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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-31
L OAA1V1O 4 ~ 1N1A d. BROUN

Z AM old enough to remember
4 back to a time when people said
that Socialism might be all right
but that, after all, you couldn't
change human nature and that the
purposes Of the party were too ideal
istic.
And now, in several comments on
"Americ's Way Out" by Norman
Thomas, the point is raised that
here is a scheme which is too SEN
sible.
One or two have said that no
difference lies between the plan out
lined by Mr.. Thomas and various
platforms presented by men who
call themselves ProgreSsives.
It may be held that something
of fire and dash has departed from
the radical movement. But hold
to a contrary explanation. 1t seems
to me that the world has begun to
catch up.
Things which were visionary
twenty years ago now have become
at least possible. We have had a
change Of heart, even though not
much of that has crept into legis-
lation.
Every theory must have rem
devious at last with facts if it is
to prevail. It was easy enough to
talk of individuaIsm in piping
times of prosperity. But when un-
employment is just under the nose
of every one of us, we no longer can
cling with any comfort to old con-
sentative catch-Words.
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Toledo Dilemma

Citizens Of Toledo, O., have been slow in paying
their taxes, with the result that teachers in the
public schools viii be asked to work for two months
for nothing.
owners Of homes and Of factories have been
unable to borrow enough money to pay the cost Of
government.
The city >of Marion in this state is also having
rouble from the same
Presumably these cities will solve their troubles
md muddle through. It is probable that the old
method Of borrowing against future prosperity will
be the solution And later the earnings Of citizens
uin be taken to pay for the present deficits.
The plight Of Toledo should be a warning to other
cities as to what can happen to government finances
when the high cost of operation runs against
period Of deAahon.
The last legislature failed lamentably in its ef-
tort to solve the problem It left the burden in this
state exactly where it was before-on the holder Of
real property.
No one will contend that the city Of Toledo is
unable to pay for it's government if the sources OF
public income were equitable.
There are very rich men in Toledo with compare
lively small holdings in real estate. Their incomes
are fixed while those of the men who have struggled
for years to buy home have gone with jobs.
If taxes were based upon incomes rather than
investments. public schools would not be closed for
lack of funds
Not every one is broke. 1t so happens that the
wage Garner is in difficulties and unable to bear his
usual part of the tax burden.
The plight of Toledo suggests that any tax system
should be based on the theory that the cost OF gov
eminent must come from those who have money
incomes and not real estate values seem to be
safer as well as a farer basis.
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A Chamber of Commerce Job

A.o,o the quaint plans for revival of prosperity
H. 4t no,osa1 If q committee of the New York State
Chamber of Commerce for new federal capmeV
officer in charge of foreign trade How characteristic
this is Of our national folly of relying on more laws
or more political Offices to solve all human problems
Thaee business men of the New York chamber are
alarmed as they should be- the 20 per cent loss
in our foreign trade They are accurate IN polh1g Out
that America in the mass production era, can not
have prosperity without foreign market 1or surplus
production Therefore they are out to recapture Tor
eign trade
More power to them
But thew are looking for foreign trade IN the wrong
direction. They will not find it in the direction OF
new cabinet officer as salesman The existing bureau
of foreign commerce in the United States commerce
denartnent is one Of the most efficient in the federal
government and already is doing the promotion Joo
as well as 1t can be done
The fault is not in the lack OF promotion 1t is
IN the higher tariff wall we have put up against for
egn nations.
Bv closing our market to others We effectively
have closed their market to us We have forced them
in se1fdefense to retaate, and rear trade barriers
against our surplus goods. And by refusing to buy
from them we have left them without money to buy
from us.
Even the arch protectionist, William Mckinley,
shortly before he died laid down the dictum If we
will not buy, we can not SELL
American foreign trade would not be crippled to-
dav if the chambers of commerce OF the country a
wear ago had fought with the economists and the
urogressves to defeat the Hawley-Smoot billion dol
lar tariff monstrosity.
We do not recall this fact now in an I-told-you-so
spirit but only because the chambers OF commerce
will have to understand the gravity of their tariff
error before they can work effectively for revival OF
foreign trade.
America can not regain foreign markets and full
prosperity until our tariff is reduced drasticaly But
the Republican administration can be forced to re-
duce tariffs as prosperity-revval measure if the
chambers of commerce will use their influence in the
name Of depressed industry.
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Our Visitors

The habits. customs and comforts OF human beings
Will be very largely determined in the future by vne
profession whose members are now meeting IN UnlS
city. - .,o
The chemists. even to greater degree than Vre
inventor or other scientist, will make the feaHy III
nortant discoveries which regulate living ana ne
Quite probably, the human race Will soon De ee'-
ting all its foods in pellets ana capsules. II VIII "oa.
~ sor+s Of substitutes for woods and cottons and
sn,s r. will get its transportation not from oil or
team, or electricity but from the released energies
of atoms .-.
The ordinary citizen may well approach these VlSl-
Tors with something of awe and much OF admiration
inst what any one Of them may do to society ana
habits is as uncertain as is likely to be fundamental
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it has been changed a score of
times. The man who had a job and
now has none is being educated. His
point of view changes.
Not forever will he believe that
prosperity is the simple matter of
voting for some good man upon the
Republican ticket. Few are con-
WINGED any more that this is the
best of all possible worlds. Every
body wants to be rid of the fear of
sickness, of old age and of poverty.
And it requires nothing more than
that these people with a vision
should enlist for the task or making
good the necessary changes. For
that fervor is needed.
But something else is even more
important. 1t is worth any mans
best effort to live-and die. if nee
essary-for the cause Of common
sense.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-31
One SteD to the Left

T AM hereto in my belief that a
time may come when capitalism
isn't even good enough for cap
italists. Already certain industrial
leaders are becoming aware Of the
necessity of making provision to tide
labor over slack periods.
This I will grant is still a long way
of from cooperative common
wealth. But it is, for all that, a
step toward the left.
And fifteen years ago 1 used to
hear a great deal about the parlor
Socialist. He was man who
voiced certain radical beliefs over
the tea and chocolate, but never as
sociated himself distinctly with the
movement.
He is gone. And in his place there
lives and sips the parlor Commun-
list. You will meet him at many
gatherings And with great scorn he
will dismiss anything short of bloody
revolution.
That does not mean that he per-
SOnally is anxious 10 IldIl d pd444-
cade or even to face such penalties
as are inflicted in many states
against believers in the Communist
philosophy.
He merely wants to talk and make
upon the assembled company an i'm
preston of ruthiesSness.
am always somewhat shocked
when people speak too blithely
about "liquidating the middle class
or "extirpating the bouregeoisie. "
1t seems to me that these people
are without much imagination. They
can not grasp at all just what il
would mean to apply the Russian
technique to any complete American
oyerturn.
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Questions and
Answers

Is there a real well defined circle
at the north and the south poles?
The polar circles are not some
thing that can be seen. They are
imaginary lines on the globe. bound
ing the polar areas. They are a
geographical expression to define
that area which lies about the poles.
How can chewing gum be re-
moved from clothing?
Freeze the gum with ice and
work the material under it until the
gum chips off. If any particles re-
main, they may be removed with
chloroform.
What are the titles of the latest
novel by Zane Grey?
shepherd of Guadalupe" and
Wolf Tracker."
How many airplane carriers has
the United States navy?
Three, the Lexington, Langley
and Saratoga.
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Blue Light

a 5 the person sits in the televi-
L n sion booth. mild blue light
plays constantly over his face. II
Is this light, reflected from his face
to the photo-electric cells, which
sends his image over the wires to
the other end of the line.
This blue light, according to Ives
and AleXanderson. is so faint that
the person is hardly aware that it
is shining upon him.
The image of the person, as it
appears at the receiving end of the
apparatus, is black against a pink
ish background. This is because the
receiving apparatus makes use OF
the familiar neon light.
The principle OF the television is
not difficult to understand The
essential parts of the sending ap-
paratus are the blue Light already
mentioned, the photo-electric cells.
and a scanning disk.
The scanning disk is a metal disk
with holes drilled in it in spiral.
The blue light shines through these
holes to reach the face of the per-
son.
Because Of the spiral arrange
ment of the holes, the light plays
in turn upon each portion of his
face, rejecting in turn the proper
intensity of light or shadow into
the photo-electric cells.
These cells cause the current in
the telephone wires to fuctuate with
similar variations.
The receiving apparatus consists
Of a neon tube and another scan
ming disk in front of it. The per-
son at the receiving end looks at
the neon tube through the holes
in the revolving scanning disk
AS the light Of the neon tube
fuctuates, he sees bits of its light
through the holes in the disk But
due to the persistence of vision, he
puts these small bits of varying in
tensities together into a complete
picture.
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viii Hubby FaII2

IT IS not recorded whether DR.. r.
1 N. Harger Of the University of
Indiana had a bunch, or worked
the thing out by methods of pitiless
deduction, but he has produced a
contraption which ought to make
Andrew Volstead give three rousing
cheers.
This contraption is nothing less
than scientific breath detector. SO
delicate that it will show up the
slightest faint Of alcohol, yet so
simple that even a fapper wife can
operate it.
The secret consists of a red liquid
which turns white when contamin-
ated with alcoholic exhalations. The
victim, if he is one of those easy,
gullible sort, readily can be induced
to make the proper contact by
simply blowing through d glass tuoe.
If he happens to be mean and
suspicious, the same result can be
obtained by having him blow up a
toy balloon and then stick the
nozzle in the liquid.
DR.. Harger says that need for
detection of drunken drivers in
spired him to invent the device.
To layman, the device appears
somewhat incomplete, since the
mere presence Of alcohol is not
enough to establish drunkenness.
Even congress admits that when it
allows one-half of 1 per cent.
If we are going to have a scien-
tiflc breath detector, we must have
one that will disclose the amount,
and then we must agree on what
amount Is necessary to produce a
state Of inebriety.
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Radio Tests

rE~WO-WAY television is accom-
j. plished by having both a trans
hitting apparatus and a receiving
apparatus at either end of the line.
Attempts at radio television,
using essentially the same plan, also
have been successful
The longest television transmits
sion accomplished so far by radio
was between New York and Austria
liza and back again. No attempt,
however. was made to transmit a
face in this test. but merely a rec
tangIe.
The experimenters report that
"after travelling 10000 miles, the
rectangle still had four corners. al
though broken into pieces most OF
the time"
The rise Of teleVision is an inter-
resting stcry. The principles we're
worked out fifty years ago by Ger
man scientist named Nipkow He
invented the scanning disk and sug-
gested the use Of the photo electric
cell.
But in his day, engineering skill
had not perfected either the cell or
the auxiliary apparatus sufficiently
to make the device work.
In 1927 Alexanderson produced a
picture three inches square. In 1929
he managed to get one fourteen
inches square, and in 1880 tele-
vision was used to produce a pic
ture on the screen Of a Schenectady
movie theater.
The Bell telephone laboratories
achieved One-way eteleyision over
wires between New York and Wash
ingtOn on April z, 1927.
The laboratory demonstrated two
way televisiOn over wires for the
first time on April 9, 1890
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-31
HEALTH SERVICE
Too Much Cellul0se Bad in Diet

have some ceuulose which may be
utilized to a certain extent in the
body, but in the majority of in
stances the cellulose is not utilized
properly except for roughage.
CelluloSe is a complex material
built up entirely of carbohydrate.
Ceuulose also is found in paper OBJ
tanned from wood, cotton is prac-
tically pure cellulose, and the sub
stance is found also in large
amounts in bran. When water acts
on celulose, it may swell it up
somewhat, increasing its bulk still
further.
Few people realize the danger of
a diet containing too much celIu-
lose. Such a diet interfereS with
digestion of the useful material,
and it may irritate a sensitive in
testinaI tract to the extent of caus-
ing an erosion or Inflammation.
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Bran, rice, and wheat contain vi
tamins which may be of great value
to the human body. Hence a GER
tain amount Of bran is desirable in
order to provide the necessary Vi
taminS.
However, nature has seen to it
that the vitamins of which we
know are available in many forms,
and it is not necessary to overload
the intestines with roughage to Sc
cure a sufficient amount of any one
vitamin
The various vitamin B compo-
nents are found in the bran of ce-
reals and in the embryo of cereals
as well.
1t is safe not to be misled by
superlative claims for any one type
of food substance, but to eat vide
ly varied diet which is likely to
| provide all the essentials.
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NJ. E. Tracy
Wouldn't 1t Be G Good Ideo
to Try ont the Hunch
Method IN Relieving the
DeDreSSiO12 ?

Depressio.

- = Pr CDDEOfts
NEW YORK, March 31.-Ac-
1 y cording to 200 more or less
distinguished scientists, bunch is a
big asset in their trade.
You are not to put exclusive, or
even exaggerated, faith in it, how
ever, because it won't come unless
the way is prepared properly.
To solve problem by the bunch
method, you first study it carefully
and diligently for a given period
say five, ten or fifteen years. Then
you forget it, either through the
natural processes of fatigue or
through turning your attention to
something else.
If the bunch fails to materialize
after a reasonable length of time.
you stimulate it by playing tennis,
getting out the fivver, drinking
strong coffee or violating the eigh-
tenth amendment.
II you belong to the 83 per cent
whose psychology is suspicious, and
If you have proceeded according to
the rules, you get that 'unifying or
clarifying flash of genius" which is
necessary to do the trick.
If, on the other hand, you belong
to the II per cent whose psyche
logical makeup doesn't fit, it's Just
too bad.
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They Feel the Slump

CPEAKING of the depression, the
- Cunard line reports a net re-
turn of only $93,OO5 last year, COM
pared with $4,O48,195 in 1929 and
$2,750,39 in 1928.
Quite as significant, it reports a
gain in third-cabin passengers,
while first and second cabin pas
sengerS have decreased.
A similar effect is noticeable in
the growth of coffee shop patronage
in most American hotels, as con-
trasted to the dwindling of the
main dining room crowd"
There is nothing like hard times
to remind people how little they
really get out of that dog and
swank" which is paraded in the
name of service, and how much
more important the quality of food
is than the kind or number of dishes
in which its is served.
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Blue Light Sends Your Image
OUer Wires to other End Of
Line IN TeleUision.
BY DAVID DIETZ :

LtH6 Ut 1 GtBCtS}ON.
a n invisible telephone is part Of
L A the equipment Of the latest
apparatus. according to a descrip-
ton furnished through the engi-
neering foundation by DR.. W. E. Al
exanderson Of the c.. E. laboratories
and Dr. Herbert E. Ives Of the A.
T. & T.
The ordinary telephone was done
away with because it obscured part
OF the speakers face. Accordingly
a microphone and a loud speaker
were built into the television booth
The person using the device m
tiers the booth and sits down in
front Of a rectangular frame AS
soon as the circuit is established
he sees the person to whom he IS
speaking in the frame.
AT the other end of the line the
person to whom he is speaking sees
him in a similar frame.
The conversation then is carriers
on Just as though it we're taking
place over the garden fence. the
concealed microphones and loud
speakers turning the trick.
A second factor which strikes the
user as unusual is the fact that the
booth is lighted with a dim orange
light. This is because the photo
electric cells necessary for the tele-
vision apparatus are insensitive to
orange or red light.
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~ II \ &ANI nv FREDERICK
ANA%A ~ Lands

GONE OF the papers say that Governor Roosevelt
) OF New York is embarrassed in his presidential
aspirations by the fact that he must take a stand
IN the demand for an investigation of Tammany, but
these papers are mistaken.
Right now Roosevelt has the opportunity of his
young life, for he has only to 60 after Tamany tooth
and all to be nominated by the Democrats next year
But should he play pussy wants corner with the
Tammany Tiger then he is lost.
TNAAGMANY is unspeakably horrible Never in its
L long spotted career has it shown such infamy as
aow.
It would disgrace the internal regions and if
Roosevelt goes after it with an he will be very
tall political figure
Speaking about the name Roosevelt. there has
been some talk the last few days to the effect that
President Hoover would like to have young Teddy
for his running mate next year.
Some say he went to Porto Rico just to dramatize
Roosevelt now Governor Of that island, but this is
far fetched.
It's easy to see how the President might think the
Roosevelt name would be asset to the ticket in 49,
particularly since Mr. Hoover is on the outs with
the progressive leaders in the house and senate.
A LNIOsT anybody would be an improvement on
"A Curtis, as q. campaigner.
The candidate Cor Vice-President these days is
supposed to go all over the country and set EN-
Wild from the rear end of special train and Curtis
can't do this
But Roosevelt the younger would suffer great
disadvantage Everybody would compare him with
his father and We unable to think Of anybody at
the moment breathing air in the United States
who could survive such a comparison.
Mr. Hoover is in unusual need of such sparkling
mate for he loathes the whoop-la Of campaign and
will not indulge in it.
OF course. he can just about take his choice for
the vice presidency is aluring than formerly to
those who contemplate entering the White House by
the back door. &
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ANNIVERSARY
... 11+49EG4 IA.4
BUNSEN'S BIRTH
March 81

NN March 81, 1911, Robert w.
~ Bunsen, a distinguished Ger
man chemist, was born at Coffin
gen.
Bunsen's discoveries have formed
important contributions to the
progress of science in the latter
part of the nineteenth century He
was the first to produce magnesium
in large quantities.
In 1860, he invented the mag
nesium light. important in pho
Biography. His greatest discovery
was that Of spectrum analysis, made
in conjunction with Kirchof. This
led to the discovery of important
alkaH metals.
BunSen always will be remem-
bered by physicists and chemists
for the much used gas burner which
bears his name.
The principle of the Bunsen
burner is now widely utilized in gas
stoves for cooking purposes.
He also made valuable discoveries
in organic chemistry and invented
the ice calorimeter, a filter pump
and other useful apparatus.
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Try 1t on the Depression

a LII things considered, wouldn't
L a it be a good idea to try the
bunch method on this depression
If ardent study represents the
right kind of preparation, we have
done a thorough job and the time
is ripe for us to try some of those
diversions which are supposed to
produce the clarifying fash"
Since coffee is said to have
worked well in IA per cent of the
cases, and hooch in 81 per cent,
we might be able to drum up a little
trade, which should make the prop
osition attractive from q business
standpoint
Also, we might be able to increase
the consumption Of tobacco, since
that is said to have worked we'll in
number of cases, or sell more
shoes, since walking in the country
is reported to have helped.
Putting such incidental advan-
tages aside, we certainly could do
no worse with the bunch method
than we have with all our elaborate
planning.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the Health

Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
A HORSE and a COW eat hay and
IN get some nourishment from it,
but human being can not. The
reason is that the cellulose Of hay
can not be digested properly by the
human digestive tract, and the sub
stance therefore is passed through
the intestines.
Most vegetables and fruits and
whole grain cereals contain cellu-
lose which serves to give bulk to
the material in the bowel and in
that way to give the intestines
something to work on.
CellUlose may be sufficiently ten
Ger to be partially digested as, for
example, in the form of lettuce,
fruits and cooked vegetables, but
in general it is not digested.
Potatoes, beans, nuts and olives
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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 Daper.-The Editor
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How many Indians are there III
the United States?
According to latest statistics,
there are 355, 481.
What is white magic and black
magic?
White magic attempted to invoke
the aid Of angels and benign beings
in contrast 10 black magic which
attempted to contour UP the evil
spirits to serve the viii of man.