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most effective measures to protect civilian popula-
lions against aerial bombing" But the American
government knows that the International Red Cross
report states-what is clear to every one-that eec
tive protection of civilians against air warfare is
impossible.
Point six advocates @the total abolition of lethal
gases and archaeological warfare" But the Amer
lean government knows there already is 1922 anti
gas war treaty which has not been put into effect,
and that there is Geneva anti-gas protocol which
the United States has signed but never ratified
The real policy of the American government was
stated last year by the secretary of war in his an
nual report: ct would, moreover, be an extremely
hazardous policy rely on an international agree
ment complete protection against chemical at
tack In death struggle for existence, there al
would be the danger that nation in dire straits
would resort to chemical weapons if it saw in that
agency the means of escaping defeat and achieving
victory"
Because peacetirne chemical industries can not be
restricted, but be converted into war industries
over night, any talk of effective abolition of gas war
fare by treaty either is stupid deliberately de-
ceptive.
Point seven about computation of the number of
armed forces is so vague that it is meaningless
Point eight advocates special restrictions for tanks
and heavy mobile guns'-another obviously futile
gesture
Point nine is left-handed refusal to accept I'M
conditional budgetary limitation of ornaments The
only method which has much chance of international
acceptance to cut ornaments the basis of costs
The American plan is not disarmament plan
1t is only another plan to make war pretty-which
can't be done.
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TWaddIe lis Quill
WYE face an emergency which
w has been growing more criti-

XXTE face an emergency which
w has been growing more criti-
cal for two years.
The twaddIe which does very well
in normal times will not do this
trip.
The demand for relief goes much
deeper than partisanShip, and it can
not be satisfied by Fourth of July
oratory, or torchlight parades.
Strong and intelligent elements
of the electorate believe that GER
tain conditions are responsible for
the nations plight-conditions
which have resulted from stupid
laws on the one hand, or the lack
of wise laws on the other.
There is steadily growing de-
mand for the right to express an
opinion regarding these conditions,
or some of them at least.
Under our system of government,
this right can not be exercised, I'M
less one party or the other takes
a specific stand.
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Sick of Evasion

THE county is not looking for
l. another Hoover, another Hard
ing, or even another Coolidge. If
it were, it knows where to find
them.
What the country wants is a
positive, forceful, courageous lead
er, backed by a party which has
vision enough, and political sense
enough to give him the proper
support.
The country wants a platform
which contains something besides
glittering generalities, which does
not confine itself to pointing with
pride" or, viewing with alarm"
The country is sick of evasion and
ambiguity, sick of the side-stepping
and pussyfooting by which pol
iticians have saved themselves,
while throwing dust in its eyes on
so many past occasions.
The country is waiting to hear
from the Democratic party. If it
doesn't hear something worth while,
why should it get excited?
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Quit Straddling

TITO put the thing plainly, indie
Il pendent voters want a chance
to say what they think about prohi-
bition, foreign policy, the tariff,
power, farm relief and some other
important issues.
With the Republicans commit
ted to a milk and water policy, they
expect the Democrats to give them
such a chance. If the Democrats
fail, what profit would there be in
throwing the present administra-
ton out of power?
The fact that large numbers of
progressive Republicans are dissat-
isf1ed with Mr.. Hoover, does not
mean that they are ready to vote
the Democratic ticket without
reasonable excuse.
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From a Full Heart

TN cases OF such deep-seated anti
Il pathy it is well to look for some
purely personal prejudice. But in
this instance you need not look. I
will confess all in explaining why
I am conditioned against cello
plane.
1t began on the opening night
of a small musical revue called
Shoot the Works." in which I was
interested. Indeed, acted, or, to
put it more precisely, I appeared, in
a sketch.
In so far as anything in the play
let was important, it was essential
that should smoke cigaret. That
was the plot of the piece. Cast,
by a strange coincidence, in the
role of a performer, was to puff
away, in violation of the regula-
tons, whereupon a flreman-also
an actor-was supposed to appear
and tell me to stop.
From that one thing led to an
other, including several jokes and
a song. It was the fireman who
sang the song. But it was quite
impossible for him to make his
entrance until I began to blow great
clouds of smoke.
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One Oversight

HoWever Tong 1t mag continue, aOe
are IN the midst of difficult economic
condition. Property Ualues hoUe de-
clined. Business earnings and personal
incomes hare been seriously impaired, IN
some cases q0iped ont. Prices Of staple
commodities haze fallen. Business and
personal affairs haze had to be adjusted
to meet these conditions. TaTeS, almost
alone among major items IN the cost Of
Iiving and the cost of producing COM
moditieS, haze failed to recede proper
tiOndteIu
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ArcheoIogiStS Busy

A MOTHER important phase of
A the institutions work is its
archaeological research. The insti-
tuition has been interested particu-
larly in the problems of the Maya
empire.
At the present moment, President
Merriam is in Yucatan where at
Chichen TIA, once the foremost city
Of the Maya empire, researches are
being resumed under the direction
Of DR.. Sylvanus Morley
The institution has set a new
standard for archaeological work. AS
ancient temples and buildings are
unearthed, they are restored upon
their original sites, so that when
the work is completed, Chichen TIA
will stand forth in all of its original
glory.
In addition to the work carried on
in its own laboratories and by its
own expeditions, the institution is
interested in the work of a group Of
distinguished scientists in various
parts of the nation who are "re-
search associates" of the institu-
tons.
The present report of 488 pages is
only a summary of the work of the
institution for the year. The actual
results of research occupy many,
many times that number of pages.
Three pages of fine print are
needed to list the publications is
sued by the institution during the
year. Another twenty-three pages
are needed to list the articles con-
tributed to magazines and. journals
by the scientific staff of the insti-
tuition during the year.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Some time ago I
answered a knock at my door. It
was man in the uniform of an
American soldier. He told me he
had fought for his country in the
World war, and now what has this
America to offer him? No Job and
a family to support. One who suf-
fered hell for his country, begging
for food. I'm German and I want
to tell you Americans why such men
as this are out of work.
I have come to this country since
the World war. Until the time I
came across I taught English in the
schools of Berlin. I was 81 years
old at the time of the war, and I
remember what your boys and ours
went through, and to think yours
should suffer now!
1t was terrible thing, that war.
I never want to live through an
other. Days without food, weeks
without sleep. I wonder if you know
the real cause of that war, the same
% VIC CduSC VI Ills lSAG Will D6s
In 1914 all blame was put on the
kaiser. Did any one ever try to
get the real cause? I think not,
for that war made great many
millionaires. At the beginning of
the war, Germany was booming
country and all America was con-
tent and progressing, was it not?
Germany was headed straight for
the trade center Of the world. This
satisfied every one but England.
She is a greedy country. She was
making grand attempts to keep
Germany back. War was the only
safe way.
We had war and plenty of it. Of
course Germany lost. You blame
the kaiser. 1 lived under his rule
and We were all content and we
loved him. Now, we have no kaiser
and no doubt We will have war
again. Who will you blame then?
Although England will not be
blamed, she will be the cause. Do
you think India wants to be forever
under their rule? She viii fight for.
freedom.
MRS. ERIC Won STRAUGHIN.
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NJ. E. Tracy
Says:

If the Country Is Sore at Re-
pubIicanS for Doing Moth
ing, Wig Should 1t Enthuse
OUer Democrats for Doing
the Same Thing?
NEW YORK, Feb. 10-Regarding
triumph as virtually assured by
dissatisfaction with the Hoover adj
ministration, many Democrats b.
lieve that their partys one and
only problem is to avoid offense.
They see no need for a candidate
with positive ideas, or a platform
with specific pledges. In fact, they
look upon both as unnecessarily
dangerous.
The weakness of such an attitude
should be apparent to any one. If
the country is sore at Republicans
for doing nothing. why should it
enthuse over Democrats for doing
the same thing? If the big idea is
to Straddle issues and play safe,
why swap horses?
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Stars CataIoged

A MONG the important publica-
4 a tons Of the institution during
the last year is the Albany catalog
of 2O811 stars. This gives the exact
position of each one of those stars,
determined with the greatest care
and the finest instruments.
This important catalog is the Sec
ond published by department. of
the institution known as the De-
partment of Meridian Astrometry.
Astronomy is a branch of astron-
omy, concerned with the exact
measurements of star positions.
In 1923, the department published
a similar catalog dealing with stars
of the southern hemisphere and
known as the San Luis catalog.
The department. now is working
on a general catalog dealing with
stars of both the northern and
southern hemispheres which it ex-
poets to publish within two or three
years.
These catalogs are of the utmost
Importance to the science of astron-i
omy. They supply the raw material,
SO to speak, for countless studies in.
the future. Many problems of the
structure of the galaxy, the motions
of the stars, and so on, require such.
data.
In his report, President Merriam
calls attention to the death of DR..
Albert A. Nicholson on May 9, 1881.
DR.. Nicholson was one of the re-.
search associates Of the institution,
spending part of each year at the
Mt. Wilson observatory. 1t was at
the observatory that his famous ex-
periments to measure the speed of
light were carried on.
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Free Men Need the Johs

plan is said to be planned in the senate by SEN
ator Carter Glass and the southern guard to block
the La Guardia bill making illegal the employment Of
convcts on federal aid highways. 1t is to be hoped
they will not succeed.
Granting that in some states convict road camps
have been beneficial to prisoners and that extension
under certain conditions is line with good pencil
ogy seems bitterly unfair to substitute prison labor
at time when 100000 and more free workers are
begging for jobs
Prior to last year. federal aid to states for roads
totaled only $75,0OOOOO annually AS a measure of
obless relief congress increased this to $1250OoOOo in
the 1882 budget. pittance indeed is this additional
S5O000O0O but it voted for free workers. and to
free workers it should 60
II Florida Virginia Alabama and New Jersey in
slst upon misusing this money to work convicts as
they are reported to be doing then they should be
restrained by law.
Plenty OF outdoor jobs remain for prisoners with
out making new jobs from the one bit of emergency
unemployment relief money the federal government
has stirred itself TOT provide.
Convcts will be fed regardless. The same. unfor-
tunately can not be guaranteed the law-abding I'M
employed and their families, desperately in need of
money from these road jobs.
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New Plan Needed

TINE dissatisfaction which ex-
i lists is economic, not political.
What people want is not another
party, but another plan.
Millions of citizens are convinced
that something really heroic must
be done, something that touches
bedrock with respect to credit, the
distribution of wealth and the re-
adjustment of industry.
These people may not represent
a majority, but they do represent
the balance Of power.
They are going to say who will
be the next President, and if the
Democratic candidate has nothing
better to offer than Mr.. Hoover, it
will be hard to convince them that
a change is desirable.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Progress of Science Is
Recounted IN Carnegie
Institutions MaSSiUe Year
Book, Just of the Presses.
A BULKY book of 4SS pages lies
n upon my desk. That book is
sample of how the world is being
remade under our very eyes.
1t is year Book No. 30" of the
Carnegie institution of Washington,
the institutions report for the year
extending from July l, 1880. to June
80, 1881. 1t is a record Of one OF
the greatest and most important
research organizations in the world.
On Jan %, 1902. Andrew Car
negie founded the Carnegie institu-
ton of Washington with an endow-
ment of $10,O00,000 in registered
bonds. Later he increased this to
$50, 100000
It was the dream of Carnegie and
his scientific advisers to build
great research organization which
could undertake the study of prob
lens of major Importance, prob
lens which required special equip
ment and the cooperation of
many trained men over long periods
of time.
Today, Carnegie's dream is a real
ity. Under the leadership of DR..
John c. Merriam, president of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington,
a notable group of scientists are
working in laboratories maintained
by the institution in many parts OF
the country.
A great observatory. boasting the
worlds largest telescope, stands
upon Mt. Wilson. On the desert
near Tucson. Ariz., is the desert
laboratory, devoted to the study OF
plant physiology.
In Boston. the institution main
tains a nutrition laboratory: at Cold
Spring Harbor, Long Island, labo-
ratory of genetics; at Washington,
laboratories of geophysics and OF
terrestrial magnetism, and so on.
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First Nightl Fever

FINDER the influence OF trSt-
" night nervousness I forgot to
have a cigaret all lighted and in
hand when the curtain went up.
That had been on my mind, for I
have observed how difficult it is to
strike a match when the fingers
tremble.
In sheer panic, I reached into my
pockets and found not only a pack
age of cigarets, but matches as we'll.
That seemed a lucky and an un-
usual break. But it was brand
new pack, thoughtfully supplied by
an efficient dresser. The cursed
things were all bound round in eel
lophane.-
I slashed at the covering with
Ave or six thumbs. 1t cracked, but
refused to yield to my touch. My
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wrapped in cellophane, to our sor-
row. Perhaps, as in the case of
cigarets, it keeps us sanitary. But
we would like it better by far to
be more free and joyful and much
less antiseptic.
Cellophane is as thin and as
transparent as a neurosis or a pre-
JUDGE. And just as tough. PERHAPS
IN time 1 may become reconciled to
It's existence and learn a technique
whereby it can be ripped away at a
seconds notice.
But until that bright day dawns.
| am like the gentleman in the old
bass-baritone solo. I want what
l want when I want it. And with
out benefit of cellophane.
Copyright. 1882. by The Times)
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Feb. 10

ON Feb. 10, 1918, Secretary of
~ War Newton D. Baker issued
an order for complete reorganiza-
ton of the war department.
Secretary Baker directed the
chief of the general staff to estab-
liSh five divisions of the staff: %
an executive division under an
executive assistant to the chief of
staff; 90 war plans division un-
der director; 90 a purchase and
supply division under a director:
ca a storage and traffic division
under director; 60 an army op-
erationS division under a director.
Germans made an attack near
Caurieres Wood but were repulsed.
Australians raided German posi-
tons southeast of Messines.
The Rumanian cabinet resigned
after receiving an ultimatum from
Germany demanding peace negotia-
tons be begun in four days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10
Daily Thought

Thy sun shall no more go down;
neither shall thy moon withdraw
itself; for the Lord shall be thine
everlasting light, and the days Of
thy mourning shall be ended
Isaiah 1920.
God has commanded time to con-
sole the unhappy-Joubert.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Associa ton and of Hygeia. the

Health Magazine.
TINE new discoveries of science
4 are not always unmitigated
benefits to the human race.
Only a few years have passed
since modern chemistry discovered
an element called thallium. 1t was
found to be related in its action 70
the action of lead and of arsenic.
Among the first uses to which the
product was put was to mix it with
various grains and other substances
in the form of paste which per-
mitted its sale as rat poison.
It's special value as a poison was
due to the fact that it would not
warn rat away by any special oder
or taste. 1t would depress the heart
severely and injure the nervous sys-
tenn and thus produce death.
The very factors which made
it especially useful as a rat poison
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10
A Symbol of Illustration

A S devoted Freudian I am con-
L "A WINGED that no one incident,
however pertinent, is likely to be
the sole cause of a complex. My
cellophanitis is probably more deep
ly rooted. Indeed, this slippery
cuticle is in itself the perfect sym
Dol of those insulating inhibitions
by which men live and suffer.
Psychically speaking, we are all
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those af
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are rrc-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disa orecfrert
with the editorial attitude Of
this DaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10
Questions and
Answers

How many registrations were
there in the World War seIective
draft in the United States and when
did they occur?
There were three registrations;
one on June 5, 1917, for men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 81 in
elusive; the second, from June 5 to
Aug. 5, 1913, included those who had
reached the age of 81 since last
registration, and the third, on Sept.
II, 1918, included men from 18 tc
IS inclusive.
Has the eldest son of the King of
England always borne the title
prince of Wales?
The title was originally borne by
native rulers of Wales, who were
suzerains of the English crown. Ed
ward I, when expecting the birth of
his second son CHS first, Alphonso,
died) promised the. Welsh to give
them q prince who would bring no
dishonor upon them, and who would
not be able to speak a word of
English when he was born. The
title for the oldest son dates from
Edward II in 1884.
Of what is ordinary window glass
made?
White sand, sodium Sulphate and
limestone.
Are there any naturalized
Japanese in the United States?
The naturalization of Japanese is
prohibited by law. Japanese born
in the United States are natural
born citizens.
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Now Metropolitan Opera will be broadcast Judg-
ing from the size of most opera singers it's never
been anything else.
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While financial ills are besetting the world Musso
ni has taken to motorcycling. But even in that he's
got to keep his balance
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writer says Poland is rafting the saber. So is
Japan, and if India starts it's likely to become 6
racket.
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dermatoogist states that the average woman has
sixteen square feet of skin But of course that state
ment covers a lot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10

Black painted lips are the latest fad Just another
evidence that when things look darkest they're
usually pretty soft.
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Probably ought to extend that moratorium to in
clude leap year. First the depression gets man
down and then the women leap on him.
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If Socrates had lived in these days of prohibition
he probably would have learned to take the hemock
and say, mot bad with wash"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10

Songs have immortalized the corner where the ga,
used to hang around The depression has immo
tazed the corner where prosperity is still hanging
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10

Experts say unless world powers step in and halt
Japan's invasion, China will turn red. But if world
powers dio step in, Japan probably would be blue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-10

OF what is ordinary window glass
made?
White sand, sodium Sulphate and
limestone.
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employed and their families desperately in need of
money from these road jobs.
Now Metropolitan Opera will be broadcast Judg-
ing from the size of most opera singers, it's never
been anything else.
sixteen square feet of skin But of course that state
ment covers a lot.
While financial ills besetting the world, Musso-
ini has taken to motorcycng But even in that he's
got to keep his balance
writer says Poland is rafting the saber. So is
Japan, and if India starts it's likely to become a.
racket
Black painted lips the latest fad Just another
evidence that when things look darkest they're
usually pretty soft
Probably ought to extend that moratorium to in
clude leap year. First the depression gets a man
down and then the women leap on him.
If Socrates had lived in these days of prohibition
he probably would have learned to take the hemock
and say, mot bad with wash"
Songs have immortalized the corner where the gang
used to hang around The depression has immor-
talzed the corner where prosperity is still hanging
Experts say unless world powers step in and halt
Japans invasion, China will turn red But if world
powers did step in, Japan probably would be blue.
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Copyright. 1882. by The Times)