Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1942 — Page 12

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HANCOCK JURY | Each Board Unger Nelson Khows Its Job

MAY HEAR WIFE

Friend of Accused Woman| Identifies Ed Dalton | As Clubber.

SALEM, Ind, Jan. 22 (U. P)— Mrs. Stella Hancock. under indictment for the club-slaving of her) i

husband, John Hancock. may testify! §

today for the State in its

against Ed Dalton.

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now on trial for the same crime. ac-| &

cording to State's attorneys. | Mrs. Hancock. and Miss Frances! Chastain, 25-year-old Bedford woman, were sleeping in the same

Bedford laborer | : |

bed with Hancock the night of July| §

27 when an assailant entered the room and struck the sleeping man repeatedly with a heavy club. He died the next day in a Bedford | hospital Miss Chastain, on the witness | stand four hours vesterdav. told the! jury that Dalton was the man she saw beating Hancock over the head |... when she was awakened by the noise of the assault. The three were staying at the home of a friend in Bedford Points te Dalton

The woman pointed to Dalton in! the courtroom and identified him as the assailant. Repudiating a statement she made tly after the crime in wi wig James Pelfree. WPA worker ns City, of the attack. Miss Chastain testified tion was forced from her by State Police at the Jasper barracks where she was taken. She branded the statement as “a whole lie.” Miss Chastain told the court she accused Pelfree because Dalton had threatened her life.

sho! ich

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the accusa- to ihe Bavtown, Civil taken. Hundreds of persons have come! to Vermillion County employment,

This chart shows the set-up of the War Production Management and will direct industrial production. Nelson's plan as shown here.

Office of Production Production Chief Donald M.

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CLINTON, Ind. Jan. 22 (U.

—Administrative offices‘for the em- | ployment of workers at the Wabash | River opened here under the direction of! Maj.

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By JOHN W. LOVE Times Special Writer

M. Nelson is plowing right down the] {center of production. He is leaving to one side certain organiza{tional remnants for others to pick up. He is ignoring certain rallying points, like the fears of “little | industry,” the desire of union officers for a share in management, and the jealous interest of the Army jand Navy in procurement. = | To the new chief of war production such questions just don't exist. What America wants is production. Everything else is a side issue. President Roosevelt will have to ‘decide what to do with the Office of Emergency Management, one of the agencies of poorly defined au-

'the task of defense. It has found no place on the Nelson charts.

Too Late for Drastic Changes

Gone with SPAB and the twoheaded OPM are the defense contract service that (agency responsibility but no _ authority”) and the loosely hung committee of management and labor in the automobile industry. Out alsu are such practices as the communities as The large field organization of CEM and OPM with its offices in many industrial cities is to be retained. but the limbs it will hans from have not been picked out. The Nelson philosophy of production shapes up about like this:

changes, even in the setup here in Washington. “because it takes time for men to learn to work together.” But authority can be clearly defined. 1

Shape Groups te Fit Problems

channeled by Mr. Nelson to his deputies, down through such people as Ernest Kansler, head of the automotive committee, but there will be a few | vetoes—“for vetoes stop things.” The emphasis will be on the speed of the output, not on who's who lalong the line. | The 50 or 60 industrial commit(tees will be shaped to the nature ‘of their problems. Industries also will have labor committees, and these will meet with the manage-

Authority is

interest both.

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thority which accumulated around

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certification of] “distressed areas.”

It is too late to make revolutionary |

ment committees in matters which |

Board. the all-out agency which replaces the

President Roosevelt has approved

pide Issues Are Discarded; ~~ War Production Only Goal,

|] No single plan will be followed {for the industry committees. though

WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 —Donalq Ne automotive committee is ex-

pected to be the model.

Into these committees will flow the suggestions of their industries, {including those from the workmen, but the heads of the committees will do the selecting and deciding, as Mr. Kansler will in the automobile

industry.

of their “voice”

f tion.

The question of the workers’ will to produce has never been raised, and does not depend on the degree in management. Everybody will have a voice on the subject of how to increase produc-

22, 1942"

KEY WAR POST

William L. Batt, Born n Salem, Ind., Holds | |

Purdue Degree.

By UNITED PRESS William L. Batt, new he rman! of the War Requirements Board, a native of Salem, Ind., and was| graduated from Purdue University in 1907, At Purdue Mr, Batt was interested particularly in laboratory work | and his first job was as a lahoratory assistant with the Hess Bright! Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia. Hess Bright later merged with the SKF (Svenska Killager Fabriken) Industries and Mr. Batt now is president of SKF. SKF is a subsidiary of a Swedish concern and manufactures small machinery. It concentrated, prior to engaging in defense work, on the manufacture of ball and roller bearings. Mr. Batt is a husky six-footer with black eyebrows and a vigorous handshake. He has a forceful personality and the reputation of saying what he thinks. ' Although a Republican, Mr. Batt is a close personal friend of Harry Hopkins and supported many New Deal measures, including the WageHour Act. He was the chief autho of a conciliatory platform draftec v the National Association of Manufacturers in the fall of 1938 He: is a member of the Union League, the American Society of Automotive Engineers and chairman of the board of trustees of the Swedish American Historical Society. He personally Crown Prince Prince visited in 1940. Mr. Batt is married and the father of four children. The Batts live in Wyncote, exclusive Phila-

greeted Swedish Bertil when the the United States

delphia suburb.

War and You—

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U.

portation. Officials said if survevs now travel would interfere with plan for priorities on tickets probably adopted. The ODT, under of Chairman Joseph B. Eastman. is gathering “facts and figures” on available passenger equipment and probable civilian travel. The survey is expected to be completed next month. “We won't know what we will need to do until that survey is completed,” said an assistant to Mr. Eastman. “If it appears that the public travel demand exceeds passenger facilities we probably will have to adopt some plan to assure that those who need tickets get them. “Se far no definite plan has been drawn; they all are in the discussion stage. The granting of priorities on travel is one of the possibilities being studied.” Transportation officials said they expected the shortage cf automobile tires to result in an increased deinand for tourist travel by train. Military needs for troop transportation will impose an ad- | ditional loac on the roads.

passenger will have to be

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2 2 Nickel Minus Nickel

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P). —War and priorities have finally caught up with the nickel—ths magic touchstone that operates the telephone, the subway turnstile, the juke-box, the vending machine and other prime essentials of American civilization. The old nickel was threefourths nickel and one-fourth copper; the new nickel will be one-half silver and one-half copper. A Senate judiciary subcommittee has voted to take the nickel out of the nickel at the request of Donald M. Nelson, the nation's war production chief. He feels that the silvery-white

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Fancy Jars Tabooed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P). — Commerce Department and packing plant officials are co-op-erting in a program to standardize glass food containers and thus eliminate fancy, odd-size jars. The Commerce Department's division of simplified practice said that designs had been drafted for uniform-style jars for preserves, honey, peanut butter, pickles, mustard and salad dress- | ing. Standard containers also are being developed for fruits, juices, beer, milk and | olher food products. | Samples and designs for the standardized containers will be shown at conventions of preserve, peanut butter and pickle packers | in Chicago next week.

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