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COVENTRY, England (By Wireless).—You can drive out of Coventry today in any direction and on the outskirts of town you'll see vast fields solidly covered with dumped truckloads of brickbats and tubble, = As a Coventry friend of mine said, “There are probably more second-hand bricks here today than anywhere else in the world.” While the downtown wreckage is being cleaned up and hauled away, most of Ceventry’s ruins will have to lie where they are until this little misunderstanding with Germany has been cleared up. Coventry will not look like a normal city again until many years after the war. No complete rebuilding is allowed now, as you know. - But the ¢ity is already throwing up little one-story frame buildings with slanting roofs—much like chicken coops—to be used as temporary shops by the merchants who were blasted out. Coventry is carrying on as best it can. Everybody is back at work, but few people are living normally. A good portion of Coventry's population is ving in single rooms salvaged from shattered

mes. For thiee days after the blitz all of Coventry

Plived on sandwiches carried around in mobile can-

teens. After that communal kitchens were set up to provide hot food. Rationing was discontinued, but has now been resumed. There is plenty of food in the shops now, but the ghops are so few that there is always a long line of people waiting on the sidewalk to get it. Once more the beautiful girls of Coventry (and I mean really beautiful) grace the streets. And best of all, the dog races have started again. The profits go to the relief of Coventry's bomb victims.

Introducing Pearl Hyde

If you get a chance to see the short film, “This Is

Britain,” which is now showing in America, I hope

you'll go. And when you do, look for a Coventry woman named Pearl Hyde. She makes a little speech in the film. . Well, I know Pearl Hyde. She is one of Covenfry’s greatest heroines. She has just been dec-

OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEM is back in the headlines and “What to do about it?” is the question of the moment. The inside story of traffic control is very simple. To get results in safety, all the officials—the Mayor, the Safety Board, the police, the © courts—have to crack down and crack down hard. And the problem seems to arise out of the fact that one department wants to get out on a limb by cracking down by itself. All . the big cities that have made improvements in traffic handling have turned their backs on pacifying methods. They have just said: Observe the law or

pay up. Of the 23 cities in our population class, Indianapolis ranked 22d last year in safety, just a whisker ahead of Portland, Ore. Taken on a perpopulation basis, our record was far worse than New York's, Boston's, Pittsburgh’s, Frisco’s, and other giant cities where traffic is really traffic. In other words, traffic is one business in which nothing gets results like results.

Mistaken Whistle

MISS MILDRED POULTER, secretary at the Indianapolis Clearing House Association, doesn’t know who it was, but here's what happened. The telephone rang and she answered, “Clearing House.” Through the receiver came one of those hiya toots whistles with lotsof s. a. “Clearing House,” Miss Poulter repeated. The same whistle with the same intonation. This exchange took place once more. Then the whistler suspected he’d better find out who he was whistling to. It turned out he had missed his intended party

Washington

WASHINGTON, March 5—When two high. Administration officials, responsible for defense production, publicly call for new machinery to reduce the threat of defense strikes, that is good evidence that action is coming. , : Undersecretary of War Patterson tells a House committee that revival of the 1918 War Labor Board is needed. William 8. Knudsen, two days earlier, publicly stated it as his personal opinion that cooling-off legislation, allowing a 40-day mediation period, is needed. Significantly Mr. Knudsen spoke, as he emphasized, in his personal capacity. Sidney Hillman, the labor representative who shares with Mr. Knudsen the direction of OPM, remained silent. President Roose‘velt said the other day that the question was being studied. ; Roughly, the situation is that labor, seeing large profits in the munitions industry, wants nothing to stand in the way of going after a share. The strike threat, whether used or held in the background as a latent threat, is labor's chief weapon. The suggestions made by Secretary Patterson and Mr. Knudsen

would, without: forbidding the right to strike, make -

strikes infinitely more difficult, and the chances are that a strike under either plan would incur wide public disapproval.

World War Experience

These two production men, who take the rap if war equipment is not forthcoming, are not anti-labor. While with General Motors, Mr. Knudsen moved early to sign contracts with C.I.O. Secretary Patterson has been known as a liberal Republican, friendly to collective bargaining. K Their view, which is supported by some cther liberal members of the Administration, is that nothing must interfere with production. Make settlements retroactive. But keep the plants going while the dispute is being adjusted. The Allis-Chalmers strike has been running for

My Day

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The trip to New York City yesterday was quiet and uneventful. I managed to choose an Easter dress, to buy my niece a wedding present, and finally to go to a meeting of the Art for China Committee, where some little children from : Chinatown were waiting to be : photographed with me.

One little girl presented me with some tea, and we had much the same kind of conversation one would have had with children ranging from 7 to 13, no matter what their nationality. These little ones had on their native Chinese costumes, but their feet and legs showed distinctly that their home was in the United States. Good, stout, heavy low shoes and woolen stockings, which reached up to the knees, reminded me of my own youngsters. When a young lady held a8 T-year-old boy up to present me with a poster of the exhibition, he showed very clearly in his own person the combination of the East and the West so - far as clothes were concerned. I spent a gay evening dining in a little restaurant with some friends and then saw one of the most

: Ld plays in New York City, called “Arsenic and

1d Lace.” the part of the sweet and charming and

I liked Miss Josephine Hull’s acting in htly mad

| old lady murderess, as much as I did whed she was

By Ernie Pyle

orated with the Order of the British Empire for her bravery. Hers was not just a frenzied gallantry of the moment. It was a Coqiness amd tirelessness that lasted 10 days and nights on end, almost withou sleep. i Pear] Hyde is head of the Coventry branch of the Women’s Voluntary Service, a vast -organization about which I shall write more before leaving England. : It was Pearl Hyde who fed and clothed and cheered and really saved the people of Coventry after the blitz. For more than a week she plowed around in the ashes of Coventry, wearing policeman’s pants. She never took off her clothes. She was so black they could hardly tell her ftom a Negro. Her Women’s Voluntary Service headquarters was bombed out, so she and her women moved across the street. Her own home wag blown up, and even today she still sleeps in a police station. Pearl Hyde is a huge woman, tall and massive. Her black hair is cut in a boyish bob. And she has personality.

He Gets a Blitzkiss

She sparks with power and good nature. She is much better looking than in the film. And she is laughing all the time. She was just ready to dash off somewhere when I went in to see her, but che tarried a few minutes to tell me how good the Americans had been with donations. She talked past her time. Suddenly she looked at her watch and jumped up in a great rush. I held out my hand by way of goodby, but instead of shaking hands Pearl Hyde grabbed my frail shoulders in her great hands and said: “A kiss for America.” And she smacked me a big one right on the face. As little loath as I am to be embraced: by the feminine gender any time, any place, I was rendered stone dumb by this sudden attack. I stood there speechless and blushing as heroine Hyde strode away with great long steps and all her fellow women workers stood laughing with delight. And so, when one of these cays I step into a home-ward-bound plane I will carry as souvenirs of this shattered city a couple of small pieces of broken tile, a mental picture of destruction that can never be erased, and last but best—a large, ample Coventry blitzkiss.

Inside Indianapolis 4nd “Our Town”)

- by one telephone number digit. The conversation was abandoned.

Why Pick on Me?

Ben Herr, the Republican Senator from Lebanon, started off this week in the legislature with pained expressions and considerable mumbling. “There are three and a half million people in Indiana, 50 men in the S¢énate and lots of committees and they had to pick me to write that redistricting report,” the Senator moanet as he sneaked away from a circle of men waiting to buttonhole him. He was referring to the Congressional reapportionment bill’ that had the Senate Republicans at each other’s throats Saturday. - | And with that he apologized to a newspaperman whom he'd brushed off. “I thought you were some guy from Elwood who's Leen pestering me about some bill,” he said. It’s no wonder Mr. Herr likes to get away from the earth in his airplane,

New Words Dept.

THIS MAY SAVE SOME Indianapolis Power & Light Co. executive a trip to. the dictionary. James Dill, fresh out of Yale, is a student engineer with the company and he's been visiting various departments and then writing a report on each. But last night at dinner, Mr. Dill gave a start and gulped, “Say, what does superflage mean?” His dinner companions decided there was no such word. In his enthusiasm to write a penstrating report, Mr. Dill had unconsciously coined ‘a word, an experience many writers have had. What he had meant fo write, it developed, was subterfuge or camouflage, In what connection he intended to use the words, we don’t know—we’re just trying to do some puzzled report reader a favor.

By Raymond Clapper

six weeks. Secretary Patterson says it is delaying the powder program. It also is delaying machinery for the destroyer program, officials say. Secretary Patterson's proposal requires only an executive order from the White House. It would set up a board similar to the Wilson War Labor Board, When disputes failed of mediation, and when the board was unable to agree unanimously upon an award, an.umpire was appointed. These decisions, resisted only in three ceases, were applied retroactively so that production was not interrupted and at the same time no employe¢ was deprived of his advantage by remaining at work. Two employers resisted and they were taken over by the Government. In one instance, employees resisted and President Wilson sent them a blistering warning that they would be blacklisted from all war work and would be denied draft exemption. The men went back to work.

Cooling Off Period Mr. Knudsen’s plan would require legislation. It is modeled upun the Railway Labor Act, its main feature being a cooling-off period during which time certain mediation and conciliation steps would be

carried through. Public opinion would be the main reliance in bringing about acceptance of decisions. The two plans are not contradictory but complement each other. President Roosevelt could put the Patterson plan into effect while Congress was considering the Knudsen legislation. The Roosevelt Administration is, in effect, a labor Government. Its sympathies are that way. Labor has been one of its chief political foundations. Businessmen in the defense organization here understand

that the Government is pro-labor and most of them {

have adjusted themselves to that. Yet they feel that we can fight only one enemy at a time. They feel that Hitler is the enemy and that further social gains should not be at the expense of defense production, They have taken the responsibility of calling for action. However, these proposals would more quickly win the acquiescence of Jabot 3 President Roosevelt himself came to. their upport.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

the unruffiled and eccentric mother in « 3 Take It With You.” You Cant In fact, I thought all the parts were well acted. I enjoyed the play, though I will confess I thought the murders were a little too numerous in spots. I began to wonder if I could laugh any longer at what, after all, is a rather sad and tragic subject. This morning, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy climbed up three flights of stairs to my apartment to tell me something of the plight of some of her Russian refugees in the south of France. She has promised to write me a little more about the whole situation, so you probably have nof heard the last of another sad tale. . : This morning also I attended the meeting of the joint distribution commiittee and the National Child Refugee Service Committee. They are opening their campaign and making a uhited drive for funds. I must say that from the number of people who attended this morning, I feel sure they will not lack workers. This group has done a wonderful piece of work abroad in making assistance available in places where it is most difficult for anyone to work today. At the same time, they mike sure that no refugee landing on our shores becomes a public charge. I flew down to Washington at 1 o'clock and arrived in time to do a number of things before my first appointments, which began at 4:30. I am very grateful to the weather man, because if I had had to take a train today, I certainly would have had to leave & great many things undone, w

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FINAL VOTE ON LIQUOR BILL IS NEAR IN HOUSE

Amendment May Force Many Democrats Out of Wholesale Business.

By NOBLE REED The Senate-approved Stout liquor control bill was rushed toward final passage in the House today with 13 amendments adopted during three hours of debate on the floor yesterday. One of the amendments would force out of the liquor and beer wholesale business many Democrats who have had close political connections with the State House for the last eight years. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Howard S. Steele (R. Knox), would bar from the wholesale business any “owner, part owner, partner, stockholder or relative of anyone so connected with a permit holder who now or has been in the last eight years an appointed em-

has been a county or city chairman or vice chairman of either major party.” . Aimed at Politicians

Rep. Steele said it was designed to eliminate politicians, especially Democrats, from the beer and liquor business. Other amendments, some of which restored provisions as they were in the original Senate bill, would: 1. Place a new tax on wholesalers, bringing in annual revenue estimated at $394,000, which would be earmarked especially for enforcement purposes. The tax would be 2 cent a gallon on beer, 5 cents a case on wine and 20 cents a case on whisky. (This was not in the original Senate bill.) 2. Create four-member, bi-parti-san county liquor control boards, one member to be appointed by the County Council, another by the County Commissioners, a third by the mayor of the largest city and the fourth by the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The House Public Morals Committee earlier had reduced county boards to three members, e.iminating the one to be named by the State Board. The new amendment restores the original Senate provision.

Hits Discrimination

3. Force all distillers, brewers and wholesalers to sell their goods to all dealers: without discrimination against the smaller dealers. This was not in the Senate bill. 4. Prohibit the sale of iced beer by package stores such as grocery stores and drug stores. This was not in the Senate bill. Rep. Glen A. Markland (R. Zionsville), Morals Committee chairman, who introduced the amendment, said it was designed to prevent customers from buying beer at groceries and drinking it out on the sidewalks.

5. Extend the tavern closing hours in Lake County only to 1 a. m. week days and 2 a. m. Sundays. Closing hours for the rest of the state was left at 12 midnight and 1 a. m. Sundays as under present laws. An amendment to extend the closing hours similarly for all counties having first, second or hird class cities was defeated.

6. Require revocation of any liquor dealer’s license if he failed 0 pay a court judgment resulting from a damage suit. 7. Permit wives of tavern owners to work behind pars and also women who own. taverns. The morals committee had prohibited all women from working behind bars.

" Residence Required

8. Require wholesalers to be residents of the state for at least 10 years.and a resident of the county for five years. This was not in the original Senate bill. 9. Fix the permit fees for wholesalers at $1000 instead of $500 as recommended by the Morals Cofnmittee. The $1000 fee was in the original Senate bill. 10. Require wholesalers to have at least $3500 invested in their business, exclusive of trucks. This was the same provision as passed by the Senate but the House Committee had reduced it to $1000. 11. Require new taverns seeking permits to be located at least 300 feet from a church. Another amendment proposing to force out of business all present taverns operating within 500 feet of a church was defeated.

Near Final Passage

12. Change the effective date of the law to May 1 instead of July 1 as proposed by the Morals Commitee. Speaker James M. Knapp waved aside all other attempts to present amendments, declaring “we can’t go on introducing amendments indefinitely.” He forced the bill with all adopted amendments through second reading and it will be ready for final passage probably tomorrow. Then it will have to go to a House-Senate Conference Committee for concur rence in amendments. : Heated debate centered mostly on the addition of a fourth member to the local control boards. The fourth member would be a representative of the State Beverage Commission. : Rep. Emery Fulk (R. Clay City) declared that he couldn't “see why

come to our county and try to tell us how to run our liquor matters.” Rep. Jess Andrews (R. West Point) said provisions for sending a State Board agent into counties to sit on local boards is the *“‘weakest part of the whole law.” The county boards under the bill would have complete control over issuing all permits except when the board does not agree unanimously. In this case, an appeal to the State Board would be permitted. Rep. Markland introduced the amendment to give the county boards four members after his own committee recommended. three. He said the four-member setup was “to insure that all boards will be strictly bi-partisan, two Republicans and two Democrats.” His amendment would make the political division mandatory despite

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As Reapportionment Dispute Ended

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These five Republican members of a Senate subcommittee pushed through the compromise which

quelled a growing G. O. P. rebellion over the Congressional reapportionment bill.

Left to right are Sena-

tors Ben Herr, Lebanon; Charles W. Jewett, Dillsboro; Albert J. Beveridge Jr. Indianapolis; Harry M. Shull, ‘Auburn, and Albert Ferris, Milton.

Teachers

Warn G.O.P.

By WILLIAM CRABB

The Republicans’ delay in passing their bill to set up a new State Board of Education brought a sharp warning from teacher groups today that the State may be left with no board. . Republican ledders, however, contend that. should .their bill fail to pass, or be pocket vetoed by Governor Henry Schricker, the present

ACCOUNTS VETO IS OVERRIDDEN

Governor Says Bill Placing Board Under Personnel Unit Is Invalid.

Asserting that the board is clearly a part of the executive branch of government, Governor Schricker today vetoed the G. O. P. bill placing the Accounts Board under the State

Personnel Board. The Senate promptly passed the bill over his veto by a vote of 26 to 16. Several Republican Senators were absent from the chambers during the roll call. The State Personnel Board is set up by the G. O. P. Merit System bill which is being sent to the Governor’s desk today. The board is to consist of four members, two nameg by the Governor and two by the Lieutenant Governor. Governor Schricker said that this would permit the Lieutenant Governor, a non-executive officer, to designate officers who would perform executive duties. “This provision is contrary to the State Constitution and isa clear invasion of the exclusively executive function of appointing state officers, which, under .our Constitution, is lodged in the Governor alone. I am forced to the conclusion, therefore, that the bill is unconstitutional,” the Governor said. The G. O. P. measure also would terminate the tenure of office of Edward P. Brennan, Democratic chief examiner of the Accounts Board. The Board now is under the sole jurisdiction of the Governor.

MIDDLETOWN BOARD KEEPS SCHOOL REINS

MIDDLETOWN, Ind, March 5 (U. P.).—Repercussions at the Middletown High School were awaited today after the Town Board dismissed a petition which would have taken away its power over the local school system, Several months ago high school students engaged in strikes, parades “and violence that grew out of resentment over board actions in school matters. Aroused citizens submitted a petition signed by a majority of freeholders which would have given complete control of the school system to the township trustee, who now shares it with the town board. In a meeting last night, the board dismissed the petition with the explanation that a majority of names had been broken by withdrawals.

Board would continue. The educators say that the repeal of the McNutt Reorganization Act early in the session abolished the present board. High G. O. P. leaders claim that the Board was not abolished, only fre “appointing” provisions of the aw. Teachers Puzzled

The delay in taking final action on the bill has the teacher groups puzzled. It passed the Senate some time ago. It was amended in the House to provide for a Negro member on the Board. It has been awaiting final passage for nearly two weeks. Other measures in which the Republicans are interested are being pushed through in frantic haste because all bills sent to the Governor after tomorrow midnight can be “pocket” vetoed. The Board of Education Bill, therefore, stands well to arrive on the Governor’s desk too late to avoid such a fate. The Republican high command said that there was no special reason for holding up the bill, but that it just got “lost in the shuffle” while other G. O. P. Reorganization measures were advancing.

Governor on Board

The present Board consists of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, a representative of Stateowned colleges, a representative of privately owned colleges, a city school superintendent, a county superintendent, a high school principal and an elementary school principal. Appointments were made by the Governor. The G. O. P. bill would substitute two lay members for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The eight appointments then would be made, four by the Governor and four by the Lieutenant-Governor. The duties of the Board have consisted of adopting text books, determining policies of curricula, supervising the licensing of teachers and the distribution of $18,000,000 annually in state-aid funds.

Chaos Feared

If no new board is set up and the present one proves to be abolished, the adoption of textbooks would be placed in the hands of the county and city school superintendents. “This would be all right with us, because we think the local units should do the adopting, anyway,” one teacher group official commented. But, this same official said, the rest of the administration of education would be left in a “state of chaos.” MEXICO WAITS LINDBERGH MEXICO CITY, March 5 (U. P.). —The Ministry of Interior announced tonight that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will accompany his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrow, and two English friends on a visit to Mexico in the near future. Mrs. Morrow owns a home a% Cuer-

navaca.

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SCHRICKER GETS GROSS TAX BILL

Cut in Rate. From 1 to 142% Includes Laundries And Cleaners.

The bill reducing the Gross Income Tax rate from 1 to 12 percent for retailers and some other business groups was sent to Governor Henry Schricker today after one of the most bitter House debates of the

session. Party lines broke down in a fight over adoption of a committee report which amended the original House bill to put laundries, dry cleaners, processors and domestic casualty fire insurance firms, under the reduced rate along with retailers. This change set off the fireworks. Both Republicans and Democrats fought against the amendment, threatening for a time to delay final passage past the tomorrow night deadline for action by the Governor.

Millis Expects Veto

This angle was used effectively by Rep. Frank T. Millis (R. Campbells burg), majority floor leader, iii whipping G. O.P. bolters into line. “I have information that the Governor may veto this bill and if it is not sent to him by Thursday night we will have no opportunity to pass it over a veto before the Assembly adjourns,” he warned his colleagues. Speaker James M. Knapp then forced a roll call vote on the report and it was adopted, 71 to 18, with many Republicans and Democrats changing their votes from “no” to “aye” when they saw the report winning. Many for both. parties switched their votes in order to avoid going on record against the cut for retailers, they said. All the opposition was against inclusion of laundries and dry cleaners in the reduced rate but many were forced to go along on the amendment to insure relief for retailers. 3 Lead Attack

Republicans leading the fight against the report included Reps. Thomas E. Grinslade (R. Indianapolis), Hobart Creighton (R. Warsaw) and George Freeman (R. Kokomo). Rep. Grinslade attacked the amendment on the ground that service trade groups should not be granted a reduced rate because “they do not have the same capital outlays that retailers have.” “The amendment is grossly unfair . . . . it is terrible and I'm bitterly opposed ‘o it,” he shouted. Several other Republicans jumped up and said if cuts are made for two service groups they should be made for all. Speaker Knapp interjected: “The State will always have trouble with the Gross Income Tax unless the same exemptions are provided for everyone . . . the whole law ought to be repealed.”

Senate Made Changes

The tax bill, as it was passed by the House originally, provided the 14 per cent reduced rate for only retailers and the Senate amended it to include all service trade groups. However, party leaders were informed that giving the cut to all service groups would cause about $1,000,000 more loss in revenue and perhaps unbalance the budget. The Conference Committee reported that granting the cut to only dry cleaners and laundries would reduce the revenue only $200,000 annually. The processors, included in the reduced rate, were defined as plants processing goods manufactured by another firm. Giving the reduced rate to these would cut the State revenue only about $40,000, it was said. The revenue would be cut another $40,000 or $50,000 by reducing the rate for the casualty fire insurance firms and the loss in revenue from retailers would be about $4,700,000, making the total reduction near $5,000,000 a year.

ADD 10 STUDENTS TO BUTLER PILOT QUOTA

The quota of the Butler University civilian pilot training program has been increased by 10 students, bringing the total allotment to 40, Dr. Seth E. Elliott, University aviation director, announced today. Although ground school instruction is under way, students to fill

the ‘increased quota will be added

GOP REACHES AGREEMENT ON REDISTRICTING

Marshall County Changed To Third; Democrats Favor Switch.

By EARL RICHERT

A ‘gentleman’s agreement” apparently has ended an intra-party dispute over Congressional reappor= tionment which threafened to split G. O. P. ranks and’ block further passage of party measures. Representatives of warring Republican factions have agreed to “go along with” a compromise pro=. posal worked out by a special com= mittee of six Republican Senators appointed by the party’s steering committee. Th, The “agreement” successfully stood its first test in the Senate yester: day when the House-approved reapportionment bill was amended at the suggestion of the special com=mittee to satisfy only one of the three G. O. P. groups that wanted changes made. The amendment took Marshall County from the Republican Second District and added it to the Third, thus strengthening the latter from ° a G. O. P. standpoint. Fifth District leaders who wanted either Carroll or Cass Counties added to their district to offset heavily-Democratic Madison County and Seventh District leaders who wanted to exchange Gibson for Pike County stood by their “agreement” and offered no opposition, although they did not get what they wanted. The measure is scheduled to pass the Senate today and go to the House which is expected to agree to the Senate amendment.

Fifth District Unsatisfied

Rep. George Freeman (R. Koko« mo), House leader of the Fifth District leaders had agreed to abide with the decision of the special committee. Rep. Howard Hiestand (R. Kentland), a Second District leader, said he did not know whether he would support the Senate amendment which took Marshall County from his district. Senator Roy Conrad (R. Monticello), another Second District leader, said, however, that the change was agreeable to leaders in his district. > The Senate leader of the Fifth District group, Thurman Biddinger of Marion, said he would offer no further opposition to the reappor= tionment measure since he ‘had given his word to abide by the de cision of the special committee. The committee worked until 4 a. m. yesterday and agreed that the Marshall County switch should be the only change made in the reapportionment bill as passed by the House. Members of the committee were Senators Albert Ferris, John W. Atherton, Albert Beveridge Jr., Harry M. Shull, Charles W. Jewett and Ben Herr. One prominent Democratic leader asserted that the switch of Marshall County to the Third District would react in the Democrats’ favor. He said that through the years Mare shall County had been Democratic and that only the popularity of Cone gressman Charles Halleck (R. Rensselaer) had enabled the Repub= licans to carry it recently.

Grant “Quite Pleased”

He predicted that by taking the County from Mr. Halleck’s district, it would swing back into *he Democratic column. G.O.P. leaders think, however, that the addition of Marshall Coun= ty, which went Republican by 2100 votes last fall, will strengthen the position of Congressman Robert Grant (R. South Bend), who dee feated his Democratic opponent in the last November election by only about 3000 votes. i After the change was made by the Senate yesterday, Senator Hareold W. Handley (R. La Porte) called Congressman Grant in Washington by long distance telephone. He said that Mr. Grant was “quite pleased by the change. . The change in Marshall County will make it necessary for the Dems ocrats to elect a new Second Dise trict chairman. George Protsman, the present Democratic district chairman, .is from Plymouth, the County seat of Marshall. See Fight for Harness

Republican leaders admit that the addition of Madison County to Fifth District will give Congress= man Forrest Harness (R. Kokomo) “quite a battle” in the 1942 election, Rep. Harness carried his district in he last election by about 11,000 votes and Madison County is normally Democratic by 12,000 votes. The reapportionment leaves Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. New Pales= tine), now serving as 11th District Congressman, in the 10th district now represented by Rep. Raymond S. Springer (R. Connersville). Rep. Larrabee already has announced he will be a candidate for re-election. Marion County, now divided bes tween the 11th and 12th districts, is made the 11th Congressional District under the G. O. P. measure. Meanwhile, eight more ‘measures received final legislative approval. House bills passed by the Senate yesterday would: Create a department of supers vision over State farms and penal industrial sales. Give county commissioners the right to redefine township boundars ies without first issuing petitions. Aid Tomato Industry z Appropriate $10,000 to equip greenhouses at Purdue University in the interest of the tomatoe in= dustry and appropriate an addition= al $15,000 yearly fos research = Set. number of policea™n at me per 500 population in cities of eof less than 10,000 and not over 35,000 and give commissioners power to set salaries and jurisdiction over other duties. Permit Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, to build grade school. Repeal law giving Purdue $15,000 annually for veterinary ; work and place regulation of antis cholera hog serum under the U. Department of Agriculture. EN Permit lowering a lake of 20 more acres more than 12 inches below the level held by a dam whex the dam is closed. SE Provide directors of

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