The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-10
Women Voters Proposal Is
Beaten in House on
Voice Vote.
LABOR PROTESTS GIVEN
Administration Suffers Its
First Serious Defeat
in Salary Test.

A fool proof merit system
for state and counties pro-
posed by the Indiana League
of Women Voters was reject
ed overwhelmingly today as
the House of Representatives,
on second reading, considered
amendments to the proposed
Welfare Act. The action was
set aside by voice vote.
Earlier, the administration. under
The hammering of a coalition of
Republican and "home rule" Demo-
Gratis, had tasted first serious defeat
of the special session.
Administration forces were beaten
on a close vote when the House
voted to slash the salary of the adj
ministrator from a proposed maxi
mum of $4,000 yearly to $4,000.
In their first test of strength. the
farm bloc succeeded in putting
across an amendment which linn
tied investigators for old-age relief
to be named by the state board. to
to be named by the state board to
clusively for the state.
Labor's Protest Presented
Soon afterward, however, the adj
mlnlStratiOn forces scored a come
back when a motion by Rep. C. Nell
son Bohannon Cd, JefferSonville) to
strike out the entire section giving
the board control over the penal and
correctional institution was lost by
vote of SO to 80 on a motion to
table.
Meanwhile organized labor's two
fold opposition to the employment
compensation bill had been laid be-
fore the Senate by Carl Mullen
Hammond, Indiana State Fedora
ton of Labor president.
Mr.. Mullen appeared before the
Senate in committee of the whole at
the suggestion of Senator E. Curtis
White Cd, Indianapolis) Generally
indorsing the social security pro-
gram now in the process of enact
ment, Mr. Mullen listed two points
in the bill as Objectionable to or
ganized labor.
Labor, he said, does not believe
the employe should be required to
make any contributions to the state
fund and does believe that the act
should be broadened to include
more workers.
Would Broaden Bill
I'VE are hopeful, he said. chat
you will make employers of one or
more persons come under the bill.
We believe the lowest figure at
which the employe minimum should
be set is four, instead of the eight
worker minimum now in the bill"
Senator Bruce o. Lane (R., Balm
BRIDGE interposed the suggestion
that the Senate hear the views of
the Indiana Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
President Pro Tenn. Jacob Weiss
Cd, Indianapolis said the chair
would appoint Senator Lane a COM
mittee of one to obtain the appear
ance of the president or a repre-
sentative of the manufacturers or
ganization.
Majority Report Adopted
The House adopted the majority
report on the unemployment insur-
.ance bill recommending adoption.
The action came soon after the
House convened this morning and
followed voting down of the min
nority report which favored report
ing the bill without recommends
ton.
Demands for a public hearing
which had been frequent in the ses-
sions OF the joint ways and means
and medicine and public health
committees. which had the bill under
consideration, were repeated on the
floor from the minority side.
Speaker Edward H. Stein assured
the House that a hearing would be
held and Rep. Frank G. Thompson
Cd, Bluffton), majority leader, sug-
geSted night session of the COM
mittee OF the whole for considera-
ton of the measure.
Lutz to Prepare Opinion
Speaker Stein indicated that
Frank B. Cliffe, Schenectady. as
siStant controller of the General
Electric Co.. who has explained the
bill to the Senate in committee Of
the whole, would be available for
the hearing before the House.
On action of the joint House COM
mittee Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr. Is
to prepare an opinion on constitu-
tionality of the Federal unemploy-
ment insurance law and on the pro-
posed state measure. Request was
made that the opinion be ready BIZ
10 tomorrow.
The public welfare bill ",
brought up on second reading az
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