Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1942 — Page 18
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CONGRESS
HALTS LABOR VOTE
Legislators to Get Home Folks’ Views During Holiday; A. F. of L. Charges ‘Smear Campaign’; Pepper
Drafts Mobiliz WASHINGTON, March
ation Measure. 30 (U. P.).—A two-week lull
in the congressional controversy over proposed labor laws was expected to begin today while congress takes an informal
Easter recess.
The house has an informal agreement whereby no
legislation will be brought u plans a quiet week before E
p for two weeks. The senate aster, conducting only routine
business, before joining the house in recess next week.
What the home folks are saving about the labor controversy probably will determine the action congress will take on labor bills when it
returns. There is a possibility that the
controversy may be transferred tem- |
porarily to the senate where Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex) has threatened to bring up as soon as possible his bill to authorize presidential seizure of war plants where production is held up for any reason.
Plans Mobilization Bill
In such a case advocates of the Smith bil. in the house probably would attempt to add provisions for outlawing the closed shop, lift overtime restrictions on work over 40 hours a week, and place limits on profits. Meanwhile, Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla) plans to introduce a bill soon embracing his nine-point program for genera! mobilization of all men and women and removal of all legal restrictions on hours of labor during the war. He said his decision came soon after the house last week wrote into an $18000.000000 war fund bill a Republican - sponsored 6 per cent war profit limitation. Other week-end developments on the labor controversy: 1. The American Federation of Labor in full-page advertisements in eastern newspapers urged retention of existing labor legislation and decried the alleged ‘smear campaign” against labor.
Charge ‘6th Column’
The advertisement. headed “Beware the Sixth Columnist,” said the A F. of L. membership was forced “to go this expense to bring the truth to the American people because a large percentage of the newspapers in America do not print the truth about labor in their news and editorial columns.”
2 Congress of Industrial Organi-|
rations president Philip Murray de-
nounced “professional fault-finders™
who, he said, were endeavoring to destroy the high productive initiative of American labor at the most critical time in American history. 3. In a Chicago debate, a General Motors Corp. official said the 40-hour week had not slowed war preduction in G. M. plants but that a readjustment of overtime pay schedules was needed to lower production cests. A C. I. O. official answered that labor would not surrender overtime pay schedules until it had “concrete assurances” that industry would not be allowed to make “unreasonable” war profits,
Favor 48-Hour Week
4 Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D. Md) said in 8 radio address that unless President Roosevelt changes his position will be difficult if not impossible, to effect any change in labor practices from those that prevalied before we went to war, Meanwhile, house proponents of revision of war labor policy appeared to be leaning toward sub-
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CHICAGO, March 30 (U. P).—A representative of General Motors [Corp, and a spokesman for the | United Auto Workers agreed in a radio symposium yesterday that the 40-hour week has not hampered war production although it has produced a controversy regarding overtime pay schedules. Stephen M. Debrul, a member of the labor relations staff for the corporation, argued that a readjustment of overtime wages was needed to lower production costs. Walter Reuther, vice president of ‘the U. A. W. said labor would not {accept such revision unless it had assurances that: (1) “Unreasonable” profits would not be allowed industry: (2) prices would be controlled to prevent labor's suffering from rising living costs: (2) profiteering and soaring prices would be prevented by rationing of all civilian goods.
Output Not Curtailed
Mr. Dubrul, who had agreed with Mr. Reuther earlier that war pro!duction had not been curtailed in {the corporation's 91 plants by the 40-hour week, said such a stand as Mr. Reuther proposed on wage re{vision approached a policy of “union business as usual” Mr. Reuther replied that General Motors could not expect its emplovees to give up their overtime pay when the corporation was re- | porting profits that represented $2208 for each worker. He called for a $25000 ceiling on annual income for any individual, pointing out that four company officials received $6.000,000 between them in 1941,
Predicts Profit Dip
Mr. Dubrul countered by assertling that the corporation's profits were expected to fall to “an all-time low” in 1942 while the payroll and hourly wages were at a record high. Federal legislation reducing over-| time wages, Mr, Reuther contended, would impair labor morale. Mr | Dubrul said federal limitation of profits would add to manufacturers’ bookkeeping problems. Mr. Reuther will participate in a dav-long discussion on the same topics with Charles E. Wilson, presiident of General Motors in Detroit tomorrow.
stitution of a 48-hour basic work week for the existing 40-hour provision. The attitude was evident among some house members before they left for their vacation.
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By VERN BOXELL A busy week in Marion county
{politics got under way today with
three new candidates and will reach its climax next week-end with the deadline for filing of candidacies and voter registrations, The new candidates were: MERRILL J. WOODS, advertising man, seeking the Republican nomination as Warren township assessor, DR. WILLIAM J. HENDRICKS, a member of the eity health department, seeking the Democratic nomination for sheriff. REP. J. OTTO LEE, seeking renomination as state representative from Marion county on the Republican ticket. | Three other candidates announced ! over the week-end. They were: | JUDGE HERBERT M. SPENCER, | seeking renomination on the Demo | cratic ticket as judge of superior court room 2. BARLE L. JOHNSON, city streets] engineer, seeking the Democratic nomination for county surveyor. MABEL I. LOWE, prominent in labor and women's activities, for a Republican nomination as state representative from Marion county.
Held Other Offices
Judge Spencer, who is 45, is completing his first four-year term on the bench. After serving as city prosecutor and assistant city attorney, he was elected county prosecutor in 1934 and re-elected in 1936. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Spencer, and his father practiced law here for 60 years. He was graduated from Shortridge high school and Indiana university, and served in the navy in the world war. A member of the American Legion, he also is a member of Sigma Chi and Sigma Delta Chi fraternities, Capitol City lodge F. & A. M,, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine, South Side Turners and the Indiana Democratic club.
Woods Active in Party
He has been active in party affairs for years, serving as a precinct and ward chairman; is married, has one daughter and lives at 1924 N. Talbott ave. Mr. Woods. who operates his own advertising agency, has been active in Irvington Kepublican politics for many years, In announcing his candidacy, he said the duties of the office he seeks are doubly important in this period and he would conduct them in efficient, businesslike manner. A precinct committeeman for six years and past president of the Irvington Republican club, Mr. Woods is past commander of the Irvington post American Legion, past 12th district Legion commander and a past chef de gare of Voiture 145, 40 and 8 He served four years as a scoutmaster and is a member of the Irvington Presbyterian church. He also is a member of the Irvington Masonic lodge, Murat Temple, the Indianapolis Press club and the Industrial Advertisers’ Association. He is 47, has lived in Irvington 38 years, and was graduated from Manual high school and Butler university. He is married, has two children and lives at 345 Campbell ave. Dr. Hendricks, in announcing his candidacy, said he believed his “long experience in social service work qualifies me for the office I seek in the Democratic primary.” He has been chief investigator for the division of venereal disease in-
Deadline for Registering
New candidates in the running for primary nominations today Top, left to right—Merrill J. Woods, Republican, for Warren township assessor: Mrs. Mabel Lowe and J. Otto Lee, Republicans, for
county. Below, Judge Herbert M.
Spencer (left), for renomination as judge of superior court room 2, and Dr. William Hendricks (right),
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This Week-End
health department for six vears. A resident of the city for 26 years, Dr. Hendricks attended Valparaiso jSibiversity and was graduated from the Indiana university school of dentistry in 1919. He has been ac{tive in veterans and Democratic affairs, is a former American Legion post commander, member of the {Emerson post and past president of {the Democratic Veterans, now serv-
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GOP Chieftain Outlines War Program in Address to Oklahoma Party.
TULSA, Okla, March 30 (U. P).
—Republican National Chairman Joseph W. Mariin Jr, said today that to win the war we must have more toil and less talk, more production and less propaganda, more confidence and less conniving, more practicality and less patronage. The Massachusetts congressman, leader of his party's forces in the house as well as national chairman, addressed a meeting sponsored by the Republican state committee of Oklahoma. Appropriations, plans, blueprints and signed contracts are only the preliminaries to the big job, he said. He urged adoption of the following measures: 1. Draft the nation’s most competent men and women to head all phases of war production.
Smash Bottlenecks
2 Determine by full investigation and analysis the existence of all bottlenecks and smash them: develop and supply substitutes for materials difficult to procure. 3. Anticipate all possible future bottlenecks, shortages, deficiencies or contingencies. 4 Concentrate the efforts of the federal government on the job of winning the war, and of performing only the absolute essentials of civil government. Eliminate all activities of the federal government in any way impeding or competing with the maximum war effort. 5. Use small business in war production. The emphasis must be changed from saving small business to utilizing small business.
The Country Comes First
6. Tell American industry what its job is in the war production; turn it loose to do the job—and hold it responsible for accomplishment. Adjustment of labor difficulties by “orderly compromise and arbitration” was asked by Rep. Martin, “Noe man or woman has any moral right for any grievance to interrupt the production of machines, instruments and materials of war, which are, so sorely needed by our men in the fighting lines to
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| tion,” he said. “The welfare of the
| State Rep. Lee served on several country must come first.”
important house committees in the]
PULLIAM TO ADDRESS
| 1941 assembly. He sponsored a law {to provide for the transfer of tui(tion funds for public school train ‘ing for children in hospitals for tu- | berculosis treatment, giving chil-
dren at Sunnyside and other insti-! tutions training which had not been |
available before. He was state printing board and state election commissioners clerk from 1925 to 1933 and for the past seven years has been recording secretary of the Indianapolis Typographical Union.
Holds Precinct Post
Mr. Lee lives at 550 N. Dearborn st., is married and has one son. Mr. Johnson, a Democrat, said in his announcement that he believed his 15 years’ experience in the city engineering department and previously as a deputy county surveyor “qualifies me for the office of county surveyor. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Manual high school, Indiana university and the American School of Engineering and Architecture at Chicago. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine, Sahara Grotto. Eagles lodge. Order of Eastern Star and the Gatling Gun club. He has been active in Democratic politics for many years, is married, has two children and lives at 119 Windsor st. Holds Union Post
Mrs. Lowe, G. O. P. legislative candidate, has been president and business representative of United Garment Workers of America local 127 and active in labor work for 15 vears. She also is statistician for the Indianapolis Central Labor union, president of the county Union Label league and a teller of the Indiana State Federation of Labor, She was the G. O. P. nominee for county recorder in 1928 and led the ticket of administrative county offices in votes. She is vice president of the Republican Wage Earners league, member of the Marion County Council of Republican Women, the Indiana Republican club and Perry Township Republican club. She also is affiliated with the Eastern Star and is a member of the Christian Science society. She lives at 5405 Madison ave, and has one son at home and a foster son in the navy.
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Eugene OC. Pulliam, executive chairman of the Indiana defense savings staff, will speak at a meeting of the Indianapolis DePauw Alumni association at the Canary Cottage tomorrow noon. Mr. Pulliam attended DePauw university where lie was one of the founders of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism fraternity. He is a trustee of the university. Ray E. Smith, president of the alumni association, will preside at the meeting.
MATTICE NAMED T0 CLERKSHIP
Former City Corporation Council to Serve Judiciary Group.
Floyd J. Mattice, former city corporation counsel and first assistant United States district attorney here, has been appointed clerk of the U. S. Senate judiciary committee, Senator Frederick VanNuys announced in Washington today. He will leave for Washington about April 10, he said, to assume his new duties, succeeding Dix Price, who has accepted a commission in the navy legal division, Mr. Mattice was first assistant to Mr. VanNuys when he was district attorney during the Wilson administratoin, and assisted in the prosecution of several important cases.
In ‘Fake Fight’ Case
The outstanding one was the Muncie “fake fight” case in which citizens were mulct of $210,000. He assisted in obtaining the conviction of the mayor, prosecutor, police officers and several leading citizens who were involved with an international ring of swifidlers. Active in Democratic politics for several years, Mr. Mattice has practiced law here since 1922, He had been mentioned prominently by county party leaders this year as a possible candidate for criminal court judge or prosecutor,
Practiced Many Years
He was graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1905 and entered his grandfather's law firm at Rochester, Ind, that year, He lives at 5416 N. Pennsylvania st.
APRIL PROGRAMS SET
The Indianapolis Literary club §
has announced its April programs. Readers and the dates are: Dr. T. B. Rice, April 6; Frances Insley, April 13; William R. Higgins, April 20, and Charles L. Barry, April 27.
ASKS MEDICAL
STUDENT HELP
Dr. Gatch Points to Strain Caused by War and Lack Of Time for Jobs.
A loan fund of at least $50,000 for medical students to ease the strain they are enduring in the prepared: ness program was advocated today by Dr. W. W. Gatch, dean of the Indiana university school of medicine, Dr. Gatch spoke at a meeting of the Indiana university club at the Columbia club. “Under the three semester plan, the students are given no vacations and are attending classes six days a week,” he said. “This, in itself, is a strenuous schedule but complicating it is the fact that nearly 50 per cent of the students are partially or entireiy dependent upon the money they normally would earn in their vacation periods.” Dr. Gatch praised the morale and courage with which the students have tackled their problem. “The least we can do is give them every possible lending hand,” he said.
2 SAFES IN CHURCH LOOTED BY YEGGS
Burglars cracked two safes at the First Presbyterian church, 1525 N. Delaware st., last night and obtained an undetermined amount of money. The theft was discovered early today by George H. Ross, custodian, when he opened the pastor's study.
SHIPS LOCKED IN ICE BUFFALO, N. Y.,, March 30 (U. P.).—~Three freighters were locked in thick Lake Erie ice just outside Buffalo harbor today after attempting to crack a 40-mile jam to open the navigation season here.
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