Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1941 — Page 7

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GE ADEQUATE NEGRO HOUSING

The oo first public

| mo 1691 Homes This Year. | g

By RICHARD LEWIS tH hearing held by the Governor's Housing ]

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Commission’: lasf night ‘evoked a strong plea for adequate Negro housing in Indianapolis and an assertjon that defense

housing needs’ are ‘being, met here as well as anywhere: in}

the nation.

irst of a series to be conducted by the Commission in its investigation of local housing conditions, the hearing|.

CITY 0, K.’S NINE VA [ANCE | PLEAS

Some| New . on Constilelion Inv ved; Five Others

etitions Denied.

Nine variance pétitions, some involving |- new construction, were granted [by the Zoning Board yesterday nd five were denied. . ard’ approved petitions for the erection of an addition to the New System. Laundry Co. 448 Virginia Aye.; ‘the operation of a reeT "shop at 2520 Station St.; the erection of a storage building a 5510 Greenfield Ave.; the erection of an office and. storage building at 8763-71 Sutherland Ave. The operation of a parking lot at 1143 River Ave.; the erection of a double house at 15 N. Kenyon St.; the erection of five storage silos at 1850 Kentucky -Ave.; the operation of a dressmaking: shop. at 441 N. Riley Ave. and the expansion of a bowling alley at 959-67 N. Holmes

Ave. Church. Building Denied

Denied ‘were petitions for a church building to house the Garfield Gospel Tabernacle at the southwest corner of Spann Ave. and Sherman Drive; the conversion of .a single house at’ 3817 N. Pennsylvania St. into a four-family apartment; the storage of wrecked automobiles at the southwest corner of W. 10th St. and Capital Ave.: The conversion of a two-family dwelling at| 1453 S: Belmont Ave. into a three-family apartment and the operation of an open. air automobile sales lot at 1245 W. Wash- —_—— BOUND: FOR: BURMA ROAD

HONOLULU, Nov. 18 J. P)— Skilled American: workers are en route to the Burma: Road to supervise the king of war supplies to the Chinese Army, it Yas revealed today. : The first group of 46 m dispatchers,~ zone manag maintenance} ‘managers arrive yesterday EER

chanics, and here

doneq ‘property evacuated .byfamilies.’ They

was held in the House of Representatives at the State House. The chamber was nearly filled with spectators. Henry Richardson Jr. attorney representing the Federation of Associated Clubs, made the plea for better * Negro housing. Earl B.

Teckemeyer, Indianapolis Real Estate Board president, told the

| Committee that local realtors who

this year have built 1691 houses, are meeting the City’s defense

: housing needs.

70 Families Must Move

The Commission heard two Lockefield Gardens tenants assert that 70 families in the Negro lowrent project who have been ordered to move out by Jan. 1, have been unable to" ‘find other suitable quarters. Under the project plan, tenants must move when their incomes increase to the point where they are able to pay more Yan the project's low rent scale. Kenneth Crawford of ‘the Lockefield : Residents’ = Committee said that of 13 realty agencies he visited, only six had houses available for Negroes and ‘that none of ‘these were suitable. Some, he described as “unfit for human habitation.” William McFarland, a tenant, said he could fa Rosine for rent, but plenty -of ho for sale. The houses listed for rene he said, were inferior to Lockefield’s dwelling units. “It looks,” he il “that Tl be taking a step backward if I move in one of those pl: after living in Lockefield Gardens.” In a prepared statement which he read to the Commission, Mr.

anapolis’ ‘Negro population has increased 20 per cent from 1930 to 1940, dwelling ' units for Negroes have decreased 10 per cent.

‘Difficult to Buy

It is difficult for a Negro family to buy a house, he said, because lending agencies are reluctant. to finance Negro property. The Federal Housing Administration has]. “shown a lack’ of interest” in insuring loans on Negro property, he asserted. Mr. Richardson said that at present there is a shortage of 1000 houses for Negroes here, Negro families who can purchase at all are forced to buy obsolete; aban-

“then. must.”

““Imoney to repair the property, ‘he

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said; after paying a higher price than white purchasers would have had to pay. The influx of defense workers has made the situation more acute, he said. ‘The ‘attorney. called for the development of low and medium rent Negro housing and urged the formation of a Local Housing Authority. He aiso urged “liberalization of FHA policies toward Negroes” and equal financing opportunities with white home buyers. Mr. Teckemeyer told the Commission that the only group which “has ‘done. anything about solving the housing shortage” so far has been a

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| this testimony, Carl {due University housin . analyist, reported that in a nation-

“This group is solving the problem by building houses,” he said, “rather than by sitting back and kibitzing. » C. C. Livingstone, Commission chairman, interrupted the Real Estate Board chairman to inform him that the Commission did not confine its investigation to defense housing but was interested in the social aspects of housing in the community as well. “Well, we're trying to carry the ball where they (the Government) are telling us to carry it,” Mr. Teckemeyer replied. “Unfortunately, it will have to be carried for defense rather than for social housing.” Mr. Teckemeyer said the Government _ was the only agency that could afford to house the “10 per cent submarginal group for which private industry can’t afford to build housing.” Asked by Richard Oberreich, Commission member, whether the organization Mr. Teckemeyer represented favored the United States Housing Authority program of slum clearance - for = Indianapolis, Mr. Teckemeyer replied: “It is undesirable from our standpoint and from the Government

‘| standpoint.”

In a general discussion following ter, Purresearch

wide tour, he had failed to note a serious materials shortage for .the construction of individual homes. Materials are available for contractors who for them in ad-| vance, he said. He added, how-

-|{ ever, that this ‘does not apply to ;{1arge-scale,: multi-family construc-

n such as U, 8. H. A. projects’ bol are now being suspended. -

in the Division of Defénse Housing Co-ordination, who attended the

| meeting as an observer, explained

‘the functions of the ision ‘in needs

are provided where | ‘shortages are

7 most acute.

Richardson said that while Indi-|.

John Womer, Régional assistant]

ORPHANS’ HOME PURCHASE OFF

county Renews Hunt or Juvenile Court and Welfare Quarters.

County Commissioners have dropped negotiations to purchase the Evangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Home at 3310 E. Washington St. and have renewed their search for

quarters for “the County Welfare Department, the Juvenile Court and Detention Home. The Commissioners now are considering purchase of the Indianapolis Orphanage at 4107 BE. Washington St. to house the three agencies. They have been negotiating

Orphans Asylum for two weeks. Commissioners yesterday decided

asking variances operation of a det 3310 E. Washingthe Children’s Guar-

elt Price Too High

Under the plan to. purchase the Lutheran Orphans Home, the Juvenile Court and . Detention -Home

ow. sent .to the Guardians’ Home. The Welfare = Department would have been located at either” builting if space was available. These * arrangements, however, were dropped because Commission~ ers ‘felt the price for the. Lutheran Orphans’ Home, reported to. be $120,000, was: too high. © It is the tentative, plan. of: ‘Commissioners ‘to house the . entire

‘County Welfare Department’ as well

as the Juvenile Court and. déten“Af “purchase - Is: mated. The Orphanage was aban doned several years ago and is now leased ' to the National Youth Administration.

~ Inspected Home

The Commissioners and Judge Wilfred - Bradshaw of Juvenile Court inspected the home last week: Judge Bradshaw said today he believed the Home would be: adequate to house the Juvenile Court and the Detention Home, but pst the Welfare’ Department in addition. At the Zoning Board meeting yesterday, the only indication of the change of plans was a Board action striking the variance pleas from its docket. Grounds given by Board members were that Commissioners had failed to give the required 10 days public notice for. the public hearing.

Transfer Urged Two Years

The transfer of the Detention Home from its present quarters at 538 W. New York St. has been urged by Judge Bradshaw and civic groups for more than two. years. The Judge has contended that the

that facilities are inadequate. The Welfare Department quarters at 257 W. Washington St. has also been a bone of contention. Quarters are said to be too small to house the Department’s activities and Commissioner Ayers said the lease on the building will expire soon,

PHI BETA Pl HOST TO MAYO PHYSIOLOGIST

sional medical fraternity, will be hosts to Dr. Frank C. Mann, physi.|ologist at the Mayo Clinic, when he lectures. tonight in: the State Board of Health Building at the Indiana University Medical Center. ‘Since his graduation from Indiana

won world-wide distinction for his research on the liver, and for the fact that he was the first to remove that organ . from a living patient. His subject tonight will be ‘“Circu-

{lation of the Liver,” ahd will pertain ~t0. his research work.

The local chapter of the medical fraternity decided last spring to sponsor ‘a: series’ of such lectures. Dr. Ernest Rupel is chairman of the fraternity's lectureship commit-

Indianapolis Wabash Alumni get acquainted with dean of college; President mL George V.

with the owners of the Indianapolis

would have been moved into this| uilding :with some detention over-|.

tion home in the Todisnapolis Or=

a! pranage

location of the Home is poor and

Menibers of Phi Beta Pi, profes-:

iversity ‘in - 1913, Dr. Mann has

Dr. Sparks Stresses Need of Small Colleges in America

Dr. Frank Hugh Sparks, president of Wabash College, speaking here last night, stressed the “importance of small colleges in America which are best prepared to transmit the true qualities of citizenship and Americanism.” Addressing Wabash men’ of Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Dr. Sparks said, “If there is a -social institution in America today better fitted to transmit the qualities of American citizenship, friendship and honesty than the small, liberal: arts, nonsectarian institution, I know not what it is. Whatever state we are in in future years the nucleus of men from institutions of this kind will form a vital part.” Dr. Sparks was the guest of -honor at the reception which was planned to acquaint Wabash men with the eighth president of the college. The trim, businessman-president addressed the 250 persons present as if it were a board of directors meeting.

“HOOSIERS LOTTERY

TERMS SUSPENDED

NEW YORK] Nov. 18’ (U. PJ, — Eight Hoosiers were among the 19 men sentenced yesterday .in Federal: Court ‘after pleading guilty. to an indictment naming them as par-

ticipants in a: lottery which netted|"”

$1,250,000 from victims in many parts ‘of the nation. Those * sentenced yesterday were all minor *distsibutors of the lottery : tickets. ‘All were given susand a year’s pro-

The ply Hoe sier to “face trial|

defendants. on rH West, Michi gan oy.

Indiana rendents sentenced (all terms suspend Six months on and a - year’s probation—Charles R. Emery of Bloomington and Henry A. Yingling of Richmond. | A year and (a day each and a year’s probation—John W. Burchan of Indianapolis,” Arthur A, Gearheart of Logansport, Sylvestez- Nowacki of South Bend, Lawson Ponejoy of Kokomo, Chris Smith of Evansville and | Edward Stewart of Kokomo. Still to be sentenced: Edgar J. Colwell of Kokomo, Thomas B; Gunkel of Greensfork, William Hamilton of Terre Haute, Fred H. Kendall of Shelbyville and Edwin Moore of Rushville.

MRS. HERRICK HONORED NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (U. P.).— Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick, the National Labor Relations Board’s only woman - regional director, received the eminent achievement. award of the American Women’s Association last night.

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Dr. Sparks outlined the financial

for additional funds of $25,000. He then discussed the policy which he

graduates and their college closer together. “There seems to be too great a break between the college, and the man after graduation,” he said, “and the relationship should continue as when the man was college.” He outlined an eight-point program which offered Wabash alumni

employment guidance in return for their help to the school. suggested that Wabash could help all young men in the area if graduates would seriously undertake to help these young men decide what they should do “after high school.” But he. said alumni should first help them settle the question— the one, “Where shall I go?” ~ “If ‘we do this,” said Dr. Sparks, “it will not be long before we will be ‘unable to accommodate them all at registration time,”

2-Pound, 4-Ounce Baby Doing Well . NINE-DAY-OLD Linda PFrit-

four ounces, is a star patient on the children’s floor at the Methodist Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fritsche, 3318 S. East St. . Linda was: brought to the hos-. pital when she was four: hours old and ‘was put into an incubator. She drinks eight ounces of milk a day, brought. from the station at the City Hospital by Mr. Fritsche, and her aunt, Mrs, Bert, Vander Breen. % Linda is comin along nicély in ‘her incubator, which isi reeent

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Members of - Governor’s

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Friday, nett and Mrs. Smith. The official party will occupy the|tained af a 11:30 1 last two cars of the first of two sec-|Jap Jones, new member tions of the trains which will take Highwa; the Indiana delegation to the cer Hotel.

and Mrs. O, F. Heslar, rep-| Dawson, the state's top ranking Re resenting the Fifth Naval District; publican, will ride n

Whirter, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs.|Schricker’s car. :

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Official Party at Ship Launching Listed.

“The Governor's office today an-' nounced the names of the 14.per-

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the ship; Miss Luella McWhirter,

State James M. Tucker; Attorney {General George N. Beamer, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael L. _Fansler, representing the _ | State of Indiana. Comm, Felix MWh Comin,

Friday, Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchcock, the Governor's aids, and Ensign John T..Barnett and Ray E. Smith, secretary to: the Governor, ‘members of the launching committee. The railroad fares for these 14 persons are being paid from the Governor's emergency . contingent fund. The State is not paying for meals nor any other expenses of this group. Also in the Governor's official

Governor's two sons, Henry F. Jr,

|paid by the State to Newport News, - | Va., for the launching Friday of the -|U. 8. S. Battleship Indiana.

Stuart Bishop, Lieut. Col. John D.||

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