Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1945 — Page 8

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Causé Congress’ Criticism Or. Fillmore Pays Tribute

WASHINGTON, t4.—A series of Aill- starred venturés in , i public’ oginion polls has contributed to Congress’ lack of sympathy for To Pastor Here in Early Days.

HOW NAZIS PLAN “FIGHT-TO-FINISH|

Program for German Stand After Collapse Is Revealed.

Congress found that the office of war information conducted one poll which adduced the fact that women with three small children were less inclined to turn: in tin cans for salvage than those. with no -children,

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such canvasses by federal agencies. ’ Rev, Charles M. Fillmore of cultural economics canvassers had

Indianapolis today paid tribute to

3 . been sent to Florida to survey * his longtime friend and nationally| {re prospects of a real estate known preacher, Dr.. Burris A.| boom. Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins, who was 75,| It'found that office of price died yesterday in El Centro, Cal baking car owners such re His first pastorate was the Third a tions as “Is gasChristian “church here which he oline rationing

necessary It found that Ek 5000 household-

served from 1896 to 1900, At th same time, the Rev. Mr. Fillmore |} was minister at the Hillside Chris-|;

Th) Fh ers were samtian church, He said Dr Burris was | ‘pled by the so very eloquent, so liberal and | § census bureau, successful that he often profited by! | acting for the

his example and visited him for] counsel after Dr. Burris moved to Kansas City. “He was a tall, socially-minded,| eloquent speaker with a vigorous de- | livery and a carrying voice who drew | large crowds. composed of persons | of all ages,” was the Rev. Mr. Fill-| more’s description. “His sermons, | which were very liberal and full of| popular material, stayed with me | long after I heard them. .In spite of| his ‘general appeal’ Dr. Jenkins] might rightfully have been called a| ‘man’s preacher,’ because men were so attracted by his services.”

| war production board, as to whether they had ‘undergone hardships as a result of their inability to buy items ranging from rat traps to washtubs,

Mr. Brooks

* x» CONGRESS slapped down OWI's polling activities last year by refusing an appropriation item of $104,500 for operating the survey division of its special serv= ices bureau. OWI is now preparHeaded University Here | ing to seek restoration of the

fund in its appropriation for the

. In addition to the Third church,

,ELIMINATED along with OWI's survey division was the authority to contract for sampling polls by non-governmental organizations to determine the effectiveness of OWI domestic programs. OWI previausly had employed the National Opinion Research Center of Denver univer=sity. Congress action, however, has not removed all of OWTI's facilities for measuring public opinion. OWI's answer to, criticism of its polls is ‘that it cannot serve up

knows the subjects on which the public is uninformed. The agency retains its research division, whose activities include regular correspondence with “re=sponsible” citizens in various parts | | of the country to appraise the effectiveness of informational activities.

5 ” ” OWI FIELD offices are under orders to make daily or periodic “reaction” reports for use by OWI and other interested agen- | cies. The branches are instructed

to report on “aspects of the war program which are the least un-

useful information unless it first |

By PAUL GHALI Times Foreign Correspondent BERN, Switzerland, March 14.— The ultimate Nazi fight-to-the- | finish plan Has now been perfected. ONE: Wehrmacht detachments north of a line from Duesseldorf to| Berlin—at the time of the German | collapse—have .been ordered to re-| treat towards Denmark and the northern Nazi strongholds. prod are to be reinforced by S. S. es units now stationed in ® | way. TWO: Specifically designed units | of western and eastern! front wehr= | {macht troops have been instructed | [to form a block in the mountains | of Thuringia and the hilly region | notsheas! of Nuremberg where they | = to offer the most resistance. THREE: A series of solidly eses positions in central Ger} = to be defended by wehrmacht |

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and volkssturm formations, are destined to slow the allied advance |

owards the Nazis’ Alpine stronghold. | Several 8S. 8. divisions already |

{have been transferred to the Sudell- | {feld and Bayrischzell barracks | camouflaged as S. S. rest homes. Some of these barracks were built |

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derstood or most need clarifying.” Outside the sphere of direct polls but still within the realm of opinion analysis is OWI's

Dr. Jenkins also served as professor and president of the old University of Indianapolis for a short

fiscal year “beginning July 1. Rep. Wigglesworth (R. Mass), of the house appropriations com-

time. His qutstahding work was his! mittee, described the division's | Press Intelligence Service. 37-year ministry at the Kansas City! work as “absolutely without jus- Ordered discontinued by con- : : ] “| tification, ridiculous and a sheer | gress in 1944 but restored in 1945, Communily church, However, he waste of money.” the clipping branch spends $43,was also a newspaper man, an —— eee | 00 ‘a year for subscriptions to 380

author and dabbled a bit in politics. Protestantism” and “Heroes of newspapers Dr. Jenkins preached “functional Faith.” ¥ 5 ow religion” in his edifice in Kansas| - Other Indianapolis friends of Dr. CLIPPINGS of news stories,

Jenkins in addition to the Rev. Mr. Fillmore, are Jesse E. Martin and L. B. and Russell Lookabill His wife to: whom he had been

City which he called the “Church of the Future” It is a landmark ‘made of steel and granite without spire or windows. For three years;

editorials and columnists’ - | : i oom { bombs, meanwhile, are being fran-

ments, as well as the scripts of | tically completed in the Alpine

radio commentators. a gested | sronghd, The robots are 0 be y symposiim; zhown | launched from there like those the |

while pastor there, he was simul- married. more than .50 years, and y “ ; taneously editor of the old Kansas three sons, survive him. The. sons pom 5. we Qniorwstion | allies found on the huge unfinished | City Post. are Burris Jr. newspaper cartoon-| The clipping branch with its |platforms in Brittany and Nor-| He nominated William Gibbs Mc- | ist; Andrew J., publisher of a news-| g5 employees is part of the $675, jmandy. Adoo for president at the Demo- paper in El Centro, and Logan H.,| 000-a-year OWI buredu of spe- The Nazis apparently intend to | cratic convention in 1920. His long | lieutenant commander in the navy.| cial services, presided over by |use these bombs not only against |

{allied towns, but also against Ger- |

Services will be held tomorrow | : : {man or Italian allied-occupied re-|

in El Centro and after cremation, |

list of books include: “Let's Build a New World,” “Princess Salome,”

Miss Katherine C. Blackburn.

“The Man in the Street and Re-| the ashes will he taken to Kansas NEXT — Experts abound as 8100S. Se 195. by Tie Ind Home ie : i e Indianapolis Times ligion,” “The World's Debt to|City. | polls expand. | CopEnEnt, 1048, Daily HIRO e,

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