Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1941 — Page 13
TUESDAY, MARCH 25,
GREEN FAVORS
A. F. of L. Has Acted to Set Maximums, He Says in Reply to Norris.
WASHINGTON, March 25 (U. P.).
1941 Morrissey's
Mike is a cop. So are Higgsy and | Posey. But they don't walk a beat. They spend their working hours with boys to dispell the “cheese it, | ‘the cops” attitude which many,
| youngsters have. On the police rolls their names are Louis Mikesell, Forrest Higgs] and Alexander Posey, but the boys
Vision Comes True as
‘NOMINAL' FEE With Boys in Club and Delinquen
— President William Green of the J |k Mike, Hi American Federation of Labor sai d| know them only as 2gsy the
{and Posey. today he was “strenuously endeavs| Operating on a shorestring, oring” to persuade A. F. of L. local|three, under Acting Lieut, Charles unions to charge a “nominal” initi-| Weddle of He Suvenne ad Din ation fee fo . ..|sion, are putting into operation a ing CpIOYI on kL. poe vision of Chief Michael F. Morshop defense ccatracts. |x
ssey. i isi to have policeMr. Green -lso said that the A.| That vision was p F. of L. has taken “definite action| men get to boys before they become
within the limits of our authority’ to establish uniform fees for national and international unions, thus placing a limit on the maximum amount that can be charged by strong unions. “Frankly, I called upon our affiliated unions to eliminate the abuses in connection with the collection of initiation fees and dues by local organizations . , .” Mr. Green added in a letter to Senator George W. Norris (Ind. Neb.). Senator Norris last Saturday wrote Mr. Green and Philip Murray, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, them to condemn publicly “the practice” of charging admission fees “which are frequently outrageous.’
Murray Absolves C. I. O.
Mr. Murray replied that the C. I ©. "does not tolerate” assessment of exorbitanv fees and said the American Federation of Labor was the| guilty party. In his letter, Mr. Green pointed | out that it has always been the practice of labor unions to charge| initiation fees for new workers and | that the amount charged non-| members who secure employment on defense projects “are no higher now, but in some instances lower” than those charged in normal periods. High initiation fees are justified by local union heads, Mr. Green said, on the ground that they paid the same fees when they joined the local, and have paid dues and rssessments over a long period of time. Gives Locals’ Viewpoint
“These union members argue vehemently that the initiation fees charged new members do not represent an amount of money equal to that which they paid into the union over a long period of time &ll during which they fought for the establishment of decent wages | ana humane conditions of employ- | ment.” he said. “They protest strongly that non- | union men who now secure em-| plovment made no contribution to- | ward the establishment of the] decent wage scales which prevail, | but in securing employment be-| come the beneficiaries of the wage | level established by the union; are] entitled to enjoy all its benefits, and that the union requires and | compels contractors to pay
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the | newly admitted member the same wage scale and accord him the! same favorable working conditions | as every union member employed at | the plant enjoys.”
STREETCAR CRASH KILLS ONE IN D. C.|
WASHINGTON, March 25 (U, P.).!
—A streetcar motorman was killed |
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lof fun, build citizenship and make |the boys feel that policemen are | their friends and not natural | enemies.
Established Aid Division
| The Chief put his plan into op|eration when he established the {Juvenile Aid Division. Last summer, the three officers were assigned to City playgrounds. At first boys re{sented the presence of the bluecoats, but familiarity soon bred {friendship and friendship started something revelutionary. At the Rhodius Park CommuI nity House, Patrolman Higgs foundled the first Police League (PAL) Club, a place where the boys could meet after school in their own quarters, play games, | read magazines, elect officers and lay down the law to members who got out of line, Their membership cards look like police badges. You couldn't buy one from any of the 100 boys who carry them.
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I's Up to Higgsy
When the boys get into quarrels and it seems necessary for arbitra-
cision: “Okay, well just leave it up to Higgsy.” Patrolman Posey organized Club No. 2 at the Northwestern Community Center for Negro boys. There are about 90 applications for membership, but PAL officials are hoping to get better accommodations before cards are issued. The center can be used by the PAL Club boys only three days a week. The other three week-days girls take over the community house. Club No. 3 got its start the day Patrolman Mikesell walked out onto Willard Park with a football and invited a group of boys to play. Its existence was assured Oct. 16, when Chief Morrissey, Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board president, and representatives of the Park Board, the Kiwanis Club and the Pennsy Gym Association sat down for a conference at the Athenaeum.
3 Unused Rooms Offered The Pennsy Gym Association offered the boys three unused rooms on the second floor of the gym, which borders Willard Park. The Kiwanis Club agreed to foot the bill for light and water. The Smithers Roofing Co. repaired the roof without charge. Chief Morrissey scraped around to get funds for new plaster, paint,
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Patrolman Louis Mikesell . . Harold Dix, Charles Travis and pointers,
MEMBER
membership card, copied after a police shield,
maintenance men cleaned up the walls and painted the interior. It’s been tough sledding since) Dec. 14, when the club, which now has over 200 members, started. | There are no police funds for such | services to the community. | That's one reason why Chief Mor- | rissey has been plugging so hard] for precinct police stations, hoping to allow the PAL clubs to meet in| the roll call rooms and use other
facilities of the stations.
Depend on Citizens
Until the time when this becomes | a reality, the boys will have to de- | pend upon generosity of Indian- | apolis citizens. The Pennsy Gvm Club, for in-|
electric wiring material. Police
stance, has very fancy basketball!
DOG GETS BEQUEST; SON IS DISINHERITED
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (U. P.).—| Fuzzy Wuzzy, 12-year-old fox ter-|
and 14 passengers were injured last|rier of the late Mrs. Gertrude H. midnight when two trolley cars col-| Wilson, will receive life care, but her
lided near downtown Washington. Spokesmen for the Capital Transit Co. said the cause of the accident could not be determined until the equipment had been inspected. The motorman who died in his cab was L. H. Frazier, 25, who had been employed by the company for about five months, He formerly lived in Altcona, Pa.
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NORTH SIDE SALES |
$114,300 FOR WEEK
North Side Realtors this week re- | ported sale of nine houses, eight | lots, a suburban tract, and signed contracts to build two homes. Sales| totaled $114,900 bringing the year’s | total to $1,269,051 a gain of $329,766 over a year ago. Houses sold were: 124 W. 41st St.,| 3652 N. Delaware St., 5959 N. New, Jersey St. and 710 E. 38th St. by American Estates Co.; 4110 Ruckle St. by American Estates and Atkinson & Co.; 862 N. Drexel Ave. by
Pete Romeril (left) puts on the gloves for a little instruction from . as three other Pal Club members,
Police Pal cy Drops
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James Lee Swift, pick up a few
|suits which bear the imposing names across the jerseys of Pine Ridge | Tigers. An Indianapolis manu-| | facturer gave the suits to them| because the U. S. Government] wouldn't allow the South Dakota] {Indians who ordered the uniforms to leave their reservation. The boys’ boxing gloves are moth|eaten and worn out. The boxing ring rope broke from old age the other day. A punching bag burst for the third time and is in a hopeless shape. Officer Mikesell says he would trade one of the rowing machines the boys have for a seat for the other. When the boys play basketball, they just take off their street shoes. They don’t have basketball shoes. That just shows you what the PAL boys and their policemen friends are up against. They could use a lot of help. But they have fun.
Three Age Groups
The clubs are divided into three age groups: Seniors, 16 to 20; juniors, 11 to 15, and cubs, 6 to 10. They have a board of control, an executive board and a court of reviews to try violators of rules and mete out punishment. The policeman in charge is the “Supreme Court” with the power to modify sentences. The idea is paying off in huge dividends, Lieut. Weddle said. Delinquency in the neighborhoods surrounding the three clubs has declined. From the time school is out until late in the evening the boys are at the club houses. They learn how to give and take. The group at the Pennsy Gym is looking forward to a big boost in the near future. The WPA has announced it will establish a woodworking shop there. It looks as though the membership will start growing any day.
Happy Birthdays End in Bombing
PITTSBURGH, March 25 (U. P.).—A half hour after an 8-year-old West View gir] received birthday cards from two aunts in Glasgow, Scotland, she received a cablegram informing her that the aunts, their five children and the
| husband of one aunt were killed
“by enemy action.” The birthday greetings were sent to Betty Strickler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Strickler. Mr. Strickler is a clerk in the U. S. Customs Service here.
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Meridian Hills; John Robbins sold a Brockton lot; William A. Hacke- | meyer sold one in Forest Manor Ex-
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denich. Atkinson & Co. jacres on 126th St.
PERMANENCY URGED FOR MELLETT OFFICE
\ WASHINGTON, March 25 (U. P.). '—The House today considers President Roosevelt's plea for establishment of a permanent basis of the Office of Government Reports— called by the Republican minority a handy instrument of possible censorship. The bill would authorize an an‘nual appropriation of up to $1,500,{000 for the agency which Mr. Roose- | velt created by executive order. Mr. Roosevelt advised Congress (the office was required to help him | perform the heavy responsibilities of |overseeing hundreds of Government | bureaus and co-operating with state | agencies. | Lowell Mellett, Hoosier-born head of the agency, has denied reports
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By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, March 25.—What might be termed the defense position of an Indiana isolationist was expounded from the House Floor by Rep. Earl Wilson (R. Ind.) in casting his vote for the latest $4,000,000,000 defense appropriation bill. The measure passed the House with 327 ayes and no dissenting vote, “Defense of this country is the most important question facing this Congress today,” Rep. Wilson said. “We must settle this question now (and settle it well, or we will have failed in our most sacred duty. Helping others is a noble virtue, but that help extended at the expense of our own national safety is neither wise for ourselves nor beneficial to our friends. “Two days ago this Congress passed a bill calling for $7,000,000,000, earmarked for the aid of others. I voted against that bill because I believed it to be a whole flight in
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Mrs. Strickler received the cablegram from a third sister, Mrs. Jean Gallacher of Greenock, Scotland.
CHARLESTOWN MILL DELAYED BY STRIKE
CHARLESTOWN, Ind., March 25 | (U. P.).—Informed sources at the | Indiana ordnance plant, $74,000,000 government powder mill, predicted today that opening of the plant would be postponed, perhaps until May 17, because of delayed deliver{ies of vital machinery from the |strike-bound Milwaukee Allis-Chal-|mers factory. { Construction of parts of the plant | bas been completed. and officials said production would have been funder way this week if delivery [schedules on needed machinery had [been maintained. | Two unfinished condensers were shipped from the Milwaukee plant recently during a partial truce. They | will be finished at the powder factory here.
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ALUMNI TO BE LUNCHEON HOST
The Indianapolis Alumni Association of Sigma Alpha Epsilon will be host at a luncheon tomorrow in the Board of Trade dining room to Purdue members of the fraternity who are home on spring vacation. The group will entertain Indiana University members April 2 and Franklin College members April 9.
that long succession of steps taken by this Administration toward our active and violent involvement in Enrope’s current quarrel. “Today we are presented with a bill asking for $4,000,000,000 to be used for our own defense. Personally, I have never felt very safe while depending on the good faith of others to look after my interests. “Likewise, I shall not consider my country secure so long as that security is based on the promises of supposed friends. I am now and always have been for a strong national defense—a defense second to none—a defense so strong that no foreign power or combination of powers will ever dare harbor the thought of attacking us.” Rep. Wilson then told his colleagues in the House how he thinks the Ninth District feels about this matter. “The people of my District of that great State of Indiana are not warminded,” he continued. “They have not been swept off
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At City Hall—
DAYLIGHT TIME ON THEIR HANDS
Arguments Pro and Con Fill Mail, Phone Wires of Local Officials.
By RICHARD LEWIS From the standpoint of general interest, the Daylight Saving Time
Campaign Total Goes Up IRGES SAVING
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proposal is the hottest the City Hall | it
has handled in years, a poll of City Officials and Councilmen showed today. The Councilmen report they have received a torrent of mail. Mayor Sullivan says that people are«con-
tinually buttonholing him to ex-|: City Clerk |=%s:
pound their theories.
John Layton has received five peti- | 2% jose tions—two against, three for Day-|¥'%,
This is a sample when the telephone rings at City Hall:
“You tell the Mayor that I won't |g
have Daylight Saving Time. I have a hard enough time getting my tots to bed as it is.” And so it goes. City Council President Joseph G. Wood expects a capacity crowd at the public hearing in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. 2 n a
AMERICA FIRST
‘Merle Miller Places Fate | Of Civilization in U. S. Hands.
The United States, protected by two oceans, must take over the task of preserving the center of civilization, Merle H. Miller of the America rirst Committee told the Irvington Republican Cluh last night. Europe, he said, has failed in the task by proving itself incapable cf living without a devastating war
every generation. America has no stake in the con-
The figures on the score board reached $50,000 today, as the Flanner House fund campaign reached one-third of its $150,000 goal. Here,
Miss Emma Gene Tucker prepares
Mrs. William L. Fortune (left) assists.
hundred volunteer drive workers.
Brandt Inspects Street
Following yesterday's controversy | between Works Board members and!
{Oxford St. residents over street im-|
provement in the 3600 and 3700 block, Louis C. Brandt, Works Board president, took this action: He inspected the gravel improve-| ment and decided parts of it would] have to be smoothed over. He con-| tacted residents and told them not to worry. “This street has a three-year guarantee on it,” he said. “I will tell the contractor to fix it up immediately and we'll see what we can do
to get better drainage.” Fought Assessment O. K.
The residents demanded that the Board hold up approval of a $6000 assessment for the improvement because two large holes had developed, no provision for drainage had been made and the newly-laid cement curb had cracked. The Board approved the assessment over the residents’ protest, whereupon the residents said they would go to court. An 3X ectigation of Oxford St. between 36th and 38th Sts. showed: 1. There are two large holes at the curb just south of 37th St. Each is more than a foot deep and each could neatly trap an automohile. . 2. There is no provision for drainage despite the fact a sanitary sewer runs under the center of the street. 3. The curbing is cracked and chipped in three places. 4. Put in just last year, the street shows signs of developing chuck holes.
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Johnson Tells Plans
When these facts were called to the attention of City Engineer M. G. Johnson at City Hall, he explained: : 1. The holes will be filled immediately. They developed as the result of an excavation for utilities. 2. Although sewer inlets were planned for the improvement, they were abandoned when it was found the sanitary sewer in the street is not big enough to carry off rainwater. A corresponding $171 deduction was made. 3. Mr. Johnson said his inspection showed the curb in good condition. 4. The street will be ‘graded and oiled this spring by the City. No charge will be made to abutting property owners. As for the matter of drainage, Mr. Johnson said he believed the entire area should be serviced by a storm sewer, ”
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The Hunt Goes On
Last week, Airport Superintendent I. J. Dienhart went to the works Board for 1500 pounds uf grass seed for Municipal Airport. He was sent to the Park Board, where he was turned down cold. Yesterday. baffled but still trying, Mr. Dienhart returned to the Works Board. He had to have grass seed and soon, he said. Board members had departed on an inspection trip.
ASKS INQUIRY INTO U. S. RUBBER SUPPLY
| WASHINGTON, March 25 (U. |P).~Rep. Melvin J. Maas (R. Minn.), ranking minority member, said today he would ask the House
| workers redoubled their efforts to-
Naval Affairs Committee to investigate charges that the United States has failed to develop a vast potential rubber supply. Rep. Maas said that if claims made for guayule rubber are true, the nation could have freed itself of depending on the Far East for one of its most vital strategic materials. Guayule rubber is processed from the guayule plant, a primitive Mexican desert shrub. Guayule rubber is being processed now in a plant in Salinas, Cal, and Rep. John Anderson (R. Cal), another member of the House committee, says the plant can be grown almost anywhere sugar beets are grown.
Rep. Wilson, Who Opposed Lend-Lease Bill,
Votes Defense Funds to 'Guarantee Security’
their feet by the propaganda and war hysteria which has been sweeping this country like a prairie fire {for the last six months. They do not fear any immediate attack from abroad, but they will not be soothed into a false sense of security by the flattering promises of those who hold out the olive branch in one hand while gripping a sword in the other. “They look to the future and make plans for tomorrow, for only in tomorrow’s plan is today’s security guaranteed. They realize the price in taxes that must be paid, but they stand ready to pay the price, whatever it may be, for their country’s unchallenged security. “Therefore, because those people whom I represent demand their country’s securify above all else, and because a strong defense in these perilous times is’ necessary for the protection of our way of life and its free instituitons, I cast my vote in favor of this bill for our own national defense.”
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FLANNER DRIVE NETS $50,000
One-Third of Building Fund Collected With End | In Sight.
With $30,000 raised to date, Flau-| ner House building fund campaign
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lay to reach their goal of $150,000.
The workers will report on the drive tomorrow noon at the Claypool Hotel. The final meeting at which totals will be announced will be held Friday night. “The campaign workers are doing a mighty fine job and we are receiving encouragement all along the une,” Harry V. Wade, general campaign chairman commented. “The gifts so far have been very generous and we are hopeful that this trend will continue.” Approximately $8000 was reported at the yesterday noon meeting at the Claypool. About 150 workers attended. The special gifts division headed by Russell W. McDermott and Mrs. Kin Hubbard has collected $23,056 so far and the district under the supervision of Lionel PF. Artis is well ahead of the six other districts in the individual gifts group. Among the donations announced Monday was a $500 gift from the Walker Theater and another of $335 from several Negro church groups.
BRITISH HiSTORIAN TO ADDRESS BUTLER
One of Britain's most eminent historians, Prof. Robert B. Mowat of the University of Bristol, will lecture on world conditions and the British Empire at Butler University at 11:40 a. m. tomorrow. Prof. Mowat, who is on a tour of the United States under auspices of the Carnegie Foundation, will appear here under sponsorship of the Butler College of Religion and the Butler chapter of Federal Union. Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, dean of the College of Religion, will preside. Prof. Mowat will be introduced by Dr. A. D. Beeler, of the History and Political Science Department.
EVIDENCE OF WAR WASHINGTON, March 25 (U. P.). Evidence of the intensive naval warfare between Great Britain and Germany was contained today in a U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office
flict, he emphasized, since “the world has nothing which we need fight to get and our natural advantages are such that we are impregnable if we can but use our heads.”
Fixes Conflict Blame
He blamed the European conflict, in part, on the fact that ‘small nations of one nationality are not sate isfactory economic units.”
to bring the figures up to date as The two are among the several
MUNCIE WOMAN DIES OF WRECK INJURIES
MUNCIE, Ind., March 25 (U. P.).|
—Mrs. Louise H. Carpenter, 47, died
an automobile accident, Sunday. She was the wife of Dr. Ralph H. Carpenter of Muncie. She was riding to Albany, Ind., with Francis Broderick, a close friend of the family, when the automobile slid into a ditch and struck a culvert. Mr. Broderick was in-
“If this country were cut up into |27 separate nations, we couldn't {get along, and neither can Europe (with its age-old jealousies and dis= |butes,” he said. Pointing out that the Nazi army |was able to sweep across Europe, [but was halted by 20 miles of water {from conquering England, he said [America need not fear invasion. The idea that Germany could (send an invasion army to our shores
|last night from injuries received in is “fantastic,” he said.
We Can Advance Civilization
“Here without war civilization can make its greatest advances ... we can achieve a greater culture, ‘a higher standard of living, a greater unity and common brotherhood than has ever before existed on this
MISS TALLEY NAMED
report to mariners listing 24 wrecks in the English Channel and off the | English North Sea Coast. |
earth. “And here without war we have lan abundance of material aid to extend to a suffering humanity at. the conclusion of the present great tragedy that will enrich the world and prove a more potent argument than bombs.
BY DIRECTOR'S WIFE “When we realize the greatness of
HOLLYWOOD, March 24 u. P.. our trust, we can unselfishly pro—Marion Talley, the opera singer, claim that it is to the interest of
today was accused of intimacy withthe world and future -civilizaticn The charge was made by Mrs. | Two years ago, she said, Mr. HELP "RROMIVICTIA Miss Talley occupied “suite bed- had to enlist his aid in obtaining by force” possession of her 6-year- | The gunmen, after issuing the ings. {with $25.
Movie Director Aubrey Scotto, “at|that in the pending turmoil we Scotto, in a divorce suit. She said] Scotto told her he had to make al Three handits who walked into rooms” for a week, she charged. | ai: j00t even though their orders old daughter, Susan, and of having|orders, were, unable to open the f Vin / : ®
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