Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1947 — Page 8

ir. ek says that too much newspaper publicity has ! ‘his investigation of protection and pay-offs,

hi h world for a long time. : e can’t stop now, short of resenting the evidence he has gathered to the board of public safety—which is reportedly going to effect a shakeup of the poliee department next Tuesday—and, when he obtains a grand jury, presenting evidence of bribery and corruption that will stop once and for all this wilful violation of the law. There are many ugly rumors going about in connection with the recess in gathering evidence. We choose to believe that the prosecuting attorney will pay no attention to rumors, will not back off fromthe challenge to good govern — ment, will finish what he has started.

STATEWIDE PRIMARY BILL THe house elections committee is scheduled to consider e bill establishing a statewide primary, which provides for Momination of candidates for U. S. senator and all state offices, as well as local candidates, next week. At the same time, the senate elections committee will consider the administration-sponsored bill providing reforms of the convention system of nomination of senate and state candidates. Among proposed amendments is one which would prohibit appointive state employees from being delegates to party conventions. This amendment is in answer to the argument that the last conventions of both parties were bossed, and that the state house machine _ controlled its party's convention partially through the: large number of state employees whotwere delegates. The Times favors extension of the primary to include all candidates. We naturally hope that the committee of the house will recommend passage bf a statewide primary bill. However, there will have to be greater public interest in the problem to force such action. The administration opposes it, and relatively few persons have presented representations to the legislators favoring the change. It would be most unwise of the house election com“mittee to stall on this measure; which should be fully debated on the floor of the house before decision is reached.

POLITICAL INACTION THE legislative program advanced hy the Indiana C. 1. 0. for enactment by the present state legislature appears to be a completely futile gesture. Futile because the Indiana C. I. O. opposed practically everybody now in that legislature or otherwise able to do anything about Indiana legislation at the last elections pretty much along ‘straight party lines, and lost both the election and the influence an organization of its stature might have had. . This is unfortunate, because some of the measures advocated by the C. I O. are good gestures and ought to be adopted. Some of them, we hope, will be adopted anyway. But, adopted or not, C. I. O.’s spokesmen can hardly hope to > find their own arguments for or against legislative action being given very much weight by a man just elected to

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go south in winter, north in summer, and tell these so-called lawmakers what they want done while away. Por years we have tried to keep our house in order, but we starfed on the - wrong house. We should start to work on the house of representatives, not the house we live in. If we do a good job in Washington our house at home will take care of itself. They use big words and try to scare us out, then make laws for their own selfish good. They are doing nothing up here now at the state house while they are in session, only about one-half members attend until the last two weeks; watch them click for themselves. They talk out of both corners of their mouths, but in the end who bears the brunt? It's the little people, the poor little underpaid | housewife. If ever the housewives get organized and know what to do,

+ office against their opposition, which is one of the penalties ~ for getting too far out on a political limb.

that one of the major planks in the C. I. O. program is to! “remove restrictions on labor’s right to engage in political | action.” The statement isn't exactly what they mean. There are no restrictions on labor's right to engage in political action, but only restrictions on unions, as organizations, engaging in some forms of political activity. And : these have been imposed, largely, as a direct result of political action of the kind that has just cost the Indiana | C. I. O. the voice we believe it ought to have in shaping the course of state government.

EDUCATION BEST DELINQUENCY CURB REATER education for marriage would curb the mounting divorce rate in Marien county, and the greater num-

quency. That was the conclusion yielded by the series of articles by Noble Reed, Times staff writer, on the children of divorce. Data for the series, which appeared this week, were taken from the files of the county courts. Most of those qualified to speak on the subject, in the groups interviewed by Mr. Reed, were of the opinion that a marriage counseling clinic in Indianapolis conducted by experts would keep hundreds of couples out of the divorce courts. And “that would, the record curve shows, keep youngsters out of difficulties, Children who find their way into juvenile court most "often come from broken homes. Basic responsibility thus lies with the parents, rather than with the unfortunate children. ; On the basis of the rerordoedlineys the most important premise for any conclusion—it wouldappear that Marion county needs a marriage counseling clinic,

ADDITIONAL TROLLEYS FOUR more trackless trolleys are to be delivered to the street railway company next week, bringing to a total of 60 the number of new vehicles added in 11 months: announcing completion of an order placed a year and a half ago, the company pointed out that the new motor

teen are on South side routes, the same number is on North lines, 10 serve East side areas and five operate on the

mre Diesel busses and 25 -additional motor | order for delivery this: year.

ber of lasting marriages would decrease juvenile delin-

es have been distributed throughout the system. Nine- |

"Women Tried to Keep House in Order, but It Was the Wrong One"

By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, Indianapolis

framers of the constitution when it's as plain as the nose on the face? The framers of the constitution had only this in mind: “To promote the general welfare and insure domestic tranquillity.” adds to comfort and freedom and that does the most good to the great- . | est number, Some of these days legislators are going to get their eyes

the work and then heaven- help them. Housewives are going to demand “portal-to-portal” pay, which they have always deserved but never got,

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» = » “WHY po PEOPLE KEEP THE BOOKS THEY BORROW?” By Pui-Upen Becklever, City Did you ver notice that & great many persons who have keen consciences concerning the property rights of others make an exception in the matter of books? If I could reclaim all the books that friends and neighbors have borrowed from me and failed ‘to return, I'd have an impressive library.

ask the loan of your garden rake or a paint brush and return it be-

somehow, they seem to feel that books I've bought and paid for and prize very highly are public prop-

fore sundown the same day. But!

“PRO OR ANTI LAWS CAN PRODUCE ONLY CHAOS” By E. Bowman, 2331 Station st. We keep shouting to the rest of the world that we are a democracy. We are in reality partially a demodracy. Whenever we have any sort of conflagration we take the matter up with the federal government at Washington, We are forcing the federal government to settle all controversies, issue mandates, and make- laws for -purpose of governing populace in every walk of life. Thus heading for dictatorship . . and usually the majority of the ones issuing such mandates making such laws. know little or nothing about the subject matter with which they are dealing. For instance, labor and management. The members of our congress consider the subject either from a pro or anti,"and in most cases they are unworkable and un- | reasonable, and often times accomplish just the reverse of what they are intended to accomplish. Labor and management must be considered as a unit, whose sole purpose is production. Neither can produce without the other. They must be considered as the. factors | that make an industry. To make a drastic law that is pre labor or vice versa only tends to drive a

erty. One old lady on our street sits on her porch all day in summer. My wife and I both work and so are!

heaven help these so-called repre|sentatives who now represent. only|

las hen's teeth. Portal-to-portal pay, for housewives. We could put a lux-| ury tax on old batchelors and childess couples. Let's get organized and do something about our house, the one which has a tendency to ignore | us. Let's, put that house in order {and our home will be a place in | which to live and not a place to (slave. ’ » = s “INTERCOLLEGIATE RULES BAR BUTLER-KAUTSKY GAME” By Basketball Fan, City The Butler Alumnus who propised Friday in the Forum column that Butler play the professional Kautskys in a basketball game apparenty was unaware that the various intercollegiate aswciations to which | Butier belongs prohibit such con{tests between college and .professional teams.

away from morning until early evening. She sees the postman deliver

In the face of this situation it is interesting to note | | themselves. They will be as scarce our copy of Life, comes and gets it,

| thumbs it over for several hours and {puts it back in the mail basket | looking shabby and worn. I came home early one afternoon and saw her replace my magazine. | |The shabby condition of other numbers had puzzled and irritated me. I had an almost complete set of Tarkington. But I suppose since he was a much-loved public figure,

leven though they formerly stood on my shelves. I swear I don’t mean to be niggardly about my personal possessions. The greatest pleasure in having anything is to share it. But the trouble with some of the people I know is, they don't want to share my books with me. They want to keep them for themselves. I hope some of them see this letter and start bringing back “adopted” volumes.

Carnival —By Dick Turner

Haan sted sca soo | "Edgar! You know very well that when Mr. Felton remarked ‘Oh, ; brother!’ he wasn't calling youl" hile Rg

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birthds Association of the sponsor security “week” in an attempt to focus Rublic a tention on the necessity for preparedness. \ The local chapter of the association . . . which includes members of the army, navy and marine corps reserves , . . was activated recently, and this Activity is its first of a general nature. Browning ‘Gent is chapter president. >

For Universal Military Training

LIKE THE AMERICAN LEGION, the R. O. A. Is strongly in favor of universal military training and will throw its support behind the war department proposal pending in congress, The war department UMT plan, as it is mown,

and mentally fit male citizen and alien residing in the United States ‘owes an-pbligation to this country ‘to undergo training which will fit him to protect it in an emergency. The Indianapolis chapter is joining with Mayor Robert H. Tyndall's army advisory committee in & program designed to inform the public of the army plan. Biggest public opinion hurdle is belief the universal military. training proposal is similar to ‘conscription. Next is that the youths would be in the army and would perhaps develop militaristic views. ‘Fact is that men in UMT units even will wear different uniforms, and will be separate corps with specially selected reserve officer instructors. They will

war. After six months training, they would revert

either during training or afterward . . . unless con-

DEAR BOSS .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18~Indiana has two members on the house education and labor committee. Neither one will support plans to outlaw the close shop or re-establish injunctions in labor disputes. On other proposed labor legislation they may differ drastically, however. And the vote of Rep. Gerald W. Landis, when he goes along with his Republican majority colleagues, is likely to be cancelled by that of Rep. Ray Madden, the only active Democrat from Indiana in either the house or senate.

Have Opposing Views BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS the highly industrialized and almost completely unionized Calumet district, comprising Lake county, Mr. Madden isn't so mad about strikes as are many politicians and citizens of Indiana. : In fact he says there was some sense in many of them. Then he goes on to explain it this way: “After V-J day the take-home pay of many war plant workers was cut one-third. That was caused by reconversion to the 40-hour week without any overtime. At the same time price controls failed and everything the worker had to buy went sky-high. In other words he was faced with trying to meet- living costs that had increased one-third with a pay envelope that had shrunk that much. So when he failed to strike a balance he struck for pay increases.” That, of course, is the union side of the story. The other side, which has been told so often, is that the pay increases started price increases and thus the inflationary spiral grew. What you think about such matters, of course, depends upon whether you

+| believe that wages could have been increased, some-

what, without price increases, the increase being deducted from profits. In any case, you can count on Mr, Madden voting the straight union ticket. Mr. Landis has his own ideas about labor legislation. ‘He intends to introduce them in two bills

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Z_ Federal aid to bolster America’s declining public school system is likely to be shoved aside in the great economy drive now on in congress. But that will not happen without a contest. There are indications that opinion is at last

{to the fire we are trying to put out. {Drastic laws, restrictive in nature] never get results in America. Tell | lan American he can't do a thing and you create resistance, and he does it regardless. Too much pro and too much anti {when written into law usually breeds | chaos. Labor and management | don’t need drastic laws or hard fast {rules to settle any question that may arise pertaining to their affairs. A fair consideration of existing conditions as they effect each party taken up, seriously. at the con-

his books too belong to the city ference table will make a basis for

a fair agreement on any subject. But to do this jockeying for undue advantage must be omitted. Malicious and vicious legislation will only bring chaos and accomplish nothing beneficial. Most of the laws, now being proposed are class legislation and would not stand the legal test of the supreme court. Too many of our legislators are specialists, only capable of passing judgment on special subjects. Many of them seem to have interest only in special groups. But taking

aroused over the failing condition of public education in almost every state in the union. People back

home are letting their congressmen know what this means in terms of closed schools and hopelessly | crowded classrooms. Editorial writers are dwelling on | the danger to a nation that neglects the fundamental.

| Proponents Not in Accord IN PRINCIPAL, MOST MEMBERS of congress would be for some degree of federal aid. But it is over the size and kind of aid that they disagree. Because they disagree, the probability is for no action at all. . ‘In. the last congress, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio” ‘joined with two Democrats, Senator Lister Hill of Alabama and Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, in sponsoring a bill which provided a mod- | erate federal subsidy for education. About $250,000,000 a year would be allocated to states unable, out of their own revenues, to spend a minimum of $40 a year for each child of school age. The state would receive an allocation based on the proportion of its income devoted to education. About 33 states would be eligible for aid under the bill. Fifteen states, those with high educational standards and ,large revenues from concentrated wealth, such as California, New York and Massachusetts, wbuld get no benefits. At the other extreme is a proposal to make up

been woefully neglected.

lectual talent is not in the halls of congress shouting out but on the outside listening and looking in, » ” n “HEADLINES SHOW BLAME NOT ALL ON BROKEN HOMES” By O. FV. K., Charles st. After selling and reading your paper for 33 years, and having come from a broken home that happened when I was 8 years old (mother and father both married twice after separation), and having lived in Indianapolis for 33 years, 1 was never arrested in the 33 years, not even for a traffic violation. After reading the headlines in the paper I would like to know if all these people came from broken homes: “Fire Tear Gas as Talmadge Rules Georgia”; “Political Deal Charged in Court House Contract”; “Cafe’ Man Says He Paid Fee, Raided Anyway”; “Sentence Tilden to Hard Labor on Morals Count”; “Gamblers Operating Freely in Hoosier Basketball”; “Bill Outlaws Athletic Bribes’; “Two Oil Men Given Two Years, Fined.”

DAILY THOUGHT '

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God— Psalms 146:5.

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EVEN TO A seasoned Hoosier politician, it was a rugged occasion. The crowd was excited. Threats dire, raucous and rough, came from many throats. Even a millionaire’s son-in-law rubbed close to the sharp

It was the latter part of 1841. Clan chiefs of Miami Indians were meeting at the forks of Wabash and Litle rivers near Huntington to elect a general chief. Three clan chiefs were candidates.

A Daring Nomination ONE: Francis La Fontaine, He was the son-in-law of John B. Richardville, a Miami general chief who had died previous to the meeting. La Fontaine was popular with both Indians and Americans. His father-in-law was the richest Indian in North America, and one of the wealthiest men in Indiana, with property and money valued at more’ than $1 ilk on. : John B. Brouillette. He was the son- -in- law of Slocum, who according to Indiah lore was kidnaped by Indians in Pennsylvania. and brought to Indiana. THREE: Meshnigomesia, son of Anold, chief of the Mississinewas. When the election fight got hot and tough, one of La Fontaine's followers made a speech. He nominated La Fontaine. He dared anyone to make another nomination. It worked, although a modern politician in Indiana would “have ‘been a ‘wee bit more subtle about it. Thus Francis La Fontaine became the last general chief of the Miami Indians in North America. # Francis La Fontaine, who was born near Ft.

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age of 17, with training to begin after reaching 18 or after ‘completing high school, whichever came later; . Those between 17 and 20 would register lop the training period. Under the proposal, a youngster . could get his training after completion of his school« ing and before entering college or going to work.

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The program would cost three-quarters of & bil-

tion dollars a year, if congress approves it. The avers" age daily cost of war in ‘1945, the year the war ended, exceeded one-quarter-of a billion dollars . . . we can’ traits one million neds for one yOAr at the ol OP SAIN days of war!"

Local Opinion to B Be o Ana cal Opinion, alyred ganizations and OF uN NCH) psi; which include labor

and the higher educational institutions, will be Polleg, oh the question of universal military training,

religious or-

The question to be asked will be: : “Are you in favor of universal military training

not be subject to courts-martial or to the articles of for the youth of this country in time of peace.”

It is to be hoped that the public inform itself ‘really implies

. and replies to that question with an overwhelming

. By Daniel M. Kidney Hoosiers on House Labor Committee

shortly. One would amend the Wagner act fo curd. some of labor's present powers. The other would .deal with industry-wide strikes. Purpose of his measures is to curb abuses he says. Unions breaking contracts would forfeit: their col. lective bargaining rights under the Wagner ‘Act. Strikes in utilities and similar industries which cripple whole communites, or threaten to paralyze the country, would be subject to arbitration, ' Provision also would be made for government séizure of struck plants. In the main, Mr. Landis likely will follow the leadership of Senator Taft (R. O.), who is chairman ’ of the senate education and labor committee. But he balks at the Ball and Case bills outlawing the closed shop and restoring injunction suits, Shifting from labor to the education side of their committeework, both the Hoosiers will favor some federal aid for boosting teachers’ salaries, they said. Red-haired Mr. Madden called the lag-in-teacher pay “outrageous.” He favors quick action to remedy

the situation, he said. Mr. Landis, formerly athletic

director at Linton high school, may head the education subcommittee on this subject.

Teacher Pay Problem HE HAS A MASTER OF SCIENCE degree from Indiana university in teaching, in addition to his practical experience before coming to congress. With the 80th congress paying members $12,500, plus a $2500 expense account, he naturally feels that school teachers salaries should be upped somewhat. : The National Education association headquarters here is carrying on a fight for better-paid téachers. But they have a second point which also may be stressed. That is to see that teachers are worth miore” by raising professional standards. In some states, they point out, teaching requirements struck an awful slump in wartime. , They are for Teconversion

to its former high ground. DAN "KIDNEY.

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs . Federal Educational Aid Is Dubious

stiols. without regard to need in the separate states, This will shortly be reintroduced under the spon= sorship of Senators James E. Murray and Claude Pepper, Democrats, and probably Senafor Wayne Morse, Republican. The Taft-Hill-Thomas proposal will also be reintroduced. Senator Taft does not hold out much hope for its passage. Congress will turn -down the Murray-Pepper-Morse proposal, as Senator Taft sees it, and this will“kill all chance of any aid to education It Senator Taft set’ out éarnestly to work for the moderate bill, it would almost certainly pass the senate. It might éven get by the house. But this is an economy year and the .Republicans are looking for ways to cut down on federal spending. Here is another source. of controversy. Senator Taft believes only public schools should get federal funds allocated to education. To allow parcchial schools to get similar benefits is to override requirements fixed by the states themselves, as the senator from Ohio’ sees it. This raises the Catholic issue,

which has been acute in some states where free bus , |

transportation for public and non-public school pus pils is in dispute.

Paralysis of Inaction TWO MOST POWERFUL lobbies ‘pushing aid to education are the National Education association and the American Federation of Teachers, an A. F. of L. union. The teachers’ union will fight hard for the Murray bill, with its big appropriation. The N. E. A, an independent organization, would probably settle for the more moderate Taft proposal. No other issue illustrates quite so well the paralysis that is likely to freeze this congress into inaction. So the ball will be batted back and forth, and, the score when the game ends is likely to be zero or close to it.

SAGA OF INDIANA ... By Wiliam A. Marlon : Hoosier-Frenchman’s Name Lingers

pened when Frenchmen moved into the heart of North America. His grandfather was a French fur trader at Kekionga (now Ft. Wayne), His father and he received large grants of land along Little river southwest of Ft. Wayne. At the forks of this river and the Wabash he built a fine home, still occupied by- his descendants. His name will linger long in the town of La Fon« taine in southeast Wabash county, and among his descendants in that section of Indiana are such family names as La Fontaine, Webber, Conley, Evans Jones, Owens and Engleman, Francis La Fontaine was a big fellow, weighing about 350 pounds. He had eight children. A special feature in his home was a rocking .chair. made to fit his huge size. When the Miami Indians in Indiana were removed to their reservation in Kansas in the fall of 1846, they asked that La Fontaine go with then. He did. He spent a good part of a year with them, helping them to get started in their new home. - On the long trek back to Indiana in the ‘spring of 1847--down the Missouri and Mississippi, and up the Ohio and Wabash, La Fontaine became desper« ately ill.

Family Believes He Was Poisoned

WHEN HE arrived at Lafayette, he was too mo to go farther. His friends and family in Indiana be lieved the Indians in Kansas, opposed to his return-

ing to Indiana, gave him slow poison béfore he left tte April 13, 1847, at the :

Kansas. He died at Lafay age of 37. i His body was embalm at’ Lafayette and buried ® in a Catholic cemetery. at Runughon; He was vod Sitiaey of tndissa ,

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