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SGT. EUGENE BENDER of Stroudsburg, Pa. is . the company first sergeant. He is short and curlyheaded, and has a’ thin black moustache. When I first saw him, he was sitting on a C-ration box, getting a between-battles haircut from a soldier barber.
“You don't write news stories, do you?” the ser-
geant asked. I'told him no, that I just sort of tried to write What it was like over here, and didn't even especially look for hero stories, since there were so many guys who were heroes without their being any stories to it. “That's good,” the sergeant said. “Hero stories are all right, but they don't give people at home the whole picture. You read a story in America of something terrific a guy does over here, and his folks think that happens to him every day. “Now take me. Once I was on patrol and was
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T THE CITY POST-WAR planning committee is getting ready to conduct a city-wide survey among private property owners to learn just what improvements they expect to make when the war's over. The committee feels there's a big backlog of such work— » new homes, painting, redecorating, remodeling—that will provide jobs for thousands. of returning service “men and also for war workers during the conversion period. With an estimate of the manhours to be required by work on private property, and by industry, the committee will be in ‘better shape to estimate the amount of public works that will be necessary to avoid a post-war depression. . . . Incidentally, the committee has grown until it and its subcommit-
|| tees now comprise 104 members. . . . Ray M. Souder,
secretary of the Indiana Implement Dealers’ association, will leave here in May to take a similar job i with the Texas association. . , . Pvt. Carl Henschen of The Times’ adyertising department has been trans-
ferred from Ff. Harrison to Sheppard field, Tex. He's | in the air corps. .', . Every once in a while an operator ll on one of the street railway vehicles decides to start I calling off the streets in a loud voice. Whenever
that happens on the Northwestern trolley, passengers usually get a laugh as he calls out one certain street, It's Alifree st. Invariably, some passenger, quips: “Gosh, he ought {0 give my fare
back, If it's ail free.” Don’t Be That Way—
NOW THAT IT COSTS 3 cents to mail a letter right here in town, we offer the thought that 3 cents [1s a lot of money to waste on anonymous letters. ; There has been a recent epidemic of unsigned epistles. We don't mind reading them, but that's as far as it | Boes. We can't accept the information contained
k Don’t Be Fooled
AKRON, O, April 3—Our gigantic new synthetic fubber industry this year will produce more general service synthetic—the kind of which automobile tires are made--than the greatest tonnage of natural rubber ever used up to 1941. In addition, we are importing substantial quantities of hevea rubber from South America and Africa, some guayule rubber from Mexico, and, probably a little cryptostegia rubber from Haiti. Why, then, can't you and I go to a neighborhood service station and buy & set of tires to replace the ones that are geiting dangerously thin? Why must we still - hold down to the annoying “Vie--tory speed,” and take other precautions to assure that our tires shall give maximum wear? I posed these questions to two men who ought to
know, if anybody does. They were John IL. Collyer,
president, and Dr. Howard Fritz, director of research or the B. PF. Goodrich Company, who have had at least as much experience with synthetic as any tire manufacturers. Part of the answer has to be off the record, because ‘It involves information which it would be better to let Herr Hitler continue to wonder about. But I think I can report enough to answer the questions reasonably well.
May Lose Key Men
IN THE first place, as of today there isn’t enough - Tubber to supply the nation’s normal demand. The program is just getting into swing. The great bulk of the year's production will come later, when—sometime between Labor day and Christmas—the whole of the 900,000-ton-a-year installation gets into full use, In the second place, we do not have enough machinery to utilize the rubber that will come out of: the synthetic progsam. The rubber companies are spending $75,000,000 of their own money to provide’ the needed utilization equipment, but it will be some time before their new plants are ready for full use. In the third place, there is a manpower shortage. The rubber companies already are digging the bottom
My Day
WASHINGTON, Sunday, April 2.—~Now let me tell you more about my visit to Brazil. Not far from Recife, Vice Adm. Ingram has established a recreation center where our navy men, who 80 out to sea in the smaller craft which do the really
trips, The building was already
has been adapted to their use, I think it was to have been a hospital and therefore there are some beautiful sundecks from which you get a view of a lovely countryside all ? |
Inside Indianapolis By Lowel! Nussbaum
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than natural rubber requires, which is one reason
hard patrol and convoy work, can . spend two or three days between
there when our men arrived and .
“What do you mean, raft?” I asked, So Sgt. 3 Mainente told me. i In weni 10 the It seems the bottom of his foxhole Was covered the sergeant
with water, like everybody else's. So saved up wooden C-ration boxes, and night :
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hair is beginning can tell by his manner of ‘deeply about things. We got to talking about soldiers who battle or before; the ones who think they're sick and report in to the medi exhaustion cases, I personally have great sympathy for battle neurosis cases, but some of the, soldiers themselves don't have. For example, Sgt. Adams was telling how some of the replacements, after.only. a few hours under fire, will go to the company command and say: “Captain, I can’t take it. I just can’t take it.” That makes Sgt. Adams’ blood boil. He said to me, “They can't take it? Well, what the hell do they think the rest of us stay here for, because we like it?” And it's that spirit, I guess, that wins wars.
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therein for publication. If you don't trust us enough to sign your name, how can you expect us to trust ‘you enough to accept your statements? Yours for more letters--all of them signed. . . . Mrs. Josephine Jennings, 1928 Adams st, who has five sons in the armed forces, visited the Red Cross the other day and gave her ninth blood donation, One more and she'll have given two for each of her boys. The sons are ; in Africa, and Robert, in the South Pacific, both in the navy; and Melvin, in England, Delmer, in Shelby, Miss, and Milburn, in Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Jennings is an inspector plant. , . . By the way, just as a Red Cross donors, don't forget and go . of C. building to give blood. The blood bank has been moved, effective today, to the Tth floor of the Board of Trade building.
Dark of the Moon
C. C. BRUNING of the Union Trust Co. is one of those fellows who likes to get things done with a minimum of delay. Recently he went home (5245 Park ave.) and found that a half dozen rosebushes he had ordered had arrived. It was almost dark when he got there, but he couldn't wait to get them planted. He got on his old clothes and set them out that evening. Next day he discovered he had three of them upside down. . . , Mention recently of a reader whose birthday comes tomorrow, April 4, 1944, which can be written 4-4-44, brought word of several others. For instance, Carol Jean Wilson, R. R. 20, Box 854, and Judith Ann Harmon, 29 N. Wallace, will be 4 on
Caps, will be 18 that day. . . . Errett S. Wilkerson, 1644 College, says that mention of the date reminds him of the year 1911. He remembers that as a bill clerk for the B. & O. railroad in Norwood, O., he wrote numerous waybills on Nov. 11 with eight straight lines: 11-11-11. He signs his letter: “Yours for odd and peculiar dates, and many of them.”
By S. Burton Heath
out of the barrel. They are threatened with the loss of thousands of
key men through the new. draft regulations, :
In the fourth place—and here I have to remain vague—military use and the demands of our allies have grown enormously and still are increasing. These, naturally, have first priority. Behind them come tires
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MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1944
Virtually Assured of Nomination. Three Republican incumbent
congressmen and five candidates for the Democratic nomination for
FIRST DISTRICT mT, Aon Tut , Otte G. eld o rown . on P. Schutz of Gary and Samuel W.
Cullison of Gary. ' Democrat—Ray J. Madden. of Gary. SECOND DISTRICT Republiean—Charles A. Halleck of Rens se . ‘ Deméderat—Joseph C. Major of Monticello and James Otis Cox of Valparaiso. THIRD DISTRICT Wbtlean Robert Ax Gran of South and Herman W, Voges Eien art a
Vv Hagert A Plymouth acd th Bend.
Replicas _Ceorge W. Gillie of Ft Wayne and Stale tor Roger Phelphs, Ft. Wayne. . == Howard B. Minier of Ft. Wayne and Robert W. Bushee of Ossian. FIFTH DISTRICT " n—Oscar B. Smith of PFrankfon Tet A. Harness of Kokomo and Willard 1. Hamilton of Prankfort. ri ames N. Pugiers of Anderson, James V. Kent Jr. Hillisburg, Edith Griswold of Peru, Charles W. Eaton of Tipton, Olin R. Holt of Kokomo and Bennett H. Rockey of Sharpsville. SIXTH DISTRICT RT liean— Nobis J. Johnson of Terre ute, Democrat —Olis G. Jamison of Terre
Haute, : SEVENTH DISTRICT
Republican—Gerald P. Landis of Linton and James F. Miller of Edinburg. Arthur H. Greenwood of
Washington, Dr. Ofto. A. Noland f a 3 ‘ and of Bloomington and John L. Adams of Vincennes. . EIGHTH DISTRICT Republican—Charles M. La Polletie of Branaville and Chester V. lorsh of New any. Demoerat—Ben P. Garland inghurg, Charles J. Eichel of and flliam Emerson Rogers Albany,
of Haunt Evansville of New NINTH DISTRICT Republican—Ear! Wilson of Huron. 5 Democrat—George W. Elliott of Rising un. 10TH DISTRICT
Republican—Raymond 8. Springer of Connersville and Randall 8.
armon of Muncie. Democrat—Sidney E. Baker of New
11TH DISTRICT
Repu! =T, Ernest Maholm of Indianapelis; J. C. Cartwright of Indianapolis, Ralph E. Updike of Indianapolis, Ward B. Hiner of Indianapolis, Edward D. Lewis of Indianapolis, Charles Alfred Huff of Indianapolis, Judson L. Stark of Indianapolis « Edmund John
Rocker of Indianapolis. - Demecrat—Louis Ludlow of Indianapolis ————————————
George W. Burton Seeks State Post
BINGO! George W. Burton, 2634 S. East st. declared himself to be against all forms of gambling but bingo in announcing his candidacy for state representative on the Democratic ticket. “I think the people in Marion county should be able to play bingo without being arrested,” he said. “I am also for a five-cent streetcar and bus fare in the city and public ownership of the utilities.” Mr. Burton, 25, is the father of three.
‘Commander From "|. Here Is Retiring
Rep. Louls|
COL. CHARLES 0. WARFEL of | Indianapolis, commanding officer of troops and executive officer of the Spokane army air field in
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who is 60, has served at the Spokane base since Decémber, 1942. His home COL Warfell is at 3553 Guilford ave. A veteran of Indiana's national guard and world war I, he has served at Ft. Harrison and Ft. Knox, Ky., and specialized in army supply at the army war college. He was district commander of the American Legion here and prominent in Masonic circles before he returned to active duty,
START 5TH BOND ‘DRIVE JUNE 12
State Has Record Goal of $300,000,000; Leaders Hold Parley Today.
Bond chairmen of 22 industrial counties met today at the Claypool hotel to lay the groundwork for the fifth war loan drive which has a goal of $300,000,000. Eugene C. Pulliam, in announcing the drive which will be from June 12 to July 8 said that the $300,000,000 goal was the largest ever to be set for Indiana. Meetings for agricultural counties will be held tomorrow at Lafayette and Ft. Wayne, Wednesday at the Columbia club and Thursday in Washington and Madison. Securities to be sold under the direction of the state war finance committee are series E war bonds, series F and G savings bonds, series C savings notes; 2': per cent and 2 per cent bonds, 1'%4 per cent notes and % per cent certificates. All bonds purchased after June 1 will be counted toward the quota. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr, in announcing the $16,000,000,000 national quota, said: “Goals were set high because the nation’s treasury must borrow a great deal of money this year to keep the war going.” . . A major emphasis will be put on sales to individuals, and during the period from June 12 to 26 only sales to individuals will be reported by the state committee. Payroll savings from June 1 to July 31 will be credited,
THOMAS WILLIAMS DIES AT HOME HERE
CITY COUNCIL FACES FIGHT ON PATRONAGE
Mayor Challenged. -
A bitter "administration-council contest loomed today over the city council's attempt to strip Mayor Tyndall of certain patronage powers and redelegate them to City Clerk Frank J. Noll Jr. Corporation Counsel “Sidney 8S. Miller, in an opinion on the measure, introduced last month, termed the maneuver “void and objectionable.” In the ordinance the city council attempts to vest in Clerk Noll the privilege of appointing four attorneys who would recodify all city ordinances since 1925. This action came after the council disputed with Mayor Tyndall over prospective appointees to the codification jobs. In his lengthy opinion Mr. Miller cited numerous statutes specifically delegating all city appointive powers to Mayor Tyndall and added:
States Objection
“This ordinance is clearly an effort on the part of the legislative body of the city to usurp the powers of the executive and by so doing the city council attempts to clothe the city clerk with certain powers which the counci} does not possess; it further attempts to enlarge the statutory powers of the clerk.” Referring to a state law covering powers of the city council, Mr. Miller continued, “There is no provision in this act empowering the council to make any appointment such as is indjcated in this ordinance. You will note that the council can only require an executive or administrative function to be performed by the proper executive department. . +» « The statutes do not include the city clerk's office as a department or the clerk as an executive of the city.” A hot debate on the’ controversial
ordinance is expected at tonight's
city council session.
ITCC Evacuates 160,000 Soldiers
MORE THAN 160,000 wounded and sick allied servicemen were evacuated by the troop carrier command throughout the world last year, Col. Ralph T. Steyenson, ITCC air surgeon at Stout field, said today. Only 11 persons died in flight, he said. He reported that aircraft reduced to one hour a difficult problem in evacuation in Africa that had required. 22 hours by train, .
Thomas J. Williams, 1646 Arrow ave, today complained of feeling! ill. | His wife, Mrs. Helen D. Williams,| hurried to the corner drugstore for! medicine. When she returned, he| was dead. He had ‘been ill with
asthma, {
Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James Wolf,
MISS MERLE SITTON | NAMED TO FHA POST
Miss Merle L. Sitton,
for trucks, buses and essential civilian use, including | passenger cars which are contributing directly to the war, program, The greatest pre-war usage is not even an approximate gauge of the amount of rubber we critically Hout now, before any of us non-essentials can be considered.
Bottleneck in Textiles
IN THE fifth place, theré is a bad bottleneck in the cotton and rayon textiles which are as important, in building tires, as is rubber. There again plant, materials and manpower shortages contribute to the tire-makers’ difficulties. . And, finally, if the lid were lifted, and we Sunday drivers were permitted to step out and buy tires when, as and if we chose, the demand would not be normal.” It would be grossly excessive. There has been built up, during these years when we are restricted, such a large backlog of cars needing comTete re-tiring that it will have to be supplied gradWhen the rubber problem was “solved” by provision of “sufficient plants” for making synthetic the tire problem remained unsolved for months to come. Among the elements in this picture is the fact that synthetic Tubber requires m more machinery and manpower for its ‘fabrication into consumer items
why it has been necessary to increase the fabrication plant so greatly, and which contributes to the manpower shortage. So don’t be fooled by the apparent solution of the rubber problem. Don’t feel that somebody is deliberately holding out on you. Tires still constitute an unavoidable major bottleneck, and will continue to do so at least through 1944. ;
By Eleanor Roosevelt
In Recife, we drove along the docks, and the length of that drive gave one an idea of the amount of shipping activity there. When we came to one of our cruisers, Rear Adm. Read and I went aboard. It was a great chance for me to see this men, who have done such valiant work. They had painted on her side three swastikas, which means three German ships sunk. You will remember reading about this in the papers some time ago. : Later, we drove to the plaza to review some Brazillan army units. They went h a delightful { drill. © Then, with great fervor in Portuguese, the quite appropriate for any
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Orvil R. Olmsted, regional director] of the federal public housing au-! thority, said today. : Miss Sitton ‘has been a member of the management staff for the federal public housing authority war housing project in Connersville for nearly two years. Prior to joining the FPHA's staff, she was with the office of the, Home Owner's Loan corp, in Indianapolis for seven years.
VETERANS OFFERED FREE INSTRUCTION
NEW YORK, April 3 (U. P).— Free tuition in the Columbia university school of engineering will be offered during the spring term to qualified men and women discharged from the armed. forces, Dr, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the university, announced today. This plan, limited to applicants unable to carry the cost themselves, “is Hesigned to bridge over an emergency period in education,” Butler said- .
HATFIELD IN RACE FOR LEGISLATURE
Announcement of his candidacy for- the Republican nomination for state representative: from Marion county has heen made by Harry D. Hatfield, Indianapolis attorney. Mr. Hatfield said that if elected he would make every effort to “help pass efficient and wholesome laws.” He is & member of the Downey Avenue Christian church, Mystic Tie Masonic lodge and Sigma Delta
TWO POST-WAR ROA MEETINGS PLANNED
Two conferences have Indiana cities
state representative from Marion county.
office before.
British authorities last night lifted the curfew which was ordered in Jerusalem, Tel March 24 after a series of disorders
and three sons, Thomas, Martin and James Williams. Services will be conducted ‘at 2
Treop ships contributed considerably to the tactical success of every major land offensive by helping keep overland roads clear for movements, he said.
RAYMOND F. MURRAY SEEKS SENATE POST
Raymond F. Murray, Indianapolis attorney, who was the Democratic nominee for prosecuting attorney
former p. m. Wednesday at the Jordan fu= here in 1926 and 1928, has filed for Anderson resident, has been ap-qReral home, 1550 Brookside ave.|the Democratic nomination for state
Burial will be in Washington park.| senator from Marion county.
He was 59 and worked at the]
SIEGEL ANNOUNCES FOR LEGISLATURE
Milton Siegel, Indianapolis attor- | ney, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for
Although active in G. O. P. affairs, Mr. Siegel has never sought public He lives at 5665 Winthrop ave,
LIFT PALESTINE CURFEW JERUSALEM, April 3 (U, P).—
Aviv and Haifa
resulted in the deaths of nine British constables. , i
DETAIL FOR TODAY Mail Call
" MAIL CALL is the most important event of every soldier's
day. If the folks back home |creased 583 per cent in the last|crease of 3 per cent. could witness but one month, eR 1 a CALL, they probably would fin- | However, faywalkers are stm], "0% *) Provement in motor J every single | getting away with thelr law-break-| hs, the: Scouts: counted to hear a |ing. ; : vers - turning right or left into This is what 40 Boy Scouts found | BedsStrian Wafflc, 4 decrease e downtown ares in connection|°f 963.
corner to whistle down pedestrians ho Want 10 of fale ma nom there were 3237. This was a de-
Mr. Murray said he would stand
squarely on the platform of his party and that if elected he would work for economy and efficiency in | government,
A special agent of Secretary of
| | War Newton D. Baker during the
first world war, Mr. Murray has been engaged in the practice of law here since 1912. He enlisted as a private in the 821st aviation squadron, being promoted to the rank of sergeant major. {
BOMBERGER, LAWYER OF HAMMOND, TO TALK
Louden L. Bomberger, Hammond, chairman of the judicial selection and tenure committee of the Indiana State Bar association, will speak at the Indianapolis association dinner at 6:15 p. m. Wednesday at the Columbia club. He will discuss a plan for taking the selection of judges out of politics.
DENTAL COURSES SET Dean William H. Crawford of the
Indiana university dentist school in Indianapolis today was invited by Michigan health authorities to conduct a series of refresher courses under a program to improve dental practice in the state.
Charles Roush
Seeks Election
IN ANNOUNCING his candidacy for the nomination of sheriff on the Republican ticket, Charles (Chick) Roush said he. was asking the public to nominate a man “absolutely free of the tradi- on tional smoke~ ; filled back room political bosses’ . control.” : Mr, Roush, 353, lives at 1612 Brookside ave. He served in the Aero : squadron in @ France during the : last’ war and was = aul wounded, : If nominated = Mr. Roush and elected, he said he would give the public an efficient, vigorous and businesslike administration. He is now .a defense worker at Allison's. He is a member of the American Legion and the 101 Bible class of the Baptist church.
PHELPS FILES AGAINST GILLE
4th District - Congressman Challenged as Late
Entries Arrive.
G. O. P. Congressman George W. Gille of Ft. Wayne drew opposition in his bid to win renomination from the fourth district, it was learned today, when the declaration of candidacy of ' State - Senator Charles A. Phelps reached the statehouse. Declarations of candidacy, mailed before the deadline Saturday night, were pouring into the secretary of state’s office today. @ Among Marion county residents filing Saturday were Superior Court Judge Judson L. Stark for the Republican nomination for congress in the 11th district, and Joseph O. Hoffman, 2017 N. Pennsylvania st. for the Democratic nomination of circuit judge here.
Other Late Filings
Late Republican filings for nomination for state representative were Harold W. Geisel, 3734 Ruckle st.; James A. Angelo, 3738 N. Illinois st.; Harry D. Hatfield, 5033 E. New York st.; Milton Siegel, 5665 Winthrop ave.; O, Hayes Mendenhall, 1437 Park ave, and Frank R. Beckwith, 1935 Bellefontaine st. Democrats filing for state senator were Raymond F. Murray, 2422 Guilford ave.; E. Louis Moore, 813 W. 20th st, and Robert E. Kirby, 4352 Broadway. Democrats filing for giate representative were Herbert C. Wadsworth, R. R. 14, Box 545; Lee A. Miles, 2428 Martindale ave.; Keith L. Johns, 39 W. 46th st.: Joe A. Williams, 114 W. Gimber st.: Arthur Lee Reeves, R. R. 4, Box 104, and Frank B. Dowd, 1558 Carrollton ave. Republicans filing for state senator were Frank E. Miller, 2407 Persaway st., and Carl D. Hill, 1109 W. 20th st.
LOCAL DOG JUDGED WINNER IN TOLEDO
Champion Personal Appeal of Kelkerry, Kerry Blue terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kelly of Carmel and Indianapolis, was judged best dog in show at the Seneca’ Kennel club show in Toledo,
O., last Saturday. At the Toledo Kennel club show yesterday, in which another Indiana dog, the pointer Ch, Moscow's Moonbeam, owned by Mr. and Mrs. James O. Garman of Evansville, was best in show, the local Kerry
Blue was best terrier.
There were 550 dogs entered in the Senecd show and 638 in the
Toledo Kennel club show,
HAROLD 0. BURNETT SEEKS STATE POST
Harold Otis Burnett, R. R. 6, Box 338, a tax consultant, has filed for the Republican nomination for state representative. He is a life-long resident of Perry township and attended Southport high school and the University of Michigan. He has been active in Republican politics here for many years and is now serving as precinct
committeeman. .
DESTROYER CREW CITED WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.).— The U, S. destroyer O’'Banon has been awarded the presidential.unit citation for its outstanding performance in combat against the Japanese during the 12 months from Oct. 7, 1942 to Oct. 7, 1943, the navy
announced today.
Pedestrian Violations of
Traffic Rules Record Drop
- With policemen perched on every
They found 3135 persons guilty
of jaywalking, while .the last time
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Court Says Party Ballot. Controlling Factor in
Texas Election.
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P). —The supreme court ruled today, 8 to 1, that Negroes have a cone stitutional right to vote in state primary elections, The court's opinion was delivered by Justice Stanley Reed. Justice Owen J. Roberts dissented.
The ruling specifically involved the right of Negroes to vote in Texas Democratic primaries. Lonnie E. Smith, a Houston Negro, charged that the Democratic party in Texas has been denying suffrage to Negroes in violation of the federal: constitution “solely because of race and color.”
Sues Election Judges
Smith sued two Harris county election judges who, he charged, refused to accept his ballot as a qualified voter in 1940 Democratic primaries for the nomination of federal, state and local officers. Smith asked for damages and a declaratory judgment affirming the right of Negroes to vote in Texas primaries. The federal district court at Houston rejected Smith's arguments on the grounds that the Texas primaries were ‘political party affairs” and not subject to federal control. The federal appeals court at New Orleans also upheld the local election officials—S. E. Allright and James E. Liuzza. The dispute was twice argued before the supreme court. Attorneys for Smith contended that the Texas primaries were not only an integral part, but the controlling factor in elections, and that to deny Negroes participation was to deny them the right to vote. The state of Texas participated when the case was argued the second time. Assistant Texas Attorney General George W. Barcus asserted that the constitution gives the white Democrats of Texas the privilege to assemble and choose the membership of a political party or any other organization for the furtherance of their beliefs,
Changes Own Ruling
Reed, in announcing today's decision, said the court overruled its own previous doctrine that the
ganization had the right to make rules on who should vote in the Texas primaries. The state itself, the court held then, had made no law violating constitutional voting rights of Negroes. Reed said the court was now exercising its established power to re-examine constitutional questions “where correction depends: on amendment and not upon legislative action.” « Since its former decision, Reed said, the court has decided that primaries are a part of federal eleci tions and therefore subject to fed eral control. This ruling was handed down in a Louisiana case.
WATER WORKS GROUP TO MEET APRIL 13, 14
Problems of Indiana water works men and municipal officials will be discussed at the 37th annual meeting of the state section of the American Water Works association April 13 and 14 at the Antlers hotel. The conference will be held with the state health board. S. B. Morris, Stanford, Cal, national association president, will address the Thursday luncheon, The recent northern Indiana typhoid fever epidemic, the stream pollution situation, the 1943 floods and post-war city planning will be under discussion. H. W, Niemeyer, Indianapolis, is chairman of the Indiana section.
PERIOD AT PURDUE
Registration has been extended to Friday for the spring term of Pure due university Technical Institutes which began today at the center, 902 N. Meridian st. Twenty-two classes arc still open in chemistry, drafting, inspection, industrial management, accounting, mathematics, production control, personnel relations, principles of simple machines, elements of elec tricity and industrial English.
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