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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Annther Denortation Delirium?

reacttonarv plans to revive the red hysteria and
deDortaton delriun of the Palmer era are zoonllhg
along. While the United States department OF JUS
tice has checked the radicalbatng actlVueS OF lV0
Chicago agents. the heresy hunters are hearVeeu Wy
he astounding confession of Police Chief Whalen In
New York City that his own agents heipeo SUI up
Union Square riot and that he now is engaged IN
live illegal nractice of getting employers to discharge
alleged radicals -
A sinister part in this general movement IS pehg
faken bv the United States department OF LABOR
those representatives have appeared at senate near
,ps in support of the Blease bill for alien reglSUa
ION. ~ s4
The deportation machinery Of the labor depart
mont through which it functions as police prosecutor
md Judge in secret against any alien mourning 4'S
dspleas,re, is notorious the world over. NO" 'ile
department wants to increase its power through an
alien registration law. -,
Foreign language organizations, church groups anu
liberals led bv Amos Pinchot Of New York, appeared
- tho hearings in vigorous opposition to the bill
sy showed that there is little choice between the
hills nroviding compulsory and so-called voluntary
registration, both being equally bad as the iaVV5i
would lead to extra legal compuIslon'
Here arc their arguments against the proposed Syo-
tenn. as summarized by the American civil Liberties
union tt would
Establish an espionage system 10y federal Officials
notice and employers agents subject our |UoUOo0
.lie, ,onuation to intimidation and blackmall Fur
nisb weapon to all anti-labor employers ana anu
liberal groups Add to lawlessness and law evasion
increase intolerance against foreigners generaHy'
Finally. It would be the opening Weoge l0l 'lle
plan to register and hnger-prnt all the aplVa'S Vi
the United States--including citizens.
al fins under the subterfuge Of trying to check
ro,gaIir of aliens into the country. a problem which
or,to,,1y ran be solved only on the border and at
ports at the time Of entry
But despite the menace Of the Blease bill and
other nsrs Of this repressve program. we refuse 10
he frightened We believe that the country has grown
much in sanity since the war and early postwar
deIriIns We do not think this reactionary revival
viii get very far III the end. At any rate not II ID
is exposed in its true light
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14

Unless there is a deal Of sober
- thinking and some cleansing
flashes Of blazing ridicule, America
is going to indulge itself in another
spree of Red batting.
The violence and the folly and the
panic which overlook us during the
war and after should not be so soon
forgotten. But all the symptoms OF
bad attack are present.
There is the premonitory rash,
some gurgles in the chest, increased
pulse and slightly thickened and
incoherent utterance on the part Of
the patient. Uncle Sam ought to
go to bed and put ice packs on his
head.
Naturally 7 do not expect to clear
myself of the charges of boring from
within, and being in receipt of pay
from Moscow, by merely asserting
that Communist propaganda here
abouts has been very annoying.
The police of New Yor', are wholly
within their rights and duties when
they set up a Whalen wall and re-
fused the radicals and all TT
hangers-on permission to march to
city hall. The right Of free speech
and free assembly does not include
the privilege Of blocking traffic at
any place, on any day or hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Marked Men

Commenting the situation in Auburn prison
after the recent murder of Principal Keeper Edward
Beckwith, Warden Hoffman sad
"As long as there are prisons will make knives.
AS long as men in prison they will do murder for
real or faucied grievances. Any one OF us may be
marked man. And know of no way to prevent such
occurrences as this"
Warden Hoffman is doubtless wholly sincere in
this pessimstic and somewhat fatastic interpreted
ton of the situation. We recommend. however that
ne read little widely in the history of expert
nients with prison discipline. AS long as warden
and his guards appeal only TO the emotions Of fear
and hatred on the part of convicts there is doubt
that they are and will continue to be. marked men"
There is nothing in the present repressve system of
prison discipline which makes any appeal to the bet
ter nature" of convict He is hopeless and embit-
tered and nurses his grudges until they become ver-
table obsessons that press him on to assault and
murder.
Yet did any one ever hear of prison administra-
tor being murdered by convict tother than perhaps
an insane prisoner) who believed that he getting
: square deal from the prison official In question?
Thomas Mott Osborne felt nervous In the pres
ence of his convicts and mingled freely with them
at al times Let warden make his convcts feel that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
The Great Tomato Issue

Tariff debate in the senate has called forth ora
tory on many and varied subjects. It remained
however for Senator Ashurst Of Arizona to glorify
the tomato
1T is not necessary even if were capable II doing
so, to enter into any discussion of the interesting
indeed romantic history Of the discovery and cul-
ture OF the tomato" he said after declaring there
probably is no single product in the entire tariff bill
in which consumers are interested so vitality
Then the senator told how the tomato was dis
covered. how it had grown in popularity, described
its high vtanin content its beautiful color its tasty
favor, and 50 on.
The entire population Of the United States is
entitled to an opportunity to have continuous sup
ply of fresh tomatoes throughout the year Ashurst
declared.
We agree with him And furthermore here is an
issue which all factions of the senate can unite
from Grumpy to Norris. II housewives attention can
be focused the great tomato issue they may forget
the higher prices they'll pay for sugar and various
other things
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Words Of Wisdom

En1lllan Yaroslavsky. head Of the Society Of the
Goddess in Russia, says that the atheists cOnfne
themselves to agitation and propaganda and rpress
any Of their members who suggest the use of
coercve measures
TO offend the sentiments Of the believers would
strengthen rather than weaken their religious faith
he says.
These are words Of wisdom.
The Christian world would DO well to adopt the
same wisdom in its relation with atheistc Russia
To forge against Russia, diplomatic pres
sure, would only strengthen atheism there OPPOSE
ton by "capitalstic' nations would deepen the con-
victons and intensity the zeal of the Goddess" cult
If other nations interfere in the conflict between
the religious and the atheists in Russia, it is not In
conceivable that the two parties will forget their
family quarrel and unite against the nterferer. Re
ligion will have better chance in Russia if foreigners
keep their hands off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14

sure and his steadiness In standing
was impaired.
1t has been found that after
ninety hours continuous insomnia, a
small extra amount of sleep beyond
the normal causes complete restora-
ton.
Apparently there is no impair
nent in the performance Of mental
tests after sleeplessness and In some
instances apparently there is an &C
tual increase in mental aWareness.
However, it is not certain that the
mind functions correctly after long
sleeplessness.
In series of tests carried on
in George Washington university,
when one member Of the sleepless
squad led the rest in singing, after
two verses Of one song he would
start a different song without reallz-
ing he had done SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE ------
Lack of Sleep Not So Serious

Another member of the sleepless
SQUAD drove a motor car into a
ditch on the wrong side of the road
without realizing that he was do
ing so.
DR.. r. D. Gillespie, who recently
has surveyed the whole subject,
states that he has never seen pa
tent whose mental disorders could
be attributed to Sleeplessness and
he has hao under his observation
patients who have not slept more
than two or three hours night for
several years and who do not seem
to be harmed greatly by the lack Of
sleep.
In animals, if sleeplessness is
maintained sufficiently long, it in
variably ends in death. In human
beings a short period of sleep after
a lengthy period of insomnia seems
to bring about restoration, both
physically and mentally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14

TN this connection, it is rurnored
L that Lieutenant Al Williams was
forced cut because certain high
naval officials were afraid his Sue
cess as an aviator was attracting far
too much attention.
1t is hard to believe that high
naval officials would be guilty of
such childishness, to call it by the
mildest possible name.
One prefers to think that they
merely were victinlized by the sys-
TEN, that they obeyed the rule Of
red tape, and ordered Lieutenant
Williams to sea because the time
had come for him to take his turn.
The idea that adnlirals and rear
adnirals deliberately would handi-
cap progress in aviation to protect
their own branch of the service is
shocking.
Certainly, we have nothing to de-
pend on but Improvements when
it comes to national defense.
1t is much more important that
we encourage the inventor, the
pioneer, the genius who can create
new devices, and the daredevil who
has the nerve to try them than a
type of narionette who goes through
a particular set Of motions. when
ever a particular order is given, or
a particular wire pulled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
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REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT

REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT
I'm March Il, 1776, parliament
" repealed the stamp act, which
it imposed on the colonies less than
a year before as a means of raising
taxes.
The coIonists were required under
the act to use stamps, costing any
where from a penny to $50, on all
important law business papers
pamphlets and newspapers.
The legislation met with disfa-
vor both in the colonies and in Eng
land. 1t gave rise to Patrick Hen
rvs familiar speech and caused
James Otis to declare in Boston,
Taxation without representation is
tyranny" It aroused even the
schoolboys to shout, Liberty, prop
erty and no stamps"
Soon after delegates from the nine
colonies met in New York to pro-
test against the act, parliament re-
considered the act. William Pitt
said before the house Of lords: In
nv opinion, this kingdom has no
right to lay tax on the colonies
!. I rejoice that America has re-
sisted"
The act was repealed soon there
after.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Haunted

VET I am much more interested
! now in the ramifications which
have grown out of Red disorders.
Ghosts have begun to walk again
and many men are acting as if the
land we're really haunted.
Drive to deport Reds begun by
business men," Red spies under
mining American industries"
Urges discharge of all agitators. "
These headlines tell a story.
Presently we shall have another
plague of four minute men and Sc
curity leagues, and some one in
authority will urge everybody to
watch his neighbor.
If it is true, and I think 1t is true,
that the Communists are not really
intent on ameliorating the condi-
ton of unemploy,len it is equally
so that not all patriots" are sin
cere in rousing the country against
the Reds.
That same word Red" has COW
cred a great deal Of territory in its
time. 1t has been the easy stigma
used to beat down nights against the
open shop, and the long day, and
the insufficient wage scale.
Presently there will be murmur-
ings of Moscow" whenever anybody
expresses the opinion that it is an
evil thing to employ. child labor in
ON. factories
The Socialists, Of course, will be
included in the ban and some few
people actually will come to believe
that Norman Thomas wants to tear
down every church and nationalize
women. Even the liberal will hear
the baying of the hounds behind his
heels.
And certain victims will be men OF
no fixed political or economic phi
losophy whatsoever. Some poor
devil in factory will remark that
the boss ought to keep little more
ice in the cooler, whereupon some
shop patriot will tell the foreman
that dirty Bclshevik is trying to
undermine the morale Of freeborn
American workers, and the culprit
will be discharged forthwith IN a
glow of righteous indignation. And
this will serve TO save ice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Attitude Is Absurd

Vt looks as though the five great
B. governments we're not ready to
do the one thing obviously essential
to prepare the stage for honest
disarmament.
It seems incredible that states
men can not see the abSurdity Of
asking nations to abandon those de-
fensive agencies on which they now
rely for protection, without pro-
viding a substitute.
Yet that is what they apparently
are acknowledgement without any
OBLIGATION to maintain it, an agree
nnent outlawing var, without any
obligation to enforce it.
Apparently the delegates might as
well adjourn and go home, with lit
tie to show for their labor but a few
regulations that are supposed to
"hun1anize' the submarine, which
Secretary Stirnson regards as we'll
worth the labor.
So, too, it looks as though We
would have to take care Of our
selves on the sea, even if q battle
ship holiday is voted, and it looks
as though he could do that best by
giving more attention to the air.
Unlike some other governments,
We are in excellent financial condi-
ton.
If / It's ships, whether 10,000-ton
cruisers, destroyers or submarines,
We can turn them out as fast as any
country on earth and a little faster.
Or if it is airplane5, we can do the
same. provided the army or navy
STAFF does not gum the works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
If They Did

MOST dangerous of all is the re-
1TK vivif1cation of the anti-for-
eign spirit which began to dwindle
after the follies and inquities of the
khan were shown up. The cry Of,
why don't you go back where you
came from?" is heard again in the
land.
1t would be ironic justice if, by
some miracle, all toreign-born and
foreign-derived inhabitants of
America actually needed this In
junction.
1t would be even more impress
sive if they could, in departing, take
with them all the fruits of their
lahors. Miles of triple-tracked rail-
roads would disappear, leaving only
the unsecured prairies.
Great bridges would dissolve into
the clear air of huge cities now
reduced to smokeless villages. Songs
would stop in the middle of cho-
rus and books tumble from their
shelves. A field Of waving grain
again would be buffalo pasture.
Surely, there is neither sense nor
justice in the all too common as
sertion that from the immigrant we
may ask all the strength Of his
back and shoulders, and yet forbid
him ever to express any opinion
whatsoever about the institutions
under which he tolls.
This is not the American tradl-
ton. When Lafayette came across
the water and Won Steuben also
was here, our people did not say:
Work as hard as you phase, but
keep your mouth shut. We don't
want any advice from you"
lConvright. 1890. By The Timesl
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I Daily \
Lenten Devotion
Friday, March IA

JOY IHROUGH SERVICE
Read Acts 2O:32-35. Memory
verse: 1T is more blessed to give
than receive" (Acts 20-25)
MEDITATION
To the immature this is nonsense.
They have not discovered the me-
chanics of joy. We make much use
of the phrase getting a kick" out
Of life. Those who use a gun know
that a kick" is the rebound that
comes from the release of pent-up
energy. "A kick out of life" comes
as a part of similar process. The
child jumps up and down and
laughs. The student bends to the
problem and finds JOY in it. The
loving heart pours itself out joy
fully. No man is happy for long in
merely receiving things. 1t is ma
lures protest that he is not the CEN
ter Happy people are those who
put the center of life outside them
selves.
PRAYER
God. we pray thee that we may
exercise this day the noblest ca
pacities that thou hast implanted
within us. Give US wisdom and
courage to put into daily practice
our best thoughts and dispositions,
and the things we most sincerely be-
neve. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Must Improve Planes

QUITTING aside the question Of
L their military effectiveness,
airplanes should be developed on
general principles.
Even if we were sure there never
would he another war, we ought to
do everything possible to increase
their speed, mobility and safety.
Neither men nor nations have a
right to bury their talents, to quit
on the job, to lie down because they
are not forced to do things by sheer
necessity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health MagaZine.

A CHICAGO investigator de-
L n prived himself of sleep for lis
hours. There is. however, evidence
that it is possible for people who are
depriving themselves Of sleep to
have nomantary dozes which seem
to have the power Of renewing the
ability to remain awake.
The investigator, Kleitnlan, found
that after his fourth sleepless night
he did simple things aUtC~ tically
while dreaming Of something else.
There was a decrease in his breath
ing rate, pulse rate and blood pres
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
EOREIGN events monopolize the

FOREIGN events monopolize the
T. news.
MIR. Borno, whose hands We have
upheld in Haiti, does not take kind
ly to our suggestion that his people
be allowed to elect a new legislature.
Mr.. Gandhi, who would lead
India in revolt against the British
empire, continues his walking tour,
but with a greatly diminished
following.
Germany after several months Of
stormy discussion, ratifies the Young
plan, which would seem TO solve the
reparations problem for the time
being at least.
Premier Macdonald makes an
eIeventh-hour effort to save the
naval conference, while Premier
BRAND appears to regard it as be-
yond saving.
Could we have civil law if citi-
Zens were not bound to uphold it?
BY the same token, can We have
international law without nations
being bound to uphold it?
That is the issue raised at Lon
don.
France is unwilling to reduce her
navy without more or less definite
promises of help in case of attack.
England and the United States
refuse to make such promises, and
there you are.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14

ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those Of
one OF AMERICAS most inter
eSting writers and are pre-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
With the editorial attitude OF
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
SCIENCE
We See About SO Per Cent of
the Moons Surface, While
the Other IL Per Cent Is
Hidden Forever From orr
Vie1U.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

NNE of the greatest mysteries in
~ the universe is the other side
Of the moon. We never see but one
side of the moon. We have no way
of knowing what the other side
looks like. though we assume it must
look somewhat like the side we do
see.
We see only one side of the moon
because the moon rotateS on its own
axis in exactly the same length OF
time 1t revolves around the earth.
Consequently. it is turning on its
axis as fast as it is moving through
the sky and so it always keeps the
same face toward us.
1t takes the moon approximately
twenty-seven days and seven hours
to make one revolution around the
earth, and one rotation on its own
axis. Due to the earth's motion
around the sun, however, it Is
twenty-nine days and twelve hours
from one new moon to the next.
While we see only one side of the
moon, due to certain irregularities
Of the moons motions we see a lit
tie more than half the surface of
the moon. These irregularities re-
suit in oscillations known techni-
caIly as librations.
We see about SO per cent of the
moons surface, while Al per cent
remains hidden from our view for
ever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
SAYS:

1t Seems That Statesmen at
the NaUaI Farley Are At
tempting to Achieve Peace
Without Any Obligation to
Maintain 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Brutality

A ND while I think that certain
IN individual policemen lost their
heads and behaved badly in the sub
sequent proceedings, it is unfortu-
nately inevitable that men with clubs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
LifeteSS

TITO our unaided eyes, the moon
l. appears as though it must be
sort Of enchanted fairyland, but
modern astronomy reveals that the
surface of the moon is barren and
lifeless. For there is neither air nor
water upon the moon.
Even a small telescope reveals
that the lunar landscape is radically
different from the scene upon the
earth. The moons surface is COM
posed Of bare rock Of great rugged
ness.
The moons surface for the most
part is extremely broken and largely
covered with circular formations
which resemble volcanoes somewhat
and therefore are known as craters.
The craters range in size from
some so small that they can just be
seen IN the largest telescope to some
more than 200 miles in diameter.
The total number of craters on the
moon is about $4,000.
There are ten mountain ranges
upon the moon. These are eX'
tremely rugged. Peaks rise to
heights Of 5000 to 10000 and even
$4,000 feet. A few are even higher.
The largest range, known as the
Luner Apennines, extends in great
curve for $40 miles and includes
more than 1000 tall pcaas.
In addition to the mountain
ranges, there are number Of long,
straight cliffs on the moons sur
face, formed, it is thought, by the
settling Of large areas Of the moons
surface during its early days.
In many ways, the most interest
ing features Of the moons surfaces
are the great cracks. These are
straight clefts about half mile
wide and in some cases several hun
dred miles long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14

Editors Note--This Is the second Of
three articles on sleep by DR.. Morris
Fishbein, Americas outstanding medical
authority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
Gravity

TINE librations of the moon are
l. of three kinds. One, due to
the angle at which the axis Of rota-
ton of the moon is tipped with re-
spect to its orbit, permits US some
times to see little beyond the
north pole OF the moon and at other
times a little beyond the south pole.
The second is caused by the fact
that the moon sometimes is a little
fast and sometimes a little slow in
its motions around the earth. AS a
result, we sometimes see little fur
ther around the eastern edge OF the
moon and sometimes little around
the western edge.
The third Ibration is known as
the diurnal libration. This results
from the fact that at the time of
rising and setting the moon is so
situated that we look little over
it's upper edge, seeing more Of it at
those times than we do when the
moon is high in the sky.
The moon has diameter of 2,160
miles, slightly more than one-fourth
that of the earth.
The moon is composed Of material
which as a whole is about as dense
as the materials making up the
crust of the earth, but only about 60
per cent as the materials making up
the earth as a whole. AS a result,
the mass of the moon is only about
one-eightieth that Of the earth.
The force Of gravity on the sur
face of the moon is only one-slxth
as strong as it is on earth. Since
weight is a measure Of the pull of
gravity, a person who weighs, with
spring balance, 100 pounds on
earth would weigh only twenty
pounds on the moon.