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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1940
Page
3
Glen R. Hillis accuses political bosses of Indiana government of domination and urges removal of boards and commissions. He contrasts 1932 and 1940 administrations noting growth from 78 to over 100 boards and commissions under New Deal policy.
The piece warns against drift toward dictatorship and criticizes Indiana governance. It accuses Mr. Schricker of lip service to good government while facing a rising tax bill and escalating governmental costs. It labels him part of the Two Per Cent Club and calls for prompt action to halt the trend.
A discussion arguing that taxation should cover only necessary government functions. It claims that any excess revenue constitutes governmental exploitation and frames tax levels as an economic issue rather than a partisan question.
Mr. Schricker announces a plan to remove injustices from the Gross Income Tax Act, accusing others of breaking a seven year promise while he failed to act.
Indiana Republicans rally behind Glen R. Hillis for governor while Democratic nominee James Schricker lacks cross-party backing. Secretary of State candidate James M. Tucker notes former GOP rivals William Jenner James Emmett George Jeffrey Clarence Benadum stump for Hillis, yet Democratic foe David Lewis and Earl Peters have not campaigned for Schricker.
The piece recalls Wendell Willkie volunteering as a private in 1917, rising to lieutenant after four months of training, then serving in France. It notes his firsthand war experience and his pledge to the American people that he will never send an American boy to the trenches of a European war if elected president.
Wendell Willkie declares that government must reduce unemployment by generating jobs. He notes high tax burdens and New Deal borrowing, arguing the cure is private business growth across enterprises, large and small, to provide employment.
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