Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1943 — Page 3

NES Sot INQUIRY PLANS

Resolution Now in House; Governor Demands Action at Once.

The house of representatives today received the resolution which would set up a commission to investigate charges against the state welfare department after the senate yesterday passed it over the protests of the Democrat minority. - The commission would conduct a probe during the next two years. Governor Schricker, in a letter to Senator John VanNess, author of the resolution, complained that the Republicans through | their subcommittee’s report last week, had “cast a cloud of suspicion” over the department and asked|that the investigation not be for two years— until after the election—but be completed speedily. : “Then we will let the chips fall where they may,” he said.

Vermillion Reads Letter

His letter, read on the floor of the senate by Senator Walter Vermillion of Anderson, democrat flcor leader, followed the Republicans’ refusal to adopt an amendment providing for “open” meetings and records. The governor said: “The ,.people of Indiana who are paying much of the cost of the welfare program are| entitled to _ have the facts, and as their governor it becomes my duty to insist upon full disclosure of the evidence in your possession in order that we may proceed promptly to an elimination of these evil practices. You may rest assured that no one will be spared, either from embarrassment, or criminal prosecution, if the evidence you now hold will warrant it.” The governor pointed out in his letter that Senator VanNess in an . address which accompanied a legislative sub-committee’s report last week that: Pledges Removals

1. Large sums of money had been spent on radio, written and other propaganda, intended to teach citizens how to qualify for and obtain grants of welfare Stas 2. That vast sums of money had been spent for unnecessary personnel. 3. That the depar tment condoned immorality of adults in homes where dependent children were placed. | 4 That the state department sponsored the dissemination of subversive, socialistic and communistic doctrines, 3 “If your accumulated evidence after careful investigation will disclose that members of the state. board or the director of the department are guilty of squandering the people’s money or. spreading unpatriotic or subversive doctrines you will not have to wait long for their prompt removal from office,” the governor said. “It has never been my purpose to harbor a wasteful, dishonest or’ subversive person in my administra- ~ tion, and I certainly heave no intention of shielding one now.” Senator Thurman Biddinger (R. Marion) replied:

Chamberlin Opposed

“I'm sorry that this resolution is not being discussed on a higher plane. I'm sorry that there are those who believe the welfare départment is in ill repute only with the legislature. “You can take a poll of every taxpayer and voter with the exception of employecs of the welfare department and you'll find that the public welfare department is in ill repute with them. It isn’t a question ‘of playing politics. It's a question of getting the facts of whether these stories are true. “1f it was the purpose of the author of this vesolution to play politics and to keep the results of the investigation from the governor, do you think there would be any place for the member of the Democratic party on the committee?” Senator Harry Chamberlin R. Indianapolis) was the only Repub-

“OVERRIDES SCHRICKER 9 MILLION OUT OF 'AGTION FOR AXIS

Tommy Tucker, the orchestra leader, presented Miss Dorothy Breeden with a $50 war bond when she was chosen Miss WOW (Woman Ordnance Worker) at the dance which the Lukas-Har-old Co. sponsored last week-end in the Murat temple.

REALTY BOARD HITS NEW TAXES!

Property Bearing Heavy Burden, Lawmakers Told at Dinner.

Marion county legislators were asked last night by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to oppose pending bills in the legislature which, if passed, would increase the tax burdens on county property owners. Marion county legislators were guests of the officers, directors and

legislative committee of the real estate board at a dinner meeting at the Columbia club. Thomas E. Grinslade, chairman of the legislative committee, presented figures showing that 23 of the bills introduced in the legislature would cost the county $1,736,160 or add $34.21 per thousand to the present tax rate. “The spirit of spending seems to have invaded our state legislature,” Mr. Grinslade said. ‘Now there is only one place to raise the money .to pay these increased costs and that is by taxing real estate.

Points to Rent Ceiling

“Unfortunately, real estate has not shared in the prosperity of the times. Rents for many kinds of real estate have been frozen by the government, and the home owner, too, is burdened by many new national taxes in addition to the greatly increased costs of living. “Property owners just cannot pay an increased tax at this time, so if the legislature sees fit to increase local expenditures they should also find another source of income. because there are many other forms of wealth besides real estate.” The tax increase bills and their effect on the 1944 tax rate were reviewed by Rep. Earl B. Teckemeyer, a member of the real estate board.

1iWalter M. Evans, president of the

board, presided at the meeting, arrangements for which were made by Mr. Grinslade.

lican to vote against the probe, objecting that “it is not fair to those who are not guilty to leave them under a cloud of suspicion for two years.”

VanNess was accompanied by another letter from the public wel-

immediately because such unsubstantiated statements brings discredit not only to the welfare department but also upon the state government, of which it is a part. »

The governor's letter to Senator)

fare department which asked that the investigation and report be done | “publicising |

Stalin Complains Red Army Has to Bear Full Weight of War.

By UNITED PRESS Premier. Josef Stalin said today that though the Red army had been left to bear the full weight of the war alone “in the absence of a second front,” it has put out of action 9,000,000 axis soldiers and begun the “mass expulsion of the enemy from Soviet country.” He issued his order of the day on the Red army’s 25th anniversary. President Roosevelt cabled congratulations, declaring that the Russians have started Hitler’s forces on

{the road to ultimate defeat and

earned the lasting admiration of the American people.

Little News Today

In the day’s fighting, about which Moscow said little, the Russian drive was approaching the Dnieper river, Dniepropetrovsk, Zophorozhe, Mariupol, Taganrog and Konotop. The capture of some of these key points may be announced tonight as a climax to the day’s celebration. The German high command, however, sought to give the impression that the Moscow silence ' resulted from Soviet failure to break through the German line in the Donets basin,

Sacrifices Still to Come

Time is working against Germany and she is becoming “more and more exhausted and weakening,” Stalin said. At the same time, however, he warned that Germany has not yet been conquered. “From this , . . it does not follow that the Hitlerite army is finished and it only remains for the Red army to pursue it to the western border of Soviet country,” he said. “It would be stupid to think that the Germans will abandon without fighting even one kilometer of our soil. The Red army has before it a severe fight against a treacherous, cruel and still strong enemy.

rifices and endurances.” Satellite Armies “Routed”

Of ‘the 9,000,000 axis officers and men immobilized since the start of the war, Stalin said 4,000,000 were killed in the battlefield, including 700,000 in the last three months alone. Another’ 300,000 were captured in the last three months, he disclosed. The Rumanian, Italian and Hungarian armies thrown into battle by Germany have been “completely routed” in the 20 months of the war, Stalin said. Apart from the losses in ns power inflicted, he declared, the Red army in its 1942-1943 winter offensive has destroyed or captured 7000 axis tanks, 4000 planes, 17,000 guns “and much other armament.” Stalin attributed the Red army’s successful winter offensive to the adoption of the tactics of maneuver and encirclement in place of the “foolish, damaging” policy of frontal attacks, ° Americans Send Praise

The message from Mr. Roosevelt to Stalin—the third during the past month—was released last night. Mr. Rposevelt paid glowing tribute to the Russians, especially to their “determination to defeat the enemy, no matter what the cost in selfsacrifice.” He said that the ‘“magnificent achievements” of the Red army were “unsurpassed in all history,” and praised specifically its great” defensive stand climaxed by “the immortal battle of Stalingrad” and for the current great offensive which is costing the enemy “heavily in men, supplies, territory and especially in morale.” Secretary of State Cordell Hull joined in congratulating the Red iarmy in a formal statement which stressed the “self-sacrificing devotion of the men and women of Russia.” | War Secretary Henry L. Stimson told Stalin that the winter campaign of the Red army “has aroused the admiration of the world. Its story will be told as long as courage and heroism are honored among men.”

IN INDIANA POLIS

HERE IS THE TRAFFIC RECORD

FATALITIES County City Total

—Feb, 22— . 11 | Arrests Dead MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid

‘Accidents ... Injured

none 5

nd driving Failure to stop at through street .... Failure to stop at

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RATIONING DATES SUGAR—Coupon 11 is good for three pounds through March 15. Coffee—Coupon 25 good through March 21. Gasoline—A book—Coupon - good for four gallons through March 2 Fuel Oil—Coupon 4 good 5 11 gallons through April 12. es—Tires for holders of A gas books Loko ig inspected by March 31. Tires for holders of BP C and T books must be inspected by Fe 28. Shoes—Coupon 13 good _for one ough 1 ouiiouen Jue 15. begins March 1. War Ration Book 2—Registration today through Saturday.

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EVENTS TODAY

Indiana Committee for Victory, ‘luncheon meeting, Columbia club, noen. Lecture on problems of international peace, vg bs university extension, 8 p. Rotary olub, luncheon meeting, Riaypool

tel, noo: A Chemical apeiety, luncheon meet-

tel Severin, n crchi Histol Be tr, dinner, Hotel ye "Sent clo, Jinthieon meeting, Y. M.

Isis Tassociation. of lce Industries, : Hotel Severin. board meeting Go el y esting

EVENTS TOMORROW

Indiana Association of Ice Industries, war conference, Hotel Severin, all day. International Council for Exceptional Children, Lincoln hotel, all day. Junior and senior high school 1eathers, meeting, Shor'ridge high school. 3 p. Apartment Owners association, none Hotel \Washingion, noon. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Hotel Washington, noon Co-Operative club, juncheon meeting, Columbia club, noon. Residential appraisers, club, 6 p. m. Credit Men's association, Juncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Rhodius Park community center, family night, 7:45 p. m. Lutheran Pastors association, school, First Lutheran church,

luncheon,

dinner, Columbia

training 7:30

p. m. — | Sigma Phi, party, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. m.

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BIRTHS Girls

Carl, Mary Clendenia, at St. Francis. Otis, Inez Smith, at City. Gordon, Susanne Shedd, at St. Vincent's. Kenneth, Alberta Williams, at St. Vincent’s. Layton, Dorothy Talin, at Coleman. Philip, Katherine Miller, at Coleman. William, Alice Morrison, at Methodist. Wayne, Louise | Srump, at Methodist. Garner, Kathleen Richey, at Methodist. John, . Dorothy Distelhordt, at Methodist. Lenwood, Iris Mitchum, at Emhardt. Ernest, Byrdie Relford, at 1948 Adam. : : Twin Boys Raymond, Hilda VanArsdale, at Coleman. : ; Boys Mae Whitesell, at St. Vin-

Kelleher, at St. Vincent's.

Richard, Anna cent’s. Hilton, Virginia Ronald, Betty

David, Jeanne Oscar, Doris

Hocker, at St. Vincent's arris, at St. Francis. Jess, Delores Roberis, a St. Francis. George, Mary Simmons, at St. Francis. Raymond, Jud, Wiltshire, at St. Francis.

DEATHS

93, ‘at 3245 N. Illinois, chronic my ardiditis. William Washituyh, 352 at 737 E. 11th,

coronary Malandia seers. b at 12068 E. Bates, & JEL L] i

oughton, at St. Vincent's.

Mary Su Smith, 65, at 1016 N. Sheffield, innza

Arthur Ww. Kimbrough, 73, at 2602 ‘Wheeler, arteriosclerosis. William Fetrell, 78, at 520 E. Vermont, bronchopneumonia. David Lindsey Venerable, 59, at 2874 Highland pl, diabetes mellitus. Nancy Jane Johnson, 85. at 2339 Carrollton, chronic myocarditis. Alice B. Kirkpatrick, 71, at 870 Fletcher, cerebral hemorrhage. Donald Fay Brown, 3, at 1325'2 English, bronchopneumonia. Mary C. Schroeder, 81, at St. Vincent's, bronchopneumonia. Josie Conaway, 95, at Methodist, hronchopneumonia. William L. McCarthy, 68, at 948 S. West, cardiac decompensaty on, Cornelitis Campbell, 63, tonitis. Minnie I. Davis, cinoma.

at City, peri75, at 702 Day, car-

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

All Data in Central War Time Sunrise. ..... 7:27 | Sunset....... 6:30

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a.m. . Total precipitation since Jan. 1 2.2 Deficiency since Jan. 1

Atlanta Boston

Cincinnati Cleveland Denver .... Bvensville x Ft. Way Baisnanells fon Kansas City, Mo. Miami, Fla. Minneapolis-St. Paul New Orleans

New York: .....ccieensns Oklahoma Oley ’ Omaha, Neb. 4

Cessans os

BY EARL RICHERT

FROM THE standpoint of the average citizen, probably the most important measure pending before the legislative session is the financial responsibility bill now in the Senate Judiciary ‘A committee. It already has passed the house: The bill is 32 pages long and it would lake a Philadelphia lawyer to explain all of what it does.

But the gist of it is that it would make it: “the easy way out” for every automobile owner to carry $10,000 in liability and $1000 in accident insurance. It provides that the commissioner of the department of financial responsibility shall requite’ “from any person who, while oper- | ating any motor vehicle, shall | have been involved in any motor | vehicle accident resulting in bodily | injury or death, or in damage to property in excess of $25 .. , se- | curity sufficient in the discretion of the commissioner to indemnify the injured party against loss and | guarantee the payment and satisfaction of any judgment or judg-

- ments for damages resulting from the accident...”

of security in other ways than in producing liability insurance policies but these are so complicated that it would make it much easier for the average-income automobile owner to buy liability insurance. " Under terms of this bill, the automobile owner wouldn't need Jdability insurance, of course, un-

dent. But the minute he was involved in an accident, involving more than $25 damage to the other vehicle, he would need to have a liability policy or other se-

The bill provides for the posting .

less he was involved in an acci=- |

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curity ‘such as a bond Yoady to show the commissioner. This holds true even if he were the operator of the vehicle hit. He would have to post security . to cover damages to the other vehicle until it was determined that it was the other fellow’s fault. Penalty for failure to post security is revocation of driver's license and automobile registration. » ” ”

bill is that anyone owning and driving an automobile should be able to pay for any damage done to the property or person of another or rights to operate. Opponents say, however, that it comes at a bad time—at a time when because of gasoline rationing and reduced driving many low-income automobile owners have dropped their accident and liability policies. These opponents contend thai it is an “insurance-grab” bill—a bill of inestimable financial value to the insurance companies.

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Require More Employees

REGARDLESS of the merits of the bill, it is obvious that if it is

passed it will require a sizable

LOGIC OF proponents of the

immediately lose his

increase in personnel in the financial responsibility department which now administers a much / less severe law. The bill is modeléd after a law in effect now in New York. There, several hundred persons are employed to administer the law and the department budget runs around $1,000,000 annually. Indiana has only about onefourth as many cars as are registered in New York and in proportion would have to eniploy at least 50 or 75 persons-and spend around $200,000 annually to administer, (The financial responsibility department now has only about u employees.) No provisions are included in the bill now for the increased cost of administration. And unless something is done on this score, the law will be ineffective when it gets on the statute books because a large number of investigators and stenographers will be needed in its enforcement. Ld » The bill now has a “ripper” section which takes the financial responsibility division from the Democrat controlled division of public safety and places it under ‘Republican Secretary of State

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Rue Alexander.

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BLUE'S EXPENSE PLEA IN SENATE

House Paces. Measure Appropriating Funds For Investigations.

The senate today received the bill to permit the county council to ap= propriste $15,000 for the hiring of additional deputy prosecuting attore neys by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, The measure was passed by a vote of 59 to 25 in the lower house yess terday and would make possible an increase over the present $60,000 a year -allotted the prosecutor for the hiring of deputies and investiga tors. : Rep. Charles Ehlers (R. Indians apolis), author of the bill, stalled objectors, who charged it was ane other salary grab, by explaining that the measure was not entirely to provide increased salaries for present employees but was designed primarily to finance a necessary ine crease in the number of investigae tors.

This fight will demand time, sac-|.

STRAUSS SAYS: —IT'S ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY

BOY MEETS GIRL ...

—With smile on the face ... with spring in the heart . . . and “surrounded” with Strauss clothes . . . from his doggy oxfords

... to his smooth Dobbs Hat.

. Fingertip Coats ... and other wearables that a young man of high school age desires for Life, Liberty, Happiness and the Pursuit

of Victory.

IF vou see A GREAT BIG CROWD of tiny young fellows hh om about 4 to 10) around certain tables . . . ou know that 2 SAFETY LEGION CLOTHES FOR SPRING are in— and are going out! How the. boys do love ‘em!

THE PIGEON FEEDER .:, . is in one of our LONGIE SUITS

of which we

have plenty

... AND THEY ARE VERY

MODERATE

IN PRICE!

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SMALL FRY —from, say 3 up come into Boys' Store— and say,

“me too!" Eton Suits,

. topcoats and

THE DOG FANCIER has a Sports Jacket that can be CHECKed as tops!

By.the way

« » « there are lots of Sports Jackets . .. for lots of different tastes and ages and figgers .., (including some for STOUT HUSKY LADS).

other wearables!

(2 to 22) HAS CLOTHES IN MIND

he just ups himself-~-and gous straight to his own store—

_ in The Man's Store (often he brings his parents with him).

Deep down in his young heart—he knows that the best clothes of all—are in Dad’ s Store—that's good enough for him!

A boy doesn't wear out his Strauss Clothes—he finally grows out

of them. (We try to have deep outlets to take care of growing frames.)

The Fabrics are sturdy—they endure—the seams are tailored—

they hold—They contribute to his comfort—they add to his joy—

JACKETS SLACKS SHORTS JUMPERS CAPS SHIRTS RAINCOATS ete., ete., ete.

they are grand when he is trying to do a man's job—in a very trying world! And prices are pleasant to Pater's Purse!

P.S. Plaid Shirts (including Kaynee)

L. STRAUSS & C0., we. SECOND FLOOR

OFFICIAL OUTFITTERS SENIOR SCOUTS

BOY SCOUTS

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P. S. Plenty of Slacks (including Corduroys)