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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

that from railroad laid out by
engineers having in view entirely
the necessity of avoiding any grades.
"Most railroads are built away
from the creeks and rivers because
of floods and follow the high plains,
which, indeed, are everything you
saw.
"I do hope. the boys who. we're
sold down the river on the World
find good masters. About the only
smart thing I ever did in my life
was in my middle 2Os, when I was
writing editorials on the Kansas
City Star-an infant prod-and,
seeing the older men scrambling
for jobs in their sos, I pulled out
for this country town where
would be assured Of my own job
and free to make my own kind of
damned fool out of my remaining
years in this vale of tears.
Hoping this may find you the
same. I am"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H EEg9;S

A PPROxIMATELY 500 letters
L n and post cards have come in
from people who are anxious to at
tend a mass meeting to protest
against civic corruption in New
York City. Many of the writer's
say that they will bring four or
five with them.
It is my plan to make the first
gathering a sort of warmup session
for an even bigger meeting, because
I want to give the mayor a chance
to be present at the second rally SO
that lie may state his case to the
average citizen. But the first meet
ing can not be delayed until the
Palm Springs vacation has ended.
Mayor Walker on several occa-
Sions has invited representatives of
civic organizations to go to city
hall and discuss municipal prob
lens with him. But there never has
been much discussion.
After all, the representatives were
attending the mayors party.
They listened to an amiable speech,
applauded politely and went their
way
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
What viii PEOPLE Do2

W tIC%I w tAA OOOIO Nv
THERE is another aspect to the
l. problem of curtailing produc-
ton through a shorter working
day, and that is the use people will
make Of their additional free time
While they go in for culture OF
recreation, and assuming that most
OF them will go in for the latter,
what forms will it take?
That brings us right back to the
problem of production, since recre-
alton and allied activities make
room for more work in civilized
countries than necessity ever did, or
ever can.
We continue to talk about con-
sumption, on which production de-
ponds, as though it were exclusively
a matter Of food, clothing, heat and
shelter, when, as matter of fact,
two-thirds of it represents what
people like, rather than what they
need.
What people like counts for a
great deal, not only on the social,
but the economic side. AS they en-
Joy greater opportunity to express
their likes, how can we prepare
them to do SO intelligently?
Up to this time, we have regarded
education as largely concerned with
the production end of life, but, from
now on, it will have to consider
the consumption end, particularly
as recreation, luxury and pleasure
are involved.
Every one knows how rich man
can select hobbies and sports which
make work, or how he can fritter
away his money in such manner
as leaves few better off. The same
is true of ordinary people, when
counted by the million.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

y Ons I1ORh1S 1SnDElIN
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
CEVERAL years ago DR.. Charles
~ L. Minor of Asheville, N. c.,
wrote some hints for people with
tuberculosis which were so success
full that they recently have been re-
published by another authority on
this disease, who has brought
them up to date and modified them
to meet modern conditions.
Many of these hints constitute
excellent advice regarding hygiene
for everyone who is slightly run
down, whether tuberculous or not.
1t is impossible to reprint all
the suggestions here, but a selec-
ton is made Of some of the most
important:
l. Never exercise to the point
Of fatigue. If you find yourself
tired, you have done yourself harm.
2. Remember that rest comes be-
fore exercise. BY resting, a sur
plus of strength and energy is
built UP and stored in the body.
3. Aim to spend as much of each
day outdoors, or in absolutely fresh
air as possible. Remember that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
An Editor Writes

"THE major trouble with the
i death sentence that you passed
on Kansas is that you reason from
the few to the many without ex-
amining the facts. A railroad runs
always along the line Of least re-
sistance.
'All Kansas railroads run over
the --LATEST country, but twenty or
thirty miles in any direction from
any Kansas railroad you viii find
all kinds Of country-hills and val
leys and creeks and canyons and ar
royos and more contrast than you
would md IN a day in New York
state.
But zGs don't ut any idea Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Animal Parasites Of Nam
mails Are Divided Into Ta0o
Glasses.
THE animal parasites Of man.
l. mails. according to a recent
study by Professor E. c. Faust Of
the parasitology laboratory Of Tu-
lane university. can be divided into
two classes.
First, there are the ectoparaSites,
chiefly insects and their allies, liv-
ing on the skin or in its superb
cial layers. Secondly, there are the
endoparasites, living on the deeper
tissues Of the body.
These include the protocol, NIL
croscipic one-celled animals, 8 va
riety of worms, and some insects.
DR.. Faust heads his list Of ecto~
parasites with the tick, a blood
sucker which attacks various ami
mails and at times man, and is re-
sponsible for transmitting a nuns
Der Of diseases, both in animals and
man, such as relspsing fever and
tularemia.
Next on his list are the mites. He
writes: -
mites are related to ticks, but
are smaller and have less leathery
skin. There are hundreds Of species
which trouble mammals. Some Of
these are incidental or accidental
and need not be considered here.
There are several species, how
ever, which produce mango and not
only are great aggravation to the
unfortunate host, but are particu
larry detrimental to the production
Of marketable pelts."
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Prairie Defense

4 ND he inclosed in his letter an
L n eloquent protest written by
Marion Ellet in the Concordia
Blade:
'Mr. Broun says that Kansas has
at least one compassionate sun
sets.
"But there are other compensa-
tons, Mr.. Broun. There is the
compensation of the deep still
summer night, flooded with moon
light, when the beacon fires of
burning straw stacks glow far out
across the prairie, like the myriad
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

ideals and opinions expressed
10 this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writers and are pre-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

measures is heard in the land. The
sound Of revelry by night may
deaden the sound of the powerful
forces that are at work all about
US, but the children Of men who
dared to Fdie and leave their chill
dren free" in the early days Of the
country must shake off the shackles
once more.
Once more a hymn Of praise to
the Scripps-Howard publications
that dare to advocate decency and
justice for the poor. Tt is good to
know that in the midst of corrup-
ton and chaotic ruin at least one
great news agency remembers the
teachings Of the lowly man Of
Galilee.
HARRY HALDERMAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

How was former President Theo.
dore Roosevelt shot?
He was shot on Oct. Il, 1912, by
maniac in Milwaukee as he was
entering an open automobile on his
way to the hall where he was to
speak. He was campaigning as the
Progressive party candidate for
President. The man who fired the
shot was John Schrank. Roosevelt's
convalescence was rapid and he was
able to address mass meeting in
Madison Square Garden on Oct. 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
NJ. E. Tracy

People Are Beginning to Talk,
Which Is a Good Sign, as
They Must Do Some Think
ing to Keep Talking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
Daily Thought

II thou be wise, thou shalt be
wise for myself; but IL thou scorn.
est, thou alone shalt bear it,
Proverbs 9:12.
No man is wise enough by himself.
--Plautus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

The alternative is revolution.
Free men will not starve in the midst of
wealth.
They will destroy the government which
protects system of economic slavery.
The price of survival in the machine age
is planned economy. If it can not be provided
by our democracy, it will be attempted by a
dictatorship.
If democracy can not provide jobs and a
decent living for the masses, as the progress
sives demand, this country is headed for
Fascisn or Communism.
Is democracy worth saving? Is civiliza-
ton worth while Those in power have failed.
Why not follow the new leaders?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

and shorter hours for labor, the government
by taxation must redistribute wealth suf-
fciently to maintain the production and con-
sumption of goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

OWEN D. YOUNG has made the declaration that
~ he will not be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination Tor the presidency, but the other day he
took the train made trip to visit his old school
teacher, and this is very suspicious Circumstance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

Would it be appropriate, asks the Office sage. to
call rasslin match "joint" debate?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

AKRON o. rubber center, is said to be the healthi-
est city in the United States In business slump
OF course, workers there don't tire as much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

tcopyright. lssl. By rhe rimesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

Animal Parasites Of Nam
mails Are Divided Into Two
Glasses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
Some Consideration Needed !

comrade brings us in letter. the burden
of which Isl X
Party members, particularly those cut Of
job, have more duties to perform than ever be-
fore, and some are continuously busy with Party
work lsf III
Comrades out of work ar, short of funds;
some have no car fare, and for that reason find
it difficult to carry out assignments that units
and sections place upon them. Yet little has
been done to remedy the situation
Sat me of our meetings in unit, conrade
stated that she would be unable to carry out
the work asked because she had no money, and
yet is was passed up; no one spoke Of it fur
Their. nothing was dorie about it; yet later when
she did not carry out The assignment, they be-
gan to complain why she had not done It,
While not many comrades have extra money
yet am sure that at every meeting, the question
of carfare of those who are out Of work and
are asked to do work requiring this, can well Be
taken care Of
"At the bazaar last week overheard two
comrades. What have you done2" asked one Of
the other How can do anythins2' replied the
other when I have not even a nickel TO 70
where was assigned and haven't eaten since
yesterday
Comrades, wake up!" s.5
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
MORE SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS
FOR BUILDING THE DAILY"

Party organizations to initiate these organiza-
tons and to guide their activities.
The main shortcoming in the present circula-
ton drive is that our Party district organiza-
lions still have not extended the drive to embrace
all localities Only few cities and towns in
each district are active-others have not done
anything The Daily Worker circulation must
be taken up in every city, town and village If
this is done. then it is comparatively easy. not
only to reach $4,000 circulation, which is the
goal Of the present drive, but to reach 100000
circulation,
The Daily Worker circulation is also still de-
pending too much on the occasional bundle orr
defs. The bundle orders must be steadily sold,
every day and every effort should be made to
increase these bundle orders Systematically. A
still better system is to work constantly for the
increase OF the individual mail subscriptions
Nov that the Daily Worker circulation drive
has been extended over January every district
must take up the question of Daily Worker
circulation as one of the most important Dues
tons of Party work and systematically build Daily
worker circulation. And what is most important,
the present circulation drive must leave per-
mAnent organization for steadily building up
the circulation OF the ably through Red Builders
ers Clubs
1.-THE present income of the Daily Worker is
yet farm from meeting the expenses of even the
four page paper This is SO because Party or
ganizations and Individual comrades too often
forget to pay their bills to the Daily Worker.
This financial responsibility towards the Daily
Worker must come to an end. No Party organ
ization or individual comrade is allowed from
now on to withhold payment of their bills to
the Daily Worker. If We allow the past practices
to continue this would constantly threaten the
very existence of the Daily Worker.
The purpose OF the present $4,000 financial
drive is to help the Daily Worker to meet its
past deficits and the debts that long over
due. But in this financial drive. also. the dis
trict organizations have responded very slowly.
Only one-third of the quota has been achieved
so far For this reason, the financial drive has
also been extended.
During the remaining weeks of the financial
drive every Party organization, every revolution
airy mass organization. individual Party members
and sympathetic workers must do their utmost
to help the Daily Worker fulfill its financial
quota.
1t is the revolutionary duty of every Party
connrade and every sympathetic worker to do his
share in building the chief organ Of the Amer
lean revolutionary working class movement for
solid foundation and to help circulate it to hum
dreds of thousands of workers and oppressed
farulers. BY building the Daily Worker. we
build powerful revolutionary workers movement
il the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20

ticularly in Sargents, where recent wsge-c1rt
occurred, to recruit workers from the shops into
the T. u. u. L. A leaflet to Sarsents must b
issued Immediately. SIS
8. To utilize the foott1old We have established
among the Italian workers to build the T. o. D..
L. and the Unemployed Council, ana through
them the Party and Y. G. L.
4. To organize thorough discussion IN the
units Of the Party, the Y. c. L. and the T.. q. o.
L. groups ON the lessons OF the strike and how
these lessons can be applied to each city in the
>r''rtriot. sharp criticism must be undertaken
of these members who by their actions have
shown an undsrestimation Of the Importance Of
tho strike. end of the trade union work in xeri-
eral and the necessary steps to be taken to mob
ilize the forces of the Party to build the T. q.
U. L. and the Unemployed Councils 'ts
S. The lessons Of the strike and how they can
be applied, must be incorporated In the program
Of work Of each city where we have Party
unit, as well as for the =. y. q. L, ~ Z. g. =
and the I. L. D
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20

Making Too Much Money
By JORGE

From the official report OF the Philadelphia
public accountants Ernst and Ernst, to Mayor
Mackey of that city of Brotherly B. s.,
we are most reliably informed that from Mo-
Sember 2 to December 81, which is something
over 80 days if it amt making mistake on
the calendar, the $500 unemployed apple sell
lers' of Philadelphia, made profit of exactly
s54,334iS IS.
Now you don't have to be any Einstein on
mathematics to figure out that the average "un-
employed apple seller" of philly raked in as
the net result of over months work hawking
apples the magnificent, the magnificent, the al
together "American-plans wage Of a few cents
over $40! We recommend that Philadelphia
workers ask the mayor if he's living on that
and If he isn't, why he thinks they ought, to.
incidentally, the mayors committee .bossing
the apple business, has made and is holding a
profit of $978.15 on it, &
It's temptation worse than a Garden Of
Eden apple to keep the capitalist politicians
from stealing that. it seems: because the ac-
countants express surprise that the committee
serves without remuneration" But OF course.
they don't have to live on $40 month Though
it appears that $40 month is now Sreckoned
by capitalists to be living wage" for workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
BY H. PURO.

BY II. PURO,
ONE of the encouraging things in our Party life
" Is that the chief organ Of our Party the Daily
Worker. has made constant progress during the
past yea, both as far as the content of the
paper and the circulation is concerned. In its
content the Daily Worker has made great i'm
provement 1t is now more Understandable and
readable to the average worker than 1t has been
in the past 1t does not contain long theoretical
articles but news items and short articles on the
struggles of the workers.
This change in the content Of the Daily Work
er has had steady reflection in the circulation.
The gain made In the circulation during the
past year was so notable that the Central Com
mittee Plenum in the end Of November was able
TO record the following: t
1.-The fact that in spite of the absolutely in
adequate attention given to the Daily Worker
by. the district organizations our paper has
almost doubled its circulation in the past year,
is a proof of tn favorable situation generally
for building the movement and especially
proves the enormous possibilities of extending
the Daily Worker circulation by energetic and
systematic work sfs
1t is really big achievement for our Party
that the Daily Worker circulation increased from
1900 to well over 10000 Within the past year.
This means that to the extent the Daily Worker
circulation has grown to the same extent the
basis for the growth OIL our Parly mas Deem
widened. ~
Work Is Not Yet Systematic -
Although the circulation of the Daily Worker
has grown steadily, the work of increasing the
circulation has not yet been systenatical. This
can be noted in the following daily circulation
reports that have been published in the Daily
Worker For instance in these circulation re-
ports, Sacramento, California, has been often
pointed out as an example how the Daily. Worker
circulation can be built up by systematic efforts
of two or three comrades Now, why cannot we
point out hundreds of examples like Sacramento,
Calf? The only reason for this is that there
have not bee nsystematic efforts on the part of
our Party organizations to make concrete plans
to build up the circulation Of the Daily Worker.
Red Builders Clubs Should be Organized
$50 Everywhere
Recently Red Builders Clubs have been or
ganised Tor circulation of the Daily Worker in
a number Of places particularly good feature
about these Red Builders Clubs is that unen-
pIoyed workers have been drawn in to sell the
Daily Worker bundle copies and to take sub
scriptiog1s. This method should be copied every
where and permanent Red Builders Clubs should
be organized However, it is NOT sufficient that
only unemployed Party members should be ac-
tive in these Red Builders Gibbs but non-Party
workers must be made active participants il
these Red Builders Clubs It IS the duty OF the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
On Saving Tt Straight

Outlines some tin1id soul thinks that we bear
down too hard on the enemies of the workers
when VT up and say right out in meeting that
they are "scoundrels," crooks" takers" and so
he word prostitute" as applied to capital
list editors, they think. might give offense, even
though thoroughly deserved.
Well, naturally, proof of the specific cussed-
ness of the enemy in question certainly ought
to be given first or alongside. But If we draw
back from facts however rudely stated, on the
ground of mere rudenesS, we are likely to be
of the timber that shrinks from about the rudest
of all facts-revolution.
We we're bordering over this, when a clipping
from the Portland "Oregoniany dropped on our
desk, informing us that somebody in Sitka
ALASKA, had taken much pains to let Senator
Steiwer OF oregon know that some Soviet pa
per- had characterized the Senator as a some
thing other that would be banned in polite
society if it could be translated And it was
spelled right out in bold type, too.
Then we noticed that in Blackjack Pershing,s
story of the world imperialst war. he relates how
His Majesty. King George the Fifth of England
talking to Pershing about the Kings cousin, the
Kaiser of Germany, pointede to the statue Of
Queen Victoria the the grandmother of both King
and Kaiser and blurted out:
"The Kaiser. Got damn him. has even tried to
destroy the statue of his own granmothero
nd Pershing goes on to say:
For moment was surprised at his words
but quickly realized that it was solemn ex-
preston of profund indignation and not pro-
family"
OF course, we have our doubts about many
things. We think that British Imperialism was
more concerned over German trade competition
than over stone statues OF a dead queen But if
a king is entitled to get up indignation over
such pcayune matter as that it seems to us
that worlers who are robbed starved and op-
pressed by capitalists entitled once in while
to "solemnly express profound indignation"