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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13
People S Voice

Editor Times
ID ECENTLY an article appeared
N in the You Say 1t" column
written by i man who has a fam
lily to support and is making only
SIS a week. He stated that he did
not believe in Socialism, but voted
the Democrat ticket.
This "well-educated man" evil
IDENTIFY was informed poorly with re-
gard to Socialism. I suppose he
thinks SIS is sufficient to rear and
educate his children, and when they
get hungry he will give them beer.
wonder what sort of future he
has planned for his children? After
he raises them, what kind of jobs
can they get? Machinery has taken
the place of man until he is left
out. 1t is time the machine was
made to work for man.
Perhaps this man is afraid the
Socialists will make him divide up
his SIS. They surely would have to
hurry, because capitalism has taken
care of that.
suggest this gentleman investi-
gate the true meaning of Socialism.
If he doesn't believe in a decent
home for his family sufficient
money to live comfortably, own his
car and such possessions as go to
make a comfortable living, I just
wonder what he does believe inl
A SOCIALIST.
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JOIN THE WORLD COURT

Senate action should be taken at this session on
American adherence to the world court. The two
letters sent to Republican and Democratic senators
by groups headed by General Harboard and John
W. Davis state the issue effectively and fairly.
For thirty-three years. since our government
proposed an international court at The Hague, this
has been familiar to the American people and dis
cussed at length
For ten years the senate has been considering
American membership in this specific world court,
the only existing. Seven years have passed
since the senate voted rs 20 II in favor of adher-
ence under certain conditions.
Those conditions, in the opinion of the state de-
partment Of the American Bar Association, and of
many experts. such as Root and Hughes, have been
met by foreign governments
Both the Republican and Democratic parties
just have waged national campaign on platforms
favoring the world court.
If there is any legitimate excuse for further
delay, we have not heard it. Certainly we can re-
spect the sincerity Of the senate minority who dis
agree with the platform pledges, and who are
working to defeat American membership. That is
their right.
But it is not their right to prevent vote. 1t is
not their right to use filibuster methods in short
session, which not only further would delay world
court action, but also jeopardize other necessary
legislation, such banking reform beer tax unem-
ployment relief and economy bills.
Leaders of the two factions should agree with the
party leaders time for debate and for vote,
preferably before Christmas, and before the later
jam of other legislation.
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PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

We should free the Philippines now. They want
independence. Whether it would be altogether to
their advantage to have it is not the issue; they
have the right of self-determination.
Ever since the Wilson administration, we have
been promising them independence whenever they
we're ready for it. They ready now as ever
they will be.
OF course we have a responsibility to them. We
can not fairly cut them off economically from the
United States overnight, after having made them
largely dependent on trade with us.
There should be brief period-say five years
in which they could continue to have tariff prefer
ences for approximately the same amount of ex-
ports as now.
That will give them time in which to readjust
their economic life on an independent basis.
But, under no conditions, should we retain or
accept any political responsibility for the islands
after the grant Of immediate independence That
should be made definite and clear in the legislation.
We not be responsible for that over which
we have control-otherwise we might be plunged
into all kinds Of dangerous international comph-
cations.
Two objections have been raised to the course
we outline Some say that Japan would take the
islands when America let go of them. On the con-
trary there are good reasons to believe that Japan
does not want them for colonization, and that she
would join in any international guarantee of their
sovereignty.
Some others have objected to giving the Philip
pines trade preference, even for a brief transi-
tional period. on the ground that it would injue
our sugar growers and other farmers
In our judgment, any such temporary economic
loss would be more than outweighed by the large
naval economy the United States could achieve by
drawing in its defense lines from the far Pacific
To the United States, the Philippines are po-
htical economic and naval liability. If they wished
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13
The Boa Baked

UOUNG DITMARS had per-
Il suaded his family to let him
turn the attic into reptile
house" The grocer had supplied
wooden boxes to which he had at
tached glass fronts.
The snakes we're unpacked with
the aid of mop-handles to the
ends of which wire-loops were at
tached. There we're some ex-
citing moments, as for example,
when the bushmaster, instead of
going into his cage, turned and
came toward young Ditmars.
He solved the problem by seiz-
ing broom and pushing it into
the creatures face.
There also was an exciting mo-
ment when one of the boa con-
strictors, not caring for his cage,
evidenced his protest by wrap
ping his tail around the bannister
at the head CT the stairs. But
eventually all the snakes we're got
ten into their cages.
Ditmars left his job at the
museum to become a reporter for
the New York Times. His salary
at the museum was too small to
feed both himself and the snakes.
One day he was sent to inter-
view Dr. Hcrnaday, the direc-
tor of the New York Zoo. APP
parently, Hornaday did some in
tervieWing himself, for before long
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NOW FOR THE FACTS

Reasonable and timely is the demand made Mon
day by Senator Mcclellan of Tennessee for a senate
investigation of washingtons bonus battle" of last
summer.
No incident in years so has stirred America as
the military rout of World war veterans from their
Anacostia flats last July. And no incident has been
so distorted by partisans seeking praise from the
people. From the Hoover administrations view
point the rout saved the nation from the threat OF
revolution.
To the veterans and most Of the press, it was
wanton and cruel assault by United States troops
upon unarmed and loyal American men, women
and children, encamped at the nations capital to
petition their government for what they believed to
be their rights.
Time has cooled passion and senators now may
delve for facts with minds and hearts clean of
prejudice The election is past and the motive of
partisanship is gone
An unbiased investigation iato the affair is need
ed not only to present the people with accurate
account Of what happened but to fix national
policy in handling similar demonstrations.
AS winter wears on, Washington becomes the
mecca for all sorts of marching men, 1t now rests
with Washingtons police chief whether these
marchers are greeted with Difference as was the
farmer contingent given the 'burn's rush." as
were the radical hunger marchers.
A policy should be established by congress for all
such lobbying groups.
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SCIENCE
DitrnarS Knows Snakes
BY DAVID DIETz

THE trunk was from Trinidad.
Il 1t contained the following
items, each done up in a canvas
bag:
One bushmaster-an extremely
poisonous viper about eight feet
long, startling in color, bars of
salmon pink alternating with bars
of black.
Two er-de-lance - sage-green
serpents, smaller than the BUSH
master, but equally poisonous.
Two boa constrictors-one six
feet long and one ten feet long.
One Cooks tree boat. Two
emerald tree snakes. One black
and yellow rat snake, known as
cribos, and four coral snakes.
1t sounds like the start of
another Flu Manchu series. But
actually it was the start Of the
scientific career Of one of the
worlds greatest naturalists, DR..
Raymond Ditmars Of the New
York Geological park.
Ditmars was 20 years old when
the trunk arrived. At the time, he
was employed in the insect de-
-partment of the American Museum
of Natural History.
His chief task was to put labels
on specimens. But when his chief
went on trips to collect insects
he went along and looked for
snakes.
He received the trunk from
Trinidad in exchange for trunk
full of rattlesnakes, copperheads,
and other American snakes which
he shipped to a naturalist there.
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busily plying the needle Garments loaded with
homemade lace became the rage. And I, being
young and fond of reading and very ignorant of
fundamental truths protested, saying that all this
was sheer wasted energy
ST~HEN wise old doctor chided me. He said:
4 Women ought to work with their hands.
Crochetng is a saving pastime for many of them.
1t prevents scores of nervous disorders 1t soothes
and comforts them 1t is good"
And so it was. TO make something ones self is
the highest happiness And we almost have lost it.
All the treasures we cherish fondly, the old things,
objects of art are those which men and women made
with their ten fingers and few crude tools Modern
furniture factories model their wares after the
gorgeous sturdy creations of long dead men who
spent years putting into few precious pieces the
affections and pride of their hearts
Tapestries over which women pored Indian rugs
with dreams woven into them volins carved lovingly
by artists as fine as the men who now play them.
exquisite aces mosaics old quilts, beaten silver, all
these handmade things have become the rarest Of
our material possessions. 9
Machine-made articles have no true permanence.
They do not inspire For the secret Of beauty lies
in the love that goes into the making Of things-and
machines are not capable Of love.
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Not EUen the Solid South

WET with the satisfactons myth
afforded to few, doubt that
carry states Mr. Hoover his fate left
of the tots.
He creation of a
franchised infants
pulling the
away from some Santa Claus encountered store
Ihats santa Claus little
shake hands with of
Yet think there psychology
If the saints by the
nascnt Communists think this mpant
the young radicals Once
you want there on his feet
again.
Punch bad the eaten
by crocodile don't
Copyright Times
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The Escape to HereSy

FORTUNATELY complete Claus early age
Christmas
waiting for the old appear restessness in
duced by love of
by the thought Of this stranger
warning To this day prefer not to have people popping
But neither beast chimney
the
and kept getting stranger and stranger At
modernst
courage to make public declaration
With disbelief character improved
and mean boa The old had been seek friends
as possible festival
What did Santa Claus bring you? And
those did additionally n his
And if your had received
nothing than pair mtns
orded him
cal railroad train Some people all
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Light Diet Best in Measles Cases

the bowels regular by the use of
proper foods.
It is also well in these con-
ditions to give plenty of fluids,
including drinks tending toward
aIkalinity, such as orange juice
and lemon juice.
When a person has an infectious
disease he builds up in his blood
materials for opposing the disease.
When he RECEIVERS, the material
remains.
For this reason the person who
has measles, scarlet fever, or
another infectious disease, usually
has the disease only once.
For this reason also it has been
found helpful, IN the presence Of
severe epidemics Of measles, to in
ject into those who are exposed
small amounts of the blood Of
those who are getting over the
disease.
This procedure has been found
to be safe. 1t seems to minimize
the severity of the disturbance if
it does not prevent it.
NExT-MeasIes not a trivial
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DefouLt Serious Thinq

NATIONAL default is a serious
" thing, but it is far more seri-
Gus for the nation that defaults
than for the nation that loses what
is due.
This is doubly true if the de-
faulting nation has embarrassed
itself by spending too much money
for military purposes right after
waging a war to end militarism.
The American people wanted
only one thing as a result of allied
success, and that was comparative
disarmament. They were perfect
ly willing to let others take the
spoil, if by so doing cessation of
armed rivalry could be obtained.
They yielded much for the &C
complishment of this purpose, but
apparently to no avail They will
not go much farther without
definite commitments and binding
guarantees.
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Every Day Religion
BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

told; are electrons revolving round
their nucleus a million times a
second, at a speed of a hundred
miles a second. One thinks OF
these electrons packed tightly
within the atoms, but it is not so.
The relation of an electron to its
containing atom is as if bee
should fly through st. Pauls
cathedral in London, as my friend
put it.
= Il Il
90, whether we look up at the
- stars, or down at the atoms,
we find universe which staggers
the imagination. Yet the little
mind of man, under the gray
skullcap of the brain, measures
those bewildering distances and
follows the fight of forces stupen-
dons in their sweep.
Stars and atoms unite to lead
us to a god at once infinite and
in1nitesimal, and turn wonder in
to worship.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13

TINE other day a man Of science
l. let me see a photograph Of a
tiny bit of sky taken with a tele-
scope, showing points of white on
a background of black. The points
of light we're nebulae, he said, at
such distance from us that their
light takes 5O,OOO,000 years to
reach us.
On a starlit night, the sky seems
full of stars, but my friend said
that if we could empty the Grand
Central station in New York of
everything except six Specks of
dust, it would be more crowded
with dust than the sky is with
stars.
If, then, he added, we look at one
of those speckS of dust with a
microscope, its marvels are equal
ly amazing. If it were expanded
to the size of a planet, the mole
cules in it would be no bigger than
footballs, and inside the molecules
are atoms about the size of or
anges.
Inside the atoms, as we are now
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The Last StralO

REAT BRITAIN stands forth
NJ as a notable exception in her
reluctance to manuever for delays
and concessions. Tt is regrettable
that she should have taken the
lead in this latest venture.
No doubt, she was tired Of see
ing other countries bully favors
out of us. She had good ground
for supposing that she could do
the same thing in the same way.
1t was the straw that broke the
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truth. Even the workingman who
produces marketable commodities
usually stands over a machine
and watches it perform.
To get money is not enough to
satisfy profound human needs.
We must respond to the urge Of
our beings and accomplish certain
creative tasks.
Some years ago, crocheting
was a fad among women, Every
where one looked one saw them
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sponge bath the skin may be
powdered with any light. clean
talcum. This helps to avoid irri-
tation.
1t is not necessary to cover the
child with heavy wooden blankets
or to use flannel sleeping gar
ments. The child should be kept
warm, but not made uncomforta-
bic.
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THE food to be taken by the
IL child with measles should be
chiefly light and fluid as long as
there is any fever.
Just as soon as the fever dis
appears and the child begins to
convaIesce, plenty of nutritious
food should be supplied, par
ticularly foods containing iron
and vitamins. as these viii help
TO build up the depleted blood.
Laxatives and cathartics should
be given only on order Of a ply
sician. It Is much better to keep
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This is the fourth of six special
articles by DR.. Fishbein on the nature
and treatment of measles and pre-
cautions to curb its spread.
TTOR years it was. customary to
l. keep darkened the room used
by a child with measles because OF
the trouble with the eyes. Now it
is realized that strong sunlight
should be excluded, because glare
viii cause pain in the eyes.
The child should not be per-
mitted to read nor should there be
a brilliant artificial light.
If the child complains particu-
larly of the light, colored glasses
may be worn. If the eyelids tend
to stick because of the slight in
uammation, they may be bathed
with boric acid solution or with
plain warm water, which removes
the cruSts and prevents pain and
irritation.
During the period of reStlesSness
the child viii sleep better if it is
given warm sponge bath just be-
tore going to sleep.
This serves TO cool the child and
to bring down the fever slightly. It
also avoids chilling. After the
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ing commitments. Other states
men only waited to see how far
they got.
1t was nervy move, though
not without justification, in the
easy-going policy we have pursued.
Up to this time, we have done
about everything Europe asked,
and then some.
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Fail to Cut Expenses

DEFORE man or a nation
~ pleads inability to pay, it is
presumed that expenses have been
cut to the bone. That is not true
in the case of most European
governments, and the American
people know that it is not true.
They know that the money
which could, and should have
been paid them has gone not only
for maintenance of unnecessarily
large armies and navies, but for
intrigue and conquest.
They know that if European
governments had pursued a policy
similar to that of the United
States, there would be no such
crisis as there is today.
A comparatively small curtail-
ment of European military bud
gets would have provided for pay
mentS due the United States. In
cidentally, it would have done
more for disarmament than all
the pow-wows and palaverS that
have been held.
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NJ E. Tracy Says 8 8 sE1 7 OFF, D SBgDs A 8IEST

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-The
4 y British debt note called for
a, swift, sharp reply. 1t climaxed
one of the crudest bluffs that a
great government ever tried to
run.
Hesitation on our part would
have furnished not only Great
Britain, but other debtor nations,
an excellent excuse for further
Stalling.
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Que stions and
Answers

Q-When did New Mexico enter
the Union as state?
Alan. 6, 1912.
Q-Who was Vice President
during the Wilson administra-
ton?
A-Thomas Marshall of Indiana
was Vice-PreSident during both
terms.
O-Icw many lives were lost
when the steamer Eastland over
turned in the Chicago river, and
when did it occur?
Alt occurred July "a, 1915,
and 812 lives we're lost.
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Secretary Henry

Secretary Henry
L. Stimson is to
be congratulated
for his speed and
hrmneSs. 1t should
put an end to the
shoddy methods
W hi CHI European
governments have
employed to force
debt revision.
British states
men e vid e n t ly
assumed t h a t
anxiety for cash
would be depended
on to lead us into
more connproniS-
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Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TINE widespread of machinery it is said, has
Il contributed to our economic distress Let us
consider also what it done to lessen human con-
tentment
Man is a creature who not be truly happy
unless he does something with his hands. To my
notion, much of our current dissatisfaction comes
from the fact that we have forgotten this ancient
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which commanded attention The psychological behind
little had been
proetaans the
disciple Stain
several saints few nobemen duch
Mr.. Capital
The last gentleman
avoid noticing that eembled striking fashion figure
not n
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camel'S back. To come at us
after a years moratorium, and
only few days before a regular
payment was due, with the propo-
sition that the payment would be
made only if we consented to re-
wise the contract, and only if we
agreed to apply the entire pay
ment on the principal of the debt,
which means waving the interest
now due, was simply too much.
Your Uncle Sam will not be
bribed or bluffed to that ex-
tent.
If European governments want
a review of the debt situation,
they first must clean the slate,
and that includes more than max
ing the payment now due. For
one thing, it includes sincere
effort to balance their budgets,
especially through reduction of
military expenditures.
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to remain under our flag. it would be our duty to
keep them, regardless of the liability
But since they want independence, the sooner
we give it to them and relieve ourselves of the heavy
responsibility, the better.
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presents to all the other children-and so the
things seemed a set duty rather than favor.
Moreover, the distribution was based upon a
system of bookkeeping which irked even in my
less iconoaJastic days. If you we're good boy,
Santas Claus would bring you a good present
II you were pretty good boy, you got pretty
good present. And for bad little boys and girls
there were no presents ut all
What kind of system Is that, may I ask you?
Surely it is not in the best spirit of Christmas
and good will to all. IT adds the materialistic
touch of SO much for SO much
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1t Seems to Me:
BY WOOD BROUN

A FRIEND of mine recently came home from
\ Russia, bringing with her set of Soviet
toys designed for the best interests of Communist
children.
They seemed to me little grim. There was
a good deal of the pay-with miniature -trac-
tor and-like-it spirit about these gadgets for the
growing. The thought of future utility was
rather more apparent tnan any notion of present
pleasure.
Put thera ms nnn r,larrthiror from Mnscnu.