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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-11
Limping Ducks

Representative Edgar Howard of Nebraska, speak
ing IN humorous vein, has introduced resolution In
the house which everybody should read. Couched
IN curious mixture of legal phraseoogy and Journal
istic terms the resolution declares that
Whereas in recent weeks, verbally and through
the public press the recognized leaders Of this house
have challenged attention to the wideawakeness of
the house of representatives and the soth of the SEN
ate in the transaction of the public business; and
Whereas. the recognized leaders of the house
frequently have discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of adopt
ing plan Of three-day adjournments of the house,
alleging that there is nothing before the house de-
handing immediate attention, and will not be until
the senate shall have acted upon matters trans
mitted by the house to the senate; and
Whereas, quietly slumbering in one committee Of
this house is joint resolution months ago adopted
by the senate and transmitted to the house-a reso-
luton which on several occasions has been passed
by practically unanimous vote in the senate only
to meet untimely death by delay or otherwise in the
house That joint resolution is S. j. Res. 8, popu-
larly known the lame duck resolution; There
fore be it
Resolved that the committee now having in
charge said s. j. Res be- and is hereby respectfully
requested forthwith to take action thereon and in
event that action by the committee shall be favor
abe the further request is here made that the house
rules committee forthwith shall bring that resolution
before the house. giving abundant time for consd-
Grafton thereof thus promoting legislation desired by
millions of American citizens as expressed by their
petitions to the congress and through the public press
and also lifting from the leaders of this house that
sad state of ennui which they suffer because of
the alleged acheS of the senate"
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Britain TO Be Defied
GHANDI, prophet Q

NTAHATMA GHANDI, prophet of
I'VE Indian revolt, is on the march
with fifty, or seventy-fve follow
ers, whom he plans to put to work
refining salt.
The production Of salt has been
British government monopoly
ever since the time of Warren
Hastings
1t is Ghandi's idea to produce it
as mark of defiance and disc
bedience. He expects to be arrested,
but advises his followers to carry
on if he is.
A rather small way in which to
promote revolution, but if our fore
fathers could do it with tea, who
knows but Ghandi can do it with
salt.
This Is an age of revolution, not
only In politics and science, but In
history as we'll.
Comes a Peruvian savant assert
ing that Columbus was not only a
pirate, but that he discovered
America long before 1892 and really
two timed Queen Isabella when ne
asked her for cash to make an eX-
perimental voyage.
Louis Ulloa is the man who claims
to have unearthed this bit Of novel
information, on which he has writ
ten a thesis to be delivered before
the international Historical con-
gress next month.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

all cases Of obesity also into
two groups. The first group, which
is by far the larger, suffers from
perverted eating habits.
The normal person has a
mechanism which notifies him that
he has eaten enough. The obese
people, through perverted habit,
have come to require stronger
notification before they feel fully
satisfied.
Sometimes they deliberately dis
regard the warnings to enjoy further
the pleasure that they get from
eating. In many instances children
who are too fat get the perverted
habit from eating at table with
their parents, who constantly over
eat.
The onlooker Is likely to call this
type obesity of hereditary, whereas
it is actually the result Of imita-
ton of bad habit.
The second type of obesity repre-
sents a group who have been accus-
toned to taking the right amount
of food, but whose constitution
gradually changes with advancing
age.
They drift along with the old
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| ANNIVERSARY
H4tz z ~
THE FIRST NAVAL SUBSIDY

I'm March II, 1894, congress
~ granted its first appropriation
for the building Of six warships.
This action was taken after
President Washington sent q mes
sage to Congress describing the out
RACES committed by Algerian pirates
on American merchant vessels Be
fore this time the country was prac-
tically without a navy. largely from
lack of money.
Work was begun on the six
frigateS, but ceased when a treaty
of peace was signed with the Dey
OF Algiers. In his annual address
to congress in December, 1896. the
President strongly recommended
laws for the gradual increase of the
navy.
Congress, which was slow to per-
ceive the necessity Of naval defense,
grudgingly authorized the President
to build, buy or hire twelve vessels
only after some French cruisers had
molested traffic along the coast.
This act was passed on April 81,
1898, and three days later regular
navy department was created sep
arate from the department Of war,
Of which it had previously been a
part. Benjamin Stoddert Of George
town, D. c., was made first secre-
tary Of the navy.
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Obesity Usually Due to Bad Habits

habits of food intake, becoming
obese and INDUCING in oVereatlng,
before they realize their danger.
In some instances the basal meta
bolic rate of the person, which is an
index of his utilization of food ma
terial, remains the same, but his
output of energy lessons because of
advancing years or change of &C.
cupation.
In other instances, the basal
metabolic rate becomes low because
of a gradual change in the gland
constitution of the person with ad-
vancing years.
A physician who studies the case
can stimulate the metabolism by the
administration of proper remedies,
or can advise a suitable diet in re-
lation to the amount Of energy
used.
A proper limitation of food usu-
ally will result in loss OF weight
without danger to health.
A suitable diet must contain all
the vital elements and in addition
a. sufficient amount of energy con-
tent, measured in Galleries, to pro-
vide for the output Of energy.
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Important Offices

In the mad scramble Of candidates for
votes, the citizen who wants some improve
ment in public affairs would do we'll to scruti-
nize carefully the aspirants for county
commissioner.
Political activities have demonstrated
rather clearly the control which this board
has over all other offices.
If there is waste, the commissioners could
check it hut the real Importance lies in the
fact that the commissioners exercise real
influence over all other Offices.
By fixing salaries of clerks, by regulating
the amount to be spent by county officers,
they control those Offices At times the con-
troll is vicious.
The fight between the judges and the
commissioners over the salaries of official
stenographers revealed the situation. 1t is
not probable that the board desired to save
money. What the crowd behind the majority
group wanted was club on the judges.
Let it be hoped that few unselfsh, far
seeing, public spirited men will offer them
selves for these posts. The places are usual
ly overlooked as unimportant. They have
not been given great attention. They are
far down Oh the list and the ordinary citizen
forgets about them.
If there are any groups who really wish
to contribute to the public welfare, they
could do much worse than to draft high class
and outstanding men to run for these So
called minor offices.
The county needs a new board of direc-
tors. 1t needs, above all, men who will run
tn, county business as business and not as
political machine.
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REASON By Ff kzHBis

TO man up tree it seems Governor Roosevelt
- OF New York has taken himself out of the run
ming for the Democratic presidential nomination in
1852 by declaration that each state should be per-
mitted to decide as to whether it shall Iegaze liquor
The people will not stand for this, particularly
the Democratic states of the south.
Such arrangement merely would mean that wet
states would ship booze into dry states they did
before the adoption Of the eighteenth amendment
when brewers in wet states established agencies
throughout dry states and the unlawful Importation
OF booze became highly organized business.
Mr. Roosevelt having committed hari kari with
very promising political prospect, We now turn our
attention to very likely successor in the person Of
Colonel Paul v. Mc0utt of Indiana, late national
commander Of the American Legion and an estab-
lished national figure.
By the process of elimination. NicNutt appears to
be the unrivaIed opportunity of his party.
ID OBINSON Of Arkansas is AIcNutt's only possible
IN rival he being particularly strong since his Paris
speech declaring that would never go to Europe
to fight her battles, has done. much to relieve his
party from the liability which Mr. Wilson wished
upon it BY his League OF Nations program.
But Robinson is from Arkansas and that ends him.
1t looks like McNutt
II King Aphonso Of Spain loses his job, as 1t
seems he may then that 100000 which his queen
mherlts by the terms OF the will of the late Am
baSsador Alexander P. Moore will come in rather
handy.
There have been various other explanations for
Mr.. Moores strange bequeSt but possibly he felt that
since Queen Isabella had financed our discovery, it
vas only fair 70 reimburse her successor.
A Ole friend Of ours temporarily Sojourning In
n California writes that none of the California
earthquakes receives any newspaper mention. but that
recent trenlOr IN New Hampshire, hardly violent
enough to agitate pan OF gelatin spread clear
across the front pages
Emile j. Gillette of Kansas, VINO has just become
immortal by eating thrty-siX raw eggs in eight min
utes, would make a wonderful party man. for he
could swallow any kind of platform without distress
His sight failing a Wisconsin bulldog has been
fitted with Spectacles
How it VIII help the poor dog and how it will
keep the family in a good humor
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NJ. E. Tracy
orr Forefathers Promoted
the Revolution With Tea;
India May Spur Revolt
With SoLt.
SAYS:

r OTIS of boring In" according
L. to Police Commissioner Whalen
Of New York.
The Communists are boring In
to our greatest business and edu-
cational institutions, while his
undercover men are boring in to
Communist organizations.
Better look out.
You may be talking with paid
agent of Moscow if you try to Dor
row money Of a bank official, or a
detective if you pass the time OF
day with radical.
1t sounds like the good old days
when we imagined German spy
might by hiding around every lamp
post, and when we barred the
teaching of German to prevent
propaganda.
No one knows how many Commit
nists there are in this country. Some
say 10000; some $4,000.
The number certainly is not large
enough to warrant nationwide
alarm, even if funds are trickling
in from Moscow, while several hun
bred thousand indictments stand
ready to aid any kind of rumpuS.
We can get hysterical, Of course,
beat 'em up, deny 'em bail, run 'em
out Of town, and then weep over our
folly and their plight later on.
Irritating as the situation may
be, it calls for good, hard sense,
rather than half baked sentiment.
This is no time for leaders, either
in the business on political field, to
stir up unnecessary excitement.
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Times Change asst

wow times have changed since
II dad was boy.
Then we thought we knew not
only where Columbus was born, buC
where he was buried.
Likewise, we believed the cherry
tree tale with regard to George
Washington, raced horses with the
idea that they represented real
speed, and sat down to read by
kerosene lamps, with the notion
they furnished good light.
Now we not only have to change
household equipment over night,
but must revise our conceptions OF
history, if we would be up to date.
Nothing seems to be right, rell-
able or permanent.
According to Mussolini, democ-
racy has become obsolete.
according to the Communists,
there is no virtue in capital, prl-
vate enterprise, or individuality.
According to scientific sharps, we
are on the verge of synthetic milk,
synthetic beefsteak and, perhaps,
synthetic life.
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Do It Now

n ELIEF is needed here and now,
N and it seems to me that the
label makes no difference whatso-
ever. I am weary Of the dogmatlsm
OF conflicting economic theorists.
The Communist who sneers at an
immediate good as a bourgeois
gesture" seems to me equally al
fault with the disciple of capitalism
who says. We can't do that. why,
why. that would be Bolshevsm!
I say that we should raise up those
who are down and give them food
and work and decent lodging, and
then take time out later to decide
just what name is appropriate Tor
the necessary policy which has just
been administered.
Least Of all am I moved by those
who oppose some relief measure on
the ground that it is Impractical. y
I can think of little which Is more
impractical that our present hit
or-nliss system OF distribution.
And in the use Of labels am not
quite so unconcerned as I have in
timated. One word, at least, l
would consign to the dust bin.
Charity has q horrid sound.
Things which the state or the in
dividual does to alleviate suffering
are not mere generous gestures
prompted by the goodness Of some
body's heart. The right OF every
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SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-
Moon Myth Is Concealed IN
Old Jingle About AdUen-
treS Of Jack and jill.

II VERY one knows the old uurs-
T. cry rhyme which recounts the
adventures Of Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill. a
To fetch a pail Of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown.
And Jill came tumbling after"
But few people, perhaps, realize
that a lunar myth is concealed
within the jingle. That is the opin-
ion held by many students of myth
ology.
The Volu-Spa, an ancient Morse
poem. calls the moon-god Mani"
and tells that Mani transported two
children from earth to the moon.
These children we're named Bill and
Hiuki and were seized by Mani as
they we're drawing water from a
well. According to the poem, they
can be seen in the moon with them.
bucket y
The most familiar legend makes
the spots on the moon resemble q
man, but in Sweden, even today,
there is the tradition that the spots
form two children carrying a bucket
of water.
1t is entirely reasonable, therefore,
to trace a connection between the
old Morse mythology and the ia
mlllar nursery rhyme
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HB BRoT%

of human rights will profit mate
rally by callously tossing aside
many veteran employees, as did a
New York morning paper which
shall be for the moment, nameless.
It isn't good economy to conduct
business on strictly seasonal basis.
Many industries are prone to shut
down plants on the slightest sign
of slackening demand.
Possibly it is we'll enough to cease
producing autos when nobody in
particular wants autos, but that is
no reason why the working force
should be dismissed in hard times.
To some extent both prosperity and
panic are states of mind
1t would be more logical to raise
wages in hard times and cut them
down in periods of boom. A boom
means that there is great buying
power abroad in the land.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times
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Times Readers Voice Views

Editor TimeS-We have condi-
ton in Indianapolis which, if prop
erly handled, can at least partially
help to boost prosperity.
A great many Of our wealthy
families still reside in twenty to
forty-year and older mansions, par
ticularly along Meridian, Delaware
and Pennsylvania, but also in other
parts Of the city. A good many
Of these people have plenty OF
n1oney-cash-so why not interest
them in building a new modern
home?
To conduct properly and success
fully a campaign of fine home
building in 80" let the Chamber
OF Commerce select a live and vide
awake young man OF the do or
de- type. Get the cooperation OF
architects, contractors, bank and
loan associations, civic clubs and
others. This will be bound to add
several millions to our construction
in 1880.
There are hundreds OF acres OF
beautiful spots about the city await
ing development. Without doubt,
g surrey viii produce a great many
people who have the money, and,
with proper ecouragement, can be
interested These people wouldn't
drive a twenty-year car, nor
would they be willing to go back
twenty or more years in their living
conditions, but still they continue
living in old and obsolete homes.
Every person Of wealth whose
home is not in keeping with his po-
sition and standing in commercial
and business affairs, should be per-
sonally interviewed and interested
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Meat Loses Popularity

CPEAKING of beefsteak. the de-
- partment of agriculture reports
steady decline in beef consump-
ton, and an equally steady rise in
that of fruit, vegetables and dairy
products.
Also that the use of cornmeal and
-four has shown a downward trend,
falling off some 40 per cent between
1889 and 1919.
On the other hand, we are using
so per cent more salad vegetables
than we did ten years ago, and a
lot more grapefruit.
Wise farmers will pay attention
to such reports.
No use to raise things if people
no longer want them.
No use to ignore the change
brought about by price, availability,
fashion and fad.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Rygeia, the
HeaIth NTapazina


TINE general impression prevails
L. that there are two kinds Of fat
people, those who overeat and
underexercise, and those whose
systems seem to be so constituted
that they must perforce be fat.
The latter type is presumed to be
due to heredity or to some change
that has taken place in the glands
Of internal secretion.
Investigators in the University OF
Michigan School of Medicine re-
Gently have completed series of in
vestigations of the subject which
point to a different point of view.
DR.. L. H. NeWburgh and M. w.
Johnston, who worked with him, be-
lieve that the cause of the latter
type of obesity is merely per-
verified appetite.
In normal people there Is a
mechanism that maintains
balance between the amount OF
energy expended and the amount
taken in.
The Michigan Investigators divide
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VT does not seem TO me CnaV CI4e
L Communists have done the I'M
employed any good. I doubt II they
intended to. Even the most SIN
cere and optimistic believer IN the
economic philosophy of Russia can
hardly contend that successful re-
suits can be obtained except after
tribulation and the long pull.
1t is the custom Of left wing lead
ers to sheer at clergymen who
promise the faithful a reward IN
heaven. That, they point out, is a
long way off. But in Russia ltseH
unemployment still exists after ten
years, and the end is not yet.
To a hungry and a jobleSS man,
any Utopia ten years or more re-
moved can hardly seem much near
er than the pearly gates.
1t can not be said that any eco
no1nic system now in operation has
solved the problem of excess LABOR.
England still feels the pinch. even
though the Socialists are IN the
saddle.
However, in this case, it Is talr TO
note that Ramsay Macdonald does
not command a majority and has
never had a free hand to make any
far-reaching experiment.
Capitalistic America may be tne
richest country in the world, but
our unemployment situation IS at
the moment pressing. And 1 think
that our thoughts of a solution
should be better adjusted to the
present need.
Leaders in Washington say that
things will be better in April. A
week in a municipal lodging house
or on park bench may seem a
cycle of Cathay.
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Daily Thought

For thou are my hope, o Lord
God: thou are my trust from my
youth.-Psalm 71:5.
=
Hope Is the mother of faith -
Landor.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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individual to livelihood should be
inalienable.
It is nonsense to talk of freedom
when millions are Shackled by want.
When a man calls out for bread, it
isn't enough to give him a vote.
Same Boat
NNE of the strongest and most
" ennobling impulses in man is
intelligent self-intereSt. We should
never forget all the members OF any
community are passengers in the
same ship.
There can be no security even Tor
the high-vested as long as others
live in economic peril.
Poverty is a disease, and one OF
the most contagious. No man IS
thrown out of work without the
ripples of that catastrophe reaching
out into every corner Of the globe
in which we live.
It seems to me essential that the
state should take over increasingly
the functions once left to the dis
erection of the private employer. We
have increasing evidence that the
discretion of the individual isn't
good enough.
1t isn't a question of benevolence
or virtue. It's more than that. It's
a question of intelligence.
Nor can believe that in the
long run any newspaper which pro-
fesses to be the valiant champion
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II Eglgpn1sl1I oP A
II ran
I Daily \
Lenten Devotion
Tuesday, March II
THE PEACE OF FIDELITY


THE PEACE OF FIDELITY
Read Psalm 119: 161-163. Memory
Verse: angels came and ninistered
unto him" Matthew AID
MEDITATION
Jesus had come VIGOROUSLY
through his temptation. His last
words to Satan we're the closing
words in the passage for today:
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God and Him only shalt thou
serve" One must 60 the way that
God and his Universe are going or
else be at SKIES and sevens with the
world and himself. The easiest way
to make a little he'll of ones owl"
is to throw of all sense Of standards
to which we must be loyal. The
happy man is the one who keeps
faith with his ideals. This is the
peace Of fidelity.
PRAYER
O Thou. who art the strength Of
all souls, abide in us this day and
make us strong. May we have cour-
age TO follow the right with such
fidelity that there may abide in our
hearts the peace of God that
passeth understanding. Amen.
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in the need Of getting busy and put
ting their shoulders to the wheel
Of progress. Get their wives ard
daughters interested, let their club
associates, bankers, and all with
whom they come in contact bang
away at them constantly.
Their civic prize soon will over
rule their old-fashioned ideas and
IN due time We can have one try
ing TO Guido the other in the de-
yelopnent Of estates.
CARL HOHL.
Editor Tlmes--Eoticing topics Of
recent date concerning labor in In
dianapolis, do you think it fair for
people of other counties who pay
no taxes, rent or any other proTi-
sion in any manner, shape or form,
TO drive in and take our jobs away
at reduced wages while we citizens,
taxpayers and voters walk the
streets looking for employment TO
support our families? These people
grow their own food, have their own
homes and pay small taxes.
W. p. S.