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A Lot of Officials Tell Why Budgets Are Bigger

SUNDAY, AUG. 10, 1952

because he mailed out 30,000 more tax bills this year. At 3 cents a bill, this cost $900. For the $3100 that would be left of the new request, Mr. Rainier could mail an additional 103,333 pieces of mail at 3 cents each. To clarify the tax picture, The Times presents the important factors of the city, county and school budget requests.

It's More Cash

City, county and school budgets ‘are shooting for an all-time high, They won't stay at the proposed peaks for each must go through hearings, all designed at weeding out weak points,

Almost sure to have a close look is the $4000 boost asked by County Treasurer Louis O. Rainier for postage, This, he said, was necessary

‘School Levy, Larger, Better It Says Here, Paid Personnel Or Poor Service, Could Be Higher Is County Aim Mayor Declares

Inflation has blasted the| County officials are crying, The whirling spiral of inIndianapolis public school for bigger staffs and pay flation, and a demand for system where it hurts. Right raises to keep the workersimore and better services,

in the money basket. ‘they already have. have boosted the price of

: And the $23 million budget! Officials insist both are needed running Indianapolis sky-high. Proposed is an economic bogey to carry on what they describe] post residents are aware of it nan with several faces. - jas an ever-growing volume of] Mayor Clark, the man who It is at once the highest budget business, ‘hears the complaints, is conin local school history, a gadget| It all adds up to a bigger pay- yinced the people are willing to which will tap the taxpayer to roll next year. Raises and the hir- pay a higher property tax. rate the tune of a $2.25 tax rate, and ing of more workers probably ac-pecause it can't be avoided. something which could be worseicount for more than half the] «we can run our city on the than it is, according to school of- $705,799 increase in the countysame amount as this year,” is the

ficials. ‘ general fund budget. theme he repeats every day, “but Department heads who drafted) $ % $ lwe can’t do it and give the public the year's spending schedule de- |what it wants and needs.” fend their figures on these points:| Coupled with lesser increases in| por 1953, the budget-makers ONE: The school system is get-|the welfare and Sunnyside 8ana-/are asking a one-third increase in

[torium budgets, the proposed; ng bigger. ’ proposedithe city ta te—from $1.99 to ee, ovis were given!County tax rate stands at T1.5/g2.9. y= ; pay raises. joe | $ $$ THREE: The dollar doesn’t buy. hat’s an increase of 18.5 cents]

{over this year’s rate which taps lall taxpayers in Marion County— $$ $ \both city and rural dwellers.

Ww . It ‘not a single pupil or teacher hen asked to explain the in

: -* lcreased s ; > went into a school building this] ased spending, most county of

what it once did. Much of the increase is for pay|

increases for most city employees. Police and firemen are due for $200 more a year—that's about [$300,000 in one lump. ‘Workers

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There’s Nothing Like a Circus—

Yanks Run U

| Naval Reserve ‘Show’

Lures Indiana Recruits | . Indianapolis’ ‘Naval Reserve

. |Unit is going on the road with a “medicine show” to recruit youths between the ages of 17 land 1814, By United Press | The 2-part show offers the latTOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 10— est in naval ordnance and a sixAmerican jet pilots ran their vic- A reserve I ems which will answer questions tory “string to six straight days interested parents - youths. and their August bag of MIGs| The show, which already has

destroyed to 23 yesterday when visited Danville, Martinsville and one of the Communist jet fighters Greenfield, wil pe ap Saturday ” ; (night stands later this month an was Shot down over northwest|,ext in Shelbyville, Knightstown,

(Carmel, Franklin, Zionsville and This was the longest run of Noblesville. |

daily air battles since last year mr ——————— when the Allled and Communist Employee Benefits

airmen tangled every day from ' Are Increased

Nov, 26 through Dec. 8. Each side racked up a victory | Standard Oil of Indiana has its employee benefit

In the ground fighting at scat-| paralized tered points along the 155-mile | 14 and at the same time re|duced the overall cost for the

Korean front,

Two Chinese companies fought workers, F. McK. Blough, local from midnight to dawn in an un- manager, announced this week. successful attempt to drive South| Annuities have been ‘increased Korean troops from “Capital Hill” land earlier retirement without loss west of the Pukhan River. The lof annuity are part of the new height, named for the South Ko- program. rean division which holds it, had| Increases were also made in the changed hands six times since amployee life, hospitalization and Tuesday. jsurgical insurance plans.

STRAUSS SAYS: TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW

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fall, Business Manager Maxwell V. Bailey said, the cost of building operation would still be on the upgoing escalator. More buildings are being built. Each requires lights, water and other utilities. Maintenance crews must keep them in repair, the intererest on loans and bonds mus be paid, he said. Maintenance alone could have cost the taxpayer another half million dollars this year if needed workers were hired and necessary equipment were bought, said Horace E. Boggy, buildings and grounds manager.

$$9%

His workmen recently received

pay raises, as did teachers, super-| visors, and other school em-|

ployees. But he said he could use twice the 92 men he has, plus trucks and tools. Although more buildings are being added to his departmental responsibilities, his records show maintenance men

a 30-day of 801 work orders in Hay! account far the huge boost.

period.

ficials appeared uniformed. Sev-! feral were forced to refere to staff on he hourly Jag ale In for 2) | members for budget information. oo" 0) Fo average a boost

$$$ lof $200 annually. | All admitted, too, they expected]. Altogether, including requests their requests to be slashed by the|l? some departments for more County Council, which opens ®mployees, the personnel pay budget hearings Aug. 21. takes a big chunk of the proposed This is the county tax picture: total budget hike of $4.3 million. 11953 1952| Equipment is the other big (After|item-—especially, street departBudzet ment equipment and materials. {General Fund :...... 40 28 | $ $ $

Sunnyside .......e... 042 045] | Weizare sereieeseenes 245 22 | gireet Commissioner James B. Sinking Fan seri » oa | Chappell says he can't do a good | Flood antrol Fund ol . job with worn-out vehicles and | Flood Control Bond ee pi ’ too few men. He wants to buy onds.. .001 .001 eight sweepers, for instance, and [ Tome (put one in each of eight city

TOA] veavvneaiannse J75 59 lcections s ’ is Ss so he won't lose time The $4,047,983.50 general fund getting to and from the work

budget breaks down among the! ) e 20 Cffives this Way. site. He's asking for $244,097

(worth of equipment. $ $ $ | City Engineer William Hunt | County Commissioners—Budget | told City Council members money

of $634,235, an increase of $182- —lots of it—is needed to fix 980. Commissioner Golden P. Proken sidewalks. That is one

fill a usual run|Silver said higher salaries, more [Of the many conditions demand-

workers and maintenance costs |g attention before it is too late. Traffic Engineer Francis Bilby

The jobs include everything] County Jail—Budget of $286.|wants $339.800 next year. com-

from table and desk to boile

work. The money Mr, Boggy could use would add at least another

1. cents on the tax rate.

$$$

One of the biggest jumps in

costs is right in the ciagfon iil new office workers, and $12,800 | said Spencer W. Myers, d€PULYifror part-time workers during the

superintendent of education. It goes for teacher pay, and has climbed upward $1} million. What happened there, Mr. Myers,

said, is shown by a breakdown of increase

t the elementary classroom budget, | a picture similar to that in the high schools.

The entire elementary division |

j 5, he dget jumped up $886,665, Pais and most of that is for raises—$531,000 worth. More new buildings mean more pupils who need teachers, sO

'$119.000 goes for more instruc-

tors. More money goes for back pay agreed to in new contracts allowing teachers credit for past

experience. They also get more

money when they acquire advanced college degrees. The administration claims credit for trimming $100,000 from school costs by reorganizing the supervision staff.

$$9

This means they took licensed teachers who were on special service, supervisory and administrative jobs and placed them in classrooms, eliminating the need to hire about 21 new teachers. Even with savings such as this, Mr. Myers indicated, there is a supply battle going on, Book and supply prices are still climbing. And, the new school year will pring inte the schools another 4000 pupils who must be equiped.

$$$

Book costs strike at another school department, the public libraries. Within the last 10 years

prices have climbed 25 to 35 per

cent, said Miss Marian McFadden,

r/310, an increase of $120,380. pared to the $106,090 allocated

Sheriff Smith reported he plans his -department in 1952, ’ to raise pay and hire more than $ $ $

120 new deputies: . Center. Twp. Assessor—Budget| Mr. Bilby's situation is peculiar. of If he does his job fast and well,

of $263,850, an increase $89,750. Chief Deputy Elmer P.he will in a short time work Warren Jr. said the boost includes himself down to a smaller budget [$53,000 for salary increases and again.

He is engaged in the highly exassessment period {pensive task of synchronizing

County Clerk—Budget of $246,-|50P-and-go lights in the down-

{250, an increase of $47,255. Clerk town area 80 drivers will be able

salaries better than|2nd little delay. $34,000. Each of his 50 deputies] The project is big. Before it is to get a bigger paycheck, is over, lights will be synchronized northward on the four one- $ $ $ {way streets to 16th St. Another County Treasurer—Budget of program is, planned for 38th St. $192,396, an increase of $17,920. east-west, and the other. heavily Treasurer Louis O. Rainier said!/traveled city streets are being| he wants to give eight workers surveyed to see if they need such] $500 to $600 a year pay raises. a program. Another big item is $8000 more, Some day, the synchronization for extra help. He's also seeking|program will be done. Then Mr. $4000 more for postage because Bilby will stop buying expensive he said he mailed out 30,000 more cable, lay off some work crews tax bills this year. land settle down to maintenance All of Marion County's judges, of the existing system. except Municipal Court Judges 4 Phillip L. Bayt and Scott McDon- $$$ Equipment asked for the Sani-

{ald, are ordering raises for their {court reporters. _|tation Department is up $100,000 g Each Sent Ansolficis) court or-| er this year. Equipment for the| Combs ordering $600-a-venr, in: |PATk Department —up $70,000. {creases. Reporters get $3600 now. The Redevelopment Department

‘Other county offices are seeking had $184,825 for land and im-|

smaller increases. But two—the|Provement in 1052. Next years Election and . the Registration request—$535,896. : | Boards—have cut budgets. That's) In these big items, and in because there's no election next hundreds of smaller items, de-| year. |partments have requested what| [they considered necessary to do . ibe the kind of job expected of them.| Civilian Teaches There will have to be a com-| promise between the demands of About New Tank \this administration, admittedly : |new to its job, and the realities Teaching 40th Infantry Divi- of financial life. It is doubtful sion tank crews in Korea how to| whether Indianapolis taxpayers| operate and maintain the Army’s| Will hold still for an over-all in-| new M-46' General Patton tank Co occ of 90 cents on eyery $100

: of assessed valuation. is John Bier Jr., of 2915 Medford

H. Dale Brown said he wants a move with reasonable speed

Ave. i $ $ $ A representative of Allison Di- : itv OY ! vision, General Motors Siw of the nine City Council

Corp. members are old hands at the

Kids Eyes Pop

danger and

: of the libraries. manufacturer of the M-46 transgsi years, she said, her mission, Mr. Bier has been in department could buy enough Korea since April. He is working ve with $50,000. No longer. with a lecture and demonstraTo protect the investment, other tion team from the 140th Tank

a Battalion. ding and Hg sums go into binding "A life resident of Indianapolis, repairs.

‘Mr. Bier is married and has two These are Some of te Teasers children. He is a graduate of wouss eT o Ben Davis High School and atre . But there is one bright spot in| 0% To the big budget figure of more| than ‘$23 million. The cost isn’t]

really that much. State Naval Reserve $$$ Unit Opens Training

What really happens is this.

Public -officials write in: every The Hoosier contingent of the

game of cutting a swollen budget, They know it's possible to operate so skillfully that hardly a scar remains afterward. This year, their knives will need a keen edge. .

25 Trainees Named

: ‘tended Purdue University Exten-| To State Police

mes State Service

Ti BLOOMINGTON, Aug. 9—The annual Indiana State Police Re-

cruit School closed yesterday at]

Indiana University with selection

|of 25 of the 63 men trained for

appointment to the force as troop-

Under Big Top

By R. K. SHULL YOUNGSTERS of a generation nurutred on two-dimen-sional TV and movie entertainment, screamed, laughed and themselves to the point of ex-

| haustion at the circus opening | yesterday. .

And their parents were just as uninhibited. From the opening act under the big top when Oscar Konyot, dressed in a Jungle Jim outfit, strode into a cage of snarling . lions to the grand finale when a slight blonde beauty had a herd of elephants at her command, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus carried the crowd away from everyday black and white home entertainment into the pulsating, sparkling world 6&f the circus. The youngsters sensed the screamed as a tight-wire artist slipped, then dangled by his hands from the wire in the peak of the big top. The Real McCoy This was the real A McCoy, and they could feel it. No cam-

| era tricks, no trick mechanism. { An entertainer was risking his

life and they were thrilled. A blonde in spangled tights didn't bat an eye as a giant elephant placed his huge foot tenderly on the tip of her nose. The legions of clowns moved right up to the audience, joking with the children in the front rows. Beautiful aerialists swung overhead. The foreboding weather outside, politics, Panmunjom, and the rest of the worries of the world were forgotten for 214 hours as the

color-splashed population of the '

tent city took over. Fill the Aisles At times the three-rings in

LITTLE CHIEF, BIG CHIEF—Billy Broadstreet couldn't keep his eyes from sparkling as Chief I. Charzan of the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus gave him a real war bonnet last night at the Fairgrounds. Billy's dad is looking on.

NEW MIRACLES TO COME—This quartet of open-mouthed girls stood fixed last night at the

antics of circus performers. They are (left to right) Marcia and Linda Brant, of Chicago, Karen Smith, 4406 Ralston Ave., and Beverly Brant.

Times photos by William A. Oates Jr.

LIFE ON THE 'BACK LOT'—Rosemary and Anita Heirolns, circus performers, grab a quick wash between acts of the Big Top.

All the conveniences of modern living are not available,

koma — ——} |

in conjunction with the men's!

Worcester, Mass., arrived in In-

A FEW NOTES ADDRESSED 10 COLLEGE MEN

There are a certain few stores

in America—you can almost count

them on the fingers of one hand—that have the Stamp of Prestige and Preference in the University life of the Nation—

All of which is a compound of many factors.

It is something born of age and experience. It is Tradition— with a Tomorrow's outlook! It stems from a Man's Store's background and a clothing operation—It inheres from a Specialty Shop set up and a quality obsession, It issues from a cosmopolitan, yet detailed masculine-viewpoint on Fashion,

TRUE ENOUGH-—Strauss presents

what appears as News and Predictions in the Journals of Light—But

quite often—our showings include

clothes that are as yet only faintly on the horizon— ahead of the general publication

or picturization.

So the Man's Store—ean turn out a college man—cum Laude

in accord with the Conventions of

his Alma Mater— It can take him—if he wishes into the rarefied atmosphere

end introduce him to some of the

clothing of tomorrow,

And it can be very sympathetic and

co-operative with his budget— be said budget without limit— or moderate—or flat. It can "posolutely" guarantee "The BEST at YOUR price—ne matter what the price''—that's a matter of rigid policy and PERFORMANCE.

The next few weeks—College Clothes are to the fore— throughout the Store—a real

experience awaits you one and all.

P.S.

Each year we devote a Washington

J .ers-in.September. ............. the tent couldn't confine. the & gg oo penny. they-plan to spend, 53 3 U. 8. Naval Reserve was to leave, The ay announced, action,” and other -actd took Oo TE IMmIT TF ‘B&F jaw voquires. A ot oe taxpayer's At 11115 a. m. today for 14 days by Capt. Norman C. Burnworth, Je Slslen tu Keep. tre entire Big : come directly tv 16V training duty aboard units of in charge of the school. include: OP throbbing. iw pocket as a property y. Thornton L. Biddle, Robert M. Endres, | As you sit there in wonder

Excluding the cumulative build- the eight-ship Great Lakes Naval Robert Gray, Charles F. Lynam dr. wil-| watching the almost endless

y J 4 i « C - und, which a permanent Reynolds, John A. Rusle. Alan| Victor Kubly, National om ing f » ich is pe a be Training Squadron. |H. Wheasler and Bop G. Young all ofl parade of performers stream mander of the Military Order of tax levy, and also subtracting he

| CL wll St. window to-a not-too-serious interpretation of what a college man’s room looks like (perhaps). «It comes under the heading of “amusement” —and we enjoy it! Perhaps you would too—It's going

Tdianapolls Vestérday to confer with local leaders. Indianapolis has two chapters! of the organization, composed en-| tirelywof wounded veterans. Chap-| !Indianapolis; Lewis -E. Broggs, Martins-|

. ’ ie ter 32 is the oldest in the state The officers and men are mem- ville. Douglas and James E. Schiff. West - through the entrances, you have the Purple Heart, will preside at

: reimbursable items for elemen-

tary school lunchrooms and high bers of the “1400-man organized school cafeterias, the net operat- Surface Brigade 9-2 which trains ing budget is only $19,122,565. ‘at the Naval Armory. They will But it’s still going to cost the man the USS Daniel Joy, detaxpayer 39 cents more than last! streyer escort,” and a patrol craft year. : escort, on Lake Michigan.

Wanted: Some Police ANZIO, Ttaly, Aug. 9 (UP)— Margaret Sees Gls Saverio - Polito, police chief of! HEIDELBERG, Germany, Rome who is vacationing here, Aug. 9. (UP)— ‘admitted today - that

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Lafayette: ~antrell. Plainfield, | : 3 tye wre veg Equard Lo Cor oridee | City:| tO Pay silent tribute to the cir

Preston Grabt Nashville eston Crabtree, Nashv Fd iat et . chols and Carl F > 0 Bn of Spericer: Albert R. Matt Jr.. Bloom-

William - J.|

ington; Richard O. Rambo, Lapel. Win-| rT

ed D. Russell, Mt. Vernon: Edward 8livka, Crown Point; Michael L. Wilfing, South Bend.

. ’ Gls’ Morale ‘High WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UP) -—American troops overseas are

ret Truman in good health with high morale, special watched a review of U. 8. Army,|Assilstant Defense Secretary An-

cus, which is outlasting every other form of: entertainment. The circus will be. at the Fairgrounds for two performances ,today at 2:15 and 8:15 p. m., then pack up tonight and head for Muncie. :

Mrs. Andre Corthis, French Novelist, Dies

the mid-summer session of the 3nd 1s composed mostly of -life Iridiana Department of the organ- Members. Chapter 212 {is the ization ‘today in the World War largest in the state, { Memorial Building. | Headquarters for Commander W. Phillip Bohnert, 2023 N. IlI- Kubly during his visit will be in linois St.” Indiana Department the Claypool Hotel. commander, urged all members to ————— e—— be present for the 10:30 a, m. sesi when new officers will be Acheson Comes Back elected. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UP)— | Plans for delegates to attend Secretary of State Dean” Acheson the group's national convention returned to Washington in a driv-

‘later this month in Grand Rap- ing rainstorm tonight to receive

mm tomorrow —

L STRAUSS &

INC.

67 years old:

"yy 3 J Na nd Air Force unit ina Ro eported today,|: PARIS, Aug. 9 (UP)—Mrs. ids, Mich, also will be taken up. the congratulations of President : | . 4 2s pad JUSON In hear & Army Secretary i > Australia, [Andre Corthis, noted French nov- = Mr. Bohnert also : announced Truman for his work at the ne- » h to] CAP stolen from his summer Pace today. She arrived - last Italy, Turkey, France. England, elist, died here todav. She was that a meeting of the ladies aux-|cent Anzus Pacific defense gon- 4 Tan iia ‘4 f4w nights ago. (night after a day in Munich. Germany, and North Africa. : .* ilMary of the group will be held ference in Honolulu. : + conn pel WE - i

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