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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Atheists on the Stand

The Civil Liberties Union will test in the higher
courts the validity of 1887 New Jersey decision in
voked by Judge walter Van Ripper in convincing Sam
uel Levine a Communist.
Levine, accused of advocating "subversion of the
United States government" refused to take the wit
ness oath, saying he did not believe in God. Al
though he stated that his affirmation would be equally
binding upon his conscience the Judge refused To
accept it.
He was convicted and sentenced to two wears with
out benefit Of his own testimony
bit alarming is this New Jersey case The right
70 affirm is granted Quakers and others with scrIpIes
against oathtakng Even the president-elect of the
United States may affirm" in taking the oath.
Under this New Jersey ruling, the late Thomas A.
Edison could not have been believed in his own state
Tor Edison was a member of the Free Thinkers of
America. Suppose murder is committed in a room
ful OF atheists Would the murderer escape because
the witnesses were unbelievers?
When the same question came up in recent Ala
oama case, and a woman's conviction for murder
was set aside because the victims death-bed testi
mony duplicating her that of an unbeliever the
court Of appeals there reversed the lower court and
heio tnls dying unbeliever trustworthy witness.
1t is important the law be clarified in New Jersey
and IN the handful of religious qualification for wit
nesses, what will prevent them from taking the next
step and defining religion in any sectarian sense
they wish?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Fine, If It Works

MEMBER Cuthbertson of the public serv-
Ice commission proposes a conference be-
tween officials of the water company. the
electric light company, city officials, and the
attorney for the South Side Civic Clubs for
tne purpose of arranging COMPROMISE"
on rates
Inc idea is fine. Of course, the chiefs
OF the holding companies which own the local
concerns should be present rather than the
local Office boys who are on guard and whose
management is nominal. So nominal a man.
agement IN fact, that huge fees are charged
1or the same purpose each year by the Phila-
oeiphla and Chicago super-governments of
their utilities.
The conference will be Illuminating, if
not productive of results.
1t will demonstrate to the people of In
annapolis just how these utility barons re-
gard their sells.
1t will show whether or not they regard
themselves as partners of local citizens nc
ing city property on which to operate and
whether they are fair enough to relinouish
some OF their unearned perquisites in times
OF civic depression.
The conference will exhibit an attitude
even If it does not exhibit the secret profits
taken by these concerns through their hold
lng-company devices.
Conducted in a fair manner and in the
open there should be no great obstacle in ar
irving at what is fair rate under the de-
Hated prices and the old reproduction theory,
theory under which these and other utili-
ties have collected on uninvested dollars.
have stored away huge SURPRISES which have
been used as assets for the holding compa-
MES which only investment is a certain
shreWdness in finance.
comparison between labor prices of the
years 1926 to 1928 and the present will show
great reduction. The commodity prices
have dropped very materially. Figured in
percentages, the rates would give a certain
relief for real estate and home owners and
bring about prosperity more quickly than
can be done by cutting wages of substitute
teachers, night school instructors or women
policemen.
The idea is fne-if it works.
Unfortunately the history of these COM
panies in the past is not such as to give great
hope to an exploited citizenry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

CURIOSITY is said to be one of the most valuable
~ OF human characteristics. It has enabled man
70 discover the secrets of the stars and the sea
But 1t is one quality that the wise wife will Use
with discretion. A desire to find out the wa, the
world wags is thing and the same urge to learn
now your husband spends his day is another
MIND you, l am not saying that it is not voIr
right to know. I'm only warning that it is the worst
system TO use in managing a man.
you've heard them, these women with the in
q'rSitive dispositions.
We'll, good graciouS!" they begin, once the man
OF the mouse has appeared upon the domestic scene
Where IN the wide world have you beenP It's about
Time you were showing up Dinner is Is minutes
late now
What have you been doing today? Did Won see
that Mr. Evans of whom you spoke this mornings
DID the deal go through? Why didn't you telephone
me9 finally called your Office and the girl said Won
were out. Where were your"
a ND the home mathis are sung to the same old
1 n vesper tune Once the man dons his topcoat to
depart the refrain begins.
Where are you lunching today? Are YOU plavno
gof with Bill this afternoon. If I run into town
ABOUT 2 can I find you in? Do you think vouu be
aoie TO take Bobby to the dentist for me at todav2
ana SO on Where have you been?" Where are
you golng?" IN endless monotone
ms sort OF thing drives many a we-intentioned
man from nome. And the worst of it is that it gets
woman nowhere. The feminine lancet of curiosity
may probe but it only dscloses the age-old evasve-
ness of the male
The way to find out about your husband is to
Keep stil. Let him do the talking. The first thing
you know ne VIII have told you everything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EYS95S

HAVANA may not be that earth
L L ly paradise of which all men
have dreamed, but it will suffice
until something better comes along.
The notes are few, the merits many.
Among the flaws i think first Of
all of the dearth of American Gig
arets and the prices one must pay.
Even in land of joy one hates to
spend Is cents for the brands IA
miliar here for IS. And but for to-
bacco, one might move easily from
shore to ship and back again with
out those customs contacts which
try mems souls.
At that, the Cuban inspector is
nothing like the brusque individual
whom one meets on the piers of
New York.
Upon the slightest provocation,
the Havana official will turn plant
i've upon you. At least, that's the
way in which I was treated. The
inspector opened the bag, lifted one
shirt and then stepped back to lean
against the wall exhausted. He
flung shower of Spanish at me
and a volunteer beside the group
interpreted: "He says that if you
have any American cigarets in the
bag, he will lose his job"
I placed my right hand over my
heart and exclaimed:
Tell him on my honor as cab
allero have no alien tobacco what
soever!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Did Macdonald Win?

When Ramsay Macdonald split his Labor govern
ment and Labor party. it believed commonly that
he had committed political suicide. The incident will
20 down in history as an outstanding act of political
courage.
He has been praised by his former enemies and
cursed by his former friends He has been an un-
happy man. But, having made his decision, he has
fought for it.
Now in the election he has won personal victory
in his home district, and has won party victory"
National government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
The PHILIPPINES

Unless the administration is very careful, it will
force unwse Philippine legislation at the next session
of congress BY policy of inaction it may throw
control of Philippine legislation into the hands of
Americans who have only selfish interests to serve
President Hoover's statement Tuesday on this sub
ject very vague Does he hope to get by with the
old Harding and Coolidge policy of evasion and delay?
There never was anything to commend such policy
There is less today
For the question no longer is: Action by congress
action by congress? The question now is: What
kind of action by congress?
Wednesday the chairmen Of the house and senate
insuar affairs committee agreed in predicting some
action by congress at the coming session. The pre-
dction checks with the information of the press and
of the Filipino leaders
What kind of action by congress?
If certain tariff interests who object to COMPETE
ton with Philippine products have their way, the
islands will be given immediate and unconditional n
dependence. That would hurt the Filipino people
economically.
We believe the Filpinos, any other subject peo-
pie have an inalenable right to political independence
if and when they want it. But We have good reason
to believe that the Filipino leaders do not want i'm
mediate independence. They would take immediate
independence rather than go with the present
satisfactory status.
But what they really prefer is something like
ten-year transitional perks of home rule over in
terna affairs, followed by plebiscte to choose be-
tween continued home rule complete independence.
That Is a reasonable proposition. 1t would pre-
vent the abrupt severng Of close economic bonds it
would allow time to prepare for modification or
abolition of free trade between the two countries; and
it would give the Filipnos chance to grow expert
enced in self-government.
If during the transitional period, the United States
treated the Fipinos intelgenty, it is possible that
the pebscite ten years hence would choose a con-
tinuance of home rule rather than complete indie
pendence The FilipinoS might not wish to sacrifice
the free market for 70 per of their goods which
thy now have in the United States
The present status is evil because neither the Fill
pinos nor American capital nor any one, can plan
for the future.
If President Hoover, in cooperation with the Fill
Pine leaders will present a reasonable measure to
congress- long and mutually satisfactory relation
ship between the two countries probably will result
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Dole Broke Labor

MO one can review what has &C.
L y Cured in England during the
last few years, without realizing
that it was the dole that broke the
Labor party.
This pernicious institution not
only put a premium on idleness
among the lazy, but led to innumer-
able cases of fraud, taxing the
thrifty and industrious to no good
purpose, and finally creating a de-
felt which threatened to wreck the
national credit.
Whether American bankers ac-
tually refused to come to England's
rescue, unless some cut were made
in the dole as one way of helping to
balance the budget, they would have
been justified in doing SO.
Whether as a matter of public
policy, or private conduct, better $40
for work than 10 cents for an I'M
earned handout
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At Least | Was iAdeuuate'
I did this with an the drannati,

old this with all the dramatic
intensity I could muster, since I
was fortified by sincerity and truth.
1t Was a good performance, and the
customs man pried no further into
the luggage, but instead took out a
sheaf of paper and began to write
upon it furiously.
With us the simple symbol o. K.
suff1ces, But things can not be done
with such curtness in Cuba. The
man in uniform wrote at least a
hundred words and signed his name
with flourish. Then he handed
the document to me.
HE says" explained the inter-
prefer, that you are to show this
letter at all gates"
Now I wish that I had asked the
volunteer to give me some inkling
of the contents of that misSive. Va
rious officials were affected by it in
different ways. The first guard we
met read it through but once with
never a smile upon his face, and
then bowed gravely and waved me
on my way.
But the veteran at the wall which
surrounds the water front took
much more time. Once toward the
end of the narrative he smiled, and
I thought there was tear in his
eye before he finished.
At any rate, he began at the be-
ginning all over again and seemed
in great doubt and perplexity before
he let me pass. AS we went by he
took a third look at the document,
and when the car rounded sharp
corner I saw him put the letter in
the pocket nearest his heart.
Possibly in addition to comment
ing on the innocence Of my belong
ings the first man sent a friendly
note to all his fellows along the line
inquiring: And how are your
folks?" Or there may have been an
even deeper-note Of passion. One
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29

Care Will Keep Skin From Chapping

creasing the circulation of blood in
the skin and of stimulating the
tissue.
However, it is possible through
too vigorous mar-age to irritate the
skin or to bruise it in such a way
that it is easily infected.
Ordinary ointments or creams ap-
piled to the skin during massage are
used primarily to lubricate, and thus
to prevent bruising. Cleansing
creams are used chiefly to soften
the dried oil and perspiration.
|. The proper process would be first
to cleans the skin with socalled
cleansing cream or preferably with
a good mild soap and water, and
then to use a pure slightly oily
cream for purpose of massage.
In general, however, it is safe to
say that the best care of the skin is
to have good normal health, which
enables the body to take care of the
skin satisfactorily.
The demands of the possession of
healthful skin are merely ordinary
cleanliness and ordinary careful at
tention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
The COnQuering CubanS

1t is said by some that Havana
is not truly Cuban, but that it has
become completely Americanized.
This I feel to be untrue. 1t repre-
sents, rather, happy synthesis be-
tween divergent temperament and
people.
1t would be more faithful to say
that the American residents in the
Cuban capital have become Latin
lied. They move slowly and cir
cautiously toward their ends. All the
haste and excess hustle with which
they came has been warmed out of
them by the kindly Caribbean sun.
Any American who remains ten
years in Havana will be just as
Cuban as his fellows. Not that the
American influence has brought no
contribution of knowledge or wis
dom to the population. From us
the CubanS have. learned one thing
which sets their city apart as gem
among all resorts
It is, I believe, due to the Ameri-
can influence that Havana bartend-
ers know how to ice their drinks.
This may seem small matter. But
it takes a deal of doing.
The antipathy to a generous use
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

a brush or even in ordinary bath
ing.
: Some soaps attack this this oily
material much more seriously than
do others, and for this reason some
soaps are more irritating than are
others.
After the skin is washed and the
oil removed during the cold weather,
if the skin is then exposed to the
cold before it has had time to
secrete additional oil, there develops
the type of roughness that is called
chapping.
People whose skin naturally is dry
and who chap easily will, therefore,
do well after washing the skin in
cold weather to put on gloves before
going outdoors and to protect the
face suitably by veil, or else to
apply to the skin any bland ONT
ment to take the place of the oil
that has been removed in washing.
The modern woman's toilet in
cludes the application off all sorts
of messages and creams for the
care of the skin.
Massage has the advantage of in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
1t Is Sound Idea

MUCH as one may regret GER
Iva tain reactionary tendencies
revealed in the English election, it
is reaSsuring to know that the coun-
try has repudiated a method of car
ing for the unemployed which was
Sapping its vitality.
Not that the dole will, or could
be, done away with overnight, but
that the idea of feeding idleness
has been supplanted by the idea of
providing employment.
You can sheer at it as the bank
ers' idea, if you like, but it's sound
just the same, both from a financial
and a moral standpoint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29

significant coming 70 The paclfist who during the
was called the most hated man in England"
And yet with all the glory of his personal and poll
tca victory at the polls Tuesday probably this is
the saddest moment of MacDonaIds public career.
For-as he repeatedly said during the campaign-he
Is still Labor party man.
And there can be little joy for him outside the
ranks OF the party which he helped to found and
which he led so long.
This was, in fact Conservative victory For the
Conservative party alone will have majority over all
other parties of something like 800 votes in para-
ment How can Macdonald with about fourteen
National Labor votes dominate or even influence a
national government in which the Tories are more
than asa strong?
Ultimately Macdonald win have to decide the
question created for him by this election. VIII he
accept Tory policies on the tariff and other issues
which are the opposite of all his old convictions Or
will ne withdraw from the Tory national government
which he helped to seat?
There Is no easy way out for Macdonald. There
is probably little happiness ahead for him. Did he
win this fight? Under the circumstances. could anv
result of the election have rewarded him with the
joy of victory?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Questions and
Answers

How do you calculate the pressure
in pounds per square inch of a COL
umn of water?
Multiply the height of the column
IN feet by 433.
How many persons report their
income to the internal revenue bu-
'reau and how many pay income
tax?
In 1929 the number reporting was
4,034,702, Of whom 2,465, 1886 were
taxed and 1859, 317 were non-tax-
able.
What submarine holds the record
for depth of submersion?
The U. S. S. Nautilus holds the
record Of -336 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Headed for New POLICY

IT goes without saying that pro-
Il tective tariff will be enacted
which, whatever it's effect on Eng
lish industry, will not help Ameri-
can industry.
The real significance of such leg
islation, however, lies in the atti-
tude back of tan attitude which
looks askance at cooperation, I'M
less there is immediate and definite
profit in sight.
Except as Premier Macdonald
can hold her back, England is head
ed straight for a general revision
of her foreign policy. Not that she
will withdraw from the League of
Nations, or abandon the World
court, but that she will be much
more hard-boiled toward such is
sues as disarmament and colonial
autonomy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29

call OF the embarrassed bankers,
who long to liquidate their frozen
assets at profit and establish a
closer connection with the federal
reserves or the national treasury.
In response, with unwonted haste,
he wound up his fishing tackle,
hied to his cottage, exchanged his
fishing garb for his proper habili-
nlentS and fastened to the Capitol
for heart-to-heart t. with Andy.
The outcome of this was the pro-
posed S500,0o0,000 loan or gift to
the embarrassed bankers, which the
public is assured will start the
wheels of business to rolling, pros
perity will smile upon the land, and
all will be happy.
1t seems that the lenders or DON
ors will take over the frozen assets.
but what they will do with them
does not yet appear. It is certain
that when the bankers come in
possession Of the loan or gift, that
they will loosen up and run the risk
OF further frozen assets, but, guided
by past c fence, mo- loan only
when the security is assured. in
which case there will be failure to
meet present exigencies, but is that
the thing aimed at by the lone fish,
erman Of the Rapidan?
JOHN NEWTON.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
SCIENCE
Radium Eye, Capable of
Penetrating T1CelUe Inches
of Steel, IS Newest Tool of
Scientists.
By DAVID DIETZ-

A NEW use has been found for
4 radium. A new and penetrat.
ing eye has been developed capable
Of penetrating block of steel u
inches thick.
The new device is, in effect. q
super-x-ray, for the X-ray is cana
BILE only of penetrating thin sheets
of metal.
How the new radium eye was de-
veloped is told by Professor Gilbert
E. Doan of Lehigh university in a
report prepared for the Engineer
ing Foundation of New York.
The radium eye is being used to
test battleship parts, valves for high
pressure power plants, high pres
sure pipe lines and other stee struc-
lures in which there are dangers Of
hidden defects.
1t makes use of the gamma ravs
of radium, which, because they are
so much shorter than X-rays. are
far more penetrating.
1T is surprising that these gamma
rays, known about in general for
nearly thirty years, never should
have received the proper handling
and adaptation necessary to make
them serve this usful purpose"
Professor Doan says.
Those dealing with radium in
the past have been either pure
scientists, interested only in under
standing the nature of the matter
and energy or they have been bio
logists, interested in the therapeu-
tic effects of radium on living or
ganisms.'
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Must Use Judgment

THERE seems little doubt that
4 England will benefit temporar-
lily, but unless the Tories show bet
ter judgment than they did the
last time they were in power, the
benefit will be local and short
lived.
AS long as the Tories retain Pre-
mier Macdonald, not only England,
but the rest of the world, can feel
assured of careful, constructive
leadership, but it is presuming on
human nature to suppose that they
will retain him longer than sports
manship requires.
Sooner or later, the Tories are
going to make use of their over
whelming majority not only to find
jobs for the faithful, but to adopt
such policies as are in line with
party tradition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Depressed, Not Unhappy

Cuba is in the depths of de-
preston, what with the fall of sugar
prices. And yet there is nothing of
despair among the people. Trade
continues brisk. 1t works like this:
A Cuban comes to market with
tray of pineapples on his head. He
meets fellow who buys one from
him and then Immediately sells it
back again. This keeps money in
circulation and make everybody
happy.
In addition to pine apples, the
chief commodity dealt in in Ha-
vana is the cigaret holder, contain
ing a picture which may be seen
dimly through a tiny peep-hole.
That and jai alai constituted my
only major disappointment in the
Cuban capital
Copyright. 1881. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29
Views of Times Readers

Editor TimeS-May I, as a reader
of your excellent paper, voice my
protest against a few theaters in
this city that continually depict on
the stage lewd and immoral shows.
We know that any show makes a
more lasting impression than print
ed words.
Immoral literature is prohibited
By ~. and rightly so. Then does it
not follow that a more potent force
for the moulding of our peoples
minds likewise should be stopped?
The theaters the writer has in
md are what may be termed "the
low class houses" Filth and OBJ
+ --'4v is their drawing power
No one can view their sfo--T with
out a lowering of moral standard.
This is evident by the class of
shows. It's bad for the community
when filth is the feature Of attrac-
ton. AN OBSERVER.
Editor Times-7'he lone fisherman
of the Rapidan lately heard an S.
O.. S. that disturbed his tranquility
to such degree that he stuck his
fishing pole in the bank, assembled
the higher ground, put his hand to
his ear and listened.
Now the auditory nerve is less
sensitive to some sounds than to
others. An S. o. S. sent out by mil
lions had been sounding far and
wide continually and for long
time, but apparently the auditories
of the lone fisherman were not at
tuned to the sound, and did not dis
tinguish it from the blended sounds
Of frogs, and mosquitoes, the chat
ter Of the kingflsher, and the shewk
Of the poke.
But this call penetrated to his
cerebral centers and awakened a
sympathetic respouz-it was the