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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-20

bed and I'm right out in the swim ming pool, in the garden, that's how little 1t 1s."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
ONE-SIDED RESEARCH

The Twentieth Century Funds second annual
survey of the 1o2 great American research founda-
tons" reveals strange contradictions. Bold in blaz-
ing new paths in the physical sciences the donors
and custodans of these funds appear timid and in
ADEQUATE before social aadjustments and economic
wrongs
The survey finds that $54,600000 was given away
in 1881 by the Carnegie Rockefeller and other foun
cations Of this stable sum, $170OO0OO, or S14 per
cent went to public health Education got $13500 000
or 249 per cent. These two received 56.3 per cent
of the total
But only eighteen of the foundations showed an
interest in economies And only $685. O0 is per
cent of the total grants went to research in this
crucial field. The paradox is more surprising in
view of the fact that health and education are
truly functions of the state than researches into
economics.
ut might be expected" writes Evans Clark
author of the survey, at time when the capitalist
world is facing the most dangerous crisis of all his
tory, but organized philanthropy would make spe-
cial effort to help explore eradicate the causes
of these social difficulties philanthropy already has
attacked and helped mitigate the causes OF hook
worm disease and yellow fever
The report finds this neglect extraordinary" in
view of three winters of depression.
The benefactions Of these great funds, totaling
three-ouarters of a billion dollars, deserve high
praise Their scientists have penetrated the junges
and the arctcs brave6 hardship and DEATH recorded
facts with honesty worthy of their craft in crusades
against diseases of the human body.
But the time has come when more Of the funds
should be spent in equally fearless study of the sick
ness Of our body polite and our body economic.
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SATURDAY. DEC. 81. 1882.
THE PEOPLE LOSE

Once more the public service commission has
demonstrated that the people find no hope when
they try to curb utility rates.
The decision in the water case of indianapolis
shows how far the commission has wandered from
the original theory that under its arbitration the
people as well as the companies, would be protected
AS result of the decision, the majority Of home
owners in this city will be compelled to pay II cents
a month more than they have been paying for
the past year.
The valuation of the company is fixed at about
five million dollars than the engineers for the
commission found it to be worth at present day
prices for labor and materials The excess is added
under the guise Of good WILL which can not exist for
monopolies One of the theories of regulated utility
service is that the grant Of monopoly destroys the
waste of competition and with it the imitation of
good will earned by special endeavors There should
be, in theory, only a reasonable return on actual
investments.
The commission itself hardly DISCUSSES the fact
that the new rates are as high as the commission
believed the people can pay. The order is most
patiently an official Endorsement of giving the COM
pany all the traffic will bear"
In its announcement, the commission says "the
rates which will be established are based upon all
the evidence and conditions, particularly the pres
ent economic depression.
If that means anything it suggests that the
commission has estimated how much can be taken
from the consumer. not how little he be charged
and permit the company to operate.
The result will not cause any regret when Paul
McNutt as Governor, makes good his pledge to re-
place every member of the commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
FOR NEXT YEAR

Those who look forward with hope for better
things from 1888 have some for their opti-
msm, aside from the cynical thought that nothing
could be worse than the year which is ending.
In the first place, new era is inaugurated in
the public affairs of the state. order is prom
ised. A new leader appears who is pledged to
changes that make for social betterment The night
gown days are gone.
In indianapolis there are a few resolutions which
the city as whole might make and then try to keep
The coming year should see that men are put
back to work, very early in the year if concerted
drive is made to obtain funds for the completion of
self liquidating projects
These projects would not only furnish work, but
make the city safer, more slightly. more comfort
able for the majority.
The year should see the city in actual ownership
of the gas company with plans made for It's opera
ton on basis that will furnish fuel at the lowest
possible cost and with any profits going to the public.
The year should see the Leisure Hour Clubs be-
come the mightiest factor in community life This
year the eight thousands who now meeting each
week in these organizations that make for better
feeling, more neighborliness, sound satisfac-
tions, increased by five times that number.
Most of ALL the year should see determination
to resist any effort to lower the educational or
cultural standards of life in this CITY,
The necessity for economy strikes at much Of the
old order, but it should not and must not reach
those institutions and influences that make for
sound character and finer manhood and woman
hood
This is the big resolution. that no matter what
happens financially or in economics and industry
that there shall be no lowering Of moral levels or
of spiritual outlook
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1T will take a little money to get
4 them started, though not much,
and that they will ask of the pub
lie and the state. They will ask
it in the belief that it represents
a better investment than baskets
of food or meal tickets, which
mean no more than another days
or another weeks survival.
The object is not to try any new
political experiment. or economic
theory, but merely to find out
whether able-bodied men can take
care of themselves and their
families on the land, as their
grandfathers did.
If they can't, we'd better know
it, because such a condition would
mean that our civilization is in
grave danger.
If we have a standard Of living
and an industrial set-up where
conscientious, intelligent workers
can't supply themselves with a
reasonable amount Of food, cloth
ing, and shelter, something is
radically wrong.
Either we are prospecting at the
expense Of those who don't get
anywhere near enough for what
they produce, or we are kicking
the very foundations out from I'M
der the economic structure.
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He Must DO 1t IN other Words

LIE asked to indicate tongue as well as
OF heart To be just this confined to
h once moved Morris qu close apopexy by making
Inc simple suggestion that it would be
aua textbooks for American
had forgotten at the Hq used to be an author
himself - - 90 N"NAAO1
, but at the moment am chiefly with the
Nancy r. VINO wrote for the Daily Worker
PROOF ana pncy room with the phrase That mighty
Naturally this
lowed 10 pass unchaenged
Nancy in her place dangerous right
wing deviation 80
Just what does that expression mighty white mean"
Conaoe Lawson 1T
into the language The system of national
oppression OF twelve million Negroes gem
ra the whole system people
mperialSts all
all Know that popular idonshe
IN TACT not sheer accidents The that
tain language the
OF the country where that language S
To-day in the Soviet bgades tempo
put also IN the home from the children playing
The oppression OF the Negroes the
OF the capitalist system IN America the idea of white superiority
OF those ideas which all the the capitalists
to keep up"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Questions and Answers

times during season, but rarely
more than twice.
Q-What does the name Lorene
mean?
Azure.
Q-What is the salary of a
member of the cabinet?
A-Under the 1882 economy act,
it has been reduced from $4,000
to $12,750 a year.
Q-What is the annual rainfall
in the Mohave desert, and. also
the summer temperature?
A-The mean annual rainfall is
between three and four inches;
the midday temperature in sum-
mer ranges from 10 to 1875 degrees.
Q-Is there any difference in
the ascending and descending
velocity of projectile fired
vertically?
A-The United States bureau of
standards says that the velocity is
the same, ascending and descend
ing.
Q-Why does not the moon
eclipse the sun every month?
A-There would be an eclipse of
the sun once in every lunar
revolution were it not for the fact
that the moons path or orbit
around the earth, and the path
or orbit of the earth about the sur
do not lie in the same plane. The
moons path is inclined to the
earth's at an angle of five and
one seventh degrees.
Q-Can fish or snake survive
freezing temperatures?
A-Snakes can endure a tenn
perature close to freezing while
numbed and motionless in hiber-
nation, but at or below the point
where water freezes they are like
ly to be killed. Fish and frogs
may be inclosed in ice and still
survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
INDEPENDENCE WITH STRINGS

We sympathize with the Filipino people who
have split over the question Of accepting the nde-
pendence bill which our congress just has sent to
President Hoover. They do not know whether in
dependence is worth having on the terms offered
Those who think there is a chance of getting the
next congress to pass fairer bill are opposed to
this one. Those who think there is no chance of
getting fair reconsideration by congress within
the next year disposed to accept this BILL
with all its faults.
This bill violates the interests both of the Philip
pines and of the United States 1t was passed chief
ly by American sugar and farm groups who appar-
emily little about the larger interests of the
United States and less about the welfare of the
Filipnos.
The paramount interest of the United States is
that, in granting the islands this deserved indie
pendence, we shall be relieved of political response
bility Immediately.
But under this BILL our political responsibility
would continue for ten years after creation of the
interim commonwealth government, or total of
eleven or twelve years from the present
Even that would not be the end. BY retention
of naval bases after the grant of independence we
would continue to be involved indefinitely.
One of the best reasons, from an American point
of view, for granting independence is to Withdraw
from an isolated area which in event of war would
invite attack and which we could not possibly de-
fend. After negotiation of world treaty of per-
petual naturalization for the Philippines, as proper
ly provided in this bill, there could be no possible
excuse for retention of American naval bases or
anything else which might involve us information
ally in the mistakes of the Filipinos or the hazards
of the far Pacific
On the economic side, this bill would play havoc
with the islands. Against the wishes of the Fill
pinos, we began years ago to make them absolutely
dependent upon us economically by free trade with
the United States and closed door to foreign
imports
Basic readjustment, leading to a normal economic
life among other nations and the neutral flow of
trade will require years. Instead of making it as
easy possible for the Philippines during the in
term period to build economic independence, this
bill would raise the high tariff barrier against about
one-fourth of their major crop In addition it
would levy rising export tax, and would keep the
islands virtually closed to non-American foreign
goods.
Finally, the bill calls for left-handed pebscite
Of the worst kind. The vote of the Filipino people
on their proposed constitution would be construed
vote independence under terms of the bill.
Whatever the intent of the authors of this pro-
vision, in effect it is invitation to interruptions
political and economic groups to foist an evil con-
stitution upon the Filipinos, which they might ac-
cept rather than reject independence.
Whether independence on these terms is worse
than no independence may prove a hard question
for President Hoover, and an even harder question
for the Filpinos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
NJ E. Tracy Says T4Gh TO c TR d 4z91o Sz 5 5

THIS depression has led to a
l. deal of talk about going back
to the land. The jobless see some
hope in it, but many business men
regard it as absurd.
Look at the plight of the farm
err" they say. "You can't make
living, much less any profit on
the land"
1--WE aren't making either" re-
ply the jobless, so how can we
lose?"
Profit has ceased to be the up
permost questions to millions of
lives.
People VINO have tramped the
streets for a year or so are not
looking for easy money.
What they want is to get away
from the breadline, the handout
and the humiliating role of de-
pendents on charity.
They have been beaten down to
point where any kind of
chance to try taking care of
themselves is welcome.
They are ready to begin over
again to start from scratch, to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

Ut is easy to gallop off to war on a typewriter.
l. And number of our editors are breathing fire
these days Their outbursts read like those they
hurled forth in 1916. only it is not "the Hun,
but France who has lost her honor.
Saws one Lets tell the French ambassador at
Washington to skiddoo and be quick about it. Get
out of here Mr.. Frenchnan. If you not honest,
we don't want you around Would that be a declara-
ton of WARP Not at ALL Not unless France should
want to make it And if she did try to pick
war with us, we would spank her it would hurt"
This is pure braggadocio.
France has repudiated an honest debt. She
stands dishonored before the nations. But it will
not help matters for Americans to begin their fool
ish rantings that so many times in history have
passed for common sense and craftsmanship.
oh, thrice cursed warl Each sows the seeds for
" another The world today is haggling over
blood money-the blood of millions of fine, life
loving men, and unless the nations can get together
on some sort of an agreement this haggling will go
on for another thirty five years.
Think of it, Only fifteen have gone since we en-
tered the slaughter house and within that short
time poor, pitful bleeding France" over whom we
wept so passonately, is become "cowardly vile and
despicable France" Lafayette where are you?
There is much talk about the peoples money"
And it is true that these debts are owed to the
common man of the United States. But he was not
eager to send his gold over there, willing
to have his sons go.
And fancy, if the truth were known. he would
not want to collect at the point Of gun
It is the politician and the fnancier who are
concerned over this money. They made the dis
astrous deals.
They win get the bulk of the sum If il is col
lected and they the boys who are doing most
q the yelling behind the woodpile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31

Moscow fail the other day for forging checks; and
in that nisadyenture there is. apparently, silent
commentary on the changes the revolution has
wrought on one Of the least Of Russias citizens
This mans downfall was neither great nor spec
tacuar but it is clear that in some way the revo-
luton managed to uproot him as completely as it
did the mobiles themselves.
He carries with him, If we could get at it,
human and revealing story about what a social
overturn do to a lackey
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been started in Philadelphia to
homestead 1900 unemployed peo-
pie themselves.
Now let's not begin by arguing
as to whether 1t will succeed.
Maybe it won't, but, as the I'M
employed points out, it can't leave
them any worse off than they are.
Some of them have been idle
for two years, living on the bounty
of generous neighbors, swallowing
their manhood and womanhood
for the sake of existence.
The wonder is that they have
any confidence or courage left,
but they have.
Though through with chasing
some of the rainbows which for
merly intrigued them, they still
have the desire to be self-support-
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

There is much congratulation
upon so much of the journey
safely done, and much well-Wish-
ing for the way that lies ahead.
Also, there is no end of COM
plaint-folk telling of aches, ills,
upsets and downfalls. All kinds
of faiths and PHILOSOPHERS mingle
in the inn, and there is no agree
ment as to the meaning or the
goal of the journey. Some think
it a great adventure, others deem
1t a nuisance.
Often one feels that it takes
half Of the race to keep the other
half reconciled to the road. Tt is
odd how few good things even
the wise ones have to say about
life, which they seem to endure
rather than enjoy.
WEARS ago Marion Reedy,
l. great editor now fallen
asleep, sent me a greeting for
the New Year, which hangs in
my memory to this day: Here is
hoping that in the New Year
there will be nothing the matter
with you that money can not
cure. For the rest, the law and
the prophets contain no better
rule than this: Hope a little,
fear not at all, and love as much
as you can-tfle results are in
other hands than ours"
Tt was a wise wish, since the
things which money can not cure
are the ills of the spirit, the sick
ness of the heart, and the dreary
dull pain of waiting for those who
return no more. There are
hungers which gold can not
satisfy, and binding storms from
which it offers no shelter.
Thus bravely, blithely, with
gay and gallant spirit my van
ished friend sent me a heartful
of good will, as we gathered in the
old inn of the Years End-which
is good enough to pass on to
others.
fcouyrlaht. 1888. United Features
Syndicatel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Other Uses of "White"

DUT the sharp and suspicious Communist has not begun
ID ground of the capitalist
How about: "As white your shr-whter White House Walter
White white whitehall white-lvered
Paul Wheman white corpusce White Sox and Whitsunday?
1t is too much anybody believe that all
chance without
Teller and the Governor Of the
the whole program
by the Rockefeller millions there single
spotlight
And what right has the conscious at turkey
ton against the drumsck the
parts of the fowl? You bet life it is
AS Comrade Communists
not such expressions We become
know what they must them
That's white will place language people
who free,
by The Tames
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
SCIENCE
Ault Was Unsung Hero
BY DAVID DIETz

MO list of the heroes of mod
4 Y ern exploration will be COM
plete unless it contains the name
of Captain James Percy Ault. The
name, perhaps, has an unfamiliar
ring to the layman. For Captain
Ault never tried to reach the
south pole by airplane or the
north pole by submarine.
To the best of my knowledge,
he never made a movie of his
exploits, never worte a book, and
never appeared on lecture cir
cult.
But sea captains remember
Captain Ault and bless his name,
for he helped to make the sea a
little safer for all sailors.
b And scientists remember Cap
tain Ault as one who explored
for science, enriching mankind's
knowledge by long years Of hard
and faithful work.
For twenty years, Captain Ault
sailed the seven seas in the worlds
most novel ship, the non-magnetic
yacht, the Carnegie. His cruises
totaled 343, 900 miles.
In May, 1923, Captain Ault took
the earn egie out for what was
to be a three-year cruise Of all
oceans, the seventh cruise since
the ships launching in 1909.
On Nov. 90, 1929, tragedy over
took Captain Ault and the Car
negie. An explosion occurred while
gasoline was being brought
aboard.
The ship was destroyed by fire,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Q-Was William Howard Taft q
MaSon2

1-W dS W4444d1AA 11OWdIQ 1dIG ~
Mason?
Ayes.
Q-When was the English SPAR
row introduced in this country?
AIN the fall of 1850, when
Nicholas Pike brought sixteen
birds to Brooklyn, N. Y.
Q-WilI a vessel of water weigh
more with a live fish in it than
without?
A-The weight Of the fish will
be added to the weight of the wa
ter and the vessel.
eff the same quantity OF hot
and cold water is placed under
Identical conditions in a freezing
temperature, which will freeze
first?
A-The cold water.
Q-What is Indian summer
A short season of pleasant
weather in the central and Allan
tic coast states, usually occurring
in October or November, and
more rarely in December. 1t is
characterized by an almost cloud
less sky, calm or light airs, hazy
atmosphere, and mild tempera-
ture in the daytime, but cool at
night. 1t may last one or two
weeks and may recur two or three
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
'Sensitivity'

cancer. Advances have not been
made which would warrant the be-
lief that any specific substance has
been discovered that is Of value.
The correct procedure continues
to be early diagnosis with sur
gical removal, if possible, and with
the use of radium and high vol
tage X-ray.
There seems to be some evi-
dence that primary cancer of the
lungs is increasing in amount, per-
haps associated with some changes
in our methods of living.
Means have been developed not
only for applying tests Of the ex-
cretions of the body for determir-
ing whether a woman was to give
birth to child, but also by a
modification of the test to deter
mine, after the fifth month, the
sex Of the prospective child.
Copyright. 1882. NEA Service. Incl
NEXT: The doctors place In our
social scheme.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Land Needs Them

INSTEAD of arguing as to
4 whether they are wise, we
ought to see something sublime in
their faith, something that is
worth encouragement.
Besides, the smartest Of us may
need a little re-educating as to
what earnest people can do for
themselves if given opportunity.
And whether they need the
land, the land certainly needs
them.
The rural side of America, es-
pecially in its northeastern Sec
ton, is a disgrace to civilization.
The craze for city building has
turned vast areas back to scrub.
with weeds and pests overrunning
the landscape.
So much by way Of introduce
ton to a movement which has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Story Of Cruise

ON its last cruise, the Carne-
Ogie embarked upon a bigger
program than ever before. Dur
ing the first six cruises, the scien-
tific staff had confined its atten-
ton to the study Of terrestrial
magnetism and atmospheric cleo
tricity.
But this time, much equipment
was carried along for oceano-
graphic studies, investigations Of
the physical conditions Of the
ocean waters, and Of the living
organisms in them.
The story of this last cruise
now is available to the reading
public in The Last Cruise Of the
Carnegie" by DR.. ]. Harland Paul,
who was aboard the ship as sur
geon and scientific observer. The
book is published by Williams &
Wilkin at So.
The itinerary of this cruise was
as follows: Washington to Plyn-
outh to Hamburg to Reykjavik
Iceland) to Bridgetown to Pam
ANA to Easter island to Callao to
Apia to PIT. Apra to Yokohama to
San Francisco to Honolulu to Tu-
tuila to Apia.
On such a journey there we're
bound to be many interesting adj
ventures. DR.. Paul tells these
well in a graphic and readable
style.
The book is illustrated beauti-
fully with a. colored frontispiece
of the Carnegie and 1913 photo
+ graphs made aboard ship and IN
port during that last cruise.
IN brief, it is a fine book Of
travel and adventure, and as
such is recommended highly to
the reader.
Appropriately. 1t is dedicated to
Cantain Ault.