Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1943 — Page 7

Demerats Cant: Republicans Feel Biokerings and Duplications. Would Be Reduced if F. D. R. Called Weekly Conferences of Bureau Chiefs.

By THOMAS L. STOKES .

it Times Special Writer 5k WASHINGTON, Feb..8.—The ropoisl that President ? “Roosevelt set up a “war cabinet,” similar to that of President ilson in the last war, found a favorable reaction on Capitol “Hil today among both Demoerats and Republicans. * The view was éxpressed generally, by a cross-section of members approached on the subject, that the confusion,“the

TAX TARDINESS = GAUSES ALARM

ase Seriously Worried By Delay. in Filing ~~ Returns. |

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. ©. P)—| Secretary of the Treasury

~ John. Sullivan told the house ways «2nd, means committee that public

delay in filing income tax returns):

5 this. year was “most alarming.” 1r.sHe . said - the bureau of internal arevenue was “seriously concerned” by checkups. which revealed that «while a: one-third increase in number of returns was anticipated this -syear, the number filed to date was Sm behind” last year’s.-rate. I~ At his’ urgent: request the comNe as it opened hearings on tpiy-as-you-go saxation, adopted a -Fesolution informing the ‘taxpayers “that “ri impending tax plan will} « -Jglieve fhe necessity of filing a ‘re-: turn by March 15, and making: the

I Mya date, there would" be: a Spelief” from the payment due on Sthat date. = ‘Sullivan told ‘the committee that test reports were “more and more iscouraging.” He said that less

‘ Zthan one-half the number of re-

urns made on Feb. 1, 1942, has been rg by the corresponding date in 943, = Emi

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his point, Sullivan that in one district where 000 returns had been made on Feb. 1, 1942; only 700 returns: Sled by Feb. 1, 1943; anothe Bo that reported 16,200 returiis oh b. Zon. Feb. 1, 1943. = Zi He. said “that. 35,000,000: retirns ¢ anticipated this year; Jom, §-with 27,000,000 last year."

DEFENSE MEETING SET

iss Marie D'Andrea will spesk| a mieeting of civilian defense dis-

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? and direct action to win the war.

bickering among agencies, the overlapping and: duplication now impeding the war program. would. be reduced. if

President Roosevelt would: consult weekly with the

President Wilson. met once a week with his). “war cabinet,” ; delved directly inMr. Stokes to conflicts = be-

tween war agencies, arrived prompt-

» |1y at decisions, and thus straight-

ened out the tangles that arose in the last war as in this. - Appealing especially to members of the ‘present congress is. the simplicity of this approach. It would

initiative by: the President, Decline Comment

* Some Demotratic leaders declined ‘comment ‘for obvious reasons, but among these there’ were private ex-

| pressions favorable to such. action. by they president:

‘these: men, along with th and: file are 1. getting the “heat “from ‘constituents

aroused over: the numerous contro‘I versies among agencies, such as that

‘over rubber,

They realize that something must be done, and is long overdue. Party leaders would prefer that Mr. Roosevelt take the initiative. ‘Pressure has become so heavy, however, that 10 members of the senate—seven Democrats, including such administration stalwarts as| Senators Truman (Mo.), Pepper {Fla.) and Green (R. 1.), two Re-

{piiblicans and a Progressive—again {introduced their bill to create a war ~ mobilization agency,

directed by embracing the various functions. essential to the war :in| four _offices—production and: supply,| manpower supply, economic stabilization, and scientific and | cal

<Iméhitization.

Like Wilson Plan :

Others think the simple method used by President. Wilson would “be the best approach. a Rep. McCormack (Mass); Hatise Democratic floor leader, who asked

‘|'about: the Wilson plan said-he. ‘was

for anything that would: bring| about co-ordination, co-operation

if Other comments include: Republican house floor Teader Marin (Mass): - “I think the war cabitiet Wn the '| Wilson ‘administration ‘¢o-ordinated | agencies and got-better results shan We are getting, The rubber coftroversy would have been settled long ago. And we would not have had all the conflicts over rationing.” Senator George (Ds Va.), chairman of the finance committee, ranking majority member of foreign relations: “A general discussion between the president and the heads of all agencies that are playing an im-

“cportant part-in. the war

«would certainly be most helpful and would stop, in advance, many things that would impede it.”

‘Could Do No Harm’

Senators Reynolds (D. N. C), chairman of the military affairs committee: “A ‘mighty good suggestion. I am of the opinion it could not do any ‘harm and might be of substantial help. 3, Senator Clark ©. Mo), ‘member of foreign relations: * *It is ‘a most sensible" scheme. From all I have heard of ‘the last war—I was in France at the time— it settled down into a very successful operation.’ Of course, that’s something for the president to do|. himself. I do not believe we should have legislation to do it.” . Senator Lodge (R. Mass.), member of the military aftairs con mita oe Sounds like a good. idea” Senator O'Mahoney (D. Wyo.): “I think the president is moving

+3 REFRESHER. GaURSES | fll TAKEN AT PURDUE:

require no new officials, no new or-| ganization, no legislation—only the}

: | Scouts. fo. Hold Court t

"Honor Sunday i in War Memorial.

memorial.The honored scout: nations on every phase of scouting given by a board of review Saturday ‘at the Indianapolis Athletic club. They are Thurman ‘Anderson, Morris Boles, James Buckner, Robert Chambers,” Paul Conrad, Jack| Dickson, William Doig, * ‘Richard Dike, Richard Epsteen; Floyd’ Fults, | Robert, Hall Jr. James Hamilton, | Nérman ‘Haupt, Mack’ Herran, Jack ‘Jeffries, Cameron “Johnston, Herbert ‘Jones, Don| Little, Carl ‘Lomatsch, Jim Merritt, |. William = Meyer, ' Richard Nelson, Fritz Pantzer, Donald ‘Payne,’ "Dud-

lley ‘Pfaff Ji., David Phelps, ‘Jack

Pursell, Jack Slagle, James Véorhis, Fred Whitmore, Richard Williams and Ralph Wooden Jr.

Schricker to Attend The ‘ceremony’ will be conducted as a part of the observance of boy

William Gear Spencer, president of Franklin coilege, will speak. : Guests who' wilk sit with, the court of honor will be Governor Schricker; Col. Walter S. Drysdale, comman ing officer at Ft. Harrison; Dewi t S. Morgan, superintendent ‘of schools, and Luther Dickerson, city librarian. ‘The scout band will play and forner eagle scouts will make. up a guard of ‘honor. Sea scouts will usher. *Chairmsh of the court, of honor is Merle H. Miller.” °

Yankee to Give * Nazis Real: News

: LONDON; Feb. 3—Call, it the American sense of humor,’ or call it one soldier's way of propagandizing the enemy, it sounds like a | "good idea. ~ Sergt. William Gaunt of Portland, Ore. is going to try it out on his next visit to the herrenvolk of Germany. Along with the bombs he will drop, he is going to send down copies of his home town _ newspaper, “Oregonian. Gaunt. figures that the real news of what is actually happening in this war, parficularly to the Nazi armies, is going to be a big surprise ‘to the Ger.mang—and, a. good way for Gaunt, ‘a flight sergeant in the Royal. { Canadian aly force, stationed. in |; England, ot spread the ‘home town ‘news’ over the widest area.

FIRST AID FORGES

First-aiders - -of . civilian defense districts 18,19 and 20- will meet at

'+1:30 -p.. m. tomorrow - in the :basement of the Olive Branch- Christian

church, Raymond and Pennsylvania sts., when a new class will start,’ wi en Shs cnt in Walden PF. Ambroz, ‘chafrman of | organization and acting co-ordina-tor'of emergency medical services of | civilian defense, will speak at 7:30 p. m. Friday at the Brookside Community house on the subject, “Or- | ganization and the Function : of Civilian Defense First Aid in Event of Bombing.” Diplomas, identification cards and arm bands will be distributed: to first-aiders . of district 47 at the meeting. A demonstration of casualty post-operation will be given.

SOCIAL WORKER SUES PULITZER NOVELIST

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 3 (U. P.).—Miss Zelma Cason, a social worker, demanded $100,000 damages from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer prize. novelist, today, charging Miss Rawlings had defamed her character in the ‘book, “Cross Cree) Miss Cason said in a suit and

here against Miss Rawlinigs and her husband, Norton Baskin, a Florida hotel man, that her personality had

she had been made notorious. Miss Rawlings said at her home| near St. Augustine that she hadn’t considered the suit, other than to turn it over to her attorney. “lI am very much -puzzlcd and disappointed that someone whom I thought of as a good friend would take offense,” she said. ALR ate

|RECORD NUMBERS | x ASK BERS TON 3

_ WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (U. P).—|

* One of the highest ranks in scout~ 4 ing," the eagle badge, will be con- | ferred on 35 Indianapolis boy scouts} at the eagle court of honor at 2:30 p. m. Sunday’ at the world ‘war |

paste Giant] Irving Ball, Donald Bloodgood, |

Jdseph” * Heyes, | A

scout anniversary week, and Dr.|

the Portland |

TO HAVE NEW CLASS|

declaration filed in -circuit court weeks.

FAR EAST TALK SET. [| ™ FOR G. 0. P. WOMEN]

Mis. C.J Ancker, who has lived |

been sold, her name cheapened and :

Tell of Experionces in

Ruth Mite distor of the ‘late

Billy “Mitchell, * advocate ‘of air power ‘in the twenties, will speak at Town Hall Saturday morning at the ‘English theater... Her subject will be “Odyssey Through Hell.” . "Gol. Roscoe . Turner, who served under Gen. Mitchell in world war 1, will’ introduce’ the speaker and presiaé at the discussion luncheon to follow at the Columbia club. Miss Mitchell returned last summer after spending 13 months in 11 different Nazi prisons. She is the only foreign woman member of the sécret and powerful Chetniks and - | served as aide to Gen. Mikjailovitch from the outbreak of the war in the Balkans until her capture by the Germans in April of 1941. She was held at prisons in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Austria and finally in Liebenau, Germany. Miss. Mitchell is devoting the reveriue from her lectures and writing to a special fund for the support of the orphaned and homeless children of the Chetniks. At her lecture, she will - wear an authentic Chetnik uniform, complete with a dagger and a ‘lapel pocket for a Polson pellet; CC pellet.

FORUM T0 HEAR ~ BOURKE-WHITE

First Talk on A. E. F.

In Africa.

‘Margaret Bourke-White, photographer and author, will speak before the Indianapolis open forum at 8:15 p. m, Sunday at Kirshbaum ‘center. :Her subject will be “Shooting the War with the A. E. FP.” :+ Miss Bourke-White’s :lecture will be one’ of the first. since -her return from : the Brifish -Isles ‘and Afriea where she has been covering ‘the war. for Life magazine. While there she was an’ official war ‘photogra-

force, bomber command. g Members of the: executive committee of the forum managing : - ‘mittee are Melville 8. Cohn,

Kiser; Theodore R. Dann and Fay

Bloom, general ‘secretary of ‘fhe Jewish Community Center asso0‘elation. | Other officers of the association in addition to President Dann are Charles S. Rauh, vice-president; Marjorie F. Kahn, secretary, and Dr. Phillip Falender, treasurer.

THEATERS TO ASSIST IN PARALYSIS DRIVE

More than 85 per cent of the theaters in Marion county will join in the motion picture theaters’ drive to raise funds for the infantile pasnivels campaign from ‘Feb. 18 to

apolis, submitted tq the Marion county chapter the first report of proceeds from the birthday balls held Saturday night. He turned in $1020. 75 for the dance at Tomlinson hall. it was ‘the largest amount received from the Colored groups in the 10-year history of the drive.

ported the drive are expected to submit’ reports within the next few

in the ‘Philippines and traveled in the Far East, ‘will speak before the

{Irvington Republican Women’s as-

sociation at 2 p. m. Friday in the home -of gs Ed, Hecker, 27.8. Butl La

sy. Mitchell's Sister: to os

the federation was fairly. well safis-

War. Photographer to Give

pher attached to the eighth air{

Ho Benjamin Osborne, chairman ; of the Colored Organizations of}:

‘Other organizations which sup- |

quoted iast. week. to the effect that ||

fied with the WLB’s present policy. However; there were new. A..F. of L.- .accessions. in New York gity. 2 today to the wage- raising. movement; which, a “to. many ‘Washington observers, threatens to insure success in Congress’ for. bloc efforts to increase agricultural prices further, and so endangers. the administration's whole program’ for stabilizing wartime prices and wages. Printers Plan Program . ‘The Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York, speaking for 25,000 employees, announced that it would call a conference of all A. F. of L. unions in the city “to plan a program to meet the mounting cost of living” and to lift the “Little Steel” formula’s wage limits. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (A. F. of L.), with 85,000 members in the New || York City area, intends to press its demand for increases greater than |f the formula permits, although last week ‘it called off a work stoppdge which had: affected 30,000 workers|} when the WLB assumed. jurisdic- |f tion in the controversy. - The United Mine ‘Workers’ policy | committee meets here this week to map definite proposals for: large raises to some 500,000 coal miners. John L. Lewis ‘has announced his determination to win these increases regardless of any WLB policy.

C. L 0. Calls Committes

The C. I. O. executive committee, also meeting here Friday, and representing unions with. over 5,000,000} members, also will demand relief | from ‘the “Little Steel” formula, |. according to President Philip Murray. The demands’ of 1, 150,000 mem- |} - bers of railroad unions for increases ranging up to 30 per cent! are moving through the early stages ||

labor act's machinery.

MAYOR TO SPEAK A PLAQUE DEDICATION

evening, Feb.- 12, ‘at 8 o'clock at dedicatory services ‘for ‘a plaque||

the .Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation who are serving in the armed forces. the temple, 10th and Delaware sts. The choir, lead by Farell S. Scott, will sing and. members of the Temple. Young People’s league will usher, The Temple Sisterhood will

follow. Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt will be in charge of the service. - -Because -of the scheduled citywide dimout Friday night, religious services at the temple will be held at 5:30.p. m. Rabbi Morris Feuerlich? will speak on rJudalsm, ang the Post-War World.”

A Y TO MEET

The auxiliary and ‘canton ‘to Indianapolis chapter 2, 1.0. 0. F., will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow at F Germania Lodge hall, 437 Prospect st. ‘Mary Gaskill and Capt. Will E. Hiatt will’ preside, and a social hour will’ follow.

of negotiation under the railway a

* Mayor Tyndall will speak. Friday Hs

listing names of young men trom] F

‘The dedication will be at|| 4

be in. charge of the social hour to! i