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REASON By Ff nAHpiS

XXTARDEN WALTER H. DAILY declares that the
W Indiana state prison at Michigan City is so
oVercrowded that he will ask the next legislature to
appropriate 100000 for a cell house.
1nasmuch as there is unlimited room outside it
would be lot better for the taxpayers, as well as
the prisoners to follow the example of California and
many other states and take the majority Of these
prisoners out and have them build roads.
If, as charged by the D. A. r. Representative
Griffin of somewhere has introduced a bill in con-
gresS to relieve aliens desiring to become citizens of
the necessity of swearing to defend this country in
time of war, then Representative Griffin should be
retired by his constituents.
Any alien whose orchid-like sensbilities are
offended by such pledge easily escape the same
by staying out Of the U. s. A.
TNAsMUCH as the national platforms of the two
great parties are twin beds, it is not so important
that the President consider the politics OF those whom
he appoints to the supreme bench. but 1t is most i'm
portant that he appoint men who have no prejudies
either for against people property, but will give
both square deal.
The only lawyers who meet this requirement are
those who have been in the general practice, men
who have tried all kinds of cases for all kinds of
clients.
The lawyer who has but two three great cor
poratons for clients is unfit for the supreme court
as the lawyer who has practced exclusively for two
The lawyer has conscience but If he has been
a specialist. then his conscience will dance the
Charleston with his speciality.
A DMIRAL BYRD proves himself once more to be
n good sport by refusing to claim for his coun-
try any of the lands he discovered in the Antarctic
but this isn't the way countries do business and the
government at Washington should proceed to nail
down everything the Byrd expedition found par
ticuary since Byrd is in the service of the United
States.
If must divide something with the rest of the
world let's divide title to this new planet just dis
covered by astronomers.
Nahatma Gandhi may be great spiritual force
and great leader Of the Hindoos, but he would not
get very far N beauty contest.
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After Six Years

TOR six years." writes x, 81
Il worked with one firm, being
engaged in bookkeeping and general
clerical work. Owing to reduction
of staff, my services were dispensed
with, and I have been unemployed
in New York for the last four
months.
For four months I have
searched, visited agencies, wrote
hundreds of letters and had inter
views. In some cases I am too old,
in others too young. When I am
just right, the employer discovers
my religion is not the right brand.
And after four months one gets
discouraged. One degenerates. One
can not sleep. After a time comes
the great tragedy of it all; one
ceases to feel as useful member Of
society, and one even forgets to look
tidy, or search for work. And New
York is hard, oh, so hard!"
In several other letters, the ap-
plicant's %brand of religion" has
come up. In the first column on
the theme Of unemployment was
the statement, please do not spec
fly religion, race, nationality, or po-
litical views. Unemployment is I'M
employment"
This seems to me an excellent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-24
One Plane to 2,977 Autos

The size of the field that is open in the United
States to commercial arpane manufacturers becomes
evident when you look at the statistics.
Recent figures issued by the Aeronautical Chamber
of Commerce reveal that the nation has 9740 licensed
airplanes-excusve of course, of army and navy
planes This represents huge advance over previous
years of course but the number is far from as large
as it soon will be.
good way to realize this fact is to contrast the
number of planes with the number of automobiles,
For every airplane in the country there are 2977
automobiles.
That indicates the opening that confronts the
plane manufacturers. Airpanes not yet what you
could call common.
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erage vocabulary of seven words;
an 18-month-old child, seventy
one words, and a 2-year-old child,
800 words.
Another investigator found three
words as an average for q 1-year- old
child; 272 words for the 2-year-old
child; 1876 for the 3-year-old child;
1540 words for the 4-year-old child:
2072 words for the 5-year-old child,
and 1852 words for the 6-year-old
child.
Thus from the first to the sixth
year it acquires from 500 to 600
words each year. Much depends on
the way in which the study is made
If the child is given various OBJ
jects and asked questions, many
more words are found in its general
use than if a record is kept of its
ordinary use Of words day after day.
Another Investigator found that at
the completion of high school, chill
dren are able to use between $4,000
and 10000 words.
Another investigator found that a
2-year-old child says from 4,275
words to 10,507 words day, using
about one-half his total vocabulary.
AS the child grows older it uses
more words, reaching as high as
$4,000, using one-third of it's vocabu-
larry.
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

TVHE story is told of the stutter-
Il ing broker who called in bird
store to buy parrot. After select
ing a bird that suited him so far
as its appearance was concerned, he
said: C-c-an he t-t-talk?"
The storekeeper with look of dis
gust answered: eff he couldn't talk
any better than you can, I'd wiring
his neck"
The anecdote merely emphasizes
the fact that skill in speech is a
special characteristic of many peo-
pie and entirely absent in others.
The human infant begins to make
itself heard promptly after birth
and from that time onward responds
voluntarily to all sorts OF conditions.
An investigation of children by
Margaret G. Blanton revealed the
fact that children vary during the
first thirty days of life in the way
they cry, the sounds they make, and
the way the sounds continue.
Getting an Early Start
After infancy, according to the
behavioriSt John B. Watson, the
child develops habits of a certain
form of expression without, how
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| ANNIVERSARY
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WILLIAM MORRIS BIRTH

WILLIAM MORRIS BIRTH
0N March "a, 1884, William
" Morris, noted English poet,
artist and Socialist, and inventor
of the Morris chair, was born in
England.
Interested in theology, Morris
intended after graduating from
oxford to found a religious broth
erhood. But a trip to France threw
him so completely under the spell
of French Gothic that he decided to
become an architect instead.
After trying his hand at archi-
lecture and painting, Morris found
ID a firm for the design and manu-
lecture of artistic furniture. 1t was
here he designed his famous chair.
Abandoning this business he found
ed at Hammersmith the famous
Kelmscott press, where he print
ed many beautiful books, including
his own books Of prose and verse.
In his classic writings Morris
proved himself one of the best story
tellers since Chaucer.
In 1885 he became an active So
ciaIist.
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Can Use Money

ORIGINALLY it was not my in
" tention to ask for or receive
any money directly, but it can be
used as partial payment for the
clerical force which will be neces-
sary 20 handle the letters.
Miss Isabel D. Collins, who works
from $50 to 5, has volunteered her
services In the evenings, and I can
make use of others who would be
willing to give little Of their time
in off-hours.
Fritz Kaufman, chief Of the New
York state bureau of employment,
writes: I'm reference to your COL
urnn, I want to call your attention
to the fact that the state of New
York, under the department of
labor, conducts bureau Of employ
ment.
LAS chief Of this bureau, I will be
very happy to cooperate with you.
Should you get any inquiries for
workers that you can't fill, be sure
to let me know"
OF course, as yet, the difficulty
has been quite the reverse, but with
luck we may be able to avail our
selves Of the services Of the bureau
lin time.
realize that columns about en-
ployment may not be very sprightly
to the general reader, but I am not
going to write about unemployment
every day. Still, 1 mean to come
back to the subject very frequently
within the next few weeks.
No matter how drab the presen-
tation, people ought to be interested
They've got to be interested!
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Police in Politics

When the very proper suggestion that
the state police should be taken from the con-
troll of the secretary of state and placed UNI
der the Governor, who is presumed to execute
the laws. the incumbent of that Office called
in his political reserves and prevented the
change.
It now becomes very apparent why Mr..
Fifield sent his lobby to the legislature to
block a move that was logical. On the sur
face, it merely means more work and re-
sponsibility. Underneath it means something
else.
Summoning the state police to the Capitol,
leaving the roads unguarded at time when
holdups are epidemic and other violations on
the increase, the secretary very openly plead
ed that the policemen on the state pay roll
become politicians In his behalf.
If there were no other reasons, and there
are many, this alone should insure the defeat
Of Fifeld for denomination.
In year when the prospects for success
are none too rOseate tor Republican candl-
dates, the leaders of that party could well
estimate whether F;feld will be an asset or
S~NHND
new lease on his Office always with the fond
hope that by his peculiar methods he may
advance to higher Office.
What Fifeld really brought to the office
was the Lake county viewpoint toward his
Job. He probably sees nothing very wrong
in using the states money, set aside for pro-
lection, for his own advancement. Very
probably he would need a moral interpreter
to explain that there could be anything
culpable in such an act.
If the people wisf to be controlled by men
in uniform and through the machine created
by the drivers license law, they have only to
return Fifeld to his job. Perhaps some
stalwart within his party will have the
courage to challenge his methods and his am
billions in the convention. Those who believe
that the convention system of nominating
candidates is preferable to the primary now
have royal chance to demonstrate.
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Mean Prejudice

d ACIAL and religious prejudice
AN is mean and petty business,
even in the most piping times OF
prosperity, but what man has a
right to call himself a religionist of
any brand when he is prepared to
carry his bigotry all the way across
the hunger line?
I might mention the fact that the
paper for this particular piece is
free. Penn ohalem, Inc, station
ers, said: eve haven't any job to
give, but if you'll write about en-
ployment. this is our contribution. "
I want to thank Floyd Gibbons for
mentioning the Give a Job Till
June" movement in his Literary Di-
gest, broadcast over WIZ. His will
lingness to give a stenographic job
has been duly noted.
Even though the present tally
shows many more seekers than
givers. we're not licked yet.
Who'll give a job till June?
Copyright, 1880. by The Times
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sERot entity

A weary, wtite-hared old man found Sat
mday by District of Columbia jury mot guilty" Of
the charge that he had bribed member Of President
Hardng's cabinet. He had stood accused OF giving
this cabinet member 100000 to obtain possessions of
oil lands worth probably $1OOOOOOOO set aside for
use in the nations defense in case of war.
Another jury some time ago found the cabinet
man guilty of accepting the 100000 bride from
this same old man.
The oil lands in question have been taken away
from the old man and restored to the government.
the civil courts, including the very conservative
United States supreme court having decided that the
transfer was tainted with fraud and corruption"
What is the meaning of these strange contradic-
tons? Why does Edward L. Doheny go freeP Have
frr4es no regard for public honor and wel-being?
Are they subservient to wealth. Are they hopeessy
sentimental? Are they hostile to the law? Is the
Jury system a faiure2 Or is the method of selecting
ries one calculated to defeat the ends of justice?
Some find the answer in the last suggestion. They
point out that the twelve men and women who
promptly acquitted Doheny had been chosen because
of their indifference to public affairs. No man or
woman who had read newspaper accounts of the oil
cases-that is, woman with sufficient
interest in his government to him to read this
vitality important story-was permitted to remain on
the jury.
In the national capital, where the newspapers for
six years carried column after column the sub
ject this indicated exceptional degree Of indfer
ence on the part of the twelve finally selected
But we doubt that the explanation lies in this fact,
as Illuminating as 1t may be concerning jury sys-
tenn. No, the explanation may be much simpler.
Perhaps twelve men and women are just twelve
average American citizens, subject to the
tons as the rest of There very few among
us who would like to sentence man Of IA to prison.
This may be unfortunate, from the standpoint of alb
stract Justice may cyncism in hearts of those
SO inclined; it may to say that with
enough money can not be reached by the law. But
from the standpoint of human justice tinctured as
it with the quality of mercy, may be just we'll
Who really desires to see Edward L. Doheny put
behind prison bars? Lamentable though his conduct
has been. it may be that he has suffered enough.
His reputation is gone his personal pride and his
self respect.
The friend who accepted his money and betrayed
his country faces the prospect of years in prison.
Dohenys own life, despite Saturdays verdict, has
t,imbled down about him. His capacity for harm has
been removed.
Those who fought to expose the oil steals. to
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Wink at Violations

A FOUR-DAY political confer
N ence at Princeton university
was concluded last week with dis
cussion Of the connection between
professional politics and professional
crime.
That such condition exists gen.
orally is admitted, but most people
seem hopelessly Indifferent to what
it implies.
The idea that organized vice has
entrenched itself to such extent
that it can control elections and
dominate the administration of
Justice seems to be regarded in
about the same light as the latest
f1ve-reel thriller from Hollywood
novel and amusing, but Of no par
ticular consequence.
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1t Is Hard to See Ho1o Fail
Can Be Guilty of Taking a
Bride If Doheny Is Innocent
Of Giving One.
SAYS

EORMER Secretary Fall is right
4 in saying that his conviction
contrasted with Doheny's acquittal
on practically the same evidence,
leaves a puzzle for the American
people to solve.
In a case Of bribery, it Is hard to
see how the man who took it could
be guilty if the man who gave it
were innocent.
In a case of conspiracy, where
three people were concerned, it IS
hard to see how one of them could
be guilty, If the other two we're
innocent.
In a case where the supreme court
t1nds corruption and three juries
find none, it is hard to see what we
can depend on for justice.
n
Leaving out the political hoopla
in which the great oil scandal was
brought to light six years ago, the
supreme court began by cancelling
the Fall and Doheny leases.
Fall, Doheny, and Sinclair were
then charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the government, while Fall
and Doheny we're charged with
bribery.
First, Fall and Doheny we're
cleared on Q conspiracy charge.
Second, Fall and Sinclair drew a
mistrial on the same charge.
Third, Sinclair was cleared on the
same charge after his case had been
separated from that of Fall.
Fourth, Fall was convicted on the
bribery charge.
Fifth, Doheny was acquitted on
the bribery charge.
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SCIENCE
Carl AkeIey, an Untcttered
Rural Boy, Brought TGri-
dermy to q High Art bg His
Persistent EndeaUor.
BY DAVID DIETZ

INT r E STING biographical
j. sketches OF twenty-one famous
students Of nature comprise Amer
lean Naturists," by Henry Chester
Tracy. (The book Just has been
published by E. P. Dutton g. Co. at
So.
Tracy explains why his chooses
to call his subjects "naturists
rather than naturalists. THE nat
uralist," we are told, "is a man who
studies nature to write about 1t in
scientific terms.
"The naturist is one who studies
birds, animals, flowers and other
beautiful things OF nature. to write
about them as a poet would"
Among his "naturists," Tracy in
cludes Henry David T'horeau, Wal
ter Pritchard Eaton. Theodore
Roosevelt, Mary Austin and Ernest
Thompson Seton. But he also in
cludeS a number who have written
plenty of scientific volumes and
whose right to the titles of natural
list and scientist are indisputable
These include Roy Chapman An
drews, who found the dinosaur eggs
in the Monaghan desert; the late
Carl Akeley, the worlds greatest
authority upon the gorilla; and
Frank M. Chapman, bird expert
of the American museum of natural
history.
The volume should prove Of in
terest to all lovers of nature, par
ticularly those who have some &C
quaintance with the literature OF
the subject.
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Andrews

DISCUSSING Roy Chapman An
~ drews, Tracy writes: CDR. An
drews carries the American spirit of
enterprise into ancient. deserted
worlds.
"It is nature there and he por-
trays it; but nature in the Gobi is
not at all the one we know. 1t re-
quireS uncommon courage to in
wade it and uncommon good humor
to meet the strains it puts upon one.
Roy Chapman Andrews has more
than met the test.
Almost any chapter of his late
book. on the Trail Of Ancient Man
bears proof Of it. No American ever
before had written into a record Of
strict scientific exploration so much
eXuberant interest, so much droll
circumstances, so much informing
narrative blended with robust adj
venturing and spirit Of all-per-
suasive goodwill.
1.-THE book is not belles-lettres: it
often verges on bel esprit Of
ioviaI species-as when our grave
and responsible scientist heads an
important chapter. Bigger and Bet
ter Eggs,
THAT was the slogan, he tells, OF
the first modern hunters and find
ers of the famous dinosaur eggs. 1t
is typical. Neither brigands nor
sand storms daunted the members
of the Central Asiatic expeditions or
long dampened their bonhomie and
zeSt.
Or. Andrews must serve as the
type and exemplar Of the realty
loving group who composed his staff
Many of the. nineteen Aneri-
cans, experts and men Of science,
bore such titles as psychologists or
photographer or paleobotanist and
the like; but from his own &C
count no more genial and fun-lov
ing as well as ardent and scrupu
lous collectors could have been
gathered from the ranks Of tech
biologists"
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I Daily \
Lenten Devotion
Monday, March "a

~
RET ERENCE FOR PERSONALITY
Memory verse: They who are
accounted to rule over the Gentiles
lord it over them but it shall
not be so among YOU" Mark 10-430
Read: Mark 10:35-45.
MEDITATION
There are two kinds Of power
power over people and power with
people. The man who aspires to
have power with people will not
seek to lord it over them. He will
have too much reverence for their
personalities, too much regard for
their rights. He will not use them
as means to his end. The domi-
neering person may compel obedi-
ence, but he will not gain a follow
ing. No man has any superior claim
to success and happiness. This Is
our Fathers world--"everybodys
world" And God is 'everybody's
God"
PRAYER
o Thou who has set us among
our fellow men, persuade us Of the
might of the gentle and humble
spirit; teach US the grace Of pa
tience; help us this day to put our
trust not in might, nor in power
but in Thy gracious spirit. Amen.
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AkeIey

NNE OF the most interesting
~ sketches in Tracy's book Is that
Of Carl Akeley.
Carl Akeley was taxidermist," 1t
begins. HE also was an inventor
in the strictest technical sense.
"Taxidermist and inventor; 1t is
an unlikely combination from which
to evolve an artistic genius. Can
one invent an art? Apparently one
can, if born an Akeley, or if not in
vent it, at least transform an ex-
isting skill into a pure form Of art
adventure"
He then tells how Akeley, who
grew up on farm, went to work at
Wards establishment in Rochester
"At Wards. deer were being liter
ally stuffed" he writes. THE pro-
cess was not merely crude, it was
unscientific. 1t had not the re-
hottest relation to any known art
Nov if any man living can ex-
plain why boy with rustic back
ground and very imperfect ed
ucation should have refused to con-
tent himself with doing all that his
employers require him to do-should
have studied skeletal anatomy and
musculature. worked with scant en-
couragement until he devised an
adequate technique for reproducing
anatomical truth-if any can ex-
plain this, let him step forward"
The technique which Akeley
worked out is now, Of course, the
standard for the museums of the
world. Akeley brought the skill Of
a sculptor to the animal groups
which he prepared for the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History.
"An animal preserved in the Axe
ley way was an imperiShable speci-
men at the same time that it was
a sculptural creation, an achieve
ment in art quite as truly as If it
were cast in bronze" Tracy writes.
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TT SEEMS TO ME By H Byo1iS

rule for all employers during the
present crisis. Nobody in a lifeboat
thinks of asking a man in the wa
ter, What church do you belong
to?" Surely, that question should
not be asked by any one just now.
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regain the countys property and to punish the guilty
men may feel chagrined for the moment. Yet many
Of them, put in the jury box. might have hesitated
to condemn Doheny to prton
Guilty, with a recommendation for clemercy. very
likely would have been their verdict. AS it is know
ing how jureS function they will have to accept the
verdict rendered and what satisfaction they
can from the belief that it will be long time before
another oil millionaire brides a cabinet Official
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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.
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How is the light of the glow
werm generated?
Although scientists know com
paratively little about glow-worms
it seems to be established that the
light is generated in the act OF
breathing.
Which of Shakespeare's charac-
tiers has the most to say?
The most talkative character IN
all Of Shakespeares works Is Ham
let. He has 1859 Lines.
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Daily Thought

Behold, the nations are as a
drop of a bucket, and are counted
as the small dust of the balance.
Isaiah 40:15.
n n
MY country is the world, and my
religion is to do good.-Thomas
Paine.