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‘Free Speech’ To Employers [s ‘Desirable’

Willing to File Financial Statements

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U. P.).—A. F. of L. President William Green conceded today that it might be desirable to amend the Wagner labor act to guarantee employers “the right of free speech.” He also sald amendments to require unions to file financial reports and register with the government might be acceptable. Mr. Green testified before the house labor committee, which is considering labor. reform legisiation. Drawn Out by Hoffman It was the first time Mr. Green| had gone on record that some new labor legislation might be desirable. In a recent appearance before the senate labor committee he made a blanket denunciation of pending labor legislation. He was advised then to abandon his “negative” attitude. Under intensive questioning by Rep. Clare Hoffman (R. Mich), .and sdvocate of stringent labor legislation, Mr. Green said: “The , Wagner . act: might be

amended to grant free speech to employers and to make unions file financial ‘register with

the government.” “You Can't’ Says Green Rep. Hoffman pressed Mr. Green for a proposal on the settlement of jurisdictional .disputes. Mr. Green said that “you can't outlaw” such) disputes by legislation. “Do you believe it would be just) ar equitable to pass a law that | would guarantee any man, whether a member of a union or not, the| right to work?” Rep. Hoffman) asked. | Mr. Green said “such “a law will not work.” Mr. Green charged

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ple of the nation for something a few individuals have done.” Hoosier Charges ‘Smear’ The committee session opened with a brief squabble between Chairman Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R. N. J.) and Rep. Ray J. Madden, (D. Ind.). They clashed over a published statement by Rep. Madden that the committee was building up a “smear” case against labor, Mr. Hartley said the statement surprised him, because he had “no disposition” to shut off testimony. | H® pointed out that labor witnesses| are now being heard.

Mr. Madden replied that he meant |

“no reflection on the chairman of| this committee.” But he noted that out of 54 witnesses only 10 were from the ranks of labor.

Net Sectionals Open in State

Four games—at Hammond, East Chicago, Gary and Valparaiso— got the 37th annual edition of Indiana's state high school basketball tournament underway this afternoon. By the end of the firing tonight 52 of the 781 contenders already “will be sidelined. There will be action at 20 centers tonight, including Indianapolis, as tournaments with 14, 15 or 16 teams open play. The others start tomorrow. Nearly 15000 fans will see the city’s opening session at the Butler fleldhouse. Howe and Warren Central meet at 7 p. m. and Tech and Cathedral play at 8:15 p, m. f ©. P. Dagwell, Indianapolis sec-

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Amusements 8-2 Ruth Millett. 13}final stages of passage. Eddie Ash ... 16 Movies ..... 8-9 | it appears the group will obtain passage of a better than average numBoots ~......, 22| Legislative ber of its major issues. Ned Brook .. 13] Calendar.., 7| One bill signed by the governor lowing Business .... i} Obituaries ... 4!authorizes Indianapolis, and Marion Marion county: Carnival .... 13/F. C. Othma 13 | county - to construct a new -cityClassified. 20- 3 Radio ....... 23 county building. Comics ...... 23| Record Music 8| The other bill signed by the 89V-tcounty welfare board from the Crossword .. . 22 Reflections ‘. 14} ermor directs him to convey the juvenife court judge to the circuit Editorials ... 14 Scherrer ..... 14/ city market property deed «to the court judge. Fashions, . 16-17| Science eas . Siity of Indianapolis. Forum ..... 14| Serial ....... 12| transfer clears the title to property.| power of appointment. Gardening .. '6 Side Glances. 4 The city now owns it without & curred during fhe administration Meta Given, 16 | | Spelling Bge . 23, | doubt. Hollywood .., 13|Sports .... 18-19| The two bills were introduced by| was’ introduced by Rep. Wilbur “Home Page . eo 10 Washington. . 14 | Senators “4 Roger G. Wolcott and grant, In Indpls. 3 Weather Map 7 Robert L. Borkenburr. Inside’ Indpls. 13] Women's. . 16-17] Also on the governor's desk awaitLabor ....... 3 Waid” Anairs i4ling bis pen and ink are the fol

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Mark R. Gray, Leader in Civic

x Mark Roy Gray, publisher of the Indianapolis Commercial, died today at St. Vincent's hospital. Mr. Gray, who was 64, had been | in the hospital since Feb. 3. He was taken there after suffering a; heart attack three weeks ago, while| attending a convention of the! Moose lodge. Active as a national official of the! Loyal Order of the Moose for years, Mr. Gray in 1943 was elevated to supreme governor of the order, its highest elective office. Mr. Gray purchased the Commer- | cial, weekly legal publication, in 1925. Previously he had worked on the former Indianapolis Journal and the Denver Post. An active gvie lender, he had,

Tid Vietim At Purdue Dies

Injuries Fatal To Honor Student -

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Bar Group Is Opposed to Elected Judges

Turns Down Plan . Suggested by Niblack

By NOBLE REED

The recent recommendation of Judge John L. Niblack that municlpal court judges be elected instead of appointed by the governor has been turned down by the judiciary committee of the Indianapolis Bar association.

Abolition of the appointive procedure for the judges was one of six reform recommendations made by Judge Niblack, of superior court 1, in a review Feb. 5 of his five years on the bench of municipal court 4. Albert Ward, chairman of the association committee, said his group could see no improvement in putting the municipal judge selections into the election machinery. Agree With Judge The judiciary committee agreed with Judge Niblack in his recommendation that the budget for the prosecuor’s office should be increased to provide more full-time deputies to prepare criminal cases. The bar association last year recommended that the prosecutor's budget should be increased from $70,000 annually to $100,000. Chairman Ward's committee also agreed with Judge Niblack in “his recommendation {courts and. the police station should { /bé housed In a more: ation Ss

ing. Building Pregram “The committee has recommended that the bar association co-operate in a building program for county and city governments” Mr. Ward said. Judge Niblack recommended legislation to regulate professional bondsmen and eliminate flagrant abuses in the bail bond business.

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ON THE JOB — Howard Engehors lof). io was mahed head football coach today .at Tech high school, confers with Athletic Director C. P. Dagwell on the East side gridiron program. Mr. Longshore's appointment followed the resignation of Richerd E Hamler.

(Closed Shop Ban

Pass Measure

ould Count on Only 45 ‘Yeas,’ 1 Necessary to Assure Approval

. By RICHARD BERRY % Republican legislative leaders, beat a quick potest on the administration’s liquor reform bill, saving it last moment from what might have been, disaster. ’ = Though none of the top administration spokesmen |speak officially on the reason, they admitted’ they changed Beir Jininds on permitting the bill to omg |

Mitchell Revives

Senate Agrees to Put Measure to Public Vote

By JACK THOMPSON The bill to ban the closed shop in Indiana, left by the senate Republican majority to die without a vote, came to life today. Senator A. W. Mitchell (R. Laauthor of the ill-fated

\orgthors | Is Named ©

4 Alleges WASHINGTON, ‘Feb. 26 (U. P..| | —President ‘Truman today sent to,

Police Brutality . To Fill Vacancy | dongtess legislation’ to “unify” the’

Lpaspes oe ‘indiana sate po- | army, navy and air forces under al Richard E. Hamler today resigned | e used third degree methods in' ? coac § single secretary of nationh} defense. | 2° head: football h, at Technical

obtaining confessions from ° four | high school, and his assistant, How-teen-agers who are charged with| “Tt i my belief that this sug- | ard Longshore, immediately was eleslaying Trooper Herbert W. Smith gested legislation’ accomplishes the : vated to fill the vacancy.

The judiciary committee *pointed out that the two presént municipal

Times State Service LAFAYETTE, Ind,

| three.

{senior mechanical engineer honor]

student and air force veteran, died | at 11:45 o'clock last night in Home | {hospital here. ~

He had suffered spine and chest | injuries and broken legs when a huge bleacher section collapséd | Monday night between halvés of | | the Purdue-Wisconsin game hurling '3400 spectators to the dirt floor of the field house. Two others were]

| killed and 250 injured.

Meanwhile, here were the latest developments in the two-day old tragedy: ONE:

er, announced nothing could be

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‘Cash Only’ Favored

For Wartime Housing WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U. P.).— {Two house committees have ap-

proved a resolution calling upon the | federal housing authority to sell won jhe 1946 Bendix cross-country having no connection with the

lonly for cash the permanent hous- |

ing projects constructed by the government for war workers. The resolution was approved by the house banking committee and | the appropriations subcommittee on government corporations.

Rep? George Henley (R.| housé majority lead-

court judges, Joseph Howard and

{Dent of another Purdy Feb. | Alex M. Clark, had set up a proof a r Purdue university | cram of reforms to abolish abuses | man said. Rep. | student today raised the toll of the | 5 the bond business. William Price and Virgil Johnson

Hoffman would “punish all the peo- | state's worst basketball disaster t0| «we recommended that no further | Monday before Circuit Court Judge

{action be taken if the judges’ pro- |

| Theodore Nordquist, 25, of Gary, | lgram is carried out” Mr. Ward|are charged with first degree mur- Jr. and Senate President Arthur)

said. Probe Question Further Regarding Judge Niblack's rec-| ommendation that change of judges | under the venue law be abolished | |as to municipal courts, the judiciary committee voted to investigate this |question further before making a | recommendation. “The committee

checked this

[practice in municipal courts and |

{found that there have been com(paratively few motions for change lof judge recently,” Mr. Ward said.

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‘Seeks Coast-to-Coast Flight Under 6 Hours

| HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26 (U. P.). —Speed Flier Paul Mantz sald to{day he will attempt a cross-country

may be made at the trial which desired unification of the services Homlor had Bed the Tech) starts Monday, it was learned to- i amler coac e Tec jand I heartily recommned its en- varsity for two years, and his 1946,

day. The jury trials in the cases of actment by the congress,” Mr. Tru- team was a co-claimant to e mythical city championship. He! are scheduled to begin at 9 a. m.| 8 n. idly had been reserve coach] THE PRESIDENT sent letters to for three years after a tenure at

Both House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Southport fuigh school. * In submitting his resignation,

der. 'H. Vandenberg. | Hamler said he felt he “was getting | The subject of alleged state po) The measure would set up a ha- too old to coach.” He will continue lice brutality when the four were tional defense establishment imder on the Tech faculty as a physical captured has been discussed more; Which would be a department of education teacher. or less secretly in official circles the army, a department of the] The new coach has been on the ever since the shooting last De- NAVY, and a department of the air Tech athigtic staff for about five, cember on the outskirts of Shel- force, (years, but he took a wartime leave byville. The secretary of national defense to serve in the navy. He assisted] Shigzing Beporicd would be a civilian with cabinet Coach Hamler during the past! rank. The others would not have season. It was reported that state troop- |cabinet rank. A graduate of DePauw, Longshore ers slugged the two youths, particu- | aw played quarterback for two years on larly the alleged triggerman, Price,| EACH UNIT of new unified the M'iger eleven and also won a! after their capture in thé corn-|4efense establisiment would op- | letter in basketball. He was a three- | field. erate under its own secretary. He| Port athlete . at Valparaiso

There were no charges brought |would be responsible directly to We) {school. by anyone. Subsequently, no in-|secretary of national defense. Vestigution by aither state offi-| The war department would be ' Couple’ s New Home cials or the state police department, known as the department of the then under the regime of ousted army and the Hd of the secretary | ‘Destroyed by Fire Col. ‘Austin Killian, was made. of war would be revised to secre-| The new home of Mr. and Mrs. | Lloyd Toon, one mile west of New

Col._Killian was replaced by Col. tary of the army. | Robert Rossow and an entire new| In line with the proposed new Bethel on State road 29, was de-

George Long at Columbus.

flight Sunday in less than six hours. Mr. Mantz, a movie stunt expert,

race. He sald he would use the same modified P-51 that he flew in the Los Angeles to Cleveland, 0. classic, | He will fly at 30,000 feet, carrying 700 gallons of gasoline and four | tanks of oxygen, he said.

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ernor’s signature today.

Local Lawmakers’ Score: 2 Acts Signed, 6 Wait Pen

18 Members of County Delegation Have Bills in Final Stage of Passage

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Two bills introduced by the Marion county delegation in the 85th {general assembly have become laws.

This Jer save tH&" juvenile court judge the

Six others are awaiting the gov-

Numerous others introduced by the 18 members are reaching the Thus, with two weeks of the session remaining,

slate of superior officers. The re- cabinet setup, the proposed act stroyed by fire today. | placement followed a general shake- | Would alter the line of presidential | The Toons had moved in a week jup in the ~department on matters | Succession to eliminate the secre- ago. They were both at work when the, secretary of‘ national defense |about 9 a. m. Fire apparatus from wduld be substituted. station 25 and also from New

The “unification” proposal agreed | Bethel

Smith shooting. State police today had no statement to make on the charges or

of staff is not an actual merger of sheriff's deputies. the services, but rather their co- | {Continued on “Page 3—Column 4 ordination under one secretary.

Price and Johnson plan to use

new furnishings in the house.

Snow Predicted Two More Days

300% TEMPERATURES

Barring a Change of Pace by Legislators, Candidates May Become Minor Item on Ballot

6am... 10am. ... 2 7a m.. Cou 1 a.m....2% 8a m.... 24 12 (Noon).. 28 By ROBERT BLOEM 9am... 2 l1pm....28 Pity the poor voter in 1948.

Two more days of snow and & more questions to answer than a quiz kid. mercury hovering above the shiv- | ering mark forecast for Indianapolis polls.

taries of war and navy. Instead,|fire was discovered by neighbors

extinguished flames. But the reports that the defense of {to by the army, navy and chiefs |the house was leveled, according to

The couple had recently placed

Questions, Questions—Voter Is Likely To Find Himself Snowed Under in 1948

If the legislature carries out all its referendum plans he'll have

If he isn't a tax expert he'll have to take one along with him to the And while he's at it, he may as well get hold of a good book on

| Only two weeks aga the senate j majority mét in caucus and agreed to drop ‘the bitterly contested bill. stead, the majority agreed to pass. two other labor measures, one | forbidding pickets from blocking lentrance to struck establishments and the other permitting women to work in industry from 6 a, m. to i1 a.m, Revival of the closed shop issue] | brought out the tug-of-war between

rival labor groups on controversial f

legislation. The A. F. of L. is understood to have relaxed its fight against the i picketing measure after the agree-| {ment on the closed shop. Reason | cited was that the A. F. of L. would {be seriously hurt by outlawing | closed shop contracts while the | picketing measure would affect few| {qf its unions.

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Douglas Named Envoy to Britain

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U. P).— President Truman today nominated Lewis W. Douglas, insurance executive and former budget director, to be ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Douglas is a former member of congress from Arizona, He has been president of the Mutual Life

January 1940. As ambassador tn Britain, Mr. Douglas will take the place that was to have been filled by O. Max Gardner. Mr. Gardner died in New York a few weeks ago on the day

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the veteran a tax credit. “That may be on the ballot, too. Should we give it to him on his property tax? Or on his gross income fax? :

tax in 1947. More questions. |

today. | constitutional law. The U.S. weather bureau said| Barring a change of pace by the

measures dealing with

ONE: Transfers the power of appointing members of the Marion

A former legislature This oc-

of Judge Mark Rhoades.

TWO: The “jury clean-up bill’

The bill

on Indianapolis today and tomor- | {be a minor consideration. They be simpler. tow. Temperatures will level off can be taken care of in a couple around the 25 to 30 mark. of minutes. comes fhe one about the soldiers’ - Meanwhile, states police warned Then come the questions, all of | bonus. drivers that roads in the north and which may be on the ballot. central sections of Indiana are still] Shall the next legislature pass a|veterans of world war II? “hazardous.” Roads in the southern local option law? part of the state are snow-covered | If he votes “yes,” then how can|the state raise the money? but passable. ~~ the legislature . make up revenue | cautiously in the northwestern part| Should it raise property taxes? of the state, where roads are snow covered sand in the northedst in gr ,/Allen, Huntington and Wabash |

, income tax? 1 option question.

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counties where roads are packeq best, to have a sales tax? wits. snow" and: hazardous, , “od pers sp anv in the ats

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question should better have been occasional snow-flurries would fall | | legislators, candidates for office will |“no” in the first place. That would

That's only the beginning. Next

Should Indiana pay a bonus to 1f the answer is “yes,” how should

Should it try the gross income Drivers were warned to drive which may be lost in excise taxes? tax increase, or maybe a sales tax? for, anyway? Have to be careful not to suggest| Remember Or should it maybe increase the the same thing suggested for the You can't n the other hand, would it be oe. for everything with one tax,

Should the legislature. amend &

term of office to four years?

Should 18-yenz-ulds be allowed to vote?

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grapevine or otherwise, oo Indica {how soon the administration liquor (bill might be subjected to a house

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Insurance Co.. of New York since !

Might try a cigaret tax as sug-|! legislature already passed a cigaret|

constitution to lengthen the sheriff's]

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road purposes only? ‘ Should there be a constitution conyention in 1049? Shall we outlaw the closed What do.we have a 1

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