The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02
Circumstances Make AIDS
Retirement Desirable
Says Governor.
ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF
Move Effective Saturday:
Campaign Offices to
Be Opened.
BULLETIN
Pleas Greenlee in a state
ment this afternoon re-
ferred to his dismissal" as
Gov. McNutt's secretary.
ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF
BY JAMES DOSS

Retirement Of Pleas E.
Greenlee, executive secretary
to Gov. McNutt, effective Sat-
urday, was announced today
by the Governor.
Mr.. Greenlee's successor, Gov.
McNutt said, will be Earl Crawford.
Milton, president of the Fayette
Loan and Trust Co., Connersville.
He was speaker of the House of
representatives in 1888. The post
of executive secretary to the Gov
ernor carries a statutory $4,000 an
nual salary.
In announcing the retirement"
of Mr.. Greenlee the Governor
clarified political situation that
slowly has been coming to a head
for several months, by adding: It's
an open race for Governor"
Asked if the word retirement
really didn't mean dismissal" Gov.
McNutt retorted: You heard the
word l used"
No Resignation Filed
He admitted. however, that Mr.,
Greenlee has not submitted a signed
resignation as he was reported to
have contemplated doing Jan. /.
Gov. McNutt gave no reasons for
Mr.. Greenlee's retirement. He
merely said: Our relations have
been friendly and have extended
over long period.s l regret that
circumstances seem to make his re-
tirement as executive secretary de-
Sirable.''
The circumstances the Governor
referred to are Mr.. Greenlee's re-
cent statements and unofficial cam
palgn for the Democratic nominal
ton for Governor.
Refuses Leave of Absence
Earlier this week. it became known
that Halle Myers, Columbus. Demo-
cratic Ninth District chairman and
nearing Judge of the state auto IL
cense department sought leave of
absence to open Greenlee- for Gov
ernor headquarters in a downtown
hotel.
The Governor rejected Mr.. Myers
application and announced that no
state employe would be granted
leaves to indulge in political ac-
tivities.
Accordingly, Mr.. Myers resigned.
and while he has not opened the
Greenlee headquarters today, he il
reported ready to do so Immediately.
Personal Aims Scored
Gov. McNutt's attitude toward Mr..
Greenlee's known ambitions for the
nomination for Governor has been
the source of much speculation.
Inere were reports and denials
among various state administration
leaders that Mr.. GreenIee was In
receive the Governors support.
The Governor consistently has
SAID In answer to such questions:
NO one, including Mr.. Greenlee.
has been given the go sign by me-
Factions within the state admin.
lstration, including some of Gov.
McNutt's closest advisers. have been
unfrlendly to Mr.. Greenlees candi-
dacy and have charged that he was
using his position as patronage Sec
rotary to build powerful personal
organization
Echo of VanNuys Br0adside
This feeling among state adnin-
lstration leaders unfriendly to Mr..
Greenlee is an echo of the broad
side fired against the administra ton
several months ago by United States
Senator Frederick VanNuys.
Mr.. Greenlee's handling of the
pre-convention campaign of Sena-
tor Sherman Minton. junior Sena-
tor from Indiana, won the nominas
ton for Senator Minton with ease.
Senator VanNuys, in anticipa-
ton of the coming convention in
June when Governor sandidate
will be nominated, had warned in
his attack on the state administra-
ton that he and his friends would
not tolerate another convention
packed by Statehouse patronage.