The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
EXTRA HOSPITAL
ITEM TAKEN OUT
OF FINANCE BILL
Appropriation Measure |
Ready for House in
Original Form.

The $4,000, 900 administration APP
preparation bill was to come before
the Indiana House for consideration
this afternoon in it's original form,
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee having stricken out addition
al appropriations of $250,O00 for the
Riley Memorial Hospital and $780,
600 for a new gymnasium for Terre
Haute Normal School.
1t was predicted these two items
would be placed in the bill by
amendments from the House floor
Representative Kenney. New AL
bany, said Governor Jackson had
threatened to veto the appropriation
bill If 1t were amended.
At It's final session Saturday the
committee acquiesced to demands
from the Riley Hospital and tackled
on the $25O,OO0. The appropriation
would have come under the head of
Indiana University.
Leslie Protests
When Speaker Harry Leslie, La
fayette, heard of the committees &C.
ton, it is said he "hit the ceiling
and refused to call down the bill in
. hat form.
Leslie made it plain he was OPP
posed not to the hospitals getting
the appropriation, but to the idea Of
this appropriation without further
appropriation for Purdue University.
The original appropriation for the
hospital was $125,000 for the two
year period. The Appropriation of
S250,000 would make total of
$765,000 for the State University
in addition to the $1,050,000 for OPP
Aeratin: expresses, including $4,000
for me Robert w. Long Hospital.
Original Bill Favored
In the original bill Purdue is
given $350,000 for construction Of
horticultural building and one unit
Of an electrical engineering build
ing, in addition to the $1,050,000 for
operating expenses.
At conference with tire Governor
this morning, it is said. decision was
not reached to strike out the Riley
Hospital appropriation.
Leslie and the Governor favor the
original bill.
Leslie made no objection to the ad-
ditional appropriation of $125,000 to
the Terre Haute Normal School for
a new gymnasium.
From some sources it was pre-
dicted final action on the measure
would not be taken until midnight
: of the last night Of the session. A
flood of amendments was expected
to greet the measure, which admin
istration leaders predicted would
pass under suspension Of the rules.
The Seventy Fourth Assembly
faces the last two weeks of the ses-
sion with ALMOST one-haf Of the 1913
measures introduced undisposed of.
A total of 432 bills has been killed,
withdrawn or indefinitely postponed.
Forty have passed both houses and
been sent to the Governor, who has
signed thirteen.
Additions Expected
It was predicted approximately
100000 would be added to the APP
preparations bill by amendments and
through restitution OF the various
rotary funds stricken from the orig
inal bill. These include $4,000 for
Terre Haute Normal gymnasium
and $250,000 for Riley Hospital.
The worlxmen's compensation bill
was a special order Of business In
the Senate at p. m. today. The
bill providing for the purchase OF
the Indiana Dental College BY the
State was a special order of lusi-
ness In the House this morning.
Senator Browns bill providing tor
the State to take over Valpa, also
University as a normal school will
face opposition from administration
sources, it was predicted. The prop
erty is said to be worth $1,000 900. II
the State accepts the property a
\ $3.50, 900 debt is to be paid off under
a tax levy by Porter County.
Probes Go On
The Nejdl old age pension bill,
which passed the Senate, is expected