Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-03
BOSS SIGHS IN
RELIEF AS TWO
OBTAIN PLACES
Armitage Finds Jobs for
Buchanan and Collins
at Public Pay.
CITY WINS OVER STATE

William FL. Armitage, political mar
shall at the city hall, wondered today what
he would do next since the problem Of
finding Jobs for A. II. Buchanan, Re-
publican chairman of the First ward.
and Harrison Collins negro, known as
one. Of RUFF Pages men In the Third
ward, has been solved. The task has
kept Mr.. Armitage on the hop for sew
days.
Buchanan will be assistant examiner In
the free employment bureau to be OPP
Grated in the basement Of the city hall
by the State Industrial board and the
city Jointly. while Collins is the new GUS
todian of the city hall Thus Mr.. Armi-
tage has everybody in the official family
happy but W r. Payne. Negro elevator
operator Payne was told By Mayor
Shank he was going to be custodian. The
death of Custodian Gordon Donaldson
created the vacancy.
Mr. Armttage said he felt 1t his duty
to place Buchanan and Collins after they
lost their jobs In the sanitary department
Shank-Armitage politicians declared the
two were ousted because Lucius Il. Swift
of the sanitary board did not approve
their working in behalf Of the Shank
Armitage combine in the recent scramble
for control OF the Republican party In
Marion County Mt Swift said he wanted
them dismissed because they thought
more Of politics than they did of their
work
QUESTION ARISES
AS TO WHO Is BOSS.
The appointment Of Collins as Gus
todlan instead Of Payne left soma OBJ
servers wondering whether Mayor Shank
or William II. Armitags Is boss when It
comes to filing city hail Jobs.
Earlier III the week Mayor Shank met
Payne. told him to shut the elevator and
come to the mayors private Office. There
Payne was told he was the custodian
and should take charge Immediately. He
established himself In the office which
the late Gordon Donaldson had occupied,
and the janitor force took orders from
him all day Thursday and Friday morn
ing.
Friday afternoon Payne came to the
board Of works. which formally appoints
the custodian and asked for instructions
regarding some details Of the custodian >
duties William H. Freeman Of the board,
gave him the information Payne THANKED
the board and mads 4 little speech about
how he expected 70 attend to his duties
faith ully Meanwhile Mr., Armitaga sat
in the room smiling enigmatlcally.
ARNfITAGE THINKS 1T
WILL NOT BE PAYNE.
After Payne had gone DR.. NJ J. Spen-
Ger, Democratic member Of the board,
commented on the fact that Payne had
not been told he had not been appoiatei
custodian hy the board Mr.. Armitase
made remarks indicating Payne would
| not be appointed Il was suggested TIE
mayor had told PAYNE he was custodian.
Mr. Armltaee replied that he thought the
board would appoint q custodian ut the
meeting bit II would not be Payne Payne
was named only temporarily. ha said
Mr. Arnitage loft the room. 10 return
In few minutes. Meanwhile Mayor
shank arrived, Mr. srmitase handed n
sheet Of paper 10 the board Mr.. FREQ
man passed 1t on 10 the mayor. The
mayor signed his name on L with a
great flourish aud passed It back t. Nr.
Freeman. Mr. Freeman and pr spen-
Ger signed II Then It was handed to the
reporters. Il was the appointment Of