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Bottleneck Proves Big Headache For Indiana Penal Officials

By DONNA MIKELS SINCE HE was a small infant, John W. has been

“kicking around.”

His father died—his mother lacked the stability to

make a home for the child, As a boy,’ John was shuffled

from friend to friend and when he got old enough to quit school he continued his aimless wandering.

Somehow, he got from his home state of Florida

. to.a YMCA in northern In-

diana In 1044. It was there he ‘Was arrested for the first time, sentenced to one to 10 years for theft of money and bonds A year later John was given a chance at parole. But again, his “general instability” popped up and he was sent back to the Indiana Reformatory.

After a short time back In prison, however, John began to “straighten up” Nearing 25 years of age, he began to think about a life's work—something beside manual labor, which left him at loose ends to get into trouble, Reformatory officials were as with the changed John as they had been unimpressed with him before. John enrolled in a correspondence course- in air .conditioning and refrigeration. If seemed to click. He quickly completed the correspondence portion and seemed successful at what practical experience he could obtain working on reformatory equipment, In April of this year everyone concerned was willing to give John another chance at parole, He was put at the top of the eligible list, despite his previous mistake. . » . BUT TODAY he's still there, still heading the list of half a hundred would-be parolees who are kept are kept imprisoned beca because of

the scarcity of jobs in general and the still more acute shortage of employment for exconvicts. This job bottleneck currently is one of the biggest headaches in Indiana's penal system, There are 45 such men in Indiana Reformatory, 10 in State Prison and 15 women in the Women's Prison—all of these could be paroled if they had a Job waiting outside. Jobs for parolees were never easy to find. "Employers who could hire anyone else weren't anxious to take a chance with men who had “done time.” But the tightening employment situation in Indiana has made the task more difficult. , Many parolees who were working satisfactorily were

‘laid off, through no fault of

their own. Parole supervisors, who know how important steady employment is to a man getting his “second chance,” have had to find new jobs for these men as well as work to unlock ‘the gates for eligible men still jailed. . ~ .

GIVING a job to parolees means more than just giving someone a “second chance,” parole officials say. The cost of keeping one man in prison for a year runs about $600. The" cost of supervising the same man on parole is only

about $47.50 a year, less than

one month's institutional costs. The would-be parolees whose releases are delayed by lack of Jobs are jobs are costing the sting the taxpayers

Argentine Wolves ‘Rough,’ American Ballerinas Find

By ERNIE HILL, Times Foreign Correspondent

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 10—Twelve American, Ballerinas on tour are finding Latin American wolves dashing, im-| petuous, desperate and at times overwhelming. Take it from Helen Komarova, 23, born in Chicago but more | recently of Ballet:Russe in New York. Helen has turned down four mariage offers, three mink coats, | one large-sized automobile and — a — an assortment of bric-a-brac| moonlight, " Helen recalls. ranging from a pearl-handled re-. After a bit of view, I sald I} volver to a working interest in a Nad to go home and get a longcattle ranch. | distance call. As we came down One 60-year-old Argentine aip-| the main street, the two men took lomat has followed the ballet the pistols from . their holsters | 1000 miles through South Amer-| and started shooting up the town. ica to be on hand at the stage We got inside the hotel before | door at odd and, unexpected the police arrived. We didn’t go} moments. | out any mete A Rau Saivaser: " , , ore Wrong Dress Can’t Guess Next Move In the little Eo of Call,| Helen is one of the stars of the Colombia, the girls made the mis-| ballet formed by Alicia Alonsoitake of wearing off-shoulder of Ballet Theater, New York. dresses. Made up half of Americans and When they walked down. the! half of Cubans and Mexicans, it street, there were whistles and| has been on tour seven months. | shouts and crowds followed them “You can usually guess the everywhere. next move of a Broadway wolf,”| As for the Argentine wolf, he says Helen, “but Latin Americans | plays the heavy-romance angle in! are as unpredictable as they are contrast to the more impetuous enthusiastic: { Central American. “After the first drink, the. “They are well-perfumed, slickArgentine wolf will start reciting haired and full of leers,” says how ‘your hair is as lovely as Helén. “It is most terrifying. the night and your eyes are like| |Since the company went broke little stars and you dance like an| {three months ago, we've spent a angel and I love as I never jot of time sitting in hotel lobbies

thought I could, so come up fo for mutual protection. A Broad-|

my place and see the etchings.’ way wolf certainly will never Just like that.” |daunt us again.” In_ San Salvador Helen and| “But, of course, we've met lots Melissa Hayden, formerly of of nice Argentines, too.” Toronto and theater ballet, dined, According to Helen the pay-off out one night after the perfor- came when the 60-year-old dinner mance with two artists they had date asked her to dig up another known in New York. girl since he wanted to bring “They said we could never ap- along a friend. preciate their country until we - “The friend.” says Helen, had driven out to the edge of “turned out to be his father—

town to view the volcano by aged 80.”

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Making good . . . A man whe learned: a trade in prison holds his first “white-collar job."

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a year for maintenance. But there is another saving to the public, one that can’t be estimated in dollars and cents, In almost every case where an imprisoned man has a family, this family becomes dependent on assistance from the welfare department, the township trustee or other relief agencies. When .a parolee becomes a wage-earner, he lifts this burden from the community. Neither can it be estimated what parolees pay in taxes, But it is shown in general statistics that the work record of a parolee is 13 per cent above the average worker. In 1948 there were 48 men on parole all year and 93 part of the year in one 11-county district. They worked a total of 19,954 days and earned $139,318.27 on which they paid city, county, state and federal taxes. Another statistic that parole officers like to cite to dublops employers is the record of parolees “on-the-job” last year. In 1948, more than 80 per cent of - the state's parolees completed the probation period successfully—only 13.02 were re-

turned for parole violations.

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many years been employing law-offendeérs . . . and have found that no particular problem has refuited from the employer’s paint of view,” superintendent of industrial relations of Inland Steel Co. Indiana Harbor Works, East Chicago. ‘. + + We have learned from experience that much of good can be salvaged from most of these men when they are competently supervised on release and provided with an opportunity to prove their worth and usefulness in gainful employment,” president International Hod Carriers’ Building and Common Laborers’ Local 561, Evansville, “In 26 years . .. I have employed around 250 parolees . . . on the same basis as our other employees in regard to wages and advancement. I have seen many of these men leave our plant ,. , businessmen, farmers . . . a’ certified public accountant. Out of all these men, there have been only two who have re-entered prison”

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of recent years was that of a

youth, orphaned since he was small,” who was working in a printing shop. He conceived the idea of printing extra checks on an order from a business house and later forged these checks. He was arrested and sent to the reformatory. There, he decided to make up for the high school education he had never obtained. He took a course In architectural draw-

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hen it was time for release, le officer used these to try to get him 8 job in an architectural firm, But, he could find’ no takers, Finally, the th took a job working ts as a dishwasher. Each pe. im he made the rounds of architects’ offices, telling his story in full and seeking a job. On his third try, at a northern Indjana firm where the parole officer had failed to get him a job, the man found an employer willing to take a chance. Today, almost two years later, he is still there, respected by other employees who know nothing of his first mistake,

With stories like these, Indiana parole officers are now visiting every industry deemed acceptable for parolee employment, trying to place men in jobs that will be a stepping

stone to turn Indiana's liabili-

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