Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1945 — Page 2

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HOUSES GIVEN

CITY HALL BILL

Local Graduate

State Highway

Heads Quit

On Mayo Staff | Ac Senate Gets 'Control' Bill

DR. ‘WILLIAM O. STARKS,

{ son of Mr, and Mrs. O. B. Starks,

| 6038 College ave. will begin work

Measure Activity on Job Violation Of State Law.

By SHERLEY UHL

city hall's sweeping personnel reorganization bill which would make politicking on the job a violation of state law was tossed into the legis._Jature’s house hopper today, The measure creates a permanent _eity personnel director whose ad-! ministration of a so-called ° ‘semi | merit” employment plan would] greatly curtail the traditional spoils aysiem. 1t was to be introduced by | Nell B. Downey and Earl TecRemeyer, Indianapolis Republicans. A surprise feature of the legisla- | tion would abolish the present of- | fice of personnel director, riow held | by Larry Parsons, and require the mayor to make another-appointment | “subject to approval by the city council.”

Parsons Named by Mayor Mr. Parsons was named to the newly-created personnel. directorship by Mayor Tyndall six months | ago over city council's protest, The personnel post will not be legally established by state law until passage of the present hill Provisions of the bill submitted today make it doubtful whether Mr. Parsons could qualify for reappointment to his job.

consecutive residence qualification. | for Mr. Parsons lived in Camby. It

also specifies that the director shall for Henry

have had “at least two years’ ex-| perience in administering personnel | transactions in organizations with | at least 100 positions and employees.” At the same time, the bill would cancel the bulk of the mayor's pat- |r ronage power. Appointment of all rank-and-file employees = would ‘hereafter be handled “directly by the department heads, subject to the final approval of the personnel director. Limits Mayor's Patronage The mayor would be empowered to name, without qualification, only his own office staff, his department heads and his board members: Numerically speaking, these appointments comprise only a minor fraction of city hall's total personnel. In appointing their staffs, department heads would make their choices from a list of candidates certified by the personnel director. No city employee could be removed “without a statement in writing

constituting inefficiency, duet, or other cause for removal.”

public hearing. A unique clause in the legislation, if enacted, would practically wreck city hall's faction-ridden po- | litical machine. The clause is:

Bans Political Activity

shall engage in any form of po- |

litical activity or use his official away,” -he said. position or authority in such a slightest idea that Wallace will be

manner as to enhance or detract! from the power of any political party or faction. “When off duty any city employee |

George * bill.

Makes Political * tomorrow at

the

Mayo clinic R oc hester, Minn, where he was awarded a fellowship in orthopedic surgery. Dr. Starks

—avtended Short——

ridge high school, Butler agd. Indiana universities and

_.received his de~

Dr. Starks gree of doctor : of medicine from the Indiana university

school .of medicine last April. A first leutenant in“the army |pi.partisan body but would abolish

medical

corps reserve,

he is a

Member of Alpha Omega Alpha,

hon Sigma Nu

nedical fraternity.

fraternity, and

WALLACE HOPE FOR POST DIMS|

Barkley (eaves Sick Bed

In 11th-Hour ‘Salvage’ Attempt.

WASHINGTON, —Senate Democratic Leader Alben Thé measure contains a five-year (yw parkley left his sick bed today - an 11th-hour attempt to salvage A. Wallace at least a {diluted version of the secretaryship | of commerce. | Administration forces conceded a defeat in the fight to give Wallace! {the pots with full ernment

ested their

lending agencies. final hopes cn ‘some compromise that may lead the op- J position to abandon plans to repudiate Wallace ‘under any cir-| cumstances. Barkley arranged to meet with | Chairman Josiah N. C.) of the senate commerce com- | mittee on a procedural questiofi that | may decide Wallace's fate. The! issue is whether the senate should act first tomorrow on the George) bill to - divorce from the department, or on the| Wallace nomination itself.

Jan. 31 (U.

control over gov

W. Bailey

lending

George Bill: Is Issue

Wallace's

supporters that he faced almost certain defeat | unless the senate first took up the| This measure was] aimed frankly at keeping lending! setting forth the specific act or acts | powers out of the ex-vice president's miscon- | hands. But Bailey—whose committee aD The personnel director himself {proved the George bill and disap-| could be dismissed only - after a | | proved the nomination—indicated |that he would first call up the nomination regardless of his meet- |

ling with Barkley.° : »

Senator Kenneth McKellar Tenn.), a leader in the anti-Wallace |camp, also. favored prior action on - {the nomination and said he exNo city employee, while on duty, pected Bailey to follow that course. “It will be disposed of right “I haven't the

confirmed.”

Suggests F. D, R. Order

Wallace's friends did not dispute may engage in any form of political | {McKellar's prediction in event the

activity that does not bring the city [nomination is first called up.

as an employer into disrepute, ..-. .

indirectly that any city employee shall as a condition of continued or future employment by the city, make any contribution of “money or service to any political party, | faction or candidate. Employees running for political | office would be given a 30-day leave | of absence for campaigning purposes. The only penalty provided for violation of this clause, however, would -be dismissal of the offender.

penalties were considered teo risky. Maximum salary of the personnel | director is set at $6500 a year. Parsons receives $6000,

Calls for Pay Rates

The bill compels the personnel director to establish rates of pay job standards and attendance regu-|

ject to approval by city council In drawing up certified applicant lists, the personnel chief supposedly would take into consideration such things as ‘experience and qualifica- | tions.

Sponsors of the legislation say it

will in no way affect operation of | the present police and fire merit | systems. They assert it applies to - civilian workers in the police and fire departments only. Most of the bill's provisions follo recommendations made by Job Surveyor

Marion county G. O; P. organi tion, the mayor's advisory con

Senator Allen J. Ellender (D. La.) No person shall réquire directly or said the only solution would be for the President to issue an executive order separating the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and other lean -agencies from the department before the

senate meets tomorrow.

“Only that way can we hope for | wallace’s confirmation,” Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla), Wallace hoped for presidential intervention,

another

supporter,

Py. !

They

(D.|

agencies,

admitted |

®.

he said.

also

All four members of the state highway commission handed their | resignations, to, Governor Gates to-| day upon request from the goyernor’s office. > At the same time a Republican bill was introduced in the senate to reorganize the commission, giving the governor ‘the right to re-

[their salaries to $6000 annually. .. Under present laws the highway ‘commission appointed by -ex-Gov-ernor Schricker, - Democrat, is +four-member, bi-partisan board.

Changes Office Terms

would leave the a four-member,

The new bill commission still

the present staggered tenures in office, giving the governor more control of members. | Governor Gates said the resignation of the present members were | requested “on the basis that the {change in administration requires

| ministration _polici ies.’

|

saying that Mr. Roosevelt's-indorse- ®

ment of the George bill wauld

pedite matters.”

He did not know whether-the-Presi-Previous plans to include criminal | 4ent “will take a hand in the mat- ‘

ter.”

But he added t

Some senators speculated on

{tion and

law, (D.- Md.),

"persistent,> ”

OR. FURNISS FETED “ON 71ST BIRTHDAY

Mr. | possibility that the White House | might withdraw Wallace's nominaresubmit it George bill is passed.and signed into Senator George L. who favors the Wallace nomination only if RFC is divorced lations. Al of these would be sub-| (om commerce, said such talk was

after

“ex-

Radcliffe

hat

the : y %

the ! ~

move -and-raising

former Fred Telford of Af Washington, The measure has the | support of city council, the regular

Governor Gates, Mayor Tyndall and 350 guests @ast night paid tribute to Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, Negro physician, at a dinner marking his w |T1st birthday and golden anniversary as a physician, the dinner in the Senate Ave-

nue Y. M, C. A.. Dr. Norman Jobes also spoke. Governor Gates praised 1~ | the “unselfish endeavor and faith 1- | ful service” of Dr, Purniss. Mayor

mittee on personnel and numerous Tyndall said:

elvie organizations,

In effect it would give city counc

ey, il}

PURPLE HEART - CLUB colored people. SWEPT BY FLAMES yQUTHS PLEAD GUILTY

A two-alarm fire swept through

4. three-story building at 46

Pennsylvania st. last night, caus- | ing several hundred dollars dam-|9 to 15 years old, were placed on in juvenile court

age. The flames were pelieved to ha

‘started in the kitchen of the Purple the - Heart ex-servicemgn's club, rooms. 4630 Amo st.

802 and 318. Loss to club proper

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manager. All rooms in the huilding were Robertson, damaged except those occupied by | class in the army. . # Indianapolis Rubber Stamp Co. Nicholas Haire Sign Co.| § Flores owns the bdilding. 2 . ; $800 ‘damage was| A Japanese communique. said to- . the. home of day" that Japanese planes had shot i N.. Butler down 40 and heavily damaged 50 mes started up of 130 carrier planes from a swept ‘task force which raided the area of Sumatra . in the |

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probation today

Furniss has made a notable contribution to Indianapolis through considerably ‘more control over mu- his devotéd public service, high renicipal personnel than it now enjoys. | spect and practice of medical ethics and furthering advancement of the

TO RANSACKING .HOME

Five boys and a girl, ranging from

VE! for breaking into and ransacking home of Thomas Robertson, two weeks ago, |

ty{ The youths admitted their

By UNITED PRESS

SUMATRA RAID REVEALED

guilt. . was estimated at $400 by Retmah | and the five families.involved agreed 5 to pay $100 each to recompense Mr who is a private first

He sald the resignations “have {not been accepted” and indicated [that he would not make them final until he had his new appointments ready. Lauer Mentioned

Highway commissioners who resigned were ‘Samuel Hadden, chairman, and a Democrat; Jap Jones,

Donald, 1a Porte, and Albert J. Wedeking, Dale, both Republicans, It has been reported for several weeks that State Republican Chairman John Lauer is in line for ap-

commission.

5 JAP GENERALS DIE By UNITED PRESS

day | more

Japanese army generals,

| bringing to 28 the number who| Since there will be no complete given as the reason {the establishment of present ad-|Domei dispatch was recorded by|for the smaller salary to the new

| have died since May 23, 1044.

FCC monitors.

BLANKETS, FIFTH FLOOR

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pointment as chairman of the new

The Japanese Domei agency toreported the deaths of five]

The fair, .this ‘was

DEADLINE TONIGHT FOR MAILING TAXES,

If your. letter to the Indiana

marked by midnight tonight, you can ride through under the wire, Otherwise, you'll be delinquent. Gilbert K. Hewit, division director, said the main office at 141 S. Meridian st. will be open until 8 p.m. tonight to accept personal payments. : During the day, many neighbor- _| hoot autd license branches will be

remaining open late tonight.

STATE FAIR BOARD SECRETARY NAMED

“Oval Pritt, Rockvilley-director of | the state livestock license division,

the state fair board.

$75 a month for part-time duties.

| succeeded by Mr. Pratt, {$350 a month for full-time duties,

appointee.

gross income tax division is post=|

also has been appointed secretary of His appointment yesterday was at,

{Guy A. Cantwell, Gosport, who was received

Bays. Dorands

The state Democratic committee was challefiged today by Chairman Fred F. Bays to either fire him at once or stop talking about it. Facing the toughest. fight of his six-year ¢hairmanship, Mr, Bays

mittee at the Claypool hotel this afternoon to demand an immediate showdown on “my tenure in office’ “They have raised the issue and

~collect—the—tax-—-some/I will demand that it be settled,” ®'°® ~ [promise salary cut” plan; TTT Chairman Bays called the state committee meeting, the first since the party's crushing” defeat at the polls, primarily to make his detailed report on the U., 8. senate Green committee's. Investigation of “al- [disease at home would be fough leged irregularities in the Indiana

the chairman said. Cite Need for Change

| Democratic have been pressuring for Mr. Bays'

ture and strategy.

feated last November.”

was to appear before the state coms,

For several weeks some district chairmen and members of the Editorial _association

ouster in favor of new leadership to reorganize the whole party struc-

The anti-Bays faction has con-

leadership when a party loses an election “as badly as we were de-

The Bays foes are reported to have insisted that if they fail to muster a majority for the chair-

Showdown

Over Ouster as Party Chief|

man's ouster this afternoon they will demand that his $7600 annual salary be’ eliminated or Srastigally reduced. ' Bays Claims Majority The chairman's friends on the committee claim that they are in the majority and will block any ouster move but deg¢lined to make clear their position on the com-

election.

loting. The’ state committee also

Editorial association..

it

SE ——

ye WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1045

He returned here recently .from Washington where he spent several ‘tended that it is time to change days urging the Green committee |to continue its probe into the bal-

will consider a series of resolutions adopted recently by the Democratic

U. S. MARKS F.DR'S BIRTHDAY AT DANCES

Throngs of Americans from coast to coast laid aside their wartime cares last night to dance for the President's birthday. Parties and balls by. the thous sands “were held throughout the nation to hail Mr. Roosevelt's 63d anniversary . and to: mark anothér milestone fn the continuous came paign against infantile paralysis, dread foe of children. And in the background could be

heard the march of the dimes given by millions of Americans to back

as unremittingly “as we fight out evil enemies abroad.” The President's message to the thousands of parties held in his horior was read over a natione wide network by Mrs. Roosevelt just before midnight. He thanked “the many millions of Americans” who had contributed to the March of Dimes to fight infantile paralysis. ee <

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