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Be a citizen, not a cipher.
1t Can Be Done

campaign expenditures of 1889, although more than
$4,000 had been contributed to help him win the
election.
Montana is big state, and Walsh is facing de-
termined opposition yet he found it necessary to use
only this trivial sum-
His record is in marked contrast to that of can
didaes in several other states notably Illinois and
Pennsylvania, where hundreds of thousands have
been used
Conditions in Montana, of course, are not like
those of congested industrial states. Walsh never
theless. has shown that it is possible to conduct a
hard campaign without lavish OUTLAWS. Also Senator
Norris and other Progressives have shown that it
is not necessary to have fortune-or command one
to aspire to a senate seat
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Iailinn the InhlesS


There are many different ideas about how to treat
the unemployment situation. We have ideas of our
own on the subject which We put forward from time
to time. Other persons have other ideas And nat
urally all do not agree
But all of us ought to be able to agree on how
not to treat the unemployment situation.
Here are two examples of what not to do:
Among the tens of thousands in New York City
who tramp the streets helplessly looking for work
were twenty three men who dared to sink exhausted
in a ferry station. The police found them sleeping.
They were dragged into court. There they SEN
fenced to Jail for thirty daysfor the crime of hav
ing no place OF their own to sleep.
In Sacramento. Cal, hungry men who could not
get jobs from an employment agency demanded re-
turn of the bees they had paid for Jobs They ~ere
Jailed When other unemployed men demonstrated
in protest. the police rushed out tear gas bombs and
machine guns.
If the police begin running amuck with upward
Of 100000 unemployed in the country this winter
there viii be trouble.
The authorities must get it into their heads
quickly that their job is not to punish the unem-
poyed, but to help them. 1t is not crime to want
work and to go without food and shelter because
there is no work.
The only crime is that of the industrial and po-
ltical system which fails to provide wori for VIII
ing men.
Machine guns and jails can not solve the unem-
loyment problem.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH
Sanatorium Choice Important int. B.

into account the cost, so that the
patient will not be worried con-
stantly by this question, and he
must take into account also the
psychologist factors that have been
mentioned.
It has been argued that one of
the principal values of a sanato-
rum, as also of health resorts. lies
in the fact that the patient is taken
away from his usual environment,
and secures relaxation of mind and
freedom from care.
The person with tuberculosis re-
quires, besides rest, reasonable
amount of fresh air and sunlight, a
proper diet, and good medical care.
The patient in the exceedingly
active stage of this disease requires
rest much more than fresh air OBJ
viously, therefore, the provision of a
suitable bedroom with good medical
care is his chief requirement.
The person who has passed the
active stage and who needs fresh
air and sunlight will do much bet
ter where such climatologic adj
vantages are available than in a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-01
Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-AllOw me to express
my unqualified approval of your
Saturday editorial, vote for the
Convention" It ably presented the
case for the calling of con-
stitutionaI convention, and disposed
of the argument of those who claim
that the cost would be too great.
You also showed how impossible it
has been in the past to amend our
present Constitution. I have been
much impressed by the change in
tactics of those who, for reasons Of
their own, have opposed the con-
vention, A year ago the most vocal
opponents insisted that our Con-
stitution did not need changing in
any way.
They said our legislature could,
by statute, remedy any situation
that needed it. When disinterested
individuals pointed out convincing
ly that the tax situation, for in
stance, could not be remedied ex-
cept by constitutional change, these
opponents grudgingly admitted that
perhaps an amendment or two would
be in order.
As arguments for change have be-
come harder to answer, they now
freely say: "Yes. we must have
amendments, every one agrees to
that.
It is difficult for me to believe in
the sincerity Of these persons, who
admit the necessity Of change, but
insist on the amendment method,
well knowing that method is prac-
tically impossible They advocate
amendments knowing that, since the
two amendments that we're left
Hanging fire" by the 1929 legis-
lative error that failed to fix a date
for the referendum upon them, still
may be regarded as before the 1881
legislature, new amendments can
not be proposed until 1888; they
must be re-enacged in 1895, and
can not possibly be presented to the
voters before the fall of 1885.
That is a long time to wait. All
citizens who honestly desire tc
better conditions viii surely vote
Yes" for the convention.
MRS. LETITIA HALL CARTER.
Secretary, indiana League Of
Women Voters.
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Editor Times Since the Com
munity Fund will necessarily have
to be supported by a smaller num-
Der of contributors this year, and
at the same time will have to meet
a much greater number Of calls.
Why not cut down the allowance to
the z. M. G. A. and Y. w. G. A. and
give greater proportion to the or
carnations that are giving actual
relief TO the needy The social and
recreatiOnal work of the two organ
ization in quite praiseworthy, but in
a crisis like the present one it is
certainly secondary to the relief work
in the form Of food, shelter and
clothing that is dispensed by a
number of the other benefciaries Of
the fund.
A SUBSCRIBER TO TIE FUND
Who were the three maidens in
Our Modern AIaidens?"
Joan Crawford as eBillie,' Anita
Page as Kentucky" and Josephine
Dunn as Blonde"
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Points Of LIGHT
TINE ancients had no true under

n ME ancientS had no true under-
L standing Of the stars They
imagined that the earth was at the
center of the universe.
Surrounding the earth were a.
number Of concentric spheres. These
held the moon, the sum and the
planets. The stars were thought to-
be tiny points of light fixed in the
outer-most sphere.
Neither the true nature of stan
nor its distance from the earth wac
comprehended by the ancients.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the
comprehension Of the stars was no
better.
The great Sir Isaac Newton was
the first to realize how very far.
away the stars must be, although
even he did not appreciate the
enormous magnitude Of stellar dis
tances.
Newton, by his law of universal.
grayitation, showed that the planets
revolved around the sun because of
the suns gravitational pull upon
them
He realized, therefore, that since
the stars showed no influence of the.
suns gravitational pull they must
be sufficiently far away to escape
that pull
But it remained for later astron-
onaers to demonstrate that our little
solar system is like an island lost in
a corner of a great ocean of space.
1t was in 1889 that astronomers
first succeeded in measuring the
distance to a star. The feat was
accomplished independently by two
men, Bessel and Henderson.
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REASON BY FF aASpIs

~OvERNOR FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT has made
" the mistake of his young life by falling to go
after those suspected Tammany Office holders tooth
and nail.
1t will avail him nothing presidentially in 1882 to
be reelected Governor this year by compromise
with corruption.
OF course, Roosevelt has before him the warning
of what Tammany did to Governor Smith because
he did his duty and went after Tammany grafters,
but you can put it down in your little red book that
Roosevelt never will be nominated if he has a Fam
many faint.
The department of commerce reports 10 per cent
decrease in the value Of hore-drawn vehicles from
1927 to 1929 but all the no gas buggy ever Will
be made that compare in beauty to the Old
fashioned phaeton with its side lamps on.
A ND there was another advantage about the horse
N and buggy age the family never went without
underwear to get a new rig
The leading manufacturer of dirigbles in this
country tells President Hoover that his faith in the
great gas bag is mistaken.
This mental attitude is perfectly natural long
he can continue to make them and sell them.
When you find the genuine article, brotherly love
is of the rare things of the world
1t existed between the late Myron T. Herrick and
died year ago. tn. brother passed into decline
and Just has gone over the Great Divide.
THE ambassador accumulated great wealth. but
Il said to his brother: You are greater man than
/, because you raised nine fine children" And We be-
leve he was right about it.
One of the greatest of brothery ties was that which
existed between the late Colonel Robert G. Ingerso
and his brother Eben.
They ived all their days together, being partners
in the practice of law and when Eben died in Wash
ington, Colonel IngersolI delivered that immortal
tribute at his funeral
There grades of crimes, the worst being the
crime which affects young people.
Two men just have been given four years for SELL
ing tooze TO the students of the University Of Illinois
They should<S3Te been sent up for life. at least.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN

ID 4 OLes NlOEGhAO ElOtAOLAN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TIME person with tuberculosis
Il sooner or later may be COM
PEELED to resort to a sanatorium SO
that he may achieve proper scien-
tific treatment for his condition.
Since the home itself, with all of
its personal relationships and with
it's relief from maintaining any kind
of attitude, is fundamental to
healthful mental states, as is point
ed out in the London Lancet, the
worst Sanatorium, in the belief of a
patient, is usually the one in which
he happens to be.
Sanatoriums vary greatly in pro-
viding the environment of home and
in their ability to maintain a proper
attitude toward his disease. Many
persons do best in reasonables soli-
tude; others demand an environ
nent with plenty of company and
conversation.
Obviously the physician who is
choosing the sanatorium has to take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-01
Cast Your Ballot

Make up your mind upon the ticket and
the candidates you believe will serve your
interests best and then cast your ballot next
Tuesday.
A tremendous majority for the constitu-
tional convention, which is opposed only by
the tax dodger and the privileged classes and
ndorsed by all progressive organizations, led
bv the League of Women Voters, the Farm
Bureau and the State Federation Of Labor,
would 90 far toward insuring the right kind
Of men in that convention. 1t would show the
power Of public opinion.
After that, be sure that you are not mis-
led by appeals to prejudice and passion or by
ast-minute canards.
The Times believes that Coffinism in this
county should be wiped out because it has
made mockery of good government and has
destroyed what is even more important, good
will in the community, by fomenting and
using racial and religious hatreds.
The Times believes that in its protest
against Coffnism it but reflects the senti-
ments of the good citizens of all parties and
OF the independent voters. You may like
Colfinism. If so, your course is easy.
The Times believes that on Tuesday the
great army of right-thinking citizens will
Danish Coflinism from the county courthouse
as they have driven it from public schools
and city hall.
1t does not believe that the last-hour ap-
peal to the old hates on basis of misrepre-
sentation of their opponents will succeed.
The state Republican machine forfeited
all claims to respect when it appealed
through paid advertisements to the Catho-
lies as Catholics, not as citizens, and sought
to tie them to the former wearers Of the
nightgowns, who now understand how they
were misled and used for selfish political
gains How the forces of COffinism are
holding so-called organization meetings In
certain parts of the county in which the
leaders first make sure that the workers are
Protestants and then attempt to whip their
tagging interest and ardor into life by APP
peals OF hate against the Catholic and the
Jew and the Negro.
The Times believes that this is the last
frenzied convulsion of the dying python of
Coffinism and Stephensonism, reversion to
the un-Amercan injection of religion into
politics. the last effort of the desperate Or
- ganization which has no regard for this
country and no purpose beyond control of
political offices for the sake of plunder.\
You may not agree that religion and
politics should be separated
You may believe that the founders of
this government were wrong and that its
traditions should be changed
You may like hate instead of good will If
YOU do, vote for Coffinism.
The big thing is to vote. Vote after care
full thought as to what men and what tickets
will represent your interests best.
Bad government depends on the lack of
interest on the part of the great majority of
citizens.
If you do not vote you place yourself in
the class with children, convicts and the in
sane.
Be citizen. not cipher.
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Professor Happy

NONE of this was true, but I did
L ' think it would make the pro-
lessor happy. From the tone of his
questions 1 gathered that he felt
that journalism ought to be on a
well-scheduled and respectable basis.
Why, then, should I hold to the
truth when a few simple and harm
less lies might serve to give pleas
ure?
And it seems to be that any per-
centage worked out upon the basis
of the religious QUESTIONABLE may
very possibly be fallacious Ortho-
dox people would be much more
likely to answer than heretical ones.
Among certain atheists there is a
distinct evangelical spirit and de-
sire, ffSr converts, but the average
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-01
SCIENCE
or Knol0ledge Of the Stars
Has Increased Greatly M
the Last TqCenty Years.
by DAVID DIETZ-

the Last TaCenty Years.
ONE of the most remarkable and
" important scientific develop
ments Of the last twenty years has
been the increase IN our knowledge
Of the stars.
The average book on astronomy,
written even so late as 1910, was
devoted almost entirely to a dis
cussion of the solar system, the
moon. the sun, the planets, comets
and meteoTs.
What could be said about the
stars fitted with ease into one or
two chapters at the end Of the book.
Now the situation is reversed. The
present day writer finds that the
stars alone offer sufficient subject
matter for a book.
If he attempts to crowd all or.
astronomy into one, he finds him%
self striving to condense the ma
terial about the solar system to leave
more room for a discussion of the
stars.
For many years, Young's Man.
ual of Astronomy was the stand
and college text book. Professor
Russell and his associates, revising
this book, found it necessary to ex-
pand it to two volumes.
One is devoted to present-day
knowledge Of the solar system, the
other to the stars and certain re-
lated subjects, such as the nebulae.
the analysis of the suns light, and
the general relations between
physical and astronomical theories.
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Coming and Going

T DON'T know just what the
L the immigrant can do to sat-
isfy the most stalWarthy patriotic
Of Americans. If he remains within
his own racial group, he is scolded
for it, and if he seeks to enter fully
into the cultural mills Of Ameri-
can life, such as the great uni
versities, he is told he must not
push in where he is not wanted.
Those immigrants who remain in
different to our political processes
are scorned, and others, like the
Irish, who step in and take con-
troll Of the machinery Of govern
ment in the largest of American
cities, are equally criticised. Just
what is the happy mean?
Commercially, the unsuccessful
immigrant is stigmatized as a drain
upon the community, and the glo-
riously successful one is assailed
for taking the bread out Of the
mouths of the native born. Once
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again the visitor to our shores gets
it coming and going.
~ ~ ~
Grow or Die

T. VERY organism, by which term
II l mean to include the biologi-
cal group We call a government, Is
either experimental or dead. It is
the silliest nonsense in the world
to assume that any program can be
framed SO precise in literal inspira-
ton as to last without change
through the ages.
Certainly that was not the notion
of the founders. They knew of the
pairing and the expansion which
would have to take place and made
provision for it.
Nor does one have to be born
both Nordic and American to under
stand the inner grace Of American
institutions.
The best book upon the American
plan is still the contribution of MI.
Bryce of England, and Brandeis,
the wisest man upon the supreme
court bench, comes from racial
strain to which many would deny
admission.
(Copyright 1880. BY The Times)
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Can't Have Il and Eat It

TT IS to- be admitted that the
Il philosophy of western civiliza-
ton includes a lot of unnecessary
excitement and lot of monotonouS,
if not wasted, effort, but what is
the alternative?
The alternative is to sit down
and mouth platitudes, to take a
calm view Of the possibility of death
by drowning when rivers rise, or
death from famine when crops fail,
instead of trying to prevent it by
using our wits.
Western civilization may be going
through a great dealaof useless mo-
ton, and may be failing to ac-
complish much that it would like
to accomplish, but it is gaining here
and there, giving birth to new
idea now and then and getting a
big kick out of the performance.
There are people in this country
who think we should adopt the
oriental attitude, though not to the
extent of giving up our autos, cleo
trio lights and vacuum cleaners.
What they want is all the modern
improvements, coupled with that
complacency of mind which pro-
duces no improvements
Well, we can't have our cake and
eat it. If we want scientific achieve
ment, we must accept the type of
mentality that goes with 1.-THE in
quisitive, strenuous, restless type.
So too, we must accept the grind
OF drabnesS which goes with oft
repeated motions and emotions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-01

Is a radio receiver cIassed as nu-
steal instrument?
No, it is in a class by itself as a
device for the rectification and con-
version Of transmitted electrical i'm
pulses into sound waves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-01

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 Daper.-The Editor
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NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Going Through a Lot of
Useless Motion, bit 1t Is
Gaining Here and There.
DRINCE TOKUGAwA of Japan
Il pauses to pay us a brief visit
on his way home from Brussels,
where he has been attending an in
ternational conference of the Red
Cross.
Nothing" he says. when asked
by reporters what he thinks of
earthquakes, unemployment and the
head hunter revolution in Formosa.
Nothing; it always has happened"
Apparently, he can't understand
why we excite ourselves over the
eternal reiteration Of human events
and emotions. If he and other
orientals only realized it, that is
the reason we get along SO well and
find life SO interesting. The fact
that things have happened many
times before is a constant chal-
lenge to those who have faith in
mans power to grow.
Only those who lack such faith
can interpret it as a sign of mo-
notony and an excuse for stoicism.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY HB BE0SS

agnostic has nothing to sell and is
more or less Indifferent about i'm
parting his religious opinions to
others, even when asked.
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Some Good Accomplished

DROGRESS is largely the result
L of fighting what always has
happened, of struggling to reduce
the trouble it causes, or striving to
take greater advantage of its bene-
fits.
Since the dawn of consciousness
we poor mortals have had to breathe
ten or fifteen times a minute and
eat two or three times a day. If
we hadn't taken some, interest in
assuring ourselves of an adequate
supply of food and fresh air, good
many more of us would have smoth-
cred, or starved to death.
According to the oriental view
point this is great waste of time,
since we have not been able to elini-
nate death, disease or a hundred
and one other misfortunes. But in
spite of its inability to attain per-
lection, or anything like perfection,
western civilization has demon
strated that much can be done to
prevent human suffering and pro-
mote human comfort.
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You stated in your column that.
Chicago has nc subways. Is not that
an error?
Chicago has no passenger SUBJ
ways, but the city has an elaborate.
system Of freight subways. Our an
sWer referred to passenger subways
only.
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NOD'S mercy is holy mercy,
~ which knows how to pardon,
sin, not protect it; it is a sanctu-.
airy for the penitent. not the pre-.
sUmptuous.- Bishop Reynolds.
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What is the 1890 census popula :
ton of Dallas and Houston, Tex?
BASED on announcements made
by the local supervisors and subject
to revision in the final official count
the population Of Dallas is $50, 80 Z
and Houston has 289, 579.
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Daily Thought

His mercy endureth forever
Psalm 1876.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
A Way To Please Man

Perhaps no man who cher1SheS
pleasant memories Of his child
hood forgetS those days when.
stomping up to the back door Of
his home after q tramp through
the woods, or q long afternoon Of
coasting, he was greeted with a
whiff Of fragrant spicinesS which
he Immediately translated into
visions Of hot gingerbread.
With mother in good humor he
was assured Of huge piece Of
this delicious treat which he
consumed with veracity and the
aid Of tall glass Of milk.
Recall these happy days to the
men Of your household by timing
your baking so that just as he
opens the front door after a hard
day in town, the inimitable aroma
Of old-faShioned gingerbread will
drift out to welcome him.
Here is a de luxe recipe-not
particularly economical, but good.
Picadilly Gingerbread-Cream /
cup butter with l1a cups powder
ed sugar. Add S well beaten
eggs, then 11a cups flour sifted
with / teaspoon baking powder
and 2 teaspoons yellow ginger.
Bake in a deep pan in q moderate
oven.