The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-14
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Editor Times
TJUST have finished reading my
evening paper 1 read it from
the first page to the last each night,
always read some articles that
are interesting to me, but tonight 1
read an article written by Mrs.
Sullivan that will be unable to for
get for awhile.
She is asking why the Indian
apoliS police don't stop the children
from keeping her awake, tearing
roofs of coal houses, etc. 1 just
wonder if this woman is the mother
OF any children, not kids, If she has
no love in her heart for these I'M
fortunates who live around the 800
block on West Washington street,
and have no other place to play.
Does she want the police, those
men whom ! teach my boy to re-
spect and be friendly with, to go out
there and run those boys off the
street?
Mrs. Sullivan, do you know that
II the Indianapolis police belittled
themselves enough to devote their
time to running little children off
the streets, it wouldn't be any time
at all until they would kindle fire
Of hatred from the loving
public?
Some of our greatest men started
just like these children, and l
doubt If they ever would have OBJ
tanned their goal If they had been
run inside by the police every time
they left their yard and did some
boyish trick
am an ex-pugilist, working
man and a father of a boy that is
a boy. But 1 respect and teach him
to respect Chief Morrissey and his
men. I hope the time never will
come when my boy or any other
mans boy has to be cautioned
against the indianapolis police de-
partment for fear they might get
run in or arrested for disturbing
the peace of some sleeping citizen.
God help the unfortunate lad
who has no place but the streets
to play. CASEY JONES.
Editor Times
1.-TWO Of the most Illuminating
Il election reports come from
Morgan county, where Professor
McNutt was raised and practiced
law prior to his employment at In
diana university, and Fayette
county, where Judge Springer lives
and practiced law for many years.
In Morgan county McNutt re-.
ceived majority smaller than the
majority accorded Roosevelt by 10.
In Fayette county Judge Spring
er received 497 votes more than
President Hoover.
j. c. JOHNSON.
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Editor Times
r AM a reader of The Times and
l. wish to thank your paper for
publishing peoples thoughts. am
an ex-service man. saw in the
paper where Mr.. Hoover was thank
full that they had people in WASH
ington to take care of the mobS,
which was right.
But the veterans who were run
out of a place they helped to save,
did not know how to take care of
mobs, machine guns, gas bombs, and
bayonets, but they surely did know
what to do with the rooster Nov. 8.
Also, Mr.. Hoover stated that there
would be no one hungry or cold. We
had popcorn and threw the I'M
popped kernels out in the street for
birds, and seven little children going
to school got on their knees and ate
4 the popcorn out of the dirt. I am
glad that Mr.. Roosevelt was elected
and we will see in the next four
years If poor children have to eat
out of the gutter.
Please publish this so our nice
Governor, Mr.. Leslie, can see that
he is not taking care of all the poor
in this state as he boosted.
JACK WILLIAMS.
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Editor Times
TINE tremendous Democratic
i landslide shows clearly that the
majority of the common people have
awakened to the fact that they
really rule the country.
Passage of the eighteenth amend
ment was the biggest piece of leg
islative folly ever enacted.
For fourteen years this ridicu-
lousy hypocritical law has existed
while taxes have mounted steadily;
morals have deteriorated, crime has
been organized, and this nation has
become the worlds laughing stock
The peoples votes have elected
men pledged to modify and repeal
this law, almost without exception
Will they obtain the desired results
or will the newly elected members
fiddle while Rome burns, to the
blatant loud-mouthed tunes of the
Anti Saloon League, Methodist
= Board of Temperance and Morals
and other fanatically dry organiza-
tons?
Immediate action to remedy this
injustice will be appreciated sin
cerely by the people whose votes
have spoken plainly.