Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1942 — Page 14

e're Good Republicans Now, Pleads Pie Counter Clique

By NOBLE REED The number of “Republicans” in Marion county has increased amazdngly since the Nov. 3 election.

Heading the motley parade of G. ©. P. “converts,” now mobilizing in ‘the corridors of city hall and the court house, are the political chameleons who are changing their stripes as a matter of professional ex‘pediency. They are the self-styled “fixers,” the go-betweens, the heelefs and two-bit racketeers who always ply their trades on the fringe of gov‘ernment. They are mostly the same faces ept their political masquerade is changing in subtle degrees from the Democratic “faith” they professed for 12 years to a Republican philos- ~ ophy. Ask any one of the daily court house ' corridor habitues how he feels about his old friends, the Democrats, getting beaten and unhesi-

4 © tatingly he will tell about ancestors

being Republican from away back. “A family tradition I never really got away from, you know.” Angther vast army of “converts” fs made up of the special privilege

the “something-for-nothing” plex. And then, of course, there are the plain panhandlers who live off Democratic dimes dropped mechanically by the “big shots” as they go to and from their offices— they're getting “right” pretty fast now. Despite the strict non-political status of the police merit system, most of the applicants for police and fire department jobs persist in giving their political “affiliations” as their No. 1 qualification. Rowland Allen, head of the merit board, said that for many years most applicants proclaimed Democratic faith. “Now the applicants will be Republicans without exception,” he said. About one in every 10 customers calling at the prosecutor’s office now preface their requests for favors with declaration of Republicanism without reservation. “I'm John Doe,” the say, “I've voted the Republican ticket for years—,” then they tell their story, usually a plea for leniency in some prosecution. The Democrats are being forgotten awfully fast at the court house.

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POISONING CASE STILL UNSOLVED

Jail Incident Here Came 7 Years Before Oregon Tragedy.

By HELEN RUEGEMER

Last week’s “mass murder in an|

Oregon mad house” was preceded almost seven years to the day by a similar poisoning in the Marion county jail here. And the local case is still unsolved. On Nov. 18, 1942, 3000 inmates of the insane asylum in Oregon were fed scrambled eggs and the next day 47 were dead. On Nov. 20, 1935, more than 20 prisoners in the county jail were stricken with food poisoning and five were taken to the City hospital in sericus conditions.

Roach Powder Blamed

In both cases investigation revealed that roach powder probably was put in the food by someone within the institutions. Roach powder is largely made up of sodium fluoride, a poison for vermin. Back in 1935 the prisoners at the jail ate a hearty meal of hamburger, gravy, mashed potatoes, coffee, bread and stewed peaches. First signs of the illness came when they started filing back to their cells after lunch. According to newspaper accounts, “several dropped out of line and within a few minutes the jail was in an uproar with sick men tottering along the cell block ways and in the main assembly room.”

In Gravy and Flour

The Marion county- grand jury began an investigation of the poisoning and Otto Ray, sheriff at the time, deputy sheriffs and prisoners testified on Nov, 25. Dr. R. N. Harger, then state toxicologist, examined samples of the food and reported that the illness was caused by roach powder in the gravy and flour, but the amount present was not sufficient to take lives. : The grand jury’s report on Nov. 29 stated that the jurors helieved the powder was placed in the food by prisoners who thought it would create enough confusion to cover a jail break. Députy sheriffs on duty usually eat the same food as the prisoners, but on the day of the poisoning the officers had been delayed and had not yet eaten. Victims of the poisoning recovered, those taken to the City hospital remaining only one day. The grand jury recommended that investigation be continued until those- who put the powder in the food were identified. - A checkup with county offices this week failed to bring forth any more information. As far as anyone knows, the seven-year-old crime is still unsolved.

NELSON GRANTS HOLIDAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. PJ). —War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson today authorized and urged all war workers, except maintenance and stand-by men, to observe Christmas as a full holiday.

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Edmond C. Foust of Greenfield, editor of The Hoosier Farmer, has been appointed a member of the state personnel board by Governor Schricker. A Republican, Mr. Foust succeeds Paul R. Bausman, Washington, Ind., newspaper publisher, who resigned recently to enter the army. Mr, Foust will fill Mr. Bausman’s unexpired term which ends on May 1, 1943. He has served as editor of The Hoosier Farmer, official publication of the Indiana farm bureau, for eight years and has been associated with the farm bureau for 19 years. He formerly operated a farm in Hancock county. Other members of the bi-partisan personnel board are Earl Beck, a Republican, and Rowland Allen and william C. Birthright, Democrats.

NEW R. A. F. RAIDS ON N. ITALY HINTED

LONDON, Nov. 27 (U. P.)—Air raid alarms sounded in Swiss cities during the night caused widespread belief that the royal air force had raided Italy or southwestern Germany, but the air ministry gave no report of offensive operations. Berne, Lausanne and Geneva had air raid alarms between 9:55 p. m. and 10:05 p. m. yesterday and again at 11:55 p. m. and 12:30 a. m. today as if a British plane fleet had been flying to its objective and returning. In daylight operations yesterday British planes bombed freight trains, tugs and barges in northern France and Holland.

HINT 200 COLLEGES TO BE USED BY ARMY

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (U. P.).— The World-Telegram said today that it had learned the government plans to take over 200 of the na-

tion’s leading colleges and wuniversities for military training, thus ending studies for all students in the commandeered institutions with exception of those 17 or under or those taking engineering and advanced professional courses. The newspapér said its source was the football coach of one of the largest universities in the east, quoting “the university president.

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WAR POWERS RULING DUE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. P.) — The house ways and means committee is expected to decide today whether or not to approve any legislation carrying out some of the objectives of President Roosevelt's request for power to suspend the tariff and immigration laws as he sees fit to aid the war effort.

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More Workers and Less Advice Needed, He Tells Congress.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—“Farmers need more workers and less advice” Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind.) told , his colleagues in the house in outlining a 12-point 'program to prevent a food shortage. Point 9 of the Landis plan reads: “There are too many employees in the agriculture department. We could eliminate the confusion and red tape if we would transfer: thousands of these ° workers to the farm or in defense

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less advice.” A checkup with Secretary of Agriculture Wickard revealed today that he has 87,379 full-time employees. Of this total, 78,214 are in the field and 9169 in Washington. These figures do not include the AAA county committeemen or other per diem workers. ‘Ready, Willing and Anxious’ “The farmers of America are ready, willing and anxious to produce the food to win the war. However, mere willingness of the farmers will not produce abundant crops,” Mr. Landis said. Other points in his plan “to increase food production” were: “l. The scarcity program should be abandoned for the duration of the war. “2. There should be an immediate correction of the insinuation, by a portion of the uninformed public that the farmers were profiteers, a greedy group and unpatriotic, Proper appreciation of the impor-

war should be established. We must realize that millions of our farmers have been going at topspeed, 10 to 14 hours per day. Their services must be given the recognization they richly deserve. “3. The department of agriculture should be more careful in fulfilling its obligations and promises to the good producers. The pr ion of food \must be approached from the same angle as any other war producing activity. “4, Farmers should be given an assured price in order that they can carry on the food program.

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necessary gas and oil to produce and market their crops. This is just as necessary as seed, fertilizer and tools to carry on their work. Unless all of these factors receive the consideration they deserve, we can expect a marked reduction in our food production in 1943. “8. We deferred real farm labor in the first world war. This war is much larger. We must realize today that a good farmer or a good farm hand is really an expert. He is a machinist, a husbandman and an all around highly skilled and efficient workman. They are not numerous and their abilities

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—Apparently unmindful of the violent criticism which greeted Mayor F. H. LaGuardia’s new-grounds-on-old formula for "making rationed coffee go farther, President Roosevelt has indorsed an almost identical procedure, his wife revealed yesterday. Mrs. Roosevelt, however, washed her own hands of any controversy which may ‘result from her husband’s suggestions by saying, at a press. conference, that “personally, whether I drink coffee, tea, or hot water, it is all the same to me.” The New York mayor promulgated his coffee-stretching formula in a broadcast some weeks ago. He said that after coffee is brewed the grounds should be saved, dried and used again the next day with addi-

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. PJ.

tion of a little fresh coffee. He kicked up a considerable storm of comment—most of it unfavorable. A good many chefs, housewives and others asserted that old grounds, in whatever proportion, could produce

‘nothing fit for human consumption.

Despite all that, however, the

president—who “thinks he’s a coffee expert” — believes the idea is good, Mrs. Roosevelt said. “He says coffee is very satisfactory that way,” she added. Mrs. Roosevelt then made a revelation which many a coffee connoisseur will view as disqualifying the president as an expert — he drinks his half coffee and half hot milk. It's a Roosevelt family habit, she added. | The president drinks this mixture | ach in the morning and “also takes a

IF. D. R. Indorses LaGuardia Coffee ecipe; First Lady Avoids Old Grounds Dispute,

small cup after lunch or dinner,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. § «Actually, she added, “he has: been drinking only about one goodsized cup of coffee even before Ia= + tioning was » After rationing starts Nov. sw the White House will observe the onesg cup-per-person daily limitation and, 3 Mrs. Roosevelt said, that goes y

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