Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1944 — Page 2
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Moral of Election Hearings: _ State Laws Need Going- Over|
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feller out in the sticks tell when a telegram with your name signed to
The. hearing failed to un- it is official or unofficial,” shot back
sarth any sensational charges that |genator Stewart.
hadn't already been flung at each | The Tennessee solon also clashed | other by Republicans and Demo- with Edwin Steers,
Republican
crats. The formal quiz itself Was, ...er of the Democratic-con-
an anti-climax.
trolled state election board... When
There were few exciting: mo- Mr, Steers declared he thought Sen-
ments. Show Over? o Although it appearedsthat the big
ator Stewart was “confused,” thé senator reddened with indignation.
“Rabbit Tracks”
top had been dismantled, the:e Was| «well; let's follow your little rabno certainty that the show Was|pit tracks for a while, and we'll see
completely over,
U. 8. District Attorney Howard |
who's confused,” he blurted. Eleventh District G. O. P. Chair-
OQaughran said he would awalt/man James L. Bradford also stepped conclusions of the senate campaign |out of a tight got with the greafest
expenditures committee before deciding whether any formal prosecution is warranted,
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of ease, Bradford was asked what he mores by pre-election statement the Repulticans won the elec-
" scores of complaints from persons t@n when we put Carroll Kramer charging that they were prevented and George Johnson in charge of
from voting because their names were not on official registration
lists. . Emmert Is Candid
One of the highlights of the senate hearing came when a politician displayed rare candor by admitting that he actually had played politics. This was State Atty. Gen. James Emmert, who conceded that his telegraphic instructions to county election boards on Nov. 6 were “pure political — just like Governor Bchricker’s.” Mr. Emmert offered a scorching reply to Senator Tom Stewart's previous reference to him as “an officious ass.” §
Core of Examination
With an icy glare, Mr. Emmert, on the witness stand, told Senator Stéwart that he wouldn't stand by and permit either state or federal officials to mistreat Hoosiers. Much of the examination conducted by Senators Stewart (D. Tenn.) and Joseph Ball (R. Minn.) revolved around whether challenged voters should have been allowed to cast ballots by submitting afidavits, Governor Schricker and the Democratic-controlled state election board contended that this was permissible. Mr. Emmert said no. He said voters should be made to obtain certificates of error from county clerks.
Aims at “Bullseye”
“When I get in a political fight, I generally aim for the bullseye,” the attorney general told the senatorial sub-committee. “I got a late start in this one, but I finished fast.” For 30 minutes he and Senator Stewart dualled verbally over the Indiana election laws, Mr. Emmert sald his telegrams to each of the 92 counties telling authorities to “ignore” the election board's approval of affidavit voting was “an unofficial opinion.” “How in the world can a little fe
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the election machinery.” Mr. Kramer is Republican fourth ward chairman and Mr. Johnson secretary of the Republican county committee. “TI simply meant that we would have an honest election, gpd that, consequently the Republicans would win,” countered Mr. Bradford. “The Democrats have been stealing elections »round here for years.”
The “Brushofr”
One feature of the senate election investigation was given the “brushoff” at-the public hearing. This was | the much-publicized probe of Sena-tor-elect Homer Capehart's campaign expenses, Mr, Capehart wasn't mentioned, even Indirectly. . Senators Stewart and Ball returned to Washington yesterday. Harold Buckles, chief of the senate investigative staff, will remain in Indianapolis for a few days. } The huge stack of transcribed testimony and certified statements | accumulated durihg the investigas tion will be examined by the senate campaign expenditures committee to determine whether a full committee hearing. is advisable, It appeared doubtful whether a decision on this matter would be announced séon. By resolution, the current campaign expenditures committee’'s tenure has been extended for two months, Mr. Buckles said today. Senator Stewart yesterday requested Marion county attorneys representing involved parties to submit their ideas on “affidavit voting” and conflicting - election laws.
JAP RESISTANGE ON LEYTE FADING FAST
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of Manila, American and Australian combat engineers were rushing airfields to completion, No ground opposition yet had developed on Mindoro. Thirteen Jap-
the area were shot down Sunday and Monday, Fromi Adm. -Chester W. Nimitz
came word that another 14 Japanese ships had been added to thé list of those sunk In the first three days and nights of carrier-based attacks on Luzon, site of Manila.
Nimitz’ communique covered at-
urday. * A Pearl Harbor dispatch yesterday described the offensive as “continuing.” The revised total showed 41 ships sunk, all of them merchant ships with the exception of a minelayer, and 61 damaged, including four destroyers, two destroyer es corts and a coastal defense vessel. The number of Japanese planes destroyed in the three-day: assault remained at 269 and those damaged at 192. American losses were revised upward from 20 to 27 aircraft.
‘RABBIS ASK TRIALS
| FOR WAR CRIMINALS
CHICAGO, Dec. 20 (U. P.).—The| commission. for peace and justice {of the central conference of Ameri|can rabbis yesterday recommended lan “immediate and speedy” trial of | the Germans “responsible for crimes against civilian populations.” In a statement released by Rabbi F. M. Isserman, chairman, the commission asked the allies in making the peace to be “guided by jus[tice rather than vengeance,” but to make “such spiritual and physical |changes” in Germany as would | prevent her from “building up a {military machine to threaten the | peace of the rest of the world.”
HH CONGRESS CALLS ITA DAY
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over the Central valley in California, the $500, 000,000 post-war rivers and harbors improvement program. " 5-Week Record Previously, in the five weeks since returning from its election recess, the congress had: ONE—~Approved after lengthy partisan debate the nominations of Lt. Col, Edward Heller of California ‘and former Gov. Robert A. Hurley {of «Connecticut as members of the surplils war property disposal board. TWO-—Extended the second war powers act to Dec. 31, 1945. THREE-—Frozen the social security payro]l tax at 1 per cent for an-
other year,
FOUR—Passed a $500,000,000 de-| ficiency appropriation bill.
FIVE—Authorized for the post- | war period a $1,000,000,000 flood | control program and a $1,500,000,000 highway program. The flood control and highway | program measures carried no actual | ghpropriation of funds for the work. | That is planned later. Most of the $182,237,607,612 appropriated by the Bth ; congress was for outright
75 Billion For Army
The army received approximately ! $75,000,000,000 and the navy about $58,000,000,000. Additional billions| went to emergency war agencies and | to X » functions of the regular [goverment departments. { As. appropriations mounted, sol did taxes. The 78th congress put| most of the nation's taxpayers on 8 Day-as-you-go basis. In doing so, | it Taised government income an estimated $3,000,000,000. It subsequently passed a tax bill simplification measure which netted | another $2,300,000,000. | The simplification bill, however, | drew the congress into one of the bitterest of its many fights with | President Roosevelt, The President had asked for a! $10,000,000,000 tax increase and vetoed the bill congress sent him, Congress promptly overrode the veto. The tone of the veto message | prompted Barkley to resign the post | of senate majority leader. His senate colleagues immediately reelectegy him unanimously,
Snubs Roosevelt
Coincident with that . fight con-| gress was snubbing Mr. Roosevelt's request for national service legis-| lation, It raised a storm of protest! against the roll-back subsidies of | | the price stabilization program. The!
attempt to outlaw those subsidies.
the field of labor policy. During! the 1943 coal strike it passed the! Smith-Connally anti-strike law over a pres{dential veto, Government seizure of” Montgom. ery, "Ward and Co. properties evoked an uproar,
Back Peace by Force
houses of congress went on record favoring U. 8, participation in a new world: security organization, using | force if necessary to prevent fubure| aggression, Meanwhile, congress gave over-| whelmfng indorsement’ to continuation of the lend:lease program. -- The War program itself was under] constan scrutiny, particularly by the senate’s special war investigating committee whose work helped boost Chairman Harry 8, Truman @ Mo.) to the vice presidency. Just before adjournment, congress voted to investigate itself with a view toward reorganization. It sét up a bi-partisan senate-house| | committee to study proposals for
President defeated, with a veto, an|
Twice the congress stepped into|
“Battlefront successes evoked talk of future peace plans and both’
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Eleanor Sleeth, sister of Miss Mary Sleeth, manager of the farm interests of the late Wendell L. Willkie,
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the boSks on the Willkie interests, She was a member of the United Presbyterian church and held offices | in the Sunday school of the church for many years. She also was church | organist for some time. Miss Sleeth was the first woman | In Rush county to be elected to public office when she assumed the duties of recorder more than 20 years ago. She was treasurer of the Rush county Red Cross until a year ago when she“resigned because of il health,
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HANDEL'S “MESSIAH"—wellreceived upon its first presentation by the Indianapolis Syms« phony orchestra here last Christmas—will be given at 8 o'clock tonight at Cadle tabernacle. " For this year’s program, Maria Koussevitzky, soprano, Willlam
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13. The fit night bombardment cf the capital was on Nov. 29. 'Berlin-relayed Tokyo reports also
‘said that of about 40 Superfor-
tresses which attacked Omura yesterday, three were damaged. The Japanese complained that bad weather impeded their defenses of Omura. They claimed that the damage was on a small scale, A United Press dispatch from a Superfortress base in China said a “medium” force of Superforts had bombed Omura by means of precision instruments. They dropped their explosives through an overcast which obscured the results, The U. S. war department per{mitted disclosure that the system of |giant bases used by-the Superfort~
jresses in Western China were centered around Chengtu, capital of
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erations, was being withheld to prevent: the enemy from learning the whereabouts of his forward elements. As a former combat cdmmander, he ‘said, he sometimes had not known of the movement of his own units for 24 hours. “For 24 hours?” echoed the correspondents, incredulously. George Lyons, OWI representative at 8. H. A. E. F,, backed up the correspondents, ~ “May I say that 8S. H. A. E, Ps policy is stupid,” he said. “That's no reflection on you, sir. But everybody across hell and 40 acres knows what's going on.-- The American people are entitled to now what is going on.” Newsweek Man Protests “I "don't believe that security covers news of, what happened last
| Szechwan province. The bases were | Sunday,” added Drew Middleton of
| built with the aid of 400,000 Chinese | the New York Times. | knows the Germans are good sol-|E. F.
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000 ADMITS 8-29 Allies Slightly Ease News : RAID STARTED FIRES!
Nazi Offensive
happened then.” “¥ou complain about complacency on the home front, but when there |is' bad news you won't release if,” said Joe Evans of Newsweek, A British correspondent asked: “Why should the American and British peoples have to depend on the German radio for news of what is happening?” Allen said the decision to initiate and continue the news blackout was not of his or his staff’s doing. It was a step taken by the 1st army
quarters, he declared, with the full support of G-2 (the intelligence division) at S. H. A. E. P, The correspondents acknowledged that Allen had endeavored in their behalf © to have the restrictions lifted, but without success. Infor mation also has been released direct from the 1st army front that
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