Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1952 — Page 8

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‘Honest Harold’ Ickes | in Death Wins Praise of Sharpest Critics

Editorial, Page 10

By United Press <@ WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—Harold L. Ickes received in death today what he never asked and seldom got in life—a lot of kind words. \ e~ “Old Curmudgeon,” who was Secretary of the Interior for* 13 years, dled last night in Emer-

gency Hospital. He had been suf-

Jfering from arthritis for months, and his 77-year-old heart finally gave out, President Truman, who once

felt the lash of Mr, Ickes’ sharp |

tongue, wis one of the first to pay tribute to the outspoken New’ “Dealer who was known, in admiration rather than irony, as “Honest Harold.” “Although he was often irascible and could be intolérant of the opinions of others,” Mr. Truman said, “his sharpest critics never doubted his integrity. He was a true patriot and a many-sided

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MR.

good newspaperman.’

War and as Solid Fuels Adminis-

created friends and enemies with every order he petroleum was moved to Europe and to the Pacific and the public began to realize that oil and gas were necessary to defeat Germany and Japan, id and business praised the economy moves.

Ickes said in 1943 when gasoline rations had been cut, transportation was curtailed and fuel-oil lowered.

to get theirs whether the rest of us do or:not,” Mr. Ickes said.

° thought ‘he became a pretty

Friends and Enemies As Petroleum Administrator for ator in World War II, Mr, Ickes But

issued. as

grumbling Jgpsened

“Go ahead and cuss me,” Mr, automotive supply for

homes was

“The Army and Navy are going

For three years he was state

citizen whose passing leaves a could tell ‘em off. void- in our national life not easily filled.”

Other Eulogies There were many similar eulo

gles, for Mr, Ickes had a knack | school,

! Mr, Ickes was born in Blair {County, Pa., on Mar. 15, 1874, At] the age of 16, he moved to Chi-| -|jcago, where he went to high worked his way through

of making admirers out of the|the University of Chicago and be-|

enemies hewultivated assiduously came: a newspaperman,

throughout his stormy career. Services will be held in Al

writing (first spofts and later politics. 1 In 1907, he became an attorney

Souls Unitarian Church here at|and practiced law in Chicago until

1:30 p. m. Wednesday. The Rev. Perkins, minister of Kings Chape in Boston, will' conduct the rites, and burial will follow at Sandy Springs, Md. near Mr. Ickes’ farm. Mr. Ickes had been living in retirement on his waters,

19486. His wife, Mrs. Jane Ickes, and his Stephen N. Jones,

daughter, Elizabeth, 10.

Raymond .W. Ickes, a son by his first wife, the late Anna Wilmar Ickes, who died in 1935, is an at-

torney in San Francisco.

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Assistant Fi

An assistant fire chief, injured in a two-car smash-up as he sped to & downtown fire box alarm here, was in serious condition in General Hospital today.

Another fireman and two other steam -escaping from a pressure persons were hurt in the crash at tank for smoke. yester- | day, including the driver of the other auto who was charged with| drunken. driving and falling to give an emergency vehicle the/q (UP) —

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right of way. The injured: Assistant = Chief Phillips, 44, of 3018 Meredith St.,

Dakican physician, Dr. were at his bedside at death, Mr. Ickes also is survived by a son by his second wife, Harold McEwen, 12, and a

Ickes had requested a simple funeral service, and suggested that mourners, instead of

sending flowers, contribute to unas useless and a waste of time to

re Chief, 3 Others Hurt in Crash

Arnold W.

(Indianapolis Time) (his appointment by then President | Palfrey Roosevelt to his (Cabinet post in

1/1933, He served as Interior Sec[retary until 1946.

Held 39 War Jobs

Ickes Moose

the | cemetery |

Mr.

{ was ‘successively a Bull

Republican, a Pro-

farm, Head-| gressive and a New Deal Demo- Smith. about 20 miles out of|crat.

Washington, since he stormed out of President Truman's cabinet in

His admirers called him “the| greatest Secretary of the Interior” the nation ever had. Even his critics for the most Jyant agreed. During World War II he held

visions of his department. In 1943, Mr. Ickes published his “Autobiography of a Curmudgon,” in which he explained in detail how he became “thé snarlingest creature.that ever went to bed with his boots on.” He said that if in his book he had “hurled insult at anyone, be it known that such was my deliberate intent, and I may as well state flatly now that it will

ask me to say that I am sorry.” Mr. Ickes learned politics ‘through the newspaper profession.

39 jobs, counting the 23 sub-di-| */propaganda. He declined an Army |

leader of the Progressive Party, —

turning to the support of Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican, | when Theodore Roosevelt refused | to run as Progressivé candidate in| 119186, | Mr, Ickes switched political al-| |legiance again in 1920 and supported the Democratic nominees, James M. Cox and Franklin D. |Roosevelt, As a delegate to the Republican convention, he had supported Frank O. Lowden and was one of. the handful who refused to make the nomination of {Warren D. Harding unanimous. - Again in Republican harness in {1924, Mr. Ickes opposed the nonination of Calvin Coolidge. He voted for the Democratic presidential candidate, Alfred E. in 1928. As chairman of the Western Progressive head-| {quarters in 1932, he worked for the Democratic national ticket!

headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. ,¢

Fought Insull |

During World War I Mr, Ickes was in charge of Hlinois patriotic!

commission and an assignment in the War Department at Washington and went overseas with the YMCA instead. | Always active in state and, local politics, he opposed the Chicago mayorship of William (Big Bill) Thompson persistently. As president of the People’s Traction League, Ickes Samuel Indull, Mid-West utility magnate. He

lower utility rates,

from fire headquarters. ‘The | alarm had been: at Top Hat Cleaners, 124 8. Illinois St. Ironically, there was no blaze! there. Someone had mistaken

‘Gl Killed in Brawl

REGENSBURG, Germany, Feb. One Amercian. soldier was killed and about 20 soldiers and | German civilians were injured last night in a free-for-all

in General Hospital with serious at a’ downtown dance hall, po- |

head injuries. Lt. Willlam Edward Schmidt,

32, of 634°Grand Ave. who was| driving the chief's car, released’

after treatment at the hospital. Arraignment Set Today

Harry Milton Wise, 38, of 1236] E. Ohio St, the other driver,| slated for Municipal Court 4 today although still in the hos- |

pital in fair condition. Andy J. Manis, 28; of 328 N “Noble 8t., a

leased.

: The crash occurrad a “block

passenger in oo — -car, trsated at General and re-

lice said today.

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Honesty was one of Ickes’ several vanities. It received public | endorsement during: the 1030s | when his public works adminis- |

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LAFAYETTE — Arnold M.

JASONVILLE — Dorothy Ann gwayzee in 1902. Clark, 21, Linton, was killed in a Indianapolis in car that left Ind. and struck a tree near Shakamak State Park.

fought| np, van Cleave

helped organize | division - with more than 11,000 and “was director of the Utility | students and 530 faculty memConsumers and Investors’ League bers. of Illinois, which campaigned for| {duties Mar. 1.

‘Gunman Robs Trolley Operator of $90

A gun-wielding thug took $70| tration spent nearly ‘$5 billion in tokens and $20 in cash from a trace of dishonesty or a trolley operator early today at| scandal. ' He became known as Sheridan Ave. | Sts. James D.. Loppin, American | Michigan newspapers were generous in his| trolley, said the man entered the The New York Herald | car, drew a gun and demanded| Tribune said he was “in many the money. Then he jumped from| ways the mightiest oak of the the front door and ran south on| {Sheridan Ave.

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R. Hardld VanCleave, director evening division and summer

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50 YEARS TOGETHER—Mr, and Mrs, Oscar Pickering.

It's

Couple Here Wed Half a Century

Mr. and Mrs.

the completion of wedded bliss yesterday.

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The couple are natives of Howwere married in They moved to 1926 and have

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Mr. Pickering countant at the graving Co. since 1943.

years at the S. 8. Kresge Co.

They have four children, Ger38,

ald, 48, Phoenix, Ariz.; Basil, Indianapolis; Capt. Hilden D. 36, F't. Bliss, Tex., and Mrs, E. H. MeCaffrey, 36, Indianapolis;

grandchildren.

Oscar Pickering, 805 N./ Hamilton Avp. celebrated 50 years of “Friends and relatives joined them in an Lafayette, was Killed open: house commemorating the

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Local Man Dies, 2 Hurt in Crash |

An Indianapolis man was killed Ernest L. Meyer, 58. author and {and two persons were

one critically, in a highway crash near Elwood yesterday.

Dead was Reed M. Surratt

of 2137 N, New J car crashed into the rear of a Daily News,

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