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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
DOOLITTLE OUT
FOR NEW MARK
Plans Flight Today for Off,
CiaI Record.
BIZ Tnited Press


CLEVELAND, Sept. MAJOR
James H. Doodlittle, who set an
unofficial worlds land plane speed
record with an average speed of
293.193 miles on hour Wednesday,
planned to take his stubby red and
white Gee-Gee racer aloft today
for an official record.
Doolittles mark failed to meet
official standards, although he
streaked through the air at a speed
fifteen miles an hour faster than
the present record. His plane was
not equipped with a Paragraph, nor
was there another plane aloft to
take altitude ad dive heights, as
the refuse demand
The famous racing pilot rocketed
around the three-kilometer course
Wednesday in his record smashing
flight in order to qualify for the
Thompson trophy race on Labor
day. Three other fliers have met
the 200-mile-per-hou standard set
for. qualihers They are Bill Ong.
Robert Hall and Ben Howard.
Doolittle expressed disappoint-
ment over failure of officials to at
tend to details of recording the
speed"
1T is their business, not mine,
he said. Il am the pilot. have
all I can do attending to the ship
and it's flying"
His attempt of the record today
may bring even higher speeds, Doc
little predicted. Il can do ten or
fifteen miles nhour better" he
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
By UHitcd Press

By UHUcd Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The
White House today announced the
resignation of Hanford MacNider as
United States minister to Canada.
Announcement was made in the
form Of President Hoover's letter
accepting with regret MacNider's
resignation The minister had in
formed Mr.. Hoover he desired to
return to his private business.
I'm accepting your resignation, "
Mr.. Hoover said. Il need mention
but one great service which you
have performed during your term
of office in Ottawa-the building up
of mutual understanding between
our government and the great gov
eminent to the north
MacNider was appointed to OF
tawa two years ago. At one time
he was national commander of the
American Legion, and later was as
sistant secretary of war. MacNider' S
home is in Iowa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
NEW ERA IN HOME
BUILDING is ENVISAGED
Watson Home Loan Bill Is Praised
by North Carolina State Official

by North Carolina State Official.
By United Press
FRENCH LICK, Ind, Sept l.
A new era" in home building and
ownership was envisioned by o. K.
Laroque, deputy insurance COM
missioner for North Carolina, in an
address here today before the
United States Building and Loan
League convention.
The new era" Laroque said, was
heralded by passage of the Watson
home loan bank act.
1t precludes a possibility, he pre-
dicted, that the red flag of Com
munism or other forms of disloy-
atty ever will wave over the dwell
ing place of the home owner"
Laroque delivered his address
after H. A. Strassweg, Evansville,
president Of the Savings and Loan
League of Indiana, had welcomed
the building and loan firm man
ayers, representing every state Of
the Union.
William E. Best, Pittsburgh, made
his final appearance as league
president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Stranger Tale
Woman Logger Ignorant
Man She Queried Was
u. S. Judge.
DnLIE johnson. New Albany

OLLIE JOHNSON, New Albany
- woman, had an embarrass-
ing moment in federal court today
when she saw that the man on
the bench was one she talked to in
an elevator to the courtroom when
she put some inquiries as to
whether Judge Robert G. Baltzell
was hard"
When she appeared to plead
guilty to liquor charge, Bait
zell asked:
You remember me, don't you
Billie?"
With a wry smile, the defendant
admitted she did
Baltzell then revealed that he
was approached on the elevator
by the defendant who wanted to
know all about the judge, eSpeci-
ally if he was known to be hard"
Yes, he's pretty hard from what
I hear" the judge replied. She will
be sentenced later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Herriot NoncommittaI
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, Sept France was
angered, but not alarmed today at
the German governments demand
for military equality which official
circles and the press predicted was
doomed to failure.
Some observers predicted that if
Germany proceeds to rebuild her
lighting forces, a new armament
race among European nations will
follow.
1t was considered unlikely that
France would reply to the German
demand, transmitted Wednesday
through Ambassador Francois Pom
Get. Premier Edouart Herriot will
simply define the French attitude
in some forthcoming speech, it was
believed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
PONDER RAIL PETITION
Public Service Commission Gets
Trackless TrolIeys Plea.

Petition of Indianapolis Street
Railways for operation of trackless
trolleys on the South Meridian
street and Riverside car lines proba-
bly, will be acted on by the public
service commission within two
weeks.
The company seeks the petition
to abandon present track service
and operate the new system about
Oct. /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
DAM is THREATENED
Flood Waters Fill Three
Tunnels at Las Vegas.
By United Press

By United Press
LAS VEGAS, New. Sept 1. A
sudden flood which swelled the
Colorado river high on its banks
threatened the new Hoover dam
project when a wall OF water began
filling three of the giant diversion
tunnels.
Newly poured concrete in the
tunnels was covered by several feet
of water, and may cause damage
and delay mounting into millions
of dollars, dam foremen reported.
The flood waters were believed
due to cloudbursts in Utah which
filed many of the Colorado's tribu-
taries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Nine Kids Appeal Fails
to Sway Federal Judge

George R. Jeffrey. district attor-
ney, interrupted with the remark:
Your honor, l think this man
is drunk. from the way he smells. :"
With an oath, the defendant
turned to Jeffrey and demanded:
Whats the matter with you?"
You're not in circuit court, now. :"
Baltzell said. Il sentence you to
thirty days for contempt. Go back
and sit down"
Msbrey was silenced for only a
short time. Then he engaged in a
discussion about changing his plea,
and that he wished to go home to
his family.
After you serve the thirty DAYS
and what you are going to get in
the liquor case. you can 60 home,
was the dismal news from the
bench.
Mabrey subsiAed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
ASKS $4,000 FOR TRIP
Plaintiff Says He Stumbled Over
Doctors Bag in Store Aisle.

Because Henry D. Kaiser, a mail
clerk, 1884 Rowland avenue, tripped
over a physicians satchel on the
floor of a downtown pharmacy, the
Hook Drug Company and DR.. Clark
w. Day, 90 West Forty-second
street, we're named defendants in
a damage suit filed today in SUI
perior court five.
Asking $4,000 from each of the
defendants, the suit alleges that
Kaiser suffered severe injuries to
his left hip and leg July 81, and
was compelled to stay away from
his daily work for two weeks.
1t is charged in the suit that
DR.. Day placed the satchel in an
aisle of a Hook store at Ohio and
Pennsylvania streets, and failed to
warn Kaiser Of the obstacle. The
drug company, according to the
wording of the complaint, failed Ito
keep the aisle clear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
LEADING ECONOMISTS
ARE BACKING THOMAS
Indorse Socialist Candidate Who
Speaks Here Tuesday.

Five hundred leading economists
and industrial experts from all parts
of the nation have Joined in a state
ment despairing of any good from
either of the old parties, and urg-
ing serious consideration of the
four-year program of the League for
Independent Political Action, ac-
cording to dispatches
The four-year presidential plan
was adopted at the conference which
Endorsed the candidacy of Norman
A. Thomas, Socialist presidential
nominee, who will speak in Indian
apolis at Cadle tabernacle on Tues
day night.
Thomas will make a sightseeing
trip of the city Tuesday afternoon in
eortege of thirty automobiles
which will form on Kentucky ave-
nue., near Washington street, at 1870
p. m. George j. Lehnert, Socialist
candidate for congress, will be
grand marshal.
The Indianapolis schools junior
band of fifty-eight pieces has do
mated its services for the Tuesday
night meeting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
PRETTIEST OF
KILLERS TELLS
DEATH STORY
Mrs. PolIak Relates Story of
Husbands Brutality on
Witness Stand.
LOVED HIM. SHE SAYS
Trial of AIky Dealers
Widow Moves Fast in
Chicago Court.
BIZ United Press

By JHNed Press
CHICAGO. Sept. lin q court
room, crowded, but hushed-except
for popping photographers flashes
Dorothy Pollak told from the wit
ness stand today how Joe Bpllak,
the husband she killed, beat and
mistreat her.
Did you love him anyway" w.
w O'Brien. defense attorney, asked.
"Yes," she said in a low voice.
DO you love him now?"
Eyes, I love joe
The comely 25-year-old widow,
CARRIED in the same black dress
with white piping that she wore to
her husbands funeral, and that she
has worn to the murder trial that
Chief Justice Harry M. Fisher is
hearing in criminal court without
jury, detailed her married life al
most to the night when she sent
bullet through Pollak's eye. Then
brief recess was called.
Describes Fatal Quarrel
She told how she married the
mysterious south side alcohol rack
eteer in 1929, and how, a month
after the wedding, he slapped her
when she asked the name of wom-
an who telephoned him.
Then one day I met Joe and
Mrs. Cebulski, the wife of a saloon
keeper in our neighborhood," she
said.
Il reminded Joe that he had
promised not to see that woman any
more. and asked him to come home
wit hme," the witness said. He
slapped me right in front of her"
Then the widow described the
quarrel and fatal shooting.
Wild Look in His Eyes
Joe came at me" she said. He
had a knife in his hand and there
was wild loook in his eyes.
was terribly frightened. l snatched
the gun and fired
Il didn't intend to hit Joe.
just wanted to scare him away"
AS the recess ended, cross exami-
ton of Mrs. Pollak began.
Developments had come rapidly,
with the state resting its case short
ly before noon, and two defense wit
nesses preceding the defendant to
the stand.
The state had rested. A motion
for dismissal of the defendant on
the grounds the state had not made
a case was denied, at least for the
time being.
The defens of the pretty widow
who shot and killed her alcohol
dealer husband, Joseph Pollak, be-
gan.
Widows Mother, Testifies
The widows mother, Mrs. Victoria
Mysza, testified for the defense that
Dorothy appeared at her house on
one occasion, sobbing and her face
bruised.
Il asked her who did it," Mrs
Mysza said, and she told me, Joe
hit me, because 1 waved at man
Il told Joe he ought not to do that
because he had already been in court
about things He said, Ill cut her
heart out
Victoria Schultz, a cousin who was
with Mrs Pollsk the night of the
fatal shooting, said that when Pollak
started for his wife his face white
as sheet and his eyes bulging'
Did he have a knife in his hand"
she was asked
Yes" said the cousin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
MA IS 1888 AHEAD
Winner of Texas Race, Says
Election Bureau.
By United Press

By United Press
DALLAS. Tex, Sept. Unofficial
returns today showed Mrs. Miriam
A. Ferguson to be the Democratic
nominee for Governor Of Texas.
The election bureau announced
she had a lead of 1893 votes over
Governor Ross S. Sterling, with only
about $50 votes yet to be counted.
Sterling issued formal statement
indicating he would contest the cleo
ton if the official canvass Sept. II
declares Mrs. Ferguson was the vic
tor in the runoff primary last Sat-
urday.
The election bureau reported Mrs.
Ferguson received 476,750 votes and
Sterling 474,352.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
PAN GOLD in STREET
But Don't Last, There Was Only
S82, and There's No More.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept.
1.-Four ounces Of gold, worth about
$50, was panned from city street
gutter here. and yet no gold rush
was started
The reason is that there was no
more gold. 1t was all that the bot
tie belonging to A. B. Muhlestein
contained when he dropped it.
Muhlestein and his friend, Harry
Michael of Provo got out their pans
and got to work in the gutter. They
succeeded in panning most of the
gold from the mud
The gold was obtained from a
claim in southern Utah.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
WarriCk County Man Gets
80 Days for Contempt
of u. S. Court.

Plea that he wished to so home
to my wife and nine kids made
by Avis Mabrey of Elberfield
Warrick county, drew no sympathy
today from Federal Judge Robert
G. Baltzell, who sentenced Mabrey
to thirty days in Jail for contempt
OF court. A sentence on a plea of
guilty to liquor charge will be i'm
posed later.
Mabrey, after being arraigned
and entering guilty plea, hegan
chatting with the Judge about get
ting the case transferred to cir
cult court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
CHEST HURT IN CRASH
Plainfield Man Crushed When
Pinned Under Wrecked Car.

Pinned beneath wreckage of his
auto when it overturned following
collision with another today at Dor
man avenue and Vermont street.
Glenn Harough, %, of Plainfield in
Cured a crushed chest and is in
critical condition at the Methodist
hospital.
Albert Schmertz. 50. of 434 Har-
land street, driver of the other car.
escaped without injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Loath to Quit Posts
By United Press

By UHtGcU Press
DIES MONIES, Ia, Sept. l.
Striking Iowa farmers appeared as
loath today to leave their roadside
posts as they were three weeks ago
to establish them, for although a
truce had been declared many pick
cts remained on duty along the
highway.
1t was a week after the farm
strike was called on Aug. before
active picketing was begun, and it
appeared today that several more
days may elapse before the truce
declared Wednesday night is en-
tirely effective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
AK KILLER QUIzzED
Motive Still Is Sought in
Teachers Staying.

81 United Press
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Sept.
1.-Authorities today resumed ques-
tioning of Morris Green, %, seek
ing motive for the Staying of Miss
Lila Jones, 93-year-old Richmond
school teacher, which he is reported
to have confessed.
Miss Jones was beaten to death
with a Ratchet at the home of her
parents, near here Monday. Green,
farmland employed by her par
ents, killed her after she had been
injured IN scuffle with him, &C
cording to his purported confession.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
RABBI PREFERS CARS
REIGN TO RED RULE
Even Though He Suffered Loss of
Wife, Six Children Then.

Although his wife and six chill
dren were slain in Russia during
the czarist regime, it was better
form of government than the soviet,
according to Joseph Goldman, rabbi
in the red nation for many years,
who will speak Sunday night at the
Roberts Park M. E. church. His
subject will be Jesus, the jew"
One child, Jerome L. Goldman.
escaped the fate of the mother and
other children, but was killed in
action at the battle of Belleau
Wood, while serving as a lieuten-
ant in the United States army. He
is buried in ST. Louis.
The former rabbi, now 70, lives
in Seattle, Wash, and is returning
there from a speaking tour during
which he has been heard in New
York. Louisville and Evansville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
JUNIOR HIGH PRAISED
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Grades
to Benefit, Says Stuart.

Pupils of the seventh, eighth and
ninth grades will benefit from the
Junior high school plan, it was pre-
dicted by Milo H. Stuart, assistant
schools superintendent, speaking to-
day before the Junior high teachers
at Shortridge high school.
Stuart's speech was part of the
program of the first day of the
annual two-day teachers meeting.
Also speaking before the teach
ers was Superintendent Paul c.
Stetson and DR.. E. E. Lewis of the
Ohio State university department of
education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
FOUR NAVY filters Die
Killed When Plane Falls
During Target Practice.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CRISTOBAL, Sept. l. Four
United States navy f1iers attached
to the fleet air base were killed to-
day when their seaplane crashed
during the target practice off Girls
tobal
j. H. Schnitzlein, pilot. Brooklyn,
N. Y; w. F. hawthorne, Boston;
D. R. Glaze, Hopkins county, Texas;
G. B. Ugonian, Binghamton, N. Y.
The plane was towing a gunnery
target. The engine failed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
New Storm on Way
BIZ United Press

UWTItW IfFoS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The
United States weather bureau today
reported diminishing intensity of
one tropical disturbance in the
Gulf of Mexico and advance of an
other in the vicinity of Puerto Rico.
THE gulf disturbance has moved
inland near Mobile" the report
said, and is moving northwest
ward with diminishing intensity,
Another tropical disturbance appar-
emily central about $50 miles north
west of Puerto Rico is moving west
northwestward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
State Levy Must Be Fixed

A state levy Of at least 28.6 cents
will have to be fixed by the state
tax board at the end of this month
if the present functions Of state
government are to continue, William
P. Cosgrove, deputy auditor, said to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
LEAP SUICIDE PR0BED
Minneapolis Mans Death in Chicago
Due to Dependency.
By United Press

By Jhtted Press
CHICAGO, Sept. IA coroner's
jury decided today that Ernest C.
Probst, Minneapolis, who jumped
from the nineteenth floor of the
Y. M c. A. hotel Wednesday,
committed suicide while despon-
dent"
Mrs. Probst, who came here from
La Porte, Ind, when notified of her
husbands death, testified that
Probst had tried unsucceSsfully to
borrow $500 to pay off obligations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
CHILD KILLED IN CRASH
ON EVE OF BIRTHDAY
Party Plans Ended; Crushed Body
Lies in Mortuary.
BIZ United Press

By tHifed Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Sept. l.
A birthday party planned at a
Union Pier CNIich) summer home
was Cancelled today as the body OF
the small girl, who would have cele-
Grated her sixth anniversary, lay in
a mortuary here.
The girl. Lillian Stone, was killed
when the automobile in which she
was riding with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Stone, Chicago,
crashed against tree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
CASUALLY OF ECLIPSE

City Boy Is Cut by Glass While
Observing Phenomenon.
One eclipse casualty was record
ed here today.
Fillmore Harris, 9, suffered a cut
on the head from piece of smoked
glass he used to gaze at the eclipse.
He was treated at city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Killed at Mine Tinnle

NEW GOSHEN, Ind, Sept. l.
Pearl Reyes, %, was killed at the
Watson mine near here when he fell
from. tipple, suffering neck frac-
ture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
GIVES BIRTH ON STREET
Eclipse Baby Appears as Mother Is
on Way to Hospital.
BIZ Inited Press

D y IWtttW 7 TOO
PASSAIC, N. j., Sept Mrs.
Althea Harris, walking to hos
pital. gave birth to son on a
street corner, just as the sun went
into eclipse. Mother and child are
doing we'll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Grocery Rnhhed nf $40

Claude Stewart, r. r. 3, Box
279-A. clerk in grocery at 445 West
Washington street, Wednesday night
handed $50 to a bandit who ordered
a package of tobacco then drew a
revolver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
BONUS DEMAND SLATED
V. F. w. Adopt Resolution Playing
Expulsion of Marchers.

By United Press
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. l.
The national encampment of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars met here
today to take action on a resolution
demanding immediate payment of
the soldiers bonus.
Passage of the resolution was
considered a certainty.
Amid wild cheering, the conven-
ton adopted a resolution Wednes-
day night condemning eviction of
bonus marchers" from Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Rob Bank and Kidnap Cashier

wHITEwOOD, S. D. Sept. l.
After robbing the bank of White
wood. three bandits kidnapped Guy
a. Bailey, the CASHIER today and
escaped
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
COMPTROLLER TO QUIT
United States Currency Chief to
Present Resignation to Hoover.

Present Resignation to Hoover.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. Comp
troller of the Currency John w.
Pole today announced he would
present his resignation to President
Hoover.
L hope the President will accept
it soon" Pole said. adding, Il have
been trying to quit this job for
eight months"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL
Thieves Steal Ice Cream Stock,
Then Liberate Horse.

Thieves Wednesday night nearly
wrecked the business of j. G. ORA
con, 1888 West Thirty-third street,
vendor of ice cream and frozen re-
freShments.
Stock worth IS was stolen from
DRAGONS wagon, but the unkindest
act was liberating the horse which
draws the wagon about the streets
while the owner diSpoSes of his
wares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
PREVENT PRISON BREAK

Penitentiary Authorities Mount Ex-
ira Guards in Eclipse.
BIZ United Press
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept. l.
authorities of the Westchester peni-
Tertiary turned on the flood lights
and placed extra guards on the walls
to prevent the escape of prisoners
during the eclipse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
Free Rental
Assistance
For State
Fair Visitors

There are hundreds Of
rooms in fine homes that
will be for rent during
fair week to state fair
visitors. If you need any
assistance in finding the
most suitable room, just
call Betty at Riley 1851.
She cheerfully will assist
you in finding desirable
room.
If you have a room for
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Betty and have your room
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Read and Use
Times Room Ads
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-08
WOmen's Council
 Meet Nov 12
18th Annual Convention Conn Council Catholic
 Women at Hotel Bond

The Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe, DID,, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford. and Mrs Herbert F.. Fisher will be the principal speak CTS at the twelfth annual conven- ton of. the Connecticut Council of Catholic Women to be held at the Hotel Bond. Hartford, on Satur- day, November 12. Mrs Fisher, who is secretary of the Connecticut Commission on Child Welfare. will speak on the work of that com mission.
 Reverend Matthew J. Judge, Diocesan Director of Charities. will open the convention of business session in the morning, over which Miss Mary F. o'Flaherty, state chairman, will preside. Miss Re- gina J. O'Connell. executive secre- tary of the Diocesan Bureau of So- cial Service, will talk on the coun- ell from the standpoint of the bur- eau.
 Reports will be heard from county chairmen and from chair men of standing committees.