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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Reapportion Congress

President Hoover did not exaggerate when he re-
ferred to the reapporonment bill as emergency Iegis-
iaon. The fact that il has been emergency Iegisa-
lion for the last nine years does not alter the truth of
,his.
For here is the situation
The 1920 census never has been reflected in new
superintendent of members of congress. AS a result
$4,000 American citizens in eleven states have
been disfranchised partially.
-Four congresses and two Presidents have been
elected under system which does not give these ct-
the relative voting strength to which they are
titled at the polls and in the electoral college.
Failure to reapportion after the 1920 census was
due largely to controversy whether the size of the
house of representatives should be increased as it had
been in every reapportionment the relative voting
strength of states should be maintained without any
states losing representatives. they then possessed
It was time many leaders held, to halt the growth
of the house, already cumbersome and unduly ex-
pensive.
But the states which would have lost members IN
der this system we're unwilling to accept it and a
deadlock has resulted ever since.
The present reapportionment bill seeks to break
the deadlock by dealing with this situation in ad-
vance Of the 1880 census
1t is not known definitely which states will lose
though estimates have been made The pending bill
would, then, give the President power to make re-
apporonment strictly the basis of the new census
figures.
Congress would reserve the right to review and
change this reapportionment if it saw fit. It would
protect itself. however against buster or inertia or
other defeatst means by saying that the Presidents
apportionment would become law, in the absence Of
any action by congress
This is probably the only sort of reapportionment
legislation that ever can be enacted If it is not en-
acted before the 1880 the problem will grow
increasingly difficult and face the danger of
breakdown of representative government, in selec-
ton both OF legislative and executive branches
No problem before us is more fundamental than
this.
Congress deserves approval for moving at once TO
deal with it and should adjourn until this task
is complete
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
The Gang Is BUSY

Unless the people Of this city very wise and
very alert during the next few weeks they may dis
cover that the old gang has complete control Of all
the machinery OF government.
The gang has no other business except politics. 1t
lives and thrives by disagreement. 1t hold to-
ecther its elements only when has Jobs and favors
and protection to peddle.
Very recently it has come into control Of the schools
OF the city and placed its men N the positions that
control money and power The kind Of education that
can be expected is left to the imagination if the peo-
pie permit this cabal to perpetuate itself there.
There is every indication that the gang expects to
get the city government Its insistence on primary
by its election commissioner. who is best known for
The significant TACT that he represents most of the gun
who caught in this city suggests that it pro-
poses to place if possible its man the mayors chair
Il has selected the sheriff for that purpose and that
place
Its hcnchmcn speak in whispers. And those
whispers dscredt The courts of the state The sinister
suggestion is made that decisions are known in adj
vance
There should be open and full discussion Of the
situation by those vino arc reluctant to admit that
Inc courts can be controlled and who may object TO
the control Of government BY the gang which in turn
caters to gangsters. big and little.
The menace Of primary presumably abolished
by the city manager law, may be real than
imaginary If those who serve the bosses are able to
make pretense Of nominations not only the city
manager movement, but the welfare and growth OF
this city will be jeopardized The city, under such
conditions would be in bondage to the bosses for four
years.
The date Tor primaries if primaries are held is
near at hand If in the meantime, the high court
should decide that the city manager law is Illegal
the gang is ready to step in The people are not Or
gained.
The desperateness of the gang, their secret con-
spraciea to ruin those who oppose them their plots
and counter plots all suggest that the gang hopes And
when the gang hopes, decent citizens are in danger
For the safety of the city for the protection of
public confidence in government, outstanding group
of attorneys should go into the supreme court and ask
that speedy decision on all city manager cases be
rendered in order that this city may not continue in
perplexity There is the added reason that if it be
necessary to oppose the gang at the polls. there
should be time to the citizens to their danger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
.ongress and the Reserve Board

Debate over the activities OF the federal reserve
board in the house reveals two distinct schools of
thought.
One group is convinced that the board in seeking
to restrain stock speculation on the New York ex-
change exceeded its authority and nterfered without
warrant in the normal processes OF business. This
group objects to the boards manipulation of credit
through the rediscount rate and other means.
The other group argues that the board was remisS
in not acting sooner and more draSticaly to curb
speculation This group brands the prologned bull
market orgy OF gambling, and contends that normal
business has been deprived of needed credit
The concentration of banking funds in New York
for on the stock market they assert, is one of
the things the system was supposed to make
impossible
The argument is not new. 1t is of unusual i'm
porsnce at this time however, because of the stock
market aud credit situations. Each of the groups
IN the house nnd competent opinion among bank
ers. economists and business to support its views
Representative Reid Of Illinois proposes an inquiry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Quotations of N0tab}es

Lloyd George, former British pre-
mieT.
The ancient Greeks were a race
of splendid mongrels, Dean Inge
London clergyman.
II
1T (the weather bureau costs us
about 100000 per annum or in
other words less than cents per
capita per annum. "-Renick w.
Dunlap, assistant secretary OF agri-
culture.
"T'O cross a street in these days
L you've got to get back to your
childhood and learn again how to
hop, skip and iump."-Sir Ian HAM
ilton.
The engineer who pulls the
throttle of the Twentieth Century
Limited did not make his first run
with that train after sixty days
carrying passengers have got to be
impressed with the all-important
fact of requiring those pilots who
pilot ships carrying passengers to be
experienced. W. Irving Glover
second assistant postmaster-g general.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

is blowing. The reader who has been following these
articles the subject of meteoroosy for the last
two weeks will understand why it is necessary to
know the wind direction. The wind direction Is a
clew to the quadrant of the cyclone in which the
observer may happen TO be-
Let us suppose that the observation OF the wind
shows it to be southwest to northwest. Observations
of the barometer reduced to level then indicate
the following to the weather:
1910 to 1920 and steady Fair with slight tenn
perature changes for the next day or two.
1910 to 1920 and rising rapidly: Fair but fol-
lowed by rain within two days.
1920 or above and steady: Fair with small change
in temperature.
1920 above and falling slowly: Fair for next
two days with slowly rising temperature.
II the wind is south to southeast barometer indca
tons reduced 10 sea level are follows:
1910 to 1920 and falling slowly: Rain within
twenty -four hours.
1910 to 1920 and falling rapidly: Rain within
twelve hours rule and increasing wind velocity
If the wind is south to southwest and the barcm-
eer reads 5000 below and is rising slowly clear
ing be expected within few hours followed by
several days of fair weather.
AS previously stated. whether the barometer is
rising falling not be ascertained with read
ing 1t is necessary to read the position of the pointer
and mark it with the auxiliary pointer.
second reading sometime later then will indicate
whether the barometer is steady. rising or falling
The difference, If any. between the two pointers will
indicate the amount of rise fall.
Additional forccastng information will be given
Il, f;,s, article
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

e AM not going to snoop around
l. student gathering places to see
if they drink. president E. A.
Alderman of the University of Vir-
ginia.
why should not a mother be
proud of her baby should he be
born with one eye and three ears
and a pair Of noses? "-William
Lyon Phelps, professor at Yale
Outlook.
The American manufacturer dis
poses of more than 80 per cent Of
his products here, making the
American market nine times more
important to him than the foreign
market. -Representatiye HaWley,
Oregon.
AN educated people is a redoubt-
able people, War is crime and l
hope the day is not distant when it
will be treated as a crime and those
responsible for it be dealt with as
criminals. All the same, it is the
sharpest, surest test of a nation. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Everybody Passes Buck

OUR morality, if by any stretch
~ of the imagination it can be
described as such. has degenerated
into a buck passing game. Lying
is only lying under certain cir
cumstances, and truth often is more
dangerous. Responsibility has gone
back to the cradle, with the hand
that rocks it under no obligation to
do anything else,
If fine school buildings do not
make good men and women, we cry
that the children are to blame. If
crime increases, we declare that a
certain law is wrong, and demand q
hundred other laws to take its place,
or correct it.
If a man obyed the Ten Com
mandments he would be quite all
right, and If a majority of men did
so society would be quite all right.
But we have repealed that idea
for a more productive one. We in
sist that men must obey thousands
upon thousands of rules, which they
have not the time to read, much
less understand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Look Out for Perjury

II EFT an informer tell the truth
IL about his criminal associates,
and in nine cases out of ten they
get him. Let a witness lie to save
a crook, and in nine cases out of
ten they get him. Let witness lie
to save a crook. and in nine cases
out of ten the crook goes free.
Millions of people take note Of the
result and govern themselves &C
cordingly. Those inclined to tell the
truth fear the gang and think
twice. Those inclined to lie regard
the risk of it as not even worth
thinking about.
Chicago cut Threats just have dis
posed of the second squealer in the
Ranieri case, but very few have
been Jailed for perjury in connec-
ton with innumerable cases of graft,
corruption and crookedness in that
city.
Even with reform administra-
ton in power and a general clean
up promised. Chicago will be wise to
look for less squealing and more
perjury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Too Much Lying

A POLICEWOMAN testifies that
"A she lice to get evidence against
the birth control clinic in New
York, and prohibition agents testify
that they lied to get evidence in
dozens of cases.
More or less lying probably is
called for to get evidence against
law violators, but somehow it
seems to play a bigger part in the
picture than is necessary.
Having risen above the old time
notion that "it takes thief to
catch thief" we still assume that
it takes a, liar.
Lying on the part of law enforce
ment officials has tended to make
lying rather fashionable through
out our system of justice.
Once in a while. we call it per-
jury, and bring the liar to book, but
not very often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Mouth Breathing Is Operation Sign

Enlargement of the tonSils and
inflammation may also be partly re-
sponsible for breathing through the
mouth. This causes the child to
push the bones of the lower jaw for
ward, locking the teeth in an un-
usual position.
When the infected and inflamed
tonsils and adenoids are removed
the child may not at once become
a nose breather instead OF a mouth
breather because of the abnormal
position in which the structures Of
the mouth, nose and throat may
have developed.
Furthermore, the mouth breath
ing will have become a habit estab-
lished by long use.
However, the correction Of 5he bad
habit is restored, the structures will
change their tendency Of growth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

per lip a chance to develop properly.
In the same way the upper arch
of the mouth is caused to be very
narrow and high, the incisor teeth
project and since the roof of the
mouth is the floor of the nose, the
breathing space in the latter is di-
miniShed.
A child breathes through the
mouth because its nose is OBJ
structed, usually by enlargement of
the adenoids that lie back Of the
nasal cavity, and an associated con-
geStion.
In some children the condition is
such that the child has no difficulty
in breathing properly when stand
ing during the day, but suffers
blocking of the breathing tract only
when lying down for a nap or to
sleep at night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Triumph Is but Short

nNE does not have TO enter high
~ places to see how the thing
works. 1t plays a part in everyday
life, Men, both high and low, lose
their sense of proportion, forgetting
what the end Of life really is.
Who supposes that the promoters
Of war would have drenched Eu-
rope in blood had they not been
blind to the fact that they would
have but a short time to enjoy tri-
umph, even if they won?
Who supposes that there would
be half the crookednesS or intoler-
ance there is in the world if most
Of us did not suffer from a similar
affliction?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

~ congress- which the activities of the board
since the would be studied Leading figures in
the business and financial world would be invited TO
give their views.
Such study probably would do no harm for it is
not conceivable that its nature would be such to
disturb business
1t might be Of benefit in determining what the
powers of the reserve board really are, and whether
those powers have been exercised properly.
The reserve board recently reported to the senate
that it did not believe any additional legislation is
needed for it to carry out its purposes Many dis
agree with this among them Senator Carter Glass OF
Virginia, co-author of the reserve act.
If there is to be legislation it must not be under
taken hastily because of its farreachng consequences
and should be based on some such inquiry as that
proposed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Youth Is the Goat
GRAMMAR school

A GRAMMAR school kid dies
IA after a drunken revel in Chi
cago, A jury of six educators is
called upon to investigate the case.
The best verdict they can render
is that youth must save itself"
Us older folks certainly are rig
ging up a fine alibi for ourselves.
We are laying about everything
that happens upon youth, particu-
larly flaming youth whatever that
may be. Now, this jury of six ex-
perts gives us even better alibi
Youth only is not to blame, but
must save itself, us, and the future.
If that is so, what, in the name
of common sense, is the use Of hay
ing any one around over 20 years
old? What are parents for, what
are school teachers for, what are
grandfatherS for, what are courts
for. what is the government for,
if all we can say in the end is that
youth must save itself?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Henry Ford and Happiness

when the alarm clock routs him
from bed. He moves about awk-
Wardly, drunk with sleepinesS.
Finally he gets into his clothes,
eats breakfast and climbs in the
car. He drives by for a friend, and
they ride into the open country.
They get to the lake Just before
daylight -. get in the boat and
begin casting,
It tt
THE sun comes up, Smashes
i against the surface of the lake
and bounces back into his eyeballS.
He casts and casts and casts =.
gets a strike, harries it, worries with
it, and finally lands his bass.
Again and again he casts. He
tolls, He labors.
About noon, they come in from
the lake and start home He is
tired, sleepy: his shoulders are sore,
his neck blistered
Finally he gets home and dumps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

Lying by Laa0 Enforcement
Officials Has Tended to
Make Lying Fashionable
Through Our Whole System
of Justice.

A DJOURNING for the week
L N END out of respect for Lord
Revelstoke, who died while asleep
Thursday night, the PREPARATIONS
conference in Paris may lose some
of that temper which threatened a
break
Men can not stand at the brink
of an open grave without taking
themselves less seriously.
We are all mortal, but it takes
death TO remind us of the fact.
why so hot, little MANI" said
Emerson, look at the stars!' The
epigram would have lost nothing
Of its punch had he said, Look at
the graveyard"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

the fish out they're a little
smelly.
He goes in and takes nap, tired
and miserable.
Yet he has had whale of good
time in his mind
For the fun came not in the actual
fishing, but in thinking about fish
ing.
Happiness lay in anticipation, not
in realization.
Il Il
THERE'S no rule for being
L happy.
It is an emotion that all of us feel
briefly. None of us can capture it,
or hold it, or possess it.
1t belongs to a particular moment
never to us.
The way to feel happy is to cap
ture the moment-to recognize it
to understand it.
Then we can make ourselves
happy briefly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

S G a ! eV e J., IL
should be added
to the reading OF
t h e barometer.
The Public square
Of Cleveland is 65e
feet above sea
level. The alti-
tude of oth e +
cities can be OBJ
tanned from the
engineering de-
partment of the
city in question
Next the anna
teur obs erv I
must note the
dire C tion ir
which the win
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Times Readers
Voice Vie7Cs

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
Editor TimeS-I have been in your
city only two years. While here I
have noticed many things, especially
so many men out of work People
tell me Indianapolis always has had
a number of unemployed men as
we'll as women. Please answer this
question When a company or fac
tory comes to your city. why does
your Chamber of Commerce wait on
them, asking as the first question,
What are you going to pay your
non? If the salary is over 40 cents
al hour they tell them they can't,
and in some cases they pay their
men only 40 cents an hour
I have heard this time and time
again People are talking. If this
is true, why? Everything you buy
here is high enough, even rents.
Men making small salaries can't
make it. The more men make, the
more their families spend If this
report is not true concerning your
Chamber of Commerce, it should be
corrected. but I am afraid it is.
Why don't they want men TO live?
I wonder how many of these men
in the Chamber Of Commerce used
to work for 40 cents an hour and
would be satisfied to work for that
nov. Yes, we have miles and miles
OF boulevards, but we can't eat
them.
Respectfully.
MRS. A. JACKS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Guide for Barometer
No. 3S4

WEATHER forecasts of considerable accuracy can
w be made by the amateur with aneroid ba
romeer In addition to reading the barometer, it is
necessary for him to do only two other things.
First, he must reduce the reading to level. To
do this it is necessary for the observer to learn his
own elevation above sea level For each 100 feet above
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
JuStinian iShrank' Law

WHEN Justinian came to the
w throne, he found that the law
of his empire had been elaborated
to some 10000 volumes. Thinking
that was more than necessary, he
appointed a commission to reduce
it,
The commission succeeded III re-
ducing it to a single volume.
Nothing, perhaps. would do this
country more good than a similar
commission. And when the COM
mission had gotten through with the
Law, it well could afford to tackle
the moral system back Of 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeis, the
Health Magazine.

association ana OF hyScisI tnS
Health Magazine.
A CHILD who breathes through
IA the mouth rather than prop
erly through the nose usually has
a short upper lip, narrow cramped
upper arch, protruding teeth IN
front, a lower jaw that is greatly
undeveloped and a receding chin.
This condition Is preventable and
parents should do all they can to
correct mouth breathing in justice
to the child's future.
Mouth breathers, keeping the
mouth open, allow the upper lip 10
hang short People who breathe
normally through the nose keep the
lips compressed, use the muscles
around the mouth, and give the up
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

Because she didn't know anything about it.
Senator Laura E. Napln of the Minnesota legislature
voted mo" on bill. After she has been in the egS-
ature while longer she will learn, of course, that
that the wrong thing to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

Dowager Queen Emma of Holland is II, but she
made the 56Cmie trip to London to see some paint
ings from America Wen be able to report in few
days what brand helped her do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

DR.. John A. Harrss of New York says the day is
coming when pleasure will attain speed of two
miles minute. But the fellow just ahead of you in
the unday parade still will go too slowly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

The dentists business must be showing a remark
able improvement this spring-n fact, ever since the
opening of the baseball season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20

Reading and study aren't the only ways for man
to acquire vocabulary. He marry one,