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The Washington times., 1931-03-11
NEW HIGHWAYS
WILL SMASH
ALL Marks
Forty Governors, Ask Their
Legislatures for Money
to Better Transportation

Highway construction in 1881
Is certain to break all existing
records and is receiving an unpre-
cedented impetus at the present
time, according to an analysis
Just made by the legislative COM
mittee Of the American Motorists
Association Of the annual mes
sages of governors to the State
legislatures.
Thomas j. Keene, general man.
ager of the A. M. A., points out:
"Of the 43 legislatures con-
veping in January, 40 governors
devoted a considerable portion Of
their message to highway prob
lens.
with the exception of Gov.
Roland H. Hartley, Of the State
of Washington, each governor
urged on his legislature an in
creased highway program. Cover.
nor Hartley, as distinguished
from the rest, declared a re-
trenchment in highway construc-
ton, due to finances, was neces-
Sary.
Would Raise Gas Tax
"The governors of Alabama.
Arkansas, and North Dakota
recommend an increase in the
gasoline tax. New Jerseys chief
executive declared the recent gaso-
line tax increase in that State
was wisely adopted. The COVER
nors Of Maine, Michigan, Ne
braska and Ohio urged there be
no increase in gasoline taxes.
Motor vehicle license fees
should be increased in the States
of Arkansas and North Dakota,
the legislatures of those States
were informed by their respective
governors. Governor c. D. Buck
told his legislature that he be-
lieved motor license fees in Della
ware could be reduced from So
to 50.
Emphatic denunciation Of the
tendencies of some states to di-
vert motor vehicle revenue to
other than highway construction
and maintenance, was voiced by
the governors of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Nevada and
Utah. To divert motor vehicle
revenue means self qualification
Governor G. H. Dern (Utah de-
clared.
Eight Need Bonds
GAS a matter of highway fl
nancing, the States of Delaware,
Indiana and Minnesota are now
on a pay-as-you go basis, COVER
nors of those States declared. The
chief executive of eight States,
however, informed their law max
ing bodies that bond issues are
necessary for highway construc-
ton. These were: Alabama, Iowa,
Montana. Nevada. New Jersey.
Oregon, Texas and West Virginia
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie (Md.J
recommended a discontinuallce of
an annual bond issue each year
in his State of $1,052, 1000 used to
match Federal aid. This sum, he
tells his legislature, can De taken
annually from license fees and
gasoline taxes, thus shifting the
burden from the general taxpayer
to the motorists. I
Gas a whole the governors mes
sages indicate a trend Of thought
on the subject of highways and
motor vehicle traffic and 1egula
tions, indicative of the growing
demands Of motorists throughout
the country"
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Windshield Wiper
TUbing Gets Wear

Vacuu m-operated windshield
cleaners generally are subject To
only one NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the tube which connects the
manifold and the cleaner device
The car owner should count upon
renewing this tube periodically
and make regular inspection Of it.
In buying a new unit, it will
be found worth while to get it a
few inches longer than neces-
Sary because most of the wear
is at the ends, and if it is long
enough, the worn, porous parts
can be cut away.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
DENTED FENDER

It is poor economy to postpone
the work when a fender is dented
through accident or other cause
If the coating is cracked the
metal, exposed to weather, will
rust and deteriorate.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
JAY WALKERS JAILED

White lines have been provided
for pedestrians in Paris, France,
and the police have been granted
the right to arrest all jay-walkers
who stray from their restricted
paths when crossing the highway
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
BRUSHING THE CAR

Because of dust collecting in
the fabric, causing much unneces-
sary wear unless it Is removed,
a good brushing should be given
the inside Of the car at regular
intervals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Cutting Expenses

Demand on the part Of the Chamber Of
Commerce for reduction of taxes by prun-
ing expenses Of government locally calls
attention to one phase of the present depres-
sion that may be overlooked.
It may be necessary to cut down the
number of employees, and if there are those
whose services are unneeded, this may not be
a hardship.
But the fixed charges for interest will re-
main the same, and no administration Of
either county or city can do anything
about it.
Every unit Of government, except the
state, has in times past borrowed money on
bonds for public improvements. The inter
est charges on these debts form an inpor
tant part of the tax levy.
Most Of these bonds were issued for high
priced commodities and high-priced labor. 1t
is now necessary to pay the interest in low
priced commodities and in low-priced labor.
Money, being medium Of exchange,
fluctuates in its values and the tax money
must be produced by some form Of labor.
Those who are talking of low wages are over
looking this factor of the situation. The tax
money comes from those who work and pro-
duce. If they are saddled with high tax
levy in dollars hard to get, it means a burden
that may help to continue the depression.
Years ago General Coxey had an idea
that there should be no interest on any pub
lie debts and had a plan for accomplishing
this purpose. If that plan were in effect, the
city of Chicago would not be in its present
state Of near bankruptcy nor would other
cities be worried about inability to collect
taxes to run the government. Necessity may
force consideration of his bill which has been
before congress for nearly forty years.
At present the same business interests
which demand economy should go to the
fundamentals and discover whether there
are not other factors than mere economy
which should be considered.
One way of solving the tax and other
problems is to keep up wages and see that
every man has a job.
Cheap dollars instead Of cheap men
would help. A concerted drive all over the
nation to increase wages and thereby in
crease the purchasing power of the public
is probably the one way to solve the prob
lens of prosperity.
More and more as a people the new
slogan of the inalienable right of every man
to have job at a saving wage inpresses
itself as not only matter Of social justice,
but of absolute necessity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Fed Cross and the Jobless

No organization holds higher place in American
esteem than the Red Cross whose hftieth anniversary
was commemorated by President Hoover Thursday
night The long and honorable record Of this agency
Of mercy speaks for itself.
But those who love the Red Cross most will injure
it if they ignore the growing criticism Of its refusal
to aid in unemployment relief Many families Of the
six million unemployed, who always have contributed
to the Red Gross, can not understand why they are
refused its succor now.
President Hoover, head of the Red Cross, per-
sonalIy is responsible for this criticised policy lie
and the Red Gross board which is dominated by his
appontees refused the federal appropriation which
the senate proposed for unemployment relief.
Hoover argued that private charity was adequate
and that government aid would destroy the soul OF
the Red Gross. Experience has proved his error.
Official figures show that private charity has been
inadequate that 70 per cent Of the unemployment re-
lief last year was from state and municipal treasures
and that. those funds are exhausted in many
Nlaces.
Also, the records show that the government in
the past has heped the Red Cross without destroy
ing it.
In the light of these facts. the President and the
Red Cross before next winter, should reconsider the
policy which is beginning to undermine confidence in
the present Red Cross management.
The people of this country no less than the Presi-
dent are anxious for the Red Cross to remain, as it
has been and is, chief glory and pride OF the
American democracy"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
ANASA XOO4 y Lands

president HOOVER has put on his straw hat
Wh3ch means that lot OF people will follow suit
out Wen bet that Senator Borah continues to wear
lbs De4VeE' no naaCCer what the thermometer says.
This straw hat business has become standsrdize6
institution, the serfs OF propriety putting them on
ana taxing them OF certain days Of the wear re-
CARELESS Of the temperature
This will not in truth be the land of the free and
the home OF the brave until every fellow wears hi.
millinery as he pleases.
NOWN in southern Indiana people are all excited
IL over the proposal to have the state build paved
highway along the line Of march taken bv the Tin
com family when it went from Indiana to Illinois,
Hoping to land the highway many patriotic
citizens are buSily engaged getting affdavs tend
ing to prove that the journey made by the Lncolns
was through their town
According to present claims the Lincolns tray-
elea at least fifteen different ways.
THE country through which the proposed road
= would run IS sparsely populated and it would do
the Lincolns no particular good at this late day
Their trip has been finished and they are not going
that way again.
Tt is al a very enterprising effort on the part OF
some enterprising folks to get good road where
there would be earthly hope of getting it with
out tacking a patriotic tail to the kite.
THE real lovers Of Lincoln are those who desire Ia
separate his fame from all efforts at sordid com
ulerciahzaton, whether it be a paved road or what
not
If tile great American knows Of this effort now
it probably reminds him Of story.
This effort the part Of the people OF the sparse
~ settled region to give themselves fine present and
dedicate it to Lincoln suggests the gentleman who
gives his wife hunting deg for Christmas or the
vile who gives her husband new set Of china
This gas money that builds the roads belongs tc
the people who drive machines and it should go &c
build roads where people travelling now, not where
Lincoln travelled more than 100 years ago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Why High Wages?

statement containing three mighty important
facts was issued this week by the metal trades de-
partnent Of the American Federation Of Labor in its
appeal for higher rather than lower wages These
were:
l. The American wage-earner IS the great Amer
lcan consumer. since not more than per cent Of the
natlons manufactured goods are exported.
2. Between 1928 and 1929 the total value OF man
ufactUred goods increased S., COO 900 600
3. Between 1923 and 1929 the total volume Of
wages increased less than $5oOO0oO0o
These three simple statements added together ten
US lot ABOUT cause and cure Of the depression Thew
point to one remedy: The volume of wages must be
high enough for American consumers to buv what
American factories turn out.
That is not the entire solution but it is q large
part Of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Trial by Nightstick

TTHE police Of New York are slow
= to learn lesson which should
be fundamental in their profess
sion. The point has been raised
many times, but it doesn't seem to
stick.
7 am referring to the fact that
q cop is not empowered to be q
punitive agent or the city govern
ment..
If an offense has been Commit
ted, the policeman can and should
make an arrest. He has no business
administering immediate chastise-
ment as part Of z penalty against
law infraction.
Here, for instance, is a brief
quotation from the Evening Post,
which is not a radical organ, in its
account Of Communist demonstra-
ton near the entrance Of the Ellis
island ferry dock:
zone policeman struck q fleeing
woman on the head with his night
stick and there was a squirt of blood.
III WOA4AcAA OOA4D444NAC0 " ! I'LL
Another policeman knocked down
another woman and was standing
over her when 3 newspaper pho
tographer turned his camera on
him for q picture
Still another policeman smashed
the camera with his nightstick and
knocked over the photographer"
No arrests were made. Now, this
incident should be sharply inves-
tigated. Perhaps charge lay
against the woman who was cut on
the head.
But since no attempt was made to
capture her, there distinctly rests a
charge against the policeman.
(CopYzight. 1881. By The Tines)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Doctor of Applesauce

If we hadn't said so many nice things about VIII
Rogers as en- international statesman last month
when he attacked American imperialism in the
Caribbean, we would like to praise him now for re-
fusing an honorary college degree.
To the suggestion that he be made doctor Of
humanity and letters, Will replied:
What are you trying to do make joke out Of
college degrees?
II got too much respect for people that work and
earn EN- to see en handed around to every notorious
character"
If fewer business men accepted these honors for
gifts made by them, VIII could not say. he docs.
that college degrees ARE in bad enough repute
Is it is"
We can not agree with VIII that the only degree
he has earned is doctor Of applesauce: but if colleges
would establish special degree for comedians, ard
q B. 3 D. for big business men. colleges might be
able to preserve academic degrees for academic
achievement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Official Grimes
part Of it

Inc WlckerSham commission, now winding up its
Two years work. has at least one outstanding service
70 perform Tor the United States. This is to present
thorough and courageous report on the lavessness
OF the law. It's experts long have been at work or
lS phase OF law enforcement; the report is overdue
Every town, city and state is concentrating its
forces upon the JOB Of catching and Furnishing tbe
bad" people. The bad things being done bv the
good people in the name Of law-police brutality
third degree methods raids without warrants denial
Of legal rights to accused persons especially aliens
and radicals trials by perjured witnesses such as sent
Mooney and Billings to prison, these and other mat
ters-reqUire official exposure.
The Wickershan commission faces no more cruci.,
test than this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE Ryg2fS

r. IKE any other pioneer. David
IL Belasco lived long enough to be
thought old-fashioned. In the minds
Of the younger critics, he was 6
good Snowman and q likable person
in spite of his pretentiousness.
But they did not take him very
seriously. The general verdict was
that he produced few plays Of true
artistic merit and that he was bark
ing back to the old days.
There was q definite Belascc
school Of acting, and it took over
little of the more recent naturalistic
movement.
Just the same, Belasco was q pi-
onee-. One has to think back to
what the American theater con-
sisted Of in his early days to realize
this.
He took a stage which was, rough
~ speaking, 1.-THE Count Of Monte
Cristo" and did bring it into more
searching ways and intimate atmos-
phere.
It is quite true that David Belasco
seldom gave more than a passing
wave to the leading dramatic writ
ers Of our day. Yet he was respon-
sible for a piece which seemed at
the time of its production wholly
revolutionary.
7 saw it at a later revival, and
time had walked across it with hob
nailed boots. The old freshness and
surprise was done. But the first
night audience at ''The Easter Way
saw something which was at that
time true prophecy of greater days
to come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Deaf Are Aided by New Devices

places Of public instruction and en-
tertainment, particularly in Chi
cago, they decided to cooperate and
to install the necessary equipment.
There is in Chicago today one
theater in which twenty seats have
been provided for the hard of hear
ing. When the deaf people come to
this theater, they merely ask at the
box Office and they are provided
with ear phones which are plugged
into the electrical connection on the
special seat.
A half dozen theaters devoted to
talking motion pictures are equipped
similarly. Many churches have pro-
vided the necessary equipment in
the form of electric connections and
head phones.
Tests have been made Of thou
sands of school children, and it has
been found that many Of them who
are considered deaf have slight re-
mains of the hearing apparatus.
It is necessary to educate tn :
remnants promptly, otherwise the
portions Of the brain devoted to the
sense of hearing become quiescent
from disuse and the longer the time
Of rereducation is postponed, the
more difficult it becomes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Nicholson and MiILikan

NICHOLSON, the man who n1ea-
4VA sured the speed of light, was .
great teacher as well as great
scientist.
Three Americans have won the
Nobel prize in physics. One was
Nicholson. The second was Mill
kan, who isolated the electron and
confirmed the existence of connie
rays. The third was Compton, whose
experiments confirmed the existence
Of light quanta.
Millikan and Compton both car
RED on their work in Michelson's
laboratory at the University Of Chi
cago.
Millikan once said, st personally
owe everything to the fact the
thirty-two years ago Nicholson took
me into his nest at the University
of Chicago"
On the same occasion, MiI!ikan
said, I personally believe that the
United States has not had in this
generation q greater economic asset
than Albert A. Nicholson"
1t is interesting to COMPARE
Nicholson with his famous pupil.
Millikan.
M1llikan essentially is twentieth
century product. Nicholson, al
though he led the twentieth century
science, was essentially a nineteenth
century personality.
Millikan is at home upon the pub
tic platform. He understands tba
need Of the scientist to take a lead
ing role in social and economic
Developments of the future.
Nicholson, for whom science was
30 much fun, hid. in public, behind
My own guess is that he never really
an o-d-fashioned scientific dignity
enjoyed appearing in public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

In an address on this subject,
MRS. L. Pelton, who has been ac-
lively concerned in securing install
lation of hearing equipment, en-
phaSized the fact that the normal
child hears for more than a year
before it begins to initiate the
sounds that it hears in the form Of
speech.
Great progress has been made in
the teaching Of lip reading to the
hard Of hearing. The combination
Of education in hearing and speech
education and lip reading and the
provision of suitable devices for
those who hear with such devices
means a much happier world for
those handicapped people in the
future.
It has been estimated that at
least three million children in the
United States have defective hear
ing.
Early attention to their defects
is important from the economic
point of view, since the provision of
suitable education Will make them
better able to earn q living for
themselves and to live normal social
lives in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Freight Rate Boosts

TAPITALTSTIC countries can do
" vastly more than Russia is
doing, with the right kind Of vision
and will.
The trouble is that they are
thinking in reverse, taking mega
tive viewpoint, looking for Difficult
ties instead of opportunities.
Here in America, for instance, we
constantly are harping on the old
things that can't be done, rather
than the new ones that can.
Because certain Of our big indus
tries have slumped, we want to
crawl into q hole and haul the hole
in after us.
In this connection the proposal
to increase railroad freight rates
by 10 to Is per cent is refreshing
One can doubt its effectiveness
as a cure-all for the depression and
still find merit in it. At any rate
it will serve to break the nonot-
onous groaning for curtailment
which has formed the background
Of most plans for recovery.
One even can doubt whether it
will prove an ultimate benefit to the
railroads and still be glad Of its
advent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
We Lack IMAGINATION

THERE is just as much room in
i America for expansion and i'm
provenent as there ever was.
What we lack is inagination-the
kind that can conceive and create
some new business when an old one
plays out.
Suppose we can't put all the coal
miners back to work because oil has
diminished the market for coal. or
ali the railroad men back to work
because Of new forms Of transports
ton? Does that mean that we must
sit down and say that we have
reached a point where there is no
work for six or seven million peo-
pie and that our only hope Of sur
vival is to reduce the population?
Bunk! We have 100000 miles OF
waterway calling for improvement
in the name Of something decent to
look at, if nothing more. There is
hardly a city or town from Maine
to California, much less the ne
elected countryside, but what needs
renovation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Still Room TO Grow

XXTE simply can not hope to over
wv come the difficulties with
which we are surrounded by stop
ping the clock, putting on the
rrakes, and doing less.
If this country had been improved
to point approxinating perfection
if even half of it's people were in
position to enjoy the advantages Of
present day life, one could see some
sense in the idea Of calling q halt.
That is not the case, however. Be-
cause we happen to have too much
wheat or too much oil for the
moment does not mean that we
have too much everything.
Because we have done pretty well
with certain innovations, such as
the automobile or the telephone,
does not mean that the door has
been closed to others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

to other stars much more casual in
their delivery. He was not Ignorant
OF the value Of undergraduates. And
to a really heartening extent David
Belasco made the theater which
bears his name truly his own.
Few Of the playhouses Of New
York have q definite individuality.
But there was at least conference
in the class Of fare offered at the
Belasco. The casual passerby did
not suddenly stumble upon bur-
lesque show or a motion picture.
Late in the career Of the manager
the house was let to others on
few occasions. But there was q
long unbroken period in which the
Belasco theater meant something
done by Belasco himself. And there
was a painstaking Quality in all his
productions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

THE difference between Russia
J. and other countries, as meas
ured by unemployment, goes back to
difference in attitude toward life
Russia has definite program of
improvement. Other countries have
not.
Other countries are toying with
the idea Of less work, less production,
less effort, as remedy for this de-
preston.
Other countries would like to cur
tail the wheat acreage, cut down the
sugar crop, or shorten the working
day.
Russia, on the other hand, en-
courages development and ex-
pansion Of every form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22


nNE Of the most interesting i'm
" provenents in behalf of the
handicapped that has taken place
in recent years is a gradual extern
sion Of permanent installations of
hearing devices IN churches and
theaters.
When silent motion pictures rep
resented the only type available,
people who were hard Of hearing
found them particularly attractive
as places of entertainment.
Then came the talkies and most
Of the pleasure in attendance at mo-
ton pictures disappeared Tor these
handicapped people.
In the meantime, it had been
found that many people with Ger
tain types of deafness can hear
well, provided they have the assist
ance Of suitable hearing devices.
Unfortunately, such hearing de-
vices demand special equipment,
which is not generally available.
When these facts were brought to
the attention Of owners Of various