Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-04
SHANK TAKES
FLING AT WAY
FORCE is RUN
Says Common Sense Should
Regulate Police and
Traffic Service.

Addressing employees Of the Interstate
Car Company at noon today, Samuel
Lewis Shank, candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for mayor, nghtened
his tax reduction speech with jibes
at the conduct Of the police department.
"Taggart and Mcwhirter seem to have
entered on their board Of safety duties
with the idea that all good policemen
are finished porch climbers" he said.
Penny ante games have been halted but
public gambling on the avenue continues
undated"
New traffic and parking regulations
were promised by the candidate.
THE police should exercise common
sense in the enforcement Of all traffic
laws" he said. They have been required
to be too technical of recent months. /
don't believe there is a motorist in town
who knows just how to escape stickers.
Another thing, corner policemen should
be schooled in patience and the first one
who curses an erring driver should be
disciplined The public has a right TO
expect courtesy Of it's policemen and 9TH
er servants at all times"
REFORMATION ON PAPER
OF LITTLE BENEFIT"
Office work of the police woman's de-
partment alone costs S13,255 a year, Mr.
Shank said.
Reformation work done on paper
isn't likely to do the city generally much
good. There are twenty-four police
women and the department costs $4,000
a year, Tho law says that every police
woman must be over thlrty-five years Of
age, This administration has not OBJ
served that provision. One girl down
4 tJ.cv To aid
Of the others have children, which under
the law, they should be taking care Of"
Recurring to the extravaganza of the
Jewett administration. Mr.. Shank de-
clared that the comfort and happiness
Of the city is dependent on immediate
steps to reduce taxes and to spare the
public higher prices for necessities Of
life.
PLEDGED TO
TAX REDUCTION.
81 am pledged to a reduction Of taxes
and I believe that to be the chief issue
before the voters this spring" he said
I'VE hear much Of the business quail
fications Of candidates. 1 have been sue
cessful in business and l have had ex
perience running the city Of Indian
apolis.
When Prof. Howe resigned from the
presidency Of Butler College the In
dianapolis News said that his business
interests in Kokomo demanded so much
OF his time that he could not do Justice
to the college job. Now he wants Ia be
mayor of indianapolis. He hasn't dis
posed OF his wife's interests in Kokomo
Does he think # takes less time to serve
as mayor than It does to run a college
or is he planning TO let the News run
this mayors job for him?"
Mr. Shank viii speak tonight at st.
Johns Baptist Church, Seventeenth
street and Martindale avenue, and at Nc
Lean place and Illinois streets. He will
also meet Fourth ward shank workers
at the Fourth Ward Shank Club. Thirty
Fourth street ana Capitol avenue.
BOOKwALTER
robson BOOSTER
Edward 7. Robson, one Of the trio Of
candidates FOR the Republican nomination
for mayor, has announced that his plat
for m "debut" win be on Friday evening
at the Marion Club. Sharing the meeting
with Mr. Robson will be Charles A.
Bookwalter. former mayor OF Indian