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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Henry Ford Says Kill 1t

1T will stultify business and industry and increase
unemployment"
"wnen you prevent your customers from purchasing
your Goods you are absolutely throwing men out Of
work"
Il say that this tariff reduces the number of Aneri
can jobs"
People can not keep on buying from us unless we
buy from them, and unless international trade go
on our business will stagnate here at home"
1T is just final effort the part of small group
to have last dig into the pockets of the
Congress ought to have the courage to dispose Of
the bill without submitting it to the President"
Should congress pass the measure, do not for
one moment doubt that the President will veto it
the minute it lands on his desk"
That is Henry Ford speaking.
One may quarrel with Henry Ford's views about
peace. One may disagree with his views prohibi-
ton But one scarcely can dispute Henry Fords
opinions on the subject of business, or industry,
employment.
He is one Of the worlds greatest business One
of the worlds greatest industriaIists One of the
worlds greatest employers If there is one man in
America entitled to be heard questions affecting
business, industry and employment it is Henry Ford
And he says to congress. kill this tariff bill. Kill
1t for the sake of American business Kill it for the
sake of American industry Kill it, above ALL for the
sake of American workers.
Henry Ford's knowledge of politics may not equal
his knowledge of business He believes President Hoo
will veto the tariff bill congress passes it, Per-
haps he is right, but the President has failed thus
far to give any indication that he will do this wise
and necessary thing.
In any case the responsibility rests primarily with
congress.
If the President should sign this bill he will sign
bill that congress has written If he should make this
mistake he will not lessen in any degree the respon
sblity of congress- Tariff making is the function of
congress, not of the President
AS the situation stands at this moment, however,
there is little to be gained by discussing who shall
take the blame There will be plenty of blame for all
when business is compelled to retrench farther when
part-tme operation falls to the lot of and
factories, when the line of the unemployed outside the
gates grows longer and longer.
Congress may be able to throw some of the blame
President Hoover. But congress can if it WILL take
all the glory to itself The glory will go to congress
congress has the courage to destroy this Franken-
stein of its making. Since good business and
good politics dictate the bills death, it shouldn't re-
quire much courage to kill it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
The Passion for Publicity

Little Peulina Longworth, by maternal edict, did
not ride in the Washington horse show.
The reason given by Mrs Longworth for her dec-
sion was that she feared too much publicity might
spoil her daughter And the chances are that it
would 1t is spelling and has spoiled many wiser
heads than those on a small girls shoulders
One of the greatest menaces to our progress in
this country the national passion for publicity The
average citizen is highly susceptible to- this disease
And our politics gets into such messy state mainly
because the normal man is so eaten up with egotism
that the minute he begins to get little notice it goes
to his head and he thinks his opinions infallibe
Many high-class statesman has gone to the
senate only to degenerate into bowling dervish
drunk with his Importance, broadcastng his
views, making lengthy and entirely unnecessary
speeches.
And the modern mother, bitten by the same bug,
is rearing children who WILL it can be feared be even
more avid for notice than their parents. Somebody
warned us about the inferiority complex and SO we
CO. heller kelter creating beasty little show-os out
of our lovely babies 1t will be miracle if many of
them come of reasonably humble humans.
Few the individuals who can stand success
If they do, they must have excellent minds and be
of fine moral calber. Pondering upon that, perhaps
it's just well that so many of us remain obscure
citizens free to live lives without too much notice
and the changing of cymbaIs.
Because when one has been privileged to witness
what fools mortal can become and with what
loud nothngs they attempt to keep the public ear
is ready to thank God for quiet humble ways in which
to walk, and for the peace of homey sincerity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21

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INN May 81, 1881, the American
~ Red Cross was formed under
the leadership of Clara Barton, who
acted as it's first president.
The American Red Cross Society,
like those of other nations, was Or
ganized largely through the activ-
tiles of Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss.
An eyewitness of the battle of Sol
ferino, Dunant published a book in
which he wildly described the hor-
rors of the battlefield caused by the
inability of the regular surgical
corps to care properly for the
wounded.
The book was widely read and the
resulting agitation led to an inter-
national conference at Geneva in
1868 when delegates from sixteen
countries signed what is known as
the Geneva convention, which pro-
vided for neutrality of those en-
gagged officially in relieving the
wounded.
In 1905 the American Red Cross
was chartered by an act of congress.
There are now more than 5000 local
chapters, with national headquar-
tiers at Washington, D. c.
Work of the organization is not
confined to wartime, but includes
the relief of suffering caused by
great calamities such as epidennics,
storms, earthquakes and fires.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Help Porto Rico

In the midst of talk of billion-doIlar naval pro-
gram and a billion-dolar tariff congress ought to
be able to squeeze out the three-mion Porto
Rican appropriation requested by Governor Theodore
Roosevelt. Two millions needed for road work and
another million for farm loans
RooSevelts depressing report on conditions in the
island just has been butressed by publication of the
survey by the Brookngs institution Porto Rico and
Its Problems The situation is revealed by his bril-
liant and exhaustive study as bad beyond the power of
description.
Basically, it is a population problem. The island
has twice many inhabitants as it can support and
the numbers grow because of rising birth rate and
falling death rate Emigration solutions have been
ineffective Health conditions terrible with whole
sale hookworm malaria and tuberculosis
Starvation is widespread, undernourishment is gen.
eral. The average annual income scarcely exceeds
$780,"
Heroic efforts are being made by the inSular gov
eminent and people of Porto Rico Through revision
Of the educational SYSTEM extension of health serv
ice, retaining land for poems by providing home
steads and establishment of small industries for sur
plus labor in the town, Forto Rico is trying to lift its
own weight
We not evade part of the responsibility More
than thirty years ago took the island Porto
Ricans are American citizens. Conditions there are
an independent country. should help lift that
dependency above the status of starvation and peon
age
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
A Personal Paddock

IN Springfield, Mo-, a court pad
Il locked the hip pocket of Rollin
A. Brown and now he has been held
in contempt on the charge that he
broke through the governmental
seals.
In the case of the first instance
the learned judge held that the
prisoner conducted an itinerant
bootlegging business and since he
had no central storehouse the pad
lock should be placed upon his per-
son to cut off his half-pint trade.
Something Of reason CLEANS
through this decision, but quite OBJ
viouSly it falls short of the complete
logical goal. n the case of petty
and personal offenders the law
should seek more effective and COM
pelling methods of punishment.
Brown, despite his hip lock, might
on occasion be the recipient of the
bounty of a scof1aw friend. Would
not it have been better and safer all
around to paddock the mouth of the
offender and make him dry by
harsh compulsion?
Downright. 1880, by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
REASON By FE EzRBEs

TINE appointment of Roberts to the supreme bench
l. was not opposed by the senate liberals, but this
does not mean that Roberts is liberal In fact, he
is corporation lawyer and director in great cor
porationS.
The mere fact that Roberts accepted government
employment and won the oil lease cases causes some
to visualize him salwart defender Of the rights
optimism is not justified.
TN the oil lease Mr. Roberts not appearing
4 as an outraged citizen; he appearing re-
tanned attorney and he went through and did a
splendid job Of it. but If Sinclair or Doheny had re-
tanned him first he doubtless would have sat the
other side of the table and now would be utter
stranger to our affections.
The fact that lawyer appears for somebody and
argues until his vaiIs stand out like fshworS doesn't
mean anything. except that the voluble brother is
earning his salary and so far the economic views
of the opposing counsel in the oil lease
cerned Martin L;ttleton who represented Sinclair,
may be Of liberal thar Roberts who represented
Uncle Sam.
THE liberals in the senate opposed the confirma-
ton of Hughes for chief justice because for the
last few years he had been employed by great corpora
tons and the public regarded him corporation
man." but it is just barely possible that Hughes may
turn out to be member of the human race.
Had the order of his eainers been reversed Hughes
like Roberts might have basked in the sunlight Of
public favor, for oEce upon time Hughes appeared
for some union miners and won their case
Had this employment Immediately preceded the
appointment Of Hughes for the chief Justceshp, his
confirmation might have been band wagon affair.
You have to hard it to Hoover. for in Roberts it
looks as If he gave the senate liberals an ultra
conservative under conditions which compelled them
to take him and appear to Ike him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Times Readers
Voice Vices

Editor Times-Why is the choice
Of judge of the United States SUI
preme court limited to attorneys
who have achieved distinction by
serving some big corporation? There
is nothing in the Constitution that
restricts the choice to attorneys of
any kind.
Citizens of other callings enact
laws, serve on juries, and in that
capacity are made judges of the
law and the evidence. There are
men serving as the heads of law
departments of our universities who
are better qualified for the supreme
bench than some who have occu-
pied it.
Take Orrin G. Judd of the Har-
ward Law Review, learned not only
in the Constitution and laws Of our
country, but of other nations as
we'll, who regards principle less
than the letter, and is not hampered
by precedent and who may regard
vested rights as of far less value
than human rights.
This noble experiment should be
tried once, anyhow.
JOHN II. TAYLOR, M. ..
Charlottesville, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Riddle Still Is Riddle

THOUGH Sir Joseph Duveen,
i world famous art expert, has
paid Mrs. Andre Hahn "a substan-
tial sum- in settlement of the suit
she brought against him, the riddle
of LA Belle Ferroniere" remains
unsolved.
There seems to be no doubt that
Leonardo da Vinci painted LA
Belle Ferroniere," but whether it
was the one owned by Mrs. Hahn,
or the one that hangs in the Louvre
is another and more difficult
problem.
Some years ago, Sir Joseph
Duveen said that Mrs. Hahn's
painting was a copy and because
of his great reputation as an art
expert, that interfered with its
pending sale to a museum.
Naturally enough, Mrs. Hahn sued
him for damages to the tune of
100000.
The case was tried last year, and
Sir Joseph discovered that explain
ing art in court and while under
cross examination was very diff
ferent from explaining it to en-
thusiastic students or gullible mill
lionaires.
He also discovered that art eX-
perts are as prone to disagree as
doctors, and that no one can tell
what an American jury will do.
All of which, though very inter-
esting, leaves an anxious humanity
still in the dark as to which picture
Da Vinci painted, if either.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
aluminium Ware Safe for Cooking

For this reason the diet of an in
FAINT regularly is supplemented with
orange juice or some other fresh
fruit or vegetable juice to aid the
vitamin G deficiency.
In the Mellon institute expert
ments, milk was boiled lightly for
five minutes in aluminium and in
glass containers. In each instance
some destruction of vitamin G fol-
lowed the boiling, but no more de-
struction occurred in metallic uten-
sis than in the glass utensils.
OF course, it has already been
shown that the destruction of vita
min G depends on oxidation, which
occurs when food substances are
boiled in an open vessel.
Oxidation is favored particularly
by the presence of copper, but there
has been no evidence that the pres
ence of aluminium had such an
effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE :

For, this there is absolutely no
evidence and the statement was
wholly unwarranted.
When it was found that such a
campaign failed to secure public
favor, the statement was then made
that the cooking in aluminium cook
ing utensils produced dangerous
combinations and that it devitaized
the food and lowered it's vitamins.
Modern industry when accused is
likely to procure research, to answer
definitely the question. Hence re-
search has been carried on in the
Mellon institute to find out if boil
ing of milk in aluminium cooking
utensils would have this effect.
The study apparently was made
with relationship to vitamin G, the
anti-scurvy vitamin. Milk unfor-
tunately is not a good source of
yitamin G, even under the best of
conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Our Problems InterlOck

The complicated network of modern life has made
all our puzzles harder to solve than they use to be-
One reason probably is that every problem we try
70 tackle gets all tied up with other problems so that
we can't solve without being obliged to find sou-
tons for several others that we didn't think about
when started out.
There is, for instance the matter of farm relief
Dig under the surface of it and you find yourself
presently humping up against the problems of
industry
The other day the Michigan Real Estate Assoca-
ton met to consider ways of relieving agricultural
distress George Friday chairman of the associations
agricultural committee thereupon made this proposal
The only solution to the rural problem today is
to move a third of the farmers into the cities. The
remaining two-thirds then will till all the land and
each farmer will be able to make living. The gross
income Of the farmer today is average of less
than $4,000 year. This is far from enough. The
average income of the remainder of the population
is above $4,000 year.
"GraduaIly we are driving the farmers into the
cities Their farms are being foreclosed and their
numbers are decreasing annually. But this is not
fast enough. If by educational methods We can
convince many who now failing to sell out while
they stin have something left, the problem will be
solved within few years"
Mr. Fridays solution at least escapes the pitfalls
that wait for those who urge general scaling down
in the size Of crops But it brings slap UP against
q new seemingly unrelated probem--the problem Of
industrial unemployment in the cities.
Suppose that third of our farmers could be
uoved into the cities. This very possibly would solve
the farm problem; but would it not, in turn, merely
intensity the urban problem?
At present in industrial depression which
kas some 100000 out of work. This depression.
Of course. win pass. and unemployment win diminish.
But even IN good times We have growing specter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21

meets the bill, the stronger alco-
holic Stimulants fulfill a function in
time of crisis in manner quite
beyond any of the substitutes sug-
gested by the drys.
Consider these circumstances for
instance and see whether they sound
in any way credible: A man stag
gers up to a long wooden bar and
says in broken accents, Last night
my wife ran away with my best
friend, today my house burned
down, half an hour ago my store
went bankrupt and the doctors says
that ! must be operated on for ap-
pendicitis at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning-for heavens sake give me
a 10-cent bag of popcorn in a
hurry"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
TT SEEMS TO ME By HR REo,7S
might well have been

XX7HAT might well have been
w one of the most interesting
athletic contests of all time just has
fzzled out to the regret of the en-
tire community. Cleveland was the
scene of the challenge and the
crawl.
1t all began with a radio address
by D. S. Humphrey, proprietor of a
big amusement park. Humphrey
extolled the advantages of popcorn
as diet. BY a curious coincidence
it so happens that he sells popcorn
at his park.
But not content with this con-
structive criticism, Humphrey went
on into negations. He spoke Bit
terly of beer. Popcorn, he pointed
out, warns the heart, while beer
steals away the brain.
Among the members of the invis-
ible audience on that particular
night was Robert Mclaughlin, play
wright, whose works have been seen
from time to time along Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
SCIENCE
Venus Shines Brilliantly IN
Evening Sky as 1t Moves on
Eastward Way.
BY DAVID DIETZ

VENUS, sister-planet of the
' earth and the brightest star
like object in the heavens, is ii
many ways a planet of mystery.
If you are not acquainted with
the planet, now is an excellent time
to know it. 1t can be seen each
evening in the hours after sunset
glowing brilliantly in the western
sky.
1t is fifty times as bright as first
magnitude star, being exceeded in
brightness by no object in the night
sky except the moon!
If you look for Venus each night
and compare it's position with that
of surroundings stars, you will note
that Venus is moving to the east.
Each night it is a little higher in
the sky and sets little later.
Viewed through telescope these
nights, Venus appears like a half
moon AS the month proceeds, it
will become more and more crescent
shape.
But due to the shift in the posi-
ton of Venus, the crescent will grow
larger and so the planet will shine
with greater and greater brilliance
in the sky.
Calico was the first to discover
that Venus went through phases
like the moon. 1t was one of many
discoveries which he made in 1910,
when he turned his little telescope
upon the heavens for the first time
in the history of the world.
But scientific discoveries were I'M
popular in Galileo's day and so he
hid his discovery in an anagram or
word puzzle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
CHALLENGE to Fight

bright and early the next day
I'D. he challenged the popcorn
king to public combat. This was to
be the nature of the conflict. Every
time Humphrey ate one scent bag
of popcorn, Mclaughlin agreed to
drink one pint of beer. This was to
continue until one or the other
threw in a towel, resigned or fell to
the floor.
It should have been an epic bat
tie. 1t is easy to envisage the rival
cheering sections with every beer
boy upon his feet shouting defiance
across the turf at the popcorn I'M
dergraduates.
And as the thing becomes tense
one can almost hear the long drawn
shout arise of Hold, 'en1, Yale!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21

combat. Humphrey refused to &C
cept the challenge.
The playwright is still in his late
30's or early 40's, of robust statue
and deep sincerity. Possibly the
same is true of Humphrey, but he
has chosen for himself the more
difficult medium.
One bottle of beer more or less
leads to another and this is by no
means true of popcorn. I have
never known a popcorn addict of
mature years. After the age of 10
or II most of us are quite capable
of taking popcorn or letting it
alone.
Indeed, though beer itself hardly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Questions and
AnSzOeYS

Does the President of the United
States receive the highest salary of
anybody in the United States?
The Presidents salary of 5000
is higher than that of any other
government official, but many priv
ate corporations pay their officials
higher salaries.
What is the nearest town to the
Boulder Dam site?
Las Vegas, New.
How much revenue did the United
States government receive from dis
titled spirits and fermented liquors
in 1918 and 1919?
In 1919 the revenue from that
source was S483, 050, 85447 and in
1918 it was $443. 1888, 544.98.
IS raw silk now on the free Iistg
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
So Ills IS Ant

TN this connection, it is interesting
L to recall that Millet's grandson
recently was hailed before a French
court for palrning off 5000 or 1000
spurious pictures by forging his
grandfather's autograph.
Scarcely a day passed but what
some art expert rises to disprove the
conclusions of some other art ex-
pert.
Meanwhile, a good picture Is a
good picture, no matter whose name
is on it, or how long ago It was
painted.
The point is, of course, that too
many people who buy pictures are
not nearly so interested in their
quality as their pedigree.
Still, we call it art.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
Clouds
TIME fact that Venus

TIME fact that Venus goes
L through phases like the moon
is not what makes it planet of
mystery. The phases are quickly
and simply explained. The planets
shine by reflected sunlight just as
does our own moon.
We see our moon go through
phases because we do not always
see all of the Illuminated face of
the moon. When we see all of it, it
is full moon. When we see half, it
is first quarter or last quarter, de-
pending upon which way we see it,
etc.
The telescope reveals that both
Mercury and Venus go through
phases. Both these planets are
closer to the sun than we are and
consequently as they go around the
sun, we do not always see the entire
illuminated side.
The mystery of Venus lies in its
appearance. For no human eye
ever has seen the surface of the
planet.
In the telescope, Venus appears a
fiat, shining white. No surface
markings are distinguishable. The
appearance and the way in which
sunlight is reflected from the planet
is just what would be expected if
the planet were surrounded with a
dense heavy blanket of clouds.
Most astronomers, therefore, have
accepted that conclusion. They feel
that we never have seen the surface
of the planet, only the outer sur
face of the cloud blanket around it.
Occasionally small dark spot is
seen upon the planet. 1t will dis
appear after a brief time.
Astronomers think that this is
due to the fact that the clouds may
be a bit low at the time and so a
mountain peak is able to poke its
top through the cloud blanket.