The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-29
LABOR NAMES
ITS CHOICES IN
MAY PRIMARY
Influence Is Expected to Be
Great in County'S Vote
Next Month.
HENDERSON IS PICKED
Walter Pritchard Favored
for Criminal Court
Judge by Workers.
BY BEN STERN

Labor spoke today with $4,000
copies o. yhe Workers Nonpartisan
Political Action League slate. and
according to all political leaders Of
the county, its voice is important.
Results Of the last municipal cleo
ton have convinced politicians that
the leagues action must not be
discounted lightly, and it went into
this years campaign with a pres
tige never before possessed.
Without equiVocation, the leagues
leaders assented to the bar associa-
ton poll and Endorsed Laurens L.
Henderson for prosecutor and Wal
ter Pritchard for judge Of the GRIM
inal court.
In several instances two Demo-
Gratis running for the nomination
for the same office were accorded
recognition and three were Endorsed
for judges of superior court three.
Seek 10 Avoid Confusion
League officials explained also
that not every one favorable to labor
was slated, because of the difficulty
in framing a slate with a multitude
Of names, which would result in
confusion.
The states, printed on yellow pa
per, recommended:
Republicans Congress. Archibald Hall:
superior court one. William d. Balm: court
two. Hezzie B. Pike: court three. William
o. Dunlavy; court four. william S. Nc
Master: court five. William z. jeffrey;
probate court. Mahlon Z Bash; criminal
court. Walter Pritchard; juvenile court.
Edward c. Boswell: prosecutor. Lsurens
Henderson: county clerk. Jesse Mcclure;
auditor. John W. Ebaugh: treasurer,
Charles Dawson: recorder. Frank r.
Childers; sheriff. George L. Wlnkler;
coroner. Charles II. Keever: surveyor. Paul
r. Brown; assessor. Charles w. Kern. and
Center township trustee C. L. Mcpherson.
A councilmanic ticket also was Endorsed.
Pick Legislative Candidates
The Republican legislative candi-
dates Endorsed were:
state senator. Jesse W. Potter: state rep
resentatives. H. Walker De Haven. James
H. Drill: Ella Van Sickle Gardner. Will
liam Henry Harrison. Mae Marcum Jacobs,
George P. Kern. John E. King. James H.
Lowry. Milton N. McCord. Edward G.
schaub and VIII C. Wetter.
Democrats indorse dare:
Congress. Louis Ludlow: superior court
one. Salem D. Clark and John W. Kern;
court two Joseph r. Williams: court three.
John F. Under. L. r. Newgent and William
A. Pickens: court four. Clarence E. Weir;
court FIVE. Russell J. Ryan; probate court.
Smiley N. Chambers: criminal court. Frank
Baker: juvenile court. John F. Geckler;
prosecutor. Herbert E. Wilson: county
clerk. Thomas A. Riley: county auditor,
Charles A. Grossart and Theodore NJ.
Weiss: county recorder. Ira P. Haymaker
and Margaret L. Shuler: sheriff. Charles
Sumner: surveyor Bruce Short; no In
dorseemnt for coroner: assessor, H. J.
Weaver and Center township trustee.
Walter Anderson.
Legislative Endorsements are:
State senator. E. A. Perkins ST.; state
representatives. Gerritt NJ. Bates. William
B. Conner. Henry C. Cox. Russell J. Dean.
Fred S. Galloway. CLYDE Karrer, Walter
Myers. Henry J. Richardson IT.. Albert F.
Walsman. E. Curtis White. John F. White.
and Joint representative. John F. Webb.