Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1942 — Page 7
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ND ON MERIT
sion members draw only ‘$5200 per |i year and tax board members only|i
Wants. Governor: 10 State ‘Yes’. or ‘No’ Position ~ On System.
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pt the law (the merit law) has been ridiculous in many instances and it’ is getting worse and worse.” The governor mentioned many instances ' in which long-time employees ‘of various institutions had
heen thrown out of jobs because
they had failed to pass merit system examinations.
‘Green Light’ Wanted “Those are mechanical things that can be washed out,” Mr. Allen replied. “What we need 1s support on the principle of merit. We need to. be given a green light from the top. » The governor pointed qut that Mr. Allen’s charge had been “grabbed up” by. state, Republican leaders and that it had become a political issue. - “1 don’t know how the Republicans can make a political issue of the merit system,”. Mr. Allen replied. He issued the.following statement today: . “I am astonished to have re=ceived congratulatory letters from certain ' outstanding, fine Republicans, but I deplore this becoming a political issue. “At the very start of ‘the . merit system, the personnel board met with the governor and lieutenantgovernor and we all agreed that merit was too precious a thing to
\ ever get involved in partisan poli-
tics. “While we knew there would be many mechanical difficulties in conducting the examinations, etc., we assured each other that we would always keep our eyes on the principles of merit and never let it become a political issue. “No person has a right to make this a political issue. Merit is something which belongs to everyone, regardless of party.” Governor Schricker said that he knew nothing of any partisan politics being injected “into this thing and I-want the people of Indiana to understand that the governor of Indiana isn’t playing politics with the merit system.”
Johnson Raise Refused °
The matter of the personnel board's unsuccessful attempt of several moaths ago to get the budget committee to approve a $500 raise for W. Leonard Johnson, personnel board director, came up. Personnel board members contended that they had a right to e the salary since the law proes that a maximum of $6000 a year may be paid. Mr. Johnson now draws $5000. It was decided to ask an attorney general's opinion to/d
the budget comnfittee. During discussion of the Johnson (salary matter, the governor pointed out that “high salaries are not the vogue in Indiana.” He said that highway commis-
‘|know what I'd tell him.
‘western Indiana’s farmland may be
{plant matures in about four or five
$4500.
paying him $3000 more on the year and the governor replied, “You I'd tell him to take it.” William C. Birthright, personnel board chairman, -interrupted, “let
fair—he hasn't tried to hijack us.”
conversation: with the comment, * haven't asked for a raise and don’t expect to. I started a job and expect to finish it.” Budget committee members and the governor said they were “distressed” by the personnel board’s recent announcement tp the press that it was asking the budget com-
ing up to $185 a month. Budget coinmittee members pointed out that this announcement tended to create a general impression among state employees that they would get a raise of $10 a month when it might not be possi-| ble to do this because of shortage of funds. Mr, Ketchum said that as a result of the announcement, two janitors in the state house, who are not even under the merit system, had the definite impression that they were. to get salary raises of $10 a month,
Governor Didn't Sign Law During one point .in the discus-
he did .not sign the .merit system W. . “Governor, I wish I'd known it,” said Mr. Allen, “I wouldn't have taken the job when you asked me to.” The governor then explained that he ‘didn’t sign the law because it provided for divided authority, two board members to be appointed by the governor and two by the lieutenant governor. “Well, I'm glad to hear that,” Mr. Allen answered. “That makes me feel better.” The goverr.or said he had thought enough of the merit system bill to let it become a law.
HEMP CROPS. SEEN FOR INDIANA FARMS
LINTON, Ind. Sept. 4 (U. P.).— A likelihood that sections of south-
used for hemp growing for cordage was revealed today. Three Bloomington men were here negotiating for the purchase of 3500 acres of land for hemp production. They said with the Philippine islands source of hemp has been cut off. However, another type of hemp plant, they explained, can be grown on land similar to that. in Greene and surrounding counties, : The men said it proper arrangements could be completed, work of preparing the soil would begin this year. They said a crop of the hemp
months,
Mr. Allen mentioned that Mr} Johnson had been offered a job:
me say this about the Johnson af- 3 “Mr. Johnson then broke into-the| il
mittee to raise’ maximums $10 aS ‘| month in all salary brackets rang-|:
sion, the governor pointed. out that
Lunch time at the nursery finds more tian: 100 youngsters lined up at tables, anxious to get down to business, The trouble is, the nursery can’t-care for all the children whose ‘mothers would like - to
have them’ there. hE
More Forcilifios Sought for ;
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staff of 10, the nursery. opens each day at 6:30 a. m.
Usually some children are already
there, waiting.
“Most of the mothers are in war
work.
Daily, more and'more mothers ask
the nursery: “Please, won't you take care of my child?”
And the increasing demand is
worrying: Mrs. Mills.
“Something will have:to be done
and done in the next few months,” Mrs. Mills warned. of working mothers must be cared for. adequately.”
“These children
Particularly on the increase is the
type of application where the father is in military service and the: mother must find work. =
Children’s Bureau Helps “We're beginning to get more and
more of these applications,” Mrs. Mills explained.
“We investigate those we feel
might be eligible and -refer the others - to -the Children’s bureau, which' places youngsters in private “homes during the days.”
Here is the case of one mother:
She works nights, but. her child lives on a’ daytime schedule. when the mother is working, a relative takes care of the child. When the mother is. home sleeping, the nursery takes care of the child.
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a twosstory gymnasium and recreation building to the north which was built last year. Still, there is not enough room. Business is 20 per cent greater than last year's. Many girls who formerly worked as nurse maids have taken more lucrative war industry posts, . Junior “has got a lot of people thinking.
BOMB 4 WP BASES IN SOLOMONS AREA
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of Australia adainst relentlessly developing allied offensive strategy. In their new offensive, Gen. MacArthur's planes were attacking enemy positions in an area of the northern Solomons 330 miles northwest of the marine positions around Guadalcanal island and 450 miles from Milne bay, New Guinea, where the Australians were hunting down remnants of a Japanese invasion force. For the second straight day ‘the planes attacked the Japanese airdrome on Buka island, at the extreme northern tip of the Solomons. Medium bombers roared over the island at dawn, made four direct bomb hits on . fuel dumps. and started large fires. Just to the south, another force of mediums attacked: the ‘landing ground = installations at Kieta, n the east shore of big ‘Bougainville island, ‘which apparently the Japanese mean to make their main Solomons base. The navy ‘ communique also revealed that a flying fortress had set a Japanese ship afire off St. Isabel island. In their third attack, an allied reconnaissance force, found two enemy flying boats at anchor in the harbor of Faisi island, just South of Bougainville, and damaged 0 In their fourth big attack, MacArthur's medium bomber force struck at enemy installations in the Salamaua area on the north New Guinea coast, and 350 miles up the coast from Milne bay. —— ATTACK STM COAST LONDON, Sept. (U. P.).—An air ministry ay today reported that a small force of R. A. F. bombers attacked objectives on the northwest coast: of Germany last night. Two bombers were missing, the communique said.
high ported two British planes were shot Jaws, last ng. over Helgoland
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Men married since Pearl Harbor
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the 35-to-44 and 20-year-old groups. Mr. Steinmetz said that when the board got to-the point of calling men with collateral dependents —divorced wives, parents, brothers and sisters—men would not be
an undue hardship on the dependents.
Study Deferment Pleas
Board 2 goes carefully into each request for deferment because the individual concerned holds an allegedly vital war job and in most cases the board grants deferments and places the individual in class 2-B. However, there are many cases in which the board does not grant the deferment asked. These are cases where members believe that the individual concerned do not hold jobs of such a type that they cannot easily be' replaced. The appeal board has upheld the
‘| local board in all but a few of the
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cases involving ‘occupational deferment. One of the exceptions involved a man in the business of selling amusement devices. He contended that he had a job vital to the war effort because he, was selling the devices to army camps. Many Volunteers
The board decided otherwise and placed him in 1-A. He appealed and the appeal board overruled the lo-
six months. Before the case came up again, the man enlisted in the navy. Mr. Steinmetz said that an unusually large number of men had volunteered for army service in the board area, thus reducing substantially the number of men that had to be drafted to meet calls. “Our board,” said Mr. Steinmetz, “trys to represent the interests of the country in deciding each case that comes before it.” Other members are Dr. Oscar Lackey, a dentist, and Orville Denbo, a banker.
TOMORROW: Draft board 3.
DUMP TRUCK STRIKE ENDS IN CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 4 (U. P). —Striking dump truck drivers returned to their jobs today but approximately 600 other union drivers seeking wage increases remained on strike for the second day, curtailing truck movement of war goods in and out of Cincinnati. Dump truck drivers, many of whom were engaged in hauling war materials, went back to work after an agreement was. reached with company officials at an all-night conciliation meeting. Thomas Flynn, acting president of the International Teamsters union with headquarters at Indianapolis, declared that the strike was “unauthorized.” J. W. Brown, attorney for the Cincinnati truck drivers’ local, said the strike was voted Tuesday by union members and‘ added that it was not necessary to obtain international union sanction unless strike benefits ‘were sought. A few commodities, such as coal and ‘hospital supplies, ‘were moved with police escort. -
ALLIED SHIP ATTACKED
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Sept. 4 (U. P.).—An enemy submarine attacked and damaged an allied merchant ship off the southeastern coast of
-| Australia, but the vessel reached
port on an undisclosed date, Gen. Dougias MacArthur's headquarters
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