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WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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speech in the making, so it's a fair guess F. D.'s “report on Yalta”

being whipped into shape,

Gen, Somervell's army service forces, charged with procuring munitions and supplies for the army. are beginning to worry about

the

after V-E- day.

ychological “problem they—and the country—must overcome

They fear a tremendous let-down; and they know they must con-

tinue to provide quantities of munitions for the Pacific war,

Iwo

Jima tells the story of how the fighting will be on in to Tokyo. And over the ever-lengthening supply lines in the Pacif® must

go more and more materiel,

“ul First countermeasures: Annoyncement has just been

made of

construction of five new aviation gas plants to meet rising army and

navy needs.

The decision to build was based on long- range military

estimates of the joint chiefs of staff.

ys a SOME ARMY men worry,

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too, about the prospect that there will be a strong demand from families—individually and through congress- .

men—to have their men sent home from Eurcpe after victory.

The army must prepare not only to help police Europe, ‘but also |portheast of Linnich-and the same |

to transfer mén fo the Pacific, to. end that war as quickly as possible.

Conflict Possible in Byrnes’ Agency MAJ. GEN LUCIUS CLAY, has run office of war mobilization with

firm hand, in Byrnes’ preseiice as well as absence, civilian requests, thumbing ahead military orders. inevitable, come "V-E day, if the now moribund OWM advisory board 'made by armored columns pushing fo

ever starts functioning,

All 12 hoard membefs are civilians® naturally think in terms of |

reconversion for post-war producto sop up inflated purchasing tion and jobs, more civilian goods power, : Board has been entirely negative quantity so far, but authorized ‘by congress, appointed by ' President, confirmed ‘by senate. Time will come with V-E day when board will have to start .advising on policies and legislation or be criticized by congress. Members: O. Max Gardner, chairman, Anna Rosenberg, William H. Davis; labor men Philip Murray, Willlam. Green, T. C.

. Cashen; businessmen Eric John-

ston, Nathanial Dyke, George H. Mead; farm spokesmen, James Patton, Edward O'Neal, Albert Goss.

5 8. Lend-Lease Rumblings RUMBLINGS of opposition to jenewal of lend-lease unless amendments are adopted specifically prokLibiting any post-war operatibns come from Republicans. Dope is that unless such amendments are adopted by the foreign affairs committee of the house, some G. O. P. members will vote against the bill next week. Two previous extension bills had unani-

. mous committee approval.

Lend-lease officials say operations will cease with the war, but Republicans point out that it was used before the war and argue it can be used afterward if the

_ President deems it necessary for

“defense” of our allies, # s 3 The big battle over monopoly or competition. as the basis for U. 8S. post-war. overseas air transport

policy will come out into the open |

shortly after March 1, in hearings before the senate commerce subcommittee, For weeks last year the subcommittee heard testimony from top 'U. 8. airline heads—but in secret because security was involved.

Apparently it is closely divided— one report has it that four members favor the “chosen instrument” plan sponsored by Pan American's Juan Trippe, four favor “regulated competition,” with Chairman Bailey (D. N. C.) not yet tabbed.

The administration—war, navy

and state departments—strongly |

favors competition. their case openly now for the first time, and so will top figures in air transport. . The stakes are big—the potentially rich overseas air, commerce for years ahead. ~ » s ELECTRIC power plants on wheels—that's another secret war weapon of the allies, just unveiled. It's an American idea; consists of a complete steam generating unit mounted on railroad flat cars. We had 60 of them in Operayion

MARINES USE TANKS FOR GAINS ON IWO

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the least

717 Japanese bodies jumped number of enemy dead to at 1939. Jap Report (A Japanese broadcast clai that American losses on Iwo were “well over 17,000" up to Friday night. ships, including two battleships, have been sunk or damaged off the island, Tokyo said.)

They'll make |

Eight more American war- |"

thumbing down But a conflict is

in Europe a few months ago, moving from. city to city and industry to industry, supplying electric power until utilities in liberated . areas could be putin operation again. s

Post-War Kitties

BRETTON WOODS agreement= among other things—aims at keeping Nazis from establishing | large post-war kitties abroad.

Congress has been warned that’ |

evidence is accumulating of an effort to do just that, countries. Groundwork has already been laid, according to treasury officials,

{distance (at

{the | around Dueren.

in neutral |

| American steadily forward, closing swiftly on| the for re-establishment of German | Germans were expected to make |

| . ‘We're on By JAMES McGLINCY United Press Staff Correspondent WITH, 9TH ARMY, On Roer River, Feb. 24.—The » American army is on the mrch again, Once more it is the same potent fighting machine that smashed the Germans from the Normandy beaches to the Sieg-

fried. And there is a Jusling today

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1945

‘the March Again—and Too Powel to Be Denied’.

that this offensive is too power-

“z4ful to be denied.

The Yanks took up the march after a thunderous artillery barrage turned the war into a hel] for the Germans. All night the big guns pounded the Nazis and they continued long after the jump-off. War planes added their destruction to the onslaught. Many times an Americad held his head and moaned:

“How can anybody live through that?” German prisoners closed their casualties from the barrage were not too heavy because .all hid in cellars. But there was no doubt they were well-shaken and their will to fight was weakened. ‘While the first gains did not sound impressive, everyone at headquarters was pleased with

later dis-

the results. Typical of the gains was one at a forward artillery post. The observer there radioed back: “Just to bring you up to date— we've reached our objective. We're sitting ‘on top of the world up here.” : That was less than two hours after the jump-off and they already were well-established east of the Roer.

Another indication of the advance occurred shortly after the

first truck load of prisoners came in, One of the prisoners told officers at the regimental command post “There ad two heavy machine guns in this barn here,” pointing to a map. Lt. Leo Eule,

N. Y,, broke in: “We just took that barn.”

Kew Gardens,

X At another command post, a major came in and asked an en= gineer: “Are your men out of . , . town? A tank destroyer battalion wants to know if it can move in there?" That's how things are going. I$ ‘Is just like the great . break~ - through in France—there was so :- much stuff pushing from the rear that fhe front could not do any= thing , FX move forward.

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YANKS 4 MILES Hermit Learns U. S. af War

PAST 'ROER LINE When Seized on Draft Charge

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Stunned Nazis 19 Miles From Cologne.

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Erkelenz, At Hambach, edge of thes Staats forest and barely

[19 miles west of Cologne.

The deepest penetration beyond | the Roer was believed to have been |

out past Boslar.

— |army troops also were-imaking good

southern end of front, centering

progress on the offensive

Hard fighting was in progress in| the eastern half of that city and

southwest of the Nazi base! {enforcement officer who directed the they were on the

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in on Morland’s hideout deep in the untains. near the Idaho-Mon-tana boundary after trailing. him through fresh snow for several days. He was armed only with a 22 rifle which he had used to bag small | game and deer, and he surrend|ered peacefully. “It's been years of hell,” he told A. J. Cramer, forest service law

long hunt. “Toothaches made life so miserable that I almost gave myself up several times.”

Pulls Own Teeth

to another man for 12 years, was clothes from remote ranger stationg during the winter months, and became obsessed with the fear that the “federals” were after him.

forced to pilfer food and

Tricks Rangers

A favorite trick he used in eluding rangers was putting his snowshoes on backwayxds to indicate he was going in the opposite direction. Abother ‘was sticking an extra pair

of snowshoes on canes and “walk-| | ing”

them backwards so that

| appeared that he had returned from |

He told Cramer that he had lived where he was going. r months at a time on wild game

He wandered for

1 and that his raw meat diet had, miles through the mountain tim-| Lt. Gen. Courtney: H. Hodges’ 15/ ge ted pis teeth, He pulled all berland, never staying in one place |

the lowers * wires to yank them out.”

Morland said he was glad to be of

‘one by one, by usingifor long and always living in the]

open, even during the long months

back now that the hunt was ended. | snowstorms.

He has refused to explain why

he left

Only slightly over five feet tall,

his backwoods Kentucky Morland weighs 145 pounds and is

sub-zero weather and raging

{lican policy ¢ ments’ to the fair labor practices bill Irungreds which was passed by the house {several days ago.

LABOR PEACE BUREAU URGED

‘Medium of Conciliation Is

Assembly’s Aim Under * Amendment.

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committees composed of representatives of labor, public which would be empowered to promote voluntary mediation of labor disputes, it and “black list” discriminations.

industry and the

lockouts, boycotts

The senate adopted the Repubcommittee's amend-

The amendments would eliminate

lfrom the original measure all pro-

{visions for penalties against em-

|ployers for violations of the act.

The measure would require the

state labor commissioner to create

field dispatches said one-quarter|y ot; roam the wilds of western in perfect physical condition, ac- ® division of fair labor practices land hire a staff to administer it.

| by, the Yanks early today. A mile northwest of Dueren, the | Americans’ stormed, into Birkesdorf land were battling die-hard Nazi! | gunners from house to "house. Two {miles fatther to the northwest; ' they captured the twin village of

Stammeln and Huchem, 20 miles | _

east of Cologne. All aleng the front ‘armies were where

a north-south ridge

international financial and war |tpeir first real stand.

machinery, after fighting stops. Allied nations are working together to discover and co-ordinate all evidence on this, to induce

funds from going into hiding.

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| day.

Thousands of Planes Attack

Thousands of allied planes hit the Germans front and rear

CONGRESSMEN blinked at dis- | morning to bomb and strafe every-|

covering this week that Americans | thing on wheels in the broad Co-|

invested more heavily in Germany,

before the war, than in any other |

European. country. American investments in Germany, $1,290,000,000; in United Kingdom, $1,030,000,000. It promises all sorts of complications ‘when future’ of Germany is being considered, with economic controls: to curb her future war-making ability. "Another knotty problem: Ninety-

million-dollar. American investment in Japan. fr» Williams’ Chances COMMITTEE will turn down

Aubrey Williams, 11 to 9. His refusal to waver from support of FEPC cost him votes of two Southerners who had intended to support him. Adverse report will go to the floor, be debated there, but Williams’ friends are less potent, less enthusiastic, than his enemies, and chances are he'll be defeated. " n ”

TIP-OFF on Wallace's improv-

ing chances for confirmation is |

the fact that Senator George, leader in the fight to take away loan powers from commerce, will vote for him next week, n

THERE'LL BE a long debate, but in the end the senate will ratify the Mexican water treaty, just reported favorably by the foreign relations committee. Senator Downey of California will bear tfle brunt of the fight against it; state's senior senator, Hiram Johnson, no longer undertakes extensive Speechmuking

2 a

foot Mt and a cluster of satellite peaks.

This devil's playground is honeycave The peaks vents

combed with and tunnel defenses. | themselves are dotted with and fissures which Bmit steam and sulphurous fumes,

LEGISLATURE 0. KS

long-prepared

CITY COUNCIL BILL

The Marion county G. O. P. organization finally pushed 4 bill through the legislature today.

Passed by the senate and await- the war in a truly big way*in the Elemients of the 3d marine divi ing the governor's sighature,

sion fought onto the 300-foot high measure authorizes city courfcil 0 no worse headache for the German |

the

| were reported swooping down tree-top level to shoot up tanks and

| placed under the mand” of Marshal Sir Bernard L. to tn-operate’|

| with

Yama, an active volcano,

| logne plain.

So furious was the aerfal assault |

that giant four-engined "bombers

j froop columns. —~

IKE'S AIM: TO CRUSH

FOE WEST OF RHINE’

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considerable German strength from | | the Western front, he said. The allies hope to take advantage) {of this opportunity, he added and.go forward into Germany at the maxiHe hopes to! in the and then clean ‘up the remnants of German re-| sistance and bring the European war

mum possible speed. meet the Russian center of Germany,

armies

to its end. Eisenhower said Lt H. Simpson's U. 8. 8th army

Montgomery in order in the battle now progressing. He said the 9th had been given a sector

army group

Since it was the 9th's job to team and British the battle between the Roer-Maas line and the Rhine, that Montgomery! Eisen-

the Canadian 1st 2d armies in it was necessary hold the co-ordination role, nower said. Simpson's army

gomery's command last

| 12th, army group. to Bradley's command.

Eisenhower was calm and confiHe parried sharp questions

dent, with good humor and adroitness He said the 9th army ready to go since Feb delaved by the German #f the Roer valley, The Germans weather in the Ardennes (than we did, or their fangary offensive would have be come ‘worse deBacle than Tyme 2 Eisenhower said. allied high command, he said, was NS worried about the breakthrough until newspapers from the U. 8. three weeks later,

‘Truly Big Way’

guessed

| the two! moving |

Gen. William was “operational com-

where it must co-operate in full conjunction] With * the 21st

fell under MontDecember when the German offensive split it off from Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's It never returned

had been 10, but was flooding

the

better December-

| The paratroops bailed out

Arkansas convict, and fedefal bu-|

reau of investigation agents said ragged.”

they suspected him

jot the east-bank section was held |nrontana Morland is a two-term cording to forest service officials. “filthy and |

Cramer said he was

crime that sent him into the rugged ‘of primitive life.

northwest .to live the "hérmit,

life of a

ice violation and charges .pending |

Morland is held on selective sefvn

Morland sig he has not talked, federal grand jury action in April.

Rights of Man Transcend Nationalism at Mexico City

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due primarily to bad national and international economics.

. would provide jobs for everybody,

{ he says.

If each country sets about im- | proving the lot of its workers and |

raising their purchasing power by providing jobs, national contentment will predispose such a country to peace. Secondly, if through mutual understanding all nations help one aonther through trade, sound

credits, technical advice, and so |

to war. Padilla predicts that the West-

| on, the world would be disinclined |

ern Hemisphere could be turned |

into a land of milk and honey if his new international were put into execution. Its natural resources, in manpower and | materials, have hardly been scratched. - Gigantic irrigation projects {ike those in the United States would pay for themselves over and over again. rural electrification, land, sea and air transportation and all kinds ot industries.

design i struggle between { continue,

So would public utilities, .|

The entire hemisphere would hum with activity and put an end to the spectacle of men without jobs and without hope. Lalin America, Padilla says, stand in special need of such a program. It is not fair to compare labor in this part of the world with United States’: labor. Undernourished, underpaid workers, undermined. by disease, are not at their best. But there is no need for poverty anywhere if the problem is tackled intelligently, nationally and internationally. By proper planning we can and should make this hemisphere and this world a world of plenty. And unless we do, the radical ideologies will more dangerous ever after this war despite anything that we may do. Poverty sets up the most inflammable sentiment in the human heart. It puts the incendiary torch into the hands of fanaticism. The remetly can be found only by uniting the energies and the

| resource of the Americas and the

Of course, Padilla admits, these |

things would cost an enormous sum of money. But a world that

can spend hundreds--of billions |

to win a war can well afford to spend a fraction of that amount in order to win the peace. Moreover, © such a

| service. program '

rest of the democratic world Whenever Padilla, Stett@ius or any other delegate here touches on this subject they win instant applause. At previous conferences the human equation has never lacked a. certain perfunctory lipIn Mexico City, it comes close to being put first.

but appeared to have a of a worse clear mind. despite his long years!

than |

All Sides to Blame in Labor Shortage, Capehart Charges

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war mobilization and the war manpower commission legal power to halt labor hoarding by

essential jobs. “There are six reasons for the present manpower shortage—if there really is a shortage,” Capehart told reporters.. He listed: 1. Poor management, 2. Poor locations of plants, 3. Hoarding of

new war

labor by em-

ployers, particularly the large

{ employers.

4. Slowdown or curtailment of production by agreement among

| wo : employers and route workers to rkers

5. Unfair wage ceilings in dii-

| ferent factories.

YANKS RESCUE 2146

. FROM PRISON CAMP

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of; the 11th division's 511th para- |

|ols fleld at Manila.

arrived | chute regiment took off from Nich- |

di- |

He said we have gotten hack into rectly over .the camp at 7. as m. |

last few days.

He could conceive of

and their jump was the signal | for the remainder of the forces to!

central plateau yesterday. They had: employ attorneys and assistants for | high command than the air assault | attack.

advanced 50 yards along the south- the purpose . of:

recodifying

ern tip of the southwest-northwest ordinances.

runway of Motoyaina airfield No. 2 by dusk.

The city hall: Republican Yaction| had oppased the bill on grounds it

city on communications at a time when |

the lines are stretched to meet attacks from two directions.

’ The object of the present battle The 4th and 5th marine divisions gave council administrative powers, {5 to destroy every German we can still were attempting to clamber up added to its patronage and gen- catch west of the Rhine, Eisenhower

the slopes of the plateau from the erally threatened the mayor's posi- said.

east and west.

The Yauks were under almost fire ‘in city politics for almost two| cape across the Rhine over the re- | pointblank artillery, machine gun. years, with both Republican fac-' maining bridges and on barges and

id rocket fire from an intricate | tions endeavoring to name a recodi- | t ugs, he conceded. tem of pillboxes, blockhouses and | fication

led caves, , 5th marine. division on the |

way of the centr

A slopes had made virtually | bill

tion. The issue has been hanging

committee without the approval of the other. Meanwhile, the city personnel |

appointment of a city personnel di-!

Obviously some of them will es-

No Bridges Saved

The guerrillas swarmed in through the gates of the camp with

| rifles and tommy guns blazing, gre-

nades bursting and knives flashing in the early morning light.

American infantry swarmed ashore | .

from their amphibious craft and Joined the assault. The Japanese were completely surprised at morning . setting-up | exercist The commander of the camp, his staff afld the entire garrison was

But he said‘ none of the Rhine Wiped out in a matter of minutes.

appeared definitely scrapped. bridges were being saved deliber- | for 66 hours through!Ii has never appeared on second ately for our crossing, because the But the 4th marine (reading and time evidentally has | Germans could destroy them at a | the east pushed, ahead |doomed any possibility of its pass- | moment's notice. Base nat 350 yards o ng. The bill would have validated| Seeing whdt the Germans have | done with their youth and aged, he, % {rector with powers to hire and dis- said, it’ seemed to be necessary to present fighting miss municipal empolyeés on the meet the Russians in central Ger- | GRE tasks ‘basis of a “semi-merit” system, before Iwo| Sponsored by the regular county stamping out the underground. s south of Republican organization and other in American civic groups, the bill required a to be alert to stamp out every posEk | year and $10,000 tg prepare. Mayor | sible underground activity. behind Tyndall's faction Dppoese od vio the lines and save himself usly. because headaches they ha

{many and overrun the country, |

He said the Russians advised him |

United Press Correspondent Francis McCarthy, who accompanied the amphibious force, was reunited with his imprisoned brother and sister.

The carefully-co-ordinated raid|

wa§ uider the over-all command of |

Col. Robert H. Sole of f Washington.

ZUARsoNS ERTEHARS

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8. Hoarding of labor on the part of the government, “There is nothing the government can do about poor management,” Capehart observed. “It Is too late to do anything about relocating pooriy located factories “However, there is the government, can do about oarding of labor, production slowdowns and unfair ceilings on wages.” Capehart said cost-plus contracts were responsible for much | of the labor hoarding in big war plants. He sald the slQw-down or curtailment of production started several months ago when it appeared that the war might be won soon. “The workers started to lengthen out their jobs,” he said. “Sometimes they were encouraged by employers in order to keep the army and navy from curtailing contracts. I'd like to see the President make a patriotic appeal to labor to produce more.” Capehart blamed the war labor board for unfair wage ceilings. He said it resulted in labor turnover. “Naturally a man will leave a job paying 80 cents an hour to go to work in another plant paying $1.05 cents an hour,” he said, “The war labor board is not moving fast enough to correct these inequalities.” Capehart said labor hoarding by the government “is terrific.”

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“I mean uniformed personnel as: he

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BRANCHES |

Hletcher Trust ¢ ao

ae ddresses in Telephone. Directory 99400 Dnt Saunas So, E

Hits at Race ‘Ban’ . Principal provisions of the mea-

sure would prohibit employers from {denying employment to any per-

{son for reasons of ‘race, creed, col-

for, national origin or ancestry.”

The bill ‘also empowers the state

labor department to conduct investigations of any complaints of unfair labor practices.

The senate bill giving Governor

| Gates the power to appoint all state |institutions heads was amended in [the house today to eliminate the

administration's |code

[fixed terms under which present superintendents are serving. This!

would give the governor power to replace an institution head any time he chooses. The amendment also would give

institutional trustees the power to {fix superintendents’ salaries,

Democrats im the house today

{charged that the handling of the] 300-page election!

bill “was nothing short of a

| disgrace.”

Proposals Eliminated The bill was based chiefly upon

{election code commission but most |

of the gpmmission’s recommenda[tions were eliminated by Republican majority leaders. Sponsors admitted: that the bill as passed by the senate earlier this |

week contained more than 75 “tech-

{nical errors”

and these were re-

ported to have been corrected by

the house elections committee yesterday. ’ Republican members of the committee rushed the bill to the floor with a recommendation for passage. In a minority report, Rep. Jesse L. Dickinson (D. South Bend) declared that the “way this bill has been handled is nothing short of

a disgrace.”

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through the Soviet siege lines to

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{tion of a | board

He said the administration waited

voluminous report of the state]

Draft Board No. Chairman Quits

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area. I don’t think there is a labor shortage here. I have had registrants tell me they couldn't

+ get jobs.”

The veteran draft board head pointed out that. the American Legion, of whieh he is a former commander of Bruce P, Robison post, had urged a universal training law for 20 years before congress passed the raft act In 1940. : “If it had heen’ a universal training act instead of just a military draft, the country then would have accepted it,” he asserted. Mr, Scott said he is resigning because “my doctor has ordered me to rest.” He underwent an abdominal operation about three months ago and was released from the hospital only recently. He plans to devote what time he can to managing the Cincinnati Time Recorder Distributors firm which he owns.

Re GENERALLY, Mr. Scott thinks selective service in Indiana has functioned smoothly and fairly. But. he is not sure of the same

thing about national selective service. “Higher ups in Washington

have a habit of giving out information to the radios and press sometimes days—sometimes weeks—before the directives are sent to the local boards,” he charged. “This tends to panic thf public and makes the work of thee boards that much harder.” PREY BUT DESPITE the “hardships” Mr. Scott has a kind word for 99, per cent of his board's registrants. “They're swell,” he sald, “They do what's required of them and follow the law. But that remaining 1 per cent is terrible. The men in that group cause the local board all its grief.”

PAY CHECK TAX PLAN DEFEATED

Withholding 0 Provision Is Stricken From Bill By House.

You can relax now. The state] won't slash any more off your mutilated paycheck, not for the next two

{years anyway.

until the last minute ‘eo introduce | the bill, giving Democrats no chance | to study it.

The only major change from

{present laws is a provision for crea-

two-man, bi-partisan to handle voters’ registration. Reject Pay Raise Bill

The house turned down today a bill that had been passed by the| tsenate-to-raise the pay of all legis- | [lators for this session. The bill would have provided an extra $5 a day expense money {Under the present laws legislators receive $10 a day salary and $5 a | day for expenses. The bill would ‘have given them a total of $20 a (day. Democrats in the house accused Republicans of trying to squeeze them out of an opportunity to amend the bill to increase employment security henefits. The measure was called for second reading without notice- so Speaker Hobart Creighton promised Democrats an opportunity to offer amendments on third reading next week.

The bill: would raise unemployment | of

The Indiana house turned thumbs down on a measure proposing to install the employers’

withholding system in the collec-|

tion of state gross income tax. House Republican leaders said employers had enough withholding business to attend to now, The house passed and sent to the senate a bill “legalizing” the state motor vehicles bureau over vocifer-

‘ous Democratic protests. Democrats

| secretary of state in 1948, Governor | {Gates probably would remove the | vehicle patronage from that office. |

charged it gave Governor Gates

power to transfer the bureau from! the secretary of state's office to]

another department if he wants to,

shouted “politicdl dictatorship” and their disap-|

otherwise expressed proval. Rep. Louis Baldoni (D. South Bend) pointed out that if Democrats should happen to elect a

Replied House Majority Leader

Geqrge Henley of Bloomington: “If {you elect a secretary of state two | years from now, I'll eat your hat | {and everything that's in it.”

A bill shifting township boundary | lines to bring the heavy taxpaying Indianapolis Power & Light Co. plant back into Decatur township

from Perry township was also ap- | Rep. Harold Burnett (R.|

proved. Indianapolis) denounced the move as an abrogation of the authority county commissioners who

benefits from $18 a “week for 18|changed the boundary in the first

weeks to $20 #. week for 20 weeks.

REPORT NAZI TROOPS GIVE UP KOENIGSBERG

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the Baltic port of Pillau, The fall of Koenigsberg would mean the near’ completion of the

| Red army campaign in East Prus-

}

sia, where it trapped an estimated 200,000 troops. The fall of encircled Poznan, last enemy-héld city in Poland, was expected to speed a Soviet smash across the Oder river on a broad front toward the doomed Nazi capital, 30-odd miles to the west. The reduction of Poznan released

troops under 24 generals for the g

drive on Berlin.

AUIS LAL

DON'T DELAY ANOTHER MOMENT!

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BUSINESS EDUCATION

Strong Accounting, Bookkeeping, Stenographic and Secretarial courses Day and evening sessions. Lincoln 8337 Fred W

Central Business College

Architects and Builders Buildin Pennsylvania and Vermont Sts., Indpls.

Case principal

|spread to a

yesterday |

' BILL TO CLEAR

SLUMS SCORED

Called ‘Undemocratic’ and ‘Financially Unsound.’

Representatives of taxpayers groups last night attacked the Ine dianapolis slum clearance bill as “undemocratic, financially unsound* and some went so far as to condemn it as “socialiftic and communistic,*

More than a score of persons

spoke for and against the meas at a public hearing before the ate City of Indianapolis committee,

Opposition to the bill, which could create a redevelopment commission empowered to purchase property in slum areas here and resell it to prie vate home builders, appeared to be increasing since it was passed by the house two weeks ago after a hot debate on the floomkThe Indianapolis Taxpayers’ ase sociation asked that at least three amendments be added to the bill be fore it is passed. The group asked that it be amended to make the provisions state-wide, provide for budgeting of all funds handled by the commission and to make appraisals “of all property purchased for redevelopment. Proponents of the bill, led by William Book, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Henry E. Ostronv,” Marion county Republican chairman, argued that provisions already in the bill cover the objections raised by the taxe payers’ groups. Labor leaders objected to the bill because it failed to make provisions for housing families ousted from their homes in areas selected for redevelopment. Mr. Book said no redevelopment would . be started until there is sufficient housing facilities for the families affected.

sr —————— FIRE DAMAGES HOME The roof and attic of the twoe |story frame home of Mrs. |Clayton, 809 N. East st., were burned this morning in a fire which broke out in the attic. The sparks house at 804 N. East st., damaging the roof there. i o——————————

. DIES IN FAG LINE NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (U. P).— Roy M. Hall, 64, Brooklyn, waiting in line for a chance to buy some cigarets last night, collapsed and {died of a heart attack.

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