Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1947 — Page 3
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“union elaims for more than $4 bil + Hon in portal-to-portal pay.
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Senator Backs | Bill to Outlaw | Union Claims
Calls Wage Actions ‘National Problem =
By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Congress was warned today that
thousands of firms faced bankruptcy |
unless steps are taken to outlaw
The warning was sounded by Senator’ Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind), He was the first witness as a senate judiciary subcommittee opened hearings on legislation to throw the suits out of court, Asserting that not one firm in a hundred had money to meet the claims, ‘Mr, Capehart said: “We are facing a national problem which, if not solved promptly, may have disastrous consequences on production and commerce.” ° Senate Group Meets The three-man subcommittee began hearings as the senate labor committee, headed by Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0). assembled to decide how it will proceed, with a long list of other bills aimed at labor unions. a Mr. Capehart said that back pay
claims would “far exceed” $5 billion. |
Those suits "have been filed, mostly by C. IL. O. affiliates, to claim back overtime pay for the time spent by employees walking to and preparing for their jobs while on employer's properties. : As a result of a supreme .court decision last June, suits were filed under the wage-hour law, which requires —that—double—damages—bepaid for violations, ..\ Life of Firms Periled Mr. Capehart said the lawsuits
firms. “Until industry know the extent of their liability,” he
pertalio poral legislation. He face bankruptcy unless prompt
Wis.), left, and Senator Forrest C
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ISSUES WARNING—Senator Homer E. Capehart.(R. Ind.) center, ‘testifies before the senate judiciary committee studying
warned that thousands of firms steps are taken to®outlaw union
claims. He is shown conferring with Senator Alexander Wiley (R,
. Donnell (R. Mo.).
Children of Divorce—
Disputes Amo
Juvenile Court Reflects
ng Parents
Delinquent Minors Often Face Judge Long Before Mother, Dad Reach Separation Stage
This is the third of a series of stories about children of divorce, taken. from the files of Marion county courts,
long before their parents go to the
Testimony records of score ere RTE Re
Evidence in most of the cases Questioning of the parents -at the divorce hearing disclosed that their children started “getting out
jof control” shortly after emotional and . business conflicts between the mother and
father reached the open fighting
A 0 3 3 been in juvenile court for various offenses,
~dertake contemplated reconversion
made to merge existing organiza- led t6 drunkenness on the part of
sald, “they are in no position to un- stage. programs essential to the ‘mainte-! IN A Superior. court 4 divorce nance of national prosperity.” hearing recently, two parents were If the industrial firms fail, he wrangling for several days over said, the workers themselves will who should get the custody of their suffer, two’ children. Mr. Capehart argued that the, Suddenly, both the children disgovernment, too, would lose revenue, appeared from home. A police through reduced taxes and throughlalarm was spread over Indiana, enIncreased costs of goods bought dur- listing .the aid of all law enforce: ing the war. He did not see h6w/ment agencies to locate them. congress could consider tax reduc-| The divorce hearing was posttions unless it blocked the portal- poned for a week while the fight-to-portal suits, ing parents looked for their chilGovernment Faces Loss ~ dren. He also suggested that the law- About a week later, both of them suits would upset forthcoming col-| vere located in California pennilective bargaining. Companies would 1e%8 and inthe custody of juvenile be4n no position to negotiate on|AULhOritigs. They had hitch-hiked wages, he said, with undertermined | M8TYY 2000 les. : ; Habiligies hanging Over them. | QUESTIONING of the children, Mr. Capehart and Judiciary Com- both of high school age, revealed mittee Chairman Alexander Wiley BY ge:
: : : that their motive in running away (R. Wis.) both have introduced bills os to settle for themselves the
to define -“work” under the wage-' ; ; long court fight over their custod how law ee meaning time spent E a take care of as productively. NS : ; selves. Their measures would deprive fier yeveral more days of deSouris of agtherity hear CIAIMS jiperation in the divorce court, the Mr. Caneront tol (sation. children were divided between the T= Lapehar the committee ., ants one to the ‘mother and one he had consu'ted attorneys, who! ( the father. - Le
assured him his bill was constitu- Testimony in most of these cases
tional. al {disclosed clearly that neither par- . . {ent was prepared for marriage and Co-operative Rabbit jthe problems of rearing c! ildren, Market Consi | yr. # sidered | THE WIVES in most cases had Plans for a co-operative market formed such highly romantic ideals for rabbit breeders will be discussed ahout marriage during her cloisat a meeting of Ureeders of this vi-|tered and coddled girlhood from cinity at 2 p. m. Sunday at the fairy tales and glamorized movies Indiana World War Memorial. More | tja¢ they couldn't adjust themselves than 500 breeders are expected to t4 realities of wedlock and children. attend. | - Judge Walter Pritchard of suGoal of the co-operative would be perior court 4 said testimony of to make Indianapolis and Marion some wives indicated clearly that county a centralized market for ne mortal man could possibly measbreeding rabbits for meat and pelts. \yre up to the romantic ideals the Robert M. Dodd, acting president wives had set for them. of a tentatively organized co-opera-| Result — disillusionment, nagging tive, sald an attempt would be and finally emotional ou'breaks that
tions into one group. If this is done, one or the other or both, then the a central headquarters where breed-| divorce court.ers may market rabbits will be x x = established here, TESTIMONY of disgruntled hus-
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asked, but the defense attorneys.
: By NOBLE REED : A LARGE PER CENT of delinquent children reach juvenile court
divorce courts.
were ‘about the same, Se ., B . bands "also show that many of them, too, were not prepared emotionally for the realities of marriage. : Evidence in most of the cases shows that they were never able to readjust their habits of personal freedom acquired while single tg the 50-50, give ‘and take compromises necessary married life. These maladjustments on the part of the parents usually end in constant turmoil in the home. » » » “IF THERE are children living in this atmosphere of parental friction over emotional conflicts, it is almost certain that their immature minds will ‘become distorted and they will grow up to be mentally ill,” declared Judge Ralph. Hamill of superior court 5. Most pialad justments on the part of parents In divorce cases can be traced to some emotional conflict
said.
NEXT: Expert pre-marital counseling might reduce number of delinquent children from broken homes.)
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Seeks Chapel For Tyndall Towne
The new mayor of Tyndall Towne, | William R. Bruns, today sought to open a chapel for community use. There is a chapel on the Stout field emergency housing site, but | war department red tape has pre- | vented the 132 families living theré from using it, No release can be obtained from the war department, Mayor Bruns has, .found. However, Indiana's new senator, William E. Jenner, is investigating the possibility of opening the chapel for use. The mayor of Tyndall Towne’ | knows army red tape; he spent five | years in the army air forces, part {of the time in the China-Burma- | India thedter. Other officials of the housing town are John J. Ford, police chief; Gus A. Giuffre, fire chief; Henry D. Strickland, Ermest E. Allanson, Leroy Prettyman ard Fred Miller, town board members.
Sets Tongues
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herself of charges that she is the perpetrator of Dupont's mercury poison deaths, her friends say. Her attorneys said: “We are ready for trial and our client is entitled to have the matter aired in court.” Thus far no continuance has been
are expecting such a motion at any time in Jefferson circuit court. Continuance Plea Awaited No official pronouncement has been made in the new illness of Mrs. McConnell, although some; people in Madison say she suffers from recurring effects ‘of mercury
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that thew. can pay for like rent
in their childhood, Judge Hamill!
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_ {that the pair actually did buy’the ‘lots on which they had taken op- . {tlons. And when the whole enter-
prise caved in like a house Jf cards,
[their total assets included: -
“A second-hand ‘ concrete blockmaking machine, Welch bought it
[for $100, but owed $50.
A small sawmill at Greensburg, in which Welch had an interest. . An option to purchase lumber in Kentucky. Own a Hole A hole inthe ground near a railroad siding where the pair said they
iwere constructing a “model home.”
And some equity in a second-hand truck.
Having secured several thousands of dollars in down payments, Welch & Hackley immediately ran headon into-the building industry's big headache: No building materials. Neither ofthem had investigated that aspect of the enterprise. They had promised to build homes in 60 to 90 days. Legitimate contractors at that time were warning that building a House might well take a year, if ever it were to be completed. ¥ Undaunted; Welch notified his G. I. customers that the company had run into some difficulties. He ran another ad in a local newspaper. He could not find any lumber, he
ing block. But he had purchased the block-making machine to make his own blocks.
Tell of Lease “We have ‘leased a plot of ground in a good location on ‘a railroad siding where we are going. to erect a sample house,” the ad said, “and if you are having trouble
ust,_don’t worry for we will soon oR EIEIO
at about one-half the celling price for rental property. “We have purchased a large tract of timber in Cumberland County, Ky., and with ‘a mill will produce r own lumber....” . So the veterans, some of whom were getting anxious when their houses failed to materialize in two months as promised, were reassured, J Meanwhile, Toner Overley of the Indianapolis Better Business Bureau got interested. He asked Welch to drop in and see him.
Plan Looks Thin
To Mr. Overley, the plan looked thin, He warned Welch that unless ia trust fund was set up whereby ‘the down payments of prospects would be safeguarded, the Better Business Bureau could not accept the plan. : Welch and Hackley agreed to set up the trust, They created the fund; with Hackley as trustee. There was only one catch to the safeguard, - : Hackley, as trustee, could write { checks against the fund. Evidence | later showed that he did, paying his {utility bills, his office rent and his stenographer out of it, and taking $25 & week for himself as “salary and expenses.” The pair had promised to build homes in from 60 to 90 days. When Welch - and Hackley failed to produce, complaints poured into the Better Business Bureau and the prosecutor’s office.
Seek Receivership
Realizing that the heat was on, Hackley attempted to throw CoOperative Homes into receivership. He filed suit in superior tourt on behalf of the Planned Parenthood association, of which he was the head. The suit asserted that CoOperative’ Homes owed Planned Parenthood $500 and could not pay. It asked that a receiver be. appointed. The Planned Parenthood group, Hackley said, had lent Welch $500 in consideration for a note of $1015.19. The Planned Parenthood group had laboriously raised the $500 through the sale of corn. Hackley’s suit also set forth the assets of Co-operative Homes as $199.10 and liabilities at $6000. (Later, the prosecutor’s office found the assets hardly totaled $50).
‘Sham’ Charged The prosecutor's office intervened in the suit, contending it was a
/Iliness of 'Tot's' Patient.
A-Wagging
Madison, county seat of Jefferson county. vod The body of Minnie McConnell, exhumed from Dupont cemetery, also disclosed presence of mercury. So did the bodies of “Uncle Fred” Giddings and Mrs. Hattie Calhoun, also patients of “Tot” Lockman before they died. The mercury was discovered by Dr. Rollo N, Harger of I. U. Medical Center. But two major questions remain unanswered. Did the mercury found in the bodies actually cause" the deaths? If so, how did it get there? Toxicologists to Report
poisoning. An examination by" physicians and toxicologists at Indiana university medical center at Indianap-| olis disclosed mercury when she first was admitted to the hospital | last year. Thus far nobody kndws how she got the drug, much less] whether somebody gave it t) her. | The state was successful in indicting Mrs. Lockman on a chapge of attempted murder but a murder | charge that had been placed earlier was dropped last week. One Body Exhumed This charge accused her ¢° murdering Mrs. Minnie McConnell, | mother of Mayme's husband For- |
rest, a wealthy cream separator) manufacturers’, representative who lives at little Dupont, nor far from
Madison county authorities are awaiting the toxicologists’ report from Indianapolis on tee first question. The second question is something they'll have #0 answer themselves. The prosecution - still ~ hopes to return murder. indictments against “Tot,” but townspeople believe the chances faded fast when the original murder charge was dismissed. . All in all, the people of Jefferson
county are having a wonderful time | asking each ‘other questions and|
answering themselves. .
Some people think that most of |:
the questions never will be answered—that they'll be buried forever in the wooded slopes of Jef-
Two Sharpers Pyramid $50 {Into a $500,000 Bubble
said, and was unable to buy build- |
locating a suitable house to live in|
“sham” to rid Co-operative Homes of some pressing obligations— namely $30,000 owed to a group of veterans, ’! : Judson I. Stark, then superior court judge, named Deputy Prose-
cutor Edwin Haerle as receiver for the company. ’
One obvious circumstance which
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ferson county's hills near the Ohio river. o ; , --
‘had received a tip that Welch was
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helped. trap the pair was the fact|at 8 that Hackley, attorney for the|s plaintiff, was also the attorney for| the defendant, Welch, Welch, hgwever," was not ready to give up, He told Mr. Overley that “a big New York firm” was planning to back him. : But it was too late. Mr. Overley
a parolee. The Better . Business Bureau manager checked and learned that Welch had been convicted of ob« taining money under false pretense
At the request of the pros cutor’s office, the uaa
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