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Top Demat Say GOP Stallin On Welfare Issue

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| were “ready now” “any. and all welfare matters.’ “A Shrewd Move”

bills were { Lt, = mittee,

This was branded political move” by Statehouse ob-

“surprisingly”

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WATCH REPAIRING

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Chairman Cale moned every available Republican in the state to a ‘grass roots" conference here tonight. Mr. Holder dispatched tele-! grams fo all 92 county chairmen = and chairwomen and ward lead-| ers, urging them to attend the = mass meeting. It will be held at= 8 p. m, in the Claypool Hotel. The telegrams warned the = party's welfare program is “being = undermined.” It described the meeting as a “last ditch fight be-| fore the full capitulation to so-| cialism.” . | Purpose of the (tempt to force /into line to prevent a deadlock in = {the ‘special session which opened = Monday,

‘Democrats Ask | Outright Repeal

| As expected Administration I bills for outright repeal of anti- | secrecy amendment popped up in both ‘houses. House measure = sponsored by Reps. G. Remy Bier- | ly, Decatur, and Minority Leader | '8. Hugh Dillin, Petersburg. Sen|ate measure offered by Sens. Edtwin T. Baker, Evansville, and Minority Leader Leo Stemle,; Jasper, House repealer and GOP revolt (bills immediately tossed in deep {freeze of powerful Ways and {Means A Committee, Companion | ‘ Senate measures sent to less frig- = {id Judiciary A committee over {objection of Sen. Van Ness, who = {wanted them sent to Social Se {eurity.

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when you have a simple heads @che, tired, sore, aching mus. cles or twinges of neuralgia. ” Women find it most helpful during “those days’. Get

STANBACK, Tablets or Powd- + ers, af your drug counler. Both Welfare Only’

10c and 25¢ sizes, both equally Policy Broken

sliective. { Announced intention to conSTANBACK sider only welfare situation was A {shattered first day in both houses. Senate’ got bill to knock Lake County Commissioners galaries {from $6000 to $3000 levei now paid to such officers in Marion County. | Another would permit county jsurveyor to serve as county en|gineer. Three off-welfare-tangent bills ‘in House would permit private ‘constriction of Courthouse build-

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‘servers who noted that Judiciary | Committee A includes Sen. Roy |

A. Conrad, the “rebel” RepublicINDIANA Music €0. Jan refuses to go along with! iprogram. He favors postponing |

the effective date of the welfare {law so that Indiana may continue |

ithe Democrats on this issue, the {Republicans do not have their |

A bombshell exploded “in the! Republican ranks yesterday when | izes county welfare departments to enforce

cal bills to postpone the effective port payments.

date of the new law opening wel- tive PAYROLL CHECKS (CASHED fare files to the public until July! SB

{gram advocated by state GOP. “gP%raes

| With only a slim 26-24 majority!

The, Serical Hearing of ah Bt {in the Senate, the split by the two Becirical of { any. {rebel Republicans would give the

tyl It's ER Seite Claims of GOP leaders of alto in the way it ls worn for the first | “solid front” evaporated when 8ogiel 8 me ere Ia Ig Tee Toe neck or || Sens. ‘Roy Conrad, Monticello,

and Jack Stone, Evansville, introduced their bill to rescue federal funds for the state by delaying fo the anti-secrécy welfare amendiment until after the 1952 elections Riwmores’ from State Welfare Department

A similar bill was submitted in|f, {the House by Reps. J. Perry Meek,

© Main Springs | Indianapolis, and Henry Kreft, ® Crystals Michigan City. ® Crowns ® Stems They argued their bills will give Au Natehn Congress time to change the fed-| Time-0- Graph ‘eral law or for U. 8. coBirts to de-

cide the issue—without cost to In-

was indorsed. Bureau. The (organization yesterday adopted a = | resolution approving postpone-| ment of the effective date of the =

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icity elections -in unopposed races ‘and exempting auctioneers from real estate license requirement.

‘Senate Seen * As Battleground

|, GOP strategy in sending ‘home, {rule” bills to Senate indicate lull] bitter

‘in House activity while battle is fought™in closely-divided lupper house. House adjourned un-

10 = onsiger, ul 2 p.m. today!

If “home rule”

nium, $50,000 Expense Bill Is Okayed

put through $50,000 appropriation | to pay expenses of special session. But Rep. Walter Maehling, Terre Haute Democrat, introduced resolution urging speediest, most economical session. Unexpended money, if any, reverts to General Fund. Nothing said yet about extra compensation to legislators, but such proposals expected if session [lasts long.

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

. BILLS INTRODUCED | (Sept, 25, 1951)

SENATE - 8B 262 (Van Ness and Anness)—Author-

{duties of relatives to support dependents. |

two GOP Senators and two GOP Requires notification to county courts of | Hynes

applications for public assistance in cases | where courts have previously ordered supAuthorizes courts by own Effec-

motion enforce support orders. on passage. (Judiciary A). 263 (Baker and Stemie) —Repeals | 11951 state law requiring welfare records! {to be made public. (Judiciary Ai, SB (R. Conrad and Stone) —Changes | date 1951 state law requiring welfare recs to be made public takes effect from! Mar. 8, 1951, to July 4. 1953. (Judiciary A).

{Van Ness and Farris) —Removes

| headquarters and U. 8. Sen, Jen- irom State Welfare Board authority to

{fire county welfare directors. {Judiciary A),

Effective on

passage,

for Welfare to study present welfare logis ation and to prepare a new welfare for submission to 1953 General - Assembly, | Beoartmen. money from State Walfare fund to hire necessary help e¢ the study. Effective on passage. Security). (Makowski) — Reduces salary of | ‘Lake County Commissioners from § $ (Al-

& year. Effective on passage. Makowski) ~Authorizes county |

fairs of Lake County), . 8B 268 veyor, who is licensed engineer, to perm duties of county engineer. Effective on, esaas assage. (Affairs of Lake County). (Van Ness and Moldenhauer)— |

wer to increase its county whether to make additional a for welfare. Removes from State Welfare Department authority to compel additional! MipIobriations. Effective on passage. | {Judiciary SB 270 (Van Ness and Ristine —Raises

county welfare budgets. councils to determine

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policy wins out, House is expected to get bill ap- | The spotlight was on Judiciary ‘propriating $29 million extra from{Committee A, where all welfare state surplus to make up loss of’ sent by federal funds for the 1952 bienv. John A. Watkins instead the Social Security Com-!

The House suspended rules to!

Effective |

SB 266 (Van Ness snd Kendall) —Author- | izes Legislative Investigating Fare, jotta: |

i JAMES M. CURLEY—30.000 votes behind.

Curley Comeback

Is Unimpressive

BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 26 (UP). —~Former boss of Boston James M. Curley, 76, won one of the two! run-off spots today in hig come-

back bid for mayor, but his once

all-powerful political machine had stripped a few gears.

‘The former mayor, governor,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

‘In the Legistature— *

y | By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Students of government have a splendid chance to observe power politics in action, Just hustle! over to the Indiana Senate today, jand watch the political bosses $crack their whips. Members of the House admit (they have to take a back seat

| to the political trades, swaps and

{manipulating deals in he upper chamber. -- f { ‘That's because the “political an are so evenly divided in the Senate. Democrats have 24 seats, Republicans 26. GOP Senators refuse to 80 along with Republican Party “home! rule” program,

SIDELIGHT TON WELFARE: City Hospital officials here say! loss of federal welfare funds will {add to problem of hospital bed shortage. Heretofore, funds were available to switch old age re(cipients to nursing home.. Now, with Jess funds, hospitals will, have to take care of them.

Handouts Wanted:

Don’t look now,. but the Republicans aren’t closing the door!

‘congressman and convict ran 30,4 on future federal handouts, sub-|

000. votes behind Mayor John B.

san balloting. This compared to the 11,000-vote margin by which {Mayor Hynes ousted the machine ipolitician two years ago.

Effective on passage, A pun off election between the

{two will be held in November,

aged from $45 to $50 a menth, Permits counties to establish medical aid plans for welfare recipients based on local condi‘tions without securing State Welfare Department approval ffective on passage MJudiciary A). HOUSE

url 525 (Bferly and Diilin,—Repeals SB 86, ‘‘anti-secrecy” amendment to welfare jo. (Ways and Means A), y HB 526 (Kreft and Meek) —Postpones effective date of “anti-secrecy’ welfare {amendment to July 4, 1853. (Ways and [Means Al. HB 527 . (Brennan) —Permits St. Joseph {County Commissioners to lease county {land ‘to private individual for construction | {of office building with county and court ‘office space provided free. (Judiciary A Aj. 529 (Gleason and Wilson) —Permits | Greensburg, Angola and Rensselaer and other municipalities with unopposed candi Jo skip city elections. (Elections).

| H 30 (Copeland)--Exempts auctioneers oP B30 real estate dealer's licenses. | | (Judiciary Bi. HCR 19 (Maehling) —Urges legislators to! omplete special session with iminium {of time and cost to taxpayers. -(Patronag

BILLS PASSED

HE 528 (Slenker)—Appropriates $50,000 for expense of special session. |

statutory maximum welfare payments to unanimously under suspended rules),

in yesterday's non-parti-|

sidies - or grants like they said they would. As a matter of fact, each bill of their “home rule” program is ~j carefully written not to conflict * with any federal law other than the secrecy provision in the wel- ' fare act. The Republicans, it seems, are leaving the door open for the government to start sending some more of that “tainted” federal money when and if Congress re-| moves the secrecy portion of the Social Security Act,

Political Highlights |

Democratic leaders now say attempt to open welfare files to! public is the “foot in the door”| for Republicans to end Social Security program . .. GOP leaders, furious at “rebels” in the Repub'lican. ranks, reportedly have threatened to retaliate. |

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State Sen. Louis Baldeni (D. {South Bend) plans to ask leg-|

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Beverage ‘Commission regulation): ‘banning liquor. and . beer in-| |terests from sponsoring bowling,

‘and other sports . doni’s proposal will meet same fate as other measures not con‘nected with welfare—it will die in committee . . . Republican mayoralty candidate Alex Clark's press agent, Scott Waldren, |spends much time in Statehouse observing welfare situation . . .| ‘Indianapolis Sen. Waltér (Doc) | Kelly, former Butler and Texas football coach, has made plans id| |game next week if the legisiat doesn’t interfere . . . State Wel-| /fare Administrator Maurice 0. Hunt, whose job hangé in balance, has offered all lawmakers’

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facts and figures. on welfare sit'uation . out of town press is Denied Popsicles, represented at session by J. Me-' Mullen of Chicago Daily News, George Welden of Kokomo Triblune and Brow jof Louisville

Wife Asks Divorce

BRAZIL, Sept. 26 (UP)~—Twene |ty‘year-old housewife said today lit was “the last straw” when her

(Doc) Ransdall ourier-Journal.

She Was. Kissed 72-year-old husband refused to let:

‘her charge any more popsicles at

TERRE HAUTE, Sept. * |i, corner grocery. She sued for 26 (UP)--Jesse Stringer, a | divorey : :

v - tary, was 15-year-old. secretary Mrs. Geneva Mae Pollum testi«

waiting for a bus on a | street corner ‘yesterday. fied before Clary County Circuit A young man walked up Judge Robert Stewart yesterday to her, threw his arms [that her husband Sam had gone around her and kissed her [to the grocer and told him to cut soundly.” Then, without a loft Mrs. Pollum’s popsicle supply word, she'said, he noncha- ‘unless he gave his permission. lantly walked off, whis- : “That was the last straw,” Mrs, tling. |Pollum- sald. “Why, it was the Jesse told police she most embarrassing thing that screamed-—but she couldn't ever happened to me. | “And I worked for him ike {do » ge Stewart took the case |under advisement. Mrs. Pollum is ‘seeking $3000 alimony. !

remember whether it was | before she was kissed or after. “It all happened so sudden,” she said.

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