Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1941 — Page 5
TUESDAY, JULY 22,1041
. TOWNSEND ASKS . FARM INCREASE
Pledges U. S. Will ‘Insure ‘Guaranteed Minimum Prices.’ URBANA, Il, July 22 (U, P.).—
Ex-Governor M. Clifford Townsend |
of Indiana has called upon midwest farmers to boom production. for defense with the assurance that the Department of Agriculture will guaranttee average prices for dairy products,” hogs, chickens and
gs. Mr. Townsend, as director of Agricultural Defense Relations for the Department of Agriculture, deliv- . ered an address on the nation-wide “food for defense program’ before the Farm Bureau Federation training school here.
Stresses Food Importance
“The food for defense program is one of the most important parts of our all-out defense effort,” he said. “Without food, Britain and the other nations resisting aggression cannot continue to stand between the United States and the Hitler menace.” Mr. Townsend termed the prices at which the Government is pledged to support vital food products as “guaranteed minimum prices.” “With prices supported at profitable levels,” he said, “farmers will increase production. At the same time, the Department of Agriculture infends to maintain feed prices at levels which should make it profitable for farmers to convert our large feed reserves in the ever-nor-mal granary into food for defense.”
Wants More Tomatoes
In addition to dairy products, hogs, chickens and eggs, Mr. Townsend said the Government wants to stimulate production of tomatoes, dried beans and soybeans. “Priorities and rationing, which may be expected to increase greatly as our defense program develops, are already affecting poultry equipment, milking equipment, fencing, steel "grain bins, tractors and farm machinery generally,” he said, commenting on difficulties ahead. ~ “Nitrates may be affected soon. Other chemicals and drugs for insecticides and fungicides are likely to be short. “The shortage of farm 1abor, the increased cost of things farmers buy, and all of the other things that make up a war-time economy should be considered by farmers in planning for the future.”
NIP AND TUCK: VIEW ON CANADA SEAWAY
CORNWALL, Ontario, July 22 (U. P.)—Rep. J. J. Mansfield (D. Tex.), chairman of the U. S. House Rivers and Harbors Committee, predicted today a “nip and tuck” fight in Congress over the St. Lawrence River seaway and power project. He and other Committee members, here to inspect sites for the proposed $285,000,000 program, were noncommittal as to its prospects for Committee approval. . “When I was a judge,” Mr. Mansfield said, “I used to instruct juries to hear the evidence before they decided upon the verdict.” The Committeemen, who haye been holding hearings on the project for weeks, came here from New York State and were shown relief models, engineering data and the various physical features by Canadian technical officials.
CHILD ORCHESTRA »< WILL GIVE CONCERT
An orchestra composed of 100 North Side grade-school children will be heard in its fourth annual concert at Caleb Mills Hall at 2 p. m. Sunday. The students have been rehearsing daily at Shortridge High School under the direction of Roger Riley of the music department of the Indianapolis Public Schools, and his assistant, Paul Brown. Soloists will be Werner Haas, vioiin; Margaret Medsker, piano, and Byron Jones, trumpet.
New Speech Head
Miss Lucile Calvert is to be head of Butler Universtiy’s newly created speech department in the College of Religion. She will assume her duties when the semester begins in September. Miss Calvert has toured this country and Europe, giving dramatic recitals. She formerly taught at Lake Forest ‘College, from which she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1927. She was awarded the M. A. degree in 1929 from Northwestern University and appeared for the past two years in recitals under the auspices of the Leigh Bureau, New York City. Miss Calvert is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. V. Calvert, Muncie.
POLITICS DENIED BY SEN. GEORGE
Says He Did Not Intervene In Eglin Field Asphalt ~~ Contract.
By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, July 22.—The Eglin Field (Fla),politics-in-asphalt controversy has popped up again
from another quarter. Senator George (D. Ga.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Cemmittee, injected himself into the situation, in which Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.) has figured so dramatically, to deny that he had intervened on behalf of Allied Materials, Inc., a Georgia corporation. Allied Materials was awarded a contract for asphalt for runways at this biggest Army aviation center in the country. The Georgia Senator thus countered, in a letter to Rep. Andrew J. May (D. Ky.), chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, charges to this effect made before a subcommittee which investigated the Eglin Field asphalt controversy. The charges came from ex-Con-gressman Millard F. Caldwell, counsel for Pan-American Petroleum Corp., another bidder; Wilbur E. Harkness, Treasury procurement officer for Florida at the ‘tinte, now State WPA Administrator, and a Florida contractor. Senator George included in his letter 'a telegram he had sent to Treasury procurement officials here during the controversy, deploring “political interference in Government contracts.” He did not mention : Senator Pepper, who was so active with. Mr. Caldwell on behalf of Pan-American. Senator George said he was “acquainted with the Honorable Millard Caldwell,” but had no personal acquaintance with the other witnesses who referred to him before the Committee, : “With a strange unanimity,” he added, “they have- all agreed upon a statement which is not in accord with the facts.”
Organizations
Riverside Group to Meet — The
.| Women’s Society of Christian Serv-
ice of Riverside Methodist Church will have a pitch-in supper at the church ‘at '6:30 p. m. Wednesday. This will be followed by the regular monthly meeting of the so-
people’s quartet. Dr. Blain Kirk-
Mrs. Alma Wise is president. Mechanics to Hold Picnics—The
ciety. Music will be by the young]: patric will be in charge of the:
meeting, and Mrs. C. E. Rumpler| will speak on “The Eternal Flame.”|
joint picnic of the Junior Order of |!
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SHOP TRAINING
10th Series of Classes Begin Thursday With Registration.
The 10th series of classes in the emergency industrial defense training course offered by Indianapolis high sehools will get under way with registration of applicants Thursday and Friday. The men, half of whom are un-
until 10 p. m. both nights at the lunchroom of Technical High School, 1500 E. Michigan St. Others taking the courses will be employed men who wish to “freshen” their training, or to increase it in the hope of advancement.
Must Be Registered
The new training course will begin Aug. 1 and end Aug. 30. Classes will be taught in machine shop work, foundry work, auto repairing, pattern - making, electrical maintainance, acetylene welding, ma, chine drafting, parts inspection, and surface plate and machine scraping. . Those who are unemployed and wish to take the training course should register at the State Employment Service office, as only those registered may take training. Classes meet from three to six hours a day six days a week. Enrollees may arrange their classes for day or night as they request, so that if they are working, it will not interfere with their jobs,
Open 24 Hours Daily
Training shops, which will be open 24 hours a day, are located at Technical, George Washington,
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tucks high schools. Classes are also being conducted at the Indianapolis Drop. Forging Co. and at Ft. Harrison. There are facilities for training 1720 men during the next month. They will be taught by a staff of 115 instructors and three directors and supervisors. The project is under the 'direction of Edward E. Greene, who is on the faculty of Technical High School.
2 WPA RECREATION PROJECTS APPROVED
Indiana today was allotted $1,780,908 for two WPA projects to promote and extend the state-wide public recreational activities. A total of $1,532,020 was granted to supervise and co-ordinate the exist-
ing recreational activities which are sponsored by the State Welfare Department. The funds will be used to employ additional instructors fer playgrounds and community centers throughout the states. Additional instructors are expected to be hired for Marion County. The other project calls for $248,888 to “promote, initiate conduct and co-ordinate” music activities under sponsorship” of Indiana University. The music funds will be used to provide directors for music activities at community and other recreation centers, to organize new activities, including new orchestras. The state-wide recreation program has been in operation for sev=eral years.
employed, will register from 7 p. m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 22 (U. P.) —America is approaching an inflationary period which “from now on will be injurious” unless immedidte steps are taken to check it, Prof. Irving Fischer, famous economist, said in an exclusive interview with the United Press today. “Increasing purchasing - power
duction,” Prof. Fischer said, “cannot continue to do so indefinitely. Productive capacity is being approached, so that any further increase in purchasing power must raise prices, including the cost of living. “For years,” he said, “the country has been warned of inflation, without realizing that it has been going on since the bottom of the depression. In March, 1933, my index number of wholesale prices stood at 55 per cent of the 1926 level. Now it is 95 per cent. In other words,
per cent. “Up to the present this inflation has been beneficial. But from now on inflation will be injurious. “The fact that the country fears
may be done. is ever done until it is too late.” NE
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Urges Check Against Harmful Inflation; ' Dangerls Developing, Economist Warns
which hitherto has increased pro-
Prof. Irving Fischer
wholesale prices have risen over 70 . The efforts of Price Administrator Leon Henderson were not favored
by Prof. Fischer.
“Such Government = regulation,” inflation provides the only hope,” |he said, “unless confined to a small the economist said, “that sopething| number of articles concerned with Ordinarily, nothing |defense, would I fear, do very much
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The retired Yale University professor said: “The master key to the problem is generally overlooked. This is the velume of deposits subject to check. It has been increasing rapidly, and apparently is destined to increase still more rapidly because of big de- ~ fense appropriations. “The appiopriations mean more Government debts, more Government bonds sold to banks in return for deposits, newly created, subject to check, new purchasing power put into circulation without corresponding increase of goods to be bought therewith. . “The most appropriate remedy and preventive’ would be to stop the sale of bonds to banks.” He continuation of the “excellent idea” of selling bonds to the public “who pay for them with pre-existing money instead of with newly created money.”
GET DEFENSE CONTRACTS
Another contract amounting to]
$21,554.80 for additional guages was awarded yesterday by the War Department to the Quality Tool & Die Co. of Indianapolis. The Hoosier
Tarpaulin & Canvas Goods Co. of Indianapolis received a $2990 War Department contract for 13,000 first aid packet pouches.
2 LOCAL POLICEMEN SEEK FELLOWSHIPS
Patrolman Edward A. Gerdt and
whether they will get those $1200-a-year fellowships to the A Northwestern University Traffic Institute they are hoping for. The two Indianapolis policemen were interviewed yesterday by Gordon H. Sheehen, assistant director of training for the institute which is awarding 13 fellowships throughout the nation. The awards provide for one year of academic work at the university. Eight fellowships will go to City policemen and five to State police. .Patrolmen Gerdt and O'Rourke already have passed a series of intelligence and aptitude tests successfully and their chances of winning the fellowships depend largely
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United American Mechanics and] | Daughters of America of Indiana will. be held at McCullough Park at Muncie Sundsy. Site of the| if picnic will be the shelter house| : atop the hill. The family dinner will be served at 1 p. m., central standard time. A fiftieth anniversary program and other entertainment is planned. §
O’Hearn Heads Federal Legion— John LE, O'Hearn has been elected |: commander of eral Post 62]: American Legion. Other officers]: are Karl Stimson, first vice com-|: mander; George Shumard, second| : ‘vice commander; Raymond Fox,|: adjutant; Roy C. Martin. finance officer; Marvin Kennedy, historian; Connie Taylor, sergeant-at-arms, and William Payne, chaplain.
B. R. T. Auxiliary Heads Meet— e Past Presidents’ Association of the Auxiliary to the Brotherhood |: of Railroad Trainmen will meet|: | Thursday noon at the summer home of Mrs. Edward Saylor in Ravens- |: wood.
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