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New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

only honest methods of intcrprrtjne, 1 them to those in public onicr On jEo contrary, those who arc seeking legislative or other prcrcrmrut which will not stand the light Of publicity. and those whose methods of spc,Ir- ing consideration for whatever callsr do not square with sound moral pra"'lc" constitute q public mcnac. and ought to be SCOurgcd from tho temple of government. Those obsor- F@t0nS apply net only 10 lu4uufac- tuners, business mon or their rrp- r"&ontatiVcs who are seeking spoctaI t@VoTS in sinister ways. but 10 inc b"t"ro@"neou* host of others at the national capital who are proposin~, a'l'ocat;n@, CT opposjug this or tha l"%isl"tion on behalf of either thou- selves or of some unidomiricd or de ccptiEcly d"scribod constituencies.
 50, on with the mvoeti~ati0u. an1 let 1t extend 10 every individual, group, and or"anization that has en- dcaV0rcd in any manner 10 persuade or di2suadc legislative or other cur rents of government. Lrt the coun. try get an understanding yiIcw of the entire realm Of the known and concealed sources Of influence and Of all the methods employed for itg clI"cluatiOn. An investigation less thorough and complete would be an enterprise Of political folly"
 (fraI,tu FH, q
 Mr. EdGcrto1 pointed out that tha association was called into being in lS9o by a very unhappy n1tion-wido situation resulting from an uneatis- iIoa tariff necessity; that the as founding industrial doyclopmont of the nation has been very largely due to the protective tarilf and that tn, association has been consistently and p"raistently alive to maintain OH. status in the world Ut would bo passing strange he observed. If all this very hour we were not in tn, forefront of the battle now raging Tn the field of tarifr reforms"
 Mr, Ed%crton referred 10 the great changes that have come in industry III the last thirty-four years. and that perhaps the greatest change of all vas in the broadening of the base Of industrial ownership. When the association was born it was q day of clos" corporations. Now it's muIti piled stockholders are estimated to number between twenty and thirty millions of pcrsOns-a fact which lhd1c2tcS that prlcticaly every fam ny Tn tn" nation shares ownership and control of it's industry" with q resultant, as Mr. Ed~crton put if,
 that there has been nationpI growth in the hmmanization Of both management and workers"
 Thinkers Need of Nation
 MT. EdEcrton stressed the fact that nothing is more sorcly needed m this country today than for it's more responsible citizens to take more time to think, and to apply themselves to those tasks which sober thought always reveals as
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
Leader of National Manufacturers Denounces Lobby Group Activities;
 Calls Their Conduct lndefen3ibIe
John E hdgerton Censures IndusraIiSts as Being to Blame 1oi "Undiscriminating Charges of Greed and
 Selflshness Constantly Hurled" at Big Business

New York, Oct. 14-Maintaining that they have nothing to fear who have just causes and are employing only honest methods of interpreting them to those in public officc," John l.. Edgerton, president of the Ma tonal Association of Manufacturers. today, in his annual address 10 the assembled delegates at the thirty fourth stated meeting of the aeSocia- ton, here at the Roosevelt Hotel, declared that his organization well comcd an investigation by congress Of the entire realm of lobbying at the seat Of the national government "The sooner and more thorouchly it is done the better it will be for or ganizations like ours which represent in proper and unaShamcd ways dis tinct bodies of opinion on publir questions which have a right and ought to be known to the powers of government" Mr. Edgcrton stat ed.
 The manufacturing industry, ? continued MT. Edgcrton, "has within its own constituency all of tho strength necessary to the accom- plishing for itself in open, legitimate ways, everything to which justice en- titles it, and also to the defending of Itself successfully against any vicious attack or imposition.
 Hits at Lobby Group
 'Thc industry needs no privileges and requires no favors at the hand Of government or society. As a matter of fact the rank and file of manufacturers throughout our cOun- try want none and are not asking for any. But the indefensible activi- ties of the relatively few who opcr- ate at Washington either in person or through privately employed lob bics to secure undcscrvcd con&idcra-. tionS are CcnSurably responsible for the undiscriminating charges of greed and selfishncss constantly hurled at the industry in general.
 "Misimprcssions are thus created and hoshlitics aroused which often crystallize into legislation hurtful as much to the innocent majority as 10 the guilty minority at whom it is levelled. Likewise because of the errors of the fcT, the many are sometimes denied that which they both deserve and need for the gen eral welfare.
 T am sure, therefore, can say for the National Association of Manu- facturcrS that not only do We not oppose, but we heartily welcome as wholesome thing the proposal for an investigation of lobbying at the scat Of our national government. The sooner and more thoroughly it is done the better it will be for organ lZations like ours which represent in proper and unashamcd ways distinct bodies of opinion on public questions which have right and ought to be Tnown to the powers of government
 Honest Men Need Not Fear
 "They have nothing to fear who ave just causes and are employing
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

discovering the sources of polluted influence, it can and should include in it's investigation this army of lcochcs who dare not reveal their connections or the methods of their OporatiOns.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
Leslie Learns

That Boss Coffin won his first tilt with Gov
ernor Leslie was to be expected. 1t IS also for
tunate.
For if there be anything to the Leslie ira
dition that he has fighting jaw and bulldog
tenacity of purpose, it may be expected that he
has learned that to overthrow Coffin and that
more important thing which is known as Cot
fnism, requires not a battle but war.
The state Republican committee ran true
to form when it rather contemptuousy swept
aside the demands Of the Leslie cohorts that the
Republicans Of this city be given chance to
recapture their party machinery by an honest
vote.
For years, or to be more specific, since the
day that Stephenson and Coffin took charge OF
the party in the state, the committee has
been accustomed to doing the things necessary
to retain control, matter what the methods
or how tricky the means.
For years it has helped and aided Coffin
in his fight against the people of indianapolis
and the Republicans within his own party. In
return he has been helpful, to put 1t mildly, to
the political fortunes of Senator Robinson, and
has not impeded the Watson program.
To appeal to the state committee which is
or hopes to be, indebted to Watson and Robin
son, showed a naiveness on the part of the Gov
ernor that was most refreshing The commit
tee knew its master s voice and has been TAX
ing orders toe long from Coffin and his assocl-
ates to be swept away by any temporary pleas
of mere Governor.
The Governor must know the route on which
he started. The people will watch with inter-
est as he follows it courageousIy or makes
his peace with the boss.
He must know for he has been in the legls-
Iature, that Coffin is behind the various moves
to further ensIave this city.
Coffin is fighting the city manager plan,
for he knows that when it is put into operation,
his dynasty ends
Coffin is fighting hand in hand with the
utilities and his henchmen are the leaders in
the battle against any remedies for utility
greed
Coffin is against every measure that the peo-
pIe want and for every law that promises to
make public office a coalirg station for the
pirate cruisers Of politics.
The Governor, perhaps, will understand that
if he really wants to unhorse this buccaneer OF
politics it will be necessary to fight not only IN
political committees but in every spot Coffin
WAGES battle against the people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
Movie Censorship

Possibly in the course of discussion the member
of the legislature who introduced measure creaVln8
drastic censorship of movie pictures Will disclose the
inspiration for his bill
Certainly as far as the public knows there has been
no outspoken demand for such repression OF INNS
No woman's organization, and women can be counted
upon to take the offensive against any real menace 10
morals has sent out appeals. Nor have the pupils
Numbered denunciation of the present-day product
of the movie colony.
II is lust possible that the member who introduced
the measure may be the innocent tool of other mem
hers who understand that the introduction OF such
measures is always the signal to the movie interests to
send lobbyists, very kind lobbyists, to defeat the
measure Perhaps the utilities this year are too
Stingy.
Censorship OF any kind is abhorrent to American
ideals and to be attempted only when there is grave
need.
In practice, official censorship of films usually
produces graft and corruption rather than any pro-
lection to the public.
Some states have censorS. No two states agree
on what pictures are bad. Films that are applauded
in Pennsylvania are barred in Kansas, while those
which Kansas permits upon the screen are criminal
in the Keystone state.
AS a matter OF fact the public has shown Itself
the very best censor by refusing to patronize salacious
OSJNS04S4-
able films do not pay
There is a very grave reason why film censorship
at this time is more than dangerous. One Of the
recent developments is the photography OF sound
The film of today is talkie as well as movie
Very soon all films will undoubtedly reproduce the
spoken word.
Censorship of such productions creates very
dangerous precedent in that it is a limitation upon
free speech. Official cenSors might easily enlarge
their powers SO to prevent showing news reels in
which those who advocate political doctrines not to
the liking of censors give their messages
Ii the legislature does not wish to put itself unde
suspicion it will act promptly this measure before
the high-priced lobbyists appear and convert, MOI
always by the most ethical methods, the members
its undesirablity.
The measure has the appearance of being what
called strike legislation Its author may be sincere
but lot of the wise boys will thoroughly understand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14

reached most of the spots will appear near the
3unS equator within few degrees north south Of it.
Then as the new upward cycle begins, it will be
Graded by the appearance Of spots at ATTITUDES
about 80 degrees north and south of the equator.
As more and more spots appear, they make their
ppearance between these ATTITUDES and the equator
ntil at the time of maximum, the spots are scat
cred through two bands from a latitude Of 80 de-
ees to one of about degrees either side Of the
-quator.
As the number of spots begin 20 decline, they begin
disappear gradually from the higher ATTITUDES until
yheu the time Of minimum is again reached the spots
re concentrated once more within a few degrees
aoTth and south of the equator.
This behavior of the sun spots, coupled With the
variation in speed of rotation found at different at
,udes in the sun, leads astronomers to believe that
there must be some regular periodic activity going on
in the gaseous depths of the sun.
Many of the worlds leading astronomers including
DR.. George Ellery Hale honorary director of the Mt.
Wilson Observatory, working on this problem.
There is feeling that solution to this problem
would be bound up with the solution OF that equally
absorbing problem the origin of the suns energy.
But no satisfactory theory to what this periodic
activity within the depths of the may be has yet
been offered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
FEEDING THEM FORCE
COUNT ONLY THE RICH
TAKING THE BEGGARS

TINE average man does not agree
4 with Bishop Mcconnell Of the
Federal Council of Churches that
the church has any right to try to
control legislation, aside from moral
issues such as prohibition enforce
ment.
There is some merit in Senator
Capper's suggestion that we insti-
tute an economic boycott against
any nation that violates the Kellogg
treaty by going to war.
It might not be a bad idea to
abstain from all commerce with
nations at war, for while this would
cost us something in commerce, it
might keep us out Of war.
II
If we we're getting up a Who's
Who we would drop out several
financial whales and insert the BIZ
ography of Ernest SchaeI, aged 81,
of northern Wisconsin, who works
every day, clearing land of stumps,
that his grandchildren may go to
college.
But most Of them probably will
turn out to be sapheads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14

I but on the whole the book is to be
depended on as a reasonably safe
guide to knowledge of the human
body.
In your Weight and How to
Control It," by the writer of this
article, are collected eighteen essays
on the factors governing weight
written by specialists who have given
special study to the various phases
Of the problem.
The book does not give a certain
weight for every person of a certain
height, but takes into account in
dividual differences of breath and
thickness along with age and height.
The right weight for an indi-
vidual is that which permits him to
enjoy perfect health. The last half
of this book is written by Professor
Flora Rose and Mary Henry, who
take up the general subject Of
nutrition, discuss the various food
and energy requirements, and pro-
vide a series of menus for the fat
and the lean.
The book attempts to be an abb
solutely rational presentation of the
weight problem.
Since Professor Joseph Jastrow
left the University Of Wisconsin,
where he was for more than thirty
years professor of psychology, he
has been deVOting himself in Sarge
part to education of the public in
psychologist matters through syn
dicated newspaper articles.
|. Because OF his scientific back
ground and his years Of experience
and sound judgment, he is prob
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
BY DR.. MORRIS FTSHBETN,

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of HyEeia, the
Health Magazine.
."TTNHE HUMAN BODY" by Logan
Il CIendening, is joyous pres
entation of things known and thus
far believed about the human body.
The book is written with the his
torical approach. 1t presents an
outline of physiology, makes clear
the structure of the body, the
mechanisns of the stomach, the
heart, the lungs and the circulation,
DR.. CIendening shows how the
human being with proper appre-
citation of his body may derive from
it a considerable amount of salts
faction, of comfort and Of pleasure,
and also how he may avoid much
of the discomfort and disease that
not infrequently assails him,
Concluding chapters concern
analysis of these processes and of
tissue repair. This book sparkles
with epigram and humor. It con-
Germs itself with scientific literature
and with normal hygiene.
Occasionally, in striving for light
ness, occasionally in his attempt
to startle the reader, the author
takes a point Of view with which
scientists in general may not agree,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
Our Big NAVY

DRESIDENT COOLIDGE signed
Il the cruiser bill, though he
seems to have thought he would
not at one time.
This bill is not so bad. We can
afford to put $275, 100000 into cruis-
ers just as we'll as we can afford
to put that amount into some other
things. 1t will help to keep up our
navy yards, at any rate.
We. can also afford to let Eng
land, or any other nation, know
we are ready to lay keel for keel;
that if the world wants a free-for-
all race in naval armament, we will
be the last to cry quits.
What we can not afford to do is
fool ourselves into the delusion that
those cruisers, or any additional
number We may authorize, repre-
sent a guarantee against war, or
even a safe line of defense if war
occurs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
Ban Wars or Fight

I'm the end, we are going to sit
4 down at council table with other
nations and contribute our bit
to arranging that reign of law"
which Woodrow Wilson visualized,
or we are going to prepare for
hostilities on more costly and dev-
lllSh scale than was ever conceived.
There is no middle-of- the-road
course. Either we play the Old
game with new weapons, or we go in
for new game. At present, we are
trying to Straddle the dilemma, re-
fuSing to recognize our own child,
the League of Nations, while we start
a cOunter-peace-mOV through
the Kellogg pact, and authorizing
cruisers, while we call for another
naval conference.
In the end, we are going to stop
that kind of shadow boxing, and
take one side or the other in a
straightforward way, either becom-
ing an imperialistic nation, or
agreeing to cooperation with other
nations for a new deal all around
We should take plenty Of time to
think the proposition over, since it
is about the most serious proposition
we have been called upon to think
over, and if we want to build a few
cruisers more or less while doing so
why that's that. But we should
not imagine for one moment that
we can elude the grim alternative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14

of His own thoughts. II He had not
told about it nobody would ever have
known. So with me, my struggles
are hid from the world. These sup
pressed desires, these concealed am
billions, how they beset me! And 1
let them deceive me, as Jesus did
not. I even try to justify them to
myself, which is q futile attempt at
sef-deception I have but to be
honest with myself, and will be
started on the way to better things.
PRAYER Holy and Loving Fa-
Their who knowest the thoughts and
ntents of the heart, have compass
sion on my weakness. Search me
and know my heart. Try me and
know my thoughts. Wash me and
shall be whittier than. snow. Create
in me clear heart, o God, and re-
aew a right spirit within me.
Through Jesus Christ my Lord.
Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
K 2 10

president PORTES GIL OF
L Mexico started out to feed the
outlaws angels food, instead OF
cold lead, but he probably will go
back to the old bill of fare now that
they have shown their gratitude by
bombing his train.
Mexico has not known peace since
Diaz left the presidency, and Dlaz
fed them force.
Il r.
It's all right for the European
powers to make Owen D. Young
chairman of their reparations con-
ference, but Uncle Sam wants it
distinctly understood that these lit
tie honors in no way commit him
to a policy Of empty-headed in
volvement in European entangle-
mentS.
While guessing about the make
up of Hoover's cabinet, one should
limit his list of eligibles to the
financially independent, since the
salary is only $4,000 year and the
social obligations of the place cast
many times that amount.
Every day Washington becomes
more and more a millionaire's par
adise and a poor mans perdition.
When the church eXerts Unfit
ence in such matters as the national
defense, it is biting off something
OF its pasture.
1t would be only step TO inter-
ference in other matters until we
had complete defiance of democ-
racy.
All churches are all right so long
as they save souls and uplist peo-
pie, but they are all wrong when
they stick their hands into politics.
The declaration of this Chicago
inventor that he has produced a
light quality of tile which makes
it possible to build skyscrapers Of
100 stories reconcile every small
town inhabitant to his lot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
DY AND IT'S CARE-NO. 7
-TILE =
These Books Are Safe Guides to Health

ably the most reliable of all the
writer's on psychology in the popular
field.
Most of his book, Keeping Men
tally Fit, seems to have been made
up from the collection Of neWSpa-
per articles in organized form.
Through this organization, and by
means Of a suitable index, the aver
age reader will be able to find an
answer to almost every psychologist
question that may disturb him. He
will find the answer moreover in a
succinct form and in manner Of
expression which makes it exceed
ingly readable.
I doubt that I have seen any
where a sounder consideration Of
certain modern fads than appears
in the chapter entitled THE Cult
of Beauty, Behavior or Brains?"
The psychology Of lip-reVival, Of
cosmetics and rouge, and the pSy-
chology of, sport are a few Of the
topics that make this not only a
useful, but most interesting book.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED IN THIS
COURSE
Personal Hygiene Applied" Jesse
Feiring williams, Saunders, 1928. So.
What You Should Know About
Health and Disease" Howard w.
Haggard. Harper, 1927. S..
THE Human Body" Logan Clend-
ening. Knopf, 1927. S..
your Weight and How to Con-
troll It." Morris Fishbein. Double
day, 1927. SIS.
keeping Mentally Fit" Joseph
Jastrow. Greenberg, 1928. $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
No Rest for Weary

a LSO man is under the necessity
L A Of banking upon his appear
ance for a much longer period. The
japanese have a very sensible GUS
tom in regard to women. When q
girl marries she stains her teeth
black to indicate that she has given
up all intentions Of being fascinat-
ing, now that she has landed a
suitable husband and protector
This practice keeps her from gad-
ding about and apparently works
out very well It might be initiated
with good results by Occidental
people. In a sense many American
women do the same thing in spirit.
The average married woman, I find
rather resents having men tell her
that she is pretty and charming I'M
less these compliments come from
her husband.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
Necessity and Progress

i'SSOCO ) NN''N' .
CHEER necessity never did, and
- never will provide general en-
ployment.
Alexander Hamilton estimated
that four persons could provide the
neceSsaries of life for at least 100.
If that were true in his time,
probably a still smaller percentage
could do it now.
What is needed for life constitutes
a small part Of what is needed for
progress, much less prosperity.
Find a people that confines its
labor to the production of essentials,
and you will find poverty.
Much Of the business that makes
this age what it is, and more par
ticularly this nation, rests on the
pursuit of pleasure.
Eighty per cent of our automobiles
are used for joy riding; it costs
about as much to run the movies
as it does to run the federal gov
eminent, and we spend more for
candy and cosmetics each year than
it will take to build the fifteen
cruisers just authorized by congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-14
GAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. IA
SAYS:

GAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. IA
- A saint may have started the
custom, but trade keeps it going.
More of us would forget Valen-
tines day, if we did not see the ad-
vertisements. So, too more Of us
would fail to send a remembrance if
we had to make it ourselves.
You can buy for a nickel what
you could not paint in a day, if at
at all, can get jingles which, though
rotten, are better than you could
compose, and help some poor devil
earn a living at the same time.
Just another example Of the adj
vantages of specialization. Not so
intimate as the old way, but enabling
us to cover much more territory
and make work for people who
would otherwise be out of a job.