The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
LESLIE THROWS
pair OF SKIES
IN TWO MOVES
RumbIingS in G. o. P. Fol-
low Selection OF Boren and
Cement Duty Plea.
BY BEN STERN

b1 BEN STERN
You don't pass the dice when you
throw a pair Of skies, but If the
game is for keeps. it costs you some
money, as the initiates know. 80
Governor Harry G. Leslie threw
a pair Of sizes this week and it re-
suited in alternating many powerful
political friends and raising a
storm of criticism, his opponents
charge.
The first six he is accused OF.
throwing was a wire to congress
asking retention Of a high tariff on
cement, and the second half of the
box cars" was in reappointing
Robert Boren OF Fountain City to
the highway commission. vs
In wiring HooSier senators and
representatives urging defeat of the
BleaSe amendment which would per-
NIT government units to import
cement tariff-free. Leslie explained
he was endeavoring to protect In
diana cement industries.
The largest purchaser OF cement
in Indiana is the state itself, which
through the highway commission
spends $20,0o0,000 annually on road
construction, maintenance and im-o
provement. -
Reappointment of Boren, always
a cement booster, has strengthened
the position of the cement group ,
OF the commission. ii
Two others were mentioned prom
inently for Boren's post, as it was
believed generally Leslie would name
a new man. They were: Leonard
G. Gibson Of Rising Sun, and AL
Clark, Of Cayuga, Democratic fifth
district chairman.
Boren's reappointnent now is de-
clared by observers to be a payment
Tor the commissioners alliance with
the Governor in the custer fight on
Director John D. Williams last year.
Gibson Recommended
In order to present united front
against Williams every effort was I.
made to line up George Hershman
OF Crown Point and Boren.
The former was not reappointed
and 1t was thought that Leslie
would adhere to this plan and an
point another Democrat to succeed
Boren. a5
Bert Fuller and Bert Morgan.
managers OF the Leslie campaign.
recommended Gibson, who, although
an active Democrat, was friendly TO
Leslie in 1928.
State Senator Joseph Cravens.
dean Of Indiana Democrats, was
said to have favored Gibson.
On the other hand, Eliza Rogers.
Republican state chairman; r. Earl
Peters, Democratic state chairman:
Mark Nebeker of Clinton, G. o. Pr
Fifth district chairman, and State
Senator Alonzo Lindley OF King
man, farm bloc leader, were in sup
port of Clark.
Disregarding all these pleas, Les
lie reappointed Boren.
Nebeker Is Angry =.
Nebeker is said to be exceedingly
angry. Neither Jackson nor Leslie
has given the Fifth district any I'M
portant appointment, and the Sis-
trict chairman feels sighted.
Rogers as Republican state chair
man, naturally is believed to feel
that his wishes should be accorded
some respect. He is joined in this.
feeling by Peters, who, as Demo-
cratic state chairman, should have
some voice in the appointment Of
q Democrat.
Lindley, whose proudeSt motto Is
he never forgets," may have his
inning when the legislature meets.
AS for the two Berts, their posi-
ton has become stronger because
Of the Governors very disregard for
their wishes.
They have become the focal point
for those friends who have been
alienated by the Governors acts.
Leslie still retains the dice, and
whether he throws seven" soon
Is problematical.