The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-20
HURLEY Sees
NO Chance OF
warfare SOON
War Secretary, Guest of
City, Flags Profiteers;
Visits Legion.
He is NOT A CANDIDATE
Denies He Seeks Post of
Vice President; Neither
Militarist, Pacifist.'

Declaring there is mo possibility
Of war in the near future" Pat
rick ]. Hurley, secretary Of war, ex-
miner and ex-coWpuncher, said here
today that by eliminating opportu-
mites for war proflteering, a Ger
tainty Of peace can be obtained.
Every one understands that the
United States has no imperialistic
designs. Our withdrawal of troops
from Nicaragua shows that" said
the war secretary.
Here to be the guest of honor at q
dinner and military ball tonight at
the Columbia Club, Hurley paid a
visit to the American Legions ma
tlonal headquarters at noon.
This afternoon a salute of nine
teen guns will honor his visit OF
inspection at Ft. Benjamin Harri-
son, where he arrived late Sunday
aboard q tri-motored naval plane.
AT 4 he will review 1900 high school
Il. 0. T. G. cadets at the World
War Memorial plaza.
Denies He's Candidate
Tall, Of soldierly bearing and
pleasantly courteous, the secretary
Of war put an end today to the
many stories being circulated in
Washington that he is seeking the
q. 0. P. nomination for Vice resi-
dent in the 1882 convention.
Il am not candidate for the
post. I was for Charles Curtis in
1924, worked for him in 1925, and
will be for him in 1882, if he wants
the nomination" Hurley said.
A hand holding a cigaret waved
emphasis:
I am not a nlilitarist. Neither
am paciflst I would welcome and
work toward the time that the
golden rule will be in existence be-
tween nations.
Believes in Army Nucleus
And until that time comes L be-
lieve this nation should maintain an
efficient, even if small, military es-
Enlistment, well prepared to form
One effective means of putting
q step to wars is by doing away with
war proflteering A commission now
is investigating methods to equalize
the burden Of war, minimize it if
possible and eliminate proflteering.
This commission, which Hurley
says is to report it's findings in
December, is comprised of four
members Of President Hoover's cab
met, four senators and four rep
resentatives.
1--WE plan to eliminate profit
eering by taking away the excess
profits through taxation. If there
could be no more more profiteering
it would be a movement toward
peace"
Divided Into Districts
The war secretary explained that
the nation has been divided into
fourteen distributing districts head
ed by leading industrialists whose
patriotism has been tried out in
time of peace.
eve hope thus to decentralize the
purchase Of equipment and keep one
branch Of the military establishment
from bidding against the other. 1t
will also do away with chaos in the
purchasing of supplies and equip
n1ent for the armies.
1T is most difficult to equalize
the burden of war. Some men must
fight, be wounded and die and there
can be no compensation except the
reward in the feeling of the man and
his family that what has been sac
rificed has been laid upon the altar
OF patriotism.
Takes What Comes
when man submits himself to
the service, he takes whatever
comes to him. Some see active serv-
ice and others have to be clerks, so
there can be no equalization there.
However, we can and must
eliminate profiteering and so equal
ize the civic burden of war;" de-
clared Hurley.
But as a people we desire to
live on terms and amity with all
other nations and hope for time
when the golden rule shall be the
gauge of conduct"
He admitted the government
arsenal is experimenting with g
new rifle which will fire ten cart
ridges semi automatically, thus
providing an effective infantry
weapon.
Worked in Coal Mine
Hurley is one of the most pic
turesuue war secretaries the nation
has had. Born in Indian territory
now Oklahoma, in 1888, he worked
in a coal mine at the age OF II anc
went to night school.
He punched cattle at Il, anc
when the Spanish war broke out
although less than 16, he enlisted
In Troop L, Rough Riders Attel
going with the troop to Ft. San
Houston he was sent home because
of his youth, and q second attempt
to enlist failed for the same reason
He was graduated as an A. B
from Indian university, Bacone
Okla, now Bacone college, an in.
stitution sponsored by the Baptis
churches, and went to washington
where he went TO National universit.
law. school at night and Georg'
washington university by day
graduating in 1908 from both insti'
tutions with an L. L. B. degree.
He was admitted to the Oklahoma
bar in 1908 and to practice befor'
the supreme court in 1911. Beside.
being a successful lawyer he is
successful banker and real estat'
operator.