The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-22
COUNCILMEN TO
Be CANDIDATES
AT NOV. 5 POLL
To Run for Commissioners
in City Manager
Election.
BY EDWIN v. O'NEEL

At least three city councilmen
will be candidates for commission
ers In the city manager election
Nov. 5, according to present indica-
tons.
Albert F. Meurer, east side coun-
Gilman, and Paul Rathert, south
side grocer, are known to be con-
sidering the race. Robert E. Spring
steen, former postmaster and coun-
Gil president pro tenn, has been
boosted as a likely candidate and
it is understood petitions are being
circulated.
Meurer and Rathert were elected
by the old council to fill unex-
pired terms of the city fathers who
resigned following their. indictment
on bribery charges.
Meurer is assured Of strong sup
port from the east side residents
and American Legion members.
Springsteen was a member OF the
council which was elected in 1925.
Springsteen is a Democrat and
Meurer and Rathert are Republic
ans.
Plan Political Comeback
It is reported that Boynton j.
Moore and Walter Dorset, MEM
bers of the old council, who were
indicted in the bribery scandal,
have petitions in circulation and
plan to stage a political comeback.
Ballard West, editor of the South
Side Citizen, who is friendly to
Mayor L. Ert Slack and Police Chief
Claude M. Worley, is said to be
seeking south side candidate who
will support Slack for city manager.
West said he is mot affiliated
with any faction" but felt friendly
to the Slack administration because
of the special attention shown the
south side residents by the works
and safety boards.
The names of Robert F. Miller,
Slack safety board member, and
Robert Sloan, south side civic
leader. were Endorsed last week by
the South Side Citizen. Sloan
asked that his name be withdrawn.
Miller said a group of south side
friends had circulated his petition
but he had not decided to toss his
hat in the ring this fall.
eff they put me in I'll vote for
Slack for manager. What is the
use trading horses when you have
a good one?" Miller said.
Petitions Are Started
John E. King, former Republican
councilman, federal prohibition
agent and representative in the 1929
legislature, plans to start petition.
He Is employed by the indianapolis
Power and Light Company.
Friends of Otto Ray, city license
inspector. are obtaining signatures
OIL a petition. Ray, a Democrat,
served on the council during the
Shank regime.
DR.. F. P. Reid, 22O6 South Meri-
dian street, who is serving as po-
lice surgeon under Police Chief
Claude M. Worley, said he will be-
come a candidate if the law is held
constitutional.
I'm waiting to see the outcome
of the suit testing the legality OF
the law" DR.. Reid said.
Herman F. Rikhoff, chief Of p0-
lice under the last Shank admin
istration, has a petition with sew
eral thousand names ready for fill
ing. Rikhoff has spent many weeks
working on plans for his campaign.
Others mentioned as possible can
didates are: John Benedict, lawyer
and member of the 1929 legislature;
Don Roberts, assistant city attorney
in the Duvan administration; Leo
Dorm. druggist, and Ed Buckner,
restaurant owner who sought cleo
ton from the first councilmanic
district in 1925.
No petitions have been filed with
City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr.