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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-11

Large tracts ef bes iana near ilaliyfofan, ifish t,ss M s,s s,sis' ass ss eomlnIrsIon and eiyen 70 poor [EIuIlI1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
In the Back

When President Hoover made public the attor-
neygenerals strange opinion the anti-lnjunction
BILL he gave warning to labor that its long struggle
for the right to organize and bargain collectively
has net ended, though the anti-injuncton bill
now is the law of the land.
The attorney generals doubts about constitution
atty o. this act, his refusal to commend it, either
as an expression of public policy a valid law
constitute invitation to the courts to find flaws
in it and to set it aside.
This attitude the part of the administration
would be less alarming if it were not for the fact
that the attorney general and the President have
lected and will select many of the judges in whose
hands the final power lies, either to labor in
the rights now conferred by law or to Wtiate them
Already three Of the most notorious injunction
judges in the country have been singled out for pro-
motion by President Hoover-Judges Parker Wilker-
son and Northumberland if these men were to in
terpret the law there is little doubt to what
their finding would be.
Those who believe with organized labor that it
is important to the welfare of the country for work.
ing men to be secure in their economic rights must
not abandon the anti-njunction fight in this moment
of partial victory.
The fight never will be over while hostile judges
are trying to invalidate the law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Richie Logic

Governor Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland in his
capacity as asprant for the Democratic presidential
nomination has devoted considerable attention in his
recent speeches to the question Of relief for the needy
These speeches have created good impression
among many. They have brave, fortnight, vigorous
tone.
IF citizens are threatened or attacked their gov
eminent must protect defend them" he said in
New York few days ago. IF they naked and
starving or unsheltered, and voluntary community
means of relief break down have been strained to
their limit then government must step in an6 do the
job There is no other way"
THE American people will not permit starvation
and despair to undermine the physical and mental
we-being of millions of our people. and if commune
ties and states not feed and clothe and shelter
them then the government must" he said at Column
ba, S. G.
But an aSpirant for the presidency must be judged
not only by the speeches he makes for nationwide
consumption The attitude he takes toward concrete
problems as they arise in his state
indicative of his real opinions.
And in Maryland few days ago the Governor
expressed his attitude toward the serious relief sua-
ton which exists there.
True, he said People not going to be permitted
to 60 unfed, unclothed, or unsheltered anywhere in
this State but he also said Il would not be disposed
to have the state appropriate any of money for
relief purposes in the form of donations gifts or
doleS.
n consider that this would be inconsistent with
our American ideals and institutions that it would
tend to destroy the initiative and individual
terprise of those who receive such aid"
His solution of the local problem is that the state
should raise money and lend it to the cities and
ties. Money given out by these agencies would by
his inference, do less damage to American ideals
Compared with such attitude. even President Hoo
ver's seems logical and consistent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Doak's Discovery

Secretary Of Labor Doak, who sometimes seems to
have heart of stone where human beings born in
another country than the United States are con-
cerned, has, it develops a compassionate wisdom
where the welfare of American mothers and babies is
at issue.
When appropriations committee senators singled
out the United States chidrens bureau to bear the
heaviest cut yet imposed upon government depart
ment cut completely insignificant so far as reduc-
ing taxes is concerned but deadly to the governments
work for and children Doak took the other
side.
He holds Office in administration that is de-
manding economy and is hostile to the children's
bureau. When he became secretary of labor he felt
that the work Of this bureau was of little value Now
after little more than year in Office he feels diff
ferently
More than million children born in this country
every year Of parents too poor to obtain medical aid
or isolated from it, probably would die if it we're not
for the careful and comprehensive instructions pre-
pared by the childrens bureau and given free to all
who ask.
To Doak If not to the appropriations committee
senators, this is important.
1t is important that studies be made of why
mothers die in childbirth of why infants die few
weeks after BIRTH OF how ricketts, may be prevented
OF how children fare whose mothers must go to work
every day, OF children who must work. This is espe-
cially important in time Of depression and hunger
The harder Secretary Doak fights for the children
the greater honor will be due him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Intelligence?

The reasons for the nations economic troubles are
numerous Beneath them all, however lies one basic,
important reason. 1t is that Americas economic
resources have not been handled intelligently
This is illustrated by situation which exists in
Maryland and Virginia today.
one of the states greatest natural resources is the
Chesapeake Bay crab supply That supply had been
dwinding because the state governments and the in
dustry were not intelligent enough to conserve it.
Faced several years ago with almost total destruc-
lIon Of the industry Maryland and Virginia passed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Beer Tax VS.. Federal Deficit

Congress has not heard the last of the beer tax
plan.
With a f-biion-dollar shortage in current gov
eminent financing to make up, the drys in the house
Of representatives Friday threw away chance to
raise that much more by a beer tax.
They will protect bootleg and racket profits. And
probably they will end by taxing the automobile
radio tobacco and other industries for the revenue
which should be paid by beer.
Beer will go being made, sold and consumed
of course. The dry vote will not prevent that. So
it is somewhat difficult to understand how the drys
expect their vote against the beer tax to promote the
of temperance
1t is all the more difficult to understand because
these same drys favor a heavy tax on home brew
materials, on malt syrupS and wort-not to mention
grape concentrates.
If it is moral to tax the materials with which beer
is made, why is it not equally moral to tax the fin
lshed beer? Obviously there is ethical difference
Therefore, the drys lack ethical well financial
justification for their vote.
They also lack political Justification. The dry
house action misrepresented the will of the voters
of the country. The country-as shown by unofficial
nationwide polls and by-elections-s at least to
IN favor of legahzing and taxing beer.
One dry congressman, indeed, frank enough
to admit that he probably would be defeated by the
wet majority in his district in the next election Our
guess is that great many members of congress who
have been defyng the repeal sentiment of their con-
stituents will be buried politically next November
because prohibition now has become a pocketbook
Issue.
Every one of the millions of pinched taxpayers will
know that he is paying taxes which should be paid
by liquor And more millions will resent that fact
in these times of depression than before
When the voters of the country get a chance to
choose between a liquor tax and federal deficit
thy will take the liquor tax. And they will make
congress take it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Blind to Public VIII

president HOOVER calls for
L unity and sascrifice. If those
in authority would pay more atten-
ton to the people, his call would
answer itself.
Disregard of public opinion by
the administration and its support
ers is chiefly responsible for lack
of unity.
AS to sacrifice, the poor have
made more than their share.
Most of our troubles go back to
the simple fact that the govern
ment is out of line with public
opinion, and has been for quite a
while.
Public opinion was awake to the
depression at least one year before
the government would admit such
a thing.
Public opinion has turned def
nitely against prohibition, which is
something the government still re-
fuses to admit.
Public opinion was opposed to the
sales tax, but would have been dis
regarded had it not exerted ire
sistible pressure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
> DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH
Doctors Face Many Health Hazards

Doctors also died from falls, from
drowning, from airplane accidents,
from gunshot wounds, from illumi-
mating gas and from overdoSes of
medicine.
Sixty-four doctors committed sui
eide in 1881, which was two less
than in 1890. The economic depres-
sion might have been expected to
cause more deaths, since doctors
suffer especially at such periods be-
cause people delay paying doctor
bills more than any other type of
bills they owe.
AS is also the case with the ma
jority of the public, heart disease
produce more deaths than any other
cause.
One reason heart disease is an in
creasing cause of death is that
people are living longer than they
used to.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Just a Dream

IF I may be permitted to digress
l. for a minute, I wish to state
that anybody who sends me song
lyrics and dramatic sketches is fool
iSh. They will be lost, and there
really is nothing which I can do
with them.
OF course, the fault is my own.
Incautiously I included an item in
this column stating that some day
I hoped to do a show again. But
didn't say why, and I didn't say
when. Even a columnist should be
privileged to indulge in day dreams.
Some of my best friends seem to
believe that am better fitted for
the trade Of newspaper work than
the profession of acting. Whether
this is a considerable compliment
or not remains debatable. Acting is
more fun, but up till now I have
found journalism a little steadier.
I don't think writing column
ever will be quite as glamorous as
the theater until a newspaper be-
comes something which is done
with dancing chorus OF twenty
four girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
What No WinCheII2

IT is safe, I assume, to guess that
Il in the hereafter there will be no
critics or giving of criticism. A
show without ShubertS or cut-rate
tickets or Robert Garland! No. the
thought is too appalling. Better
eleven weeks at the George M.
Cohan.
And come to think of it, maybe
1T would not be possible to get the
original company. What heavenly
sense would there be in putting on
show without Johnny Boyle?
Mr.. Boyle's chances of getting
through the straight and narrow
gate are, must admit, a good deal
better than my own. But even if
he were available, I doubt that a
wholly angelic chorus could quite
get his steps and rhythm. One
would not willingly choose cherubim
for hot number.
And how tame the rehearsal. I'm
aglne director being forced
through the customs of the place
to exclaim: "You over there! I
mean the angel in the yellow robe.
You're not doing it right. Good
gracious me, how long are you 60
ing to take to learn this?"
I'm afraid by now that I've wan
dered away from my original sub
ject. But, anyhow, I hope that An
ME Riley Hale gets to the senate.
downright. 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
People, Voice

Editor Times-The recent Incl
dent at Dearborn, Mich, conclu-
sively demonstrates to the workers
and all others interested in the Gre
alton Of a decent society that there
is no hope of achieving that goal
through the action of so-called hu-
manitarian employers and capital
lists.
Henry Ford, with his propaganda
Of higher wages (but with no men
ton Of his intensified speed-up and
inhuman sweating Of the workers
out of all proportion to their in
crease in pay), gained, among con-
fused liberals, reputation for be-
ing friendly to the workers.
He was hailed as a prophet of the
new capitalism" whose super
fetal benevolence, it was supposed,
would create society of peace and
plenty for all Ford, we were as
sured, was a leader in the cause of
economic justice, and, if we only
would turn the country over to
him and his kind, We shortly would
have new heaven on earth.
But now four workers are dead
and score of others wounded by
the guns of the Dearborn police.
Ford is responsible. While Ford
officials have been busy denying
this responsibility, it is obvious,
event to the simple, that the
slaughter could have been prevented.
The Dearborn police are as much
Ford's men as are his clerks and
his stenographers; word would
have been enough.
But the word wasn't givenz Ford,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TT is not true that women shape the morals of a
L nation Men set up the standards for their
women and we conform to them. These standards
are first and foremost, however, the ones that men
desire
History shows that the women of every age have
been Pigments of mems imaginationS. And we shall
60 on trying to adapt ourselves to mems theories OF
us until the end of time
For men create women even more truly than
women create men. So long as we must have them
to love us we shall continue to be the type that our
particular generation of males wishes us to be.
Caesar desired wife above suspicion you remem-
Der, and forthwith the noble Roman matron stepped
into the pages of history Nero set the fashion for
iewd women and Antony created the vamp type by
his affair with Cleopatra.
Dante, in his dreams, Beatrice chaste and I'M
approachable. The chaste and unapproachable
females became all the style in the middle ages.
THROUGHOUT the changing centuries, the
i mother type has stood supreme, the highest ideal
of perfection. Why? Because men must have moth
erng BY this very need of their natures they have
kept alive and ever will keep alive, this maternal
figure who in spite of their evils always will forgive
and always love them.
When the along, they demanded pals
and somebody who could drive truck. Hence the
truck drivers became wearisome wives, and So
without a doubt because of this WEAKNESS, we are
again putting furbelows and covering up our legs
Styles evolved, not by dictators but slowly and
suby through the secret dreams and longngs of the
men,
When our boys demand chaSte girls you may be
sure that all the madens will be pure as snow When
ask that their wives be ladies 6gain the cocktail
and the cigaret viii be taboo. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-


Study of Birds Stomachs IN
dicdtes FIal0 in Dar10in
Theory of Natural SeIec-
ton.
BIOLOGISTS today are more
- convinced than ever that evolu-
ton is a fact. But they are less
certain about many details of the
mechanism Of evolution than were
the nineteenth century scientists.
In particular, they are not so
certain Of many of the details of
the particular theory of evolution
outlined by Darwin.
1t is important that the layman
keep this distinction in mind. While
Darwin brought evolution into the
foreground of modern thought, the
mechanism Of evolution as outlined
by Darwin is not the only possible
one.
Darwinism, as Darwin's particu-
lar theory of evolution is called, is
under fire today. But this does not
mean that biologists are attacking
evolution as a fact.
The latest attack upon Darwin
ism comes from a study conducted
by the Smithsonian Institution. The
conclusions are based largely on a
study of the contents Of birds
stomachs.
A corner stone Of the older idea
Of evolution was Known as sur
vival through natural selection"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26

The physician constantly is in
contact with infection and he is in
a way even a menace to the chill
dren in his own family through the
infection that he may bring in.
Physicians employed in in
situations for the insane and in
prisons frequently are subject to
attack by their patients.
Demands on the sight of the ply
sician lead frequently to visual dis
turbance. The X-ray worker some
times is a martyr to his occupation
Above all, physicians are exposed
to severe weather and in many in
stances pneumonia, rheumatic in
lection, and similar diseases result
from the combination of infection
and exposure.
The path of the doctors does not
always lead in pleasant places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26

laws which soon restored former conditions In the
last few years crabs have been plentiful.
They have been too plentiful Virginia says because
the price has gone down considerably. In other words
there has been what is called "oversupply." So
Virginia is about to pass laws which more will
permit the taking of egg-bearing crabs That will
reduce the supply.
But is there really any oversupply?
The fact is that So per cent of the crab eaten
in the United States is imported in cans from Japan
and Siberia. The practice started years ago. when
refrigeration was not effective it is now.
Today it is perfectly feasible to sell Chesapeake
Bay crabs all the country. But the industry has
not gone out and gotten this business. And the
governments have done nothing to help them.
The "oversuppy" then, is not due to the fact that
too many crabs being caught 1t is due to the
fact that the crab dealers have not shown the bust
ingenuity and effort to go out and get business
which is waiting for them
And now, rather than take this obvious STEP the
state government of Virginia, backed by Virginia crab
Dealers proposes to kill off large part of the crab
supply that higher prices can be charged for the
remainder.
That is a sample of the intelligence" which has
put the country economically where it is today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
TT CFFMC M ME DIV HAYWOOD
4 l. OIA1N1O ~ 4V11 0A BROUN

A CCORDING to the papers, my
N mother-in-law is going to run
for the United States senate. I
would like to see my her-in-law
60 to Washington. And lest any,
body mistake this for a lefthanded
compliment, I hasten to explain
that she now is a resident of the
great state of California.
1t is the personality of Mrs. An
ME Riley Hale rather than her plat
form which arouses my enthusiasm
for her as political parsonage.
That and the fact that she Endorsed
me when I ran for congress.
With one of us aiming at the sem
ate and another striving to get back
on the stage it looks like a very
lively spring for the Hale-Brouns.
I do not think that she will get to
the senate, but her chance is at
least as good as my crashing into
the drama.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
ALLIED LINE STIFFENS
March 26

ON March 26, 1918, British and
~ French opposition to the great
German drive in Picardy stiffened
but Won Hindenburg's men contin-
ued to push the allied forces back.
Roye and Lihons were taken by
the advancing German columns and
further gains were made in all Sec
tons OF the great sixty-mile front.
German troops crossed the battle
line Of 1916 at some points and
were deeper into French territory
than they had been since 1914.
German official bulletins contin-
ued to claim many prisoners and
an overwhelming victory, but il
gradually had dawned on the Ger
man soldiers that the main objec-
tive of their great offensive had
not been accomplished.
American troops in the Toul Sec
tor attacked and seized a section
Of German trenches. German
counter-attacks were beaten of
with heavy loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
All Are Eaten

THE conclusion reached by the
a Smithsonian scientists, is that
insects are eaten by birds in proper
ton to their abundance and that
the effect of natural enemies upon
insects therefore is indiscriminate.
The enormous variety of sup
posedly defensive mechanisms
scattered through nature is appar-
emily Of little value to the possess
sorS. All insects have some weak
link in their defenSes and are eaten.
McAtee points out that it is for
tunate that no protective mechan-
ism enables a particular insect to
avoid the natural death rate.
Such an insect, he points out,
might some day overrun the earth.
AS one sample of the failure of
protective mechanism, McAtee
points out the following case:
The dragonfly is demonic
creature. It's big head seems to
consist chiefly of two enormous
eyes. Some kinds have a fear-in-
spring color pattern with vivid
spots of green, yellow, red or blue.
Illlterate people often hold the
insect in superstitious awe. It is
one of the swiftest f1iers in the ami
NAL kingdom.
quite in contract to this flying
demon is its close relative. the
damself1y. This insect generally is
weak flier, and some of its species
are dull-colored. 1t is of a slighter
and more delicate structure.
"Yet, it is shown by examination
of the bird stomachs, apparently
strength and fearsomeness are of
little protective value to the
dragonf1y.
Both dragonflies and damsel-
flies are eaten in proportion to their
abundance, not in proportion to the
development of their supposedly
protective mechaniSnos y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
Defense MechaniSmS

DARWIN'S philosophy of evolu-
IL ton was as follows: More indi-
vidualS are born into the world than
there are room for. CThe Malthu-
sian idea) Consequently, there is a
struggle for existence.
Those most fit to survive do sur
vive. Therefore, there is a process
of evolution, since the strong sur
vive and the weak are weeded out.
1t has been assumed that in this
process of natural selection" vari-
Gus defense mechaniSms tended to-
ward survival.
This was thought to be particularly
true of the insect world, where we
find such defense mechaniSms as
protective colorations-an insect COL
ored the same as the leaves upon
which it feeds; mimicry-a harm
less insect whose opinion resembles
one with a dangerous sting; often
Sive odorS; poisonous secretionS.
hard shells, warning colors, frightful
appearances and so on.
The Smithsonian scientists, to
check out this theory. undertook
study of the contents of birds stom-
achS.
The insects found inside the stom-
ach of a bird would represent in
sects which had failed to survive in
the struggle for existence.
The theory of natural selection
naturally held that insects with de-
fensive mechanisms ought to escape
being eaten in larger numbers than
insects without such mechanisms.
The check made for the Smith
sonian Institution by DR.. w. L. Nc
Aztec of the United States biological
survey, failed to reveal any such
occurrence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-26
The Patient Public

TINE plain people of this country
Il have shown wonderful patience
and good sense. The best way che
government can obtain the desired
unity is by emulating them. The
best course it can pursue with re-
gard to sacrifice is to quit expecting
them to make all of it. g
In this connection, the people have
not turned against prohibition be-
cause of an appetite for drink, but
because they are tired of seeing
criminals and racketeers get away
with money which the government
needs, because they are apprehen-
Sive of the proportions which or
ganized vice has attained under this
noble experiment"
Had the people been voting on it,
that beer tax would have passed.
and it would have passed not only
for the sake of revenue, but for the
sake of decency.