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Farley Wages Herctilean Fight to Prove That State Organization Can Stand Up =

‘Against

federal political machine.

A test of “local self-rule” it is called by adherents of big Jim Farley, New York state Democratic chairman, who finds himself engaged in a herculean fight with President Roosevelt over selection of a No one who looks on can fail to sense the significance of this struggle between two one-time friends, between the chief executive and the man who twice

ernor of New York:

helped to nominate and elect

- him and who sat for eight

years in his cabinet. Jim Farley comes rather naturally into the role of opponent of too ‘much presidential interference with _ state political affairs. It is recalled that he was out of sympathy with

¥President Roose-

velt’s attempt in 1938 to choose between Democrats through the socalled “purge,” and sat on the sidelines for the “most part in that “abortive affair. That was, in =: ; fact, the begin- = Mr. Stokes ning of the easing out of Jim Farley in favor of more ardent, less mature and less experienced New Deal political henchmen...

Public Fear Assuatod

They demonstrated in the Ken» tucky and other 1938 primaries and elections that they were willing to exploit the WPA and other federal beneficent agencies politically to achieve their purpose and continue in power, on the theory that “the end : justifies, the. means.” Public protest against such tactics brought the Hatch act from Congress to outlaw such practices, and for a time the public fear of a giant federal machine that could move in and crush all SPhostion was assuaged. It was in keeping with Mr. Farley’s philosophy that power reposed too long in the hands of one man and one group of men in Washington was not good, and was contrary to democratic principles, that he took a position against the third term.

. That was the fingl pariing of the

“Sways between the twc once close

friends, of which the present conflict over presidential interference in state affairs is the aftérmath. Jim Farley still has strong feelings about a too powerful federal government machine, which ex= ‘plains ‘in part his stand today. In part, for there is no denying that Jim Farley is a politician, with all the instincts and ambitions of the breed, and he is trying, as a politician does, to retain his control in his own baliwick, which Is New York state.

Came Up Hard Way

He has been the state boss for a dozen years, after coming up the political ladder the hard way. His knowledge of the tricks of the trade, his consummate skill, have been proved in his two successful campaigns for Mr. Roosevelt. He loves politics and plays it in the usual American fashion, with no pious notions or’ claims.

In his job as state party: leader he picked as his candidate for governor this year John J.- Bennett Jr., attorney general of the state for 12 years and a perennial backstage aspirant for the governorship, who was set aside during the Lehman succession of terms but who kept on attending American Legion affairs, county fairs, county picnics, eating cold and clammy fried chicken and sour potato salad, making nice speeches, shaking any npumber of thousands of hangs. This year his friend Jim Farley pushed him to

# the front finally.

It looked all right. Jim Farley went to the White House to see the president and it still looked all right. Then something went wrong. The American Labor Party wouldn’t have Jack ‘Bennett, and threatened a

| By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

: NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (U. P.).—A test which is attracting interest far beyond New York is going on here over whether a‘state political organization can stand up against the president of the United States, his prestige, and all the powerful influences at his command in a heavily entrenched

|to get him. But he decided to stand

F.D.R

Democratic nominee for gov-

trols a neat balance-of-power block of some 400,000 votes. The president acted, after an unusual number of political conferences for a man so busy with the war, and Senator Jim Mead was pushed into the race, against his will,

The president shook the Democratic tree in New York, and the leaders began to fall and join in the procession to whoop it up for Jim Mead, the White House candidate—Senator Wagner, Governor Lehman, Ed Flynn, boss of the Bronx and Democratic national chairman; Rep. Michael J. Kennedy, leader of Tammany Hall, and any number of other straw bosses.

Jim Farley knew they were out his ground, banking on the pledges

delegates to the state convention which meets in Brooklyn a week from today. He claimed 670 of the 1014 delegates. He still claims them. No defections Have been noted publicly, and no bandwagon parade has started toward Jim Mead.

‘Burns His Bridges

Mr. Farley decided to burn his bridges behind him, to go all out, in the face of the campaign against him. He delivered a bitter blast against Senator Mead, in which he said among other things that Jim would make a terrible governor, that he had told him numerous times that he didn’t want to run, that he couldn’t be elected—which is . a handy piece of literature for young Tom Dewey, who is slated for the Republican nomination, to read from the stump. . All of which looks as if Mr. Mead has been smeared too much, and that the White House hopé must lie in a compromise candidate, though the senator will be kept in there smiling for the time being.

Jim Farley is in no compromising mood just yet. He has rallied support about the state, and encouraging words come in from outside the state. -Some-is sincere well-wishing in a fight against federal encroachment; some, naturally, is anti-New Deal goading from elements who want to see the president defeated on any issue. President Roosevelt's rebuffs in his 1938 “purge” were suffered primary elections where the people had a chance to vote. The setup] here is more advantageous for his purposes, because he is dealing with 2|}ocal political bosses, and he has at hand all sorts of inducements. There are indications that these favors are being dangled ‘before the local bosses. Little fellows who haven't got much attention before are hearing those sweet-sounding words: “washington calling.” | For Washington is running the Mead campaign, and the telephone is jangling.

ALUMNI TO ENTERTAIN DEPAUW FRATERNITY |%

The Indiana Alumni association of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity will be host to members of the DePauw university chapter at its annual summer party Saturday afternoon and evening at the Meridian Hills Country club. . John A. Bruhn, president of the association, named Earl C. Townsend Jr. chairman of arrangements and said that several freshmen who will enter DePauy this fall will also be guests. Assisting in arratigeiments are Al

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Glorious.’

in the Mediterranean by a submarine.

The British admiralty today admitted the loss of the aircraft carrier from reconnaissance duty earlier in the war. Converted from a battleship in 19: The admiralty said a large number of the had been saved and. that at least one German submarine operating in the area was sunk by British forces. The British have lost four other carriers in this war: the Courageous, Hermes, Ark Royal and the

‘| the 20t:. -cantonio,

Eagle shown here returning the carrier was sunk s officers and men

BOARD SHIFTS SCHOOL HOURS

High Schools to Start HalfHour Later, Grades : 15 Minutes.

There'll be more sleep for public school pupils here thik fall—30 minutes more for high school and 15 minutes additional for grade

school pupils. The school board last night set the high s¢hools’ starting time back from 8:15 a. m. to 8:45 a. m,, and grade schools’ time from 8:30 a. m. to 8:45 a. m. The new system will go into effect Sept. 8 with the opening of the new school year. The change conforms to a stag-gered-hour policy recently adopted for the city. ’

tended 30 minutes in the afternoon while grade pupils will be dis= missed for lurch at 12:10 p. m. and will report back at 1:25 p. m.' They will be dismissed at 3:15 p. m. instead of 3 p. m. Bus Service Refused “At its meeting last” night,” the board refused a request to start bus service to school No, 84 at 57th st. and accepted the resignation of nine teachers, gave leaves of absence to seven others and appointed 16 new instructors. The library training course will be suspended this year for the first time in 24 years, Luther L. Dickerson, librarian, reported. He said that only seven applicants had appeared for the examination while in the past as many as 60 have taken it.

Resignations ‘Accepted Joacners whose resignations were ac-

i Crai and Joseph H. Jones of ArBrot Ce cal high school, Ruby Lou Hoff and Byron oss of Thomas Carr Howe high school, Juanita Finley and Hortense B. Yarbrough of Crispus Bouche, Ella Rae Coen of school 35, Mary A Jefferson of school 60 and Mamie G Sweeney of school 67. Leaves of absence were granted to the following: Eleanor M. Bechtel of Shortridge, Lloyd Mann of George Washington, George DeCoursey of Crispus Attucks,” Norma F. Brown of school 36, Evelyn Rabb of school 70, Evelyn Adams ‘of school 72 and Faye Baum of school 86. Extensions. of leaves were granted to william R. Shirley and Katherine Book of Arsenal Technical and Anna Gastoh of school 47. New Teachers Named a) polnunents are as follows Fane school 15; Tela n

Teacher Dorothy ng, Jane Ross, nl eitation, Ey re Martha E. Ryan, school 5 #2 Smi school 49; Lucille Zimmerman, Bg Ri pple en school; Winona Elaine Watson, 2: H. Ralph Wolverton, Arsenal Tecpnical: Vivian Eliza! Wood, Crispus Attucks; Mona Jane Wi Ji Shortrdige. Naomi Esther Antle, school 73; Blaine Claude Hiatt, Arsenal Technical; Donald Gale - Emery, school 16; Bette Lowery, Broad Ripple; Ralph L. Beck, Howe; Elizabeth. Ann Kurtz, school 73, and Herbert Seliwomeyer, school 46. Hope was appointed a stenographer in the superintendent's office.

RED CROSS AID NAMED WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (U. P.). —Red Cross Chairman Norman H. Davis announced today that Lunsford P. Yandell, vice president and treasurer of the Blue radio Sef work, has arrived in England help develop the American Red Cross club and recreation program

“Ahird-party ticket. The party con-

Barrows and Jack Tucker, “rushing” chairmen.

High school classes will be ex-|

WORLEY ARRESTED “ON GAMING CHARGE

Claude Worley, former Indianapolis police chief and proprietor of a tavern on N. Illinois st., was arrested late last night on charges of keeping a gambling house. ‘The arrest followed a recent raid on a room above the tavern, in which 14 men were arrested and

were charged with keeping a gaming house. Their cases and Worley’s have been continued until tomOITOW.

CITY HAS FIRST

AIR RAID DRILL

East Side Plant ‘Bombed,’ Wardens, Police, Firemen

Rush to Scene.

The city’s air raid machinery was given its first test maneuvers. last night when imaginary enemy planes swooped over the Richardson ‘Co., a war products plant, at Olney and 20th -sts., and dropped imaginary bombs. The factory’s whistles sounded an alert at 7:15 p.m. and 15 minutes later they shrieked again, indicating the planés were over the plant. Charles Zeigler, plant air raid warden blew his whistle and turned in the alarm to the air-raid control office. - Within a few seconds, William C.’ Hoeltke, 1822 Brookside ave., district warden, had been notified and 270 zone wardens were rushing to the plant.

“Wounded” Are Treated

At the same time Battalian Chief H. J. Keppel of the fire department and his crew, the City hospital ambulance, doctors, nurses and the police emergency squad were rushing to the ¢stricken” plant. Fifteen minutes after the first “bombs” were dropped, ambulance doctors and nurses were treating two simulated casualties and firemen had ladders to the roof-of the plant, fighting “fire” started by incendiary bombs. Police Chief Morrissey, Fire Chief Fulmer and Mayor Sullivan watched Ie maneuvers and Paonouiced them “perfect.

; MISSIONARY WILL SPEAK

Miss Jessie Fisher, who recently returned from .India, will speak at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Missionary Bands church, 719 E. St. Clair st. Miss Fisher had charge of the girls’ orphanage of the Missionary ‘Bands of the Word. in Rajnangaon, Central province. The Rev. LeRoy E. Bula, the church pastor, announces the meeting is open to. the public.

SOVIET GENERAL KILLED ‘ MOSCOW, Aug. 12 «(U. P)— Lieut. Gen. Konstantine Myshkow, 49, noted Russian artillery special-

for U.S. forces there.

ist, has been killed in action, it was) snnounced, tony. :

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STAT. ISTICS

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MEETINGS TOMORROW

Butler university anual informal tea for ors expecting to enter university, Jordan hall ion room .

, 4 Pp. Mm Bookbinders union 2 "88, meeting, 85] Hotel Severin, 7:30 p.

. National Federation a Cratts, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p.

United Elvetric & Machine wari, meeting, Hotel Severin, 8 p. Advertising club of di eon, Indianapolis Athletic anap h néoen

Sigma Nu, luncheon, Gotniahis ‘club,

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"DEFENSE MEETING District 17 ahd, the public, mesndinty eision, school 28, 931

air raid nardens, 3} their, wives P° bomb demon-

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Lester William Weiland, Harhn; Jean BoSsson, 19, of Paso ‘Salem. william W. Hundley, 23, of 350 W. 30th; Lillian Magowan, 24, of 318 WW. 30th. Doyle L. wman, 20, of 5302 ga: } : ‘oris Jean Sittle, 20, R. R. xX Johts vancls Murphy, 24, Pt. Harrison; Frances Virginia Tourjee, 23, of 2519 E.

william B. Brumage, 30, Ft. Harrison; uneh- | Mpeg Wee i Fiche ee ; Bett anc an, ers, etty Jane Gorman, 19, 3141 Ruckie. William Barney Rollings, 32, I 1165 " Villa: Lucy Hagopian, 23, of 850 W v illiam White, 50, ‘of 1213. N.

Carl am ‘Keystone; Gladys. Lenora Vardaman, 49,| ton.

19, of 1258 Glen’ uth h Locke, 15, Bridge-

exson 31, of 436 e Kirby, 32, of 1845

Di ets. 23, of 910 8. Nobles Mia Wiletta Langley, 20, of

“Ollie - Edward Malson, 28 oH Be Ehnrd Taa | ; Alberta Miller, i of 4421 E. Wash-

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] - * owing, BinTe ns, ant : "Robert, Idella ‘Mayfield, at’ 534 Rannoks. Bruce, Nellie ‘Herrin, at Methodist. Leroy, Ines Moore, at Methodist. = Robert, Pauline Davis, at Methodist Virgil, Mary. Carmichael, at Methodist. Robert, Mary: Patgett, at St. Francis, ‘Robert, Modonna Neese, at Bmhardt. Chester, Carrie Blake, at 2454 Collier, Walter, Evaline ‘Davis, at 1681 Carroll-

. James, Susie Clark, at 33¢ W. Ray. Roy, Martha Hayden, at Methodist. . Archie, Louise Sisk, at ‘Methodist. William, Catherine Coffey, at Methodist. Joss s

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STATE LAWYERS TO MEET FRIDAY

James R. Newkirk Slated for President; Byron Price To Speak.

James ‘R. Newkirk of Ft. Wayne will be named president of the Indiana State Bar association if the recommendation of the nominating committee is accepted at the annual meeting Friday in the Hotel Lincoln. The session, which will feature an address by Byron Price, director of the U. S. office of censorship, will attract some 400 lawyers. Recommended by the committee as vice president is Carl M. Gray of Petersburg, former member of the board of managers. Other Recommendations The nominating committee’s recommendations released today by Carl Wilde. of Indianapolis, retiring president, also include: : Board of governors, third district: Woodson D. Carlisle, South Bend,

hart; fifth district, Lloyd McClure, Kokomo, to succeed Roscoe D. Wheat, Portland; sixth district, Frank R. Miller, Terre Haute, to

trict, Richard Waller, ‘Evansville, to succeed Telford B. Orbison, New Albany; ninth district, Charles A. Lawrenceburg, to succeed William H. Dobbins, Columbus. Member at large, Mr. Wilde, to Sscee Roscoe C. O’Byrue, Brooke. : Recommended for the house of delegates of the American Bar association are Mr. Newkirk and Mr. Gray, - a delegate at present. If elected, Mr. Newkirk will succeed President Wilde whose term expires with the national association meeting which opens Aug. 24 in Detroit. The successor to Charles G. Bomberger, head of the young- lawyers’ section, will be chosen at a meeting of the section prior to the association’s luncheon.

Guests of Honor

Mn Price, Indiana-born national director of censorship, will discuss “Censorship and Free Speech” at the luncheon ‘which starts at 12:15. Newspapermen have been invited to sit at the speakers’ table.Also at the speakers’ table will be

U. 8. . district ‘court; Governor Sehricker, Col. Robinson Hitchcock, head of the Indiana selective service headquarters; Curtis: W. Roll, chief justice of the Indiana court; A. J. Stevenson, presiding judge, Indiana appellate court; Bennett Wolfe, local manager of the Associated Press; C. Walter MecCarty, managing editor of the News; James A. Stuart, managing editor of the Star; Norman E. Isaacs, managing editor of The Times; B. Howard Caughran, president, Indianapolis Bar association; Douglas D. Brown, president, Lawyers’ association of Indianapolis; Dr. Frank —sme | H. Sparks, president of Wabash col-

and Mr. Wilde and Mr. Newkirk. The lawyers will be welcomed at 10 a. m. by the president of the Indianapolis Bar association and ‘the president of the lawyers’ ‘asso-| ciation. =

EXPECTS 2D HAWAII FAD | ‘SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (U. P.).—Ingram M. Stainback, new

said today the islanders expect the Japanese to attack again. Mr. Stainback arrived here from Washington en routs to Horolul

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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Rep.

to. succeed Verne G. Cawley, Elk-|

Judge Robert C. Baltzell, of the|.

‘governor of the territory of Hawaii, |

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1jv. NITED PRESS Returns { »m four of five state primary «léc ions today showed incumbent 1 ;ressmen, with one extion, wi ring over .opponents had ¢ irged them with prewar isol:fi ism. Voting in all elections wi: light. ; NEW + RK —Rep. Hamilton Fish (;) nationally - prominent pre-war ic iiionist, won the Republican» rination in the 26th congression: and President Roosevelt’s horce district; by better than a two-tc<0- margin over three apponents, tfendell - L. Willkie, titular 12a :r of the Republican party, sad the fight for his elimination r1i¢ continue.” In Nets = crk City, Rep. William B. Barri, acked as a pre-Pearl Harbor isc iiionist, was renominated i1 t ¢ second congressional district I mocratic primary. In strict, Rep. Vito Mar‘cused of following the Commur is Party's “hands off” policy, ‘wt the Democratic, Republica 2 i American Labor party| nominatio: i. y OHIO-- 3p. Martin I. Sweeney (D) Cev former si the Deng ination Michael Cleven:er, H. Els on,

vsionist record, conceded atic congressional nomthe 20th district to Feighan. Reps. = Cliff John M. Vorys, Charles J. Harry- McGregor and Thomas 2 Jenkins—all Republican pre-Peirl Harbor isolationists— tallied m2 zins as high as four and five-to- (12 over opponents. NEB... KA—Foster May, Omaha radio nt 1ncer, was conceded the nomin: iio 9y Rep. Harry B. Coffee, who had cknowledged Mr. May’s charge; « isolationism, for the Democ ati senatorial nomination. - IDA'IC Senator John Thomas, incumienn Republican, led two opponenis v 10 had charged him with pre-w:r | lationism, by wide margins. Co pton I. White, ex-isola-tionist. 's' jsared to be the winner in tha © st district congressional Democia: : primary AREA} man Joh Demo tantariov off prin:

{AS — Former Congress- | L. McClellan won the : senatorial nomination—

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number ‘of ‘this winter.

Republicans if ‘Wendell Willkie should seek the G. oO.

nomination again in 1944. Governor Green of Minois is ¢ as much a native son as the! 1940 standard . He was born at Legioner and’ gradautéd from Wa

bash college.” Recently, he was named to the ‘Wabash ‘board’ of

trustees. The Illinois governor hag maintained closely his connections with Indiana Republicans and his personal friends include Ralph Gates, state G. O. P. chairman.: ‘Mr.’ Green spoke at ‘the 1940 Columbia club beefsteak dinner gnd he was. the speaker at a G. O. P. veterans’ banquet a year ago at French Lick. It is reported that he likely will come into the state this fall to make a speech in behalf ‘of his friend, Charles LaFollette, the Republican congressional candidate in the eighth district. Governor Green is. showing all the signs of a presidential candi-

date, making speeches outside his

state. He has talked recently to Nebraska Republicans, - While Mr. Willkie still has .a powerful following among Indiana Republicans, his friends in high party positions are few and far ‘between. The Green candidacy would give these - anti-Willkieites a perfect out. They could work to get the

. Hoosier delegation pledged to Governor Green without = being

open to the charge: of .being disloyal to a native Hoosier. The Green supporters are cognizant. of the fact that if Tom Dewey is elected governor of New

- York this fall and Governor

Bricker of Ohio is re-elected they will be in the 1944 picture and probably will be ' contenders for Hoosier support. But the Green forces hope to get out in front far enough that these “foreigners” will not have muth of a chance of making inroads among Hoosier Republicans , despite the fact that both men have friends among party leaders here.

ANOTHER Gr of P. battle is looming in the eighth district

where Ben Huffman, the veteran

OUT! OUCH!

2,500 MEN'S NECKTIES

T0 CLEAR IN A FLASH!

‘prominent Indiana Republicans are planning to get a Dwight Citgen«Fyr-Presidens; Hoge started rolling in

‘the state

Fiat

Anticipating the ‘Joslgnation, the antis are busy trying to pick a candidate who can, ‘they think, defeat the reported organization choice, Tom Lasher, Perry Sounty, chairman. ; * 8 8 Se LOCAL POLITICIANS credit

“Henry E. Ostrom, new G. O. P.

county chairman, with a: smart 4 move” in getting the party 'candi=: dates to give a standing pledge o before the precinct and vice : cinct commifteemen that: they would handle - their patronage through regular . organization

channels,

It will be hard for these can: didates to flaunt this. pledge, if" they are elected to office, because ‘it was given before practically the entire county organization at the’ G. O. P. meeting Monday ‘night “in the EK. of P K.of P uding,

JENNER IMPROVES AT FORT HOSPITAL

Lieut. William E. Jenner, Repubs lican floor leader in the state sen ate during the last:legislature, in an improved condition today at Billings hospital, Ft. Harrison, after being taken there yesterday with a high fever and a sore throat. ~ Lieut. Jenner was ill when he arrived here yesterday on a plane en route from the army air corps training school in Miami, Fla, to his assignment at Ogden, Utah. Fort official said the lieutenant was better today and probably would permitted to see visitors. . He fecently was commissioned. | first lieutenant after receiving ¢ 52 of the highest marks in his class’ ‘at the Miami. training school. Fore 'merly of Shoals, Ind., Lieut. Jenner

‘| moved his law offices to Indianape‘lolis after the last

| of the legislature. In 1940 He was a can: didate for the Republican niet natorial nomination. =o

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