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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-01
CRASH IN PRICE
Of WOOL LAID
TOSPEECHES
Sheep Growers Demand Pledge
Against Agricultural
Tariff Rate Cuts

President Roosevelt was urged
to restrain his Cabinet members
today by witnesses before the Sen
ate Finance Committee, which
was considering the Administra-
TONS reciprocal tariff bill.
Both Judge w. F. Borgess., rep
resenting the Wool and Mohair
Association of Texas, and Fred R..
Marshall, of Boston, secretary Of
the National Wool Growers ASSo-
citation, said that writings and
speeches of Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace have caused
the wool market to collapse be-
cause of fear that the wool tariff
will be reduced or eliminated.
Judge Borgess. said:
"YOu Democratic S majors
should get President Roosevelt
to reiterate his Baltimore speech
against reduction in farm tar.
ifs before you vote for this
bill"
King Defends President
After Judge Borgess. persisted
in criticizing Secretary Wallace,
Senator King CD of Utah said:
Sometimes the generals and
captains make mistakes. If
they do you can't blame the
chief"
Judge Borgess. replied:
eyes, but cOurtmartial IA
cilities are available"
Senator Connally CD of Texas
lamented:
'"The President can't place
padlOckS on the mouths of all
his supporters"
Industry Disturbed
Mr.. Marshall said that the wool
industry had been thrown into
doubt and uncertainty by prospect
of the measures passage. He
said:
"ThiS uncertainty was aug
mented by the book of Mr.. Wal
lace, entitled America Must
Choose and his speeches"
In his book, Secretary Wallace
said that reciprocal tariff agree
ments might cause pain for a
while to wool growers" according
to Mr.. Marshall. He added:
81 hope he regrets this state
ment; 1 hope he recalls it,"
Robert L. Studley, of Boston,
president of the National Wool
Trade Associations, said the wool
industry is in no condition to
stand a tariff reduction.
A Democratic agreement to mod
ify President Roosevelt's proposed
power to negotiate tariff slashing
treaties today served to insure its
enactment by the Senate while
redoubling Republican opposition.
The modification, approved by
a conference of Democratic Sen
ators, would make the treaties
subject to hearings before being
finally negotiated.
The Democrats agreed to sup
port an amendment giving Inter
eSted parties" right to be heard
before the treaties are concluded.
They would be heard in secrecy,
but there was nothing in the pro-
posed amendment binding the in
terested parties" to secrecy.
The Democratic conf e ence,
held at the Capitol last night, also
revealed there will be some Dem
ocratic opposition to the bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-01
Civil Service List
Shows Gain in Jobs

Announcement by the Civil
Service Commission that the re-
employment list has been cut dur
ing the week from 2,237 to 2.117
names reveals ft.lther progress in
unemployment of ousted Govern
ment workers.
Of the 2,117, it was said, 304
are temporarily employed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-01
Mayor LGGudrdia
Cuts His Pau A q1i1l

NEW YORK, May / G.N.SO.-
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia today
made his second reduction of his
own salary since assuming office.
January /. The chief executive
earlier this year cut his annual
stipend to $4,000 from $29,915.
Today's cut reduced his salary
tn $01 450
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
CITY, STATE SCORE
WATER co. REPORT
Assessed Valuation Called
Extremely Generous

Severely scoring the assessed val
uation recommended for the Indian
apolis Water Company by Albert
Ward. master in chancery, as Eek
tremely generous" to the water COM
pany. attorneys for the state of In
diana and the city of indianapolis
filed exceptions in federal court to-
day.
The exceptions charge that Mr..
Wards evaluation Of $40, 282, 142 is
So. 368. 705 in excess of its true value.
The public service commission and
the city are attempting to lower
the evaluation in order that water
rates may be reduced.
The exceptions object mainly to
the including in the evaluation of
$4,000 for amortization of rate case
expenses, s9.S08 for uncollectable
accounts. an allowance of more
than 81 .000, 900 for the going value, p"
construction costs upon organiza-
ton expense, water rights and right
Of land and an allowance for GER
tain properties. public streets and
public properties used by the COM
pany.
The water company is expected to
file its exceptions in a short time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
100000 ARE ORDERED TO
STRIKE SATURDAY NIGHT
STOP ESCAPES AND
WHOLESALE PARD0NS,
u. S. CHIEF DEMANDS

By United Press
MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 30.-The
ghost of John Dillinger walked
before the nations lawyers to-
day as j. Edgar Hoover demanded
halt in prison escapes and
wholesale" pardoning of despe-
rate characters.
Head of the criminal investi-
cation bureau of the department
of justice which brought an end
to Dillinger's bloody career, Mr..
Hoover, made the demand before
the criminal law section of the
American Bar Association.
Malfeasance or nonfeasance on
the part of prison officials too
often is responsible for the es-
cape of major criminals, he de-
clared. Conditions that render
escape possible should be rene
died Immediately, he added. He
also denounced lawyers and psy-
chiatrists who work to free crimi-
mails.
AS deterents to the spread of
crime Mr.. Hoover suggested Sc
lection of higher type officers,
more thorough training and
statewide crime detection agen-
cies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
Smith Holds 3 Vote Lead
In BrOWn Derby Chase

Just three little votes separate DR..
Will H. Smith Jr., president Of the
Cosmosoplitan Democratic Club, and
Fred w. Steinsberger. president Of
the Indianapolis Retail Meat and
Grocers Association, in the battle
today for the Brown Derby.
Now you see Brown Derby
leader; now you don't.
One minute Dentist" Smith
leads and in the next it's Grocer"
Steinsberger.
BY chop-time tonight it may be
DR.. Paul Kernel, president of the
Hoosier Athletic CLUB, or Wal
green" Fred w. Kruger.
Pick your winnerl Get. yourself
favoritel Three ballot days are left.
The last vote will be printed Satur-
day and it will be- due in The Times
Office at p. m. Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
BEVERIDGE JOINS
IN TIMES DRIVE
Candidate Now Touring
East Studying Various
Police Systems.
Bp Times Special

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Albert
J. Beverage Jr. is in the city today
as a stopover on an eastern tour in
which he is devoting his time to a
study of state police systems.
Mr.. Beveridge is a candidate for
the Indiana legislature on the Re-
publican ticket in Marion county.
He expects to gather data of value
for formulation of legislation to put
the Indiana state police on a civil
service, nonpartisan basis if elected,
he said
al Feeney has done the best that
he could with the state police de-
partment under the present setup,"
Mr.. Beveridge asserted, but politics
must be eliminated completely and
the entire force placed on an eff
cheney basis.
The Indianapolis Times has
launched a worthy campaign in
seeking to put penal institutions
completely under civil service. Par
ticularly insofar as our major insti-
tutions are concerned"
Mr.. Beveridge already had visited
the Royal Canadian mounted police
and The Massachusetts state police
and intends to visit the state police
in New York, New Jersey and Penn
Sylvania.
He will report his findings in his
personal column in the Lebanon Re-
porter. Mr.. Beveridge has personal
introduction letters to the various
police chiefs from Mr.. Feeney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
S2,497,3OO CHECK
GIVEN WAYNE COY
Relief Projects to Include
Every Township.
BIZ Times .SDccioI


WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Armed
with an FERA check for $2,497, 300,
Wayne Coy, Indiana relief director,
left Washington today for Indian
apolis to launch a work-relief pro-
gram which will extend into every
state township.
OF the 10000 families on relief,
$4,000 are expected to be cared for
during September through work
relief jobs, Mr. Coy said.
Up until now, the work-relief
projects have been confined to the
urban unemployed, but $500,OO0 will
be spent on jobs in the rural dis
tricts, he said Urban work relief
will take S1,500,000.
The township governments will
provide the materials and super
vision. Direct relief, rural rehabili-
tation, education and drought relief
will absorb the remaining S497, 300.
Counties getting drought relief are
Benton, Jasper, Porter and Lake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
FOR
FORD EXPANSION
Program to Be Doubled by
Plant; Giant Order
Already Given.
By United Press


DEARBORN, Min, Aug. 30.-The
Ford Motor Company today an
nounced the doubling of their ex-
pansion program to the point where
capital expenditures will reach $12,-
100000 in the next eight months.
Several weeks ago an order was
made for 100000 worth of equip
ment to generate more power. Add
ed to this is approximately $6,750,000
for two new steel mills for the oper
alton of which the additional power
output will be used.
. When the point power house and
steel mill program is completed Mr..
Ford will be independent of private
steel mills, being able to manufac-
ture in his own plants all the thirty
six kinds of special steel needed for
the manufacture of his cars. He
will be able to operate at capacity
without purchasing a pound of steel
in the open market.
Work nearly has been completed
in sinking caissons for the founda-
tionS of the steel mills at the Ford
plant. The mill to the east will be
continuous cold-strip plant capable
of turning out sheets up to eighty
four inches wide; the mill to the
west a continuous hot strip mill
turning out strips forty EIGHT inches
wide.
The two plants will add 1900 tons
of finished steel a day to the ca
pacity of the steel producing indus
try here. The buildings for the new
mill cost $650,000. Equipment will
cost more than $4,000, 100000. The
plants will employ 500 men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30

The meeting was Tor the purpose
of organizing Knox county COM
mittee of the Indiana committee,
formed several months ago to work
for better law enforcement.
Placing the penal institutions
under the management of nom
political boards was urged in an
address by Walter Myers, prominent
Democratic attorney and political
leader, in a three-point program for
establishing a public opinion that
will demand a prison management
that will know neither politics nor
pull"
Times Proposal Endorsed
Charging that desperate convicts
walk away from or bluff their way
out of penal institutions, the former
Speaker of the state house of rep
resentatives Endorsed The Indian
apolis Times proposal for eliminat-
ing political control through civil
service regulation of both penal and
law enforcing agencies.
Mr.. Myers declared that along
with police, wardens, prison and
Jail authorities and guards should
be named under civil service rules
and removed only for cause by the
same body that made the appoint
ment.
Referring to a general break
down in character throughout the
world" which, he said, had brought
the current crime wave, Mr.. Myers
criticised delays in criminal justice
and attacked crime fed" lawyers
who "trifle with and impose upon
courts.
Attacks Legal Tactics
IF a British barriSter monkeyed
around like some of our criminal
lawyers do, or if a British prose-
cutor fiddled with the facts like
some of our prosecutors do, he would
go to Jail along with the guilty" Mr.
Myers declared.
The anti-crime group should
have three purposes, the speaker
said:
l. Re-codifications of criminal
statutes to compel prompt trial
2. A police force picked for eff
ficiency and honesty, freed alto
gether from political interference.
3. NonpartiSan control of penal
and correctional institutions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30

Indianapolis taxpayers are prac-
tically certain to receive a reduction
Of 81 cents in the combined 1885 tax
rates.
This was indicated today when it
was announced the county council
next Tuesday will adopt a budget
fixing the new Marion county rate
at 26 cents lower than the levy now
in effect.
Charles A. GroSSart. county audi
tor. said a reduction of almost
sl.0O0.000 in the budget would make
the county tax rate 30 cents on each
500 of taxable property.
The school city levy has been
fixed at 8 cents lower than for the
curHnt year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
SLOT MACHINE
CASE DELAYED
Important Developments Are
Expected Soon, Police
Indicate.

Indications that the Indianapolis
police department expects important
developments in the slot machine
racket situation here within the
next two and one-half weeks were
seen in municipal court today when
Ray Rairdon, Al, of 1888 Willow
drive, alleged key man" in the
racket, was arraigned along with
two lesser slot machine figures.
When the cases against the three
were called, their attorney Tom Nc
Nulty, asked the court for a con-
tinuance.
Il understand this slot machine
business is being investigated
thoroughly" Mr.. McNulty told Mu-
nicipal Judge Dewey Myers, land I
believe this case should be put over
until they investigate everybody and
not just this man Rairdon)."
Judge Myers, who yesterday Or
dered police to present evidence in
two other slot machine cases to the
grand jury, remarked that he under
stood a grand jury investigation was
in prospect and asked the prosecut-
ing police witnesses what date would
be acceptable to them for a con-
tinuance.
Sergeant John Eisenhut and De-
tective Louis Fossatti, the COM
plainants, set Sept. 10.
At the courthouse, Prosecutor
Herbert E. Wilson said that he ex-
pected he would receive the police
evidence within the next few days
and added that it would be pre-
Sented to the grand jury at once.
Rairdon faces two charges of
keeping gambling devices and a
charge of receiving stolen goods, the
latter consisting, according to po-
lice, of slot machines "hijacked"
from private clubs here. Police in
SiSt they have good case against
Rairdon.
The other two whose cases came
up today are Miss Rebecca darius
SO, of 1901 Nordyke avenue, who
supplied Rairdon's $500 bail when
he was arrested Tuesday and who
is said by police to have admitted
that machine seized at the Nor
dyke avenue address belonged to
Rairdon, and Prince Weathers, Ne
gro, in whose home several empty
and broken machines were found,
according to police.
At the time Weathers was arrest
ed, police said they suspected the
machines might be among those
"hijacked" a short time before from
the private clubs.
Those against whom Judge Myers
ordered police to turn over evidence
to the grand jury are Arnold Stall
ings and Clarence Frenzel, arrested
when several slot machines were
seized in a raid about three weeks
ago on an establishment in the
basement of the EaStgate hotel
The defendants requested a post
ponement of the case until Sept. ii,
which Judge Myers granted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
5000 Affected Here

Local members Of the United Tex
tile Workers of American will be
absolutely loyal to orders from ma
tional headquarters, Charles Drake,
business agent said today.
Should a prolonged strike be
called here approximately 5000 local
workers would be affected indirectly.
The union has one local here, Local
2069, with the personnel formed by
900 workers in the Indianapolis
Bleaching Company, 900 West Wa
bash street.
Mr.. Drake said that local union
officials had received sealed instruc-
lions and that no word would be
made public until walkout was
called.
Asked if the strike, if called, would
come the night of Sept. 4, M. Drake
said no specific date under con-
sideration would be made public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
City Taxpayers GiUen 81 Cent Slash in
Rates; County Budget Sliced 1891, 227

ing expenses are reduced 1884, 427.
The balance is accounted for by a
decision to refund 1851, 800 in bonds.
Mr.. GosSart announced that no
salaries of county employees had
been reduced by the tentative bud
get, although requests for increase
have been rejected.
Due to the reduction of the as
seSsed valuation total to $592. 108. 805.
the slash of the county budget ac-
tually is equivalent to reduction Of
81, 700 900, Mr.. GrosSart declared.
In 1890. l-cent levy raised more
than $23 900 additional money than
the same rate will raise next year,
or S79,563. A 30-cent levy II 1880,
Turn to Page Three
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
Labor Day Holiday viii
Prevent Showdown
Until tuesday.
FARLEY TO BE. HELD
Textile Industry Leader to
Talk With Garrison
Late Today.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80
Union labor today summoned
upwards of 100000 workers
to strike Saturday night in
the great cotton textile indus
try.
Wool. silk, rayon and synthetic
warn members of the textile union
are standing by for further orders
which may bring them into the
New Deals greatest conflict between
capital and labor.
Strike of all cotton textile work.
ers will begin at 11:30 o'clock your
time Saturday night, said the
walkout order. flashed today by tele-
graph to 500 local unions.
At the moment the strike was
called George A. Sloan, head of the
Cotton Textile Institute. sought a
conference with Chairman Lloyd
Garrison of the national labor re-
4dUlOIlS DOdIu.
Meet at 4:SO Today
They will meet at 4:30 p. m. to
discuss the impending strike. Mr..
Sloan is coming to Washington as
an individual" rather than as
spokesman of the industry.
The Labor day holiday will delay
the entire strike showdown until
Tuesday, Sept. A.
There are fears Of violence and
bloodshed as the summons to walk
out spreads among the workers in
the southern mill towns and the
smoky cities of New England
Protesting TIE arrogance" Of en-
ployers. F1Gncis German, strike
leader, charged in the name of his
union that conditions in the mills
have become unbearable. Mr.. Cor
man claimed 100000 workers would
respond to the strike call.
Intervention Fails
Every man and woman will I ~, =,
to the strike lines" the dappell
unionist promised, and the great
cotton textile industry will not move
a wheel or a thread after the hour
set to stop the mills"
Government Intervention failed to
block this combat of capital and
labor. AS industrial war was de-
clared the government appeared
momentarily powerless to prevent
blistering dispute, loss of wages and
mill profits and a tremendous re-
verse to New Deal recovery-all in
herent in such contest.
President Roosevelt was at his
Hyde Park estate when the strike
call was issued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
THE STANDINGS

Every candidate is levelling and
riding as hard as he can toward the
finish line and the coronation night
on Sept. s at the Indiana state fair.
The lower brackets in the contest
are just galloping along hoping to
see their photos among the leaders
in Fridays edition Of The Times.
Watch for those regal heads! Cut
out today's ballot and pick your win
ner. Mail or bring TO The Times
Office. You'll find that ballot by
turning to Page 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
Aluminium Farley Fails
By United Press

LH DNIItI 7 'tod 7
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The
strike Of the employees of the Alum
mum Company of America, was as
sured another week of life today
with the failure Of a three cornered
conference.
The conferees represented the
aluminium company, the Aluminium
Workers Council and the depart
ment Of labor. Their efforts to
solve the labor problem met with
temporary defeat last night when
company representatives refused to
concede the checkof system. They
will meet again next Wednesday in
Pittsburgh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
u. S. BOARD ACQUIRES
L0GANSPORT PLANT
Takes Over Unit for Slaughter of
Drought Cattle.

A third, meat packing plant, that
of the w. G. Routh Company in
Logansport, will be taken over at
once by the Governors commission
on unemployment relief, it was an
nounced today.
All three plants will be used for
slaughter of beef from the drought
stricken states, which will be dis
tributed to Indianas needy during
the coming winter.
The meat will be canned in the
northern part of the state. The first
two plants taken over by the COM
mission are located in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
STORE CLOSING
WILL END TOMORROW
Downtown Merchants to Return to
Old Schedule.

The 5 o'clock closing hour for
downtown stores which are men,
bers of the Merchants Association
ends tomorrow. This closing hour
was observed during the first five
days of the week in the hot summer
months.
The movement has met with gen.
eral public approval, and this year
more stores observed the early
closing time than ever before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-30
$4,000 STATE
WORKERS WILL
Be affected
10000 Employed in Mills,
Balance in Allied
Industries.

Between 10000 and 10000 workers
in garment and dress goods fac
tories of Indiana and an estimated
25 900 employees in factories closely
allied with the textile trades may
be thrown out of work or at least
lose pay because of the threatened
nation wide textile strike.
The strike declared W. H.
Arnett, managing director of the
Indiana State Chamber of Com
merce, "vitally will affect, if it is
called, one of our most going manu-
featuring businesses in the state.
"A strike of this caliber will touch
every home, every bank, every mer-
chant" he asserted.
MY opinion is there will be no
strike except sporadic walkoutS in
a few communities in the country.
The employees in the textile trades
want to work 1t probably will end
like the automobile and steel strike,
contended Mr.. Arnett.
One company, the Reliance Man
ufacturing Company, with head
quarters in Chicago, has eight plants
in Indiana making cotton garments
and dress goods and employing
approximately 5000 workers.
Concern Affected vitality
This one concern will be vitality
affected by strike" Mr.. Arnett
pointed out.
Five of the companys plants and
number of workers follow: Kokomo,
300; Columbus. 200; Seymour, 200;
Bedford, 400; Michigan City, 800.
Mr.. Arnett said that the other
three plants will bring the firms
total employees near the 5000 or g.
600 pay roll mark.
One of the largest garment COM
panies in the state is that of the M.
Fine g. Co., New Albany, which en-
ploys between 800 and 1000 workers.
Michigan City also has the
Hoosier Manufacturing Company,
closely allied in the textile trades,
which employs 100.
Other Companies Affected
Other major companies, outside
of Indianapolis, to be directly af-
fected by the textile strike and the
number of employees that may be
forced into idleness, follow
Fit. Wayne, Wayne Knitting
Mills, 1000; General Hosier Com
pany, 100 to 200; Marion, Nc
Laughlin Manufacturing Company
300; Indiana Glove Company, 100;
Terre Haute, StahI, Urban & Co.,
overaIls, 700 to 800; Muncie, Over
all Corporation, 100, and Muncie
Glove Company, 100 to $50.
Mattress companies in various
sections of the state, including
Muncie, South Bend and Terre
Haute, as we'll as shirt factories
and furniture companies, will be
affected materially by the strike,
Mr.. Arnett added
Workers Not Organized
He pointed out that workers in
these factories are not organized
for the most part or affiliated with
the textile, garment or hosiery
unions but that their jobs would
cease if the raw material used to
produce their garments or hose
could not be purchased.
A strike, Mr.. Arnett said, I'M
doubtedly would over long period
result in rising costs of dress goods,
merchandise and garments.
Many of the factories of the state
carry sufficient supply of raw
materials to tide themselves for
short period of cessation Of the tex
tile mills.