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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Could Hughes Stand the Strain?

How long would 1t be before stalwart men would
have to support Chief Justice Hughes as he mps and
totters painfully to his house or hospital? Few who
have sympathized with Mr.. Taft in his Iamentable
plight ever have thought of asking such question
concerning the chief justice
Alert and active in spite of his sixty Eight years.
and known as prodgious and rapid worker the last
thought which would occur to the casual observe
would be any query as to Mr.. Hughes efficiency and
strength. His outlook might be questioned by some
but not the speed and volume of his output.
What most people overlook is that the Office of
chief justice of the United States supreme court is
something far more than a grave judicial response
bity. We have been blinded by the pretty illusion
that the branches of our government are divided
sharply into administrative executive and judicial
This has prevented us from recognizing that the
chief justice actually is of the most important
and oyerburdened administrative officers in the coun
try.
AS mead OF the federal court system Of the coun-
try he must preside vast administrative ma
chine These administrative duties far transcend
purely judicial business and organization They in
Volve economic administration on gigantic scale
The chief justice must scrutnize court calendars,
must determine sequence and priority Of cases must
supervise assignment Of judges and the like Merely
to marshal survey and direct the great army of federal
judges in their work is a herculean task in itself
Even more important and unnoticed is the resnon-
Soillty OF the chief justice the person officially
responsible for the administration of railroads and
great business units in receivershp This running of
Industrial commercial and transportation enterprises
while in the hands of receiver is one of the greatest
business and financial responsibilities in the United
States today
To all this the chief justice must give his atten-
ton while at the time trying to listen to arpu
mentS on cases which must be finally decided in the
supreme court chambers. Can we expect that man
of IS will be able to meet this dual responsibility for
any considerable period of time?
This question is particularly cogent today. when
the administrative aspects of the chief Justices work
are IN terribly clogged and confused condition Mr.
Hughes may tackle the work with gusto at the out
SET but it is difficult to avoid the suspicion that he
VIII go stale after few years, at the most.
Presidents clearly must appoint one of the Younger
judges to the Office Of chief justice or else congress
must provide adequate technical staff to take over
the administrative work which TODAY breaks the back
Of the head of the court
Even a young and vigorous judge should not be
ouroened with duties so tiresome and so distractng
to his mind when he is attempting to weigh mighty
matters Of law and justice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
1NA1 AOO1N Lands

THIEF JUSTICE HUGHES now will have onnor
- tunlty to discredt his senatorial foes and prove
by ms judicial attitude that their prophecies were
false, that his views economic questions have not
been creased and pressed by his lucrative EMPLOYMENT
and that in reality he is member of the human race
and 1t Is possible that he may do this very thing
However. if we were seeking jurist who would
hold alot the torch of the square deal between rich
and poor We would not expect to find him at the head
of the legal department of the greatest financial
combinations in the world. any more than we would
expect to pick apricots in brick yard or GO coasting
on the equator.
These new schools which Henry Ford proposes
to establish will be series of fops for ne makes no
mention Of basketball football or the other fruits
which justify our institutions of learning.
CLAUDE G. BOWERS tells the world that what the
~ country needs is more of the downrightness of
very downright about the necessity of our enter
1916. ''' ~ "i'''i "''e' nc was fe-e'e''e0 III
And now Governor Green of Michigan is charged
with having attended party where the corkscrew
had its old-tne pull, but if all of Governors who
have been present when booze absorbed we're to
resign the American people would be up against it
Tor thanksgiving proclamations next November.
CLEMENCEAU may not have been entirely pleased
~ when General Pershing refused to throw his raw
troops into what he considered to be a slaughter
house, but if were in the market for a gentleman
who knew the business of would select PERISH
ing instead Of the Tiger
Since the war the leaders on both sides have done
little but engage in the vvi-secton their associates
and it makes one marvel that they could 90 along
hand in hand during the conflict with all these surg
ing ennities and jealousies under their dickies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Attack on Liberty

1T is not the attack on religion
Il that startles us, but the attack
on religious liberty.
Such attack, however, is but a
logical climax to Communism.
Communism is the antithesis of
liberty in every form, leaving no
room for individualism, personal
rights. free speech, free conscience,
or anything else which goes with
self expression.
Communism presuppoSes the eX-
tinction of personal initiative and
identity. 1t can not permit the
survival Of private, or voluntry &C
tivities. Its very life depends on
the humiliation of anything and
everything which does not exist by
virtue of state control.
The Russian leaders are absolute
ly consistent in their efforts to ex-
terminate the home, family and
religion. 1t is essential not only
to their war on capitalism, but to
the survival of their creed.
That is what differentiates Com
munism from all other systems;
what creates a cleavage that goes
to the bedrock of civilization; what
leaves a gulf which seems inpos-
sible for human ingenuity to bridge,
and what causes thoughtful men to
wonder whether there is any way
out save through conflict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

GONE kind reader who seems to
- think that I am in need of the
advice has sent me an editorial from
newspaper entitled, well, It's
Just q Friendly Game" AS you may
gather, it is a little tract against
playing poker.
But this hardly hits me. All my
life 1 have played with cut-throats,
and callous as they are 1 doubt if
any one of them would have the
audacity to pretend that the mott
waiting nature of our paStime was
friendly.
Upon the whole subject Of gam
bling my mind is split. The per-
Thence of many of the arguments
against it is apparent. And yet /
have a notion that it is a release
for instincts which are practically
inevitable.
would not deny, for instance,
that cruelty enters into very many
sessions. Yet it is my contention
that some excursion into savagery
is necessary to the human ego. I'd
rather have it come out If fishing,
hunting or kidding the loser than
in life sentences and electrocutions.
Members of denominations which
rigidly frown on cards or any con-
tact with games of chance are
somewhat VIGOROUSLY harsh in their
attitude toward life in general.
If 1 ever have the misfortune to
stand trial for my life I shall in
struct my counsel to have no pious
men on the jury. Mercy is not in
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Judicial Nominations

Decision of the Republican state commit
tee TO nominate candidates for the supreme
court before making selection OF other candl-
dates Is a gesture in the direction of taking
the courts out of politics, but only very
feeble gesture.
As long as Judges are elected on partisan
tickets and 20 into office under party labels
II makes little difference when they are
named or how they are nominated. One OF
the first questions asked will always concern
nartv REGULARITY. service to the party organl-
cation the possibility Of being useful TO the
marty in the future.
One Of the very grave objections to the
confirmation of Chief Justice Hughes was
that he had once resigned from the supreme
court to become candidate for President
denarting from the traditions of that court
and the theory that life tenure implies an
obligation to forget all party politics.
One of the chief causes Of growing lack
Of confidence in courts, and especially IN the
supreme court Of Indiana, is a general belief
that MANY of its decisions have been
prompted by political expediency rather than
= studv of the law or regard for substan-
tial justice.
The decision of the city manager case, as
an example, was popularity viewed as pollt-
zeal. The circumstances under which it was
rendered, the gossip on the street in advance
gave color to such suspicion.
There have been other decisions that have
caused grave concern, and certain it is that
the lawyers of the state have discovered
something so wrong that they pleaded with
the parties to change their methods in order
to eliminate politics from the high court.
Merely putting the nomination of judges
ahead of secretary of state and other officials
will help but little. Any deals for support
will have been made in advance. The one
contribution of such decision is to empha-
size the danger of political judges and to adj
nit that the courts have been under the
menace of partisan control.
There should be separate election of
Judges, with all party labels eliminated.
There should also be a radical change in the
caliber of men selected as judges.
The lawyers Of the state should bulwark
their demand for change of nomination
methods with a new demand for change
of judges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Medals for Bravery

We always have had the idea that coast guards
men were unusually brave But Just how brave they
really are we never realized until those three officers
testified on Tuesday in the East Hampton, Long
Island, court.
Their bravery was not OF the ordinary kind which
IL taken for granted in connection with the coast
guard-daily facing death at the hands OF Old Man
Sea- OF smugglers. or that sort Of thing
They dared to tell the truth about prohibition
enforcement.
To do that Is easy enough for the average citizen,
us it takes courage In enforcement officers For they
are blowing out Of the water the official myth oated
by the Washington authorities every Monday morn
ing or 80 that the have been conquered.
What the three captains testified was that it was
impossible for the coast guard. even with its much
increased size and expenditures TO prevent the land
ing OF liquor.
OF course that is more wicked wet evidence But
It happens to be true What is the administration
going 10 do about it? Or. rather, what the adj
nllnistTation DO about it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Pork Must Be Well Cooked for Safety

1t multiplies freely in the intes-
tines and after development passes
by way Of the blood to the muscles,
where it lives and causes pain and
other serious symptoms.
About 1880 American pork SO
commonly was infected that it was
excluded from German markets.
Since that time government control
and raeat inspection have led to a
considerable decrease in outbreaks.
Occasionally considerable num-
bers of persons still are infected
through eating pork improperly in
spected, insuf1ciently cooked and
improperly handled. A recent out
break on the Pacific coast resulted
from the eating of hams that had
been canned without proper control.
When meat is kept at 5 degrees
Fahrenheit or below that tempera-
ture for five days, practically all
the trichinosis worms are destroyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
SaVagery
THE chief demand for S

THE chief demand for savagery
n in prohibition punishments
comes from those who know not the
joys or sorrows Of saying, "I'll raise
you one more"
Of course, it is less than perfect
conduct to pick on a loser in a game
and ask with mock solicitude just
how he stands. But perhaps it may
be possible to fall back upon the old
anglers excuse and pretend he is
cold FLOODED and does not feel the
hook as much as might be expected.
People who would ban cards over
look the fact that some sort of trib-
ute to chance must be a portion of
each mans life.
If he does not try a joust with
fortune in bridge or poker 1 will
warrant that in some devious way
or other every individual puts his
fate now and again into the jaws
Of fortune.
It must be so. Most of our bust
ness ventures have in them an ele-
rlent of risk by no means alien to
that which the cardplayer courts.
I see no essential difference be-
tween the storekeeper who bets that
the public is going to want UNI
brellas and the man who shoves out
his chips in the belief that the pat
hand isn't really pat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

Storage of pork at a temperature
Of 5 degrees Fahrenheit or below
for twenty days will destroy all of
the organisms.
The United States department of
agriculture requires such storage
for all pork killed in slaughter
houses under federal inspection.
Occasionally meat of animals
killed for home consumption is not
properly controlled and epidemics
occur.
The safe route Is not to eat pork
or sausage containing pork, whether
it has been officially inspected or
not, until it has been cooked
properly.
A temperature of 1877 degrees
Fahrenheit for a sufficient period
of time will destroy the organism.
Since all of our slaughter houses
are not under federal supervision,
proper cooking in the home is the
method of safety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Times Readers
Voice Vices

Editor Times-It looks to me like
some one is sore because our pres
ent fire chief was retained by the
present Democratic administration.
What if it did take twelve minutes
for the battalion chief to get there?
He was driving safely. What if he
had run down some one? Then we
would have heard from other
sources.
Can not we have a fire without
killing some one in getting to it? 1
say, if there is a fire, let it burn
until our fire department gets there.
They will be there as soon as pos
sible with safety. That is what fire
insurance is for.
H. r. ATHERTON.
Are the phrases at is I" and
Between you and me" correct?
Both phrases are correct.
What is the annual fire loss in
the United States?
About $475 600, 600.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Peace on the Atlantic

ne London naval conference is in q bad way and
the United States has chance to save it, according
To correspondents on the spot Their idea is that the
lam OF conflicting high tonnage demands can be
blasted and the negotiations allowed to flow toward
peaceful agreement only by the force of political
pact desired by France.
They add that American timidity is about the only
thing that prevents such political treaty to aid the
naval treaty.
Such statement Of the London conference impasse
doubtless is an overSmpnhcation. There other
issues Of technical naval nature like the Japanese
higher ratio demands and the American unwilling
ness to follow the British in bateship abolition which
can not be conjured away by a political pact.
Nevertheless it is abundantly clear that the polit-
ca pact proposition is important and that it can help
solve many conference problems.
Why, then. the hesitancy of the United States in
negotiating such pact? The correspondents at London
seem to be fairly well agreed that most, if not ALL of
the American delegates in favor of the proposed
political treaty but fear the opposition Of Washington
Those fears are groundess in judgment. In
the first place there is nothing in anything the Pres
dent has said or done which uses the fear that he
is opposed to that proposal Irdeed it is in line with
the Hoover approach to peace agreements.
If there is opposition in the senate, it is due
largely 70 a misunderstanding of the proposal and
the failure Of the administration to make clear that
security" pact is not contemplated.
The distinction is vital. There is every reason why
the United States should not entange itself in an
advance agreement to so to 10 enforce any
treaty; but there is every why the United
States should sign a treaty agreeing to consult
with other governments for sterilization of peace
whenever war threat arises.
pat is precisely what we have already done in
se Of the Pacific pact. signed at the Washington
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

arms conference. The thing should be done ir
relation to the Atlantic
If the American delegation is afraid Of senate op-
position why not take for the Atlantic treaty the
provision of the Pacific treaty already ratified by the
senate? Under that provision, the sgnatory powers
agree TO communicate with one another fully and
frankly, to arrive at understanding to the most
efficient measures to be taken jointly separately to
meet the exigencies of particular situation"
Writing from London on the need of such pact to
save the conference, William Philip Simms, cor
respondent Of this newspaper, reports:
Unless President Hoover gives the cue the
American delegation may remain fatally cautious
Needless midity here may cost the American taxpay-
Prs hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to
build and maintain new warshps"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
May Lead to War
Ut is not that at all, though

TT is not that at all, though it
IL might lead to the same result
The lords of trade and politics
have not ordered the churches to
speak.
1t is not the economic situation
that has inspired Catholic, Prot
eStant, Jew, and Gentle to make
common cause.
In some quarters there may be
fear that Russia will hurt business,
because of her control over certain
commodities, and her ability to
dump on the market at unreason-
ably low prices.
That fear, however, is playing no
part in these calls to prayer and
declarations of sympathy.
What people believe always has
exercised a StupendouS influence
over human events, and though it
may be waning, with regard to
orthodox dogma, the right to be-
lieve still is regarded as one of the
most essential rights.
That right, the Soviet Union
would destroy, not by the slow
processes of education, or the
gradual development of sub
stitute philosophy, but by law.
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47d oAk+ { 5 fT|tle'
ANNIVERSARY
PANAMA EXPOSITION
Feb. 20

.NN Feb. 20, 1915, the Panama
" Pacific international exposition
opened at San Francisco to cele-
brate construction to and opening Of
the Panama canal. 1t is estimated
the expense Of the exposition, much
Of which was borne by the state of
California, exceeded $4,000, 900.
Exquisite exhibition palaces, de-
signed by the nations foremost
architects. were built, and the
grounds of the exposition laid out by
skillful landscape architects who
used millions Of flowers for deco
rative purposes in the courts and
gardens.
Congress appropriated $500, 900 for
the exhibits of the departments in
Washington, and later contributed
an additional 100000 for building
in which to show development and
progress of the government.
Forty-four states and territories
made provisions for participating in
the exposition, and many of these
erected state buildings.
Thirty-six foreign nations ac-
cepted the invitation of the United
States government to take part, and
many erected artistic pavilions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
Soviet Is Blind

NTHER governments are based
~ on the theory that rights, in
fuenceS and activities exist beyond
their province to control
Soviet leaders can not compre-
bend this idea because it plays no
part, either in their scheme of
things, or in their conception of the
scheme that has always prevailed.
Whether with regard to Com
muniSm in Russia, Or capitalism
outside. their vision is of people
dancing to the tune of some super
power.
They know that nothing can be
done in Russia without official
authority, or permission and they
assume that nothing can be done
anywhere else.
When the pope, the primate of
England, the American Jewish con-
gresS, the Lutheran convention, and
many other heads, or governing
bodies, of religious sects join in a
general protest, Soviet leaders can
not attribute it to anything but a
single and dominant influence.
So, they tell themselves and their
followers that it is only capitalism
making war medicine-the prelim-
mary move in a great conspiracy
against Russia.
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NJ. E. Tracy
Soviet Russia Has Chosen to
Challenge Most of the Trd-
ditions, Principles and
Ideals for Which White
Civilization Stands.
SAYS:

rs the attitude Of Soviet Russia
L. toward religion, or more accu-
rately, toward religious liberty, any
of our business?
If not, was the oppression Of Cuba
by Spain any of our business, or the
threat of kaiserism in the late war?
After generations of strife and
bloodshed, humanity has succeeded
in establishing religious liberty
throughout the civilized world.
Now that a government ignores
that right, is humanity justified in
protesting?
Soviet leaders say no. But can
they make it stick? If not, what
then?
Soviet Russia has chosen to chal-
lenge not only capitalism, but most
of the traditions, principles and
ideals for which white civilization
stands.
Whether that is her right, she
must take the risk.
The issue can not be avoided by
dismisSing all the protests as
amounting to little more than a
strategic move of capitalistic gov
ernmentS.
If Soviet leaders had not been
blinded by their own philosophy,
they would know better.
The trouble with them is that be-
cause they have created 8, super
power in Russia, they imagine that
super power exists throughout
| the world.
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HR RT01%

certain contempt for regular hours
and what is known as Cautious
living" in the worst sense of the
word.
Indeed, the very business of being
much concerned with a set allow
ance of sleep argues a defeatist and
pessimistic attitude toward life.
COPYRIGHT, 1890. BY The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

way, for instance in the aimless
concentration Of a poker game, it
can not be used in another way that
might bring real success"
Now that just isn't so. I'm willing
to grant that if man plays for
stakes that are far over his head
the strain may be less than bene-
fetal, but if the limit is a moderate
one there is no reason why the
players should not have good time
and come away refreshed.
There is no better way to rest
than to go out and have a good
time. The man who is gay and
spirited enough to shoot the works
at play as we'll as work will find
that the forces of repleniShment
have come to his aid before he
tackles the job again in the morn
ing,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

Do all the United States ambas-
sailors receive the same salary?
Does the United States own its
embassy buildings abroad?
All ambassadors receive a salary
Of S17,500. The United States owns
its embassies in Paris, London,
Toxic and Rio de Janeiro. 1t also
owns its legation in Peiping. In
other countries ambassadors or
ministers lease the buildings used
by them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20

"TF the young man in the Office, -
Il continues the editorial, would
go to his home, eat his dinner, talk
for short time with one or two
friends-not trying to win their
money like a drunken Indian on
the plains-then read for awhile
some book of real value, and go to
bed, looking forward with interest
to his work of the next day as he
now looks forward to his poker
game, he would be the coming man
in his office"
And I don't believe that either. I
can not speak for every kind of
office, but the young reporter on a
newspaper would be of singularly
little use were he to restrict him.
self within any such schedule.
I've never known a good news
paper man who did not have q