The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-08
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Editor Times
I HEARD Henry Ford read his
= speech over the radio recently
and it sounded to me like one of
his model T cars. If three and a
half years ago Ford had employed
a man as manager of his factories,
with a four-year contract, and the
factories were in the same shape
that this country is today, would
he renew that contract for four
more years? The fact that Ford,
Schwab, Atterbury, Du Pont and
James E. Watson are for Hoover,
Is enough for me to see that this
country needs a new deal.
TOM SHAW.
225 North Belle Vieu.
Editor Times
IN bidding for the ex-soldiers'
- votes, the Democrats are circu-
lating pamphlet aimed at the
Economy League. One misleading
question is this: What is their at
titude toward pensions of 10000
civil service employees, who, after
living at home in comfort and
safety. get $50 to 500 from the gov
ernment?"
This pension does not come from
the government Each employee pays
3la per cent of his check to the re-
tirement fund, Even administra-
ton cost is paid by the employee.
The Democrats in charge of such
publications as this are supposed to
know the law, and the foregoing is
federal law. If they are ignorant
of such laws they are too ignorant
to go into public offlc to enforce
and make laws.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE.
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Editor Times
NOME all you FOUNDERS if you
~ want to hear a true story of a
brave engineer. He mounted to
the White House with an order in
his hand, he stabilized the farmer,
freed the working man, and drove
the eX-soldiers from their promised
land. If you don't like that, all you'd
got to do on March 4 is send a new
crew to take that job we praise So
highly.
AN EX-SOLDIER AND A RAIL
ROAD MAN.
Editor Times
DELIEVE it or not, Governor
- Roosevelt has put Abraham
Lincoln Herbert Clark Hoover into
a "goosestep tempo" No more front
porch speeches or fishing on the
Rapidan. Herbert might resurrect
from the White House attic Calvin's
hobby horse and start in pursuit
of that prosperity that always was
just round the corner and turned
out to be such panic that we
haven't heard about the Cleveland
panic for several years.
DR.. B. E. LENNON.
Spencer, Ind.
Editor Times
TINE principal issue is not pro-
Il hibition, the tariff, farm prices,
crime or any of half dozen others.
1t is Herbert Hoover-do we want
four more years of him, or have we
had enough? I consider Hoover
and his party largely responsible for
the most severe panic this country
ever has had. 1t began with an
unmistakable bang in October, 1929.
The administration did nothing
about it. Callously, it ignored the
depression, refused to admit its
presence. Why did the adminiStra-
ton twiddle its thumbs those two
years?
Does not a stitch in time save
nine? Can it be the reason that
1882 brought out the big business
corporation and the belated home
loan bank plan, which is not func-
tioning even at this late hour, is
because Hoover knew that he had
not the slightest chance at re-
election, if he did not make few
gestures toward helping the for
gotten MANI"
If 1 were Herbert Hoover, 1 Ger
tainly would not have the nerve or
brass or whatever it takes to run
for President again after making
such a rank failure in my first
term.
CARL SCHURZ LOWDEN.
Shelbyville.
Editor Times
MOT long ago Governor Leslie
IN stated that it was entirely up
to Judge Frank Baker to free
Theodore Luesse from the state
prison farm. Many commit
tees have seen Leslie before and he
made no such statement. 1t looks
at this particular time, as if he was
trying to put all the responsibility
on Judge Baker, a Democrat, Just
before election.
In the past the Governor has re-
leased criminals without judges
consent. One particular prisoner re-
leased by the Governor later was
re-arreSted for murder. l wonder
if Judge Baker will maintain his
stubbornness and give the Governor
a chance to SANDER the Democratic
party or call LeSlie's bluff and i'm
mediately sign for Luesse's release,
to see what the Governor viii do
next? CITIZEN.
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Editor Times