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Out of Darkness

blind youth undergoes operation He sees.
The story gets on the front pages. And then, sud-
denly, we realize how precious sight is
For sixteen years and more there has been or
ganized national effort to save sight But in the rush
OF things the work of the National Society for the
Prevention of Blindness sometimes is ignored or for
gotten. Nevertheless it goes calmly on, doing what
it can to help all men see
The society just has made its sixteenth annual
report and hence this is apt time to congratulate
it its work.
What it means and what it does need not seem
far removed from the average man who can see.
The society realizes, more than ever, the annual
report says, that it function completely only when
it working closely with all agencies interested in
any aspect of sight savng-medical, educational,
social welfare and industrial
Almost every person finds place in one Of these
groups and thus all help to save sight
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Hoover. Relief Director

President Hoover is to be congratulated his
reported plan to link the Red Cross and the Ma
tona Association of Community Chests and Coun-
els in countrywide system of unemployment
lief for next winter
Apparently, he has moved forward from his IN
tenable position of last winter when he refused to
let the National Red Cross OF which he is president
sid the jobess
The report Of the Presidents personal conversion
to nationally planned relief is based the fact that
Chairman Croxton Of the Hoover emergency COM
rnittee on unemployment and Secretary Lamont head
Of the cabinet unemployment committee, have pre-
sented such program to the National Association
Of Community Chests and Councils now in conven-
ton at Minneapolis.
Although 17ei Cross participation has not been
determined finally it is admitted officially that such
negotiations are in progress.
About 100000 would be raised in joint ma
tional campaign this fall and later distributed as
unemployment relief by the community chest organi-
zations in their s76 cities and by the Red Cross in
most other communities
Fortunately, the administration has ceased its
misleading propaganda regarding the immediate re-
turn Of high prosperity and the adequacy Of present
rflist measures. Chairman croxton coafessedRe the
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clear to most Of the country for several months:
The Presidents committee realizes that the de-
mand for relief will be unusually heavy next fall and
winter. Information has reached US that the relief
needs during the spring and summer are urgent in
certain localities"
Now that need is recognized officially, there
should be further disagreement about the method
Of meeting the emergency Sterilization Of industry,
unemployment insurance. advance planning Of public
works. may and should take care Of future emergen-
reforms that charity is the only recourse for millions
this year. No one will dispute this
Whether private charity will be sufficient. as the
President hoped last winter, and still hopes remains
to be SEEN Private charity last winter and spring
failed completely. Official figures show that private
charity furnished only 25 per cent Of the funds dis
ributed and that municipal and state treasures sup
piled the remaining three quarters
Wealthy individuals can give the planned $eoooo,-
600 if they will If they refuse, the only alternative
will be a federal appropriation. For many Of the
city and state treasures bankruptcy that
they can not carry the unemployment relief burden
again next winter.
If the federal government is forced to feed the
people it will have to get the money by special tax
on the rich-no money can come out Of the regular
federal budget which already shows billion-dollar
currency deficit.
The unemployed be fed if those who have
bread will give them crumbs If those crumbs are not
given by the rich willingly the crumbs possibly will
be taken by tax collectors.
When the seriousness Of the relief emergency is
understood by the wealthy, the reported Hoover plan
to raise an adequate private fund should succeed.
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on the side of his car to ride in after
finding parking space.
I think the sooner the public
wakes up and starts an argument
against some of this graft, the soon
er we will get out from under some
Of the things We have had to toll
crate in the past.
TIMES READER.
Editor Tfmes-I am surprised that
the business places downtown don't
protest the parking situation here,
as it certainly must lose them a lot
Of business. Women are not going
to walk several squares after park.
ing their cars. 1t looks as though
people are being forced to pay to
park, and get janmed-up tenders
in the bargain.
The irnpounding Of cars is an
outrage, as we pay enough now for
tax. DO they expect the tax and
then not let us have any privileges
at all? LADY MOTORIST.
Editor Times-Have been reading
your paper a number Of years. Read
the editorial page every day You
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Operations Relieve Cataracts on Eyes

similar method which has been
proved to be a safe and suitable
method Of treating the disturbance.
After cataract is removed, the
person wears what are known as
cataract glasses. These glasses are
made so that they help to focus the
image properly on the retina.
The person who has been unable
to see for some time because Of the
development Of cataract, who has
been unable to play golf or to get
about and who then RECEIVERS his
sight by the simple operation that
any competent specialist in diseases
Of the eye can perform, is one of
the most thankful Of all people for
the, benefits of modern medical
science.
In a recent discussion of the sub
ject in Hygeia, DR.. Louis LYehrfeld
urges the widest dissemination of
the knowledge that people who
have lost their sight by cataract
can be helped by this technic.
No doubt, there are thousands Of
afflicted aged people who are help
less because they never learned that
vision can be restored after catas
racts have formed.
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Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Tin1es-Well, now that we
have something the. city officials
have been wanting for a long time,
the Circle and surrounding streets
looking like a graveyard, what in
the heck are we going to do. with
it? Before I moved to this city,
was under the impression that it
was a progressive city, but after
ward I was convinced that I was
all wrong.
In my seven years. of experience,
I find that the most essential thing
is a beautiful city, a city that looks
thriving, and all this now has been
done without the aid of nanufac-
turers and working people.
Now, to. make matters worse; our
city council and a few garage own
ers have made it impossible for the
few people fortunate enough to have
a little money to spend to get close
enough to the downtown district to
spend it.
One hour parking after 8 o'clock!
If you find place to park in the out
district, it takes from IS to 40 min
utes going to and from your car,
provided you are a good athlete;
then you have around 90 to Is min
utes in which to make a purchase,
regardless of what you are buying.
1t couldn't be much, or much profit
to our local business man.
Imagine towing mans car away
and making him pay So just because
he left his car long enough to take
his father up to a. doctor. If you
ask me, I think it's pretty rotten
when a man buys car, pays for a
license, gets a driving license IAN
other nice piece of graft, and pays
his taxes, then has to tie a bicycle
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Al Knows It's Coming

-
GOMING down to smaller things,
~ some people are disappointed
because the City of Chicago, the
state Of Illinois, or the federal gov
eminent has not been able to smash
the Capone gang sooner.
This gang has been q public
scandal, if not a public enemy" for
the last five years.
Its very nature, however, proves
that it was the product not only of
brains, but of popular sentiment.
The problem Of its destruction in
wolves more than the simple matter
OF working up a few cases, obtain
ing few indictments, making a few
arrests, and getting q few con-
victions.
The net draws closer around
Capone and his crowd. It's a big
net, designed to catch big fish, which
explains the sloWness with which it
has been set.
Many mistake the slowness as
good ground for doubling the out
come, but Al Capone knows better.
He is not deceived. The very
shrewdness which enabled him to
organize and play the game makes
1t impossible to miScalculate the
end.
That is why his attorneys have
limited that they might offer several
million dollars in settlement of in
come tax suits involving only about
100000.
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We Move Slowly

TgHE advantages of the metric
A system are too obvious for de-
bate, yet the English-speaking world
still is unconvinced, though France
demonstrated them more than 40
years ago.
We have been talking about CAL
endar reform for half century.
There is every reason why It should
be adopted except the Inconvenience
incident to such change. It may
be another half-century before we
can persuade ourselves that the task
is worth undertaking, and another
half-century after that before we
are convinced that it was not a
mistake.
Still, some people are disappoint-
ed because the peace movement,
League Of Nations, world court
and Kellogg pact are not function
ing smoothly.
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Immediate Attention

Since large bodies move slowly, a month has in
tervened between the announcement of the original
intention and the actual application by the rail-
roads for that Is per cent freight rate increase
The carriers claim among other things that since
they the nations largest single customer for COAL
steel and iron, oil and timber the greatly enlarged
revenue which freight rate increase would mean
s4o0OO0,ooo year-wiH stimulate buying of mate
rails, employment of labor and generally tend toward
breaking the evil charm that is now on business.
In view of the importance Of that particular
claim as it relates to the general depression it is
highly to the interest of the country that the merit
or demerit OF it be determined speedily as pos
sible and that the interstate commerce commission
therefore give the railway rate subject immediate at
tention
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-15
Great Thinker

EDWARD NJ. EAST is not only a
L great biologist. He is one Of
the foremost thinkers of our day.
Many readers will recall his force
full and popular study of the popula-
ton problem titled Mankind at the
Crossroads"
A sample of his grasp upon the
trend of worldly affairs can be
glimpsed in the opening paragraph
of the preface which he has writ
ten for the book.
1.-THE emotional and intellectual
unrest of our day too often is
treated as a novel and disquieting
phenomenon indicating the i'm
ninent collapse of the whole social
structure" he writes.
1.-THE situation exists, it Is true;
yet it is hardly a cause for alarm,
except as it stimulates the quacking
Of so many anserine Saviors. All
peoples, in all ages, have been in
similar states of f1ux, for the simple
reason that there have always been
new ideas demanding attention, and
where there are new ideas, there are
reactions against them.
"AS means of retarding the
entry of unusual notions, the human
Uranium is a well-nigh perfect me-
chaniSTn. %
Were we more analytically in
clined," Professor. East continues,
I'VE should see in such manifesto
tions merely an evidence Of progress.
1.-THE old order passes, and We are
reluctant to have it go; our agita-
ton, therefore, marks at once our
feeble adaptability and the deg
Of mental adjustment. imposed by
the occasion.
1t may be true that man now con-
fronts a greater change in attitude
of mind than any he has faced be-
fore, since he is asked to abandon
his most primitive, and therefore his
dearest superstitiors: but them he
is better prepared through steady
practice 90 - .
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seem to be fair to everybody and
haxe exposed several things. Your
motto is "Give light and the people
will find their own way" VIII you
give light on the subject Of treat
ment the county trustees are CIV
ing the unemployed.
They are compelled to work &C
cording to the size Of the family,
and they are charged cents for
bread which has a standard value
Of 5 cents, eggs at 80 cents, potatoes
at IS cents a peck. Everything else
is at war prices and tax. Is there
a better business bureau in Indian
apolis? This is an oppression, not
a depression.
Is there any wonder that reds are
in the country? No work, nothing
to eat, no money for house rent,
baby crying for milk, trustees beans
for the little ones, stomach trouble,
skin infection. How long, oh, how
long, will the working men out Of
work, called poor charges, be walked
on.
Not Red, but a charge. Yours
for more light.
A DEMOCRAT.
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lump at Conclusions

nEOPLE argue that prohibition Is
L a failure because we have not
been able to do much with it in
eleven years.
So, too, they argue that Russian
Communism is a success because of
what it has accomplished since 1917.
No matter what you believe with
regard to prohibition or Russian
Communism, such an attitude is
silly. 1t bespeaks a shallow, impul-
sive, irrational way of jumping at
conclusions, and a profound ignor-
ance Of history.
Ideas and movements Of real
revolutionary character are not only
SLOW of birth, but slower still Of de-
velopment.
Christianity was 300 years gain
ing control of the Roman Empire
and 500 years more in gaining con-
troll of Europe.
English liberty, as we call it,
though supposed to have come into
being with the Great Charter, can
not be regarded as having estab-
lished itself on anything like a firm
foundation until the end of the
seventeenth century.
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Twelve Chapters

W VI - ~ ~ OteSi -
THE book is divided into twelve
L chapters. East himself writes
the first one which gives the book
it's name, Biology and Human
Problems"
The second, titled 1.-THE Prospects
Of the Social Sciences" is written
by Frank H. Hankins, professor of
sociology at Smith college.
Professor Joseph Jastrow, the
eminent psychologist, formerly of
the University of Wisconsin and
now at the new school for social
research, contributes the third
chapter, which is titled "Tf1e Re-
naissance of Psychology
Other chapters on psychology are
contributed by Walter v. Bingham
director Of the Personnel Research
Federation Of New York, and Lewis
NJ. Terman, professor Of psychology
at Stanford university.
Medical subjects are discussed by
Dr.. Morris Fishbein, the brilliant
editor of the Journal of the ATneri-
lean Medical Association; Or. Hugh
S. Cumming, surgeon general, and
DR.. Arthur M. Stimson, assistant
surgeon general, United States pub
lie health service, and DR.. Eli K.
Marshall, professor of physiology at
Johns Hopkins university.
Professor Howard M. Parshley Of
Smith college writes on Zoology
and Human Welfare" Donald F..
Jones, editor of "Genetics," con-
tributes a chapter on Efforts to In
crease the Food Resources"
Professor E. V. McCoIluna Of
Johns Hopkins, one of the pioneers
in the field of vitanins, writes on
diet and Nutrition"
Though written for the layuan,
the book is not written down" It
is a dignif1ed summary of what
biologists are doing and trying to
Il
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ANNIVERSARY
$500 !9I<74944
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN

June Is
ON June IS, 1917, subscriptions to
~ the first Liberty loan were
closed with large, oversubscrip-
ton.
The secretary Of the treasury had
been authorized, under the act Of
April a, 1917, to issue bonds to the
extent Of 5000, 100000
a war loan organization was
created to care for the first issue
scheduled for $4,000, 900 600. Twelve
federal reserve banks were used
as central agencies in the twelve
districts. Each bank was allotted a
quota Of the loan.
Liberty Loan committees were
formed and the treasury made use
of every available means. OF pub
Lefty.
The first lean was offered to the
public on May II. How well the
lean went over is seen in the fact
that subscriptions totaling $685.
226.850 had been received by
June Is.
Three other loans besides the
final Victory Loan were foated by
the United States during the World
war.
The American people subscribed
total of s24,O72, 257, $50 in the five
campaigns. The fourth loan was
the largest, bringing in some seven
thousand million dollars. q.
One out of every five persons,
men, women and children, sub
sc=ibed to this loan.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.


A GAIN and again people have
N been told that the human eye
is like a camera. 1t has a lens; Is
has a shutter, which is the iris; the
pupil is the hole in the shutter
through which the light enters, and
at the back Of the eye is retina,
or sensitized plate on which the
image is cast.
The lens of the eye is a crystal
clear tissue, like magnifying glass.
Obviously anything that causes the
lens to become cloudy prevents the
passing Of the light carrying the
image through the pupil and back
to the retina.
When the lens becomes cloudy or
opaque, the condition is called
cataract. A cataract is not a. growth
or turnor.
Such growth or tr1nors may occur
in the eye, but they. constitute an
entirely different condition. A cat
aract Of the lens is like frosted
glass through which one wishes to
see.
Most cases Of cataract occur in
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Questions and Answers

king of England? Who were his
parents and how old was he when
he died? How many wives did he
have?
He was king from 1909 to 1547.
He was the second son of Henry
VII and Elizabeth Of York, and was
born at Greenwich June 28. 1891.
He died Jan %, 1547. He married
six times.
Is bigamy or plural marriage pro-
hibited in all the states?
Yes.
What is the Recardian theory of
rent?
The theory characterizes rent as
that part Of the produce Of the
earth paid to the landlord fer the
use OF indestructibIe powers Of the
soil. Cicardo pointed out that the
theory was not original with him,
but had been already stated by
Nautilus.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

BiologBs Aspirations for the
Future Are Told IN Ne1o
Book.
TWELVE of Americas leading
l. biologists joined forces to write
Biology in Human Affairs" The
book is edited by Professor Edward
M. East, the distinguished biologist
Of Harvard university. CWhittlesey
House has just published the book
at $500
The book should be read by all
laymen interested in attempting to
picture the future. for here are out
lined the frontiers where the future
is being shaped.
Some. phases Of biology are very
old and some phases are very new.
Aristotle, living in ancient Greece,
was the greatest biologist of his day.
But in compiling his writings he
drew upon the writer's who, to him,
were "ancients."
Certain types OF applied biology
are almost as old as mankind. The
caveman, in all probability. devel-
oped a rude surgery to treat the
wounds received in battle or IN the
chase. The beginnings of agricul-
ture are lost in the mist that hide
the prehistoric eras.
Other branches Of biology are ex-
tremely young. The germ theory of
disease is not yet a century Oh.
Many phases Of public health woxk
and Of psychology are twentieth
century products.
In all probability, most laymen
have only g hazy notion Of the
hopes and aspirations which the bi-
ologist has for the future.
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NJ. E. Tracy
With Regard to Ldw, Re-
UgioB and Economies, We.
Are 90 Per Cent the Cred-
lures Of Habit.
SAYS

NEW YORK, June 15.-Accord-
~ ing TO Commissioner Wood
cock, major violations of the fed
eral dry law bring an average SEN
tence Of little more than three days
in New York and little less than
three years in Kansas.
Though the law is national md
supposed TO operate the same way in
all parts Of the country, local option
seems to have considerable effect on
its enforcement.
We have learned how to make
laws without the aid of custom, but
we have not learned how to make
them stick.
People who persist in the theory
that nothing counts but written
law, and that unwrltten practices
should not be taken into account,
ignore an obviously basic principle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-15
Creatures of Habit

MYTH regard to law, religion
w and economics, we are so per
cent the creatures Of habit.
This is not an unnIixed evil.
Individual efficiency depends upon
going through :ertain set Of mo-
tons over and over again until they
become automatic.
The same thing IS true Of mass
efficiency.
In theory, the individual can
adopt a. new trade, or society a new
system over night.
In practice, both must serve an
apprenticeship to make it work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-15
Daily Thought

And I was with you in weak
ness, and in fear. and Ia much
tren1bling.-I Corinthians 2:3.
But the concessions Of the weak
are the concessions Of fear
Burke.
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Relatively how many prisoners in
the United States are under FL
years of age?
The last report of the United
States census bureau says: 1.-THE
ratio of prisoners per 100000 of the
general population is highest for the
male prisoners 20 years of age and
next for those 10 years Of age. The
ratio is also strikingly high for those
Is years old and for the group 81
to "a years. In the case Of female
prisoners the ratio to population is
highest for those 10 years of age
and slightly smaller for those 20
years old and decreases rapidly for
each successive age group"
Is there a tribe of Indians called
Uchi?
That is the name Of tribe OF
North Arnericgl Indians, forming a
distinct linguistic stock. They dweIt
formerly in Georgia and South
Carolina, along the middle Savan-
nah river. In 1899 they we're found
in the Greek country with four
towns and 1900 souls. They now
number about $50 and live with the
Greeks on the Arkansas river in
Oklahoma.
What is meant by the expression,
''The Curse of the Hapsburgs?"
1t refers to the fact that with the
exception of Joseph II, the Crown
Prince Rudolph, and Johann Orth.
all members of the ruling house
came to mysterious and unhappy
ends. Several members Of the fam
ily displayed marked traces Of in
sanity, and during the last century
Of their rule they were proverbia1
for their scandals and .eccentricities
Who is Percy Granger?
An Australian composer Of music.
Who is at the head of the Soviet
republic?
The council Of peoples commits
sars, Of which Molotoff is president.
The real power. however. lies with
Josef Stain, secretary general Of the
political bureau Of the Communist
party.
How long was HsRry VIII the
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When an engagement goes on the rocks the dis
appointed sutton begins to look for the stone