Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1942 — Page 7

First. Lady Backs Workers’ Educational Program; Offered in State.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY ’ Times" Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The WPA workers’ service program may be salvaged from the general liquidation order issued by President Roosevelt if a plan backed by Mrs.

Eleanor Roosevelt carries’ through,

it was learned today. ~The plan is to put this project

under one of the regular depart-,

ments and make it a permanent fixture, according to Miss Hilda Smith, program digector. Miss: Smith, one-time dean : of ‘Bryn Mawr and a pioneer in workers’ education, has ‘been in‘charge of the program since its inception— first under FERA and then under WPA. Uses Hyde Park Honie

She is a native of the Hyde!

Park neighborhood and has turned * her home there into the Hudson Shore Labor school. The. WPA workers service pros gram largely consists in workers’

‘education developed in close contact |

with the labor unions. - It has cost

a million during the last two years, :

Miss Smith said. Anticipating the ' liquidation of WPA, Mrs. Roosevelt.took steps last September to salvagé this educational feature. She brought a group of C. I. O, A. F. of L. and railway ' baptherhood representatives to--gether at the White House and had # seminar on adult education. © One result was that both ‘the A. F. of L. and C. I. O. conventions this year adopted resolutions urging that workers’ education be made a permanent educational feature of the government.

Pay Rell Cut to 1000

Two thousand were employed by WPA on the workers’ service program and at its peak it functioned

in 36 states, Miss Smith said. She].

now has “under, 1000” on the pay roll in 10 states. Leading in activities are Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and New Jersey. “Experience has indicated various methods that are effective in teaching workers’ groups,” Miss Smith said. “Among them are discussion groups, ‘ forums, panel discussions, exhibits and other visual material. Moving pictures, radio programs, instruction in office techniques, labor Journalism, recreation, music, drama, library services and information in regard to labor laws and consumer problems.”

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JOHN 8. BROWN, 24, son of Mrs. Doris S. Brown, 160 Blue Ridge dr., was recently appointed a naval aviation cadet and-trans-ferred to the naval air station, Pensacola, Fla., for flight ‘training. . Prior to entering the naval service, Cadet Brown studied at Purdue university for over two.years, and played on the varsity football . and basketball teams there. In May he was sent to the naval reserve aviation base in Glenview, where. he successfully completed the , elimination - training course in August. Uron completion of the inten=--sive course at the “Annapolis of the Air,” Brown will receive his navy. “Wings of Gold” with the designation of naval aviator, and will be commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve or’ a second’ lieutenant in the marine corps reserve.

‘Y' HOLDS ANNUAL

MEETING TOMORROW

Eugene E. Barnett, national “Y" secretary, will arrive tomorrow morning to address the 88th annual meeting of the local association at 12:30 p. m. in the auditorium of the Central “Y”, 310 N. Illinois st. Reports of the *“Y” and: its branches will be presented, directors elected and a portrait of George Williams, association founder, will be unveiled. Mr. Barnett is head of 1288 yn associations in the United States and their extension work in 32 other countries. His topic will be “Youth in a World at War.” Francis M. Hughes is meeting chairman. The public is invited.

WARNS ON SHORTAGE OF AUTO MECHANICS

DETROIT, Dec. 11 (U. P)— Thomas P. Henry, president of the

today warned government officials that the growing loss of automobile mechanics to war plants and. the armed’ services endangered the nation’s transportation system. Unless corrective measures were

E | taken promtly, Mr. Henry. wrote

four high officials, “there is danger that a large proportion of cars will go off the road for lack of adequate repair personnel, though they have gas and tires.”

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Davidson Transfers "Sad ness Over His Election Defeat Into Statue.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

stlidio in a far corner of ‘Corcoran art ‘gallery here two great Ameriéans, distinguishedin far: different sallings yet ‘alike in : their love of people, were working together on a ‘Job for. posterity. :

about slowly, a stocky fellow. with his neat, rounded beard, as he studied the rugged face of the quiet gentleman in the sober suit and black sfring tie. He was finishing a bust of Senator George 'W..Norris of Nebraska. The bust and the senator became one. The clay came to life under the skilful fingers, and there was revealed: the: simple ‘man without pretense, the beloved elder statesman, with the eyes that can be.so compassionate for the people and so: hot. with rage for: those wh» would exploit them. Had the senator ever posed before? He'nodded. #No,” prenested Mr. Davidson, “he has never posed in his life. That word ;has curious meanings.” He knew the man. . About this scene was. the atmosphere of tragedy, the tragedy of public life with its sacrifices and its sudden changes of fafe at the whim of the, voters. "Hard to Understand 4 It 1s-Hard, one can see, for George Norris: to.understand how the homefolks, inthe last’ election, had rejected him after 39 years in congress, had cast him out at. the age of 81. Something of the brooding sadness, ' the - perplexity, that now casts its spell over the venerable senator has found its way into the clay, to stand: for all time as a tragic memorial of man’s unkindness to man, “I went by this morning and got my last check,” the senator said, and the words sounded like a knell through the big room. What is he going to do now? “I haven’t the remotest idea,” he said. “I’m going back home to Nebraska. I don’t know what I'm going to do, don't know ...” ‘A, Great Subject’

Jo Davidson ‘worked on. A visitor entered, “What do you think of it?” the sculptor sang out. “Magnificent! One of your very| best.” : : “I- feel that. A great subject, you know, really made for a.sculptor. - It takes two to make a bust. e senator has helpeq: by being pathetic.” ¥ “What would de done with the bust? ‘The sculptor said he didn’t know. The senator said he didn’t either. It seemed to be. a little joke ‘between them. Mr. Davidson finished in 15 hours, in a few sittings that began Thanksgiving day. Many others of the world’s great have sat for him. He did all the notable figures of the last world war. Some of his richest experiences occurred in the Spanish civil war, where he was under bombing attadks.

A Peek at the Future

As the sculptor continued with his work, Senator Norris got to talking about TVA, the vast Tennessee valley project that is perhaps his greatest memorial. As he talked his face came alive with his dream, and far in the future, you could see the vision of a people raised from economic distress, could see, as he described them, the hitherto unrevealed garden spots among the southern mountains now made accessible to the poeple,cand the great Tennessee and its tributaries serving the land forever. “People have come from all over the world to see it,” he said proudly. “The bust was finished. The cast-er-arrived to take it away to be cast in bronze,

Mr. Gandhi in Pieces

“Now what are you going to do if it breaks?” the senator asked, smiling. ‘This was a little joke, too. “There was one that got broken,” explained Jo Davidson. “I was doing Gandhi. * I had finished, and I put up a sign over it ‘don’t touch. Some of his friends came in later and moved it over to the light. They dropped it and the head fell off. “Gandhi refused to sit again— thought. it was a bad omen, I guess.

finish the figure. “I remember something Gandhi said to me when I started: ‘You take mud and make men. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘and sometimes vice versa!’”

‘Like My Daughter’

As we left the studio I directed Senator Norris to the shortest way out. “No, come this way,” he said. “I want to show you a picture that is my favorite. I don’t know anything about art, but I like this.” It Was Emile Renouf’s “The Little Helper,” the big fisherman and his’ little daughter beside him, her tiny hands clasped about the oar. “I love to see it. It's like my own daughter.” She was always Belping

| me, and still does. . . .”

We passed a portrait of President Roosevelt néar the door, as we left. | But. the senator did not look up at his good friend. His thoughts seemed far away.

JAPS CHANGE NAMES INPACIFIC—THEY SAY

TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Japanese Broadjcast Recorded by U. P, San Fran-{csco.)=-The Japanese. board of information announced yesterday the following name changes for certain occupiéd ‘areas of the Pacific: British Malaya—Falai. British Borneo—North

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