Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1943 — Page 17

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OCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION ASKED

Federal Board’s Recommendations. to Congress Follow Suggestions of National Resources Planning Group.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (U. P.).—The social security board recommends in its annual report to congress expansion

of the social security program as an anti-inflation. measure. The expansions recommended yesterday are the same as

those made a week ago by the national resources planning board’s post-war eco-

nomic plan.

The cost of the expanded program {8 not estimated in the report and no mention is made of the additional! taxes necessary to finance it. But social security board members recently have been making public statements that it would be necessary to increase the payroll levy to 10 per cent from the present 2 per cent level. Employers and employees would continue to split the tax between ‘them. In addition to citing the antiinflationary value of its proposal, the board said expansion is necessary to provide present and future protection for the people, to meet unemployment roblems, and to give the wage earner his “full money's worth.”

Eight Suggestions

The board's proposals are: 1. Extension of coverage to srl eultural, domestic, governmental

.and non-profit institution em-

yees and the Seii-empioyed, or every worker. . 2. Protection: of the insurance rights of those who were protected before entering the armed forces. 3. Reduction of the retirement age for women workers from 65 to 60, a like reduction in age for the wife of a retired worker and widows of {nsured workers, and benefits to a woman with children in her care, irrespective of her age. 4. Nationalization of unemployment compensation funds now administered by the state with federal assistance to insure adequate payments to unemployed workers in all states during the post-war readjustment period and to eliminate tax inequalities as between, competing employérs in different states.

Urge Dependency Basis

. B. Extension of the duration of unemployment benefit payments and standardize them throughout the country. It has been suggested that they be paid for at least 26 weeks to the unemployed. 6. Additional benefits for workers

A with dependents.

7. Permanent and temporary disability payments. 8. Hospitalization insurance. It also recommended that the present public assistance program be extended to cover all people not

eligible for other assistance. The

‘present. program covers only the needy aged, dependent children and the needy blind. The maximum limit on federal contributions for aid to dependent children would be increased or removed, and any dependent child, regardless of whether they lack a parent’s support, would be eligible.

Spent $474,000,000

The annual report of the board disclosed that expenditures for the fiscal year 1041-1942 totaled $474,100,000. ording to the report, made public late yesterday, $373,700,000, or 79 per cent of the total, represented advances to states for public assistance; $53,600,000, or 11.3 per cent, for employment security a tration; $17,600,000, or 3.7 ‘perétent, for administration of the U. S. employment service; and $28,200,000, or 59 per cent, for administrative expenditures of the board. Public assistance grants to states were $44,700,000, or 13.6 per cent,

5 above those of 1940-1941 and expen-

dituges for employment security administration in the state increased $7,200,000, or 11.5 per cent. State unemployment compensation laws covered an estimated 37,200,000 workers during calendar 1941 and more than 40,000,000 in 1942. . During fiscal 1941- 1942, $37,300,000 was paid in benefits to unemployed workers, or 14.3 per cent less than in the prior fiscal year, and 23 per cent below those of 1939-1940. The states had $2,900,000,000 available for benefits as of June 30, 19432, or $71.72 per worker with wage credits, compared with $65.89" per worker in the previous year.

KANSAS VOTES UNION CONTROL

Bill. Prohibits Sitdowns, Requires Annual Finan-

cial Reports.

TOPEKA, Kas., March 18 (U.P). —The Kansas senate early today passed in final form a bill prohibiting sit-down and Jurisdictional strikes, and requiring labor unions

to submit annual, financial reports to the secretary of state. The bill, one. of the first of its kind in the nation, was passed by the farmer-dominated senate, 28 to 7, and was to be sent to Governor Andrew Schoeppel for his signature later today. The senate gave legislative approval to the bill by concurring in house amendments after brief debate. The measure also restricts picketing insofar as it interferes with workers going to and from their jobs. Requires Agent Licenses

Another clause requires union business agents to obtain licenses. The bill provides that the yearly financial reports list salaries, wages and bonuses paid to union officers, and dues, fees and assessments collected from union members. The bill passed the house, 84 to 30, Tuesday night, but was amended to delete technical provisions which members felt might prove unconstitutional.

AUSTIN, Tex, March 18 (U. P.). —The labor committee of the Texas senate last night voted to recommend passage of a bill to regulate labor unions.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. March 18 (U. P.).—MisSouri labor leaders today approved the state senate’s vote killing a bill to require labor unions to file financial statemen with the state.

- DENVER, March 18 (U. P).—A bill to compel labor unions to incorporate and submit annual financial reports to the state was introduced in the Colorado house of representatives today after passing the senate.

JAP MERCHANT LOSS BIG NEW YORK, March 18 (U.P.).— [Japan has lost 14 per cent of her merchant shipping, Navy Secretary Knox said last night in pledging that “our purpose is to destroy the

Japanese navy.”

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WELFARE PROBE

Senators for 7-Member Commission Named By Dawson.

Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson today announced appointment of three senate members of the seven-mem-ber legislative commission that is to investigate the state welfare de-

partment during the next two years. They are Senator Arcada Balz (R. Indianapolis), Senator Samuel Johnson (R. Anderson) and Senator Leo J. Stemle (D. Jasper). The four other members of the commission are to be appointed by House Speaker . Hobart Creighton. The commission is to be composed of five Republicans and two Democrats. It is to study the operations of the welfare department and make corrective recommendations to the 1945 session.

Earlier Probe

The commission was created by a resolution passed by both Repub-lican-controlled houses following a short-term investigation of the department during the session by a five-member Republican commission. Passage of the resolution created the most fireworks of any measure going through the legislature. The Democrats charged that by providing for a two-year investigation commission the Republicans were creating a political propaganda weapon that could be used in the next election. The Republicans pointed out, however, that the commission could complete its work at any time it saw fit. The state welfare department is under Democratic control.

‘Safety’ Shoes Off Ration List

WASHINGTON, March 18 (U. P.).—Shoe rationing restrictions. were relaxed y to permit the purchasing of grain additional types of shoes without stamp 17. Shoes not now requiring stamps are: 1. “Safety” shoes (those used for health protection in special work) may be acquired through local ration boards by any person who has spent his stamp. 2. All sandals with open back and heels of less than 1% inches may be sold ration-free. (Previously only sandals with uppers made of fabric, imitation leather, etc., were ration-free.) 3. Certain shoes with soles made principally of rope, wood or other non-strategic materials.

METHODIST YOUTH RALLY TOMORROW

A world friendship rally of the Indjanapelis district - Methodist Youth lowship will be held at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Central Avenue Methodist church, Central ave. and 12th st. The principal speakers will be Dr.

retary of the Methodist board of missions and church extension, and Miss Thirza Bunce, a teacher in the Anglo-Chinese girls’ school at Ipoh, Malaya, until the Japanese con-

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Dr. Cox’s topic will be “Green Apples.” Miss Bunce will speak on “And What Have You?” The rally will include the singing of a group of fellowship songs, a prayer and a worship service, including a meditation, “Ye Are the Light,” directed by Mrs. Sexson E. Humphreys, counselor of the world friendship commission.

ARRANGE HINSLEY MASS FOR TUESDAY

LONDON, March 18 (U.P).—A solemn requiem mass will be held Tuesday for the late Arthur Cardinal Hinsley, who died yesterday after a two weeks illness, it was announced today. Canons of his Westminster archdiocese were expected to meet after the funeral to elect a vicar capitular pending the Vatican’s designation of a successor. Many Catholics believed 41-year-old David Mathew, bishop auxiliary since 1938 and widely-known intellectual, will be named Cardinal Hinsley's successor as archbishop of Westminster. Others suggest the Most Rev. Mgr. William Godfrey, apostolic delegate to Britain,

ADMIRAL ASKS SEA

AID FOR M’ARTHUR

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18 (U. P.).—Vice Admiral John Wills Greenslade, commandant of the 12th naval district and western sea frontier, said yesterday that Gen. Douglas MacArthur “could use and should have more sea support” for his land operations in the South Pacific. Admiral Greenslade, speaking before the Propeller club of San Francisco, said MacArthur needed additional naval support “for he is confined to the shore and must

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'SEVERSKY-IZE EM IN DAYLIGHT’

Plane Designer Says War Can Be Won With Air

Power.

Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky, noted Russian-American plane designer, believes that the war can be won and won quickly by concentrated offensive air power.

“The axis in Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific can be cracked in three months apiece once the shift is made to concentrated air attacks,” he said in an interview yesterday. “But from the time the mind is made up it will take two years to do it. The preparation period takes time. “If it takes us 100 years to make up our mind, then the war will last 102 years.”

A ‘Large Order’

To do the job against the enemy “Seversky” fashion, it will be necessary to stage 1000-plane raids several times a week, using four-en-gined bombers capable of carrying 10 tons of explosives. It will further entail having a complement of 5000 such bombers, with 1000 replacements monthly. Maj. Seversky sides with the point of view ‘of high American authorities that Yankee bombings ‘should be daylight affairs. A controversy is now raging among the allied powers that we should switch to night operations, as both England and Germany have found daylight sweeps too costly.

Need New Equipment

“We are right in our efforts,” said Maj. Seversky, “but we are trying to do the job with equipment not designed for the task. To do the good job our planes need heavier armament to operate with immunity and impunity; they must be faster, and they must have a greater bomb ‘load capacity.” “We are doing a good job in the Pacific with our tactics at present because the( standards of enemy equipment are lower. But when we try to knock out Japan we must change. “The same methods as against Europe are applicable, but the planes must be capable of a 3000mile radius or a total of 8000 miles. And they can be built.” Later in the evening, Major Seversky spoke before the Contemporary club in the War Memorial building

ATTORNEY FINED IN CONSPIRACY CASE

WASHINGTON, March 18 (U. P.). —A defense attorney was fined $10 for contempt of court yesterday during hearings on the government's indictment of 33 persons and one newspaper for conspiracy to undermine the morale of the armed forces.

imposed the fine on John S. Wise, attorney for Robert S. Edmondson, for calling the indictment “crooked” and using the word “skunk.” Wise later retracted his remarks and Adkins remitted the fine. E. H. Jackson, counsel for Gerald Winrod of Wichita, Kas., termed the second count of the indictment “a witches’ cauldron with many poisonous ingredients to throw the defendants into hopeless confusion.” The second count accuses the defendants of committing various overt conspiratorial acts between 1240 and 1943.

"LABORATORY PLANNED WASHINGTON, March 17 (U. P). —Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes has designated Albany, Ore. as the location for a new $500,000 electro-metallurgical laboratory to be constructed by the bureau of mines, it was learned today. -

By FRANK HEWLETT United Press Staff Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, March 18 (U. P.).—Lieut. Gen. Rob=ert L. Eichelberger, a lanky, tough soldier of 57, mounted the stand Io] look over American troops who

chased the Japanese out of Papuan New Guinea a few weeks

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1 STEP NEARER,

Giraud’s Repeal of Vichy ~ Decrees Removes

Obstacle.

ALGIERS, March 18 (U.P.).—The Giraud government's sweeping repeal of anti-Jewish and other Vichy-imposed decrees was believed today to have removed the last obstacles to a union of French North Africa with the Fighting French. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head of the Fighting French, was expected to arrive here soon for unity conversations with Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, civil and military commander of Algeria, Morocco, French West Africa and those sections of Tunisia not occupied by the axis. Giraud’s decrees and orders were

¢rimination in North Africa. They declared null and void all decrees and laws issued by the Vichy government since the French-German armistice on June 22, 1940.

275,000 Jews Affected

In effect, Giraud returned French North Africa to the laws and principles of the third republic. He provided establishment of a commission to determine whether acts which were only provisionally invalidated shall be maintained. The commission will be “guided by whether or not they are in con-

‘|formity with the principles” of the

third republic. Its work will be particularly in connection with restoration of Jewish businesses. The racial laws had affected between 265,000 and 275,000 Jews in North Africa. These include approximately 100,000 Jews in Algeria, with 23 to 3 per cent of them European Jews; 50,000 to 55,000 native Jews in Tunisia plus 7000 French or European Jews, 4000 to 5000 Italian Jews and 110,000 Jews, virtually all natives, in Morocco. Government officials said the over-all purpose of Giraud’s decrees was to restore pre-armistice laws

assemblies will be restored with the same personnel as before the armistice.

FRENCH GUERRILLAS (CAUSE LANDSLIDES

LONDON, March 18 (U. PP). — French patriot forces retreated deeper into the snow-covered Savoy Alps today, sending boulders and landslides crashing down the mountain slopes in the path of a heavily armed Italian column moving against them. Reports from the Swiss frontier said the guerrillas had split into small units placed at strategic points along the winding mountain road leading into the Thonon area.’ These reports told of one tremendous landslide believed started by guerrilla dynamiters. to have reached such proportions that families living in the foothills had to evacuate their homes. The Italian column, which included Vichy militia, was said to have been stalled by the guerrilla tactics. London radio, quoting. Swiss reports, said occupation authorities were trying to exert pressure on the patriots by arresting large numbers of hostages.

—But the Horse Has Four Legs

BLANDING, Utah, March 18 (U. P.).—Cowboys in this desert farming area knew the answer to-. day to their 20-year argument over the relative endurance of men and horses. The consensus of the cowboys was that a horse could cover twice the ground in 24 hours that a man could. Leland Shumway, 26, a vanadium miner, was willing to bet that the wise money should be on the man, Shumway organized a bet against a horse and rider and the endurance contest was run yesterday. Shumway started from Blanding and ran and walked in the direction of Bluff, Utah. The horse and rider started at the same time. They were to continue for 24 hours. Shumway, however, gave up this morning at the end of 20 hours and conceded the horse had won. He was sick while the horse and its rider, Clarence Perkins, still were going strong. Shumway had covered 65 miles while the horse did even better than its sponsors had hoped—it covered 140 miles.

AUXILIARY VESSEL LOST LONDON, March 18 (U. P.).—The auxiliary vessel, HMS Fidelity, commanded by a member of the Fighting French forces, has been lost, an

admiralty communique announced today, :

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(Tiny ter Rams and Sinks Big U-Boat, ;

- Chases A way 5 Others Attacking Convoy

WASHINGTON, March 18 (U. P). —This is the story of the roast

guard cutter Campbell that sighted

sub and sank same.

convoy “kill.” And it is the story of a game ship and a game commander who siood by each other despite painful bittle wounds and lived to fight again, The Campbell's peacetime history is a prosaic one, except perhaps for that occasion back in 1939 when it was her lot to fire a 21-gun sshite

in honor of the British king and]: queen and to escort their ship into §

New York hartor.

But in 12 danger packed hours in the icy North Atlantic about tliree weeks ago, the Campbell stored up

at ic ating all racial dis. ghough glory for the lifetime of any| |

Dp. : During that half-day’: period, the Campbell rammed and sank a huge German submarine and dropped a savage depth charge barrage that forced five other submarines to seek the refuge of the deep. The story of the Campbell’s adventures begins with her assignment

+ It is the story of a ship, dedicated in peace to the saving of life at sea,| i holding at bay a wolf pack of i(Fer-|: man submarines on the stent »f a

By that time the Campbell was close to the convoy and ready to

bell bored in for the attack. Hit{ting on a straight course for the : | Gérman raider, the Campbell struck {it a glancing blow. As the Campbell pulled clear, her guns, firing a || point-blank range, blasted holes in the hull and superstructure of the submarine, A moment later the : |submarine submerged permanently. The navy, in telling that story of the Campbell, revealed that the ship suffered a 12-foot gash in her hull | below. the waterline. The engine {|[room was quickly flooded and her E | electrical system went dead. : Her skipper, Comm. James A. 7 Hirshfield of San Antonio, Tex., i |who was wounded by a piecé of | Jicocheting metal, ordered the ship lightened. At about that time, the

scene and removed four officers and 100 enlisted men.

Comm. bell was towed to a United States

to leave a mdin convoy and Investigate the suspected presence of a submarine pack. She scoured the sea for a distance of 25 miles ¢nd then started back for her place in the convoy. But on the way, she encountered an enemy submiarine on the surf:ce. Wisely, the submarine crash-dove. The Campbell dropped a pattern of depth charges to make sure the enemy stayed down and resumed her course. A moment later a corvette signaled

that it was engaging another submarine and the Campbell lurned off to her assistance.

the surface. as the Campbell dropped deadly explosives. :

course and a fourth submarine appeared like the others, it found it expedient to submerge quickly.

James Hirshfield. . East coast port by a tiny tug which had plowed its way to the stricken ship through 800 miles of open sea without an escort.

REINFORCE SPANISH MOROCCO

BERN, March 18 (CDN).—A Berlin dispatch to today’s Neue Zuercher Zeitung, citing a Nazi war cor-

A third submarine showed up on, It madly sought depth

Again the Campbell resumed its tary activity in Spanish Morocco where numerous new divisions recently have been sent from the homeland.

A fifth submarine came within

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