The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SECURITY MEASURE
PASSED BY SENATE:
HOUSE REBELS WIN
Public Welfare Bill Goes
Through Upper Body by
41-8 Vote.
ONE DEMOCRAT OPPOSED
Adjournment of Assembly
Early Next Week Expect
ed by Leaders.

The Senate of the Indiana
General Assembly this after
noon, under suspension of the
rules, passed the public well
fare bill al to S and then adj
Journed until 10 a. m. Monday.
Senator Larry Brandon (Auburn
was the only Democrat to vote in
opposition.
Senator William E. Jenner (R..
PaolD summing up sentiment on
the Republican side in explaining
his vote termed the welfare meas
ure bad bill' and predicted his
party would have the task of revis-
ing it at the regular session.
Measure Passed in House
The measure which provides old
age pensions, assistance to- the blind
and crippled and needy children,
passed the House several days ago
This morning, progress of the
welfare bill was slowed appreciably
in the Senate when a bitter fight
developed, along nonpartisan lines,
over medical treatment of those who
become public charges.
Senator Thomas A. Hendricks Cd,
Indianapolis succeeded in having
stricken from the bill a section
which leaves open the right to treat
such public charges to state licensees
other than doctors of medicine.
Amendments Voted Down
Other Senators charged exclusion
of the section Disseminated against
osteopaths and chiropract J. A Sc
ries of amendments designed to pro-
tect the interests of those persons
were voted down.
Senator E. Curtis White Cd, In
dianapolis), speaking in favor of
eliminating the section combining
lie charge treatment to medical
men, said he was fearful of such
trick propositions as represented
by the amendments.
The fight over the medical ques-
ton was so prolonged that Senator
Perry Johnson (R., Atlanta) finally
offered an amendment to require
that nothing in the bill should
effect the validity of the 81 and
$1,50 tax limitation law"
1t was voted down in a chorus
of laughter.
Bond Interest Rate Reduced
The Senate adopted an amend
ment reducing the interest rate on
welfare bonds from 6 per cent to
5 per cent. Senator Albert Ferris
(R., Milton failed after lengthy
harrangue, to put through an
amendment which would have made
the welfare bill automatically in
operative April l, 1916.
The history of pensions, he said,
has been that once they are given,
they stay. The welfare measure,
he insisted, should be considered
solely as a post depression action
and not as permanent subsidy for
improvidence. His motion lost
Sudden conclusion of last nights
Senate session came after Senator
Bruce o. Lane (R., Bainbridge)
sought to amend the bill to relieve
the counties of all social security
cost. He had asked Senate
stenographer to take down his re-
marks.
Condemns Burden on Counties
Conforming the burden laid on
the counties by the social security
legislation, Senator Lane remarked
he was surprised the farmers hadn't
staged the same sort of demonstra-
ton against the state administrat ton
as that put on last Wednesday by
the retailers.
He demanded a reduction in the
number of state employees.
I've never seen anything like 1t, F"
said Senator Lane "linleSS IL wo11Id