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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Japan Is the One Region of
the Earth's Surface Most
Likely to Have an Earth
quake.
THE recent volcanic eruptions in
- South America have served to
awaken new interest in volcanoes
and earthquakes. A question fire.
quently asked is the location of the
worlds important volcanoes. An
ether is the possibility of an earth
quake in any given region.
While it is not utterly beyond the
range OF possibility that an earth
quake might occur anywhere at any
time, the probability of such event
is not very great.
In general, scientists are able to
chart the so-called earthquake re-
gions of seismic activity, those por-
tons Of the earth's surface where
earthquakes are most likely to occur.
Earthquakes are most common in
the zones known as the seismic re-
gions. These are zones of weakness
in the earth's crust that developed
du-ing the last period of mountain
building. AS a result, many of the
zones lie along great mountain
ranges.
Japan is the one region on the
earth's surface most likely to have
an earthquake. The seiSmograph
registers an average If three quakes
day there.
Most of them are faint and harm
less. however. The Dutch East
Indies constitute another seismic
region. India is a third.
The earthquake which did the
greatest damage in recent times oc-
CURED in Japan on Sept. l, 1923, in
the Toxic and Yokohama district.
The first violent shocks were fol-
lowed by fires. More than 100000
people lost their lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

Gil when 1t is making up the bud
get and learn just how much trou-
bic 1t is to reduce the levy that 1
cent and they will be satisfied that
the reduction amounts to some
thing.
A LITTLE CONSUMER.
Editor Tines-When a new water
rate that will save domestic users
approximately $1,000 a year, and
winch VIII reduce the city tax levy
l cent, went into effect, it was a
victory for common sense.
More than 10000 citizens living
throughout the city, in every Sec
ton, are prohting from the reduced
monthly minimum rate of sl.O8.
Small home owners and those least
able to pay are reaping the bene-
fits Of the new rate.
Immediate relief was necessary
for the many thousands, and that
is exactly what was accomplished
when the compromise rate was
made before the public service COM
mission.
Previously, the domestic consum-
ers-40,000 Of them-were paving
$50 on minimum Of 700 cubic
feet Of water MONTH. However. it
was shown that they used only an
average Of ATS cubic feet a month.
In other words, they were paying
for 225 cubic feet Of water they
never used. They were paying for
water used by commercial and in
duStrial users.
Nnder the new rate the CONNER
cial and industrial users viii have
to carry the load formerly carried
by the 10000 domestic users.
It's plenty tough, sometimes, when
a situation like this Is reversed.
JOHN A WEINBRECHT.
2447 West Sixteenth street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
Arranged In Lines
VOLCANOES sometimes occur h

VOLCANOES sometimes occur IN
Y isolated localities, as Mt. Etna
in Cicily. Most volcanoes, however,
are arranged in lines; fewer num-
Der in groups.
Mt. VesuviuS, near Naples, is at
the end Of a long line of volcanoes
OF which the others are all ex-
tinct.
There are about 500 volcanoes
which have been known to be active
in historic times. The extinct vol
canoes in existence, according to
Schuchert, total about 5000.
AS one naturally would expect.
volcanoes occur where the crust of
the earth has undergone the great
est amount of shifting and upheaval
and as a result is the weakest.
The greatest number of active
volcanoes are found in the region of.
most recent upheaval, the shores of
the Pacific ocean. They also occur
along the shores of the Mediter-
ranean, in Asia, India, and the
Dutch East Indies.
At present there is only one
active volcano in the United States.
1t is LasSen peak in California. At
one time there were a number.
They included Mr.. Hood, MT.
Adams, Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier and
Mt. Shasta.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

Editor Times-After three years
of experiences which deny the
possibility Of all popular antici-
pationS about business recovery, we
still hear great mass of people
talking about better times. What
is the ground for this foolish talk?
No amount of searching will reveal
a single convincing indication Of
business improvement this year, or
the next.
Unless there Is a most dramatic
change the outlook never will be
better. Optimism, to the contrary,
on this point is an interminable
falSehood. Any person with a sin
gle ear to hear, or an eye to see,
and half-wit would know that the
sun each day rises on a more hope
less situation. Yet, we hear have
patience" Have confidence"
What an insult to intelligence!
What a vicious deception! The
speaker winkS at his pocket while he
utters soothing, corrupting words.
Have patience with whom, with
what? Have confidence in whom,
in what?
The admonitive speaker might, il
he could afford to tell the truth,
reply: "Have patient with me;
have confidence in me-" But he
makes his reply less personal by
referring to "our country, our gov
eminent"
What constitutes country and
government Nothing more nor
less than man-that tickle figure
whose piety, except under compul-
sion. is largely visionary, and who,
in spite Of his civilization, will con-
tinue to steal, cheat, lie and kill, as
always. He never has given up
his natural bent, and he will not
give it up unless he be restrained.
His claims Of cooperation are fee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

THE audacity of the modern
l. holdup man has become almost
a commonplace. We no longer are
surprised to hear of robbers walking
into banks or stores or theater
ticket offices. But had supposed
there was some point beyond which
the lawlesS would not go.
Seemingly nothing is sacred to
them, for three in evening dress, or,
as the papers put it, "faultless eve
ming DRESS" held up The Brook.
That they should rob this exclu-
sive Park avenue club is bad enough,
but it is almost unthinkable that
they should have had the effrontery
to saunter in without so much as a
two weeks guest card.
Possibly the miscreants were I'M
familiar with the traditions of The
Brook. Nobody had ever told them
that this is the most exclusive of all
New York clubs. Grimes like this
show how necessary it is to assure
every man and boy of a liberal ed
ucation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

INDUS TRIAL physicians have
l. learned that extraordinary
amounts of dust constantly inhaled
by workers may produce symptoms
dangerous to health and to life.
Dusts may injure the human be-
ing in two ways:
First, merely by their mechanical
presence, clogging up the tissues
and interfering with their activities.
Second, through special SENSITIVE
ties, so that the individual responds
with asthmatic symptoms or other
signs of senSitivity.
A special committee of the British
government recently has reported
the results of an investigation made
in the cotton industry, particularly
to determine the extent to which
the lungs are injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
M. E. Tracy
Says

-- says: -- -
Congress Is Frittering Away
Time While Eight Million
People Look for Work and
Business Clasps for Life.
NEW YORK. April 27-How
~ long did it take England to
cut pay, levy new taxes, adopt a
tariff and balance the budget after
the present parliament was elected?
Congress has been in session since
December. No tax bill, no economy
bill, and the government still run
ming in the red.
Time is being frittered away over
inconsequential details, while eight
million people look for work and
business gasps for life.
This stock market hearing is full
Of kick and sensation, but what does
congress expect to learn from it
that congress didn't already know?
Or are the boys hunting excuses
for delay until the conventions shall
have been held?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
No Hi.Iackers Allowed

The coast guard has driven hijackers OF the
Pacific and made that ocean, at least, safe for rum
WINNERS. former member of the feet says in
a current magazine article.
He describes at length the manner in which coast
e,ard officers fraternize with the big liquor men,
while anchored nearby them, ostensibly to keep an
eve on loading and unloading of cargoes
The article draws attractive picture Of this
prcsent-day adventure on the Pacihc-of peril that
really is not perilous of rivalry Of good comradeship
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
GrOzOing of Roses

you the happy adventure growing your
garden? Success with hard the
followed OF everybody
pretends any garden
more bushes
already whether
Washington ready you
prehensve simply worded bulletin practical
Of will all information
you you your and your living
beautiful this I'LL
send bulletin-and the happy adventure.
CLIP COUPON HERE
it, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times,
1922 New York Avenue, Washington, D. c.
OF the bulletin ROSE GARDENS and enclose here
CON- loose uncanceed States postage
stamps, to return postage and hading COSTS
NAME
ST and
CITY. STATE. ............
Tam reader Of The indianapolis Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

cious entrance. Leaping from a
taxicab, he went to the desk to cash
a small check. He explained that
he couldn't pay the driver because
he had nothing with him but 500
bills. The bandit who had taken
the clerks place heard his recital
to the end and then relieved the
welcome visitor of his burdensome
bills.
Now, that particular bandit is
wasting his time in crime. Seem
ingly he kept a straight face
througout the recital of the mem
ber's predicament. A man like that
ought to take his place among the
leading dead pan comics of our
theater.
Not VirtuouS, but 0bIiging
ONE thing must be said in favor
" of the holdup men. Something
of the fine tradition of the Brook
seems to have animated them once
they violated its portals, for one of
the trio obligingly went outside and
paid off the waiting taxi chauffeur.
This phase of the story ought to
be followed closely by police and
newspaper reporters. I am curious
to know whether the robber was
generous in his tip or niggardly
with his new-found earnings.
So far never have (knock,
knock, knock been held up by
bandit, but Frank Sullivan, who
used to be a newspaper man, once
went through such an ordeal and
found the miscreants willing to
compromise little.
They came upon him on lonely
street and rifled his pockets, getting
SIT, for he had just sold short
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

What is the ClaytOn-B uIwar
treaty?
A pact between the United States
and Great Britain relating to canals
across Central America connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

story, but as they turned away one
of the pair inquired, Would you
like a nickel for carfare?"
Mr.. Sullivan said that he would
and added in a shaken voice, "And
after this, I think I'd like a drink
as we'll" So the bandit gave him
a dollar.
How would you boys like to come
along and have a drink with me?"
suggested Sullivan. II think I
know a place where I can cash a
check" But the robbers were not
equal to the situation and retreated
hastily without availing themselves
Of the columnist'S hospitality.
A Little Souvenir
TN order that there shall be no
l. hard feeling I wish to announce
to highwaymen in general that if 1
am ever held up I shall demand a
refund of taxicab fare and two
drinks. It's just as well to get such
things Strengthened out at the be-
ginning.
The Brook Club robbers were not
all bad. 1t is true they took what
the safe afforded and the money
of the member who interrupted
them in the middle of their work.
But after doing that they forced
their victims into an automatic ele-
vat0r and ain1ad them at tho cord
room.
They themselves made no attempt
to invade that potentially rich
field. And so, although they were
gauche enough to enter club to
which they did not belong. they
drew the line somewhere. Call them
highwaymen in you please-at least,
they were not kibitzers.
Copyright. 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

If you would create something,
you must be something
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
Daily Thought

Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old he
will not depart from it.-Prov-
CRIBS 1915.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-17
MORE MACH, ZINES REPLACE
MINE WORKERS

IN the drive to cut labor costs coal operators,
in addition to cutting wages, have been buying
more mechanical loading macines. The total
number of such machines used in speeding up
bituminous workers is given by the U. s. Bureau
of Mines as follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-17
TOWARD Revolutionary Mass Work RS LIS f2Es9 9
WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?

plain questions of policy with reference to war,
important issues of the election campaign, ETC.
Those of us who had to do with the Speakers
Conferences which took place every Saturday,
will admit that with all the shortcomings it has
served to enlighten many of our members with
regard to major problems such as war, unenn-
ployment, the Negro question, ETC. Here again
we must criticize several OF our leading comrades
very sharply for not appearing at the confer
ences when they we're scheduled and to which
they previously consented. Such attitude on the
part of leading members tends to demoralze
the members, who begin to develop a cynical
attitude towards any undertaking by the Party
where leading comrade is involved Giving
leadership to the membership must be done not
only through articles in the press, or directives
or resolutions, but also to come down to the
membership when necessary and enlighten them
on many of the problems.
Closer personal contact with the members, eff
ficient training of our members, Qualification of
policies and problems will help to destroy form
alism, will develop effective agitators for the
Party. Theory and practice will go hand in
hand in true feminist way and the Party will
progress rapidly and surely.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-17

In the "Directives the Main Points for
Working Out a Resolution on the New York
District" we find the following paragraph:
"What Is true of the whole Party is EVEN
MORE true of the New York District AL
though some successes have been achieved
(recruiting, trade union work, few shop
nuclei and groups) NO ESSENTIAL
CHANGE has occurred in the content of the
district mass work since the 18th Plenum."
IN many of the reports Of the District Commit
tee we often hear that our Party in New York
and for that matter everywhere else, has
changed considerably due to the tremendous
fluctuation in membership. The majority of our
members have been in the Party only short
time. 1t seems to me that when We are anal
wing our weakness in mass work, such as I'M
employment, trade union, etc, mat the above
is an important factor. Can we expect to carry
on mass work successfully with membership
which is young and inexperienced? My answer
is YES. provided, however that we teach this
membership how to work. Il hope that the
comrades will understand that by teaching the
new members how to carry or work, I do not
refer to book learning only
New Members Enthusiastic In Their Work
The District Resolution speaks of the sterility
of the work in the units, of the isolation OF the
shop nuclei, etc. This is correct. A good deal
of it is due to the fact that our members, many
of them. do not know the Party, do not under
stand how the Party functions, and many are
not even familiar with the structure of the Par
Ity In one Of the units found that out of 1S
present at the unit meeting is were new re-
lcruits being in the Party from two to five
months These were the members who had to
serve on the unit buro, not knowing what the
unit buro is to do. These comrades were also
assigned to carry on unemployment work in the
neighborhood, building block committees, and,
as some of them expressed, did not know the
meaning of a block committee.
1t is therefore no mystery why we do not
succeed in our work as we should. The COM
rades are willing to work. many of them are
enthusiastically tackling the job but the results
are disappointing. 1t is quite natural that I'M
der such circumstances there develops a for
malistic approach to problems that there is no
tendency to develop initiative in the units, that
the units are waiting for drectives from the
sections or district and develop kind of inertia
The District Committee must realize that the
political training Of our members is one of the
major tasks 1t is a task which cannot be post
Fiponed; we must utilize all avenues in this work
SThe Workers School should become the impor-
tant instrument in this work
Political Training In Shop Work
The poor registration for the courses in Shop
IlNuclei Problems and Methods Of Shop Work is
IN indication that our comrades do not realize
ir~ ~tsnce Of these courses. The comrades.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-17

TIE letter from worker in territory with
L one of the most highly concentrated indus
trial populations in the United States, which we
publish herewith, confirms in the cleaest man
ner and with the utmost proetarlan sincerity,
the criticism, resolutions and decisions OF the
Fourteenth Planum of our Party, 1t proves that
in one Of the most important industrial centers
the decisions Of the Fourteenth Plenum are
not being carried out.
This letter with clarity of language which
could we'll be studied and followed by many Of
our writer's and speakers, shows in the most
concrete manner the way in which Journalism,
bureaucracy and Sectarianism-lack of solid per-
sonal bonds with workers-hamper and actually
SOP the growth of our Party. 1t shows how
workers. compelled by the unbsarabe misery
forced upon them by the three-year crisis, look
to the Communist Party for leadership.
1T shows how-and why-all too often they
fail to find it.
Above all it shows the great opportunities
which lie at the very door of the Party organiza
tions-and which they fail to take because of
tie deep-rooted Journalism and sectarianism
which have caused a sort of dry rot IN lar too
many Party organizations
independently of the Party organization in
his territory this worker has arrived at the
corset conclusion he has seen that the Or
gcnization and leadership Of the struggles of the
unemployed now is a central task of our Party
which the Communist International has long
pointed out.
This worker is quite right in pointing out the
huge and impermissible discrepancy between the
hundreds of thousands of the working class
population in his district-and the small size of
the Party
The causes for this are to be found in the
attitude toward the working class and its prob
lens and struggles which has made our Party,
notwithstanding the militant struggles it has
led still "a Party for instead of Party of
the masses.
THE LETTER
June s. 1882.
Dear Comrades:
/ don't know you don't know your address
even, but am using the Finnish Workers Fed
Grafton as a medium for sending you this letter.
As you are well aware, the situation in this
country is getting desperate. Masses are get
ting ready to open revolt, unemployment
very and in many cases open starvation is
driving them to that point. But, IhE
MASSES LACK LEADERSHIP. 1t was a
fashion of the Social Democratic Party tens
of years ago and stu is, to make revolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-17
THE PROVOKERS OF WAR IN
THE FAR EAST
About Kamaizi, Japan's expert on Russia

blem
1.-The Manchurian State must solve the sibe-
rian problem, otherwise it will be threatened
from the Siberian frontier On the Chinese
Eastern Railway there still exists danger which
State: One must not be deceived by the friend
ly speeches of the Soviet government. The So
luton of the Siberian problem means Supports
ing the Siberian people which has settled in
the district East of Lake BaikaI, by achieving
its independence and laying down the principle
of the oper 9r in Siberia for the whole world"
"Japa~ continues Kanaizi dis terribly
afraid of the public opinion of the U.sA, Eng !
land and other Powers. None Of them really |
raises any objection to Japan's policy in Sbe-
ria. Japan helped the people of Manchuria to !
achieve its independence. The C.P.SU. is TIE I
enemy of the whole world One need mt tnc-e-
fore he afraid that ANYBODY will r-otest a~s'-st
the Independence of Sihe-ia" THE cornt-ias I
bordering on the Soviet TIricr, writes Ka-1aisi I
preparir~ the anti-Sov;et Bloc Iaren SO (
writes the Tokyo arch re" c+ionr-v. H. e'shn--
atng its plans secures itself when 1t he's IN I
independent Siberia, "comnlete economic inde- I
perdeuce from the rest of the world"
with the existence of an independent Man9'
churia, Mongolia and Siberia. japan has rothng
to fear even if it should be attacked by the
whole world"
From the territory traversed bv the railway
line from Ussulsk alone it is possible to obtain
80 million koku Of rice year Eastern Siberia
has gold, ron timber, fish, coal and fruitful soil
in abundance. If Japan obtains Siberia it will
be able to forget unemployment and economic
crisis forever The independence of Siberia
means that Japan kills not two, but five birds
with one stone.
In Japan, continues Kamaizi there is much
talk of fasciSm, but fascism will help Japan.
There is only one means which will help Japan,
and that is: to open the doors to Siberia Now
is the best time in order to carry out this pro-
gram. We must not miss moment which may
never come again.
In conclusion, declares Kamail the outrage
in Shanghai was carried out by a Korean
puppet of the C.P.S.U.'; and he insinuates that
number of outrages the Chinese Eastern
railway was the 'handiwork of Russian Comrnu.
nists"
Are the Japanese authorities, explains Kamazi,
really undecided to adopt decisive measures in
connection with the outrage of April 18th out
of fear of the power of the Red Army? The
sooner this program against the Soviet Union IL
carried through the better-that is the concud-
ing note Of this exceedingly insolent and pro-
vocative article written by corrupt press hack
Of the insane adventurist circles of Japanese i'm.
perialsm