Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1941 — Page 15

TUESDAY, MARCH 11,

GOVERNOR VETOES | 26 GOP MEASURES |

All But One Passed Despite Gubernatorial Disapproval;|§

139 Bills Signed and

Law Without Schricker Signature.

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Twenty-six bills, most of

ures stripping the Governor of executive powers, were vetoed during the Legislature by Governor Henry Schricker, || six of them on the last day yesterday.

All but one of the 26 were passed over the vetoes by Republican majorities in both Houses. The new laws will place control of most of the State Government ‘under Republican - dominated boards, unless they are declared in-

valid by the courts.

The only vetoed bill not overridden was the measure that would have created a new Legislative Bureau and placed it under a G. O. P.-

dominated board. Defeat of the bill |

will leave it under jurisdiction of the Legislature, with Herbert Kenney remaining as director.

Signs Districting Bill

Up to last night, the Governor had signed a total of 139 bills and allowed nine others to become laws without his signature, in addition to the 26 vetoed bills which were overridden. Among those signed last night was the Congressional Reapportionment bill that will reduce the State's 12 districts to 11, making all of Marion County the 11th District. Among bills rejected yesterday, all of - which were passed over the vetoes, was the one giving Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Dawson, Republican, equal appointive powers with Governor Schricker in naming four members of the State Welfare Board. Mr. Dawson would cast the deciding vote on the board in case of a tie between the four members.

The Governor declared the bill unconstitutional “because. it vests in the Lieutenant Governor an executive power not given him under the Constitution.”

Reject Truck Tax Repeal

“It is lamentable that the Public Welfare Department should be thrown into such a partisan scheme, for, since its inception, it has been conducted by the State Board upon strictly non-partisan basis,” the Governor said. The veto message stated that th bill inferred that Welfare Boar members “will- be appointed purely upon their interest in politics.” The Governor rejected the bill to repeal the truck weight tax on the ground that it will reduce the State’s revenue “over a million dollars.” “The measure provides no substitute for this revenue and I have no assurance that any substitute revenue measure now pending is sure of passage,” the Governor said. He also vetoed the hill providing for judicial review of cases in which State employees are discharged.

Opposes Substitute

Another vetoed bill would make the State Auditor serve as substitute for the Lieutenant Governor in the event the latter should be unable to serve. Under the new Agricultural Department bill, which the Governor vetoed, all the powers now held oy the Agricultural Board were transferred to the Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Schricker pointed out that if the Lieutenant Governor would be unable to serve, there would be no one with sufficient power to run the department. The Governor's message stated that since the Constitution vests no executive power .in the Lieutenant Governor ‘there can be no substitute.” . Earlier, the Governor vetoed the bill that will abolish the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief and. transfer its duties to the State Welfare Department. The Governor said this change would jeopardize the jobs of 50,000 persons on WPA vrojects.

Signs 12 Bills

He also vetoed the bill to create a new State Board of Education on the ground that the bill was invalid and that it was faulty in construction. : The bill, however, was passed over the veto after a delay in the House, where some Republicans were said to be opposing it because of faulty construction. Twelve more bills signed by the Governor last night will: 1. Authorize the Jasper County Audi to transfer ditch fund bi ydiar general fund. 2. Permit State Insurance Department to authorize premium rates above maximum -on_workman’s compensation insurance. 3. Reapportion distribution of gasoline tax funds to cities, towns and counties, with special $45,000 appropriation to Indianapolis. 4. Legalize reorganization of financial institutions under the State Financial Institutions Act. 5. Glve the State Conservation Depart-

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Nine Others Become

them G. O. P. “ripper” meas-||

DEFICIT BEFORE | 1943 UNLIKELY

Financial Experts, However, Say Budget Slashes Are Only ‘On Paper.’

By WILLIAM CRABB

State financial experts studyin the “final edition” of Indiana’s two-| year budget concluded today that: | 1. There is little likelihood that | the State will be in “the red,” at’ least until the Legislature meets|: again in 1943. 2. Two-thirds of the Republican | slashes in the original Budget Committee’s recommendations were ‘‘on paper.” The question of how the Sta‘e would make ends meet proved one! of the most controversial issues before the session, which ended last

night. 9 : Salary Is Increased for

I but not forgotten” stage.

The retailers were demanding s 2 of 1 per cent reduction in their

gross income tax rate, with a re- |. Trustees Who Serve

sultant loss in State revenue of! about $4,500,000 a year. On School Boards.

2 Million Deficit Seen

The State i : : : after I reommltice 1520 session of the Indiana Legisla000,000 budget for the next two ture, the Senate gave its approval years, said that expenditures would 0 23 bills previously passed by the exceed revenues—even with the re- House. tailers rate at its 1 per cent level— These measures, sent to the Govand that the State would have = ernor for his approval, would: deficit of over $2,000,000 on July 15, Require policemen and firemen of 1943. first and second class cities to live So the fear of a huge defici; Within the corporate limits, brought the Republican legislative Create a State Division of Publeadership to the point where it wag| licity in the Department of Treas“sold” on throwing the gross income | Ury. : tax out the window and adopting a| Increase the maximum load of sales tax. Pressure from farm and |40-foot trucks from 16 to 18 tons. labor groups was so severe, however,} Amend the motor vehicle act to that the fear of a sales tax was even Set up rate-making rules for each greater than that of a deficit. Class of carriers. < The House Ways and Means Com. Exempt gasoline bulk stations mittee then began a drastic paring from provisions of the state store of the Budget Committee's recom. license tax if 60 or more per cent mendation and announced that the Je bi sles is in petroleum Bosc nen SEoshob Ee Sono and lenin of mi

) {and allied industries under the State this was restored by the Senate. Health Board. Called ‘Paper Cuts’ ’

i Interest Bill Passed one 56/500. Se Provide that accumulated interest

proved to be “paper cuts’—that is, or income from property conveyed

Se Sein [to minors may be given to them at the appropriations contained clauses | : : i stating that if these appropriations ey. Sime after ¥oachms majority or proved insufficient, enough addi- | on Te Whe ase of 90, tional funds would be made avail-| _ fvemove control of State Welfare Sols ; Department over state institutions

i and supervision of paroles. ! is 2s yey Vie budge will bakes fn Permit corporations whose charter The gross income tax reductior,|18S eXpired to reorganize under for rh Hm will notago into effect,| !érms of a 1929 law within five years until Jan. 1, 1942. Hence, the loss prin expiration. to the State in revenue will not bel: Xx an additional salary of $200 felt to any degree until Jan. 1, 1943, |/P€r year for a township trustee who when the final collections for 1941 S€TVes as a member of school board are made. in charge of a city-township high About $1,500,000 will revert an-[School. This affects Tipton, Ind. nually to the general fund from un- || Require city and town school expected balances. ‘boards and township trustees to give Gross income tax receipts will be School children scientific hearing increased above previous levels be-| ‘ests once a year and to provide corcause of the defense industry|rective devices and instructions if “boom.” “ |child’s hearing is found to be im-

If Governor Henry Schricker al-|Peired. lows the Stout Liquor Ba oo be rk Affects Bridge Board Some 2 i laW, Snother So Ai j Require that the State Toll Bridge is concerned. This measure as ap-| JOMMISSon must get the approval proved by ihe House and Sgnateh, >. co.’ T.2Y any transaction. Provides for a tax on liquor, wine", 0.00 “int no part of sound the Micshonio” Beverage Gone, CeBlal of any bank may he used fo ig B purpose Other than that for which in cose ‘the Stout Bill is vetoed, [1 was established without approval, the cost of liquor control enforce. 10. Writing, of the State Banking Dement is appropriated in one of the|™ gp) 0 city funds in the same budget bills. category as other public funds in reference to liability of surety on bond protecting the funds. Provide that persons receiving money for contracts performed on tax-exempt Federal land must pay

RETIRED FARMER DIES

LOGANSPORT, Ind, March 11 (U. P.)—Elias Maggart, 78, retired farmer, was found dead of heart! ] disease in a woods near his home {8r0SS Income tax on such receipts. yesterday by a searching party. Hey Make a Judgment or execution a had keen missing several hours. {continuing lien on any person or corporation from date court order is served. : Re-classify the 20 noxious seeds and amend the present State Seed Law to conform with the new Federal Seed Act.

Egg Board Created

Create a State Egg Board and make it unlawful to sell at retail any eggs unfit for human consumption. Legalize notarizations of notaries and justices of the peace, the

ment the right to regulate motor boais on lakes. d 6. Authorize justices of peace in cities of more than 100,000 to appoint a clerk for) their courts. { 7. Appropriate $500 to buy portrait of former Governor James P. Goodrich to be, hung in the State House. i 8. Permit town boards to determine how! much of their $1.25 tax rate be spent on streets. 9. Reduce Indiana’s Congressional Dis-' tricts from 12 to 11, making all of Marion] County the 12th District. 10. Provide the merit system for profes-| sional engineers employed by the State. Permit Indianapolis to have daylight saving time

12. Authorize county treasurers to deduct’ delinquent txes from paychecks of county

| acknowledgement of which was inand city employees.

sufficiently certified.

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Glad It's Over . .

During the closing hours of the|

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Governor Henry F. Schricker mops the perspiration from his brow and heaves a sigh of relief as the legislative session ends the “gone

Senate O.K.'s 23 House Bills; 4 Still on Schricker's Desk

Two-Judge Municipal Court Is Established for Lake County.

Legislature ended today, Speaker James M. Knapp signed four bills previously passed by the Senate.

These measures, awaiting the action of Governor Henry PF. Shricker, would: : Allow the Floyd County Circuit Judge a salary increase.

Insure Firemen

Mandates municipal corporations to carry insurance on voluntary

firemen. Creates two-judge municipal court in Lake County. Fixes standards for grading, classifying and marking of peaches, apples and strawberries. Both hyuses adopted a conference committee report changing some of the truck and trailer license fee increases provided for in a measure designed to restore most of the revenue lost through repeal of the truck tire tax. The license fees on half-ton trucks was raised from $13 to $15 and the fees on one-to-two-ton trucks was raised from $26 to $27. License fees on heavy trailers and semi-trailers were slashed sharply from those provided in. the original hill.

Beauty Bill Fails

Sponsors of a bill to fix standard prices and uniform hours for beauty shops failed in two separate attempts yesterday to get the measure through the Senate. Each time it failed to obtain the necessary majority. The Senate earlier killed a highly controversial bill which provided thal employers in national defense industries could. not discriminate against Negroes.

of commercial fishing nets in the Wabash River where it forms a common boundary of Indiana and Illinois. Repeal a 1929 law requiring the licensing of chattel financing companies, exempting those firms or individuals from payment of delinquent or accrued taxes and fees. Require that public purchase proposals be executed in triplicate on State Board of Accounts form with the net price of each article and an oath that the price is net and that no person will receive anything on account of the sale.

Population Limit Changed

Change the population limit to enable South Bend to continue to appropriate money for support of hospitals. , A resolution was passed in the Senate for a constitutional amendment providing that the prosecuting attorney shall hold office for four years instead of the present two.

BIBLES FOR ARMY AND NAVY CHICAGO, March 11 (U. P.).— National headquarters of the Gideons, travelers organization which distributes bibles, announced today that it would supply 5,000,00 Bibles to the Army and Navy during the next four years—believed to be the

largest order for scriptures in the history of Christianity.

1 Repeal the 1937 law. licensing use

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+ Cause for Cheers

“Hurrah, it’s over,” shout Reps. Winfield Denton (D. Evansville), left, and Frank T. Millis (R. Campbellsburg) as they celebrate the unlamented demise of one of the State’s most turbulent legislative ses-

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_"THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ——— . « « . . .Legislator's Mother Watches Fun . . . .

As the 62d session of the Indiana

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Mrs. Rachael Elliott Phillips, mother of Senator Roger H. Phillips (D. New Albany), Senate Minority

Leader, sat with her son last night to see the last-minute antics of the legislators.

presented her with a bouquet.

LEWIS DEMANDS WORRY CAPITAL

Bituminous Strike Over Wages Would Be Serious For U. S. This Year.

By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer

' NEW YORK, March 11.—With both ears cocked toward Washington, John L. Lewis, as boss of this country’s most pawerful labor union, presented today to bituminous coal

operators the demands of the United Mine. Workers for higher pay and shorter hours and other benefits. Mr. Lewis’ demands included a dollar-a-day wage increase for the 338,000 miners employed in the Appalachian soft coal industry, with an absolute minimum of $6 a day; extension of the present 35-hour week of five seven-hour days, and a guarantee of 200 working days a year, double time for Sunday and holiday work and a holiday of two weeks a year with pay. The repercussions will be in official circles at the capital, as well as among the mine managers gathered in New York, because: 1. A duplication this year of the six-weeks mine shutdowh of two

years ago would impinge far more |}

seriously on national affairs.

be one unless the operators come to terms before Aprii 1) is linked with the same kind of potentiality in steel manufacturing.

U. S. Virtual Partner

3. There is a Federal law (the Guffy Coal Stabilization Act, of which Mr. Lewis was the prime in-

stigator) making the Government virtually a partner in pay raises for coal miners. 4, Two years ago the Government, on instructions from the White House, intervened after a long impasse and obtained for Mr. Lewis his principal demand — a tight “union shop” in the coal industry. There have been other precedents indicating that this year there may be direct and forceful intervention from Washington. The law with which Mr. Lewis is equipped provides for the setting up under Federal auspices of minimum prices for bituminous coal. These prices are based on the production cost plus a reasonable profit. It is authoritatively figured that the labor item is 63 per cent of the production cost.

Higher Prices, Less Market

Thus, if the labor part of production cost is raised—as it will be if today’s demands are met—the operators’ course is to seek an in-

crease jn the minimum prices, Federally guaranteed. The brake on this procedure is that if coal prices go too high, there will be a loss of markets—to fuel oil, natural gas and hydroelectric power—and the eventual result will be fewer jobs for coal miners. The United Mine Workers’ answer to this is that operators now are making too much of a profit, and should share with the men in the mines.

12 ITEMS LISTED FOR

UNLICENSED EXPORT]

WASHINGTON, March 11 U. P.). —Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, administrator of export control, today -issued a general license permitting the exportation of 12 more items to Canada, Great Britain, and ~nrthern Ireland without individual licenses. The new materials added to the list were beryllium, graphite elec-

:| trodes, cadmium, carbon black, pe-

troleum coke, jute, lead, borax, phosphate, pine oil, glycerine and cresylic acid and cresols.

CADLE ASSISTANT TO GIVE PROGRAM

The Rev. Russell E, Ford, assistant pastor and choir director of Cadle Tabernacle, will present a program of art and music portraying the life of Christ from 7 to 8 p. m. tomorrow at the First United Brethren Church, Park Ave. and Walnut St. Seven large oil paintings, painted by the Mr. Rev. Ford, will depict Christ’s life from the Nativity to the Ascension. A tenor solo and poetic recitation will be given as each scene is presented.

BLIZZARD TRAPS 10

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 11 (U. P)~—Two Army officers and eight enlisted men, on a dog-sled journey from Chilkoot to Fairbanks, were trapped. today by a raging blizzard, 400 miles from their destination. :

Sailor Fined for "Removing Bomb

LONDON, March 11 (U, P.).— It cost sailor Arthur John Pullen, 43, $12 in police court for his dar= ing in carting away a Nazi timebomb which menaced.the home of his relatives. After finding the bomb, Pullen picked it up. He got a friend to run ahead of him and warn people that he was coming. * Police got wind of his action and followed a safe distance behind. When he dumped the bomb in a plot of vacant land, officers arrested him. He was the second Britisher to get into trouble with the authorities for unauthorized removal of bombs. :

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Some of the Senators

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IN THOSE LAST, TIRED MINUTES

Legislators Forget Battles And Relax on Trip to _ Governor's Office. |

By TIM TIPPETT

About 3 a. m. today, two tired men decided that enough was enough, and went upstairs to call a quit to the 61-day legislative sese sion, Seated around the desk of the Governor's secretary were Rep, Winfield Denton (D. Evansville) mie nority floor leader, and Rep. George Henley (R. Bloomington). Several hours earlier the Govere nor had left for home at the insiste ance of his wife. For two months, the Democratic Governor had bate tled a Legislature predominantly Republican. A tired man, he had left his office for the quiet of the Governor's mansion. The two Representatives, ape pointed by their Speaker, had gone to the Governor's office to learn whether “the Governor has any further business or any message to transact?” Dudley Smith, acting secretary to the Governor, assured them he had not and as tired men have always done they settled down in the leather chairs surrounding the sece retary’s desk. Senate Asks Same Question Their message delivered, the two Representatives, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, relaxed for the first time in two months. Then with a hearty goodby they left the office with the message which would adjourn the House sine die.

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JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, March 11 (U. P.).—Saburo Kurusu, retiring Japanese ambassador to Germany, said here that the German people were in good spirits and their leaders “confident of victory.” Kurusu, enroute to Tokyo, was aboard the American Export liner Excalibur when it docked yesterday. With him was Kikuji Yohezavs, Japanese Minister to Portu-

al. The attitude of the German people, Kurusu said, was one of satisfaction. German leaders, he added, are “prepared for everything possible, even if it is a long war.”

A few moments later, a like come mittee from the Senate appeared to pay their respects to the Chief of State and to deliver their question “has the Governor ... ?” Senators Albert Ferris (R. Mile ton) and Albert Beveridge (R. Ine dianapolis) had a friendly discussion about fishing with the Democratio secretary to ease the tension and then they, too, left to adjourn the Senate. On the floor above a few members of the two chambers remained awaiting the adjourning rap of the gavel. As the final gavels banged, 70 bills went into discard. Sixty-five of them were Senate bills which the House failed to pass. Only five of

them were House bills.

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