of the Hungarian peasant life, Mr. Fay believes the work of Agoston Acs is outstanding among the collection. Acs’ work [shows a French influence and he seems to have a flair for the cos(tumed life in a Hungarian village.

Professor Represented

Also shown are three paintings of Mozart Rottman, professor in the Royal Academy of Budapest. Mr. Rottman has made his ‘reputation with portrayals of aristocratic

families and Biblical scenes in the classical manner. » |The more. than 100 paintings shown are all that Mr. Fay has and he explained that war has made it impossible for him to get more. [fhe present supply will last about two months, Mr. Fay believes. Then he will seek portrait commissions. From here Mr. Fay, his wife and two small children will go to San Francisco, Cal. “We've always heard so much about it,” Mrs. Fay explained.

DRAFT BOARDS ASK CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Selective service registrants were warned today to report any change in their addresses to respective local boards. Chairman Vernon M. Scott of Local Board 1 explained that those who fail to do so are subject to severe penalties. > The Selective Service law concerning the matter says that “the mailing of any order,

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RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. ANNA PROBST

Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Monday in the Dorsey Funeral Home for Mrs.. Anna Probst, who died yesterday. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mrs. Probst, who was a native of Nashville, Ind., was 60 and lived at 927 Dudley Ave. She was a member of the Church of God. Survivors are her husband, George Probst; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Markley and Mrs. Pauline O'Brion; three sisters, Mrs. Wonda Lich, Mrs. Ruby Mitchell and Mrs. Nellie Rabe, an dtwo brothers, Lyod and Webber Crouch, all of Indianapolis.

‘POSTAL FROLIC’ SET FOR MURAT TEMPLE

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By FREMONT POWER a colorful, day-to-day affair and it is only natural that the works of Hungarian artists be of the same nature, | || That's the rather summary description Paul Fay gives of the Hungarian art exhibit at the Hotel Lincoln, Room 731. lecturer and critic as well as painter, Mr. Fay represents the Hungarian Artists’ Society and markets the members’ works in a traveling show

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A. F. L. CLAIMS 500,000 GAIN

Reports Increases in Building, Hotel, Bakers’ and Rubber Unions. '

MIAMI, Feb. 15 (U. P.).—A membership increase of 500,000 during the four-month period ending last Dec. 31 has been reported today by the American Federation of Labor’s executive council. Secretary-Treasurer George Meany in his quarterly report said paid-up membership increased half a million,. bringing total membership in the A. F, of L. to approximately 4,750,000. . Building trades unions, hotel and restaurant employees, bakers and confectioners’ unions showed sub-

stantial increases, the report said. Considerable increases also were noted in federal unions, of which there are now approximately 1500. President William Green of the A. F. of L. said his organization had drawn heavily on rubber workers, formerly affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The council went on record as opposing the anti-sabotage legislation prepared at a recent conterence of governors in Washington. “We ars against sabotage, but we feel the bill needs redrafting,” Mr. Green said. He feared it might involve workers who “merely were doing their duty as union members.” A conference with Col. Philip Fleming, wage-hour administrator, was scheduled for today to discuss administrative problems and exchange ideas. :

RECORD MANEUVERS SET

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (U. P.)— Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commander of the United States First Army, announced today that 350,000 men would engage late this summer or early fall in the “most comprehensive and largest” peacetime maneuvers ever held in this country. He said the maneuvers would be held somewhere in the South and soldiers will be equipped “almost 100 per cent” with modern weapons.

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Third to Be Absorbed By Defense Boom.

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housewives, students, physically or mentally incapacitated persons and individuals between 65 and 90 who were too old and infirm to work. Unskilled in Majority Of the ome-third of the reliefWPA recipients who are considered employable in the survey, the largest single group (28 per cent) is unskilled ‘laborers, while the smallest group consists of professional

workers. : In the unskilled classification, it was found that 31.5 per cent are

fover 45 and unfit for continuous,

heavy, manual labor. Approximately 43 per cent of the unskilled have not had steady employment in the past five years. : Although skilled workers are given excellent employment possibilities in the survey, it was pointed out that more than half of them are over 45. However, it was anticipated that the age barrier would diminish as the need for skilled workers increases. An indication of the possibilities of families now on relief achieving private income is given by the survey. It shows that almost half of the relief families has been receiving relief continuously for five years or more,

Needy Not Migratory Are relief families local or have they moved into Marion County re-

cently from other parts of the nation?

“The families on relief and WPA are not migratory nor are they recent arrivals in Marion County,” the survey said. “In the past five years, only 4.8 per cent of the relief families came to Marion County, whereas 57.3 per cent have been in the County for more than 20 years or were born here.” “This would indicate that the families did not come to Marion County as a result of the economie recession, but rather can be considered rightfully a part of the Marion County community.” In 16 per cent of the relief family cases studied, there was no one capable of earning a living. Even if the breadwinners in all relief families were employed, the 16 per cent or 1004 families in the County which have no breadwinner would still be dependent on direct relief, according to the study.

PETAIN ‘INSULTED’; YOUTH, 19, IS JAILED

VICHY, Feb. 15.—Light was focused on a certain French state of mind here today, when Marecel Akoum, a 19-year-old Vichy lad was sentenced by the local court to two months imprisonment because he had shouted in a Vichy street: “Vive le Marechal; Vive de Gaulle.” The charge was “insults to the Marshal.” On Jan. 1 a group of followers of the former Communist, Jacques Doriot, were waving banners bearing the Marshal Petain’s portrait through Vichy streets and shouting: “Vive le Marechal; death to the Jews.” A cyclist who appeared to be Jewish was passing and the celebrants started bullying him. Akoum interfered.- to protect the cyclist, shouting “Vive le Marechal; Vive de Gaulle.” Today’s trial took place in a some-

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