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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
BY KENNETH G. CRAWFORD
limited Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON. March A.
Charles Curtis of Kansas will not
follow in the footsteps of Charles
G. Dawes of Illinois. as would-be
reformer of senate rules while Vice.
President of the United States.
He made this clear today in his
inaugural address.
He (the Vice-PresidenD is not
one of the makers of the law, nor is
he consulted about the rules adopted
to govern your actions" said Curtis.
His obligations to the country to
whom he owes his high position and
it's duty to you senators call for a
fair and impartial Interpretation of
the rules which you yourselves have
adopted and which you alone may
change" he said.
Four years ago Dawes criticised
the senate severely for its lax rules
and served notice of his campaign
to change them. He carried on the
campaign, as promised, but the
rules have not been changed.
High Tribute to Senate
Curtis paid high tribute to the
senate. He declared it zone of the
most distinguished legislative bod
les in the world" and its present
personnel 'of calibre equal if not
the superior of any previous body. "
His entire address, less than two
printed pages in length, was, in a
measure, defense of the senate.
ContraSted with the inaugural ad-
dress of his predecessor, it was al
most lamb-like.
THE United Statese senate today
is one of the most distinguished leg
islative bodies in the world-one of
the greatest actual and potential
powers for the promotion and adj
'vancement of civilization. It's per-
sonnet is of caliber equal to if
not the superior of any previous
body heretofore assembled.
ANY individual, no matter how
outstanding in the realism of lead
ership, political or otherwise, might
well be proud to preside over its de-
alterations.
Seeks to Be Worthy
II, therefore, may be pardoned in
declaring here the feeling of pride
which I experience that through my
election as Vice-President, of the
United States such signal honor
has come to me. hope I may prove
worthy of the peoples choice, and
of you.
mo efforts of mine will be spared
to aid and assist you in the success
full solution of the numerous intri-
cate and important problems which
will come before you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Faith in Nation

This is not the time and place
for extended discussion. The ques
tons before our country problems of
progress to higher standards; they
are not the problems of degenera-
ton.
They demand thought and they
serve to quicken the conscience and
enlist our sense of responsibility for
their settlement.
And that responsibility rests upon
you, my countrymen, as much as
upon those of us who have been
selected for Office.
Ours is a land rich in resources;
stimulating in it's glorious beauty;
filled with millions of happy home;
blessed with comfort and oppor-
tunity. In no nation are the fruits
of accomplishments more secure.
In no nation is the government more
worthy of respect.
No country is more loved by it's
people.
I have an abiding faith in their
capacity, integrity and high purpose.
have no fears for, the future. of
our country. 1t is bright with hope.
In the presence of my country1nen,
mindful of the solemnity of this oc-
casion, knowing what the task
means and the responsibility which
it involves, I beg your tolerance,
your aid and cooperation. I ask the
help of Almighty God in this service
to my country to which you have
called me.
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mansion. for economic or other
domination of other peoples.
Such purposes are repugnant to
our ideals of human freedom. Our
form of government is i'll adapted
to the responsibilities of other peo-
pies.
Superficial observers seem to ind
no destiny for our Astounding in
crease in population, in wealth and
power except that of imperialism.
They fail to see that the Amerl-
can people are engrossed in the
building for themselves OF a new
economic system, a new social SyS-
tenn, a new political system-all OF
which are characterized by aspira-
lions of freedom of opportunity and
thereby are the negation OF Impe-
rialisnn.
They fail to realize that because
of our Astounding prosperity our
youth are pressing more ana more
into our institutions of learnlngS;.
that our people are seeking a larger
vision through art, literature, SCI
ence and travel; that they are NOV
ing toward stronger moral and
spiritual life = that from these
things our sympathies are broaden
ing beyond the bounds of our ma
ton and race toward their true eX-
preston in a real brotherhood of
man.
They fail to see that the idealism
of America will lead it to no narrow
or selfish channel, but inspire it to
do its full share as a nation toward
the advancement of civilization.
1t will do that not by mere decla-
ration but by taking practical part
in supporting all useful information
al undertakings.
We not only desire peace with the
world, but to see peace maintained
throughout the world. We wish to
advance the reign of justice and
reason toward the extinction of
force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
TALKS ON LYNCH|NG
CoIored Official Says Cases
Have Reduced Greatly.

"Lynching has been reduced from
$50 cases in a single year to eleven
in 1923 in the United States" de-
clared William Pickens, field Secre-
tary of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
addressing a mass meeting at the
Simpson M. E. church, Missouri and
Eleventh streets, Sunday night in
commemoration of the twentieth an
niversary of the association.
1.-THE accomplishments of the NJ.
A. A. C. P. are greater for the TWEEN
ty-year period, for the amount Of
money expended, than is true of any
similar organization" Piekens as
serted.
Sunday nights meeting was under
auspices of the local branch OF the
N. A. A. c. p, of which r. L. Bailey,
local attorney, is president. DR.. l..
B. MeriWether presided.
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Political Parties

F In our form of democracy the ex-
preston of the popular will can be
effected only through the instru-
mentality of political parties.
We maintain party government
not to promote intoIerant partisan
ship but because opportunity must
be given for expression Of the popu-
lar will, and organization provided
for the execution of its mandates
and for accountability of govern
ment to the people.
1t follows that the government
both in the executive and the legis-
lative branches must carry out in
good faith the platforms upon which
the party was entrusted with power.
But the government is that of the
whole people; the party is the in
strument through which policies are
determined and men chosen to
bring them into being.
The animosities of elections
should have no place in our gov
eminent for government must itself
COHCeru ltSSu dlOIlS WIFI Tie COIn-
mon veal.
Special Session of Congress
Action upon some of the pro-
posals upon which the Republican
party was returned to power, par
ticularly further agricultural relief
and limited changes in the tariff,
can not in justice to our farmers,
our labor and our manufacturers
be postponed.
l.. therefore, shall request special
session of congress for the consider
alton of these two question I shall
deal with each of them upon the
assembly of the congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Business Problems

The election again has confirmed
the determination of the American
people chat regulation of private
enterprise and not government own
ership or operation is the course
rightly to be pursued in our rela-
ton to business.
In recent years we have eStab-
lished differentiation in the whole
method of business regulation be-
tween the industries which produce
and distribute commodies on the one
band, and the public utilities on the
other.
In the former, our laws insist up
on effective competition; in the lat
/ ter, because we substantially con-
fer a monopoly by limiting compete
ton, we must regulate their services
and rates.
The rigid enforcement of the laws
applicable to both groups is the very
base of equal opportunity and free
dom from domination for all our
people, and it is just as essential for
the stability and prosperity of bust
ness itself as for the protection Of
the public at large.
Such regulation should be extend
ed by the federal government within
the limitations of the constitution
and only when the individual states
are without power to protect their
citizens through their own authority.
On the other hand, we should be
fearless when the authority rests
only in the federal government.
The large purpose of our economic
thought. should be TO establish more
firmly stability and security of bust
ness and employment and thereby
remove poverty still further from
our borders.
Our people iI recent years have
developed a new-found capacity for
cooperation among themselves to
effect high purposes in public well
| fare. 1t is an advance toward the
highest conception of self-govern-
ment.
Self-government does not and
should not imply the use OF political
agencies alone.
Progress is born of cooperation
in the communicated from govern
mental restraints.
The government should assist and
encourage these movements of col
lective self-help by cooperating
with them.
Business by cooperating has made
great progress in the advancement
of service, in StabiltW in regularity
of employment and in the correc-
ton of its own abuses.
Such progress, however, can con-
tinue only so long as business mani
tests its respect for law.
There is an equally important
field of cooperation by the federal
| government with the multitude OF
agencies, state, municipal and
private, in the systematic develop
ment of those processes which di-
rectly affect public health, recrea-
ton, education and the home.
We have further need to perfect
the means by which government
can be adapted to human service.
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VCe-PrgsidentS Speech

During the course of my twenty
years service among you as SEN
ator from the state of Kansas, /
have profited much from the wis
dom. tact and experience Of the
members of this august body as dis
played by its most modest and UNI
assuming members as well as by its
most outstanding and brilliant
leaders.
MY relations with the senators
during all these years have been
pleasant. My memories Of persons
and events in this chamber con-
stitutes the most delightful in a
long public life by no means devoid
of warming memories.
Praise for Dawes
AT this point I, with propriety,
1 think. may be permitted to offer
to the honorable gentleman who is
retiring as presiding officer of this
body, Mr. Dawes. an expression OF
appreciation, admiration and es-
TEEN. We will all agree that he has
filled his arduous and frequently
onerous duties with credit and dis
tinction, not only to himself but tc
the senate and to the people of the
United States.
1T would seem fitting also at this
point to offer word of welcome
and. greeting to our new senators
They will find their fellow senators
as I have found them, most human
and kindly gentlemen, willing anc
anxious to help newcomers where
they may"
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ing racial character and a culture
which is an impressive contribu-
ton to human progress. We wish
only for the maintenance of their
independence, the growth of their
stability and their prosperity.
While we have had wars in the
western hemisphere yet on the
whole the record is in encouraging
contrast with that of other parts of
the world.
Fortunately, the new world large
ly is free from the inheritances of
fear and distrust which have so
troubled the old world. We should
keep it so.
1t is impossible, my countrynen
to speak of peace without profound
emotion. In thousands of homes in
America, in millions of homes
around the world, there are vacant
chairs.
1t would be a shameful confession
OF our unWorthiness if it should de-
velop that we have abandoned the
hope for which all these men died
Surely civilization is old enough,
surely mankind is mature enough so
that we ought in our own lifetime
to find a way to permanent peace.
Abroad, to west and east, are ma
lions whose sons mingled their blood
of our sins on the battlefields.
Most of these nations have con-
tributed to our race to our culture,
our knowledge and our progress.
From one of them we derive our
very language and from many of
them much of the genius of our
institutions.
Their desire for peace is as deep
and sincere as our own.
Peace can be contributed to by
respect for our ability in defense.
Peace can be promoted by the
limitation of arms and by the Gre
alton of the instrulnentalities for
peaceful settlement of controver-
sizes. But it will become reality
only through self-restraint and
active effort in friendliness and
helpfulness.
I covet for this administration
a record of having further contri-
buted to advance the cause of peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Education

Although education primarily is
a responsibility of the states and
local communities, and rightly so,
yet the nation as a whole is con-
cerned vitality in its development
everywhere to the highest standards
and to complete universally.
Self government can succeed only
through an instructed electorate.
Our objective is not simply to
overcome illiteracy. The nation has
marched far beyond that.
The more complex the problems of
the nation become. the greater is
the need for more and more adj
vanced instruction Moreover, as
our numbers increase and as our
life expands with science and in
vention, we must discover more and
more leaders for every walk of life.
We can not hope to succeed in
dire ling this increasingly complex
civilization unless we can draw all
the talent of leadership from the
whole people
One civilization after another has
been wrecked upon the attempt to
secure sufficient leadership from a
single group or class.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Or URGES LAW OBEDIENCE IN INAUGURAL SPEECH

the promotion of welfare activities
affecting education and the home.
These we're the more tangible de-
examinations of the election, but be-
yond them was the confidence and
belief of the people that We would
not neglect the support of the i'm
bedded ideals and aspirations OF
America.
These ideals and aspirations are
the touchstones upon which the
Gay to day administration and leg
islative acts of government must be
tested.
More than this, the government
must, so far as lies within its proper
powers, give leadership to the
realization of these ideals and to
the frution of these aspirations.
No one can adequately reduce
these things Of the spirit to phrases
OF to a catalog of definitions.
We do know what the attain
ments of these ideals should be-:
The preservation of self -government
and its full foundations in local
government: the perfection OF
Justice whether in economic or in
social fields; the maintenance Of
ordered liberty; the denial Of domi-
nation by a group or class; the
building up and preservation of
equality of opportunity; the stimu-
lation of initiative and individuality,
absolute integrity in public affairs;
the choice of officials for fitness to
office; the direction of economic
progress toward prosperity and the
further lessening of poverty; the
freedom of public opinion; the sus-
tanning of education and of the adj
vancement of knowledge; the
growth of religious spirit and the
tolerance of all faiths; the strength
ening of the home; the advance
ment of peace.
There is no short road to the
realization of these aspirations,
Ours is a progressive people, but
with determination that progress
must be based upon the foundation
of experience. Ill-considered rem
edies for our faults bring only pen
aIties after them. But if we hold
the faith of the men our mighty
past, who created these ideals, we
shall leave them heightened and
strengthened for our children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Our Progress

Ii VIC ou VCy JIlG olGudOlOll Va Jul
nation both at home and abroad,
we find many satisfactions; we find
some causes for concern. We have
emerged from the losses of the~great
war and the reconstruction follow
ing it with increased virility and
strength.
From this strength We have con-
tributed to the recovery and prog
ress of the world. What America
has done has given renewed hope
and courage to all who have faith
in government by the people.
In the large view we have reached
q higher degree of comfort and
security than ever existed.
For wise guidance in this great
period of recovery the nation is
deeply indebted to Calvin Coolidge.
The failure of our system Of
Grimm justice.
The most malign of all dangers
today is disregard and disobedience
of law.
Crime is increasing. Confidence
is rigid and speedy justice is de-
creasing.
I am not prepared to believe that
it indicates an impotence Of the
federal government to enforce its
: laws.
It is due only in part to the adj
ditional burdens imposed upon our
judicial system by the eighteenth
amendment. The problem is much
wider than that. Many influences
increasingly had complicated and
weakened our law enforcement or
ganization long before the adoption
of the eighteenth amendment.
To re-establish the vigor and
effectiveness of law enforcement we
must consider critically the entire
federal machinery of justice, the
redistribution of it's functions, the
sirnplificatjon of its procedure, the
more effective Organization OF our
agencies of investigation and
prosecution.
We are fortunate in the ability
and integrity of our federal judges
and attorneys.
But the system which these Of
flcers are called upon to administer
Is in many respects ill-adapted to
present day conditions. Its intricate
and involved rules of procedure have
become the refuge of both big and
little criminals.
There is a belief abroad that by
in voking technicalities, subterfuge
and delay the ends of justice may
be thwarted by those who can pay
the cost.
Reform and strengthening OF our
whole judicial system has been dis
charged for years by statesmen,
judges. and bar associations.
First steps toward that end should
not longer be delayed. Rigid and ex-
peditious justice must be provided
so that it can not be defeated by
the indifference of the citizen, by
exploitation of the delays and en-
tanglements of the law, or by COM
binationS of criminals.
Justice must not fall because the
agencies of enforcement either are
delinquent or inefficiently organized
To consider these evils, to IND
their remedy, is the most sore
necessity of our times.
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Dry Law Probe

I propose to appoint a national
commission for a searching investi-
cation of the whole structure of our
federal system of jurisprudence, to
include the method of enforcement
of the eighteenth amendment and
the causes of abuse under it.
It's purpose will be to make such
recommendations for reorganiza-
ton of the administration of federal
laws and court procedure as may be
found desirable.
In the meantime it is essential
that large part of the enforcement
activities be transferred from the
treasury department to the depart
ment of justice as a beginning of
more effective organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
SUES FOR $4,000
$4,000 Fraud in Sale of
Stock Charged.

Suit was filed in sperior court
two Saturday by the Union Trust
Company, executor for the estate
of the late Albert A. Barnes, presi-
dent of the Udell works, to recover
$4,000 worth of stock.
The defendants named are Sam
ell E. Rauh, chairman of the di-
rectors' board of the Belt railroad
and president of the Union stock
yards; William E. Day, of New
Haven, Conn, president of the
Union Land and Timber Company
and his wife, Florence H. Day.
The complaint alleged that
Barnes, while i'll in 1926, sold stock
in the Union Land and Timber
Company, to the defendants for
$4,000 while its real value was
$4,000. The suit alleged that Mr..
Barnes was defrauded of $4,000.
The court is asked to restore the
stock to the estate and have an
accounting of dividends, paid since
the sale, made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
Continue Progress

1t appears to me that the more
important further mandates from
the recent election we're the main
tenance of the integrity of the Con-
stitution: the vigorous enforcement
of the laws; the continuance Of
economy in public expenditure: the
continued regulation of business to
prevent nomination in the COM
munity: the denial of ownership or
operation of business by the govern
ment in competition with its cati-
ZenS
The avoidance of policies which
would involve us in the controver-
sizes of foreign nations: the more
effective reorganization of the de-
partments of federal government.
the expansion Of public works, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
GAIN IN CRIME
PAINTED CHIEF
PERIL TO U. S.
Relief for Great Burden on
Judiciary Is
Urged.
GIVES DRY LAW VIEWS
Fails TO Make Prediction on
Business Future for
Country.

BH United PreS2
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Fol-
lowing is the text of Mr.. Hoover's
inaugural address:
My Cour:rymen:
This occasion Us not alone the ad-
ministrstion of the most sacred oath
which can be assumed by an Ameri-
can citizen. 1t is a dedication and
conservation under God to the high
est office in service of our people.
I assume this trust in the humil
fly of knowledge that only through
the guidance of Almighty provi
dence can 1 hope to discharge . its
ever increasing burdens.
Il is in keeping with tradition
throughout our history that I should
express simply and directly the
opinions which I hold concerning
some Of the matters of present i'm
portance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
C. 0. P,FEARS
FOR FATE OF
PRIMARY BILL
Platform Measure May Be
Victim of Amendments,
BackerS Believe.

Fears we're held today by hackers
Of the Republican platform pri-
mary modification bill that the
measure may succunb to a "com-
plication of amendments" before
the legislature closes one week from
today.
The Indiana house of representa-
tives and senate are at loggerheads
on the bill which awaits second
reading in the house.
AS introduced in the upper house,
the bill proposed four changes:
Placing nominations for Governor
and United States senator in state
convention, for representatives III
congress in district conventions, and
elimination of the presidential pref
erence feature of the primary.
AS passed by the senate, after
amendment, the bill throws nominal
tons for Governor and United
States senator into state convention,
eliminates the presidential prefer
ence, leaves congressional nominal
tons in the primary; provides for
use of the Australian ballot in con-
vention and for the election n the
primary of alternates as we'll as state
convention delegates. The latter
provision would put an end to
proxies in convention.
To allay opposition in the house,
the house elections committee re-
ported the bill favorably with an
amendment eliminating the use Of
Australian ballots in convention.
The report and amendment we're
adopted.
Now several members of the sem
ate, chagrinned at removal of the
ballot feature, say they will not con-
cur in the house amendment unless
provision is made to restore voting
power to proxies. An amendment to
accomplish this will be offered when
the bill comes before the house for
second reading, according to Rep
resentative Harold R. Donnen OF
Paris Crossing, chairman OF the
elections committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
CHEATS STORE OF $40

The Brady, drug store, College
avenue and Fifty~second street, was
mulcted of $50 sunday night by a
young man who worked the ia
miliar Change gag.
Telephoning the store from
North Delaware street address, the
man asked for some merchandise
and change for $40 BILL When
the delivery boy arrived he was
given aw ortEless $40 check for the
change.