Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1942 — Page 2

ersonnel Board Seeks $10!

Increases in Move to Keep Employees.

In an effort to halt the exodus of te institution employees to bet-

paying private jobs, the state|"

sonnel board today asked the

budget committee to increase]

10 the maximums in all salary is running up fo and including 8 month, action, if taken by the ot committee, would permit intion heads to increase by $10 A month the salaries of all ‘persons who are now getting the maximum all salary brackets. . For example, the recommenda‘fion, if adopted, would enable the institution head to increase the ‘salary of the person who now can get no more than $185 a month under budget committee regulations to $195 a month. x No Estimate of Number ‘No figures are available to indicate how many employees in the te institutions operating under ‘personnel board jurisdiction are now maximum salaries in brackts running up to $185 a month, But it is estimated that approximately 5000 of the 5500 employees in the departments affected are now recelving salaries of $185 a month

While the personnel board's action § aimed specifically at state institu-

hich operate under the merit sys-| |

Turnover Runs High The ase turnover ‘in ihe

. This situation has had state of~ 2 ficials worried for some time and el board members hope that the $10 a month increase for emsloyees in the lower salary brackets would ease the situation somewhat.

Governor Schricker and C. Ans]

n Ketchum, state budget director, said they had no comment make on the personnel board’s

Yecommendation since they had not|

received it. The subject probably will be discussed at the next meeting of the budget committee, no date for which has yet been set.

Says Money Available

In a statement issued in connection with the recommendation, William C. Birthright, personnel board chairman, said that the “money for increasing the salary ~ ranges could be made gvailable by ‘the budget committee from institution appropriations and that the 1943 legislature could be asked to provide additional money for such deficiencies as might result. =

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“The recommendations of the _ state personnel board were. made in the hope that they will relieve the critical situation now existing,” he said.

NDIANA UNIVERSITY DDS THERAPY STUDY

. Dr. Edwin N. Kime, past presigent of the American Physical Therapy association, has = heen “named head of the school for physio therapy technicians, & new gourse at the Indiana university medical center. The six-months school will train Specialists for the armed forces. * Students eligible include graduates of approved schools of nursing, graduates in physical education and persons with two years college work which included physics, biogy and chemistry. - Graduates will be eligible for U. ‘8. civil service rating of apprentice physio therapy aid. z

ANOTHER HARD WINTER : By UNITED PRESS : Indication that the axis is preg for another winter on the ian front—where thousands of jll-clothed soldiers froze to death last winter—was seen today in radio eports from Budapest that public collection of winter clothing for n troops had started.

OPPOSES SALES TAX PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26 (U. P.). Members of the United AutomoAircraft and Agricultural Imment Workers of America (C. I. , were asked today to campaign pst the proposed federal sales President R. J. Thomas told union’s executive board yestery that “to enact a sales tax would mean another wage cut, in effect.”

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JERSEY CITY, N. J., Aug. 25 (U. P.)—The Swedish diplomatic enchange liner Gripshalm arrived from Japan today with 1451 refugees from the Orient, among them United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, who stepped off the vessel with a confident prediction of allied victory over the axis. The ambassador to Japan, who disclosed that he has already filed his complete report with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, said he had left his wife in South America, presumably Rio De Janeiro, to visit a daughter, It was indicated that some passenger debarkations might be delayed, possibly for two or three days, while federal agents question passengers. Asked about reports that he had snubbed Ambasasdor Kichisaburo Nomura of Japan, when American and Japanese nations were exchanged in Lourenco Marques,

Ultimate Victory Is Certain,

Reaching U. S.

Portuguese East Africa, Grew replied: “I will say only this. speak ‘to Mr, Nomura.” “We have come home,” he said, “to contribute our maximum efforts to the winning of the war in what-| ever way we may find or fo carry out whatever part we may be called upon to take. “We shall win through ‘with our national spirit and determination without any shadow of doubt to uti-

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mate victory. I thank God that we are here to contribute to that vic-

tory.” Among the first to leave the Gripsholm was Gerald Warner, consul at Kobe, of Northampton, Mass., who said that it would be necessary to defeat the entire Japanese people as well as the military. “The Japanese people go along with the military,”” he said, “and we've got to beat the whole bunch of them. is

REPORT AGREEMENT ON SECOND FRONT

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ner war cabinet and chiefs of staff of the fighting services today, Undoubtedly their chief attention was given to the crisis in the south of Russia, How close the Nazi spearheads have plunged toward Stalingrad was not certain but 'they were within easy cannon range of the MoscowStalingrad railroad. Masses of Nazi dive bombers and péarachutists were being thrown into the battle by the German high command. . The dive bombers droppéd “tens of tons” of bombs on Soviet lines and the parachutists billowed down by the hundreds behind the Soviet lines and attempted to interrupt the Soviet retreat,

Russ Planes Bomb Helsinki

~The German high command hed Stalingrad situation except to claim that

“| “further ground was gained de-

spite desperate resistance.” -

Considerable interest was aroused by the action‘ of the Red air fleet which attacked Helsinki from the air—the first such attack in many months and one of the few the Russians have made on the Finnish capital. ;

bombers droned over Helsinki for more than two hours, appafently

| attacking airfields and military in-{} 3 stallations. A German report said(} that 40 Russian ‘bombers partict-

8ix to eight ‘waves of gviet)

Odds Against You If Struck by Car

CHANCES are you're going to escape an automobile accident in Indianapolis this year, but— Qdds’ are against your surviving any serious crash. That was the warning of the safety council of the chamber of commerce in its report that one in every 89 traffic accidents here the first seven months of this year has been fatal. One accident in every 141 in the same period last year was fatal. Although the crashes have been more severe during the period this year, the 1394 persons hurt represent 367 less: than in the. same period of 1941. There were 4945 accidents in the seven months of 1941 and 4538 this year.

JAPS CALL MORE TROOPS CHUNGKING, Aug. 26 (U, P.)— A Chinese military spokesman said today the Japanese have sent 40,000 to 50,000 troops north from Chekiang to southern Shansi where they may be planning to cross the Yellow river.

At Riley park this year the- girls have been impressed with the importance of entness and cleantiness. So yesterday they held a “beauty culture contest, being judged on their appearance. Some of the contestants (left to right) were: Geraldine Allgood, 11, 517 Division st.; her sister, Linda Lou, 14; Connie Turner, 12, 824 River ave.; Frances Joyce Davenport, 6, of 1022 Oliver ave.; Beity Henry, 13, of 814 River ave.; Betty Woodson, 14, of 570 Wilkins st, and Rheba Sisk, 14, of 1244 W. Ray st.

NEW TAX CUTS

Revisions in Budget May Slash Rate to $1.27, Council Hopes.

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health department budget for new projects. -

port in view of the council's repeated refusal to approve a 20-year

| lease of the grounds.

Indianapolis’ Taxpayers association, charged that the City hospital and health department unsound. He contended that the hospital

‘|budget is so designed that the city]

will have to.go in debt on food and clothing while salary requests are up more than $50,000 “The food and clothing budget for the hospital was held down to prevent the over all requests from ap-

| pearing too high,” Mr. Benjamin

said. “They can under-budget the food bills because they have to be paid by additional appropriations

. |whether or not there are enough ‘ | funds budgeted. Intend to chal-

lenge the whole budget structure in these departments.”

Fight Clinie Costs

clinics and public health campaigns.

commerce government research bu= rueau said he will urge approval of the entire $25,000 appropriation. Mr. Benjamin said he will demand that it be eliminated on the ground: that adequate health protection can be provided without that much inérease in costs. Councilmen will be in the middle on this exchange of verbal blows. Tonight the council will tackle the hoard works budget which in-

wage requests over which the C. I O. union for municipal employees

(have been battling for several

months. ; Legal Budget Stirs: Fight No increases were provided in the

thus creating another “hot spot” for

leaders.

Review of the city legal depart ment budget last night precipitated

man Harmon Campbell. -

“Too much money is being spent in that department for the amount

the city,” declared Mr. Campbell.

assistant city attorneys?” asked Mr. Benjamin. Mr, operation of the department on legal ‘matters, defending every dol. lar spent as

Siash Off $885

The council then chopped $885 off the legal department's budget.

won't be city attorney next year, anyway,” Mr, Reddington retorted. The council will tackle the $2,500,000 budgets for the police and fire departments tomorrow night. These show a drop of about $40,000

“lunder this year’s expenses, indicat-

ing no major fights. The decrease is caused mostly by curtailment in new equipment purchases due to war priorities.

next Monday night when taxpayers will have OBPOTUnIS 4 to discuss oy

IN CITY LIKELY

.| to obtain 100 per cent participation

3. The $11,000 increase in requests : for operation of the Municipal air-|{

C. R. Benjamin, secretary of the

budgets are!

Another fight is expected to re-| ‘{volve around the proposed $25,000 {expenditure ‘for venereal disease

- Carl Dortch of the chamber of

cludes the sanitation Hepartrent

budget for sanitation employees,|}

councilmen to tackle with union

a clash between City Attorney|S Michael Reddington and Council-

of work the lawyers are doing for

“Is it necessary to have fouri:

Reddington explained the |:

“absolutely necessary.” :

“It's all right with me. . , , I|S

A public hearing has been set for]

{U.S. Rubber Starts Work

On New Product; Workers Open Bond: Drive. (Continued from Page One) néoh and additional employees, .of-

| ficials.

said, .The war bond drive at the plant,

| B49 E. Georgia st., was to be marked |} ‘| by the raising of the ‘service flag with a star dedicated to each em[ployee in the armed services.

.The flag was to be raised by Thomas Gorman and Fred Looney,

the two oldest employees in point

of service.

Mr. Gorman, ‘who hak been with|E U. S. Rubber since 1899, has three

sons in the armed forces and Mr.

Looney, employed since 1912, has 4

two sons in the service. _ Participating in the ceremony

were to be Mayor Sullivan, Col.| Robinson Hitchcock, state - selective |!

service director; Col. Walter F Drysdale, Ft. Harrison commander;

‘William Abel, president of local 110,

United Rubber Workers of America; ©. G. Brown, Industrial Relations Manager of the company; James F. Frenzel, Marion county war bond administrator, and Gov. Sehricker; who was to give the chief address, John E. Cady, factory manager, was fo be in charge. Employing more than 1450 works ers, the Indianapolis factory was the first of the U. S. Rubber plants

rating for war bond investrhent. ‘Goal of the present drive will be to make the ‘local ‘plant. the frst to reach the 10 per cent total. In a telegram-to the plant, Treas ury ‘Secretary Henry “Morgenthau n expressed his gratification that the war bond drive “is being con-

ducted through the joint. efforts of |}

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