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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
When We Repeal the Eighteenth

1t is usually said that the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment if 1t ever comes, will occur in the dis
tant future and that more probably it never will be
repealed though it might become dead letter through
withdrawal of federal enforcement funds.
But does this theory take into account the nature
of us Americans? When have we ever done things
moderately?
The repaI Of the eighteenth amendment is more
likely to come in the fashion as its passage An
aggressive minority group, fired by an unwavering
conviction of the righteousness of it's cause, may
quickly gain momentum which will put the repeal
over before the stunned drys know what hit them.
Indications Of this trend already are apparent
There is significance in the fact that the earnest
young men who have banded themselves together
to fight prohibition, have called themselves 1.-The
Crusaders The moral fervor of the White Ribboners
OF a generation ago may prove pale thing beside
the ardor of flaming youth which at last has a
cause"
But it will be unfortunate if we get rid of pro-
hibiton in the spirit in which we acquired It,
If we had left emotion out of it and had studied the
saloon evil scientifically and cooly probably could
have found remedy other nations have for their
particular evils instead Of having made the mess we
are now in.
If we deal in the emotional way with the
prohibition evil, shall not find remedy for it,
Repeal of the eighteenth amendment is essential
but it is not enough. After repeal there still will be
the liquor problem to solve, and that will require
level-headed statesmanlike thinking, unaffected by
either ascetic or bacchanalian zeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Common Sense

THOUGH this is a good decision
Il it is not impairment to IN"
quire, What delayed it?" Why
couldn't a similar verdict have beer
arrived at in the court Of first re-
sort?
I am willing t. admit that the
average juror is a person Of sIghter
intellectual caracity than Judges
Hand, Swan and Chase.
The rules of evidence seem largely
designed to prevent any average
group of twelve men from arriving
at the truth in the simplest manner
Consider, for instance, the bennett
case.
Morris L. Ernst endeavored at the
first trial to introduce the fact that
Mrs. Dement'S booklet had beer
used by Union Theological seminary
Y. M. C. A. and other reputable
organizations. But Judge Burrows
ruled that such testimony was not
admissible.
The evidence permitted was Sc
limited that the juror may have
been under the impression that h
was asked to give his verdict or
something Of the character of Only
a Boy"
He could consider the book, bui
nothing of it's background. He wa:
not allowed to hear that the United
State public health service had is
sued 1eafiet similar in scope. No
body could testify as to Mrs. Den
nett's sincerity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
REASON By Ff kzRbfs

IF Senator Blaine of Wisconsin is Mortified to learn
Il that the oil and sugar interests traded votes to
secure desired tariff rates for both he is doomed to
be Mortified frequently if he stays in the senate since
most legislation, national as well as state is the result
of log rolling.
And it always has been.
The very location of the national capital at
Washington was the result Of a bargain between
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Jefferson wanted the capital to 20 to the south
and Hamilton wanted the national government to
assume the war debts of the states so they pooled
the votes they controlled in congress and put both
propositions across.
With Governor Theodore Roosevelt addressing the
Porto Rican legislature in Spanish and Nicholas
Murray Butler TO address the German reichstag in
the language OF the fatherIand, the United States
should soon possess reputation for culture which
will put her European detractors to shame.
lust as the country was recovering from disap-
~ pontment, due to the apparent failure of the
naval conference, it is plunged into gloom again by
the report that the ESkimos are losing their teeth
as a result of adopting the white mans diet.
Growing political unrest In Madrid indicates that
before long the demand for republic will make King
AphonSo walk Spanish.
When one reflects how tired we get of our states
men, wonders how any country can endure them
for life.
II you interested in grave robbery, you will be
interested in reading of the plage Of these Egyptian
tombs the ransackng of the munnlies and the
stealing OF their jewery.
Larceny must be twenty or thirty centuries old
before it turns TO science"
CECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WILBUR wants
- to wage an intensive campaign to reduce the
Der Of iterees before the next is taken We
will not be Inundated in the eyes OF foreign nations
1t would seem to be almost as important to wipe out
the iteracy.
Now and then you run across one who deserves &c
live again. For instance that mother lost with her g
year-old child in the mountains of New Mexico.
She did what mothers have stood ready to do al
ways; gave her life for her baby, kept it alive and
by wrapping it in her clothing; then froze to
death.
II Senator Borah is TO continue TO deal with Russia
he ought to have flag, anthem and the other &C.
cessories Of sovereignty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
An Ofside View

Candidacy Of Judge Willoughby for reelection to
the supreme bench attracts attention to Indiana
politics because Of the contest between the Judge and
the Anti-Saloon League.
Consistent foes Of the league can see nothing IN
his candidacy but question Of judicial freedom from
the dry forces. The Chicago Tribune ruSheS 70 Vn7
fore with this comment
At the spring convention Of the Republican party
IN Indiana the candidacy for denomination OF Judge
BENJAMIN 2. Willoughby to the supreme court OF
the state presents issue OF first rate moment inaS
issue is important than any consideration OF Uhe
relative merits Of candidates
We think that in Indiana, in Illinois or else
where it is desirable TO retain the service OF an
experienced judge rather than to lose the PUBIC
profit Of his experience by replacing him with new
man. The Tribune therefore has recommended the
return of sitting judges in Cook and Illinois courts
but in the case Of Judge Wloughby there Is hlgler
and more compelling consideration for his retention
The issue is whether the courts in Indiana are 70 de-
eide cases upon the law and the evidence or are 10 ac
cept the dictaton Of the AntiSaoon League the fu-
Kux Khan. or any other political organization or M
dtvidual.
Judge Willoughbys candidacy can not be divorced
from this issue He can not be defeated IN the con
vention or at the polls without striking blow at tne
Independence Of the judiciary and at the credit OF
Indiana as an intelligent community OF tree men he
can not be refused Endorsement without indorsng the
dctation Of judicial decision by politics and the sub
ordination of law and justice TO paruSanSn ana
bipotry He has had the courage to follow the law
in spite of clamor and the threats OF organized
fanatcism 1t the highest service public servant
could have performed for his state. II Indiana Re
publicanism fails to support judicial courage anu
judicial conscience it is because it is still under the
lash of organized bigotry and determined to dig It's
grave.
Were the only question involved that of the SUI
premacy of groups who desire their own views to
be written into the law by judicial Decree all
would agree.
But there are other and quite as vital questions
involved. One of these is freedom Of speech There
must at some time be reversal Of the precedent IN
the Dale that truth is 40 defense in cases OF
contempt. And very many who protest quite as Wig
orousy against control of the court by the dry forces
or the wet forces. or any other group, believe that
the best way to get back to the real meaning OF I'D
erty is to thoroughly and completely and quickly
change the entire personnel Of the high court
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good to their own cause, for they are smaller and
weaker than ten years ago.
But however small and weak American ConInun-
lists are they have right to hold their opinions and
to agitate without violence for Communist govern
rnent in this country That right IS guaranteed to
them by the United States Constitution
Any official or citizen who attempts to deny that
right TO Communists is destroying the letter and the
spirit of the Constitution. There is only legal
way, only one honorable way to abridge those Com
munist rights and that to change the Constitution
which protects them.
Violence is not characteristic of American Com
munists They talk they parade, but they do not de-
stroy property or lives. The record shows that in
most cases of so-called Communist riots violence was
by lawless hundred percenters
When President Hoover stated the fact that
America is the most lawless country in the world he
not referring to the little handful Of Communists
The Communists have no part in our lynching mobS
in our prohibition killings in the regns Of terror by
men
We can not join in the cheap sneers which greeted
Thursdays unemployment demonstrations. We know
that Communists openly have tried to capitalize I'M
employment for their purposes But We know also
that serious unemployment does exist that 1t was not
created by the Communists and that whatever Com
munists may do does not in any way change the re-
sponsbity of this country for the condition and for
its Improvement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
The Red Parades

The Communists held their unemployment demon
STATIONS Thursday. This morning the and
the government continued to function usual.
1t probably was a close shave, in the minds Of the
National Civil Federation Red-baers and few ladies
of the D. A. R. They warned against plot of revo-
luton. After diligent search were unable to find
that such danger existed outside the maginatons Of
the historical
But TO make sure, We consulted the United States
department Of justice which has rather large fund
and force 10 keep track of such things. We were
sured that the department had evidence whatever
of any revolutionary plot Red otherwise So that's
that
There were, however, unemployment denonstra
tons in many American cities That not strange
considering the conditions which officially de-
scribed by Secretary of Labor Davis distressing
Indeed the strange aspect of those demonstrations
was that the Communists could get together only
few thousand of the 100000 to 100000 unemployed.
or the 100000 to 100000. if the families of the
iobless are counted.
Perhaps this will convince the professional scare
ongers OF the National Civic Federation and D a R.
Of the indsputabe fac-which has been clear TO the
majority Of Americans for years-that the nflu
ence of the 10000 Communists in our population of
l2o,ooo,ooo is innnitesuaal They do more harm than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EYo229

shepherded by an ancient, small
town Judge, were asked to consider
certain facts of life Of which they
had all been trying to forget for
thirty years, and naturally they were
shocked. 1t was inevitable that they
should bring in a verdict of guilt.
1t then became necessary to evoke
q long and complicated process to
set them straight. This may be good
law, but it isn't good sense.
And the decision of the higher
court, when stripped down to its
essentials, says almost precisely this.
The circuit court Of appeals
sustained most of the judges rulings
on the exclusion of testimony.
1.-THE important consideration in
this case is not the correctness Of
the rulings Of the trial judge as to
the admissibility of evidence, writes
Judge Augustus N. Hand, in MS
opinion. Like everything else, this
law must be construed reasonably,
with view to the general objects
aimed at"
Under a strict construction Of the
federal obscenity law, Judge Hand
is of the opinion that much chaste
poetry and fiction, as well as many
useful medical works, would be I'M
der the ban"
Point after point excluded from
the first trial, and rightfully SO, &C
cording to the reversers, was con-
sidered by them in their delibera-
tons.
Judge Hand says, at is doubtless
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Sincere

DUT a little later he is speaking
ID OF Mrs. Dement'S sincerity OF
feeling" He mentions the reason
able inference that the booklet was
ito be distributed through agencies
that had the real welfare Of the
adolescent in view"
He cites by name the Public
Health Services issue of Sex Edu-
cation" in 1927.
Indeed, his whole mental process
is that Of man intent on viewing
the problem and viewing it wholly
without regard to legal red tape.
When a judge charges jurors, he
practically always tells them that it
is not theirs to reason why. They
are not to construe nor interpret.
The law is presented to them as
something iron fibered, which means
one thing and nothing else. They
are to take it as it stands, whether
they like it or not.
After they have done their worst,
the error may be corrected by some
inspired judge, who says, Never
mind so much about the law, let's
get down to common sense"
I'm going to have much more re-
spect for courts and statutes when
we build courtrooIns big enough for
law and common sense to crowd in
at the same moment.
Copyright 1880. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

that also is responsible for septic
sore throat, scarlet fever, erysipelaS,
and similar complaints.
In many instances the germ
seems to have a special affinity for
the ear and spreads so rapidly that
it produces infection in the ear,
breaking down the bony walls of the
cavities and producing mastoiditis
and injecting the tissue of the
brain.
When the ear is infected, the first
symptom is intense earache. When
the physician Eliminates the ear
and looks at the ear drum, he finds
it red and bullying.
In most instances, he perforates
the ear drum promptly, to permit
the infectious material to escape and
thus to avoid the internal pressure
that results in Inflammation of the
maStOid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Ear Drum IncisiOn Isn't Serious

: From the very first, the mastoid
bone may be tender on pressure be-
cause of the swelling on the inside
Whenever pain is severe and there
is fever, the physician knows that
the infection is serious and he is
likely to recommend immediate in
cision of the ear drum.
The operation is not difficult and
if performed soon enough, is likely
to prevent the more serious COM
plications that are mentioned.
People have strange notions about
perforation of the ear drum, be-
lieving that this will interfere with
hearing and cause other damage
whereas actually the ear drum heals
promptly after the infection disap-
pears and hearing is likely to be just
as good as it was previously.
1t is far less dangerous to hearing
to incise the ear drum than to post
pone the incision too long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Brightness

NNANY other fine descriptions OF
kVI the moon are to be found IN
literature. A marvellous picture was
packed into a single line by the
biblical author OF the Book Of JOB
when he wrote:
L beheld the moon walking IN
brightness
Goethe. great German poet. wrote
in his Faust"
And when the clear moon, with
its soothing influences, rises full in
my view. from the wall-like rocks,
out of the camp underwood, the'
silvery forms Of past ages hover up
to me. and soften the austere pleas
We Of contemplation. W
The tempo Of the present age does
not make for contemplation. The
blare Of auto horns, the everpre5ent
radio, the bright lights Of the
movies, draw us away from the
tendency.
Living in q, big city it is posi-
bic almost to forget the existence
Of nature. We tend to lose joy in
sun and star, cloud and moon,
which has been mans ancient her.
itage. But it is a mistake to do so.
The moon, holding forth serenely
in a clear sky, or peeking out now
and then through a sea Of troubled
clouds, is always a thing Of beauty.
1t is fascinating to watch the
moon through the month as it
slowly grows from new moon , full
and then melts away again il TO the
new moon.
The moon is an ancieny friend
Of mankind. Get acquainted with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07

AVER and over it is said that
W America is suffering from q
growing disrespect for the law, and
this is cited as if 1t we're sort Of
perversion on the part of the popu-
lace.
1t seems to me that public i'm
patience with legal methods and the
so-called judicial mind is by no
means without a very reasonable
foundation.
I say this In the light Of an ex-
cellent decision just handed down
by the United States circuit court
OF appeals. Judges Augustus N.
Hand, Thomas Swan and Harrie B.
Chase have done good job in free
ing Mary Ware bennett and reverS-
ing the verdict which held that her
booklet on sex education was OBJ
scene and an offense against the
laws which regulate the United
States mails.
1t was a good and reasonable de-
cision, but when the three judges
concerned are hailed as master
minds and pioneers in the struggle
for freedom, one gathers an mixing
of the light in which courts are
viewed by the layman.
do not see how three men Of
average intelligence could have de-
cided otherwise. 1t must be that
our judicial system Is snarled in
queer conventions, when common
sense issuing from the bench is not
undeservedly hailed as sheer genius.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Just Changed Their Minds

r Asst January the senate voted
- q duty on sugar of ITS cents
a pound by a majority Of 48 to 3S.
Wednesday it reversed itself, vot-
ing duty of cents on Cuban
sugar and cents on that from
other countries by majority OF
Al to 80.
The explanation is simple. Nine
senators merely changed their
minds.
Such is one result of the pro-
tracted debate, and similar results
may be expected with regard to
other commodities.
Protracted debate affords the boys
a chance to logroll, which is one
reason why they protract it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
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ANNIVERSARY
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LUTHER BURBANK's BIRTH

ON March 7, l849, Luther Bur-
~ bank, famous American nur-
seryman and plant breeder, was
born on a farm at Lancaster, Mass.
Inspired rs a youth by his read
ings in DarWin's work on plant do
mestication, young Burbank bought
a seventeen-acre farm near his
home and began his lifework of
plant breeding.
At the age of % he developed the
Burbank potato, now an important
standard variety of the Pacific coast
region. In 1875 he removed to
Santa Rosa, Cal, where he was to
carry on for fifty years notable ex-
periments with thousands of kinds
Of plants.
Burbank introduced among the
fruits numerous varieties of apples
cherries, peaches, ounces and nee
tarines. Among vegetables he pro-
duced. besides his potato, new to-
matoes, field and sweet corn, squash,
asparagus and peas.
Perhaps his most extensive ex-
pertinent was his production Of a
series Of Spineless cacti, useful for
feeding cattle in arid regions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Need Such Opinions

OPINIONS like that are needed
~ in this country, not only to
protect the public in its right, but
to restore public confidence in the
administration Of justice.
The tendency to impose gag rule
has become disagreeably prevalent.
The idea of muzzling all criticism,
because some of it has been
slanderous and unjust, is taking
too deep a hold in certain sections,
and the public is becoming not only
alarmed, but resentful.
Such condition does not con-
tribute to effective law enforcement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Judge Not Immune

EREE speech and a free press still
Il are appreciated in Ohio. You
even can criticise a judge there, and
depend on the higher court to back
you up if the criticism is legitimate.
which is as it should be.
Last summer the Cleveland Press
found fault with a judge because he
tried to stop the sheriff from raid
ing a race track where gambling
was in vogue.
The Judge hailed the editor and
the chief editorial writer into court
found them in contempt and SEN
fenced them to thirty days in jail
and fine of $500 each.
The higher court not only re-
verses this verdict, but takes occa-
sion to offer punchful comments OF
the issue involved.
H
eve live in an age Of pitileSs
publicity" says the court, IAN age
when freedom of speech and a free
press are a paramount issue. Peo-
pie should be allowed to say what
they please and newspapers tc
print what they please, always max
ing themselves liable under the
laws of SANDER or the laws of libel.
Regarding a jurist who holds peo-
pie in contempt because they have
criticised him and who presunes to
play the role Of complainant, pros
ecutor and judge all in one, the
court says:
because a man gets on the bench
it does not mean necessarily that
he has changed his temperament
or his liability to get excited, and il
he could set himself above the rest
Of mankind and sit in judgment on
grievances in which he is the in
jured party, he would establish a
dangerous precedent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and OF Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

IN the spring when infectious dis
: eases are fairly common, when
coughs, colds and sore Threats are
frequent, infections of the ear are
also prevalent.
In most instances, the germs
which set up inflammation in the
ear with its resultant earache get
into the ear from the nose and
throat along the eustachian tube.
This tube passes from the back of
the nose cavity into the ear. 1t
serves to equalize the pressure on
both sides of the ear drum.
When the infection passes up this
tube, it infects not only the tube,
but also all the tissue inside the
ear. In most instances the germ
which causes this infection is a
streptococcuS, a. germ of the type
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07

ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.--Ihe Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
| NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Free Speech and Free Press
Still Are Appreciated IN
Ohio, One Judge Is IN
formed IN No Uncertain
Manner.
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CircumVented

THE jury was steered away from
l. any consideration Of the truth
or talsity Of the statements made by
Mrs. bennett.
Twelve elderly green grocers,