The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11
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Editor Times
I NOTICE in The Times where
Il they we're razzing the veterans
for wanting their bonus. They
fought and risked their lives for a
cause that wasn't their own fault
and thousands are sleeping in
Flanders field and lying helpless in
hospitals who wouldn't be If they
had done what the knockers did.
They built a monument, but the
veterans can't eat that or live in it..
Thousands of helpless little children
are starving who would eat if the
money that was spent on buildings
and homes for the President was
given to the soldiers.
With Roosevelt in I bet there
won't be any veterans sitting on the
street corners and then maybe we
will get to the corner where better
times are that Hoover told us about
for four years.
TIMES READER.
Editor Times
nNE Of the letters in your col
~ umn the other day stated that
all married working women either
married lemons or disliked the smell
OF bread and milk. l never knew
that 1t was particularly laudable to
like bread and milk. Personally, 1
prefer a good porterhouse steak.
always have been proud to earn
my own living, and the fact that l
married for love rather than meal
ticket seems to me to have been an
honorable thing. I have worked for
years and have spent considerable
money in perfecting myself in my
profession, and certainly have no
intention of throwing that by the
boards simply because 1 have chosen
the honorable way and acquired a
husband instead of sugar daddy.
This silly agitation against the
married women is largely the result
OF jealousy and is not even a minor
element in the depression. Why
should society object when my hus-
band and ] together get $500 a
month when a man next door to
me gets $500 a month? I don't ask
for caviar, but do want a steak when
I can earn it honestly.
ONE PROUD TO BE A WORKING
WIFE.
Editor Times
A S subscriber of the daily
4 n Times, certainly appreciate
your front page space for voicing
the peoples views. It seems to me
we are at the point ready to start
upward again. To me, one of the
quickest ways back to prosperity
would be for every one to quit talk
ing depression and count our
blessings.
If landlords would cancel arrears
In rents and encourage tenants who
really have tried to pay, it would
be a, great relief, as we just sre
starting into winter with coal bills
and heavier expenses to pay.
With so many empty houses end
business rooms in the city, it seems
to me that landlords would be very
glad to keep their property occu-
pied, instead of evicting good ten
ants. 1t seems to me that business
in general has a brighter outlook
and 1 am sure the people in gen.
eral are inclined to be honest and
deserving, so let us hope The man
or woman with money can be hui
manitarian enough to continue
little while longer with the ones
less fortunate and feel sure they will
receive rich blessings.
A SUBSCRIBER.
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Editor Times
INFORMATION please! With the
Il Morgan Mellon Hoover govern
ment defeated at the polls, will it
now be possible to prosecute the
politically protected blue sky
peddlerS who have smashed thou
sands of small banks and rendered
destitute millions of investors?
am informed reliably that the
distributors of many worthless issues
were among the most liberal con-
tributors to the Hoover-Curtis cam
paign war-chest, hence, automatic
ally were purged of all guilt I'm
quite aware that the promoters of
Richfield Oil california; have been
sent to prison: but, as the story
goes, they we're so foolish and i'll
advised as to operate without the
formality of the right brand of pro-
lection j. CHARLTON SMITH.
GreencaStle, Ind.
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Editor Times
XXTILL you be kind enough to
w give space in your paper TO
the board members of the home
loan bank to explain the workings
OF that great relief organization?
am going to insist on they give
three specific examples as to how
1t really will benefit us taxpayers,
and I also want them to be very
exact as to how much salary, direc-
tors fees and Office expense the
various branches in Indiana will re-
ceive, and to tabulate how the fed
eral government is going to get hold
of this ready cash, how much in
terest it will pay to get it, how much
interest it will receive on the loans
made by it, and how much actual
money will be returned to the
United States treasury when the
time of its activity expires.
anything that would be so instruc-
tive to the taxpayers as a concise
explanation of the plan Of the home
loan bank and its effect on the
taxpayers.
JOSEPH MCDONALD.
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